Pastor
Ricky Kurth
“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” (Eph. 6:12).
Wrestling is a sport that is usually associated with boys and men,
only a few of whom engaged in organized wrestling in high school or
college. But whether you are a man or a woman, the Apostle Paul
says that you are engaged in a life-long wrestling match against the
members of Satan’s host.
But did you ever wonder how you are supposed to wrestle a
spirit? And what is this wrestling match all about,
anyway? Paul doesn’t say, but we believe he was thinking of
Daniel 10. Here an angel was sent to Daniel to deliver a
message from God, but a fallen angel “withstood” him for 21 days
(vv. 11-14). Since Paul says of our wrestling match that
we must “withstand” (Eph. 6:13), we feel he had this
passage in mind, especially when we consider what was happening in
Daniel 10. The Prince of Persia, one of “the rulers of the
darkness of this world,” was fighting to keep a message from God
from getting through to a man of God. It is our firm conviction
that “the rulers of the darkness of this world” are still
fighting to keep a message from God from getting through to men
and women of God—the grace message. Today, however,
God is not using angels to deliver His message to His people,
He is using grace believers. Because of this, the
members of Satan’s host are no longer withstanding angels, they
are withstanding us.
And so if you’ve been wondering how you are supposed to
wrestle against the devil’s principalities and powers, wonder no
more. Every time you share the grace message with someone,
you walk out onto the wrestling mat. Every time you try to
“make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery” (Eph.
3:9), you engage your wicked opponent. And every dollar you
invest in grace ministries helps defeat the adversary’s attempts to
keep men and women of God from obtaining the message that unlocks the
Scriptures, the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the
revelation of the mystery. Why not reach someone with the
message today, and know the thrill of pinning a Satanic
combatant to the mat, and liberating a bewildered believer from the
dark shackles of religious tradition that envelope every saint who
has not yet learned to rightly divide the Word of truth.
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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