[UntoHim]

The real battleground is the will. Man (and apparently the angels) were created with a free will. To some degree Satan won the initial battle over the flesh, but we know from the Word that he will eventually lose the war. Through man's disobedience - through the submission of his will to do the will of Satan - sin entered the world and through sin came death. When we submit our will to the will of God, we will still suffer the consequences of man's original disobedience (the death of our mortal body) but we receive the eternal life God, which will allow us to escape the punishment reserved for Satan and his angels.

Free will even comes into play when we consider the relationship between the Father and Son. Right at the beginning of the Lord Jesus' ministry, Satan came to tempt the Man Jesus. He had been without food for 40 days. His body was weak. Satan temptation was for Jesus to leave the will of the Father. We know what happened there. Then the night of his crucifixion came the ultimate test. What was his prayer to the Father? "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done."

We still have a free will. That is the one thing Satan could not take from man. He still cannot take that from man. The battle today is still over our will.