Where is spiritual wickedness located according to Ephesians 6:12?
According to Ephesians 6:12, spiritual wickedness is located in high places. It is not found in the gutter, skid row, or among the offscouring of humanity, but in high positions. These powers are beyond the normal and possess tremendous power. They are not flesh-and-blood enemies.
Les explains that Ephesians 6:12 describes the believer’s conflict as not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual wickedness in high places. He stresses that these forces are not down in the gutter, on skid row, or among the offscouring of humanity; they are in high places. That should wake us up, because we are up against something beyond the normal, with tremendous power and position. He also compares the same Greek word with Matthew 10:1, where Jesus called His twelve disciples and gave them power.
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.
More Questions
What does Paul mean by 'spiritual wickedness in high places'?
The 'high places' where the spiritual battle happens are not down in the gutter, on skid row, or among the offscouring of humanity; they are high positions of these powers.
What do believers wrestle against according to Ephesians 6:12?
Les teaches that when Ephesians 6:12 says believers wrestle, it is God speaking directly to us today, and our battle is not against flesh and blood but against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, and spiritual wickedness in high places.