Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 19 of 33Part III — The War for Rest Fighting From Christ’s Finished Work (Hebrews 4:1–11; Ephesians 6:10–18; Matthew 11:28–30) Rest is often misunderstood as the absence of warfare. Scripture presents something stronger. Biblical rest is not withdrawal from the battle. It is the position…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 18 of 33Part III — The War for Rest Peace as Inheritance, Not Therapy (John 14:27; Colossians 3:15; Philippians 4:6–9; Isaiah 26:3) Peace is one of the believer’s greatest inheritances in Christ. Yet peace is also one of the first territories the enemy seeks to…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 17 of 33Part III — The War for Rest Bread, Water, and Spiritual Supply Are Contested (Exodus 17; 1 Corinthians 10:1–4; Ephesians 6:10–18) Israel had been redeemed from Egypt, carried through the Red Sea, and led into the wilderness by the visible presence of God….
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 16 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven When the Father Trains His Sons (Hebrews 12:5–11) One of the most misunderstood experiences in the Christian life is discipline. When believers encounter correction, hardship, or painful circumstances, many instinctively assume something has gone…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 15 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven Delay as Divine Training (Psalm 105:17–22; Genesis 37–41) There is a kind of suffering that confuses believers more than persecution, loss, or conflict. It is the suffering of delay. Promises are clear. Calling seems…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 11 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven Cain’s Offering and the Danger of Religious Substitution Religious Activity Is Not Spiritual Obedience One of the most dangerous errors in the wilderness is not rebellion—but replacement. Cain did not reject God, and he…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 10 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven When The Tongue Becomes the Enemy’s Amplifier Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. — Hebrews 3:12 (KJV) Murmuring Is…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 9 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven Why Delay is Spiritual Retreat Faith Is Not Neutral OT Grounding: Numbers 13–14 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him….
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 8 of 33Part II — The Wilderness Where Sons are Proven And there we saw the giants… and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. — Numbers 13:33 The First Battlefield Is Not Canaan — It Is…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 7 of 33Part I — The Summons & the Stakes Sin as a Personal Captor (Gen. 4:6–7 • 2 Tim. 2:26 • 1 John 3:8) If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, **sin lieth at the…