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 Father, your Son himself has warned us that as we hear your Word, which was just read,

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 and as we think upon your Word together now, that it is possible for us to be one of four types of soils.

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 And Father, Jesus has just warned us about this.

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 Father, you know those of us who, even as we were listening to Jesus,

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 we did not pay attention that the devil took the words from us.

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 You know those of us, Father, who almost instantly were paid attention but then drifted off somewhere else.

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 You know those of us, Father, who are too consumed with worry to really hear what you say.

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 We give you thanks and praise, Father, that your Son would so speak to us and warn us,

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 and that the desire of your heart would be that we will be good soil.

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 Father, we cannot be good soil on our own.

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 We ask in your mercy and in your kindness that you would so pour out your Holy Spirit upon us this morning,

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 that we will be good soil that hears your Word and receives your Word and holds fast to your Word with joy,

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 so that we will bear fruit with our lives, bear fruit that brings you glory.

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 So, Father, please pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 Make clear your Word.

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 May it go deeply into our hearts and our wills and our minds and our lives.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Okay, now I've found my stopwatch.

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 The devil is real.

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 He is our enemy.

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 He is alive.

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 He is active.

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 He is doomed.

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 And in the face of his opposition,

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 we are to testify with our lips and with our lives

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 of our Savior, Jesus Christ crucified.

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 The devil is real.

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 He is our enemy.

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 He is alive.

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 He is active.

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 He is doomed.

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 And in the face of his opposition,

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 we are to testify with our lips and with our lives

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 of our Savior, Jesus Christ crucified.

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 The devil is real.

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 He is not a metaphor,

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 an analogy,

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 a symbol,

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 a process,

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 a myth,

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 or a mere storybook character.

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 He is not a primitive way

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 of talking about mental illness

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 or evil.

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 Even though politicians

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 have evilly used the devil

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 to demonize other people,

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 their misuse

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 is not the proper use.

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 The devil is not a tool

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 of politicians

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 to label others

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 or enemies

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 and stir up mobs

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 and armies

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 to battle.

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 The devil is not misunderstood.

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 He is not a hero.

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 He is not a rebel.

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 He is not a freedom fighter.

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 He is not hip.

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 He is not cool.

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 He is not the yin

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 or the yang

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 to God.

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 He is not an antithesis

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 leading to a new synthesis.

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 He is not energy.

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 He is not our friend.

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 He is not our ally.

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 He is not our means.

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 He is not our tool.

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 He is not a joke.

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 And in ourselves,

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 he is more powerful

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 than we are.

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 The devil is real.

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 He is our enemy.

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 He is alive.

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 He is active.

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 He is doomed.

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 And in the face

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 of his opposition,

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 we are to testify

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 with our lips

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 and with our lives

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 of our Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 crucified.

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 If the devil

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 does not exist,

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 then the two Bible passages

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 that we read

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 are a complete

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 and utter

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 waste of time.

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 If the devil

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 does exist,

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 then today's passages

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 are unbelievably

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 practical

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 and important.

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 So,

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 today,

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 my sermon

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 will be a little bit

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 more like a Bible study

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 than a proper sermon.

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 I really only have

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 one point.

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 And I'm going to keep

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 saying that one point.

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 I've already said it

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 three times.

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 I'm going to say it

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 a fourth time.

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 The devil is real.

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 He is our enemy.

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 He is alive.

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 He is active.

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 He is doomed.

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 And in the face

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 of his opposition,

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 we are to testify

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 with our lips

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 and with our lives

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 of our Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 crucified.

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 That's the message

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 of Revelation 12.

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 So,

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 if you have your Bibles,

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 please open them up

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 to Revelation 12,

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 and we're going to

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 read the text,

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 mindful of what it is

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 that the Bible

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 is teaching.

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 that there is

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 in existence

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 a real devil

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 who stands

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 in opposition to us.

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 As I stand

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 and speak to you

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 right now,

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 he stands

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 in opposition

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 of what I say.

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 So,

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 any Sunday,

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 if you've forgotten

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 your Bible

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 or you don't own a Bible,

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 there's always some Bibles

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 up here at the front.

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 You're always welcome

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 to take it,

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 and if you want,

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 you can keep it

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 as a gift from us.

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 So,

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 Revelation 12,

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 let's look at

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 the first six verses,

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 which gives

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 a sort of

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 a vignette,

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 an overview,

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 in very,

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 very powerful

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 imagery

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 of the basic

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 story

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 of the devil.

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 In just six verses

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 with very,

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 very powerful imagery.

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 And for some of us,

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 if you're like me,

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 I'm not actually

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 a very visual

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 type of person,

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 although I really love

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 watching movies,

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 but I like words

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 the most,

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 I like sort of

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 ideas the most,

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 and that means

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 probably that

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 when I read

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 certain,

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 like,

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 Colossians or something,

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 like,

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 I'm reading something

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 in my sweet spot.

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 Others of you

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 like poetry,

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 and you like

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 playful types of things.

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 Others of you

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 like images,

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 and the Bible

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 is for the whole,

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 all human beings,

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 and so,

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 here the Bible,

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 in its most

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 concentrated teaching

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 on the devil,

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 will use powerful images,

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 and for those of you

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 who are,

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 who love images,

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 this will teach you

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 very powerfully.

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 And so,

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 here we get this,

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 these first six verses

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 go like this,

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 and a great sign

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 appeared in heaven,

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 a woman clothed

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 with the sun,

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 with the moon

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 under her feet,

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 and on her head,

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 a crown of twelve stars.

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 She was pregnant,

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 so neat that as soon

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 as I said she was pregnant,

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 a baby made a noise,

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 isn't it?

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 Do you know how hard

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 it is to organize

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 things like that

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 in a sermon?

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 It takes weeks,

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 we practiced every day

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 just for a baby

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 to make a noise

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 just at that exact

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 right time.

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 She was pregnant

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 and was crying out

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 in birth pains

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 and the agony

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 of giving birth.

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 And just sort of

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 pause here.

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 We'll go through

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 the whole story

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 to get you

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 the whole vignette,

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 and then we'll go back.

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 So, verse two,

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 she was pregnant

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 and was crying out

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 in birth pains

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 and the agony

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 of giving birth,

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 and another sign

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 appeared in heaven.

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 Behold,

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 a great red dragon

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 with seven heads

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 and ten horns,

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 and on his heads

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 seven diadems.

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 His tail swept down

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 a third of the stars

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 of heaven

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 and cast them

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 to the earth,

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 and the dragon

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 stood before the woman

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 who was about

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 to give birth

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 so that when she

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 bore her child

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 he might devour it.

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 She gave birth

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 to a male child,

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 one who was to rule

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 all the nations

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 with a rod of iron,

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 but her child

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 was caught up

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 to God

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 and to his throne,

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 and the woman

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 fled into the wilderness

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 where she has a place

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 prepared by God

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 in which she is

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 to be nourished

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 for 1260 days.

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 Sort of a very powerful image,

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 as I've joked

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 or said several weeks

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 in advance,

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 I actually asked Jeremiah

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 to play a Christmas carol

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 today

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 because there's

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 an obvious connection

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 to the Christmas story.

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 You might not remember,

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 but in the book of Revelation

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 it's a book about Jesus,

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 about what he's done,

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 what he's doing,

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 and what he will do.

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 And so here we get

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 a story that includes

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 the birth of Jesus,

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 something which has happened

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 when John wrote this

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 about almost,

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 well, over 90 years prior

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 to John writing this.

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 This is when Jesus

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 would have been born.

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 And so let's just

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 sort of capture

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 some of the images.

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 Who is the woman?

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 Look again,

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 verse 1,

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 and a great sign,

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 and it's the same word

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 that's used

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 if you read John's Gospel,

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 it keeps calling,

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 it calls the,

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 John calls the miracles

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 of Jesus

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 in John's Gospel,

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 he calls them signs.

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 And he means that

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 they're a mighty act of God,

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 something that God does,

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 which points to something,

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 which points to,

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 I mean,

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 in and of itself,

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 it's real,

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 but it not only is real,

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 it's like a window,

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 and it's like a window

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 with someone pointing

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 to ask you to look

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 at some great reality,

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 some great truth,

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 some great insight,

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 or wisdom,

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 or stark knowledge

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 that comes from God.

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 And so the vision begins,

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 and a great sign

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 appeared in heaven,

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 a woman clothed with the sun

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 and with the moon

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 under her feet

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 and on her head

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 a crown of 12 stars,

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 and she was pregnant

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 and was crying out

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 in birth pains

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 and the agony

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 of giving birth.

