The Serpent Nature In Man

[0:00] Thank you for choosing to listen to today's message by Rev. Dr. David Entry. We know you will be blessed as you seek and serve God. We believe that this message will stir up a desire for more of God even as you listen.

[0:14] Be blessed. Genesis chapter 3 verse 1. Listen. Now the serpent was more cunning than... Now... The serpent...

[0:26] Now... The serpent... Let's all say that together. Now. Now the serpent. Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning God... All right. In the beginning God.

[0:37] Genesis chapter 3 verse 1. Now the serpent. The book of Genesis is divided into three sections. You can divide it into three sections. The first section is...

[0:48] The first section is the creation. And it took two chapters. But actually it's a very long period of time.

[0:59] It took two chapters. It took two chapters. So Genesis chapter 1 and chapter 2. Do you know how it starts? Genesis chapter 1 starts with... In the beginning God. The personality introduces God.

[1:11] Then the next phase is chapter 3 to chapter 11. And the personality introduced there first is who? The serpent with the devil.

[1:21] The serpent introduced the fall. And then the next phase is chapter 12 from verse 1. And for God had told Abraham.

[1:32] So that is the call. We were created. We fell. And we are called out. Right. Now in Genesis chapter 3. That's where I want to just focus about the fall.

[1:43] It says, Now the serpent was... Read it. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. Alright. The serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

[1:59] And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every...

[2:10] The serpent said to who? The serpent said to who? Wow. Is it possible the serpent may be trying to talk to you? The serpent said to the woman, Has God indeed said he should not eat?

[2:29] Of the fruits. Alright. So when you read in the book of Genesis, In Genesis chapter 2, God planted a garden. And there was a river in the garden. There were minerals in the garden.

[2:42] Gold, bedellium, and onyx stones. And then there was a tree of life in the garden. And there was a tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden.

[2:52] Do you know what was also in the garden? The serpent. You are wise. The serpent was also in the garden. But the serpent was represented by the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

[3:06] Or the devil was... This nature was represented by the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And the serpent was the personification of the devil. And the devil came. And the devil came. Whilst God was also coming to the garden.

[3:17] And God's nature was represented by the tree of the knowledge. So God created them and had been coming in the cool of the day to have interactions with Adam and Eve.

[3:30] So God comes and hangs around because he created us for fellowship. Verse 8. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

[3:40] So they heard a sound. And God said, Adam, where are you? And Adam said, I heard you coming and I was afraid.

[3:51] So I heard myself. And he said, I was... Because I was naked. He said, who told you you are naked? Have you eaten on the tree I told you not to eat? He said, the woman.

[4:03] You gave me. And he said, woman, what have you done? The woman said, the serpent beguiled me. So in the garden, God had been coming to them personally because he created them and had a relation with them.

[4:20] But Satan had not actually come to them yet. So his first coming was to come and disrupt what God was doing. So Satan was there. But he was...

[4:30] What represented the nature of the devil who was represented as what? Serpent. Was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And what was representing God was the tree of life.

[4:45] And God told them, eat the tree of life so that my nature can come into you. Satan would also say what? Eat the... Why did Satan want them to eat? Not just because he wanted them to disobey God.

[4:59] So that something can happen to them. So when God said, don't eat, he wasn't just trying to place injunction or restriction. He was trying to protect them. Just like God tells you not to do some things.

[5:12] God told you, forgive somebody. It's not because of loss and... For what? What does it add to him? Just imagine. What does it... What does... When you obey some commandment, in what way does it add to God?

[5:25] It actually does for you. It's in Job. It says that if a man sins, does he do... What does he do against God? And if a man does righteousness, then what does he do for God?

[5:36] No, it's himself. Yeah, 35, 6. Okay, read it. If you sin, what do you accomplish against him? Or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? If you are righteous, what do you give him?

[5:48] Or what does he receive from your hand? Your wickedness affects a man such as you. Your wickedness, you, it doesn't affect God. So, God told them, don't eat of this tree because that tree was representation of the nature of the serpent.

[6:09] For your information, everything that was in the garden was also in Revelation. So, the tree of life, the river, the garden had become a city, you remember?

[6:22] Remember, the minerals there. The tree of life was there. And interestingly, there was a woman in the garden. There's a woman. There's a woman in Revelation.

[6:35] And there was a serpent in the garden. And now the serpent had become a dragon in Revelation. Remember, why did the serpent or the devil, why did he want them?

