Soldiers of Christ, arise,
and put your armor on,
strong in the strength which God supplies
thro' his eternal Son.
Strong in the Lord of hosts,
and in his mighty pow'r,
who in the strength of Jesus trusts
is more than conqueror.
Stand then in his great might,
with all his strength endued;
but take, to arm you for the fight,
the panoply of God.
Leave no unguarded place,
no weakness of the soul;
take ev'ry virtue, ev'ry grace,
and fortify the whole.
To keep your armor bright,
attend with constant care;
still walking in your Captain's sight,
and watching unto prayer.
From strength to strength go on;
wrestle and fight and pray;
tread all the pow'rs of darkness down,
and win the well-fought day.
— Charles Wesley,
Soldiers of Christ, Arise
In Christ, we are more than conquerors, not less.
When you choose to fight, you must also choose to win. If something is worth going to war over, it must be worth your best effort. God has called us to crush serpents in the train of His Son.
Romans 16:20
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Peace is at war with enmity.
Christ is at war with chaos.
God injected enmity into the world in order to resist and overcome evil (Gen. 3:15). The grace of God led Adam and Eve to oppose the serpent who had already been opposing them. The goodness of God compelled men to resist the evil they previously reached for. The God of peace will prevail everywhere. Peace will impose itself upon restlessness and the wicked will either submit to the ease of His yoke or be broken underneath His feet.
The demonic strongholds really are entrenched, but their gates, we are told, cannot prevail against the onslaught of Christ's Kingdom. Jesus is busting down doors and we are called, like Samson, to storm the gates and carry them off. Evil has no safe space. It is under siege and overwhelmed, going down, and dying. The darkness will be snuffed out.
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