Band of Brothers - Why We Fight

SIAFU Mens Conference, Band of Brothers: Why We Fight Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis, p. 24

toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. 16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

Luke 16:16 – “The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.”

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 – For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

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III. To Gain the Reward

In the movie Chariots of Fire, young Harold Abrahams, a champion sprinter, had just suffered his first-ever defeat. After the race he sat alone, pouting in the bleachers. When his girlfriend tried to encourage him, he bellowed, "If I can't win, I won't run!" To which she wisely replied, "If you don't run, you can't win." Abrahams went on to win the 1924 Olympic Gold Medal in the hundred-meter dash.

A. W HAT ’ S UP ? We joined the fight not just to play around, but in order to gain the prize!, 1 Cor. 9.23-27

1. The prize of the upward call in Christ Jesus, Phil. 3.12-14

2. The prize of pleasing the one who enlisted us, 2 Tim. 2.4; 2 Cor. 5.9; 1 Thess. 4.1; Col. 1.9-10

3. The prize of the crowns given by our Lord: incorruptible, of righteousness, and victor’s, 1 Cor. 9.23-27; 2 Tim. 4.8; 1 John 5.3-4