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Spiritual Veterans
Contributed by Alton Coleman on Nov 14, 2001 (message contributor)
Summary: A Veteran’s Day Sermon
B. When you serve this (Christian) flag, Christ expects you to be completely devoted (consecrated) to Him and His Kingdom.
1 Chron. 29:5 [Living] Now then, who will follow my example? Who will give himself and all that he has to the Lord?"
Illustration:
One day I looked at myself—at the self that Christ can see;
I saw the person I am today and the one I ought to be.
I saw how little I really pray and how little I really do;
I saw the influence of my life—how little of it was true!
I saw the bundle of faults and fears I ought to lay on the shelf;
I had given a little bit to God, but I hadn’t given myself!
I came from seeing myself, with my mind made up to be—
The sort of person that Christ can use, with a heart He may always see.
C. To be a true spiritual veteran, one must be completely devoted to the service of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Conclusion: To become true veterans of the cross, we must first be good soldiers of the cross. May the Lord, this Veteran’s Day, make us all true Spiritual Veterans.