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 And in a sense,

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 what we capture here

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 is that John gets

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 a vision of Israel,

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 he gets a vision of Eve,

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 and he gets a vision

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 of her lineage

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 of which the Messiah

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 would be born,

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 and he has a vision

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 of Abraham,

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 and he has a vision

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 of Isaac and Jacob,

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 and he has a vision

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 of Israel

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 and all of its history

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 because the woman

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 is Israel.

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 The imagery comes,

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 if you go back

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 and read the book

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 of Genesis,

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 the imagery comes

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 from the story

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 of Joseph

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 and his dream

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 that he tells

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 before he's sent off

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 to Pharaoh,

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 before he has

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 all of his misadventures

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 because his brothers

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 sell him to

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 slave traders,

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 and the imagery

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 comes from Joseph's dream

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 of the moon

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 and the sun

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 and the 12 stars,

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 and so the woman

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 is Israel,

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 and John pictures

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 Israel

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 from whom

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 the Messiah will come

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 because salvation,

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 as Paul says

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 in Romans,

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 salvation is

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 from the Jews.

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 Salvation is

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 from the Jews,

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 Romans 2,

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 and he pictured

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 as a woman

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 in glory,

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 a great sign,

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 and then it moves

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 to the dragon,

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 and notice immediately

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 how the dragon

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 is dethroned.

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 The woman

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 is a great sign,

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 but the dragon

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 is just another sign,

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 another sign.

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 Verse 3,

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 and another sign

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 appeared in heaven.

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 Behold,

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 a great red dragon.

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 Think of Smaug,

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 those of you

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 who've seen the movie,

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 with seven heads

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 and ten horns,

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 and on his heads

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 seven diadems.

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 His tail swept down

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 a third of the stars

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 of heaven

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 and cast them

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 to the earth,

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 and the dragon

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 stood before the woman

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 who was about

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 to give birth

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 so that when she

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 bore her child,

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 he might devour it,

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 he might eat it.

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 I'm not going to see

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 that in a Christmas

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 pageant very often,

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 although maybe

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 it would be very

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 interesting to do

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 an adult pageant

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 with a whole pile

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 of adults

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 dressed up

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 like a Chinese dragon

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 waiting to eat

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 the baby

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 as it emerges

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 from the womb.

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 And here,

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 John is seeing

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 something even older

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 than the birth

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 of Israel,

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 even older

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 than Genesis 2

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 and Genesis 3,

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 even older.

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 John has a vision

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 of what happened

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 long before

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 there were any

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 human beings

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 of the ancient

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 rebellion

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 led by a powerful

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 archangel

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 that captured

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 the hearts

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 and the minds

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 or whatever the

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 equivalent is

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 for an angel

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 of a third

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 of all of the angels

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 and a third

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 of the angels

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 joined the devil,

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 the great dragon

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 in his rebellion

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 against God.

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 A third of them

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 fall from their place

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 in God's glory

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 and his splendor

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 in the heavens.

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 A third of them

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 follow him

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 and they fall

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 from heaven.

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 They're thrown down

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 and they come

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 to the earth

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 and they are aware

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 of the great sign

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 of the woman.

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 The devil is aware

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 of the great sign

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 of the woman

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 and the significance

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 of the child

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 and so it is

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 that the devil

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 is there waiting

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 to devour.

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 And for those of you

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 who know the Bible,

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 all of a sudden

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 you hear Matthew chapter 2

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 and Herod

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 and all of a sudden

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 you're thinking

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 of the early parts

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 of Matthew

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 and of Luke

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 and of the devil

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 tempting Jesus

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 in the wilderness

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 and all of a sudden

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 you're thinking

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 of the book of John

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 and how after

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 Jesus institutes

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 the Last Supper

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 that the devil

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 enters Judas

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 and Judas goes out

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 to betray Jesus

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 that he might be killed,

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 a shameful criminal's death,

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 that the Jewish people,

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 that the mother,

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 that the mother

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 would turn on the child

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 and hand the child

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 to the devil

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 for his death.

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 All of that captured

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 in this powerful image.

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 And then the story continues.

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 She gave birth,

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 verse 5,

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 to a male child,

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 one who is to rule

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 all the nations

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 with a rod of iron.

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 But her child

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 was caught up to God

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 and to his throne.

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 And the woman

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 fled into the wilderness

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 where she has a place

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 prepared by God

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 in which she is

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 to be nourished

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 for 1260 days,

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 three and a half years.

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 And here,

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 in a very, very short,

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 powerful image,

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 in a sense,

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 you get the whole picture

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 of the gospel.

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 You get Matthew, Mark,

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 Luke, and John

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 all completely

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 and utterly compacted

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 that the devil

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 who desires

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 to devour Jesus,

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 the baby,

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 will be born

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 and at the end of the day

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 the baby will be

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 beside God in heaven

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 no longer as a baby

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 but the one

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 who rules the nations.

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 And the woman,

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 Israel,

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 the woman,

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 the people of God

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 is in a place

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 of wilderness

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 which means

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 that as it is

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 always the case,

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 as it is the case

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 for our congregation

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 today,

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 even though we do not

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 picture ourselves

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 as dwelling

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 in a wilderness

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 but picture ourselves

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 in post-modern,

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 post-industrial,

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 highly affluent

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 Canada

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 that just won

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 a gold medal

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 in men's hockey

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 and we don't think

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 of ourselves

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 or understand ourselves

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 as being in the wilderness

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 but the image

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 of a wilderness

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 in God's nourishment

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 is that God's people

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 always are completely

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 and utterly dependent

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 upon God

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 for being fed

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 and for being protected

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 and for staying

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 the people of God

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 and that it's never

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 a matter of us

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 being able to do this

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 purely and utterly

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 in our own strength

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 because we always dwell

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 in a wilderness

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 after Genesis 3

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 that we are completely

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 and utterly dependent

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 upon the nourishment

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 and the grace

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 that comes

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 from our Heavenly Father.

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 The devil is real.

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 He is our enemy.

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 He is alive.

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 He is active.

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 He is doomed.

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 And in the face

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 of his opposition,

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 we are to testify

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 with our lips

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 and with our lives

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 of our Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 of our Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 crucified.

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 The Bible,

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 this text,

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 God wants us

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 to take the devil seriously

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 but he doesn't want us

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 to take him

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 in a brooding way.

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 He doesn't want us

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 to obsess about the devil.

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 He doesn't want us

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 to be fearful of the devil

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 and he does not want us

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 to take the devil

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 on his own terms.

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 He wants us

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 to be attentive,

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 to be prayerful,

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 to be realistic,

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 and to be confident

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 in him.

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 Now, I don't mean

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 to insult anybody here.

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 I really don't.

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 But one of the problems

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 that we have

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 is that we think

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 that we're smarter

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 than the ancients.

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 And we don't quite

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 put it into words

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 but we think

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 that because we have

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 running water

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 and flush toilets

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 and we have

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 fancy smartphones

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 and we have

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 a lot of money

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 and we have

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 antibiotics.

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 By the way,

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 none of which

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 we've made.

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 I mean,

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 maybe there's

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 one person here

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 who could figure out

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 how to make

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 a smartphone.

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 Maybe I'm

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 insulting you here.

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 Maybe there's

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 two people in the room

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 who could actually

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 figure out

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 how to make

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 a smartphone.

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 The rest of us

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 just know how

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 to play with

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 the icons,

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 okay?

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 But part of

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 our modern world

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 and I don't mean

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 to insult you

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 because it's

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 all of us

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 is that we have

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 this very,

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 very deep conceit

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 that because

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 we have

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 running water

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 and flush toilets

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 and indoor plumbing

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 and iPhones

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 and all of that

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 that we're somehow

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 smarter than

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 ancient people

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 and there's no

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 question that

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 our culture

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 is far better

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 with technology

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 and techniques

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 and science

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 than the ancients

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 but we definitely

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 aren't smarter

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 than them.

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 We're definitely

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 not smarter than them

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 and in fact

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 you want to know

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 something that

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 one of the problems

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 just,

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 you know,

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 talk to maybe

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 Gary Graber

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 afterwards or something

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 he could point you

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 to some ancient text

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 but one of the

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 problems that we

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 have often

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 if we read

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 like the church

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 fathers,

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 people who are

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 writing in like

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 the 3rd and 4th

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 and 5th century

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 but one of the

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 problems we have

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 and even later

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 like guys like

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 Aquinas and guys

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 like Calvin

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 even later,

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 one of the problems

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.560
 we have is that

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 their use of language

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 is so subtle

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 and so careful

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 and so reasoned

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 and so balanced

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 we can't follow it.

