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 Would you take your Bible off stage?

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 I would like Molly Collins.

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 Where are you, Molly?

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 Would you come here to the front, Molly, please?

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 I don't want you to touch this.

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 I don't want you to get close to this.

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 Stand right over here.

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 Does anybody know what this is?

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 What is it?

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 What is it?

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 It's not a bear trap.

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 A bear trap is about 50 pounds, and they're illegal.

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 No, they are.

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 You're not allowed to trap bear anymore.

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 This is just a little old minor old foot trap.

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 But I'm going to use it as an illustration here.

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 Okay.

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 That's a smart girl.

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 I don't know.

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 I don't know what you think I'm going to do with that pencil, but it's not what you think I'm going to do.

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 Take your Bibles.

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 Take your Bibles.

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 Take your Bibles.

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 And turn in them to Ephesians chapter 6.

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 Stay with me, Molly.

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 Don't leave.

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 Okay.

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 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

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 Put on the whole armor of God.

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 Put on the whole armor of God.

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 God.

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 That you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

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 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,

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 against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

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 And Molly, what I want you to do is point from a safe distance.

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 Point at that trap.

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 There you go.

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 Ow.

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 There it is.

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 Thank you, Molly.

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 Thank you, Molly.

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 Thank you.

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 How many of you understand how serious our enemy is about destroying you?

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 Probably one of the tests of how seriously you take the enemy is whether or not this morning as you were getting up

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 and going through the responsibilities of your mourning.

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 For one, if you took the time to pray, to read the Scriptures, do you follow that?

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 If you don't think there is an enemy after you, you probably didn't do that.

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 In fact, one of the things that Jesus said, He said it in numerous different places,

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 but one of the things that He said when His disciples asked Him, teach us about prayer, He said,

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 pray this way, right?

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 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, kingdom come, all that kind of stuff,

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 and lead us not into temptation.

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 Elsewhere, Jesus, as He was talking to His disciples, as He went into the Garden of Gethsemane to pray,

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 prior to His crucifixion, He said, listen, pray that you don't enter into temptation.

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 That's what He said.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Father God, we are so deeply blessed, we who know Christ,

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 to have the blessing of relationship with the Lord Jesus as our God and Savior,

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 and to have the Word that is given to us as this rich and incredible blessing,

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 that we might be completely furnished unto all good works,

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 and to have the indwelling Spirit who abides in us

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 and is our advocate and our ally and our enabler,

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 and who we may justly rely upon to not only understand the Scriptures,

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 but to put them into practice.

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 I'm thankful for the Spirit of God that

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 I am so deeply dependent upon in preaching.

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 and that same Spirit

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 who is actively at work in the lives of believers,

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 that they might

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 find the answer

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 in the prayer that we find in the Psalms

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 where it says,

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 Open my eyes that I might behold

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 wondrous truths out of thy law.

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 And so we want Your Spirit to work in us this morning

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 that we might be different as a result of hearing the Word.

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 And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, by this point,

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 you figured out that we're coming close to the end of the book of Ephesians.

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 And I have enjoyed this book tremendously,

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 but I have to tell you,

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 I'm beginning to kind of make that transitional shift

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 in my prayer life

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 and beginning to think about the book of John.

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 And Lord willing,

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 and should He tarry and you permit,

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 I intend to begin preaching in John sometime in the fall,

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 maybe late summer.

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 We have three other groups

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 that are going to be doing Scripture Memory.

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 Tom and Carrie, you're doing next week.

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 Am I correct with that?

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 And then after that,

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 I think Mary and the children,

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 you're doing six.

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 Are you not doing six?

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 Yeah.

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 You're doing six.

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 Isaac and company,

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 you guys are doing five.

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 Am I right?

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 See, there we go.

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 We got it all worked out.

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 And we're coming close to the end.

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 How many of you know how the book of Ephesians kind of begins?

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 Does anybody have one of those favorite verses

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 that you can lock in and say,

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 here's how it begins?

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 Let me help you with this.

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 It says in Ephesians 1, verse 3,

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 it says,

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who has blessed us in the heavenlies with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus.

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 We're blessed in Jesus.

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 It doesn't get any better than that.

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 And here, Paul opens up this unbelievable book that brings glory to Christ.

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 It causes us to look forward to the day that we're going to be home with Him.

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 And yet, as Paul comes towards the end of this book,

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 he goes into perhaps one of the more militant and challenging passages that we find in the New Testament

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 because he tells us that we're involved in conflict.

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 And here we are.

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 We're dealing with this and where Paul kind of reminds us that we're involved in warfare

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 and that we have a horrible enemy that is absolutely bent on our grief and our shame.

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 And one of the things that we should know from the very beginning is that we're not home yet.

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 You know, it would be nice, wouldn't it, to be home?

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 It says in the Scriptures, absent in the body, what?

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 Present with the Lord.

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 And I like the song that our choir sang this morning.

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 Man, what a, what a, that was good.

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 And just listening to you guys sing, I'm up here.

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 There's only one thing that goes along with our corporate singing,

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 and that is that I sometimes don't get some of the words right.

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 Am I right, young ladies?

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 They're sitting over here just having just a snickering time

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 because I sing different words than they do.

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 And it doesn't put me off so long as they can handle it.

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 But we're just, we're having a great time singing and rejoicing in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And yet the fact of the matter is, is that we're not home yet.

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 We're not home yet.

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 And Paul, this morning, wants us to understand just how serious this conflict is.

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 And so as you take up this passage, let me kind of set the broad picture,

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 and then we're going to come down into it a little more narrow, a little more specific.

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 But I want you to understand that for one thing, Christ commands,

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 and this is something that we have to understand,

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 what is given to us here is given by a very pointed fashion.

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 Christ commands a warlike mindset.

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 Now, you have to face it.

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 Nobody really likes war for long.

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 It's fun to play paintball, you know, I mean, it's as long as you're not getting hit, right?

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 But the fact of the matter is, is that war is really not something that is entertaining.

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 It's horrible.

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 It's brutal.

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 When I was younger, I remember just during the time, I was back during the Vietnam era,

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 and I remember working with a man who was a veteran of Iwo Jima.

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 Later on, I had a friend who actually was in Vietnam, and he was on long-range patrols by himself.

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 He was a forward observer for artillery, and he would be sent out into the jungles alone by himself,

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 only he and a dog, and they would spend a week out there scouting and then calling in shots.

