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 Um, what that means is, uh, that my, my charge is to help you understand the mnemonic realm.

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 Okay.

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 What motivates demons?

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 What frightens demons?

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 How they seek to beguile you or ensnare you and how we might seek to undermine them.

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 It is a lofty topic.

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 It is a topic that I will not at all exhaust tonight.

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 It is, um, been the subject of countless volumes and countless, um, essays.

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 And there's just so much information.

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 You can't really fit it into a matter of 45 minutes, but we're going to do the best that

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 we can to give you guys a brief synopsis of who you're dealing with and how to deal with

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 them.

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 Um, a couple of weeks ago, I started by talking about just why we're here.

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 We're here to engage brokenness, right?

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 To partner with Jesus Christ in engaging brokenness ever since the fall of man, which is, you know,

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 Satan's first, um, I guess, scene in the, uh, in the play of, in the play of, uh, eternity.

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 Uh, he tempts Adam and Eve.

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 They fall.

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 Sin happens.

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 Okay.

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 The world, all of creation is affected.

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 All of it is corrupted by sin.

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 Ever since then, God in Jesus Christ has been redeeming it.

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 He's been in this process of constant redemption.

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 Um, and there's, and there's redemption taking place on all different kinds of levels.

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 There, there's redemption taking place on societal levels, uh, civic levels, communal levels,

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 interpersonal levels between two people and then personal levels.

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 Okay.

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 Um, his redemption is not limited to just simply, uh, salvation of sin.

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 It is that it's absolutely that it's the most important part about it, but it's also

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 redemption of everything.

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 Okay.

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 He intends to redeem everything in the end that can be redeemed.

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 Certain things like we talked about a couple of weeks ago, cannot be.

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 So then last week, Clay came and he began to open up this series of sin and temptation.

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 Okay.

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 Because at the heart of redemption is the heart.

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 Okay.

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 No true redemption happens apart from the heart really, truly being changed, transformed.

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 So God starts with the heart.

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 And then through the change of that heart, the creation of new desires, he begins to work

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 out that redemption in their life, in their relationships, in their communities, in their

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 societies.

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 And so God's plan begins in our heart.

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 Okay.

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 This is just a setup, kind of a contrast for what Satan's plan is.

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 I want to read you this somewhat lengthy quote by, uh, by John Wesley.

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 This is really awesome.

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 This is exactly what my heart was.

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 I didn't read this till this week, so I didn't really have this in my possession to read to

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 you guys a couple of weeks ago.

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 But this is exactly what the kingdom of God is.

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 And this is exactly what Satan is attempting to thwart.

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 He says this.

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 Let me just say this before I read the quote.

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 If God's will is to engage creation's brokenness, then Satan's will is to maintain it.

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 Okay.

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 If God's purpose is to redeem the brokenness of all creation, then Satan's intention is

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 to maintain the brokenness and to further it.

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 Here goes John Wesley.

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 The devices whereby the subtle God of this world, which is a name for Satan, labors to

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 destroy the children of God, or at least to torment whom he to torment whom he cannot

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 destroy to perplex and hinder them in running the race which is set before them are numberless

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 as the stars of heaven or the sand upon the seashore.

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 That's his devices are.

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 So his methods are.

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 But it is his chief device that he endeavors to divide the gospel against itself and by

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 one part of it to overthrow the other.

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 Here we go.

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 The inward kingdom of heaven.

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 This is what happens when you get saved.

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 The inward kingdom of heaven, which is set up in the hearts of all that repent and believe

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 in the gospel, is no other than righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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 That's Romans 14.

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 17.

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 Every babe in Christ knows we are made partakers of these the very hour that we believe in Jesus.

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 But these are only the first fruits of his Spirit.

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 The harvest is not yet.

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 Although these blessings are inconceivably great, yet we trust to see greater than these.

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 We trust to love the Lord our God, not only as we do now with the weak, though sincere

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 affection, but with all of our heart, with all of our soul, with all of our mind, with

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 all of our strength.

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 We look for power to rejoice always, to pray without ceasing, and in everything to give

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 thanks, knowing this is the will of God for us in Christ Jesus.

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 That's 1 Thessalonians 5.18.

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 We expect to be made perfect in love, in that which casts out all painful fear and all desire,

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 but that of glorifying him we love.

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 And of loving and serving him more and more.

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 We look for such an increase in the experimental knowledge and love of God, our Savior, as will

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 enable us always to walk in the light as he is in the light.

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 We believe the whole mind will be in us, which it was in Christ Jesus, that we shall love

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 every man so as to be ready to lay down our life for his sake, so as by his love to be

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 freed from anger and pride and from every unkind affection.

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 We expect to be cleansed from all our idols, from all filthiness, whether of flesh or spirit,

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 to be saved from all our uncleanness, inward and outward, to be purified as he is pure.

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 Let's meet the fuel of the love.

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 We trust in his promise, who cannot lie, that the time will surely come when in every word

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 and work we shall do his blessed will on earth as it is done in heaven.

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 When all our conversations shall be seasoned with salt, all meet to minister grace to the

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 hearers, when whether we eat or drink or whatever we do, it shall be done to the glory of God.

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 When all our words and deeds shall be in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks unto God,

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 even the Father through him.

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 Now, this is the grand device of Satan to destroy the first work of God in the soul,

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 or at least to hinder its increase.

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 Okay, so that was a very comprehensive definition of what it means for the kingdom of heaven to

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 be on earth.

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 Meaning what?

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 God's will is being acted out by every facet of creation on earth, perfectly.

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 One day it will be like that.

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 You can read it in Revelation, you can read it elsewhere in the Old Testament.

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 One day it will be literally heaven on earth.

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 God's will being acted out in every form and fashion, through every single person and being,

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 every conscious soul, literally acted out to the glory of God.

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 God's will is perfectly followed by us.

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 There is no pride.

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 There is no mourning.

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 There is no weeping.

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 There is no sadness.

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 There is no anything except for what God intends for it to be.

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 Perfect love relationship with Jesus.

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 Perfect love and will towards our fellow man.

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 And Paul in 1 Thessalonians sums it up by saying that it's righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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 Okay?

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 And that's exactly what Satan intends to afford and to undermine,

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 is that we would experience that in varying degrees, increasing degrees in this life.

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 And being constantly redeemed, he wants us to constantly be destroyed.

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 Okay?

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 So I have four little points and I have some alliteration to kind of go with this.

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 First one is perspective change.

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 Perspective change.

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 C.S. Lewis once said,

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 There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils.

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 One is to disbelieve in their existence.

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 The other is to believe and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.

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 They themselves are equally pleased by both errors

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 and hail a materialist or a magician with the same delight.

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 End quote.

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 Now what do you think we here in America deal with most?

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 At least in our context, here in Dahlonega.

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 Is it an overemphasis of demons or is it an underemphasis?

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 Underemphasis.

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 Certainly.

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 We don't hardly think of them.

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 We don't even consider them to be in our daily lives.

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 We don't even really consider that they might be all around us at times.

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 Angels as well.

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 We don't think about things as we should.

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 During World War II,

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 Nazi soldiers would tell the inmates they were going to get a shower.

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 When really they were doing what?

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 Going to the gas chamber.

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 Satan would have you go to hell compliantly

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 rather than kicking and screaming.

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 He prefers

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 to be unseen.

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 People wrongly

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 misconstrue the devil

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 by thinking of him as

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 a little red creature that runs around

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 and is chaotic

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 and is involved in all kinds of chaos

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 and he's not organized.

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 The devil is more like

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 a CEO of a massive Fortune 500 company

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 that is in charge of everything underneath the sun.

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 He is the God of this world, the scripture says.

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 And there's things that he's doing that we don't see.

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 There's a reality in this world

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 that we need to come to grips with as well.

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 That there are real souls

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 and there is a real hell

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 and there is a real heaven

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 and there is a real war being waged

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 for those souls.

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 I want to read you a cool story from 2 Kings.

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 Go to 2 Kings 6.

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 This is hopefully to help our perspective

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 be changed a little bit.

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 This is a really neat story

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 that I came across this past week.

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 2 Kings 6.

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 Beginning in verse 8.

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 Now the king of Aram

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 was warring against Israel

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 and he counseled with his servants saying,

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 In such and such a place

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 shall be my camp.

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 And the man of God,

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 which is actually Elisha in this context.

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 Whenever it says the man of God

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 it's referring to Elisha.

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 And the man of God

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 sent word to the king of Israel saying,

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 Beware that you do not pass this place

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 for the Arameans

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 are coming down there.

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 And the king of Israel sent to the place

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 about which the man of God had told him.

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 Thus he warned him

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 so that he guarded himself there

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 more than once or twice.

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 Now the heart of the king of Aram

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 was enraged over this thing.

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 And he called his servants

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 and said to them,

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 Will you tell me which of us

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 is for the king of Israel?

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 And one of his servants said,

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 No, my lord, O king.

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 But Elisha, the prophet who was in Israel,

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 tells the king of Israel

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 the words that you speak in your bedroom.

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 So he said,

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 Go and see where he is

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 that I may send and take him.

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 And it was told him saying,

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 Behold, he is in Dothan.

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 Okay, so pause in the story real quick.

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 What's going on is

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 this king hates Israel,

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 wants to destroy them,

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 sets up a plan to do so.

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 Elisha is given a vision of this by God,

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 tells the king of Israel,

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 Hey, don't go to this place

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 because they're setting up a trap for you.

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 Then it says,

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 More than just once or twice.

