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 Mark chapter 1, we're beginning a journey through the gospel of Mark.

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 I began three weeks ago talking about the baptism of Jesus because it was baptism Sunday for

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! us and talked about that and then we talked about the man Mark himself who was a teenager

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 during the ministry of Christ. Historians tell us we're heavily influenced by Peter and much

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 of what Mark writes is based upon the testimonies of Peter and you can see that how this book will

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 crescendo into Peter's great statement about you are the Christ the son of the living God. It's

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 right there in the middle of Mark and then when he gets to that point he just rushes straight to

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 the cross. Mark writes in a hurry and loves to talk about pronouncing Christ as Lord and Savior

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 and then to talk about the the cross and last week we looked at John the Baptist and our very first

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 Southern Baptist but today I want us to continue to last joke I want us to continue to look at

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 at Mark and see the strength of the ministry of Christ but but also to see where that strength

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 came from. Mark chapter 1 verse 12 and 13 says this the spirit immediately drove Christ out into the

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 wilderness right after his baptism and he was in the wilderness 40 days being tempted by Satan and he

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 was with the wild animals and the angels were ministering to him. The plan of God for the incarnation

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 of Christ or Christ coming into the flesh was that in Christ's sinless perfection he would die in our

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 place take upon himself the sin of all the world and then all who will surrender to Christ before during

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 our after the cross will be saved and forgiven of their sins as Christ has paid the required price of death for us.

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 2 Corinthians 5 verse 21 tells us for our sake God made Jesus to be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might

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 become the righteousness of God that is the plan of God but Satan wants to thwart that he wants to thwart that in

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 individual lives he wants to thwart that in church ministry he wanted to thwart that in the life of Christ

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 and you see it four different ways one is he tried to kill him as a babe with King Herod that was a

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 satanic attack second he tempts him in the desert our passage today later he'd try to kill him but thank God

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 after Christ died on the cross he rose again and ascended and is on the throne and since then his fourth way

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 is that he has declared war on the church

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 he's declared war on the people of God now today we focus on number two and that is that he

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 led Jesus into temptation and and wanted to tempt Jesus to get him to fail it says he immediately went

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 into the wilderness right after his baptism Satan hit him right out of the gate

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 and he hits him by trying to get him to sin he hits him early before his ministry begins he hits him

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 when he's most vulnerable he hits him when he's fasting he hits him in a desolate place in a dreary

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 place in a in a lonely place mark is brief in everything that he says but I want you to notice what he

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 what he speaks of when he speaks of the temptations in the wilderness one I want you to notice the source

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 it was the spirit of God that drove Christ into the wilderness that compelled him to go to the desert

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 the devil didn't drag him out there he didn't just wonder out there I talked to last week about how

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 John the Baptist was was baptizing and ministering in the wilderness lived in the desert ate locusts and

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 wild honey and all that kind of stuff and people came uh Jesus came from Nazareth 70 miles away to

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 to be baptized by him Jerusalem's almost was more than half of that far from from where he was and

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 and scripture says that all Jerusalem and all Judean country came they were coming long distances to hear

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 John but but but I want you to understand that Jesus and he went out there to be baptized he didn't

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 just kind of wander away from John and just happen to be still in the wilderness no scripture tells us

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 the spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness it was spirit driven

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 literally also notice the timing it says immediately sometimes translated straightway and uh

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 uh that is Mark's favorite word probably ethos is a Greek word that's used often in Mark and it's used 59

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 times in the New Testament 41 of those times it's used in the gospel of Mark and get this 11 of those

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 times it's used in chapter one it was right after his baptism and the timing of that is is crucial

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 I want you to also notice the location it was the desert it was the wilderness it was an arid

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 desolate rough area it's dusty it's dangerous there's rocky peaks there there's craggy cliffs there

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 there's sheer ravines there it's a difficult place also notice the occasion he was there to be tempted by

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 Satan Mark tells us he was tempted while he was there but Matthew tells us that he was there to be tempted

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 Matthew chapter 4 verse 1 says then Jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil

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 it does not say that he was tempted by the spirit of God even though the spirit of God drove him into the