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 One of the things that I discovered about combat veterans is that none of them sit around thumping their chest

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 talking about how neat it was.

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 In fact, I've got to tell you, neither of these guys were the least bit interested in sharing some of their old war stories with me.

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 They really didn't want to talk about it.

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 Combat was something that they hated, and even though they'd come out a winner in one sense,

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 they were not very pleased with what all had taken place, and so they were very cautious.

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 I want you to understand that we're at war, and so our Savior tells us here in this passage that we face an enemy

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 that is bent on our destruction, our harm.

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 And one of the things that goes with preparing to preach is actually,

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 and you would understand that this would be reasonable, that as I am preaching or as I'm studying in the study there,

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 and as I'm meditating and praying about it, I have your faces and your hearts before me in the study and in my private time.

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 Does that make sense?

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 One of the things that goes with being a shepherd in the same place for quite a few years

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 is that I know some of the things that have happened in your life,

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 and I know some of the things that the enemy is trying to do to unhinge and to harm you.

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 And I know some of you that are almost brain-dead to what he's doing.

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 And so it follows then that when I take up this passage prompted by the Spirit of God,

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 and I come to you, I say with a shepherd's sympathy, listen carefully.

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 This is for you.

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 I want you to understand as we look at this passage that one of the things that we should know at the very outset

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 is that we're not to fight in our own power.

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 We're not to fight in our own power.

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 It says, finally, there in verse 10,

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 Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

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 Put on the whole armor of God

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 that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

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 You know, I go back to what I said earlier that, you know, apart from video games and stuff like that,

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 real combat is not something that is entertaining and something that we take pleasure in.

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 It's hard and it's difficult.

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 And as we think about what is being spoken of here,

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 I want you to understand that the Spirit of God wants you to understand clearly

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 that this battle that we're involved in is something that has great risk and great harm

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 and you will not escape it until the day you draw your last breath.

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 My dad is 90.

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 I don't mean to overplay the fact that my heart's caught up in that,

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 but I want to tell you, I've watched my father over the last number of years

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 and on recurring occasions, I've spoken to him very explicitly and clearly and said,

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 Dad, you can't stop the fight.

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 I'm not talking about the physiological fight.

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 I'm talking about the spiritual conflict

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 where the enemy is very interested in allowing discouragement and despair

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 to breed over and eventually produce bitterness in the life of an individual

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 who has served with rich distinction.

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 And I say to him, Dad, you have to stay focused on the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and live your life for Him even as you live it,

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 doing nothing other than drawing breath where you sit.

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 We're involved in conflict and it won't stop until the day we're home.

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 And you've heard the passage where it says,

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 Be strong in the Lord and the power of His might.

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 In other words, don't try this alone.

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 You desperately need help for this daily battle.

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 Furthermore, I do want you to understand something as we look at this passage,

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 that this battle is defensive by design.

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 Defensive by design.

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 He is not calling us to be, you know, ninja turtles or navy seals.

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 You know, it's not a lot about, I'm out there doing my thing

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 and, you know, I'm a punching it out for Jesus kind of guy.

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 If you read the passage, you understand that the entire picture

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 is this defensive mindset.

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 Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand

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 against the schemes of the devil.

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 The imagery that Paul relied on

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 was imagery that communicates

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 a defensive and protective environment

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 where we are resisting the adversary.

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 We're not out there duking it out with him on our own.

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 The word stand that Paul uses here

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 is a word that talks about kind of getting anchored in.

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 It's talking about getting set.

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 Probably there are a few of you here

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 that at one time or another in P.E.

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 before there were too many injuries,

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 played something called Red Rover, Red Rover,

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 Let Timmy Come Over.

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 Come on, anybody here?

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 Raise your hand and say, I did that.

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 Okay?

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 And, you know, what you did

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 was you picked on the wusses to begin with.

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 You know, the little guys that weighed 69 pounds

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 and you and whatever,

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 they would come running at you.

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 And what was the game?

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 If they broke through, what happened?

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 They took one back with them.

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 But if you held on,

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 they were toast and they were part of your line, right?

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 And the way in which you did that

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 is you said, you know, let Timmy come over

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 and Timmy would come running at you

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 with his little frame and not anymore,

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 but, you know, he'd come running at you

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 and as he was getting closer and closer,

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 what were you doing?

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 You know, and as the guy would bump into you,

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 kind of give a little bit.

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 How many of you learned that?

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 You know, give a little bit

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 and pretty soon his energy was dissipated

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 and you had him.

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 In ancient warfare,

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 I want to tell you something.

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 Ancient warfare was not like this.

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 We are on the other side of the country

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 playing with a video game

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 and we're going to drop a rocket

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 on somebody over in, you know, Afghanistan.

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 Ancient warfare was very personal,

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 in your face, right up.

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 Essentially, it was an armed shoving match

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 where you got real close

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 and here's the truth.

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 The ones who turned down, backed down,

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 turned around and ran

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 were the ones who got stabbed in the,

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 guess what?

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 The back.

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 And so what you wanted to do in warfare

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:07.740
 was you wanted to get your shield out in front

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.339
 and you wanted to get,

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:11.480
 and the soldiers actually had leather sandals

00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:14.119
 with iron cleats in them.

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 They weren't for walking on the beach in.

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 They were for, you know,

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 digging their way in

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 and then here would come this horde

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 of, you know, unwashed enemies.

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 You know, whoo,

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:28.740
 camping in the old days was really bad.

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 You know, they'd come running at you

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 and then bang, they'd slam into you

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 and then what were you doing

00:18:33.379 --> 00:18:34.259
 with your little spear

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:35.259
 and your little sword?

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.980
 What were you doing?

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 Does anybody have an idea?

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 You were sticking them

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 wherever place you could.

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.940
 You know, I mean,

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 there's nothing wrong with

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 chopping off a guy's leg.

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 Do you understand that?

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 Or stabbing him in the thigh.

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 You know, wherever,

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 you were just flailing at him.

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 And your safety was in being locked

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.960
 into a defensive,

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 protective environment

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 and staying there.

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 I want you to understand

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 that as you look at this passage

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 as we open up,

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:09.880
 you have to understand

00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:11.960
 that we are to rely upon his power

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 and we're to rely upon his armor

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 and we're to stand firm in him

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 and we're to stand together

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 as a body

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 rather than as these solo secret agents

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 for the king.

