Concluding the Adversary’s Victory

This week will conclude GPC study regarding The Adversary.  With the study concluding, one might hope, think, and believe that the oppression or battles will lesson since we aren’t focusing on shattering the image of the Adversary anymore.  The awakening truth may be that a greater heightened battle will exist always for some who have taken the mortification of the flesh seriously; for the ones who swim upstream against the systems of this world in a new direction that is uncommon to most.  These may find the battle even greater than before – a 24/7/365 battle.  Oppression and opposition minute by minute may be the new normal.

I thought of a couple of more resources that I have read and can recommend for those who want to sharpen themselves a little more :

Powers of Evil: A Biblical Study of Satan and Demons is an older book that is now out of print, but if someone wanted a seminary level book on the practices and works of the demonic then this book is a must.  I found it very helpful from Genesis to Revelation as a systematic study of the topic.  You will have to pick it up used, because it is out of print.  When I read it I felt like I was in a seminary class being taught sound evangelical theology on the subject.

I am not much into non-fiction.  But there was one novel I read in college that to this day I still remember.  I read the first of three novels by Frank Peretti.  You can pick them up in a three set volume now for a decent price.  This Present Darkness, Pericing the Darkness and Prophet would all be worth reading, though I can only say I have read the first.

My final thoughts to any one who has journeyed with us through this series: Study the enemy, but seek the Lord.  Know your vulnerability, but increase your strengths.  Stop looking for victory and start living in the victory.

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