CHRISTIANS REFUSED MILITARY SERVICE IN THE ROMAN ARMY, THEY REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ROMAN MILITARY, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE REAL STRUGGLE FOR CHRISTIANS (AND THE WORLD AT LARGE) WAS NOT A PHYSICAL BATTLE, BUT RATHER, A SPIRITUAL ONE. O()XX[{:::::::::::::::::::::>; FOR THOUGH WE WALK IN THE FLESH, WE DO NOT WAR AFTER THE FLESH: (FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL, BUT MIGHTY THROUGH GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONG HOLDS;) CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS, AND EVERY HIGH THING THAT EXALTETH ITSELF AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST. 2 COR. 10:3-5