2 Tim 2:1-4 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. KJV
Have you ever thought of yourself as a soldier. The old hymn Onward Christian Soldiers portrayed the church as soldiers marching as to war. The New Testament church had a very militaristic view of themselves! They believed they were to take the world seeing all the world evangelize, all the world converted. Because of their bulldozing faith, they changed the world, they changed history for all time. They didn't sit around and wait for power or for another wave of the spirit of God before they evangelized.They had already received power on the day of Pentecost, and they knew whatJesus wanted them to do. And they did it! Today we must march for righteousness not entangling ourselves with civilian life. Today I salute my fellow soldiers. March, march, march! Victory in Jesus is assured!
