John 8:31-32: “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
We are privileged to live in a nation that has more freedoms than most other nations. However, these freedoms are being seriously threatened and many have already been taken away. Many of our founding fathers were well educated in the Scriptures by God-fearing parents and for this reason we have founding documents that provide liberty and freedom for all.
Sadly today, most Christian parents know very little of God’s truth. Truth is the foundation of freedom, but it is only comprehended truth that sets us free. If parents are not familiar with truth, the children will be less familiar.
Children today know all about the latest movies, music, sports and electronic devices. They know what their public school teachers teach them and yet they know precious little of the only truth that is able to set them free.
Truth has been fought for in the past and must be fought for again. Yet, it’s hard to fight for something you know little about. Men, above all things, get acquainted with the truth, for your family’s sake and the nation!
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
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“Truth falls in the street and equity cannot enter” (Isaiah 59:14).
Isaiah 59:14, 15 is a picture of our nation today: “And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment"
Without question, fathers are the most responsible for the biblical instruction of their children. In fact, fathers are not only COMMANDED but ORDAINED of God to instruct their children in biblical truth.
Colossians 3:23-24 says: “Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
What a testimony it would be for Christ if Christian men were the most enthusiastic workers in the nation’s work force? I could not, in the slightest way, imagine Jesus Christ doing the work God gave Him to do with a grudging attitude.
Men, I believe it is manly to not only start something, but more importantly, to finish it!
1 Corinthians 9:24 says: “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice. It is conformity.”
I believe that most men respect the manly virtue of having backbone for it speaks of the ability to stand up in the face of opposition. A man may appear strong physically but if his spine is injured, he is still a weak man. There is something wrong when a man speaks the truth but backs down when he is opposed by friends or foes. He reveals that he is a pushover.
Who can tolerate spineless men?
When the leadership of a nation is corrupt, how can God prosper it?
These are men who are worthy of being imitated. Jesus Christ was, and still is, forever the perfect man, who is infinitely more worthy to be followed and imitated than all other men.
This nation needs men who will not compromise their moral values, even under extreme pressure. It needs men who will not compromise truth, even if it financially advantages them to do so. Some men will say anything to get what they want, whether it be in marriage, promotion, election to public office, or even government hand-outs. The list is never ending.
God is looking for men who will not compromise, no matter what! Uncompromising men are few and far between, but thank God, there are some.
One of the greatest acts of courage in the Bible (and of course there are many) was displayed by Jonathan, King Saul's son in 1 Samuel, chapters 13-14. In 1 Samuel 13:5-7 we read, "And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horseman, and the people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude . . . When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits."
Men, if we are going to be men of courage, we must speak up for what's right when the opportunity presents itself. If you have got any truth in you, for goodness’ sake, SAY IT! Do not hide truth behind closed doors.
“Where lies the strength of a people? Not in its arsenals, not in its army or navy, but in its men. The supreme need of a people is something higher than the making of wealth; it is the making of men. The highest of all social necessities is the making of new men, possible only by the preaching and the teaching of the gospel of Christ.”
Where, oh, where are the true fathers? Oh, how the world is desperate for men to take up the mantle of biblical fatherhood.