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 I want to turn to Genesis chapter 3, Genesis chapter 3.

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 God made everything good.

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 He spoke, it appeared, and it was good.

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 And as we arrive in Genesis chapter 3, things are all good.

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 We come upon some bad.

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 For the man and the woman that God created are deceived.

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 They fall short of the glory of God that created them.

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 Over the next few weeks, we're going to look at their decisions there.

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 What we can learn from that.

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 And then delve into the ramifications of those decisions.

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 Of their wrong choices.

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 And our wrong choices.

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 Because not only did they sin and fall short of the glory of God.

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 Romans 3.23 says, we've all sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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 There's a lot to learn.

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 But first, this morning I want us to understand the bad that's in the midst of such a perfect atmosphere.

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 There in the garden.

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 We'll begin in Genesis chapter 3.

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 With verse 1.

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 And it says this.

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 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

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 He said to the woman, did God actually say, you shall not eat of any tree in the garden?

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 And the woman said to the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the tree in the garden.

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 But God said, you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that's in the midst of the garden.

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 Neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

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 But the serpent said to the woman, you will not surely die.

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 For God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you'll be like God.

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 Knowing good and evil.

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 I will tell you that there is a lot, I believe too much theological discussion about the identification of the snake in that passage.

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 Some theologians are quick to say that the serpent is not Satan.

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 Because it's not identified as Satan in that passage.

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 There's a Hebrew word for such theological understanding as that.

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 And that word is baloney.

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 The reality is the best interpreter of scripture is scripture.

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 The best interpreter of the Old Testament is the New Testament.

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 And so I want you to read the words of Jesus in the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 In Revelation 12, 7 through 9, when it says,

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 Now war arose in heaven.

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 Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon.

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 And the dragon and his angels fought back.

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 But he was defeated.

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 And there was no longer any place for them in heaven.

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 And the great dragon was thrown down that ancient serpent who is called devil and Satan.

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 The deceiver of the whole world.

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 He was thrown down to the earth and his angels were thrown down with him.

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 And how about Paul predicting his coming demise in Romans 16, 20,

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 when it says,

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 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.

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 That alludes to a passage we'll look at in the coming days.

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 Genesis 3, 15.

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 That talks about our battle against evil.

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 This is the beginning of the influence of Satan upon us in this passage.

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 If God created all with such order and it was all good,

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 then where in the world did Satan come from?

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 We need to study in order to understand that a variety of scripture to get a better understanding.

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 But it becomes clear when we do that.

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 Job chapter 1 verse 6 puts Satan with this quote,

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 Sons of God.

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 That's an Old Testament term for angels.

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 Jesus also referred to him as one.

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 In Matthew 25 verse 41 when he talks about the parable of the sheep and the goats and the end time.

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 Ezekiel 28 paints a poetic picture of what went on with Satan

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 and prophesies of his coming demise.

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 Now it actually, in Ezekiel 28,

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 is giving a warning of the king of Tyre who is an enemy to Israel.

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 But when reading this description,

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 you begin to pick up on the fact that this king is simply a puppet of the real evil one.

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 For the king of Tyre is like a window, I believe,

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 into the true spiritual force that is behind him.

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 It says in Ezekiel 28 verse 12,

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 Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre

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 and say to him,

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 Thus says the Lord God,

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 You were the signet of perfection,

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 full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

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 In other words, Satan is attractive.

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 You were in Eden,

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 that's when we get a pure clue.

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 If signet of perfection and full of wisdom and perfect in beauty didn't give you a clue,

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 you were in Eden ought to give you a clue.

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 We're talking about more than just the king of Tyre.

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 Okay?

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 The garden of God.

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 Therefore, this description is,

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 and we'll look at another one like this,

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 but it's kind of intertwined.

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 It's speaking of Satan,

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 as well as one of his puppets,

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 being the king of Tyre.

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 Every precious stone was your covering.

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 And then it goes on to list those stones.

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 You were an anointed guardian cherub.

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 And let me tell you,

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 no earthly king is an angel.

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 And this is speaking more of the cherubim,

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 which the cherubim,

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 that I am on the end of that word makes it plural in the Hebrew.

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 It is the inner circle of angels.

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 They are the ones that's closest to the father,

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 guarding his holiness of sorts.

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 He said,

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 I placed you,

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 you were on the holy mountain of God,

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 in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

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 What does that mean?

