"Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.... If they persecuted Me they will persecute you... for they do not know the One who sent Me." John 15:19-21
In the United States today, there are very few words that provoke as
much outrage as the name of Jesus. It is being banned from graduation
ceremonies, chaplains all over America are being forbidden from using His name
in their prayers, and many school officials all over the nation have become
absolutely fanatical about eliminating every trace of Christian expression from
their schools.
Political correctness is spreading like a cancer in this country, and
our “freedom of religion” is rapidly being transformed into a guarantee
of “freedom from religion” for those that hate the Christian faith.Without a doubt, there is a war on the Christian faith in America today. It is being waged in classrooms, courtrooms and churches all over the nation.
I stand as a believer in the finished work of Jesus Christ at the cross and come to exhort the Church of the Living God calling her to repentance and prayer for revival across America and in our local bodies.
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Watch ye (a military command, be vigilant), stand fast in the Faith (don’t let the devil
move your Faith from the Cross to other things), quit you like men (act like mature
men), be strong (strong in the Faith, which makes one strong against the
Devil).
14 Let all your things be done with
charity (love).
Ephesians 6:10-13 Finally, my Brethren, be strong in the
Lord (be
continually strengthened, which one does by constant Faith in the Cross), and in the power of His Might. (The Source is the Holy
Spirit, but the means is the Cross [I Cor. 1:18] For the Preaching of the Cross is to them who
perish foolishness; but unto us which are Saved it is the Power of God.).
11 Put on the whole Armour of God (not just some, but
all), that you may be
able to stand against the wiles of the Devil. (This refers to the “stratagems” of Satan.)
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood (our foes are not human; however, Satan constantly uses human
beings to carry out his dirty work), but against principalities (rulers or beings of the highest rank and order
in Satan’s kingdom),
against powers (the rank immediately below the “Principalities”), against the rulers of the darkness
of this world (those who carry out the instructions of the “Powers”), against spiritual wickedness in high
places.
13 Wherefore
take unto you the whole Armour of God (because of what we face), that you may be able to withstand in
the evil day (refers to resisting and opposing the powers of darkness), and having done all, to stand. (This refers to the
Believer not giving ground, not a single inch.)
