It will not be abandoned because it does not see itself as wrong or needful of any help, therefore it does not repent, ask for grace nor allow itself to be replaced At most it will its possession of a man but will not externally ‘share’ surrender itself nor allow itself to be replaced, renewed or transformed Three instructions, each with 3 parts: Instruction #1 three parts [1] Submit yourselves therefore to God. [2] Resist the devil, and [3] the devil will flee from you. 7] Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. = military term: get in line; line up into your proper rank. “Submit” right, “Fall in” “Dress Dress” “Ready, Front” You are then lined up at attention, ready to receive orders… The humility James describes is no timid, cringing thing. It knows that if a man takes a resolute stand against the devil, he will prove the Devil to be a coward. 1 Peter 5:8-9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: [9] Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. Jesus, in His own temptations, showed that the devil is not invincible; When Satan is confronted with the word of God, he can be put to flight. The strong Christian has a humility which knows that he must fight his battles with the tempter, not in his own power, but in the power of God. It knows that it has the greatest privilege of all, access to God. Under the Old Testament order of things the right to approach God belonged only to the priests (Exo.19:22).
It will not be abandoned because it does not see itself as wrong or needful of any help, therefore it does not repent, ask for grace nor allow itself to be replaced At most it will externally ‘share’ its possession of a man but will not surrender itself nor allow itself to be replaced, renewed or transformed Three instructions, each with 3 parts: Instruction #1 three parts [1] Submit yourselves therefore to God. [2] Resist the devil, and [3] the devil will flee from you. 7] Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. “Submit” = military term: get in line; line up into your proper rank. “Fall in” “Dress right, Dress” “Ready, Front” You are then lined up at attention, ready to receive orders… The humility James describes is no timid, cringing thing. It knows that if a man takes a resolute stand against the devil, he will prove the Devil to be a coward. 1 Peter 5:8-9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: [9] Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. Jesus, in His own temptations, showed that the devil is not invincible; When Satan is confronted with the word of God, he can be put to flight. The strong Christian has a humility which knows that he must fight his battles with the tempter, not in his own power, but in the power of God. It knows that it has the greatest privilege of all, access to God. Under the Old Testament order of things the right to approach God belonged only to the priests (Exo.19:22).
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