Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Defence
Wisdom from Watchman Nee
The difference between defensive and offensive warfare is this, that in the former I have got the ground and only seek to keep it, whereas in the latter I have not got the ground an am fighting in order to get it. And that is precisely the difference between the warfare waged by the Lord Jesus and the warfare waged by us. His was offensive; ours is, in essence, defensive. He warred against Satan in order to gain the victory. Through the Cross he carried that warfare to the very threshold of Hell itself, to lead forth thence his captivity captive.
Today we war against Satan only to maintain and consolidate the victory which Christ has already gained. By the resurrection God proclaimed his Son victor over the whole realm of darkness, and the ground Christ won he has given to us. We do not need to fight to obtain it. We only need to hold it against all challengers.
Satan’s primary objective is not to get us to sin, but simply to make it easy for us to do so by getting us off the ground of perfect triumph on to which the Lord has brought us. If only we will not try to gain the victory but simply to maintain it, then we shall see the enemy utterly routed. If we believe the Lord, we shall not pray so much but rather we shall praise him more.
In Christ Jesus, we are victor in the field. Live a life that reflects and understands the great battle already won.
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on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 2:49 am:
hmm
insightful way of putting it