1 Corinthians 9:18, 26 English Standard Version (ESV) What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.

Ephesians 6:12 English Standard Version (ESV) For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Our struggles are in the flesh but the real battle is above our ability to inflict any real wounds. Thanks be to God that Jesus Christ has already won the war. Our enemy is a defeated foe.

War and rebellion in heaven is over and the enemy has been cast down. Unfortunately the enemy is eternal, an angel that cannot die. He can only be cast out. As an archangel he had great powers, the same as Michael and Gabriel. When Satan was cast out of heaven for rebellion he lost power and was relegated to the kingdom of dust, dead things, and all he can do is kick up the dust.

Sadly we live on dust, we were made from dust and we will return to dust. We can think in terms that Satan is kicking dust in our face because he lost and he is a sore loser. He has been given the title, Prince of the Power of the Air. 

Look to scripture to understand how this angel has any effect in our lives. The things connected to his realm are dead things. 

Deuteronomy 24:16 English Standard Version (ESV) Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.

1 Corinthians 15:56 English Standard Version (ESV) The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Psalm 51:5 English Standard Version (ESV) Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

We inherited a life in sin and the only cure is to inherit life.