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Spiritual Warfare - Jessie Penn-Lewis
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The Spiritual Warfare
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the wiles of the Devil. For the adversaries with whom we wrestle . . . are the Principalities, the Powers, and the Sovereigns of this present darkness, the spirits of evil in the heavens
(Ephesians 6:11–12, Conybeare).
WE wonder if the Lord’s people really believe that the Bible means exactly what it says, when it is written that the whole world lies under the sway of the evil one
(1 John 5:19) and that the prince of the power of the air
is the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience! Moreover, that Satan is the god of this world, and that his principalities and powers are the world-rulers of this darkness? Apart from the death of Christ as an expiatory sacrifice for sin, and the recognition of the death of the sinner with the Savior, there is no guarantee of any soul not being misled by the Adversary—not even righteousness being a sufficient safeguard, as we see in 2 Corinthians 11:15. Do we believe that?
The dividing line caused by the cross has become acute in Christendom. Through the acceptance of the cross the sons of God are being ripened for translation; and through the rejection of the cross the children of unbelief will be left in darkness—a darkness made even darker because it is called light
and progress.
There is a sphere of prayer which lies beyond a person’s simple asking for "blessing—a sphere of prayer expounded on in Ephesians 6. It is known only by those who have experientially passed, on the basis of the teachings found in Romans 6, and by way of Ephesians 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, on into the sixth chapter of the Ephesians epistle. This sphere involves warfare!
The pivot verse in Romans 6 is "Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him." Then in Ephesians 1 and 2, Paul shows how Christ was raised from the dead, and we were raised up together with Him, and made to sit together in the heavenly places in Christ. Finally, Ephesians 6 shows the spiritual conflict with spirit foes, which the believer finds himself brought into as he personally experiences spiritunion with Christ.
In union with the enthroned Lord, the believer in due time finds the conflict of Ephesians 6 unfolded to him. He discovers that there is a prayer-warfare where he not only needs Christ as his life within but also as the whole armor of God,
his covering without. Here he will meet in direct combat, without any intervention of flesh and blood,
the satanic principalities and powers; and here he will learn, by standing on the firm foundation of the gospel (e.g., Christ crucified) to overthrow the foe—and then with unwearied persistence
to hold the victory for himself and others, especially for messengers going forth to proclaim the Good News. Hallelujah!
Two
What Is Prayer Warfare
?
Briefly, prayer warfare simply means holding unceasingly the power of the finished work of Christ
over the hosts of evil, in their attack upon some place or person, until the victory is won. Just as Moses lifted his hands stedfastly until the victory was won, so the prayer warrior holds up stedfastly the victory of the cross—the finished victory of Christ over Satan—until the forces of evil retreat and are vanquished.
This requires a true knowledge of Romans 6 and Galatians 2:20 in experience, and many lessons on abiding on the throne with Christ (Ephesians 2:6), before prolonged conflicts are thus prayed through and won. The truth is, so many believers live in inward conflict regarding themselves—often with regard to mundane or petty matters—that they cannot understand Ephesians 6 with its warfare against spiritual hosts of evil in the atmosphere where, living "Christ-encased," the prayer warriors wrestle and overthrow the principalities and powers attacking the church of Christ.
Prayer warfare
has to do entirely with direct warfare with the powers of darkness—not with flesh and blood
(Ephesians 6:12); therefore it does not allow the exercise of "will