War a good warfare.
1Ti 1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
1Ti 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1Ti 1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare
According to the prophecies- which went before thee- that thou by mightest war a good warfare.
War a good warfare.
1Ti 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life,
whereunto thou art also called,
and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
2Co 10:3
For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war after the flesh:
2Co 10:4
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds)
2Ti 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness,
as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2Ti 2:4
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life;
that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Remember this song--
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into battle see His banners go!
Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Onward Christian Soldier.
Marching as to war.
We are just so incredibly entrenched in our everyday lives are we truly keeping God a reality?
Remember this-
Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Rev 3:15
I know thy works,
that thou art neither cold nor hot
I would thou wert cold or hot.
Rev 3:16
So then because thou art lukewarm,
and neither cold nor hot,
I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Rev 3:17
Because thou sayest, I am rich,
and increased with goods,
and have need of nothing;
and knowest not that thou art wretched,
and miserable,
and poor,
and blind,
and naked
We are not cold
And
We are not hot
We are not indifferent to Christianity.
But we are not on fire for Christianity either.
We are LUKEWARM.
We believe we are RICH- we have plenty of Christianity, more than enough to get us through to heaven.
We believe we are INCREASING with GOODs- we are only growing more and more towards our goal of being Christ's.
We believe we have NEED of NOTHING- we have ALL we need and need NO MORE, we have ENOUGH, we're FINE, our walk with Christ is just wonderful, we lack NOTHING.
We do not know that we are-
WRETCHED.
MISERABLE.
POOR.
BLIND.
NAKED.
A soldier in battle who believes he is invulnerable is the most at risk.
The war simple isn't REAL enough for people to truly want to put on their armor.
Because most of us here in the United States do not face any sort of persecution for our belief in Christ it's hard to feel as if we are in a war.
We tend to equate war with being physically persecuted and all too often Satan simple leaves us alone allowing us to grow completely complacent, not able to recognize the underlying spiritual battle we are embroiled in daily. Why bother with those he has under his control, right? Any evil general in a war would be called crazy if he stirred up those on his own side and awoke them to the his nefarious goals. Keep the people asleep, keep them neither hot nor cold, make them believe they have need of nothing, this keeps them nice and cozy, and very deceived.
I read something earlier today about how the deceived do not know they are deceived, and we tend to forget that. How rare is it for a person to recognize they are being deceived especially when they are happy, content, comfy, and cozy in that deception?
How are we to war a good warfare when we aren't even recognizing the truth of the war we are in simply because we are not face to face with outright Christian persecution?
How do we make it reality? How do we break out of the complacency? How do we become enlightened and no longer deceived?
How do we recognize our wretchedness, our miserable state, our destitution, our blindness, our nakedness?
We need to WAKE UP!
We need to STOP demanding complacency!
We need to recognize that we are truly in the middle of battlefield!
And this war has NO leaves to go home and relax. There is NO time off in this war. What we have in this war is the surety that we are fighting on the winning side, the victor has already been decided, what's left to decide is which side we want to be on - the winning side or the losing side. The winning side won't be the side with the luxuries and spoils, not in this war. The losing side has all the flesh trappings, all things desired by our carnal senses. This is why so many would rather align with the losing side, because the losing side offers a life of ease in many ways and particularly an ease of conscience that keeps the guilt at bay.
We have to war a good warfare and the only way for us to do this is to realize we are in a war, a real, real war.
Please LORD help us!
We don't want to be lukewarm, we don't want to be spewed out of Your mouth! We need the RICHES that only come from YOU, we need to be CLOTHED by YOU, we need to SEE with Your eyesalve! We need to recognize our true state and not be deceived by Satan. We need to WAR and GOOD WARFARE through YOU! We want to war a good warfare! We choose to be on YOUR SIDE LORD! Help us! SAVE US!
All through YOUR GLORY, YOUR POWER, ALL THROUGH YOUR LOVE!
