Introduction
Fight! You must. It is taking part in a violent struggle by exchanging blows or using weapons. An enemy, in most cases attacks first, you must retaliate to finish in victory. There are bad fights, and these lead to nowhere, for they tend toward distractions. There are good fights, and these lead to somewhere, for they tend towards sharpened focus. As a Christian, have you been fighting the good fight?
Main Points: 1 Timothy 6:12
- Fight the good fight of faith: Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, where unto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses 1 Timothy 6:12 . You see, life is not fair; it does not give us what we deserve. Rather, life gives us what we demand by faith Matthew 11:12 .
- Spiritual equipment for the fight: In other to reach the promised land, there are giants lying in wait Deuteronomy 2:24 . As such, we need to be spiritually equipped to fight. There will always be viruses attacking us and even though they come like a flood, God will lift up a standard against it Isaiah 59:19 .
- Violent faith brings manifestation: Since every knee shall bow Philippians 2:10 , we need to engage in the power of violent faith to ensure that this statement is manifested through the challenges we encounter.
- Faith is a conquering force: Faith is not a religious theory. Faith is not a gentle touch but a violent force. Faith is a fight, and it is the master-key to a world of unlimited possibilities. It is taking full responsibility in light of God's word.
- Fearless and resolute faith: Violent faith is fearless and spiritually resolute because it is not a beggarly force; but rather a conquering force. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world Daniel 3:1-18 . It is faith that moves the hand of God to work on our behalf and makes us conquer Romans 8:37 .
- Faith in action: Faith is not a dormant force it is a violent force Mark 2:1-12 . Daniel did not beg when he was thrown into the lion's den because he had tremendous faith in God Daniel 6:3-22 . To deactivate the works of the enemy, we need faith.
- Crossing our Red Sea: We need violent faith because there is always a 'Red Sea' to cross before we get to our promised land, and we need violent faith to get across Exodus 13:17-18 ; Isaiah 30:21 . Every challenge we face builds us up for the next level of our breakthrough.
Memory Verse
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen— Hebrews 11:1
Violent faith is the fight! If you do not have the substance (assurance, firm foundation, resolute trust) of things you hope for, and evidence of things not seen (the available body of spiritual facts or information indicating an event or thing will emerge in the physical and or spiritual), then you are not a fighter; merely a spectator.