Old things New Podcast

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Regular, reformed Bible devotions from scripture to go deeper with Christ. "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old” - Mt 15:32. rcbhpastor.substack.com (https://rcbhpastor.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

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Reformed devotions from all of scripture.

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jun 2024

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

166 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Lesson 9: Satan Relentlessly Inflicts Suffering (Job 2:4-5).

   Prayer Reading: Job 2:4-5. Meditation Satan is relentless. In verses four and five Satan, having been categorically proven a failure and a liar, doesn’t throw in the towel. Without hesitation he is back in the fray, looking for another avenue of attack. We’ve seen in previous meditations just how relentless Satan is. He hit Job with wave upon wave of assaults and suffering. But there is no pity in him, no sympathy for Job. He is already looking for another way to attack, which he does. God gives the word, and immediately Satan strikes Job with a grievous bodily sickness. Now, the lesson here for us is simply this: every single day of your life, you are in a war. There is no break from the war. Until the day you die, your enemies—the world, the flesh, and the devil—will be pressing against you. This reinforces the need for prayer, daily prayer for protection: “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” Pray daily for divine spiritual protection and deliverance. But expect this too. Be ye doers of the word... In our comfortable modern lives, many of us are accustomed to comforts, ease, and pleasures. And I think, more often than we might like to think, our desires are governed by prioritising comfort. We want the stuff, we want the good times, we want the happy life, and we want zero conflicts in our families. We want the perfect church—with a nice building, great music, a cool pastor, and an authentic espresso machine. It’s okay to enjoy the good gifts of life with thanksgiving, as 1 Tim 4:4 says (although my congregation will unfortunately have to wait until next time for a cool pastor!). But the point I’m making is this: the baseline expectation in our minds should not be comfort, pleasure, and ease. It should be wartime. We’re living in wartime. Wake up expecting attacks—spiritual attacks. Arm your minds. And, of course, our prayers ought to be as relentless as Satan’s attacks. We need to pray without ceasing! SDG. Prayer of Confession & Consecration Get full access to Old things New. at rcbhpastor.substack.com/subscribe (https://rcbhpastor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Lesson 8: Satan Accuses Us (Job 2:1-6).

   Prayer Reading: Job 2:1-6. Meditation Lies are Satan’s main tool, but accusations are key in his strategy. Satan falsely accuses the saints. As well as trying to get Job to speak lies about God, Satan tries to feed lies about Job to God, and to other people (we’ll see more of this as we continue on in the book of Job). Satan has already falsely accused Job of loving wealth. He did that back in chapter one, and he accused Job of having no genuine love for God. Moving on into chapter two, those lies have been proven wrong. But instead of admitting to lying, Satan decides to invent another lie! “And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.” 4. Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. 5. But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.” (Job 2:3-5). What Satan is saying here is that Job is basically treating God like a health-care policy. It’s another lie, as we’ll see. Satan says that Job will curse God to his face if he loses his health. Job does nothing of the sort. Be ye doers of the word… Now, there’s something important for us to see here. Satan is telling lies, fundamentally, about who Job is. He has accused Job of being a lover of money, a lover of good health, and, underneath it all, he’s accused Job basically of hating God. What does this teach us? It teaches us that one of the most significant things about the battle between lies and truth is the battle for self-identity. Through his three friends, Satan tries to convince Job of something that isn’t true. He tries to impute guilt to Job. He tries to warp Job’s perception of himself. Scripture tells us that God is our Father. Satan tries to tell us that God hates us, and that we should curse him. Most of the New Testament epistles spend multiple chapters—not telling us what to do, but reminding us of who we are in Christ. There’s a reason for that. Because we need to know, and be refreshed constantly in the knowledge of who we are in Christ. We are adopted sons and daughters of God. We are forgiven. We are cleansed. We are redeemed. Satan wants to disorient us with lies, have us believe things about God and ourselves that are not true. And so a significant aspect spiritual warfare is simply knowing and holding on to the truth of who we are in Christ, and what God has done to redeem us unto himself. SDG. Prayer of Confession & Consecration Get full access to Old things New. at rcbhpastor.substack.com/subscribe (https://rcbhpastor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Lesson 7: Lies are Satan’s main tool in your suffering (Job 2:1-6).

