How the Devil Attacks Christians Eph. 6:10-18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We know that the devil has many devices in his arsenal and we are not to be ignorant of his devices [2 Cor 2:11]. Therefore, we are to understand how the devil attacks Christians. We can tell how the...
Overcome The Wicked One 1 Jn 2:12-14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO John said to the young men in 1 Jn that ye have overcome the wicked one [1 Jn 2:13-14]. And this is true of born again believers [1 Jn 5:12-13]. Now once you have overcome the wicked one through salvation...
Moral Character Job 2:3-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Among Christians there is a tendency to relegate moral character to spirituality. As a result, many of the problems that you have experienced in your life could have been avoided altogether if your moral character were stronger. But since you see every problem...
When you search for the word “resist” in the Bible, you find some references that give us great instruction. To resist is to withstand the force or the effect of; to be able to repel; to exert oneself to counteract or strive against. Notice what we are to resist and...
Elymas Acts 13:6-12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Elymas was the sorcerer who withstood Paul and Barnabas when they came to preach the word of God to Sergius Paulus. He was “seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith,” [Acts 13:8]. Paul knew what Elymas was up to and he stopped...
In Is 10:13 we read that the devil has “removed the bounds of the people.” You might remember from our prior broadcast that the Lord is the one who set the bounds, in order to keep the nations separate [Deut 32:8; Acts 17:26]. So, the devil is a unifier, whereas...
Neither Give Place to the Devil Eph 4:27 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul gave us very specific instructions about putting on the new man in Eph 4:24-32. In the midst of these instructions he told us, neither give place to the devil. When you think about that instruction it is a...
War first appears in Gen 14:2, when four kings attacked Sodom and Gomorrah and the three neighboring cities. History is filled with war. During David’s reign there was a season for battle, 2 Sam 11:1. And today is no different. Conciliation rarely works. Thucydides trap describes a scenario where...
Literal Darkness Gen 1:2 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. There was nothing there before Heb 11:3 and Jn 1:3. In the heaven there was a body of water, apparently surrounding the earth, and the earth was standing “out of the water.”...
In anticipation of the Lord’s return Paul exhorted us to do some things so much the more, Heb 10:25. Paul wrote in Heb 10:24, And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works. Prayer is good work. In Col 4:12 Paul noted that Epaphras was...
