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Apart from God's grace to save sinners or hold holy angels never fallen, we would all choose our own unholy will over that of God Most High. If that reality does not make us humble and weep for the lost, nothing will.

Satan so corrupted what began with the crucifixion of God's Son, His resurrection, and the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, so that dying for the faith became the staple of glory and turned that glory into an institution that burned people to death who dared to disagree with it for 1,700 years. My dear brothers and sisters, do you think you can be lukewarm regarding Satan and his forces of evil?

Joy to the World is a look at God's grace and love in the context of hatred and evil in a world fallen into sin.

By design, water represents God as three persons in one God, and through creation God has been making a people He calls His own: first Israel and then the Church. In both cases, they are being made to represent their God, Creator, Bridegroom, and bride.

"YOU SHALL BE LIKE GOD" Just one litle problem with what Satan had to say, knowing good and doing evil is no good! A little problem with Satan's lie, they immediately didn't act like God because He neither hides Himself nor is He afraid of anything.

The believer, by contrast, should experience the sealing of the Spirit, which is assurance of salvation. Such assurance is not based on assumption but the reality that God lives in one's heart.

The Way to obedience begins with finding our identity in the One who created us, predetermined our existence, begat us, chose us, called us, justified us, and one day will glorify us.

The will is only set free to make godly choices after a person is given a new heart. It is grace that sets the heart free from corruption, but Satan and his army are always on the prowl to capture the children of God who are not being watchful, as we all should be.

Thinking back to the story by which I began this post, the world in which we live, with all its bloodshed, hatred, selfishness, unrighteous judgments, etc., is anything but what God had intended.

In the past, my prayer times were more structured than they are now. My time with Him still includes praise, worship, confession, intercession, thankfulness, but now much more. I am led to read and gain an understanding of many things that I could never properly explain before.

We are left with a flesh that remains partially sinful to keep us humble and to understand God's saving work within us. God could perfect us at any time, but think how much more powerful the Gospel message can be when it comes from a humble saint.

My dear readers, Defending the Works of God is what Christians are called to do. Self-sacrifice is the way of the cross, a love for Christ, and a testimony to the world, whether they receive it or not.

"Some of the most confusing motives come into play as Paul wrote ...Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, ...out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment."

Immortality is to share the eternal life with God, who is incorruptible. When we, as Christian believers and doers, share immortality, we also of necessity share incorruptibility.

We can say without fear of contradiction that the constant condition of the world is godless, idolatrous, and constantly being corrupted by the devil. For this reason, all prophets have warning ministries to cultures under God's wrath. Equally valid is that all prophetesses in scripture have the same ministry.

The image above shows the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. It is where the members of Congress meet to lead the nation.

Others should come before ourselves, and we should consider our actions and beliefs to be vitally important, never treating life as a game. The eternal destiny of souls should never be viewed in any context as a game!

The test before us is a difficult passage, first because of cultural norms, and also because many people try to dodge anything that even resembles something as seemingly insignificant as a person's hair length.

What the world needs to know is that God is three distinct persons, yet so unified and giving glory to the others that they are One God.

What a Christian is is the most important question any "follower of Jesus" will ever answer after who Jesus Christ is and how important He is.