In this third instalment, looking at Jesus' instruction to be "wise as serpents and harmless as doves" (Matthew 10:16). He emphasizes the critical need for believers to recognize that there is an active enemy living and influencing the world. We are called not to be naive or "blinded in the world" to this reality.
Andrew Scotland explores the image of the serpent as representing the curse placed on humanity since the very beginning, explaining why the world experiences suffering, death, and darkness. He challenges the modern mentality of victimhood, arguing that God calls us to reject the "mentality of being a slave" and embrace our identity as victors found only in Jesus Christ. Viewers will learn that if they seek freedom outside of God's church and the covering of Christ, they fall under the "venom of the enemy.

Join Andrew Scotland as he continues his series on being wise as serpents and harmless as doves, delving into the spiritual battle for truth and reality in our modern world.
Andrew looks at Exodus 4 and 7, looking at the story of the God sending Moses to take his people out of Egypt and the significance of Moses (and later Aaron) throwing their staff's down and them turning to snakes.
Through God's instruction to Moses, viewers discover that the casting down of the staff—transforming it into a snake and back again—is symbolic of God demonstrating His power to overthrow the dragon's authority. Andrew Scotland challenges listeners to stop running away from the will of God and instead pick up the authority given to them, just as Moses was told to pick up the serpent by its tail.

Join Alan Scotland as he explores the profound passage of Isaiah 6:1-8, urging listeners that "It's time to arise to the occasion" regardless of their current stage or age in life. Centred on the crisis faced by the prophet Isaiah following the death of King Uzziah, a man of influence whose loss represented a significant challenge for the nation, this message reveals the enduring truth that God is in control. Isaiah saw the Lord seated on His throne, high and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple