Assurance of Identity: Overcoming the Devil's Attacks
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We are reminded of it we are made the children of God there is nothing beyond that we shall receive the inheritance yes but because we are children the basic fundamental thing is that by Believing on him we become and are adopted into the family of God and become therefore the children of God. [00:37:43]
The New Testament provides us with many tests which we can apply to ourselves in order to make certain that we are in this position. Indeed, a very good case can be made for saying that the bulk of the New Testament was written in order to give Christian people a certain and assure knowledge of who they were and what they were. [01:05:08]
We are not already perfect not that I have already attained or either we're already perfect says the apostle Paul but I follow after so we will find that there are certain things of course that are absolutes but with regard to others well we may say in a measure that's true of me I wish it were more so. [03:24:20]
The devil is our adversary the one I say whose whole object is to bring us down to ruin the work of God and of Christ to ridicule salvation to make it look ridiculous to say there's nothing in it our adversary the devil your adversary the devil as a roaring lion says the Apostle Peter is roaming about seeking whom he may devour. [15:34:39]
The world never persecutes the moral man in fact it likes him it honors him it Praises him why well for the obvious reason that it uh realizes that his life is in many respects a compliment to man he is what he is because of his own efforts nobody ever objects to that the moral man is never persecuted in this way. [17:07:27]
The Christian men according to the teaching of the New Testament not only is but must always expect to be and thus he is given in a very wonderful way a proof of the fact that he is indeed a child of God now listen to our Lord himself saying this in The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5 beginning at verse 10. [17:30:52]
The devil is the accuser of the Brethren now this is a title that is given to him he is not only adversary he is the accuser of the Brethren what does this mean well we can best illustrate this of course by looking again at what happened to our Lord in The Temptations in the wilderness and there you see the essence of this whole matter. [24:08:00]
The fact that you are being assailed in that way at all is in itself quite enough to prove your a of God the devil has never gone to any unbeliever to quote Hebrews 6 or Hebrews 10 why not well because they've never believed these things they know nothing about being enlightened they know nothing about tasting the powers of the world to come. [27:56:00]
The moment a man becomes a Christian he realizes that he belongs to a spiritual realm he has an insight into what we are taught in Ephesians 6 10 and so on we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and Powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in the Heavenly places. [30:40:12]
The devil quote scripture says you're not a Christian you say wait a minute you don't know the whole of scripture you only know just a few passages like all your followers in the Cults who only know certain particular texts which they're always quoting like parrots listen to the scripture and you answer him by saying yes I have sinned. [38:32:44]
The Christian defeats the Devil by quoting the scripture to him and this becomes a very wonderful test if you are doing what I've just been describing now yourself you've got an absolute proof that you're a child of God but perhaps you haven't been doing it and perhaps you came into this service distress tell me my friend how have you been reacting. [41:07:40]
If we have this increasing knowledge of the devices of the devil it is again a very wonderful proof of the fact that we are the children of God so I say that an increasing awareness of his presence and of his activity less and less surprise at it less and less Craven fear or Terror or alarm of frustration. [45:06:52]
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The New Testament provides us with many tests which we can apply to ourselves in order to make certain that we are in this position. Indeed, a very good case can be made for saying that the bulk of the New Testament was written in order to give Christian people a certain and assure knowledge of who they were and what they were. [01:05:08]
We are not already perfect not that I have already attained or either we're already perfect says the apostle Paul but I follow after so we will find that there are certain things of course that are absolutes but with regard to others well we may say in a measure that's true of me I wish it were more so. [03:24:20]
The devil is our adversary the one I say whose whole object is to bring us down to ruin the work of God and of Christ to ridicule salvation to make it look ridiculous to say there's nothing in it our adversary the devil your adversary the devil as a roaring lion says the Apostle Peter is roaming about seeking whom he may devour. [15:34:39]
The world never persecutes the moral man in fact it likes him it honors him it Praises him why well for the obvious reason that it uh realizes that his life is in many respects a compliment to man he is what he is because of his own efforts nobody ever objects to that the moral man is never persecuted in this way. [17:07:27]
The Christian men according to the teaching of the New Testament not only is but must always expect to be and thus he is given in a very wonderful way a proof of the fact that he is indeed a child of God now listen to our Lord himself saying this in The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5 beginning at verse 10. [17:30:52]
The devil is the accuser of the Brethren now this is a title that is given to him he is not only adversary he is the accuser of the Brethren what does this mean well we can best illustrate this of course by looking again at what happened to our Lord in The Temptations in the wilderness and there you see the essence of this whole matter. [24:08:00]
The fact that you are being assailed in that way at all is in itself quite enough to prove your a of God the devil has never gone to any unbeliever to quote Hebrews 6 or Hebrews 10 why not well because they've never believed these things they know nothing about being enlightened they know nothing about tasting the powers of the world to come. [27:56:00]
The moment a man becomes a Christian he realizes that he belongs to a spiritual realm he has an insight into what we are taught in Ephesians 6 10 and so on we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and Powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in the Heavenly places. [30:40:12]
The devil quote scripture says you're not a Christian you say wait a minute you don't know the whole of scripture you only know just a few passages like all your followers in the Cults who only know certain particular texts which they're always quoting like parrots listen to the scripture and you answer him by saying yes I have sinned. [38:32:44]
The Christian defeats the Devil by quoting the scripture to him and this becomes a very wonderful test if you are doing what I've just been describing now yourself you've got an absolute proof that you're a child of God but perhaps you haven't been doing it and perhaps you came into this service distress tell me my friend how have you been reacting. [41:07:40]
If we have this increasing knowledge of the devices of the devil it is again a very wonderful proof of the fact that we are the children of God so I say that an increasing awareness of his presence and of his activity less and less surprise at it less and less Craven fear or Terror or alarm of frustration. [45:06:52]
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