Never, never, never break rank.
Amen.
Never break rank.
What does that mean? Hold the line.
You see, when people go to war,
you have the soldiers in the front lines
and they're backing each other up.
You never want to break that rank.
Well, how do people break the rank?
Because they're afraid.
They're holding the rank and they're going forward
and they're coming to their enemy
and the enemy starts looking a little fierce,
a little scary, and they break rank and they run.
Don't do that.
Never break rank in spiritual warfare.
You stand with your brothers.
You stand with your pastor.
You stand with the Bible and you never break that.
Look what the Bible says in Ephesians 6, verse 13.
Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God,
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand.
You say, well, I'm scared.
You stand.
Amen.
I'm nervous. You stand.
Amen.
I don't know what's going to happen.
You stand your ground.
Amen.
No matter what happens, no matter how reviling,
how wicked, how disgusting they get,
no matter what they do, you stand your ground.
Amen.
And you don't move.
I shall not be moved.
Amen.
Apologize.
No.
I shall not be moved.
Amen.
I want to scare those people
and I don't want them to come to church.
I want them to leave Omani.
We're not moving.
Amen.
I'm standing my ground
and we're not breaking rank at all.
Amen.
He says there, withstand in the evil day,
having done all, to stand.
Well, Pastor, I feel like I'm weak.
Yeah, that's why you need to be along your side,
your brothers and sisters in Christ who are strong.
Amen.
Because when you're weak, you're afraid,
you lack faith, you doubt,
the person to the right hand and to the left hand
can strengthen you, exhort you,
and say, don't worry about it, man.
We're here for you.
Amen.
We're a family here.
We're going to stand.
God is with us.
He's going to give us the victory.
He's going to deliver us.
We've already won.
Amen.
It instills confidence in the individual who may be afraid,
but let me just say this.
Don't break rank.
And wouldn't it be a shame?
Wouldn't it be a shame for Christians
who have the word of God,
who have the King James Bible,
we have the Holy Spirit of God,
we have a church, we have a pastor,
we have everything going for us,
and then all of a sudden we just tuck tail and run.
That'd be a shameful thing.
And in fact, the Bible says in Psalm 78, verse nine,
when speaking of the children of Ephraim,
it says the children of Ephraim,
being armed and carrying bows,
turned back in the day of battle.
Shameful.
They were armed.
They had their bows.
They had their weapons,
and yet when the battle came,
they tucked tail and they ran.
Hey, you better not be sick next week.
Don't call in sick next week.
Oh, hey, I forgot.
I have my grandma's birthdays next week.
You think maybe we could push her to another day
or something like that?
I gotta work on something.
No, don't break rank.
Next week is a special day, man.