Aim: To be valiant soldiers for Christ—as His militant church.
Doctrine: Because of sin, the church must learn to know war. In our fallen world, real peace only comes through warfare. All who refuse to fight against sin (and sinners) are enemies of God.
Exegesis: Why God teaches His church to know war: long-term inexperience of spiritual conflict is not a good thing (v. 1); godly warriors glorify the Lord by conquering His (and our own) foes (vv. 2-4); failure to fight and win results in unspeakable disaster (vv. 5-6).
Further application: How God teaches His church to know war: by His setting-up of conflicts of interest within and without us, we are either proven to be faithful Christians, or hypocrites.
Key verse: v.2 ''...(this was only so that the generations of the children of Israel might be taught to know war, at least those who had not formerly known it)...''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.