Continuing my lunchtime reading of
The Jesus of Suburbia
, today's section talked about the problems Christians have identifying the true enemy and what our posture should be in the face of them:
As much as we are tempted to view culture or individuals as our enemies today, this text reminds us of the greater conflict being waged around us and our place in that conflict. Our bosses, annoying neighbors, immoral movie stars, and cultural icons-none of these are our real enemy. They may be used by the enemy, but they are not the enemy.-Chapter 8
When we, as a church act as if the these tools of the enemy are THE ENEMY, we are missing the boat. And, when we fight the true enemy (Satan), we are to overcome him as Christ did: "through sacrificial love and perseverence through suffering...We become lions who are lambs."
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