SPIRITUAL
WARFARE; HOLY SPIRIT: NEED FOR

Someday the church can relax her guard, call her watchmen down from the wall and live in safety and peace; but not yet, not yet.…

The church lives in a hostile world. Within and around her are enemies that not only could destroy her, but are meant to and will unless she resists force with yet greater force. The Christian would collapse from sheer external pressure were there not within him a counterpressure sufficiently great to prevent it. The power of the Holy Spirit is, therefore, not optional but necessary. Without it the children of God simply cannot live the life of heaven on earth. The hindrances are too many and too effective.

Amos 6:1; Luke 6:20–38; Revelation 3:14–22

That Incredible Christian, 101, 102.