The Art of the Christian Ninja: A Guide to Infiltration, Combat and Assassination the Jesus Way by Descheneau Allan

Author:Descheneau, Allan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wipf & Stock, an Imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2016-08-14T00:00:00+00:00

Compromise

As you fulfil your missions as a Christian Ninja in the service of God, you will be faced with many “sinful desires which war against your soul” (1 Peter 2:12). You will be tempted to give up the fight, turn around and go downstream, compromise your integrity and live like the non-Ninjas around you who seem to have it so much easier. You’ll be tempted to please people instead of God, to allow bitterness to grow in your heart, to allow other voices to direct your path, and to indulge in things that are harmful to us and those around you. Even as you try to do God’s will, living out your mission, you will be tempted to use “underhanded ways” to get the job done. And when the pressure’s on to defend your faith or you hit difficult or controversial scriptures, you’ll be tempted to make little, personal alterations to God’s word -- just to make it a little easier.

There is a very real danger for the Christian Ninja that, even as you love and serve the non-Christians around you, you become like them. Therefore, it is critically important that you practice the art of purity.

Pure Perspective

The first thing you must do to practice the art of purity is to see yourself through God’s eyes.

Before you knew Jesus you had much different perspectives, priorities and desires. But now that He has called you to be a Citizen of Heaven, you see, experience, and do things the Christian way. You live by a different law and have a different code of honour than the non-Christians around you (Galatians 6:2). When you asked for forgiveness and gave your life to Jesus, the scriptures say that you became a “new creation. The old is gone! The new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17) You are a totally different entity now! You may not feel like it sometimes, but that’s how God sees you, and how you really are.

Pure Practice

Therefore, as you practice the Arts of Dependence and Devotion, talking to God, reading His word, listening to the Holy Spirit within you, and turning more and more of your life over to Him, you will start to realize that you are no longer reacting as you did before. As you practice living a different life, it will become more natural. It won’t be easy at first, but after a while your new Christian Ninja skills will begin to take over. As you grow closer to God, you will literally feel the difference.

Where once you felt that it was okay to tell a lie, lies now taste bad on your tongue. Before you were a Christian, cheating seemed like a good idea, but now even the idea of cutting corners makes you uncomfortable. Bragging used to make sense as a way to boost your image and get ahead of others, but now being in the limelight makes you shrink back and you want to push others to the front. The dark temptations that once drew

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