THE WORD, THE OVERCOMING POWER

February 18

Psalms 119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

For decades now, the attacks on the Christian in the western world have been subtle, low-key, and mostly confined to the realm of the spirit. In our present twenty-first century, the enemy has risen the ante and we have now more Chrisitian persecution in the worlds as there was during the Roman empire. In countries of the Eastern world such as China, the Sudan, India, Nepal, persecution of Christians has been so intense that it renders it difficult to believe that Christians could be spared the Great Tribulation. We also have in the M.E countries where Christians are second-rate citizens, and who fell they have to take refuge in other countries to preserve their lives. .

For millenniums, world domination came from the East. It slowly shifting West where it has remained since the Greek Emperor, Alexander the Great, conquered the Medo-Persian Empire (Iran).

In our twenty-first century, even from within the very heart of our Western metropolises, the dogmas of Western and Christian civilization are challenged by Eastern Muslim concepts. What both camps seem to forget is that the next global government will come neither from the East nor from the West but from above, from Jesus-Christ the Son of God who will appear and humble all of man-kind’s arrogance by ruling the world, neither the Western or Eastern way, but the way it should have been ruled (Revelation 19:11; 19:15; 20:4; 20:6).

Before that happens, it is certain that the Church of God (the people of God) will be tested, that the forces of evil will be allowed to ‘rob’ the righteous, doing ‘him’ many injuries. During those days, the Salvation of the righteous will solely rest in the keeping of God’s Words as his testimony (Revelation 3:21; 12:11) and weapon against the forces of evil that will be determined to eliminate us. At that time it will be important to not allow the “bands of the wicked” to distract and intimidate us from following after the Spirit of our Lord and Savior with their scare tactics.

Friend, today, as we the see the world around us get darker and darker; as the ‘virtue-terrorists’ ‘bands of the wicked’ attempt to ‘rob’ us of our moral standards; as they try to steal our obedience to God’s Words; as their evil forces push to gain ground on our children through ungodly media; as our thoughts are bombarded with concepts contrary to the teaching of Jesus-Christ; now is the time to brandish the shield of faith and lift up the sword of His Word. It is at such times that we need to remember His Word; it is at such a time that we need not to forget His Law.

At such times, let us remember how Jesus Himself was surrounded by evil hordes in the desert of temptation as well as in the garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 4; Matthew 26). Let us learn from His example of fighting the prince of darkness and his bands with the power of God’s Word of Light.

Revelations 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.