Graphic: Doctrinal Wars Among Christians

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How impressive we must be to all of heaven when we take the armor and the sword provided us by the good Lord and His Holy Spirit and use it on each other!  We are provided with weapons of war meant to be used in defending the saints against the forces of evil.  But we so seldom confront the hordes of hell, because we are far too busy attacking the saints of God.

Just because a brother or sister in another Christian congregation holds to some practice or idea that differs in a detail or two from our own sacred interpretation, why do we think we need to debate and argue and fight with them?  The spiritual warfare of God's people is not intended to be a raging battle with other brothers and sisters in Christ, but against the very forces of evil that continue to struggle against the church and to hold millions of lost souls in darkness.  Let's use our good weapons, and all our energy to break through the walls of evil, taking the light of God's love and saving power deeper into the realms of darkness, and allow all who love the Lord Jesus to join the battle at our side.

Jim Sutton