Enmity is inescapably infused into everything. The world is a battle ground between the seed of Eve and the seed of the serpent. Plain and simple, there will be warfare. If you are not part of the resistance, you are part of the problem. If you are not fighting for the glory of God and the good of your neighbor by grace through faith in Christ alone, you are fighting against the glory of God and the good of your neighbor by a faith in what you alone call good. Neutrality does not exist. There is no audience. Everyone is on the field. Everyone is wearing a jersey. Everyone is playing for a team whether or not they're playing an active part. In fact, only those actively engaged in fighting evil are on the side of light. God's team has no bench. Everyone is in the game or on the other side. Those who want to sit it out can only do so by being on the enemy's bench.
“No neutralities can exist in religion. We are either ranked under the banner of Prince Immanuel, to serve and fight his battles, or we are vassals of the black prince, Satan. To whom belongest thou? (1 Samuel 30:13)" — Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
The land is blessed where the brothers dwell in unity under the banner of God, but woe to the world where fiends find fraternity in the infantry of the Foe.
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