Do principalities and powers try to take us away from the love of Christ?
Yes. Principalities and their positions, along with the energy that comes from those positions, do everything they can to draw us away from the love of Christ. Ephesians 6 identifies the conflict as against principalities and powers, not flesh and blood, and Satan's realm is positioned with relentless energy.
Les teaches that Paul is defining how principalities, the position, and the energy that comes from that position are going to do everything they can to take us away from the love of Christ. He connects this to Ephesians chapter 6, where the same word is used: "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers." There the Greek word for power is a little different, speaking not of energy but of power as Jesus gave to the twelve when they went out and could perform miracles. Nevertheless, the powers that be in the realm of Satan are positioned and loaded with energy that seemingly never runs out.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
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