Sermon
The Enemy Within and Without
Cross Church
Speaker: Nick Floyd
August 11, 2025 · 32 min
Summary
Peter teaches believers to battle two enemies: pride and self-dependence within (the flesh), and Satan without. Humility—surrendering control to God—defeats the internal enemy, while spiritual vigilance and firm faith resist external spiritual attack.
Highlights
Worry equals pride. It denies the care of a sovereign God and refuses to believe that God is in control of all things.
You can be humble or you can be humbled. Life is too hard and the enemy is too strong for you to go at it alone.
Satan loves to be in the shadows and stir the pot in your family, with your spouse, with your friends. Your fight is not against flesh and blood—it's against Satan.