Sermon Update
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Apologies to those of you who have been checking for an update on the Curate in Highley and not found one. Things have been a bit busy round here lately and I've not managed to update the site.
Sermon
The CIH preached again on Sunday 1st October. The passage was Ephesians 6:10-18 and was the fifth in a series of six sermons looking at the Armour of God. After re-capping the previous four sermons in the series, the CIH moved on to look at the 'Helmet of Salvation'. This provides the Christian believer with protection of the mind. He picked three forms of attack that the devil might use to unbalance us in our Christian life. Temptation, Disillusionment & Battle Fatigue/Grind of Daily Life. There are many more ways that the devil uses to attack Christians but these were the three that the CIH chose to look at in more detail. He backed each up with a Scripture passage and suggested ways of using this to our advantage in the spiritual battles we face.
Temptation - Matthew 4. Jesus faced temptation in the wilderness and fought off the devil with his knowledge of Scripture. If we read our Bibles regularly we will be armed and ready to defend ourselves against temptation.
Disillusionment - Psalm 73. The psalmist was disillusioned with the apparent injustice he saw in the world. Evil people seem to prosper and those who try to obey God's law seem to be trampled down. However when the psalmist saw the bigger picture of God's final judgement, he was able to able to put everything into perspective. If we are able to keep things in perspective too, we can fight off the attack of disillusionment.
Battle Fatigue (or the Grind of Daily Life) - Matthew 24:6-12. It is too easy for us to get worn down by all that is going on in the world - wars, rumours of war... The answer to Battle Fatigue is hope. Not a wishy washy type of hope, but one which is sure and certain. The Hope of Salvation. If we can be sure of the Hope we have as Christians then we will be able to fight off Battle Fatigue for we know that, as believers in Christ, our future is secure.
The CIH concluded his sermon with the encouragement that one day we will be able to exchange our Helmet of Salvation for a Crown of Glory.
Apologies to those of you who have been checking for an update on the Curate in Highley and not found one. Things have been a bit busy round here lately and I've not managed to update the site.
Sermon
The CIH preached again on Sunday 1st October. The passage was Ephesians 6:10-18 and was the fifth in a series of six sermons looking at the Armour of God. After re-capping the previous four sermons in the series, the CIH moved on to look at the 'Helmet of Salvation'. This provides the Christian believer with protection of the mind. He picked three forms of attack that the devil might use to unbalance us in our Christian life. Temptation, Disillusionment & Battle Fatigue/Grind of Daily Life. There are many more ways that the devil uses to attack Christians but these were the three that the CIH chose to look at in more detail. He backed each up with a Scripture passage and suggested ways of using this to our advantage in the spiritual battles we face.
Temptation - Matthew 4. Jesus faced temptation in the wilderness and fought off the devil with his knowledge of Scripture. If we read our Bibles regularly we will be armed and ready to defend ourselves against temptation.
Disillusionment - Psalm 73. The psalmist was disillusioned with the apparent injustice he saw in the world. Evil people seem to prosper and those who try to obey God's law seem to be trampled down. However when the psalmist saw the bigger picture of God's final judgement, he was able to able to put everything into perspective. If we are able to keep things in perspective too, we can fight off the attack of disillusionment.
Battle Fatigue (or the Grind of Daily Life) - Matthew 24:6-12. It is too easy for us to get worn down by all that is going on in the world - wars, rumours of war... The answer to Battle Fatigue is hope. Not a wishy washy type of hope, but one which is sure and certain. The Hope of Salvation. If we can be sure of the Hope we have as Christians then we will be able to fight off Battle Fatigue for we know that, as believers in Christ, our future is secure.
The CIH concluded his sermon with the encouragement that one day we will be able to exchange our Helmet of Salvation for a Crown of Glory.
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