Enduring Hardness

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Christianity, Business, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Non-profit, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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No one can stand against spiritual opposition in their own power. We need grace! But the first step to enduring hardness is to learn to be hard on yourself. Our hardest battle is against our own flesh. Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0	There has always been a battle between light and darkness.
0:10.0	Satan hates God and fights against his work.
0:13.0	It is vital that God's people recognize their place in this conflict
0:18.0	and are equipped for spiritual warfare in our day. Let's join Scott Pauli now as we
0:23.6	open God's word and prepare for the front lines. What does it mean to be a good soldier of Jesus Christ? We are talking about 2 Timothy
0:41.4	2nd Timothy 2, verse 3, where the Bible says, thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of
0:47.1	Jesus Christ. I tell you, we like God's goodness, don't we? But we don't like so much the difficulties.
0:53.6	We love the blessings, but we're not so keen on
0:56.5	the battles. And yet, if you're going to be a good soldier of Jesus Christ, you can't just pull up to the
1:01.3	table and enjoy all of the king's gifts to you and then think that you're never going to have any conflict.
1:09.3	That's not the Christian faith that is found in Scripture.
1:13.1	It certainly is not what the Lord Jesus Christ modeled for us.
1:16.5	It is not the experience of the early believers,
1:20.1	and it is not the reality for a true follower of Jesus Christ.
1:25.1	Listen to the wording again,
1:26.4	thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus
1:32.0	Christ. And we've discussed already that we begin by enlisting in the Lord's army. I hope you know
1:37.9	you're in the Lord's army. You've got to pick aside. There are no double agents in this battle. No,
1:43.2	you must you must enlist to be a true follower of
1:46.6	jesus christ that happens on the day you receive the lord jesus as your personal savior and put your
1:52.2	faith in him and so we begin with enlisting and then we move from enlisting to equipping we must be
1:59.6	equipped uh we must have something developed in us.
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