The Angelic Conflict - Part 47 -
Point 11. - How God is Glorified in the Angelic Conflict -

Point 12. - The Existence of Free Will in the Human Race Perpetuates the Angelic Conflict -

Blinding you from the real reason why you are here and taking you away from your right pastor-teacher, Act 20:28, is the intent and objective of the deceptions from the kingdom of darkness.

A reed or a stalk of a plant shaken by the wind is a metaphor for a person who’s made to waver or sway or vacillate under the pressure of difficult circumstances.

MAR 1:22 They were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

MAR 1:27 And they were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority!”

MAR 1:6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist.

The clergy of those days wore long robes, phylacteries and tassels on their garments, Mar 12:38, Luk 20:46, Mat 23:5.

In the devil’s world and the angelic conflict a believer will come into times of great perplexity, adversity, and persecution.

PHI 1:29 For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

2TI 3:12 And indeed, all who desire to live [eusebos] the unique spiritual life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Some of the most humble people on earth were like Moses and John the Baptist; they were very commanding, very authoritative, and very outspoken at times.

Doctrine always exposes the plastic pseudo stereotype Christian who lacks individuality.

He generally concludes that the goal of the Christian life is living moral, but it goes way beyond morality into spirituality.

Sweetness of personality and morality of life are his superficial concepts of what it means to be a Christian.

If the kingdom of darkness can get preconceptions into the minds of God’s people, especially concerning the one who is to teach them about God, then personality and lifestyle becomes the issue rather than the message.

“Warning against False Prophets”

“Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits (Mat 7:15-20).

The warning to the children of God under grace is against false teachers who are to be discerned by their doctrine concerning Christ (2Pe 2:1, 2Jo 1:7-11): never by their lives;

for outwardly, false teachers are said to be directly under the power of Satan who himself appears as an angel of light (2Co 11:13-15).

The attractive personality of the false teacher affords great advantage as a background for the appeal he makes for his doctrine.” - Lewis Sperry Chafer

God uses men of all kinds of personalities. Amos was a farmer. Daniel was a scholar.

Jeremiah was very young when he was called into the ministry and tended to be emotional at times because of his patriotism.

Isaiah was an ambassador for a king. Ezekiel was a gruff or harsh character.

You can never ever scrutinize, figure out, and appraise and judge a spiritual man!

1CO 2:15 But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no man.

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