This sessions discusses the importance of spiritual warfare and the need to stand against the enemy despite Jesus’ victory over demonic powers. Dean Sherman emphasizes the balance between recognizing the reality of the devil’s existence while focusing on Christ’s triumph, and it offers two approaches to spiritual warfare: direct confrontation with the devil and exalting the Lord through prayer and faith.

This session emphasizes that spiritual warfare is an integral part of every believer’s life, extending beyond merely casting out demons and dealing with occult practices. It teaches the importance of praying in the Spirit by yielding to the Holy Spirit’s leading, being empowered by the Spirit, and focusing on the Church’s role in spiritual warfare, including defensive and offensive aspects such as shutting and opening gates in the spiritual realm.

This session emphasizes the need to shut the gates of the mind, heart, mouth, and relationships to protect against the enemy’s access while encouraging taking aggressive action in spiritual warfare to open the gates of structures and reach geographical and people-group areas for the Gospel’s advancement. Understanding these gates allows believers to engage in both defensive and offensive spiritual warfare effectively.

This session discusses the gates in offensive spiritual warfare, including the gate of built-up sin (strongholds and powers) and the gate of deception and darkness, which blind people’s minds. Dean Sherman emphasizes the authority given to the Church through the keys of the Kingdom, urging believers to listen to God’s strategy and exercise their power by yielding to the Holy Spirit.