Tune and Prepare!

by David Guzik – Enduringword.com I'm David Guzik and today for a brief devotional thought I want to read to you what the Holy Spirit spoke through the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 6 verse 13 where we read this: “Therefore, take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand.” Eph. 6:13 (NKJV) Now, Paul introduced the idea of the whole armor of God way back in Ephesians 6 verse 11, two verses prior. And in the following verses he detailed the specific items related to the armor of God. In this verse, Ephesians 6 verse 13, he simply states what the main purpose of spiritual warfare and the armor of God is. Simply said, we're given the spiritual armor so that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand. This describes what we use the strength of God for and the armor of God for. You see, the primary picture in Paul's mind is not that the Christian goes out attacking spir...

by David Guzik – Enduringword.com Today I want to remind you that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, and read you from Ephesians 6, verse 12, where we read this: “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Eph. 6:12 (NKJV) The fact that our real battle is not against flesh and blood is lost on many followers of Jesus. They put all their efforts in that direction. Paul's idea here in Ephesians 6 is much the same as in 2 Corinthians 10, verses 3 and 4, where he wrote this: “for though we walk in the flesh, we do not war, according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.” 2 Cor. 10:3-4 (NKJV) Then Paul described just whom we do battle against. He said its principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of ...

As the majority of modern Christians struggle with a kind of Judaized-Christian worldview, every Bible teacher has a constant duty to maintain an apostolic view of justification by faith and righteousness. On this page we learn from the epistle of Galatians. Here we read an important exposition of how the new state of being redeemed in Christ and justified by faith is distinct from the Jewish view of the law. Background: Paul writes to the churches he established in the southern part of Galatia during his first missionary journey (Acts 13:1–14:28). Unlike Paul’s other greetings here you can not find thanksgiving for or reference to the Galatians’ faith, or love. Earlier, in the chapter 2 he explains, warns that "Justified” life means “counted righteous” or “declared righteous” by God. He points out that by human nature this is not possible: If people obeyed all of God’s perfect moral standards, they could be justified by their own merits. But Paul says that this is...

Mivel a modern keresztények többsége egyfajta judaizált-keresztény világnézettel küzd, minden bibliatanítónak állandó kötelessége fenntartani a hitből való megigazulás és az igazságosság apostoli szemléletét. Ezen az oldalon a Galata levélből tanulunk. Fontos eligazítást olvashatunk arról, hogy az új, Krisztusban megváltott, hit által megigazult állapot elkülönül a törvény zsidó szemléletétől. Háttér: Pál az első missziós útja során Galatia déli részén alapított gyülekezeteknek ír (ApCsel 13:1-14:28). Pál más köszöntése­ivel ellentétben itt nem találunk hálaadást vagy utalást a galaták "hitére, szeretetére." Korábban, a 2. fejezetben az apostol elmagyarázza, sőt figyelmeztet, hogy a "megigazult" élet azt jelenti, hogy Isten "igaznak számít" vagy "igaznak nyilvánít" minket. Rámutat, hogy emberi természetünknél fogva ez nem lehetséges: Ha az emberek betartanák Isten minden tökéletes erkölcsi előírását, akkor saját érdemeik alapján ...

The " Influential " series - Part One From the first days of his earthly ministry, Jesus proclaimed the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven. More precisely, he announced that his Kingdom had arrived. It has many manifestations in the invisible and visible world. The dynamic of the Kingdom basically: the life, ability and power of the King: The God Almighty . The better we understand His character and abilities, the better we represent his Kingdom in the visible world. The apostolic teaching says: By faith we understand that the universe* was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. Heb 11:3 {ESV} *Lit. “we understand that the ages of the world (aions) were created by the word of God, so that out of the invisible came the visible.” Here is an important connection between aion and the Word of God The Holman translation is more specific: By faith we understand that the universe...