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 If you have your Bibles, turn to Ephesians chapter 6.

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 Ephesians chapter 6, at the end of World War II,

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 there was an unusual period that followed.

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 The bombs had been dropped, Japan had surrendered,

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 a treaty had been signed, and the Pacific was at peace

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 in most places.

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 However, on the islands of the Pacific,

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 there were pockets of battles that were still raging.

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 The outcome of the war had been determined,

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 but some of the Japanese fighting units hadn't heard of that.

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 For those who hadn't heard of it and the opposition,

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 nothing seemed to have changed.

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 The battle was just as real for them.

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 They were still hiding in hopes of conquering

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 through guerrilla warfare.

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 The outcome had been settled,

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 but too many died after the victory.

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 had been obtained.

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 That historic picture is an illustration

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 of what we're experiencing today

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 in the spiritual climate in which we live.

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 Since the death and resurrection of Christ,

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 the war, the spiritual war has been won,

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 but battles continue to be fought.

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 The outcome's settled, yet guerrilla warfare

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 from the enemy continues on,

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 just as real as before,

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 and it's a spiritual war of terror

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 with landmines and booby traps.

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 The enemy will hit you when you do not expect it.

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 It's a full-blown war,

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 but surprisingly,

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 I want you to hear me,

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 it's not with other people.

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 It's not with political parties.

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 It's not with deviant ideologies.

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 All of that stuff is evidence

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 of something much larger,

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 much bigger than that.

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 And I want you to see today

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 what all that's about.

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 I'm going to begin in Ephesians 6,

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 verse 11 through 12,

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 because it's just a statement

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 of what we're dealing with.

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 It says,

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 put on the whole armor of God

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 that you may be able to stand

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 against the schemes of the devil.

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 This is the verse.

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 For we don't wrestle

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 against flesh and blood,

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 but against the rulers,

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 against the authorities,

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 against the cosmic powers

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 over this present darkness,

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 against the spiritual forces of evil

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 in the heavenly places.

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 I believe that we need to understand

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 this war that we're in.

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 I want you to understand

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 the war where it started.

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 I want you to understand

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 what in the world's going on now

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 and where all this is going.

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 And so to begin that,

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 I want to first look

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 at the origin of Satan.

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 There's no particular passage

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 that tells us

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 the whole story of Satan.

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 However, when you check

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 the landscape of Scripture,

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 it becomes quite clear

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 what is going on.

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 And a great summary

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 of the origin of Satan

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 is in Revelation 12,

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 verse 7 through 9.

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 And it says in Revelation 7 through 9,

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 Now war arose in heaven,

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 Michael and his angels

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 fighting against the dragon.

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 And the dragon and his angels

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 fought back,

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 but he was defeated

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 and there was no longer

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 any place for him in heaven.

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 And the great dragon

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 was thrown down,

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 that ancient serpent

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 who is called the devil

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 and Satan,

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 the deceiver of the whole world.

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 He was thrown down

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 to the earth

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 and his angels

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 were thrown down with him.

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 So he was an angel.

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 Job chapter 1, verse 6

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 calls him one of the sons of God,

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 which is a reference to,

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 an Old Testament reference

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 to angels.

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 Jesus referred to him

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 as an angel

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 in Matthew 25, verse 41.

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 And this Scripture tells us

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 that he wanted to replace God

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 in heaven.

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 He caused havoc in heaven

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 wanting to replace God.

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 He wanted to receive

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 all the beauty,

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 all the glory,

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 all the wisdom

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 and power of God.

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 Revelation 12 also tells us

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 kind of cryptically

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 that he took a third

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 of the angels with him

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 and those angels

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 would now be called demons.

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 There's more about that

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 in prophecy

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 in Isaiah chapter 14.

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 And Isaiah chapter 14

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 in its first audience context

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 speaks of an earthly king,

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 the king of Babylon.

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 But if you know anything

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 about Babylon,

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 you know that Babylon

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 is a symbol

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 of Satan's empire on earth.

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 And the parallel of that

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 cannot be mistaken.

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 As this king's life

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 is described,

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 it becomes a window

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 of this true spiritual force

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 that is behind him.

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 Isaiah chapter 14,

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 verse 12 through 15

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 says this,

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 Oh, you are fallen from heaven,

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 oh, day star, son of dawn,

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 how you are cut down

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 to the ground,

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 you who laid the nations low.

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 You said in your heart,

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 I will ascend to heaven

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 above the stars of God,

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 I will set my throne on high,

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 I will sit on the mount

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 of assembly

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 in the far reaches

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 of the north,

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 I will ascend above

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 the heights of the clouds,

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 I will make myself

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 like the most high,

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 but you're brought down

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 to Sheol,

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 to the far reaches

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 of the pit.

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 That's Isaiah speaking of it.

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 Ezekiel speaks of it as well.

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 And Ezekiel's a tough book now.

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 I mean,

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 it is filled with

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 grandiose imagery,

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 detailed and weird

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 kind of prophecies.

