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we wrestle
THE SUPREME GOD... SECTION 2For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rules of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places ( Eph 6:12).
The word ‘wrestle’ is derived from the word ‘pale’ which in a wide sense refers to
>Struggling
>Hand to hand fighting
>Extreme violence in a fight
>Hazardous and deadly
>Brutal and barbaric fighting
>A fight with no guiding rule (unlike boxing)
>A fight with rounds
>It is ‘fight’ or ‘perish’
>It is a thoroughly violent sport
>You can smash your forehead against the opponent’s nose
>You can throw him up in the air and break the backbone
>It is quite normal to strangle your opponent
>It is part of the game to choke your opponent
>If you can break his bone, go ahead
>You can as well, kick the opponent
>It is this expression that Apostle Paul used to describe our conflict with unseen demonic forces marshaled against us for our destruction.
>No wonder the ancient hymn writer says, ‘Christian seek not yet repose’. It is a bitter struggle and >an intense conflict. The fight goes on until one of the two surrenders or dies in the fight.
>What are the implications?
>The devil has no mercy.
>When fighting demonic powers, there are no guiding rules.
>There is no decent or civilized manner of fighting demonic powers.
>If demonic powers are fighting, anything goes.
>If demonic powers are fighting, all methods of attack which may be lethal are legal.
>When fighting demonic powers, there is no umpire to cry ‘foul.’
>The winner has to be the meanest and the toughest.
THE LORD IS A MAN OF WAR
Exodus 15:3; “THE LORD IS A MAN OF WAR: the Lord is his name.”
1 Samuel 17:45; “Then said David to the philistine, Thou comets to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.”
Isaiah 47:4; “As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.”
Our Lord is a righteous warrior. He is skillful and expert. He understands all strategies and policies of the enemy. He is a mighty and terrible warrior. He can employ inanimate creatures to terrify and destroy the enemy. He is a victorious and prevailing warrior.
