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Bible Memory collection
The Bible is neither obsessed with the devil nor naive about him. These verses keep both errors away. Ephesians 6:10-12 Be strong in the Lord and put on his full armour, because our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces. James 4:7 Submit yourselves to God, resist the…
Bible Memory collection
The New Testament's picture of spiritual conflict is mostly a conflict about truth. Deception is the enemy's usual method, so these passages are the usual answer. John 8:44 Jesus says the devil was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because he is a liar and the father…
Bible Memory verse
Submit yourselves to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Submission comes before resistance. It gives the order right. Resistance without surrender to God is willpower, and willpower loses. 1 Peter 5:6-9 Ephesians 4:27 Matthew 4:10 God, I submit to you first, and in your authority I…
52 Week Journey
Scripture does not treat spiritual warfare as a theme for the dramatic minority. Paul writes to an ordinary church in Ephesus, a city thick with occult practice, and tells them plainly that their struggle is not…
Devotional
Matthew 4:4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" WEB Jesus says this to the devil after forty days without food, at the exact…
Devotional
James 1:2-3 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. WEB James does not say trials feel like joy. He says count it joy, which is…
Devotional
1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. WEB John writes this to ordinary believers, calling them little children, in the…
Devotional
Ephesians 6:12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of…
Devotional
Ephesians 6:14-17 Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of…
Devotional
Ephesians 6:18 With all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints: WEB Paul does not list prayer as an eighth piece of…
Devotional
James 4:7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. WEB James gives resistance an order. Submission to God comes first; resisting the devil follows from it, not the other way around.…
Devotional
James 4:7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. WEB James gives resistance a specific order. Submission to God comes first, and resisting the devil follows from it, not the…
Devotional
2 Timothy 2:15 Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. WEB Paul assumes it is possible to handle Scripture badly, which is why…
Devotional
Ephesians 6:10-11 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. WEB Paul does not tell the Ephesians to…
Devotional
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge…
Christian Living
Ephesians 6:12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of…
Bible question
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.” WEB Three sentences of stated purpose, two from Jesus and one from Paul. Read them before any explanation, and notice that each one names the…
The Sunday Study
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