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Christian Warfare: The Destroyer Series
Contributed by Christopher Glenn on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Unfortunately, many people don't believe that the Devil really exists. We characterize Satan as some fictitious person. We learned last week that as the deceiver Satan uses lies to attack the mind to make us ignorant of God’s will. If Satan cannot defeat
2. It is the imparted grace of God that gives us victory when Satan attacks
• 1 Peter 5:10
B. God of all grace
1. Hebrews 10:29
2. Hebrews 4:16
3. Acts 20:32
• Grace from start to finish
C. Law means I must do something for God; Grace means God does something for me.
1. Ephesians 2:8-8
2. This means God will give us grace for:
• Serving
• Sacrificing
• Singing
• Speaking
• Suffering
D. Our part
1. Submit to God
• Job 13:15
2. Thank God for the trial
• Ephesians 5:20
• 1 Thessalonians 5:18
3. Spend much time in God’s word
• Psalm 119:67,71
• Romans 15:4
4. Look for ways to glorify Christ
• 1 Peter 2:20
• 1 Peter 4:16
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As you follow these instructions, you will discover the Spirit of grace working in your life and imparting to you the grace of God. You will grow in patient endurance! You will experience God’s love and grace within, and this experience will more than compensate for the inconvience and suffering without. God may not change the circumstances, but he will change you so the circumstances work for you not against you. If you live to please yourself then Satan will win, if you live to glorify God Satan will lose. The imparted grace of God is the only weapon you have to stop the destroyer, and this can only be found in “the God of all grace.”
