In England, royal protocol dictates that when one goes to see the Queen, one must not speak to her unless she speaks first. She asks the questions; she initiates the conversation. One must bow in reverence and wait for her to speak. It sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Yet, that’s how it is, and everyone must […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