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 This has happened several times.

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 And the king from the Arameans

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 is furious.

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 And he's like,

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 Who is Elisha?

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 Who is this guy that keeps thwarting all my plans?

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 I keep setting up these,

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 you know,

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 points of attack.

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 And every time that I do,

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 he comes up underneath me

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 and tells the king of Israel

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 and they don't come my way

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 and I don't get to capture them.

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 So he's continually frustrated.

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 He's beginning to hate Elisha.

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 And he says,

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 Where is Elisha?

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 I'm going to find him and kill him.

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 So he's in Dothan, right?

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 Picking up in verse 14.

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 And he sent horses and chariots

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 and a great army there.

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 And they came by night

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 and surrounded the city.

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 This is where Elisha was.

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 Now when the attendant

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 or the servant of the man of God,

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 Elisha,

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 had risen early and gone out,

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 behold,

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 an army with horses and chariots

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 was encircling the city.

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 And his servant said to him,

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 Alas, my master,

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 what shall we do?

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 Okay?

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 So the king had sent an army

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 to go kill one man, Elisha.

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 Elisha's servant wakes up,

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 goes and looks outside

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 and sees this massive army

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 surrounding the mountainside

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 and says,

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 Oh my gosh,

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 what are we going to do?

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 Goes and asks Elisha,

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 Elisha,

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 what are we going to do?

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 This is insane.

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 Picks up in verse 16.

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 So he answered,

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 Do not fear,

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 for those who are with us

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 are more than those who are with them.

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 Then Elisha prayed and said,

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 Oh Lord, I pray,

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 open his eyes that he may see

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 and the Lord opened

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 the servant's eyes

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 and he saw

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 and behold,

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 the mountain was full of horses

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 and chariots of fire

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 all around Elisha.

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 And when they came down to him,

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 Elisha prayed to the Lord

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 and said,

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 Strike the people with blindness,

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 I pray.

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 So he struck them with blindness

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 according to the word of Elisha.

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 Then Elisha said to them,

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 This is not the way,

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 nor is this the city.

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 Follow me and I will bring you

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 to the man whom you seek.

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 And he brought them to Samaria.

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 Now it came about

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 that when they had come

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 into Samaria

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 that Elisha said,

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 Oh Lord,

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 open the eyes of these men

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 that they may see.

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 So the Lord opened their eyes

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 and they saw

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 and behold,

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 they were in the midst of Samaria.

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 That was Israelite territory.

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 So you got that?

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 These men are surrounding the city.

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 Elisha isn't fearful.

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 Why?

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 He prays for his servant.

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 Lord,

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 please open his eyes

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 that he may see

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 what I see.

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 And then all of a sudden

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 the servant opens his eyes

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 and he sees

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 all these chariots

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 of fire,

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 angels

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 surrounding them.

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 And he says,

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 See,

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 we have them outnumbered.

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 They don't have as many soldiers

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 as we do.

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 Then,

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 they go out to meet them.

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 Right?

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 This army comes to meet Elisha.

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 They didn't see the angels.

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 They were going to come

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 take Elisha.

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 Elisha prays,

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 Lord,

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 strike them down with blindness.

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 So they all become blind.

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 A whole army is blinded.

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 Elisha then tells them,

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 Hey,

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 the man that you're looking for

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 isn't in here.

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 He can't be found here.

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 He's actually down

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 to the next city.

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 I'll take you there.

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 Takes him down

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 to Israelite territory.

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 Sure enough,

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 in the story,

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 opens their blinded eyes

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 and they see that

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 they're in captivity

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 of Israel.

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 Okay?

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 There is a reality

00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:45.019
 in this world

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 that we don't see

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 and that we cannot detect

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 empirically.

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 You can't taste it.

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 You can't touch it.

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 You can't see it.

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 You can't feel it.

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 You can't hear it.

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 But it's still there.

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 And so we,

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 living in a materialist society,

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 want to say,

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 well,

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 if I can't see it

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 or feel it

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 or so on and so forth,

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 I don't want to believe in it.

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 If it's not observable,

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 I'm not going to believe it.

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 Science is going to reason you away

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 in time.

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 So Satan hides behind science

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 and Satan hides behind

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 that kind of reasoning

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 and says,

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 maybe you don't see me

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 or feel me

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 or touch me

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 or whatever,

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 but I'm still very much

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 intimately involved

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 in your life

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 and I'm still very much

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 intimately involved

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 in your society

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 and I'm doing things

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 that you can't perceive.

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 Okay?

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 So this text

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 is meant to open up

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 for you guys

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 the reality

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 that there are

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 spiritual forces

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 of wickedness

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 and there are

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 spiritual forces

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 that are good

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 in this world.

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 Don't be constrained

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 as you're simply

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 thinking about things

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 in light of what

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 you can see

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 or feel.

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 There's real conflict

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 in this world

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 that we need to come

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 to grips with.

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 I'll give you

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 one more quick example.

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 This is from

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 Matthew 26,

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 53.

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 Just a side note,

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 these things

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 are really perceived

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 by faith.

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 Okay?

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 So if you don't

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 have faith,

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 which the world

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 that we live in

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 does not,

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 they don't see

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 these things.

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 They don't see

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 that there are

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 demons and devils.

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 They don't see

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 that there are

00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.619
 spiritual forces

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 working against

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 us all.

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 They don't see

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 the trap that

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 they don't see

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 the gas chamber

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 that we've been

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 enabled to see

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 by faith,

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 if that makes sense.

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 They're living

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 in ignorance.

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 In Matthew 26,

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 verse 53,

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 really,

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 let's go back

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 to 51.

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 This is during

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 Jesus' betrayal

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 and arrest.

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 It says this

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 in 51,

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 And behold,

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 one of those

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.779
 who were with Jesus,

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 this is,

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:52.980
 we learn later,

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:53.319
 Peter,

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.059
 reached and drew

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.839
 out his sword

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 and struck the slave

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 of the high priest

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 and cut off his ear.

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 Then Jesus said to him,

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.640
 put your sword

00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.579
 back into its place.

00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:02.160
 For all those

00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:03.000
 who take up the sword

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.519
 shall perish by the sword.

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.240
 53,

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 Or do you think

00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:08.759
 that I cannot

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.819
 appeal to my father

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:11.559
 and he will at once

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 put at my disposal

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.380
 more than twelve

00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:14.680
 legions of angels?

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.480
 So Jesus saw

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.059
 the same thing

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.860
 that Elisha saw,

00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:21.299
 which was that

00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:23.440
 if I simply said

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.759
 the word,

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.460
 if I wanted it

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:24.880
 to happen,

00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.380
 I could ask my father

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 and he could send

00:18:27.320 --> 00:18:28.200
 twelve legions

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.680
 of angels,

00:18:28.800 --> 00:18:29.180
 a legion was

00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:29.700
 six thousand,

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 so roughly

00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:31.380
 seventy-two thousand

00:18:31.380 --> 00:18:32.600
 plus angels

00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:33.800
 at my disposal.

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 If I needed

00:18:35.300 --> 00:18:36.120
 your help,

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.800
 I would have

00:18:36.800 --> 00:18:37.400
 asked for it.

00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:40.220
 And so he's

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.800
 rebuking Peter,

00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:41.200
 but it's also,

00:18:41.300 --> 00:18:41.680
 we can learn

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.280
 something from this

00:18:42.280 --> 00:18:43.020
 about the spiritual

00:18:43.020 --> 00:18:43.700
 world, right?

00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:44.520
 It's there,

00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:45.040
 it's present,

00:18:45.080 --> 00:18:45.600
 we don't see it

00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.020
 all the time,

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.160
 but it's a reality.

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.820
 So these are just

00:18:50.820 --> 00:18:51.660
 biblical illustrations

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:53.779
 of things that

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.400
 we don't necessarily

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:55.040
 always see.

00:18:56.300 --> 00:18:56.540
 Okay,

00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:57.100
 so we need to

00:18:57.100 --> 00:18:57.680
 have a perspective

00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:58.160
 change.

00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:00.259
 Secondly,

00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.340
 personality

00:19:04.340 --> 00:19:05.060
 diagnosis.

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.340
 Personality

00:19:08.340 --> 00:19:09.000
 diagnosis.

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.519
 There's a lot

00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:13.940
 of things we can

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.540
 learn about Satan

00:19:14.540 --> 00:19:15.220
 from his names.

00:19:16.840 --> 00:19:17.220
 Okay,

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.940
 the Bible describes

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.580
 him as a thief.

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:21.720
 So he intends

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.579
 to steal something.

00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.339
 He describes him

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:25.099
 as the father of

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:25.579
 lies,

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:26.859
 meaning that

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:28.259
 all lives

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:30.359
 are from him

00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:31.599
 in some way.

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.919
 He's the

00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:34.740
 originator of them.

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.659
 He births them.

00:19:36.939 --> 00:19:37.879
 He incites them.

00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:40.139
 Next,

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.099
 he's described

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.639
 as a lion,

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.519
 so he's fierce.

00:19:43.199 --> 00:19:43.819
 He's described

00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.279
 as the God

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.779
 of the world,

00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:45.519
 meaning he has

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.259
 rule,

00:19:46.899 --> 00:19:47.740
 he has dominion

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.559
 over the things

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.019
 in this world.

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.619
 It's not necessarily

00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.179
 saying that he's

00:19:50.179 --> 00:19:51.139
 the God of this world.

00:19:51.919 --> 00:19:52.319
 In fact,

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.119
 how many of you

00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:54.059
 believe that Satan

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.839
 is the opposite

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:56.099
 of God?

