Contend to the End!

 

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v1… I want you to know how hard I am contending for you

 

GK = Ag-own A spectacle in THEE arena. THE ROMAN ARENA… YOU KNEW ONLY ONE WOULD WALK OUT ALIVE… IT MIGHT BE A GLADIATOR, A LION, ANOTHER PERSON… 

This word carries 5 motifs behind it:

• 1 It is a fight that demands the expenditure of all of our energies

- 2 GK = Ag-own The struggle means denial

 

 - 3 GK - The word understands an antagonist 

an enemy, a struggle, a fight, dangers, catastrophes, obstacles…

 

REMEMBER THE GK WORD IS AG-OWN… as in

AGONY. 

 

Have you ever been told or heard the lie “if you accept Jesus all your problems go away and he makes everything better”.

No he does not take away all your problems and life does not get better in the sense that there are no more battles to be fought in your life! 

 

If you contend for someone… you are understanding that you are choosing to take on an antagonist, a well known enemy called satan. 

 

However you are not on your own when you contend. 

Col. 2: 13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

 

He makes a public spectacle of them… to expose and disgrace. Ever stand up to give a speech and your zipper is down… well its this times 10K.

 

We will contend and in fact when taking on the enemy we will expose him and what Christ has done on the cross… in order to humiliate satan and the forces of evil. 

 

 - 4 AG OWN - MARTYRDOM 

Faithful to commit it all… I will choose to lay down my life for someone else as I contend for them. 

 

You know many times gladiators fought for their freedom, rare they would also fight for someone else’s freedom. Much like today, rare for those of us who call ourselves Christ followers do we contend or fight for others…

 

on a side note, back in the days of Rome, women fantasized about marrying a gladiator… they were proven. And if they were willing to fight for someone else’s freedom… they were the most revered, wanted and sexy men alive to women…. just a side note. But again, I have always said “the most sexy man alive is the one who can hear Gods voice, obey it and lead his family in the present evil age.”

 

I have good news and bad news…

BAD NEWS: supreme resistance is not fighting until you win… its fighting until you die.

GOOD NEWS: When we die in Christ, we live and we win.

So today, take time to contend for a brother or a sister in Christ who is in need… or for your pastor - life as a pastor in todays world is harder than ever.