Resisting Evil
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor during World War II, who was raised in a family with strong ethical values. Dietrich Bonhoeffer used his tenure as a pastor during World War II to speak against Hitler's euthanasia and extermination practices against the Jews. He came to the U.S. to be educated, but he did not like the lack of discipline that was inherent in the American education system.
He went back to Germany, realizing that God had called him to make a difference. However, during that time, he was known as the face of the German opposition to Hitler during Hitler's reign in the country. Shortly before the fall of the Nazi regime, he was arrested because of his association with various individuals.
Just moments before the Nazi regime was toppled, they hung him totally bare, with a piano string. He chose to resist evil, but he was also choosing to resist knowing that he could pay a price.
Severity of consequences keeps many people from taking a strong stand. Therefore, they don't resist what is against God’s Word and they become passive; they just let evil run rampant. Christians have resisted evil governments all through the centuries. Because they chose to resist, they paid the ultimate sacrifice.
You need to realize that when you stand against wrong, you could pay a price. I met a pastor years ago in the first prayer and fasting conference that Bill Bright called together in Orlando, Florida. There were about 200 of us from across the country. One such man was a Colombian pastor who said, “When I go back, there's a chance that I will be assassinated. There have already been several attempts on my life by the drug cartels. I have been warned that they would kill me and my family if I kept preaching against the cartels and preaching against drug use.” Sadly, he went back, and he was assassinated! Stories like that grab hold of our lives.
If we are going to resist wrong, we must be ready to face the serious consequences. Jesus died on the cross to resist evil, resist sin, and He was willing to pay the price. Even though Jesus was perfect and sinless, He took all of your sin and my sin and put it all on Himself. In the same way, we need to have the boldness to follow in His footsteps.
Are you willing to lay down your life for the sake of the Gospel? Are you ready to surrender your life to Christ to fight against the evil in this world?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor during World War II, who was raised in a family with strong ethical values. Dietrich Bonhoeffer used his tenure as a pastor during World War II to speak against Hitler's euthanasia and extermination practices against the Jews. He came to the U.S. to be educated, but he did not like the lack of discipline that was inherent in the American education system.
He went back to Germany, realizing that God had called him to make a difference. However, during that time, he was known as the face of the German opposition to Hitler during Hitler's reign in the country. Shortly before the fall of the Nazi regime, he was arrested because of his association with various individuals.
Just moments before the Nazi regime was toppled, they hung him totally bare, with a piano string. He chose to resist evil, but he was also choosing to resist knowing that he could pay a price.
Severity of consequences keeps many people from taking a strong stand. Therefore, they don't resist what is against God’s Word and they become passive; they just let evil run rampant. Christians have resisted evil governments all through the centuries. Because they chose to resist, they paid the ultimate sacrifice.
You need to realize that when you stand against wrong, you could pay a price. I met a pastor years ago in the first prayer and fasting conference that Bill Bright called together in Orlando, Florida. There were about 200 of us from across the country. One such man was a Colombian pastor who said, “When I go back, there's a chance that I will be assassinated. There have already been several attempts on my life by the drug cartels. I have been warned that they would kill me and my family if I kept preaching against the cartels and preaching against drug use.” Sadly, he went back, and he was assassinated! Stories like that grab hold of our lives.
If we are going to resist wrong, we must be ready to face the serious consequences. Jesus died on the cross to resist evil, resist sin, and He was willing to pay the price. Even though Jesus was perfect and sinless, He took all of your sin and my sin and put it all on Himself. In the same way, we need to have the boldness to follow in His footsteps.
Are you willing to lay down your life for the sake of the Gospel? Are you ready to surrender your life to Christ to fight against the evil in this world?
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I know it is very hard to stand up against evil every day. They make people believe that the drug world is okay. And they are the most helpful people around. I stay firm in my faith in Jesus, and I am labeled as unaccepting of every one .That I don't let people live the way they want to
My prayers are for you Betty keep strong in your faith for Jesus, I know you will. 👍🙏
nToo many people treat their doctors as if they were God. They do whatever their doctors tell them to do including taking all the drugs prescribed when they're not necessary. Drugs and doctors do not heal you, only God heals you. People are so brainwashed they think what I just said is a radical statement. The holy spirit will advise you on what you need to do when you need to do it and who you need to see for help with your healing. But you must start THINKING and have a relationship with Jesus and you must have faith in order to reap the fruits that God provides for His children. Sometimes we must suffer in our healing and at other times we do not heal quickly and still other times there are people that don't heal and die from their illness. When you live in God's will and have a relationship with Jesus no matter how you heal or die it is in the truth and the light of Jesus and God's will for you. If you live for others you will die in your sin, if you live for Jesus you will have life forever.