Vision for Mission: Nurturing an Apostolic Heart

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Vi s i on for Mi s s i on: Nur tur i ng an Apos to l i c Hear t

2. He works in the world’s systems and structures.

3. He works to undermine God’s purposes.

C. The persistent and potent resistance to God’s will in the earth

1. He blinds the minds of those who do not believe, 2 Cor. 4.4.

2. He deceives and lies concerning God’s intents, purposes, and works, John 8.44, 2 Cor. 11.14, Rev. 20.7-8.

3. He misleads by creating an atmosphere of apostasy, 2 Thess. 2.9, 1 Tim. 4.1ff.

4. He ensnares the gullible in their own temptations, lusts, and godless preoccupations, 1 Tim. 3.7, 2 Tim. 2.26.

5. He is subtle in shifting the vision of God’s people from the ultimate to the incidental, 2 Cor. 11.3.

6. He outright devours the unaware and ill-informed, 1 Pet. 5.8, 2 Cor. 2.11.

7. He manipulates and controls the entire world system in opposition to the will and work of God, 1 John 5.19.

8. He is frustrated in his inability to overcome even the frailest saint who walks by faith in Christ, 1 John 5.4-5, Rom. 16.20.