THE INEVITABLE WAR
It was in Virginia, in the House of Burgesses, that the fiery country lawyer Patrick Henry spoke of the coming fight for independence: There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! . . . Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. These words also ring true for the Christian’s spiritual battle. In Ephesians 6, Paul describes the conflict. War is inevitable. There can be no peace as long as there is sin in the universe of a holy God. And for this battle we are given the full armor of God, that in this daily battle we might experience victory.
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