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Whom the Son sets free is free indeed. Conversely, whom Satan says is free is actually fooled. Know the difference by knowing the biblical Jesus. He is not a way or a truth or a life, but He is the way, the truth, and the life. No one can be free or fruitful apart from...

It is only in the hands of the Father where our spirit finds shelter. This world may attack our body, but it can never touch our spirit. And those who have committed their life to Christ have committed their spirit to the Father's hands. "Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth" (Psalm 31:5 --> Luke 23:46).

God works through those who are holy surrendered, not those who religiously have it all together. He doesn't want our good habits but our broken hearts. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart—These, O God, You will not despise" (Psalm 51:17).

If the world never has a problem with you as a Christian, then you have a problem. Why? Because this world stands in complete opposition to the true believer. And since we have nothing in common with the world, our beliefs will eventually collide with the world. “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you" (John 15:18-19).

The greatest threat to the church is not physical persecution but spiritual deception. Persecution is to be expected and God uses it to awaken His remnant. Deception however, is the enemies ploy to destroy. And those who do not know God's Truth will be led astray by lies. "Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution" (2 Timothy 3:12).

Building your house on the Rock doesn't exempt you from the storms of life, it only prepares you for them. God has a plan with even our difficulties; and He doesn't need us to understand them, He just wants us to lean on Him to withstand them. Thus, building our lives on Him is actually us trusting in Him. "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock" (Matthew 7:24).