The word disobedience in the scripture above is translated from the Greek word apeitheia and it means disbelief (obstinate and rebellious); it's characteristically unbelief. So, it's referring to the children of unbelief. It describes something that's very much like the spirit of the antichrist.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 AMPC says, For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way. Mystery of lawlessness refers to rebellion; a defiant opposition to God; to be highly opposed to God's will; to God's Word.
There're people who, without even knowing why, find themselves doing the things they do, in defiance to God. That's how come you find people who say, I just don't like Christians. If you were to ask them the reason for such hatred, they'll say, Nothing; I just don't like them. The Bible shows us what spirit is working in such people.
1 Corinthians 2:12 talks about the spirit of the world; and it's the same spirit we read about in our opening scripture: the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2). But thank God the Bible says that's not what we received. We received the Spirit of God and He teaches us and nurtures us in the will of the Father: Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God (1 Corinthians 2:12). Hallelujah!
CONFESSION
Now I've received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God that I may walk in truth and obedience. My life is Spirit-ruled and Spirit- controlled; I'm always under the sway and regulation of the Spirit. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Romans 8:12-14; Galatians 5:25; 1 Peter 1:14 TPT;
1-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Acts 9:32-43 & Ezra 1-3
2-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Luke 2:41-52 & Deuteronomy 19
