Date:   6/2/2003 10:59:55 PM ( 21 y ago)
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I truly hope and pray we can come to some agreement here on very basic truth.
#1. Satan does indeed injure and kill and he is very real. He is an expert at seizing opportunities wherever they are in front of him, wether it is provided for him in innocence or not, because that is his nature; king of thieves. Where there is a hurt, he is more than happy to send emmisaries of torture to inflict more pain. This is Bible, and if we call ourselves Christians it is because we agree that the Bible is our ultimate authority. In light of that it tells us not to be ignorant of the wiles of the enemy. So we can't just put all the blame on ourselves for all the damage, we open the doors and he enters and brings his workers.
Yes, we do have authority over satan, but that authority has to be excercided actively or its like having a million in the bank and throwing out the check book.

#2. On the other hand, there is a time to fellowship with God and be in His presence and there is a time to take care of the affairs of the world, for which we are individually responsible.
Nonetheless, we never lose sight of Whose we are, and His praises are continually in our mouths and hearts, even when the mind might be engaged in much more mundane endeavors. WHy should there be such concern over how involved we are in taking care of our God given bodies, instead of continually offering Thanksgiving to the giver of ALL good and perfect things and getting on with our lives. - "In ALL your ways acknowledge Him, commit your way unto Him, and He will do it".
God did not mean for us to put colonics up our bowels, but neither did He mean for us to put synthetic additives in our food nor deplete His soil in which we grow our adulterated food. He also didn't mean for us to have plastic catherers and surgical instruments into our bodies, but when we do it, we may think there are better ways, but no one worries that it might border on idolatry and that we are loving Jesus less because we are undergoing surgery. The central point is a vivid understanding of the grace that flows from God's throne, and that grace alone gives the power to redeem and restore.
If you are truly filled by the Spirit of God, then you are in liberty, and there is no condemnation. (Unless of course you truly are running after other Gods, and in alternative medicine that is always a possibility, but for quite different reasons).
And if you are truly filled by the Spirit of God, then satan hates you all the more, and then you either use the weapons of our warfare; Ephesians 6:12, or he will have succeeded in deceiving you, which is his greatest weapon.

Love you all in Christ. Let us be healed in Jesus' name!
 

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