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“The Good Warfare”
Categories: discipleship, Sunday Family Report articles, theology“This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child… that you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience.” (1 Tim. 1:18-19a)
“…though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ…” (1 Cor. 10:3-5)
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From time immemorial to today, a war rages between the spiritual forces of darkness and God’s power of good in the heavenly places (Eph. 6:10-12ff). Though unseen, this war touches Earth and affects the rising and falling of humanity through cycles of good and evil. The territory being fought over is each human heart, and while the final victor of eternity is already decided, our task remains to fight off the dark forces’ power within ourselves and everyone we know.
The Holy Spirit describes Christians as soldiers in that great war. And yet, it tells us that the weapons of our warfare are not swords, guns, or war machines. Nor are they organizations, political structures, or educational systems. No, our weapons are simple and powerful: hearts and minds that are truly transformed—completely renewed by the powerful truth from God. That is an arsenal unto itself, and if we have the humility and dedication to let God’s word do its work in us, we will find that though we face many conflicts with the enemy (see The Book of Acts for evidence), through the power of God it will be ours to overcome every opinion that thinks itself so lofty as to deny the truth about Christ. And, in the final assessment of all things, we will have served the great victor of eternity: Jesus, the Alpha and the Omega.
- Dan Lankford, minister