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 we have a hard

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 time reading it

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 and then we think

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 oh well we're

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 just smarter than

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 them.

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 We can't actually

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 follow the subtlety

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 of their thought

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 and so here

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 this becomes

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 very important

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 because you see

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 the Bible

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 is an ancient

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 text.

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 I'm reading right

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 now a very

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 very fascinating

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 story.

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 It's,

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 I don't know

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 how many of you

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 have read it.

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 I'm really loving

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 it.

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 It's by a woman

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 by the name

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 of Rosaria

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 Champagne Butterfield

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 and she was

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 a postmodern

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 literary critic

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 a queer theorist

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 head of the

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 woman's studies

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 faculty at

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 Syracuse University

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 and it describes

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 her conversion

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 and it's a

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 fascinating read

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 about how

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 for some of us

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 when we came

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 to Christ

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 it was maybe

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 a bit traumatic

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 but relatively easy

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 but for someone

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 like her

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 to come to faith

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 as she describes

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 it,

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 it was a train wreck

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 and it's,

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 she's very,

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 very,

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 very,

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 very articulate

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 in the problem

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 that she has

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 as a postmodern

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 scholar

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 taking the Bible

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 seriously

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 and the whole

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 conflict within her

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 as she's drawn

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 to the Bible

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 yet at the same

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 time all of the

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 habits of her

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 thought make her

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 despise the Bible.

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 It is great reading.

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 You have to order

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 it on Amazon

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 or something like that

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 but I highly recommend,

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 I'll probably do a blog

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 about it so you can

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 find it a bit more

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 easily.

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 But you see the thing

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 is that when we come

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 now to Revelation 12

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 because we're so used

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 to just thinking

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 we're smarter

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 and because we just

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 like to gallop

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 through things

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 we don't sort of

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 capture the subtleties

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:44.519
 of this piece

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 of writing

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 that John did

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 almost 2,000 years ago

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 and it's a very,

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 very subtle writing

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 because you see

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 first what John does

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 is he gives us

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 this vignette,

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 this powerful

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.279
 encapsulated teaching

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.779
 of the devil

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 and then he's going

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 to give a series

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.680
 of three other

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.680
 sort of things

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.460
 which sort of

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.860
 play on this

00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:06.720
 first story

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:08.660
 and as he plays

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.460
 on the story

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.220
 he brings out

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:11.100
 new truths

00:20:11.100 --> 00:20:12.460
 for us to understand

00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:13.400
 but if we gallop

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 through the text

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 we just think

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 he's contradicting

00:20:15.300 --> 00:20:15.740
 himself

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 but you know what?

00:20:17.820 --> 00:20:18.520
 Ancient writers

00:20:18.520 --> 00:20:19.759
 understood contradictions

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:21.920
 and so when we

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.540
 read the Bible

00:20:22.540 --> 00:20:23.320
 rather than reading

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 the Bible

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 and thinking

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 that it's filled

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 with contradictions

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 the better question

00:20:26.520 --> 00:20:27.200
 to ask is

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 what is the subtlety?

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 what is it?

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 How is the Bible

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:33.339
 asking us to slow down

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.640
 and ponder

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 and meditate

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 and note the subtlety

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:39.579
 rather than race through

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 and think it's contradictory?

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:42.079
 And so John does

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:43.480
 an act of great subtlety

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:45.960
 so the first story

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:47.559
 tells of the dragon

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.440
 with his tail

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.319
 sweeping down

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.140
 a third of the stars

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.460
 of heaven

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 now in verses

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.460
 seven to nine

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 he's going to return

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.740
 to that story

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.400
 and look at it

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.420
 from a different angle

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 let's listen

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.860
 verses seven to nine

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 now war arose

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 in heaven

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.900
 he's still going back

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:03.019
 to before Genesis

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 chapter one

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 Genesis chapter two

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 Genesis

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 long before that

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 he's going back

00:21:07.820 --> 00:21:08.340
 and he's telling

00:21:08.340 --> 00:21:09.259
 the story again

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:11.980
 bringing out subtleties

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.220
 of that initial story

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.980
 with these three

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 simple verses

00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:15.400
 once again

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.800
 with very powerful images

00:21:16.800 --> 00:21:19.220
 now war arose

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.700
 in heaven

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.980
 Michael and his angels

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:22.440
 fighting against

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.120
 the dragon

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:25.259
 and the dragon

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.960
 and his angels

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.900
 fought back

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:29.079
 but he

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.059
 that's the dragon

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:31.220
 was defeated

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:33.380
 and there was no longer

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:34.400
 any place for them

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:34.840
 in heaven

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:36.720
 and the great dragon

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.980
 was thrown down

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:39.180
 that ancient serpent

00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.840
 who was called

00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.420
 the devil

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.100
 and Satan

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:42.279
 the deceiver

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.380
 of the whole world

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:45.279
 he was thrown down

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.880
 to the earth

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.819
 and his angels

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.799
 were thrown down

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.180
 with him

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 and in the original language

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.860
 it's the language

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.920
 is instantaneous

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.840
 it's as if

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 it's as if in a movie

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:55.200
 that I'm talking to you

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.000
 and all of a sudden

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.240
 as I'm talking to you

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.920
 like this

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:59.720
 my hands are still moving

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.700
 I'm still talking to you

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.340
 but all of a sudden

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.380
 I find that I'm on

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:03.559
 Parliament Hill talking

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.460
 and it just happens

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.059
 like this

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:06.340
 and that's the language

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:06.940
 that there's this

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:08.500
 mighty act of power

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.460
 that comes upon

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.900
 the devil

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:11.259
 and his angels

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.120
 which we now know

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.660
 of as demons

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.980
 and they think

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.440
 they're fighting

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.759
 Michael and all

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.660
 and the next moment

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.299
 they're not

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.080
 they're here

00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:19.680
 they're here

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:22.720
 read the Narnia Chronicles

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:24.400
 read all of the Narnia Chronicles

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:25.620
 and all of your questions

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.580
 about how time

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.039
 and heaven

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.960
 and different times

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.539
 all work

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.680
 and Lewis will

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 challenge

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.620
 and incite

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 and give you

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.580
 all sorts of interesting

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.860
 insights about time

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.799
 and Narnia time

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.440
 and earth time

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.620
 and time

00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:40.000
 and time of this battle

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 and our time

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.700
 and how it works together

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:43.840
 serious suggestion

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 by the way

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:48.420
 read the Narnia Chronicles

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.559
 for wisdom about this

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.720
 but this is the story

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.860
 different way of telling

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.519
 of the third

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.519
 falling down

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.839
 and note once again

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.640
 how it is

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.539
 that the member

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.059
 at the beginning

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.559
 I said

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.819
 I said that the devil

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.620
 is not

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.980
 either yin

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.579
 or yang

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.240
 to God

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.839
 he is not

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.920
 the antithesis

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.440
 to God

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.759
 leading to a new synthesis

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:07.120
 he is not like that

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.799
 in the text

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:09.299
 in a very very subtle way

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.240
 completely and utterly

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.039
 dethrones

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.839
 the devil

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.039
 the devil might like

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.839
 to be betrayed

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.639
 and many people

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.159
 in our culture

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.659
 betray him

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:16.279
 as if it's somehow

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.500
 the devil versus God

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.679
 but who fights?

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.159
 Michael

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:24.059
 I mean God

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.759
 I mean

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:27.139
 it's not like

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.740
 even like

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:29.939
 like the championship

00:23:29.939 --> 00:23:30.759
 fighter of the world

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.459
 trying to fight

00:23:31.459 --> 00:23:32.679
 some old guy

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.099
 like me

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 I mean it's

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.159
 it's not even

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:34.759
 in the picture

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:36.339
 the devil doesn't even

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.599
 reach the level

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.459
 of fighting God

00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:39.519
 he fights Michael

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:42.159
 the devil and his angels

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:43.399
 now known as demons

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.360
 fight Michael

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:45.140
 and the angels

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:47.180
 and gets completely

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.259
 and utterly defeated

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.720
 he gets thrown down

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:51.680
 helpless in a moment

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.680
 and now finds himself

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.259
 on earth

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:55.280
 and the text

00:23:55.280 --> 00:23:55.920
 describes

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.759
 in a very very

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:58.300
 very powerful way

00:23:58.300 --> 00:24:00.180
 the very very nature

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.400
 of who it is

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.040
 that the

00:24:02.040 --> 00:24:02.900
 who the devil is

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.380
 in fact

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.840
 in these verses here

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:06.060
 in these verses

00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:07.540
 in this very very powerful

00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:08.519
 and important verse

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.460
 verse 9

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:11.539
 and the great dragon