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 Well, Zachariah gives us an indication.

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 Zachariah speaks of God protecting through a wall of fire

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 as a symbol of his holiness.

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 This seems related.

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 In other words,

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 what it means is he was close with the Lord.

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 It says,

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 you were blameless in your ways from the day you were created

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 till unrighteousness was found in you,

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 in the abundance of your trade.

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 You were filled with violence in your mist and you sinned.

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 So I cast you as a profound thing 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 mist of the stones of fire.

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 Your heart was proud because of your beauty.

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 You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

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 I cast you to the ground.

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 I expose you before kings to the feast their eyes,

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 to feast their eyes on you.

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 By the multitude of your iniquities

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 in the unrighteousness of your trade,

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 you profane your sanctuaries.

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 Unrighteousness of trade talks about dealings.

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 And I will tell you in any dealing that the devil does,

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 don't deal with him.

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 Don't do a trade with him.

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 And then it talks about you profane your sanctuary,

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 which talks about worship.

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 For the king of Tyre,

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 it could talk about the gods that they worshiped.

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 For Satan,

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 it could talk about so many ways he disrupts worship.

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 Both of these things,

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 dealings and worship,

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 trade,

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 sanctuaries,

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 they both get tainted by the influence of the evil one.

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 It says,

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 so I brought fire out from your mist.

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 I'll tell you what this speaks of.

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 It speaks of the future demise of Satan.

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 As if it's already happened,

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 because it is settled of sorts.

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 Satan is already defeated.

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 I hope you know that.

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 And he knows that he's defeated.

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 It's kind of like a,

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 what we're living in now,

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 it's kind of like when a ball team is gonna lose.

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 And they know they're gonna lose.

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 There's not enough time in the game

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 to score enough points for them to win.

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 And so the coach grabs that guy that don't play

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 and says,

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 listen,

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 you see old number one out there?

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 Take his knee out,

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 all right?

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 Let's leave a mark on these folks.

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 We couldn't leave a mark with them cleanly,

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 so let's do it dirty.

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 Let's just throw them out there

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 and see what we can do.

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 An evil one's been taken out knees ever since

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 because he knows he won't win in the end.

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 So I brought fire out from the mist.

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 It consumed you.

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 And I turned you to ashes on the earth

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 in the sight of all who saw you.

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 All who know you among the peoples 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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 So he was a top angel.

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 One of the cherubim

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 and placed on the pinnacle among them.

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 He was in the glory of heaven

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 and he was righteous at first,

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 but then pride took over.

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 Why?

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 Because he was pretty.

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 Because of his beauty.

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 Because he was smooth.

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 And violence followed that

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 and sin took over and God cast him out.

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 We have a similar description

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 in the fall of Satan in Isaiah.

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 Again, this passage speaks

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 of an earthly king,

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 the king of Babylon.

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 But Babylon itself

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 is a symbol of Satan's empire on the earth.

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 You see that much more clear in Revelation.

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 That the parallel cannot be mistaken.

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 Again, this king's life,

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 as described,

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 becomes a window

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 into the true spiritual force

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 that's behind him.

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 Isaiah 14, 12 through 15 says this,

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 How you are fallen from heaven,

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 O day star, son of dawn.

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 How you are cut down 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 of assembly

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 in the far reaches of the north.

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 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds.

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 I will make myself like the most high.

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 But you are brought down to Sheol,

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 to the far reaches of the pit.

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 Revelation 12 gives us

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 an even clearer understanding

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 of the havoc that he caused in heaven

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 when it says,

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 as I've read earlier,

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 but I'll read again.

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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 fought back,

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 but he was defeated,

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 and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.

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 And the great dragon was thrown down,

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 that ancient serpent

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 who's called the devil and Satan,

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 the deceiver of the whole world.

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 He was thrown down to the earth,

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 and his angels were thrown down with him.

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 In other words,

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 he wanted to replace God.

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 He wanted to receive all the beauty,

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 all the glory,

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 all the wisdom,

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 all the power of God.

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 Revelation 12 calls him a dragon,

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 and it goes on to say

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 how his tail swept

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 down a third of the stars.

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 That is apocalyptic talk,

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 symbolic talk

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 for angels,

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 which become demons

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 when he swept them down.

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 It's illustrative talk

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 that gives us insight

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 into what started

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 this whole cosmic battle.

