Calvary Chapel of San Antonio

"One thing is sure: if you are suffering for doing good you need to set Christ apart as

Lord of your heart! If you do not, you won’t be able to endure the things life throws at you nor the opposition of the enemy. You will quit. That’s when we need to remember that if He calls you, you have no right to quit or disobey. Hard? For sure. But for His marvelous

grace."

There is no way to know how long Adam & Eve had been in the garden together and we do not know how long the devil had been plotting against them. The story makes it read like these things happened quickly but it is likely they did not...

"There is a significant picture here. As I’ve already indicated, the disciples were all

filled with fear. It’s in those times when you are most afraid that Jesus will come

and stand right in the middle of the things you are afraid of and make you this offer

of peace! He is with you! He is never closer than when you are truly afraid and

about to be overwhelmed. It doesn’t matter if you feel His presence. It doesn’t

matter to Him that you are afraid when you should have believed. He is there

because He loves you! No other reason."