We cannot avoid war, the only thing we can do is avoid fighting for the wrong side and the wrong cause. This world is legalistic. So long as we are in this world, we and it, will remain legalistic. Carving out a private area of faith is naïve. In the world of the flesh, we remain under the wrong master. The Father of Lies is the Father of the law. Living in the flesh means we serve Christ with lips, not with our life. To break away we need to seek peace, because the legalistic system is at war with itself and God. This is the meaning of Eph 6:12. But to be a pacifist is not to be apathetic. We need to be at war with the legalist system. We need to fight and destroy legalism and the legalistic system.
