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ACTS 2: THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES.(THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH)
ACTS 8: THE CHURCH PERSECUTED AND SCATTERED.
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS AND THE CHURCH HAS BECOME EMBOLDEN IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE. SO, WE MUST ENSURE WE ARE EMBODIED WITH THE ARMOR OF GOD FOR THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE AGAINST EVIL.

EPHESIANS 6:10-18 (10) FINALLY, BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE STRENGTH OF HIS MIGHT. (11) PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE SCHEMES OF THE DEVIL. (12) FOR WE DO NOT WRESTLE AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE COSMIC POWERS OVER THIS PRESENT DARKNESS, AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES. (13) THEREFORE TAKE UP THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND IN THE EVIL DAY, AND HAVING DONE ALL, TO STAND FIRM. (14) STAND THEREFORE, HAVING FASTENED ON THE BELT OF TRUTH, AND HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, (15) AND, AS SHOES FOR YOUR FEET, HAVING PUT ON THE READINESS GIVEN BY THE GOSPEL OF PEACE. (16) IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES TAKE UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WITH WHICH YOU CAN EXTINGUISH ALL THE FLAMING DARTS OF THE EVIL ONE; (17) AND TAKE THE HELMET OF SALVATION, AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD, (18) PRAYING AT ALL TIMES IN THE SPIRIT, WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION. TO THAT END, KEEP ALERT WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE, MAKING SUPPLICATION FOR ALL THE SAINTS
THE ARMOR OF GOD!

WE MUST BE READY FOR THE BATTLES THAT RAGE ALL AROUND US AND IN US. DO NOT GO INTO BATTLE UNPREPARED, THE SPIRIT WORLD WE DO NOT SEE DOES AFFECT US HERE ON EARTH.

OUR ARMOR IS SPIRITUAL AND OUR BATTLES ARE SPIRITUAL.
1. THE BELT OF TRUTH – SATAN IS THE FATHER OF LIES.
2. BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS – PROTECTING OUR HEARTS – THIS IS CHRIST’S RIGHTEOUNESS, NOT OURS: IT PROTECTS OUR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL CENTER.
3. FEET OF READINESS GIVEN BY THE GOSPEL OF PEACE: WE ARE TO ADVANCE INTO THE TERRITORY OF THE ENEMY IN OFFENSE, TO ADVANCE THE GOSPEL.
4. SHIELD OF FAITH – TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAIMING ARROWS: THESE ARE THE DOUBTS, DESPAIR, TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCE, CRISES, TEMPTATIONS, AND PERSONAL TRAGEDIES.
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5. HELMET OF SALVATION – TO PROTECT OUR WAY OF THINKING, OUR THOUGHTS, AND PROTECT OUR MINDS AGAINST FALSE DOCTRINE.
6. SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – THE WORD OF GOD: THIS IS OUR WEAPON, BUT ONLY WHEN WE INVEST IN READING AND STUDYING IT DAILY.

ONE OF THE PET WORDS OF THIS GENERATION IS “TOLERANCE.”
IT’S A GOOD WORD, BUT AS WE NOW KNOW, THE SECULAR MOVEMENT WANTS THAT TO MEAN ACCEPT EVERYTHING!
THEY HAVE TRIED TO STRETCH IT OVER TOO GREAT AN AREA OF LIFE. WE HAVE APPLIED IT TOO OFTEN WHERE IT DOES NOT BELONG. THE WORD ‘TOLERANT’ MEANS ‘LIBERAL.’ IN MEANING, IT IS THE WILLINGNESS TO PUT UP WITH BELIEFS OPPOSED TO ONE’S CONVICTIONS, AND THE ALLOWANCE OF SOMETHING NOT WHOLLY APPROVED. BUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS IS NOT HOLY OR GOD APPROVED! IN A SENSE, IT IMPLIES THE COMPROMISE OF ONE’S CONVICTIONS, AND A YIELDING OF GROUND UPON IMPORTANT ISSUES. WHAT IT HAS LED TO IS OVER-TOLERANCE IN MORAL ISSUES, WHICH HAS MADE US DEVOID OF CONVICTION OVERALL.

PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF SOME “PROGRESSIVE” OR “HIP” EVANGELICAL CHURCHES, PAST THE SAVVY TECHNOLOGY AND SECULAR MUSIC, AND YOU WILL FIND MORE THAN JUST A CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE. YOU’LL FIND FAITH LEADERS ENCOURAGING YOUNG EVANGELICALS TO TRADE IN THEIR CHRISTIAN CONVICTIONS FOR A GOSPEL FILLED WITH COMPROMISE. THEY’RE SLOWLY ATTEMPTING TO GIVE CHRISTIANITY AN “UPDATE”—AND THE CHANGE IS NOT FOR THE GOOD.

