“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Vex the Midianites, and smite them: for they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.”
Numbers 25:16-18 KJV
After destroying 24000 Israelites, God declared a holy war against the Midianites who seduced His people to sin. First He dealt with His people for their sin, then He fought His enemies. The life of every believer in Christ has the aspect of a holy war against sin and the enemies of the Cross. It is a war between holiness and uncleanness, faith and unbelief, truth and deception, righteousness and unrighteousness, love and lust. As new creatures in Christ, we abhor sin and rise up against it in holy anger to wage this war with all our strength. This war is waged with godly weapons, not in the flesh and with the armour of God, with thanksgiving, praise and prayer because the battle was already won on the Cross. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. It is a victorious war with a great reward of being an overcomer and more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus. Glory to God!
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