One of the lessons of the Old Testament is that following God is not a passive behavior. It says in Judges 3:2 (NET),“He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war.” In other words, an aggressive faith is healthy. Conflict can be good. Iron sharpens iron. Christianity was never designed to be completely passive where we sit back and passively accept whatever comes our way. No, there is a battle.

The battle however, is not what we think it is. It is not a battle against people. It is a battle against the demonic that rules over this present age. And the battle is fought with spiritual,not carnal weapons. Is is fought by faith, in love, in peace, by the Holy Spirit.

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. If you study the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, you will see that victory came through miraculous means. God was with the children of Israel and as a result they triumphed over incredible obstacles, incredible odds. He would make the sun stand still, have a choir defeat an army, have walls fall down because people shouted. When we get into the New Testament, the kingdom was advanced by the preaching of the good news accompanied with signs and wonders. When did this change? Why do we think we can do this on our own? We need the miraculous today as much as they needed it back then. Christianity is of the spirit. God is a spirit and we worship, we live in the spirit, by the Holy Spirit.