Band of Brothers - Why We Fight

SIAFU Mens Conference, Band of Brothers: Why We Fight Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis, p. 23

English Standard Version The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. New American Standard Bible "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. King James Bible The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Holman Christian Standard Bible A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

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As a band of brothers in spiritual warfare, we know the reasons why we fight . . .

• For the sake of Jesus Christ • To rescue those who are oppressed by the enemy • To gain the reward of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus

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Why We Fight To Gain the Reward of the Upward Call of God In Christ Jesus

2 Timothy 4:7-8 – I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. Philippians 3:12-16 – Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on