THE UNAVOIDABLE WAR (19)
Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-13
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The Unavoidable War (19)
Series: Ephesians
Robert Dawson
Ephesians 6:10-13
Wilmer McLean was a 46-year-old retired Virginia Militia officer when the Civil War erupted. McLean and His wife ran a wholesale and retail grocery as well as a small plantation near Manassas Junction, Va., that had a small meandering creek running through it named Bull Run.
It was at Bull Run, in McLean's ''backyard,'' that the first major battle between the Union and Confederate forces occurred. After the battle Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard took over McLean's house and barn as headquarters and a hospital.
McLean, while supportive of the South, wanted no part of what was about to take place. He moved his family 120 miles southwest to a quiet little place known as Appomattox Court House on the other side of Virginia. Just a few short years after moving the war knocked on the door of Wilmer McLean's house once more. One of the last battles of the Civil war was fought near McLean's home. It was the final battle in which Confederate States Army General-in-Chief, Robert E. Lee, and his Army of Northern Virginia, would participate in.
It was in McLean's house, that General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate army and General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union army met and discussed terms of surrender for the South. McLean's home became a ''pair of bookends'' to the Civil War.
Despite his best efforts he could not escape the war. It found him wherever he went. For McLean the war was an unavoidable reality.
There is a war that we, as believers, cannot avoid, no matter how much we may desire it. It is a conflict we cannot ignore. Paul, in the closing message of Ephesians, tells us about this unavoidable war.
We are going to read verses 10-20, to set the stage for the next few weeks, but our attention will be on verses 10-13 this morning.
Ephesians 6.10-20 - Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you ...
Series: Ephesians
Robert Dawson
Ephesians 6:10-13
Wilmer McLean was a 46-year-old retired Virginia Militia officer when the Civil War erupted. McLean and His wife ran a wholesale and retail grocery as well as a small plantation near Manassas Junction, Va., that had a small meandering creek running through it named Bull Run.
It was at Bull Run, in McLean's ''backyard,'' that the first major battle between the Union and Confederate forces occurred. After the battle Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard took over McLean's house and barn as headquarters and a hospital.
McLean, while supportive of the South, wanted no part of what was about to take place. He moved his family 120 miles southwest to a quiet little place known as Appomattox Court House on the other side of Virginia. Just a few short years after moving the war knocked on the door of Wilmer McLean's house once more. One of the last battles of the Civil war was fought near McLean's home. It was the final battle in which Confederate States Army General-in-Chief, Robert E. Lee, and his Army of Northern Virginia, would participate in.
It was in McLean's house, that General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate army and General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union army met and discussed terms of surrender for the South. McLean's home became a ''pair of bookends'' to the Civil War.
Despite his best efforts he could not escape the war. It found him wherever he went. For McLean the war was an unavoidable reality.
There is a war that we, as believers, cannot avoid, no matter how much we may desire it. It is a conflict we cannot ignore. Paul, in the closing message of Ephesians, tells us about this unavoidable war.
We are going to read verses 10-20, to set the stage for the next few weeks, but our attention will be on verses 10-13 this morning.
Ephesians 6.10-20 - Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you ...
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