>>>"It's All Just a Game."

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

I think that's a good way to put it.

Sadly, some Christians are mortally wounded in nonsensical culture wars, never living to realize that they could've served God without the fight.

Some, like Saul of Tarsus, are so busy fighting a "righteous" war, believing they are protecting the things of God. Imagine their disgust when they eventually realize - after wasted years - that all of their religious zeal is misplaced, and that they've spent a lifetime FIGHTING truth, instead of fighting FOR truth.

When that realization hits home, it's demoralizing. That's why so many wind up leaving sound doctrine, as well as unbiblical standards. They expended an entire youth fighting for both elements, and cannot separate one from the other.

I have to wonder at times if the enemy of our souls sits back in amazement at the confusion we cause amongst the army of God by attacking each other instead of facing him. Meanwhile he continues to destroy lives and capture souls, and we can not defeat him because we are to busy killing our own wounded and fighting for our own little causes.