The Devil's Favorite Weapon Against You | The Pursuit with James Griffin

In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin and Carlos Fernandez pick up where the weekend gathering left off in Acts 11, where Peter gets criticized by church people for sitting down to eat at a Gentile's house. James opens up about why he crossed out his sermon title mid-week, the critic who told a guest his family was going to hell, and the years he spent believing the accusations in his own head.

What is Satan actually saying about you to God? Why does the enemy go looking for critics to do his work? What's the difference between criticism and correction? What do you do when the person criticizing you is you? How do you know if what you're feeling is the Holy Spirit convicting you or the devil condemning you? Why was Peter's meal the real problem? Should you stop going where people far from God hang out? And where's the line between being at the table and approving of what's on it?

If you've ever heard a voice telling you God can't use someone like you, this conversation will help you know which voice to believe.

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0:00 Cold open and intro
1:58 Why James rewrote the sermon title
4:54 Criticism is the enemy's strategy
7:11 What Satan accuses you of
9:13 The anatomy of shame
10:29 The accuser and the advocate
13:51 Criticism vs. correction
18:21 When correction doesn't go well
20:28 When the critic is you: the four voices
24:50 Conviction or condemnation?
31:15 Why the meal was the problem
34:13 The modern version of the table
37:59 Should you stop going where they are?
44:15 Proximity doesn't equal permission
47:36 How to reach them anyway
51:38 One thing to do this week