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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

What is the goal of this warfare? To disarm angelic beings? No! Christ has already done that on the cross, as we read in Colossians 2:15: “And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” It is simply that we take a stand, remain immovable, and that paradoxically is to advance. You advance by standing firm – as Paul repeats in Ephesians 6:11, 13, and 14.
Melvin Tinker

Pride is the worst viper in the heart. It is the first sin that ever entered into the universe. It lies lowest of all in the foundation of the whole building of sin. Of all lusts, it is the most secret, deceitful, and unsearchable in its ways of working. It is ready to mix with everything. Nothing is so hateful to God, contrary to the spirit of the Gospel, or of so dangerous consequence. There is no one sin that does so much to let the devil into the hearts of the saints and expose them to his delusions.
Jonathan Edwards

GIFT of the Holy Spirit

GIFT of the Holy Spirit

GIFT of the Holy Spirit, The

  1. By the Father # Ne 9:20 Lu 11:13
  2. By the Son # Joh 20:22
  3. To Christ without measure # Joh 3:34
  4. GIVEN 4a) According to promise

    # Ac 2:38,39

4b) Upon the exaltation # Ps 68:18 Joh 7:39 4c) Through the intercession of Christ # Joh 14:16 4d) In answer to prayer # Lu 11:13 Eph 1:16,17 4e) For instruction # Ne 9:20 4f) For comfort of saints # Joh 14:16 4g) To those who repent and believe # Ac 2:38 4h) To those who obey God # Ac 5:32 4i) To the Gentiles # Ac 10:44,45 11:17 15:8 5) Is abundant # Ps 68:9 Joh 7:38,39 6) Is permanent # Isa 59:21 Hag 2:5 1Pe 4:14 7) Is fruit bearing # Isa 32:15 8) Received through faith # Ga 3:14 9) An evidence of union with Christ # 1Jo 3:24 4:13 10) An earnest of the inheritance of the saints # 2Co 1:22 5:5 Eph 1:14 11) A pledge of the continued favour of God # Eze 39:29