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Every Christian man is engaged in a real spiritual battle. Scripture neither encourages an unhealthy obsession with demons nor permits believers to ignore spiritual opposition. Instead, the Lord commands His people to be strong in Him and to stand firm with the armor He provides. In this episode of Warriors of Grace, Dave Jenkins explains Ephesians 6:10–18 and shows how Christian men can face sin, temptation, fear, discouragement, pride, anger, passivity, and spiritual opposition with biblical courage. Victory does not come through human ingenuity, willpower, or self-confidence. Christian men fight from the finished victory of Jesus Christ. Through truth, righteousness, the gospel, faith, salvation, Scripture, prayer, and fellowship in the local church, God supplies everything His people need to remain faithful. Stand firm in Christ, remain vigilant, and fight with the armor God provides. For more from Warriors of Grace, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/warriors-of-grace-podcast/

Final sermon in Summer Intern Harrison Seeley's Life of Hezekiah series. "The best of men are only men at best." God answers man's pride with judgment but answers their humility with grace.

The sermon explores the profound humility of Jesus Christ as presented in Philippians 2, emphasizing that believers must adopt this same mindset. It contrasts the liberal reduction of Jesus to a mere moral example with the biblical truth of his full deity and humanity. The preacher argues that Christ's voluntary descent from glory to servitude and death on the cross is the ultimate model for Christian conduct. This humility is not optional but essential for maintaining right relationships within the church and before God. Ultimately, the text calls the congregation to look beyond self-interest and find their identity in the redeeming work of Jesus rather than his mere example.

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6–10 Sermon: "The Hidden Snare of Loving Money (Biblical Church Finance: Part 1)" Speaker: Pastor Sam Lee Date: August 9, 2026

The sermon examines Hosea chapter seven, using the metaphor of Ephraim as a silly dove to illustrate Israel's spiritual foolishness and lack of discernment. It highlights how the nation blinded itself by pride and reliance on foreign alliances with Egypt and Assyria rather than seeking God for protection. The preacher contrasts this misplaced trust in worldly security with the biblical warnings of inevitable judgment found in Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and 2 Kings. Emphasizing that spiritual decay often goes unnoticed until it is too late, the text urges listeners to recognize their own tendency to run from divine correction. Ultimately, the message calls for humble repentance and a return to total dependence on God instead of self-sufficiency.

In "What Rules Your Heart?", Pastor Byron Chesney examines Colossians 3:12–17 and shows how a believer's union with Christ should change the way he treats others. Christians are called to put off the attitudes of the old life and daily put on mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness, and charity. Through biblical teaching and a personal story about responding to a hateful customer, this message emphasizes that difficult people and circumstances reveal what is controlling the heart. Anger, pride, fear, and bitterness produce conflict, but when the peace of God rules within, the character of Christ is displayed through our words and actions. The message challenges every believer to let the Word of Christ dwell richly within and to ask honestly, "What rules my heart?"

This sermon teaches that both sons in the parable are "prodigal," each lost in a different way: the younger through open rebellion and self-indulgent experimentation, the older through prideful moral conformity and self-righteousness. The father models perfect love—watching, running, embracing, restoring, and gently correcting both sons—showing God's heart toward repentant sinners and stubborn rule keepers alike. By comparing the two sons to modern progressive and conservative value systems, both can become ways of trying to control God. Only repentance, humility, and a desire for the Father himself—not his blessings—bring true restoration, making clear that goodness without grace is as spiritually dangerous as rebellion without repentance.

The sermon analyzes Psalm 10 to expose three core lies told by the godless man: that he is permanent, that God is blind, and that there will be no reckoning. By contrasting the wicked man's internal monologue with the psalmist's direct prayers, the text demonstrates that prosperity without God is an illusion and that hidden sins are fully known to Him. The preacher argues that practical atheism stems from a failure to account for divine judgment, urging listeners to examine their own hearts against this mirror of human depravity. Ultimately, the message finds hope in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who bore the weight of all wickedness on the cross, ensuring justice for the oppressed and salvation for believers.

Because God is good, cry out to Him. I. YOU ARE TO CRY TO THE LORD II. WHAT YOU ARE TO CRY TO GOD FOR