Are you content to just win or run up the score???
In Matthew 16 after Peter responded that Jesus was the Christ, Jesus made the declaration, "upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hell will not overpower it"
Hell cannot hold back the church. The church is not a building or creed or program but a movement of people who are passionately following Christ.
As believers we give hell and the devil way to much credit. Jesus likened Hell to a gate. A gate that was powerless to contain the movement of the Gospel. It cannot contain it. Also, gates are defensive not offensive. Designed to guard or protect. They never attack. Hell is always on defense, while the church is always on offensive. Aggresively carrying the light of the Gospel into the darkness. Hell's only hope is that the church quits playing offensive.
The good news is that victory is guaranteed. Christ has already won the victory. We win in the end. The kingdom of darkness is on continual defense while the church is on perpetual offense.
The question then is not will we win, but rather by how much??? How big of a dent in the gates of Hell will we make? Will we run up the score??? Forcefully advancing the Gospel without growing satisfied?
Every one of us as believers make a choice. To win or win big. Every church must make a choice, to win or win big. Resist the temptation to just win, keep pressing full court and win big...in your life, in your ministry, in your community.
Personally, I don't want to just win...I want to keep running up the score!!!
Blessings,
Darren
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