And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward,6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
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Moses was faithful in the house that he was entrusted with. Are we faithful with the houses we are entrusted with? What about the temple of the Holy Spirit … you? What comes in goes out.We leak and those around us get wet.What are we leaking? It’s what we receive into ourselves. Television, Music, Movies, Internet, Books, Friends … the stakes are high. If we allow the world into us, we will leak the world into our families and friends. Didn’t Jesus say in Matthew 5:37 to let our “'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No.' For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” We need to be single minded and Kingdom driven; focused. We need to understand the subtleties of the devil and be aware of his schemes.
In June 1940 France fell to Hitler and suddenly Britain found herself the lone bastion of freedom in Europe. It was at this time that Winston-Churchill delivered one of his best known and most powerful speeches …
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.”
It is time for Christians to realize that their house (the family and friend relationships God has entrusted us with) is where satan is directing his attack. He’s not fighting in the crack houses, the bars, or the brothels … there is no battle there. The battle is in our homes and we must fight back. Much of what is going on today falls squarely in the laps of lazy pastors who would rather teach their pet topic instead of the Bible. Sure there are a few scripture references here or there, but it's like going into a restaurant expecting a buffet and only getting a piece of lettuce. After lazy pastors comes lazy husbands/spiritual leaders of the home. We all have to wake up! As the church continues to lose ground in this country, it comes down to bold pastors and bold spiritual leaders who are willing to "brace ourselves to our duties ..."
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