The Ohio Independent Baptist, June-July 1970

- STRATEUO - - THE WORD OF MILITARY SERVICE - T' l1c 111\.,,t ,tr1k111g figt11c \\ h1ch tl1c , .... ·~ tt re, t e ll) cl1ar,1 t rizc the life .. ·1\.1 tr\t"'C l1t the trtH. .: hri, tian t' 1 , an t 1" t h c.l t l) f : I 1 e .\ <>I <Ii er . I n I l t111 . 1: l \. . th r\p ~ttc Patil charge rt teli , l t1ng l1et1tenant. T1n1 th). - , }) .. t he I a ,old1er enli ~red for an e te·1ded n11l1tar) ca111pa1gn. and \\ ill t eno .. 10 d in battle after battle: "that ::- ::: tht1t1 n11ght \\ 1 ar the good \\ arfare' ' t ,rr<1te1 e1 ... strateia,1). ontint1ing the n1il1tar, 1 language in II Tim. 2: . ~ - ..... the po tle 1mpre e upon Timothy that. a~ a old1er, he mu t endure hi f ul L hare of uffering and hard hip al ng \, 1th Paul. and face the trenu– ot1 acti, 1 it1e and the deadl)' danger of the long campaign "'ithout turning hack.: "Thou therefore. endure hard– ne a a good oldier of J e u Chri t" ..... l J10 kale strat1oteis). The u e of the \ erb strateL10111ai and it eight cognate ho\\ the general en e of ·· erve in the army be en- 11 ted 1n the militar}' er, 1 ice. to be a old1er, engage in a military cam– paign. a oldier on duty.., The idea of acril'e seri ice i predominant and a di tinction i made bet\.\ een stratei10- 111eno1 ( old1er 1 n the regul ar army). and 111ac/1a1rop/1 oroi ( armed civilians). In the Ry·land Pap 1 ·ru II ( 125 .D.). a receipt for equipment i recorded "'hich read : · Cloak for need of the old1er er\ 1 ing in Judea,, palliola stratiotikas cl1reias ton en tei I 011adaia stratez10111enon) . In P ap)'– r u London 417 (A.D. 346). an of– ficer a k. for the f orgi, 1 ene of one of h i oldiers \.'.vho de erted. Pa11los rou srratiotei, under circumstance trangel~ imilar to the ca e of One- 1mu in the Epi tle to Philemon. Earl)' Pap~'rus Amher"t II. 39 :4 (3 A .D.) . contain the note of a captain \\ ho ,. that he know of no-one in the \ 1 1tJage \''here h15 troopc; are ra tioned from ,, horn extortion5 ha,,e been made b) a certain oldier (strati 10 JUNE-JULY, 1970 <>l<>tt) aga1 n t "' ho111 accu~at1on were lodged. The not1n strateia ( milit ary Lo, er\ice. ar111} dt1t,) appear in Pap a)' t1 111 9 1: 11 ( .D. 99). where hon– orable ack nO\\ ledgn1ent i given "lo Lt1c1t1 Bell ent1 Gen1e]lu . discharged tr 111 n1ilitary er, 1 1ce" (apostrateias): and in Pap O y I. 71 : 11. where a tather \Vr ites: ' 'M}' on are in the arn1, ( en strateia) and away on for- . . ' e1gn erv1ce. As Used In New Testament The centurion in Capernaum who e ervant the Lord healed spoke of having soldiers (stratiotas) under him (Matt. 8: 5-9); soldiers (strat io– tai) guarded Chri t after His arrest in the garden, and some of these Jegi onarie took Him into the Praetor– it1m court-yard, ,vhere they mocked Him and made port of Him (Mark 15: 16-20). In Hi Olivet Di course the Lord poke of "J eru alem com– pa ed \\'ith armie (stratopedon ), Luke 2 1: 2.0. Thi i a vivid descrip– tion of the city under siege and ur– rounded by· the military encamp– ment of the Roman oldier . The con1mander of the Levite who kept guard at the ite of the Temple is called ·captain' (strateigos) in Act 4: 1 and 5: 2.4. At the time of Paul s appearance before the Sanhedrin Council in J ert1 a1em (Acts 23: 1-10), the en uing commotion ro e to such a pitch that the Apostle had to be re cued by the "chief captain" ( /1 0 c/1iliarcl1os) and some of his garrison troop ( to strateil1na ); and later Paul ~ as escorted at night to Cae area by t\\ o centurions a nd a detail of t'AO hundred heavy armed infantry ( stratiotas) and seventy cavalrymen ( /1ippeis) along with two hundred spearmen ( dexiolaboits). When Pat1l arr1\ ed 1n Rome. the oldier \\ ho had been detailed to guard him (stratio– te i) delivered him to the ·captain of the g11 .1r, I" ( 1,, .,lr<1tr,1,erl,1r, l,ei \\ h ,,~1 th .:,, t: n1111 :1 11<l ·r f)f tl1 ~ J>rne lc)r·ian , t1~11lls 111 11 n signet! 1<1 tint nl lh I ll1Jl 'l'<lr·s ottrl ( e l s 28: I,., . s,,ch a r the co ,11111 )fl ll SCS < I th ..~.,, _ tcr11, s in 1l1c c,v '"J cs tan1cnt . I le,\\ – ,. vc r t h e n 1111 I i c H, i <1 n Cl I l h i s n 1 i I i t ar y figttrc l(1 the scr vn 11t ~ <)f hri st is of grea t sif!nifica ncc. an<.l the l'atalinc c l1 ,1r:1c tc111,1ti(ll1 cn rrics ccrtni,, truth (>f r>rin1c 1111p<.) l'lancc f(Jr the true sc r\\l nt of the l... c) rc.l in our <.lay. "f he lt~c <.>I' the figt11c i11 I "J'in1 I : 18 ancl 11 l "i111 . 2: 1-4. pre vi t1. l y 111tlica tcc.l i 1111Jrc\\C tqJon C1oc.l'\ trt1c servant that he i\ cngagctl 1 n a campaign which 1nvol'v'C\ far 111ore than an oc– ca\ ion al <;ktrrni h or f 1ght, hut which on the contrary denote<; battle after l1attle, conflict after conflict, engage- 111ent upon engagement, and continues on throLtghout the life-time of God's ervant and the duration of thi5 age. The Go pel ervant i enli ted for the duration of the war, for the length of hi Ii f e, and i trictly re pon i ble for being a .. (?oocl soldier and for fiq /1ting a goocl fig/1t. As a good oldier, he will courageou Iy join with hi f eJJow- oldier in bearing hi full 5hare of uffering and hardship in (Continued on page 15) A*!<& ffJU etJ1te&*R1t&z; ? A~t r/HteUUU. ?teed 5'Jlt (!/twufu that really DO • • • • ' • • ---~-~ .. ----,·"- Point Men To GOD ¥ t~ ;(J/)- 'l}J ~t" . b/J Bal' * Ji PO BOX 455 fr ELYRIA, OHIO 44035 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPl IST