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Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Joshua 11:12-23
The enemies whom Israel has just fought and beaten represent those who wage war against Christians, namely Satan and his angels. Our warfare is "against principalities . . . against spiritual wickedness in high places" (Ephesians 6:12) Many people believe that the devil and the demons are now in hell. But the Bible makes plain to us that Satan is still in heaven and moving about the world to harm mankind (Job 1:6-7). If we are believers, the Enemy certainly cannot rob us of our salvation (John 10:28). On the other hand he does try to prevent us from enjoying our heavenly blessings by waging war on us; he does strive to snatch from us the territory which previous victories allowed us to occupy. That is the reason why in the same chapter 6 of Ephesians we are called upon not only to fight and overcome all, but afterwards to stand. The Word supplies us with an invincible weapon against the efforts of the enemy. It makes known that neither principalities, nor powers shall be able to separate us from the love of God, but that "in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him that loved us" (Romans 8:37-39).
