Ezekiel
Since the fall of Adam man has been involved in major combat. He has been fighting conflicts all along the wall of the watchtower upon three primary battlefronts to save his soul. As we enter the last days, it is even more so now that we find ourselves in daily conflict along these battlefronts. We also find there have been millions upon millions of P.O.W.'s (Prisoners of War) taken from Adam and Eve to me six thousand years later.
The three primary battlefronts are:
The world - which attacks our bodily lust and desires.
The flesh - which attacks and opposes the spirit.
The Devil who attacks our mind.
Combined they form a powerful alliance using:
Deceit upon the worldly battle fron.
Temptation upon the fleshly battle front.
Doubt upon the battle front with Satan over your mind in a master plan to defeat and frustrate the lives of God's people.
If you have fallen pray to Satan and become one of his P.O.W.'s, you do not have to remain a P.O.W. with Satan. Christ came to set the captives free to be warriors on the battlefield of salvation, as witnessing prayer warriors for Christ.
I was once a P.O.W. of Satan, but I have been set free by the blood of Christ, that me, myself, and I may fight the good fight of faith. Me against the world, myself against the flesh, and I through Christ, oppose the Devil in prayer, by faith and power from on high. However, to defeat the enemy�s plan you must know how he operates, his strengths and his weaknesses.
So starting with worldly battlefront, we find that worldliness is an attitude of the soul, a state of mind, materialistic and sensual. Its attention is on the lower and debased appetites of our desires and lust. It is blind to the things of the spirit.
The flesh is our old nature, our sin nature from the fall of Adam. Thus, it is the infiltrator of the spiritual, the enemy within. Therefore, we find that our greatest conflict is often within ourselves. We have two natures in conflict. Galatians 5:17 says, ��For the flesh lust against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh� so we must discipline our bodies and bring them into subjection by yielding and surrendering completely to God. In this way we can by faith consider the old nature dead. For through Christ we are made anew, and no more tied to the death of sin, but new life in Christ.
Then there is the Devil, old Satan, who is the commander-in chief of the powers of evil. He harasses, accuses, tempts, deceives, and lies in his dealings with us. He also works through his allies, the world and the flesh to wreak havoc among God�s people. Seeking to hinder the progress of mankind towards the salvation of God through Christ, and to weaken the Christian�s defense and offense.
The Bible says, �For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness, against spiritual wickedness in high places,� Ephesians 6:12. Never under estimate the power of the master of deceit, that old devil, Satan. Christ defeated the devil for us and set us free of the bonds of Satan. Now it is up to us, to keep Satan defeated, as prayer warriors for God. And we cannot do it apart from Christ. We must be wholly and fully submitted to God. For when we pray and stand against Satan in the name of Christ Jesus, the devil will tremble and flee from us, because Christ defeated him for us on the cross. He will always be defeated because Christ gave us power over Satan to cast him out and down by His name and the power of the Holy Spirit within us. When we pray and quote scripture to Satan in the name of our Lord and saviour, he will always flee. It is our faith in Christ, which gives us the victory over the world. So if we walk in the spirit, we shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh, Galatians 5:16. Therefore, we do not have to be Satan�s P.O.W.�s, but can choose to be Prayer Warriors for God�s calling and purpose. Prayer Warriors who go forth in the raging battle which takes place within ourselves as the flesh lusteth against the spirit, continuing to set other captive P.O.W.�s free from Satan in the name of Christ. Prayer Warriors who have the peace of God in the mist of external and internal conflicts and wars all about them, because of the faith we have in our Lord and Saviour, Christ Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
How can the Prayer Warrior have this kind of peace? By the grace of God, and by walking with the Prince of Peace, Christ Jesus.