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.339
 Would you say

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:58.619
 that Satan

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.099
 is the opposite

00:19:59.099 --> 00:19:59.539
 of God?

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.359
 No?

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.039
 Yes?

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.179
 Yes?

00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:06.079
 This is one of

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.859
 the best things

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.440
 that I've found out

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.119
 this entire week.

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.339
 My,

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.539
 probably the richest

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.519
 thing that I've seen

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:12.419
 is that Satan

00:20:12.419 --> 00:20:13.259
 is not the opposite

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.720
 of God.

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.419
 Okay?

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:18.019
 Because in order

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.600
 to be the opposite

00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:19.160
 of God,

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.860
 he would have

00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.620
 to possess

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:21.820
 the same exact

00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:22.840
 qualities of God

00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:25.000
 except in a depraved

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.279
 way.

00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:27.820
 So,

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.380
 if God is

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:28.980
 perfect goodness,

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.920
 he'd have to be

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.860
 perfect badness.

00:20:32.600 --> 00:20:33.000
 But,

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.000
 by definition,

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:34.259
 right,

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.200
 if God is sovereign,

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.660
 then Satan

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.400
 couldn't be sovereign.

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.600
 Somebody that's

00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:39.820
 sovereign

00:20:39.820 --> 00:20:40.700
 rules over everything.

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:42.820
 So,

00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.759
 Satan's not that way.

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.220
 So,

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.019
 we learn things.

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:47.440
 Satan is the opposite

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:47.960
 of God

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:49.259
 only in one way

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.819
 and that is

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.539
 in his intentions.

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.440
 Okay?

00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.379
 His intentions,

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:53.079
 his desires,

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.619
 his ways,

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.059
 his methods,

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:54.759
 his motivations,

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:55.960
 and his dealings

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.379
 with men

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:57.440
 are in total

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.119
 opposite to

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.619
 what God

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.400
 desires.

00:20:59.500 --> 00:20:59.619
 But,

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.559
 he is in no way

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.639
 co-equal with God.

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:03.759
 Not omnipotent,

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.720
 not omnipresent,

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:05.839
 not omniscient,

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.879
 not autonomous,

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.660
 not sovereign,

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.339
 not infinite.

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.019
 And,

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.379
 he doesn't have

00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:09.720
 the ability

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.279
 to create.

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.400
 Okay?

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.559
 So,

00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.220
 this whole notion

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.680
 that Jesus,

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.180
 you know,

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.560
 like God

00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:14.940
 is on this

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.320
 side of my

00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:15.620
 shoulder

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.279
 and Satan's

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.580
 on this

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:16.920
 side of my

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.160
 shoulder

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.799
 is really

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.420
 just nonsense.

00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.799
 He is not

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.700
 equal with God.

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.880
 What God

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.700
 says goes.

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.720
 We see the

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.519
 power of this

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.980
 displayed in

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.580
 stories like

00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:31.860
 Job,

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.080
 right?

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.060
 You go to the

00:21:34.060 --> 00:21:34.440
 Old Testament,

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:34.840
 you see the

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.380
 story of Job,

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.019
 you see where

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:37.799
 Satan has to

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.160
 go and get

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.820
 permission from

00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:39.440
 God to tempt

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.820
 Job.

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:43.139
 God even

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.299
 says,

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:43.500
 have you

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.759
 considered

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.359
 my servant

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.659
 Job?

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.159
 And,

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.000
 Satan has

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.220
 to,

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.619
 again,

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.059
 get permission

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.339
 to do

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:50.240
 other things.

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.599
 God says,

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.039
 you can tempt

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.139
 him,

00:21:51.179 --> 00:21:51.460
 you can take

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:51.720
 these things

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.059
 away from

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.179
 him,

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.619
 but you

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.000
 can't hurt

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.419
 his health.

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.220
 Then,

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:54.500
 of course,

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:54.960
 he goes,

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.059
 does all

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.539
 these things.

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:58.019
 Job persists

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.259
 in his

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.819
 obedience and

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.220
 his submission

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.700
 to God,

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.559
 does not

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.039
 sin against

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.399
 God,

00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:01.919
 and then

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.259
 Satan goes

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.599
 back and

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:02.759
 says,

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:02.879
 well,

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.220
 the reason

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.599
 why he's

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:03.759
 not

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.000
 sinning

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.200
 against

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.399
 you

00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:04.779
 is

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.359
 because

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.699
 you haven't

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.019
 taken away

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.399
 his health.

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:07.919
 He still

00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.399
 has that

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.000
 to hold

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.379
 on to.

00:22:09.719 --> 00:22:09.979
 Then he

00:22:09.979 --> 00:22:10.119
 says,

00:22:10.199 --> 00:22:10.319
 fine,

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:10.699
 take away

00:22:10.699 --> 00:22:11.000
 his health.

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.459
 So God

00:22:11.459 --> 00:22:11.959
 gives him

00:22:11.959 --> 00:22:12.359
 permission

00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:12.919
 again to

00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.259
 go and

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.439
 tempt.

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:14.939
 So that's

00:22:14.939 --> 00:22:15.339
 an incredibly

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.859
 important thing

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.240
 for us to

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.559
 grasp,

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:16.959
 is that

00:22:16.959 --> 00:22:17.859
 Satan has

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.339
 no power

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:18.659
 that isn't

00:22:18.659 --> 00:22:19.019
 given to

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.219
 him.

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.339
 He can't

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:22.719
 do anything

00:22:22.719 --> 00:22:23.339
 to us

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.199
 unless God

00:22:24.199 --> 00:22:24.740
 allows it

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.259
 or enables

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:26.339
 it by

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.639
 allowing

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:26.839
 him.

00:22:31.459 --> 00:22:32.019
 He may

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.479
 despise

00:22:32.479 --> 00:22:32.759
 God,

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.039
 he may

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.500
 hate his

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.779
 son,

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:35.859
 but it's

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.299
 because he

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.599
 can't

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.399
 be God.

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.259
 Isn't

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.559
 that why

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:39.960
 he fell

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.740
 initially?

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.720
 Because he

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.059
 wanted to

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.500
 be like

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.859
 God?

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.160
 But he

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.440
 couldn't.

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:46.859
 And so

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.279
 God

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.299
 authoritatively

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.859
 threw him

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.200
 down to

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.559
 earth.

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.660
 He cursed

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.420
 him and

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.700
 the other

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:54.980
 devil's

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.240
 with him.

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.539
 You can

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.879
 also learn

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.039
 a little

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.940
 bit about

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.720
 devils and

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.139
 about their

00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:02.920
 nature in

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.200
 seeing the

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.399
 way that

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.900
 they respond

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.300
 to Jesus

00:23:04.300 --> 00:23:04.580
 in the

00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:04.700
 New

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.019
 Testament.

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.240
 Go to

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.480
 Matthew

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:07.759
 8.

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:07.820
 Matthew

00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:07.759
 8.

00:23:27.280 --> 00:23:27.880
 This is

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.340
 just one

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:28.860
 example of

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.160
 many,

00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:30.740
 but it's

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.160
 really good

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.440
 when it

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.240
 comes to

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.660
 seeing how

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.060
 the devil

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.620
 responds.

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.960
 It says

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.200
 this in

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.759
 verse 28.

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.019
 And when

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.240
 he had

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.660
 come to

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:40.920
 the other

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.480
 side into

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.019
 the country

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:43.000
 of the

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.500
 Gadarenes,

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:43.980
 two men

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:47.620
 who were

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.200
 demon-possessed

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.759
 met him

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.440
 as they

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.840
 were coming

00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:50.220
 out of

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.700
 the tombs.

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.100
 They were

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.920
 so exceedingly

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:53.019
 violent that

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.519
 no one could

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.180
 pass by that

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.420
 road.

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:55.700
 And behold,

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.940
 they cried

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.400
 out saying,

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:57.800
 what do we

00:23:57.800 --> 00:23:58.240
 have to do

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.720
 with you,

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.240
 son of

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.500
 God?

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.320
 Have you

00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:00.840
 come here to

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:01.300
 torment us

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.700
 before the

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.000
 time?

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.319
 So this

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:07.700
 is an

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.619
 example of

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:11.359
 two exceedingly

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.039
 violent demons

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.740
 that could not

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.700
 be in any

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:13.839
 way,

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.019
 shape,

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.519
 or form

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:16.000
 constrained.

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.940
 That upon

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.879
 simply seeing

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.419
 Jesus,

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.000
 they go

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.480
 before him

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.700
 and they

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.180
 ask,

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:24.319
 what are you

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.639
 doing here?

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:24.899
 What are you

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.240
 doing with

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.460
 us?

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.099
 Is it time

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:28.460
 for us to be

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.319
 condemned into

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.539
 hell?

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.259
 Are you

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.639
 coming to

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.500
 throw us

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.799
 into the

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.579
 pit before

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.200
 the end

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.399
 of the

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.720
 age?

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.200
 They saw

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.079
 themselves in

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.799
 subjection to

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.419
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.980
 Completely and

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.319
 totally in

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.759
 subjection.

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.460
 And no

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.119
 demon ever

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.659
 resisted

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:43.059
 Jesus when

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.419
 he wanted to

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:43.779
 cast them

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:43.980
 out.

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.579
 So there

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.119
 is power

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.839
 in Christ,

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.939
 absolute and

00:24:49.939 --> 00:24:50.399
 sovereign power

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:50.899
 in Christ,

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.559
 over the

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.139
 demonic realm.

