SOLDIER OF CHRIST
“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ – 2Timothy 2:3.” Soldier is a person enrolled in the army for security of lives and properties of his people and nation. According to Joab, a soldier is a person of courage fighting to protect their people and place (nation) from the control and invasion of the enemies. Scripturally, there are people who are chosen from among the people to represent the whole assembly. These men are to guard and watch over the cities and the people for safety. True, if God does not keep a city, the watchmen wake in vain. Nevertheless, the Lord has stationed some people to be watchmen. As we have soldiers in the physical, so we have them in the kingdom of God. Well, the soldiers in various armies of the nations of the world have weapons and of necessity and importance must have undergone training and orientation for a particular period of time before they can be proved to launch forth into battles. They have t...