God is utterly other than us – other in a way we express with the word holiness. Yes, He dwells within each Christian, but He’s not you. He isn’t the same as you, He isn’t a part of you, and He isn’t a “higher” you. Yes, you’re made in His image, but you’re not Him. You’re not the same as Him, you’re not part of Him, and you aren’t a “splinter” of Him – nor will you ever be. He doesn’t depend on anything else because He is what everything else depends on. He can’t be explained by anything else because He is what everything else must be explained by. Although we can know what He has taught us about Himself, we can never comprehend Him completely because He is greater than our minds. Anything He wills, He can do. He not only holds supreme power but He also uses it. Nothing can defeat Him and nothing can happen contrary to His will. He is also supremely good – light with no darkness. Although evil is real, He detests it and bring it to judgment. He knows everything, He pays attention to everything, and nothing escapes His notice. He’s not just a What and a Who, like me or like you, but one What in three Whos – one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There is no one like Him. He is set apart. He is what He is, and there was never a time when He was not.
J. Budziszewski

WARFARE of Saints

WARFARE of Saints

WARFARE of Saints

  1. Is not after the flesh # 2Co 10:3
  2. Is a good warfare # 1Ti 1:18,19
  3. Called the good fight of faith # 1Ti 6:12
  4. IS AGAINST 4a) The devil

    # Ge 3:15 2Co 2:11 Eph 6:12 Jas 4:7 1Pe 5:8 Re 12:17

4b) The flesh # Ro 7:23 1Co 9:25-27 2Co 12:7 Ga 5:17 1Pe 2:11 4c) Enemies # Ps 38:19 56:2 59:3 4d) The world # Joh 16:33 1Jo 5:4,5 4e) Death # 1Co 15:26 Heb 2:14,15 5) Often arises from the opposition of friends or relatives # Mic 7:6 Mt 10:35,36 6) TO BE CARRIED ON 6a) Under Christ, as our captain # Heb 2:10 6b) Under the Lord’s banner # Ps 60:4 6c) With faith # 1Ti 1:18,19 6d) With a good conscience # 1Ti 1:18,19 6e) With steadfastness in the faith # 1Co 16:13 1Pe 5:9 Heb 10:23 6f) With earnestness # Jude 1:3 6g) With watchfulness # 1Co 16:13 1Pe 5:8 6h) With sobriety # 1Th 5:6 1Pe 5:8 6i) With endurance or hardness # 2Ti 2:3,10 6j) With self-denial # 1Co 9:25-27 6k) With confidence in God # Ps 27:1-3 6l) With prayer # Ps 35:1-3 Eph 6:18 6m) Without earthly entanglements # 2Ti 2:4 7) Mere professors do not maintain # Jer 9:3 8) SAINTS 8a) Are all engaged in # Php 1:30 8b) Must stand firm in # Eph 6:13,14 8c) Exhorted to diligence # 1Ti 6:12 Jude 1:3 8d) Encouraged in # Isa 41:11,12 51:12 Mic 7:8 1Jo 4:4 8e) Helped by God in # Ps 118:13 Isa 41:13,14 8f) Protected by God in # Ps 140:7 8g) Comforted by God in # 2Co 7:5,6 8h) Strengthened by God in # Ps 20:2 27:14 Isa 41:10 8i) Strengthened by Christ in # 2Co 12:9 2Ti 4:17 8j) Delivered by Christ in # 2Ti 4:18 8k) Thank God for victory in # Ro 7:25 1Co 15:57 9) ARMOUR FOR 9a) Girdle of truth # Eph 6:14 9b) Breastplate of righteousness # Eph 6:14 9c) Preparation of the gospel # Eph 6:15 9d) Shield of faith # Eph 6:16 9e) Helmet of salvation # Eph 6:17 1Th 5:8 9f) Sword of the Spirit # Eph 6:17 9g) Called armour of God # Eph 6:11 9h) Called armour of righteousness # 2Co 6:7 9i) Called armour of light # Ro 13:12 9j) Not carnal # 2Co 10:4 9k) Mighty through God # 2Co 10:4,5 9l) The whole, is required # Eph 6:13 9m) Must be put on # Ro 13:12 Eph 6:11 9n) To be on right hand and left # 2Co 6:7 10) VICTORY IN, IS 10a) From God # 1Co 15:57 2Co 2:14 10b) Through Christ # Ro 7:25 1Co 15:27 2Co 12:9 Re 12:11 10c) By faith # Heb 11:33-37 1Jo 5:4,5 10d) Over the devil # Ro 16:20 1Jo 2:14 10e) Over the flesh # Ro 7:24,25 Ga 5:24 10f) Over the world # 1Jo 5:4,5 10g) Over all that exalts itself # 2Co 10:5 10h) Over death and the grave # Isa 25:8 26:19 Ho 13:14 1Co 15:54,55 10i) Triumphant # Ro 8:37 2Co 10:5 11) THEY WHO OVERCOME IN, SHALL 11a) Eat of the hidden manna # Re 2:17 11b) Eat of the tree of life # Re 2:7 11c) Be clothed in white raiment # Re 3:5 11d) Be pillars in the temple of God # Re 3:12 11e) Sit with Christ in his throne # Re 3:21 11f) Have a white stone, and, in it a new name written # Re 2:17 11g) Have power over the nations # Re 2:26 11h) Have the name of God written upon them by Christ # Re 3:12 11i) Have God as their God # Re 21:7 11j) Have the morning-star # Re 2:28 11k) Inherit all things # Re 21:7 11l) Be confessed by Christ before God the Father # Re 3:5 11m) Be sons of God # Re 21:7 11n) Not be hurt by the second death # Re 2:11 11o) Not have their names blotted out of the book of life # Re 3:5 12) Illustrated # Isa 9:5 Zec 10:5