Our battle
daily
intense
spiritual armor our best defense
as a bleakness worldwide
drains the soul.
Life eternal
heavenly or earthly
a Christian's goal.
Forward onward
oh his people armored up
though with no false steeple to control
hungry masses
angry crowds
as foaming waves
to distant shores thrashes.
Forward marching
straight ahead
through this majority
faithless
dead.
But, the Word of God
wielded as swords pierces deeply
reaching inwards
seeks God's love
undeserved, yet, mercifully expressed
as received
His benevolent
rewards.
So spiritual soldiers resist a world emboldened
leaving wicked marks. Striking his blows,
not against the wind
his relationship with his Creator
He staunchly defends.
Not with lip service does he pretend
to honor the Almighty, who will universally win
against wicked sons dishonored.
A righteous soldier
Christ Jesus, his loyal one
sponsors.
In imitation of this model
true believers of him follow
not to carry the literal sword in battle.
A neutral stand
will not their courage
rattle.
To love his fellow man
is not
considered shallow.
For a clean white garb
worn in justice and loyalty
by all obedient humanity beating
"Swords into plowshares"
will deem them worthy
to live in
"brotherly love and affection"
with fellow soldiers equally dressed
in love truly possessed
from now into eternity!
"Let the heavens rejoice!"
Then soon our earth will too
as the battle is not ours to fight.
Christ and His heavenly army
will loving justice
for us
pursue
with the Almighty's backing
and powerful might.
daily
intense
spiritual armor our best defense
as a bleakness worldwide
drains the soul.
Life eternal
heavenly or earthly
a Christian's goal.
Forward onward
oh his people armored up
though with no false steeple to control
hungry masses
angry crowds
as foaming waves
to distant shores thrashes.
Forward marching
straight ahead
through this majority
faithless
dead.
But, the Word of God
wielded as swords pierces deeply
reaching inwards
seeks God's love
undeserved, yet, mercifully expressed
as received
His benevolent
rewards.
So spiritual soldiers resist a world emboldened
leaving wicked marks. Striking his blows,
not against the wind
his relationship with his Creator
He staunchly defends.
Not with lip service does he pretend
to honor the Almighty, who will universally win
against wicked sons dishonored.
A righteous soldier
Christ Jesus, his loyal one
sponsors.
In imitation of this model
true believers of him follow
not to carry the literal sword in battle.
A neutral stand
will not their courage
rattle.
To love his fellow man
is not
considered shallow.
For a clean white garb
worn in justice and loyalty
by all obedient humanity beating
"Swords into plowshares"
will deem them worthy
to live in
"brotherly love and affection"
with fellow soldiers equally dressed
in love truly possessed
from now into eternity!
"Let the heavens rejoice!"
Then soon our earth will too
as the battle is not ours to fight.
Christ and His heavenly army
will loving justice
for us
pursue
with the Almighty's backing
and powerful might.
Symbolic Use. In defending his apostleship in his letter to the congregation at Corinth, Paul wrote: “Who is it that ever serves as a soldier at his own expense?” (1Co 9:7) Although Paul had not accepted material help from the Corinthians, he here argued that, as a soldier in the service of his Master Christ, he certainly had authority to do so. Paul also considered as soldiers of Christ those who worked in cooperation with him in the preaching of the good news, calling them ‘fellow soldiers.’—Php 2:25; Phm 2.
To Timothy, who was charged with a heavy responsibility by Paul, the apostle wrote: “As a fine soldier of Christ Jesus take your part in suffering evil. No man serving as a soldier involves himself in the commercial businesses of life, in order that he may gain the approval of the one who enrolled him as a soldier.” (2Ti 2:3, 4) A good soldier expects hardships, and he knows the need to be ready to serve at all times and to endure under the most trying conditions. As long as he is in a war he does not look for comfort and that which pleases him. His time and energy are at the command of his superior. Moreover, a soldier gives up business, farm, trade, or vocation in order to serve. He does not get involved in other things that would take his mind and energy away from the all-important fight in which he is engaged. Otherwise, it would likely cost him his life or it would cost the lives of those depending on him. According to historians, Roman soldiers were not allowed to engage in any trade and were forbidden to act as tutors or as curators to an estate so that they would not be diverted from their purpose as soldiers. Even under the Mosaic Law, the newly married man, or the man with a house he had not dedicated or a vineyard from which he had not received fruit, was exempt from military service. And a man who was fearful would certainly make a bad soldier and would break down the morale of his fellow soldiers; therefore such a man was exempt under the Law. (De 20:5-8) So Christians, both Jewish and Gentile, would readily get the force of Paul’s illustration.
In a letter to the Ephesians, Paul outlined clearly that the fight of the Christian soldier is not against blood and flesh but is against “the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places.” Therefore the armor necessary for this fight could not be obtained from worldly sources, but it had to be the armor from Jehovah God, who brings victory under his army Commander, Jesus Christ.—Eph 6:11-17.
To Timothy, who was charged with a heavy responsibility by Paul, the apostle wrote: “As a fine soldier of Christ Jesus take your part in suffering evil. No man serving as a soldier involves himself in the commercial businesses of life, in order that he may gain the approval of the one who enrolled him as a soldier.” (2Ti 2:3, 4) A good soldier expects hardships, and he knows the need to be ready to serve at all times and to endure under the most trying conditions. As long as he is in a war he does not look for comfort and that which pleases him. His time and energy are at the command of his superior. Moreover, a soldier gives up business, farm, trade, or vocation in order to serve. He does not get involved in other things that would take his mind and energy away from the all-important fight in which he is engaged. Otherwise, it would likely cost him his life or it would cost the lives of those depending on him. According to historians, Roman soldiers were not allowed to engage in any trade and were forbidden to act as tutors or as curators to an estate so that they would not be diverted from their purpose as soldiers. Even under the Mosaic Law, the newly married man, or the man with a house he had not dedicated or a vineyard from which he had not received fruit, was exempt from military service. And a man who was fearful would certainly make a bad soldier and would break down the morale of his fellow soldiers; therefore such a man was exempt under the Law. (De 20:5-8) So Christians, both Jewish and Gentile, would readily get the force of Paul’s illustration.
In a letter to the Ephesians, Paul outlined clearly that the fight of the Christian soldier is not against blood and flesh but is against “the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places.” Therefore the armor necessary for this fight could not be obtained from worldly sources, but it had to be the armor from Jehovah God, who brings victory under his army Commander, Jesus Christ.—Eph 6:11-17.
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