Those fun loving folk at Church of God the Eternal can't even go to the Feast of Tabernacles without Satan trying to thwart their every move. How exhausting it must be to be constantly worried about Satan or demons trying to do you in all the time. Why is it that Armstrongites prefer slavery to freedom?
A large part of preparing for the Fall Holy Days involves setting priorities in order. This is a time of the year when we are especially commanded to draw near to God, and we can only imagine how angry and jealous this makes Satan. He will look for our weaknesses, and tempt us to find reasons not to observe God’s Feasts. As we are advised in 1 Peter 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” With this in mind, let us be prepared to overcome the weaknesses that cause us to neglect observing the Feast with the right spiritual state of mind.
When we are told to be sober and vigilant, this means that we must be on guard, especially when we know that our actions are an affront to Satan, causing him to become angry with us. This can be a very difficult affair. The strength that we have personally might not be enough to confront the temptations we encounter, but fortunately, we have the strength of Jesus Christ living in us to help. Paul reflects upon this fact in his own life in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” This strength promised to us includes the ability to face the physical obstacles that we experience on our path to observe the Feast.
This is actually from Church of the Eternal God... not Church of God, the Eternal. But could have easily been from COGTE because they believe the same.
ReplyDeleteIt may be more productive to consider the machinations of the narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths, nuts, cons and kooks of a dysfunctional dystopian of selfish religious extremists who have been seriously corrupted by indoctrination of Ambassador College to compromise themselves and anyone they can get their hands on, and it is likely high time to get "Life Code" by Dr. Phil and "Take Back Your Life" to escape the clutches of cult leaders who intend you no good.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've been reading here, Satan is very very tricky and smart-
ReplyDeletePossibly we can have Satan compete against Jesus on Jeopardy if enough people write in to Alex Trebek?
The peurile imagination of ACOG people never ceases to amaze me when it comes to their speculation about the activities of God, Jesus, the angels, Satan, and the demons. Armstrongism does not readily lend itself to the development of strong anthropomorphic skills.
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