Psalms 6:10 KJV
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed:
let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal and we wrestle not with flesh
and blood. Therefore we must learn that the enemies which we face are neither
carnal not flesh and blood. To be sure, those enemies manifest themselves in
people, sometimes that person may be our own person, but a good soldier
identifies his enemy so he expends both energy and ammunition in the right
direction.
Who knows who first identified those enemies as:
- The world
- The flesh and
- The devil
This brief summary speaks volumes once some experience and meditation is
placed upon it.
Realizing I am making more complicated what has been so eloquently
summarized, I endeavor to expand upon this simple summary. Our enemies are:
Worldliness
which separates a believer from the love he should have for God.
Attitudes
which divide the people of God from unity in His church
Politics (both civil and spiritual)
which focus our attention on movements and philosophies rather than on
God
It's never the person. Some people cause is great pain. Sometimes the
pain they cause never really goes away. But God lives them and Christ died to
redeem them. Sometimes we must separate from a person who walks not according
to the teaching of God's Word. We must be careful to not yoke up with a person
who is not a follower of Jesus Christ. But never are we to aim our weapons at
them.
They are not our enemies.
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