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Spirit of the Age
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Matthew 5:17-18  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) God inspired Jesus to say this for very good reasons, perhaps thousands of reasons that can be contained in one brief statement: They are not destroyed or done away with because they still have practical spiritual application. They are still useful for living the Christian life, being in the image of God, and knowing Him. To destroy them would constitute a great loss, for which we would be the less. John W. Ritenbaugh The Offerings of Leviticus (Part One): Introduction

Ephesians 2:1-3  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) "The course of this world" is the zeitgeist—the spirit of the times. That spirit is not always exactly the same. From age to age it is somewhat different. The spirit that was in the United States back in the 30s, 40s, and 50s is different from the spirit in the world now. Beginning in the 60s, by comparison to what was back then, there has been a gradual intensifying of anger and hostility. All of us have walked according to this spirit. All of us have had this spirit. All of us have resembled in attitude the Beast of Revelation. It has been impossible for us to avoid taking it on in its spiritual form. Some of us more; some of us less. The amount or the intensity of that spirit in us largely depends upon the family atmosphere one grew up in and the crowd we chose to run with. This is why parents are a child's the best protection from Satan and his destructive spirit. John W. Ritenbaugh The Spiritual Mark of the Beast

Ephesians 2:2  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) Though written in the past tense, this section does not mean we are free from the influences broadcast by that wicked spirit. If we do not guard against them, we are fully capable of receiving his attributes. John W. Ritenbaugh Pride, Contention, and Unity

 

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