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.619
 Another

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.159
 verse is in

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:57.119
 James 2.19,

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.700
 it says this,

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.140
 we believe

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.460
 that God

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.759
 is one,

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.539
 that's good.

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.279
 The demons

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.180
 also believe

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.000
 and shudder.

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.319
 They're

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.759
 fearful.

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:04.960
 They're

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.200
 frightened by

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.720
 Christ,

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.799
 which is one

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.100
 of the answers

00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:08.380
 to my

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.240
 question from

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.539
 earlier.

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.860
 What frightens

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.319
 demons?

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.539
 Jesus does.

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.160
 You don't

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.519
 frighten

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.799
 demons.

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.700
 Your words

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.240
 don't frighten

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.519
 demons.

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.519
 The scripture

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.279
 itself does

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.900
 not frighten

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.360
 demons.

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:22.740
 Okay?

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.519
 Somebody's

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.319
 saying arbitrarily

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.920
 to a demon,

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:27.160
 be gone,

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:29.799
 means nothing.

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.900
 In fact,

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.200
 a lot of times

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.539
 when you see

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:33.880
 things like

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.340
 Benny Hinn,

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.480
 these stage

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.140
 performances in

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.519
 which people

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:36.900
 come up and

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.360
 they're supposedly

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:37.880
 demon possessed,

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.380
 maybe they are

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.799
 demon possessed,

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.580
 and then the

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:39.900
 demons,

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.299
 you know,

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.660
 they're shaking

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:42.980
 and stuff,

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.799
 and Benny Hinn

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.420
 casts them out

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.759
 and they fall

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.059
 on the floor

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.259
 and they're

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.779
 flopping around.

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:47.000
 That is so,

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.860
 that is not

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:50.600
 spiritual warfare.

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:50.900
 Okay?

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.519
 That is Satan

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.140
 playing around

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.640
 with Satan.

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.200
 That is not

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.680
 God.

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.180
 Okay?

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.319
 When Jesus

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.380
 cast demons

00:25:59.380 --> 00:25:59.660
 out,

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.080
 they didn't

00:26:00.080 --> 00:26:00.680
 flop around

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.400
 on the ground.

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:01.799
 They either

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.059
 looked like

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.299
 they were

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.720
 dead,

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.220
 and then

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.720
 Jesus raised

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.039
 them up,

00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:04.279
 or they

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.059
 were completely

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.860
 somber

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:08.059
 and calm

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.460
 and had

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.960
 their mind

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.440
 and their

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.080
 wits about

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.299
 them.

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:10.880
 There was

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:12.580
 no transitional

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.019
 period.

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.440
 Okay?

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.759
 So,

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.620
 demons are

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.100
 oftentimes

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.720
 playing around

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.180
 with demons,

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.120
 deceiving people

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.600
 by thinking

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.000
 that they have

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.420
 power over

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.680
 demons

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:20.900
 when they

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.160
 don't have

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.519
 power over

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.779
 demons.

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.340
 The only

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:22.620
 thing that

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.240
 legitimately

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.819
 scares a

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.580
 demon is

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.380
 Jesus Christ,

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.680
 and it

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.120
 scares them

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.620
 a lot.

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:28.719
 So,

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.119
 understanding

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.739
 our spiritual

00:26:29.739 --> 00:26:30.599
 warfare against

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:34.179
 Satan needs

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:34.779
 to always be

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.159
 in light of

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.639
 the fact that

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:35.899
 the only

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.279
 thing that

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.799
 we have

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.019
 that's

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.439
 powerful

00:26:37.439 --> 00:26:37.879
 against

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.319
 them is

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.559
 Jesus.

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.899
 But in

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.279
 Christ,

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.359
 we have

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.779
 all power,

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.019
 right?

00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:45.039
 Turn to

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.439
 Colossians

00:26:45.439 --> 00:26:45.879
 really quickly.

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:48.239
 We were in

00:26:48.239 --> 00:26:48.659
 this book

00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:52.339
 last semester,

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:56.519
 and I

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.859
 want you to

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.339
 notice the

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.699
 language,

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.359
 the similarity

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.799
 of the

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.480
 language between

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.639
 the verse we

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:01.939
 read from

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.559
 Ephesians and

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.519
 Ephesians 6.12

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:06.639
 describing our

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.259
 enemy, that it's

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.819
 not against flesh

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.079
 and love,

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.779
 it's against

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.500
 spiritual forces

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.959
 and all those

00:27:09.959 --> 00:27:10.419
 things, the

00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:11.220
 powers of

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.559
 darkness.

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.399
 And then

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.379
 listen to

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.339
 Colossians 1,

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:18.319
 13 through

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.939
 16.

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:22.039
 for He,

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.279
 that's

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.740
 Jesus,

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.660
 delivered us

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:24.940
 from the

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.460
 domain of

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.140
 darkness and

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.799
 transferred us

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.080
 to the

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:27.580
 kingdom of

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.120
 His beloved

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:30.680
 Son, in

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.100
 whom we have

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.720
 redemption, the

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.279
 forgiveness of

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.860
 sins, and He

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.539
 is the image of

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.059
 the invisible

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:35.039
 God, the

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.640
 firstborn of

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.279
 all creation.

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.799
 For by Him

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.320
 all things were

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:38.779
 created,

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:41.360
 listen to

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.660
 that, for

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.360
 by Him all

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.820
 things were

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:43.500
 created, both

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.080
 in the heavens

00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:44.900
 and on

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:46.019
 earth, visible

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.640
 and invisible,

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.440
 whether

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.160
 thrones or

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.900
 dominions or

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.420
 rulers or

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.100
 authorities, that's

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.539
 referring to

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.680
 demonic presences,

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.080
 all things have

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:54.980
 been created by

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.440
 Him and for

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.740
 Him.

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.140
 All things have

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.840
 been created by

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:03.059
 Him and for

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.360
 Him.

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.900
 That's in

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.460
 reference to

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.460
 spiritual forces,

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:09.200
 both good and

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.559
 evil.

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:15.360
 In Proverbs

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:17.000
 16, 4, it

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.420
 says this,

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.840
 the Lord has

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.460
 made everything

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.039
 for His own

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:21.060
 purpose, even

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:21.620
 the wicked for

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.000
 the day of

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.200
 evil.

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.080
 So the

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:26.539
 demons are

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.940
 creation, Satan

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.779
 is creation.

00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.340
 He's not

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.240
 infinite, he's

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.340
 not eternal, he's

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.380
 not sovereign, he's

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.560
 not all-powerful, he

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:35.320
 has to ask permission

00:28:35.320 --> 00:28:35.980
 just like everybody

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.440
 else.

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:40.240
 That should give

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.759
 you great hope in

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.340
 your battle against

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:42.480
 sin.

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.200
 I think, you

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.680
 know, a lot of

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.240
 it's, I used to

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.960
 play basketball a

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.140
 lot, and so in

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:48.020
 basketball, or

00:28:48.020 --> 00:28:49.220
 any sport really, if

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.759
 you go into the

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:51.160
 game thinking you're

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.540
 going to lose, you're

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:52.860
 probably going to

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.160
 lose.

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:55.180
 However, if you go

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.780
 into the game thinking

00:28:55.780 --> 00:28:56.560
 you're going to win,

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.420
 you're probably going

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.040
 to have a better

00:28:58.040 --> 00:28:58.860
 chance of winning,

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.420
 right?

00:28:59.520 --> 00:29:00.040
 Or you're probably

00:29:00.040 --> 00:29:00.420
 going to win.

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.460
 Your mindset is a

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.220
 lot of the battle.

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.220
 You know?

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:06.360
 Confidence really

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.060
 affects things.

00:29:07.280 --> 00:29:08.780
 And so, Satan is

00:29:08.780 --> 00:29:11.800
 always trying to get

00:29:11.800 --> 00:29:12.340
 you to think

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.180
 improperly about

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.000
 him, to attribute

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.860
 to him more power

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.279
 than he really

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.719
 has.

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.539
 Or sometimes, maybe

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.479
 not attribute to

00:29:19.479 --> 00:29:20.039
 him some of the

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.740
 power that he

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.619
 does have, right?

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.839
 Like you said, you

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.619
 can be a materialist

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.219
 on one end of the

00:29:25.219 --> 00:29:26.099
 pendulum, or you

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.879
 can be a magician

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.319
 on the other.

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.359
 We need to be

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.719
 balanced.

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.519
 We need to realize

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.179
 that God is

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:32.179
 sovereign, Christ

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.879
 is in us, the

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.399
 Holy Spirit has

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:34.159
 been given to us,

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.299
 greater is he that

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.839
 is in us than he

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.319
 that is in the

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.639
 world.

00:29:39.459 --> 00:29:41.299
 But, Satan is

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.819
 the god of this

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.079
 world.

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.919
 And apart from

00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:45.319
 Christ, we stand

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.599
 no chance of

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:48.799
 enduring temptation

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.539
 or resisting

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:52.559
 temptation or

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.139
 fighting in the

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.799
 strength of God's

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.259
 might, which is

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.539
 what that

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.879
 Ephesians

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.599
 passage says.

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:55.939
 Okay?

00:29:57.419 --> 00:30:03.240
 Thirdly, this is

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.619
 a, I was trying

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.039
 to find another

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.259
 P word, so this

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.879
 is pernicious

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.679
 methods.

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.960
 Now, that

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:10.440
 means, that

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.220
 means like evil

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:13.220
 or ruinous or

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.980
 injurious or

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.220
 whatever.