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 desert James 1 verse 13 tells us that God does not tempt anyone but God the father allowed this to happen

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 the spirit of God led him to it but our Lord and Savior Jesus had to deal with Satan and he had to defeat

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 Satan that was his mission that was his ministry and Satan hit him straight out of the gate while he was

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 vulnerable while he was alone while he was in a tough place and that's often the way the evil one

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 tempts he'll hit you straight out of the gate

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 if you're here this morning you get convicted

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 about sin in your life that you've been struggling with or maybe you've never given your heart and life

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 to the Lord Jesus Christ and he convicts your heart today and you surrender your life to the Lord Jesus

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 or you are a Christian but you know there's sin in your life and God convicts you of that and today

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 you repent of that and to get that right and you want to leave this place right with God doing right

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 watch out on Monday morning

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 because when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed the devil will be smiling at you

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 he loves to hit you straight out of the gate

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 some of you may not even make it to lunch

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 today

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 but he loves to

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 especially when we get charged

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 to grow in the Lord he wants to shut that down

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 he wants to shut that down

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 I mean if you're playing ball a man gets

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 I'm ready for football you can tell in a minute

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 if you're playing ball a man gets a ball in the backfield

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 it's best to just go ahead and hit him in the backfield

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 don't let him get his steam up

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 and that's exactly how Satan loves to do us

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 he loves to hit us straight out of the gate

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 it's a satanic strategy

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 he also hits us when we're most vulnerable

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 he'll hit us in our weak moments

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 he'll do it when you feel spiritually weak

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 he'll do it when you feel physically weak

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 he'll do it when you feel emotionally weak

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 he looks for those opportunities

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 he also does it when we're alone

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 most of our temptation will come in life when you're in your own head

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 when you're by yourself

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 and the random thoughts

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 or the things that you're exposed to

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 come about

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 it's often an attack

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 and too often the sins that people commit with other sins

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 are because they didn't take care of it

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 when they were alone

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 and when you're in a tough place

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 a tough place can be a tempting place

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 a tough place can be a discouraging place

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 a tough place can be a lonely place

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 but when you're out of place

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 Satan attacks

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 and God was not unaware of that

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 and God is not unaware of that

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 he never is unaware of that

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 he led Christ to the spot

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 and he led him through it

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 and I want you to notice how

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 notice the company

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 scripture says he was with angels

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 and with wild beasts

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 he was being strengthened

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 and being provided for by angels

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 and let me run a rabbit a minute

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 by the way

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 grandpa that passed

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 is not your guardian angel

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 nor is the cardinal that flies into your yard today

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 when saints go to glory

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 we don't become angels

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 you wasn't an angel when you're on earth

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 you're not an angel when you go to glory

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 actually we're above angels

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 we have something angels don't have

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 and that's redemption

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 scripture does not tell us

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 that God provides us a body guard

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 that will guard us

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 it does say in Psalm 91 verse 11

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 for he will command his angels concerning you

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 to guard you in all your ways

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 not an angel but angels

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 Matthew 19 also speaks of the angelic protection of children

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 when Christ speaks of

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 my translation

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 don't mess with kids

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 that's what Jesus says

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 if you cause one to sin

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 you'd be better to have a millstone

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 thrown around your neck

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 that's worse than a cinder block around your ankle folks

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 and to be thrown into the depths of the sea

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 Jesus said that

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 he was serious about it

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 angels protect

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 angels provide for

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 angels strengthen

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 and they do it all at

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 get this

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 get this

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 they do it all at God's command

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 God gets the credit

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 not the angels

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 not dead relatives

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 God gets the glory

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 and so if you leave here today

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 and are almost in an accident

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 but you're not in an accident

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 and you're protected

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 because angels envelop your car

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 and took care of you

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 don't give glory to the angels

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 give glory to God

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 because the angels wouldn't have been doing anything

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 if God hadn't dispatched them to be right there at the time

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 God gets the glory

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 I'll say that again

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 God gets the glory

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 give God the glory

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 we get distracted at times

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 angels ministered to Jesus

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 how'd they do that?

