I want to talk about the Soldiers of Christ and this
certainly is not a new subject. This is I gave this same lessons
a few years back, and, but I believe it's good for us
especially even those that are newer members those that are
babes in Christ to understand what our responsibility as is as
a soldier of Christ. In second, Timothy the second
chapter verses 1 through 4, Paul writing to Timmy said, Timothy
says now, therefore my son, be strong in the grace, that is in
Christ, Jesus. And the things that thou Hast
heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou
to Faithful, Men Who Shall be able to teach others also, Now,
therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
No, man. That warith entangled himself
with the Affairs of this life. That he may please him who had
chosen him to be a soldier. You think about the Apostle,
Paul and the battles that he went through for Christ,
consider the old battle-scarred Warriors.
Paul in Galatians, the sixth chapter in verses 16 relations
of 6, chapter and verse 17. From henceforth, let no man
trouble me for I bear in my body, the marks of the Lord,
Jesus, Not only was there taunting and was their mental
distress that Paul endured. But there was also a physical
scars on his own body, from his war against Satan.
In the end, the evil things of this Earth.
Enemies are the cause of war in 1st Peter, 5 and verse 8, be
sober be vigilant because your adversary, the devil as a
roaring lion walketh about seeking whom.
He may devour. If we do not think that we are
in a battle, we are mistaken and we are deceiving ourselves.
If we do not think that we are in a spiritual war, there is a
Warfare going on for our souls. We are sadly.
Deceived this morning, he talked talking here.
He says, be sober be vigilant because your adversary, the
devil that's who were fighting against, that's who are we?
We are in a battle with against for our soul, but that the
Warfare is not something that we fight here on this Earth with
physical means. In other words, we don't have
tanks and Bazookas and missiles and Rockets and bombs and all
these kinds of things. It Is a spiritual warfare,
Ephesians 6, and verse 12 for we wrestle.
Not against flesh and blood, not physically, but against
principalities against Powers against the rulers.
Of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness, in
high places, this is a spiritual warfare.
It is something that we don't necessarily see right in from
us. In front of us, there is a
spiritual warfare. That is going on all around us
and it is something against the rulers of the darkness of this
world against principalities against Powers.
Spiritual wickedness. In high places notice also 2nd
Corinthians 10 verses 3 through 5 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 The pulling down of
strongholds 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. Also 1st Peter 2 and verse 11
dearly beloved I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain
from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
So it is a battle against our soul, that is a battle against
our spiritual soul. That is going on each and every
day. That's the kind of warfare that
is happening in our lives, with all the turmoil that's going on
today in the world, we need to arm ourselves, both and protect
ourselves and our families against the war for our souls.
You know, we look at and we hear about all the Use.
I can't even hardly watch the news anymore, I get Snippets.
And that's all I need anymore to be able to turn it off and not
even listen to it, but it talks. But the all the news today is
about all the things that war against the soul.
That's all we hear about are things that war against the
soul. We hear about Sin, we heard but
depravity. We hear about so many things
that they're trying to get our children to turn away from, even
their own parents. That our parents are the are the
enemy. They're trying to change our
children in privacy. From their parents.
That is a war against the soul of man, a war against our
children, a war against our families.
That is going on all this stuff about who you identify as today.
Whether you identify as a man, or whether you identify as a
woman, God made, man, and God made woman, and that's who we
are. But the warring of the soul will
tell you something different. There is a war going on, trying
to change those things and it is a fight that we are against
today. We want to talk a little bit
about the enlistment of the soldier.
We realize that this enlistment is something that is voluntary,
it is not something that is forced on us.
It is of our own free will Joshua told the Israelites in
Joshua 24? And verses verse 15.
Choose for you this day, whom you will serve.
He said, goes on to say in the latter part of the verse, but as
for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
So we have to make that choice. It is not forced upon us.
We have all made that choice today that we are going to serve
the Lord. It is a voluntary Army for the
Lord, but we need to make that choice who we are going to serve
and Lessman is for Life. Revelations 2 and verse 10 fear.
None of those things that thou shalt suffer behold.
The devil shall cast some of you into prison that ye may be
tried. And ye shall have tribulation
ten days. Be thou faithful unto death and
I will give you a Crown of Life. So this is a lifetime
enlistment, you know, a person goes down and this is in the
Army and listens and navy and listen, the Air Force, or
whatever it may be. And that's for a certain period
of time, for whatever it is for years, 10 years, 20 years,
whatever it may be. But when we enlist in the army
of Christ, it is for Life as a lifetime commitment.
