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...
There is a great contrast between the devil and the Lord. They are diametrically opposed. Notice these qualities of the Devil Darkness – Eph 6:12 he is among the rulers of the darkness of this world; though he has transformed himself into an angel of light to counterfeit the...
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...
How Do Good Christians Fall 2 Pet 2:18-22 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO How Christians fall. How is it that a good Christian can go along, seemingly doing fine, and then one day you find him backslidden and almost unrecoverable for any beneficial fellowship with or work for the Lord? Well, for...
