We must see spiritual warfare as the norm, not the exception. He inaugurates the New Heaven and Earth. This is not a battle which is distracting the church from its real ministry. The battle over truth and falsehood is the real ministry of the church. Whether the church goes to a remote village on some other continent or the mission district of one of our cities or General Assembly meetings, it is always to proclaim the Gospel against the false belief system that is gripping people s lives.
Scripture attests to that.
Like Ezekiel, all Christians and especially ordained officers, are charged as watchmen. If we do not call people back, their blood is on our head for we have allowed them to trample the blood of the covenant. And, Ezekiel does not say that we can give our admonition once and shake the dust off our feet. Ezekiel spent his life being a watchmen and so must we. Our strategies are based on outcomes more than on what it means to give a faithful witness to Jesus Christ.