Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: The Battle (4:3)
Each time he took another wound, he grew weaker. Every time we fall to sin, it becomes harder to resist the next temptation.
Each time he took another wound, he grew weaker. Every time we fall to sin, it becomes harder to resist the next temptation.
The accuser’s favorite tactic is a selective presentation of the evidence, stripped of the most important fact in the universe.
Whether or not Apollyon is Satan in this allegory, he still fights like Satan. And the way we defeat our adversary, whoever that may be, is still the same.
We need to remember that the One who started the fire is also the One keeping it burning
The devil offers whatever he can to try to get you to follow him and not God.
When everything that can go wrong, is going wrong, how will you respond?
“Turn this dirt into donuts.”
I don’t have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches. He has no power over me, but I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father. Come, let’s be going. (John 14:30-31) Read: Jeremiah 2:31 – 4:18, Colossians 1:1-17, Psalm 76:1-12, Proverbs…
When the crowd heard the voice, some thought it was thunder, while others declared an angel had spoken to him. Then Jesus told them, “The voice was for your benefit, not mine. The time for judging this world has come, when Satan, the ruler of this world, will be cast out.” (John 12:29-31) Read: 1 Chronicles 4:24 – 5:17, Psalms 137:1-9, Jeremiah 52:28-30, Ezekiel 32:17 – 33:20 Relate: In the five…
The people retorted, “You Samaritan devil! Didn’t we say all along that you were possessed by a demon?” “No,” Jesus said, “I have no demon in me. For I honor my Father—and you dishonor me. (John 8:48-49) Read: 2 Kings 17:5 – 18:12, Isaiah 1:1-20, Isaiah 28:1-29 Relate: One of the craziest things I ever saw happened way…