It's not that we get in and we say, well, you know, this isn't
working out the way I thought it was.
I didn't know I was going to be crawling in mud.
I didn't know that I was going to have.
Bullets, flying over my head. I didn't know people were going
to be shooting at me. I didn't know they were going to
be dropping bombs near to me and things of that nature.
I'm just done with this. I'll see you guys later.
I'm going to go do something else.
It's much more safe. Know when we enlist in the army
of God, we enlist for wife. It is a lifetime commitment.
And when things get rough, and when things get tough, we don't
just throw our arms arms up and say, you know what?
I'm done with this. We don't do that.
It is be, thou faithful unto death and I will give you a
Crown of Life. The Rules Of Enlistment are
Hearing the word of God. Romans 10 verse 17.
So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God,
believing Mark 16 and verse 16, he who believes and is baptized
will be saved. But he who does not believe will
be condemned. We find that there is repentance
and must take place to be enlisted in the army of God,
Acts 2, and verse 38. Then Peter said to them.
Repent. And let every one of you be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
sins. And you will receive The gift of
the Holy Spirit. We find that the confession is
is necessary for entrance into the army of God and confessing
in Matthew 10 verse 32. Therefore, whoever confesses me
before men him, I will also confess before my father, who is
in heaven, baptism is all a cell also, essential to be in the
army of God first Peter 3. And verse 21 there is also an
antitype which now saves us. Baptism, not the removal of the
filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good Good conscience
toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
You cannot get into the US Army without a commitment without
meeting the requirements and neither can you get into the
army of God without meeting the requirements?
Also, there are no path of pacifists allowed in this Army.
You are either against or you are for God, Matthew 12 and
verse 30. He that is not with me is
against me and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
Also the uniform that we wear as and the weapons that we use as
the Christian Soldier Ephesians, the sixth chapter, this is
suffered a series of verses that we are all very familiar with
Ephesians, the sixth chapter and verses 10 through 17, finally,
Brethren my brethren, be strong. And I think that's one of the
things that we need to understand is the furry first
thing, He says, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His
might put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to
stand against The Wiles or the deceitful, and schemes, and
trickery of the devil. For we wrestle or struggle, not
against flesh and blood. But against principalities
against Powers against the rulers of Darkness of this world
against spiritual wickedness, in high places Wherefore take unto
you, the whole armour of GOD that ye may be able to withstand
in the evil day and having done all to stand.
It goes on to say in verse 14 stand therefore having your
loins Girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of
righteousness and your feet shod with the preparation of the
gospel of peace above all taking the shield of Faith wherewith,
ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked
and take the Moment of Salvation And The Sword of the spirit,
which is the word of God. We want to notice of these
things, very briefly each one of these items he talks about, in
verse 14 stand. Therefore prepared, preparing
yourselves for the battle at hand, and gather all the pieces
together, so that you're ready to fight this battle.
Put on the whole armor. Now, it would not make sense for
us. It would not make sense for us
for when we enlist in the army, The US Navy, or the US Army or
whatever. It may be to go down in there
and give you a helmet and you say, well no, I really don't
think I'm going to need that helmet.
I'll just pass on that and they give you body protection.
A bulletproof? Vest, maybe say, well, no, you
know I really don't think I'm going to need that.
That's too heavy. I won't be as quick on my feet
as I need to be. But if I'm going into battle,
I'm putting everything they've got on me everything.
And that's what he says here. He says put on the whole armor
so that you can withstand these things.
Having your loins Girt about with truth.
This was a heavy leather belt supporting the sword in the
clothing. Arming ourselves with the truth.
And you know, this is there's kind of a theme here within
these verses No man can enter the Christian fight without the
truth of the gospel of Christ, because if it is not true, then
we're going into battle with something that is false.
Something that is not proven something that is not sure
something that is not supported by God.
Something that is not a weapon or a way of shielding our body
that is unproven When we go into battle with the truth, we know
we have something that will work.
This is the way we know our enemy and we know how they
fight. We know how they come to attack
us and we gird ourselves with the truth against false Doctrine
against lies. And those things that would
deceive us. Truth is something that we can
trust in. John 17 verse 17, sanctify them
through thy truth. Thy word is truth, the word of
God, the Bible that way we read that is the truth, is the word
that God has given us to know how to go into battle against
Satan and John 8 verse 32 and you shall know the truth.
