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Anxiety:

Intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations.

This is a real situation people face every day. Not being able to keep calm because of fear of what is happening or what could happen.

In this situation, perfect peace is almost unrealistic because it would seem as if you are not facing reality if you are calm.

What does the Bible say about this?

Jesus also lived in a time like this. When he was born, all his age mates where he lived were killed.

His cousin John the Baptist was beheaded. The Jews were living in a time where the economy was terrible and they were ruled by the Romans. They had to pay taxes even when the majority of them were not earning enough to support their families.

This teaching is one that every believer has to be equipped with. It can mark the difference between a believer who is perpetually victorious in God and a believer who is defeated when the troubles of this world become too much.

The number one battle of the enemy today is not a battle against your health or marriage but a struggle that you don’t come to the knowledge of God or don’t grow in your faith. And it’s so sad that the biggest attack of the devil on the church is the place we place our focus the least.

Continuation on Barriers to Bible Interpretations.

In this episode, we discussed two things:

Firstly: If we are to read the inspiration of the apostles, discover what the writer intended, and seek no other interpretation, then where is the place of the Holy Spirit teaching us all things, or bringing to our understanding the things we have learned?

Moral Interpretation of the bible

You cannot master anything you have not deliberately learned.

It’s a popular issue right now where many of the things we believe about God are not from the Bible but are from other people. It’s because we have not taken deliberate efforts to learn from the Bible.

In this sermon we discuss deeper on how to interpret the bible.

The disciples came back describing their experience and Jesus responded saying I see Satan as lightning fall from heaven. That was what Jesus saw. You need to see what Jesus saw.

The experience was good, but you need to see what Jesus saw, to experience what he experienced.

The experience was good, but the revelation here ranked higher. That the devil is fallen.

You would become more effective in the believer's authority when you can see as christ did.

Christ saw Satan defeated. What do you see?

We have been taught to be on the defensive and run away when it comes to spiritual attacks.

From teaching us to hide our blessings from people, to stop sleeping with your legs on the wall, to stop telling people your age, to don’t let anybody touch your head etc

We have learnt to accommodate the wickedness in our surrounding. We have gotten so comfortable with the powers these people use. And so we try all our bests not to step on anyones toes.

But the first lesson you must learn when it comes to spiritual warfare is to know what you carry and boast about it.