| Have you ever met someone that talked like this, | | | | by the Christian at the beginning of this article. |
| "I don't need to worry about the enemy, we are | | | | That person is completely ignorant of what is |
| on the winning side of the battle?" | | | | truly going on around them. Even though scripture |
| These people annoy me to no end. They fail to | | | | states that we face an enemy that seeks to |
| notice the basics of what it means to be at war | | | | devour us (1 Peter 5:8), but many still like to sit |
| with an enemy. | | | | on the sidelines of this war that we are intimately |
| Let's take a moment and use war as an example. | | | | involved in. When we became Christians we |
| How many people have gone to war oblivious of | | | | entered into a war that has been raging since |
| what they will face? None of the soldiers that we | | | | before man existed. We face a defeated enemy |
| send to war go there unprepared for what they | | | | that seeks to do nothing else but destroy those |
| will face. They have gone through boot camp, | | | | who are victorious. We need to realize our |
| training, simulations, and many other tests to | | | | position in this war and rise up! Yes, we are on |
| prepare them for what they will actually face in | | | | the winning side. Yes, we are more than |
| the field. No soldier drops into the field of battle | | | | conquerors. Yes, we have Someone on our side |
| and simply stands there saying, "We are on the | | | | who can defeat the enemy every time he rises |
| winning side, so don't worry about all the attacks | | | | against us. However, we still have to fight the |
| of the enemy." Soldiers are considered to be the | | | | battle, and stand against the enemy that is before |
| best of the best, the backbone of a nation, they | | | | us. |
| are the ones who lay down their lives for the | | | | Christians, let us not be ignorant of the fact that |
| nation and the people they care about. | | | | the enemy exists. Instead, let us rise up and join |
| Now let's compare that to the statement made | | | | in the fight of the ages. |