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FROM THE EDITOR’S HEART
During our regular routine of morning family devotions, my husband or I share a few words from the Scripture, and then we all stand and form a circle to pray. As if on cue, our little cockapoo dog comes and stands in the middle of the circle. She either senses God’s presence and wants to be a part, or she thinks we are praying to her. There is something about the Holy Spirit’s presence. As citizens of the kingdom of God, we have Him as our faithful companion, who imparts wisdom, strength, intuitive knowledge, etc., to accomplish the assignments the King gives us. If I find I have a lack of “resources” and/or time to do a particular job, I may be doing something the Lord has not called me to do. Moses understood the importance of having the Lord’s presence with him. And He (God) said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then he (Moses) said to Him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here” (Ex. 33:14-15). Under Moses’ leadership, the artisans who were building the tabernacle depended on the Lord’s Spirit. …the Lord spoke to Moses (concerning Bezalel)… “I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom… in all manner of workmanship to design artistic works…I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the gifted artisans…” (Ex. 31:1-6). Holy Spirit is the ideal foreman—He’s always on time and provides all the tools necessary to do a job well. He is an expert advisor in any life calling. The kingdom of God is advancing through the works of His obedient servants, making the earth better—even the life of one clueless canine.
Sincerely in Christ,
THE LAST DISCIPLE is a well-written novel that
is a good alternative to the left-behind series. It is written from
what we consider a partial-preterist viewpoint; i.e. that the
great-tribulation and most of the book of revelation was written about and
fulfilled in the first century. Reading it is an excellent way to both
enjoy a novel and gain a scriptural understanding of how Jesus' and His
apostles prophecies were fulfilled in the first century.
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We are glad to have you as a subscriber to our Present Truth Magazine. Below you will find articles from individual authors who have written for our magazine. Our prayer for all who receive read these articles is that the Lord "...may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints” (Ephesians 1:17-18).
Discerning the Times In 1788, Edward Gibbon wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. I recently came across this literary piece in the Christian News periodical. Gibbon set forth five basic reasons for the fall of mighty Rome. First, there was the undermining of the dignity and sanctity of marriage and the home, which is the basis of human society. Second, there were higher and higher taxes and the spending of public money for free bread and circuses for the populace. Third, there was a mad craze for pleasure, with sports becoming every year more exciting, more brutal, and more immoral. Fourth, there was the building of great armaments when the real enemy was within; the decay of individual responsibility and sacrifice. Fifth, there was the decay of religion; faith fading into mere form, losing touch with life to guide the people. I hear voices saying America as a superpower is heading the same direction as the superpower Rome. History reports that Gibbon seemed to have considerable insight into the conditions that led to the fall of mighty Rome. He was not known as a Bible-believing Christian, yet his work makes me wonder, “Could these things be happening to the America that we all love?” If so, let me offer some solutions to our nation’s plight. I speak from my personal belief and trust in the Christian God of the Bible. All of us desire to make our land safe and a better place to live and raise our children and grandchildren. Our political leaders tell us this daily in many ways. We are concerned to some degree about life on this earth and life beyond the grave. I say this because the American spirit must abide by the Constitution and its amendments, and the spiritual kingdom of God has the Bible as its constitution and principles by which to live. As believers, we must use the Bible as our manual for living, follow the pattern son Jesus, and let the Holy Spirit guide us into all truth. God sent His Son Jesus from heaven to earth to do His will as the Son of Man. Jesus began to declare His interest in spiritual things at age twelve by interacting with the spiritual leaders in Israel. Children are very perceptive and sensitive about spiritual things, perhaps much sooner than we give them credit for. Our children need a greater challenge concerning spiritual things because of the world they face. Our heavenly Father trusted Jesus’ mother Mary and Joseph to be an example and train Him in the ways of the God of Israel. Alongside of their training, Father God was teaching Jesus by illuminating truths from the Law, Psalms, and Prophets (Luke 24:44-45). As Jesus was speaking to some Pharisees (religious authorities who were endeavoring to discredit Him), He said, “I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things” (John 8:28). Their pride deceived them. They did not receive Jesus’ words of spirit and life (John 6:63). He always spoke from God’s perspective on any issue. In doing the will of our heavenly Father, Jesus was led to a cross to be the sacrificial Lamb of God to take away the sin of the world. In the garden scene, Jesus prayed, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will” (Matt. 26:39). His disciples were sleeping during this the most crucial time of their discipleship training. Even so, our sovereign God turned their failures into blessings to accomplish His will through these disciples. Are we as disciples of Jesus “spiritually sleeping”? Are we not discerning the times? Have we become dull of hearing and have come to need milk and not solid spiritual food? For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil (Heb. 5:13-14). Failing to discern between good and evil is destructive to any society or civilization. Remember Rome. God’s kingdom will continue to
advance with those who are listening to His voice
My sincere prayer and desire is that America will not go the way of the mighty Roman Empire. It’s the best place on earth to live. I want my will in total alignment with my heavenly Father’s will. It’s the only life worth living today and eternally forever with Him. A. Wilson Phillips is the co-founding and senior pastor of Abundant Life Covenant Church.
