The doctrine of the antithesis reminds us that the world is at war. (Gen. 3:15)
While worldliness is our adversary, the world is not. The battle is FOR the world. The conflict is not over the aim, but the chief aim — not over the end per se, but the means of ending there.
If worldliness and Christianity were concerned about occupying different territories, there would be no conflict, but our opposition is due to our common objective.
In other words, we fight because of what we agreed upon: the world is valuable and worth keeping.
Christianity seeks first the Kingdom in order to gain the world by inheritance through meekness whereas worldliness seeks first the world in order to gain the world by force through whatever means necessary.
Worldliness wants the world whatever the costs and ends up paying whatever comes along with it. Nonsense cannot overthrow sense, but doesn't know enough not to try. Insanity cannot work and anything that can't go on forever… won't; but, in the meantime, it doesn't know enough not to try to endure and by doing so invites all kinds of nonsense.
Lewis quite literally pits Logres versus lunacy. Logres is a reflection of deep heaven while lunacy mirrors the dark side of the moon.
While worldliness is our adversary, the world is not. The battle is FOR the world. The conflict is not over the aim, but the chief aim — not over the end per se, but the means of ending there.
If worldliness and Christianity were concerned about occupying different territories, there would be no conflict, but our opposition is due to our common objective.
In other words, we fight because of what we agreed upon: the world is valuable and worth keeping.
Christianity seeks first the Kingdom in order to gain the world by inheritance through meekness whereas worldliness seeks first the world in order to gain the world by force through whatever means necessary.
Worldliness wants the world whatever the costs and ends up paying whatever comes along with it. Nonsense cannot overthrow sense, but doesn't know enough not to try. Insanity cannot work and anything that can't go on forever… won't; but, in the meantime, it doesn't know enough not to try to endure and by doing so invites all kinds of nonsense.
Lewis quite literally pits Logres versus lunacy. Logres is a reflection of deep heaven while lunacy mirrors the dark side of the moon.
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