Tag: Satan
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Did God Know Adam Would Fall? Why Would He Let That Happen?
Knowledge itself is a pretty interesting topic. Sometimes I wonder if it’s even possible to know anything at all. I’m part of a Facebook group in which people debate issues related to God’s existence, creation ex theos, and Darwinian evolution. In truth, there’s not much debating actually going on–just people posting pictures that don’t actually…
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Daily Devotional: 1 thessalonians 2:13-20
Because the Spirit was moving with power when Paul first presented the gospel in Thessalonica, the people who received it received it as the word of God–not the mere words of Paul. So, Paul thanks God constantly for the Thessalonians. Any good preacher or teacher does not promote his own teachings, but exegetes and exposits…
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The Binding of Satan in Revelation
John’s third interlude, so far, has depicted the birth and reign of Christ from His incarnation. We arrive at a pericope in the discourse often interpreted as a prelapsarian spiritual war that brought Satan to the earth in order to tempt Eve. The text does not rest that way in John’s vision. For at the…
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National Israel, Satan, and Jesus in Revelation
With the blasting of the seventh trumpet, we saw that the kingdom of Christ was at hand, and all authority was given to Jesus in His incarnation. He began to rule as the federal head of creation in His incarnation, a reality which necessarily begins His millennial reign over the earth in the First Century…
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How Much Authority Does Satan Actually Have?
In the prelude to Jesus’ public preaching ministry, He has been led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil. Tonight we will observe the third and final wilderness temptation. As we work through the text and consider Matthew’s (and Jesus’) use of the Old Testament, we will ask this…
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When Wrong Feels So Right…
One of the first things I dealt with as a serious Christian was the distraction of worship. There are two ways that we can try and worship God. One way is in Spirit and in truth and the other way is according to our own preferences which are outside of the Spirit’s leading. It’s not…