Spiritual Courage: Building While Armed for Battle
The Psalmist commands, "Be of good courage." But what heavy labors demand such fortitude? Consider the work of mortification—to pluck out our eyes, to chop...
This is historical examples on spiritual warfare and perseverance in faith, drawing on Psalms 31:24.
The Psalmist commands, "Be of good courage." But what heavy labors demand such fortitude? Consider the work of mortification—to pluck out our eyes, to chop off our hands, to cut off our feet. Only a man of stout spirit, not a milksop, will accomplish this massacre of fleshly lusts. It is like mangling and dismembering one's own body, as Christ and the Apostle Paul express it.…
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