COMPETITION;
SPIRITUAL WARFARE

Nothing spiritual can be gained in competition.…

When two men step into a prize ring they know that only one can win, and whoever wins can do so only by forcing the other to lose. When five men line up on the track for a race they know that only one can come in first. Four men must lose that one may win. It is not so in the kingdom of God. Christians do not run against each other. All can win the race. Paul likens a Christian to a fighter, but the Christian’s fight is not with other Christians. Each one can win and no one need lose. The man of faith fights against the devil, the flesh and the world. He wins as they lose; but he never wins anything truly spiritual in competition with a fellow believer. In the nature of things he cannot. To think so is to entertain an absurdity.

1 Corinthians 9:24–27; Ephesians 2:1–3; Ephesians 6:10–12; 2 Timothy 2:5

The Price of Neglect, 96, 97.