![]() ![]() Tom: What battle? Now, that’s a tough idea today. ![]() You have to go through basic training and some obstacle courses, some conditioning, make sure that he is fit for the battle, and I think we’re in a battle. You say, “The Christian life is too glorious to be easy, it must”-and that’s italicized-“it must involve trials and testings.” Now, why is that?ĭave: Well, I suppose you don’t send a soldier off to battle until you’ve checked him out. However, there’s another aspect of the Christian life which you don’t find heavily promoted today, and, Dave, I want to quote from your book, because this underscores it. See All.: that’s love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. ![]() Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. What I particularly like about it is its exhortation to believers to search the Scriptures in order to grow in the faith “once and for all delivered unto the saints.” We’ve covered some very positive aspects of the Christian life, including the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians:5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Tom: As you know, Dave, last week we discussed some material from chapter 9 of your book An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith, and that book, I believe, is one of your best. ![]()
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