“Fight the good fight of faith.”
(1 Tim. 6:12)
The Christian life is a lifelong battle, “and there is no discharge in that war.” Pacifists lose every time in this spiritual conflict. We are to fight all the way to Heaven, for there will always be conflict against corruption. Let me remind you there is more to this fight than being able to take the blows of the enemy. We are not to cower in a corner. We are expected to get in some blows ourselves. We hear much about yielding, but that’s to God. We are to resist our adversary.
To fight this battle in the flesh will result in defeat. It’s a battle entered into by faith. For our warfare is spiritual. We do not war “after the flesh.” The rest Joshua led God’s people into was not by a passive faith, but by a fighting faith. May our dying testimony be that of the old, battle-scarred warrior: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” Satan hates God, and the only way he can attack Him is by attacking the objects of His love.
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