tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103262355365239748.post3204362722976541367..comments2023-04-09T06:26:40.383-05:00Comments on LJ's *Not So Secret* Diary: My Enemy's MOLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945154014845226481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103262355365239748.post-65669441018512549232012-09-15T09:15:36.254-05:002012-09-15T09:15:36.254-05:00I mean to say "took the heat"I mean to say "took the heat"LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945154014845226481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103262355365239748.post-73671435759077772682012-09-15T08:12:35.526-05:002012-09-15T08:12:35.526-05:00Because Christ to the heat for us (pun intended) a...Because Christ to the heat for us (pun intended) and defeated Satan in his own realm, Hell, as Christ-followers we have the power to resist the devil. Because I am a believer, the devil no longer has a hold on me eternally for certain, and tho he will try to snare me and wants to wreak havoc on my temporal life, he will not ultimately get me, the prize.<br />"Resist the devil and he will LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945154014845226481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103262355365239748.post-71431497421061628742012-09-13T22:47:48.649-05:002012-09-13T22:47:48.649-05:00Let, Christ died to save us so that we won't e...Let, Christ died to save us so that we won't end up with the Devil forever. However, not all are saved. Satan is, indeed, alive and well and creating sin and drawing more souls to him. To think that we create evil because of our fallen nature assumes we alone create evilness. If that is true, we truly are hopeless, We are born into sin, but with baptism, we are forgiven original sin and carryAunt Katybellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06555092842846816350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103262355365239748.post-39129180569626573102012-09-13T07:10:05.047-05:002012-09-13T07:10:05.047-05:00In the Creed, we say "He descended into Hell&...In the Creed, we say "He descended into Hell". From my conversations with pastors of three different denominations, all three agree that sin, death and Satan were conquered then with Christ's death and resurrection. Not that there isn't evil in this world because of our fallen nature, just that the Devil is not "alive and well" and if he/she was, why did Christ die? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com