Stand Fast

[415 words] According to the American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, the phrase “stand fast” means, “to be firm or unyielding.” It also reveals that: “This idiom, dating from the early 1600s, originally was applied to an army holding its territory against the enemy.” The phrase “stand fast” occurs in our English Bibles, as well. Actually it is translated from the Greek word “steko” which is defined as, “to stand firm, to persevere, to persist, to keep one’s standing” (Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon). With all this in mind, let’s examine a few of the “stand fast” passages in the New Testament and notice the different ways we are to “stand fast” in holding our territory against our enemy – Satan. Stand fast for the Lord. “…so stand fast in the Lord, beloved” (Phil. 4:1). First and foremost, we must stand for the Lord. If we don’t stand for Jesus, then we stand…