Ephesians 6:12
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood…”
Let that settle in your heart.
Your enemy is not political.
Not cultural.
Not personal.
Our conflict is spiritual.
Paul tells us we wrestle against principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12). That means there is an organized, intelligent opposition working against what God is doing today.
And at the head of that rebellion stands Satan.
▪️Who Is Satan?
He is not eternal.
He is not equal with God.
He is not some dark rival deity.
He is a created being.
Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14 describe one who was created in beauty and wisdom — perfect in his ways — until pride was found in him. Pride lifted him up. Pride deceived him. Pride led him to say, “I will be like the most High.”
That was the fall.
And from that fall came a program.
A lie program.
Jesus called him “a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:44). Satan’s method has never changed. If he cannot remove the Word of God, he will twist it. If he cannot stop religion, he will corrupt it. If he cannot silence preaching, he will pervert the message.
Not by eliminating Bibles —
but by distorting them.
▪️His Policy of Evil
Throughout Scripture, Satan organized opposition against God’s earthly purpose with Israel.
He sought to destroy the seed.
He sought to corrupt the nation.
He will one day gather the nations to Armageddon.
There is strategy behind the chaos.
But here is something we must understand clearly — especially if we rightly divide the Word of Truth (2 Timothy 2:15).
There are tactical victories…
and there is strategic victory.
▪️Tactical vs. Strategic
Satan wins skirmishes.
He hindered Paul at times (1 Thessalonians 2:18).
He blinds minds through false doctrine (2 Corinthians 4:3–4).
He promotes “another Jesus… another gospel” (2 Corinthians 11:4).
Those are tactical wins.
Temporary.
Limited.
Surface-level.
But the strategic war?
That was decided at the cross.
▪️The Cross: Satan’s Calamity
Colossians 2:15 says that Christ “spoiled principalities and powers” and made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
At Calvary, something happened that Satan did not anticipate.
1 Corinthians 2:7–8 tells us that God operated according to a hidden wisdom — a secret purpose kept since the world began. If the princes of this world had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
The cross looked like Satan’s greatest victory.
It was actually his greatest defeat.
Through death, Christ destroyed him that had the power of death — that is, the devil (Hebrews 2:14).
Through death, He delivered those who were all their lifetime subject to bondage (Hebrews 2:15).
Death was Satan’s weapon.
The resurrection stripped it from his hands.
Now death is not a prison —
it is a passage.
Not a defeat —
but a doorway.
▪️Grace: The Unexpected Triumph
Here is where Mid-Acts truth shines so brightly.
Israel rejected their Messiah.
The cross took place.
And instead of wrath immediately falling…
Grace was revealed.
The risen Christ saved Saul of Tarsus and unveiled the dispensation of the grace of God (Ephesians 3:1–9).
That was not Satan’s expectation.
He moved to crush the King.
God revealed the Body.
He sought to silence the message.
God revealed the mystery.
He aimed for destruction.
God unveiled reconciliation.
Strategic victory.
Complete.
Irreversible.
Eternal.
▪️So What About Today?
Yes, the battle is real.
Yes, Satan is active.
Yes, deception is widespread.
But do not confuse noise with victory.
The outcome is settled.
Christ is seated far above all principality and power (Ephesians 1:20–21).
We are seated with Him (Ephesians 2:6).
We stand not in fear — but in finished work.
The cross is Satan’s calamity.
The resurrection is our assurance.
Grace is our marching ground.
So stand.
Stand in the truth.
Stand in the gospel of the grace of God.
Stand in what Christ has already accomplished.
Because while the enemy may win moments —
the Lord Jesus Christ has already won the war.
And that changes everything.
All Scripture quotations are from the King James Bible