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 It's filled with

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 apocalyptic literature,

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 which has a lot of symbolic

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 and image-filled

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 type of writing going on.

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 And I want you to notice

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 what happens

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 when Ezekiel warns

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 the king of Tyre.

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 Tyre was an enemy

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 of Israel,

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 and he warns that king,

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 and I believe you'll quickly see

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 that this king is a mere puppet

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 for the evil one himself.

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 He serves as a window

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 to the true spiritual force

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 behind him.

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 Like much of prophecy,

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 there's, I guess,

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 what you'd call

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 the first audience meaning,

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 which means that he's speaking

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 to the king of Tyre,

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 like Isaiah was speaking

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 to the king of Babylon.

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 But then in an inspirational sense,

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 through the Holy Spirit of God,

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 it speaks to much more than that.

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 There's a then and now

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 in prophecy.

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 Speaks to the audience

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 at the time,

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 and then it continues

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 to speak throughout history.

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 And you see both

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 of those things

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 kind of come together

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 in both of these passages.

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 Ezekiel 28, 12 through 19

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 says this.

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 Remember, he's talking

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 to a king,

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 but I want you to listen

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 to what he says.

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 Son of man,

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 raise a lamentation

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 over the king of Tyre,

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 and say to him,

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 thus says the Lord,

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 you were the signet

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 of perfection,

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 full of wisdom

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 and perfect in beauty.

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 You'll see that

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 we're talking about Satan here,

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 but the point of that

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 is perfect in beauty.

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 Satan is attractive.

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 Be warned, he's attractive.

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 You were in Eden,

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 the garden of God.

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 Now listen,

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 the king of Tyre

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 was not in Eden,

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 the garden of God,

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 but Satan was.

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 So you see

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 the double parallel there.

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 Every precious stone

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 was your covering,

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 and it goes on

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 to mention nine jewels,

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 I believe,

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 all of which

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 I'm pretty sure

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 are part of that description

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 of heaven

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 that mentions

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 12 different jewels.

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 So in other words,

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 he's saying he's heavenly.

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 You were anointed

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 guardian cherub.

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 No earthly king

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 is an angel,

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 and a cherub,

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 also called cherubim,

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 which is the plural form

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 of cherub,

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 was the inner circle

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 of angels,

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 those closest to the Father,

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 guarding his holiness.

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 It's the cherubim

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 that are the angel images

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 that were on the Ark

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 of the Covenant

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 in the Holy of Holies,

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 the innermost holy chamber

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 of the temple.

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 He goes on to say,

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 I placed you,

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 you were on the holy mountain

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 of God,

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 in the midst of the stones

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 of fire you walked.

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 Zachariah speaks of how

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 God protects us

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 through a wall of fire,

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 and so this is related

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 to that kind of talk.

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 You were blameless

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 in your ways

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 from the day you were created

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 till unrighteousness

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 was found in you.

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 In the abundance

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 of your trade,

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 you were filled with violence

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 in your midst,

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 and you sinned.

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 So I cast you

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 as a profane thing

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 from the mountain of God,

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 and I destroyed you,

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 O guardian cherub,

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 from the midst

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 of the stones of fire.

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 Your heart was proud

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 because of your beauty.

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 You corrupt your wisdom

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 for the sake of your splendor.

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 I cast you to the ground.

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 I exposed you before kings

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 to feast their eyes on you

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 by the multitude

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 of your iniquities.

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 In the unrighteousness

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 of your trade,

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 you profane your sanctuaries.

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 So I brought fire

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 out of from your mist.

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 It consumed you,

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 and I turned you

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 to ashes on the earth

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 in the sight

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 of all who saw you.

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 All who know you

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 among the peoples

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 are appalled at you.

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 You've come to a dreadful end

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 and shall be no more forever.

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 In other words,

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 he was a top angel,

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 one of the cherubim,

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 and placed on the pinnacle

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 among them.

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 He was in the glory of heaven,

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 and he was righteous

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 at first.

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 And then pride took over.

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 Why?

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 Because of his beauty.

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 After pride,

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 violence followed.

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 Sin took over,

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 and God cast him out.

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 Now, listen,

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 if all that seems wild

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 and willy to you,

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 it should,

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 because it is.

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 But it's true.

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 And that's where

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 all this began.

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 But more than just the origin,

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 more than where it all began,

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 I want you to also see

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 what in the world's going on.

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 And that's in the effort

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 of Satan.

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 Because we can see

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 the origins of his efforts

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 here as well,

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 because his efforts

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 are led by pride.

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 We'll just go back

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 to Isaiah chapter 14.

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 It mentions five

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 I wills of Satan

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 in Isaiah 14.

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 I will ascend

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 to heaven

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 above the stars

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 of God.

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 In other words,

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 he wanted to be equal

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 with God.

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 Reach his level.

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 And by the way,

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 stars there,

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 metaphorically,

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 is often spoken of,

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 it often speaks

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 of angels

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 in prophecy.

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 And so what he's saying

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 is,

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 I will ascend to heaven

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 above the other angels

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 of God.

