Lesson 6 This is War Soldier, Time to Fight!
Question 1
Hello friend, welcome back!
Today I am eating a normal breakfast and won’t eat again until breakfast tomorrow.
At this point in the course, you know that we are at war! We have mighty enemies who seek to destroy us. They want to drag us into sin, causing us to live in guilt, condemnation, and shame, and weakening us so that we look and live much like the world. But God has not left us without resources; He equips us for battle and calls us to learn how to fight!
Many Christians do not even know they are supposed to fight! But that is what this Christian life is! It is fighting! It is war! There should be a violent, mean streak to every Christian, as we go to battle against our lusts. Oh, may we never be mean or violent to any other human, for our war is not with flesh and blood (Ephesians 6:12), but instead may our violence be directed at our lusts which war against our souls. “Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul” (1 Peter 2:11).
Dear brother or sister, make war! Learn to fight in the Lord’s army by crucifying your evil desires and killing your sins!
Put on the full armor of God and stand up and fight for Christ’s sake. Don’t ever run naked into battle again, there to be shot through with enemy arrows, and lie bleeding on the battlefield. That is not your calling! No, wear your armor and learn how to fight like a soldier, and start beating your enemy down the hill.
That’s the life of a Christian. It is using spiritual power to fight spiritual battles and overcome your enemy. Let this victory characterize you by fighting your lusts to death. “I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one” (1 John 2:13).
Question 1. Are you aware that you are at war, and that you are responsible to learn how to fight so as to win? What are your thoughts?
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