The David Spoon Experience 1-10-24 part 2

1) I’m going to be honest in this introduction: I’m going to preach a message. I’ve preached it several times before, but it is weighing on me. And the best thing I can do when something is weighing on me is to share it as faithfully as possible. We’re going to revisit Ephesians, a book that we have studied, but we’re going to focus on an important section that I have recently had to counsel many people on.

2) I want to start by saying that Christians are not supposed to be weak. We are supposed to be meek. Meekness is humility with gentleness based on an inner strength. That inner strength that we have is our confidence in the Lord, not in ourselves. And Christians are not called to be silent like a mime or soft like cheese.

3) Biblical Christianity requires us to be strong in our walk, in our faith, and in our commitment to Christ. It requires us to stand against the world and its system of evil. It requires us to stand against our flesh. And it requires us to stand against the enemy, whose purpose for us is to distract, deter, or discourage us from God.

4) In order to be ready and prepared every day, we need to use the principles that God has given us to stand against all that comes against us. We will examine seven different principles that are outlined in Ephesians chapter 6.

5) We don’t apologize for suiting up every day. We don’t apologize for standing firm every day. And we don’t apologize for being Christians. People of the world may not like us or like us, but that is irrelevant. None of them have a heaven to put us in. And that is our goal: to spend eternity with God in his home. So more than ever, little campers, let’s buckle up.