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.340
 was thrown down

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.319
 that ancient serpent

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.360
 who is called the devil

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.900
 and Satan

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:16.420
 the deceiver of the whole world

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.740
 he was thrown down

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.380
 from the earth

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:18.980
 to the earth

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.579
 and his angels

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.340
 were thrown down

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.660
 with him

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.920
 in this very very

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.140
 powerful passage

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:24.319
 we will understand

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.920
 the most common way

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:27.400
 that you or I

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:29.140
 will experience the devil

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:31.920
 on Friday

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.200
 Thursday and Friday

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.500
 and Saturday

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.000
 technically

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.920
 I was in Vancouver

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:37.240
 I left for Vancouver

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.080
 on Thursday morning

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.700
 I came back

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.539
 Saturday afternoon

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.680
 actually I was supposed

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.900
 to leave Thursday morning

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.680
 but my plane steering

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.400
 didn't work

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:46.720
 and the pilot wisely thought

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.640
 maybe that's not a good idea

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.300
 to take off

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:48.880
 when the steering

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.580
 doesn't work

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:51.980
 so we actually spent

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.279
 like four or five hours

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.860
 in the airport

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:55.820
 so we arrive in Vancouver

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:57.900
 and I'm going to Vancouver

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:59.080
 because I'm on the board

00:24:59.080 --> 00:25:00.100
 of the Anglican Network

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.560
 in Canada

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.200
 the denomination

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.860
 we're part of

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.779
 and it's a board meeting

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.900
 and the primate is there

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.560
 and all the bishops

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.060
 are there

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:07.319
 and lots of

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.079
 it's a full room

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.940
 important people

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:10.339
 and I've been asked

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.899
 by the bishop

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:12.579
 to do the morning devotional

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.639
 20 minutes

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:15.119
 and on Friday morning

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:17.639
 and I have to stand up

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.359
 at the table

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.279
 and my notes

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.200
 are way down low

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.480
 and I

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.879
 because my notes

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.799
 are way down low

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.980
 as I'm in my talk

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:26.179
 I realize that

00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:27.179
 I've lost my place

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:28.159
 and I'm wandering around

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.859
 in my talk

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:30.899
 and it's a terrible thing

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.619
 for a speaker

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.299
 to realize

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.059
 that they've lost

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.599
 their place

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.240
 in their notes

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.240
 and they don't quite

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.059
 know how to get back

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.420
 to it

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.900
 and I did the best

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.339
 I could

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.859
 and I wrapped

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.099
 the talk up

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.039
 and I sit down

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.519
 in my seat

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.120
 but the second

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.779
 I sat down

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.359
 in my seat

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.759
 instantly

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.779
 I just felt

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.640
 that I had done

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.640
 a terrible job

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.440
 I felt guilty

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.140
 I didn't even feel

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.559
 like I could

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.420
 raise my eyes

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.279
 and look at people

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.559
 and even though

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.099
 later on

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:54.039
 during the coffee break

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.960
 I had six, seven, eight

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.620
 people tell me

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.819
 how good the talk was

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.620
 how much it meant

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.019
 to them

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.160
 that it was spirit anointed

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:02.140
 I just was so overwhelmed

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.920
 with this sense

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.840
 of accusation

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.779
 and condemnation

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.880
 I'd done a terrible job

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:07.080
 that I'd let the bishop down

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:08.660
 it colored everything

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.480
 I was experiencing

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.320
 and this lasted

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:11.720
 for 24 hours

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:13.000
 and it was only

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:14.320
 the very next day

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:15.580
 like about 24 hours later

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.440
 that I'm on the plane

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.640
 I'm working on my sermon

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:19.300
 and I realize

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:20.940
 that the very thing

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.680
 that's being talked about

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.840
 in the text here

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:24.880
 is what I actually

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.840
 have been experiencing

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:27.300
 for 24 hours

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:30.240
 what I had been experiencing

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.859
 was more than just

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:33.159
 having made a mistake

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:34.279
 and having messed up

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.799
 what I was experiencing

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:37.460
 was a profound sense

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.859
 of condemnation

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:40.379
 and accusation

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:41.460
 that was different

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.299
 than conscience

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.839
 I don't know if any of you

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.899
 have had that experience

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.599
 but if you've had

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:47.180
 any type of experience

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.839
 of great internal

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:50.180
 accusation

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.779
 and condemnation

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:54.159
 then you have experienced

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:55.639
 the devil's touch

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:58.440
 because it tells us

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.020
 right here

00:26:59.020 --> 00:27:00.420
 the very fundamental way

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.280
 that most of us

00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:02.100
 will experience

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:03.140
 the devil in our lives

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:04.180
 and I'm not talking

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:05.080
 about conscience

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:06.320
 I mean there's sometimes

00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:07.180
 I've done

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.060
 I have done some

00:27:08.060 --> 00:27:08.920
 very bad things

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.460
 in my life

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.640
 and you probably

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.240
 have done some

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.960
 very bad things

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:13.380
 in your lives as well

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.920
 things that if we were

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.500
 to share them

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.140
 openly

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.780
 we would

00:27:16.780 --> 00:27:17.600
 other people

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.620
 we would be horrified

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.140
 by it

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.600
 and there is a proper

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.560
 place for guilt

00:27:21.560 --> 00:27:23.100
 and the proper place

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.480
 of guilt

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.180
 is to realize

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.660
 that we've done

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.240
 something wrong

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.720
 and to feel

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.740
 some type of sorrow

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.019
 an appropriate amount

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.440
 of sorrow

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.900
 and to turn to God

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.920
 and ask for forgiveness

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:32.279
 and to make an amendment

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.740
 of life

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.440
 and ask forgiveness

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.100
 for the person

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:35.080
 that we have wronged

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:36.840
 and there is a sense

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.960
 whereby there can be

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.920
 an appropriate type

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.480
 of memory

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.060
 of the wrong

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:40.799
 that we have done

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.660
 but this is radically

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:44.140
 different from being

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:45.580
 locked

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.560
 and imprisoned

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.799
 in a time

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:49.120
 of accusation

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:50.680
 and condemnation

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:52.180
 that colors

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.820
 everything that you say

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.740
 and everything

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.500
 that you feel

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.480
 and all that's going

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.740
 on around you

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:59.360
 and it was

00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.680
 while I was flying back

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.200
 I was thinking

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.740
 here I am

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.779
 talking about this

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.600
 and I didn't even

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.640
 recognize that I was

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:06.019
 experiencing it

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:12.200
 and verse 9

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.400
 is so powerful

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.660
 and the great dragon

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.900
 was thrown down

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.500
 defeated

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:18.519
 that ancient serpent

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.799
 brings you up

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:21.119
 the idea of Genesis 3

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.819
 and the serpent

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:24.299
 leading to the fall

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.220
 of the human race

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:26.359
 it's the same word

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:27.400
 who is called

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.319
 the devil and Satan

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:30.079
 Hebrew and Greek words

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.539
 so that both Hebrew speakers

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.960
 and Greek and Latin speakers

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.819
 would get the point

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.900
 and both of them

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:36.160
 mean accuser

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:39.440
 destroying accuser

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:41.200
 who wants to condemn

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.460
 not just somebody

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:42.759
 who says

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.059
 yeah yeah

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:44.140
 I think that person's guilty

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.539
 it is accuser

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:47.139
 that's the very very nature

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:48.319
 of who it is

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.759
 that we have to deal with

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:51.159
 the deceiver

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:52.960
 of the whole world

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.279
 the deceiver

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.299
 the accuser

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.319
 of the whole world

00:28:56.319 --> 00:29:00.839
 and many of us

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:02.559
 maybe have not experienced

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.359
 demonic

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:05.139
 great great demonic oppression

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:07.779
 or involved in witchcraft

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:09.440
 maybe there are some in here

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:11.259
 who that's part of your story

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.839
 maybe it's part of what's brought you here

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.399
 this morning

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:14.899
 you have not yet come to Jesus

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:16.920
 but here's the fundamental thing

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:18.960
 I guess I'm going to say

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.560
 two things

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:22.000
 the first thing is this

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:26.460
 that in light of this sense

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:28.460
 of condemnation and accusation

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:31.460
 there are six really important words

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.600
 for us to learn

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:34.500
 and I meant to look it up

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.840
 I can't

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.840
 it's not my words

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.640
 it's somebody else's

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.820
 and maybe some of you will later on

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.560
 tell me who it is

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:40.960
 but it's these six very important words

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:44.340
 in my place

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:45.680
 condemned

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:47.380
 he stood

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:50.860
 the cross

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:55.920
 when Satan tempts us to despair

