在宇宙中有三个意志：神的意志、撒但的意志、以及人的意志。我们若要知道教会如何能作神的战士，从事属灵的争战，我们就必须认识这三个意志。神的意志是自有永有的，是永远的、非受造的。作为受造之物的天使也有意志。众天使中的一位，就是天使长，受神指派管理亚当被造之前的宇宙。这天使长因着自己的高位和美丽，就变得骄傲起来。这骄傲使他兴起邪恶的意愿，这就成了撒但的意志。因此，在神的意愿，神的意志之外，还有第二个意志；撒但的意志如今是对抗神的意志的。
一切争战都源自这两个意志的冲突。在撒但的意志兴起与神的意志敌对之前，宇宙中没有争战。宇宙中的冲突起始于天使长对神的背叛。那背叛乃是现今发生在国际之间，以及社会、家庭、和个人里面一切争战的起头。虽然有三个意志，但冲突只牵涉两方─神和撒但。要紧的问题乃是，人是选择神的意志还是选择撒但的意志。人的意志若与神的意志站在一起，神的意志就能成就。但人的意志若站在撒但的意志这一边，撒但的意志至少就会暂时的成功。
然而，藉着悔改，人能从撒但的意志转向神的意志，从撒但那一边转到神这一边。福音的第一个吩咐就是悔改，其次两个吩咐乃是信而受浸。任何盼望得救的罪人，必须听从这三个吩咐。他必须向神悔改，相信主耶稣，并在水里受浸。悔改乃是有一个转，从撒但的意志转向神的意志。一个人从撒但的意志转向神的意志之后，就必须相信主耶稣并且受浸。藉着受浸，他从黑暗的权势，就是撒但的意志，迁到神爱子的国里。
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Warfare to Deal with the Spiritual Enemy — Eph. 6:11
In the universe there are three wills: the divine will, the satanic will and the human will. If we would know how the church can be God’s warrior to engage in spiritual warfare, we must know these three wills, these three intentions. God’s will, being self-existing, is eternal, uncreated. As created beings, the angels also have a will. One of these angels, an archangel, was appointed by God to rule the universe that existed before the creation of Adam. Because of his high position and his beauty, this archangel became proud. This pride gave rise to an evil intention, which became the satanic will. Therefore, in addition to God’s intention, God’s will, there is a second intention, a second will, for now the satanic will is set against God’s will.
All warfare has its source in this conflict of wills. Before the satanic will rose up to contradict the divine will, there was no war in the universe. The controversy in the universe began with the rebellion of the archangel against God. That rebellion was the beginning of all the fighting that is now taking place among nations, in society, in the family and in individuals. Although there were three wills, the controversy involved just two parties – God and Satan. The crucial issue was whether man would choose the divine will or the satanic will. If the human will stood with the divine will, then God’s will would be accomplished. But if the human will took sides with the satanic will, Satan’s will would be carried out, at least temporarily.
However, through repentance man can turn from the satanic will to the divine will, from Satan’s side to God’s side. The first commandment in the gospel is to repent. The next two commandments are to believe and to be baptized. Any sinner who desires to be saved must obey these three commandments. He must repent to God, believe in the Lord Jesus, and be baptized in water. To repent is to have a turn from the satanic will to the divine will. After a person turns from the satanic will to the divine will, he must believe in the Lord Jesus and be baptized. Through baptism he is brought out of the authority of darkness, the satanic will, and is transferred into the kingdom of the Son of God’s love.