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 He wanted to be equal

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 with God.

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 He goes on to say,

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 I'll set my throne

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 on high.

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 He wanted to be number one.

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 He goes on to say,

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 I want to sit

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 on the mount of assembly.

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 That's the authoritative

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 position.

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 I want to ascend

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 to the heights

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 of the clouds.

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 The clouds represent

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 God's glory.

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 He wanted the glory

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 that only comes to God.

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 He goes on to say,

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 I'll make myself

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 the most high.

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 How obvious is that?

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 That's his goal.

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 He wants to replace God.

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 He wants to receive

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 all the beauty,

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 the glory,

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 the wisdom,

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 the power of God.

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 I'll tell you

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 what his effort is.

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 He wants to dethrone God.

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 Now,

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 he can't take

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 the place of God.

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 He can't defeat God.

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 If he thought he could

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 in his heavenly conflict,

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 he knows better now.

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 The cross changed everything.

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 The war's been won.

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 So now he knows that.

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 So he will try to

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 take the place of God

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 in individual lives.

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 Now,

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 how does he do that?

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 He tries to convince us

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 to be our own God.

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 He tries to convince us

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 to rule our own lives

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 or to be like God.

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 That was his strategy

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 in the garden.

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 Still strategy today.

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 It's all about pride.

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 Every sin,

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 no matter what it is

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 that we involve ourselves in,

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 comes from the base

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 of pride.

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 You know why?

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 Because sin is putting

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 yourself before God.

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 Saying that your judgment

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 is better than God's judgment.

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 It was prideful rebellion

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 that marked his fall

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 and he still prides himself

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 on filling us up

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 with pride

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 and rebelling against God.

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 He wants to dethrone God

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 in our lives.

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 Second,

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 he wants us to think

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 that he's equal with God.

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 Now,

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 I want you to hear me

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 because I'll refer to this often,

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 but I'm not going to talk

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 about it a whole lot.

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 But you'll see it.

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 He is not equal with God.

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 He was created.

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 He was the head angel

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 that rebelled.

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 He is not God's counterpart.

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 When you say,

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 you know,

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 I feel God on this shoulder

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 and Satan on it

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 and they both tell me

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 I don't know what it is.

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 They're not equal.

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 They're not equal.

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 God is omnipotent.

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 It means he's all-powerful.

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 God's omniscient.

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 It means he's all-knowing.

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 God's infinite.

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 He's limitless.

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 Satan knows a lot,

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 but he don't know all.

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 He has power,

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 but he's not like God.

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 He's not limitless.

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 God put limitations on him.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 the book of Job tells us

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 about the limitations

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 that God puts on him

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 because we see Satan

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 ask God to prove

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 that Job is a fake.

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 He asked him if he could prove it

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 and God allowed him

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 to disrupt the world of Job

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 but told him,

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 don't touch his health.

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 And so Job endured horror,

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 horror,

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 the worst nightmare

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 you can imagine.

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 But he didn't get sick

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 and he held fast

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 to his faith in the Lord

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 and Satan came back to God.

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 Job tells us this.

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 Satan came back to God

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 and said,

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 let me hit his health

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 and if I hit his health,

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 he'll turn his back on you.

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 And so God let him hit his health.

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 He became very sick

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 and Job stayed,

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 just stayed faithful.

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 He proved he was faithful.

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 Now, let me just say,

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 I don't know why

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 God allows Satan

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 to do what he does.

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 I don't understand it.

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 I don't.

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 But this I know

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 that you can rest in.

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 God uses our struggles

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 to build our faith.

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 If you never had a struggle,

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 you'd never build faith.

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 God uses our struggles

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 to build faith.

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 Second thing is,

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 nothing comes

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 that God has not allowed.

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 Now, there's a lot

00:14:35.699 --> 00:14:36.639
 we don't understand.

00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:39.179
 And by the way,

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 if you're one that says,

00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:40.720
 you know,

00:14:41.199 --> 00:14:42.199
 when I get to heaven,

00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:43.079
 I'm going to ask God,

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 I don't think you are.

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 I don't think you will.

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 I think you'll be so amazed

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 in his presence

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 that your questions

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 will be answered.

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 You'll see it all

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 in a different light.

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 You can beg to differ,

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 you've got a right to be wrong.

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 But I don't think you'll ask.

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 Nothing comes

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 that God has not allowed.

00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:07.259
 Satan

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:10.959
 is not an equal counterpart.

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.299
 Job teaches us

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 he had to ask.

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 He had to ask

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 to do anything.

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 In other words,

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 he's on a leash

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 firmly held

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 by the hand of God.

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 So he wants to dethrone God.

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 He wants us to think

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 that he's equal with God.

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 But he also wants

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 to corrupt us.

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 And I'll share with you

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 more about how he will

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 in coming days,

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 but I just want you

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 to see the origin of this.

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 In Ezekiel 28, verse 16,

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 he says,

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 by the multitude

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 of your iniquities

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 and the unrighteousness

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 of your trade,

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 you profaned your sanctuaries.

