A Cultural War
Various Passages October 3, 2021
I. Introduction:
A. We learned last week that truth basically means reality, something that is so real
you can depend upon it, you can bet your life on it. Thus from this definition we
have given the name to this series “Let’s Get Real”
1. So let’s get real this morning. What is really going on? What is so true and
so real that I can build my life on it?
2. Do you want to get real? I need to warn you that this morning may be a bit
like the movie A Few Good Men where Jack Nicholson speaking to Tom
Cruise said (video from movie)
a) Nicholson “you want answers?”
b) Cruise: “I want the truth!”
c) Nicholson: “you can’t handle the truth!”
B. Sometimes Christianity does not make you feel better but actually makes life
harder rather than easier. That is hard for some people to handle! But this reality,
this truth is something you can build your life on and depend upon! So let’s get
real!
1. First, there is a whole spiritual world and many spiritual beings that are real
but they are all invisible.
2. That spiritual world touches our lives, our church our nation, and our world
and is behind many of the struggles and problems we have experience in all
of these arenas.
a) Turn to and read Ephesians 6:11-12
b) We see in v12 that there is a struggle going on and it is not against other
humans but ultimately against spiritual invisible beings, bad angels,
demons whose desire is to destroy our world and us.
c) We see here in v11 that Satan has schemes to try to get us to fall. He has
many methods but one of his primary tricks is deception. Getting us to
believe a lie.
3. Jesus calls Satan the father of lies, - read John 8:44bff
a) Deception is the primary means he uses – read Revelation 12:9
b) That means Satan is working to get us to believe a lie! Something that is
unreal and not dependable, an illusion that if you build your life on it, it
will crumble.
C. We learned last week that Jesus is the truth! The ultimate, dependable reality and
truth!
D. Thus, we have a spiritual war that is going on both in the heavenlies and here on
earth between God and Satan, and we are right in the middle of the battlefield.
1. Satan wants to control us by his lies and use us as his instrument of lies to
further his agenda
2. God wants to control us by His truth and use us as instruments of truth to
further His agenda!
E. God has provided for us powerful spiritual weapons for this spiritual battle for
truth. Turn to 2 Corinthians 10:3
1. The context of this chapter was that false teachers were trying to discredit
Paul and what he taught. So it was out of this context Paul writes what he
says next.
2. Read v3-4 We see two things here
a) While we are humans of flesh, the war we are in is not a human war but
a spiritual war.
b) Secondly, the weapons that God has provided for us are spiritual and
powerful for destroying strongholds/fortresses
3. Now note in v5 that He tells us what are the strongholds/fortresses that He is
destroying with these powerful spiritual weapons. Read v5
a) Simply this is a battle for truth
b) A battle against anything, any teaching, philosophy, ideology, belief
system even every single thought that is contrary to God and His Truth.
F. That is the real world we live in and the real battle we fight for our families, our
church, our nation and ourselves. That truth is so real you can build your life
upon it. You are living in the middle of a battle for your mind; truth and lies are
the primary weapons!
• So today and next week I want to help us better understand this battle for truth in light
of the postmodern world we live in
II. Postmodern
A. Many have called this war for truth a cultural war because the battle rages
primarily in the seven institutions of culture.
1. Those institutions are family, religion, government, arts, media, education,
and economy.
2. A cultural war happens when worldviews clash in the institutions of culture.
Especially when one group who runs the insti
