Take a Stand Win the Land

Take a Stand, Win the Land

We are living in perilous times. Never before in the history of our land has Christianity faced the hostility it is facing today. Opinions on social media are censored or slapped with warnings or deleted. Belief in the Word is becoming a hostile belief. IN the years to come, Christians will have to take a stand to win the land. We can no longer be silent. We must take a stand. It’s never easy. Jesus said we would be persecuted.

Take a stand win the land on your knees

A. Winning the land begins on your knees in prayer

B. Every revival has started with people in prayer

C. Every changed heart begins with prayer. Prayer is essential and prayer is powerful

D. Two examples of nations impacted by prayer

E. Nehemiah – finished wall. Law found. Ezra reads and see the following

a. Neh.9:1-3 – the get on their knees and confess their sin. Go all way to beginning

Vs.33-38 – the acknowledge their sin and they got what they deserved

Neh.10:28-30 – they were renewed when they got on their knees in prayer

b. Daniel – Dan.6:6-10 / - edict is signed but Daniel went to his knees

Vs.20-23 – Out of the den unharmed. God saved. He took a stand and won the land. Vs.26-28 – The decree is made for all to acknowledge Daniel’s God

Take a stand win the land spiritually

A. The church is new and fledgling. It’s starting but starting with power. Acts 4

B. Look at what’s going on

a. Ac.4:13 – unlearned, not taught in synagogue, but saw had been with Jesus

b. Ac.4:19-20 – they stood up. Gospel preached. Miracles occurring. Could not stop. There was a spiritual battle going on. Those thought right were tools of Satan. Tried to stop the gospel but couldn’t They took a stand and won the land spiritually. The people flocked to their teaching

c. Ac.4:29-31 – took their stand to win the land and prayed for boldness, power, and God answered.

C. There’s a spiritual battle going on. Satan wants the church to be powerless, to run. But God gives the power.

D. Christians, there is a time to stand. They boldly proclaimed even when they were told no.

Take a stand win the land politically

A. There was a political battle going on. Reality is and was nothing would stop the K.O.G.

B. Ac.5:12 – 16 – The power was unleashed. People flocked to hear the gospel and it turned the world upside down. Political powers would try to stop yet they could not.

C. Again, told not to preach the Word of God yet they did

D. Ac.5:27-32 – Obey God rather than man. Times when must take a stand to follow Christ and that may go against the laws of man.

E. The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty.

F. America is being challenged today…..Nevada. Alito Quotes from recent speech and rulings.

G. Calvary Chapel vs Sisolak – Nev. Casinos allowed to open 50% but churches only allowed 50 no matter the size of building and cautions taken. “You will see the Free Exercise Clause of the first amendment which protects religious liberty, you will not find a craps clause or a blackjack clause or a slot machine clause. Nevada was unable to provide any plausible justification for treating casinos more favorably than houses of worship. Justice Alito.” They lost the appeal

Tolerance for opposing views is in short supply. You can't say that marriage is the union between one man and one woman. Until very recently, that's what the vast majority of Americans thought. Now it's considered bigotry.[1]

H. No matter what happens in the future, God’s Kingdom is supreme. No political party will overtake it. May suppress but cannot overcome.

When we take a stand, we will win the land.

[1] https://reason.com/volokh/2020/11/12/video-and-transcript-of-justice-alitos-keynote-address-to-the-federalist-society/