When we walk in Holiness, we will not fear what man can do to us!
It is written by THE SPIRIT in Psalm chapter 56:
1 Lord, show me Your kindness and mercy, for these men oppose and oppress me all day long.
2 Not a day goes by without somebody harassing me. So many in their pride trample me under their feet.
3 But in the day that I’m afraid, I lay all my fears before You and trust in You with all my heart.
4 What harm could a man bring to me? With God on my side, I will not be afraid of what comes. The roaring praises of God fill my heart as I trust His promises.
5 Day after day cruel critics distort my words; constantly they plot my collapse.
6 They lurk in the dark, waiting, spying on my movements in secret to take me by surprise, ready to take my life.
7 They don’t deserve to get away with this! Look at their wickedness, their injustice, Lord. In your fierce anger cast them down to defeat.
8 You’ve kept track of all my wandering and my weeping. You’ve stored my many tears in your bottle—not one will be lost. For they are all recorded in Your Book of remembrance.
9 The very moment I call to you for a father’s help the tide of battle turns and my enemies flee. This one thing I know: God is on my side!
10 I trust in the Lord. And I praise Him! I trust in the Word of God. And I praise Him!
11 What harm could man do to me? With God on my side, I will not be afraid of what comes. My heart overflows with praise to God and for His promises. I will always trust in Him.
And in Psalm chapter 118:
6 Now I know, Lord, that You are for me, and I will never fear what man can do to me.
7 For You stand beside me as My Hero Who rescues me. I’ve seen with my own eyes the defeat of my enemies. I’ve triumphed over them all!
8 Lord, it is so much better to trust in You to save me than to put my confidence in someone else.
9 Yes, it is so much better to trust in the Lord to save me than to put my confidence in celebrities.
10 Once I was hemmed in and surrounded by those who don’t Love You. But by YAHWEH’s supernatural power I overcame them all!
Is Our Heavenly Father any different today than before? Not one iota! Jesus instructed Peter and the other disciples for forty days concerning the Kingdom of God as well as the anticipated empowering of The Holy Spirit.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 4:
13 Now when they (the Sanhedrin) saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.
14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
16 saying, “What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this Name.”
18 So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the Name of Jesus.
The true church of Jesus Christ is quickly moving toward a confrontation with the adversary’s minions. Will you cower down into submission or will you walk in the same boldness of Peter, John, and Paul?
Since WWII, the church has coexisted with the opposition without significant challenges. However, the opposition has taken over many aspects of society today in a very subtle fashion. By and large, it started in the schools when The Lord’s Prayer was removed. Once kids no longer kept The Lord God Almighty at the forefront of their consciousness on a daily basis, many kids focused on what the world system was offering. Accountability to GOD was no longer a priority for those kids who had no spiritual leader at home.
Now, schools have restricted entry, bullet-resistant windows, metal detectors, and additional police presence. Holiness is no longer promoted in schools.
Jesus spoke in Luke 11:
1 Now it came to pass, as Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your Name.
Your Kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in Heaven.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.”
The word hallowed means: holy; to render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow; to separate from profane things and dedicate to God; consecrate things to God; dedicate people to God.
When those kids prayed, they acknowledged the Holiness of Our Heavenly Father every school day. Little by little, they became accountable for their actions.