{"id":572,"date":"2015-03-11T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=572"},"modified":"2015-03-27T00:53:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T00:53:04","slug":"sw-spiritual-pow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/sw-spiritual-pow\/","title":{"rendered":"SW &#8211; ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL POW ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/series\/spiritual-warfare\/\" class=\"series-9\" title=\"Spiritual Warfare\">Spiritual Warfare<\/a><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>THE CHRISTIAN BATTLE<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<b>ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL POW ???<\/b> <i> (PRISONER OF WAR) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"> The illusion of being captured?<\/span> <\/span> &#8211; An optical illusion ?<br \/>\nA. The devil&#8217;s power is over-estimated by most. <i>Rev. 12:9<\/i><br \/>\nB. The devil takes advantage of weaknesses that are not fully turned over<br \/>\nto the Lord. <i>2 Tim. 2:26<\/i> How can this happen to a Christian ?<br \/>\n&#8211; Obviously not depending on God&#8217;s power.<br \/>\n&#8211; Obviously not aware of the danger.<br \/>\n&#8211; Obviously, not willing to do what is necessary to stop their defeat.<br \/>\nC. Often results from not seeing the whole picture. Forgetting, or putting away<br \/>\nthe whole view of the battle. <i>John 4:35<\/i><br \/>\n&#8211; Disciples were interested in food, not the needs of the people.<br \/>\nJesus redirects their vision.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> The devil actually does capture some people.<\/span> <\/span><br \/>\nA. Miracles to deceive. <i>Rev. 13:14<\/i><br \/>\nB. Self-deception. <i>James 1:22<\/i><br \/>\nC. We can be unsuspecting because of the people he uses. People close to us<br \/>\ncan be the instruments of deception the devil uses. <i>2 Tim. 3:13<\/i><br \/>\nD. Some lost the power they once had. (Lack of discipline, lack of praying,<br \/>\nlack of faithfulness, etc.)<br \/>\n&#8211; In practice, they deny the power of Christ over the flesh. <i>2 John 1:7<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> The devil can be overcome.<\/span> <\/span><br \/>\n<i>Ye are of God,little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He<br \/>\nthat is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4 <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/series\/spiritual-warfare\/\" class=\"series-9\" title=\"Spiritual Warfare\">Spiritual Warfare<\/a><\/div><p>THE CHRISTIAN BATTLE ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL POW ??? (PRISONER OF WAR) 1. The illusion of being captured? &#8211; An optical illusion ? A. The devil&#8217;s power is over-estimated by most. Rev. 12:9 B. The devil takes advantage of weaknesses that are not fully turned over to the Lord. 2 Tim. 2:26 How can this happen to a Christian ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12],"tags":[24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}