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First things First

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🛡️ First Things First: The Fight of Faith

“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.” — Proverbs 25:2 “Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven…” — Matthew 13:10–11

📖 Daily Discipline

  • Force yourself to read the Bible each day to some degree.
  • Matthew 11:12 KJV: “The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.”

🌿 What Is the Kingdom of God?

  • Right standing with God, joy, and peace in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17).
  • Its absence leads to mental torment, referred to as Hell or the presence of the Devil and His Angels, Matt 25:41.
  • Exposure to their Spiritual presence is the discipline for ungodly behavior.
  • Christians are delivered into that Spiritual prison until they deny ungodliness, Matt 5:26, and Luke 12:59.
  • This is the Grace of God teaching us to deny ungodliness, Titus 2:11-12.

✝️ Christianity Is Simple

  • Jesus said: “Fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7).
  • Faith is the conduit through which God teaches people to deny ungodly behavior and become acceptable to Him.
  • As the Creator and Judge, He must remain true, and He will conform us to be like Him. We will be made to resemble His nature if we continue in faith.
  • 2Co 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

⚔️ The Battle of Armageddon

  • The struggle to maintain faith in Jesus.
  • Repeated throughout the Bible in different forms.
  • All parables tell this story in a veiled way — discovered through 40 years of study.
  • Romans 10:17: “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
  • Contrary to popular belief, I find that the Bible teaches that non-existence is the end result of an unbelieving life.
  • Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not “perish”, but have everlasting life.
  • One important thing to understand is that unbelievers will never comprehend this. Throughout their lives, they will think that believers are caught up in a fantasy.
  • They will spend their entire lives as unbelievers and eventually cease to exist, never having understood that they could have had life eternal, Matt 13:11-12.

🧠 Willful Hypnotism & Mind Renewal

  • Every religion advocates the Bible and Jesus to some degree.
  • Assume the Bible is right — God will prove it to you.
  • This seems like willful hypnotism — and it is.
  • As one determines to prove it, God confirms its truth.
  • Our Minds are renewed by the word of God (Ephesians 5:26).
  • 2 Corinthians 10:5: “Take every thought captive.”

🚪 Jesus Is the Way

  • John 14:6: “I am the Way.”
  • If it were not true, it would be unreasonable — but it is true and provable through persistence.

🔁 The Repeated Story

  • The Bible tells the same story over and over:
    • The Battle of Armageddon
    • The Day of the Lord
  • A person struggles to keep faith through divine discipline.
  • God teaches them through circumstances to deny ungodliness (Titus 2:11–12).

🎯 The End/Goal of Life

  • Matthew 24:3: This is the purpose — the End/Goal.
  • It requires forceful people to take the kingdom of God.
  • God allows us to fight evil spirits to hold on to faith and develop strength.

💪 Persist Through Temptation

  • Resist depression and rebellion toward God.
  • Over time, you realize it is all real.
  • Jesus Christ is helping in the struggle to maintain faith.
  • 2 Timothy 4:7: “Fight the good fight.”

🕊️ God Wants to Care for You Forever

  • Do you want this enough to fight for it?

🏆 Faith Overcomes the World

  • 1 John 5:4–5: “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
  • John 7:16–17: “My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me…”
  • Jesus summarized these concepts with one sentence in Jn 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

📅 Final Encouragement

  • Determine that whatever happens, you will read the Bible for a period of time each day.
  • God will do the rest.