Paul is not talking about demons. He is talking about arguments, imaginations, rationalities, thoughts, and knowledge. These are the strongholds that keep us from winning the war and from being the people God wants us to be. We are dealing with the same thing that we dealt with back in the Garden of Eden. Satan wasn’t the problem. Adam opened their minds to the thoughts, deceptions, and lies of the devil. They could have kicked the devil out of the garden with their little pinkies. They could have stepped on the serpent and stomped his head! I mean, they could have roasted him and had their first meal of meat. Adam and Eve had the authority and dominion of God over every beast of the field. They could have wrung the serpent’s neck and had a gourmet dinner, but their heads got in the way. The strongholds that caused them to sin were deception, fleshly ideas, and lies. These strongholds removed them from the blessing of God and got them kicked out of the Garden of Eden. Although Satan is the father of all lies (John 8:44), and this may shock you but, ultimately he and his demons are not your problem because he is already defeated through Jesus’ cross.