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 Now, besides a good conversation

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 about the origin of Satan,

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 why did I share all that?

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 Why is that important?

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 I mean, you come in here today,

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 as I do,

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 with stuff.

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 You want a word from God.

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 So why do we need to know those things?

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 Why do we need to know this

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 in view of what we face today?

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 I want to spend the rest of our time together

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 by putting it all in perspective,

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 because this serpent

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 was not only in the garden.

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 He's still lurking around.

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 1 Peter 5, 8 says,

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 He is a roaring lion

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 seeking whom he may devour.

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 And I believe you need

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 to take him seriously,

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 and I believe you need

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 to properly assess the situation.

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 And I want to help you do that today

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 through God's word.

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 First thing,

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 just to put it simply,

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 he is not all that.

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 He pretends to be.

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 He's not what he makes himself out to be.

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 He is a created being

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 that went the wrong way.

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 Sometimes when people talk about him,

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 it's easy to get the impression

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 that it's Rocky versus Draco

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 or something from Russia.

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 And if you don't know

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 what I'm talking about,

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 I'm sorry.

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 You need to go home

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 and watch all six movies of Rocky

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 or seven or eight or nine or ten,

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 however many there are.

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 The reality is,

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 this is not an even battle.

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 We're warring out.

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 He's not equal with God.

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 He's not even close.

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 Satan's not omnipotent.

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 He does not have all power.

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 He cannot do anything he wants.

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 Job teaches us

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 that at least when dealing with believers,

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 he can only do what God allows him to do.

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 And when Jesus cast out demons,

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 they coward again and again and again.

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 Not only that,

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 but he's not omnipresent.

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 He can't be everywhere at one time.

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 He can only tempt one.

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 Now he has a lot of help

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 because scripture tells us

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 that he took a third of the stars

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 or a third of the angels out of heaven

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 and took them with him.

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 And they began to work in his evil empire,

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 spiritually, cosmically, around us.

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 But help me for a minute.

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 If he took a third of the stars,

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 which are synonymous for the angels there,

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 if he took a third with him,

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 how much was left?

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 Y'all get your pens out

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 and work on that a minute, all right?

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 Twice as many.

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 Twice as many.

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 So if you have any question

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 about the power of God himself,

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 period, I want you to know

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 that the forces that fight with us

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 against evil

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 are twice as much

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 as what fight against us.

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 Not only that,

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 but if you're a believer today,

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 you have the Holy Spirit of God

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 working in you.

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 The same Holy Spirit

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 that was in the creation of the world,

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 the same Holy Spirit

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 that had the power

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 at the sound of his voice

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 to create all things

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 is the same one living in the believer.

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 The Christ that knows all things

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 and is at all places

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 at one time,

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 including in our lives.

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 What in the world

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 are we worried about?

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 I want you to understand something too.

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 Satan's not omniscient.

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 He does not know all things.

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 I hope I can explain this.

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 The demonic forces

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 that war against our souls

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 know a lot,

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 but they're not omniscient.

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 It is somewhat like

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 AI and algorithms,

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 and I'm a little out of my league here

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 when I say this,

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 but the best I understand

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 from my own experience,

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 if you search on your phone

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 for an item,

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 you go to Google

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 and you look up that item

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 on the internet,

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 when you go back

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 to Amazon,

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 you'll see ads for it.

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 Now, how's that?

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 But I didn't search on Amazon.

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 I searched on Google.

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 Let me go beyond that.

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 If you have a conversation

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 with somebody about a product,

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 when you have your phone on you,

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 not when you're on the phone,

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 but when your phone's on you,

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 you'll get ads

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 for the things you've talked about.

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 Some of you on Facebook.

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 And if you're on Facebook

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 and you have your phone

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 sitting on the table

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 in a restaurant

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 and you talk about somebody

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 and you're not on your phone,

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 what happens

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 when you go back to Facebook?

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 If they're not already your friend,

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 whoever you talked about,

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 there's a suggestion

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 that they ought to be your friend

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 and maybe you'd talk

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 a little nicer about them.

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 Now, does the phone

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 read the mind?

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 No, it does not.

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 Does it know all?

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 No.

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 But listen,

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 it picks up on the patterns.

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 It picks up on the things

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 that you say.

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 It picks up on the places

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 that you go.

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 My phone will suggest to me

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 how long it's going to take

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 for me to get home

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 from where I am.

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 Well, what if I ain't going home?

