In\nActs chapter 10, Peter spoke by THE SPIRIT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
34\nThen Peter opened his mouth and said: \u201cIn truth I perceive that God shows no\npartiality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
35\nBut in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by\nHim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
36\nThe word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through\nJesus Christ\u2014He is Lord of all\u2014 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
37\nthat word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from\nGalilee after the baptism which John preached: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
38\nhow God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who\nwent about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God\nwas with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being\noppressed means to exercise harsh control over one, to use one’s power against\none. The devil will use the anything we\nallow to keep us in bondage. There is\npower in our tongue and if we are constantly declaring whatever is contrary to\nThe Word, we have given the devil power to operate in our life. The devil is a harsh taskmaster to say the\nleast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nBeloved Disciple wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 John chapter 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15\nDo not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world,\nthe love of the Father is not in him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
16\nFor all that is in the world\u2014the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and\nthe pride of life\u2014is not of the Father but is of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
17\nAnd the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of\nGod abides forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lust\nand pride will keep us in bondage to the devil. \nPride trusts in its own power and resources and shamefully despises and\nviolates Divine Laws and human rights. \nIt trusts in the stability of earthly things. If you live long enough, you will see the\nfallacy of worldly stability. Your world can get shattered without notice!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesus\nexposed flesh and pride with the Truth. \nThe religious leaders who were well versed in the Old Testament Laws\nwere among the worst to walk in lust and pride. \nTheir traditions promoted their worldliness. They could not see the need to change and it\nis not much different today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People\ndevelop a bias to their current level of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom\nwhich they use to judge others. They judge themselves by their intentions\nbut judge everyone else by their actions<\/em>. \nOur fruit reveals what is in our heart so we should look at our own\nfruit. Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1\nCorinthians chapter 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11\nFor no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 12\nNow if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones,\nwood, hay, straw, <\/p>\n\n\n\n 13\neach one\u2019s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will\nbe revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one\u2019s work, of what sort it\nis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 14\nIf anyone\u2019s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 15\nIf anyone\u2019s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved,\nyet so as through fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16\nDo you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God\ndwells in you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n 17\nIf anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of\nGod is holy, which temple you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is\nmy fruit wood, hay, and\/or straw or does it consist of gold, silver, and\nprecious stones? Is my fruit everlasting\nor of a worldly, temporary nature? My\nfoundation must be Jesus Christ, not anyone else. This is why I consistently implore you to\nkeep your focus on Jesus Christ and His Words. \nWe must not allow ourselves to lose our passion for Christ and become\ndiluted by the world\u2019s rhetoric and reasoning. \nLet us no longer be oppressed by the devil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Acts chapter 10, Peter spoke by THE SPIRIT: 34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: \u201cIn truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. 36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7107,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7106\/revisions\/7107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}