Reflecting God - "Victory Through God’s Peace" from The Global Church of the Nazarene in Lenexa, Kansas, United States - Embrace Holy Living - Scripture: Romans 16:17-20,25-27

Reflecting God - "Victory Through God’s Peace" from The Global Church of the Nazarene in Lenexa, Kansas, United States - Embrace Holy Living - Scripture: Romans 16:17-20,25-27RG AUDIO 101015

Romans 16:17 I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put snares alongside the teaching in which you have been trained — keep away from them. 18 For men like these are not serving our Lord the Messiah but their own belly; by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the innocent. 19 For everyone has heard about your obedience; therefore I rejoice over you. However, I want you to be wise concerning good, but innocent concerning evil. 20 And God, the source of shalom, will soon crush the Adversary under your feet.

The grace of our Lord Yeshua be with you.

25 Now to God, who can strengthen you, according to my Good News,

in harmony with the revelation of the secret truth

which is the proclamation of Yeshua the Messiah,

kept hidden in silence for ages and ages,

26 but manifested now through prophetic writings,

in keeping with the command of God the Eternal,

and communicated to all the Gentiles

to promote in them trust-grounded obedience —

27 to the only wise God, through Yeshua the Messiah,

be the glory forever and ever!

Amen.

"Victory Through God’s Peace" by Author: Tim Stearman
Some people assume that when Paul wrote “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet” (v. 20), he was making a reference to Genesis 3:15, in which God said to the serpent, “He will crush your head and you will strike his heel.” Whatever the case, it certainly brings that passage to mind and serves to reinforce the word God spoke to Satan long before Paul’s time.
We often forget that though we are in a spiritual battle, the war has already been won. It was decided on the cross at Calvary as the words of Jesus echoed through the valley below: “It is finished!” (John 19:30). When He spoke those immortal words, it was because the last nail had been driven not through His flesh, but through Satan’s future.
The peace we enjoy as members of the Kingdom is not achieved by denying that problems exist or burying our heads in the sand. It comes from knowing that we have “overcome the world,” and that “we are more than conquerors” through Christ (1 John 5:4; Romans 8:37).
Hymn for Today: "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" by Charles Wesley

1. Soldiers of Christ arise,

and put your armor on,

strong in the strength which God supplies

thru his eternal Son;

strong in the Lord of Hosts,

and in his mighty power,

who in the strength of Jesus trusts

is more than conqueror.

2. Stand then in his great might,

with all his strength endued,

but take to arm you for the fight

the panoply of God;

that having all things done,

and all your conflicts passed,

ye may o'ercome thru Christ alone

and stand entire at last.

3. Pray without ceasing, pray,

(your Captain gives the word)

his summons cheerfully obey

and call upon the Lord;

to God your every want

in instant prayer display,

pray always, pray and never faint,

pray, without ceasing pray.

4. From strength to strength go on,

wrestle and fight and pray,

tread all the powers of darkness down

and win the well-fought day.

Still let the Spirit cry

in all his soldiers, "Come!"

till Christ the Lord, descends from high

and takes the conquerors home.

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Thought for Today:

"But you have given me

the strength of a wild bull;

you anoint me with fresh olive oil." Psalm 92:11
Please pray:
That many people in Jamaica will come to know Yeshua the Messiah and the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
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