Posts with the tag: Dirk Warren

What Is the MYSTERY OF THE AGES?

The plainest answer to this question can be found in this passage: 24Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. 25I have become..

Dealing With DEMONIC POSSESSION

In the Bible it is observed that the Lord delivered people from demons who induced insanity, deafness, muteness and infirmity (Mark 5:1-20, 9:17-29 & Luke 13:10-16). It’s clear from the scriptural evidence that being possessed (or oppressed) by an evil spirit can induce mental or physical ailments. Such demons are..

The Foundation of the Fear of the LORD and Humility

The “fear of the LORD” isn’t talked about much in Christian circles these days, including sermons. Why? Possibly because the Mighty LORD has been essentially reduced to a cuddly teddy bear in the sky or perhaps a genial genie. The idea that the Almighty Sovereign God—the Creator of all things..

Did Job CAUSE His Satanic Attacks Through Fear?

Way back in the ’80s I heard a minister claim that Job opened the door to the devil’s extraordinary attacks through fear (Job 1-2), which he argued is backed-up by this statement from Job: “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me” Job 3:25..

What Is LEGALISM and Its Four “Limbs”?

Here’s a summary of general legalism and its four “limbs”: General Legalism refers to legalism in general. It’s an obsession with legalities and could just as well be described as law-ism or rule-ism. It’s the emphasis on the outer at the expense of the inner. As such, outward conformity to..

What Is the “BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE” in Malachi 3:16?

Let’s read the verse in question: Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll [book] of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name. Malachi 3:16 Contextually, Malachi was saying that the..

How Can You HEAR FROM GOD?

The Bible reveals seven general ways that you can hear from the LORD and discern Divine will on a matter: 1. Through the Holy Scriptures The Judeo-Christian Scriptures are said to be “God-breathed” and therefore it’s “useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). Every believer..

Why Did Jesus Say THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR?

Both John the Baptist and Jesus Christ preached that the kingdom of heaven or the kingdom of God was near: 1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”  Matthew 3:1-2 From that time on Jesus..

What Happens to the SPIRIT at the Second Death?

Addressing the death of an unredeemed person, Ecclesiastes 12:7 says “the spirit returns to God who gave it.” “Spirit” here refers to the “breath of life,” aka the animating life force from God, noted in what theologians call ‘the creation text’: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of..