Lessons in spiritual warfare can be uncomfortable at times—perhaps most of the time. And they can pop up in the most unexpected of places.

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. (1 Thessalonians 5:8)

Spiritual warfare can mean different things to different people. But when we boil it down, it is essentially this: conducting warfare in the spirit realm against the demonic forces that are marshalled in opposition to God’s authority. Knowing that, it is crucial to understand the mindset of these opposing forces if our warfare is to be successful.

Our adversary is shrewd. That much is obvious. He knows fully well how to exploit our weaknesses. So let’s ask: what are his weaknesses? Is he lacking in power? Is he lacking in wisdom—at least of the worldly kind? Is he lacking in strategic warfare knowledge?

The reality is that he does possess these entities in abundance—way more than we do. It is true that he lacks God’s wisdom, power, and authority. It is also true that we have spiritual weapons at our disposal to wage warfare against him in these areas. But since we “know in part and see in part,” we may sometimes misuse these weapons—if only by mistake.

The one “weapon” our adversary is completely lacking in is love.

Let me repeat: the one spiritual weapon our adversary does NOT have is…LOVE. He cannot fight back against it because he doesn’t have it. After all, if God is love and satan hates God, he wants nothing to do with love. He doesn’t understand it. He doesn’t speak its language.

Love is the one weapon against which our adversary is completely defenseless.

We can have all the warfare weapons in our bag—but without love, it is of no effect (1 Corinthians 13:2-3)

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