Ephesians 6:11-12 Whose the enemy?

Ephesians 6:11-12 "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 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 the heavenly places."

Who is our real enemy here? Supernatural forces, demons, and evil spirits, sounds like a haunted hayride doesn't it? We really lose sight of this fact. Our enemies are not the people around us, but the spirits controlling those people. There are good spirits and there are bad spirits. The closer we walk in fellowship with God, the better able we are to discern those spirits and to know whether they are good or bad.

Make no mistake though, God has defeated the evil general-Satan and his forces. Colossians 2:15 says "Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it." Here's the final outcome: the beast and the false prophet are cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20), the devil, who deceived the nations during the final years of the earths existence, is cast into the lake of fire with the beast and false prophet (Revelation 20:10), and the last enemy "death"- God will destroy (1Corinthians 15:26). And in the end of all ages, "...God will be all in all." (1 Corinthians 15:28) You see the bible tells us the whole story, we know in the end God will have the final victory and death will be defeated. Sweet!

For now Satan has been given the title "prince of the power of the air" or ruler of this world. He's the deceiver of men who have chosen not to follow Christ. If your not following Christ your are following and being deceived by "the prince of this world", and he wants to take with him as many as he can, to steal our inheritance and our reward. When Christ comes to take His own at the rapture, which by the way could happen at any moment (1 Thess 4:13-5:2), will you be ready? Don't give Satan the satisfaction. Ask Jesus Christ into your heart today, thank Him for forgiving all your sins, and make Him your master. Only then can you see who the real enemy is.



In His Grace, MB