Sermon Recap
Sons of God
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Dr. Laura Sanger · May 17, 2025
“For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.”
Scripture Referenced
Recap
Author and speaker Dr. Laura Sanger joined Tribe for a special Saturday service to unpack the difference between simply being a child of God and growing into spiritual maturity as a “son of God” in the sense Paul describes in Romans 8:14, framing the church as “victors, not victims” living in what she called the most significant era of history to be alive. Drawing on 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, she described believers who remain “infants in Christ” (still led by worldly impulses rather than the Spirit) versus those who mature into being led by God’s Spirit in their daily decisions.
To set up that framework, Dr. Sanger walked through her reading of Genesis 6 and the extra-biblical book of Enoch, teaching that the “sons of God” in that passage were fallen angelic beings who rebelled against God, descended to Mount Hermon, and set their sights on human women, the “daughters of men.” She described them watching and lusting after these women, then capturing them, forcing them into marriage, and raping them, resulting in a hybrid offspring she identified as the Nephilim. She called this the launch of a “Nephilim Agenda” to corrupt the human genome, tying it to her own book “Generation Hoodwinked” and arguing that the same spiritual forces behind that ancient rebellion are still active in deceiving people today.
Turning to Colossians 2:15 and Ephesians 6:12, she reminded the church that its fight is against spiritual powers, not people, and that Jesus already stripped those powers of authority through his resurrection. She closed with a more personal and provocative claim: that “good intentions” not directly led by the Spirit are actually rooted in witchcraft, describing a season where she felt convicted that even well-meaning decisions made from her own will rather than God’s direct leading amounted to placing herself on the throne of her own life, comparing that posture to occultist Aleister Crowley’s maxim “do what thou wilt.”
Touch Points
- Dr. Sanger described the “sons of God” in Genesis 6 as fallen angels who rebelled against God. Was this reading of that passage new to you, and how did you respond to it?
- 1 Corinthians 3 describes believers who stay “infants” rather than maturing. What’s one area where you feel spiritually stuck rather than growing?
- Colossians 2:15 says Jesus already defeated evil’s authority. Does that truth change how you face a current struggle or fear?
- Dr. Sanger claimed that good intentions not directly led by the Spirit can amount to witchcraft. How does that claim sit with you, and where do you see the line between your own will and the Spirit’s leading in your life?