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 This reading comes from Colossians chapter 2 and Hebrews chapter 2.

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 Please follow along on the screen, the bulletin, or your own Bible.

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 In Colossians 2 verse 13 we read,

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 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh,

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 God made a life together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses

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 by cancelling the record of death that stood against us with its legal demands.

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 This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

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 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame

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 by triumphing over them in him.

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 Then in Hebrews 2 verse 14 we read,

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 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood,

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 he himself likewise partook of the same things,

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 that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death,

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 that is the devil,

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 and deliver all those who through fear of death

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 were subject to lifelong slavery.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you so much, Annabelle.

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 It's so great to see you,

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 or not see you very much on Zoom,

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 but so great to just be with you together,

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 even if it's virtually.

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 We just,

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 just so value,

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 even during this COVID social distancing time,

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 the sense of being able to be together as a community,

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 and to really walk with one another through this time.

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 So let me,

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 let me just pray for us

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 as we get into God's word together.

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 Father,

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 Father,

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 just so aware that

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 your word can often stay in our heads,

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 but in our lives we often fail to live in the light of the incredible truths

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 that you have proclaimed to us.

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 But I pray, Lord,

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 this morning for wherever we are,

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 whatever situation we're going through,

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 Lord,

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 whether we are doing well or struggling,

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 Lord,

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 we pray that you would speak to us,

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 not just for information in our heads,

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 but you would show us in our hearts

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 what it means for us to walk in victory,

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 what it means for us to live in the light of who you are,

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 and the amazing work that you have done

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 through the cross and resurrection in our lives, Lord.

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 So we just pray that you would come and be with us now,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 Great.

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 We've been going through,

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 as those of you who've been following along this series,

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 a series on gospel orthodoxy.

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 And what we've been talking about is how gospel doctrine,

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 which is not meant to just stay in our heads,

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 but is meant to fuse into our lives,

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 is to be the backbone of our lives.

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 It's to give us structure and strength

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 to be able to face and live in the light of all the other things

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 that are going on in our world

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 and all the other things that God calls us to as his people.

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 And so we need to continue to realign our lives

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 to gain good, healthy posture

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 in not just physically with our bones and our body,

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 but also with our souls and with our hearts.

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 And that's why we're looking at the gospel again

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 over this series.

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 And what we've seen is we've looked over these last few weeks

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 at justification.

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 We have seen how the gospel tapestry,

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 which has so many threads,

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 that through justification and guilt and condemnation

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 have been dealt with,

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 and we've been acquitted,

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 and we've been given a new status of righteous in Christ

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 if we are trusting in him and we're in him.

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 We've seen that instead of slavery,

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 he has brought us redemption and freedom from sin

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 and all those things that bind and hold us.

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 We've seen how in adoption and reconciliation,

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 he has taken us from being orphans and alone and rejected,

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 and he's brought us in to his family

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 as dearly loved sons and daughters

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 of the king of the whole universe.

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 We have a loving heavenly father.

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 Even though our earthly fathers may not be all we wish,

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 we have one who is everything we would long for,

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 and that is the God of all creation.

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 And today we're going to look at a final theme in this series,

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 which is instead of fear and walking in defeat,

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 we're going to see how Christ brings victory.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but have you ever gone into an exam

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 knowing that you haven't studied hard enough?

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 Knowing that it's too big, it's too hard,

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 there was too much to cover,

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 and before you even go into the examination room,

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 you feel like a sense of defeat.

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 You feel like, even before I've started,

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 like giving in.

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 Well, that's how many Christians live,

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 and many of us live in our lives.

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 You see, we want to follow Jesus,

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 but then it looks like,

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 and it feels like,

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 everything in Hong Kong

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 kind of pushes against us

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 trying to really follow him with all of our hearts,

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 whether it's our work culture,

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 whether it's politics,

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 whether it's education system,

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 and things with our kids,

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 or whether it's even just your own sense of sin in your life.

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 Doesn't it often feel

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 like we're just fighting against a relentless tide

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 that it seems just so difficult to overcome?

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 I don't know if any of you feel like that.

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 Well, Scripture,

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 and what we're going to look at today,

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 shows us there's a reason for that.

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 It says,

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 we shouldn't be surprised

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 that these things are hard,

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 because there is a war on.

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 Did you know that?

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 There's a fight.

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 And the Bible, Ephesians, tells us

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 there is a spiritual battle

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 that is taking place for every believer.

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 Here's what Ephesians 6 says.