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 Listen to me.

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 I think one of the things

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:33.519
 that has really amplified

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:35.519
 Satan's effectiveness

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:38.379
 in contemporary Christian living,

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:40.099
 in causing harm

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 to contemporary Christian living,

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 is that there's so many people

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 out there today

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 that I bump into

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 who call themselves Christians

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 that really have no ongoing connection

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 with a body of believers.

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 And they are out there

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.940
 by themselves

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 trying to deal with an adversary

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 and they have no companionship,

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 no help,

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.740
 no encouragement,

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:04.940
 no people to depend upon

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 that are going to say to them,

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 hey, don't be doing that.

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 You're going to get hurt.

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.759
 Well, I want you to understand

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 as we look at this passage

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 there in verse 11,

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 let me read it to you.

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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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 So, one, we see that

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:30.360
 we're to have this warfare mindset,

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:30.920
 but second,

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:32.660
 Christ wants us to understand

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 who our enemy is.

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:36.620
 Now, in that verse,

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 it says that you may be able

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:39.339
 to stand against the schemes

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:39.980
 of the devil.

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.860
 Let me give you a little bit

00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:41.839
 of translation here,

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 and I'm not all about the Greek

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 kind of piling on you

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 so that you go home

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.599
 and know the recipe.

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 I want you to know the cake,

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 but here's the deal.

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:49.820
 That word scheme

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 is the word methodea.

00:20:53.060 --> 00:20:53.200
 Hmm.

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 What does methodea sound like?

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.460
 Does anybody have an idea?

00:20:57.780 --> 00:20:59.620
 Come on, give me the English word.

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 Method.

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:06.580
 And when Paul tells us

00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:08.680
 that there is a methodea,

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:10.220
 what he is telling us

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:13.580
 is that Satan actually has a plan

00:21:13.580 --> 00:21:15.420
 and is working according

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:17.140
 to a systematic pattern

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:18.700
 to try and hurt you.

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.820
 That's what he's saying.

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.779
 Look at it again.

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.180
 It says,

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.600
 that you may be able

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:27.480
 to stand against the schemes

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:29.740
 or the methodic attack

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:32.180
 of Satan against you personally.

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:39.759
 David Jeremiah makes a statement

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.140
 that,

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:42.720
 and it's sanctified imagination.

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.620
 How many of you understand

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:45.080
 what sanctified imagination is?

00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:46.500
 It's kind of like speculation,

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.160
 okay?

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:49.360
 But in his sanctified imagination,

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:50.500
 he talks about the fact

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.299
 that you could probably go

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:52.220
 into the devil's office

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:54.400
 and you'd find a filing cabinet

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.820
 and there in the filing cabinet

00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:57.340
 was a file with your name on it.

00:21:57.339 --> 00:22:00.639
 And Satan has an idea

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:02.459
 of how to mess you up.

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.379
 You personally.

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:07.379
 He's got a file

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.579
 that says Tim Knoyer on it.

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.299
 He's got one that says

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.179
 Henry Covert on it.

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:11.179
 He's got one that says

00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:12.019
 Gordy Hickey on it.

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.959
 He's got one that says

00:22:12.959 --> 00:22:13.939
 Saul Green on it.

00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:14.679
 He's got one that says

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.399
 Bob Consul.

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.720
 He knows us.

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.839
 And he's after us.

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.959
 I want you to understand

00:22:22.959 --> 00:22:24.359
 something about Satan's strategies.

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:24.879
 For one,

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.939
 they're insanely repetitious.

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:30.119
 Don't take pleasure

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.599
 in the fact

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.599
 that he's so repetitious

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.720
 because we are

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.619
 incredibly foolish.

00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:35.519
 I mean,

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.059
 you know what?

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:39.139
 I'm not going to set it again,

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.000
 but you know,

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:43.720
 I could set this trap

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:45.939
 and just put a little bit

00:22:45.939 --> 00:22:49.119
 of rancid meat on it.

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.939
 Do you follow that?

00:22:50.459 --> 00:22:51.419
 And then just cover

00:22:51.419 --> 00:22:52.379
 a little bit of grass

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:53.179
 and stuff like that

00:22:53.179 --> 00:22:54.579
 and set it out in my lawn

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.899
 and guess what would happen

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.819
 within a day or two?

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:59.599
 There would be something in it.

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:01.179
 Not something I'd eat,

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.379
 but it would be something in it.

00:23:03.699 --> 00:23:04.099
 Okay.

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:06.899
 And I could take the same trap

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:09.599
 this fall.

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.799
 It was pretty cold.

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.299
 You know that.

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:11.899
 Pretty cold.

00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:15.619
 And I went out in my garage.

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:17.779
 My wife has a pathological

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:19.039
 hatred for mice.

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:22.240
 And I am the family

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.000
 mousetrapper.

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.359
 Okay.

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.039
 And in fact,

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:28.319
 I bought like about

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.420
 six bags of them

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.920
 and she said,

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:30.299
 honey,

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.220
 why did you do that?

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.399
 We have three left over

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:33.079
 from last year.

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.279
 I said,

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.259
 never hurts.

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.819
 And if my wife

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.680
 has anything about

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.299
 mousetraps,

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:37.980
 it just use them.

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.759
 So I'm out there

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.779
 setting these mousetraps

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.440
 all over the place.

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.879
 You know what?

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.980
 A couple times

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:44.379
 I could catch the same,

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.359
 two or three mice

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.159
 on the same trap

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.860
 with the same

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.480
 peanut butter bit.

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:49.660
 Now how deceptive

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.680
 is a little blob

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.279
 of peanut butter

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.200
 on a mousetrap?

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.600
 Very?

00:23:52.800 --> 00:23:53.120
 No.

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.680
 But it works.

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.300
 Just so long

00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:58.420
 as they don't eat much of it,

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.540
 I just reset the thing.

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:00.180
 Do you follow that?

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.060
 Just kind of bend

00:24:01.060 --> 00:24:01.740
 the spring back

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:03.180
 and clean the other one off

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.820
 and don't even have

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.779
 to lay it far away

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:06.140
 and ready to go.

00:24:08.060 --> 00:24:08.940
 Now look here.

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.840
 It says Satan

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:13.660
 has a strategy.

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:16.640
 He's got a strategy.

