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And why do some others think God is more interested in our earthly comfort than in our eternal character? These two concepts of God were actually a legacy from the people of ancient Israel. The Pharisees preached a God of judgment and wrath, whereas the Sadducees worshipped a God of pomp and circumstance. Two thousand years ago, the Jewish people were hopelessly locked into a religion made up of these two radical extremes. But when Jesus arrived on the scene, something incredible took place. Not only did He free men from the law of sin and death, He also set people free from the religious seesaw they'd been chained to by the Pharisees and Sadducees. He gave the human race something they'd been lacking for a long, long time: an accurate picture of what Cod is really like. Who Were The Pharisees?- Let's look at the Pharisees - a group of men balanced on one end of this religious seesaw. The most important thing you need to remember about the Pharisees is that the

Many people think God is unfair. That He made us sexual beings and then tells us don’t! Almost every young person I know faces this problem. "Well, when you really like somebody, and you really get close to them, it s really hard to control yourself." Why does God limit our behavior towards one another in sexual areas? Let’s take a look at the character of God and find out the reasons behind His logical loving limits. God is, by nature, not a restrictor but a fulfiller. When He limits our sexual activity to certain situations, He’s not trying to steal our fun but has logical and loving reasons. God thought up sex. It was 100% His idea. He created our bodies and our responses. The devil wants us to believe he’s the sex expert - that if we get too close to God, or too holy, we’ll miss something. It’s a lie that we’ll miss something if we do it God’s way. To the contrary, we’ll miss something if we don’t. Most people feel that God is trying to push them into a corner and

You may believe spiritual warfare is only for Christians who happen to be "into" such things - or for obscure missionaries working in dark, heathen places. I'm sorry to say, this just isn't so. I wish we could all live in Disneyland, but we can't. There is a real devil and there are real demons. And every Christian is in a real war - a desperate, life-and-death struggle with a vicious enemy. You might say, "Well, I'm not sure I'm ready for that. It's not my calling, I'm really into music." Or you might mistakenly think, "If I leave the devil alone, he'll leave me alone." But the war is on and we're in it whether we like it - or agree with it. It's not just for some Christians, and it's not just for some of the time. The war is on for every Christian, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You are engaged in spiritual warfare whether you know it or not - the Bible states it categorically in Ephesians