The Gates of Hell Can Not Prevail Against Us!
Unfortunately most of the mainstream media today is
secular and liberal, often antagonistic toward Jesus and His followers and
delighting in the cynical and base.
I believe there is a strong majority of Americans who, even
if they do not follow Christ, are sympathetic to His followers and see wisdom
and value in His teachings. They understand our history as a Christian nation.
We serve a risen Savior and His word has not changed. To
effectively engage our culture and impact it for Christ we must be grounded in
God’s word and centered in His will through Jesus. Then our writing, speaking,
relationships etc, will reflect God's perspective and help our society make
sense of contemporary issues.
Darwinism, for example, should never have been allowed to
rock the Church the way it did. The fact that a weak theory put forth by a
mortal being caused Christians to doubt God and His word speaks of a Church not
grounded in the Word, not convinced of Jesus’s claims and not willing to step
out of its comfort zone to draw a line in the sand.
In Matthew 16, Jesus asked His disciples who He was. Peter
answered that He was the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Then Jesus
answered, “And I tell you that you are Peter, and
on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will
not overcome it.”
Gates don’t advance. They may swing but they can’t march! If
the gates of Hell can’t overcome the Church, Jesus must have intended for us to
advance against them, against Hell and all that generates from it and the
devil. Spending time every day in His word and listening to Him will give us
the courage to storm the gates of Hell and turn our nation around!
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