经文：那时，你们在其中行事为人，随着这世界的世代，顺着空中掌权者的首领，就是那现今在悖逆之子里面运行之灵的首领；（弗二2，另译）
有两个国度，也有两个灵。约四24告诉我们，神是灵；弗二2启示我们，撒但这空中掌权者的首领也是一个灵。这邪灵在每一个人里面运行。“运行”在原文里是很重的字。撒但以确定的方式，有确定的目的在运行、作工。每一个人里面都有撒但的运行者，就是在悖逆之子里面运行的灵。人也许谈论自由、解放和独立；每一个人都喜欢独立。然而，没有一个堕落的人是独立的，因为他在撒但的运行之下。
太十二26指明撒但有一个国度，约十二31描述撒但是这世界的王。撒但不仅是运行者，他也是王。他管理全地，在他以下有许多属下、许多阶层；弗六12将这些阶层描述为执政的和掌权的。这些乃是撒但国度里不同的阶层。撒但是这世界的王，也是空中掌权者的首领。在地上有人类，在空中有背叛之天使的有能者。撒但的国是由堕落的人类和背叛的天使所构成的。在地上，堕落的人类是撒但国度的公民；在空中，背叛的天使之有能的和主治的，为撒但管理这地。撒但也是邪灵，已经进到每一个人里面。他运行在每一个人里面，没有例外。他是这样的运行者，借此他产生了国度。撒但现今就住在人的身体里。撒但从他在人身体里运行的基地，想要控制全人─心思、情感和意志。一个被鬼附的人总是非常在他的头脑里。
撒但以人的身体作他的住处，但主耶稣以人的灵作祂的住处。神在祂的主宰权柄里，为祂自己保全了人的灵。虽然人的灵受邪恶身体和败坏心思的影响，到一个地步，是已经死了，但我们无法从圣经看见任何提示，说到撒但已经进到人的灵里。当我们悔改相信主耶稣，祂立刻就进到我们的灵里。圣经清楚地告诉我们，主耶稣基督与我们的灵同在（提后四22）。从我们的灵，祂正在我们里面生长并扩展，在我们全人里占有更多的地位。借着在我们里面占有更多的地位，祂实际的在我们里面作王掌权。
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Two Spirits – John 4:24, Eph. 2:2
There are two kingdoms and also two spirits. John 4:24 tells us that God is Spirit; Ephesians 2:2 reveals to us that Satan, the leader of the power of the air, is also a spirit. This evil spirit is at work among us. “To operate” is a very important word in the original Greek text. Satan operates and works in a definite way and with a definite purpose. There is an operator of Satan within each one of us, this is the spirit operating in the sons of disobedience. We may talk about freedom, liberation and independence because man likes to be independent. However, no fallen man is independent as a consequence of the operation of Satan.
Matthew 12:26 indicates that Satan has a kingdom, and John 12:31 describes Satan as the king of this world. Satan is not only an operator, he is also a king. He rules over the whole earth, and under him are many subordinates and hierarchies. Ephesians 6:12 describes these hierarchies as principalities and powers, which are various classes in Satan’s kingdom. Satan is the prince of this world and the ruler of the authority of the air. There are men on the earth and rebellious angelic powers in the air, of which Satan’s kingdom is composed. On earth, fallen human beings are citizens of Satan’s kingdom; while in the air, the rebellious angels, the rulers and authorities, rule the earth for Satan. Satan is also an evil spirit that has entered into each one of us to operate without exception. He is such an operator whereby he brings into the kingdom. Satan now lives in the human body, a base that he may seek to control the entire person – mind, emotion and will. A demon-possessed person is always in his mind.
Satan uses the human body as his dwelling place, while the Lord Jesus uses the human spirit as his dwelling place. In his sovereignty, God has preserved the human spirit for himself. Although the human spirit affected by the evil body and corrupt mind is dead, yet we cannot see any hint from the Bible that Satan has entered into the human spirit. When we repent and believe in the Lord Jesus, he immediately comes into our spirit. The Bible clearly tells us that the Lord Jesus Christ is with our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22). From our spirit, he is growing and expanding within us, taking more space in our being. By doing so, he truly reigns in us.