We are at war. At church this morning we’ll be talking about that war. It’s a spiritual war. With spiritual foes. The Bible is quite clear, we are not at war with people. “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” [Eph 6:12-13]
One of the church’s greatest demands is to discern between the spiritual struggle and other social, personal, and political difficulties. You can’t fight spiritual battles with earthly weapons; spiritual battles demand spiritual weapons. Too often we become distracted and begin struggling with human adversaries instead of using spiritual weapons of prayer and intercession.
As Christians, we must always remember that our true citizenship is in the Kingdom of God. “For [God] has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” [Col 1:13-14]
There are only two citizenship domains, the “dominion of darkness” and the “kingdom of the Son.” We are either with God or we are against God. There is no neutral ground.
As citizens of God’s kingdom, we are citizen-soldiers. We are at war. Spiritual War. With Spiritual Foes.