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 I like what one commentator said

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 he said and I quote

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 envision Jesus sleeping at night

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 while angels flying around him

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 welding swords that cut off the scorpion's tail

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 the leopard's teeth

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 the jackal's claws

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 the boar's tusk

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 and the snake's fangs

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 end of quote

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 well I don't know if that's exactly how it went down

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 but I will tell you that in the area in which Christ was

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 there are leopards

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 there are jackals

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 there are boars

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 there are snakes

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 there are scorpions

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 they inhabit the wilderness that he was in

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 and it's described that way

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 to let us know

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 that Christ was in the desert

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 dealing with spiritual battles

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 but he was also dealing with physical battles

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 and through it all

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 he was never alone

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 even when nobody was in the desert with him

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 he was still never alone

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 Jesus gives us the same promise in John 14

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 when he promises us

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 we will never be alone

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 I will not leave you alone

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 I will come to you

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 he promised he'd come to us

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 and that God would give us a comforter

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 the spirit of God

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 to carry us through those times

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 Jesus was not alone

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 he had angels there

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 he had animals there

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 and the devil was all mixed in there as well

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 and that's what Mark tells us

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 now Mark don't deal with the type of temptations

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 that Jesus faced

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 because he's in a hurry

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 he just tells us that he went there to be tempted

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 and that he was tempted while he was there

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 but Matthew 4 gives us a good idea

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 of what was going on

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 at the end of his 40 days

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 he gives us three temptations

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 that Jesus faced

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 at the end of the 40 days

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 scripture is quite clear

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 that he was tempted throughout those 40 days

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 but in Mark

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 excuse me

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 Matthew chapter 4

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 beginning in verse 1

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 it says this

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 then Jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness

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 to be tempted by the devil

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 and after fasting 40 days and 40 nights

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 he was hungry

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 and the tempter came and said to him

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 if you are a son of God

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 command these stones to become loaves of bread

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 but he answered

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 it is written

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 man shall not live by bread alone

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 but by every word that comes from the mouth of God

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 fasting in the desert for 40 days

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 can easily kill you

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 especially if you don't have enough water

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 and in that time of weakness

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 Satan comes and tempts him

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 to do a miracle

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 to find food

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 now Jesus was in the desert

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 fasting and praying

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 and leaning on the father

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 and that was the point

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 to provide his own bread

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 is not leaning upon the father

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 and being obedient to what the father led him

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 and that's the rub here

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 that's the problem

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 and that's why Jesus quoted scripture

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 about resting more in the obedience of the word of God

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 than in our basic desires

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 but the devil don't stop there

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 he says in verse 5 of Matthew 4

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 then the devil took him to the holy city

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 and sent him on the pinnacle of the temple

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 and said to him

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 if you are the son of God

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 throw yourself down

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 for it's written

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 he will command his angels concerning you

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 and on their hands

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 they will bear you up

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 lest you strike your foot against a stone

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 and Jesus said to him

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 again it is written

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 you shall not put the Lord your God to the test

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 so what the devil does next

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 the devil threw out the temptation

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 to jump from the pinnacle of the temple

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 we believe that probably is referring

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 to the highest point on the wall of the temple mount

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 which would be the southeast corner

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 and if you were to throw yourself off of that

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 you would throw yourself into the depths

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 of the Kindred Valley

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 that separates the Mount of Olives

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 from the temple mount

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 it's a deep crevice there

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 he said do that to prove that God will protect you

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 his main point was to cause him doubt

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 to not trust the Lord

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 but test God

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 instead

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 and Christ answered him with scripture

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 again he answered him with scripture

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 then the third temptation is mentioned

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 in verses 8 through 10

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 it says

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 again the devil took him to a very high mountain

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 and showed him all the kingdoms of the world

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 and their glory

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 and he said to him

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 all these I have given you

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 if you will fall down and worship me

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 then Jesus said to him

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 be gone Satan

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 for it is written

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 you shall worship the Lord your God

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 and him only you shall serve

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 so lastly he tempts Christ

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 to bow down to him

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 and in return he could rule the world

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 and Christ responded

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 with only worshiping the Father

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 now what I want you to understand

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 about these temptations are

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 I hope you see that

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 each one of these temptations

