<TITLE>03. Par -</TITLE>L-514-18 Brother Stricker, a soldier, Brother Goad back there, a soldier, and perhaps Brother Ruddell here, he was a soldier; Brother Beeler, and the different ones that's--that's been military life, you set together, you--you counsel, you--you know the battle before you get out there, and all the tactics you can of the enemy, so that you can meet him on his ground.
When I used to box, they'd find out my opponent, what he was going to be, what kind of a lick he used, whether it was a uppercut, or left jab, or chop with his right hand, and whether he was right or left-handed, and how strong he was, and the way he switched his feet, and how he used his eyes, and what corner he come from, and all the different tactics we could. And they'd find out what... The--the trainers had seen that fellow fight before. So then they put a man in there with me to train me exactly like that man was fighting, to--to know what he was going to do.
And that's what we're here for tonight. We know the strike of the enemy. We know what his tactics are. And we're here tonight with Scripture to cover him over so he can't move, 'cause the enemy's on every hand.

L-514-21 Brother Roberson, I was thinking back there, seeing him, he surely ought to know what a soldier is. He certainly had a time of it. How many soldiers is in here (Let's see.), that's been soldiers in the army? Just looky here (See?), a group of you: soldiers. All right. Now, you know what it is. And that's what you study, isn't it, Brother Roy, Brother Beeler, and you veterans, and so forth? Is study the enemy, "What's he going to do? What's his move?" and then know how to meet him.
And that's what we're here for: study the enemy's move and--and knowing how to meet him, the thing that'll overcome him.

L-515-23 And remember, let me say this, brethren, the little church has started here on a line of gifts. See? Gifts are coming into the church. But whether there be gifts or not, if there's never a gift, I'll tell you, the gift won't always defeat the enemy, but the Word will. The Word will meet him anywhere.
And Jesus, when He was on earth, proved that. His... He was God manifested in flesh. But He never used any of His fine gifts to beat the enemy. We find in Matthew the--I believe it's the 2nd or 3rd chapter of Matthew, He said... No, the 2nd chapter of Matthew, when He met the enemy, He met him on the grounds of the Word, "It is written."
And the enemy come back, "It is written."
And He said, "It is also written," like that, until He beat the enemy. And that's what we're here for, is to meet the enemy with the material that God gave us to--to meet it with.


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