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Friday: Spiritual Warfare Series: Understanding

Demonic Activity

Ephesians 6:12 (KJV) For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places.

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Activity

Important Notes

We must always learn to address the spiritual side of issues, and not only look at
physical side

There are forces behind every wickedness that people commit.

There are fiery darts of the enemy which are not physical as we have already been told
that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against spiritual personalities. And if
these are spiritual beings that would mean that their fiery darts are also spiritual.

There are principalities of darkness that are stationed over different earthly realms.
These are principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world and spiritual
wickedness in high places. This means that there are spiritual forces behind the humans
that we see and the nature and character of the things they do.

The account of Daniel 10:13 was before Jesus came, and when Jesus came He had to do
battle with these forces of darkness. And the bible tells us that He defeated them and
said “all authority is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18).
He was given a name above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow of things and beings in heaven, of things and beings in earth and things and beings
under the earth. (Philippians 2:9-11)

The word of God says that there’s a warfare and the weapons of our warfare are not
carnal weapons of flesh and blood, but they are mighty before God for the overthrow
and destruction of strongholds. They are mighty through the Holy Ghost and we must
use those weapons in prayer. (2 Corinthians 10:3 – 4).

Sometimes you must fast and pray as there are different types of demons because
Jesus said that there are some demons that will not go out except by prayer and fasting
(Mark 9:29). You are not praying and fasting against the demon, but to God so that He
may open your mind and spirit to know what’s going on in order for God will give you
direction.

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