The Heavenly Provision of Power (Eph. 6:10-13)
Someone has said that two common mistakes made by Christians about the devil is for some to make too much of him and for others to make too little of him. Some see the devil virtually everywhere; others see him virtually nowhere. Did you think about him today? If you are a Christian, he thought about you and schemed to defeat you. If you are not a Christian, he has been blinding you to your immediate need of Christ. It is important that we have a biblical view of who he is and what he does. Paul reminds us of that in this passage. The church in Ephesus had seen how very early on the devil had caused metalworkers connected to pagan worship to raise a riot against the gospel when Paul was planting the church. Paul later on had warned the elders of the congregation that false teachers would arise from within their number. The apostle had even told the congregation in Ephesians 4:27 not to give the devil a foothold by them using wrong forms of speech and other sins. So there are thre...