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 is about the direction

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 and the power

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 and the positioning

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 of the ministry

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 of Christ

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 the intent of the devil

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 is to make him sin

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 by defying God

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 and choosing a second best route

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 instead of God's best

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 the other intent

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 was to throw him off course

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 for his whole ministry

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 because the devil

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 was not the only one

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 that was going to try

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 to persuade Christ

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 to do things

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 that he was not led

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 by God to do

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 people would do that as well

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 and I believe

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 these temptations

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 kind of precede

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 what people would expect

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 out of him

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 as well

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 some people just wanted

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 a savior on their terms

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 to be able to

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 have God do

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 what they wanted him

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 to do for them

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 instead of surrendering

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 their life

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 to follow him

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 and trust him

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 others

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 really believed

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 that prophecy

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 proclaimed him

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 to be something

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 different

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 than who he is

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 and to do something

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 different than

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 what he's done

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 and this may shock you

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 but some people

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 misunderstood prophecy

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.460
 in that day

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 and this may shock

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 even more

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 some people

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 misunderstand it today

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 they sell a lot

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 of books on it

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 but they misunderstand it

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 especially that guy

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 a great example

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 is the guy

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 that wrote the book

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 called 88 Reasons

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 Why the Rapture

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 Will Take Place

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 in 1988

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 it's a pretty cheap

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 book on eBay now

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 it was a hot seller

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 at the time

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 the reality is

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:08.019
 people sometimes

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.539
 want God

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.079
 to be something

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.639
 different than

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 what God is

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 or wants him

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 to do something

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 different for them

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 than what it's

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 his will to do

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 and when Jesus

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 came out of the desert

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.259
 he had faced

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 that kind of temptation

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 he had been tested

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 he had been tried

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 and the challenges

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 that he faced

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 by people

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 after that

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 never faced him

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 I don't believe

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 because he had already

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 experienced all that

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 these challenges

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 were always about

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 defying the will

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 of God

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 and going another way

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 and that's always

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 the challenge

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 of temptations

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 and every time

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:50.179
 we face temptation

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 we need to remember

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 some things

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:54.059
 I'm going to give you

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 three

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 one is

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 we are not alone

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 when we're tempted

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 I told you

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.139
 that temptation

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:05.799
 often comes

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.480
 when we're alone

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 but you're not really

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 alone when you're tempted

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:10.600
 for one

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 the temptation

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:12.160
 comes from Satan

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:13.039
 and his powers

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 and principalities

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 of the air

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 as Ephesians

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.640
 talks about

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 and I'll tell you

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 it is an attack

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 so always

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 keep that in mind

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 it's bigger

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 than what we see

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 and second

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 the Holy Spirit

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:29.940
 of God

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 is with us

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 and angels

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 are dispatched

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 by our Heavenly Father

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.759
 and they're there

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 to assist

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 and to strengthen

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 and to guide

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 and to drag us

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:40.420
 out of that

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 we are not alone

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 when we're tempted

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 second thing is this

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 there's always a way out

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 the devil would love

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.519
 for us to think

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.420
 there's no way out

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:58.100
 often I have people

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.440
 tell me

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 I didn't have a choice

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 I had to give in

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:08.759
 that's a lie

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:10.500
 that smells of smoke

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:14.039
 1 Corinthians 10

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.980
 13 says this

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:16.399
 no temptation

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:17.299
 has overtaken you

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.960
 that's not common

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.279
 to man

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.200
 God is faithful

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.919
 and he will not

00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.579
 let you be tempted

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.440
 beyond your ability

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.339
 but with the temptation

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.359
 he will also provide

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.159
 the way of escape

00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:26.819
 that you may be able

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:28.200
 to endure it

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:31.279
 and that goes back

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.159
 to my previous point

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.960
 you're not alone

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.380
 ever

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:36.680
 there's a way out

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:39.539
 and the last thing

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.460
 when we stand

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.299
 Satan will flee

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:46.200
 you need to rely

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.079
 on this passage

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:50.600
 you need to hear it

00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:53.420
 you need to digest it

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:56.500
 you need to write it down

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:58.720
 put it on your dash

