The Bible is clear that Christians are in a spiritual battle all the time (Ephesians 6:10-19). There are spiritual forces of evil that will seek to tempt Christians into sin or frighten them out of witnessing to the world. Christians should be prepared for this, both by prayer (Ephesians 6:18) and by equipping themselves with the truths of Scripture (see Jesus’ example in Matthew 4:1-11). However, Christians need not fear, because Christ has already achieved the victory and in Him they have the strength to resist evil and continue to the end (Colossians 2:13-15, 1 John 4:4, 1 Peter 5:8-11).
