Ephesians 6:12
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
We have a formidable enemy. This struggle we are in is not against people we know or even strangers. We struggle against Satan and demons. According to R Kent Hughes, this struggle we are in is spiritual, it's personal and lastly futile if fought in and by our own flesh. The implications of Paul's description of these evil enemies as "rulers, powers, world forces, and spiritual forces" are that they are well organized and they have a chain of command. Our enemy is working day and night in our culture and through world systems to thwart the work and plan of God in the lives of believers. Our awareness of this spiritual world must be seriously considered if we desire to follow Jesus.
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