{"id":46796,"date":"2022-10-01T02:33:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/the-lord-is-looking-for-a-few-good-men-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:33:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:33:28","slug":"the-lord-is-looking-for-a-few-good-men-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/the-lord-is-looking-for-a-few-good-men-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord Is Looking For A Few Good Men &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Marine Corps has been using the slogan, &#8220;We&#8217;re looking for a few good men,&#8221; for well over two hundred years now. It began on March 20, 1779, when Captain William Jones advertised for a &#8220;few good men&#8221; to enlist in the Corps, thinking that would be all that was needed (source &#8211; scroll down to &#8220;Slogans&#8221; heading).<\/p>\n<p>It became a challenge or a dare to young men back then and continues to be a challenge today, to see if they qualify as one of the &#8220;few good men&#8221; the Marines are looking for.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is also looking for a few good men  men who possess enough grit and determination to serve the Lord, allowing nothing to stop them (Acts 4:5-20; Acts 5:17-29).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is looking for a few good men whose spiritual commitment is for a lifetime (1 Peter 2:21-24).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is looking for a few good men who have spiritual vision  the kind that allows them to see endless possibilities (Hebrews 11:24-27).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is looking for a few good men who are willing to be lead for His glory (Psalm 31:1-3).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is looking for a few good men who have enough faith to lead others in righteousness (1 Timothy 4:12-16; 2 Timothy 2:1-2).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is looking for a few good men who have the backbone to stand on the truths of God (Romans 1:16-17; Ephesians 6:17-20; Titus 1:7-9).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is looking for a few good men who recognize the blessings that come from working together (Psalm 133:1; cf. Genesis 13:8).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is looking for a few good men who can recognize the beauty of having a unified family (Psalm 128:1-6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is looking for a few good men who will teach their families His wisdom (Proverbs 4:1-13; cf. Genesis 18:16-19).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Psalmist tells us in Psalm 14:2, that &#8220;<strong>The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a world that consistently redefines moral values quicker than we can bat our eye, it is no small task in finding a few good men  men who will live godly lives of moral excellence (Philippians 4:8).<\/p>\n<p>Brethren, the Lord is looking for a few good men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do we qualify?<\/strong> (2 Corinthians 13:5).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Marine Corps has been using the slogan, &#8220;We&#8217;re looking for a few good men,&#8221; for well over two hundred years now. It began on March 20, 1779, when Captain William Jones advertised for a &#8220;few good men&#8221; to enlist in the Corps, thinking that would be all that was needed (source &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/the-lord-is-looking-for-a-few-good-men-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Lord Is Looking For A Few Good Men &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}