Arm Yourself Against All Sins 1 Corinthians 10:12 So, people who think they are standing firmly should be careful that they don’t fall. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore, we must not fall asleep like other people, but we must stay awake and be sober. Ephesians 6:10–17 Finally, receive your power from the Lord and from his mighty strength. Put on all the armor that God supplies. In this way you can take a stand against the devil’s strategies. This is not a wrestling match against a human opponent. We are wrestling with rulers, authorities, the powers who govern this world of darkness, and spiritual forces that control evil in the heavenly world. For this reason, take up all the armor that God supplies. Then you will be able to take a stand during these evil days. Once you have overcome all obstacles, you will be able to stand your ground. So then, take your stand! Fasten truth around your waist like a belt. Put on God’s approval as your breastplate. Put on your shoes so that you are ready to spread the Good News that gives peace. In addition to all these, take the Christian faith as your shield. With it you can put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Also take salvation as your helmet and God’s word as the sword that the Spirit supplies. Let us arm ourselves against all sins, against pride, against hatred, against ambition, against envy, against covetousness, against sensuality. Let heaven see that, even on earth, it has those who stand on its side. Let hell know that, even on earth, there are those who make war against it with the Word of God. And let earth itself know that it is still capable of once more growing green and of giving much fruit. SHOULD WE CONTINUE POSTING OUR REFRESHERS? I HOPE YOU ARE RECEIVINNG FROM THEM, AND FIND THEM ENJOYABLE. Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
SPIRITUAL WARFARE Spiritual warfare, simply put, is a struggle between light and darkness. God has secured the victory, but Satan still attempts to wage war against God and His people. Light is sourced in God and infuses all that is good; darkness is sourced in Satan and permeates all that is evil. Luke 10:17–20 The 70 disciples came back very happy. They said, “Lord, even demons obey us when we use the power and authority of your name!” Jesus said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning. I have given you the authority to trample snakes and scorpions and to destroy the enemy’s power. Nothing will hurt you. However, don’t be happy that evil spirits obey you. Be happy that your names are written in heaven.” 2 Co 10:3–4 Of course we are human, but we don’t fight like humans. The weapons we use in our fight are not made by humans. Rather, they are powerful weapons from God. With them we destroy people’s defenses, that is, their arguments Eph 6:12 This is not a wrestling match against a human opponent. We are wrestling with rulers, authorities, the powers who govern this world of darkness, and spiritual forces that control evil in the heavenly world. 1 Pe 5:8 Keep your mind clear, and be alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion as he looks for someone to devour. I HOPE YOU FOUND THIS QUICK REFRESHER TO BE HELPFUL. Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
Christ’s Ability “He Is Able” Eph. 3:20 Responsibility is man’s response to God’s ability. 1. He is able to save to the uttermost, for He lives to do it, therefore rest in Him and be glad—Heb. 7:25. 2. He is able to make all grace to abound towards us, therefore be satisfied with Him, and be thankful—2 Cor. 9:8–11. 3. He is able to give us the victory when tempted, therefore take Him as Victor, and be an overcomer—1 Cor. 10:13. 4. He is able to keep us from falling, therefore lean upon Him and be upheld—Jude 24. 5. He is able to shield us from harm, therefore abide in Him, and be at rest—Psa. 121:3–8. 6. He is able to make us active, therefore let Him work effectively through us, and be useful—2 Tim. 1:12. 7. He is able to keep us always, therefore let Him tend us, and be fresh and sweet—Isa. 27:2, 3. JESUS IS ABLE. Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Psalm 3:3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 1 Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. ALLOW THESE VERSES TO BE A GUIDE UNTO YOUR LIFE. Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
Christ’s Agony in Gethsemane 1. “Began to be sorrowful” (Matt. 26:37). Like an on-coming storm which causes the barometer to fall, so the conflict through which Christ was about to pass caused Him to be weighted with sorrow. 2. “Began to be sore amazed” (Mark 14:33). “Sore amazed” is rendered “greatly amazed” (Mark 9:15) and “affrighted” (Mark 16:5, 6). As an apparition will cause the observer to be frightened, so as Christ looked into the cup He was about to drink it startled Him with the awfulness of its ingredients. 3. “To be very heavy” (Mark 14:33). The word is given in Phil. 2:26, “full of heaviness.” As the liquid cement hardening in a vase filled with it will cause it to be weighted beyond intention, so Christ was made heavy with the weight of sin, as He contemplated the punishment it deserved. 4. “My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death” (Mark 14:34). He was not only “sorrowful,” but “exceedingly” so; that is, He was completely surrounded with grief, even as a tropical plant might be by a blasting frost, and His sorrow was “unto death.” Some would tell us Christ was afraid He would die before He reached the Cross, but He said He would die and rise again—see Matt. 20:17–20; John 10:17, 18. “Unto” means “until,” and, as Bullinger points out, means “marking the continuance of an action up to the time of another action.” 5. “Being in an agony” (Luke 22:44). The word “agony” is rendered “conflict” in Colossians 2:1. How His holy soul was torn as He entered into “the hour” of the nearing Cross—Mark 14:35, 41, as he looked into the cup He was about to drink, as He felt the powers of darkness by which He was surrounded, and as He beheld the death for sin He was about to die; no wonder He “sweat great drops of blood.” The practical lesson for us is, like Christ, to glory in the will of God, for His will is our highest good. I PRAY THAT GOD TOUCHED YOU, ALLOWING YOU TO RECEIVE FROM THIS QUICK STUDY. DO YOU ENJOY OUR QUICK STUDIES? Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
