Last night we looked at a few things that the devil wants us to do. Now, for a couple of minutes, I want you to think about what he does not want us to do. • He Does Not Want Us to Obey the Gospel. If you happen to be reading this and you are […]
The devil is our greatest adversary. He wants to separate us from God and destroy our souls. We should know that this is his aim and that he will do everything in his limited power to make that happen. So, what does the devil want us to do? Let me suggest three things to you. […]
In Genesis 3, we read of the first lie ever told (Genesis 3:1-5). This is what prompted Jesus to call Satan the father of lies in John 8:44. No one has ever matched the cleverness of Satan in the realm of deception. The devil is a great liar. Let us consider three of them. • […]
The devil is not a figment of one’s imagination, nor is he a mythical being that man has conjured up in his mind. The devil is real. If you believe in the Bible, you must believe in the reality of Satan because inspired writers constantly spoke of his reality. One of the more familiar passages […]
We just finished a good gospel meeting with James Bond. He did a fine job preaching the gospel. At one point, while talking about the rich man and Lazarus, he mentioned that the rich man could see Abraham in the Hadean realm. The record says “and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his […]
There are two ways that we might be idle—physically and spiritually, and both are bad. Let us begin with being idle in the physical realm. Paul condemned this in his second letter to the brethren at Thessalonica. At some point the false notion that the coming of Christ was near began to be taught among […]
We serve a God of light. 1 John 1:5 (ESV) 5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. When John says that God is light, he is referring to God’s perfect purity. Everything about God is perfectly […]
A sad but amazing truth emerges in Philippians 3:18. Paul admonishes the good brethren at Philippi to be aware of those who walk as enemies of the cross. It appears, though it is not specifically stated, that Paul was referring to brethren who had gone astray. Nevertheless, some were walking in such a way that […]
Ephesians 4:17 (ESV) 17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. The church at Ephesus was probably made up of a majority of Gentiles. Thus, they knew exactly how the Gentiles lived. Peter revealed this to us […]
In my blogs last week, I considered how we should walk as Christians. This week I am going to continue on the theme of walking; however, I am going to be emphasizing how we should not walk. A fitting place to start is looking at the opposite of walking after the Spirit, that is, walking […]