feast: How Satan Destroys Faith
Everyday Temptations
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 23-Oct-97; Sermon #FT97-13; 81 minutes
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John Ritenbaugh contends that if our faith had been strong over the past 20 years, we would not have been scattered. Because we behave and make choices on what we believe, any affront to the belief system will alter our choices and behavior, placing us on a destructive trajectory. Satan's chief strategy is subtle deception, planting doubts by subtle little half-truths, equivocations, and deliberate lies. Among the lies Satan has foisted off on the world are: (1) God is weak and ineffectual (as seen in effeminate pictures of Jesus, crucifixes, etc.) (2) God is disinterested and has gone off somewhere. (3) God is so merciful that anything goes (we aren't obligated to keep His law).(4) Sin is pleasurable and leads to prosperity. (5) We deserve more than we have been given. By imbibing these deceptions, we shipwreck our faith and jeopardize our salvation.
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Advertising Costliness of forgiveness Craft Deception End of race Faith Image Images of weakness Piano metaphor Play with hand dealt with us Propagandist Satan's stratagems Subtle Wiles of Devil
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