We are in the midst of a series called ALL IN. We are exploring what it means to live a life that is sold out to God. Full abandonment. Full surrender. Going All In. We are not trying to create a cookie cutter Christian because going ALL IN will look differently for each person, however, there are some basic truths that we can all grab a hold of.
We are using a set of questions to help us define the idea of going ALL IN.
Today’s question is: Am I living by faith in what God can do, or in fear of what I might lose? The title of today’s message is PLAYING OFFENSE. A lot of Christians play defense instead of going on the offense. They circle the wagons to keep the devil out instead of fully engaging the culture and taking the fight to the enemy’s camp.
A sports team can have good defensive players and have a great defensive strategy but if they don’t have a strong offense they aren’t going to win any games. God didn’t put us on the earth to play it safe but to be dangerous. To take ground. To advance the ball downfield. To attack the gates of hell. To take risks.
The Christian life is not a spectator sport. Actually, We have been born on a battle field right in the middle of a cosmic war. A war between good and evil and evil advances when good people do nothing. There are those who are satisfied sitting on the sidelines and there are those ready to charge the gates of hell and take back what the enemy has stolen from us.