Holy Rebels

If you follow God in our culture today you are a rebel. It’s not about drugs and partying anymore -that’s the status quo. It’s not about doing what every one else does. It’s not about conforming to a preexisting culture that’s changing before our eyes,

It’s about being a world changer -someone who believes in the Bible and lives by what it says. Today if you want to be a rebel it’s about standing for good and standing for God, not the world. Not being a part of the evil chaotic values the world is trying to force on us.

Holy rebels are thermostats, not thermometers. A thermometer just tells you the temperature, but a thermostat changes it.

In Hebrews 11 tells us about the “Heroes of Faith.” Abel, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sara, Joseph, Moses, Rehab, Gideon, Samson, and David. These are remarkable men and women whose lives stand out and encourage and challenge our faith. They lived incredible lives and trusted God.

The world is engaging in a battle between good and evil, light and darkness and between the Lord of Hosts and the prince of darkness. The stakes of this spiritual war are the highest they have ever been.

So, like it or not, wanted or not, we are the objects of war and in a battle of our life. Many are overwhelmed by the forces of darkness. However, God is raising us up to be Holy Rebels. A group of believers that will stand up and answer the call to be thermostats. We need to become Holy Rebels to take a stand against satan’s schemes, not against people, but against “rulers, authorities, powers of darkness and forces of evil” (Ephesians 6:11).

Our dry bones need to come alive and become holy rebels in God’s army.

When God spoke to Jeremiah in 1:17-19 He said, the will fight against you, but will not overcome you, for I am with you.

Told the principalities and powers want believers to cower, and retreat and run away. But God is calling us to stand in the face of the enemy and trust Him. We need to hold our ground, a day may come when our courage may fail, but now is not the time.

When we feel surrounded, we can stand firm on the Word of the living God, and God will give us the victory.

“Don’t be afraid, Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again. The Lord will fight fir you, and you shall be still” Exodus 14:13-14

The message is clear today, If we do not stand firm in our faith, we will not stand at all. If we don’t take our stand in faith, we won’t have a leg to stand on.

The forces of darkness, waves of wickedness, and a flood of evil and impurity are raging in our world today. Satan is trying to bully God’s people because when we make our stans against the kingdom of darkness, all hell turns loose against us.

But God’s Word is true,

“No weapon that is formed against you will prevail, and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants, and their righteousness is of Me” says the Lord. – Isaiah 54:17

When we make our stand on the Word of God, Satan will attack, but God will use those who prevail to change the world.

We may be overwhelmed but we will not be out faithed