Wednesday, October 29, 2008

TRICKS OR TREATS?

In just a few days Halloween will be observed by many. There are many reasons to not like Halloween - greed, it's cultic history, it's occultic tendencies and it's promotion of overtly dangerous behavior to name just a few.
There are ways for Christians to turn this day from a day in which Satan gets glory to one in which God gets the glory. Anytime that happens its a good thing. We'll see some of these truths in a message I have entitled "Tricks or Treats".

I. TRICKS OF THE DEVIL

1. Doubt & Denial [Gn. 3:1-5]

2. Deceit & Desperation [Jn. 8:44, II Cor. 11:12-15, Rev. 12:12]

3. Defeat & Devouring [I Pet. 5:8-9]

II. TREATS OF GOD

1. His Unchangeableness (He is Immutable) [Jm. 1:17, Heb. 13:8]

2. His Graciousness [Heb. 2:9, Eph. 2:8-9]

3. His Liberalness [Jm. 1:5]

III. TRAITS OF THE TRUE BELIEVER [Eph. 6]

1. Fight Deception With truth [v. 10-14]

2. Fight Greed with the Gospel [v. 15]

3. Fight Fire with Fire (the Devil's fiery darts with God's Firepower) [v. 16-19, Rm. 10:17, Jer. 23:29, Rm. 12:20, Heb. 1:7, 12:29]

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