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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Our situation as Xns is like the story of the old
landlord told by Pr. Larry Christiansen. Supposing that we live in a run-down
apartment; the best you can afford. There are holes in the walls & ceiling;
the carpet is threadbare with roaches everywhere. The windows leak cold air in
the winter & let flies in the summer...faucets drip constantly. Yet the
landlord still collects the rent, and when we hesitate to pay because of the
poor conditions, he threatens higher rent. We have nowhere else to live &
can't afford anything better, so we keep on paying the rent until one day, when
we hear a knock at the door. We open it to behold a well dressed, polite young
woman who tells us that she has just purchased the building we live in! She asks
to inspect the premises and as she sees what we are living with, she is appalled
& promises to make repairs & lower your rent. Shortly after she leaves
you hear another, harsher urgent knocking on the door, and open it to find our
angry old landlord standing there demanding his rent. Do we give in to his
intimidations & pay, or resist him? We are filled with fear as we realize
that we don't have the power that he has to make us pay! Then we remember, the
place doesn't belong to him anymore; we have a new landlord and so tell the old
one to take the matter up with the new owner.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The old landlord, Satan will harass & intimidate
us, but the reality is that the strong man is tied up! We have been bought &
paid for and so have a new landlord.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The stronger One who is both God and man
prevails.</FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=856461800-09062012><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.predigten.uni-goettingen.de/predigt.php?id=3604&kennung=20120610en">http://www.predigten.uni-goettingen.de/predigt.php?id=3604&kennung=20120610en</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=856461800-09062012><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Steve
Saxe</FONT></SPAN></P>
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