NO DOUBT YOU HAVE SEEN THE HEADLINES DECLARING THAT TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANITY ANDEVANGELICALISM IS DOOMED BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE LEAVING THE FAITH. IT IS NO SECRET THAT THERE IS AN EXPANDING GULF BETWEEN TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS AND TODAY’S MODERN MORAL VALUES.
OUR NATION HAS BECOME TOLERANT ABOUT WICKEDNESS; TOLERANT ABOUT IMMORALITY; TOLERANT ABOUT GODLESSNESS. AND IT HAS LED TO US BEING TOLERANT OF UNBELIEF!

THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT THE IDEOLOGICAL GULF BETWEEN AMERICA’S CHRISTIAN GROWN-UPS AND THEIR KIDS, AKA, THE “MILLENNIALS,” SEEMS TO BE WIDENING. SOMEHOW THE BLAME FOR THIS CHASM IS BEING HEAPED ON TRADITIONAL CHURCHES. WE ARE ACCUSED OF HOLDING ONTO OLD BELIEFS AS WELL AS THE LIES THAT CHRISTIANS ARE HOMOPHOBIC AND EVERY OTHER BIGOTED PHOBIA.

YES, WE’VE HEARD THOSE FALSE CLAIMS FROM POPULAR CULTURE IN ITS DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO KEEP CHRISTIANITY IMPRISONED WITHIN THE SANCTUARY WALLS. BUT NOW POPULAR CULTURE IS BEING AIDED BY PASTORAL-PROFESSING BEDFELLOWS WHO’S MESSAGE TO “COEXIST,” “TOLERATE” AND “KEEP OUT OF IT” IS MORE MARKETABLE TO THE RISING GENERATION Y AND Z.

THE SCIENCES, HOWEVER, CALL FOR NARROW-MINDEDNESS. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR BROAD-MINDEDNESS IN THE LABORATORY. WATER BOILS AT 212 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AT SEA LEVEL. NOT 100 DEGREES NOT 189 DEGREES, BUT AT 212 DEGREES. WATER FREEZES AT 32 DEGREES, NOT 23 OR 30 DEGREES. OBJECTS HEAVIER THAN AIR FALL TO THE EARTH. THE LAW OF GRAVITY DECREES IT, SO SCIENCE IS NARROW. MATHEMATICS SHOWS US THAT THE SUM OF TWO PLUS TWO IS FOUR, NOT THREE AND A HALF. GEOMETRY STATES THAT THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS A STRAIGHT LINE. NO TOLERANCE.

JESUS SAID, NARROW IS THE GATE AND DIFFICULT IS THE WAY WHICH LEADS TO LIFE (MATTHEW 7:14). YET, SOMEHOW WE HAVE GOTTEN IT INTO OUR MINDS THAT “ALL ROADS LEAD TO HEAVEN.” PEOPLE SAY DO YOUR BEST, BE HONEST, AND BE SINCERE, AND YOU WILL MAKE IT TO HEAVEN ALL RIGHT.

FOR THE YOUNG EVANGELICALS, THE SPIRITUAL HAZE IS HARDER TO WADE THROUGH. DESPERATE FOR ACCEPTANCE IN A FALLEN WORLD, MANY YOUNG CHRISTIANS (AND EVEN SOME OLDER ONES) CHOOSE NOT TO TAKE CHRIST OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH. THEY ARE UNWITTINGLY KILLING THE CHURCH’S PUBLIC WITNESS. IN THIS UPHILL CULTURAL BATTLE, MIRED BY SCARE TACTICS AND FEAR,

THREE TYPES OF FALSE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARE EMERGING:

◦ COUCH-POTATO CHRISTIANS: THESE CHRISTIANS ADAPT TO THE CULTURE BY STAYING SILENT ON THE TOUGH CULTURE-AND-FAITH DISCUSSIONS. TYPICALLY, THIS GROUP WILL DOWNPLAY GOD’S ABSOLUTE TRUTHS BY PROMOTING THE ILLUSION THAT NEUTRALITY WAS JESUS’ PREFERRED METHOD OF EVANGELISM.

