For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
Our weapons are different from the world’s because our enemy is different. A Christian’s real enemies are never people. On the contrary, we are to love people! Our enemy is the Devil, the one Jesus called the “Father of Lies.”
This is an extremely important distinction. We build up people and destroy lies. Hindus, Buddhists, Moslems, New Agers, Wiccans, Atheists, Agnostics, Abortionists, Liberals, Conservatives —these people are not our enemies. Our enemies are spiritual strongholds of deception, half-truths, arguments over insignificant theological points, proud thoughts and anything which leads the people we love away from knowing the God who loves them completely in Jesus Christ. It’s good to remember this.
Your brother-in-arms,