Romans 8:37-39 (NKJV) Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jesus taught us about the motives of the devil and the demonic realm. He told us that the thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I'm so glad He didn't stop there, but ended by saying that we can be of good cheer, encouraged in the battle in Him, because He's overcome the world. By our faith in Him, we too are overcomers.
Yet, the devil is relentless in trying to destroy believers, marriages, families, and even churches. First, he tries to come at you outwardly, with persecution and attacks. Weird arguments and pressures that seem almost too much to bear are normal and common. We run to Him and find help in our time of need, and the wave of persecution eases, or even disappears altogether.
But remember this, don't forget it, when the devil can't take a family or church down outwardly, he'll come and try to destroy it from the inside. It's been known that Satan will join the church, become an active member, and try to destroy through compromise and corruption. He'll use false teachers and false believers, and anything he can counterfeit.
But know this: you are strong and secure in Him. Peter reminds us that we are kept in Him not by our own good works, or our own efforts, but by His sure and steadfast power.
Perhaps you've been getting hit on the outside lately? Maybe it's been an inside attack? You could be getting attacked on all fronts! Run to Jesus, my friend, and find your strength and protection in Him. He alone is victorious!
By Grace,
Pastor Ed
Response
I have lost almost everything that this worldly place was about. Ah, but I have gained the most important person that ever lived! Oh Jesus you are Holy, Holy, Holy and this truth of salvation is worth every bit of pain that brought me to that place of surrender. What a blessing to have the creator of all the universe pick me to save and all I had to do was say yes Lord. His work in my life and to know that you know He is alive and we are His sons and daughters. Wow, words cannot express my gratitude for how the Lord uses Calvary Chapel and your teaching to bring the lost and hurting like me to a saving knowledge. I am blown away as I watch week after week new believers come to Christ. It allows me opportunity to love them and to help them as I have been helped because I still remember that day in 2003 when I was overtaken by the Spirit and was born again. Jesus blesses me more than any--too much of this world or my sin--could ever take away. Sorry for the rambling long winded message but I close with a very special thank you, sir, for being my teacher of the word and my brother in Christ.
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