1. By Always Being Able to Pray “Praying always” 2. By Praying all Kinds of Prayer “All prayer and supplication” (There are private, family, silent, audible, mealtime, congregational, set time, and emergency prayers) A. “Prayer” is a general word for prayer as in worship. We worship when we give to Him as Psalm 29:1-2 illustrate. [...]
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Spiritual Warfare of Prayer, Part 2
Posted: March 7, 2010 in Ephesians ClassTags: George Mueller, Henry and Richard Blackaby, Spirtual Leadership
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Week 13: The NEW Bible Institute on Ephesians: The Spiritual Warfare of Prayer, Part 1
Posted: March 4, 2010 in Ephesians ClassTags: A. W. Tozer, Harold W. Hoehner's Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary, John MacArthur
Week 13 Assignment: Read pages 375-385 in MacArthur on Ephesians 6:18-24. Read and comment on the two posts (Parts 1-2) for our final week. Three statesments leap out to me from these verses! 1. The Christian life is a battleground. Tozer captured the worldview of the worldly: “Men think of the world, not as a battleground, but as a [...]
How to Resist the Devil, Part 7, The Sword of the Spirit
Posted: February 26, 2010 in Ephesians ClassTags: James Montgomery Boice, John MacArthur, Stewart Custer, The Quran
Contrast “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” in Ephesians 6:17 with the Islam sword. “Islam teaches conversion by the sword. The Quran teaches hatred of Jews and Christians. ‘Kill those who join other gods with Allah whenever you find them’ (Sura 9:5). ‘Those who make war against Allah and his [...]
How to Resit the Devil, Part 6, The Helmet of Salvation
Posted: February 21, 2010 in Ephesians ClassTags: James Montgomery Boice, New rules of engagement in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal
In the eight year Afghanistan war against terrorism, last year suffered the heaviest civilian casualties: 2500 civilians died. US General Stanley McChrystal, NATO commander, has changed the rules of engagement. Our military can only fire on the Taliban in self-defense. For example, if a sniper fires from a building and then lays down his rifle [...]
How to Resist the Devil, Part 5,The Shield of Faith
Posted: February 12, 2010 in Ephesians ClassTags: Darth Vader, Erwin Lutzer, John MacArthur, Oliver Wendell Holmes
Darth Vader once said, “I find your lack of faith—disturbing.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, known for his quotes said, “It is faith in something that makes life worth living.” Faith is the common denominator of life. “Every person lives by some form of faith. We cross a bridge with the faith that it will support us. [...]
Week 12: The NEW Bible Institute on Ephesians: How to Resist the Devil, Part 4
Posted: January 31, 2010 in Ephesians ClassTags: Andrew Bonar, Armor of God, Belt of Truth, James Montgomery Boice, Spiritual Warfare, The Hermeneutic of Humility
Week 12 Assignments: Read pages 345-373 in MacArthur and Eph 6:14-17 . Read Parts 4-7 and comment on them. This week we continue with Paul’s instructions on how to resist the Devil. I think it was Andrew Bonar who first imagined a situation in which a Christian dies and goes to heaven and there meets [...]
How to Resist the Devil, Part 3
Posted: January 29, 2010 in Ephesians ClassTags: Charles Spurgeon, Ian Murray's The Forgotten Spurgeon, John MacArthur
Charles Spurgeon, the great British Baptist Defender of the Faith, said, “The Devil never beats a dead horse.” He knew whereof he spoke. Spurgeon was embroiled in three great battles in London at Metropolitan Tabernacle. Ian Murray in The Forgotten Spurgeon, records the three famous conflicts Spurgeon fought as England’s leading pastor. The three confrontations were with preachers of Arminianism (works for salvation), preachers of baptismal regeneration (works for salvation by water baptism) and the Downgrade Controversy (Liberalism in Spurgeon’s denomination, the Baptist Union). Spurgeon earnestly contended for the faith and probably went to an early grave as a consequence.
If you and your church preach and defend doctrine, the emphasis of Ephesians 1-3, and practice what you believe, the point of Ephesians 4-6, you can expect “to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Paul in the final section of Ephesians equips us to “resist the Devil” (James 4:7).
How to Resist the Devil, Part 2, “Be made strong in the Lord”
Posted: January 22, 2010 in Ephesians ClassTags: Brit Hume, Resist the Devil
The battle is real and urgent as described by Paul in Ephesians 6:10-20. Paul begins this final section in Ephesians on spiritual warfare with “finally brethren.” This signals not so much the conclusion of the letter as the climax. In Ephesians 1-3, Paul defined doctrines that teach the unity love can bring to a church: The [...]
Week 11: The NEW Bible Institute on Ephesians: How to Resist the Devil, Part 1
Posted: January 18, 2010 in Ephesians ClassTags: Earthquake in Haiti, Frank Hammond's Pigs in the Parlor: A Practical Guide to Deliverance, Jimmy Swaggart, Jr., Kenneth D. Boa, Mark Driscoll, Pat Robertson on Haiti, Robert M. Bowman, Sense & Nonsense About Angels & Demons, Wayne Grudem
Week 11 Assignment: Read pages 331-344 in MacArthur and Ephesians 6:10-13. Read and comment on the three posts (Parts 1-3) for week eleven. A pastor tells an amusing story about a man who was on his way to attend a costume party one Sunday evening. He was wearing a red suit with a tail and a skintight mask [...]
Week 10: The Bible Institute on Ephesians: Slaves and Slave Owners, Part 4
Posted: January 4, 2010 in Ephesians Class, SermonsTags: Christian employers, Harold W. Hoehner's Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary, Sir Christopher Wren
To review, Paul has instructed concerning the 1. Christian Employee’s Attitude of Submission in Ephesians 6:5-8 First, as with the first two life-relationships, the subordinate partner is addressed first and then the one who is responsible for leadership (wives/husbands; children/parents; employees/employers. Next, the command is stated: “Employees obey.” True to form, Paul amplifies this command. [...]
