Our Warfare

A Word on Spiritual Warfare

“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.” — Eph 6:12

“(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)” — 2 Cor. 10:4

The Bible teaches that we have a spiritual enemy, and we use spiritual means to combat them.

I felt led to write this because I’ve seen lots of opinions lately attacking the idea of demonic entities impacting our lives.

There’s a view in some Christian circles, that there is no spiritual enemy to fight. That it’s just us and our fleshly nature. No demons. Just our sin and disobedience to God.

But, that leaves out large parts of scripture. It throws a monkey wrench into the gears of what spiritual reality is.

Our flesh impacts us. But, there’s also a spiritual component that comes at us as well. There’s something outside the body that works against us. We see evidence and the scriptures warn us of it. (1 Pet. 5:8)

If we had a house with a rat problem, we would solve it and work to prevent it.