Since real dangers to the spiritual life do exist, it is proper that God’s people should be alerted to them. Any shepherd desiring to be a faithful shepherd should point them out to the people and also point a way of escape. It is no good to examine the patient if you do not have a cure. It is no good to warn of the danger of attack if you do not have a bomb shelter. It is no good to know that your enemy is coming if you do not know how to meet your enemy. Danger approaches the Christian life from three directions: the world through which we journey, the god of this world and our unmortified
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