Ephesians 2:2
in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.
The thing about “following the ruler of the kingdom of the air” that is so insidious is that it is natural. Before we are born again there is really no other way to be. Before we have our spirits become alive in Christ we have no other framework to have our existence except our baser instincts. Much like all the rest of the animals on earth we were motivated by our need for survival, unlike the rest of the animals we were originally created in the image of God, with the capacity to reason, choose, create, to learn, to repent and most of all the capacity to love. The animals have these attributes but to a lesser degree and theirs are more associated with instincts than volition as we humans do. Yet these attributes in the bodily form with an unregenerate spirit still bring us to a base existence for example without our spirit alive to Christ we do have the capacity to love another but the root of that love is going to have some sort of thread of motivation that is selfish. When this is unfettered it becomes full blown and easily expressed in the old adage of “giving love to get sex and giving sex to get love” syndrome which pretty much sums up the totality of what passes for relationships these days. True love as described in 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 does not naturally occur (except for the love of a mother for a child which I believe God granted to allow for the survival of the species.)
Therefore unless we are born again we have no hope of living in the most excellent way that will bring joy to the heart of God, being motivated by His pure love for his creation and have our being thrive on doing His will as it is nourishment for our souls.
Naturally we will be drawn to the influence of the kingdom of the air but in our spirit which is alive to God through Christ we yearn to be set free from captivity in this world of death and sin and be ultimately liberated to the paradise of God.
application
To denounce the natural and walk in the supernatural 
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