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“This Is Good!”
A king in Africa had a close friend who had a habit of looking at any situation and proclaiming, “This is good!” One day, as the two were hunting, the friend had the job of loading the king’s gun. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Balance, Comfort, Complaining, Contentment, Death, Decisions, Depression, Disappointment, Discernment, Divorce, Divorce & Remarriage, Doubt, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, Friendship, God's Foreknowledge, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Grace, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Restoration, Sickness, Suffering, Thankfulness, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged Can God use bad things?, Faith, God bringing good out of the bad, God's Sovereignty, story about everything being good
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Being a Godsend
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the … Continue reading
Posted in Doing Good, Friendship, Giving, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, God's Work, Influence, Ministry, Missions, Money, Needs, Obedience, Problems, Service, Stewardship
Tagged a Godsend, as we have opportunity let us do good to all, doctor delivers a baby on a plane, Galatians 6:9-10, god, God using you to meet needs, how God meets needs, let us not grow weary while doing good, travel, woman goes into labor on a plane
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What God Will Do to Satan: Eternal Punishment
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #20) “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels…” (Matthew 25:41, N.K.J.V.) This post … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Christ's Second Coming, Coming Judgment, Eternity, God's Sovereignty, God's Work, Hell, Missions, Persecution, Personal, Prophecy, Rebellion, Resurrection, Salvation, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, The Devil
Tagged 1 John 3:8, Gehenna, hades, how God used the Christian persecution in Jerusalem, Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, Matthew 25:41, Satan chained up for 1000 years, Satan's final end, tartarus, the difference between Hades and Tartarus, the fire prepared for the devil and his angels, the great white throne judgment, Why does God let Satan win?, Why doesn't God stop Satan?
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What Satan Will Do to the Antichrist: Empowerment
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #19) The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did … Continue reading
Posted in Christ's Second Coming, Coming Judgment, Deception, Prophecy, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, The Devil, War
Tagged 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, Satan empowering the Antichrist, Satan empowering the false prophet, the Antichrist as a man of peace, the Antichrist demon possessed, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit, the fate of the Antichrist and the false prophet, the lawless one, the lie of the Antichrist, the revived Roman empire
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What Satan Does to the Ministry: Disguise
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #18) For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Christ's Death, Christ's Resurrection, Deception, Demons, Discernment, Doctrine, Evangelism, God's Word, God's Work, Heaven, Hell, Ministry, Missions, Preaching, Salvation, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, The Devil, The Gospel
Tagged 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, a definition of the gospel, a different gospel, another gospel, beware of false prophets, doctrines of demons, Galatians 1:6-9, let him be accursed, look for the devil in the pulpit, Paul's definition of the gospel, Satan transforms himself into an angel of light, Satan's ministers transform themselves into angels of light
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What Satan Does to Lost People: Spiritual Blindness
“The Wiles of the Devil” (post #17) But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, lest the light of the gospel of the glory … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Coming Judgment, Eternity, Evangelism, Hell, Salvation, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, The Devil, The Gospel, The Holy Spirit, Witnessing
Tagged 1 Corinthians 2:14, a funhouse analogy, reason why people don't get saved, Satan has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, Satan is the god of this age, Satan is the god of this world, the Greek word aion, the Greek word kosmos, the meaning of 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, the need for the Holy Spirit in evangelism, this world as a funhouse, What does it mean to perish?
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What Satan Does to Some Who Hear God’s Word: Theft
“The Wiles of the Devil” (post #16) “Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.” (Luke 8:12, N.K.J.V.) The … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Bible Study, Demons, Evangelism, God's Guidance, Salvation, Satan, Scripture, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, The Bible, The Devil, The Gospel, Witnessing
Tagged Satan stealing the word from our heart, sowing the seed of the gospel, the four different types of soil, the parable of the soil, the parable of the sower
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The Disciple's Road 