OBEDIENCE: THE PURPOSE OF DIVINE ELECTION.

OBEDIENCE: THE PURPOSE OF DIVINE ELECTION.

Peter emphasizes that, in His sovereign plan, God has chosen and sanctified us to lead us from disobedience to obedience. By lifting us from our condition as children of disobedience, God transforms us so that we become His obedient children. This obedience is not a crushing obligation or the result of human effort; it is […]

Obedience: A Nature Received, Not Acquired.

Obedience: A Nature Received, Not Acquired.

Peter exhorts us with these words: “As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.” — 1 Peter 1:14 Take careful note of what Peter says. He doesn’t command them to strive to become obedient, as if obedience were a trait to be achieved by their own […]

Our Senses: The Channels of the Flesh.

Our Senses: The Channels of the Flesh.

The flesh uses our five senses as gateways to feed its desires:• Sight: Like Eve with the fruit that was “pleasing to the eye” (Genesis 3:6), our eyes are often drawn to things that seem beautiful but are spiritually destructive.• Touch: The pursuit of forbidden pleasures or immediate sensations strengthens carnal desires.• Taste: Esau’s case, […]

Tearing Down Strongholds: Everything That Exalts Itself Against God

Tearing Down Strongholds: Everything That Exalts Itself Against God

Paul goes on to say that we must tear down “every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.” These “high things” represent internal strongholds that claim to rival God’s authority within us. This includes: In my case, these strongholds tried to establish themselves in the form of distrust: “Don’t trust anymore, don’t […]

Focusing One’s Attention in the Wrong Direction Leads to Error.

Focusing One’s Attention in the Wrong Direction Leads to Error.

Another major problem with this so-called “deliverance ministry” is that people become so caught up in delivering one another and organizing “deliverance meetings” that they lose sight of Jesus’ first command: the evangelization of the nations (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15). Nowadays, entire churches and ministries are engaged in this so-called deliverance. As a result, they […]

COMBAT LANGUAGES.

COMBAT LANGUAGES.

If you follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, He will lead you to pray all kinds of prayers—not just one specific type. This is why those who, in the Body of Christ today, overemphasize the “militant” aspect of prayer cannot pray “with all kinds of prayers and supplications in the Spirit.” They claim that […]

The Triumphant Church, Not A Fighting And Defeated One

The Triumphant Church, Not A Fighting And Defeated One

Some people speak of the Church as being in battle. Among them are those who believe we must fight demons in order to achieve success.As for me, I prefer to speak of the triumphant Church because it is scriptural. Jesus’ triumph over Satan is the triumph of every believer who can benefit from that victory […]

OPPRESSION, OBSESSION, AND POSSESSION

OPPRESSION, OBSESSION, AND POSSESSION

As you can see, there is a world of difference between oppression, obsession, and possession. For twenty years, this woman had served in ministry alongside her husband. She was not a baby Christian. At first, she was oppressed and obsessed, but when, as a mature Christian, she willfully and deliberately denied Christ, she became possessed […]

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