MODERN DAY CASUALTIES IN THE CHURCH!
( failure is when you stop trying....if you lay down soon you will be laid up...wounded, in foxholes, in the bunkers..phillip. 1:27
1. THE AWARENESS OF OUR ENEMY.
a. his personality..as a roaring lion, deceiver, thief, destroyer, liar, murderer, accuser...
b.his purpose..devour...detours our walk 1thess. 1:5,...hinders our work 1thess. 2:18...imitates Gods' way ( the satanic trinity-lucifer-antichrist-unholy spirit.)
c. his progress..vs9 whom resist...eph 6:12...2peter 2:14-15
2. BE ARMED TO ENDURE. ( eph.6:10-13 )
a. we must "don" the armour...(put on)...girdle, breastplate, etc...
b. we must depend on the armour...eph. 6:10(stand)...2tim. 4:16-18
c. we should demonstrate the armour...1corin. 10:13..."the just shall live by faith"....wwjd!
3. BE ACTIVE TO ENGAGE....1PETER 5:9
a. there is re-enforcements..1tim. 2:1...1thess. 3:1-2...col. 4:2-4...1thess. 1:2...
b. there are responders...( like emergency responce personnel and police)...eph. 6:13-18...responders are trained, equipped, and are on alert always..
c. we need re-enlistments...1john 1:9...matt. 11:28...rom. 10:8-13...
ARE YOU A SOLDIER GONE AWOL, ARE YOU ON ACTIVE DUTY, WHY NOT COME AND JOIN THE WINNING TEAM TODAY!!!