MY
EXPECTATIONS My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him (Ps. 62:5). The Hebrew word for “expectation” in Psalm 62:5 can also be translated “hope.” It has been said that a person cannot live long without hope, and Scripture seems to bear this out. The covenant life that we have with God through Christ has two basic time dimensions: the now and the eternal. In Christ we are eternal and participate in the infinite, yet while we live in these earthly bodies, we have been encompassed by linear time as well. We live in the now and look forward to the future, therefore expectations are a necessity for life, and God alone is to be my expectation. As with anything in life, our focus matters, and too easily we can lose our focus of the source for hope and look more to the byproducts. Rather than seeking God, we may seek the job, or the money, or the relationship, or the assignment … none of which can meet the needs of our hearts unless they flow out of the intimate communion we have with the Lord. God’s children complained to Moses in the wilderness that they wanted meat to eat instead of the bland manna. “And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul” (Ps. 106:15). The moral of their story is timeless—look to the Lord for true heart fulfillment, satisfaction that can only be realized in a personal relationship with Jesus. In the first century, Jesus and His apostles declared that they were living the last days of the old covenant world. They went through several years of testing and suffering with the promise of deliverance in their generation (Matt. 24:34). The essence of their daily life was “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27), yet in their future they were promised the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ. Paul called this their blessed hope (Titus 2:13). Their expectation of His coming emanated from their expectation in Him. “This blessed coming” did take place in their lifetime. Unfortunately, there are many
good Christian people today basing their hope on another coming of Christ
in their lifetime. As Proverbs 13:12 says, “Hope
Richard K. Clark is an associate pastor of Abundant Life Covenant Church.
Substance and Shadows Children often have a fascination with shadows. When I was a child, we would play a game where we tried to step on each other’s shadow. If you could step on your friend’s shadow more than he could step on yours, you win. As a parent, it was fun to lie in a tent with the kids at night and use a flashlight to project a shadow on my hand that looked like a giant spider slowly creeping down on them. They knew it was just a shadow, but they loved the creepiness of it nonetheless. As a pastor and leader, I find that many of God’s children remain fascinated with shadows. As a matter of fact, some get so focused and caught up in shadows that they miss the real thing entirely. The apostle Paul was dealing with this problem when he wrote about the law. His message was that the law was “…a shadow of things to come, but the substance (body) is of Christ” (Col. 2:17). New Testament writers spent their lives teaching and preaching about the spiritual nature of the kingdom of God. Jesus plainly said, …My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight…but now My kingdom is not from here (John 18:36). Peter echoed Jesus talking about the spiritual nature of God’s people: …you also…are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 2:5). Of the spiritual kingdom, Peter encouraged: …for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Pet 1:11). Today we serve a spiritual Jesus, in a spiritual kingdom, with a spiritual church, through our spiritual lives in Christ. This is the reality that casts a shadow in the world that we see, touch, hear, taste, and smell every day. One reason God’s children get caught up and focused on the shadow of this world rather than their spiritual reality in Christ is because they have a shallow experience with God. God’s desire for His children is for them to experience Him in a way that makes Him so real in their lives that they begin to believe in the spiritual, supernatural world more than their circumstances in the physical world around them. That was Paul’s goal for those he ministered to— And my speech and my preaching were…in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God (1 Cor. 2:4-5). Because of their shallow experience, many Christian leaders today are focusing on the shadow more than the reality. They are calling for a political kingdom of God focused on natural Israel. That focus calls for another temple to be built in Jerusalem, so Jesus can return and animal sacrifices can be made again. The author of Hebrews wrote of the futility of this when the Jerusalem temple was still standing in the first century. The book of Hebrews warns believers not to focus on that temple, for it was only a shadow of the reality in Christ. According to Hebrews, the temple and its sacrifices were only a “copy and shadow of the heavenly things…” They were “a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things…” (Heb. 8:5, 10:1). Today, God is calling His
children to a deeper, more experiential relationship with
Since then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:1-3). Benjamin Davis is an associate pastor of Abundant Life Covenant Church
