DON'T LOSE FAITH IN GOD

FAITH TRUTHFULLY AND SCRIPTURALLY SPEAKING IS VERY VERITABLE FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING. IT IS THE BASE AND FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY. MAINTAINING AND SUSTAINING IT HAS BEEN DECLARED AS WARFARE. THIS IS DUE TO THE PREMIUM THAT GOD HAS PLACED ON IT. AND THAT HAD THEREFORE ALSO MADE THE DEVIL TO BE AFTER IT.
APART FROM THAT IT HAS BEEN A BATTLE TO KEEP THE FAITH, FAITH HAS ALSO BEEN DESCRIBED AS A WEAPON OF WARFARE. WHILE IT IS A BATTLE TO KEEP IT WHEN IT IS KEPT IT BECOMES A POWERFUL WEAPON FOR VICTORY OVER THE ENEMIES OF FAITH AND THE BLESSEDNESS THAT ACCOMPANY IT.
LOST OF FAITH IS TANTAMOUNT TO BEING PLACED IN A DISADVANTAGEOUS POSITION IN THE BATTLES OF LIFE.
THE SCRIPTURE DESCRIBES THE STRUGGLE TO KEEP FAITH ALIVE IN GOD AS A FIGHT OR BATTLE.
IN THE WORD OF APOSTLE PAUL IN 2 TIMOTHY 6:12 FAITH WAS DESCRIBED AS AN ARMOR OF WARFARE. IT READS " FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE, WHEREUNTO THOU ART ALSO CALLED, AND HAST PROFESSED A GOOD PROFESSION BEFORE MANY WITNESSES."
IN 2 TIMOTHY 4:7, APOSTLE PAUL STILL DESCRIBED HIS BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN OR KEEP HIS FAITH IN GOD DESPITE ALL THAT HE PASSED THROUGH AS A GOOD FIGHT. IT SAYS "I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH:"
IN OTHER WORDS, FOR HIM TO HAVE KEPT HIS FAITH UNMOVABLE DESPITE ALL HE WENT THROUGH, WAS A GOOD FIGHT.
THIS SCENARIO IMPLIES THAT IT TAKES A FIGHT TO MAINTAIN OR KEEP THE FAITH IN GOD, DESPITE ALL THAT THE DEVIL THE ENEMY OF OUR FAITH MAY TRY OR DO.
FAITH WAS ALSO DESCRIBED AS A WEAPON OF WARFARE AND PROTECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST THE DEVIL IN EPHESIANS 6:16 THE BIBLE SAYS
“ABOVE ALL, TAKING THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WHEREWITH YE SHALL BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED.
THAT IS WHY THE DEVIL HATES FAITH AND TO SEE US HAVE FAITH IN GOD. HE WILL VIRTUALLY TRY TO DO ANYTHING WITH HIS ABILITY TO SEE THAT WE LOSE FAITH IN GOD. FOR IT IS ONLY THEN WILL HE BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HIS THREEFOLD MISSION ON EARTH, WHICH ARE:
TO KILL,
TO DESTROYED, AND
TO STEAL, ACCORDING TO JOHN 10:10 "THE THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY: I COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.