Keep Your Helmet On

Do we get a little rebellious sometimes? Converts, do you sometimes feel that way? You say, now why do I do this? Why is that in the Bible? You show me that one more time?

You have to have a little faith. You have to realize there are some veterans out here that have been in combat with Satan sixty, seventy years. They know! If they say there is something in the Bible that you and I need to utilize and put open trust in, believe and trust that experience of that veteran. It is a good thing.

We had a second cousin who served in the German army during World War II. Their helmet was a lot more cumbersome and more encompassing. In fact, the United States Army has copied it today. It came way down here on your neck. It was uncomfortable. Especially when you were down in a foxhole.

The German soldiers quite frequently would take their helmet off when they were down in a foxhole, thinking, 'I am safe. I am not going to be under fire here.' Well, it wasn't long before we figured out that if we fired the shells into the trees, the shell would hit the tree, explode and then come down and land on top of the soldiers. Many a German soldier died because he did not have his helmet on. The ordnance came down from the top and hit him in the top of the head. If he would have had a helmet on, he would have lived!

Somebody maybe told him, "keep your helmet on!"

"But it is too cumbersome. It is old-fashioned. I don't like it! It is not cool!"

But it is there for protection.

Who ever said protection is going to be cool? Who ever said that protection is going to please the world? Who ever said that protection and faith and belief in God is going to be what the world likes? They are not! They are going to be rebellious!

Truly, we have been given these traditions, the teachings, the doctrine, the love of Jesus Christ. The world is not going to see why. But let's hope that we do.
--Sermon Excerpt: Bro. C.S.