Freedom in serving, but bondage in slavery"..."A slave HAS to, a servant GETS to; a slave does the minimum requirement, a servant reaches the maximum potential; a slave goes one mile, a servant goes the extra mile; a slave feels robbed, a servant gives; a slave is bound, a servant is free; a slave fights for his rights, a servant lays down his rights" (Chapter 12) We never heard of John Bevere before. Do you want our opinion or the Word of the Lord? Only the latter is worthy. Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,

At the time of writing this, I have only just finished reading THE BAIT OF SATAN and have not yet had an opportunity to speak with the people with whom I have held the biggest offense. I have, however, gone before the Lord in prayer; admitting my offenses to Him, forgiving those people who had hurt me, releasing them from any blame in my heart and cancelling any debt I felt they owed me. Almost immediately I began feeling the weight of my offenses lifting and a peace and joy fill my heart as I thought about each person and prayed for them and for our relationship to be healed, restored and strengthened. I know to see the full work of this restoration is a process and may take some time, but I am encouraged to feel such a difference already in my heart over the last two days since finishing Bevere’s book. I am now praying as God provides the opportunities, I would be able to speak with each of these people, to confess my offenses to them and seek their forgiveness. Hopefully, we will see our friendship strengthened and our ministry together bear fruit again...yet, even if they don’t receive my attempt to mend our relationship, I will know I have been freed from the trap of offense in which the enemy once imprisoned me! It is the revelation of truth that brings freedom to us. When the spirit of God shows us our sin, He always does it in such a way that seems separate from us. This brings conviction not condemnation" (Chapter 3) If of course you belong to the kind of people which never takes offense whatsever or the classic guy whos loved and appreciated by anyone....You want to live free from arseholes trying to make you miserable by stealing your inner peace, then read this book... Right at the very beginning of the book, John teaches that the Greek word for “offend” is skandalon, which refers to the part of a trap where the bait is set. So, even just by looking at the word “offend”, we can see how an offense can be a tool that Satan, our enemy, will lay in our path to catch us, or trap us. Our enemy wants the trap to remain hidden, so we will be unaware of the danger we are headed toward, and even more importantly, he wants us to remain unaware of the very fact that we have been trapped, therefore, keeping us from even attempting to free ourselves from the trap at all! How easy the hunter’s job is, if the animal he has trapped does not even realize he has been trapped and does not fight or struggle to get free!

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!"Where does it say in the Bible that men determine the level of their relationship with God? Satan twists the Scriptures to make it sound this way, but we know full well this isn’t what God says or does. He has shown us Who is the Potter and who is the clay. We know that He determines the relationship we have with Him. He draws us to the Son and assigns us our positions in His Body.