Today we’re going to be talking about “Defeating the Enemy.” To learn how to defeat the enemy, we need to understand that there are two world that we live in. The two worlds are the seen and the unseen. The seen world is the physical world, that which we can see, hear, touch, taste and smell.
For most people, the seen world is all that they perceive. Yet there is another world the unseen world. The unseen world is the spiritual world. A world in which there is a cosmic battle raging. A battle between the kingdom of God and Satan’s domain of darkness.
2 Corinthians 4:18 (ESV) as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
As believers, we are not to focus on the seen world, rather the unseen world. The seen world seems so real and so permanent, yet it is transient, it will eventually be destroyed. The unseen world is eternal, it is going to last forever.
John 3:3 (ESV) Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Unless a person is a believer and born again, they cannot see the unseen realm of the kingdom of God. Yet, too often, even as believers, we simply tend to live in the physical world alone. Leaving the spiritual world for eternity. However, we must get our priorities straight and look first and foremost at the unseen world and God’s kingdom.
Ephesians 6:12 (ESV) For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Too often, we see other people as our enemies, the ones that we can see with our eyes. But our real enemies are the unseen spiritual forces of evil and darkness. They are the ones that God calls us to defeat. God desires for you to advance His kingdom by defeating the enemy in the spiritual dimension.
Today, we’re going to learn how Jesus defeated the enemy. He provides us with an example to follow so that we can do the same.