Fighting The Enemy

Good And Evil THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS "Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. (Mark 6:6-7) "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in heavenly places."Ephesians 6:12) The idea of two being better than one is mentioned often in the scriptures, (Genesis 2:18) is the core verse that backs this up through scripture, it was not good for man to be alone. Jesus sent out His disciples two by two (Mark 6:6), where two or three agree together He is with them (Matthew 13:20), a three strand cord is not easly broken (Ecclesiastics 4:12) , it is better when two walk together.(Amos 3:3) I count it both a priviledge and a blessing that God brought my wife to me, and we have been over the years, with God's help to stick together, work together and minister together over those years. We have been two, and have worked with many others through out the years sharing the gosel with the world God lead us too. In that time, we have found the enemy very present doing all that he could to try and stop the furtherance of the gospel. In so doing, he made himslf very noticable in many different ways. He is not all powerful and he does not know everything. But he gets to know our weaknesses and attacks in those areas. The area of the family as God's main building block in furthering the gospel is the enemies main thrust, we need to stand guard, because he will try and cause a ruckus within many families. So let me scratch the surface from a biblical point of view. Let me say this, there is an unseen world out there that is felt by humans and it interferes with human life, each and every day, even if we as human beings do not acknowledge or know it. The Bible describes this unseen but felt, coexisting along side good and its ever present influences in our human physically known world. From the time I was little I was aware that there was evil and there was good. And there was a battle going on for the human soul. But that was a created and refered to knowledge that wasn't really taught, but we were warned against it, and it was something to avoid and it was a no, no, that you should be afraid of. Or,at least that was how I precieved it. But as I grew, and after giving my life into the hands of God, where Jesus Christ became both my Saviour and my Lord. I recognized the power God has over and against our arch enemy the devil who is like roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.(1 Peter 5:8) O also slowly began to understand the nature and character of God. The bible tells us "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24) and He is the King over all of His creation as He sits upon His throne in heaven. Read (Revelation 4:1-11) and you can just feel the power flowing out from the words that discribe God as the King upon the throne. The Bible speaks of Spiritual Beings, that were created by God, the bible speaks of angels, (Hebrews 1:14) states: "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?" As you read the scriptures you will see that God sends the angels out to help, to protect, and to minister to those who are now a part of the family of God, they act under the control of God, rather than rather then independently, and also they are not to be objects that we worship.. Rather they will point us towards worshiping God. As we read in Hebrews, we will see that the writer of Hebrews spells out the fact that Jesus Christ is superior to the angels. It makes it very clear that Christ is infinitely greater than the angels. It is true that the angels serve God's people as ministers, just as we do, but Jesus is the eternal Son, Creator with God, and God has placed Him as the rightful ruler seated at God's right hand. Then on the other hand, or you may say sitting on your other shoulder is the counter force of evil temping us to go against the will of God. The bible speaks of fallen angels or demons who madr the choice to follow satan, when he went against God and was cast out of heaven. You can read about that in the scriptures as well. (Ephesians 6:12, Revelation 12:7-12). We as humans are different and special at the same time, because we are first created in the image of God (Spirit) God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. That is what I quited earlier from (John 4:24) So when God created a being He could fellowship with, He created humans with a visable body, a powerful spirit and a living soul. So we are created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), we have a physical body and an eternal soul and spirit. To me thats special, there is something about humans that is very different from the animal kingdom. It has to do with the fact that animals do not have a sense of sin as we do. Has to so with the soul thatconects to God in a different way. This leads to the teaching is the bible about the struggle humans have with good and bad, which seem to be in the spiritual world that forces and impacts our earthly life. Where we as believers in God and in His power to save through the life of His Son Jesus, were those of us who have chosen to believe now struggle much harder in that spiritual realm, than we do, in the physical life. Thats why it so often seems that those who just live life without any convictions, seem to struggle less, and have less troubles even in their sin, and this is true, but the bible says their end in eternity is one of torment in the pits of Hell.(Ephesians 6:12). You see, we see in scripture that the physical world is temporary, but the spiritual world after physical death is eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18) Saying all of this, is why its important to work as a team in the ministry of spreading the gospel, two fighting the enemy together is much stronger than one, so even adding a third demention is better. I like the saying, God and me make a majority, but when you add a wife or a christians buisness partner, where there are three agreeing together, that three strand cord is not easly broken. We need to ask the Lord God to help us find a partner for life, depends on who is reading this, that partner could be a husband or wife, so then you have three, you, your spouse and God. Also in the buisness world, when you have a christian buisness partner, you have yourself, your buisness partner and God working together. Because that will make us weak both in marriage and in buisness.read (2 Corinthians 6:14) Pray with me, Lord God I commit my life and my way unto you today, that I might put on the full armour of God, so that I can stand against the forces of darkness and evil. For it is in you, that we can be prepared and ready for eternity, that will encoimpise a lfe of love, grace and total peace free from and more pain or sorrow. Lord as I struggle, help me run to you.It is in your name I pray Amen.