Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of our post today,

We Will Not Fear, We Will Not Back Down. Another church was viciously attacked over the weekend,

a Mormon church in Grand Blank Township, Michigan.

On Sunday, at least four people were killed and eight others wounded in the shooting attack.

Then the shooter set the church ablaze with many people inside.

At the time of this writing, it was feared they may find more casualties in the rubble of the burned building.

Spirits of violence, hatred, and murder have been unleashed in our nation.

This has been happening for some time, but now seems to be escalating.

I don't want to over-spiritualize what is occurring. There are obviously multiple reasons and causes, but one of them is most certain a spiritual

door of violence and murder opened in America by the shedding of innocent

blood through abortion. We are told very clearly in scripture that this releases a curse

on the land. We are also instructed to give no place to the devil.

Ephesians 427.

Place comes from the Greek word topas,

from which we get the English word topography.

This word is used not only to literally speak of lands or places, but also figuratively,

as it is here, in reference to giving or providing a place of opportunity or a place of power.

In this same sense, topas is the word for a scabbard, a place in which to carry a sword

or gun.

Don't give Satan ground or territory upon which he has a legal right, spiritually speaking, to implement

his weapons or his control. That's what the verse is saying. Paul used the word topos in Acts

2516, referencing his quote license, King James version, his license or legal right

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