WHO IS THE ENEMY?

WHO IS THE ENEMY?

Something dawns on me this morning. Satan has distracted us again. We are doing what Israel and Jerusalem did in 70AD. Our enemies have us surrounded and we are destroying ourselves. False doctrine is not an enemy, but a tool of the enemy. Satan is the true enemy of Christ and His church. The antichrist spirit has been among us since the first century and has shown itself in many ways. There are some clear manifestations of this in religion that is obviously ungodly and totally denies Jesus as the Son of God. We know them well. But, for some reason we have turned our attention and strength inward to brethren that have taken up a name for themselves instead of Jesus. Neither Arminianism nor Calvinism are the enemy, they are the tools of the enemy. And he is using them well.

They have all but destroyed the people that should be coming together to fight the forces of the enemy without. Why are brethren that profess to be preachers of the gospel more concerned with name over their doors instead of the name in their hearts, unless they differ? Some of our brethren have in the past reduced the gospel to a sweet song to pacify the complacent and lazy. Some have misused it as an aide to produce children for the God who neither needs nor asks for assistance in this instant and sovereign act of the Holy Spirit. I understand the zeal of some who are attempting to right the wrongs by preaching Jesus as all important, yet have pushed the limits of our belief to again an assistant of God as a part of a process of birth. May I remind us all, God does not procreate children, He creates them. I understand the need for some to prove their roots. God has surely given us a great heritage. But, our focus must be ahead to Christ and not backward to men. What is the proof of our forefathers but the truth of Jesus Christ? That has to be the standard of our lives and ministries today. We have become so cautious and perhaps overzealous that we will write a brother off for a word before we hear his message. Who among us does not make mistakes in even the delivery of sermons? Which one of us is infallible? But, before you judge me or others an heretic, make sure the scriptures so say and not history. And, by the way, where are the first and second admonitions? Why do we think the salvation of erring brethren is beneath us? Or a waste of our time? Some of us are too afraid to have our positions challenged to confront what we are sure is heresy.

We have a sure and certain threat to not only us but our nation and we, the ones who should know, are asleep at the wheel again. Remember the Lord said that it is while men slept that the enemy sows the tares. God help us to wake up! The obvious pagan religion of Islam has been sown among us in this country and it’s weeds are creeping farther and farther. Brethren, we better take heed and began to blow the trumpet of King Jesus again. We are wasting time with fences and infighting. If we really love the Lord Jesus Christ and His cause, it is time to put down our differences and unite in the common cause and common salvation of the faith once delivered. I verily believe that God is calling on His remnant to stand up together and be heard. God help us all if we do not! I have been so convicted that I have not been brave enough to speak the name of Jesus in public. I compromise at home and on the job. It is time to stop and know He is God. Lift the banner of the true gospel of Christ and Him alone again. Yes, count the cost if you do. But, consider the loss if you don’t. We are at war. The enemy has been identified and we have been called. Arm yourselves with Christ and His word and stand in your places lifting up the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus, OUR LORD! Do any of you know what I mean? Join me! Stop fighting each other and seek peace among brethren that we might unite against the real enemy of truth and God and the one who seeks to destroy us all. He almost has! God grant us all grace and courage to listen to [sic] Him and not ourselves. Show us our sins and those of our fathers. Direct us to not fall there again, but use us for your glory and deliverance of your people, your church, this nation and our families. Amen.