Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

(2Ti 2:26)  “And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”This verse is speaking of the unsaved. Notice the difference in the following: (1Pe 5:8) “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”  When the saved do not seek to  “….purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use,…. (2 Tim 2:21), he is giving Satan permission to influence. The lost can only be delievered through repentance of sin, asking forgiveness and by faith praying the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus for their salvation.