DISCERNING THE SPIRITS Nearly two thousand years ago, the apostle John wrote a letter to believers in the faith. In one particular passage, he is giving understanding concerning how to discern different spirits. They were living in the “time of the end” of the old covenant and the beginning of the fullness of the kingdom of God. Demonic and satanic activity had been a part of the world they previously lived in. Here’s how John explained it: Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God… By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God… They are of the world. Therefore, they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error (1 John 4:1-6). As I listen to the apostle explain about different spirits, it becomes evident that he is giving understanding about how individuals manifest their spirit. Discernment is necessary to determine if a person is manifesting the Lord or his/her self (flesh). At the time John wrote this letter, Satan and his forces had already been defeated. God’s covenant people would no longer be hassled by the demonic forces of darkness. So the emphasis in John’s revelation to the church is on discerning good and evil—discerning God versus self. Another inspired writer, James, described this when he wrote: But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there (James 3:14-16). The apostles were explaining to God’s new covenant people that their biggest opposition wasn’t going to be the demonic forces of Satan, for they had been bound, defeated, and done away with. The apostles warned that the biggest struggle in the new covenant kingdom would be discerning the flesh and the world—for anything not originating from God is evil. Peter learned this the hard way when Jesus referred to him as Satan shortly after acknowledging Peter’s divine revelation from God: But He (Jesus) turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! …for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men” (Matt. 16:23). Peter’s correction by Jesus demonstrates the growth process that new creation people must go through after they receive God’s new life. As they are willing to die to their flesh, they must renew their minds and emotions to be conformed to the image of Christ. This will keep them free from manifesting an ungodly (evil, demonic) spirit in attitude and conduct. Apostle John mentioned how to grow from being an immature, carnal Christian to one who lives free from evil—he said we must listen to the spiritual authority that God has placed in our lives. John was very direct as he instructed the believers in First John 4:6— We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. The writer to the Hebrews explained it this way: For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil (Heb. 5:12-14). Paul also dealt with the growth process of the new creation people at Corinth. He was exhorting and correcting them to grow from selfish carnality into mature believers who live above fleshly and worldly evil. …But we have the mind of Christ. And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? (1 Cor. 2:16-3:3) Two thousand years later, we
who are in Christ are also living in the same new creation truths that
Jesus, Paul, James, and John wrote about. We have been freed from Satan
and his demonic forces, for they have been bound and defeated!
Jonathan Clark is an elder of Abundant Life Covenant Church and a physician in Springfield, Missouri.
REAL RAPTURE As the son of Baptist missionaries, I grew up in a spiritually rich environment. Often hearing the word of God proclaimed, I understood many facets of our faith. However, early on I struggled with the teaching on the “rapture.” The rapture concept exposed insecurities that I had in my relationship with God. No matter how my parents assured me that I was secure in Christ, I feared missing out on one of the biggest events in human history. There were even a couple of times as a child when I could not locate my parents and briefly feared that I had been left behind. As I grew up, I began to fear the rapture less and less and actually looked forward to it. I continually wished God would deliver me from a number of unpleasant circumstances, some of which I was in because of my laziness or irresponsibility. I never realized how much this expectation to be whisked away affected my planning, my vision, and my hope. As an adult, I began to realize that I was missing out on the present life God had for me because my focus was always set on the future. God began to show me that He had already “raptured” me out of my problems. He did it at the cross. Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life (Rom. 6:4). My problematic old man was buried with Christ, and I have been raised in Christ’s resurrection to experience newness of life today. When God revealed this to me, I felt an immense sense of relief! What am I waiting for? I can live to be all that God has called me to be today. Nothing can hold me back but wrong thinking. It may seem that I am merely doing some theological positioning, or esoteric mind-over-matter type thinking. However, when God revealed to me that His Word was more real than my feelings, I began to experience what the apostle Paul experienced—resurrection (raptured) life today. God did not remove the problems from Paul’s life. God removed Paul from his problems. He did this by placing Paul and all things on Christ at the cross. God is not going to remove my problems from me. He has already removed me from my problems! This is REAL RAPTURE today! Ed Gibson is a territory sales representative with MWM Dexter in Springfield, Missouri.
THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND I was dusting a picture frame the other day, and Holy Spirit began a conversation with me. I wasn’t expecting Him to speak; I wasn’t even thinking about the trials in my life; I was just dusting. “That picture looks so much prettier with new mats, doesn’t it? Isn’t it amazing that the same print can look so differently simply by reframing it!” I stopped dusting and stood before the picture. Holy Spirit was making a point. He was bringing me back to a truth I had known for years but had not implemented in my recent circumstances. Having had my faith tested by a fire that I felt would consume me, I allowed my picture of God to be framed by my hurt. That, of course, led to further despair that led to months of desperate soul searching. A line in a song I had heard said it all, “How can I go on if I can’t find You?” The particular picture Holy Spirit was using to get my attention was a print I had purchased while visiting my youngest sister one summer. When I returned home, I had it framed. I took my time choosing the mats and frame, but when I saw the completed work, I was terribly disappointed. The colors that looked pretty in the small samples now looked garish. Suddenly, the print I had so liked was almost ugly. I didn’t have the money to redo it and decided I would adjust to it once it was hanging on my wall. But I didn’t… it stayed ugly, and I felt the same frustration every time I saw it. After several years, I decided to reframe the print. This time, I was very happy with the finished work. Now when I passed the picture, I enjoyed looking at it. And that is precisely what Holy Spirit wanted me to realize. The print itself was always the same. What made that print ugly and an aggravation to me at one time and then lovely and a joy to me later was how I had chosen to frame it. Circumstances may be out of my control, but how I frame those circumstances will always be in my control. Just as I had the opportunity to choose the matting and frame for my print, I have the opportunity to choose the thoughts and words for my circumstances. That’s exactly why Paul said to the Philippians, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say rejoice!” No matter how desperate, painful, or overwhelming my circumstances may be, the only difference between hope and despair may simply be two words: “Thank you.” Choosing to frame my life with gratitude has the potential to change what really needed to be changed in the first place…me. Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name (Heb. 13:15). Shari Tyson leads the nursery ministry at Abundant Life Covenant Church.
MY CHILDREN
BELONG TO HIM My husband Rusty and I had been married about five years when we believed the Lord desired for us to start a family. His desire became our desire. My doctor explained to me that I would need medication to conceive. However, before I started any fertility drugs, I became pregnant. From the beginning, God showed me this was His child. So when the doctor told me at eight weeks that the baby had some serious problems, God’s peace was there. We went through the holiday season not knowing exactly what God was going to do. We had to consider the possibility of raising a severely retarded child. The medical professionals gave us the option of aborting. We continued to “trust in the Lord with all our hearts and lean not on our own understanding.” On December 29, God in His mercy totally “healed” the baby and stopped her heartbeat. During this time, the Holy Spirit renewed our minds daily that everything that happens to us has a purpose and is intended for our good. We continued to be led by the Lord, and six months later, I was pregnant again—this time with twins! I felt great during my pregnancy and even played the drums in a contemporary Christian band a couple of times a week. However, at 29 weeks gestation, I went into premature labor and was admitted to St. John’s Hospital. As I lay in that hospital room for the next five weeks, it was a daily battle to keep my mind on the truth. I knew God was in control. He was using this circumstance to cause me to trust Him at a deeper level. He created the babies and was the only one who could sustain their lives. When fear or negative emotions would arise in me, I would “dial down,” bring my thoughts in line with His truth, and experience His peace and joy. My twin boys were born very healthy at 34 weeks. Three years later, I delivered a healthy baby girl after a “normal” full-term pregnancy. God has burned deeply in my spirit that my children belong to Him. Now that they are teenagers, I’m learning at a deeper level how to trust Him with their lives and that He truly does love them more than I do. Tara Cook is a real estate broker with Re-Max House of Brokers in Springfield, Missouri.
BEYOND “COMMON” SENSE My high school daughter hears much of the same information, advice, and questions that I heard at her age—words about her future. Educators, peers, and acquaintances offer ideas about how to get on the fast track to success. World systems of thought concerning academics, sports, musical talents, careers, etc., are drilled into the conscious and subconscious mind at an early age. As early as fourth grade, I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do in life. To promote me and my agenda, I used common sense, made good grades, worked hard, got involved in several activities, planned to go to college, and attempted to have everyone like me. I knew God but never thought to stop and ask Him what He wanted for my life. However, during my senior year in high school, God got my attention. When I surrendered to the Lord and put my future in His hands, He redirected me, going against conventional wisdom somewhat. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths (Prov. 3:5-6). As I quieted my heart and simply asked Him for direction, the Lord would put thoughts in my spirit and confirm them in the Word of God. He also placed spiritual leaders in my life who helped me discern truth. The world has avenues to achieve success in the flesh; however, the flesh is never satisfied. It has an insatiable appetite for money, power, and acceptance. In the kingdom of God, our needs are met. Beyond our basic needs, the Lord gives us eternal peace, joy, contentment, and true wealth as we put Him first and do His will. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you (Matt. 6:33).
