Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, and that is just what He did. Jesus said about the devil in John 10:10 that the works of the devil are stealing, killing, and destroying.

We have to arm ourselves with the same purpose or have the same mindset as Christ. As He was willing to lay down and suffer in His flesh for our freedom, we too have to suffer in our flesh, meaning we have to suffer by doing what is right and not allowing our flesh the freedom to do what it wants to do.

The Amplified Classic says it this way, "Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers and exiles [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges (the evil desires, the passions of the flesh, your lower nature) that wage war against the soul."

The Word says that the prayers of the righteous make tremendous power available, dynamic in their workings (James 5:16).

The Amplified says, “Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it].”

Looks like, if we are going to receive a crown, we will have to walk through some temptation while we are here on the Earth.

What is an inheritance? It is exactly what you think it is.

We have been purchased by Jesus Christ with His very own blood (1 Peter 1:18-19).

What does it mean to be holy? It means to be hallowed, consecrated, or set apart to a sacred use.

We are intercessors who approach the King to plead the case of those who are lost.

We are intercessors who approach the King to plead the case of those who are lost.

We are intercessors who approach the King to plead the case of those who are lost.

What I want to concentrate on is when Jesus said, “what He sees the Father do, He does likewise.”

Jesus is ever living to intercede for us in Heaven; and then, within us, the Holy Spirit is making intercession for us.

You and I, who have received Jesus as Savior, are saved fully and completely and to the extreme. How?

There is only one man who could mediate between humans and God, the man Christ Jesus. Because of the sin of humanity, because of what happened in the Garden of Eden, man was separated from God without a way back.

Most translations say, “the hardness of their heart.” The hardness of someone’s heart caused the blindness and the inability to participate in the life God intended and, therefore, receive the promises of God.