Mathew 16: 23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.” This is an interesting passage. Jesus had just blessed Peter because Peter, in listening to the voice of God within him, received […]
Luke 10: 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. I have written to you recently about the authority of the church over the power of the enemy. This is a delicate and somewhat […]
2 Corinthians 4: 3 – 4 If our gospel is veiled it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. […]
Proverb 6: 31 But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold. Restitution by a thief is what is being discussed in this passage. When the thief is discovered, he must repay seven times what he stole. There is an interesting connection from the New Testament. Jesus told us that “The thief comes only to […]
2 Corinthians 10: 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. Why is Paul talking to us about weapons of warfare after the death and resurrection of Jesus? Jesus has already won, hasn’t he? He marched in to Hades and took the keys […]
2 Corinthians 2: 11 God’s Word I don’t want Satan to outwit us. After all, we are not ignorant about Satan’s scheming. Or are we? That is, are we ignorant about his scheming? I want to talk about Satan today. This is not to elevate him […]
John 8: 44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.Putting aside for the moment all of Jesus’ vitriolic comments about lying, let’s look at […]