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.980
 And he's after you.

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:23.000
 I want you to understand

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.680
 that he has classic attacks

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:26.759
 that have succeeded

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.680
 since the garden.

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:30.120
 And he also knows

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:31.400
 your particular weakness.

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.580
 Look in your Bible

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.200
 just for a moment.

00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:36.560
 Go over to Hebrews 12,

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:38.680
 verse 1.

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:41.019
 Hebrews 12,

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:43.519
 verse 1.

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:47.840
 There are minor differences

00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.880
 in the way this verse

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.279
 is translated,

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.320
 but I want you to look

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:51.720
 in particular

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.420
 at what it says there.

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.380
 And the sin

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.880
 which clings so closely.

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.120
 King James says

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:59.300
 the sin that does

00:24:59.300 --> 00:25:00.980
 so easily beset.

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.660
 And one of the things

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.580
 that I would understand

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:07.680
 is that sin does cling

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.800
 closely to all of us,

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.840
 but there are some sins

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:11.040
 that cling more closely

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:13.220
 to one of us

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.339
 than the other of us.

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.799
 Let me give you

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.619
 a couple of illustrations.

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:18.619
 Satan did not use wine

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.659
 or the barber chair

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.859
 to get Samson.

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.720
 Do you understand that?

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:27.440
 But Satan had Samson

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.319
 figured out, didn't he?

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:32.159
 Satan had Samson figured out.

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:35.100
 And from early on

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.140
 in Samson's life,

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.040
 he began to show

00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:38.320
 a pattern of immorality,

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:39.800
 and at the end of the day,

00:25:40.040 --> 00:25:41.560
 it was his lack

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.420
 of discretion

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.200
 and obedience

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.000
 to the Scripture

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.140
 in relationship

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.740
 to the matter

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.480
 of immorality

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.860
 that led him

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:49.759
 to give away

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.460
 the secret.

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.800
 And he ended up

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:55.279
 having his eyes

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.880
 poked out.

00:25:55.880 --> 00:26:02.180
 Lot didn't fall

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.940
 to the wiles

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:04.220
 of a seductive woman.

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.160
 Do you realize that?

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:07.880
 Lot was not snared

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:10.000
 the same way

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.080
 that Samson was.

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:16.320
 Lot wanted prominence.

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:20.420
 Lot wanted property.

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:23.520
 Lot wanted significance,

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.720
 and he was willing

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.759
 to put himself

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:28.319
 wherever it would pay out

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.680
 to his advantage.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.360
 There's some of you

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.279
 sitting here this morning

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.500
 that in the course

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.220
 of your lifetime

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.120
 are going to find

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:38.220
 over and over again

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:39.680
 that Satan is going

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.660
 to tempt you

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:42.539
 with certain advantages

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:44.400
 and certain advances

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:46.220
 in your career

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:48.140
 that seem on the surface

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.640
 they make sense,

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:53.100
 but they draw you

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:54.019
 closer to the

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.200
 pit

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.879
 and to Sodom

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:58.019
 and Gomorrah.

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.599
 Judas

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:06.819
 was never tempted

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:09.319
 that we know of

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:12.440
 by immorality,

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:15.400
 by drunkenness.

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:18.180
 He was never tempted

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:20.039
 by some of the things

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.680
 that some of you

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.339
 sitting out here

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.900
 this morning

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:23.080
 have found yourself

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:24.100
 in conflict with

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:25.140
 over and over again,

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.900
 but I want you

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.480
 to understand

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.860
 that it tells us

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.700
 that Satan got

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:30.060
 the best of Judas

00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:31.140
 and his life

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.100
 was destroyed

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:33.820
 by the temptations

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.340
 that came.

00:27:36.540 --> 00:27:37.580
 So here's the deal.

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.640
 If you're wondering

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:40.920
 what Satan may have

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.740
 in your file

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:43.340
 as shortcuts

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:44.880
 to attacking Tim

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:47.480
 or shortcuts

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.380
 to attacking

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.500
 Brenda

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:51.120
 or whatever,

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.540
 you know,

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:53.700
 here's how you can

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.660
 kind of figure it out.

00:27:56.560 --> 00:27:57.420
 Find out

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.260
 where you've fallen

00:27:58.260 --> 00:27:58.960
 most often.

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.300
 Do you follow that?

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:04.240
 And by this time,

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.840
 most of you here

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.660
 are old enough

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.520
 to have had enough

00:28:07.520 --> 00:28:08.540
 recurring incidents

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:09.760
 in particular areas

00:28:09.760 --> 00:28:10.620
 where you say,

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.000
 ah,

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:13.819
 I'm a guppy there.

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.159
 How many of you

00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:14.859
 follow what I'm saying?

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.199
 It's like,

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.779
 got me again.

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.139
 If you're a

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.479
 repetitious powder,

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:23.799
 do you know

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.939
 what a repetitious powder is?

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.859
 Everybody smile.

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.559
 It's someone

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.559
 who does it often.

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:33.279
 Or if you're

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.819
 a person

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:36.099
 who is often

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:37.239
 offended,

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.859
 easily offended.

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:40.579
 You know what an individual

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.659
 is who's easily offended?

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.019
 They're constantly,

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:45.039
 somebody's got them

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.279
 worked up about something.

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:49.379
 Or if you're a person

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:51.039
 who finds yourself

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.959
 snared by

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:54.639
 subtle suggestions

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.659
 to immorality

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.699
 over and over again.

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:59.639
 Or you're just not

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.899
 satisfied with

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:03.139
 the things that God's

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.399
 provided.

00:29:03.459 --> 00:29:04.219
 I don't know what it is.

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:06.199
 If you find yourself

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:07.539
 in this repetitious pattern,

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.719
 here's what you can figure out.

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:10.539
 Satan's got your number.

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.259
 He's got it.

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.219
 Now,

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.859
 I want you to recognize

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.579
 something else

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.319
 in this passage.

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.159
 He has

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:24.839
 a strategy.

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.879
 But I also want you

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.419
 to understand

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.240
 that this warfare

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.000
 is not about

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.919
 us or others.

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:34.120
 It's really stunning

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:35.039
 to stop for a moment

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.820
 and look at what it says

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.680
 there in verse 12.

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:36.900
 It says,

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.940
 For we do not wrestle

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.900
 against flesh and blood.

