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The daily life we live in North America is usually so wrapped up with our daily affairs (kids, school, work, groceries, friends, etc.) that very few of us are even aware that we are in a war. And that war is not with our government or even with one another. Ephesians 6 shows us that our warfare is against evil, cosmic powers! That’s right, an unseen, but, oh, so real, foe. This spiritual warfare we are in is not a thought tacked on at the end of this letter. Rather, it’s a crucial theme that Paul weaves throughout.    Being aware of one’s enemy is a key component to successfully fighting a war. We don’t want to underestimate nor overestimate their ability. What we see in Ephesians is that these evil, cosmic forces have hijacked God’s good world and hold it, humans included, in their enslaving grip. But God has broken that grip through Christ’s death on the cross. Now those who are set free through Christ’s death, the church, are a sign of God’s victory on earth and are to display God’s wisdom to those enslaving and evil powers.