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                <title><![CDATA[Know Your Enemies, and Know Your Friends -- Strong in God]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Know Your Enemies, and Know Your Friends -- Strong in the Face of Suffering]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[In this sixth of eight lessons, discover that our dear Savior truly is the ultimate in Christianity....]]></description>
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this sixth of eight lessons, discover that our dear Savior truly is the ultimate in Christianity. Because of him we can be close to our God, and because we are close to God we hold onto eternal hope and eagerly encourage each other to do good works. Whatever threats others might make against us, we are not afraid. Should we lose everything earthly, we know we have an eternal reward.]]></content:encoded>
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                <title><![CDATA[Know Your Enemies, and Know Your Friends -- Strong in Forgiveness]]></title>
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                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this fifth of eight lessons, discover the peace of conscience and strength for service to God and others -- it is found in one place, in the high priest who came in the priestly order of Melchizedek.]]></content:encoded>
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                <title><![CDATA[Know Your Enemies, and Know Your Friends -- The Danger of Turning Away in Temptation]]></title>
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                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this second of eight lessons, discover the danger of turning away in temptation . . . the danger of being deceived by the lies connected with sin and ultimately becoming hardened against God. How we thank the Lord for the truth, and the rescue mission our God worked through sending his Son to be the perfect human, and the sacrificial substitute, in our place.]]></content:encoded>
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This battle in a Christian is a life-death battle with eternal consequence. Nothing greater could be at stake. Since every Christian is fighting this battle every day, we want to be sure we have all weapons needed to win.

The Bible's book of Hebrews equips Christians for precisely this struggle, identifying temptations that Christians regularly face.

In this first of eight lessons, discover the danger of drift . . . the danger of thinking all is well, only to discover that giving up on the struggle brings one closer and closer to defeat.]]></content:encoded>
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