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.380
 Pernicious is,

00:30:15.560 --> 00:30:16.400
 it just means evil

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.980
 or wicked, okay?

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.380
 But I was trying

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.019
 to keep it the

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:20.299
 P, the

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.740
 alliteration.

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:22.400
 So, pernicious

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.000
 methods.

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.019
 Pernicious methods,

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.700
 evil methods.

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:38.180
 There's a lot of

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:40.319
 reasons why the

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.940
 Lord allows us to

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:42.279
 be tempted and the

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.819
 Lord allows us to

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.240
 be tried.

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.700
 I think the most

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.220
 important one is

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.720
 probably this.

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.299
 There's two that

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.200
 are of the same

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.500
 importance.

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.279
 The first one is

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.559
 to show us what is

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.059
 in our hearts.

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:54.759
 Okay?

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.700
 Second Chronicles

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.680
 32, 31.

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.960
 It says this,

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.720
 God left him

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.500
 alone only to

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.279
 test him that he

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.640
 might know all

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.059
 that was in his

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.340
 heart.

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:06.000
 God puts us

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.500
 through tests,

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.080
 puts us through

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.700
 trials, allow

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.460
 temptations to

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.900
 come into our

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.819
 life to show us

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.740
 what we're made

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.039
 of.

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:14.039
 This past week,

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.460
 for instance,

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.080
 as I was

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:17.559
 beginning to

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.100
 prepare for this

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.720
 message and trying

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.620
 to prepare, there

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.400
 was just a lot of

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.039
 spiritual warfare.

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.500
 And the way that

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.019
 Satan was really

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.660
 trying to tempt me

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.920
 most was by

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.019
 getting me to rely

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.600
 upon my own

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:26.860
 effort.

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.799
 And not upon

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.840
 the Lord.

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.860
 Which looks like

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.580
 prayerlessness.

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.380
 Okay?

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.500
 That's always a

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.039
 very difficult

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.539
 battle because

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.460
 praying is difficult

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.819
 when you don't

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.680
 feel like doing it.

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.340
 And when you

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.759
 don't feel the

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.700
 motivation to do it.

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.759
 But it's

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.420
 necessary.

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:45.299
 So, God

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.640
 allowed the

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.480
 temptation to show

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.259
 me throughout the

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.480
 week, today

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.840
 especially, that

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.680
 apart from him, I

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.340
 can't do anything.

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.880
 That I need his

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.259
 grace.

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.440
 That I need his

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.779
 forgiveness.

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.879
 That I need to

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.279
 stand in the

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.819
 gospel as I

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.339
 stand and teach

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.680
 about these

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:57.940
 things.

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.940
 That I feel like

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.519
 a hypocrite in a

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.059
 lot of ways because

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.680
 I know that I've

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.500
 been beaten down,

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.319
 tripped up,

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.920
 made a fool of in

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.759
 many ways this past

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.160
 week in my

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.599
 preparation.

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.799
 And now I have to

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.279
 teach it to you

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.619
 guys.

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.680
 But that's okay

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.299
 because God's

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.220
 grace is sufficient.

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.680
 And just like

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.339
 Paul, I was led

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:17.440
 to pride and God

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:20.279
 allows a messenger

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.960
 of Satan in a

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.740
 sense to tempt me

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:24.519
 to show me my

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.720
 sin.

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.759
 So that's the

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.259
 first thing, I

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.160
 think, to show us

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.579
 what's in our

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.779
 hearts.

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:29.220
 Secondly, is to

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.440
 show himself to

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.680
 man.

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.940
 To show himself

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.380
 to man.

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.339
 We don't realize

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.099
 the power and the

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.819
 strength that God

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.559
 puts forth on our

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.740
 behalf in the

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.660
 sufficiency of his

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.880
 grace until we

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.759
 compare our trials

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.359
 with our weaknesses.

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.640
 God's power and

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.880
 God's grace are

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.640
 then seen clearly

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.359
 in our lives.

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:52.159
 the effectiveness

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.939
 of an antidote

00:32:52.939 --> 00:32:53.779
 is not realized

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.379
 until one has

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.059
 been exposed to

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.500
 the poison.

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.339
 The preciousness

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.859
 of a medicine

00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:00.299
 is revealed by

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:01.000
 the presence of

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.639
 the disease.

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.939
 Right?

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.459
 So what does

00:33:04.459 --> 00:33:04.859
 sin do?

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.479
 Sin gives us

00:33:07.479 --> 00:33:08.279
 something to

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:09.339
 compare the

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.899
 grace of God

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.099
 to.

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.679
 So God

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.359
 allows,

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.859
 God is even

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.679
 pleased, I think,

00:33:15.719 --> 00:33:16.379
 in some ways,

00:33:16.719 --> 00:33:17.259
 with the

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.939
 employment of

00:33:17.939 --> 00:33:18.159
 Satan.

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.719
 Not that it

00:33:18.719 --> 00:33:19.139
 would affect

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.500
 this in

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.979
 negative ways,

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.339
 not that it

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:20.740
 would lead us

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.119
 into sin,

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.439
 but that it

00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:22.240
 would enable

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:24.899
 us to see

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.439
 our sin

00:33:25.439 --> 00:33:26.220
 when we

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.579
 fall,

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.299
 and to then

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.220
 see the

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.599
 beauty of the

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:29.899
 glory,

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.599
 the beauty

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:30.819
 and the

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.139
 glory of

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.439
 the grace

00:33:31.439 --> 00:33:31.839
 of God.

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.099
 Okay?

00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:33.579
 So God

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.119
 uses

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.220
 temptations,

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.720
 trials,

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:36.259
 failures,

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.939
 sin,

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:40.119
 to glorify

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.579
 his son,

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.799
 to glorify

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.199
 the work of

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:43.599
 his son on

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:43.959
 the cross.

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.139
 The preciousness

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.679
 of the medicine

00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:47.679
 is revealed by

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.299
 the presence of

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.839
 the disease.

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.460
 Okay,

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.779
 there's other

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.159
 reasons.

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.940
 I'll just list

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.480
 these off for

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.619
 you.

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.079
 Why does God

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.099
 allow us to

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.720
 be tempted to

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.139
 prove the

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.759
 genuineness of

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.259
 our faith?

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.480
 That's 1 Peter

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.419
 1, 6 and 7.

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.819
 To increase

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.659
 one's joy in

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.279
 this life and

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.960
 reward in the

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.519
 next, that's

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.259
 James 1, 2

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.819
 through 4,

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:07.079
 and verse 12.

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.779
 To purge out

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.460
 one's sin, as we

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.079
 just said, that's

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.639
 2 Corinthians

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:13.320
 12, 7 through 10.

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.440
 To prepare us for

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.239
 future ministry.

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.339
 We see that in

00:34:16.339 --> 00:34:17.519
 Luke 22, 31 and

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.839
 32.

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.619
 What I mean by

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.979
 that is when

00:34:19.979 --> 00:34:20.919
 Peter, who is

00:34:20.919 --> 00:34:21.779
 known for that

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:23.539
 colossal failure,

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.719
 when he says to

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:26.119
 Jesus, although

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.739
 all may fall

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.359
 away, I'm not

00:34:27.359 --> 00:34:27.719
 going to fall

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:27.939
 away.

00:34:28.399 --> 00:34:28.899
 If everyone

00:34:28.899 --> 00:34:29.659
 denies you and

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.239
 rejects you, I'm

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.539
 not going to

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.139
 deny and reject

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.299
 you.

00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:31.699
 And he says,

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.259
 before the rooster

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:33.979
 crows, three

00:34:33.979 --> 00:34:34.539
 times, you're

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:34.939
 going to reject

00:34:34.939 --> 00:34:35.759
 me three times.

00:34:37.959 --> 00:34:38.599
 And so what

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:38.899
 does he do?

00:34:38.959 --> 00:34:39.479
 He goes and he

00:34:39.479 --> 00:34:40.399
 totally denies

00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:40.979
 even knowing

00:34:40.979 --> 00:34:41.579
 Christ, even

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.119
 curses the

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:43.299
 people for

00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:43.819
 saying that he

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.519
 has any

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.300
 association with

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:45.500
 them.

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:47.039
 Denies Christ

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.480
 horribly, miserably.

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.139
 It's disgusting.

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:50.739
 And then in

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:52.360
 Luke 22, 31 and

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.139
 32, and then we

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.759
 see later in

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:56.559
 John, Jesus

00:34:56.559 --> 00:35:00.300
 prays and he

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:01.239
 says, I'll just

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.920
 turn now to you

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.940
 really briefly.

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.719
 He says,

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:09.239
 Simon, Simon,

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.099
 behold, Satan

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.659
 has demanded

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.440
 permission to

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.059
 sift you like

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.039
 wheat, but I

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.579
 have prayed for

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.299
 you that your

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.880
 faith may not

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.199
 fail.

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.659
 And you, when

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.519
 you have, when

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.960
 once you have

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.440
 turned again,

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.079
 strengthen your

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.299
 brothers.

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.779
 Okay, so he

00:35:21.779 --> 00:35:22.059
 was going to

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.400
 allow this

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:24.259
 failure for the

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:24.920
 purpose of

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:26.360
 humbling him

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.179
 and for the

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.860
 purpose of also

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:30.039
 strengthening the

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.799
 other Christians

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.380
 in the future.

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.599
 So there's that

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:33.900
 reason.

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.639
 The Lord also

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.380
 allows temptation

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:36.619
 to purify our

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.420
 testimony of the

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.739
 gospel.