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.740
 word of a hymn

00:29:56.740 --> 00:30:00.319
 when we get imprisoned

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:02.180
 in condemnation

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.799
 and accusation

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:06.480
 there are human means

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.400
 that we can do

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:09.059
 and use to help with this

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:11.019
 it might be that a conversation

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.700
 with a friend

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.419
 will really help

00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:14.579
 it might be that a pat on a shoulder

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.259
 or a hug

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.919
 will really help

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.839
 it might be that

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:18.619
 like maybe in my case

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.700
 I go for a run

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:21.159
 and that can help

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:22.519
 and there are really good things

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.200
 you know a cup of tea

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.960
 a cup of coffee

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:26.319
 a friend's pat on the back

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.480
 a hug

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.039
 you know

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:30.079
 from someone who loves you

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:31.019
 just you know

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.740
 some time

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.119
 these are all good things

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:35.019
 and God doesn't

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.279
 doesn't despise

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.759
 such common

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:39.099
 ordinary means

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.639
 of grace

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.579
 and of experiencing

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.319
 his goodness

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:43.000
 but the primary thing

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.259
 that we need to remember

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.339
 and that the devil

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.399
 will want us to forget

00:30:46.399 --> 00:30:47.859
 completely and utterly about

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.859
 is as

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.879
 his voice

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.659
 is loud

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.659
 and insistent

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:52.579
 and persistent

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:54.500
 we are to remember

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.579
 I am to remember

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.659
 you are to remember

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.259
 six

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.659
 simple words

00:30:58.659 --> 00:31:00.039
 thinking about Jesus

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:01.159
 dying on the cross

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:03.019
 in his

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.720
 sorry

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:05.640
 in my place

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.620
 condemned

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.880
 he stood

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:10.080
 in my place

00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:11.019
 condemned

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.519
 he stood

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:15.100
 all those accusations

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:17.040
 all that condemnation

00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:21.100
 he loved me enough

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:22.259
 and he loved you enough

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.000
 that thought that

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.279
 it was worth it

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.200
 out of his love

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.920
 for the father

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:27.060
 and his love for you

00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:28.040
 and his love for me

00:31:28.040 --> 00:31:30.759
 that in

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.640
 in my

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.619
 place

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.920
 condemned

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.900
 he

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.980
 stood

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:40.059
 six words

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.579
 for the rest

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.180
 of your life

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.220
 in

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.940
 my

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.680
 place

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.900
 condemned

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.819
 he

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.799
 stood

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:51.859
 here's the other thing

