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Genesis 1:11

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11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

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#99 Each of Us Is a Spiritual Battleground

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: Each of Us is a Spiritual Battleground

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: The nuances of the battle that rages on inside each of us are discussed.

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References:
Isaiah 9:6-7
Numbers 21:15, 27
Luke 16:24
Romans 7:14, 15, 19, 22-25
Ephesians 6:12; 4:22-24
Galatians 5:17
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
1 Corinthians 2:3, 14
James 4:1-10
Revelation 12:7
Genesis 1:1, 6
2 Timothy 2:3, 15, 25
Judges 7:1
1 Samuel 13:5-7; 14:1, 5
Ecclesiastes 11:3
1 Samuel 14:11-15, 23, 52; 17:45
2 Samuel 3:1
Revelation 3:8
Hebrews 12:26
Matthew 15:7, 9, 23, 25-28
Revelation 22:11
Isaiah 9:6

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 7/11/2012. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com

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Arcana Coelestia #8

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8. The second state is when a distinction is made between the things that are the Lord's and those that are man's own. Those which are the Lord's are called in the Word 'remnants', and here they are chiefly the cognitions of faith which a person has learned since he was a small child. These are stored away and do not come out into the open until he reaches this state. Nowadays this state rarely occurs without temptation, misfortune, and sorrow, which lead to the inactivity and so to speak the death of bodily and worldly concerns - the things which are man's own. In this way what belongs to the external man is segregated from what belongs to the internal. Within the internal are the remnants, stored away by the Lord until this time and for this purpose.

  
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