1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,100 I want to talk about the Soldiers of Christ and this 2 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:08,200 certainly is not a new subject. This is I gave this same lessons 3 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:13,100 a few years back, and, but I believe it's good for us 4 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:17,200 especially even those that are newer members those that are 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:22,400 babes in Christ to understand what our responsibility as is as 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,900 a soldier of Christ. In second, Timothy the second 7 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:31,600 chapter verses 1 through 4, Paul writing to Timmy said, Timothy 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:36,400 says now, therefore my son, be strong in the grace, that is in 9 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,300 Christ, Jesus. And the things that thou Hast 10 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:43,000 heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:48,500 to Faithful, Men Who Shall be able to teach others also, Now, 12 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:53,300 therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 13 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:56,300 No, man. That warith entangled himself 14 00:00:56,300 --> 00:01:02,500 with the Affairs of this life. That he may please him who had 15 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:08,400 chosen him to be a soldier. You think about the Apostle, 16 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,600 Paul and the battles that he went through for Christ, 17 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,000 consider the old battle-scarred Warriors. 18 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:21,700 Paul in Galatians, the sixth chapter in verses 16 relations 19 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:27,900 of 6, chapter and verse 17. From henceforth, let no man 20 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:32,300 trouble me for I bear in my body, the marks of the Lord, 21 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:37,500 Jesus, Not only was there taunting and was their mental 22 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:40,900 distress that Paul endured. But there was also a physical 23 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:45,200 scars on his own body, from his war against Satan. 24 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,600 In the end, the evil things of this Earth. 25 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:53,400 Enemies are the cause of war in 1st Peter, 5 and verse 8, be 26 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:58,800 sober be vigilant because your adversary, the devil as a 27 00:01:58,808 --> 00:02:01,600 roaring lion walketh about seeking whom. 28 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:05,700 He may devour. If we do not think that we are 29 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:09,400 in a battle, we are mistaken and we are deceiving ourselves. 30 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:14,400 If we do not think that we are in a spiritual war, there is a 31 00:02:14,408 --> 00:02:18,300 Warfare going on for our souls. We are sadly. 32 00:02:18,700 --> 00:02:23,100 Deceived this morning, he talked talking here. 33 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:27,900 He says, be sober be vigilant because your adversary, the 34 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:31,300 devil that's who were fighting against, that's who are we? 35 00:02:31,300 --> 00:02:36,200 We are in a battle with against for our soul, but that the 36 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,500 Warfare is not something that we fight here on this Earth with 37 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:42,100 physical means. In other words, we don't have 38 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:46,700 tanks and Bazookas and missiles and Rockets and bombs and all 39 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:49,900 these kinds of things. It Is a spiritual warfare, 40 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:52,900 Ephesians 6, and verse 12 for we wrestle. 41 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:57,000 Not against flesh and blood, not physically, but against 42 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,400 principalities against Powers against the rulers. 43 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:07,700 Of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness, in 44 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:11,700 high places, this is a spiritual warfare. 45 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:15,500 It is something that we don't necessarily see right in from 46 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:17,000 us. In front of us, there is a 47 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,400 spiritual warfare. That is going on all around us 48 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:26,900 and it is something against the rulers of the darkness of this 49 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:29,500 world against principalities against Powers. 50 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:35,500 Spiritual wickedness. In high places notice also 2nd 51 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:38,400 Corinthians 10 verses 3 through 5 for though. 52 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,000 We walk in the flesh. We do not war after the flesh 53 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,200 for the weapons of our Warfare are not carnal. 54 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,100 But Mighty through God to the pulling The pulling down of 55 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:53,300 strongholds casting down imaginations and every High 56 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:56,900 thing that exalteth itself, against the knowledge of God and 57 00:03:56,900 --> 00:04:00,300 bringing into captivity every thought to The Obedience of 58 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:03,700 Christ. Also 1st Peter 2 and verse 11 59 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,000 dearly beloved I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain 60 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,500 from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 61 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:17,899 So it is a battle against our soul, that is a battle against 62 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:22,800 our spiritual soul. That is going on each and every 63 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,200 day. That's the kind of warfare that 64 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,600 is happening in our lives, with all the turmoil that's going on 65 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:34,700 today in the world, we need to arm ourselves, both and protect 66 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:40,300 ourselves and our families against the war for our souls. 67 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,800 You know, we look at and we hear about all the Use. 68 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,800 I can't even hardly watch the news anymore, I get Snippets. 69 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,700 And that's all I need anymore to be able to turn it off and not 70 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:54,700 even listen to it, but it talks. But the all the news today is 71 00:04:54,700 --> 00:04:58,800 about all the things that war against the soul. 72 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:03,400 That's all we hear about are things that war against the 73 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:07,700 soul. We hear about Sin, we heard but 74 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:11,100 depravity. We hear about so many things 75 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:14,700 that they're trying to get our children to turn away from, even 76 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:17,600 their own parents. That our parents are the are the 77 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,800 enemy. They're trying to change our 78 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:26,500 children in privacy. From their parents. 