Seven Truths About the Battle for Your Mind. Part [5] 05/19/2026 (Morning thought)

John 8:36 If the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

When God is seated in your heart, your freedom to choose is never coerced, because our obedience on this earth and our obedience in the earth made new would have an intelligent foundation in the fact that God is love, and everything He bids us do is for our best good. This sacred truth must be understood in the context of the following verse. When Christ is allowed to guide the mind, freedom of choice always remains intact.

This is the case now and it will be this way for eternity, because God can never accept any coerced obedience, for if this were the case, He would have made us robots. He stands at the door and knocks, hoping that those on the inside, where the handle to the door is, will open, up and let Him in. He does this, not to seek  arbitrary control over us, but rather, for our own best good. The devil, on the other hand does not stand at the door and knock.

If he has his way he will kick down the door, and drag persons by the throat to do his bidding, even if they are unwilling. That is just the nature of the beast. For the time being, God greatly restrains him from doing so, but the time is coming when persons who do not want Jesus to rule in their hearts will be left to the other master they have chosen, because God honors our freedom of choice, whether it is used for good or bad purposes.

 Deuteronomy 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Seven Truths About the Battle for Your Mind. Part [4] 05/19/2026 (Evening thought)

Isaiah 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most-High.

[The Truth About Angels pp 34>35] Satan .. began his work of rebellion with the angels under his command, seeking to diffuse among them the spirit of discontent. And he worked in so deceptive a way that many of the angels were won to his allegiance before his purposes were fully known. Lucifer sowed the seeds of doubt in the minds of many of the angels. His work of deception was done in so great secrecy that the angels, in less exalted positions supposed that he was the Ruler of heaven. 

[Truth About Angels pp 41] The loyal angels hasten speedily to the Son of God and acquaint Him with what is taking place among the angels. The great God could at once have hurled this arch deceiver from heaven; but this was not His purpose. He would give the rebellious an equal chance to measure strength and might with His own Son and His loyal angels. In this battle every angel would choose his own side, and be manifested to all.

In other words, there will never come a time in the here and now, or in the great hereafter, when God will force you to do anything against your free will. He will never force the saints to eat from the tree of life, nor will He ever force obedience or worship…. Ezekiel 28: 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; 7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

Ezekiel 28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!