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Below are notes to a sermon
preached Sunday morning, July 25, 2004, at Gospel Light Baptist Church,
Albany, Georgia. For more outlines, including zipped files of outlines from
previous years, click on the link at the bottom of this note, and go to our
website:
A GOOD SOLDIER
STANDS HIS GROUND
By Michael D. O'Neal
Pastor, Gospel Light Baptist Church
Albany, Georgia
Scripture Reading: Ephesians
6:10-20
Text: Ephesians 6:13
Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may
be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Introduction: In keeping with our theme for the year, "Prepare for War in
2004," I have preached a series of messages on the pieces of "the whole armour
of God." According to our text, the purpose of that armor is to help you,
having done all, to STAND.
This morning I want to point out another attribute of a good soldier of Jesus
Christ, and that attribute is:
A GOOD SOLDIER STANDS HIS GROUND
Few people are standing today. The preachers who mean the most to me in the
ministry are those who have stood their ground for many years. The Christians
who make the greatest difference in a local church and in the cause of Christ
are those who are willing to stand through thick and thin and in the heat of
the battle.
I. A GOOD SOLDIER STANDS IN SPITE OF
THE CONDITIONS
2 Timothy 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ.
A. In spite of a trying environment
1. Isolation and loneliness
2. Wild animals
3. Insects
B. In spite of temperature extremes
C. In spite of tiredness experienced
II. A GOOD SOLDIER STANDS IN SPITE OF
THE CASUALTIES AND CAPTIVES
2 Samuel 1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O
Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
2 Samuel 1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Some fellow soldiers are going to be:
A. Defeated by Satan
B. Defeated by society (the world)
C. Defeated by self and sin (the flesh)
III. A GOOD SOLDIER STANDS IN SPITE
OF COWARDS AND TRAITORS
When the 12 spies viewed the land of Canaan, 10 of them advised Moses to leave
the place alone because of the inhabitants. The majority of Moses' spies were
COWARDS.
Numbers 13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go
up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
A. Don't look at their example of quitting
B. Don't listen to their explanations for quitting
C. Don't learn their end result of quitting by personal experience
IV. A GOOD SOLDIER STANDS IN SPITE OF
CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE ENEMY
1 Samuel 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war
from his youth.
A. The enemy is sneering
1. Like Goliath
B. The enemy is sizable
1. Like Goliath
C. The enemy is strong
1. Like Goliath
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Michael D. O'Neal (Proverbs 11:30), Pastor,
Gospel Light Baptist Church
P.O. Box 3071 (237 Lockett Station Road), Albany, GA 31706
(229) 432-0039 (church) / (229) 698-2127 (parsonage)
*Scriptures in my notes are from the Authorized Version 1611 -KJV-
and are used by permission of the Author - Ephesians. 6:17*
"Prepare For War in 2004"
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