“Familiarity breeds contempt” is an expression heard in the social arena which is often found to be true. The more one knows about another person the less one likes the other person. In the spiritual realm the opposite has proven to be true. Both Biblical and secular history reveal that the more one knows about […]

In Genesis chapter four we learn that Adam and Eve’s first son has decided to follow in their rebellious footsteps. A grown man, Cain had obeyed God perfectly until he began to allow Satan to approach him. As did his mother and father, Cain listened to the devil’s smooth, ear-scratching words, allowed them to take […]

Jesus of Nazareth lived the sanctified life and was hated, beaten and martyred for doing so. The beating He endured enables His people to be healed and to live healthy physical lives. His shed blood enables them to receive forgiveness of their past sins. His death enables them to die to Satan’s temptations. His resurrection […]

We first learn about the Lord’s command for sanctification (spiritual and, when possible, physical separation from Satan’s people) in the third chapter of the Book of Genesis. Here we find Eve, having been lured by the Serpent into his physical presence (her first mistake) listening to him and discussing the things of the Lord (her […]

SANCTIFICATION (Gr-hagiazo) (Heb-gadai)– to be called out (set apart) for righteous living; to be sacred, consecrated, dedicated. The current religious catchword in this era of religious correctness is “inclusion,” meaning that the object of all religious undertakings is to assure everyone involved that “I’m O.K; you’re O.K; we’re all O.K., it’s all good, we’re all […]

Let God-seekers remember that in this life God’s holy angels minister to those human beings who serve Him by believing His Word and obeying it, and that Jesus, being a man, was served by them after 40 fasting for 40 days. Remember also that man, including Jesus of Nazareth, was created “a little lower than […]

Satan knows what the world does not know–that God’s Very Elect will one day be gods. Lucifer lusted for God status but failed to attain it. It rankles the Lord’s enemy that the saints of the Almighty will be awarded the status he so diligently sought as the reward for obedience to the Holy Bible […]

Jealousy, ignited by pride, was the sin that caused Satan’s downfall. He wanted what God had and tried to take it from Him. His jealousy has not waned; his quest for victory over the Lord continues to this day. Only this time his prey is God’s saints whom he hates because they will, following Christ’s […]

Before delving into the third reason Satan hates God’s Very Elect I must interject a separate but vital message to those who are promised what Satan cannot have. The one who seeks what God has promised must understand that religion-as-usual produces spiritual death. None of God’s many promises will come to the one who is […]

Reason number two why Satan hates God’s true saints is because they refuse to become a part of his church system (Catholicism/Protestantism). In a series titled Bait and Switch I explain how the devil lures people to “come to the Lord,” “take Jesus as your personal Savior,” etc., then entices them to leave the spiritual […]