Борьба (битва)

Our life is nothing more than a battle, and a battle against various enemies. The battle against the devil and his angels; the battle against the flesh with passions and lusts (Gal. 5:25); battle against an evil and hostile world; the battle against false brothers, the battle against secret and open enemies. The battle is constant and terrible. With what shield can we defend ourselves from the arrows of our enemies on a terrible day? The Holy Word of God points us to faith and the name of the Lord, and the examples of all the saints show this, and all true Christians on the day of their sorrow resort to this shield and thereby protect themselves from the face of the enemy. God is our refuge and strength, our helper in the grave sorrows that befall us; therefore we will not fear when the earth shakes and the mountains move into the midst of the seas (Ps. 45:2-3). Passions are always with us, so the fight against them is constant. Faith, which points to eternal life and leads to it, is subject to temptation in many different ways. The devil, the world with vanity and the flesh with passions and lusts (Gal. 5:24) try to disrupt and destroy its integrity. We must fight against all these adversaries and preserve our faith more than our lives. What follows from this if not constant embitterment, sorrow and oppression for the fighting soul? First one, then another, then a third enemy attacks and wants to take away from the soul an invaluable treasure - eternal salvation. Those who want to enter into battle with those enemies will have no time to think about the honor, glory, wealth and luxury of this world, about avenging an insult inflicted by a person, and about other things belonging to the world. He will make one effort - not to be defeated by them. The fight against the devil leads a Christian to salvation.