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The fact is, men do not accept Jesus Christ, (at least in his War is declared! In God’s Holy Name let us arise and
totality), because they know in their hearts that they would build! ‘The God of Heaven, He will fight for us’, as we for
therefore have to answer…they would have to undergo a radical Him. We will not build on the sand, but on the bedrock of
transformation of lifestyle! And they simply do not wish to do the sayings of Christ, and the gates and minions of hell
any such thing. shall not prevail against us. Should such men, as we fear?
Before the world, aye, before the sleepy, lukewarm,
“The Best training for a soldier of Christ is not merely a faithless, namby-pamby Christian world, we will dare to
theological college. They always seem to turn out trust our God, we will venture our all for Him, we will live
sausages at varying lengths, tied at each end, without the and we will die for Him, and we do it with His joy
glorious freedom of a Christian ought to abound and unspeakable singing aloud in our hearts. We will a
rejoice in. You see, when in hand conflict with the world thousand times sooner die trusting only our God, than
and the devil, neat little biblical confectionary is like live trusting in man. And when we come to this position
shooting lions with a pea-shooter: one needs a man who the battle is already won, and the end of the glorious
will let himself go and deliver blows right and left as hard campaign in sight. We will have the real Holiness of God,
as he can hit, trusting in the Holy Ghost. Its experience, not the sickly stuff of talk and dainty words and pretty
not preaching that hurts the devil and confounds the thoughts: we will have a Masculine Holiness, one of
world. The training is not that of the schools but of the daring faith and works for Jesus Christ.” CT Studd
market: it’s the hot, free heart and not the balanced head
that knocks the devil out. Nothing but forked-lightning
Christians will count. A lost reputation is the best degree
for Christ’s service. It is not so much the degree of arts
that is needed, but that of hearts, loyal and true, that
love not their lives to the death: large and loving hearts
which seek to save the lost multitudes, rather than guard
the ninety-nine-well-fed sheep in the British pen.
Too long have we been waiting for one another to begin!
The time of waiting is past! The hour of God has struck!

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