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I Am A Soldier of Christ
(2Ti2:1-10)
God is the God of glory.
Glory is in Him alone and
He lets the good soldiers of His kingdom obtain salvation with glory (2Ti2:10).
Faith is considering it the greatest honor to have become a soldier of His kingdom and
The life of this faith is risking one's life to become a good soldier in order to please the One who called him as a soldier.
A soldier has a clear spirit of nationalism more than others.
To protect the life and the property of the people
They fulfill their duty of national defense.
The determination for ultimate victory and rigorous training of the mind and the body are of
Essential virtue.
Since the beginning of history there has never been a day without warfare in the world for
This earth is the battlefield of the war in heaven (Rev12:7-9).
Satan who sinned in the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15) was
Contained in Hades until the great day of judgment (2Pe2:4).
Deceived by the serpent, the devil, Adam sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-5) and thus
The defeat of the offspring of the serpent was determined "” that is,
By the offspring of the woman (Ge3:15).
Inside of their mother Esau and Jacob struggled together and
Jacob came out holding his brother's heel (Ge25:22-26).
He later wrestled against the angel and received the name Israel (Ge32:24-28; Hos12:3-4) for
He struggled with God and overcame.
The history of Israel is referred to as "the wars of the Lord" (Nu21:14) and
Accordingly the Lord God fought proxy wars for Israel.
The war philosophy of Israel was that
The battle is the Lord's (1Sa17:47).
The nations that the Lord left were to test the Israelites (Jdg3:1-4; 2Sa22:40) and that
They defeated the battles that He put into their hands (1Sa17:47).
The Temple of Jerusalem that reminded them of this became
Their consciousness of the existence of their nation itself.
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days," because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-20),
He would in the Father's name Yeshua, not Jehovah (Jn5:43),
Establish not Israel but a kingdom where Yeshua is the Christ,
Not in Jerusalem but inside the souls of all nations
Not by shedding others' blood but by giving His own life (Mt20:28).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and gave glory to the Father (Jn10:18; Php2:6-11);
2) With His death judged the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) Redeemed the sins of all men and delivered them from the devil.
His resurrection is the greatest victory that overcame death the greatest power.
He was crowned and seated on the heavenly throne.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent in the name of Yeshua
Lets believers become soldiers of Christ for
The holy war, in other words, the spiritual warfare, the proxy war for Christ.
The world history records how countless people have died because of
Reckless wars by those ignorant of "the holy war" and "the holy land" "”
Namely, those among Israel and the Muslim nations and the Crusaders.
The good soldier of Christ is an invincible warrior who
Knows his enemies whom he must resist to the point of shedding blood:
They are members of his household who are still under the devil (Mt10:34-36),
The world (1Jn2:15-17, 5:4), and the sinful desires and all sins that
War against his soul (Jas4:1; He12:4; 1Pe2:11).
Therefore, he is strong in the grace of Christ's redemption and
Considers death as his weapon like Christ and
Cuts off any civilian affairs that entangles him (2Ti2:4-6; 1Co9:7).
O Lord,
Let us fight for the kingdom where Yeshua is the Christ.
Let us not lose not even one of the souls given to us (Jn6:39).
Let us recapture the souls bound by the devil and bring them to You.
Let the will that triumphed in heaven be fulfilled here in the Church of Jesus!
Amen.