For Those With Ears to Hear

Let’s kill a myth.
“The world’s just getting worse, and there’s nothing we can do about it.”

False.
That’s not surrender.
That’s spiritual laziness with a halo slapped on top.

Jesus didn’t say the Church would barely survive.
He said we’d overcome.

“I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
— Matthew 16:18

Now read that again.

Gates. Don’t. Attack.
They’re defensive.

If the gates of hell are still standing.
It’s not because they’re strong.
It’s because we’re not kicking.

The Church was never meant to play defense.
We were built to invade.

“You are the light of the world.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”
— Matthew 5:14

The light doesn’t run from the darkness.
It conquers it.

So what happened?

We stopped fighting.
We started waiting.
We traded the sword of the Spirit for a bag of popcorn and started watching the end-times unfold like a Netflix series.

Meanwhile…

False religions flourish.
Political wickedness spreads.
Sexual immorality parades in the streets.
And the people of God whisper in the shadows.

“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
— James 4:7

But you can’t resist anything if you’re spiritually asleep with one foot in the world.

The Church isn’t losing because Satan is strong.
The Church is losing because it forgot it’s at war.

You don’t have to fix the whole world.
But you do have to stand your ground.
Raise your voice.
Preach the truth.
Live it loud.
And kick the gates down wherever they’re standing.

The Gospel doesn’t retreat.
The Kingdom doesn’t stall.
And the King doesn’t lose.

So Church…
Start kicking.