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 Now let's think about this

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 a minute.

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 Your sanctuaries.

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 What is his sanctuaries?

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 Well, listen,

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 I know what we call this room,

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 but I want to be clear

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 about something.

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 This is not a sanctuary

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 in a scriptural sense.

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 Because scripture tells us

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 if you're a child of God,

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 you are a temple

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 That's in 1 Corinthians 6, 19.

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 Because God dwells in us,

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 we're sanctuaries

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 in the Lord.

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 And Satan prides himself

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 on profaning us.

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 The significance

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 of this building is

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 that the saints of God,

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 that God lives within,

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 come together

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 for one purpose,

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 and that's to uplift

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 the name of Christ,

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 where two or three or more

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 are gathered in his name.

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 There he is

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 in the midst of it.

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 But listen,

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 we didn't come into this room

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 to get in the presence of God.

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 If you're a child of God,

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 he came in with you.

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 And so we have the opportunity

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 to worship with him alone.

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 We also have the opportunity

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 to do corporately.

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 Both of them are scriptural.

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 Both of them are required by God.

00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.940
 Now, but understand,

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 let's take it a step further.

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 If Christians are sanctuaries,

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 temples of the Holy Spirit of God,

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 what are those people housing

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 that don't have Christ?

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 The devil is having a way

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 profaning his sanctuaries.

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 And his effort is not aimed at us.

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 It's aimed at Christ.

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 I've told you that before,

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 but I want you to get that.

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 It's aimed at Christ.

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 And if people can be hindered

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 from coming to Christ,

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 Satan wins a battle.

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 If Christians are hindered

00:17:28.179 --> 00:17:29.379
 from walking with Christ,

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 Satan wins a battle.

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 He's lost the war.

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 Let's just make sure

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 we win the battles.

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 Because he'll war on us

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 as long as he can.

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 You need to understand

00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.179
 where it began,

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 the origin of Satan.

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.940
 You need to understand

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:47.419
 what in the world's going on now,

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 the efforts of Satan.

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 But I also want you to see

00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.700
 where all this is going.

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 And that's the ruin of Satan.

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 Let's go back to Ezekiel 28 again.

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 He prophesies of what's going to happen.

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 He says,

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 By the multitude of your iniquities

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 and the unrighteousness of your trade,

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 you profane your sanctuary.

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 So I brought fire

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.940
 from out of your mist.

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:09.720
 It consumed you,

00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:10.980
 and I turned you

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 to the ashes on the earth

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 inside of all who saw you.

00:18:14.380 --> 00:18:15.720
 What this speaks of

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:18.039
 is the future demise of Satan

00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:20.059
 as if it's already happened

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 because friend is settled.

00:18:23.100 --> 00:18:24.339
 Satan's already defeated,

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 and he knows it.

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:29.680
 I want you to understand

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.240
 what's going on.

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 I want you to think about

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 something for a minute, okay?

00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:36.420
 If your team is playing a sport,

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.720
 it's football season,

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:40.640
 so forgive my football illustrations,

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:42.039
 but I lean on them pretty heavy, okay?

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:45.259
 Your team is winning,

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:47.860
 and the losing team

00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.779
 gets tired of losing,

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.759
 and they get angry about it.

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 And they realize

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.140
 they're not going to win.

00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:55.280
 There's no way

00:18:55.280 --> 00:18:56.100
 they can come back.

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.780
 An old boy's been running

00:18:58.780 --> 00:18:59.640
 on them all night,

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 and they're tired of that.

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 Some old boy's been

00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:02.480
 hitting on them all night,

00:19:02.520 --> 00:19:03.340
 and they're tired of that.

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.800
 And so that coach

00:19:04.800 --> 00:19:05.740
 grabs some scrub

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.400
 by the shoulder

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 and says,

00:19:06.820 --> 00:19:07.040
 listen,

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.020
 you see that kid out there?

00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:09.080
 Knock him out.

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.140
 Take him out now.

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:11.540
 Go in there

00:19:11.540 --> 00:19:12.240
 and get him out of the game.

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.800
 Grab somebody else.

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.340
 Get him.

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 Get him out of the game.

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 That ain't the way

00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.580
 you play the game.

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 That's dirty,

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:21.580
 and it's wrong,

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.659
 and that's not the way

00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:23.319
 you play the game.

00:19:25.199 --> 00:19:25.919
 That's exactly

00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:26.980
 what Satan's doing now.

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:27.559
 That's exactly

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.059
 what he's doing.

00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.319
 He just wants

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 to take you out.

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 That's what he wants to do.

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 Just not make,

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.919
 if you're a child of God,

00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:38.399
 he wants to not

00:19:38.399 --> 00:19:39.839
 make you productive

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.679
 for the Lord.

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 And if you can just

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:43.879
 sit on the sideline

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:45.079
 for the rest of your life,

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.980
 he can't take your salvation,

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.019
 but you're not going

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.839
 to tell anybody else

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.299
 about it.

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 You're not going

00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:50.940
 to live it out

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.599
 before others.

