Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE ( NASB ). In Judges, chapter 1, we see the following failures of the sons of Israel ( see Judges 1:1 ) to drive out various inhabitants: Judah, regarding the inhabitants of the valley ( see verse 19 ); the sons of Benjamin, regarding the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem ( see verse 21 ); Manasseh, regarding the Canaanites ( see verse 27 ); Ephraim, regarding the Canaanites ( see verse 29 ); Zebulun, regarding the Canaanites ( see verse 30 ); Asher, regarding the Canaanites ( see verse 32 ); Naphtali, regarding the Canaanites ( see verse 33 ); Dan, regarding the Amorites ( see verses 34-36 ). Moreover, there were two reasons why the LORD ( see Judges 2:20 ) would "no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died" ( see Judges 2:21 ): to test Israel by them, to see whether they would keep the way of the LORD to walk in it as their fathers had done ( see Judges 2:22 ), and to test Israel by them, so that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war ( see Judges 3:1, 2 ).
Christians ( see Acts, chapter 11 ( especially verse 26, for example )), members of the New Testament church ( the church of Christ - see Matthew 16:18, Acts 2:38, 41, and 47 ( KJV, for example ); 8:26-40 ( especially verses 36-39, for example ), Romans 6:1-4 ( especially verses 3 and 4, for example ), Galatians 3:26, 27, and Ephesians 4:5, for example ), are to fight the good fight of faith ( cf. Mark 16:16, Acts 8:4-24 ( especially verse 12 ), Romans 6:10, 1 Timothy 1:18, 19; 6:12, 2 Timothy 4:7, 8, James 1:12, and Revelation 2:8-11 ( especially verse 10, for example ( KJV, for example; with center-column references, for example )), for example ). In 1 Timothy 1:18 ( KJV; with center-column references, for example ), we find the phrase "war a good warfare." Christians are to war a good warfare, that warfare being based on what the Holy Bible ( God's word - see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, 151, Matthew 28:18, John 1:1, 14; 3:16, 17; 5:26, 27; 7:16; 8:26; 10:30; 14:6; 17:17, Romans 1:20 ( see Romans 1:20 ( KJV, for example; with center-column references, for example ) to get the equivalent translation for the word "Godhead" ); 10:17; 15:1-4 (especially verses 3 and 4, for example ( KJV, for example; with center-column references, for example )), Colossians 2:8, 9, 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, Titus 1:1, 2, and 1 John 5:6-8, for example ) teaches.
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