Topic: The Struggles of Life
All life is a struggle—that is the nature of
things. Even within our physical bodies, doctors tell us, a conflict
for supremacy is going on. The bacteria in our bloodstream are waging a
constant war against alien germs. The red corpuscles fight the white
corpuscles constantly in an effort to maintain life within the body. A
battle is also raging in the spiritual realm. “We fight,” the Bible
says, “against the rulers of the darkness of this world.” Darkness hates
light. I have a dog that would rather dig up a moldy carcass to chew on
than to have the finest, cleanest meal. He can’t help it—that is his
nature. Men cannot help that it is their nature to respond to the lewd,
the salacious, and the vile. They will have difficulty doing otherwise
until they are born again. And until they are changed by the power of
Christ, they will likely be at enmity against those who are associated
with Christ.
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