…and having done all, to stand.

Ephesians 6:13

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Ephesians 6:10-20

Dudley Tyng preached at a Philadelphia rally on March 30, 1858. Looking over the crowd, he declared, “I would rather this right arm were amputated than that I should come short of my duty to you in delivering God’s message.” Over a thousand men were converted that day. Two weeks later Dudley was visiting the countryside, watching a corn-thrasher. His sleeve got caught, and his arm was torn from his shoulder. When it appeared he was dying, Dudley told his father: “Stand up for Jesus, father; and tell my brethren of the ministry to stand up for Jesus.”

George Duffield, a fellow pastor, was deeply stirred at Dudley’s funeral. The following Sunday he preached from Ephesians 6 about standing firm for Christ. He read a hymn he had written, inspired by Dudley’s words. It said: “Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross.”

God needs people in every era who will stand up for Him. The times are never easy, and sometimes we pay a price when we take a stand. But we are soldiers of the cross. Now is the time for the Church to stand up for its faith.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, stand in His strength alone.

George Duffield, in the hymn, “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus”

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Joshua 11 – 13

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