79 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:33,500 That is a war against the soul of man, a war against our 80 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:36,800 children, a war against our families. 81 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:45,400 That is going on all this stuff about who you identify as today. 82 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:50,000 Whether you identify as a man, or whether you identify as a 83 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,400 woman, God made, man, and God made woman, and that's who we 84 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,200 are. But the warring of the soul will 85 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,900 tell you something different. There is a war going on, trying 86 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:08,100 to change those things and it is a fight that we are against 87 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,100 today. We want to talk a little bit 88 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:14,400 about the enlistment of the soldier. 89 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,700 We realize that this enlistment is something that is voluntary, 90 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,100 it is not something that is forced on us. 91 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:24,800 It is of our own free will Joshua told the Israelites in 92 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:30,100 Joshua 24? And verses verse 15. 93 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,800 Choose for you this day, whom you will serve. 94 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,600 He said, goes on to say in the latter part of the verse, but as 95 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,200 for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 96 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,600 So we have to make that choice. It is not forced upon us. 97 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,100 We have all made that choice today that we are going to serve 98 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:56,100 the Lord. It is a voluntary Army for the 99 00:06:56,100 --> 00:06:59,900 Lord, but we need to make that choice who we are going to serve 100 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:04,300 and Lessman is for Life. Revelations 2 and verse 10 fear. 101 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:06,400 None of those things that thou shalt suffer behold. 102 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,400 The devil shall cast some of you into prison that ye may be 103 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,600 tried. And ye shall have tribulation 104 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,600 ten days. Be thou faithful unto death and 105 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:20,800 I will give you a Crown of Life. So this is a lifetime 106 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,600 enlistment, you know, a person goes down and this is in the 107 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,600 Army and listens and navy and listen, the Air Force, or 108 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,500 whatever it may be. And that's for a certain period 109 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:33,200 of time, for whatever it is for years, 10 years, 20 years, 110 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,300 whatever it may be. But when we enlist in the army 111 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:39,900 of Christ, it is for Life as a lifetime commitment. 112 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:43,300 It's not that we get in and we say, well, you know, this isn't 113 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:44,900 working out the way I thought it was. 114 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:47,300 I didn't know I was going to be crawling in mud. 115 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:48,600 I didn't know that I was going to have. 116 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:51,600 Bullets, flying over my head. I didn't know people were going 117 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,000 to be shooting at me. I didn't know they were going to 118 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,800 be dropping bombs near to me and things of that nature. 119 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:59,700 I'm just done with this. I'll see you guys later. 120 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:00,800 I'm going to go do something else. 121 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,500 It's much more safe. Know when we enlist in the army 122 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:07,500 of God, we enlist for wife. It is a lifetime commitment. 123 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:10,500 And when things get rough, and when things get tough, we don't 124 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:13,100 just throw our arms arms up and say, you know what? 125 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:16,500 I'm done with this. We don't do that. 126 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:21,900 It is be, thou faithful unto death and I will give you a 127 00:08:21,900 --> 00:08:25,100 Crown of Life. The Rules Of Enlistment are 128 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:29,100 Hearing the word of God. Romans 10 verse 17. 129 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:33,299 So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, 130 00:08:33,299 --> 00:08:37,299 believing Mark 16 and verse 16, he who believes and is baptized 131 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,000 will be saved. But he who does not believe will 132 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,799 be condemned. We find that there is repentance 133 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:46,000 and must take place to be enlisted in the army of God, 134 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,900 Acts 2, and verse 38. Then Peter said to them. 135 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:50,400 Repent. And let every one of you be 136 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,700 baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of 137 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:56,400 sins. And you will receive The gift of 138 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,200 the Holy Spirit. We find that the confession is 139 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:03,600 is necessary for entrance into the army of God and confessing 140 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,000 in Matthew 10 verse 32. Therefore, whoever confesses me 141 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,900 before men him, I will also confess before my father, who is 142 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:15,400 in heaven, baptism is all a cell also, essential to be in the 143 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,000 army of God first Peter 3. And verse 21 there is also an 144 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,500 antitype which now saves us. Baptism, not the removal of the 145 00:09:23,508 --> 00:09:26,500 filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good Good conscience 146 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:30,500 toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 147 00:09:30,900 --> 00:09:35,000 You cannot get into the US Army without a commitment without 148 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,900 meeting the requirements and neither can you get into the 149 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:40,800 army of God without meeting the requirements? 