Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 6, 2010
Satan’s Power is Permitted
Lest we be we be terrified by our adversaries,” it is well to remember that Satan’s power is not inherent but permitted (Rom. 13:1). It is not unlimited, but controlled (Job 1:12; 2:6). It is not invincible, but broken (Luke 11:21-11). It is not assured of success, but
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Baptist
Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Nov 28, 2011
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EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY
I had arrived only a couple weeks before in the Czech Republic and was living with a retired Czech couple in a small village. Being the only American in the area I was somewhat a celebrity. One day a couple elders from a local church visited me to ask if I would preach in
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
A reality check on how we sabotage ourselves:
Do you at times long for days gone by where you did certain activities that you now do not do? This is our unredeemed flesh working on a mind that is not renewed by the word of God. We need to immediately cast out these unhelpful distractions,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2009
BACK TO REALITY
The story is told of three men who began talking one day about their wives. The first man said, "When we got married, I told my wife in no uncertain terms that from now on she would have to do all the cooking. Well, the first day after I told her, I saw nothing. The second day I
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
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Supernatural Realities Ignored by Current Culture
Francis MacNutt quotes theologian Walter Wink in his book “Deliverance from Evil Spirits" and writes: "...if you want to bring all talk to a halt in shocked embarrassment, every eye riveted on you, try mentioning angels, or demons or the devil. You
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 30, 2010
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SATAN AS AMUSING
One of Satan's characteristic strategems is to give those who believe that he does exist an entirely wrong concept of what his true nature and character really are.
In the Middle Ages, when there were no radios, no magazines, no newspapers, no movies, no telephones, and none of
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His written speech: This speech was broadcast by legendary ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey on April 3, 1965: 48 years ago!
If I were the Devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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1. In Isaiah 14:12, he is named Lucifer and called the son of the morning
2. In 2 Corinthians 11:14 & 15, it is said that he transforms himself into the likeness of an angel of light
3. The god of this world who blinds men’s minds (2 Corinthians 4:4)
4. The prince of this world (John 12:31)
5. The
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Baptist
A cartoon when I was a kid showed a group of aliens called Meeks who came to earth and said they only existed to serve others and wanted to give everyone the desires of their heart. The world voted to allow them to do it and everyone only had to ask and it was done. With no work to do humans
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Baptist
John Bevere taught us from the “Bait of Satan”
They (Christians) think churches are like cafeterias; they can pick and choose what they like! They feel the freedom to stay as long as there are no problems. But this does not agree at all with what the Bible teaches. You are not the one who chooses
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Joel Pankow on Feb 28, 2001
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notice Satan’s version of grace - it had an IF clause attached to it. [[This reminds me of the many ploys out there today - get 400 dollars of free merchandise - IF you sign up for MSN for three years. No money down - no interest for 12 months - you can own a new car NOW! But all you have to do
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2003
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"The reality in the first century was that the most intense persecution of the Christian church came, not from the Romans, but from the Jewish community. The Romans and the outside world viewed the Christian Community as merely a small sect of Judaism. Christianity did not spread globally and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
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"Oh, this is a reality, not a fable, that the Lord Jesus Christ is our friend. And we should not be satisfied till we
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Contributed by Ruth Hind on Oct 10, 2008
"In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself...For even if I could conceive
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 7, 2009
In understanding the new reality in Christ with the law, Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) explained it in this way:
“What is God’s law now? It is not above a Christian-it is under Christian. Some men hold God’s law like a rod, in terror, over Christians, and say, “If you sin you will be punished with
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Other
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in running that machine. That is why these rules at
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 13, 2009
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SIGNS ONLY EXPOSE REALITY
Signs do not create a reality; they merely expose it. For example, a sign on a highway may read "Chicago: 160 miles". If we changed the sign to read "60 miles" instead, it wouldn't change the fact that Chicago is really 160 miles away.
Truth doesn't change, no matter
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Independent/Bible