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.640
 put it on your mirror

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.779
 put it on your head

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.779
 memorize it

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:05.160
 James 4 7

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.619
 submit yourself

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.440
 therefore to God

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:09.720
 resist the devil

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:11.519
 and he'll flee

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.180
 from you

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:14.680
 draw near to God

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:16.559
 and he'll draw near

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.660
 to you

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:19.200
 what Jesus do

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.639
 he relied

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.940
 on scripture

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.660
 and I give you

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.240
 these scriptures

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.779
 today

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.899
 to rely on

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:28.080
 now notice

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.820
 what happens

00:23:28.820 --> 00:23:30.320
 when this season

00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:31.280
 of the Lord's

00:23:31.280 --> 00:23:31.860
 temptation

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:33.120
 is over

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:36.120
 in Luke chapter 4

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.759
 verse 13

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.400
 it says

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.700
 and when the devil

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.320
 had ended

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:40.420
 every temptation

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.200
 he departed

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.940
 from him

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:43.640
 until an

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:45.060
 opportune

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:45.580
 time

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:49.280
 an opportune

00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:49.680
 time

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.340
 means that

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:50.700
 Satan

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.820
 will be back

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:55.039
 now scripture

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.859
 tells us

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.000
 when we resist

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.519
 him

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:59.559
 he will flee

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:02.079
 for a little

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.419
 while

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:08.419
 and the strength

00:24:08.419 --> 00:24:09.419
 that we have

00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:10.419
 against the

00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:10.899
 temptation

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:11.939
 that we face

00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.939
 is the word

00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.419
 of God

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:15.639
 that's what Jesus

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.480
 used in the desert

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.119
 it's what we need

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.539
 to use

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.599
 we have to stay

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.980
 laser focused

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.779
 on the word

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.220
 of God

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.839
 if Jesus

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.380
 need to rely

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.640
 on it

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:23.960
 how much

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.160
 more

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.500
 we need

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.819
 to rely

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.240
 on it

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:27.220
 and I hope

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.700
 you understand

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.140
 that the whole

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.660
 strategy

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:29.140
 of Satan

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.839
 against Christ

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.700
 was to change

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.360
 his focus

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.799
 on the gospel

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:34.059
 to somehow

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.380
 distort the focus

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.220
 of the gospel

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.759
 if he could

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.860
 kill our hope

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:40.039
 by having Jesus

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.140
 fall into sin

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:42.180
 and no longer

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.920
 be a substitute

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.960
 for our atonement

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.980
 then sin wins

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:46.360
 and that was his point

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:47.660
 or if he could

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.900
 change the focus

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.940
 of the ministry

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.759
 of Christ

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:52.079
 from a gospel

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.339
 driven reliance

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:54.220
 upon the father

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.240
 to instead

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.519
 a power hungry

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:58.140
 miracle driven

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.220
 reliance

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.379
 upon popularity

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.819
 then sin wins

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:04.599
 there is no

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.740
 eternal difference

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.920
 in a popularity

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.779
 contest

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:10.180
 but thank God

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.859
 Jesus saw

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.559
 straight through

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.519
 his attempted

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.140
 deceptions

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:16.799
 and I'm telling you

