MOODY ON THE CHRISTIAN’S WARFARE

 I found out, after serving Christ for a few months, that conversion was only like enlisting in the army. There was a battle taking place and if I was to receive a crown, I had to work for it and fight for it.

When a man enters the army, he’s a member of the army the moment he enlists. However, he is just as much a member as a man who has been in the army ten or twenty years. But enlisting is one thing and participating in a battle is quite another. Young converts are like those who just enlisted.

D.L. Moody, The Overcoming Life (1John 5:4-5).