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.659
 You see that in

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.039
 Washington.

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.599
 J.I.

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.059
 Packer said

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.639
 this, this is

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.079
 the ultimate

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:46.379
 reason from our

00:35:46.379 --> 00:35:47.119
 standpoint why

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:48.519
 God fills our

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.019
 lives with

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.639
 troubles and

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.839
 perplexities of

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.440
 one sort or

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.739
 another.

00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:52.359
 It is to

00:35:52.359 --> 00:35:53.719
 ensure that we

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.519
 shall learn to

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.579
 hold him fast.

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:57.159
 The reason why

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.839
 the Bible spends

00:35:57.839 --> 00:35:58.579
 so much of its

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.319
 time reiterating

00:35:59.319 --> 00:36:00.039
 that God is a

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.199
 strong rock, a

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:02.099
 firm defense, and

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:03.379
 a sure refuge, and

00:36:03.379 --> 00:36:03.940
 a help for the

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.980
 weak, is that God

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.099
 spends so much of

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.759
 his time bringing

00:36:06.759 --> 00:36:07.980
 home to us that

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:09.219
 we are weak, both

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:10.159
 mentally and morally,

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.400
 and dare not trust

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.819
 ourselves to find or

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.659
 to follow the right

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:13.940
 road.

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.699
 God wants us to feel

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.480
 that our way through

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.339
 life is rough and

00:36:17.339 --> 00:36:18.599
 perplexing so that we

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.519
 may learn to lean on

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.739
 him.

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:21.079
 Therefore, he takes

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.659
 steps to drive us

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:25.000
 out of self-confidence

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:26.159
 to trust in him.

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.480
 Okay?

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.219
 So I just wanted to

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.940
 say that as a

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:31.699
 prerequisite for the

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.539
 methods of Satan and

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.139
 why he would allow

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.860
 these things to be.

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:36.059
 How does the devil

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.620
 tempt us?

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:40.599
 Go to 1 John

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.099
 real quick.

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:49.740
 This is 1 John 2.16.

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:01.340
 1 John 2.16.

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.140
 For all that is in

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:04.460
 the world, the lust

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:06.159
 of the flesh, the lust

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:07.699
 of the eyes, and the

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.440
 boastful pride of

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:10.079
 life is not from the

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:11.519
 Father, but it's from

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.900
 the world.

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:17.960
 Now, take that verse,

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:19.879
 commit the memory, and

00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.819
 turn over to Matthew

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.139
 4.

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:25.319
 This is the temptation

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:26.159
 of Jesus Christ.

00:37:27.779 --> 00:37:28.779
 Jesus was led by the

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:29.259
 Spirit into the

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:30.559
 wilderness for 40

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.539
 days and 40 nights.

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:32.139
 He didn't eat.

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:35.239
 Satan came during that

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:36.039
 time and began to

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.420
 tempt him.

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.619
 Let's read it.

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.960
 Matthew 4, 1-11.

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.599
 Then Jesus was led

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.239
 up by the Spirit into

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:49.840
 the wilderness to be

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.519
 tempted by the devil.

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.599
 And after he had

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.840
 fasted 40 days and 40

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.820
 nights, he then became

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.199
 hungry.

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:56.699
 And the tempter came

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.199
 and said to him,

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:58.000
 If you are the Son of

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:59.420
 God, command that these

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.500
 stones become bread.

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.880
 But he answered and

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:02.739
 said, It is written,

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:04.280
 Man shall not live on

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:05.840
 bread alone, but on

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.739
 every word that proceeds

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.960
 out of the mouth of

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.260
 God.

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.739
 Then the devil took him

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.739
 into the holy city, and

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.519
 he had him stand on the

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.219
 pinnacle of the temple.

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:12.840
 And he said to him,

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.639
 If you are the Son of

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:15.139
 God, throw yourself down,

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.539
 for it is written, He

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.360
 will give his angels

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:18.599
 charge concerning you,

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:20.219
 and on their hands they

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:22.079
 will bear you up, lest

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.860
 you strike your foot

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.480
 against a stone.

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.519
 He's quoting from

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.380
 Psalm 91.

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.900
 Jesus said to him,

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.680
 On the other hand, it

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:29.640
 is written, You shall

00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:30.480
 not put the Lord your

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.340
 God to the test.

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:32.980
 Again, the devil took

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.720
 him to a very high

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.300
 mountain, and he showed

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:35.220
 him all the kingdoms of

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:35.760
 the world and their

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.119
 glory.

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.599
 And he said to him,

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:40.380
 All these things I will

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:41.820
 give you, if you fall

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.680
 down and worship me.

00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:44.180
 Then Jesus said to him,

00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:45.180
 Be gone, Satan, for it

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:46.180
 is written, You shall

00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:46.920
 worship the Lord your

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:48.420
 God and serve him only.

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.680
 Then the devil left

00:38:49.680 --> 00:38:50.820
 them, and behold, angels

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:52.000
 came and began to

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.579
 minister to him.

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:55.699
 In this passage, we

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:57.139
 see three categories of

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:58.119
 sin, and they are

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:59.099
 exactly what we just

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:00.159
 read from 1 John 2

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.619
 16.

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.659
 The lust of the

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:03.259
 flesh, the lust of

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:04.539
 the eyes, and the

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.159
 boastful pride of

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.460
 life.

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:07.619
 This is a very

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.219
 important thing to

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.559
 understand.

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:10.299
 This is the only way

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:13.139
 in which Satan will

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.659
 tempt you.

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:15.039
 It is through one of

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:16.019
 these three things.

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.679
 The lust of the

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.920
 flesh, the lust of

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.960
 the eyes, and the

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.639
 boastful pride of

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:20.960
 life.

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.739
 Let's explain.

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:27.119
 Firstly, Satan tempts

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:28.139
 Jesus with the lust of

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.579
 the flesh.

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.639
 This is in verses 2 and

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:29.900
 3.

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:37.319
 He tempts him in the

00:39:37.319 --> 00:39:38.039
 midst of his hunger,

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.299
 right?

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:41.900
 Natural cravings, the

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:43.819
 lust of the flesh, things

00:39:43.819 --> 00:39:45.340
 that are natural to the

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.779
 flesh.

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.299
 Okay?

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:49.579
 So it may be food, and

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.179
 he tempts him to

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.599
 gluttony.

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:53.539
 It may be sex, and he

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.400
 tempts you to lust.

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:56.659
 It may be accomplishment,

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.699
 and he tempts you to

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.099
 pride.

00:39:58.279 --> 00:39:59.639
 It may be relationship, and

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.159
 he tempts you to

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.739
 idolatry.

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.579
 These are natural

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.900
 cravings, natural things

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.719
 that are not inherently

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:06.440
 wicked or evil, that

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:09.059
 Satan will use and

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:12.199
 twist to make you sin

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:12.739
 against God.

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:15.880
 Natural things that are

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.819
 inherent to all of us.

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:19.360
 It's a short little list.

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.320
 That's an example.

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:23.080
 Secondly, we see in

00:40:23.080 --> 00:40:26.780
 verse 5 and 6, the

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.580
 pride of life.

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.440
 The devil took him into

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:31.260
 the holy city, had him

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:32.140
 stand on the pinnacle of

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.840
 the temple, said to him,

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.519
 if you are the son of

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.600
 God, throw yourself down

00:40:34.600 --> 00:40:35.880
 from here, for it is

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.420
 written, you will give

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.720
 angels charge concerning

00:40:37.720 --> 00:40:37.860
 you.

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.519
 He starts quoting

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:41.000
 scripture, but he

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:42.100
 twisted the meaning of it,

00:40:42.140 --> 00:40:42.320
 right?

00:40:43.160 --> 00:40:45.019
 The passage in context is

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:46.260
 talking about trusting

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:47.640
 God, and he used it to

00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:49.280
 justify testing God.

00:40:51.560 --> 00:40:52.500
 How might he do this

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:52.920
 with us?

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:55.000
 Didn't God say he came

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.500
 to give you abundant

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:55.780
 life?

00:40:57.120 --> 00:40:57.800
 And yet all these

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.720
 sinners are having so

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:59.620
 much more fun with him.

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:02.600
 Didn't he say?

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.620
 Didn't he say?

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.540
 Didn't he say?

00:41:04.640 --> 00:41:05.660
 Didn't he promise this?

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.840
 Didn't he promise that?

00:41:09.560 --> 00:41:13.720
 He'll twist scripture so

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:14.500
 that you're tempted to

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.640
 test God.

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:17.960
 which is in direct

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.900
 opposition to what the

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.860
 scripture even says.

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.720
 Didn't he tempt you?

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:26.260
 Or didn't he say that

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:26.740
 you're going to have the

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.440
 abundant life?

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.440
 Then why are the

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.360
 sinners having so much

00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:30.080
 more fun with you?

00:41:31.140 --> 00:41:32.160
 A good response would be

00:41:32.160 --> 00:41:32.440
 this.

00:41:32.560 --> 00:41:34.500
 They are storing up

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:36.420
 wrath for themselves in

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.120
 the day of wrath.

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:38.640
 But I am content with

00:41:38.640 --> 00:41:40.060
 Christ as my life.

00:41:40.620 --> 00:41:41.760
 I consider all things to

00:41:41.760 --> 00:41:42.640
 be lost in view of the

00:41:42.640 --> 00:41:44.060
 surpassing value of

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.960
 knowing Christ Jesus my

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.259
 Lord.