And the truth shall make you free.
What we fight, we fight for freedom We Fight For Freedom
against sin, we fight to be freed from sin.
So if we're going to get Freedom, if we are going to be
free, it is going to be the truth that will set us free.
He talks about the breastplate of righteousness, verse 14, and
having on the Blessed Prater breastplate of righteousness,
this was made of steel brass, copper sheets of iron and it
signifies the practice of righteousness.
A holy life. Righteousness is What men's
whole spiritual existence depends on its worn over the
breast to protect the vital organs and repel the darts, and
the arrows, and the spears that may be thrown at us.
It's there to protect us from what Satan throws at us.
If we are, do not have on the breastplate of righteousness,
then guess what? We are subject to injury and
death. Righteousness is not provided
for us. It's something that we must
produce in our own lives. We must be righteous and First
John 3 and verse 7 and 10 little children.
Let no man deceive you. He that doeth righteousness is
righteous even as he is righteous in this, the children
of God are manifest and the children of the devil whosoever,
doeth not righteousness, is not of God, neither, he that loveth,
not his brother goes on to talk about the shoes that the
Christian wears. And verse 15 and your feet shod
with the preparation of the gospel of peace.
Well, the purpose Of any battle. As we said was, is to obtain
freedom, but also to have peace. And unity, if the feed or legs
of the soldier wounded, they can't stand.
They can't fight. Every Christian consider should
consider himself on a journey from this place to heaven.
And not only stand, every moment prepared to go forward.
But every moment in a press towards our home, always ready
and prepared, these were strong sandals.
That were tightly bound it to the feet.
They might have even spikes on the bottom of them to Aid in
climbing and and may be able to navigate through mud and
slippery surfaces and Slick surfaces.
In Romans 10 verses 15 through 17.
So, as much as in me is Paul said, I am ready to preach the
gospel. To you that are at Rome also for
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of
God unto salvation to everyone that believeth to the Jew first
and also to the Greek for therein is the righteousness of
God revealed from Faith to Faith.
As it is written, the just shall live by faith.
So, Paul says, I'm prepared and I'm ready to preach the gospel.
Are we prepared and ready? Do we have on Armor or we ready
to meet the full? Are we ready to March forward?
He talks about the shield, the most versatile of all made to
wear on the arm above all taking the shield of faith.
We're in. She shall be able to quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked. You know, if we don't have a
strong faith, if our faith is weak, then we're going to fail.
We can be Co overcome with wicked things, if we're not
studying our bibles, if we're not reading our bibles, if we're
not growing, in the knowledge of God, if we're not strengthening
our faith and we're just relying on Services once a week to take
care of that. My faith isn't strengthening
then when the fiery darts come at us, guess what happens?
They pierce, they heard and they destroy.
Because our faith is weakened. We become overcome with wicked
things of this world and of this life.
What if you go into debate or a talk or a discussion with
someone about all this discussion of the day?
Today about this selecting, your gender and all these other
things that are going on around us and you don't know the word
of God and what God has to say about that.
How are you going to defend the word?
How are you going to defend your faith?
How are you going to defend? What you believe?
if you don't know what you believe, So, the shield of
faith, our faith has to be strong, fiery darts of the,
wicked are evil, thoughts and strong passions that if not
controlled, they penetrate through that shield and damage
us spiritually. But our faith can quench all
that our faith can stand up to that.
Those passions will pass through the mind and never have a
stopping place. And never met like that you stop
and think about, well, you know what, he had to say was really
interesting. You know, it kind of made sense.
What does God have to say about that?
Hebrews 11 verse 6. But without faith, it is
impossible to please him. For he that cometh to God must
believe that he is, and that he is, a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him. We need to have a strong faith.
So then Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
Read our Bibles study, our Bibles know what we believe and
why we believe it because it is the truth.
And the truth is what will set us free.
The Shield is intended to protect us from the wicked and
if we then will continually study God's word and keep our
convictions, strong, our faith strong would label us to
deflect, whatever Satan throws at us each and every day, the
helmet of salvation. He says, take that and put it on
the helmet was made of thick, leather or brass.
It's a helmet that protects the head.
And and this helmet is something that's impenetrable.
