SUPERNATURAL ENEMIES

The headlines today are filled with the acts of evil men that seem to relish being in the spotlight for their actions.  Personally, I think these men have basically sold their souls to the devil as instruments of his forces of evil.  The prophet Paul boldly declared in his letter to the believers at Ephesus that our war is against the supernatural forces of evil.

Ephesians 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Most of the world has rejected the authority of God and/or even the very existence of God, and do not recognize that our war against the supernatural is part of our reality.  Sadly, I don’t think this truth is even recognized by a great majority of the professing “church” today. 

What these evil men don’t realize as they follow the “god of this world…”

2 Corinthians 4:4 “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

…by perpetrating such atrocious acts against fellow human beings, they are actually serving a god who will delight when the one true God condemns them to the lake of fire for eternity.  Though Satan is ever at war against those who yield their lives to the one true God, he is just as much an enemy of those that align themselves with his forces of evil in rebellion against the one true God—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of my salvation by grace through faith in Jesus the Messiah, His Son.

Jesus very clearly declared the truth about Satan as He taught in the temple.

John 8:44–45 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.”

I think it is significant to note that Satan is identified as a murderer; he delights in the destruction of life—be it believer or nonbeliever.  It is also significant that he is identified as a liar who cannot abide the truth.  When I hear the reports of the horrendous deeds of those that follow the devil (though declaring to do so in the name of their “god”), I understand that they are acting in accordance with their father’s will. 

There will never be peace on earth as long as Satan is the recognized “god of this world.”  In fact, the only effective defense against his attack is the armor of God as detailed by Paul.

Ephesians 6:11–17 “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil….Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God….”

This armor is only available to those who have chosen to yield to the one true God as Lord and Savior by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  In Jesus we can stand strong against the enemy and render ineffective every attack he makes against us. 

Ephesians 2:4–7 “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”

My future is secure in Jesus—Is yours?