September 10, 2020
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
THE ARMY OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM OF GRACE ON EARTH
“Take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
Eph. 6:13, KJV.
“The strength of an army is measured largely by the efficiency of the men in the ranks. A wise general instructs his officers to train every soldier for active service. He seeks to develop the highest efficiency on the part of all. If he were to depend on his officers alone he could never expect to conduct a successful campaign. He counts on loyal and untiring service from every men in his army. The responsibility rests largely upon the men in the ranks.
And so it is in the army of Prince Emmanuel. Our General, who has never lost a battle, expects willing, faithful service from everyone who has enlisted under His banner.
“In the closing Controversy now waging between the forces for good and the hosts of evil He expects all, laymen as well as ministers, to take part. All who have enlisted as His soldiers are to render service as MINUTEMAN, with the keen sense of the responsibility resting upon them INDIVIDUALLY……
“There is earnest WORK to be done by us individually IF we would ‘fight the good fight of faith.’ ETERNAL INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE. We must put on the WHOLE ARMOR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, if we must RESIST [not invite, excuse or ignore] the devil, and we have the sure promise that he will be put in flight [‘he will flee from you’].
“The Church [the ‘patient saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus] is to conduct an aggressive [spiritual] warfare. Let us please Him who has called us to be His SOLDIERS!”- God’s Amazing Grace, p. 29. NMF