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 Just another voice in the car

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 telling me what to do.

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 The things you look at

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 and it suggests

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 what seems appropriate

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 and if you're not careful,

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 it'll suggest

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 what seems inappropriate.

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 That is so much

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 like the evil one

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 that it's almost as if

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 he uses this thing

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 to destroy lives.

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 But I want you to understand

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 he can't read your mind.

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 He can't control your decisions.

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 He can't make you do anything.

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 I don't want to freak you out

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 when I tell you this.

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 But I do want you

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 to understand it.

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 You're being watched.

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 You're being listened to.

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 You're being pursued.

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 Thank God the child of God

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 has all of heaven

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 rooting for us.

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 And not only that,

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 but the devil can't

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 make us do it.

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 And we're not near as alone

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 in it as we think we are.

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 1 Corinthians 10, 13.

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 If you don't know this verse,

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 you need to learn this verse

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 and rest your life on it

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 because it's one of those

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 kind of verses.

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 No temptation has overtaken you

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 that's not common to man.

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 Now, I'm going to tell you,

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 I'm tempted to pitch a tent here

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 and stay here a while

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 because one of the primary points

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 that Satan loves to point out

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 at people is,

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 you're the only one

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 that understands exactly

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 your circumstances.

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 Nobody's ever been there.

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 And if they were in the same

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 situation that you were in,

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 they'd all do the same thing.

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 But somehow,

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 yours is unique and different.

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 He loves doing that.

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 Thank God.

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 God is faithful.

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 And he will not let you

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 be tempted beyond your ability,

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 but with the temptation,

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 he will also provide

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 the way of escape.

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 The devil can't make you do a thing

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 that you may be able to endure it.

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 That teaches us a bunch of stuff.

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 One thing it teaches us

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 is we're not alone.

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 We're not alone.

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 We're not the only one

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 that's dealt with

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 what we're dealing with.

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 And if we think we're the only one,

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 the devil will try to convince us of that,

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 that you're somehow

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 an exception to God's rule,

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 that therefore it's okay for you.

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 That's as dumb as getting in a cargo van

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 that says free candy on the side of it.

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 Don't do it.

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 Don't do it.

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 Don't fall for it.

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 Others have dealt with the same thing.

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 We are also not alone

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 because God is there, thank God.

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 If you're a child of God,

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 he walks with you,

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 he talks with you,

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 he lives within you,

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 and he will take your hand

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 and you'll just follow his lead

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 and he'll lead you out.

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 Trust the Lord and his word.

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 Don't trust your judgment.

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 It's tainted.

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 It's tainted.

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 Proverbs 14, 12 says,

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 there's a way that seems right to a man,

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 but in the end,

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:04.040
 it's the way of death.

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 So don't trust you.

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 Trust him.

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 He's not all that.

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 Not only that,

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.799
 he's not looking out for us.

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.759
 He's looking out for himself.

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:24.079
 Pride comes from Satan.

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 He's eat up with it

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 and he loves to pass it on.

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 Ego is stoked by Satan.

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 I read Isaiah 14, 12 through 15

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 a little while ago.

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 It makes it so clear.

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 I just want you to see the I wills

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.959
 in two verses of scripture.

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 I will ascend to heaven

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.939
 above the stars of God.

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 He wanted to be equal with God.

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 He wanted to reach God's level.

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 Above the stars means above the angels.

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 I will set my throne on high.

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 In other words,

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 he's got to be number one.

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 I will set on the mount of assembly.

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 That's the authoritative position.

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:03.520
 Verse 14,

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 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds.

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 The clouds are a symbol there

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.700
 of the glory of God.

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 He will rise above the glory of God.

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 He wants the glory

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 that only God can receive.

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 I will make myself like the most high.

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 That's his goal.

00:23:23.540 --> 00:23:24.000
 Now listen,

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 Satan can't take the place of God.

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 He cannot defeat God.

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:29.039
 He knows that.

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.460
 Therefore,

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.400
 he will try

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:33.759
 to take the place of God

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 in individual lives.

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:39.440
 He wants to sit on the throne of your life.

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.059
 How does he do that?

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:43.420
 He tries to convince us

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:45.140
 to be our own gods

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.160
 or to be like God.

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:51.140
 That was his strategy in the garden

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:52.420
 and it's still a strategy.

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 It's not that complex,

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.940
 quite honestly.