150 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:46,300 Also, there are no path of pacifists allowed in this Army. 151 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:51,800 You are either against or you are for God, Matthew 12 and 152 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,500 verse 30. He that is not with me is 153 00:09:54,500 --> 00:10:00,000 against me and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 154 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:10,300 Also the uniform that we wear as and the weapons that we use as 155 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:14,200 the Christian Soldier Ephesians, the sixth chapter, this is 156 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,700 suffered a series of verses that we are all very familiar with 157 00:10:18,700 --> 00:10:24,500 Ephesians, the sixth chapter and verses 10 through 17, finally, 158 00:10:24,500 --> 00:10:28,400 Brethren my brethren, be strong. And I think that's one of the 159 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,300 things that we need to understand is the furry first 160 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:37,300 thing, He says, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His 161 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:42,600 might put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to 162 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:47,400 stand against The Wiles or the deceitful, and schemes, and 163 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:53,100 trickery of the devil. For we wrestle or struggle, not 164 00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:54,800 against flesh and blood. But against principalities 165 00:10:54,808 --> 00:10:58,900 against Powers against the rulers of Darkness of this world 166 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:03,200 against spiritual wickedness, in high places Wherefore take unto 167 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,800 you, the whole armour of GOD that ye may be able to withstand 168 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,400 in the evil day and having done all to stand. 169 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:14,600 It goes on to say in verse 14 stand therefore having your 170 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,700 loins Girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of 171 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:22,300 righteousness and your feet shod with the preparation of the 172 00:11:22,308 --> 00:11:27,100 gospel of peace above all taking the shield of Faith wherewith, 173 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:30,500 ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked 174 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:34,400 and take the Moment of Salvation And The Sword of the spirit, 175 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,500 which is the word of God. We want to notice of these 176 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:42,300 things, very briefly each one of these items he talks about, in 177 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:45,400 verse 14 stand. Therefore prepared, preparing 178 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:50,100 yourselves for the battle at hand, and gather all the pieces 179 00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:53,500 together, so that you're ready to fight this battle. 180 00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:57,200 Put on the whole armor. Now, it would not make sense for 181 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,600 us. It would not make sense for us 182 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:04,100 for when we enlist in the army, The US Navy, or the US Army or 183 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:06,100 whatever. It may be to go down in there 184 00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:09,000 and give you a helmet and you say, well no, I really don't 185 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,700 think I'm going to need that helmet. 186 00:12:10,900 --> 00:12:14,900 I'll just pass on that and they give you body protection. 187 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,500 A bulletproof? Vest, maybe say, well, no, you 188 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:19,100 know I really don't think I'm going to need that. 189 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:22,000 That's too heavy. I won't be as quick on my feet 190 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,500 as I need to be. But if I'm going into battle, 191 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:31,300 I'm putting everything they've got on me everything. 192 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:35,500 And that's what he says here. He says put on the whole armor 193 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:39,500 so that you can withstand these things. 194 00:12:40,900 --> 00:12:43,300 Having your loins Girt about with truth. 195 00:12:44,900 --> 00:12:48,300 This was a heavy leather belt supporting the sword in the 196 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:52,200 clothing. Arming ourselves with the truth. 197 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:55,800 And you know, this is there's kind of a theme here within 198 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:01,800 these verses No man can enter the Christian fight without the 199 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,700 truth of the gospel of Christ, because if it is not true, then 200 00:13:06,700 --> 00:13:10,000 we're going into battle with something that is false. 201 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:14,500 Something that is not proven something that is not sure 202 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,200 something that is not supported by God. 203 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:22,000 Something that is not a weapon or a way of shielding our body 204 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:29,100 that is unproven When we go into battle with the truth, we know 205 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,700 we have something that will work. 206 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:37,000 This is the way we know our enemy and we know how they 207 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,900 fight. We know how they come to attack 208 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:43,600 us and we gird ourselves with the truth against false Doctrine 209 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,100 against lies. And those things that would 210 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:50,000 deceive us. Truth is something that we can 211 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:55,700 trust in. John 17 verse 17, sanctify them 212 00:13:55,700 --> 00:14:00,200 through thy truth. Thy word is truth, the word of 213 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,600 God, the Bible that way we read that is the truth, is the word 214 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,200 that God has given us to know how to go into battle against 215 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,300 Satan and John 8 verse 32 and you shall know the truth. 216 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:14,200 And the truth shall make you free. 217 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:19,100 What we fight, we fight for freedom We Fight For Freedom 218 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:22,900 against sin, we fight to be freed from sin. 219 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,100 So if we're going to get Freedom, if we are going to be 220 00:14:26,100 --> 00:14:30,200 free, it is going to be the truth that will set us free. 221 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:35,300 He talks about the breastplate of righteousness, verse 14, and 222 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:38,100 having on the Blessed Prater breastplate of righteousness, 223 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:43,900 this was made of steel brass, copper sheets of iron and it 224 00:14:43,900 --> 00:14:47,300 signifies the practice of righteousness. 225 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:55,500 A holy life. Righteousness is What men's 226 00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:59,900 whole spiritual existence depends on its worn over the 227 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:04,400 breast to protect the vital organs and repel the darts, and 228 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,400 the arrows, and the spears that may be thrown at us. 229 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:12,200 It's there to protect us from what Satan throws at us. 230 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:16,600 If we are, do not have on the breastplate of righteousness, 231 00:15:16,900 --> 00:15:21,100 then guess what? We are subject to injury and 232 00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:25,900 death. Righteousness is not provided 233 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:28,200 for us. It's something that we must 234 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,600 produce in our own lives. We must be righteous and First 235 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,300 John 3 and verse 7 and 10 little children. 