What is a child of the devil?

What is a child of the devil?

Anyone who is not a child of God.

Ephesians 2:1-5And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course[a] of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved

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2 Fathers – God or Satan

2 Kingdoms – Light and Darkeness

2 Destinies – Heaven and Hell

1 John 3:8b.The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Am I Fooling Myself? 5 Signs I’m Not Right With God.

1.You hear God’s words—but you don’t really listen

vs 37 “you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.”

Vs 43  “Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

Vs 45 “I tell the truth, you do not believe me”

Vs 47 “Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

Am I Fooling Myself? 5 Signs I’m Not Right With God.

1.You hear God’s words—but you don’t really listen

2.You brag about your roots instead of bearing fruit

Vs 33- We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

Vs 39 – They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

Am I Fooling Myself? 5 Signs I’m Not Right With God.

1.You hear God’s words—but you don’t really listen

2.You brag about your roots instead of bearing fruit.

3. You say you know Jesus—but you don’t love Him.

John 8:41b – They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—even God.”

Vs 42 -Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

1 Corinthians 16:22  If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come.

Am I Fooling Myself? 5 Signs I’m Not Right With God.

1.You hear God’s words—but you don’t really listen

2.You brag about your roots instead of bearing fruit.

3. You say you know Jesus—but you don’t love Him.

4. You act like your Father—but it’s not the Father in heaven.

Vs 44- “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. “

Most people don’t realize they’re serving Satan — they just serve themselves, and that’s all the devil needs.

Satan’s best servants aren’t the ones who bow to him — they’re the ones who bow to self.

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1.You hear God’s words—but you don’t really listen

2.You brag about your roots instead of bearing fruit.

3. You say you know Jesus—but you don’t love Him.

4. You act like your Father—but it’s not the Father in heaven.

5.You hear about Jesus—but you don’t believe in Jesus.

Vs 45 – “But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me”

John 1:12 – But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.