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“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. [*Ephesians 6: 10-12 (KJV)]”
“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious [*FULFILLED BY THE LAMB HIMSELF!] promises: that by these [*FULFILLED BY THE LAMB HIMSELF- PROMISES] ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. [*2 Peter 1: 3, 4 (KJV)]"
All that both, This Present Evil World and Babylon, The Harlot Christian Church have to offer people are methods, formulas, steps, applications… to accomplish or achieve, “…the life that you want from God”. Do we, can we even, anymore, sense the lack of genuine, heart-felt, meaningful love and fellowship in any of these vain things? The word, “wiles,” as in “the wiles of the devil”; is derived from the Greek word, “methodeia,” meaning methods or schemes, schemings… “applications,” “appropriations”. Ah, the methods, schemes, schemings, applications, appropriations of our raging ego! Modern christianity and the christian are full of “the wiles of the devil”!! This is why, generally, “christian love” seems so fake… because it is fake! The christian only attempts to “love” you; because they think that, if they don’t “love you,” then they will “displease God,” lose His forgiveness and their salvation, and hinder or void the things for which they have been asking or petitioning (and “believing”) God in prayer! Today, our narcissism, our self-worship, is truly epic! Yet, we are not our own (*regardless of what we may think!). We do not belong unto ourselves. It’s not, “My life!” Bon Jovi is wrong. We are going to live forever. We are bought with a price, the very blood of the Son of God who loved us, and gave himself for us; and therefore, should we not rather be about our Father’s business of glorifying God, in both our bodies and in our spirits which are His?… this business of His, of our loving one another, with His love?? Oh it is one thing to spend, more like… waste, so much time, believing and confessing scripture-promises (with our big mouths) into the air; and yet, it is quite another thing to commune, actually, with the living God who dwells deep within us, to partake of His divine nature deep within us… which He himself has appropriated in, and by, and through, and because of the precious blood of His cross!
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