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:53.379
 some of us

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:54.220
 will experience

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.059
 a far greater

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.940
 touch of Satan

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.700
 in our lives

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:58.319
 and I am going

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.059
 to be very

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.939
 very unhip

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.439
 and I am going

00:32:00.439 --> 00:32:00.879
 to be very

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.599
 uncool

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.319
 and

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:04.259
 I am going

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.700
 to tell you

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.059
 this

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:06.839
 have nothing

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.399
 to do with

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.220
 Ouija boards

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.039
 have nothing

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.480
 to do with

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.960
 crystals

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.139
 have nothing

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.619
 to do with

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.179
 seances

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:13.279
 have nothing

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.819
 to do with

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.319
 spells

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.179
 or any type

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.740
 of magic

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.399
 whether white

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:17.000
 or black

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.879
 have nothing

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.359
 to do with

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.399
 parapsychology

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:20.799
 do not seek

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.359
 out types

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.079
 of meditation

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.919
 or trances

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.480
 that involve

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.519
 animal guides

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.399
 or other

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:26.579
 physical objects

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.399
 as your guides

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.559
 avoid all

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.099
 mantras

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.480
 where you

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.839
 do not

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.299
 know the

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.679
 words

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.599
 or any

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.099
 type of

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.579
 repetition

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.000
 that does

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.619
 not involve

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.199
 exalting

00:32:34.199 --> 00:32:34.720
 Jesus

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:36.079
 flee from

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.919
 such things

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:37.879
 flee from

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.679
 talismans

00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.259
 flee from

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.740
 idols

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.439
 flee from

00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:41.359
 spirit guides

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:42.099
 flee from

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.599
 trying to

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.460
 learn levitation

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.480
 flee from

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.199
 learning out of

00:32:45.199 --> 00:32:46.339
 body experiences

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:48.359
 flee from

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:49.159
 seeking anything

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:49.659
 to do with

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:50.699
 extraterrestrials

00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:51.919
 any psychic

00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:53.220
 flee

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:55.220
 flee

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:57.100
 and flee

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.819
 not to

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.420
 not to

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.720
 me

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.180
 I mean

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.100
 we will

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.600
 pray for

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:00.819
 you

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:02.220
 but flee

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.319
 to

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.839
 Jesus

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:14.960
 and the

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.220
 story

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.900
 continues

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:17.360
 how's my

00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.640
 time

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.140
 we're doing

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.440
 good

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:20.100
 remember I

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.380
 said there

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.660
 was a

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.120
 subtlety

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:22.259
 so there's

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.620
 this big

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.140
 story

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:24.080
 in six

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.480
 verses

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.940
 then there's

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.340
 these three

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.960
 verses where

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.300
 there's a

00:33:26.300 --> 00:33:27.840
 focus on

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.840
 on Satan

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.180
 and his

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.580
 nature

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:30.600
 and then

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.080
 there's three

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.660
 verses in

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.280
 my in my

00:33:32.280 --> 00:33:33.220
 version ESV

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.580
 it's written

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.100
 as prose

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.460
 but it's

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.920
 actually should

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.259
 be written

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.940
 as poetry

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:37.259
 it's a hymn

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.840
 of victory

00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:38.580
 and it's

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:39.140
 verses 10

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.700
 to 12

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:41.140
 here it is

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.860
 and I

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.259
 heard a

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.800
 loud voice

00:33:42.800 --> 00:33:43.220
 in heaven

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.660
 saying

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.780
 and in

00:33:44.780 --> 00:33:45.320
 this in

00:33:45.320 --> 00:33:45.740
 the original

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.440
 language this

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.060
 word saying

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.960
 implies music

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.440
 as well

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.620
 now the

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.120
 salvation

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:51.200
 and the

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.660
 power

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.620
 and the

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.020
 kingdom

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.539
 of our

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:53.879
 God

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.599
 and the

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.119
 authority

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.460
 of his

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.859
 Christ

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.519
 have come

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.599
 for the

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.279
 accuser

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.639
 of our

00:33:58.639 --> 00:33:59.319
 brothers and

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.680
 sisters

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.099
 has been

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:01.039
 thrown down

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.480
 who accuses

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.099
 them day and

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.639
 night before

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.259
 our God

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.400
 and they

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.519
 that is those

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.920
 who are in

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.160
 Jesus

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:08.000
 have conquered

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.360
 him

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.219
 how have they

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.739
 conquered him

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.420
 because we're

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.800
 cute

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.400
 because we're

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.780
 smart

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.500
 because we have

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.480
 flush toilets

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.800
 because we know

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.360
 how to use an

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.000
 iPod

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.259
 because we think

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:17.940
 we're very very

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.420
 clever

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.460
 where we're very

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.099
 athletic

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:21.079
 where we're very

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.420
 rich

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.059
 how have we

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.760
 conquered him

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:24.000
 and they have

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.579
 conquered him

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.039
 by the blood

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.559
 of the lamb

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.579
 and by the

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.039
 word of their

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.579
 testimony

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:29.000
 for they love

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.500
 not their

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.360
 lives even

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.039
 unto death

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.340
 therefore rejoice

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.900
 oh heavens

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.380
 in you who

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.920
 dwell in

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.260
 them but

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.960
 woe to you

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.380
 oh earth

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.780
 and sea

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.340
 for the devil

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.000
 has come down

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.340
 to you in

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.920
 great wrath

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.920
 because he

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.780
 knows that

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.400
 his time

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.700
 is short

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:44.940
 I guess really

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.460
 there's a two

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.139
 point sermon

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:47.940
 in my

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.699
 place

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.839
 condemned

00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:50.519
 he

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.219
 stood

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:52.559
 the other

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.940
 point

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.920
 the devil

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.480
 is real

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.599
 he is our

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.859
 enemy

00:34:55.859 --> 00:34:56.879
 he is alive

00:34:56.879 --> 00:34:57.819
 he is active

00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:58.539
 he is doomed

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.879
 and in the face

00:34:59.879 --> 00:35:00.440
 of his

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.039
 opposition

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:02.179
 we are to

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:02.960
 testify with

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.480
 our lips

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.019
 and with our

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.420
 lives

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.940
 of our

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.299
 savior

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:05.719
 Jesus

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.259
 Christ

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:07.299
 crucified

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:09.639
 and that's

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:09.940
 what this

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.599
 tells us

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.219
 and it's

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.559
 very neat

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.960
 look again

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.239
 at verse

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:12.539
 11

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:12.819
 and they

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.299
 have conquered

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:13.500
 him

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.779
 by the

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:13.920
 blood

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.119
 of the

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.299
 lamb

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.559
 and by

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.920
 the word

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.179
 of their

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.719
 testimony

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.739
 for they

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.079
 loved not

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.599
 their lives

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:17.980
 even unto

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.219
 death

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.399
 and you

00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:18.599
 know the

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:18.939
 wonderful

00:35:18.939 --> 00:35:19.379
 thing about

00:35:19.379 --> 00:35:19.559
 that

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:19.759
 in the

00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:20.079
 original

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.639
 language

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.319
 see in

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:21.579
 English

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.859
 you can

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.000
 only

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.379
 translate

00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:23.239
 translators

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.539
 have to

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.819
 make a

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:24.139
 choice

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.459
 when they

00:35:24.459 --> 00:35:25.039
 translate

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:26.019
 a phrase

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.519
 in another

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.899
 language

00:35:26.899 --> 00:35:27.299
 which could

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.899
 be translated

00:35:27.899 --> 00:35:28.379
 equally

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:29.079
 two different

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.379
 ways

00:35:29.379 --> 00:35:29.639
 I mean

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.579
 it has a

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.139
 double meaning

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.419
 in the

00:35:31.419 --> 00:35:31.699
 original

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.099
 language

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.519
 but there's

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.059
 no English

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.459
 equivalent

00:35:33.459 --> 00:35:33.759
 to a

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:33.959
 double

00:35:33.959 --> 00:35:34.299
 meaning

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:35.279
 and this

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:35.779
 testimony

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:36.519
 and here's

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.739
 where it

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:36.919
 says

00:35:36.919 --> 00:35:37.299
 and their

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:37.819
 testimony

00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:38.759
 sorry

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.339
 by the

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:39.619
 word of

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:39.799
 their

00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.319
 testimony

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:41.000
 it also

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.439
 means

00:35:41.439 --> 00:35:42.459
 God's

00:35:42.459 --> 00:35:42.799
 it means

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.159
 not only

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.059
 it also

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.439
 is at the

00:35:46.439 --> 00:35:46.959
 same time

00:35:46.959 --> 00:35:47.239
 saying

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.819
 God's

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.219
 testimony

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.699
 about

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.179
 me

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:50.299
 it's a

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:50.779
 wonderful

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.339
 wonderful

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:51.639
 thing

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.939
 and some

00:35:51.939 --> 00:35:52.159
 of your

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.619
 translations

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.319
 might make

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:53.619
 it sound

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.039
 as if it's

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.639
 God making

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.559
 a testimony

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.459
 about me

00:35:56.459 --> 00:35:58.319
 but in the

00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:58.980
 original language

