Let me pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.
General T.J. “Stonewall” Jackson–wounded by his own men, he died shortly after.
Have you ever been wounded by your own? I have in my five decades of being a Christian. They never killed me, but sometimes it came close (spiritually speaking). It hasn’t stopped me, though; I’m still active.
The Apostle Paul mentions that phenomena many times in his writings.
1 Corinthians 9:1-2
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Galatians 1:10
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Now these are believers he is writing to. Some of whom he’d even led to the Lord.
It’s not just the enemy you have to worry about. Sometimes even around Christians you have to duck. Give it some thought.
Gary