   Prayer Reading: Job 2:1-6. Meditation In Job 1 we began to see that Satan has the power to inflict suffering on God’s people. We saw another angle on this in Ephesians 6, which says that, as Christians, we are engaged in a conflict with the forces of darkness. The Christian life is, in one sense, a spiritual struggle against these demonic forces. And in Job 2, we begin to gain some deeper insights into how this struggle works, and the causes of the suffering that come out of it. Now, I made the point previously that Hollywood seems to have a tendency, in horror movies—which I recommend you avoid—of portraying demonic forces by using images of monsters and deformities and the like. In other words, horror movies tend to portray demonic activity using physical manifestations and creepy imagery. When measured up to reality, however, we see that the power of the enemy isn’t about creepy monsters turning up in dark places. No. Horror movies, in that sense, are very misleading. The main power of Satan and his demons has always been lies. True, as we’ve seen in chapter one, Satan is permitted, at times, to use physical second causes as a means of attack. But, as Scripture says, he is the “father of lies” (Jn 8:44). It was a lie that undid Adam and Eve, and it is by lies that he continues to exercise dominion and slavery over the fallen human race. So let’s get this straight: lies are Satan’s main tool. It will be helpful to keep this in mind. We see this abundantly displayed in our passage: “Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” (Job 2:1-2). Now pay attention to Satan’s response. It’s evasive and deceptive. He should have said, “I have been persecuting Job with malicious hatred, and my accusation against him—that he only loved you because he was blessed—was a lie.” That’s what he should have said. He says nothing of the sort. He’s attempting even to lie to God! So when you think of demonic activities, don’t think of creepy, mutated monsters in dark sewers. Think of lies. Life-destroying lies. When someone talks about the spiritual realm, what comes to mind? Well, one thing you should think about is this: Lies are a point where spiritual and physical reality intersects. It’s the same with truth, only truth is an intersection between God and the physical world. Lies are an intersection between Satan and the physical world. In other words, words themselves are actually incredibly potent. Words are spiritually powerful. As the book of Proverbs says, life and death—which are spiritual realities—are in the power of the tongue. So Satan uses lies to entice us to sin. Be ye doers of the word... Cling to the Truth. That’s our application for this passage. Now, to be clear: God is truth, which is why Satan’s lies have no effect on him whatsoever. Satan is evasive in verse two, as we’ve seen, and does not admit to his lies and failure. God, in verse 3, is not sucked in. He simply points out Satan’s lies and failure. “And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.” I love this! God simply calls out Satan on his lie. Of course, no lie of Satan could ever have any effect upon God! It’s simply not possible. For us, however, we must remember that we are vulnerable. You remember in Ephesians 6. What was the first thing in the armour of God that we need to put on? The belt of truth! In other words, the number one defence against Satan in spiritual warfare is truth. What is truth? As Jesus says, “Your word is truth.” To put on truth, therefore, means that we constantly gird our minds with the word of God. We live, not by bread, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. We must cling to God’s word. Feed on God’s word. Rest on God’s word. Hide in God’s word. The moment we stop meditating on the word of God, we are vulnerable to Satan’s lies. Are you reading your Bible? Are you meditating on it? Without it, you will be like a lamb fighting a wolf. Satan will tear you apart. Job was anchored in the truth, and that’s why Satan failed with him. My brothers and sisters in Christ, cling to the truth of the Word of God. Buy the truth, and sell it not. Be in the Word, and let Christ’s Word dwell richly in you. SDG. Prayer of Confession & Consecration Get full access to Old things New. at rcbhpastor.substack.com/subscribe (https://rcbhpastor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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