Years ago I took a course called Faith Biblical Counseling at Grace Church. Grace Church and Faith Biblical Counseling provide the tools and education needed to help others arise victorious over the burdens of life... to support people as they transform their marriages, heal broken relationships, and overcome sin. I remember the contrast of what the world says to do vs what the Bible says to do.
Biblically for those who follow Jesus, they will know the truth and the truth will set them free.
This week in BSF we are studying James and going through COVID-19 and the beginnings of a global depression. The big idea here is authentic faith continues to actively follow Jesus' instructions. James 1-2 is about trials, temptations and faith. The verse that came to me clearly is James 2:21, the message version puts it like this: "So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life."
Biblically for those who follow Jesus, they will know the truth and the truth will set them free.
So He (Jesus) said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32
Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.” John 14:6-7Recently I've been making new friendships with people overcoming alcohol addiction. I've had the opportunity to read the AA Big book and Allen Carr's easyway. The big take away for me is that drinking alcohol doesn't live up to its promises. The more a person believes the promise of alcohol the worse their life becomes. The only way to health and well-being is to know the truth. The truth shows lies of the evil one for what they are, lies. Allen Carr talks about two monsters the little monster (physical addiction) wears a "hunger" outfit and the big monster (psychological) wears a "desire" outfit. Hunger and desire are good things the monster wears to trick us into traps of temptation. Pretty simple - but you really have to read the whole book to get his message.
This week in BSF we are studying James and going through COVID-19 and the beginnings of a global depression. The big idea here is authentic faith continues to actively follow Jesus' instructions. James 1-2 is about trials, temptations and faith. The verse that came to me clearly is James 2:21, the message version puts it like this: "So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life."
Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one. Matthew 5:37What the evil one does and doesn't do
- And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.' Matthew 6:13
- When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. Matthew 13:19
- The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, Matthew 13:38
- I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. John 17:15
- In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:16
- But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
- I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. 1 John 2:13
- Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.” John 14:6-7
- Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. 1 John 3:12
- And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants. John 3:19-21
- We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him. 1 John 5:18
- Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” John 3:3
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