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.340
 For whom I willingly

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.259
 suffer the loss of all

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.659
 things.

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.000
 Right?

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.460
 This is teaching us

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.779
 something.

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.579
 How to combat sin.

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:55.019
 How to combat lies.

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:55.880
 The truth.

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:59.079
 Satan's clever.

00:41:59.199 --> 00:42:00.259
 He'll use things you

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:01.299
 think to be truth.

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:02.299
 He'll quote scripture

00:42:02.299 --> 00:42:02.579
 even.

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.299
 And if you don't

00:42:03.299 --> 00:42:04.539
 understand it, if you

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.239
 don't know it, if you

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.940
 don't know scripture to

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:07.500
 combat that idea or that

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:09.340
 faulty twisting, then

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:10.200
 you'll find yourself and

00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:12.120
 match yourself as he

00:42:12.120 --> 00:42:12.480
 intends.

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:15.300
 So we have to know the

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:16.160
 word of God in order to

00:42:16.160 --> 00:42:17.120
 combat the lies of

00:42:17.120 --> 00:42:17.340
 Satan.

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:18.019
 He's a liar.

00:42:18.160 --> 00:42:19.300
 It's his very nature to

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:19.720
 lie.

00:42:21.180 --> 00:42:22.539
 He intends to come and

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.539
 steal and kill and

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.280
 destroy you.

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:25.360
 And he will do it in

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:27.360
 very tricky ways.

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:30.460
 Thirdly, the lust of the

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:30.700
 eyes.

00:42:30.740 --> 00:42:31.660
 This is in verse 8 and

00:42:31.660 --> 00:42:31.940
 9.

00:42:33.700 --> 00:42:34.680
 And again the devil took

00:42:34.680 --> 00:42:35.360
 him to a very high

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:36.000
 mountain and he showed

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.720
 him all the kingdoms of

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:37.380
 the world and their

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.820
 glory.

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.880
 And he said to him,

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.840
 all these things I will

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.780
 give you if you fall down

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:41.140
 and worship.

00:42:46.180 --> 00:42:47.320
 The lust of the eyes is

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:48.220
 things that we see,

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:48.500
 right?

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.780
 It's the pleasures of

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.180
 sin.

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:52.720
 The pleasures of sin.

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:54.220
 Sin would not be

00:42:54.220 --> 00:42:56.640
 enticing if it were not

00:42:56.640 --> 00:42:58.539
 pleasurable.

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:00.740
 Okay?

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.660
 That's the reality that

00:43:01.660 --> 00:43:02.920
 we have to deal with as

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.380
 Christians.

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.660
 Sin is pleasurable.

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:08.559
 people do enjoy that.

00:43:08.899 --> 00:43:09.799
 We enjoy that.

00:43:10.859 --> 00:43:11.119
 Right?

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.460
 But,

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:17.420
 is it worth the cost

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:19.799
 of a relationship with

00:43:19.799 --> 00:43:20.039
 Jesus?

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:21.539
 And that's what we have

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.399
 to go back and ask

00:43:22.399 --> 00:43:22.719
 ourselves.

00:43:22.839 --> 00:43:22.899
 Right?

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:24.480
 Moses in Hebrews 11 says

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:25.079
 the same thing.

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:26.119
 He's like, I had

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:27.000
 everything in Egypt.

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:28.779
 But I consider the

00:43:28.779 --> 00:43:29.960
 treasures of Egypt to be

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:31.019
 nothing in comparison to

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:32.239
 the reproach of Christ.

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:33.679
 He'd rather suffer as a

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:35.559
 Christian than be worshipped

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.839
 as a non-Christian.

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.819
 Because he saw it as

00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.960
 more valuable by faith.

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:41.859
 Okay?

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:43.319
 So, that was a really

00:43:43.319 --> 00:43:44.500
 brief synopsis of how

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:45.339
 Satan tempts us.

00:43:45.399 --> 00:43:45.899
 But I don't want to get

00:43:45.899 --> 00:43:46.639
 into all the particulars.

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:47.699
 The next couple of weeks

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:48.139
 we're going to be talking

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:48.819
 about the flesh and

00:43:48.819 --> 00:43:49.559
 talking about the world.

00:43:49.919 --> 00:43:50.659
 And we're going to expose

00:43:50.659 --> 00:43:51.500
 some of those things in

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.819
 greater depth.

00:43:52.919 --> 00:43:53.539
 But that's just the

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:54.599
 general outline of how

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.279
 he tempts you.

00:43:55.659 --> 00:43:56.940
 It's through the lust of

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:58.099
 the flesh, the lust of the

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:59.199
 eyes, and the pride of

00:43:59.199 --> 00:43:59.519
 life.

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.179
 Those are the three

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.980
 categories through which

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:02.480
 you will work.

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:09.380
 And understand this too,

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:09.639
 okay?

00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:12.619
 Satan is literally in

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:14.780
 charge of everything in

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:15.240
 the cosmos.

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:18.260
 He's not simply constricted

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:19.480
 to personal...

00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:22.719
 He doesn't simply whisper

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.559
 things into your ear,

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:23.860
 okay?

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.480
 He works through

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:25.639
 structures and systems

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:26.320
 in the world.

00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:26.960
 He works through

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:28.219
 government sometimes.

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:28.980
 He works through

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.480
 philosophies.

00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:31.380
 He works through new

00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:32.320
 ideas sometimes.

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:33.080
 He works through

00:44:33.080 --> 00:44:35.080
 all different kinds

00:44:35.080 --> 00:44:35.860
 of peoples and ways.

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:37.360
 Things that seem to be

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:38.320
 non-spiritual,

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:39.100
 he's working through

00:44:39.100 --> 00:44:39.680
 those as well.

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:42.880
 And even when God

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.720
 gives the ability to...

00:44:43.720 --> 00:44:44.420
 I mean, it says in Job,

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.280
 this is an amazing

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:45.620
 reality.

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:47.180
 It says in Job that God

00:44:47.180 --> 00:44:48.940
 allowed Satan to tempt

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:49.700
 Job and he went and

00:44:49.700 --> 00:44:50.460
 killed everybody.

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.860
 So Satan sometimes has

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.800
 the power to even take

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:53.360
 life.

00:44:53.740 --> 00:44:54.800
 He's incredibly powerful.

00:44:55.220 --> 00:44:58.920
 He can lead armies.

00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:00.100
 He can do all kinds of

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:00.420
 things.

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:03.819
 So we're not just

00:45:03.819 --> 00:45:04.719
 dealing with somebody

00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:06.440
 that speaks and

00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:07.159
 whispers into our ear.

00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:08.360
 He's a very...

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:10.599
 It's a very comprehensive

00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:12.519
 enemy.

00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:13.679
 Okay?

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.380
 Fourthly,

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:14.839
 lastly,

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:17.059
 practical combat.

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.739
 Practical combat.

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:19.579
 This is my favorite

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:20.920
 thing that I feel like

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.440
 I've probably learned

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:21.940
 this past week.

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:23.099
 Go to Psalm 39.

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:30.480
 So in light of all

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:31.339
 these temptations that

00:45:31.339 --> 00:45:31.719
 we're going to be

00:45:31.719 --> 00:45:32.639
 experiencing, in light of

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:33.559
 who Satan is and what

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:36.940
 he does, how do we do

00:45:36.940 --> 00:45:37.299
 combat?

00:45:41.299 --> 00:45:42.139
 Psalm 39.

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:42.279
 Psalm 39.

00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:53.000
 This is a really good

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:53.620
 illustration.

00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:55.060
 It says this.

00:45:56.080 --> 00:45:57.160
 This is David speaking.

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:59.920
 I said, I will guard my

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:01.840
 ways that I may not sin

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:02.519
 with my tongue.

00:46:03.100 --> 00:46:05.080
 I will guard my mouth as

00:46:05.080 --> 00:46:07.340
 with a muzzle while the

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:08.519
 wicked are in my presence.

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:11.860
 So the very first thing

00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:12.579
 that the psalmist does

00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:13.019
 is this.

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:14.980
 He says, I will do it.

00:46:15.800 --> 00:46:16.960
 I will grip my teeth.

00:46:18.780 --> 00:46:19.880
 I will man up.

00:46:20.679 --> 00:46:22.360
 And I will not sin

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:24.300
 against my God.

00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:25.500
 I will shut my mouth

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:27.059
 with my own strength.

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:30.840
 He puts faith in himself.

00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:32.500
 He puts confidence in

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:32.960
 himself.

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:34.019
 And what happens?

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:34.539
 Verse 2.

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:36.039
 I was dumb and silent.

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:38.239
 So he says, I did it for

00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:39.119
 a while.

00:46:39.319 --> 00:46:40.579
 I refrained even from

00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:41.159
 good though.

00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:41.779
 That's not good.

00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:43.659
 And my sorrow grew worse.

00:46:46.219 --> 00:46:47.319
 So when the psalmist puts

00:46:47.319 --> 00:46:48.339
 his confidence in himself,

00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:50.019
 his sorrow grew worse.

00:46:51.819 --> 00:46:52.979
 He didn't speak.

00:46:53.099 --> 00:46:53.839
 He didn't sin against God

00:46:53.839 --> 00:46:54.500
 with his speech.

00:46:54.719 --> 00:46:56.259
 But somehow, someway,

00:46:56.319 --> 00:46:57.719
 his sorrow grew even worse.

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:01.179
 Things did not get better.

00:47:04.439 --> 00:47:05.500
 And there are many things

00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:06.219
 that we do, right?

