The Christian Soldier and Carnal Weapons
An exchange comes to our table entitled The Christian Soldier. Logically we would expect to see it advocating the exclusive use of the Christian soldier’s armor, “as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” This armor is composed of the following weapons: The girdle of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, for shoes the preparation of the Gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. See Eph. 6:14-17. These are the “whole armor of God,” and should be all that the Christian soldier could desire. But the Christian Soldier to which we have alluded above encourages the use of carnal weapons. It says:— “Poor Greece was not able to hold her own with the brutal, fighting, fearless Turk, especially when those who should have been her friends proved untrue.” But “poor Greece” rushed to war with Turkey knowing that she could not win alone, and against the advice of all those nations upon which she relied for help. Now no one can chide those nations for not going into the war without indorsing the use of carnal weapons.