If you are fearful or doubting, treasure the truth in your heart that, in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 2. Can you say this morning with the apostle Paul )Yielding ourselves up to GodHere is a physician who has for months been tracing an obscure disease, from which he has been suffering, to its secret cause. In this life, he flees only to rally his forces and return. Stand shoulder to shoulder.2. time of limited freedom is over, Revelation 20:10 says, "The devil . But the articular (Ed: Definite article "the" precedes diabolos in Greek = to diabolo) designation, in the context, makes it unmistakable that James thinks of the devil, the chief power of evil, as a person. His decision is his decision, and against God, in whom all which is assailable by vice finds expression. about this focused war-time praying than I can say this morning. In the context there John was telling us that they have overcome the spirit of antichrist and those that are led by that spirit. Tonight we will join together again for our series called “On Mission Every Day.”. There are some men to whom the very idea of submission is distasteful—they will be subjective to no one, but wish to be their own gods and a law unto themselves. On the contrary we are renewing, here and God knows what is best for us, for the best ordering of society and in His great love and wisdom has given us the 10 Commandments. "He will flee from you."1. South.He who would fight the devil with his own weapons must not wonder if he finds him an over match.(R. stop!' If the sanctified are said to be "filled with the Holy Ghost," "why," said Peter to Ananias, "hath Satan filled thy heart?" What I want to do this morning is serve At last the cause is plain. We can willingly come before Him in humility now, mourning over our sins; or, we will bow before Him at the final judgment as we prepare to be punished for our sin. Let us next observe that our text bears a second meaning, namely, that of submission to the Divine will — that of course would strike you in the wording of the verse, "Submit yourselves therefore to God." Life Application Bible Commentary. In the first place, we must resist him boldly and at once. It is a war-time instrument. "Adam," says Dr. Hammond, "after his expulsion, was a greater slave in the wilderness than he had been in the enclosure." Genuine repentance, genuine following of Jesus, will bring with it genuine mourning over sin. In the next place, we must resist the devil constantly; because he is unceasing in his assaults, we are never safe from him, no, not for an instant, under any circumstances or in any place.3. There must be subjection to God’s will—the whole man to the whole law of God. Having yielded to the world's allurements, they had to be restored to the pathway of separation. A Christian's life is a most blessed one.(R. c. Self-control (1Pe 5:8-note). The current we stand in is deep, swift, and hissing; and who of us, at times, is not swayed and staggered by it? Out of this thought comes also what might be called the hopefulness of morality. Inflame the evil desires of the soul.2. In the Septuagint, this Greek term (diabolos) is used almost uniformly to render the Hebrew term Satan." Are you ready for this? He was seeking to destroy her. In order to know how to resist the devil, we need to know how the devil operates, what strategies he uses, the means he uses to attack us—if we know those things, such knowledge will help us to resist him. Humble yourself before Him and He will lift you up. We know of teenage Satan worship in the caves around our own city. Cry peccavi. What next? John MacArthur feels that James is addressing unbelievers in James 4:7-10 commenting that these verses constitute... one of the clearest calls to salvation in all of Scripture. That's why he did it. Philippians 2:10-11 says, “. The thought that you can succeed in keeping your hand and heart clean is a constant inspiration to persevere. The Bible Speaks Today). Are his dread arms in fight: He who loves his wife loves himself. and sharpen your focus in war-time prayer against Satan. I grieve to say that I have met with persons who say, "I cannot find peace, I cannot get salvation," and talk very prettily in that way; but yet outside the door they are giggling one with another, as if it were matter of amusement. To offer Isaac was a hard duty, and yet that morning Abraham was up early (see Ge 22:3). Satan is the father of lies and the prince of darkness but God's Truth exposes the enemy's lies and His Light overpowers darkness. It is not ours to question, that were to become masters; but ours it is to obey without questioning, even as soldiers do. Stand against the adversary in the strength provided by your submission to Christ. It, along with such traits as self-control, patience, endurance, peace, and joy, is a by-product of living God’s way. 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