God has a full purpose that is set for the church. This you will find in Ephesians 3:10:
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God.
The NLT simplified this : God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians 3:10-11 NLT.
The evil ones are wise; in Ezekiel 28:2-3 God was speaking to Satan, the spiritual king of Tyre, and he said he was wiser than Daniel. So, it’s not about knowledge – wisdom, but the enforcement of the fact that God is the King in charge. That’s the have DOMINION in Gen.1:28 which Adam could not do, which He has now empowered us to do:
For although we live in the natural realm, we don’t wage a military campaign employing human weapons, using manipulation to achieve our aims. Instead, our spiritual weapons are energized with divine power to effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide. We can demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. Since we are armed with such dynamic weaponry, we stand ready to punish any trace of rebellion, as soon as you choose complete obedience.
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 TPT
Psa.8 :2; Psa.127:3-4 directly declare our role in this battle which we saw Israel and David doing as they killed giants- the offsprings of fallen angels (Deut.3:10-13 MSG ; 1Sam.17; 2 Sam.16:16-22).
Here’s another lesson from Eph. 3:10:
God set up the church so that they would declare God to principalities and powers. Up there in those days – before the rebellion, they did not display love because if you love me, you will not teach me to rebel against God. Love and team work was missing among them. Pride was there, too. Satan said we will exalt our throne. I am not content with what we have here. Those were things that the fallen angels manifested. The church won’t do that.
That is another understanding of this scripture; that what they did that made God to put them away, you won’t do it and by that you will condemn them because the Bible says we will judge angels. How are we going to judge angels? Is it by carrying your anvil and knocking on the table? No. By your lifestyle, you will condemn them. Because according to the law, the judge is supposed to be above guilt. A sinner can not stand as a judge to try a case. You are a thief, you cannot try a thief; it is not permissible. So, a judge is supposed to be above whatever anybody else has done before he has the moral right to pronounce judgment. That is what God has made the church to be.
That is the full purpose. He said he created them unto good works before they were even born, before the church was even started (Eph. 2:10).
If you don’t know the purpose for the grace you have received, you will receive it in vain (2Corin. 6:1-2).
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Demons were defeated in our lives to bring us to God. He said it took efforts to get you saved, so don’t waste it. Go to the end of the road, fulfill the mandate of Ephesus, find purpose, live it through and live it well. If you don’t understand this, you are going to be a church goer all your life. You are just going to come and warm seats but that is not the reason God gave you salvation.
PAUL PRAYED FOR THEM
Ephesians 1: 15
Wherefore, I also after I heard of the faith in Christ Jesus and the love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory may give unto you wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.
Paul recognized what was missing and he prayed like a father should pray for the children.
Ephesians 3:14-16
For this cause I bow my knees unto the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is name, that he will grant you, according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his spirit in your inner man that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, the length, and the depth and height and to know the love of Christ which passeth all knowledge that you might be filled with all fullness of God.
Eventually, because they were engrossed with the cares of this life (2 Tim.2:1-4), soldiers became civilians. Now, there was no way they could win the battle. Of course, they lost.
Despite the prayers of Paul, they still did not listen. They were engrossed with my property has been destroyed. How will I replace them? I have lost my contacts in the social and economic world. What do I do to get these things back? (Heb. 10:32-34). They looked back, and they missed it. They refused to take corrections despite the fact that Paul prayed.
Let’s pick our lessons to fulfill our purpose in life, more so as Jesus is now outside the church systems, looking for individuals who will work with Him. Rev. 3:20.