The Christian life is one of continual and irreconcilable war. Because of sin, there is enmity. It was introduced by God the Father in the fallout of the Fall.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Since that day, the sons of Eve have been at war with the seed of the serpent, wherever it is found. Christ came to conquer as far as the curse is found. This includes the dragon without and the dragon within. The Christian life is one of unending warfare. It is killing sin wherever it is conceived inside us (James 1:15) and taking it captive for Christ wherever it is conceived around us (2 Cor. 10:3-5).
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
There will be warfare. There will be contradiction. There will be words and there will be backchat. Imposing wills will clash with only one will prevailing at the expense of the other. The Spirit will not stop until the world, the flesh, and the devil have been fully vanquished. The flesh will not cease fire. It will not surrender. But neither will the Spirit and God's guns will outflank the flesh, lay waste the world, and demolish the devil.
God shall arise and by His might
Put all His enemies to flight
With shame and consternation.
His haters, haughty though they be,
Shall at His august presence flee
In utter desolation;
For when Jehovah shall appear,
He shall consume, afar and near,
All those that evil cherish.
As smoke before his dreadful ire,
As wax is molten by the fire,
So shall the wicked perish.
Psalm 68
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