[6:50] Or let me not use even want. Why did he need them to eat the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? I can't hear you. I can't hear you. So, he can inject himself into them.

[7:03] Once the serpent manages to inject himself into man, it's like God can't bring himself in again. It's polluted. Remember, remember, in Genesis chapter 1 verse 26, God's purpose for creating man, the initial one was not necessarily to rule.

[7:21] The first purpose was what? Let us make man in our image, our own image and our likeness. So, read it, read it quickly. Then God said, let us make man in our image.

[7:32] What? That's where he started. Let's make him like us in our image. Satan said, I will spoil this image then. If I can get him to just take a bite of my nature, I will enter instead of God entering.

[7:49] Because he created us to enter us. Satan said, I have to go in quick. What I'm trying to tell you. What did I say? Maybe it's not the title of the message. But what did I say? The title of the message. I didn't want to say, Satan, where are you?

[8:06] So, they beat, they eat, they ate it. As soon as they ate it, something happened to them. I'm not pretty enough.

[8:19] Something's wrong with my legs. I don't look good, okay. But God created me in his image. No. But there's something wrong. I need to bleach. So, they realized that something was not right.

[8:37] Because they've eaten something to them, which has maddened nature. So, the nature of the enemy checked in. And then began to, they thought they had now known more.

[8:48] But it's not what they have known. Something has maddened them. Interpretation has become warped. Their approach to life has changed. When they saw anything of God, do you know what they did?

[9:03] Huh? What did they do? What did they say? Take it. You go and try and preach this to people. I don't need it.

[9:14] It's the Satan's nature. They are not evil per se. But the nature. I'm sharing something very profound.

[9:25] So, the nature of the devil checked into man from that time onwards. He's always, Satan has always been in the Bible, the serpent.

[9:38] So, in Revelation chapter 12, verse 9. Listen to what he said. Revelation chapter 12, verse 9. Revelation chapter 12, verse 9. So, the great dragon was cast out.

[9:50] That serpent of old. Ah! Now he's a dragon. But the Bible said he's that serpent of old. Read it. Listen to him. Called the devil and Satan.

[10:02] The serpent of old is the devil. He says Satan. Now, he's a great dragon in Revelation. Read verse 2. He laid hold of the dragon. That serpent of old.

[10:14] Who is the devil and Satan. Listen. Who is the serpent of old? The devil and Satan. And Satan. The same person. Satan. Devil. He's called the dragon of old.

[10:25] The serpent of old. He was operating still in Revelation. Wow. So, where is he at the moment? Because he was in the garden.

[10:40] And so, where is he? He is a large. He is a large. We need to know what Jesus had to say. From verse 20.

[10:52] I want to show you something. Then he commanded his disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ. The Messiah. From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders.

[11:05] From that time, he began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things in the hands of the elders and the chief priests and scribes and be killed. And be killed.

[11:16] How many of you know why Jesus came on earth? He came to die. So, actually, according to God's plan, when Satan entered earth, when made man eat there, he judged Satan in Genesis chapter 3 verse 15.

[11:34] And he says that the seed of the woman. So, you will bruise his heel. And you will bruise the heel of a seed. And he will crush your head.

[11:48] All right. Now, that's God. That statement is what made God an evangelist. The proto-evangelion, the first gospel preached, was God.

[11:59] So, it was good news. Watch this. Even though you have managed. Watch this. Even though you have managed to inject yourself into man so that the nature of God cannot come in.

[12:11] He said, the seed of the woman will crush your head. The seed of the woman will crush your head. He will bruise his heel, but it will crush your head.

[12:23] So, the woman in Genesis chapter 3, it represents three particular women. Number one is Eve.

[12:35] Number two is Mary. Because Jesus is the seed of the woman who is Mary. Number three, a certain woman in Revelation.

[12:47] But Satan, God told, preached the gospel, and he said, you thought you've gotten advantage of man. But it will even take me to deal with you.

[13:00] It will take man to deal with you. So, Jesus Christ was born to die in order to deal with the devil. So, he was telling the disciples.

[13:11] He said, who do you think I am? The way you are following me. The way you are enjoying my relationship and my miracles. Who do you think I am? Or who do men say I am? Say you are a prophet. Some say you are Elijah.

[13:21] Some say good things. They all say good things about him. He said, but who do you think I am? Who do you say I am? Peter said, you are the son, verse 13 of Matthew 16.

[13:32] Peter said, you are the Messiah. Or you are the Christ. It's the same thing. Messiah, Christ, the same thing. You are the Christ, the son of the living God. Do you know what that means?