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 It's all about pride.

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:59.340
 Who's most important in your life?

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:03.120
 Are we the ones most important in our lives?

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:06.279
 Or is God what's most important in our lives?

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.880
 Every time he says,

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.799
 you can to us,

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.660
 every time Satan says,

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.340
 you can,

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.400
 you can do that.

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 You can think that.

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 You can say that.

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:25.440
 All of that is based on his I wills.

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 It all goes back to that.

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:30.159
 He's looking out for his causes.

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.460
 It's all about his pride

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:35.000
 and every sin we involve ourselves in

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.859
 comes from a base of our pride.

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.700
 When we sin,

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:40.940
 we put ourselves first before God.

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:42.100
 When you sin,

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.740
 you decide that your,

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:46.080
 your action is more important

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:47.940
 than what God would have you to do.

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.200
 That's what sin is.

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.620
 Period.

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:52.140
 Putting yourself on the throne of your life.

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:54.460
 It is prideful rebellion

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.519
 that marked his fall.

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.220
 The prophets tell us that.

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.400
 Revelation tells us that.

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 And he still prides himself

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:03.820
 on filling us full of pride

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:05.660
 and rebelling against God.

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:08.120
 He'll tell you

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:09.700
 what you want to hear

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:11.019
 to get you

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.060
 to do

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:13.880
 what he wants to do.

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.380
 We'll look in the coming weeks

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:19.800
 more at that.

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:22.720
 But be clear about something.

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:26.779
 Satan is not all he pretends to be.

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:30.519
 He is not all he claims to be.

00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:33.320
 And he's not looking out

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:33.920
 for you

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.840
 or for me.

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:37.300
 He's looking out for himself.

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.840
 What does that mean for us?

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.900
 Well, based upon that,

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 I'm going to give you

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 three homework assignments.

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 I don't like homework.

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 Never liked homework.

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 I don't like giving homework.

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 But I'm going to give you some today.

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 One is this.

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 Know that you are not alone.

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 Keep reminding yourself

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 you're not alone.

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 You're not the only one

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 that's been there.

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 Your circumstances,

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 although unique,

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 are not near as unique

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 as they feel.

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 Your circumstances

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 do not justify

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 wrong action.

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 Does not.

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 We're here to build

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 one another up.

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 You're not alone.

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 Let's encourage one another

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 before it gets ugly.

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 Let's.

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 Listen to me.

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 Let's encourage one another

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 when it gets ugly.

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 It's not time to kill the wounded.

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 It's time to love them.

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 And let's know

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 that it's not just us.

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 First John 4,

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 4 says,

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 He who is in you

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 is greater

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 than he who is in the world.

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 God will win

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 in you

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 and through you.

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 How does he do that?

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 Second,

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 I have to take home point.

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 Stand strong.

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 Stand strong.

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 Satan's a bully.

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 You ever had a bully

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 in your life?

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 There's no boy

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 in one of my classes

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 and I was a freshman

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 in high school.

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 I'd like to meet him

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 in an alley.

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 Man,

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 I didn't want to meet him then.

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 I was scared to death of him

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 and he knew it.

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 So he'd pursue me

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 and mess with me

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 and pick on me.

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 I'm going to go look

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 him up.

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 The horror

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 that it gives you

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 most of the time

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 for nothing.

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 That's what Satan does.

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 He's a bully.

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 He's a bunch of fluff.

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 And you can sock him

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 in the nose

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 with the word of God.

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 You can put him out

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 if you'll just stick

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 to God's word.

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 No temptation

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 has seized you

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 except what's coming

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 to pass.

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 And God will provide

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 a way out.

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 James 4 verse 7 says

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 submit yourselves

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 therefore to God.

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 Resist the devil

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 and he'll flee from you.

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 That's a promise

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 of God's word

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 you better hold on to.

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 Resist him

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 and he'll run from you.

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 He'll run from you.

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 You give in

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 and he'll hang around.

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 Don't fall

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 for his bluffs

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 nor his horrible lies.

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 You have God

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 within you.

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 His army

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 is behind you.

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 Don't be conjured

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 into compromise.

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 Third thing is this.

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 Give thanks to God.

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 Give thanks to God.

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 1 Corinthians 15

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 56 and 57

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 says this.

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 The sting of death

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 is sin

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 and the power

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 of sin

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 is the law

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 but thanks be to God

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 who gives us

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 the victory

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 through our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 My friend,

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 we can live

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 holy for him.

