The following message is by pastor John Piper. More information from desiring God is available at

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Scripture texts. God dot O'R G. Scripture text this evening comes from Romans chapter 16 verses 17 through 20.

It's on pages 950 and 951 in the Pew Bible.

Romans chapter 16, beginning in verse 17.

I appeal to you brothers to watch out for those who calls divisions and create obstacles

contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught.

Avoid them.

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ,

but their own appetites.

And by smooth talk and flattery,

they deceive the hearts of the naive. For your obedience is known to all so that I

rejoice over you but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what

is evil. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Father, I pray for the ability to apprehend the reality of Satan and even more the reality of his demise and eventual absolute

exclusion from the universe in the lake of fire.

This is not mythology, this is reality.

We look to the things that are unseen.

So I pray for that kind of eyes. grant us an appropriate seriousness and help me to be faithful to what is spoken here.

Speak it in the spirit, the same spirit that inspired it.

Into your hands, I commit myself and all those who listen. Increase our faith. Grant us triumphs over unbelief and sin and Satan. In Jesus, mighty name, I pray,

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