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I’ve seen a funny scenario where some people were binding the devil, also commanding all their enemies to die, these were funny however not the type I laughed about, but the type that I shook my head for, all these were due to ignorance. It is important to be well grounded in the word of God. Till now I still discover new and deep revelations from God because I’m growing in the grace and knowledge of Christ, [ref. 2 Peter 3:18]. However, in our growth with Christ, there are things that the mature in Christ are supposed to have known and shouldn’t be doing, for instance, what made me shake my head. Today, in light of all these, I would take a look at Spiritual warfare.
We’ve often heard the popular verse of Ephesians 6:12, which says, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places.” Many of us confuse this not wrestling with the physical, to taking the exact way they fight physically to the spirit realms. True, there is a warfare, but the truth we need to understand is the proper definition of this warfare. Colossians 2:15 speaks of Jesus saying, “Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” So the question here would be, if Jesus had triumphed over the devil and is victorious forever, then what are we to wrestle for in Ephesians 6:12?
In a past write-up of mine related to this topic, I explained that the wrestling in the spirit realm is the wrestling of our mind away from the schemes of the devil. Now the devil has no power anymore since Jesus has disarmed him, the only thing he has is deceit which he attacks us with every day. Now, our Spirit as we are in Christ is the same as Christ right? But our soul—mind, will, and emotions, are still being cleansed from the former way of life, and this is where the devil attacks us, in our mind, trying to make us believe what is a lie. Ephesians 6:10 says, “…be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].” AMP. In order to wrestle the devil, we are to draw strength from Christ and not from ourselves, in order words we are to maintain what Christ has obtained from His victory.
Our fight against the devil is to fight against the strategies of the devil, therefore as I said, we are to maintain our stand on what Jesus has done and obtained for us. As we know that Jesus has obtained victory for us over the devil, then we are to maintain that we are victorious over the devil. As we know that Jesus has obtained healing and deliverance for us, then we maintain that we are healed and delivered, and more; this is the spiritual warfare. The devil brings things that are contrary to the victory Jesus obtained for us in order to shake us, but as we are well grounded in the word to know that we are victorious, we then fight FROM victory, declaring what Jesus obtained for us through His resurrection. As we keep declaring this and believe in it which is very important, the devil is powerless. Also, the most important thing is to shout at the devil to get lost, then we then declare the victories we have obtained in Christ Jesus, thus quoting the word, this was what Jesus did when He was tempted by the devil, declaring the word is very important because it is the sword of the spirit, [ref. Ephesians 6:17]. As we do this, the devil is completely powerless and has no hold on us.
It is important to be well grounded in the word in order to use this as our weapon against the devil, because he is so persistent in disturbing us, just as he is called the accuser of the brethren, [ref. Revelation 12:10]. So we don’t need to bind the devil because Jesus has disarmed him, he has no power over us, all we need to do is to be well grounded in the word of God so that we don’t fall against his evil schemes. Also, we should not command our enemies to die, we are to reach out to them physically and in prayers and also rebuking the evil spirit in them in order to get them saved, [ref. Mark 16:17]. They are lost souls that need to be delivered of the bondage of the devil which they put themselves in, remember, the devil has no power but if a person wants him to control him/her, the choice is theirs, which the so-called “enemies” did against themselves in ignorance.
Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” We must always remember how powerful the word of God is and who it is—Jesus.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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