Thursday, November 15, 2012


                             The Christian and His Country
 
As someone wrote:
It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the VETERAN, not the politician, Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the VETERAN, who salutes the Flag, Who serves under the Flag.

Today we want to honor all our armed service veterans. To you, veterans, we owe a debt of gratitude because you were willing to go, to serve and to give on behalf of the United States of America! God bless you!

Now let’s think about what it takes to be a veteran of the faith of Christ, something we all need to be and do. 
 
 
First let me remind you that you can’t become a Veteran unless you have enlisted in the fight. Salvation is our enlistment.

I. OBEY THE COMMANDER    Luke 6:46

Some people have authority and some just pretend to have authority. Some people have authority and some just “wanna be” in authority.  Our President has authority. While we may not agree with everything he does or says, he is still our Commander-in-Chief. We must support him in prayer. 
      
Our ultimate commander-in-chief is the Lord Jesus Christ!  Eph 1:22  Christ is the head of the body, the church. WE NEED TO LISTEN TO HIM!

II. ENGAGE THE ENEMY  I Peter 5:8-9

 Some church members do more shooting at one another than they do the real enemy.  We Christians are at war, but we are not to be at war with one another! When we fight with one another we are only helping the enemy. The devil loves church fights, etc. We need to fight against such things by fighting against him!  Eph 6:12;  I Pet 5:8 
Our real enemy is Satan. We need to fight against him. We do that by bringing in the big guns of prayer, Bible study, church, giving, serving, etc.

III. FIGHT TO THE END   Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:12-14

The Christian life is not a matter of coming to church on Sunday morning and then forgetting all about the faith the rest of the week. It’s 24/7.  Brothers and sisters, we are called to fight in a war, not sit around and gripe about what we don’t like in life or in the church.

II Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight.” Have we? Will we? Will we ‘til our dying day?
CON: War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight is a miserable creature…”

There are some things are worth fighting for: our freedom in America and our freedom in Christ!

God bless the USA! God bless our US veterans! And God bless the veterans of the Christian faith!

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