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.639
 it does both

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.119
 at the same

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.659
 time

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:02.379
 and so

00:36:02.379 --> 00:36:04.299
 in the

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:05.139
 face of

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:06.899
 in the face

00:36:06.899 --> 00:36:07.599
 of opposition

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.199
 of the devil

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:09.339
 we are to

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:10.019
 testify to

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.359
 Jesus

00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:13.079
 when Satan

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.659
 tempts me

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.359
 to despair

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.400
 I'm to

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.840
 testify

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.180
 about

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.599
 Jesus

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:18.099
 when all

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.340
 of a

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.500
 sudden

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.680
 a

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:19.340
 conversation

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.820
 at a

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.220
 Starbucks

00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:21.099
 or a

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.440
 hockey

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.860
 rink

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.900
 or in

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.120
 my

00:36:23.120 --> 00:36:23.579
 neighborhood

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.120
 or at

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.260
 my

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.740
 workplace

00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:25.300
 and the

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.940
 conversation

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.480
 could turn

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.760
 to the

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.019
 things

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.539
 of God

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.900
 and instantly

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.640
 we think

00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:30.019
 of all

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.680
 these reasons

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:31.099
 why we

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.519
 should not

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.280
 say anything

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:33.220
 we are to

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.720
 understand

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.280
 that we are

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:34.920
 being tempted

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.599
 by the devil

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.120
 to not

00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:36.840
 testify to

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.200
 Jesus

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.980
 and in the

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.400
 face of

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.920
 opposition

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.960
 we are

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.760
 to testify

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.480
 to Jesus

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.860
 and not

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.280
 only is it

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.920
 our testimony

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.680
 of him

00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:45.639
 but he

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.159
 says of

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.519
 me

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.340
 George

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:48.519
 George

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.659
 George

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:52.240
 be gripped

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.300
 by the

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.880
 gospel

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:55.619
 you are my

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.019
 disciple

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.740
 be gripped

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.139
 by the

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.599
 gospel

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:59.280
 I have

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:00.099
 chosen you

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.720
 in Jesus

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:02.000
 you are

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.460
 mine

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:04.900
 the devil

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.539
 might say

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.099
 all sorts

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.500
 of words

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.340
 of accusation

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:08.139
 against you

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.720
 but I

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:10.360
 get the

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.380
 final word

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.619
 and when

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.420
 even the

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.820
 worst

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.460
 person

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.140
 puts their

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:15.539
 faith

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.039
 and trust

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.599
 in Jesus

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.280
 then we

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.800
 know in

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.500
 advance

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.519
 what God's

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.340
 final word

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.920
 will be

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.539
 about us

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.220
 and whether

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.579
 it is

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.119
 when Jesus

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.760
 returns

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.300
 or whether

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.619
 it is

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:24.900
 that I

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.220
 die

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.780
 before he

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.280
 returns

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:27.460
 the scriptures

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.940
 tell us

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.380
 we are going

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.740
 to see it

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.099
 later on

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.400
 in the book

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.980
 of Revelation

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.260
 he says

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.820
 to us

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.940
 to you

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.320
 and me

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.500
 in Jesus

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:36.500
 I am so

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.860
 glad

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.179
 you are

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.519
 home

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:39.619
 come into

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.239
 the kingdom

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:41.320
 the place

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:41.719
 that I have

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.099
 prepared

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.579
 for you

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.500
 to spend

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.460
 all eternity

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.179
 with me

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:46.659
 as my

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.260
 precious

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:48.239
 beloved

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.860
 child

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:53.519
 very quickly

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.019
 the last

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.760
 few verses

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:56.579
 verse 13

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.260
 and when the

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:57.880
 dragon saw

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.260
 that he had

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:58.760
 been thrown

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.440
 down to the

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.619
 earth

00:37:59.619 --> 00:37:59.980
 now it is

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.360
 a different

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:00.599
 thing

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:00.840
 it is a

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.159
 different

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.599
 image

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.179
 it is

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.960
 the subtlety

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.219
 of the

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.519
 text

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.400
 and the

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.739
 subtlety

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:04.940
 of the

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.139
 text

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.340
 is going

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:05.480
 to be

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.119
 very careful

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.320
 here

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:06.800
 because the

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.159
 image of

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.480
 the woman

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.840
 is going

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.480
 to change

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.759
 it is going

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.820
 to transmorgify

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.940
 as these

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.780
 last images

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.360
 go along

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.539
 that John

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.179
 is asking

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.579
 us not

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.199
 just to race

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:15.500
 through the

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:15.900
 text and

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.219
 think that

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.539
 it is filled

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.320
 with contradictions

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:17.780
 but to

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.280
 notice a

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.739
 very very

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.280
 curious

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.800
 type of

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.599
 transformation

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.340
 that happens

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.579
 to the

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:21.800
 woman

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.500
 in this

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.079
 final

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:24.480
 final concluding

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:24.920
 vignette

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.340
 that sort

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:25.940
 of builds

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.480
 on the

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:26.900
 previous

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.599
 hymn of

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.880
 victory

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.159
 and the

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.559
 previous

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.000
 vignette

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.280
 and the

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:30.239
 opening story

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:30.940
 and to

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.340
 listen to

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.219
 who the

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.719
 woman is

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.960
 of course

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.679
 and here

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:34.860
 it has

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.500
 verse 13

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.739
 and when

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.179
 the dragon

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.659
 saw that

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:36.860
 he had

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.239
 been thrown

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.679
 down to

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:37.960
 the earth

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.539
 he pursued

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.960
 the woman

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.239
 who had

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:39.820
 given birth

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.119
 to the

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.780
 male child

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.940
 but the

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.380
 woman was

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:43.519
 given the

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.119
 two wings

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.420
 of the

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.940
 great eagle

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.500
 in other

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.920
 words the

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.559
 woman grows

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.079
 wings

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:49.019
 it's as if

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.619
 she becomes

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.199
 a completely

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.920
 new creature

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.139
 it's as if

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.579
 all of a

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.380
 sudden you're

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.719
 out there

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.139
 one day

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.539
 and you see

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.099
 a horse

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.719
 in a field

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.360
 and all of a

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:57.099
 sudden if

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.539
 the horse

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.139
 was to take

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.800
 odd wings

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.800
 and fly away

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.239
 you would know

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:00.880
 it's no longer

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.500
 a horse

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.759
 it's a different

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.239
 creature

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:03.679
 a creature

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:04.299
 of myth

00:39:04.299 --> 00:39:07.199
 like in a

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.879
 sense we have

00:39:07.879 --> 00:39:08.279
 here a little

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.819
 bit of picture

00:39:08.819 --> 00:39:09.439
 of what happens

00:39:09.439 --> 00:39:10.379
 to all of us

00:39:10.379 --> 00:39:11.279
 the bible

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:12.099
 describes that

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.579
 we become

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.579
 new creations

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.839
 like on one

00:39:14.839 --> 00:39:15.599
 level when I

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:16.779
 become a

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.679
 child of God

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.219
 through faith

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:18.659
 in Jesus

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.099
 Christ

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.719
 by faith

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.119
 of what he

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.399
 has done

00:39:20.399 --> 00:39:20.699
 for me

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.159
 upon the

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.519
 cross

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.359
 his finished

00:39:22.359 --> 00:39:22.979
 work upon

00:39:22.979 --> 00:39:23.399
 the cross

00:39:23.399 --> 00:39:24.159
 on one

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.779
 level I

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:26.299
 remain myself

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:26.779
 but another

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.319
 level I

00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:27.919
 become a

00:39:27.919 --> 00:39:28.799
 completely new

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.239
 creation

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:30.139
 it's almost

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.759
 as if I

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.599
 grow wings

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:33.279
 and so do

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.679
 you not in

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.059
 my own

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.479
 power I

00:39:34.479 --> 00:39:35.019
 can't do

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.399
 that it's

00:39:35.399 --> 00:39:36.019
 only something

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.559
 that God

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.079
 can do

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:38.199
 only God

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.579
 can do

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:38.919
 that

00:39:38.919 --> 00:39:40.739
 only God

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:44.359
 and when the

00:39:44.359 --> 00:39:44.979
 dragon saw

00:39:44.979 --> 00:39:45.599
 verse 13

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:45.819
 that he had

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.179
 been thrown

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.659
 down to the

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:46.939
 earth he

00:39:46.939 --> 00:39:47.479
 pursued the

00:39:47.479 --> 00:39:47.879
 woman who

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.179
 had given

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:48.779
 birth to the

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.279
 male child

00:39:49.279 --> 00:39:49.839
 he pursued

00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:50.319
 Israel

00:39:50.319 --> 00:39:51.419
 but the

00:39:51.419 --> 00:39:51.919
 woman was

00:39:51.919 --> 00:39:52.399
 given the

00:39:52.399 --> 00:39:53.059
 two wings

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.379
 of the

00:39:53.379 --> 00:39:54.000
 great eagle

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.619
 so that she

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.219
 might fly

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.659
 from the

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.559
 serpent into

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.019
 the wilderness

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.599
 and here we

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.139
 have all of

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.599
 the imagery

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.219
 of Exodus

00:39:59.219 --> 00:40:00.219
 and Deuteronomy

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:01.019
 and of Isaiah

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:02.199
 I will rise

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:02.980
 up on wings

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.679
 like eagles

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.360
 and all of

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.900
 the imagery

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.460
 of the Old

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.000
 Testament is

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.579
 being captured

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.960
 if you read

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.559
 a commentary

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.239
 it will go

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:08.840
 pages and

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.360
 pages and

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:09.820
 pages of

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.400
 the imagery

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:10.800
 which is

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.960
 being encapsulated

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.420
 here in

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:12.840
 these few

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.980
 words

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:15.000
 but the

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.219
 woman

00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:15.820
 verse 14

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.199
 was given

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.539
 the two

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.920
 wings of

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.519
 the great eagle

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.099
 so that she

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:18.679
 might fly

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.059
 from the

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.539
 serpent into

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.039
 the wilderness

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:21.480
 to the place

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:21.920
 where she is

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.539
 to be nourished

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.119
 once again

