Entertainment or Satanic Enticement Pt. 2
If you have sensed an increase of offensive content in the media, it’s not your imagination. Networks have proceeded to harden programming in an attempt to keep up with cable stations. Material that would have been banned years ago is now normal fare. Even culture apologists are suggesting that the content in entertainment is out of control.
Entertainment or Satanic Enticement Pt. 3
How would you react if someone were to break into your home and kidnap your children? What would you do or how would you feel if I told you that it is already happening? Their bodies might still be there, but their hearts and minds have been stolen. Mindsets have been changed, allegiances have been transferred. We think we are being entertained, but we are actually being seduced and satanically enticed into the darkness of sin and death. It is the gradual breakdown and compromise that happens through repeated watching of things that scripture warns us against as believers.
The Doctrine of Sin
This morning we are continuing our study of the basic doctrines of the faith under the general title, “The Things We Must Believe.” It is incumbent upon every Christian to have a vital understanding of the doctrinal truths God has placed in His Word, which He expects His people to know, understand, and live their lives by.
The Doctrine of Grace
This morning we are continuing our study of the basic doctrines of the faith in the series entitled, “The Things We Must Believe.” You will recall that the focus of this study, the destination our journey through these doctrines is designed to arrive at, is not that we will all acquire more knowledge of what God wants us to know as though knowing were an end in itself. Simply put out goal is that in knowing the doctrinal truths of God clearly, we will be moved from the heart to turn Doctrines we know into Actions of loving obedience to Christ.
Salvation by Faith
One thing we simply must understand is that salvation is dealing with that disease of sin, which lives in us because we are human beings. So we must understand that word salvation comes from a treasure hunter looking for value motif – to “salvage,” it means essentially “to Rescue,” and it is God’s method of Dealing with our Sins.
The Spirit Filled Life
The Beginning of the Battle
Satan and the battle that every believer encounters is not a figment of your imagination. There is a real battle over the destination of your soul and Satan is the one trying to destroy you.
Defeating the Devil
Hundreds of years ago, in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve lost the reason that God had in creating them. They yielded to temptation and lost their birth certificate. Satan became the ruler and prince of this world through stolen authority. The Bible is the revelation of God’s plan to rescue us and teach us how to live as His redeemed children.
Every Believer's Battle
When Jesus died on the cross, shed His blood and then rose victorious over death, hell and the grave, He wasn’t doing it to show His authority. The authority of God and Jesus was already demonstrated in heaven when Satan and his rebellious followers were defeated and thrown out of heaven. Jesus did all of this to regain authority for you and me, which had been stolen by Satan through our sin.
Is Worship a Place
The power of worship has been displayed down through history. Many Christians know that coming together for corporate worship is a critical part of the believer's life. Is the place of worship the key to having an effective worship experience? Today we will see that the place is not as important at the condition and position of the heart.