Sword of the Spirit

  A word of Wisdom: The Kingdom of God, not the fallen world Matthew 7:13-14 KJV Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [14] Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. We know that the ruler of this fallen world is Satan, the prince of darkness. This fallen world is a part of the kingdom of darkness. Although we are in this fallen world, we are no longer of this wotld. It is not our Kingdom. However, many have gone astray from the narrow way: The Kingdom of God is not about making this fallen world into a better, beautiful place for everyone to live in. The Kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking and be merry in this fallen world. The Kingdom of God is not about having wealth, health and success for the sake of your enjoyment or "live life to the fullest" in this fallen world. The Kingdom of God is

Kept Through Faith By Andrew Murray, Absolute Surrender: Kept by the Power of God “Kept by the power of God through faith.”  Faith Is Rest In the beginning of the faith-life, faith is struggling; but as long as faith is struggling, faith has not attained its strength.  But when faith in its struggling gets to the end of itself, and just throws itself upon God and rests on Him, then comes joy and victory. When God comes to me with the promise of His keeping, and I have nothing on earth to trust in,  I say to God:  “Thy word is enough;  kept by the power of God.”  That is faith, that is rest. It is a great thing when a man comes to rest on God’s almighty power for every moment of his life,  in prospect of temptations to temper and haste and anger and unlovingness and pride and sin.  It is a great thing in prospect of these to enter into a covenant with the omnipotent Jehovah,  not on account of anything that any man says, or of anything that my heart feels,  but on the strength of the Wo