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 We can have

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 victory over sin

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 and when God

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 gives you victory

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 thank God

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 for the victory.

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 Give him praise

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 and when you do

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 and you acknowledge

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 that he brought you out

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 victory will come

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 that much more often

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 and I promise you

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 if you got a habit

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 in your life

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 don't do it

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 the next time

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 you feel like doing it

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 and the next time

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 it'll get a little easier

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 not much easier

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 it'll get a little easier

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 and the next time

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 it'll get a little easier

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 and before long

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 you'll be habitually

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 following God

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 because you made it

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 a pattern in your life

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 because you resisted

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 the evil one

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 and because he flees

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 from you

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 he'll hit you

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 somewhere else

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 turn around

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 and face him

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 where he does

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 by the power

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 of the blood of Christ

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 you have victory

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 because of what Christ

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 did for you

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 not because of your bravado

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 not because y'all

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 so good looking

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 that's not where

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 the victory is

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 the victory

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 is in Jesus

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 and he's beat

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 Satan's beat

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 and he knows it

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 and so he's just

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 going to cause

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 a skirmish

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 afterwards

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 that's all

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 thank the Lord

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 for every victory

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 and victory

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 will come

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 more often

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 because I got news

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 for you

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 Satan's just a snake

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 in the grass

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 just a snake

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 in the grass

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 I have this

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 this phobia

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 of snakes

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 I do

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 I do

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 I don't like them

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 I don't like them

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 now I'm fascinated

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 by them

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 it reminds me

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 a lot of sin

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 really

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 I mean you know

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 I'm fascinated

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 by them

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 when I go

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 to the

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 to the zoo

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 I go

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 to the

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 whatever

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 the serpitarium

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 whatever it's called

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 that's not what it's called

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 but man

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 I run to that thing

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 and look at them snakes

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 and I'm amazed by them

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 they are amazing to me

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 to watch them

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 it just sends chills

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 all over my mind

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 as long as that glass

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 is two inches thick

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 between me

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 and that 24

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 foot long

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 python

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 or boa

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 or whatever it is

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 going to wrap

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 his little love

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 and alarms around me

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 I want nothing to do with it

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 when I was a kid

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 there was a bush

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 that overhung a creek

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 in our neighborhood

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 and there was some type

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.419
 of green snake

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:56.339
 that would hang out

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 in that bush

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 I come up on it

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 I'd go around town

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.240
 and pick up

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 or go around

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.539
 my little community

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.179
 and pick up

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 beer cans

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 and coke cans

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 and all that stuff

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:07.679
 and I'd get different sponsors

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 for the boats

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 that I'd race down the creek

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 and I'd race some cans

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.079
 down the creek

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 and when I got to that bush

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 I

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:15.880
 there was a snake

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.299
 in there

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 so I just kept

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:20.380
 I hope you get

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.100
 the spiritual principle

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 because I ain't got time

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.140
 to share it

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 I just kept going back

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.039
 to that bush

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 scared to death

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 barefooted

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 scared to death

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.440
 but wanting to see

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.900
 another one

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 they'd kind of wrap

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.759
 around that old branch

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.620
 on that bush

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.259
 and I'd have to look

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.600
 in there

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 because they're the same

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:35.200
 color as the leaves

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.779
 I'd see one

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 and I'd be you know

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:39.600
 I just kept going back

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 kept going back

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.980
 one day I left there

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.880
 and I was disappointed

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.799
 because I didn't see anything

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:45.620
 and I took off walking

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.559
 and when I looked down

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:48.259
 there was a little

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.019
 bitty brown snake

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.779
 he wasn't bigger

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.519
 than an elementary

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.220
 pencil

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:53.660
 I mean he was tiny

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:55.079
 but he had his little

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:56.079
 head raised up

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.500
 he was just sunning there

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.599
 and he let his little

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.420
 tongue out at me

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:01.259
 and I ran a quarter

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.960
 of a mile home

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:03.720
 afraid to look behind me

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.299
 because he might be

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.980
 coming down the road

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.440
 after me

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.160
 I was scared

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:07.099
 to

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:09.480
 death

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:11.779
 let me tell you

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.740
 what I did wrong

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:16.980
 I kept going back

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.699
 to the bush

00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:21.699
 I kept wanting

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.899
 just to get a glimpse

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:26.019
 I didn't want

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.799
 to pick them up

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.659
 didn't want them

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.759
 to wrap around my arm

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.759
 didn't want to love on them

