If you have been watching what is going on in our world, you cannot deny that some pretty evil things are happening. The Bible tells us in Ephesians 6:12 that we do not fight against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this age, against hosts of wickedness in heavenly places.
It is crucial to understand that the spiritual fight is not a physical fight. I think applying physical methods to a spiritual battle is a waste of time and ineffective because it fails to address the true nature of the enemy.
While the battle itself is spiritual warfare it can have both physical and mental effects in the natural realm. The core difference is that spiritual fight involves the spiritual enemy, whereas physical fights involve human opponents and the appropriate methods to addressing each are entirely different.
The spiritual fight involves an unseen battle against forces like satan, demons, sin, and negative desires. Our enemies are entities it aspects of sin that try to influence our thoughts, actions, and relationship with God.
I believe that there is an evil Spirit that takes control of people. Because otherwise, I don’t think most people could do the things they do. It’s a spiritual condition of the heart, that is rooted in a biblical understanding that our eyes reflect our inner state. Our eyes are the lamp of the body.
The unseen battle between good and evil that is happening in the spiritual realm is now being seen on earth. It is being influenced and manifests in physical world events. It affects personal struggles, societal trends, and temptations from the flesh and the world. It’s a fight for people’s souls, purpose, and connection to God. To resist these forces, we must use spiritual weapons like prayer, the Word of God, and faith, and resist the temptation to fight evil with evil.
The primary battle is against principalities, powers, and the rulers of darkness, which Ste evil spiritual forces.
There are three enemies in our world. In addition to satan, the struggle involves the flesh, which is one’s own internal sinfulness and bad habits, and the world which is the culture that promotes selfish agendas.
There are ways spiritual forces affect the physical world. People experience attacks on their identity, resistance in relationships, of discouragement in the way they are living. Along with that societies or cultures can be influenced to think and act in ways that oppose God, representing the workings of the world and spiritual forces. Then satan tries to lead people astray by tempting them with suggestions and, lies which manifest as internal urges and desires. I think these things together create a “perfect storm.” This is what I think is going on today in our world.
While the spiritual war was won on the cross by Jesus, making victory possible for believers through His sacrifice, we are still called to stand firm in our faith and resist satan, putting our trust in the strength that God provides. It’s a continuous struggle against the flesh and the world is ongoing, and requires a daily commitment to follow Jesus and crucify our desires to fight a physical fight (that will do nothing) intead of fighting the spiritual fight where everything matters.
We can see the difference between good and evil. We see when certain groups murder, riot, and destroy things while another stands in prayer, holds vigils, and supports each other.
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