by Chester J. Padgett
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This first promise of Christmas in the Old Testament is wonderfully full of prophetic truth. It speaks of conflict. God said, “ I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed.” This conflict has worked itself out in every realm of the believer’s experience. There is first of all conflict in the soul. The words of Gen. 3:15 imply that there had be gun with the Fall a terrific struggle between right and wrong, between truth and error, between light and darkness. There is not a believer in the world who has not experienced this truth. Study Romans 7 and see how the Apostle Paul became aware of the conflict. Through the new birth Paul had become aware of sin. He saw sin as something ex ceedingly sinful. He learned to hate sin. His soul became sensitive to everything that dis pleased God and for the first time in his life he saw himself as God saw him. The picture was not lovely (cf. v. 18). Paul had a battle on his hands (cf. w . 23-24). Thank God he won the victory, as every humble believer wins it, through the Lord Jesus Christ (v. 25). There is also the conflict o f the believer with the world. This antagonism is evident wherever the child of God lives in full obedi ence to the Word of God. It is impossible to live for Christ and not come into open con flict with the world. This is part of the mean ing of our text. Every young Christian and THE KING'S BUSINESS
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