Liberty Baptist Church

The Hope in Spiritual Warfare

In light of all that spiritual warfare is, there is the God of grace It is the grace of God that equips and enables us. In this last part of the 1st Peter epistle, he reminds us us that grace is not something but someone. It is the Lord Jesus Christ. We have all that He is which is more than enough to take us through every season of difficulty. When we see things through a spiritual and heavenly perspective, nothing can separate us from the love of God. We have supernatural strength and our faith becomes immovable.

Humble Submission

What does submission and trusting look like in the body of believers? God so works in our lives that no matter what He calls us to, God is sufficient to cause it to be accomplished in our lives.We submit by the acceptance, affection for, appropriation of and awareness of God's sovereign rule.And we know that, from the day of our salvation, God cares for each and every facet of our lives.

The Reality of Spiritual Warfare

Whatever is not of God is of the enemy. We need to understand our enemy and the victory we have in Christ Jesus. He made an open display of defeating Satan at the cross.Peter gives us a description of the devil so that we can discern who he is, his activities and the way he works.If you are saved today you have the ability, through the Holy Spirit, to try every spirit to see if they are of God. You try every spirit by the truth of the Word of God.

An Overseeing Shepherd

Do we understand God's design for His church? What the role of pastors, deacons and laity is? The pastor is a God-called man to shepherd the flock of God. His primary call is the Word of God. He is to provide truth and protect the flock through that truth. One of provision and protection.The goal is to feed the flock of God to where they don't have to be dependent on the pastor...they can be dependent upon God. Finally, he will have to give account for everything he said and did.

The Reality of God's Judgment

If the righteous, the believers, have to endure difficulty how much more the ungodly and sinners?The greatest testimony to a lost world is how God deals with His children. From that judgment is how God will deal with the lost.In days of persecution is when the world sees who the church really is...who Christ really is...who God really is. They will see who they really are.