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:40.080
 You know what most of us

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:40.380
 believe?

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.779
 Honestly,

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.300
 truthfully,

00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:42.039
 we believe that the

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.539
 biggest problems

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.440
 we have in our life

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.960
 are what?

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:46.460
 Other people.

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.000
 Huh?

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:51.140
 Other people.

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:53.400
 In fact,

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.300
 you wouldn't want

00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:55.500
 to do it publicly,

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.300
 but the truth

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.899
 of the matter is

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.659
 if I ask you

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.359
 to make a short

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.039
 mental list

00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.319
 of who you really

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.139
 would like God

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.899
 to change,

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.720
 you're not first

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.419
 on the list.

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:08.740
 Not because you are

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:10.879
 so spiritually perceptive,

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.519
 but because you're

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.220
 so dull.

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.119
 Now,

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.940
 there it is.

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.700
 For we do not wrestle

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:19.220
 against flesh and blood.

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.619
 What?

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.339
 Well,

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:22.079
 that is the Bible,

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:23.079
 so I've got to trust it.

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.359
 Okay.

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:25.279
 And it says,

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.679
 But against the rulers,

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.539
 against the authorities,

00:30:27.699 --> 00:30:28.779
 against the cosmic powers

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.799
 over this present darkness,

00:30:30.199 --> 00:30:31.419
 against the spiritual forces

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:33.000
 of evil in the heavenly places.

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.539
 Now,

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:38.279
 this Bible verse

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.959
 is not undermining

00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:40.879
 the doctrine

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.839
 of the battle

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.179
 we have with indwelling sin,

00:30:43.219 --> 00:30:43.799
 and I've got enough

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.519
 problems with me.

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:47.019
 But the Bible tells me

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.579
 there's an enemy

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.199
 that I have

00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:49.339
 that's out to destroy me.

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.439
 Out to harm me.

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:52.019
 Out to ruin my life.

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:57.000
 I've shared with you before

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:58.159
 that there was a time

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.799
 in my life

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.119
 where,

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.500
 largely because of

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.339
 my own sin,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.500
 Judith and I went through

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:08.099
 an incredibly difficult time.

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:11.339
 And in that time,

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:11.959
 I remember

00:31:11.959 --> 00:31:14.500
 how close I came,

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.559
 this is the truth,

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:18.119
 to one sin after another.

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:21.179
 I was almost overwhelmed

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:24.279
 by a desire for revenge.

00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:27.399
 I was almost overwhelmed

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:29.419
 by anger and bitterness.

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:32.139
 It consumed me.

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:34.819
 I had an hour drive to work,

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.859
 and I can tell you that

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.979
 somewhere along,

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:38.639
 about 30 minutes into that drive,

00:31:38.739 --> 00:31:39.319
 I would often,

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:39.759
 by the way,

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.299
 how many of you know

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.299
 that I'm an emotional person?

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.159
 I can get worked up,

00:31:42.219 --> 00:31:42.419
 you know,

00:31:42.459 --> 00:31:42.699
 it's like,

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:44.759
 about 30 minutes into the drive,

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.980
 I was crying,

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.539
 driving my pickup truck,

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:50.039
 and slamming the metal dashboard.

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:51.000
 This was before

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.420
 people had the intelligence

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.559
 to wrap dashboards

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.019
 with something

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.859
 a little more protective,

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.160
 you know.

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:57.079
 And my thumb,

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:59.240
 my back of my hand

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.579
 was black and blue,

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:00.960
 you know.

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:03.220
 I was beating that dashboard

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.559
 in my,

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.720
 and I remember one day

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.299
 kind of stopping,

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.140
 pulling over to the side

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.460
 of the road,

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.720
 and said,

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:08.039
 what is going on?

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:10.779
 And out of the clear blue,

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.779
 my Aunt Lou,

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.859
 who's with the Lord now,

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.379
 called me.

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.659
 She said,

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:14.980
 Tim,

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:18.000
 don't give in

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:19.240
 to bitterness.

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.839
 And when Aunt Lou

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.599
 told me that,

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:26.240
 I thought she had a right

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.059
 to tell me,

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:29.299
 because I knew

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.460
 how she had trashed

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.000
 her life

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.079
 because she'd given in

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.440
 to sin.

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:38.620
 Paul says to us,

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:38.920
 he says,

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.320
 listen,

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.640
 the problem you're having

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.519
 is not people.

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.620
 You have an enemy

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:46.580
 who wants

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:48.160
 to destroy

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.700
 your soul.

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.420
 I want you to understand

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.740
 that

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:58.000
 the Bible wants us

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.700
 to understand

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.420
 that this is

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.580
 spiritual warfare.

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:04.480
 It was spiritual warfare

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.799
 that destroyed Samson.

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.380
 It was spiritual warfare

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.420
 that just absolutely

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:12.160
 trashed Saul's life

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:14.380
 and David's family

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:16.200
 and Solomon's life

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:18.559
 and caused Ahab's death.

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.200
 By the way,

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.460
 not have you go there,

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.259
 but you'll remember

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.940
 the little passage

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:24.059
 where Ahab the king

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:25.740
 is kind of debating

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.519
 whether he ought to go

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.799
 to battle with another king,

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:29.220
 and we get a picture

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.840
 into heaven,

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.779
 you know how that's going,

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.920
 and in heaven,

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.720
 God says,

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:32.900
 well,

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:34.279
 I wonder how we can

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.160
 deal with Ahab,

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:36.660
 and a little devil

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.360
 comes up and says,

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.539
 hey,

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.600
 how about I do this?

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.980
 And it worked.

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.080
 Remember also

00:33:44.080 --> 00:33:45.080
 when Jesus

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:46.640
 says to Peter,

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.019
 he says,

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:47.180
 hey,

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.940
 Satan has desire

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.920
 to sift you.

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:51.400
 Satan wants

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.940
 to trash your life,

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.519
 Peter.

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.720
 And then some

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.519
 of the sweetest verses

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.019
 in the Bible,

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.060
 but I have prayed

00:33:58.060 --> 00:33:58.539
 for you.

00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:00.360
 I love that one.

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.679
 I have prayed

00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:02.139
 for you.

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:10.079
 So what is

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:12.940
 our spiritual

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.519
 enemy's

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.839
 strategy?

