“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). KJV Loved ones, in our Spiritual Battle Satan is the enemy, and His strategy can be found in three words: deceive, divide, and destroy. Whether it is in a nation, a church, or a family - Satan is busy trying to deceive, divide, and destroy (cf. Revelation 12:7-13…

“10 This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens. 11 This is according to His eternal purpose accomplished in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord. 12 In Him we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him” (Ephesians 3:10-12). HCSB Loved ones, in our Spiritual Battle, Satan is the enemy, but the Lord God, our Capta…

“15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints)… 17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied…” (1 Corinthians 16:15, 17). KJV Loved ones, as we endure our Spiritual Battle against Satan, there…

Loved ones, in our Spiritual Battle against evil could anxiety be sinful? Yes, if we accept the testimony of Jesus and we respect the apostolic command of Paul. But the Bible certainly acknowledges that life's complications can be depressing (the word is used so elastically). We are even commanded to "weep with them that weep” (Romans 12:15). This means that we sympathize with grief, rather than…

“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels (messengers) were cast out with him” (Revelation 12:9). KJV Loved ones, secular humanism another ploy of the devil we face in our Spiritual Battle with evil. It is a position close to atheism and agnosticism. It is a progressive philos…

"If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31-32).KJV Loved ones, in our Spiritual Battle, one of Satan's most deceptive tools is the idea that mankind cannot really know the truth. Sin is justified by the excuse that we cannot understand the difference between right and wrong - truth and error. However, i…

“By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh” (Hebrews 11:4). Loved ones, in our Spiritual Battle we can learn a few lessons about obedience and disobedience from our subject story. In Genesis chapter 4, the Bible says Adam was intimate with his wife Eve…

“37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:37-38). KJV Loved ones, in our Spiritual Battle Satan plants his subtle thoughts that after a certain age or amount of time, Christians can retire from the Lord’s work. Many of us are familia…

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1). KJV Loved ones, in our Spiritual Battle with Satan he and his ministers attempt to keep us in bondage to sin (2 Corinthians 11:13-15; 2 Peter 2:9). We praise God that Jesus, the Christ, has made us FREE (John 8:32, 36). Of all the freedoms we enjoy, the…

“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night” (Revelation 12:10). KJV Loved ones, in our Spiritual Battle salvation is in none other than Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 2:10). In God’s plan of salvation the Lord is the…

“18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 19 and for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in…

“Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out” (Job 36:26). KJV Loved ones, in our Spiritual Battle it helps to know that it is beyond anyone's capabilities to adequately verbalize how great God is! After all, God spoke heaven and earth into existence! "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). "By the word of the Lo…