Pastor Dean taught yesterday on fighting the good fight of faith. It reminded me of a paragraph in the book Holiness by J.C. Ryle. This encouraged me greatly at a time the fight was especially strong and I needed to be reminded of what a 'good' fight it is!
"Let us settle in our minds that the Christian fight is a good fight - really good, truly good, emphatically good. We see only part of it yet. We see the struggle, but not the end; we see the campaign, but not the reward; we see the cross, but not the crown. We see a few humble, broken-spirited, penitent, praying people, enduring hardships and despised by the world; but we see not the hand of God over them, the face of God smiling on them, the kingdom of glory prepared for them. These things are yet to be revealed. Let us not judge by appearances. There are more good things about the Christian warfare than we see."
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This is awesome! Dean's sermon was awesome! That quote is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
I love your quote! Especially this part, "but we see not the hand of God over them, the face of God smiling on them, the kingdom of glory prepared for them. These things are yet to be revealed." I automatically got a visual I will try to remember it in the mist of the fight. Thank You Cathy!
Fighting the good fight! It's a battle we must fight if we are to survive. Kill or be killed!
Okay, I know that sounds dramatic, but it's true. God's word tell us in Romans 8:13-14
"For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
We can battle it out because we have the power of the Spirit in us.
We are reminded in Romans 8:11 of this truth.
"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you."
Wow! I don't know about you, but that is hard for me to wrap my mind around. God's Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is in me! Incredible!! Amazing!!
May we fight to the death!
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