OUR SUFFERINGS IN THIS PRESENT TIME – Romans 8

Such is the darkness of the epic tragedy of mankind, lost in sin, without God, and without hope in the world, until they shall turn to the Lord Jesus Christ.

WHO SHALL DELIVER ME OUT OF THE BODY OF THIS DEATH? Romans 7

This is the cry of every man who is not saved. In the large view, it is the agonizing cry of all the world, especially of the benighted populations of the pre-Christian ages.

THERE WAS A WAR IN HEAVEN – Revelation 12

It is an amazing folly indulged by some Christian scholars who fancy they can find out all about this war from pagan mythology, such mythology itself, in all probability, having been concocted from perverted and corrupted “versions” of a truth evidently known by the early patriarchs.

WHEN THE WICKED RISE, MEN HIDE THEMSELVES! – Proverbs 28

It is always a sad day for humanity when an evil man procures great authority. Joseph Stalin, for example is credited with murdering over thirty million people!

DO NOT FRET OVER WICKED MEN – Psalms 37

Psalm 37 teaches that the prosperity of the wicked is superficial and temporary, and that those who trust in God may be certain that, finally, they will be the ones who are blessed.

A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF SHALL NOT STAND – Matthew 12

The argument in these verses is simple, but profound. If Satan was really casting out Satan, a ridiculous absurdity on the face of it, then Satan’s kingdom was being destroyed.

PROFESSING THEMSELVES TO BE WISE, THEY BECAME FOOLS – Romans 1:22

Without the knowledge of God, man is but “a disease of the agglutinated dust.”

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE OF GOD – 1 John 5

On almost every page of the New Testament, the spiritual foe of Christians is identified, not as a mere principle, but as personal, intelligent, malignant and cunning. Yes, it’s Satan, the Devil, the great dragon, serpent and evil one!