Spiritual Warfare--Our Enemy

In this spiritual war that we fight, there is no neutral ground. We are either with Jesus and against Satan, or against the Lord and with Satan. We will either fight for the Lord, or fight for Satan, there is no neutral ground. The war is being fought, which side can you be found on.

The enemy, our enemy, in this war is Satan, that old serpent the devil. If we are to identify him and recognize him we must understand the construction of his army, his armour, and those things that he covets. As the prince of the power of the air, Lucifer, he has at his command over thousands of rebellious angels [Ephesians 2:2, 6:10]. He as Beelzebub, the prince of demons, has millions of earthbound evil spirits at his command [Luke 11:24]. We are told in 2 Cor. 4:4 that he is the god of this present world and its system.

He is a thief, that has come but to steal, kill and destroy. The armour he wears is composed of the forces of sin and rebellion. These are manifested in many forms, such as sickness, drunkenness, poverty, fear, despair, divorce, mental anguish, and addictions. The devil seeks to have for himself the lives of the sinners, the backslid christian, all that lives and all the earth's resources. All of creation come into subjection to Satan when Adam fell allowing the devil to have control. Satan rules through a well-organized army of angelic princes, governors and generals. They war against us by hindering us in our prayers, and blocking the Holy Ghost from moving in our lives. As Beelzebub, his demonic forces try to possess, oppress and harass people to cause total destruction in their lives if they can. They will bring complications to any situation that they are allowed to. These forces accomplish their tasks by using fear, mental disorders, sickness, disease, confusion, addictions, and religious errors.

Our weapons are spiritual and not natural or carnal. If we are to war against spirits, then we must use spiritual weapons. The Word, the blood, praise, the Name, and our testimony are five weapons we possess in our spiritual arsenal. We must testify to what the Word says, apply the blood, use the mighty weapon of praise, and at the Name of Jesus every knee must bow. Every knee. We must prepare ourselves by staying vigilant in our prayer life, being sensitive to the Holy Ghost and study the Word. We are more than conquerors through Jesus, and the victory is already ours.