How Should Christians Respond When Their Families and Communities Are Under Persistent Attack?
1) Direct answer
Stand first in the Spirit, not in anger. Bring your home under the Blood of Jesus, pray and fast, keep the Word on your lips, love your enemies, and refuse vengeance. Be sober, be watchful, and use rightful, lawful means to protect the vulnerable, but do not answer evil with evil. Keep the fellowship strong, teach your children, and let the life of Christ be openly displayed in your house.
2) Scriptural explanation
- Our battle is spiritual: “We wrestle not against flesh and blood” (Ephesians 6:12). Therefore, “Put on the whole armor of God” and pray “with all perseverance” (Ephesians 6:10-18).
- Resist the devil: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee” (James 4:7).
- The standard against the flood: “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard” (Isaiah 59:19).
- Protection under the Blood: “When I see the blood, I will pass over you” (Exodus 12:13). We overcome “by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony” (Revelation 12:11).
- Prayer plus watchfulness: “We made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night” (Nehemiah 4:9). “Watch and pray” (Matthew 26:41).
- Love, not vengeance: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you” (Matthew 5:44). “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:21).
- God’s angelic protection: “The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him” (Psalm 34:7). “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper” (Isaiah 54:17).
- Lead your house: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:31). A man must “provide for his own” (1 Timothy 5:8), which includes wise care and protection.
- Lawful order: Authorities are “the minister of God…a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil” (Romans 13:1-4). Use right channels, not vigilante retaliation.
- Endure persecution: “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you… Rejoice” (Matthew 5:11-12). Do not forsake gathering (Hebrews 10:25). God is with you: “They that be with us are more than they that be with them” (2 Kings 6:16-17).
3) Simple clarifying logic
- The real enemy is Satan. If you fight people, you miss the root. Fight in prayer, faith, and the Word; then take calm, lawful, protective steps without hatred.
- God honors the Token—Christ’s life in you on display. Keep your home under the Blood by repentance, forgiveness, and obedience. Darkness can’t cross that line.
- Prayer without watchfulness is presumption; watchfulness without prayer is unbelief. Nehemiah shows both—pray and set a watch.
- Personal insult calls for turning the other cheek; protecting the weak calls for righteous, peaceful firmness. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
- Unity shuts the door to the adversary; strife opens it. Keep family altar, daily Scripture, and clean gates (what your home watches and hears).
Practical steps
- Daily family altar: read the Word, pray Psalm 91, plead the Blood over each member by name.
- Fast and unite the church in intercession; stand on Isaiah 59:19 and Ephesians 6.
- Guard the gates: remove corrupt influences; teach children the fear of the Lord.
- Maintain forgiveness; speak blessing, not bitterness; refuse rumors and retaliation.
- Be vigilant and orderly: safety plans, mutual care, and prompt use of lawful protection when needed—without vengeance.
- Keep witnessing and doing good works in the community. Light drives out darkness.
Short reinforcement
Now notice, it’s not carnal weapons that keep a family—it’s the Holy Ghost lifting a standard. Stay under the Blood, keep the armor on, do good, and stand still to see the salvation of the Lord, while walking wisely and lawfully. God will defend what His Word covers.
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