The world is spinning out of control as we lose our moral compass which I believe is true Christianity. As our world spins further and further into a pit of immoratlity, the follower of Christ must stand firm in the Word of God. We remember that Christ, when challenged by Satan in the wilderness, always responded using the written word of God by starting out His response to Satan with "It is written...". As followers of Christ we must not be trapped into the snares of a fallen world when asked questions about our 'position' on certain issues. There is NO WAY that we can fight on our own to defend the gosspil. Rather, follow Christ's example when He was challenged by the author of lies, Satan. Here is an example that we should all follow:
In Matthew 4:3 Satan said to Jesus, "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." Jesus used the Word of God to respond by saying, in verse 4, "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
In doing this, Christ lays a path for all that follow Him in refering to the scriptures for our responses to questions and challenges that undoubtedly will come our way. Our opinion does not matter! Simply put, we just need to refer to the Word of God for our responses as our defense.
Therefore, read the Word and make it a part of you. A great verse for all of us to keep in mind that will encourage us along these lines is: Joshua 1:8 'This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
A Final Note: The success that Joshua is refering to, in my opinion, is the success that we should seek in glorifying God. We cannot measure our success by what we have, but rather by the treasures that we are building up in the Kingdom of God for eternity.
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