[13:43] That's the one who is promised to come and deal with the seed of Satan. Or the nature of Satan. Christ is the only one who could deal with the nature of Satan.

[13:55] So, Jesus said, it doesn't take human nature to know this. Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. But my father has opened your eyes to notice who I am. And the Bible says that he told them, don't tell anybody.

[14:08] And then, verse 20 said, from that time forward, he began to tell them how he must go to Jerusalem and be arrested by the priests and the elders and be killed.

[14:22] So, he was beginning to express the messianic assignment, teaching them. Don't worry, this one is not a dragon. Teaching them. So, he began to teach them what this messianic assignment must be.

[14:40] Read on. Then, Peter took him aside. Peter said, Oga, Oga, Oga. Come out for here. Took him aside and said, Sir.

[14:53] You can't be talking like that. I have the revelation. Hey. I just told you you are Messiah. The Messiah is supposed to live forever. The Messiah is supposed to be a everlasting king.

[15:04] The Messiah is supposed to be the one who doesn't die sitting on the throne. The Messiah is not, why are you talking like this? Why are you talking like this? But you see, you have to be careful who advises you.

[15:19] Because they may advise you into your comfort, away from your destiny. It may not be evil intentions. But sometimes, Satan will take their well intentions, their well-meaning advice.

[15:33] Satan will jump into it to kick you out of destiny. The way you are going to church is not becoming too much. At least, stay home a little bit and enjoy, relax, because you'll be too weak.

[15:47] And the devil tells you that at least you even give some to the church. Who told you church is looking for your money? Anyone who makes you think church is looking for your money has deceived you. Satan spoke to them. Church has never been looking for.

[15:59] Was there not a church before you were born? Yes. And when you die, there will be church. Before you decide to come to church, people are already enjoying church. So what makes you think that it's your money that can survive a church?

[16:13] It's like I'm breathing before you came. Suddenly, it will take you for me to breathe. So, and he began to rebuke him. Pastor, read it.

[16:24] Then Peter took him aside. Peter took him aside. Say, sit down. And began to rebuke him. Saying, far be it from you, Lord. This shall not happen to you. Far be it from you, Lord. He used the term Lord.

[16:35] Adonai. Lord. That's my Lord. How many of you can agree with me that he actually was trying to protect him? To the extent that that same Peter, when Jesus was arrested, he took that knife and began to want to fight.

[16:48] He said, put your knife back in the sheath. You can't defend me. I am on a program. And the program can only be fulfilled through death. But Peter started saying, no, you can't die.

[17:01] You can't die. You can't die. Death is not a good thing. Don't you understand? You can't die. And then what happened? Look at this. But he turned and said to Peter. Come, come. Come again. So try and be talking to you.

[17:14] Jesus was talking. He finished. Then Peter took him aside. He was talking. We're talking. Oh, but you can't die. And then so when he spoke about I can't die, Jesus turned.

[17:27] What did he say? He said to him. Read it again. But he turned and said to Peter. Said to who? Peter. Said to who? Peter. Who was talking to him before? Peter.

[17:38] And he said to who? Peter. So now he's coming to talk to Peter. What did he say to Peter? Get behind me, Satan. Where is Satan? Where is Satan? Our Lord Jesus said, this is the man who said you are the son of God.

[17:57] God. He preached the best gospel. God opened his eyes. Stopped Messiah. But because of his humanity, Satan had already checked in a long time.

[18:10] So Satan began. Where is Satan? Where is Satan? He checked in a long time.

[18:22] Before you were born. He's inside. Yeah. You are going to be looking for the devil. You know, when you go to Westminster, the Abbey, the images they've drawn.

[18:32] You think those caricatures, that's not the devil. They paint the devil like a dragon with a tail and ugly looking. In the medieval period, they did that to spite the devil.

[18:44] Because the theologians knew Satan was a very proud creature. And so to spite him, they have to draw him like an ugly caricature. And just to, that's why all those ugly, strange images of Satan came in.

[18:57] But Satan, you haven't seen him. He's already inside human beings. That's why he has become a dragon. Because we are growing. No, no. How did he say?

[19:08] Jesus said to Peter. Do you know what he did? He didn't talk. He had turned to him. And addressed the nature of Satan. Satan kept him.

[19:19] Because Satan was trying to block and abort the mission of God. So it was about destinies. It wasn't about Peter and comfort. It was about the purpose of God.