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 To try to tame our flesh.

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 To ignore the world.

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 And these things are in vain.

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 Okay, Matt Chandler

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 is one of our,

00:47:17.139 --> 00:47:17.779
 one of, uh,

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 a lot of the guys here

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 favorite pastors.

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 He says,

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 you cannot have

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 duty before delight.

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 You have to have

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 delight before duty.

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 You have to have

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 delight in God

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 before duty.

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 Or else it's going to be

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 legalism.

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 You have to have

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 delight in God.

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 Right?

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 If I just had to grip my teeth

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 and say no to something,

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 eventually,

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 Satan's going to find

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 other ways.

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 Listen, it's not just

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 simply about the actual deed.

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 It's about the heart

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 behind the deed.

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 If you're just simply

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 not doing something

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 because you don't think

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 you're supposed to,

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 because you want to look

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 a certain way to your

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 friends, because you

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 don't want to, you know,

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 embarrass yourself or like

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 have to confess this

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 next D group,

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 that's not honoring to

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 the Lord.

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 What's pleasing to God

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 is a heart that says

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 yes to His commandments.

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 It is a heart that says

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 I love Jesus Christ

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 and I want to honor

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 and serve my God

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 whom I love.

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 So when I just try

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 the grit your teeth method,

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 it does not work out.

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 That's what the psalmist

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 is saying.

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 My sorrow grew worse.

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 Verse 3,

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 My heart was hot within me

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 while I was musing

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 the fire burned.

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 Then I spoke with my tongue,

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 O Lord,

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 make me to know my end

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 and what is the extent

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 of my days.

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 Let me know how transient

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 I am.

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 Behold,

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 you have made my days

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 as hand breaths

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 and my lifetime

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 as nothing in yourself.

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 Surely every man

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 is at his best

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 a mere breath.

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 Surely every man

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:39.420
 walks about as a phantom.

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 Surely they make

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:41.340
 an uproar for nothing.

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 He amasses riches

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 and does not know

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 who will gather them.

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 Then He changes His tone.

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 This is the proper

00:48:49.420 --> 00:48:50.440
 approach

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 to spiritual combat.

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 Verse 7,

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 And now the Lord

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 and now Lord,

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 for what do I wait?

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 My hope is in You.

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 Deliver me

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 from all my transgressions.

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 Make me not the reproach

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 of the foolish.

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 I have become dumb.

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 I do not open my mouth.

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 So He's like,

00:49:08.679 --> 00:49:09.079
 He's saying,

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 I'm doing the very same thing

00:49:10.299 --> 00:49:11.500
 that I originally intended to do,

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:11.659
 right?

00:49:11.699 --> 00:49:12.000
 He says,

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 I'm not going to open my mouth.

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 I'm going to guard my waist.

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 I'm not going to open my mouth.

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 Then now He's saying,

00:49:17.059 --> 00:49:18.079
 I have become dumb.

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 I do not open my mouth.

00:49:19.900 --> 00:49:20.099
 Why?

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 Because it is You

00:49:21.219 --> 00:49:22.099
 who has done it.

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 So He changes it.

00:49:28.559 --> 00:49:28.920
 Initially,

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 He was trying to

00:49:29.699 --> 00:49:31.059
 withhold from saying something

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 because it was His effort.

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 Now He's looking at God

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 and He's saying,

00:49:34.259 --> 00:49:34.440
 God,

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 You're my hope.

00:49:35.699 --> 00:49:36.440
 My hope is in You.

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 My trust is in You.

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 Please,

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 You help me do this thing.

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 You help me shut my mouth.

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 And He says,

00:49:42.699 --> 00:49:43.480
 I shut my mouth

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 because You enabled me

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 to do so.

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 That's encouraging.

00:49:50.820 --> 00:49:52.480
 David calls out to God for help.

00:49:52.980 --> 00:49:53.679
 The God-honoring,

00:49:53.840 --> 00:49:55.019
 sin-defeating thing to do

00:49:55.019 --> 00:49:56.880
 is still to shut His mouth.

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 But this inaction is being done

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 by God now.

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 Okay?

00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:06.099
 So oftentimes,

00:50:06.279 --> 00:50:07.079
 this is kind of a cool thought,

00:50:07.139 --> 00:50:08.779
 oftentimes the method that we employ

00:50:08.779 --> 00:50:10.880
 in defeating sin

00:50:10.880 --> 00:50:11.900
 is not what's wrong.

00:50:12.759 --> 00:50:13.880
 It's the heart behind it.

00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:16.539
 Okay?

00:50:16.559 --> 00:50:16.980
 The method,

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 if we're always trying to change

00:50:19.300 --> 00:50:19.759
 our method,

00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:21.000
 that's not really the point.

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 The point is to change

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 the heart behind the method.

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 Okay?

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 God isn't merely pleased

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 with us abstaining

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 from certain things

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 or not going to certain places

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 or going to certain places.

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 He's pleased with us

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 doing so

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 because we love Him.

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 Doing so

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 because

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 He is inspiring us to do that.

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 Our mindset's often incorrect.

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 But the psalmist is teaching us

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 how to trust

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 and call out to God.

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 And this we see repetitively

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 through the psalms

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 for help

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 in our strivings

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 and resistings

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 and endurings

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 because when we call out to God,

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 then what we do

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 will be done

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 in the strength of His might.

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:11.480
 Beginning in verse 10,

00:51:11.480 --> 00:51:13.139
 remove your plague from me

00:51:13.139 --> 00:51:14.000
 because of the oppression

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 of your hand

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 I am perishing.

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 With reproofs

00:51:17.179 --> 00:51:18.059
 you chasten a man

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 for iniquity.

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 You consume a moth

00:51:20.179 --> 00:51:22.199
 with what is precious to him.

00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:23.559
 Surely every man

00:51:23.559 --> 00:51:24.740
 is a mere breath.

00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:26.019
 Hear my prayer, O Lord,

00:51:26.039 --> 00:51:26.960
 and give ear to my cry.

00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:28.320
 Do not be silent at my tears

00:51:28.320 --> 00:51:29.579
 for I am a stranger with you,

00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:30.659
 a sojourner

00:51:30.659 --> 00:51:32.019
 like all my fathers.

00:51:32.179 --> 00:51:33.360
 Turn your gaze away from me

00:51:33.360 --> 00:51:34.699
 that I may smile again

00:51:34.699 --> 00:51:36.179
 before I depart

00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:36.920
 and end no more.

00:51:38.280 --> 00:51:39.460
 So in 10-13,

00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:40.400
 the Lord chastises

00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:41.360
 His servant David

00:51:41.360 --> 00:51:42.640
 for His prayerlessness

00:51:42.640 --> 00:51:43.720
 and for His haughtiness.

00:51:45.900 --> 00:51:46.220
 Okay,

00:51:46.320 --> 00:51:47.900
 then he gets to verse 1-3

00:51:47.900 --> 00:51:48.579
 in chapter 40

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 and this is where

00:51:49.120 --> 00:51:49.800
 it all turns around.

00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:51.800
 I waited patiently

00:51:51.800 --> 00:51:52.280
 for the Lord

00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:53.019
 and He inclined to me

00:51:53.019 --> 00:51:53.880
 and He heard my cry.

00:51:54.720 --> 00:51:55.460
 He brought me up

00:51:55.460 --> 00:51:56.420
 out of the pit of destruction,

00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:57.900
 out of the miry clay

00:51:57.900 --> 00:51:58.680
 and He set my feet

00:51:58.680 --> 00:51:59.340
 upon a rock

00:51:59.340 --> 00:52:00.980
 making my footsteps firm.

00:52:01.780 --> 00:52:02.660
 And He put a new song

00:52:02.660 --> 00:52:03.120
 in my mouth,

00:52:03.200 --> 00:52:03.920
 a song of praise

00:52:03.920 --> 00:52:04.559
 to our God

00:52:04.559 --> 00:52:05.920
 many will see and fear

00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:06.480
 and will trust

00:52:06.480 --> 00:52:07.820
 in the Lord.

00:52:09.300 --> 00:52:10.300
 The Lord answers him,

00:52:10.420 --> 00:52:11.059
 receives him,

00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:12.360
 unentangles him

00:52:12.360 --> 00:52:13.039
 from temptation,

00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:14.620
 fills him with joy

00:52:14.620 --> 00:52:15.099
 and praise

00:52:15.099 --> 00:52:15.900
 and makes an example

00:52:15.900 --> 00:52:16.340
 out of Him

00:52:16.340 --> 00:52:16.880
 for our lives.

00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:19.440
 Okay,

00:52:19.500 --> 00:52:20.380
 so we need to fight

00:52:20.380 --> 00:52:21.200
 and wage war

00:52:21.200 --> 00:52:21.660
 in the strength

00:52:21.660 --> 00:52:22.340
 of God's might.

00:52:23.019 --> 00:52:23.559
 And that's done

00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:24.280
 by simply the people

00:52:24.280 --> 00:52:25.019
 in prayer.

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 And that's what we need.

00:52:27.140 --> 00:52:27.400
 Okay?

00:52:28.480 --> 00:52:29.100
 That was all.

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 I'm going to pray for us

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 in the Lord.

00:52:31.440 --> 00:52:31.780
 Be done.

00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:41.820
 Father, we have so much

00:52:41.820 --> 00:52:43.100
 to be grateful for in Christ.

00:52:43.539 --> 00:52:44.759
 We thank you.

00:52:44.099 --> 00:52:44.759
 We thank you.

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 Thank you.

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