John MacArthur on Spiritual warfare
Through the usual means of the Christian life: Scripture, prayer, faith and watchfulness, including asking God to deliver the afflicted
"There is within every believer the resource in the power of God to free that individual from any satanic involvement whatever, no matter how simple or complex it may be."
THE POSITION
Satan is a real enemy, but the believer meets him with the Lord's strength and the armour God has provided, not by fighting him directly: report to the commander. He rejects Christian exorcism, and Christians delivering each other from demons, as foreign to Scripture, noting that no demon is ever cast out of a believer in the Bible. Every believer has God's power to be freed from any satanic involvement.
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
11 OTHERS HOLD THIS
ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Pastor of Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, from 1969 until his death in July 2025. Expositional preaching, hard cessationism, dispensational premillennialism. Researched from the church's own Doctrinal Statement, covering all 15 loci in one document.
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"John MacArthur on Spiritual warfare", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/macarthur/spiritual-warfare (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/macarthur/spiritual-warfare).