out successfully our specific mission. That mission is to pursue maturity in the spiritual life, holiness, or Christlikeness. Unlike human armies, which face physical opponents, Christians face intangible and invisible opponents. Under normal conditions, the enemy against which we wage war cannot be perceived by human senses. The danger we face is attempting to rely upon our own reason and experience to develop strategies for warfare. Because we know very little about the strengths, capabilities,
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