◦ CAFETERIA-STYLE CHRISTIANS: THIS GROUP PICKS AND CHOOSES WHICH SCRIPTURE PASSAGES TO LIVE BY, OPTING FOR THE ONES THAT BEST SEEM TO JIVE WITH CULTURE. TYPICALLY, THEY FOCUS SOLELY ON THE “NICE” PARTS OF THE GOSPEL WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY AND INTENTIONALLY MINIMIZING SIN, HELL, REPENTANCE AND TRANSFORMATION.

◦ DABBLING CHRISTIANS: THESE ARE THE LEFT OF THE LEFT WHEN IT COMES TO POINTING FINGERS AND MIS-REPRESNTING SCRIPTURE. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE CULTURE PUSH OUT CHRIST FROM THE CHURCH IN THE NAME OF “ALL PATHS TO GOD.” THEY COMBINE THE WORST OF THE COUCH-POTATO AND CAFETERIA-STYLE CHRISTIANS, AND TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER.

FAITHFUL CHRISTIANS:

◦ CONVICTIONAL CHRISTIANS: IN THE FACE OF THE CULTURE’S HARSH ADMONITIONS, THESE CHRISTIANS REFUSE TO BE SILENT. MIMICKING JESUS, THEY COMPASSIONATELY TALK ABOUT LOVE AND GRACE WHILE ALSO SHARING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS THE NEED TO RECOGNIZE JESUS’ MESSAGE TO CONFESS AND REPENT, WHICH IS TO TURN FROM SIN.

THE FIRST THREE TYPES OF CHRISTIANS ARE SO APPEALING TO THOSE STARTING OUT SEEKING GOD’S WORD. TODAY, PARENTS ARE TOLD THAT THEY MUST ADAPT AND ADJUST TO THE NEW-AGE GOSPEL. PARENTS ARE BEING TOLD BY THEIR CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE IGNORANT FOR NOT ENDORSING OTHER SEXUALITY PREFERENCES. TODAY’S MILLENNIALS HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE DISTORTED SOCIAL JUSTICE RHETORIC. IT CONFUSES CARING FOR THE POOR WITH ADVANCING SOCIALIST OR BIG GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS AND DEMONIZING THE UNITED STATES FOR ITS CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS.

WE MUST NOT BE ASHAMED TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. OUR EXPERIENCES AND THOSE OF FELLOW BOLD CHRISTIANS ARE A TESTIMONY OF GOD’S AWESOME, TRANSFORMING POWER. BEING COUNTERCULTURAL FOR CHRIST ISN’T EASY. WHAT DOES THE GREAT COMMISSION SAY? JESUS COMMANDED US TO GO, “TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU” (MATT. 28:20).

JESUS JOURNEYED FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH AND BACK TO HEAVEN AGAIN. HE KNOWS THE WAY BETTER THAN
ANY MAN WHO EVER LIVED. HE SAID IN MATTHEW 7:13-14, “ENTER YE IN AT THE STRAIT GATE; FOR WIDE IS THE GATE, AND BROAD IS THE WAY, THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION, AND MANY ENTER THROUGH IT. BUT STRAIT IS THE GATE, AND NARROW IS THE WAY, WHICH LEADS TO LIFE, AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT.”

I SEE SO MANY PARENTS SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY WENT WRONG WITH YOUNG CHRISTIANS. MANY CHRISTIAN PARENTS TOOK THEIR CHILDREN TO CHURCH AND PRAYED WITH THEM EVERY NIGHT BEFORE BED. YET THE VALUES THOSE CHILDREN NOW HOLD DEAR, DO NOT REFLECT THE TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS OF JESUS.

WHAT I SEE IS THOUSANDS OF YOUNG CHRISTIANS BEING SPIRITUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY TARGETED ON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COLLEGE MINISTRIES AND CHURCHES NATIONWIDE.
A GROWING LIBERAL MOVEMENT HAS INFILTRATED CHRISTIANITY.

RESEARCH TELLS US THAT YOUNG CHRISTIANS ARE DRIFTING FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ORTHODOX TRUTHS THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HOLD TO IN SCRIPTURE.

CHURCHES HAVE RARELY FACED THE EXODUS FROM SCRIPTURE WE ARE SEEING TODAY. THIS WILL HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE SPIRITUAL AND MORAL VALUES THAT WILL SHAPE THE NATION IN THE COMING YEARS.

