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James O. Fraser (1886-1938), the greatly used missionary to the Lisu people of China, wrote these words about prayer: “I do not think that a petition which misses the mind of God will ever be answered...
God has sealed to the promises with His truth, His word, and His oath. Let us now mutually seal them with our faith. John 3:33: ‘He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.’
First John 2 [1John 2:12-14] gives us three stages of maturity among believers. John speaks of the ‘little child’ as the one who understands that his sins are forgiven...
Most Christians know that our spiritual opposition comes from three sources: the world, the flesh, and the devil. However, as in most things, we have them in the opposite order from scripture. The world refers to the evil world system. But the world would not be evil except it be filled with fallen men. Men are fallen because their fleshly nature is perverted. Yet, the fall began with the temptation of Eve in the Garden of Eden and it was the work of the devil. So, the devil rebelled against God and brought about the fall of man which resulted in the sinful flesh that is in all men. Then, fallen men with the help of the evil spirits of the devil created the evil world system. The true order is the devil, the flesh, and the world.
The following is an excerpt from Soldiers in Training by Brother Daryl Coats.