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First and foremost, the modern Christian churches of God invest members as knights to serve the church and defend the Christian (Catholic and Apostolic) faith. The knight of old defended the church and Christian faith.

The knight is to serve the church as Christ said to his disciples that the son of man came not to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many. (Matt. 20:28). Jesus Christ in his Ministry on earth served humanity.

Since Christians should be Christ like followers, they should follow Christ‘s footsteps as servants. All Christians, more especially, the Christian Knights Must live a life of Service to God and humanity. God requires no more than a life of service from Christians among who are knights and ladies. Serving God is a practical thing rather than a theoretical thing. It is in serving people and God that the saying ―Action speaks louder than voice‖ is portrayed (Matt. 7:21) ―Not everyone who call me ‗lord, lord will

enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my father in heaven wants them to do. Serving humanity is serving God. This is illustrated in the text in (Matt.25:35-36).

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.

From the above quotation, it is as clear as crystal that whenever we are serving man, it is God and Jesus Christ we are serving. It is important here again for us as knights not to wait for God and Christ to come physically for us to serve them. Our service to our neighbours, our priests, church workers, Bishop of the diocese, the handicapped, the needy and infact all men created by God, is service to God and his son, Jesus Christ. Through your service to humanity, God will reward you. The knight is called to serve the church and humanity. Service to humanity is service to the church of Jesus Christ. The Knight has to commit members to regular church attendance by examples through participating in all activities in the work of God in the church. The Knights are invested to serve the church in various committees they find themselves in. A knight can lead the church choir, or serve as a chorister, warden or as secretary of church committee or treasurer

of the church, parish or diocese. In his service to God and humanity, the knight has responsibility for accountability and stewardship. A well to do knight can serve the church by financial assistance, contributions for church activities in including evangelism. This is one function or role of knights for which church invests them.

The Church invests knights to defend the Christian faith. A knight is a soldier of Christ whose battles are not physical but spiritual. By being invested a knight to defend the Christian faith, he has by his investiture, been chosen and gifted to guard and protect the beliefs that the scripture (the Bible) contain sufficiently all doctrine required for eternal salvation through faith in Christ, articles of our religion as in the thirty mine articles of faith and in the book of common prayer. In his role as a defender of faith, a knight must defend the church and doctrines from heresies, pollutions, and rebellion from Satan and its agencies. The knight is invested as defender of faith to fight spiritual battles against perceived enemies of the church and Christ. The fight is against principalities, earthly powers and rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness. (Eph. 6:12). These enemies called the devil or Satan wage wars against the church of Christ. Knights are given the responsibility as ‗solders of cross‘ and Christ to engage in constant spiritual battles against Satan and all the manifestations of his tactics on the church of Christ. I Peter 5:8 clearly states: Be self controlled

and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. A knight as soldier of the cross and defender of the Christian faith, needs weapons of war which St. Paul stresses in Ephesians 6:13-18.

Therefore take you the whole amour of God that you may be able to with stand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having done your loins guided about with truth, and having on the breast plate of righteousness;

And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery dart of the wicked one.

And take the helmet of salvation and sword of spirit, which is the word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, and supplication for all saints.

A Christian Knight without these spiritual weapons should not be able to engage in battles against Satan and his agencies.