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Spiritual Growth: (#2) Need/Opponents
The book of 2 Peter puts a premium on knowledge. The word knowledge appears in some form 16 times in this book. Why such an emphasis and value on knowledge? One source provides this answer, “Just as 1 Peter warned … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, christian growth, Christian Influence, Priorities, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 John 4:1, 1 Kings 13, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 1 Timothy 6:15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Peter 2:1, 2 Peter 2:10, 2 Peter 2:10-11, 2 Peter 2:15, 2 Peter 2:18, 2 Peter 2:19-21, 2 Peter2, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, 2 Timothy 4:1-5, 2 Timothy 4:3-4, 2Peter 2:3, Acts 17:11, allure through lewdness, authades, balaam, balak, being taught wrong is no excuse, book New Testament survey, covetousness, deceive heart of simple, desires, desires of ego, desires of flesh, desires of the ears, despise authority, Deuteronomy14:1-4, discern good and evil, don shackleford, Ephesians 4:14, Ephesians 4:19, Ezekiel 13:3, false prophets, false teachers, flatter to gain advantage, flattery, Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:4, Galatians 5:7, Genesis 3, Guy N. Woods, harding university school of religion, Hebrews 5:14, Isaiah 30:10, Isaiah 9:15, itching ears, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 6:13-14, Jeremiah 8:10-11, Jude 16, Jude 19, Jude 4, Jude 8-9, knowledge, Luke 12:15, Luke 22:42, Luke 9:23, lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, lusts, material possessions, Matthew 15:14, Matthew 23:15, need for spiritual growth, opponents of spiritual growth, opposition to spiritual growth, pareisago, Philippians 3:19, pleonexia, presumptuous, pride of life, Revelations 2:14, Romans 16:17, Romans 16:18, self-pleasing, self-will, speak smooth things, speaking evil of dignitaries, spiritual growth, strabo, Titus 1:11, tolmetes, tossed to and fro, turn grace of God into lewdness, vine's, whose god is their belly, Zechariah 13:4
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The Adversary (Part 2)
The Bible teaches that we have an adversary. Peter warned, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). He is presented as real and dangerous. … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Apologetics, Demons, satan, Word Study
Tagged abaddon, abtidikos, adam clarke, adversary, apollyon, baal-zebub, beezebub, belial, daimon, demon, devil, diabolos, dragon, ekron, flip wilson, Garden temptation, how does satan work, ISBE, Jesus tempted, lawless, leviathan, lord of dwelling, lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, peirazon, poneros, pride of life, roaring lion, satan, satanas, scoundrel, serpent, the god of this world, the prince of demons, the prince of power of the air, the ruler of demons, the ruler of this world, the tempter, the wicked one, vine's, why satan wants to destroy us, worthless, zondervan's pictorial pictionary
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The Devil Tempts Jesus
“We do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). Let us consider how the devil tempted Jesus and how Jesus handled the … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Temptation, Textual study
Tagged dave miller, Deuteronomy 6, Deuteronomy 8, earthly ambition, ego, fleshly appetites, get behind me satan, Hebrews 4:15, james snowden, Jesus quotes scripture, Jesus tempted, kerry duke, Luke 4, lust of eye, lust of flesh, Matthew 4, peter and satan simular rebuke, pride of life, Psalm 91, satan, satan quotes scripture, satan's lures, short cut to kingdom, temptation, the devil, vain glory
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How Are We Tempted? ( Part one)
In medicine, the more that is known about how a disease is contracted, the better prepared one is to avoid it. In security, the more one understands how the employees or customers steal, the more prepared the company is to … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Man, pride, Sin, Temptation, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 John 2, love not world, lust, lust of eye, lust of flesh, man natural appetites, man's senses, pride of life, tempation, things of world, uses of word world, vain glory
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