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.539
 by the spirit

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.980
 of God

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.579
 we need to

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.140
 as well

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:23.799
 stand

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:27.240
 when temptation

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.019
 comes

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.759
 stand

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.440
 stand

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:33.460
 stand firm

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.900
 on the word

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.380
 of God

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:36.480
 you're not alone

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:38.440
 stand firm

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.860
 on the word

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.360
 of God

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:41.000
 no temptation

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.700
 has come upon

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.240
 you except

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.920
 what's common

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.440
 to man

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.920
 and God

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.660
 will always

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.460
 provide a way

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.860
 out

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:47.819
 stand on the word

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.279
 of God

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:51.160
 stand against

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.840
 the evil one

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.519
 and he will

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.140
 flee

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:54.279
 from

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.200
 you

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:57.319
 you can

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 rest in that

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 my friend

00:25:58.600 --> 00:26:01.279
 draw near

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.759
 to God

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:03.799
 and he'll

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.640
 draw near

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:06.160
 to you

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 we just

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.640
 have to stay

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:10.400
 laser focused

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.660
 on the hope

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 that we have

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.599
 and the hope

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.460
 that we have

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.480
 is in the word

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.980
 of God

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:18.279
 and if we

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.759
 don't rest

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.159
 on it

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:21.200
 if we're not

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:22.159
 familiar with it

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:24.139
 if it's not

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.619
 at the tip

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.359
 of our tongue

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:27.079
 when temptations

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.539
 come

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:29.079
 we'll fall

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.639
 every time

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 our hope

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.759
 is found

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:35.259
 in the power

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.839
 of the blood

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.500
 of Christ

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.980
 and the strength

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.159
 of the word

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 of God

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:42.159
 and we

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.599
 rest our

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.839
 life on it

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:47.799
 now if you've

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.319
 never done

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.779
 that

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:51.019
 if you've

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.599
 never surrendered

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.099
 your life

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.479
 to the Lord

00:26:52.479 --> 00:26:53.319
 Jesus Christ

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:55.219
 the process

00:26:55.219 --> 00:26:56.039
 of salvation

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:57.039
 is to acknowledge

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.799
 that you are

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.159
 a sinner

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.599
 you've done

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.059
 wrong

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 and that you

00:27:00.719 --> 00:27:01.319
 can't provide

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.819
 a way out

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.599
 by yourself

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:05.039
 that in reality

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.639
 you need to

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.359
 ask the Lord

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.199
 to forgive you

00:27:07.199 --> 00:27:07.879
 and to cleanse

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.500
 you and from

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.259
 this day forward

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.299
 you commit

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.240
 your life

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.400
 to follow him

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:14.500
 it's a decision

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:17.599
 that requires

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.160
 a change

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.880
 in our direction

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 that's what

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.880
 repentance means

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:24.680
 it's not just

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.380
 an intellectual

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.480
 engagement to it

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 it's saying

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 from this day

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 forward

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 I'm going to

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 live

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 for the Lord

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.200
 Jesus Christ

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 I want him

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 to guide me

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 in the deserts

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.220
 of my life

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 I want to

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 remember him

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 on the mountaintops

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 of my life

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 I want him

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 to guide my life

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 and if you've

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.299
 never made

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.920
 that decision

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 I want you

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 to know

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:47.680
 scripture says

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 today's the day

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 of salvation

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 he'll meet you

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 where you are

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 and he'll say

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 if you think

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 you have a need

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 for that

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 I'll tell you

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 you didn't

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 come up

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 with it

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.220
 on your own

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 the spirit

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.559
 of God

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.339
 has led you

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.200
 to this point

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:02.339
 and you just

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.819
 need to follow

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 his lead

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 maybe you're

00:28:05.520 --> 00:28:05.860
 here and you

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.380
 have done that

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 but you've

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.380
 never acknowledged

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 that publicly

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.900
 it's been a

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.520
 private matter

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 for you

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 and Jesus

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 by his example

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 and by his

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 commission

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 tells us

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 to follow

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 that with

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.540
 baptism

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:18.280
 it is a

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 public

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:19.100
 confession

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.900
 of what

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.360
 Christ has

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.620
 done in

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:20.900
 our heart

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.180
 and life

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.420
 you've

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.680
 never been

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 baptized

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.280
 as a

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 believer

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 I'll tell

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.440
 you it's

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 a major

00:28:23.780 --> 00:28:24.160
 stumbling

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.460
 block

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.720
