Are we, members of the Body of Christ, prone to sidestep open doors of opportunity that God has set before us? Yes or No? Please respond at

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And now the answer to the LLM Question of 2-15-2011

Question: Does Satan, along with religious leaders, oppose the message of Grace as revealed through the Apostle Paul, Ephesians 3:1-9? Yes or No?

Answer: YES! So, Today let us consider, How Satan Hates the Truth

"If any man be in Christ he is a new creation" (2 Cor. 5:17).

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:10).

"And ye are complete in Him" (Colossians 2:10).

"In Christ!" What a glorious truth! What a high and holy position! No religious ceremony, neither circumcision nor baptism, needed to make us spiritually complete. God only asks now: "Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called" (Ephesians 4:1).

Many Christians are satisfied with salvation through the blood of Christ, but God wants us to have much more than this. He wants us to have "the full assurance of understanding" (Colossians 2:2), to know the security, the blessedness, the glory of a position in Christ. He wants us to know "the exceeding riches of His Grace" (Ephesians 2:7), and to enjoy "all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" (Ephesians 1:3).

But Satan does not!

For proclaiming these glorious truths the Apostle Paul was bitterly opposed on every hand, even by some of the saved religious leaders of his day. And Satan has not changed! Proclaim this message today and "your adversary the devil" will soon be roused to action.

He hates this message of Grace which the glorified LORD revealed through the Apostle Paul (Ephesians 3:1-3) and let us not be asleep to the fact that, as in Paul's day, he will again seek to use even saved religious leaders, the evangelical "big guns," if he can, to oppose it, thus robbing Christ of His glory and believers of their blessings. So, be on guard!

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” Acts 16:31

So There You Have it!

Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide. The time is short

"I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it" (Revelation 3:8).

This prophecy concerning the congregation at Philadelphia doubtless looks forward to a future day, but who can deny that it contains a lesson for our day?

When, in our walk through life, God sets before us open doors of opportunity, AND, He clearly intends us to enter them. The ONLY way to avoid entering an open door set before us would be to deliberately sidestep the opportunity. Alas, how prone we are to do this!

Amazingly, we often pray God for open doors when He has ALREADY set them before us and all about us.

We all should take the time to examine the record of the Apostle Paul's ministry and see how he thanked God for open doors (Acts 14:27; 1 Corinthians 16:9), grasping such opportunities as God set before him on every hand. He did not pull strings or ask his friends to use their influence to gain more comfortable or better-paying positions. He faithfully entered whatever doors God set before him. His best known requests for prayer for open doors came from Rome, where a prison door had closed behind him. Should not this put us to shame!

May God convict us of the inconsistency of praying for open doors while failing to enter the many open doors He has set before us! May He forgive us for being selective about working for Him! May He give us the Grace to take advantage of whatever opportunities present themselves to us, "buying up the time because the days are evil."

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” Acts 16:31

So There You Have it!

Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide. The time is short