[19:31] Satan wanted to stop it again. Peter would think. The disciples would say, but Jesus, why do you call him Satan? They may never understand. So John the Baptist was sent by God to come and preach.

[19:42] And prepare the way for Jesus to come. And John the Baptist, when he came, do you know what he told them? I think in Luke chapter 3 verse 7. Interesting. The same thing is in Matthew 3, 7.

[19:54] Matthew 3, 7. Luke 3, 7. Can you read it please? Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized. Can you imagine? This is John the Baptist. He said to the people who have come out to be baptized by him.

[20:08] What did he say to them? Brood of vipers. What is a viper? A snake. A type of sarah. Brood of vipers. Why are you calling human beings vipers?

[20:20] He must have had some insight, a revelation about the human nature. Brood of vipers. Then Jesus also shows up on the scene in Matthew chapter 12 verse 34.

[20:33] Matthew 12, 34. Brood of vipers. Ah! Who is talking? Jesus. Jesus. What did he say? How can you, being evil, speak good things? He addressed human beings as brood of vipers, snakes.

[20:49] In Matthew chapter 23 verse 33. Please follow this very carefully. Where is the devil? It's inside human nature.

[21:01] Read it. Serpents. Brood of vipers. This is Jesus talking. He called them serpents. Why didn't he call them goats? Where I grew up, we call you goat.

[21:17] Monkey like you. Or my mother would say swine. Where I grew up, people have never been insulted with vipers.

[21:29] Snakes. I don't know where you grew up. But we normally don't use snakes to insult people. We use other creatures. Like cow. Goats.

[21:42] Goats. Like in church. As we are learning from Bishop Doug. Orangus. Orangus is oranguta.

[21:56] A particular type of monkey. In church. Do you know the oranguta? People who are not loyal. Who are not faithful. They attack our church. They are members. But you can tell. They are orangus.

[22:10] But Jesus says that. Serpents. Brood of vipers. How can you escape the condemnation of hell?

[22:20] Serpents. Ah. So it's serpent. The condemnation of hell is for the nature of the devil. And that's why it was a big thing.

[22:32] He needed man to eat of that tree. So that man, instead of being like God, can become like the serpent.

[22:43] From that time, humanity became the seed or the sons of the wicked one. So, Jesus told a parable about a sower went to sow seeds.

[23:01] When men slept and the enemy came and sowed tares. And the servants of the man came and saw that someone has sowed master.

[23:12] They didn't sowed good seeds. Where are these tares from? And the master said, an enemy has done this. And the servant said, I'm reading from chapter 13.

[23:24] From verse 23 downwards. And the servant said, master, so should we go and cut out the tares? No, no, no. Because in your attempt to weed out the tares, you also end up weeding out the wheat.

[23:36] Because the wheat and the tares are very similar in their early stages. They are very similar. You can't be able to differentiate from orangus and preopal church members.

[23:51] So, he said, other than that, you actually affect the good ones. So, he said, so what should he say? Leave them, let them grow. When it's time for the harvest. Wheat will produce wheat.

[24:04] Tares will produce nothing. You can't be able to tell from the tooth. It's in your Bible. So, let them grow. And then, they came to him and asked him.

[24:14] So, he decided to explain the parable. He said, can you tell us what's the meaning of this? Look at verse 37. I'm actually going to 38. But look at from verse 37.

[24:25] He answered and said to them, he who sows the good seed is the son of man. Oh, who sows the good seed? The son of man. That's Jesus. The field is the world. The field is the world.

[24:37] Watch this. The good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. Who are the sons? Those of us who are born again. Jesus is the one who sows us into this world. The good seed in the church, like our church.

[24:50] They are the sons of the kingdom of God. How about the bad? Watch this. But the tares are the sons of the wicked one. Ah. Who is the wicked one?

[25:01] The devil. Has he got sons? Yes. You are. Brood of vipers. From that time, humanity by nature became sons.

[25:15] So, Jesus told the Pharisees. Watch this. He told the Jews who were having a discourse with him. In John chapter 8, verse 44.

[25:28] John 8, verse 44. He says, you will do the work of your father. Your father is a liar. And they say, who is Abraham? They say, Abraham is a father. They say, no. The devil is your father.

[25:40] Read it. Jesus said it. You are of your father, the devil. You are of who? The devil. Jesus talking to Jews who are children of Abraham.

[25:50] Abraham tells them that you. He's speaking in the spiritual realm. Yeah. Tells them that you are of your father, the devil. Wow.

