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God has equipped each person to perform the works He wants that person to perform. That person has a choice as to whether or not to perform those works, but if that same person has chosen to love God, his choice is made for him as described in Romans 8:28. The choice is made to act on God’s behalf if we love Him.
There is a song called ‘Onward Christian Soldiers.’ Question is, are we soldiers, or agents of God? Does it matter which one we are?
A soldier is generally defined as someone who fights when there is a war. Those of us who love God are fighting a constant war against Satan. But does it stop there? Depends on the degree we’re fighting him. If we as soldiers spend all our time fighting him while disregarding the needs of our family, friends and neighbors, since as soldiers we cannot go AWOL at any time to look after them, is Satan not winning the war against the human race?
What is an agent? An agent is defined as a person who acts for or represents another...Seems an agent of God is involved in a lot of things, not just fighting Satan. Our righteousness include our commitment toward God. Our righteousness includes treating other people as God would want us to, for the specific purposes we have. Jesus in Matthew 22:37-39 has given us two great commandments: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind...And... You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” As far as the treatment of other people goes, inasmuch as God loves us he would expect us to love eachother as He would love us, and in His Name. This is what would make us His agents.
Our commitment to God, and to no other Gods, is what makes us His soldiers. Seems that at the end of the day, we have a dual purpose as soldiers and agents of Him.
There is a song called ‘Onward Christian Soldiers.’ Question is, are we soldiers, or agents of God? Does it matter which one we are?
A soldier is generally defined as someone who fights when there is a war. Those of us who love God are fighting a constant war against Satan. But does it stop there? Depends on the degree we’re fighting him. If we as soldiers spend all our time fighting him while disregarding the needs of our family, friends and neighbors, since as soldiers we cannot go AWOL at any time to look after them, is Satan not winning the war against the human race?
What is an agent? An agent is defined as a person who acts for or represents another...Seems an agent of God is involved in a lot of things, not just fighting Satan. Our righteousness include our commitment toward God. Our righteousness includes treating other people as God would want us to, for the specific purposes we have. Jesus in Matthew 22:37-39 has given us two great commandments: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind...And... You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” As far as the treatment of other people goes, inasmuch as God loves us he would expect us to love eachother as He would love us, and in His Name. This is what would make us His agents.
Our commitment to God, and to no other Gods, is what makes us His soldiers. Seems that at the end of the day, we have a dual purpose as soldiers and agents of Him.