00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:52.720
 God's not going

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.419
 to use you

00:19:53.419 --> 00:19:54.339
 to reach others.

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.299
 And so he's,

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.799
 he's one half

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.579
 his battle with you

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.200
 because he can't

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.759
 have his soul.

00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:00.019
 So he'll just try

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:01.139
 his best to take your life

00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:02.700
 and what it's for

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.259
 for the Lord.

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.279
 And if you're here

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.799
 this morning

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:07.399
 and there's never

00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:07.960
 been a time

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.980
 when you've asked

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.500
 the Lord Jesus

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.200
 to forgive you

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.779
 of your sins,

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.740
 to come into your life

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.519
 and to change you

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.339
 and to save you,

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 I want you to know

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:15.000
 all that hell

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:16.000
 don't want you to do it.

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:18.019
 And they'll fight you

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.720
 for everything they can

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.639
 because they want you so.

00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:21.279
 They're not after you,

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.240
 they're after Christ.

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.279
 They want to make him

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.900
 look bad

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.980
 so if they can keep you

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.460
 from committing

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.559
 your life to Christ,

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.039
 Christian,

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.000
 if they can keep you

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.440
 from committing

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.379
 your life to Christ,

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.599
 then they've won the battle.

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.879
 And all they're doing

00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.400
 is just sending

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.420
 dirty players out

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:36.220
 to just make a mess

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.879
 until the game's over.

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.420
 That's all,

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.099
 that's all they're doing.

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.859
 So it's not a game.

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:43.059
 This is what Jesus said.

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 And I just hope and pray

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.779
 because as I was preaching

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.439
 this a little while ago,

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:47.819
 it just,

00:20:48.199 --> 00:20:49.959
 it just all came to light

00:20:49.959 --> 00:20:50.779
 while I was standing here.

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.259
 So I'm going to try

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.799
 to be a hold of myself.

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:55.339
 But John 10, 10 says this.

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:55.819
 I want you to listen

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.399
 to what Christ says.

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:59.079
 The thief comes

00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:01.159
 only to steal

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:01.979
 and to kill

00:21:01.979 --> 00:21:02.759
 and to destroy.

00:21:03.199 --> 00:21:04.059
 I've come that you

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.679
 might have life

00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:05.679
 and have it more abundantly.

00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:08.000
 Killing,

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.440
 stealing

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:11.000
 and destroying

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:13.259
 is what Satan does.

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:15.660
 So

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:18.920
 what happens

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:20.420
 when difficulty comes

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:24.220
 and people start

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:26.420
 looting stores

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:29.880
 or what happens

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.799
 when they just walk

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.339
 in a store,

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.619
 a mass burglary

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.700
 in the middle of the day

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.200
 and just start

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:35.380
 yanking iPhones

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.920
 off the shelf

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:38.279
 and just taking them out

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.779
 and people just

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.940
 watching them do it,

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:41.340
 just taking what's not theirs

00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:42.860
 and just do what they want to do.

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:45.180
 That's the evil ones

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.800
 what that is.

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:47.779
 That's the evil one.

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.019
 What about when people

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.700
 just want to burn

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.360
 something down

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:52.500
 or paint all over

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.019
 a monument

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.740
 or do whatever?

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.000
 Why in the world?

00:21:55.080 --> 00:21:56.200
 What about their cause?

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.640
 It ain't got nothing

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.660
 to do with their cause.

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:59.019
 It's the evil one

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.840
 doing that mess.

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:04.379
 What about when

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.419
 there's a drive-by?

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.319
 What about when

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.839
 somebody takes

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.559
 a pop shot

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.220
 at somebody?

00:22:10.699 --> 00:22:11.419
 A closet

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:12.559
 coward

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.759
 that shoots

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.859
 when nobody sees.

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.419
 What's that?

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.359
 That's the evil one.

00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:18.059
 That's what he's doing.

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.599
 He wants to steal

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.339
 and kill

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.059
 and to destroy.

00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:23.119
 We need to understand,

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.619
 folks,

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.519
 our battle's

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.220
 not against

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.199
 flesh and blood.

00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:28.299
 It's the evil one.

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:31.980
 And he's raised

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.500
 his head

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:34.319
 and we've become

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:36.759
 so self-confident

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:39.399
 and so prideful

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:41.279
 that I believe

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.440
 I'm off script

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.019
 and it's dangerous.

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.740
 I believe

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.879
 God's lifting

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.919
 his hand on America.

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.759
 He's dropping

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.700
 his hedge of protection

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:51.079
 and let us live

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.279
 with what we live with.

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:54.359
 And there was

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.440
 no king in Israel

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.279
 and everyone did

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.759
 what was right

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.500
 in his own eyes.

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.839
 Check that out

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.240
 in Kings.

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:00.980
 See how that went

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.419
 for him.

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:01.980
 Okay?