That the blow of an axe or a sword or whatever, it may be
some staff. Will protect us from those blows
the hope of continual safety and protection built on the promise
of God. We can be assured of the fact
that no matter how Fierce the battle we will compute be
protected. As long as we are looking toward
Heaven as our hope and goal because God has promised us The
sword of the spirit, the sword of the spirit which is the word
of God. This is the only offensive
weapon that we have at our use that the Christian prepare.
Possesses its powerful and mighty.
Notice what? Hebrews 4 verse 12 says, for the
word of God, which is the sword that he's talking about here.
Is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword
piercing, even to the dividing asunder of Soul and Spirit and
of the joints and Marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart. And you know what if that sword
is left in Shield? If it's left in its Scabbard and
it's never used. You won't be able to defend
yourself, you won't be able to defend others and you will wind
up losing your life. It's the same and never changes
its all-powerful, it is even Pierce's to the to discern
between the thoughts and the intents of the heart.
So you see the theme that is used here throughout these
verses, how the word of God is so important to us to use.
It's not men's idea, it's not philosophy, it's not theology.
Or someone's theory about something, when we study the
word of God and we read it and we understand what it says that
is what will defend us and an end and also will ward off sin
around. Us says, do we have on certainly
the whole armor of God. We find that we must train, our
armor and weapons are of no benefit and no value.
If we don't know how to use them, you know what a person in
lists into the army today, the the US Army, they go to what is
called basic training. To know how to use the weapons
that are given to them and know how to defend themselves and
defend others as well. Basic training, first, Peter, 2
and verse 2. As newborn babes desire, the
sincere milk of the word that you may grow.
Thereby, there it is again. What's important to us the word
of God, exercise and training your essential and prepare us
for the Battle of life that we have to be fought each and every
day. And if not we lose second
Timothy 4 verses 7 through 8. I have fought the good fight.
Paul says I have finished. My course, I have kept the faith
henceforth. There is laid up for Me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall
give me at that day, and not to me only but unto all them also
that love his appearing. Also soldiers need strength to
endure hardship, 2nd, Timothy 4 and verse 5, but that but watch
thou in all things endure afflictions.
We see these these endurance runs and and triathlons where
they swim for so long and bright a bike for so long and then run
a marathon afterwards. You got to have some endurance
to be able to make it to the end of that.
And that be, it takes some training.
We have to endure the hardships and we have to endure all the
problems on the things that come at us in this Christian Life.
And we have to learn how to deal with those.
Those things that are brought before us and get around them,
or get through them or get under them.
However, it is, but this is a battle of endurance.
It is not a Sprint all the time. It is a battle of endurance and
Paul says, I have fought the good fight.
I have finished. My course, I have kept the
faith. There's a reward for me and he
tells us also tells Timothy to be be enduring also in second
Timothy In verse three, thou therefore endure hardship as a
good soldier of Jesus Christ. Also soldiers must be alert for
spies and those who are traitors.
In Acts the SEC 20th, chapter verses 29 through 31 for, I know
this. That after my departing shall
Grievous. Wolves.
Enter in among you not sparing? The flock also of your own
selves shall men. Arise speaking perverse, things
to draw away disciples after them.
Therefore watch. And remember that by the space
of three years, I ceased not to warn every one night and day
with tears. So we have to be aware and that
goes back to knowing the word of God and what is right?
And what is wrong. And watching out for those
traders, that might be around us, false Brethren, and doctor
and also with in Galatians 2 and verse 4.
And that because of false Brethren unawares brought in who
came in, privily to spy out our Liberty, which we have in Jesus
Christ that they might bring us into bondage.
You know, we don't see what we see on the news today when it
comes to a military battle. We see all the fighting that
goes on, the shooting of guns and in tanks and bombs and
missiles and they'll send those kind of things.
But behind the scenes, there is spying going on that.
We don't see The enemy doesn't see.
And sometimes there's there's things like this that happen
within the church and we ought not to let that happen by false
Doctrine and false false teaching also.
Second Corinthians 11 verses, 14 to 15 and no Marvel for Satan
himself is transformed into an angel of Light.
Therefore it is no great thing. If his ministers also be
transformed as the Ministers of righteousness, Who's in shall be
according to their works. We got to be careful.
We have to be vigilant, we have to be careful and not let these
things happen. Not that false teachers.
Come in Paul's brob false Brethren and false Doctrine into
the church false prophets will camouflage themselves.
