God’s intention for you in your life! IS – for you to be ALIVE! Fully Alive! Abundantly living! BUT – those intentions are opposed. AND - Jesus could not have made that truth any clearer then he did in John chapter 10. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that you may have life, and have it to the full… - John 10:10
God intends for you to have Abundantly living. But right now that life is opposed. It doesn’t just roll in on a tray. There is a thief. He comes to steal, kill and destroy. IN – other words, yes, the offer is life, but you’re going to have to fight for it because there’s an Enemy in your life with a different agenda.
You are at war… “There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second is claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan. Even a quick read of the Bible is enough to convince anyone that war is the central theme of God’s activity.
WAR – is all over the OT. AND UNDERSTAND – this war theme did not end back in the BC’s… JESUS SAID, in Matthew 10:34; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. IN FACT – Jesus’ birth involved a great battle in heaven.
There was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. WHEN – you see this huge gap between the life God promises you in Scripture and the life you ‘actually’ live… • You – will either think, that Gods intentions for you must not be abundant life after all.• OR You will feel that the reason for the gap is that you are weak and are simply blowing it..
THE WORLD – in which you live is a combat zone, a violent clash of kingdoms, a bitter struggle unto death. You were born into a world at war, and you will live all your days in the midst of a great battle, involving all the forces of heaven and hell played out here on earth.
Why has your life been such a struggle? WHY – didn’t you achieve all you wanted? Is it because you are bad, weak and sinful? NO – it’s because you have an Enemy who has declared war on your life. AN ENEMY - who opposes God’s intentions for you?
God intends for you to have Abundantly living. But right now that life is opposed. It doesn’t just roll in on a tray. There is a thief. He comes to steal, kill and destroy. IN – other words, yes, the offer is life, but you’re going to have to fight for it because there’s an Enemy in your life with a different agenda.
You are at war… “There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second is claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan. Even a quick read of the Bible is enough to convince anyone that war is the central theme of God’s activity.
WAR – is all over the OT. AND UNDERSTAND – this war theme did not end back in the BC’s… JESUS SAID, in Matthew 10:34; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. IN FACT – Jesus’ birth involved a great battle in heaven.
There was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. WHEN – you see this huge gap between the life God promises you in Scripture and the life you ‘actually’ live… • You – will either think, that Gods intentions for you must not be abundant life after all.• OR You will feel that the reason for the gap is that you are weak and are simply blowing it..
THE WORLD – in which you live is a combat zone, a violent clash of kingdoms, a bitter struggle unto death. You were born into a world at war, and you will live all your days in the midst of a great battle, involving all the forces of heaven and hell played out here on earth.
Why has your life been such a struggle? WHY – didn’t you achieve all you wanted? Is it because you are bad, weak and sinful? NO – it’s because you have an Enemy who has declared war on your life. AN ENEMY - who opposes God’s intentions for you?
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