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.960
 I'm telling you

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.859
 the evil one

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:06.639
 is at work

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.740
 killing

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.680
 and stealing

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.480
 and destroying

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.599
 as much as he

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.419
 possibly can

00:23:11.419 --> 00:23:12.740
 because he knows

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.539
 his demise

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.159
 is coming

00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:14.960
 so let's just

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.919
 make a mess of it.

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.879
 This is also

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.539
 explained in the

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.059
 curses in the

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.579
 Garden of Eden.

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.819
 The ancient serpent

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.819
 as Revelation 12

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.399
 calls him

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.759
 lied to Eve

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:26.039
 and Adam and Eve

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.700
 into sin

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:28.099
 and led Adam and Eve

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.720
 into sin

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.980
 and in that

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.779
 he was cursed

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.900
 and our present battle

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.799
 with the enemy

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.599
 was mentioned.

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.200
 In Genesis chapter 3

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.720
 verse 15

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.059
 it says

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:37.299
 I will put enmity

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.460
 between you

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.119
 and the woman

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:40.140
 and between your offspring

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.920
 and her offspring

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.619
 he shall bruise your head

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.619
 and you shall bruise

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.079
 his heel.

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.220
 That is a prophecy

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.480
 of the carnage

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.240
 of the war

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.240
 that began

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.000
 when Satan

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.019
 was cast

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.900
 out of heaven

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:53.340
 and like so much

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:53.960
 of prophecy

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.140
 it's a two-fold

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:55.820
 prophecy.

00:23:56.340 --> 00:23:57.160
 It speaks of the

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:58.440
 battles that began

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.240
 the day

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.620
 between humanity

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.720
 and Satan

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.880
 and it speaks

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.780
 of the conclusion

00:24:03.780 --> 00:24:04.620
 of the war

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.580
 through the cross

00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.660
 as well as

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.320
 through the events

00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:08.440
 that are still to come.

00:24:10.280 --> 00:24:11.380
 With this sin

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.660
 will come enmity

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:14.120
 between man

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.960
 and serpent.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.920
 Enmity

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:18.060
 is a deep-seated

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:19.280
 ill will

00:24:19.280 --> 00:24:20.400
 an ongoing

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.700
 battle of hatred

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.180
 is what that's

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.720
 talking about

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:25.559
 and that is

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.160
 talking about

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:27.180
 humans and serpents.

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:27.580
 Okay?

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.180
 To me that's

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.860
 the first meaning.

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:30.519
 I ate them.

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.580
 But much more

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.640
 importantly than that

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.900
 this speaks

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.840
 of the war

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.880
 of the offspring

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:39.799
 of woman

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:42.120
 and the evil one.

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.500
 Now I want to be

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.299
 clear about something.

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.380
 Satan has no offspring.

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.660
 He did not

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.660
 create the demons.

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:53.259
 He's not equal

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.660
 with God.

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.299
 He didn't create

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.700
 anything.

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:56.240
 They were angels

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.680
 remember

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.680
 and now they're

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.700
 fallen angels.

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.660
 We call them demons.

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:01.319
 They influence

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.920
 people

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.920
 into being

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.360
 sinners

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.039
 and then they

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.620
 became the

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.319
 children of the

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.080
 influence of the

00:25:06.080 --> 00:25:06.620
 evil one.

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.600
 And Satan

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.200
 and his army

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.920
 work hard

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.940
 to draw us

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.680
 and to draw

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.980
 all as far

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:14.039
 away from God

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.759
 as possible.

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.180
 Satan is

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.279
 to use the term

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.799
 used here.

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 He is biting

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.980
 at our heels

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.900
 and we too

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.480
 often are

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.740
 poisoned by it.

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.180
 Satan has

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.220
 way too much

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.900
 influence on our

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.079
 lives.

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.140
 He wins way

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.880
 too many battles

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.380
 in our lives

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.240
 but he knows

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.400
 and this may be

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.180
 why he wears

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.160
 us down so

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:33.079
 that he will

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.960
 not win the war.

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.980
 He knows that.

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.759
 He'll bruise us.

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.620
 He'll scar us.

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.299
 He'll wound us.

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.779
 He'll strike our heel.

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.160
 However,

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.880
 the passage

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.059
 is much bigger

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.519
 than that

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.340
 because it also

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:43.860
 speaks of

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.980
 messianic prophecy.

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.740
 It speaks of

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.819
 what Christ will do

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.500
 and it's kind of

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.159
 odd the way

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:48.980
 it says it here

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.359
 because when it

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.579
 says in

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.480
 between you

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.899
 and the woman

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 and between

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.039
 your offspring

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.119
 and her offspring

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.019
 offspring,

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.759
 that word for

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.759
 offspring means

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.399
 seed.

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 Literally in the

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.279
 Hebrew it is

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:02.939
 seed and

00:26:02.939 --> 00:26:03.839
 normally in

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.159
 scripture

00:26:04.159 --> 00:26:06.639
 offspring or

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.599
 literally seed

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.639
 speaks of a

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.059
 man.

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:11.019
 Abraham's offspring

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.139
 is often spoken

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:13.539
 of and it's his

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.039
 seed.

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.659
 That's the word

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.279
 that's used.

