Who are believers actually wrestling against according to Ephesians?
According to Ephesians, believers wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers that hold authority. That authority is Satan, who works to frustrate believers' lives and keep lost humanity in darkness until God breaks his power.
Les explains that Paul's teaching in Ephesians says we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers who have authority, and that authority is Satan. Satan is doing everything he can to frustrate the life of believers and to keep lost humanity in darkness, and he has that power until God breaks it. This is why God must open our hearts and give understanding through the working of the Holy Spirit. Les also connects this to Romans 8, where neither principalities, nor powers, nor anything created—whether demonic or righteous angelic—can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
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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Who holds the authority behind the principalities and powers we wrestle against?
Paul teaches in Ephesians that our wrestling is not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers, and that authority belongs to Satan.
Who is the real authority behind the spiritual powers we wrestle against?
In Ephesians, Paul teaches that our wrestling is not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers, and the authority behind those powers is Satan.