236 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:41,400 Let no man deceive you. He that doeth righteousness is 237 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:45,100 righteous even as he is righteous in this, the children 238 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:49,000 of God are manifest and the children of the devil whosoever, 239 00:15:49,300 --> 00:15:53,200 doeth not righteousness, is not of God, neither, he that loveth, 240 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:58,800 not his brother goes on to talk about the shoes that the 241 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:05,200 Christian wears. And verse 15 and your feet shod 242 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:07,900 with the preparation of the gospel of peace. 243 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:17,700 Well, the purpose Of any battle. As we said was, is to obtain 244 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:25,900 freedom, but also to have peace. And unity, if the feed or legs 245 00:16:25,900 --> 00:16:28,600 of the soldier wounded, they can't stand. 246 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:34,300 They can't fight. Every Christian consider should 247 00:16:34,300 --> 00:16:37,300 consider himself on a journey from this place to heaven. 248 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:42,600 And not only stand, every moment prepared to go forward. 249 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:48,000 But every moment in a press towards our home, always ready 250 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,300 and prepared, these were strong sandals. 251 00:16:53,700 --> 00:16:56,600 That were tightly bound it to the feet. 252 00:16:56,900 --> 00:17:00,600 They might have even spikes on the bottom of them to Aid in 253 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:05,400 climbing and and may be able to navigate through mud and 254 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,099 slippery surfaces and Slick surfaces. 255 00:17:10,099 --> 00:17:12,900 In Romans 10 verses 15 through 17. 256 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:20,900 So, as much as in me is Paul said, I am ready to preach the 257 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:26,500 gospel. To you that are at Rome also for 258 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:29,600 I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of 259 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,300 God unto salvation to everyone that believeth to the Jew first 260 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:37,600 and also to the Greek for therein is the righteousness of 261 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,300 God revealed from Faith to Faith. 262 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:43,500 As it is written, the just shall live by faith. 263 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:50,100 So, Paul says, I'm prepared and I'm ready to preach the gospel. 264 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,100 Are we prepared and ready? Do we have on Armor or we ready 265 00:17:54,300 --> 00:17:57,100 to meet the full? Are we ready to March forward? 266 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,800 He talks about the shield, the most versatile of all made to 267 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,800 wear on the arm above all taking the shield of faith. 268 00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:11,600 We're in. She shall be able to quench all 269 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,900 the fiery darts of the wicked. You know, if we don't have a 270 00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:21,200 strong faith, if our faith is weak, then we're going to fail. 271 00:18:24,300 --> 00:18:27,700 We can be Co overcome with wicked things, if we're not 272 00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:30,500 studying our bibles, if we're not reading our bibles, if we're 273 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:34,400 not growing, in the knowledge of God, if we're not strengthening 274 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:39,500 our faith and we're just relying on Services once a week to take 275 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:44,500 care of that. My faith isn't strengthening 276 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:48,700 then when the fiery darts come at us, guess what happens? 277 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,300 They pierce, they heard and they destroy. 278 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:01,200 Because our faith is weakened. We become overcome with wicked 279 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,200 things of this world and of this life. 280 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:07,900 What if you go into debate or a talk or a discussion with 281 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:11,000 someone about all this discussion of the day? 282 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:18,600 Today about this selecting, your gender and all these other 283 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,000 things that are going on around us and you don't know the word 284 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,200 of God and what God has to say about that. 285 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,800 How are you going to defend the word? 286 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,700 How are you going to defend your faith? 287 00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:30,300 How are you going to defend? What you believe? 288 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:38,000 if you don't know what you believe, So, the shield of 289 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:43,100 faith, our faith has to be strong, fiery darts of the, 290 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:47,600 wicked are evil, thoughts and strong passions that if not 291 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,900 controlled, they penetrate through that shield and damage 292 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:55,800 us spiritually. But our faith can quench all 293 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,800 that our faith can stand up to that. 294 00:19:58,900 --> 00:20:02,000 Those passions will pass through the mind and never have a 295 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,500 stopping place. And never met like that you stop 296 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:09,500 and think about, well, you know what, he had to say was really 297 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,600 interesting. You know, it kind of made sense. 298 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:15,000 What does God have to say about that? 299 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:23,300 Hebrews 11 verse 6. But without faith, it is 300 00:20:23,300 --> 00:20:26,500 impossible to please him. For he that cometh to God must 301 00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:30,100 believe that he is, and that he is, a rewarder of them that 302 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:33,300 diligently seek him. We need to have a strong faith. 303 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:37,800 So then Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 304 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:43,900 Read our Bibles study, our Bibles know what we believe and 305 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:47,000 why we believe it because it is the truth. 306 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,000 And the truth is what will set us free. 307 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,100 The Shield is intended to protect us from the wicked and 308 00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:58,000 if we then will continually study God's word and keep our 309 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,500 convictions, strong, our faith strong would label us to 310 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:06,800 deflect, whatever Satan throws at us each and every day, the 311 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,000 helmet of salvation. He says, take that and put it on 312 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:15,700 the helmet was made of thick, leather or brass. 