Christian Warfare

Warfare is an interesting thing.  It turns kind fathers into snipers and farmers into machine gunners.  It turns kind small towns into burning piles of rubble and tears families apart with every death.  War has been glorified by movies, television, and video games; but one thing will always be true when it comes to reality: war is ugly.

Ephesians 6:12: “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.”  It’s time for us to wake up.  We’re in a war.  By that, I don’t mean that we’re behind a screen shooting zombies or sharing the heroics of Owen Wilson “Behind Enemy Lines,” but a real war with very real consequences.  Our comrades are dropping left and right, we have bullets piercing through us, we’re in danger of bleeding out on the battlefield, and still we insist that we aren’t doing that bad.  All the while, we seem to be afraid to use our weapons.  It’s time to wake up.

I’ve been reading a book lately called “The Game Plan” by Joe Dallas.  The book relates specifically to sexual purity, but there’s a concept in it that I think applies here.  He makes the point that when you are involved in sexual sin (or sin of any kind) you are not fulfilling your primary function.  My point is this: we haven’t been fulfilling our primary function.  Christians have gotten shy, and as we sit back in our comfort zones, passively wishing things were different, homosexuality continues to undermine Christian values, violence pervades our culture and entertainment, mindless shootings continue, and sexual sin destroys more families.  It’s time to get serious about the situation, stand up for the truth, and work for God.

I for one see the signs.  I can see the doom of our country and our world as clear as day.  Oh, the United States may continue for many more years, maybe even many more thousand years, I have no way of knowing that.  But spiritually our nation is dying fast.  Spiritually the world is dying fast.  It’s time to stop huddling in the fetal position.  It’s time to act.  I’ve decided to submit myself to God and to do what He wants me to.  So Satan, you better watch yourself.  Cause we’re on the offensive.  And we’re coming for your people.

"It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this." - C.S. Lewis