STAND

STAND

Ephesians 6:13 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.

14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

We need Christians today to stand, stand for what is right, stand for the Gospel and stand in the gap and make up the hedge. But in fact we are seeing today “Christians” that are compromising on their beliefs and accepting the things the Word of God calls sin.

This is unacceptable. The Bible does not change with or for mans thoughts or wishes. We are commanded to stand. There was a country song several years ago that said “if you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything”. Folks, I fear we have been so willing to go along with the crowd in order to get along that we are finding ourselves in somewhat of a spiritual pickle. A generation has grown up with no set boundaries, and anything goes as long as we call ourselves a church or Christian. Now we are reaping what has been sown. Today the very core of Bible doctrine is being brought into question, due to a generation not being reared to stand on the very foundations that have been established forever by the Word. A prime example is the fulfillment of the scripture:

Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

This is brought about by not doing all to stand; if we are not wrapped in truth, have on the breastplate of righteousness, being prepared to travel with the gospel, having faith as our protection, and the covering of salvation, and the Word of God in our hearts and always praying. If we don’t put this armor on we won’t stand and further more if we try we will fail not being prepared.

A word of warning, if you do stand for Christ and His Word you will be labeled a nut job, a radical, an extremist and some will say of you as they did of Paul that you are mad. But Jesus said you are blessed.

Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

STAND FOR JESUS AND BE BLESSED

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!