Steadfast

1 Cor 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord”

Jesus Christ demands that christians be steadfast.

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Jesus Christ demands that Christians be steadfast.

1 Tim 6:12 “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses”

Rev 2:14-15 “But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a…

Rev 2:14-15 …stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the…

Rev 2:14-15 …doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate”

Rev 2:20 “Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols”

1 Cor 5:1-2 “It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's…

1 Cor 5:1-2 …wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

2 John 1:9-11 “Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son…

2 John 1:9-11 …If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds”

Examples of God’s people being steadfast.

Mark 6:17-20 “For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. For John…

Mark 6:17-20 …had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him…

Mark 6:17-20 …but she could not: For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly”

Acts 2:36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ”

Acts 5:39-42 “But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they…

Acts 5:39-42 …commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy…

Acts 5:39-42 …to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ”

Acts 7:51-54 “Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And…

Acts 7:51-54 …they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Who have received the law by the disposition of angels…

Acts 7:51-54 …and have not kept it. When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth”

Acts 8:4 “Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word”

Acts 19:8 “And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.”

Rom 16:17 “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them”

1 Tim 6:12 “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses”

2 Tim 2:3 “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ”

Heb 1:8-9 “But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved…

Heb 1:8-9 …righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows”

Satan is steadfast!

1 Pet 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour”

2 Cor 11:13-15 “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an…

2 Cor 11:13-15 …angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works”

Luke 22:31 “And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat”

Rom 1:29-32 “Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit…

Rom 1:29-32 …malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding…

Rom 1:29-32 …covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things…

Rom 1:29-32 …are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them”

Rev 2:13 “I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith…

Rev 2:13 …even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth”

Eph 4:27 “Neither give place to the devil”

Be vigilant and resist strongly

Luke 16:10 “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much”

1 Pet 5:8-9 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith…

1 Pet 5:8-9 …knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world”

James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”

1 Pet 5:9 “Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world”

Stedfast = Grk Lex hedraios {hed-rah'- yos} firm, immovable, steadfast

1 Tim 6:12 “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses”

Rom 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”

Acts 3:19 “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord”

Phil 2:11 “And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”

Gal 3:27 “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ”

Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost”

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