2) Truth does several things for the Christian soldier. ⇒ It keeps him from flapping about from one thing to another, from being tossed to and fro by every attack of the enemy. “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive” (Ep. 4:14). ⇒ It keeps him from becoming entangled with the affairs of this life. “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier
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