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.359
 Now remember

00:34:16.359 --> 00:34:17.199
 I said that he is

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.420
 insanely repetitious?

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.319
 So if you get it

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:21.259
 right from the beginning,

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.219
 you should be able

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.679
 to figure out

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.199
 how it goes.

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:24.259
 Does that help you

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.880
 a little bit?

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:26.039
 It doesn't mean

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.759
 that you can fight

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.219
 this battle

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.779
 on your own,

00:34:27.919 --> 00:34:28.679
 but at least

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.779
 if he is strategic

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.759
 and he has

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.659
 a settled plan

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.419
 to go about it,

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.339
 you ought to know

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:34.439
 how that goes.

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.779
 So turn in your Bible

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.559
 as we close

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:39.359
 to Genesis chapter 3.

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.879
 Genesis chapter 3,

00:34:43.919 --> 00:34:44.759
 and I'm going to tag

00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:47.459
 four quick points.

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:50.500
 In Genesis chapter 3,

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.400
 we have the story

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:53.380
 of Adam and Eve

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.380
 falling into sin,

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.639
 and let me just kind

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:57.119
 of spin this out

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.780
 quickly for you.

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.380
 Number one,

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.000
 he came in created form.

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.400
 Now the serpent

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.300
 was more crafty

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:04.119
 than any other beast

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.559
 of the field

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.139
 that the Lord God

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.460
 had made.

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.320
 He said to the woman,

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:08.019
 did God actually say,

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:09.079
 now who do we know

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.639
 is actually employing

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.099
 the serpent?

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.679
 Who is it?

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.260
 It's Satan.

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.679
 The strategies of Satan.

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:22.219
 He uses physical entities

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:25.339
 and physical circumstances.

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.059
 And by the way,

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:28.279
 he won't come with horns.

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.259
 I tell you,

00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:33.219
 I've had more people

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:33.759
 tell me,

00:35:34.899 --> 00:35:38.819
 well, it was an open door.

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.940
 Have you ever heard that one?

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:42.179
 It was an open door.

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.500
 I'll never forget

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.599
 hearing a pastor say

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.579
 that when the door

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.379
 pushes open,

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.619
 you want to find out

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:49.079
 whether the hoof is cloven

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.559
 or the hand has a nail

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.099
 pinned in it.

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.760
 Do you follow that?

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.619
 I want to know

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.760
 who's behind that.

00:35:58.019 --> 00:36:00.280
 He came in created form,

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:02.900
 and he will attack you

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.760
 using people

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:05.160
 as his agents.

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.780
 And by the way,

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.860
 I wouldn't go up

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.519
 to your wife

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.220
 the next time

00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:10.400
 she's not cooperating

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.960
 with you and say,

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:12.519
 you are Satan's instrument.

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:16.059
 Not a good idea.

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.940
 Follow that.

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:22.480
 I know some of you

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.239
 are going to try it.

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:25.440
 It's not a good career path.

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.340
 I speak with experience.

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:33.159
 Your wife is God's agent.

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:35.659
 She's there to help.

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.579
 So,

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:38.519
 God's going to use people.

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:39.320
 Admit that.

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:40.200
 Secondly,

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.320
 he came with a challenge

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:42.320
 to God's Word.

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.059
 He came with a challenge

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.880
 to God's Word.

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.059
 He said,

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:47.980
 did God actually say?

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.840
 He's going to do that

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.260
 with you.

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.660
 Incidentally,

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:56.019
 if you're largely ignorant

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.940
 about God's Word

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.120
 and what it has to say,

00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:00.440
 you are even more vulnerable.

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.900
 Do you follow that?

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:06.960
 God has given us

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.480
 His Word

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.380
 for our protection.

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.480
 So,

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.360
 Satan comes to you

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.619
 and said,

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.740
 did God really say

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:14.240
 and some of you

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.599
 are sitting there,

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.039
 I don't know.

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:17.400
 I'm not real sure.

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:18.780
 Well,

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.500
 you leave it open

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.000
 for Satan

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:21.180
 to help you figure out

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:23.599
 the way he wants you

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.240
 to figure it out.

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.019
 Know the Word.

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.539
 Know the Scriptures.

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.619
 Know what it has to say.

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.340
 And don't be sitting there

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:30.900
 just kind of thinking,

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.119
 well,

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:31.720
 no big deal.

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.700
 Let me tell you something.

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.219
 The Word

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:35.639
 is your great ally

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.439
 in helping you

00:37:36.439 --> 00:37:37.239
 not be overwhelmed

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.779
 by the enemy

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.480
 of your soul.

00:37:39.439 --> 00:37:39.839
 Third,

00:37:40.419 --> 00:37:41.719
 He came with a denial

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.980
 of God's warning.

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.259
 Now,

00:37:43.299 --> 00:37:44.319
 look at what it says there.

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.279
 Verse 4,

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:49.099
 but the serpent said

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.559
 to the woman,

00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:51.779
 you will not surely die.

00:37:51.819 --> 00:37:51.980
 Now,

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.199
 listen,

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.799
 if you don't catch

00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:53.219
 anything else,

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:54.279
 I want you to understand this.

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.359
 God tells us the truth

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:59.879
 about how the story ends.

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:02.119
 I want you to hear that.

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.759
 God is in the business

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.519
 of being truthful.

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.480
 He'll tell you

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.659
 how the story ends.

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.480
 Satan doesn't do that.

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.879
 He will tell you

00:38:12.879 --> 00:38:14.139
 that if you trust in Him,

00:38:14.379 --> 00:38:15.219
 your life

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.699
 will be spent

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.659
 in His presence

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.699
 in all of eternity,

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.919
 and the end

00:38:19.919 --> 00:38:20.839
 will be good

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.579
 even though

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.219
 the journey

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:23.339
 will be tough.

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:27.680
 I can't help

00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:28.460
 but think this morning

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:28.820
 about

00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:33.720
 a Chinese couple

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.440
 that Judith and I

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.220
 picked up at the airport

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:36.120
 about three years ago

00:38:36.120 --> 00:38:36.980
 and brought to our home,

00:38:37.100 --> 00:38:37.960
 and subsequently

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.960
 they came to Christ.

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:41.000
 They're living in China today.

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.420
 He's a PhD.

00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:43.880
 His specialty

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.559
 is in

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.800
 computer

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:47.420
 software.