313 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:18,600 It's a helmet that protects the head. 314 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:24,500 And and this helmet is something that's impenetrable. 315 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,800 That the blow of an axe or a sword or whatever, it may be 316 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:34,600 some staff. Will protect us from those blows 317 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,300 the hope of continual safety and protection built on the promise 318 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:42,700 of God. We can be assured of the fact 319 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:46,700 that no matter how Fierce the battle we will compute be 320 00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:49,300 protected. As long as we are looking toward 321 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:53,900 Heaven as our hope and goal because God has promised us The 322 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:57,400 sword of the spirit, the sword of the spirit which is the word 323 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,900 of God. This is the only offensive 324 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:07,600 weapon that we have at our use that the Christian prepare. 325 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:11,100 Possesses its powerful and mighty. 326 00:22:11,300 --> 00:22:14,900 Notice what? Hebrews 4 verse 12 says, for the 327 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:18,400 word of God, which is the sword that he's talking about here. 328 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:25,000 Is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword 329 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,800 piercing, even to the dividing asunder of Soul and Spirit and 330 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,400 of the joints and Marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and 331 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:39,400 intents of the heart. And you know what if that sword 332 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:44,900 is left in Shield? If it's left in its Scabbard and 333 00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:48,600 it's never used. You won't be able to defend 334 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:53,300 yourself, you won't be able to defend others and you will wind 335 00:22:53,300 --> 00:23:00,000 up losing your life. It's the same and never changes 336 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:05,600 its all-powerful, it is even Pierce's to the to discern 337 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,600 between the thoughts and the intents of the heart. 338 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:15,400 So you see the theme that is used here throughout these 339 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:21,000 verses, how the word of God is so important to us to use. 340 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:27,900 It's not men's idea, it's not philosophy, it's not theology. 341 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:33,700 Or someone's theory about something, when we study the 342 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:38,600 word of God and we read it and we understand what it says that 343 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:47,100 is what will defend us and an end and also will ward off sin 344 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:50,700 around. Us says, do we have on certainly 345 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:58,600 the whole armor of God. We find that we must train, our 346 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:03,100 armor and weapons are of no benefit and no value. 347 00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:07,400 If we don't know how to use them, you know what a person in 348 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:12,800 lists into the army today, the the US Army, they go to what is 349 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:18,600 called basic training. To know how to use the weapons 350 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:21,600 that are given to them and know how to defend themselves and 351 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:26,400 defend others as well. Basic training, first, Peter, 2 352 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,700 and verse 2. As newborn babes desire, the 353 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:34,300 sincere milk of the word that you may grow. 354 00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:38,000 Thereby, there it is again. What's important to us the word 355 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,900 of God, exercise and training your essential and prepare us 356 00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:46,300 for the Battle of life that we have to be fought each and every 357 00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:49,600 day. And if not we lose second 358 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,600 Timothy 4 verses 7 through 8. I have fought the good fight. 359 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,700 Paul says I have finished. My course, I have kept the faith 360 00:24:57,300 --> 00:24:59,800 henceforth. There is laid up for Me a crown 361 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,800 of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall 362 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,800 give me at that day, and not to me only but unto all them also 363 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:14,500 that love his appearing. Also soldiers need strength to 364 00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:21,300 endure hardship, 2nd, Timothy 4 and verse 5, but that but watch 365 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:24,600 thou in all things endure afflictions. 366 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:34,600 We see these these endurance runs and and triathlons where 367 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:38,900 they swim for so long and bright a bike for so long and then run 368 00:25:38,900 --> 00:25:42,100 a marathon afterwards. You got to have some endurance 369 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:43,700 to be able to make it to the end of that. 370 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:45,300 And that be, it takes some training. 371 00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:49,000 We have to endure the hardships and we have to endure all the 372 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,900 problems on the things that come at us in this Christian Life. 373 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:55,400 And we have to learn how to deal with those. 374 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:59,600 Those things that are brought before us and get around them, 375 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,400 or get through them or get under them. 376 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,600 However, it is, but this is a battle of endurance. 377 00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:12,200 It is not a Sprint all the time. It is a battle of endurance and 378 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,100 Paul says, I have fought the good fight. 379 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:15,700 I have finished. My course, I have kept the 380 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:18,600 faith. There's a reward for me and he 381 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:25,100 tells us also tells Timothy to be be enduring also in second 382 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:28,600 Timothy In verse three, thou therefore endure hardship as a 383 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:35,600 good soldier of Jesus Christ. Also soldiers must be alert for 384 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,300 spies and those who are traitors. 385 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:45,900 In Acts the SEC 20th, chapter verses 29 through 31 for, I know 386 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:47,500 this. That after my departing shall 387 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:48,400 Grievous. Wolves. 