Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.
Moses - the man of God - was a species of human chameleon - scholar, general, law-giver, leader, etc.
David - the man after God's own heart - was a man of war and a mighty man of valour. When all Israel were on the run, David faced Goliath - alone... with God - and he but a stripling, and well scolded, too, by his brother for having come to see the battle.
The floor of Christendom and elsewhere is littered with wrecks made by old prophets. God won't stand nonsense from any man. Every man has to choose between Christ and Barabbas, and every Christian between God and some old prophet.
What is it worth to possess the riches of the world, when a man comes to face Eternity?
It takes a real man to make a true confession - a Chocolate Soldier will excuse or cloak his sin.