PRINCIPALITIES AND POWESR
Pastor J. C. O'Hair
Most important instructions are given to members of the Body of Christ in Ephesians 6:11 and 12 - “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 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 (the heavenlies).” Think of the paradox; The angel of light is the head ruler of darkness.
These great unseen heavenly forces are real and only the blood-redeemed saint of God, in the panoply of Ephesians 6:11 to 18, can stand against spiritual wickedness and Satan’s PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS in the heavenlies. Let us not think of Satan as being in the lake of fire. But while he is at the head of evil forces in heaven, we know that Satan also is the god of this age and the prince of this world. (John 12:30 to 32 - Luke 4:1 to 10 - II Corinthians 4:3 and 4). As we read Satan’s offer to Christ in Luke 4, we know something of his power.
Yes, Satan is at the head of all world systems, societies and brotherhoods, whether they be political or religious, if Christ is not the center. He is transformed into an angel of light. (II Corinthians 11:14). He is subtle, wise, powerful and clever. He is the great deceiver not only deceiving the sinners but he uses his devices on Christians. (II Corinthians 11:1 to 3 - II Corinthians 2:12 to 14 - Ephesians 6:11 and 12). Even though Satan is the prince of the world, Christ Himself said, “render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s.” (Matthew 22:21). So we read in Titus 3:1, “be subject to PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS, to obey magistrates.” Satan is a usurper, and is doomed.
How wonderful for the Christian to know that PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS, whether under Satan as a political leader or under him as a religious leader, can never separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:38 and 39).
We learn, in Colossians 1:16, that the Lord Jesus Christ created thrones, dominions, PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS. When they were created before the fall of Lucifer, the anointed cherub, they were not antagonistic, ungodly PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS. Christ created all things but nothing evil. The fourteenth chapter of Isaiah, the twenty-eighth of Ezekiel, together with Luke 10:18, Revelation 12:7 to 11 and Revelation 20:1 to 10 tell us how the prince of this world’s course is down, down, down, down and down. Out of the mountain of God into other heavenlies; next to the earth as the dragon; then to the bottomless pit and finally to the lake of fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Satan, as a roaring lion, does go about seeking whom he may devour. (I Peter 5:8 and 9). But we read of the prince of the power of the air in Ephesians 2:1 to 3, the spirit now working in the children of disobedience. Yes the devil is the ruler of world darkness at the head of PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS. (Ephesians 6:11 to 13).
In Ephesians 1:19 to 23, we read of the mighty power of God which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him far above the heavenly PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS. Christ, thereby, spoiled PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS and made a show of them triumphing over them in His resurrection and His ascension. (Colossians 2:15).
Christ will come back to this earth, as the last Adam, to put down all rule (PRINCIPALITY), and all AUTHORITY and POWER. (I Corinthians 15:24). Then He will deliver the kingdom up to God that He may be all in all. (I Corinthians 15:28).
The reason why every Christian should make others see the dispensation of the mystery, that the Church might make known to PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS the manifold wisdom of God, which has to do with the Body of Christ, seated in the heavenlies, and perhaps headed for the high place once occupied by Satan. (Ephesians 2:6 and Ephesians 3:8 to 11).
Satan hates this truth with a vicious hatred but very few Christians are causing him much concern by propagating it or even knowing it.
What is the Gospel?
Believing Christ died, that’s
HISTORY.
Believing Christ died for YOUR sins
and rose again, that’s SALVATION.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel
which the preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all
that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the scriptures. 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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