Jesus said in Matthew 7, verses 15 through 17, beware of false
prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly.
They are ravening wolves. You shall know them by their
fruits do men, gather Grapes of thorns or figs of thistles, we
shall know them by their fruits. we all remember the old cartoons
with the Sheepdog sitting up watching over the flock of sheep
and then all said and the wolf comes along and he's got a cloak
of sheep's clothing over him. And we have to be careful of
that. Also, we want to notice about
deserters and in subordinates 1st Timothy 4, and verse 1.
Now the spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter
times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.
We've witnessed this. We've seen this.
How doctrines false doctrines can influence a person and pull
them away and desert the true church in subordinates.
Second Thessalonians 3 and verse 6.
Now we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ that you withdraw yourselves from every brother
that walketh disorderly and not after the tradition which he
received of us. Sometimes, there are tough
things that have to happen. that we have to withdraw some from
those that would oppose the church, I want to talk for a
moment briefly about Friendly Fire.
What is friendly fire? Well throughout history and this
is I'm quoting from an article that my brother Glenn had
written and I've got some Snippets of it here throughout
history in the heat of confusion and confusion of battle.
Soldiers have mistakenly attacked their own troops
thinking they were engaging the enemy.
This misguided attacks are called Friendly Fire and history
has shown that Whatever. Whenever Wherever there is,
Conflict, there is friendly fire.
Regret regrettably the same phenomenon phenomenon is also
found in spiritual warfare. Sometimes Christians, become
confused and believe that they are battling an enemy.
When in reality were battling, those who are on the same side,
Paul gave the church in galatia warning, about spiritual
Friendly Fire, and Galatians 5 and verse 15.
But if you bite and devour one another be, what be we're lest
you be consumed by one another We in and inadvertently May pick
up and swing our spiritual sword at everyone who would challenge
us over time, we may even develop their perspective.
That anyone who disagrees with us is our enemy We develop this
conviction because we sincerely believe that we are on the
Lord's Side and know the truth. Therefore, anyone who is not on
our side, must be the enemy of God and not know the truth.
Since we are on the Lord's Side, they must be off.
We must be make sure that we at that.
The fight were fighting for is the Lord's and not our own.
The Bible tells us to examine everything carefully first
Thessalonians 5 and 21. But when doing this, we must
work at it. Objectively not just not just
react defensively again. What?
God demands that we love the truth.
Second Thessalonians, 2 and 10, not just automatically defend
our position to love the. Truth means to want to know the
truth even if it costs us the embarrassment of being found
wrong. To automatically react
defensively to every question or disagreement is fleshly
unintelligent immature. And a symptom of Pride.
So we need to be careful about Friendly Fire and make sure who
we are firing at. And one of those things that we
must do is we must know who our enemy is and recognize our
enemy. At times, we may attack allies
because we don't recognize them. They may not be familiar with
them, we may not be familiar with them, so we attack before.
We know that who we are attacking, these may be genuine
Brethren from a different country or culture.
Just because they don't use the same translation we do.
Use the same song book, we do wear the same fashions that we
wear know the same people. We know does not mean that they
do not know the Lord. And as a person can through
faith obey, the gospel and worship, God in spirit, and in
truth, and not know us personally the supplies to the
people within our own country as well.
We can't be involved in in rivalry in the church.
That leads to Civil War. We've seen that happen
sometimes. Criticize others in the church
discourage our own children. We are on the same side, we all
wear the same uniform, that is the uniform of Christ.
Galatians 3 and verse 27, for as many of us as have been baptized
into Christ, have put on Christ. So we wouldn't want to shoot our
own at our own men. We wouldn't want to shoot at
God's Men and don't forget who the enemy is.
On the day of judgment, we don't want to be guilty.
Found guilty of friendly fire, axe 5 and verse 39, but if it be
of God, we cannot overthrow it last happily.
We be found even to fight against God.
Also, being a good soldier, requires sacrifice.
We sacrifice our time, we sacrifice our own selfish
desires. We sacrifice all that we are and
all that we have for the cause of Christ, Romans 12, and verse
1. I beseech you therefore Brethren
by the mercies of God, that you present, your bodies, a Living
Sacrifice, holy acceptable to God, which is your reasonable
service. No, the graveyards of the
military are filled with men that gave their life for the
country for this country. They sacrifice their life for
this country and we as soldiers of the Cross as soldiers of God.
