I have often, as you have guessed if you have read many articles on this blog, thought that abuse is demonic to one extent or another, varying most likely from case to case. Thinking about this brought to mind the...
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Many Christians Do Not Seem to Know Whose Side they are on or Who the Enemy is
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies,...
Continue ReadingMany Christians Do Not Seem to Know Whose Side they are on or Who the Enemy isThe Many Little Popes in Evangelicalism – How Evil Creeps in
Gal 2:6 And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me. The Apostle Paul was not being arrogant when he...
Continue ReadingThe Many Little Popes in Evangelicalism – How Evil Creeps inHow Local Churches Become Enslaved to Evil – Part 4
3Jn 1:9-10 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. (10) So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us....
Continue ReadingHow Local Churches Become Enslaved to Evil – Part 4Christ is Our Hope – Take Care not to be Drawn Away from Him
1Timothy 1:1-7 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, (2) To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus...
Continue ReadingChrist is Our Hope – Take Care not to be Drawn Away from HimEvil Authors and Forgeries – A Common Tactic of the Enemy
2Th 2:1-2 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, (2) not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word,...
Continue ReadingEvil Authors and Forgeries – A Common Tactic of the EnemyInsights into Evil from Jeremiah 9:1-9 – Look out!
Many thanks to a reader who contacted me and pointed out this scripture passage. As she suggested, it gives us some excellent insights into the nature of evil - especially in the visible church - and how the Lord deals...
Continue ReadingInsights into Evil from Jeremiah 9:1-9 – Look out!We Must Understand What Reviling is and What the Reviler Looks Like
Luk 6:22 "Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! 1Co 5:11 But now I am writing to you not...
Continue ReadingWe Must Understand What Reviling is and What the Reviler Looks LikeThe Wicked Blame Everyone but Themselves
Mal 1:6-7 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O...
Continue ReadingThe Wicked Blame Everyone but ThemselvesLessons in Discerning False Victim Advocates
1Peter 5:2-3 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; (3) not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples...
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