An Aggressive Church, Fully Willing, On the Battle Field

1. Long has Satan fought, resisting
 Faithful sons of God,
 So the fighting church should notice,
 Spread the message broad.

 God ordained us as His soldiers,
 Bearing sword and shield,
For His purpose fully willing
 On the battle field.


 2. Hosts of darkness now are gathered,
 Conflict has begun,
So the fighting church must gather
 Those who’ll fight, not run.

 3. Are there rebels still in God’s court
 Who still love this age?
If the church is not aggressive,
 Battle we’ll not wage.

 4. Who’s afraid to fight the devil,
 Dare the enemy?
If the saints shrink from Christ’s kingdom,
 Shameful they will be.

 5. “He not with Me is against Me,“
 There’s no other choice.
 Where’s the fighting church, God-fearing?
 Fealty we must voice.

 6. Lo, God’s Conqu’ror still is conqu’ring;
 Rise, assume His might!
Fighting church, on Calv’ry’s hillside
 He did win the fight!

 7. Once He fully faced the devil,
 We must face him too,
 Else the fighting church can only
 Other troops review.

 8. Christ is calling overcomers.
 Who would please the King?
 Now the fighting church should put on
 Armor threatening.

 Source: http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/8649#ixzz2I9SKHPza

 "If the church is not aggressive"?? Somewhere we've lost sight of this mindset. We've become tolerant, politically correct, soft, weak, selfish, and just plain out don't love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, strength!

God ordained us as His soldiers, Bearing sword and shield,
 For His purpose fully willing On the battle field.

This is what we were saved unto, called unto! If we don't live it, it's not just that we are being disobedient, we are missing out on the very thing that would fulfill us and bring the knowledge that we are doing what we were created to do.

 It's also sad that we don't sing hymns like this more often. The meter of this hymn is one that is extremely rare. In fact, I could only find a couple hymn tunes in all my searching, but none were at all familiar, except the tune written by J. H. Burke, usually song to "Yesterday, Today, Forever Jesus is the Same" (without the chorus).

 Perhaps if our churches and our children were singing more of this kind of song, and less of the "5 words repeated 5 times" kind, we would be in a different place today.