“Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for… Through faith’s power they [Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets] conquered kingdoms and established true justice. Their faith fastened onto their promises and pulled them into reality!… Faith sparked courage within them and they became mighty warriors in battle, pulling armies from another realm into battle array… But now God has invited us to live in something better…..
Paul wrote in his letter to the Colossians, “Be sure you give Archippus this message: ‘Be faithful to complete the ministry you received from our Lord Jesus!’” Archippus was a spiritual leader who Paul considered a fellow soldier in Christ. We know that he was a leader in the church as he was mentioned in Philemon 2 where it says, “To Philemon our beloved fellow worker and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your…..