Pastor Steve Perez | August 11, 2024
The Fountain Apostolic Church
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2 Timothy 3:14
Hebrews 10:23The phrase "hold the line" generally refers to maintaining a position, resisting change, or refusing to back down in the face of pressure or opposition. It typically implies a firm, unwavering stance on an issue or course of action. The metaphor evokes the image of a military force holding its ground against an attacking enemy, refusing to retreat or surrender.
When applied to a single person, the phrase refers to maintaining one’s viewpoint, principles, values, standards, and self-direction, regardless of any difficulties or opposition encountered.
In particular, “hold the line” takes the form of not yielding to pressures of peers or society or “group think” by compromising oneself for expediency or escape.
The root of holding the line is essentially bypassing the need for approval (especially the need for approval of every word and thought) and to stay confident, focused, and decisive no matter what hits you.
It can be difficult, but the reward is the ability to live with yourself based on the knowledge that you stand for something and are not afraid to maintain.
Proverbs 22:28In the East the fields of different owners are not marked by fences, as with us, but the boundaries are indicated by heaps of small stones, or by a ridge, or by posts, or by single stones set upright about a rod apart. It is easy for a dishonest man to remove these landmarks, little by little each year, and thus gradually encroach upon his neighbor. This practice is alluded to in Job 24:2 and is forbidden in Proverbs 22:28 and 23:10 as in our text. A curse was pronounced upon those who removed landmarks (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen). A figurative allusion is made to this crime in Hosea 5:10.
Deuteronomy 19:14
Hosea 5:10
Hosea 5We are in a similar situation in America today. Many leaders promote ideas and establish policies that are contrary to the Lord’s standards. They have rejected God’s truth. They consider themselves wise and enlightened, and they think the principles of scripture are old and outdated. They seek to marginalize Christianity and rob it of its historical and traditional impact on our nation. In other words, they want to remove the ancient landmarks.
Proverbs 23:23
John 8:32
John 14:6
Acts 2:42
Acts 2:42
Acts 2:42
James 2:19
Acts 2:38
Acts 8:16
Acts 10:48
Acts 19:5
Acts 2:4
Acts 8:17-19
Acts 10:44-46
Acts 19:6Holy Living (Inside / Outside)
1 Peter 1:15-16
Romans 12:1
1 Thessalonians 4:3-4
1 Thessalonians 4:7
