My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.
Strategies Against Us
Published by: Sam Crabtree
August 23, 2011
Lawrence Chui, the accounting instructor from St Thomas University who volunteers in the office at Bethlehem’s Downtown Campus, offers the following insights comparing earthly warfare with spiritual warfare:
Common military strategies:
- Feed your enemies with falsehood.
- Decimate their morale and their will to fight.
- Hit them where it hurts most.
- Isolate them from their battalions.
As Christians we have an enemy that hates us intensely. Be on guard against believing lies (test everything; hold onto the good), letting forlorn feelings govern (“Why are you downcast, O my soul? … Hope in God”), taking setbacks as defeat, and working on sanctification in isolation.
Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.