A SOLDIER MUST BE ENLISTED - something to think about!
THE SOLDIER AFTER HAVING BEEN ENLISTED HAS TO BE DRILLED — that is to say, he has to learn his business. A good soldier is not to be made in a day; there must be time and pains spent upon him; he must be trained and taught, and that very carefully, before he is fit to fight against the enemies of his country.
And it is just the same with Christian soldiers. They have to learn to work together, so as to support and help one another in
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the conflict against evil. -Ephesians 4:11-13. And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
WE HAVE REAL ENEMIES TO FIGHT — real enemies, not imaginary ones: "the world, the flesh, and the devil."
THE word of God TELLS US THAT WE ARE TO BE GOOD SOLDIERS OF JESUS CHRIST.
Christ is our Captain, and we as soldiers have a real and standing engagement with the forces of evil without and within.
So let us the called of God remember to, Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.