[26:02] Where is Satan? Inside man. Yes. So, it wasn't only. Listen. The serpent wasn't only in Genesis.

[26:15] No. So, he has not been seen. No. He's checked in. He's inside. And Revelation is a dragon. So, as I said, do I still have the devil inside me?

[26:26] That's what we have to find out. Do you want to know? Yes. Okay. Some of you.

[26:37] Even the way, the kind of desires you have makes you feel, I think there's a devil inside me. Jesus said, brood of vipers.

[26:55] Ah. So, and in Romans chapter 7, Paul said, you know, I just don't like doing some things. How many people are like that?

[27:06] You just don't like doing some wrong things. Are there some people here who don't like doing wrong things? Yes. Paul said, I don't like doing wrong things. From verse 14, 15.

[27:18] Just try to read it. For what I am doing, I do not understand. Uh-huh. For what I will to do, that I do not practice. Oh. But what I hate, that.

[27:28] You don't want to do it. There are things you don't want to watch. You keep watching. By the time the night is over, you are so down. You didn't mean to kiss.

[27:43] I put you away, Lufu. I put you away. By the time the night was over, or by the time you got back home, what you didn't want to do, and you know what?

[28:04] What I like about it is, can you get that place? When you finish and you go back, you are so down. I don't know if you know what I'm talking about.

[28:16] Me, you don't know what I'm talking about. You are so down because you really wouldn't want to do that. You really didn't want to do that.

[28:28] After the heated blowjob. Don't behave like you don't know what I'm talking about. I know you are here. That's what I'm telling you.

[28:38] You really, and when you come to church, you actually don't feel, you actually still come, but you really feel sorry.

[28:52] The way yesterday, you were, oh, Jesus. Jesus, look at the way yesterday you were preaching, preaching. Oh, sister, why?

[29:04] Why? It's so true. So, you know, the sister sitting near you or the brother sitting near you, if he finds out, maybe even you made a mistake and you got caught watching things at home, you didn't like it, but you forgot to clear it off your phone.

[29:22] So, you came to church and you are going to read your Bible and then they came and they started, hey. You know, they will never ask you anything. Now, you want to explain yourself to them, but they have no action.

[29:38] And the problem is, they may think you are not who you are, but you're deep in your heart.

[29:49] You know you really love God. But the problem is there's something inside me that keeps drawing me, warring against my body. So, the thing I don't want to do, I find that what I want to do, I want to wake up and pray for two hours.

[30:07] I actually don't know. But I just want to finish it. We have to close. Finish it. For what I will to do, that I do not practice.

[30:19] But what I hate, that I do. If then I do what I will not to do. Watch it. I agree with the law that it is good. The law is good. But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

[30:35] So, you see, sin here is personalized. It's not an action. S-I-N. Somebody's living inside me is causing these things to happen. It's sin that dwells in me.

[30:50] Sin that dwells. When did it come and live inside me? Oh, from the creation. When we had that thing, it checked in. It said, I've checked in. Inside. Inside it. So, now, read it.

[31:02] I'll show you something. Read it. But it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. Yeah. For I know that in me, that is in my flesh. Uh-huh.

[31:13] Nothing good dwells. In my flesh. God created the flesh good. But because of Satan's nature, really nothing good dwells in my flesh. And it doesn't mean your physical body is no good.

[31:26] It means that your flesh, your actual nature outside of God is mad. Because the nature of Satan came to make it. So, it makes you look at all.

[31:36] You look like a serpent. Wow. You have the nature. That's why I said, brood of vipers. Sons of the wicked one. Continue.

[31:48] For to will is present with me. But how to perform what is good, I do not find. That is their problem. I really want to do it. To will is present with me. But how to perform.

[32:01] Hey! For the good that I will to do, I do not do. But the evil I will not to do, that I practice.

[32:12] Now, if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. Oh! So, some personality living in me is the one that causes these things to happen.

[32:26] So, you know, when Peter spoke to Jesus, Jesus addressed that thing inside. Yeah, yeah. Get deep behind me, Satan. Satan, where is he? He's right inside Peter.

[32:38] Oh, but Peter just said, he saw revelation about Jesus. Yes, but the human nature there, Satan. So, Jesus addressed the nature of Satan. I said, deep behind me, Satan.

[32:50] Go ahead, let me show you something. I find then a law that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.

[33:03] But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity. Ah! To the law of sin. So, I look like a slave.

[33:14] That's why when I preach to people and they feel so proud, arrogant, I don't need. Meanwhile, you are actually struggling with an addiction. You think you are so intelligent.