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.399
 The man

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.160
 provides the

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.560
 seed,

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.280
 the woman,

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.940
 the egg

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.980
 but here

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.820
 it says

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:23.100
 the seed

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.660
 of a woman.

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.960
 Why is that?

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:29.400
 This is a

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.860
 prophecy

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:31.019
 of the

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.560
 virgin born

00:26:31.560 --> 00:26:32.080
 Christ.

00:26:34.300 --> 00:26:35.100
 There was

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:35.540
 no seed

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.100
 of a man

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.820
 in the

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.380
 virgin born

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.880
 Christ.

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.640
 This is

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.340
 the first

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:41.180
 prophetic

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.880
 proclamation

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.480
 of the gospel

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.140
 is what this

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.400
 is.

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:46.300
 Satan's

00:26:46.300 --> 00:26:47.560
 efforts are

00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:48.140
 rough on

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.759
 us but

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.200
 it's not

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.759
 near as

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.280
 strong and

00:26:51.280 --> 00:26:51.600
 rough as

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.040
 it was on

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.500
 Christ.

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.720
 He was

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.320
 hated by

00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:55.040
 religious leaders.

00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:55.580
 He was

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:56.300
 mocked by

00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:56.820
 those that

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.320
 followed him

00:26:57.320 --> 00:26:57.900
 days earlier.

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.740
 He was

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.519
 nearly beaten

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.120
 to death,

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.780
 hung in

00:27:00.780 --> 00:27:01.460
 agony on a

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.180
 Roman cross

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.880
 that took

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.680
 his respect

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.080
 and his

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.640
 dignity and

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.240
 his life.

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.540
 It was a

00:27:06.540 --> 00:27:08.080
 rough strike

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.980
 of the heel

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.000
 but I want you

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.460
 to understand

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.080
 something today.

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.880
 It was only a

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.380
 strike.

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.560
 It was not

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:14.040
 a defeat.

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.700
 His death

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.640
 was a strike

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:19.540
 but Paul

00:27:19.540 --> 00:27:20.040
 tells us

00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:20.580
 what's coming.

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.380
 Romans

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.000
 chapter 16

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.420
 verse 20

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.820
 says the

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.260
 God of

00:27:24.260 --> 00:27:24.620
 peace will

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.720
 soon crush

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.380
 Satan under

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.380
 your feet.

00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.500
 I was

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.360
 recently told

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.980
 one of the

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.480
 most horrific

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.980
 things I've

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.240
 ever been

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.680
 told that

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.000
 if you

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.940
 chop a

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.560
 copperhead

00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:37.320
 snake's head

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:37.980
 off that

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.460
 you need to

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.220
 bury it because

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.680
 it'll still

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.640
 bite you even

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.180
 with venom.

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.100
 If that

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.500
 don't keep

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:43.840
 you up at

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.140
 night I

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.320
 don't know

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:44.740
 what will

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.280
 but anyway.

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.780
 But you

00:27:46.780 --> 00:27:47.040
 know what

00:27:47.040 --> 00:27:47.640
 that reminds

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:47.940
 me of?

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.320
 It reminds

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.580
 me of

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:48.900
 Satan.

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.640
 He's running

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.380
 around like a

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.800
 chicken with

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:53.140
 his head

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.680
 cut off and

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.260
 the war's been

00:27:55.260 --> 00:27:56.040
 won my friend.

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.840
 He's lost.

00:27:59.060 --> 00:27:59.900
 Christ defeated

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.760
 Satan on the

00:28:00.760 --> 00:28:01.400
 cross and

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.900
 through the

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.980
 resurrection and

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.160
 now he empowers

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.820
 the Christian.

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.560
 I told you

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.320
 last week James

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:08.380
 4 and it stuck

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.860
 with me this

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.040
 week.

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.900
 James 4

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.220
 7 resist him

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.640
 and he'll

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.120
 flee from

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.460
 you.

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.680
 Resist the

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.259
 evil one he'll

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.660
 flee from

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:14.860
 you.

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.640
 1 Corinthians

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.559
 10 13 tells

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.279
 us God will

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.059
 provide a way

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.259
 out.

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.079
 Every time

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.579
 you're tempted

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.100
 he'll provide

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.660
 a way out.

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.799
 And I want

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.480
 you to hear me

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.100
 this morning and

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.600
 I'll close.

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.039
 I want you to

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.779
 hang your hat on

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.200
 this as you

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.480
 leave.

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.299
 1 John 4 4

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.519
 Little children

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.299
 you're from God

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.960
 and have overcome

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.000
 them but he

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.960
 who is in you

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.740
 is greater than

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.319
 he who is in

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.700
 the world.

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.579
 Satan is mad

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:42.740
 Satan is

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.359
 manipulative

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:45.000
 Satan is

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.159
 mean but I

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.599
 want you to

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.199
 keep it all in

00:28:48.199 --> 00:28:49.699
 perspective because

00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:50.500
 he's just a sore

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.859
 loser.

