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<blockquote data-quote="money_pit_yj" data-source="post: 595635" data-attributes="member: 7710"><p>I'm not going to lie, this was a hard one to write. Very hard to put what is on my heart on paper without sounding judgmental or crazy. I hope my rambling does not blur the message. </p><p></p><p>The Fight Club Part 1</p><p>The first rule of fight club is to fight the right fight. Many people may read that and be confused why they are reading about a fight club in a Christian devotional. As Christians are we supposed to fight? The answer to that question is without a doubt, yes. One of my favorite verse is Nehemiah 4:14 "After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes." The command is to fight for your families, for your sons, and daughters and wives and homes. In the passage above, the Israelites are rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity, to protect them and keep their enemies from taking them over, and allowing them to return to being able to freely worship God. They are instructed to continue their work and keep one hand on their sword as well as to back each other up and protect each other as they are working. It astounded their enemies and the walls were eventually rebuilt. They knew their enemy and they fought their enemy and succeeded in their goal. </p><p>As Christians today, our goal, our command is to make disciples of Jesus Christ and to spread the good news of the Gospel to the far reaches of the earth. We have somehow over the past 50 years made it our goal to bicker and argue amongst each other over doctrinal issues, as well as making public stances about what we are against. If we look at our facebook pages, daily conversations, and reading materials we have a very clear picture of what we are against and what we are fighting. Is it important to know what we are against and to make that known? Yes it is important, but we need to do it on a personal level. If we spend all our words and energy telling people what we are against, then we will have no audience when we begin telling them what we as Christians do believe in. </p><p>Unless it is a physical altercation, the fight is not between you and another person, the fight is between Good (God) and evil (satan). Make sure you are fighting the right fight, Ephesians 6:10-12 says "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." I love this verse. It tells us what we are to do (be strong in the Lord), how we are to do it (put on the full armor of God) and who we are fighting (not flesh and blood but the rulers of the dark world). The Israelites job was to rebuild the wall and allow God to protect them. Imagine the outcome if they had spent their time arguing over how to build the wall, which family would fight and which would work or so on and so forth. Our job is to make disciples and spread the Gospel. Imagine the outcome if we would stop arguing began to walk as Jesus and his 12 disciples did? Jesus and the disciples walked in love, they lived amongst the lost, prayed for them and used every opportunity they had to tell the Truth of Jesus Christ, and the world has not been the same since. Face your battles using the truth of the Gospel, pray for your enemies and allow God to be glorified as you fight the right battle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="money_pit_yj, post: 595635, member: 7710"] I'm not going to lie, this was a hard one to write. Very hard to put what is on my heart on paper without sounding judgmental or crazy. I hope my rambling does not blur the message. The Fight Club Part 1 The first rule of fight club is to fight the right fight. Many people may read that and be confused why they are reading about a fight club in a Christian devotional. As Christians are we supposed to fight? The answer to that question is without a doubt, yes. One of my favorite verse is Nehemiah 4:14 “After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.” The command is to fight for your families, for your sons, and daughters and wives and homes. In the passage above, the Israelites are rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity, to protect them and keep their enemies from taking them over, and allowing them to return to being able to freely worship God. They are instructed to continue their work and keep one hand on their sword as well as to back each other up and protect each other as they are working. It astounded their enemies and the walls were eventually rebuilt. They knew their enemy and they fought their enemy and succeeded in their goal. As Christians today, our goal, our command is to make disciples of Jesus Christ and to spread the good news of the Gospel to the far reaches of the earth. We have somehow over the past 50 years made it our goal to bicker and argue amongst each other over doctrinal issues, as well as making public stances about what we are against. If we look at our facebook pages, daily conversations, and reading materials we have a very clear picture of what we are against and what we are fighting. Is it important to know what we are against and to make that known? Yes it is important, but we need to do it on a personal level. If we spend all our words and energy telling people what we are against, then we will have no audience when we begin telling them what we as Christians do believe in. Unless it is a physical altercation, the fight is not between you and another person, the fight is between Good (God) and evil (satan). Make sure you are fighting the right fight, Ephesians 6:10-12 says “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” I love this verse. It tells us what we are to do (be strong in the Lord), how we are to do it (put on the full armor of God) and who we are fighting (not flesh and blood but the rulers of the dark world). The Israelites job was to rebuild the wall and allow God to protect them. Imagine the outcome if they had spent their time arguing over how to build the wall, which family would fight and which would work or so on and so forth. Our job is to make disciples and spread the Gospel. Imagine the outcome if we would stop arguing began to walk as Jesus and his 12 disciples did? Jesus and the disciples walked in love, they lived amongst the lost, prayed for them and used every opportunity they had to tell the Truth of Jesus Christ, and the world has not been the same since. Face your battles using the truth of the Gospel, pray for your enemies and allow God to be glorified as you fight the right battle. [/QUOTE]
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