“Church Whatever Happen To, FOUGHT, FINISH AND KEPT?” Jude 1:3; Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. “Church Whatever Happen To, FOUGHT, FINISH AND KEPT?” FOUGHT; 1 Corinthians 15:31; I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. First of all, the frame work of our being in Christ, begin with the fight with our flesh. Philippians 3:3; For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 1 Corinthians 15:32; If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. The beasts here is your fleshy being. Jude 1:10; But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. Your being in Christ has to rise above that. Romans 13:14; But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. FINISH; Acts 21:13; Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. A stay that’s been determined. 2 Timothy 1:12; For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Acts 21:14; And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. A stay that’s been determined. Titus 1:9; Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. KEPT; Acts 27:18; And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; v19; And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. v21; But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. Galatians 3:3; Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Acts 27:22; And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship. Here is the anchor of all the above faith. 1 Corinthians 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. “Church Whatever Happen To, FOUGHT, FINISH AND KEPT?” A stay that’s been directed. Psalm 18:18; They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. 2 Timothy 4:7; I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: verse 8, read it for yourself! Teaching! Overseer/Apostle