Prayers for Spiritual Warfare - Focus on Prayer - Fighting Back The concept of spiritual warfare makes some people uncomfortable. Some believe there’s no such thing as spiritual warfare so they dont want to discuss it at all. Others, convinced of its reality, are obsessed with its apparent power over every aspect of our lives. They, too, are reluctant to discuss the topic for different reasons: fear of ridicule, fear of retaliation by those evil forces, fear of drawing too much attention to the topic, thereby giving it even more power. The predominant view in our modern, western world—naturalistic, rationalistic, scientific—dismisses the concepts of spiritual warfare, Satan, demons, evil spirits, and the like. Surprisingly, that viewpoint is shared by some Christians as well. There are those Christians who believe demons may have been active during Biblical times, but theyre no longer active in the modern world. Others say what was called demonic activity back then was really what we know now as mental illness. Some who actually allow for demonic activity insist it’s only involved in extreme cases: excessive violence and brutality or major sin. And weve heard it said more than once that Christians—saved and sanctified by Jesus—can’t be affected by demonic activity. Here’s our take on the issue: If you believe in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, then you must believe in the Bible. If you believe in the Bible, then you must believe in angels. And if you believe in angels, then you must believe in fallen angels—Satan and others. They are mentioned in the Bible as real, not metaphors. And as much as we dislike an either-or approach to things, as much as we dislike driving black-and-white stakes into the ground, sometimes it’s necessary. There can be no middle ground on this: it’s either all true or it’s not. You either have God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, angels, and demons…or you have none of it. focus-on-prayer/Prayers-for-Spiritual-Warfare.html
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 06:16:06 +0000
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