 in your

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.020
 Christian

00:28:25.020 --> 00:28:25.420
 walk

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:28.400
 because it's

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.800
 the first

00:28:28.800 --> 00:28:29.120
 step of

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.480
 obedience

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.860
 and it's

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.040
 something

00:28:30.040 --> 00:28:30.480
 that you've

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.860
 missed

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.320
 a long

00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:31.660
 way

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 so you

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:33.740
 just need

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 to be

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 obedient

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.600
 and follow

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 the Lord

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.240
 in that

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.080
 we won't

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.320
 do it

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:36.720
 this morning

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.080
 but we'll

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.560
 guide you

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:38.080
 through that

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 prepare for

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:38.860
 that in

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.120
 the days

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 ahead

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:41.680
 maybe you're

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:41.980
 here this

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.180
 morning

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.540
 God's

00:28:42.540 --> 00:28:42.920
 leading you

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 to Pickens

00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:43.759
 First Baptist

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.080
 Church

00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:44.360
 and you

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.740
 know this

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:44.980
 is the

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 place

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.519
 where God

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.840
 would have

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.100
 you to

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 serve

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:49.540
 you join

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:50.060
 with us

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 let's do

00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:51.779
 everything we

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 can till

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 the Lord

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.840
 returns

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:54.580
 to uplift

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 his name

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 to lean

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 upon his

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:57.580
 word

00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:57.920
 to share

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.460
 his gospel

00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:01.279
 or maybe

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.860
 you're like

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:04.140
 a lot

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.519
 of folks

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.759
 here

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:07.380
 and there's

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.920
 stuff in your

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.500
 life that you

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.900
 need to lay

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.299
 down before

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.680
 the Lord

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:12.460
 you need to

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.860
 trust him

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.440
 with it

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:15.500
 you've been

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.059
 pandering in

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.380
 stuff you

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.579
 don't need to

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.039
 be pandering

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.299
 in

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:20.140
 you've been

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.600
 dwelling on

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 thoughts you

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.180
 don't need to

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.539
 be dwelling

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.860
 on

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:23.840
 you've been

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.400
 going places

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.600
 you don't

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:24.819
 need to be

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.120
 going

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:28.839
 and you

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.179
 need to lay

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.539
 that down

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.919
 before the

00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:30.099
 Lord

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.439
 you can do

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:30.819
 that where

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.299
 you stand

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.699
 in just a

00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:31.899
 moment

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.519
 you can do

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 it at this

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.099
 altar

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.819
 or I'll be

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.219
 happy to

00:29:34.219 --> 00:29:34.559
 pray with

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:34.859
 you through

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.219
 that

00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:38.659
 but let's

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.159
 do whatever

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:39.779
 we need to

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:41.379
 do to get

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:41.859
 our hearts

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.299
 and lives

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.019
 right today

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.500
 before we

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.839
 leave this

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.279
 place

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.699
 and then

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:46.159
 let's have

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:46.599
 our shield

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:46.979
 of faith

00:29:46.979 --> 00:29:47.459
 up and

00:29:47.459 --> 00:29:47.779
 ready

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:49.219
 when the

00:29:49.219 --> 00:29:49.759
 evil one

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.419
 picks his

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:50.859
 head back

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.219
 up

00:29:51.219 --> 00:29:52.439
 and we

00:29:52.439 --> 00:29:52.919
 go back

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.239
 to the

00:29:53.239 --> 00:29:53.519
 word of

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.859
 God

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:55.399
 and stand

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.839
 firm and

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.219
 watch him

00:29:56.219 --> 00:29:56.519
 flee

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:58.859
 that's the

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.539
 goal here

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:01.500
 let's get

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.839
 right

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:04.699
 Lord Jesus

00:30:04.699 --> 00:30:05.139
 I love

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.419
 you

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:07.179
 I thank

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:07.419
 you for

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:07.799
 your word

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.099
 I thank

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.339
 you for

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.000
 the encouragement

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.279
 of it

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.500
 I thank

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.759
 you for

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.039
 allowing

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.419
 Christ

00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:10.740
 to go

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:10.979
 through

00:30:10.979 --> 00:30:11.259
 it

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:14.779
 because he

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.539
 understands

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:19.899
 he's actually

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.559
 faced every

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.059
 temptation

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.459
 that we

00:30:21.459 --> 00:30:21.899
 face

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:23.679
 he

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.160
 understands

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.360
 our

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:24.980
 circumstances

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:27.660
 so God

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:27.980
 I pray

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.340
 that we'll

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.640
 surrender

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.180
 our lives

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.519
 today

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.820
 and be

00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:30.259
 obedient

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:32.820
 give us

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.660
 the boldness

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.380
 and the

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.820
 obedience

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.259
 to do

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.560
 exactly

00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:35.860
 what you

00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.200
 tell us

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.480
 to do

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 right now

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 Father

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 I pray

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 in Jesus

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.759
 precious name

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 amen

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 miracle

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