Wrestle with Demons and Contend with Evil People

I think Christians make a serious mistake in thinking that the wrestling with demonic forces and the putting on the whole armor of God means we are not supposed to contend with other human beings who are doing harm. The fact that Jesus Christ did not open His mouth at His trial reveals the reality of His total and complete innocence. For Christ to speak out in that instance, would have been to give credence to the false charges leveled against the only innocent Man that has ever walked the face of the earth. 

As I continue to read through the Bible many times, I believe God calls us to not only stand contrary to evil men and women, but, at times, to actively oppose them, if need be. To passively stand by as one murders another, including our own self defense, is to break the sixth Commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.” To not actively protect and preserve life in the face of violence, is to tacitly agree with the aggressor against the potential victim. 

The Ephesians 6:10-20 reminds us that the source of evil can be found in the spiritual realm, but that doesn’t diminish the reality of fallen humanity in enmity against the one and only self-existing Trinitarian God who has revealed Himself in His self-authenticating Bible.