Enemy-occupied territory—that is what this world is

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Enemy-occupied territory—that is what this world is.

Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed,

you might say [landed] /in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in a great campaign of sabotage.

When you go to church you are really listening in /to the secret wireless from our friends:

that is why the enemy is so anxious /to prevent us from going.

When [a young man //who has been going /to church /in a routine way] honestly realises that he does not believe in Christianity and stops going—provided () he does it for honesty’s sake and not just to annoy his parents

—the spirit of Christ is probably nearer to him then /than it ever was before.

* listen in; listen without the speaker's knowledge; listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation

* provided that; on the condition or understanding that

From Mere Christianity
Compiled in Words to Live By

Mere Christianity. Copyright © 1952, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Copyright renewed © 1980, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Words to Live By: A Guide for the Merely Christian. Copyright © 2007 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins