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2. Learn Your Duty<br />
The church has forgotten that it has a mission to defend and promote God’s laws in the world. It has<br />
retreated into the church buildings and given all of its attention to the more feminine ministries:<br />
caring for the poor and broken hearted, healing the sick, strengthening families. These are all<br />
necessary ministries, but only part of our duty.<br />
We also have the duty to go out into the world and fight the agents of sin. It is like the example of<br />
David, the shepherd who became King of Israel and is known in the Word as “a man after God’s own<br />
heart.” Much of the time, David stayed with his sheep to guide and nurture them. But when he saw<br />
an enemy of the flock prowling in the area, he went out and killed it. These were not easy battles.<br />
He fought lions and bears, who could, instead, have killed him. He was a MAN of God and he shows<br />
us the example of masculine Christianity.<br />
Now we know the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (2 Cor. 10:3-5). I am certainly not talking<br />
about physical battle with the “gays.” That would be stupid and un-Christian to do. But the weapons<br />
of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every<br />
high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.<br />
Our duty to pull down strongholds and cast down arguments is not with carnal weapons like guns<br />
and bombs, but by our prayers, our intellects and our physical service in God’s work.<br />
We are told in Ephesians 2:10 that we, each of us, are created in Christ Jesus to do good works that<br />
God has prepared in advance for us to do. The works do not give us salvation: we have that by belief<br />
in Jesus alone. The works give us purpose and a practical means to help build God’s kingdom while<br />
we are on this earth.<br />
What works are we to do? Only the Holy Spirit can tell you which works God has prepared for you<br />
to do, but I suggest that if He has brought this message to your attention, it is the work of rebuilding<br />
the Godly foundations of this society.<br />
It is like the story of Nehemiah and the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Every family was<br />
assigned its own section of the wall near where they lived.<br />
The need today is for believers to compete for influence: in government, in education, in media, in<br />
business, so that the rules that are made and the conclusions that are reached reflect godly values.<br />
Proverbs 29:2 tells us that when the righteous rule the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule they<br />
mourn. We know this is true, but do we understand that it is our obligation to promote righteous<br />
rulership?<br />
In Romans 13:3-7 we learn that the purpose of government is to be a terror to evil.<br />
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