WHOSE CHILD ARE YOU? 1 John 3:10 This is the way God’s children are distinguished from the devil’s children. Everyone who doesn’t do what is right or love other believers isn’t God’s child. The person who does not live righteously is not of God. The person who does not live a pure and holy life is not of God. The person who does not love his brother is not of God. We can look at our nature and tell whose child we are. If we live righteous, pure, and holy lives and love one another, we have the nature of God. If we live unrighteous, impure, and unholy lives and mistreat one another, we have the nature of the devil. It is that clear: there is no middle ground. God’s nature is not that of unrighteousness and hate. God is righteous and loving; therefore, the person who lives a righteous life and who loves his brother is of God. WHOSE CHILD ARE YOU? TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS CHECKING OTHER PEOPLE, BUT NEVER CHECKING THEMSELVES. CHECK YOURSELF, WHOSE CHILD ARE YOU? Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Psalm 25:4 Make me know Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Psalm 119:35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. Proverbs 2:20 So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous. TAKE YOUR DESIRES TO GOD IN PRAYER. REMEMBER SOME THINGS YOU DON’T HAVE BECAUSE YOU DON’T PRAY FOR THEM (JAMES 4:2). OUR GOD IS A LIFE CHANGER!!! GLOOORRRYYY!!! HALLELUJAH!!! Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
Signs of Jesus’ Second Coming Jesus is coming again. It’s in the Bible, John 14:2-3, NKJV. “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” There are signs of Jesus’ second coming. It’s in the Bible, Luke 21:29-31, NKJV. “Then He spoke to them a parable: ‘Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. When they are already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.’” What are some signs? It’s in the Bible, Matthew 24:3, NKJV. “As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. ‘Tell us,’ they said, ‘when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?’” Men posing as Jesus will try to deceive people in the last days. It’s in the Bible, Matthew 24:23-24, NIV. “At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it. For false Christ’s and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible.” Second coming signs There will be wars, though they may seem overwhelming, it is not the end. It’s in the Bible, Matthew 24:6, NKJV. “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.” Earthquakes and famines, and all the signs are only the contractions of what’s coming. It’s in the Bible, Matthew 24:7-8, NKJV. “There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” Are we living in the last days? Non-Christians will find it hard to believe we are living in the last days of earth’s history. It’s in the Bible, II Peter 3:3-4, TLB. “First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will come scoffers who will do every wrong they can think of, and laugh at the truth. This will be their line of argument: ‘So Jesus promised to come back, did He? Then where is He? He’ll never come! Why, as far back as anyone can remember everything has remained exactly as it was since the first day of creation.’” The coming of the Antichrist is a sign of the end. It’s in the Bible, I John 2:18, NKJV. “Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.” What moral conditions will be characteristic of society in the last days? It’s in the Bible, II Timothy 3:1-5, NIV. “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.” What other signs of the last days does the Bible mention? It’s in the Bible, Luke 21:25-26, NIV. “There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.” Talk of peace and safety are a sign of the last days. It’s in the Bible, I Thessalonians 5:2-3, NIV. “For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.” The gospel will go to the whole world and the end will come. It’s in the Bible, Matthew 24:14, NIV. “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” What are people to do when they see these things taking place? It’s in the Bible, Matthew 24:42-44, TLB. “So be prepared, for you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. Just as a man can prevent trouble from thieves by keeping watch for them, so you can avoid trouble by always being ready for My unannounced return.” It’s in the Bible, Luke 21: 28, NKJV. “Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” DID YOU FIND THIS QUICK STUDY TO BE HELPFUL? Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
STAY IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND CONTROL YOUR FLESHLY DESIRES Galatians 5:16–17 Let me explain further. Live your life as your spiritual nature directs you. Then you will never follow through on what your corrupt nature wants. What your corrupt nature wants is contrary to what your spiritual nature wants, and what your spiritual nature wants is contrary to what your corrupt nature wants. They are opposed to each other. As a result, you don’t always do what you intend to do. The answer to conquering the lusts of the flesh is the Holy Spirit of God. The believer is to walk in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. It is the only conceivable way he can keep from fulfilling the lusts of the flesh. No person has the power to control the lusts of his flesh—not within himself. The point is this: the flesh is so strong that it often keeps us from doing what we would. The only hope of ever controlling the flesh is to walk in the Spirit of God—in His presence and power. Romans 3:23 Because all people have sinned, they have fallen short of God’s glory. DID YOU FIND THIS QUICK REFRESHER TO BE HELPFUL? Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
God’s Children Anywhere and Everywhere Ephesians 1:5–6 Because of his love he had already decided to adopt us through Jesus Christ. He freely chose to do this so that the kindness he had given us in his dear Son would be praised and given glory. John 1:12 However, he gave the right to become God’s children to everyone who believed in him. 1 John 3:1 Consider this: The Father has given us his love. He loves us so much that we are actually called God’s dear children. And that’s what we are. For this reason the world doesn’t recognize us, and it didn’t recognize him either. Ephesians 5:1 Imitate God, since you are the children he loves. God’s children are God’s children anywhere and everywhere and shall be even unto the end. Nothing can sever that sacred tie or divide us from his heart. I HOPE YOU RECEIVED FROM THIS QUICK STUDY. Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
