OUTLINE:

Witnesses To the Angels
God is glorified when peace, love, and forgiveness are manifest in a believer. In fact, even the angels are watching (1Pe 1:12).

Lk 3:22
and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

Witnesses To the Angels
God is glorified when peace, love, and forgiveness are manifest in a believer. In fact, even the angels are watching (1Pe 1:12).

God Loves Obedience
God demands obedience. “The wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience” (Col 3:6). Christ is the polar opposite, “[Jesus] learned obedience from the things which He suffered” (Heb 5:8). God the Father loves obedience (Jn 10:17-18).

“we overwhelmingly conquer”
from hubernikao [huper = “hyper, beyond + nikao = “overcome, conquer”] - to be more than a conquerer, as a result of supernatural forces; where we get “hyper” or “super” in English

John Piper On Bible Reading
Satan is not opposed to all Bible reading. Bible reading that only collects facts, or relieves a guilty conscience, or gathers doctrinal arguments, or titillates aesthetic literary tastes, or feeds historical curiosities — this kind of Bible reading Satan is perfectly happy to leave alone.

John Piper On Bible Reading
He has already won the battle. He himself is quite a student of the Scriptures, and quotes it to Jesus shrewdly in the wilderness temptations (Mt 4:1-11).

John Piper On Bible Reading
But reading that aims to see the supreme worth and beauty of God — reading that aims to be satisfied with all that God is for us in Christ, reading that seeks to “taste and see that the Lord is good” —

John Piper On Bible Reading
…this reading, and all that goes into it, Satan will oppose with all his might. And his might is supernatural. Therefore, any reading that hopes to overcome his blinding power must be a supernatural reading.

Jas 1:21
Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

Salvation
Regardless of whether we are speaking of being saved from the penalty of sin or the power of it, is ALWAYS a function of the Word of God.

1Jn 4:17-19 [Message]
God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we’re free of worry on Judgment Day—our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s.

1Jn 4:17-19 [Message]
There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love. We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first.

The Glaring Issue
It seems in contemporary Christianity it is unacceptable to "love" the way Jesus loved.