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Understand the transformative journey of aligning your thoughts with God's truth as part of renewing your mind in Christ. Learn how this alignment empowers you to overcome sin, enjoy freedom and peace, bear spiritual fruit, experience joy, and grow spiritually while equipping you for spiritual warfare and fostering effective witnessing.
Spiritual warfare is an inescapable reality for Christians. The Bible, both in the Old and New Testaments, is replete with accounts of humanity's struggle against dark spiritual forces. These aren't mere tales of good versus evil but rather profound truths that reveal the spiritual conflict at the heart of human existence.
Satan's battle for our mind is a reality that every Christian must face. The enemy seeks to infiltrate our minds with negative and destructive thought patterns, leading us away from God and into sin.
I have met a great many who are trying to lead a Christian life, who are much troubled over the question of guidance. They wish to do the will of God in all things, but what puzzles them is to tell what the will of God may be in every case.
The unfortunate events surrounding the late Ravi Zacharias, a widely respected Christian apologist accused of serious moral failings, have sent shockwaves through the global Christian community. Zacharias, who spent decades defending the Christian faith and mentoring countless individuals, sadly left a legacy marred by scandal. The response to and lessons from this 'spiritual shipwreck' offer critical insights for individual believers and the broader church.
Christianity is often portrayed as a peaceful and harmonious journey toward God's love and eternal salvation. However, within the tranquil exterior lies an undercurrent of spiritual warfare, an ongoing struggle between good and evil that every Christian must engage in.
One of the peculiarities of our Lord’s method of teaching is His repeated use of a number of favorite sayings—or maxims, we may call them—in varied connections and in differing applications. Let's consider Mark 4:21–25.
As Christians, let us be Christians, recognizably followers of Christ, doing His will in all we do and trying our duty at every stage simply by these questions: Is it according to His will? Does it serve His glory? Is it for His sake? So doing, we cannot but approve ourselves before man and God as followers of Him.
The history of Elijah supplies us with one of the most striking, and, we may add, one of the most instructive, sections of the Old Testament.
“If I may be permitted to touch the hem of his garment, I shall be made whole.” But there arises this bitter question, “BUT CAN I? I know that I may if I can, but I cannot.” Now that is the question I am going to answer.