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:24.980
 still God's

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.320
 people

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.860
 for a time

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.380
 and times

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:28.080
 and half a time

00:40:28.080 --> 00:40:28.539
 the serpent

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:29.320
 poured water

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.880
 like a river

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.380
 out of his

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:31.140
 mouth after the

00:40:31.140 --> 00:40:31.940
 woman to sweep

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.440
 her away

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.720
 with a flood

00:40:33.720 --> 00:40:35.160
 it's an image

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:36.160
 of lies

00:40:36.160 --> 00:40:36.900
 and deception

00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:37.600
 and aggression

00:40:37.600 --> 00:40:38.360
 which he wants

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.000
 to drown

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:40.280
 the woman in

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:40.820
 but the earth

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.380
 came to the

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:41.820
 help of the

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.260
 woman and the

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.840
 earth opened

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:43.300
 its mouth

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:43.840
 and swallowed

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.280
 the river

00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:44.640
 that the

00:40:44.640 --> 00:40:45.180
 dragon had

00:40:45.180 --> 00:40:45.640
 poured from

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:46.039
 his mouth

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.900
 spewed from

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.360
 his mouth

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:49.000
 then the

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.800
 dragon became

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.580
 furious with

00:40:50.580 --> 00:40:50.940
 the woman

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.420
 and went off

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:52.180
 to make war

00:40:52.180 --> 00:40:52.740
 on the rest

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.500
 of her offspring

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.720
 on those who

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.379
 keep the

00:40:55.379 --> 00:40:55.799
 commandments

00:40:55.799 --> 00:40:56.319
 of God

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:57.019
 and hold

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.659
 the testimony

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.279
 of Jesus

00:40:58.279 --> 00:41:00.559
 and it's

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.439
 a very

00:41:01.439 --> 00:41:02.519
 powerful imagery

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.079
 and you know

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.399
 in the very

00:41:03.399 --> 00:41:04.219
 very first story

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.739
 in the six

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:05.799
 verses on one

00:41:05.799 --> 00:41:06.279
 level it's

00:41:06.279 --> 00:41:06.919
 Israel giving

00:41:06.919 --> 00:41:07.639
 birth to Messiah

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.000
 on the other

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.219
 hand

00:41:08.219 --> 00:41:09.339
 the very end

00:41:09.339 --> 00:41:09.659
 of course

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:10.480
 all of a

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.179
 nation can't

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:11.559
 give birth

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:12.139
 to a child

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.579
 so at the

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:12.899
 end of the

00:41:12.899 --> 00:41:13.339
 image it's

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:13.699
 not only

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.119
 Israel

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.599
 but it's

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.059
 Israel

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:16.919
 becoming

00:41:16.919 --> 00:41:18.039
 at that

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:18.459
 point

00:41:18.459 --> 00:41:19.759
 that God's

00:41:19.759 --> 00:41:20.579
 purposes of

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.419
 Israel become

00:41:21.419 --> 00:41:21.719
 real

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.259
 that salvation

00:41:22.259 --> 00:41:22.799
 is from the

00:41:22.799 --> 00:41:23.219
 Jews when

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:24.139
 Jesus is born

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.679
 of Mary

00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:25.859
 and now

00:41:25.859 --> 00:41:26.299
 we see

00:41:26.299 --> 00:41:27.099
 the woman

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.679
 the same

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.179
 people of

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:28.399
 God

00:41:28.399 --> 00:41:28.919
 throughout all

00:41:28.919 --> 00:41:29.259
 history

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:29.739
 the same

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.219
 people of

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:30.460
 God

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.940
 right from

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.359
 the point

00:41:31.359 --> 00:41:32.239
 of Genesis

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:33.379
 4 and on

00:41:33.379 --> 00:41:34.219
 and now

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.899
 the people of

00:41:34.899 --> 00:41:35.519
 God are not

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.299
 just Israel

00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:36.899
 but now

00:41:36.899 --> 00:41:37.819
 it is Israel

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.399
 with wings

00:41:38.399 --> 00:41:39.199
 it's describing

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:40.019
 the church

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:42.619
 it's describing

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.639
 the church

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.619
 us

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:46.440
 the church

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:47.199
 is the church

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:47.839
 and the people

00:41:47.839 --> 00:41:48.419
 who make up

00:41:48.419 --> 00:41:49.019
 the church

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:50.359
 and the devil's

00:41:50.359 --> 00:41:51.399
 war against us

00:41:51.399 --> 00:41:52.739
 see that's why

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.139
 I say

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:54.199
 the devil is

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.539
 real

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.539
 he is our

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:55.880
 enemy

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.659
 he is alive

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.320
 he is active

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:58.000
 he is doomed

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:59.079
 and in the face

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.559
 of his

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.199
 opposition

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:01.779
 we are to

00:42:01.779 --> 00:42:02.539
 testify with

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:02.980
 our lips

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.440
 and with our

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:03.800
 lives

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:04.159
 of our

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:04.679
 Savior

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:06.000
 the Lord

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.940
 Jesus Christ

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.699
 crucified

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:09.239
 I just want

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:09.799
 to close

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:11.579
 by reading

00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:12.139
 the passage

00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:12.679
 from Romans

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:13.359
 chapter 8

00:42:13.359 --> 00:42:14.019
 could you all

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.480
 stand

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.739
 you don't have

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.000
 to open

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.579
 your Bibles

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.139
 it's Romans

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:18.359
 8 verses 33

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:19.059
 and following

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:20.779
 actually I'm

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.000
 going to read

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.939
 from verse 31

00:42:21.939 --> 00:42:22.799
 and following

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:24.919
 Romans 8 31

00:42:24.919 --> 00:42:26.000
 and I just want

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.519
 to read these

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:27.219
 words over you

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.639
 and then we'll

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:27.980
 pray

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:31.639
 remember

00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:33.840
 in my

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.719
 place

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:35.860
 condemned

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.679
 he

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.579
 stood

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:40.000
 Christian life

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.960
 begins when we

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.800
 accept that

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.920
 as true of us

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.940
 and we

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.800
 it begins with

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.619
 that and it

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:46.619
 never ends

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:48.579
 every second

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:49.500
 is lived with

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.099
 it that's why

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:50.719
 we are to be

00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:52.179
 gripped by the

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:52.719
 gospel

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:53.679
 and as we're

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.400
 gripped by the

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:55.079
 gospel we're

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.900
 enabled to bring

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.760
 God glory

00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:59.980
 what then

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:00.780
 shall we say

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:05.940
 Romans

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:06.920
 chapter 8 31

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:09.740
 what shall we

00:43:09.740 --> 00:43:10.300
 then say

00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:11.280
 to these things

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:12.420
 if God is

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:13.019
 for us

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:14.599
 who can be

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.340
 against us

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:17.200
 he who did

00:43:17.200 --> 00:43:17.840
 not spare

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:18.780
 his own son

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:20.639
 I didn't think

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:20.940
 I was going

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.539
 to be emotional

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:29.239
 he who did

00:43:29.239 --> 00:43:29.880
 not spare

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.719
 his own son

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:32.039
 but gave

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.759
 him up

00:43:32.759 --> 00:43:33.480
 for us

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:35.059
 how will

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:35.480
 he not

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:36.039
 also

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:37.019
 with him

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:38.239
 graciously

00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:39.000
 give us

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:39.539
 that's you

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:39.900
 and me

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.219
 who are

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.840
 in him

00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:42.019
 all things

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:43.259
 who shall

00:43:43.259 --> 00:43:43.920
 bring any

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.340
 charge

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:44.679
 against

00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:45.139
 God's

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:45.480
 elect

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:46.300
 it is

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:46.920
 God

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.159
 who

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.880
 justifies

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:48.759
 who is

00:43:48.759 --> 00:43:48.980
 to

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.519
 condemn

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:50.360
 Christ

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:51.039
 Jesus is

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.320
 the one

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:51.900
 who died

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.640
 more than

00:43:52.640 --> 00:43:52.960
 that

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.500
 who was

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.079
 raised

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:54.700
 who is

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:54.940
 at the

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.420
 right hand

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.980
 of God

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:56.900
 who indeed

00:43:56.900 --> 00:43:58.240
 is interceding

00:43:58.240 --> 00:43:58.940
 for us

00:43:58.940 --> 00:44:00.360
 who shall

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:01.120
 separate us

00:44:01.120 --> 00:44:01.440
 from the

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:01.800
 love of

00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:02.220
 Christ

00:44:02.220 --> 00:44:02.980
 shall

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.720
 tribulation

00:44:03.720 --> 00:44:04.420
 or distress

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:05.260
 or persecution

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:06.160
 or famine

00:44:06.160 --> 00:44:07.300
 or nakedness

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:07.860
 or danger

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.640
 or sword

00:44:08.640 --> 00:44:09.380
 or having

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:10.000
 a building

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:11.240
 as it is

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:11.500
 written

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.280
 for your

00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:12.559
 sake

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:12.860
 we are

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.420
 being killed

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:14.039
 all the day

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:14.300
 long

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:14.599
 we are

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:15.280
 regarded as

00:44:15.280 --> 00:44:15.480
 sheep

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.800
 to be

00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:16.579
 slaughtered

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.099
 no

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:18.460
 in all

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:18.860
 these

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.219
 things

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:19.559
 we are

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:20.000
 more

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.259
 than

00:44:20.259 --> 00:44:21.179
 conquerors

00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:22.159
 through

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:22.920
 him

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.420
 who

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.920
 loved

00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:24.420
 us

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:25.279
 for I

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:25.460
 am

00:44:25.460 --> 00:44:25.759
 sure

00:44:25.759 --> 00:44:25.980
 that

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:26.659
 neither

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:27.339
 death

00:44:27.339 --> 00:44:27.559
 nor

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:27.980
 life

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:28.219
 nor

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 angels

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 nor

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 rulers

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 nor

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 things

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 present

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 nor

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 things

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 to

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 come

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 nor

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 powers

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 nor

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 height

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 nor

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 depth

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 nor

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 anything

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 else

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 in all

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 creation

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 will be

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 able to

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 separate

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 us

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 from the

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 love

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:40.480
 of God

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.019
 in

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:41.420
 Christ

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:41.980
 Jesus

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.579
 our

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.059
 Lord

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 do I

00:44:44.339 --> 00:44:44.599
 hear an

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 Amen

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:46.900
 Let's

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 pray

00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:50.079
 Father we

00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:50.519
 ask that

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 your Holy

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:51.659
 Spirit would

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:51.880
 move

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.460
 mightily in

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:52.740
 us that

00:44:52.740 --> 00:44:53.059
 we would

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.699
 be gripped

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:54.139
 by the

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:54.820
 gospel that

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.099
 you would

00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:55.500
 make us

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:56.360
 disciples that

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 are day

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.480
 by day

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 gripped by

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 the gospel

00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:00.179
 to bring

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:00.860
 glory to

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:01.860
 you we

00:45:01.860 --> 00:45:02.240
 give you

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 thanks and

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.420
 praise that

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:04.519
 for Jesus

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.159
 on his

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:05.880
 cross that

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.920
 in my

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.740
 place in

00:45:07.740 --> 00:45:08.440
 our place

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:09.019
 condemned

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:09.760
 he stood

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:11.559
 Father this

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:12.320
 truth of the

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:13.039
 gospel may

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:13.599
 it grip

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.780
 us may

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:15.340
 it grip

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.780
 us and

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:16.460
 transform

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.160
 and push

00:45:17.160 --> 00:45:17.720
 and pull

00:45:17.720 --> 00:45:18.300
 and shape

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 and ground

00:45:18.840 --> 00:45:19.760
 how we

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:20.260
 live our

00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:21.480
 day how

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:22.100
 we confess

00:45:22.100 --> 00:45:23.000
 our sins

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:24.019
 how we

00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:24.980
 testify to

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:26.040
 you how

00:45:26.040 --> 00:45:26.440
 we are

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.260
 bold for

00:45:27.260 --> 00:45:27.660
 you how

00:45:27.660 --> 00:45:28.000
 we are

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.960
 humbled by

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:29.580
 for you

00:45:29.580 --> 00:45:30.200
 and humble

00:45:30.200 --> 00:45:30.740
 for you

00:45:30.740 --> 00:45:31.840
 Father may

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:32.360
 it grip

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:33.280
 us and

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:33.720
 we ask

00:45:33.720 --> 00:45:34.420
 this in

00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:34.720
 the name

00:45:34.720 --> 00:45:35.220
 of Jesus

00:45:35.220 --> 00:45:36.000
 your son

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:36.600
 and our

00:45:36.600 --> 00:45:36.980
 savior

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:38.040
 Amen