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Originally Posted by Ohio
I also have to protest the implications of this statement.
The reason is that Christians often lose sight of who their enemy is. This analogy has been used often in church history to justify a myriad of atrocities. The Apostle Paul clarified this in another verse by saying that, "we wrestle not with flesh and blood."
Yes, we are an army, even the army of God, but no, we don't fight with anyone that we can see!
Our fight is with the unseen. We "fight the good fight," not in the courtrooms nor with guns nor with political back-stabbing, but through prayer. We need to know who our enemy is. Our enemy is not our brother.
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Yes there are many implications of this statement, which is why I gave numerous examples to define the context and limit the implications. I gave three in particular: Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. To be sure, only one had the testimony of being a Christian and this was intentional. To say that these three saw their ministry as "a war" is not unreasonable. To say that these three saw their supporters as members of an army is also a very reasonable analogy. To say that this analogy is supported by the NT is scriptural.