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:32.279
 I just wanted to go back

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.099
 and get a hint of it

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:37.699
 that's what I did wrong

00:33:37.699 --> 00:33:40.299
 what I did right

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.319
 is when I saw one

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:43.519
 I tucked tail and ran

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:47.419
 there are parts

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:49.619
 of your life today

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:51.959
 that you need to

00:33:51.959 --> 00:33:52.759
 tuck tail

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:54.039
 and run

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.079
 scripture says

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.879
 flee

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:57.799
 away from

00:33:57.799 --> 00:34:00.519
 quit letting him

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:02.039
 mess with you

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:06.240
 and if he's got you

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.980
 discouraged

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:08.679
 and he's got you

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.440
 beat down

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:11.079
 and feeling

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.639
 defeated

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:14.599
 resist him

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 resist him

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:19.159
 and he'll run

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.719
 from you

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:23.199
 trust the Lord

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:25.279
 don't let a

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:26.259
 snake in the grass

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:28.559
 make you skittish

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.320
 you live for the

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.840
 Lord Jesus

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 with every head

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 bowed

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 and every eye

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 closed

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 I don't know

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 who needs to hear

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 what this morning

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 but I'm telling you

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 Genesis chapter 3

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 and I've just tried

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 to lay a foundation

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 for it

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 tells us so much

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 about the world

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 in which we live

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 today

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 explains so much

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 of the struggles

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 that we have

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 so many of those

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 are inward

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 but man

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 what's inward

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 ends up

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 becoming outward

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 if you're here

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 this morning

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 and you've never

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 given your heart

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 and life

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 to the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 I want you to

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 know

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 Jesus came

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 and died

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 for you

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 he took your

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 sin upon himself

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 he died

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 in your place

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 and if you'll

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 confess your sins

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 before God

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 if you'll agree

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 with God

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 on your sin

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 you'll ask him

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 to change your

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 life

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 and become the

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 Lord of your

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 life

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 and from this

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 day forward

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 you'll live

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 for him

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 I think God

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 he'll accept you

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 where you are

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 he'll save you

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 for all of

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 eternity

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 and empower you

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 to stand strong

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 against the evil

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 one

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 everyone who

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 calls upon the

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 name of the

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 Lord shall be

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 saved

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 he'll change

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 you today

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 if you even

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 feel an inkling

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 that way

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 I promise you

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 it didn't come

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 from you

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 it came from

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 God pursuing

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 you

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 you respond to

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 that in obedience

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 maybe you're here

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 this morning

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 and privately

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 you've made a

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 decision for Christ

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 you've surrendered

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 your life to him

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 but you've never

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 made that public

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 you've never told

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 anybody about it

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 I encourage you

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 to make that

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 public today

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 you're to follow

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 up that decision

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 with baptism

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 to let other

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.759
 people know

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 it's what Jesus

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 showed us how to do

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 it's what Jesus

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 commanded us to do

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 I encourage you

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 to come

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 I'd love to guide

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 you in that process

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 maybe God's

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.219
 drawing you to

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 this church

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 you're a believer

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 but you feel like

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 God's leading you

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 to this church

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 to be a part of

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.859
 this church

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 you come

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 I'd love to guide

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 you in that

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 and maybe you

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 just got stuff

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 ah let's be honest

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 we got stuff

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 that we need to

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 take before the

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 Lord

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 don't sing through

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 this invitation

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 and fail to do

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 business with God

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 because it'd be

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.340
 easy to do

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 you do business

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 with God

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 whether it's in

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 your place where

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 you are

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 whether it's at

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.719
 this altar

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:01.980
 you lay it down

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 before the Lord

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 and you commit

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 today

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:05.280
 that you'll

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:06.000
 resist the evil

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 one

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 you'll change

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 a pattern

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.780
 in your life

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 with the hope

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 of God

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 leading you in that

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 for his cause

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 and for his kingdom

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 Lord Jesus

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 I love you

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 and I thank you

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 for the privilege

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 you give us

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 Lord

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 to be in this place

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 and God

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 I pray

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.940
 Father

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 you'll work

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 and move

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 in our midst

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 right now

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 as only you can

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 in Jesus

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 precious name

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 Amen

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 Amen