[33:27] How come? An intelligent person like you, how come you have an addiction? How come you are not free? How come? How come you have a son, you can't even take care of your own children.

[33:40] Meanwhile, you have money, you are spreading on other women. I thought you were very intelligent. What's wrong? How come you don't know how to treat a woman? How come you can't be gentle on a woman?

[33:52] How come such a professor like you, you rape a woman? I thought you were very intelligent. What's wrong? Don't give me the crap that I don't need God.

[34:03] You actually am a miserable person without God. Because you don't own yourself. You don't own yourself. Many people's lives are messed up. And yet, the tree of knowledge of good, they think, I'm okay.

[34:16] I know what I'm about. I know what I'm about. But they are not happy. There are too many people who are not happy on the streets of London. Very sad. Because life, they have money, but life is scattered in their hands.

[34:31] They don't know how to control things. I don't understand why someone should be doing drugs. And yet, they believe that. They are fine. Really?

[34:42] You actually need Jesus. You need to see yourself because you know that you can be arrested. Why can't you stop? I doubt you to stop it. Just alcohol. You can't even stop it.

[34:53] And yet, you tell me you are in control. Control of what? You are a sex slave. Anything in a skirt, even if a rabbit jumps into a skirt, it gets your attention.

[35:05] It gets your attention. It gets your... Whilst I'm preaching to you, you are looking at someone's bum. And you are coming to throw arrogance at the word of God that can set you free.

[35:20] It's not a personal attack. But what you don't know is Satan's nature is messing you up. You were not created like that. And so he said, oh, wretched man.

[35:30] Listen to this. But I see another law in wretched man that I am. Who will deliver me from this body of death? How many of you have felt that before?

[35:43] Sometimes you feel you are helpless. Because I don't like the way I'm living. But I seem to be enslaved. And it's all wretched man.

[35:55] Because this thing, the sin has already entered me. Sin, not actions. But a personality is inside me. That is making me do things that people will think I'm a bad person.

[36:08] People will think I'm a thief. People call me a thief. People call me a cheat. People call me a liar. People call me a slut. People call me all kinds of names. But they don't understand.

[36:21] I don't even know why I still like him. I don't like him. But I know. Watch this, sister. I know I shouldn't like him. But I can't help it. I don't know why.

[36:32] I don't know how wretched man that I am. But there is hope. What is the answer? I thank God. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

[36:43] Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Now, I'm going to show you as we close. In what way does Jesus take care of this problem? And then the second question. So why am I in church, yet I'm still having these issues?

[36:58] Number one. How did Jesus? Because the nature of this devil has entered into human flesh. Anyone who is born by a woman, by a human being, anyone born is born of the flesh.

[37:14] Bible says, whatever is born of the flesh is flesh. So you cannot have Richard Branson's DNA. Because he didn't father you.

[37:27] You may not like your mother. Sorry. It's her DNA. You may not like your father. Sorry. Your father's DNA is inside you. Your grandma. Haven't you seen sometimes children are born and they look so much like their grandmother?

[37:43] It's a DNA issue. So you are born just like the people who gave birth to you. And so Jesus also, God said, I know how to deal with this thing.

[37:58] I am going to come myself. Romans chapter 8, verse 3. For what the law could not do in that it was weak.

[38:09] Do you know what it means by what the law could not do? It's nice to see you. Do you know what it means by what the law could not do? What the law could not do? You know, he said there's a law.

[38:20] I want to obey it, but I can't do it. So the law was given so that we can be more like God. But when the law came right, we are looking so much, so much like a devil. Because the law is so straight and we look so crooked.

[38:33] So the law was meant to help us. Actually, it came to condemn us. Not with the intention to condemn us, but we look so condemned in the presence of the straight law.

[38:45] So it says that for what the law could not do. Why? Because it was weak in the flesh. When it comes to your flesh, stop talking about Ten Commandments. You will still fail.

[38:55] Wow. Ten Commandments. Ah! You will fail. You don't have what it takes to please God totally in your nature.

[39:07] You can't do it. That's why I have problems with people who are always making so much noise about Ten Commandments. There's so much noise about you have to do, you have to do, you have to do. It's not about you have to do. Just put your faith in Christ.

[39:19] Thanks be to God. Put your faith in Christ and Christ will empower you. That's what I'm going to show you. As long as you live outside of Christ, the serpentine nature will begin to mess you up.

[39:33] So, it says for what the law could not do. Why? In that it was weak through the flesh. The law was weak through the flesh. Why? Because the flesh has the nature of Satan.