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:49.039
 Always a little curious

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.420
 what he did

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.039
 for the government,

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:51.059
 but I won't go there.

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.099
 You know,

00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:52.980
 he got saved.

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.920
 His wife got saved.

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:54.599
 How many

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:58.260
 good Christian churches

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:58.760
 do you think

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.380
 he can find

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:01.280
 in the gargantuan country

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.860
 where he's set?

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.559
 Not very many.

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.860
 His name,

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.119
 English name

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.559
 is Sam.

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.680
 His wife's name

00:39:08.680 --> 00:39:09.260
 is Alice.

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:11.039
 Daughter is Ariel.

00:39:11.240 --> 00:39:12.159
 I still hear from them.

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:14.539
 You know what?

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.699
 Life here,

00:39:18.319 --> 00:39:19.579
 regardless of where we are,

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.659
 is going to be short.

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:24.399
 And God tells us

00:39:24.399 --> 00:39:25.960
 that those who trust in Him

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.599
 will enjoy eternity

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.899
 forever in His presence.

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.619
 Satan says,

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:30.920
 hey,

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:32.480
 it's not going to work out

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.980
 that way.

00:39:33.899 --> 00:39:34.420
 No,

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:35.839
 God tells us the truth.

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:36.759
 Fourth,

00:39:37.359 --> 00:39:38.399
 he came with a denial

00:39:38.399 --> 00:39:39.480
 of God's goodness

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:41.679
 and God's heart.

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:43.739
 You see,

00:39:43.899 --> 00:39:45.239
 Satan always lies

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:46.460
 about not only

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.659
 how the story ends,

00:39:48.379 --> 00:39:49.659
 but he also lies

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:51.359
 about God's intentions

00:39:51.359 --> 00:39:52.799
 and His challenge

00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:53.519
 in your life.

00:39:54.359 --> 00:39:54.980
 Do you follow that?

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:57.779
 Oh.

00:39:59.859 --> 00:40:01.059
 Chasing that boy

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:04.239
 is going to end up good

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:07.239
 even if he is an unbeliever.

00:40:08.359 --> 00:40:10.159
 Even if you ought not

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.779
 to be involved

00:40:10.779 --> 00:40:11.559
 in that behavior.

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:13.739
 Lying

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:15.440
 about something

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.399
 at work

00:40:16.399 --> 00:40:18.019
 is going to protect

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.739
 your job

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:20.859
 and you'll

00:40:20.859 --> 00:40:21.960
 come out ahead.

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:24.480
 Just being a little

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.179
 dishonest

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:26.739
 is to your benefit.

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.960
 Being involved

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.339
 in

00:40:31.339 --> 00:40:35.319
 personal gratification

00:40:35.319 --> 00:40:35.779
 is

00:40:35.779 --> 00:40:37.039
 understandable.

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:41.340
 in every step,

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:43.380
 Satan lies

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:44.460
 about God's goodness

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.279
 in his heart

00:40:45.279 --> 00:40:48.099
 and you can track

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.860
 every one

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:50.440
 of your temptations

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.739
 back to those things.

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.360
 So,

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.179
 let me close with this.

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:57.079
 Satan is

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:58.619
 a strategist

00:40:58.619 --> 00:41:01.119
 who's out

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.659
 to trash

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.279
 your life.

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.219
 Everybody here

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.619
 would say,

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.859
 I got that.

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:05.759
 Right?

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.539
 I got that.

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.699
 And,

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:11.079
 he has a strategy

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:12.019
 actually that's got

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.799
 you in mind.

00:41:14.799 --> 00:41:15.900
 I got that.

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:19.539
 how can you tell

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.400
 where he's

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.059
 working

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:22.639
 by repetition?

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:23.139
 Hmm?

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:27.039
 How do you

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:28.940
 then respond

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:30.320
 to this passage?

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:32.680
 what you do

00:41:32.680 --> 00:41:34.600
 is say,

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.800
 if you love me

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:36.720
 enough to tell me

00:41:36.720 --> 00:41:37.680
 about the adversary

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:38.660
 and how he wants

00:41:38.660 --> 00:41:39.980
 to destroy me,

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.140
 then I

00:41:41.140 --> 00:41:42.019
 should

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:43.200
 respond

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:43.940
 with

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.700
 defensive,

00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:45.820
 protective

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:47.200
 covering

00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:49.740
 in the

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.160
 ministry

00:41:50.160 --> 00:41:50.539
 of the

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:51.220
 Word of God

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:52.039
 and in the

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.940
 Spirit of God

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.860
 that I am

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.600
 not a

00:41:54.600 --> 00:41:55.180
 spiritual

00:41:55.180 --> 00:41:56.120
 casualty

00:41:56.120 --> 00:41:57.160
 going forward.

00:41:57.159 --> 00:42:01.139
 Listen to me.

00:42:05.379 --> 00:42:06.159
 You're going to

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.679
 fall into

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:07.539
 one of three

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.460
 categories this

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.039
 morning and I'll

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.819
 close with this.

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.719
 There are going

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:14.339
 to be some of you

00:42:14.339 --> 00:42:15.259
 here that through

00:42:15.259 --> 00:42:16.079
 the prompting of

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.839
 the Spirit of God

00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:17.379
 you're going to

00:42:17.379 --> 00:42:17.619
 say,

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:18.940
 I don't want to

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:19.859
 keep on being

00:42:19.859 --> 00:42:21.480
 a spiritual

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:22.519
 casualty to

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:23.179
 an enemy who

00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:24.099
 hates my soul.

00:42:24.859 --> 00:42:25.519
 I know

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:26.119
 Jesus.

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:28.059
 and I want

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.400
 to take

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.059
 spiritual

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:30.059
 conflict and

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:31.119
 spiritual warfare

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:32.519
 more seriously

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.519
 and I am

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:34.199
 prayerfully going

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.559
 to humble

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.259
 myself and

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:35.480
 say,

00:42:35.859 --> 00:42:36.480
 Lord Jesus,

00:42:36.859 --> 00:42:37.619
 work in me

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:38.159
 through your

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:39.019
 Spirit to

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.719
 teach me

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:40.739
 all that I

00:42:40.739 --> 00:42:41.659
 need so that

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:42.440
 I am not

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:44.059
 being bulldozed

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:44.779
 by my

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:46.239
 enemy.

