THE GIANT CONFRONTING TODAY'S CHRISTIANS

STAND TO DEFEAT THEM AS THEY COME

I n this last days,if you must overcome as a believer,you must rise against these giants and remain steadfast to the end.

Here we I shall spell out the giants:
G  - GREED.
I   -  IMMORALITY.
A  - ANGER.
N  - NEGLIGENCE.
T  - TONGUE.


GREED

'' He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,
But he who hates bribes will live. Proverbs 15:27

'' But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.''1Timothy 6:9-10

The world measures you by your riches and popularity and many believers are cought up in this web.  The passionate search for wealth and more riches has left many believers' faith in the muddy waters.
And the preaching well centred on wealth and riches has also done more harm than good to the once steadfast christian.
In the process of acquiring much by all means,they have pierce themselves with hot Iron.And the damage sometime very difficult to undo.

 "So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.'' Exodus 23:25-26.

"Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock.And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you.''Deuteronomy 7:12-15

The Lord's promise to bless His people is very sure and unfailing.All the beliver has to do is to be diligent with what so ever his/her hands finds to do,and the blessing and increase from the Lord follows.But when the believer pursue riches by all means,on his/her return,not without scars on his/her spiritual body.To all His children,His blessings are in complete package.

THE LORD'S COUNSEL TO ALL HIS OWN

''But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.''1TIMOTHY 6:11-12

''And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."Luke 12:15 

Your decision to stand and remain steadfast will depend much on your inner strength and your total and complete reliance on the Lord and His word.Your daily unsevered connection and relationship with the Savior remains your greatest advantage.

IMMORALITY

''Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.''2Timothy 2:22. 

''Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.1Corinthians 6:18-20.

  One of the most effective and successful weapons of the devil is immorality.And he has truly maximise it uses at this endtime.
The advent of the internet has increase the burden of immorality on every christian who has not placed a permanent guard on his/her heart.His/her heart will be the battle groud for the naked pictures that flys across the web,our work places and our streets.If that heart has not been taken to calvary for a total and a complete purging,cleansing and entirely sanctified for a daily walk with the Lord,it will be a tall order.Without a consistent subjecting of the heart to the Holy Spirit scrutiny,living victoriously will be very be difficult.

ANGER

''Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.'' Ecclesiastes. 7:9

Eccl 7:9
9 Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools. 

''A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
And a man of wicked intentions is hated.'' Prov 14:17-18

''Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go, 
 Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.'' Prov 22:24-25

Moses almost missed it,he saw the promise land but was not permitted to have access.Though he made it to heaven.Are you a christian,but not free from anger?In fact,when yours begin to rage,it has the tendency of consuming every one around,and has gradually become your trade mark.It is time to take it to calvary. 
 If the bible call them foolish,and foolishness is not of God.Then some thing must be done about it.

NEGLIGENT 

''My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him and burn incense." 2Chronicles 29:11.

Many like Jonah,are in constant dodging and making of excuses to the Lord at these last days.They some times hide their identity and even hide their bible and deny Christ at the critical hour.

Stand for the Lord any where,every where and do His service,bear His name across the land.Be deligent to serve Him also in His vineyard.Do not be negligent to answer His call when the oppotunity beckons.

TONGUE 

James 3:1-13

 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. 2 For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. 4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.

See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.  

  Have you ever heard a christian talking and you began to question why should he/she be talking like that.The use of His tongue was not glorifying at all,not even to the Almighty God.

 The easiest way to score a christian and to descern the content of His heart,is through his/her tongue.

Take it to calvary,if your tongue do not measure up,He can work on it and perfect it for the use to promote His kingdom,drawing many to the Lord,edifying believers and glorifying God.

May your tongue fulfill His purpose.Amen.