[39:45] So the law was weak through the flesh. Go ahead. God did by sending his son. The law could not do something God did. How did he do it? He sent his son. Watch this.

[39:56] In the likeness of sinful flesh. Yeah. On account of sin. He condemned sin in the flesh. Ha! What did he condemn in the flesh? Sin.

[40:08] Where is sin? Where has sin been hiding? In the flesh. So, what the law could not do because it was weak in the flesh. Okay. God sent his son, Jesus.

[40:19] He came in the likeness of sinful flesh. So, he also became like flesh. And then had the sin that was in the flesh. He met him. He met the sin. Head on. He met the sin.

[40:31] So, ah. This is the flesh. He's been creating problems. And then God brings the law. Flesh, do it. The flesh can't do it. God, the law is weak through the flesh.

[40:43] So, Jesus Christ. God said, okay. Me, myself. My nature. I'm coming to come into this flesh. So, God took on flesh. He sent his son in the likeness of.

[40:56] So, when Jesus came, they would see him just like us. Normal human being. But he was the likeness. God in the flesh. So, the flesh has weakness. But Jesus also came and took on that flesh with the weakness.

[41:09] And now, let's see. How is he going to do? He says that. Read it again. Read it again. Let me show you something. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh. God did by sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh.

[41:22] On account of sin. On account of sin. He condemned sin in the flesh. That is where we are going now. Sin that has checked in the flesh. Jesus condemned it in the flesh. How did he condemn sin in the flesh?

[41:35] That is the biggest question now. That is why Satan said, you can't go and die. You have this flesh. Don't kill it. He said, shut up, Satan.

[41:47] I am going to take this flesh to the cross. Amen. How do you know that, Pastor?

[41:59] I am glad you did ask. Most of you know what John 3.16 says, isn't he? What does John 3.16 say? For God's love, the world.

[42:10] That he gave his only begotten. Watch this. He gave what? For God's love, the world. What was the job of his only begotten son? To take on the sinful flesh. And tackle sin in the flesh.

[42:21] For God's love, the world. Let's go. For God's love, the world. For God's love, the world. For God's love, the world. For God's love, the world. For God's love, the world. For God's love, the world. For God's love, the world. She will not perish, but have everlasting life.

[42:34] So when you believe in his son. But most of us, we only know John 3.16. But tonight, I want to draw your attention to John 3.14. John 3.14.

[42:47] We are all going to read it from our Bibles. Are you learning something? I'm learning. 14, I'm sorry. It doesn't matter your version. We are all going to read it out loud from our Bibles.

[43:02] All right, let's go. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness. As Moses lifted up, what?

[43:23] Serpent. Even so what? Now, you have to get the story of Moses.

[43:34] They sinned against God and serpents were biting them. And they begged God, please forgive us. And God told Moses, do a serpent. A bronze.

[43:45] That's the sign of pharmacy. Since that's what's pharmacy. The serpent on the. It's actually a sign for Jesus. So the serpent. So he said, do a bronze serpent.

[43:59] Listen to this. Make a bronze serpent. Put it on a stick and raise it high. So that anyone who can put his faith into that thing. The venom of the serpent will be crushed.

[44:11] There is a difference between the bronze serpent, which Moses lifted, and the difference.

[44:27] There's a difference between that serpent and the serpent that was biting them. What's the difference? This serpent had venom. This serpent didn't have the sin. So he came in the likeness of sinful flesh, yet without the sin of the flesh.

[44:41] And this is what I like about what he did. So he took it and he said, now it's time to crush this thing on the cross.

[44:57] So as Moses lifted the serpent, he was also going to be a serpent lifted on the cross. Crushing it, the nature of sin.

[45:08] He said it destroys sin in the flesh. But when he was about to do that, that's why he came. Satan said, you can't die. You are the Messiah. You can't die. Keep the flesh alive.

[45:18] He turned, not Peter, but he turned to Peter. And he addressed the nature of Satan. Satan, get there behind me.

[45:31] You can't stop the work of God. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

[45:44] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! So when you preach an ignorant religious person who tells you, Jesus' death doesn't matter, sometimes I don't even have the energy to waste my time.

[46:00] You can't understand. You don't know what you're talking about. It's Satan's nature that's talking. The person may not be bad, but you just don't have a clue.

[46:12] Wow! So on a dying on the cross, 1 John chapter 3. Actually, I should have quoted that first. 1 John 3.10. It talks about how anyone who commits sin is of the devil.