00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:49.440
 There are going

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.859
 to be some of

00:42:49.859 --> 00:42:50.359
 you sitting here

00:42:50.359 --> 00:42:51.079
 right now saying,

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:52.819
 I wish this

00:42:52.819 --> 00:42:53.400
 sermon would be

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:54.339
 over so I

00:42:54.339 --> 00:42:55.000
 could leave

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.860
 because I

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.400
 just really,

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.619
 it gives me

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:58.320
 the creeps to

00:42:58.320 --> 00:42:59.239
 listen to this

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:02.619
 and there are

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:03.000
 some of you

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.480
 sitting here

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.099
 that do not

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.800
 know Christ

00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:08.539
 who someday

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.360
 will stand

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:10.039
 before him

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:12.579
 as the judge

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.019
 of the whole

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.340
 earth

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:16.079
 and he will

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.800
 say this,

00:43:16.800 --> 00:43:22.960
 I died to

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:24.519
 pay the

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.980
 penalty for

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.860
 your sins

00:43:26.860 --> 00:43:30.220
 and I

00:43:30.220 --> 00:43:30.880
 made the

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:32.039
 issue of

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.800
 the darkness

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:34.320
 of your soul

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:35.060
 clear

00:43:35.060 --> 00:43:38.620
 and you

00:43:38.620 --> 00:43:39.340
 in your

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:40.120
 pride

00:43:40.120 --> 00:43:42.120
 hung all

00:43:42.120 --> 00:43:42.760
 kinds of

00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:43.420
 excuses

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:44.920
 around the

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.780
 subject of

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:46.500
 your soul's

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.900
 need

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:52.260
 and I

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.659
 think about

00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:52.980
 what it

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.420
 says in

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.720
 2nd

00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:54.099
 Corinthians

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.780
 it says

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:56.260
 we in

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:57.039
 Christ's

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.280
 stead

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.940
 plead

00:43:57.940 --> 00:43:58.880
 with you

00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:02.900
 be

00:44:02.900 --> 00:44:03.599
 reconciled

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:04.099
 to Christ

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:06.599
 and if

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:06.980
 you're here

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:07.500
 this morning

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:07.960
 and you do

00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:08.360
 not know

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:09.240
 Jesus Christ

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:10.939
 I would

00:44:10.939 --> 00:44:11.459
 plead with

00:44:11.459 --> 00:44:11.839
 you in

00:44:11.839 --> 00:44:12.199
 Jesus'

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:13.019
 place

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:15.959
 lay aside

00:44:15.959 --> 00:44:16.699
 your pride

00:44:16.699 --> 00:44:17.159
 and your

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:18.159
 stubbornness

00:44:18.159 --> 00:44:21.539
 and quietly

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.259
 confess the

00:44:22.259 --> 00:44:22.619
 bankruptcy

00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:23.159
 of your

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:23.559
 soul

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:26.819
 and say

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 I believe

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 Jesus died

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:28.639
 for my

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 sins

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 and I

00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:31.039
 trust him

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.459
 to be my

00:44:31.459 --> 00:44:31.819
 savior

00:44:31.819 --> 00:44:33.719
 let's close

00:44:33.719 --> 00:44:34.579
 in prayer

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:42.319
 our

00:44:42.319 --> 00:44:42.559
 father

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:42.840
 God

00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:43.099
 we are

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.480
 so very

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:43.860
 thankful

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:44.219
 for the

00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:44.539
 blessing

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:44.880
 of your

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.199
 word

00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:45.420
 and

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:46.480
 for the

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:46.819
 clarity

00:44:46.819 --> 00:44:47.219
 with which

00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.599
 you tell

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:47.799
 us

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:48.059
 that

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:48.779
 we

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 as

00:44:49.279 --> 00:44:49.440
 your

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:49.819
 children

00:44:49.819 --> 00:44:50.420
 do

00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:50.699
 have

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:51.079
 an

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:51.340
 enemy

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.539
 who

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:51.739
 wants

00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:51.900
 to

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.119
 harm

00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:52.440
 us

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:53.900
 but

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 thank

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 you

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 so

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:54.819
 very

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 much

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:55.360
 that

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:55.559
 you

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:55.860
 have

00:44:55.860 --> 00:44:56.119
 given

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:56.380
 us

00:44:56.380 --> 00:44:56.860
 salvation

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:57.119
 through

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.239
 the

00:44:57.239 --> 00:44:57.420
 Lord

00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:57.759
 Jesus

00:44:57.759 --> 00:44:58.539
 and

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:58.679
 you

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:58.840
 have

00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.139
 given

00:44:59.139 --> 00:44:59.500
 us

00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:00.559
 protection

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:00.840
 and

00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:01.299
 enabling

00:45:01.299 --> 00:45:01.739
 through

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:01.960
 the

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.139
 word

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 of

00:45:02.299 --> 00:45:02.639
 God

00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:03.179
 and

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:03.380
 the

00:45:03.380 --> 00:45:03.739
 sweet

00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:04.179
 spirit

00:45:04.179 --> 00:45:04.420
 that

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:04.840
 dwells

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:05.139
 within

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:05.300
 and

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 help

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:05.740
 us

00:45:05.740 --> 00:45:05.880
 to

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.079
 be

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.559
 a

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:06.900
 people

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:07.099
 that

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:07.200
 are

00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:07.559
 well

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 armed

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 and

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:10.220
 really

00:45:10.220 --> 00:45:10.700
 sensitive

00:45:10.700 --> 00:45:11.019
 to

00:45:11.019 --> 00:45:11.220
 this

00:45:11.220 --> 00:45:11.599
 battle

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:12.760
 so

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:12.900
 that

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.039
 we

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:13.240
 may

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.500
 live

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.180
 joyful

00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:14.920
 productive

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:16.079
 lives

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:17.180
 for the

00:45:17.180 --> 00:45:17.500
 brief

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:17.820
 time

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:17.980
 that

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:18.119
 we're

00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:18.480
 here

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:19.760
 for

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:19.960
 the

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:20.200
 sake

00:45:20.200 --> 00:45:20.440
 of

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:21.240
 the

00:45:21.240 --> 00:45:21.579
 King

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:23.039
 we

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.340
 ask

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:23.500
 this

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.639
 in

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:23.760
 your

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:24.079
 precious

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:24.539
 name

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:25.079
 Amen

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:26.619
 we're

00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:26.800
 going