THE REALITY OF OUR VICTORY IN CHRIST
MINISTRY HIGH-LIGHTS FOR THE WEEK
August 21, 2015RUNNING TO WIN A PRIZE
September 16, 2015GCC Message
The story behind the passage. (Corinth was a city full of idol worship, and the young church members had to deal with idols in all forms of daily life.)
Lev 19:4 “Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lordyour God. “
Idols are man made gods, shaped by people, crafted by people and made of physical things, wood, stone or metal.
They are not real they are things.
WHY DO WE BURN THEM WHEN WE GET SAVED?
When people attach themselves to them, they bring fear and fear attracts the presence of demons but they in themselves are useless.
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All of our beef is slaughtered by Moslem people and they have to face Mecca and pray a prayer before they slaughter.
- Many of the businesses where you buy stuff they sacrifice animals and call on gods before they sell.
- Many building where you operate your business there are animals that were sacrificed in the foundations.
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Paul says: Idols are idols, they are not gods, they are man made.
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Do not become paranoid.
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Over suspicious, paranoiac, suspicious, mistrustful, fearful, insecure.
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Such people see a demon in everything. Every darkness has a god in it.
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.
Fear attracts the enemy to take you captive.
YOU ARE BLESSED AND COVERED
Numbers 22:12 “God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
Numbers 23:
18 Then he took up his oracle and said: “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, son of Zippor! 19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
The Lord his God is with him, And the shout of a King is among them.
It now must be said of Jacob And of Israel, ‘Oh, what God has done!’
It shall not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain.”
WE NEED TO PRAY FOR GOD TO REVEAL TO US HOW POWERFUL ARE THE FORCES WE HAVE IN CHRIST.
1 John 4:4
4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 Chronicles 16:25 “For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and he is to be feared above all gods.
but the Lord made the heavens.
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Eating your clan totem.
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Eating pork publicly when you converted from Islam.
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Our dressing may be accepted in some circles but offensive in others.
- Eating blood, some cultures do
1Cor 9: 19-23
