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Strategy and innovation are not prohibited for Christians. What we're noticing in verse six

should be this. But God demands that his people place their

ultimate trust in him. We cannot place our trust in the very things that our enemies have

trusted while assuming that God will somehow bless that rebellion when it's exercised by us.

That's the principle of verse 6.

It's not that chariots and horses are universally evil.

It's not that, well, swords are okay, bows are okay.

There's an inherent goodness to this weapon and an inherent spiritual

cursed evil voodoo with this weapon that's not what god's saying he's not saying hey

you can't use the tactics and weapons of your enemy because inherently in and of themselves they're evil and bad.

So Christians have to use swords. Only bad people use chariots because chariots are cursed and

demonic, but swords are good. That's not what's going on. Christians can use the chariots,

but this time they couldn't. This time. Why?

Because chariots are bad? No. Because chariots were the very thing that Israel's opponents were trusting it. And the key for Israel is not that certain things are good and therefore can be utilized and

these things are bad and therefore cannot. No, the principle is the difference between Israel

and her foes. Is that the kings of the earth trust in princes and horses and chariots, but the people of God trust in the Lord.

The advantage of Israel is not horses and chariots.

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