"Spiritual warfare is for mature Christians, and I'm still figuring out the basics of faith."
How it sounds in your head: I just started really believing last year. I still don't understand Revelation. Warfare feels advanced, like level 10 when I'm still at level 2. Maybe in a few years when I'm stronger.
"I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one."
-- 1 John 2:13-14Source: religious hierarchy teaching spiritual 'levels,' enemy strategy to bench new believers during their most dangerous season.
She's watched longtime Christians navigate spiritual concepts she's just discovering. The idea of engaging warfare feels presumptuous, like trying to run before she can walk spiritually.
A teenage shepherd boy with no military training faced a giant warrior while King Saul and trained soldiers cowered. David's only qualification was 'the LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me.' One stone, instant victory.
I REFUSE the lie that authority requires spiritual maturity timelines. IT IS WRITTEN that LITTLE CHILDREN have overcome the wicked one—past tense, finished work. The thief on the cross went from 'just believed' to Paradise in HOURS, not years. I am Abraham's seed the MOMENT I believe, walking in BARAK blessing instantly, not gradually. IT IS WRITTEN that the same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead dwells in ME now. New believer or not, I carry resurrection power, and demons recognize the Name I speak regardless of how long I've been saved.
The Father is running toward your 'I'm too new' with the full armor of God, not a training manual for later. He's commissioning you TODAY, not after you complete spiritual boot camp, because the enemy most fears believers who haven't learned to doubt their authority yet.