388 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:53,900 Enter in among you not sparing? The flock also of your own 389 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:57,000 selves shall men. Arise speaking perverse, things 390 00:26:57,300 --> 00:26:59,200 to draw away disciples after them. 391 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:02,900 Therefore watch. And remember that by the space 392 00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:06,200 of three years, I ceased not to warn every one night and day 393 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:11,600 with tears. So we have to be aware and that 394 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,900 goes back to knowing the word of God and what is right? 395 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:17,800 And what is wrong. And watching out for those 396 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,900 traders, that might be around us, false Brethren, and doctor 397 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:23,200 and also with in Galatians 2 and verse 4. 398 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,700 And that because of false Brethren unawares brought in who 399 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:30,600 came in, privily to spy out our Liberty, which we have in Jesus 400 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,300 Christ that they might bring us into bondage. 401 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,500 You know, we don't see what we see on the news today when it 402 00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:44,100 comes to a military battle. We see all the fighting that 403 00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:49,200 goes on, the shooting of guns and in tanks and bombs and 404 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,300 missiles and they'll send those kind of things. 405 00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:54,600 But behind the scenes, there is spying going on that. 406 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,000 We don't see The enemy doesn't see. 407 00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:02,400 And sometimes there's there's things like this that happen 408 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:06,400 within the church and we ought not to let that happen by false 409 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,900 Doctrine and false false teaching also. 410 00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:13,200 Second Corinthians 11 verses, 14 to 15 and no Marvel for Satan 411 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:17,300 himself is transformed into an angel of Light. 412 00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:22,700 Therefore it is no great thing. If his ministers also be 413 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:26,900 transformed as the Ministers of righteousness, Who's in shall be 414 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:30,200 according to their works. We got to be careful. 415 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:36,700 We have to be vigilant, we have to be careful and not let these 416 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:38,600 things happen. Not that false teachers. 417 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:43,900 Come in Paul's brob false Brethren and false Doctrine into 418 00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:47,700 the church false prophets will camouflage themselves. 419 00:28:47,700 --> 00:28:52,100 Jesus said in Matthew 7, verses 15 through 17, beware of false 420 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:55,800 prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly. 421 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,000 They are ravening wolves. You shall know them by their 422 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,900 fruits do men, gather Grapes of thorns or figs of thistles, we 423 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:12,500 shall know them by their fruits. we all remember the old cartoons 424 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:18,400 with the Sheepdog sitting up watching over the flock of sheep 425 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:22,900 and then all said and the wolf comes along and he's got a cloak 426 00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:28,300 of sheep's clothing over him. And we have to be careful of 427 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:32,300 that. Also, we want to notice about 428 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:36,600 deserters and in subordinates 1st Timothy 4, and verse 1. 429 00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:40,300 Now the spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter 430 00:29:40,300 --> 00:29:44,900 times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to 431 00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:48,200 seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. 432 00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:52,800 We've witnessed this. We've seen this. 433 00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:59,500 How doctrines false doctrines can influence a person and pull 434 00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:04,400 them away and desert the true church in subordinates. 435 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,400 Second Thessalonians 3 and verse 6. 436 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:09,800 Now we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus 437 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,900 Christ that you withdraw yourselves from every brother 438 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:17,200 that walketh disorderly and not after the tradition which he 439 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:21,700 received of us. Sometimes, there are tough 440 00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:26,300 things that have to happen. that we have to withdraw some from 441 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:32,400 those that would oppose the church, I want to talk for a 442 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,900 moment briefly about Friendly Fire. 443 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:39,600 What is friendly fire? Well throughout history and this 444 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:44,100 is I'm quoting from an article that my brother Glenn had 445 00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:48,000 written and I've got some Snippets of it here throughout 446 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,800 history in the heat of confusion and confusion of battle. 447 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,200 Soldiers have mistakenly attacked their own troops 448 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:57,700 thinking they were engaging the enemy. 449 00:30:58,700 --> 00:31:02,800 This misguided attacks are called Friendly Fire and history 450 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,700 has shown that Whatever. Whenever Wherever there is, 451 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,300 Conflict, there is friendly fire. 452 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:13,100 Regret regrettably the same phenomenon phenomenon is also 453 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:17,500 found in spiritual warfare. Sometimes Christians, become 454 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:20,800 confused and believe that they are battling an enemy. 455 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,600 When in reality were battling, those who are on the same side, 456 00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:28,100 Paul gave the church in galatia warning, about spiritual 457 00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:32,100 Friendly Fire, and Galatians 5 and verse 15. 458 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:36,600 But if you bite and devour one another be, what be we're lest 459 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:42,000 you be consumed by one another We in and inadvertently May pick 460 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,600 up and swing our spiritual sword at everyone who would challenge 461 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,000 us over time, we may even develop their perspective. 462 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:55,300 That anyone who disagrees with us is our enemy We develop this 463 00:31:55,300 --> 00:31:58,600 conviction because we sincerely believe that we are on the 464 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:02,700 Lord's Side and know the truth. Therefore, anyone who is not on 465 00:32:02,700 --> 00:32:07,400 our side, must be the enemy of God and not know the truth. 