What is the Spiritual War About?

The war behind wars is a spiritual war! Satan is in a war against Jesus Christ, His word of truth and His church. In this war, Satan and his forces come in obvious darkness but they also come disguised as light. There are some people he can capture outright with darkness, but there are many that can be captured only when darkness is disguised as light.

Satan is the god of this world. When he offered Jesus the kingdoms of this world, he was offering something that he could deliver. The kingdoms of this world include much more than geographical territories. They include things of life such as education, government, entertainment, the music industry, etc.

The word teaches us that God is the Lord God of heaven, earth, the seas and all therein so how is Satan the god of this world? It all started in the Garden of Eden as far as we and earth are concerned. Satan tried to overthrow God in heaven and when that failed he attacked on earth. Using his deceptive form, he became god of this world.

God could have zapped Satan immediately, but in His omniscience He had a plan which is built around Jesus. When Jesus came to earth, He said that He would build His church and the gates of Hades would not prevail against it. In the end Jesus and His body, the church, will be victorious but the war will go on until total victory takes place.

How does all of this affect us? There are only two sides; the side of Jesus and the side of Satan. Anyone who says they are neutral is on Satan’s side. If you are on the side of Jesus then study Scriptures such as Ephesians  chapter 6, 2 Timothy 2: 3, 4 and 2 Corinthians 10: 4 and begin taking a stand.

Finally, remember Satan comes in darkness and as an angel of light. His ministers whether they are religious, political, educational, musical, etc come in darkness as well as in disguise. Don’t be captured by obvious darkness and don’t be deceived by false light!