04/18/10 DIVINE DEFENSE SYSTEM
OK, this will start off sounding negative, but read the whole statement. Walking through life is like walking through a field filled with land mines and guarded by untold numbers of snipers and you have been painted by enemy recon for ariel attacks. You are history. BUT GOD, has provided armor, detection and guidance that will see you through safely. You do not have to sin.
WE ARE SAVED FROM SIN BY
Divine Protection (Spiritual Armor)...
Ephesians 6:10-18
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Divine Detection (Spiritual Discernment)...
Psalms 26:2
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Psalms 119:11
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Psalms 139:23-24
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Proverbs 4:23
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
2 Corinthians 13:5
5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Hebrews 3:12
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
2 Peter 3:14
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Divine Direction (Spiritual Guidance)...
Psalms 5:8
8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Psalms 27:11
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Psalms 32:8
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Psalms 119:10
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Matthew 6:13
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:...
John 16:13
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
