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...
Gal 3:21 says, “if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law”. Rom 10:5 says, “the man which doeth those things shall live by them”. These verses seem to contradict. How is it that the law can’t give life...
In the accounts of the birth of Christ, we find an obvious influence of the devil, in the affairs of men, to oppose the coming of Christ. Look at these evidences of the devil’s opposition. Caesar’s world tax – Lk 2:1-3. This raiser of taxes is typified in Dan 11:20-22...
In Ezek 28:11-19, the Lord addresses Satan in the king of Tyrus, in the same way that Jesus addressed Satan in Peter in Matt 16:23. What God says to the devil in this lamentation against the king of Tyrus begins with the devil’s creation. The Devil Before His Fall When...
The Devil is described in a number of capacities in the Bible. He is the tempter, Matt 4:3; the deceiver, Rev 12; the accuser; Rev 12; the liar, Jn 8:44; the destroyer, 1 Cor 10:10, 5:5; and the roaring lion, 1 Pet 5:8, to name a few. In Jn 10:10...
Spiritual Attacks Spiritual attacks from the devil often follow spiritual highs with the Lord. We see this with the baptism of Jesus Christ. In Jn 1:29-34, we see why John baptized the men of Israel and why he baptized Jesus. John preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of...
Declaration of Independence Jn 8:36 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Excerpts from the declaration of independence encourage us to declare our independence from our former tyrannical rulers, the devil, the world and the flesh. When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands...
The Devil Offers You Something Good Ahead of Time One way the devil tempts you is to offer you something good ahead of time. He offers you something now that he knows you’re going to get later. In this, the devil is very subtle. You can have what you want...
