Courageous Reformers

THERE ARE FOUR EXAMPLES FROM SCRIPTURE THAT DISPLAY FOR US, TODAY, WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A COURAGEOUS REFORMER FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. WE WILL LOOK AT 4 FIGURES FROM THE SCRIPTURES AND EXAMINE HOW THEY EXEMPLIFIED THESE CHARACTERISTICS.

1. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED A HIGHER CALLING

A. NATHAN 2 SAM. 12:1 (THE LORD SENT NATHAN TO DAVID

B. ELIJAH 1 KINGS 21:17 (THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ELIJAH

C. DANIEL DANIEL 6:10

D. STEPHEN ACTS 7:55

2. THEY WERE WILLING TO RISK IT ALL IN SERVICE

A. NATHAN 2 SAM. 12:5

B. ELIJAH 1 KINGS 21:19,23

C. DANIEL DANIEL 6 ( HIS WHOLE LIFE WAS LIVED IN SERVICE TO GOD

D. STEPHEN ACTS 7:51-53

3.THEIR COMMITMENT BROUGHT ABOUT GREAT REFORM

A. NATHAN 2 SAM. 12:7-12

B. ELIJAH 1 KINGS 21:27-28

C. DANIEL DANIEL 6:21-24

D. STEPHEN ACTS 7:59-60

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE TODAY IS GOD’S PEOPLE, FAITHFULLY COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF COURAGEOUS REFORM. MAY WE BE EVER VIGILENT, EVER FAITHFUL TO BOLDLY, EFFECTIVELY CHALLENGE OUR PEOPLE, AND OUR COMMUNITIES TO BOLDY STRIFVE TO BE COURAGEOUS REFORMERS.