Too many Christians treat defeat as a measure of sanctification. That you must lose and you must be weak and you must be trampled underfoot to prove your worthiness.
The podcast pastors desperate for fame of course never take their own counsel in this regard—losing is for the sheep, not them. Plus, it would be mean to call a wolf a wolf. Better to let it devour some sheep than to be called anti-wolf by the local townsfolk.
They point to Christ on the cross and state that if he submitted himself unto death, then you must also submit and accept defeat. They forget, or fail to contemplate, that Christ only subjected himself to death for the purpose of destroying it. He crushed Satan under his heel and freed us from the chains of sin and death. The victory is already won, so charge forth and act like it!
Christ is a victorious warrior-king who chose you and forgave you because he wants you confidently marching with him towards victory. That calls for boldness and confidence in the fight, not submission to the enemy. He told you that the world will hate you—he never said to just give in and give up and just sit around and wait. You are made in the image of that same warrior-king, not in the image of flotsam hopelessly bobbing along with the tide.
What kind of spiritual cuckery tells the faithful, for whom total victory is already assured, to just give in now because there’s just nothing to be done until He returns?
Yet this is exactly what far too many weak churches and weak men demand of the faithful: to just give in, accept defeat, to turn the other cheek, and just helplessly wait until it’s all over. Turning the other cheek has been turned into a symbol of submission, rather than confident defiance backed by the assurance of victory.
Stop being spiritual eunuchs. Stop being spiritual cucks terrified of what the enemy might say about you if you stand up for yourself. Sack up, grab the sword, don the armor, and fight with the confidence of a warrior who knows the battle has all already been won. Defeat is for losers, and Christ the King is no loser.