Third Bible Study at New Wine Ireland on July 15th summarised by Ruth Garvey-Williams
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We are made in the image of God. God is spirit and we are spiritual beings (body, soul and spirit) and our spirit has been separated from God by sin. We are blind and we rebel and therefore no amount of human reasoning and argument and methodology will work because the problem is spiritual. Intellectual argument is useless.<\/p>\n
In Acts 26:18 God says, \u201cI\u2019m sending you to open their eyes so that they might turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God.\u201d\u009d How do you do that? You just GO and the Holy Spirit does His work. Light comes into darkness. That is what we have been called to do. Each one of us has been called to be light in the darkness – every single one of us! Not just one or two special people. If you don\u2019t do it, it won\u2019t be done. It begins with you being there. Pentecost was not an implosion. They did not stay in the upper room having a wonderful meeting. It was an explosion. Many of our churches need an explosion. Can you imagine if they had not gone out? What would have happened?<\/p>\n
You will find that when you go out into the real world and start being light and salt\u201d\u00a6 all those things that weigh you down and burden you, all those things that make you feel sorry for yourself\u201d\u00a6 just start to disappear. It doesn’t mean you won’t have problems, but you will see them differently.
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\nSome people are unnecessarily afraid. It is the enemy is the one who needs to be afraid. God has looked after us every second. We’ve been through fire and water but we weren\u2019t burnt and we were not drowned! Put on the armour every day! And remember that Satan cannot hold on to you!<\/p>\n
Protect your mind. Be careful who you listen to and what you listen to. Be careful what you watch on TV. Satan will fight until the end the battle of the mind. That is why you need to have the word of God because that it will change your way of thinking. God has not given us a spirit of fear. If there is fear, it is not from God!<\/p>\n