Welcome to the Daily Blade . The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit , the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil . Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson , and they stand ready to equip men for the fight . Let's sharpen up .
Speaker 2Welcome to a new week of the Daily Blade , so happy to have you guys here . So I've told people before that I'm essentially a walking billboard for four things One , the gospel of Jesus Christ , two , jiu-jitsu . Three , eating meat . And four , christian metal . Okay , so a couple of weeks ago , like any normal well-adjusted Christian man , I was listening to some very loud , screamy , angry Jesus music . Then I got on a little bit of an old school kick so I landed on an album that was put out by a Christian metal band on the metal label Solid State Records back in 2003 . It was the album Failure On by a band called Beloved . So it was the band's only full-length album that they released on a major Christian label , and then the band essentially disappeared . You know they popped their heads above water with an EP and a few performances here and there , but for all intents and purposes , their 2003 album was the only art that that band left for humanity .
Speaker 2So I'm listening to this album , enjoying it , feeling overwhelming nostalgia . I can literally see and smell my senior and high school self in my stinky bedroom listening to this album and trying my best to , you know , do a solo mosh pit , and then I get to track four called Death to Traitors . So this was a big time fan favorite because it had a very intense crowd participation line . So this band was unique because it had two vocalists . So the clean vocals were done by their front man and then their screaming vocals were actually done by their drummer . And about three minutes and 30 seconds into the song , all of the instruments except for one guitar cuts out and the drummer screams we were born for battle . Like I can't do it very good , he did it amazing . And all of you christian metal heads can hear it in your heads right now . And if you can't , that means you have terrible taste in music and you need to go listen to it right now . So , like any self-respecting human would do in an obligatory fashion , I scream that part along with the drummer and then continue banging my head , but for some reason that line kind of stuck with me for the rest of that day . So not like in a , you know , I just can't get this song out of my head kind of way , but you know just the line itself .
Speaker 2I was truly pondering it and because I'm constantly scanning the horizon for ideas for Undaunted Life podcast and for the Daily Blade , I began thinking about it in the context of Christian men and without bending my mind too much , I was just reminded that we as Christians , as men , were indeed born for battle . Now , you know , battle can take many forms , but we were born for battle nonetheless . So this week on the Daily Blade , I'm going to focus in on different parts of Scripture . That will help many of us remember that fact , regardless of if we act like it or not . So the first Scripture I'm going to cover is 1 Corinthians , 16 , 13 , and it's this be watchful , stand firm in the faith , act like men , be strong . Now we're running short on time and Jobie has a men's book coming out in the next few months . It's fantastic . I was able to read it about a month ago . It's called Stand Firm and Act Like Men . So I'm not going to try and take any of his thunder , but I do want to point out just a few things .
Speaker 2So this verse comes towards the end of the Apostle Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth . So the English Standard Version names this ending section of scripture final instructions . So in a letter that addresses , you know , different factions and immorality and the resurrection and other important topics , this section is his final salvo , if you will , to the members of this body of the body . So verse 13 is part of a concise call for these followers of Christ to be spiritually alert and to persevere . So again , 1 Corinthians 16 , 13 says be watchful , stand firm in the faith , act like men , be strong .
Speaker 2So let's actually break that down . Be watchful , so essentially , don't fall asleep while on watch . So remain awake and alert from a spiritual sense . So this is how you can prevent yourself from falling into sin or falling for false teaching . Stand firm in the faith . Basically , plant your feet firmly onto the foundation of the capital T truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ . Anything else will leave you , as Francis Schaeffer would say it , with your feet firmly planted in midair . Act like men , so conduct yourselves courageously , be brave , be mature . Don't become enamored with or attracted to every whim or dictate of culture or bad doctrine . And then be strong . So the verb here is actually passive , so it's saying that the strength comes from an external source . So for us as Christians , this means that we are to rely on God and the finished work of Jesus on the cross of Calvary . Come back tomorrow and we'll dig into another passage of scripture that tells us we were born for battle .
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