{"id":541,"date":"2017-02-27T16:15:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T22:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblebookprofiler.com\/blog\/?p=541"},"modified":"2022-02-13T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T22:08:53","slug":"conquer-7-types-spiritual-attacks-us-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblebookprofiler.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/27\/conquer-7-types-spiritual-attacks-us-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How to conquer the 7 types of spiritual attacks against us part 1","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

The seven categories of spiritual attacks against us are listed in Romans 8:35<\/p>\n

Romans 8:35<\/strong>
\nWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?<\/p>\n

But before we dig into all the glorious details of this verse, we first need to understand the context of Romans 8.<\/p>\n

Romans 8 is the pinnacle of doctrinal truth of the book of Romans to the believer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That enables us to be more than a conqueror in all situations as we believe God’s word to overcome the world.<\/p>\n

But sometimes we choke in the ocean of chaos, lies, and darkness.<\/p>\n

An in-depth and accurate knowledge of God’s truth can heal our hearts, enlighten our path and inspire us to victory.<\/p>\n

The purpose in handling this section of Romans 8 with such an\u00a0intricate overview, depth & detail is summed up in one of my favorite verses.<\/p>\n

Nehemiah 8:8<\/strong>
\nSo they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.<\/p>\n

By having a deeper understanding of God’s word, we can believe it greater and love God even more, which energizes our believing even greater.<\/p>\n

See the pattern of growth?<\/p>\n

In part 1\u00a0we will get a broad overview on how to conquer the 7 methods of spiritual attack against us with some enlightening figures of speech on Romans chapter 8.<\/p>\n

In part 2 we’ll dig into the many deep diamonds of truth in Romans 8:35 and get our answer to life’s questions once again.<\/p>\n

Overview: figures of speech on the structure of Romans 8:1-39<\/strong><\/p>\n

Figures of speech are an exacting grammatical science.<\/p>\n

Their objective<\/em> <\/strong>is to precisely and deliberately deviate from the normal pattern of grammatical rules in a specific and documented way.<\/p>\n

The purpose<\/em> <\/strong>of figures of speech is to reveal what is most important in God’s word by emphasizing a particular word or phrase, a verse, a whole group of verses, or even an entire book of the bible or perhaps just a concept.<\/p>\n

Figures of speech eliminate a trainload of confusion and conflict about what any given bible verse really means.<\/p>\n

The beautiful symmetry and profound truth of figures of speech inspire awe, love and trust in God’s word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first figure of speech we’re going to look at covers the entire 8th chapter of Romans and is called Correspondence, which has 3 sub categories: alternate, introverted and combined. \u00a0Combined, as the name implies, is simply a combination of the previous two.<\/p>\n

Correspondence enables us not merely to perceive the symmetrical perfection of the passage, but to understand it’s true sense; to see its scope and thus be guided to a sound interpretation.<\/p>\n

What may be obscure in one element may be clear in its corresponding element.<\/p>\n

The way introverted correspondence [introversion] works is, for example, let’s say there are 2 series of elements.<\/p>\n

The first of one series of elements corresponds to the last element of the second series.<\/p>\n

The second element of the first series corresponds to the second-to-last element of the second series, and so forth as illustrated below.<\/p>\n

Correspondence is by far the most stately and dignified presentation of a subject; and is always used in the most solemn and important portions of scripture.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot of Companion Reference Bible; Figures of speech overview of Romans 8<\/p><\/div>\n

If we rearrange the sections we can better understand the correspondence.<\/p>\n

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  1. Beginning [1-4]:<\/strong> no condemnation<\/em> to those in Christ and why<\/li>\n
  2. Ending [28-39]:<\/strong> no separation<\/em> from Christ and why \u00a0[this is the context of part 2]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. First middle [5-15]:<\/strong> holy spirit in us, leading us<\/li>\n
    2. Second middle [16-27]:<\/strong> The Holy Spirit’s [God] witness with our spirit, leading it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      Screenshot of Companion Reference Bible. Romans 8:33-39 figures of speech.<\/p><\/div>\n