Becoming Spiritually
Aggressive
—by Theodore H Epp
(Founder Back to the
Bible)
1 Corinthians 9:24-27;
Hebrews 12:1-4
Canaan, the Promised Land
for the Israelites, is not a type of heaven as some have thought and as some
hymns portray it.
Rather it is a type of the
Christian's battle against sin and his victory over it as he seeks to live for
the Lord. Canaan was a scene of conflict, not of complete peace and rest as
heaven will be.
The nations in Canaan
become types of the principalities and powers we read about in Ephesians 6:12,
where the Apostle Paul tells us, "We wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness
of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
When Joshua led the people
of Israel into Canaan, he and they not only had to overcome the human leaders
and their armies in the land of promise, but also the evil spiritual forces
under the direction of satan who were the actual rulers of these heathen kings.
I have drawn more
spiritual lessons for myself and the Back to the Bible broadcast from Joshua's
experiences and the book of Joshua and its New Testament counterpart,
Ephesians, than from any other person or portions in the Bible.
We as believers are warned
to put on the whole armor of God, according to the book of Ephesians, if we are
going to enter victoriously into spiritual warfare against the powers of Satan.
If we are to avoid a
stalemate in our Christian lives, an experience similar to Israel's 40 years in
the desert, we will have to choose to become spiritually aggressive.
"I press toward the
mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil.
3:14).
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