JESUS IS NARROW ABOUT THE WAY TO SALVATION. HE PLAINLY POINTED OUT THERE ARE TWO ROADS IN LIFE. ONE IS BROAD, AND LACKING IN FAITH, CONVICTIONS, AND MORALS. IT IS THE EASY, POPULAR, CARELESS WAY. IT IS THE WAY OF THE CROWD, THE WAY OF THE MAJORITY, THE WAY OF THE WORLD. JESUS SAID, “MANY WILL GO IN IT.” HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS ROAD, EASY THOUGH IT IS, POPULAR THOUGH IT MAY SEEM, HEAVILY TRAVELED, LEADS TO DESTRUCTION.

HE TELLS US, “ENTER YE IN THE STRAIT GATE BECAUSE STRAIT IS THE GATE AND NARROW IS THE WAY WHICH LEADS TO LIFE.”

FAITH AND CULTURE WILL CONTINUE TO COLLIDE IN AMERICA. THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION—RESTS ON MILLENNIAL CHRISTIANS’ WORLDVIEW. AND THAT IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN. SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG WITH YOUNG EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS THEOLOGY.

THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION’S SUSCEPTIBILITY TO “FEEL-GOOD” DOCTRINE IS PLAYING A BIG PART IN AMERICA’S MORAL DECLINE. MILLENNIALS’ RELIGIOUS PRACTICES DEPEND LARGELY ON HOW THE ACTIONS MAKE THEM FEEL. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY ONLY ATTEND CHURCHES THAT LEAVE THEM FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEIR LIFESTYLE CHOICES, EVEN IF THOSE CHOICES CONFLICT WITH GOD’S CLEAR COMMANDMENTS.

THEY DISMISS SCRIPTURE THAT FOCUS’ ON GOD’S TRANSFORMING SALVATION, AND OPT FOR “JESUS IS YOUR FRIEND.” OR MANY CONTRIBUTE TO NONPROFITS THAT EXPLOIT AND MISUSE TERMS SUCH AS JUSTICE, OPPRESSED AND INEQUALITY BECAUSE TWEAKING THE LANGUAGE MAKES THEM FEEL MORE NEUTRAL, AND LESS CONFRONTATIONAL.

POPULAR LIBERAL EVANGELICAL WRITERS AND PREACHERS TELL YOUNG CHRISTIANS THAT IF THEY ACCEPT TOLERANCE IN ALL THINGS, THEN THE MEDIA, ACADEMIA AND HOLLYWOOD WILL FINALLY ACCEPT CHRISTIANS. OUT OF FEAR OF BEING FALSELY DUBBED “INTOLERANT” OR “UNCOMPASSIONATE,” MANY YOUNG CHRISTIANS ARE BUYING INTO THESE THEOLOGICAL FALSEHOODS. INSTEAD OF STANDING UP AS A VOICE FOR THE INNOCENT UNBORN OR MARRIAGE AS GOD DEFINES. MILLENNIALS ARE FOREGOING THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE. THEY’RE EMBRACING A COUCH POTATO, CAFETERIA-STYLE CHRISTIANITY ALL IN THE NAME OF TOLERANCE.

THIS CONTEMPORARY MINDSET IS WHAT DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, THE GERMAN THEOLOGIAN, CALLED CHEAP GRACE. HIS CHRISTIAN CONVICTIONS PUT HIM AT ODDS WITH THE NAZIS AND COST HIM HIS LIFE. BONHOEFFER WROTE: “CHEAP GRACE IS THE PREACHING OF FORGIVENESS WITHOUT REQUIRING REPENTANCE, BAPTISM WITHOUT CHURCH DISCIPLINE, COMMUNION WITHOUT CONFESSION, ABSOLUTION WITHOUT PERSONAL CONFESSION. CHEAP GRACE IS GRACE WITHOUT DISCIPLESHIP, GRACE WITHOUT THE CROSS, GRACE WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST, LIVING AND INCARNATE.”

RIGHT NOW, CHEAP GRACE THEOLOGY IS PROLIFERATING AROUND EVANGELICAL BIBLE COLLEGES, SEMINARIES AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES.

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE HAS BEEN HIJACKED!

IT ISN’T THAT MILLENNIAL EVANGELICALS WERE NOT TAKEN TO CHURCH BY THEIR PARENTS. IT IS THAT THEIR TRAINING HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY INEFFECTIVE AND INTENTIONALLY DISTORTED DOCTRINE.

