A war is raging. This war is between the God of heaven and the devil, who is the prince of this world. Every believer is born into conflict, for the devil would like, if he could, for every human being to be lost. Every believer is also born for conflict.
Every thought, word, or action of the believer advances either the kingdom of God or that of Satan. No thought, word, or action is neutral. Second after second, minute after minute, and hour after hour, every person is contributing, through everything they do, to the advancement of one of the two kingdoms.
Satan wants to do all the evil he can. He will attack everything he can, and when he attacks, he destroys everything he can. Therefore, the believer needs to be vigilant, to defend his territory, and to fight back against the devil. He must do this, otherwise he will suffer terribly, for the devil is on the offensive.
However, the believer does not need to worry or despair. He must confront the Enemy. He must confront the Enemy, not from a position of fear, but from a position of victory. We know from the Word that He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world. Leonard Ravenhill expressed this well when he said: "When Satan fell, he took with him a third of the heavenly army. So, to the Christian are opposed the world, the flesh, and the devil, plus a third of what was the heavenly army. For the Christian are the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and two-thirds of the heavenly army, plus the prayers of many friends and the unlimited promises of the unchanging and indestructible Word of the living God. The balance of power is vastly on the side of the saint. May we rise above our juvenile Christianity, so that, armed with the panoply of God and plundering the devil's territory, his satanic majesty must say: 'Jesus I know, and Paul I know, and Christians today are frightening me by uncovering a lost secret of the Early Church: Prayer, faith, and boldness covered by blood.'" Sodom had no Bible, pp.119-120, Bethany Fellowship, Minneapolis).
Although the balance of power is on the saint's side, the passive saint will soon discover that God will answer their prayers, but will not pray for them. All saints must rise up and wage war against the Enemy, fighting even into the heart of the kingdom of darkness. They must not only wage a defensive war; they must attack the Enemy, and if possible, carry the fight into hell.
I was severely attacked by Satan while I was writing this book. It was as if all of Hell was rising up against me to prevent me from writing it. I was close to death while I was striving to complete this book. My wife and children were attacked throughout. It was only by the grace of God and the application of the things written in this book that we reached this stage of writing. As you read, take refuge in the blood of the Lamb.
There are areas of spiritual warfare that have deliberately not been addressed. The reason is that they have either been covered in our books *Deliverance from Demonic Control* and *The Path of Spiritual Warfare*, or they will be covered in the *Overthrow of Principalities and Powers* series.
We publish this book in the prayer that God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit will be pleased to use it to bless some of His children. To Him be all honor and glory. Amen.
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