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Sunday, March 2, 2008
Has Satan assigned specific demons special responsibility, authority and power over specific geographical areas?
Ephesians 6:11-12 (Amplified Bible) “Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere”
Forbes Magazine recently figured out a way to rank America’s most sinful cities using the traditional seven deadly sins. They found that Denver ranked first as “most lustful” and used sales figures for contraceptives and sex items. Crime rate for personal property was used to rank Memphis as the “most jealous”. The city of Detroit won the “the most murderous” using crime statistics which were so clear. Wait; don’t tell me- has Forbes finally found a way for science and the bible to co-exist? Could it be that the scripture above also confirms the same thing the Forbes study attempts to do? Are there spirits assigned to geographical areas or cities?
By now, you’re probably waiting to see what I believe huh? Well, I could never rehearse the totality of biblical teaching on evil spirits and spiritual warfare in this small blog entry. It suffices to say that the warfare depicted in Eph 6:10-20 and the book of Revelation is real and crucial as any aspect of Christian discipleship. Biblical instruction concerning the spirit world needs to be an integral part of our thinking and praying. I am convinced that when homicides went up in our city in the past, it was not only good police work that brought the rate down; it was also praying people coming against the strongman assigned over our city.
So, want to take a jab at what type of spirit hovers over our county? Or is this just another one of my most useless blog entries that need to be taken off the paper’s web site? Let me know folks!!
