Summary: CHURCH SOLDIERS

MODERN DAY CASUALTIES IN THE CHURCH!

( failure is when you stop trying....if you lay down soon you will be laid up...wounded, in foxholes, in the bunkers..phillip. 1:27

1. THE AWARENESS OF OUR ENEMY.

a. his personality..as a roaring lion, deceiver, thief, destroyer, liar, murderer, accuser...

b.his purpose..devour...detours our walk 1thess. 1:5,...hinders our work 1thess. 2:18...imitates Gods' way ( the satanic trinity-lucifer-antichrist-unholy spirit.)

c. his progress..vs9 whom resist...eph 6:12...2peter 2:14-15

2. BE ARMED TO ENDURE. ( eph.6:10-13 )

a. we must "don" the armour...(put on)...girdle, breastplate, etc...

b. we must depend on the armour...eph. 6:10(stand)...2tim. 4:16-18

c. we should demonstrate the armour...1corin. 10:13..."the just shall live by faith"....wwjd!

3. BE ACTIVE TO ENGAGE....1PETER 5:9

a. there is re-enforcements..1tim. 2:1...1thess. 3:1-2...col. 4:2-4...1thess. 1:2...

b. there are responders...( like emergency responce personnel and police)...eph. 6:13-18...responders are trained, equipped, and are on alert always..

c. we need re-enlistments...1john 1:9...matt. 11:28...rom. 10:8-13...

ARE YOU A SOLDIER GONE AWOL, ARE YOU ON ACTIVE DUTY, WHY NOT COME AND JOIN THE WINNING TEAM TODAY!!!