Give our bodies as a living, sacrifice for the cause of
Christ. One of our greatest battles that
we have in this life is fighting for our children, our
grandchildren, and our families, excuse me.
If we can keep our kids safe from Satan, we've won.
If we keep our grandchildren safe from Satan, we've won, if
we can fight the battle and save our families, we have one that
is your responsibility as a parent to save that little child
and to make sure they're Seoul makes it to happen.
That's your responsibility is save and that is a battle.
That is a struggle. That is a hard hard thing to do
these days with the world that we live in.
It is a battle to keep our children in the straight and
narrow way and keep our families and we have to sacrifice our
time. We sacrifice our selfish
desires, we sacrifice a lot of things.
So that others Can enjoy the blessings of Heaven.
We need to protect them. We need to save them.
There are too many fiery darts that are being thrown out them
today. And the devil wants them, they
want these little children. They want these little babies.
They want the mothers and they want the fathers.
And if they've got you that got over Generations behind it, we
need to fight fight the battle. Put on the whole armor of God
and get busy as a soldier. For our families, Visions, 6,
and verse 13. Take unto you.
The whole armor of God that you can be able to stand against The
Wiles of the devil. There's a reward for fighting
the battles First. Timothy 6 and verse 12 fight the
good fight of Faith. Lay hold on.
Eternal, A life whereunto Thou Art also called and has
professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Also second Timothy 4 and verse 7 like seven through eight is
Paul says I have fought a good fight.
I have finished my course, I have kept the faith henceforth.
There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.
That's the reward, which the Lord has given me.
Not unto me. Also not into me only but also
all them that love his appearing.
That's the reward for winning the battle.
The reward George MacArthur said in war, there's no substitute
for victory. There will be no substitute for
victory, in Jesus. There is no other battle worth
winning. There's no other battle in this
life worth winning. You can gain all the way you can
battle all your life, for all the money that you want to have,
and you still lose. You can battle all this life to
have the nicest house and still lose the battle, but there is
nothing and no substitute for victory.
In Jesus Christ, there's no substitute for victory, for our
grandchildren and our children's Souls.
There will be no substitute for the victory of witnessing, those
who are once lost in sin being baptized into Christ for the
remission of their sins. There is no substitute for that.
Lastly, I want to read this. Pone.
And there's no author attached to this.
It says I am a soldier in the army of my God the Lord Jesus
Christ. Is my commanding officer of the
Holy Spirit, the holy scriptures is my code of conduct Faith
prayer and the word are my weapons of warfare.
I have been taught by the Holy Spirit trained by experienced
Tried by adversity and tested by fire I'm a volunteer in this
Army and I am enlisted for eternity.
I will not get out sellout or be talked out.
Or pushed out. I am faithful, reliable capable
and dependable. If my God needs me, I'm there.
I am a soldier. I'm not a baby.
I do not need to be pampered. Petted trimmed up, pumped up.
Picked up, or pepped up. I'm a soldier.
No one has to call me. Remind me, write me.
Visit me. Entice me or lure.
Me, I'm a soldier. I'm not a wimp.
I'm in place saluting my king obeying, his orders, praising
his name and building his kingdom.
No one has to send me flowers gifts, food cards, or candy or
give me handouts. I do not need to be cuddled
cradled cared for or catered to I am committed.
I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around.
I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside at cannot lose
enough to cause me to quit. When Jesus called me into his
army, I have nothing. If I end up with nothing, I will
still come out ahead. I will win my God has and will
continue to supply all of my needs.
I am no more than a conqueror. I will always Triumph, I can do
all things through Christ. The devil cannot defeat me.
People cannot delusion me whether cannot weary me.
Sickness cannot, stop me battles.
Cannot beat me. Money cannot buy.
Buy me. Governments, cannot silence me
and he'll cannot handle me. I am a soldier.
Even death, cannot destroy me for when my commander calls me
from his Battlefield. He will, he will promote me to
Captain and then allow me to rule with him.
I am a soldier in the Army and I'm marching claiming Victory.
I will not give up. I will not turn around.
I am a soldier marching heaven-bound here I stand.
Will you stand with me? Let's be soldiers for the cross.
It's not easy. It's a batter.
Let's be a soldier for the cross and a soldier for our families
and a soldier for our acquaintances.
To win the battle. And when others to Christ, We
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