[46:25] Read it. In this, the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest. So Satan has children too. That's what I told you earlier. So it's that the children of the devil are manifest.

[46:36] How? Wow! Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God. Wow! Nor is he who does not love his brother. For this is the message that you heard from the beginning.

[46:46] So anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God. Wow! But I want us to go to verse 8. He who sins is of the devil. Hey! Why?

[46:57] For the devil has sinned from the beginning. When did he start? From the beginning. So sin makes you like him. He has put his nature in us. That's why he makes us sin. But go on.

[47:09] See. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested. Oh! So he was manifested for a purpose. Tell us. What purpose? That he might destroy the works of the devil.

[47:22] Ah! So when he was dying, he was actually destroying the works of the... Many people think that by casting devils. By healing the sick.

[47:33] No, no, no. That wasn't destroying the work of the devil. Because before he came and was healing the sick, the prophets were also healing the sick. He just healed Nehemiah. They were healing sick. So Jesus didn't come.

[47:44] But Elisha couldn't destroy the work of the devil. The work of the devil can only be destroyed through death on the cross. Ruth chapter 2 verse 14.

[47:55] Because the children are partakers of flesh and blood. Because we, those who are sons of God. How many of you are sons of God here? Yes.

[48:05] We are all children of God. Not all. Sorry. Those of us who have Jesus inside us. Okay. Ready. And as much then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood.

[48:16] He himself... Hebrews 2 verse 14. Jesus himself likewise shared in the same. That through death he might destroy him who had the power of death.

[48:29] So why did he be shared in the flesh? Same. So that through dying, through death. When he was dying... When he was on the cross.

[48:39] Yes. Yes. Yes. He was working. He was working. Yes. He was working. He was working on the cross. What was he doing? He was killing the Satan's work. Destroying the nature of the... So that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death.

[48:54] Who is the death. Yeah. Now when he... When you believe in him, you give your life to Jesus. Believe. And he checks in now. Now the nature of God checks in.

[49:05] So those of us who are born again, guess what? The Bible says we have become partakers of the divine nature. Now that's what Adam didn't have.

[49:16] He never had it. He was supposed to have had it in the garden if he had eaten the tree of life. But he didn't eat the tree of life. And he went and ate the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

[49:26] And so the nature of Satan checked in. But when you come to Christ, because he came to destroy the nature of Satan in the flesh, when you come to Christ, he passes that authority to you.

[49:39] But the only thing is that you have to stay constant in Christ. So you can be born again and you haven't stayed, walked in the spirit, and then your flesh begins to reign.

[49:49] God, the flesh has been murdered by the devil. The only way we can have an upper hand over that is when we are in Christ. For this reason, the Son of Man was manifested, that he might destroy the works.

[50:07] So when Satan made Eve and Adam, when he made them eat the fruit of the tree, God said, well, I think you spot it.

[50:20] You have given me the opportunity to preach the gospel because the Son is going to come, the seed. Now watch this. You are a product of your father's seed. Because women don't have seed.

[50:33] You didn't know. They have eggs. They don't have seed. How many of you didn't know that? How many of you don't agree with me? No, a woman coming pregnant by herself. The seed comes from the man.

[50:46] It's called sperm. Yeah. The sperm is a seed. It's sown into the egg. Then it fertilizes the egg. Then the egg becomes a fetus. And then fetus, after nine months, becomes a baby.

[51:01] So women don't have seed. So why did the Bible say the seed of the woman? Amen. He was joking.

[51:11] He didn't come from a human, natural man's seed. So don't joke with women. They are powerful. He said, the seed will bruise the heel of her seed, and her seed will bruise your head, crush your head.

[51:36] And in Galatians 4, the Bible says that. When in the fullness of time, God sent forth his son under the law. Born of a woman.

[51:49] Isaiah said God himself will give you a sign. What's the sign God is going to give us? A virgin shall conceive. Think about it. Oh, come on. You can't deceive me. How can a virgin be pregnant? That's what I'm telling you.

[52:01] God, this one, God himself is going to enter the womb of a woman. Check in from the womb. And then come be born as flesh. Then when he has the flesh, he will take the flesh to the cross and crush it.

[52:17] And then release those of us who through our lifetime have been born into the devil. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! This is the Christian message.

[52:38] We thank God for using the servant, Reverend Dr. David Entry, to share this awesome word. If this message has blessed you in any way, please spread the word by sharing it and send us an email to amen at caris.org.

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