466 00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:12,000 Since we are on the Lord's Side, they must be off. 467 00:32:12,700 --> 00:32:15,400 We must be make sure that we at that. 468 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:19,100 The fight were fighting for is the Lord's and not our own. 469 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:23,800 The Bible tells us to examine everything carefully first 470 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,200 Thessalonians 5 and 21. But when doing this, we must 471 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:31,800 work at it. Objectively not just not just 472 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,700 react defensively again. What? 473 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:35,900 God demands that we love the truth. 474 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,700 Second Thessalonians, 2 and 10, not just automatically defend 475 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:45,300 our position to love the. Truth means to want to know the 476 00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:49,800 truth even if it costs us the embarrassment of being found 477 00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:52,200 wrong. To automatically react 478 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,000 defensively to every question or disagreement is fleshly 479 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,700 unintelligent immature. And a symptom of Pride. 480 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:05,000 So we need to be careful about Friendly Fire and make sure who 481 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,000 we are firing at. And one of those things that we 482 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,300 must do is we must know who our enemy is and recognize our 483 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:17,200 enemy. At times, we may attack allies 484 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:22,300 because we don't recognize them. They may not be familiar with 485 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:25,700 them, we may not be familiar with them, so we attack before. 486 00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:28,900 We know that who we are attacking, these may be genuine 487 00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:31,600 Brethren from a different country or culture. 488 00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:35,600 Just because they don't use the same translation we do. 489 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,900 Use the same song book, we do wear the same fashions that we 490 00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:43,300 wear know the same people. We know does not mean that they 491 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:47,100 do not know the Lord. And as a person can through 492 00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:50,300 faith obey, the gospel and worship, God in spirit, and in 493 00:33:50,300 --> 00:33:54,100 truth, and not know us personally the supplies to the 494 00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:56,700 people within our own country as well. 495 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,700 We can't be involved in in rivalry in the church. 496 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,700 That leads to Civil War. We've seen that happen 497 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:09,800 sometimes. Criticize others in the church 498 00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:15,699 discourage our own children. We are on the same side, we all 499 00:34:15,699 --> 00:34:19,300 wear the same uniform, that is the uniform of Christ. 500 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:23,300 Galatians 3 and verse 27, for as many of us as have been baptized 501 00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:29,300 into Christ, have put on Christ. So we wouldn't want to shoot our 502 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:34,000 own at our own men. We wouldn't want to shoot at 503 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:38,100 God's Men and don't forget who the enemy is. 504 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,400 On the day of judgment, we don't want to be guilty. 505 00:34:43,699 --> 00:34:48,100 Found guilty of friendly fire, axe 5 and verse 39, but if it be 506 00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,900 of God, we cannot overthrow it last happily. 507 00:34:50,900 --> 00:34:53,900 We be found even to fight against God. 508 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:01,300 Also, being a good soldier, requires sacrifice. 509 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:06,700 We sacrifice our time, we sacrifice our own selfish 510 00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:10,100 desires. We sacrifice all that we are and 511 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:14,900 all that we have for the cause of Christ, Romans 12, and verse 512 00:35:14,900 --> 00:35:16,700 1. I beseech you therefore Brethren 513 00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:20,700 by the mercies of God, that you present, your bodies, a Living 514 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,800 Sacrifice, holy acceptable to God, which is your reasonable 515 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,800 service. No, the graveyards of the 516 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,100 military are filled with men that gave their life for the 517 00:35:32,100 --> 00:35:36,000 country for this country. They sacrifice their life for 518 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:42,900 this country and we as soldiers of the Cross as soldiers of God. 519 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:49,600 Give our bodies as a living, sacrifice for the cause of 520 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:53,300 Christ. One of our greatest battles that 521 00:35:53,300 --> 00:36:00,400 we have in this life is fighting for our children, our 522 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:05,100 grandchildren, and our families, excuse me. 523 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:15,400 If we can keep our kids safe from Satan, we've won. 524 00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:20,800 If we keep our grandchildren safe from Satan, we've won, if 525 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:26,000 we can fight the battle and save our families, we have one that 526 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,900 is your responsibility as a parent to save that little child 527 00:36:30,300 --> 00:36:33,000 and to make sure they're Seoul makes it to happen. 528 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:37,900 That's your responsibility is save and that is a battle. 529 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:46,900 That is a struggle. That is a hard hard thing to do 530 00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:49,900 these days with the world that we live in. 531 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:55,400 It is a battle to keep our children in the straight and 532 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,600 narrow way and keep our families and we have to sacrifice our 533 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,200 time. We sacrifice our selfish 534 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,400 desires, we sacrifice a lot of things. 535 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:12,000 So that others Can enjoy the blessings of Heaven. 536 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,200 We need to protect them. We need to save them. 537 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,800 There are too many fiery darts that are being thrown out them 538 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,000 today. And the devil wants them, they 539 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,200 want these little children. They want these little babies. 540 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,500 They want the mothers and they want the fathers. 