Satan man's defeated enemy

Reflections on Genesis 3 verse 15

A descendant of Eve would one day deliver the snake (Satan) a mortal (decisive) blow, " He will strike you on the head". The snake (Satan) would strike the man only on the heal, a minor injury. The decisive blow would be and has been delivered by the Lord Jesus Christ.

He is now subject to God's authority,

He is under His feet.

Satan is a defeated enemy!

2 corinthians chapter 3 verses 7 - 11

Laws only bring condemnation. The 10 commandments do this as we cannot keep it, perfectly, all the time. We break the law so often.
But Jesus, by His death, brings us eternal life if we believe it. It is a wonderful free gift. It realy is free. This leads us to praise God and celebrate all this. Great Joy in knowing this and that our place in heaven is assured.

Columba would have been as certain of his eternal destiny and the value of the Gospels as Hundred the Monk was when he rescued the Lindisfarne Gospels from the North Sea.
The Lord Jesus Christ wants us to be certain of our Salvation. That is why he uses definite terms in his statements. E.g. John 14 v 27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. " or answering Thomas’ doubts (John 20 v 27 – 29) "Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."
Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!"
Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." Or in Jesus prayer to the father (John 17 v 8) . "For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me"
Jesus speaks of people who would lead others astray, "But if anyone causes one of these little ones [young in the faith] who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. "
This is simplicity; the balance is our destiny i.e. Heaven or Hell

Brothers and Sisters in Christ; real Christians.

Pray for the Episcopal church here so mixed up with un-biblical doctrine, so blind. Most of our leaders do not Know the Lord Jesus Christ from the highest down.
Brethren pray for us.

There was this church where the thing was to get everything correct. The bow-ometer was in constant use; deep shame and more was heaped on any who didn't comply. An enemy came and sowed seed in that ground, good strong seed (an F1 hybrid). The leaders wanted to pull the new plants up, the plants were strong and full of real joy. The leaders were worried in case the old plants were swamped by these new plants. The new plants were producing fruit and they cared for all the fruit. The leaders tried many ways to produce fruit on the old plants but unbeknown to them their DNA had been corrupted many years ago. The new plants' DNA had been healed and now they produced beautiful fruit. The old plants only produced tiny shrivelled thorny bitter fruit. The new plants could see the owner coming to harvest his field but the leader and the old plants would not listen. The new plants were full of joy knowing that the reaper would be pleased with the results of their efforts. The old plants said they’d be OK; the owner of the field gave us warmth and light, food and water, it doesn't matter how we grew. The old plants and their leaders were pleased that they had a bow-ometer.

The Lord Jesus Christ wanted us to make a positive contribution to His creation. Our ego should be buried in Him; He alone has the power to heal fallen creation.

Mankind, part of that fallen creation, wallowing in his sin filled ego, thinks up a religion. He knows his fallen state, his sin. He looks and sees so many religions, all parallel, all man made. He is confused by these parallel religions none of which meet his need. So, perhaps, he turns to one to ‘become a drop of water in the ocean’.The leadership of our church, part of that fallen creation, says, ‘there are many ways to Heaven’.

The Holy Spirit, sent by Jesus Christ after his ascension, comes to those who humbly trust Jesus to forgive their sins and through Johns writings tells us the words of Jesus. Jesus says (emphatically) I am the way and the truth and the life; no one comes to the father except through me (John 14 v 6). Note well, ‘I’ & ‘the’ emphatically singular. There are many spirits but only God’s Holy Spirit can lead us to be reconciled, healed, forgiven, through Jesus death on the Cross.

Perfect Love overcomes fear

People need to know that they are loved by the Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated in His death and resurection.

Without this certainty the church has nothing to offer and the church becomes a religion which are all man made.

True Christianity is a positive force leading to a lack of fear because we have peace with God. Fear goes hand in hand with punishment; the Lord Jesus Christ took our punishment, He loves us so much we do not need to fear if we believe in Him. Religion, man made, leads to destructive forces being unleashed, leading to death mortal and eternal. The Generosity of God astounds us, our sins all forgiven, peace with God, the promised certainty of eternal life, what a fantastic gift. That is not man made religion, the Pharasaical 'sad u c',the dangerous ‘leaven’ of religion.

Embrace Christianity, enjoy being loved by God, praise God for the 'peace of God which passes all understanding'. God changes our fear by His love to gratitude.