1Ti 1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
1Ti 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1Ti 1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare
According to the prophecies- which went before thee- that thou by mightest war a good warfare.
War a good warfare.
1Ti 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life,
whereunto thou art also called,
and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
2Co 10:3
For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war after the flesh:
2Co 10:4
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds)
2Ti 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness,
as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2Ti 2:4
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life;
that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Remember this song--
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into battle see His banners go!
Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Onward Christian Soldier.
Marching as to war.
We are just so incredibly entrenched in our everyday lives are we truly keeping God a reality?
Remember this-
Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Rev 3:15
I know thy works,
that thou art neither cold nor hot
I would thou wert cold or hot.
Rev 3:16
So then because thou art lukewarm,
and neither cold nor hot,
I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Rev 3:17
Because thou sayest, I am rich,
and increased with goods,
and have need of nothing;
and knowest not that thou art wretched,
and miserable,
and poor,
and blind,
and naked
We are not cold
And
We are not hot
We are not indifferent to Christianity.
But we are not on fire for Christianity either.
We are LUKEWARM.
We believe we are RICH- we have plenty of Christianity, more than enough to get us through to heaven.
We believe we are INCREASING with GOODs- we are only growing more and more towards our goal of being Christ's.
We believe we have NEED of NOTHING- we have ALL we need and need NO MORE, we have ENOUGH, we're FINE, our walk with Christ is just wonderful, we lack NOTHING.
We do not know that we are-
WRETCHED.
MISERABLE.
POOR.
BLIND.
NAKED.
A soldier in battle who believes he is invulnerable is the most at risk.
The war simple isn't REAL enough for people to truly want to put on their armor.
Because most of us here in the United States do not face any sort of persecution for our belief in Christ it's hard to feel as if we are in a war.
We tend to equate war with being physically persecuted and all too often Satan simple leaves us alone allowing us to grow completely complacent, not able to recognize the underlying spiritual battle we are embroiled in daily. Why bother with those he has under his control, right? Any evil general in a war would be called crazy if he stirred up those on his own side and awoke them to the his nefarious goals. Keep the people asleep, keep them neither hot nor cold, make them believe they have need of nothing, this keeps them nice and cozy, and very deceived.
I read something earlier today about how the deceived do not know they are deceived, and we tend to forget that. How rare is it for a person to recognize they are being deceived especially when they are happy, content, comfy, and cozy in that deception?
How are we to war a good warfare when we aren't even recognizing the truth of the war we are in simply because we are not face to face with outright Christian persecution?
How do we make it reality? How do we break out of the complacency? How do we become enlightened and no longer deceived?
How do we recognize our wretchedness, our miserable state, our destitution, our blindness, our nakedness?
We need to WAKE UP!
We need to STOP demanding complacency!
We need to recognize that we are truly in the middle of battlefield!
And this war has NO leaves to go home and relax. There is NO time off in this war. What we have in this war is the surety that we are fighting on the winning side, the victor has already been decided, what's left to decide is which side we want to be on - the winning side or the losing side. The winning side won't be the side with the luxuries and spoils, not in this war. The losing side has all the flesh trappings, all things desired by our carnal senses. This is why so many would rather align with the losing side, because the losing side offers a life of ease in many ways and particularly an ease of conscience that keeps the guilt at bay.
We have to war a good warfare and the only way for us to do this is to realize we are in a war, a real, real war.
Please LORD help us!
We don't want to be lukewarm, we don't want to be spewed out of Your mouth! We need the RICHES that only come from YOU, we need to be CLOTHED by YOU, we need to SEE with Your eyesalve! We need to recognize our true state and not be deceived by Satan. We need to WAR and GOOD WARFARE through YOU! We want to war a good warfare! We choose to be on YOUR SIDE LORD! Help us! SAVE US!
All through YOUR GLORY, YOUR POWER, ALL THROUGH YOUR LOVE!
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