CHRIST WAS SO INTOLERANT OF MAN’S LOST PRINCIPALITY OF HOLINESS THAT HE LEFT HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN, TOOK ON HIMSELF THE FORM OF MAN, SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF EVIL MEN AND DIED ON A CROSS TO PURCHASE OUR REDEMPTION. SO, SERIOUS WAS MAN’S PLIGHT, JESUS COULD NOT LOOK UPON IT LIGHTLY. HE WAS NOT BROAD-MINDED OR LIBERAL ABOUT A WORLD HELD CAPTIVE BY ITS LUSTS, ITS APPETITES, AND ITS SINS.
AS CONSTANT AND PERVASIVE AS THE ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANITY ARE IN THE MEDIA, AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, AND EVEN PARTS OF THE SUPREME COURT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT MILLENNIALS’ WORLDVIEWS DO NOT START TAKING SHAPE AFTER THEY MOVE OUT OF THEIR PARENTS’ HOUSES. THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF JESUS’ TEACHINGS AND CULTURAL CONVICTIONS BEGIN TO FORM WHILE THEY ARE STILL AT HOME, AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THEIR LOCAL CHURCH, BUT ALSO THE LIBERAL TEACHERS, THE MEDIA, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

IN OUR JAM-PACKED LIFESTYLES, PARENTS HAVE TREATED SUNDAY SCHOOL AS THEY DO SOFTBALL OR BALLET CLASS—DROP OFF THE KIDS FOR AN HOUR THEN PICK THEM UP AND HOPE THEY LEARNED SOMETHING.
EVEN WHEN A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER FOLLOWS THE CURRICULUM SCRIPTURALLY, CHILDREN ARE BEING LED BY LIBERAL SCHOOLS, LIBERAL MEDIA, LIBERAL PHILOSOPHIES 100 TIMES MORE A WEEK THAN THE ONE HOUR A WEEK OR SO THEY ARE IN CHURCH.

WE GET A FALSE CONFIDENCE TODAY’S KIDS HAVE A FIRM GRASP ON THEIR CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW.
BOY, ARE WE WRONG!

ONE DAY A COUPLE OF SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS DECIDED TO PLAY “TRUE OR FALSE.” THEY CASUALLY
WENT DOWN A LIST OF WORLDVIEW QUESTIONS WITH THEIR CLASS, SURE MINDED THAT THEIR LITTLE EVANGELICALS WOULD NAIL EVERY QUESTION CORRECTLY.

NO. 1: JESUS IS GOD. “TRUE, THEY REPLIED.”
NO. 2: JESUS SINNED. “FALSE, THEY REMARKED.”
NO. 3: JESUS IS ONE OF MANY WAYS TO HEAVEN. “TRUE.” WAIT, WHAT?!

SHOCKED IS THE ONLY WAY TO DESCRIBE HOW THEY FELT. HADN’T THE CHILDREN BEEN LISTENING? WHEN THEY ASKED, WHO TAUGHT THEM THIS FALSEHOOD, ONE CHILD SAID, “COEXIST.”
YES, THESE YOUNG EVANGELICALS HAD BEEN LISTENING TO THEIR SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THEIR PARENTS, BUT THEY HAD ALSO BEEN LISTENING TO THEIR LIBERAL PUBLIC-SCHOOL TEACHERS, MEDIA, TV CELEBRITIES AND ROCK STARS.

YOUTH MINISTERS, VOLUNTEER LEADERS AND PASTORS ALSO HAVE TO START PREPARING THESE KIDS TO DEAL WITH THE VERY REAL HOSTILITY THAT FACES YOUNG EVANGELICALS.

IF WE NEVER TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS IN CHURCH, HOW CAN WE EXPECT THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN TEENAGE GIRL TO CALMLY EXPLAIN THE OPTION OF ADOPTION TO HER FRIGHTENED BEST FRIEND WHO JUST ADMITTED SHE IS PREGNANT?

WHAT WILL SURPRISE YOU IS HOW MUCH YOUNG EVANGELICALS ACTUALLY CRAVE HONEST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE TOPICS.

HAVING PAID SUCH A HIGH PRICE, JESUS IS NOT TOLERANT ABOUT MAN’S INDIFFERENCE TOWARD HIM AND THE REDEMPTION HE HAD WROUGHT FOR US. MATTHEW 12:30, “HE THAT IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME.” JESUS SAID IN JOHN 3:36, “HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, AND HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT THE SON SHALL NOT SEE LIFE; BUT THE WRATH OF GOD ABIDETH ON HIM.”