...the kingdom of God is… righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17). Throughout high school, many good-hearted people will continue to give my daughter advice on how to “make her dreams come true.” She is learning to receive their words but then consult the Great Advisor—for only He can put faith in her heart, and it takes faith to “get out of the boat and walk on water.”
Good ol’ common sense is better than no sense, but God wants to impart wisdom that goes beyond how the world thinks. Those who follow the Lord’s life plan enter into the promised land, demonstrate kingdom living, and solve world problems. Sovereign God strategically places them in positions of influence to implement His divine design. …He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings… for in Him we live and move and have our being… (Acts 17: 26, 28). Christa Clark is an elder of Abundant Life Covenant Church.
IN-DEPTH STUDY To maintain victorious lives, we must have ongoing communion with the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit. God renews our minds and strengthens our foundations by revealing Himself to us through the Spirit and the Word. According to Second Peter 1:20-21, the Holy Spirit moved on holy men of God, and they wrote the Scriptures. These men were not spectacular in any way. They simply had learned to obey God through their sufferings and wrote as they felt led by the Spirit. Because the words were authored by the Holy Spirit, they are alive and powerful (Heb. 4:12). God’s Spirit continues to speak to ordinary people today. He anoints writers to produce materials that aid us in our study of His Word. When using these materials, it is essential to be “Berean” in our learning and search the Scriptures daily to discern the truth (Acts 17:11). The Abundant Life Covenant Church Bookstore has many materials in stock that can open our minds to deeper understanding. To view a complete list of our inventory or to place an order, log on to our website at www.alccmo.org and click on Bookstore, or call us at 417.864.4971.
Healthy Living I saw a poster recently that said, “Americans are overfed and undernourished.” I thought how true that was for both the physical and spiritual realm. We can have our “stomachs” filled and yet not meet any of the nutritional needs of our bodies or spirits. Filled but not fed…Garbage in, garbage out…We are what we eat. For the past many years, my family and I have been learning the importance of eating whole, unprocessed foods and experiencing the benefits in how we feel and how we overcome common physical problems. While I have always considered the spiritual diet to be of more importance, as I have gained more experience in the physical area, I see more clearly how the spiritual supercedes the natural diet. Scripture even tells us that it is the spirit of man that sustains him in sickness (Prov. 18:14). One day the Holy Spirit spoke to my spirit: …man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord (Deut. 8:3). Pre-packaged, processed, easy-to-swallow, great-tasting religious words—common in our culture—are not feeding God’s people. These lack the essential nutrients needed to build strong, vibrant spiritual lives. What I cannot live without, what will meet my deepest need is to hear the voice of my God. I must feed on words of spirit and life every day. Because economies (and many other things) can change in a heartbeat, I cannot always be guaranteed the resources to maintain what I might consider a healthy physical diet. However, my hope is not in what is perishable but imperishable. My spirit can never be harmed, and the truth can never be taken from me. My inner man can stay as healthy and strong as ever if I am eating the right stuff. That’s healthy living!
Angie Gibson is a homemaker in
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discerning the times. God’s Word and Spirit say the best is yet to come on
planet earth. 
deferred
makes the heart sick.” Samuel M. Frost has written a book that
says it all in the title, Misplaced Hope. God wants His children to
have healthy hearts, and one of the ingredients to a healthy heart is
godly hope, which is based on His truth. Expecting something good from God
in our future is not wrong if He has put that expectation in our hearts
and it is based on His Holy Word. We should live with great expectations
in Christ now and in our eternity in Christ. 
Him
in the Spirit. The words of the apostle Paul are still for us today. 
Many
still blame the devil for evil manifestations in our postmodern world;
however, there is enough evil in the heart of fallen humanity to bring
about the “ungodliness” that we see around us. As we are willing to die to
our flesh, renew our minds and emotions, and act on God’s Word, we will
live free from fleshly evil and worldly evil. By the Spirit of God, the
Word of God, and the people of God, we will be able to discern good and
evil in our present world.You are receiving The Present Truth Magazine Email because you signed up on our web site. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, please reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.