Are You A Soldier

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Are You A Soldier?

• Powerful Words 4

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Definition

• 1. somebody serving in army somebody who serves
  in a military organization
• 2. army member below officer rank a member of an
  army, of a rank below commissioned officer
• 3. dedicated worker somebody who works with
  dedication for a cause
• 4. skilled warrior a skilled and experienced
  fighter or military strategist

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Christians Are Soldiers

• Phil 225
• Yet I considered it necessary to send to you
  Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and
  fellow soldier , NKJV
• 2 Tim 23-4
• 3 You therefore must endure hardship as a good
  soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in
  warfare entangles himself with the affairs of
  this life, that he may please him who enlisted
  him as a soldier .NKJV
• Philem 2
• 2 to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow
  soldier , and to the church in your house NKJV

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Enlist in the Lords Army

• This army is the guaranteed victors
• You have served long enough in the cause of
  darkness and sin
• 3,000 enlisted in one day Acts 2
• They received the word Acts 240
• They were baptized for remission of sins
  238,40
• They won the first battle (overcoming SELF)

1 Peter 211 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and
pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war
against the soul,
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A Soldier Trains to Fight

• 2 Cor 103-6
• 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
  according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our
  warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for
  pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down
  arguments and every high thing that exalts itself
  against the knowledge of God, bringing every
  thought into captivity to the obedience of
  Christ, 6 and being ready to punish all
  disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
• NKJV

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A Soldier Equips For Battle

• There is no greater battle than the battle of the
  heart and mind
• To bring every thought into captivity
• to the obedience of Christ
• Three Tremendous Ingredients
• The blood of the Lamb Rev.1211
• The Word of the apostles Testimony
• Your sacrificial LOVE for Christ
• Satan cannot win against these

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Wage The Good Warfare

• 1 Timothy 118
• This charge I commit to you, son Timothy,
  according to the prophecies previously made
  concerning you, that by them you may wage the
  good warfare,

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• Eph 610f
• Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and
  in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole
  armor of God, that you may be able to stand
  against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not
  wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
  principalities, against powers, against the
  rulers of the darkness of this age, against
  spiritual hosts of wickedness 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.
• NKJV

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• Eph 614-18
• 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with
  truth, having put on the breastplate of
  righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with
  the preparation of the gospel of peace 16 above
  all, taking the shield of faith with which you
  will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
  wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation,
  and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
  God 18 praying always with all prayer and
  supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to
  this end with all perseverance and supplication
  for all the saints NKJV

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Am I a soldier of the cross?

• Am I a soldier of the cross,A follower of the
  Lamb,And shall I fear to own His cause,Or blush
  to speak His Name?
• Must I be carried to the skiesOn flowery beds of
  ease,While others fought to win the prize,And
  sailed through bloody seas?
• Are there no foes for me to face?Must I not stem
  the flood?Is this vile world a friend to
  grace,To help me on to God?
• Sure I must fight if I would reignIncrease my
  courage, Lord.Ill bear the toil, endure the
  pain,Supported by Thy Word.
• Thy saints in all this glorious warShall
  conquer, though they dieThey see the triumph
  from afar,By faiths discerning eye.
• When that illustrious day shall rise,And all Thy
  armies shineIn robes of victory through the
  skies,The glory shall be Thine.

1674-1748 Isaac Watts
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Soldiers Have Courage To Fight for What They
Believe In

• Am I a soldier of the cross,A follower of the
  Lamb,And shall I fear to own His cause,Or blush
  to speak His Name?

MAT 1032 Whosoever therefore shall confess me
before men, him will I confess also before my
Father which is in heaven. MAT 1033 But
whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I
also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
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Soldiers Have Courage To Fight for What They
Believe In

• Must I be carried to the skiesOn flowery beds of
  ease,While others fought to win the prize,And
  sailed through bloody seas?

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Soldiers Have Courage To Fight for What They
Believe In

• Are there no foes for me to face?Must I not stem
  the flood?Is this vile world a friend to
  grace,To help me on to God?

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Soldiers Have Courage To Fight for What They
Believe In

• Sure I must fight if I would reignIncrease my
  courage, Lord.Ill bear the toil, endure the
  pain,Supported by Thy Word.

1 Tim 612 12 Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also
called and have confessed the good confession in
the presence of many witnesses. NKJV
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Soldiers Have Courage To Fight for What They
Believe In

• Thy saints in all this glorious warShall
  conquer, though they dieThey see the triumph
  from afar,By faiths discerning eye.

Romans Chapter 8. Read verse 37 "Nay, in all
these things we are more than conquerors through
him that loved us."
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Soldiers Have Courage To Fight for What They
Believe In

• When that illustrious day shall rise,And all Thy
  armies shineIn robes of victory through the
  skies,The glory shall be Thine.

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The Last Enemy

• 1 Corinthians 1556-57
• 56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of
  sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who
  gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
  Christ.