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KEY SCRIPTURE:2Ti 2:3 KJV” Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”

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The call into Christianity is a call unto a mission. A mission to go into the nations and set men free from the bondage and  deception of Satan. Mat 28:19 KJV” Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” He has been called to go and change men from the kind of  culture which is fully under Satan’s power. Act 26:18 KJV” To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”

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The Christian, by virtue of this mission, is in a very hostile world. By the terms of the mission, he is here to rescue men. Dear child of God, you are a warrior or a soldier   . You cannot afford to let down  your guard. You must be tough if you would fulfil this high calling. Satan’s greatest means to distract the Christian from this great mission is to get him to be ruled by his flesh. Mat 16:23 KJV” But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” Satan, speaking through Peter, tried to persuade Him from going the way of the cross,the only mission to save all humanity. Jesus  knew that enduring the shame, pain and reproach of the cross was His means of fulfilling His  life mission.

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The flesh likes leisure and pleasure and would not choose to  sacrifice  or lose anything . Without a life of sacrifice and abstinence from the rule of one’s flesh, he or she cannot be a disciple of Jesus. Luk 14:26 KJV” If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple”.

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The Lord said the servant is not greater than his master. The way he went is the path we must take. Joh 13:16 KJV “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.”To fulfil your mission of rescuing men from satan’s power, you must endure hardness as a good soldier. You must not be afraid of the hostilities of men when preaching to them; you would intercede at other moments, fasting  as well . You would have to   sacrifice your money, comfort, and pleasure so you may effectively touch men by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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THOUGHT:IT IS WELL-SKILLED, TOUGHENED AND DEDICATED SOLDIERS WHO SUCCEED ON DIFFICULT TERRAIN

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FURTHER STUDIES

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1Co 9:27 KJV” But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”

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2Ti 2:4 KJV “No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”