AGAIN, JESUS SPOKE OF TWO ROADS, TWO KINGDOMS, TWO MASTERS, TWO REWARDS, AND TWO ETERNITIES. HE SAID, IN MATTHEW 6:24, “YE CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON.” EACH PERSON HAS THE POWER TO CHOOSE WHOM THEY WILL SERVE, BUT THE ALTERNATIVE TO CHOOSING CHRIST IS CERTAIN DESTRUCTION. ONLY THE WAY OF THE CROSS LEADS HOME!

MAKE NO MISTAKE: THE TREND AWAY FROM BIBLICAL TRUTH IS NOT CONCENTRATED IN THE HIPSTER CITY LIMITS. IT IS UNFOLDING IN THE CREVICES OF AMERICA’S FARMLAND, PLAINS, HILLS, MOUNTAINS AND SWAMPLANDS. ALL ACROSS THIS NATION, “OLD-FASHIONED” CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN TEACHING IS BEING TRADED IN FOR A BRIGHT AND SHINY, MEDIOCRE CHRISTIANITY. THAT OF THE DABBLING CHRISTIANS.

IF AMERICA’S EVANGELICALS DISENGAGE FROM THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND FAIL TO ENGAGE WITH THE RISING
MILLENNIAL GENERATION OF CHRISTIANS, THEN WE RISK LOSING OUR PUBLIC VOICE, THEN OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, THEN LIBERTY ALTOGETHER.

THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES WITNESSED TREMENDOUS EVANGELICAL INFLUENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. LEADERS SUCH AS ADRIAN ROGERS AND BILLY GRAHAM, MADE BOLD IMPACTS ON AMERICA’S FAMILIES, CHURCHES AND GOVERNMENT.

NOW THAT THOSE LEADERS HAVE DIED, THERE ARE VERY FEW TRADITIONAL EVANGELICAL LEADERS LEFT HOLDING THE TORCH. AND DUE TO THE CONSTANT ATTACKS BY THE LEFT-WING, LIBERAL MEDIA THERE ARE EVEN FEWER CANDIDATES WILLING TO STAND UP TO WHOM THEY CAN PASS THE TORCH.

AGAIN, CHRIST SAID, “YE CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON…NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS.” (MATTHEW 6:24).
ONE OF THE SINS OF THIS AGE IS THE SIN OF BROAD-

MINDEDNESS. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE WHO WILL STEP OUT AND SAY UNASHAMEDLY, “AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.” (JOSHUA 24:15)
A COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIAN, SINGLEHANDLY, CAN DO MORE TO DAMAGE THE PROGRESS OF SHARING THE GOSPEL THAN A DOZEN CONVICTED CHRISTIANS CAN DO TO MOVE IT AHEAD TO ALL NATIONS.
HEED THE WARNING SIGNS:
IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUNG CHRISTIANS, WE MUST UPHOLD THE AUTHORITATIVE WORD OF GOD. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THOSE IN A POSITION TO INFLUENCE MILLENNIALS HAVE TRANSPARENT AND HONEST DISCUSSIONS. ENGAGE ABOUT THE CULTURE WARS EVANGELICAL YOUTH ARE ALREADY FACING. OTHERWISE THE MILLENNIALS WILL BE SILENT AND ACCEPTING IN THE FACE OF PERSECUTION AND FALSE DOCTRINE.
JESUS SAID, (LUKE 9:23), “IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER
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ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF.” MOST CHRISTIANS TODAY ARE BEGINNING TO SUFFER SPIRTUAL SELF-SIGHTEDNESS. OUR INTERESTS AND OUR ENERGIES ARE TOO FOCUSED ON OURSELVES INSTEAD OF SACRIFICING OURSELVES FOR CHRIST.
THE IMPORTANCE OF ARMING THE CURRENT GENERATIONS OF CHRISTIANS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. WE MUST OFFER SORELY NEEDED LEADERSHIP. LET’S GUARD OUR MINDS FROM THE WORLD’S INFLUENCE, ESPECIALLY THE DEVELOPING MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN. THE MORE WE KEEP PUTTING OFF BOLDLY STANDING ON THE WORD OF GOD, THE STRONGER THE HOLD SATAN HAS ON THE MILLENNIALS AND YOUNGER GENERATIONS.

OUR SELF MUST BE CRUCIFIED AND CHRIST ENTHRONED!
A PART-TIME CHRISTIAN CANNOT DEFEAT A FULL-TIME DEVIL.
SO, JOIN ME AND LET US PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD!!!