Warfare

Reminded by John Calvin this morning that we are at war with a formidable foe, the Devil, a powerful fallen angle who seeks to lead man to destruction and more so darken the glory of God. Calvin argues, "One thing which ought to animate us to perpetual contest with the devil is, that he is everywhere called both our adversary and the adversary of God. For, if the glory of God is dear to us, as it ought to be, we ought to struggle with all our might against him who aims at the extinction of that glory. If we are animated with proper zeal to maintain the Kingdom of Christ, we must wage irreconcilable war with him who conspires its ruin. Again, if we have any anxiety about our own salvation, we ought to make no peace nor truce with him who is continually laying schemes for its destruction. But such is the character given to Satan in the third chapter of Genesis, where he is seen seducing man from his allegiance to God, that he may both deprive God of his due honour, and plunge man headlong in destruction." May we as followers of King Jesus be ver conscious of the war in which we are engaged. He, the enemy takes no vacation, no  holiday, and no time of peace. He seeks at every moment to devour and destroy. Be vigilant brothers and sisters, to wage warfare against him in the power of God for the kingdom of Christ.