THE DEVIL CAME BY MY HOUSEWritten by Irvin L. Rozier
Job 1 verses 7-10 7: And LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro in earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8: And LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 9: Then Satan answered LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 10: Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed work of his hands, and his substance is increased in land. Yes, Satan walked by Job's house, but God had a hedge of protection around him. He could not penetrate it without God's permission. Does devil walk about earth today? Does he look for ones to attack? Yes, he does. 1 Peter 5 verse 8, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." During my 18 years of serving Jesus, I have experienced many vicious attacks from devil...from being assaulted, shot at, oppressed, attacks on my health, finances, family, and ministry. Yet, through these many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come. My experience has been, that right before LORD moves mightily in your behalf, enemy comes in like a flood.
| | The Man Who Stood Against RomeWritten by Paul Griffitts
"It vexes me that we must read and learn such shameless, gross, crazy lies in canon law, and must even hold them for Christian doctrine, when they are devilish lies."This quote by Martin Luther was made in a proposition to rulers of Germany in An Open Letter to The Christian Nobility of German Nation Concerning Reform of Christian Estate, 1520. Yes that is right year was 1520, and it was around 1529-33 that 100 thousand Germans were killed by Papal Roman soldiers because of Luther's so called heresy. Luther translated Greek Bible to Latin then to German so that any one could read New Testament. This was such an affront to Catholic leaders that they ordered every Bible burned and anyone who owned one to be arrested. Why such a stir over a Bible in one's native tongue? Well most obvious reason is that if one could read Bible one might understand that most of teachings that Rome was selling as God's Word were nothing but lies. Luther made his mark with his scolding of Rome concerning selling of indulgences. An indulgence was a donation that was made to get time off of ones sentence in Purgatory. It could be used for an Aunt or Uncle, Mother or Father etc. Luther was particularly disgusted with this practice and based much of his famous Thesis on eliminating this practice. There is a saying that I was reminded of when I was recently watching a movie about Luther called "Luther" I highly recommend film to you.
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