Last time we looked at how non-Christians fight for faith.

We Christians also fight for faith.

We fight for faith because the world and the flesh and the devil conspire to spiritually

deaden us.

They come at us with sleeping pills, with tranquilizers of relaxation, with the offer

of a life filled by the hypnotic trance of digital amusements.

And what Jesus wants us to see is that faith and hope and love are the antidotes to the

sop horrific effects of the world always trying to get you to go to sleep.

So how do we stay awake?

And how do we fight to stay awake in the entertainment age that we live in?

Here's Pastor John.

Preaching in 2005 at an outdoor venue, a conference maybe, I'm not sure the context, but you will

hear the wind noise at times.

Here now is Pastor John to explain.

Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

Today is the 80th birthday of Dan Fuller, which doesn't mean anything to most of you,

but means a great deal to me.

As Dan Fuller was for me in 1968, 69, 70, and 71, God's instrument for turning my world

upside down and opening my eyes to the scriptures and the glory of God.

So I got on the email yesterday and I wrote him a long letter of appreciation and gratitude

and among the other things that I said, I said, Dan, salvation is closer to you now than

it was the day you believed.

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