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."
As I said in Part 1 in the natural world a king is the sovereign ruler of a kingdom. All the territory and people inthe kingdom belong to him. He has the power of life and death over his subjects. The same is true in the spiritual world. You are either part of the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Satan. Either God or Satan has power over your life.
One of the parables told by Jesus in Matthew 13 illustrates that all men are either part of the Kingdom of Satan or the Kingdom of God. Jesus compared the world to a field. The good seed in the field were children of the Kingdom of God. The bad seed, which resulted in the growth of tares or weeds, were children of the wicked one.
Verse 38 says, "The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the Kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one."
We all enter the Kingdom of Satan through natural birth. The Bible teaches that all men are born in sin. This means that they have a basic sin nature or the "seed" of sin within. Their natural inclination is to do evil. The Word of God says:
Psalms 51:5 "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."
Romans 5:12 "Wherefore, as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by
sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."
Romans 6:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."
Because we are born with the basic sin nature, we have all at one time been part of the Kingdom of Satan. All who remain sinners remain part of the Kingdom of Satan.The whole message of God's written Word, the Holy Bible, is the appeal to man to move from this evil Kingdom of Satan to the Kingdom of God. Men are born into the Kingdom of Satan through natural birth, but they must be reborn into the Kingdom of God through spiritual birth. Entrance to the Kingdom of God is by new birth experience as explained in John chapter 3.
Jesus said in Luke 11:23, "He that is not with me is against me." You cannot be neutral in this spiritual war. You are on one side or the other.Some believers, because of their fear of confrontation with the enemy, try to ignore the war and form a truce with the enemy. They think if they ignore Satan, he will not bother them. This is
one of Satan's main strategies. He tries to render members of God's army immobile by his terror
tactics.
However, there is no neutrality in this war. You are either a victim or victor. The spiritual "call to arms" is going out. Are you on the side of good or of evil? Are you part of Satan's Kingdom or the Kingdom of God? To which kingdom do you belong? Are you a victim or a victor in this great conflict? Put on your wrestling gear as described in Ephesians 6 and get in the ring with a made-up mind. The Lord says to you, "The battle is mine", so go win it with that in mind.
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