I deal with with blasphemous thoughts too I Use Gods Word, I Praise Jesus for taking it away. Thank Jesus for everything. Rely on Gods precious Holy Spirit Gods my life and peace. I say I am Healed forgiven and saved 🙂

Thanks, John. I appreciate your comments. I have been teaching on this for many years and I have found that fear is the most common reaction to any discussion or thoughts of Satan. I agree with you that it should not be but it’s not helpful to just say “Don’t be afraid of Satan.” People have hear that and still fear so we must teach from the Word why that is so.

John Tessari: Thank you Ward! I am with you 100% Satan is a defeated foe and only has a spiritual influence. We, on the other hand, have been given the strength of our Savior, JESUS CHRIST, and through our absolute faith in HIM we are empowered to stand against the Devil – “and he will flee”. We can live life completely free from fear. Even if we die we will be in Heaven for eternity with Christ. What is to fear in that?
If Christianity is what Bread is stating then we, of course, are doomed and fear would be legitimate.
The PROOF I have is both personal and gleaned from situations where Christians were extremely persecuted. Take the circumstance of John Bergen and his wife Eloise. The machete attack they suffered destroyed many other peoples hearts when they received the same violent treatment. Their faith is exemplary and a very strong testimony to true Christian faith.

Brad,

Thanks for posting a comment. I looked at your video on youtube and it would seem that we don’t share the same the same authority for what we believe. Everything that I teach is based upon my faith and trust in the Bible as the authoritative word of God. I can’t imagine you are unaware of this position. I am happy to engage in a discussion with you, but if our basis of authority is different we don’t have a common starting ground to even begin talking. We could talk about the basis of our authority, but once again my guess is that you have already had that discussion with others before. I’m not sure what you are seeking for in life, but I hope you find true joy and peace and fulfillment.

Ward

The Baptists expect to lose half their churches in the
next 20 years. They revamp their
message, but nothing works because they can’t face the real problem that
plagues all churches.

According to the Christian website,
http://www.gotquestions.org, few young adults have a “biblical worldview,” because
they don’t believe in Satan, hell or that Christianity is the only true
religion. The problem is that
Christianity has an identity crisis that gives young adults good reason to
doubt the church.

Joseph Ratzinger (pope) quit his first seminary
because it conceded that two separate and
opposing Christianities existed in the second century. One was the Jewish Christianity of Jesus and the
other was the gentile Roman Christianity of Paul. They noted that Paul was “indifferent to the
teaching of Jesus… and the opponent of
the religion of love, Christ came to announce to the world.”

Jesus’ Christianity had no judgment, Satan,
hell, Easter or Christmas for 300 years!
These were not the teaching of
Christ, but pagan traditions added by the Romans when they commandeered the
religion later. These facts don’t discredit Jesus Christ at all!

Bishop John Spong of Newark says “the church has always dangled us
between their imaginary heaven and hell as a control tactic.” This savvy, secular world gets it, and is
unmoved by the church’s brimstone threats.
They know it has nothing to do with the religion of Jesus Christ.

The church is dying, but as they say, “When God closes a door, He always opens a window.” So now, Christian Spirituality, more like original Christianity, is a star on the rise.

Truly, Brad O’Donnell