541 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:34,700 And if they've got you that got over Generations behind it, we 542 00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:39,700 need to fight fight the battle. Put on the whole armor of God 543 00:37:39,700 --> 00:37:45,800 and get busy as a soldier. For our families, Visions, 6, 544 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,900 and verse 13. Take unto you. 545 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:53,000 The whole armor of God that you can be able to stand against The 546 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,900 Wiles of the devil. There's a reward for fighting 547 00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:02,600 the battles First. Timothy 6 and verse 12 fight the 548 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,100 good fight of Faith. Lay hold on. 549 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:07,600 Eternal, A life whereunto Thou Art also called and has 550 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,500 professed a good profession before many witnesses. 551 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:15,600 Also second Timothy 4 and verse 7 like seven through eight is 552 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,500 Paul says I have fought a good fight. 553 00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:20,500 I have finished my course, I have kept the faith henceforth. 554 00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:23,200 There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. 555 00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:27,300 That's the reward, which the Lord has given me. 556 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,900 Not unto me. Also not into me only but also 557 00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:32,500 all them that love his appearing. 558 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:36,600 That's the reward for winning the battle. 559 00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:43,800 The reward George MacArthur said in war, there's no substitute 560 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:48,800 for victory. There will be no substitute for 561 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,900 victory, in Jesus. There is no other battle worth 562 00:38:51,900 --> 00:38:55,000 winning. There's no other battle in this 563 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,700 life worth winning. You can gain all the way you can 564 00:38:57,700 --> 00:39:00,700 battle all your life, for all the money that you want to have, 565 00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:05,500 and you still lose. You can battle all this life to 566 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:10,100 have the nicest house and still lose the battle, but there is 567 00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:14,100 nothing and no substitute for victory. 568 00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:17,900 In Jesus Christ, there's no substitute for victory, for our 569 00:39:17,900 --> 00:39:20,000 grandchildren and our children's Souls. 570 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,200 There will be no substitute for the victory of witnessing, those 571 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:28,000 who are once lost in sin being baptized into Christ for the 572 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,500 remission of their sins. There is no substitute for that. 573 00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:37,000 Lastly, I want to read this. Pone. 574 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:45,400 And there's no author attached to this. 575 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:52,300 It says I am a soldier in the army of my God the Lord Jesus 576 00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:54,300 Christ. Is my commanding officer of the 577 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:59,300 Holy Spirit, the holy scriptures is my code of conduct Faith 578 00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:02,200 prayer and the word are my weapons of warfare. 579 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,700 I have been taught by the Holy Spirit trained by experienced 580 00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:11,200 Tried by adversity and tested by fire I'm a volunteer in this 581 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,500 Army and I am enlisted for eternity. 582 00:40:13,900 --> 00:40:17,100 I will not get out sellout or be talked out. 583 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:21,500 Or pushed out. I am faithful, reliable capable 584 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:24,500 and dependable. If my God needs me, I'm there. 585 00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:27,900 I am a soldier. I'm not a baby. 586 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:32,200 I do not need to be pampered. Petted trimmed up, pumped up. 587 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,700 Picked up, or pepped up. I'm a soldier. 588 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,700 No one has to call me. Remind me, write me. 589 00:40:37,900 --> 00:40:39,700 Visit me. Entice me or lure. 590 00:40:39,700 --> 00:40:43,200 Me, I'm a soldier. I'm not a wimp. 591 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:48,400 I'm in place saluting my king obeying, his orders, praising 592 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,500 his name and building his kingdom. 593 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:55,200 No one has to send me flowers gifts, food cards, or candy or 594 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,100 give me handouts. I do not need to be cuddled 595 00:40:58,100 --> 00:41:02,100 cradled cared for or catered to I am committed. 596 00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:05,300 I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around. 597 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:09,000 I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside at cannot lose 598 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,700 enough to cause me to quit. When Jesus called me into his 599 00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:17,200 army, I have nothing. If I end up with nothing, I will 600 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:21,500 still come out ahead. I will win my God has and will 601 00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:24,200 continue to supply all of my needs. 602 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:29,800 I am no more than a conqueror. I will always Triumph, I can do 603 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,600 all things through Christ. The devil cannot defeat me. 604 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:37,500 People cannot delusion me whether cannot weary me. 605 00:41:37,900 --> 00:41:40,200 Sickness cannot, stop me battles. 606 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:41,800 Cannot beat me. Money cannot buy. 607 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,100 Buy me. Governments, cannot silence me 608 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,000 and he'll cannot handle me. I am a soldier. 609 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:51,000 Even death, cannot destroy me for when my commander calls me 610 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,300 from his Battlefield. He will, he will promote me to 611 00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:56,900 Captain and then allow me to rule with him. 612 00:41:57,100 --> 00:42:01,000 I am a soldier in the Army and I'm marching claiming Victory. 613 00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:03,700 I will not give up. I will not turn around. 614 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:07,400 I am a soldier marching heaven-bound here I stand. 615 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:12,600 Will you stand with me? Let's be soldiers for the cross. 616 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,300 It's not easy. It's a batter. 617 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,900 Let's be a soldier for the cross and a soldier for our families 618 00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:26,100 and a soldier for our acquaintances. 619 00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:32,300 To win the battle. And when others to Christ, We 620 00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:35,200 thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the Church of 621 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:40,600 Christ at 22:15 plans. 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