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Lesson 2: The Battle
February 13 & 14, 2021
We Can Win Our Battles When We Understand Our Battle
We Must Understand We Have A Sin Nature
Galatians 5:19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, New Living Translation
We Must Understand We Will Be Tempted
Hebrews 4:14 But Jesus the Son of God is our great High Priest who has gone to heaven itself to help us; therefore let us never stop trusting him. Living Bible
Hebrews 4:15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses since he had the same temptations we do, though he never once gave way to them and sinned. Living Bible
We Must Understand We Can Be Deceived
Revelation 12:9 This great Dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down onto the earth with all his army. Living Bible
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets, too, in those days, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly tell their lies about God, turning against even their Master who bought them; but theirs will be a swift and terrible end. Living Bible
2 Peter 2:2 Many will follow their evil teaching that there is nothing wrong with sexual sin. And because of them Christ and his way will be scoffed at. Living Bible
Gay and transgender media advocacy group, GLAAD, said in its annual Studio Responsibility Index that of the 109 releases by the seven largest movie studios in 2017, just 14, or 12.8%, included LGBTQ characters. GLAAD called on Hollywood to have 20% of annual film releases include a gay, lesbian, bisexual,transgender or gender fluid character by 2021, rising to 50% of output by 2024.
2018: 13 left of center professors to 1 right of center professors, Current new hires: 50 left of center professors to 1 right of center professors.
2 Timothy 3:16 The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives; it straightens us out and helps us do what is right. Living Bible