00:28:51.199 --> 00:28:51.579
 That's what he

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:51.819
 is.

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.439
 He's just a sore

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:53.819
 loser.

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.879
 He knows he's

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:57.939
 lost the war and

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.619
 so he wants to

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.379
 win the battles in

00:28:59.379 --> 00:28:59.859
 your life.

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.539
 When I was

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.299
 growing up there

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.679
 was a

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:06.939
 an evangelist

00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:08.319
 youth evangelist

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.079
 that rode around

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:10.179
 in a custom

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:12.259
 band named

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.839
 Billy Mayo.

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.119
 He's fighting

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.960
 rock and roll

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.759
 music with all

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.159
 he could.

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:16.960
 He's of the

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.259
 devil.

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.259
 They were

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.299
 breaking records

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.659
 you don't even

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.079
 know what that

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.199
 is.

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.879
 Anyway they're

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.559
 back but

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:23.699
 crushing

00:29:23.699 --> 00:29:25.039
 cassette tapes

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:26.799
 telling all the

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.519
 stories about how

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.099
 they wrote these

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.779
 songs and how

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:30.159
 they were but he

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:31.220
 said a phrase that

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.000
 always stuck out in

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.220
 my mind and it's

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.519
 true.

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:36.420
 somebody's messing

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.500
 with your mind

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:39.079
 and you don't even

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.980
 know it.

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.960
 We're in a war

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:49.019
 that's already been

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.440
 won.

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:52.539
 The cross of Christ

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.139
 and the empty

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:54.920
 tomb signed the

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.279
 treaty.

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.099
 It's done.

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.879
 And he's still

00:29:58.879 --> 00:30:00.599
 winning battles in

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.220
 our lives.

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:03.139
 Shame on us.

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.599
 May we live

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:07.480
 victorious for the

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.480
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:11.240
 because he who is

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:13.700
 in us is greater

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:15.240
 than he who is in

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.619
 the world.

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.379
 With every head

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.859
 bowed and every

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:19.740
 eye closed I ask

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:22.720
 you today have you

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.259
 ever given your

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.900
 heart and life to

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.379
 the Lord Jesus

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.700
 Christ?

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.339
 I didn't ask you

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.680
 if you was a

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.059
 member of this

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.359
 church.

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.339
 I didn't ask if

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.920
 everybody thought

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.680
 you were saved.

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.539
 I didn't ask you

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.879
 any of that.

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.859
 I ask you have you

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.639
 ever given your

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.740
 heart and life to

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.319
 the Lord Jesus

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.859
 Christ.

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.139
 Have you ever

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.899
 said Lord I'm a

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.119
 sinner.

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.740
 I need salvation.

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.740
 Lord I want you to

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.399
 come into my life

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.039
 and change me.

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:41.960
 Empower me dear

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.159
 God.

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.179
 Give me victory in

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.619
 the midst of the

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.339
 battles in which I

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.659
 face.

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.819
 And if you've never

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.720
 done that I promise

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.480
 you today is the day

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.039
 of salvation.

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.919
 He'll meet you where

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:50.599
 you are and he'll

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.379
 change your life

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.779
 forever.

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.980
 We're going to

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.619
 stand in a moment

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.099
 and we're going to

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:55.000
 sing and if God's

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.579
 leading you you just

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.159
 obey him.

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.960
 Just do exactly what

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.639
 he tells you to do.

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.059
 Maybe you're here

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.740
 this morning and you

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.559
 have done that but

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.700
 you've never publicly

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.619
 acknowledged that at

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:05.460
 all and Jesus by his

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.299
 example and by his

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.379
 commission tells us we

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:08.039
 follow that with

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.519
 baptism.

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:10.700
 A public proclamation of

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.679
 what's already happened to

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:13.539
 us in our lives.

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.059
 If you've never been

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 baptized I encourage you

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 to come.

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 Be obedient to God.

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 It's a first step of

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 obedience.

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 You don't do that it'll

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 hinder your walk with

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 God.

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 If you're wondering

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 what's hindered you

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 check your baptism.

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 It makes a difference.

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 I promise you.

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 Maybe you're here and

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 God's leading you to

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 be part of this church.

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 You've visited us.

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 You feel like you're a

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 part of us.

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 You feel like God's

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 leading you.

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 I'd love to guide you

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 in that process.

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 Or maybe you just need

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 to do business with God

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 because I'm going to

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 tell you something.

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 We're in a battle folks.

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 We need to give that

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 battle over to the Lord

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 and we need to make

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 commitments before we

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 leave this room that

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 we'll keep when we leave

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 this room.

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 And you can do that

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 where you'll stand.

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 You can do that at this

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 altar or you can do it

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 with a pastor praying for

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 you.

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 You just obey God

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 and do exactly what

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 he'd have you to do.

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 Lord Jesus I ask right

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 now that your sweet

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 spirit will lead us

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 right now.

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 Just simply be obedient

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 to follow you and to

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 walk out of here stronger

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 and better than we were

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 when we came in Father.

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 In Jesus precious name.

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 Amen.