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 Put on the whole armor of God

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 that you may be able to take your stand

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 against the schemes of the devil,

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 for we don't wrestle against flesh and blood,

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 against other human beings,

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 but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers

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 over this present darkness,

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 against spiritual forces of evil

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 in the heavenly places.

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 He's saying behind the darkness

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 and behind the struggle of this world,

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 there is a personal mastermind,

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 a spiritual being called Satan

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 or the devil,

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 who has a staff team,

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 and together they are rulers

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 and authorities.

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 And their mission

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 is to steal, kill, and destroy.

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 It's to stand utterly opposed

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 to God, his glory,

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 and our flourishing in him.

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 And if you are thinking,

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 well, you really believe in Satan,

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 like red tights and pitchfork,

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 that kind of thing,

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 well, that's not the biblical image of Satan.

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 You see, actually,

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 I just read recently

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 that the church of Satan,

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 which actually exists, apparently,

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 doesn't believe in Satan's existence.

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 And it's fascinating

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 because Satan doesn't care

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 if you believe in him or not.

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 In fact, he's perfectly fine if you don't

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 because what he wants

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 is he wants for you

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 just to trust in yourself,

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 to glorify yourself,

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 to live for yourself,

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 to rely on your own self-centered

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 pride and desires,

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 and be totally apathetic

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 towards God and his kingdom.

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 And that's perfect for him,

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 for enough to kill, steal, and destroy

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 our spiritual life,

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 our relationships,

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 and even the whole of society

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 in the world.

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 And lined up

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 on Satan's front lines

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 of his army

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 are three other enemies

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 together with him.

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 The Bible says

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 they call them this,

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 sin,

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 the world,

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 and death.

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 Sin,

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 the world,

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 and death.

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 Look in this passage

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 that we,

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 from Ephesians,

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 it says,

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 and you were dead

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 in the trespasses

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 and sins

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 in which you once walked,

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 following the course

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 of this world,

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 following the prince

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 of the power

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 of the air.

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 That's another way

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 of saying Satan.

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 the spirit

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 that is now

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 at work

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 in the sons

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 of disobedience.

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 Do you see,

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 he says all those things,

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 there is sin,

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 there is the world,

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 and there is the devil,

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 and there is death

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 all in there.

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 How do they work?

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 Well,

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 he baits us

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 with sin.

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 What do I mean by that?

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 It's like a fisherman

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 puts bait

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 on his hook

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 and throws it

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 in the water

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 and then a fish

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 comes along,

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 takes the bait

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 and then he pulls it up,

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 reels in the fish

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 and there the fish

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 is just wiggling,

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 dangling

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 and they are powerless

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 at that stage.

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 They are powerless.

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 They are under

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 that fisherman's control.

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 That's how Satan works.

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 He baits us with sin

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 but then the world

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 is like the tidal system

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 that pushes us

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 towards the bait.

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 It's the peer pressure

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 of the world around us.

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 It's the get for yourself,

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 live for yourself,

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 make yourself happy

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 and that social media

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 tells you.

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 It's the performance

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 oriented,

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 self-reliant,

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 jump into the rat race

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 and become a rat

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 or else you'll get

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 eaten alive

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 kind of mentality

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 that is everywhere

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 that we swim in

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 in Hong Kong.

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 And so what we do

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 is we follow the course,

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 we go with the flow

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 of this world

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 so often

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 and the result

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 when we take the bait

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 is then we live

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 like that fish

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 under the power

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 of Satan

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 and we end up

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 to the final enemy

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 which is death.

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 Spiritual death,

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 physical death.

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 That's where

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 the enemy wants

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 things to end up.

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 And you might want

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 to think

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 how does Satan

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 bait us

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 in this way?

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 What is his kind

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 of military tactics

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 that he uses?

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 Well, I think

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 there are a few

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 that scripture

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 describe,

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 but there are

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 two key areas

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 where there's

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 to operate.

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 One is in our mind

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 and the other

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 is in our heart

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 because you see

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 on that battlefield

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 your mind

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 is a battlefield.

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 You feel this

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 every day.

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 He,

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 Satan comes

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 and he lies

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 to us.

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 You remember

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 Adam and Eve

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 in the Garden

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 of Eden?

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 Satan comes

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 and says,

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 did God really

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 say don't eat

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 from that tree?

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 Oh,

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 if you eat

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 from,

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 you won't die.

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 You'll become

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 like God.

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 And what do they

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 do?

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 What's he doing?

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 He's twisting

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 God's word

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 so that you

00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:52.440
 stop believing

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 he's really good

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 that you can

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 actually trust

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 what he says.

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 And so then

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 as you begin

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 to doubt

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 that he's a father

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 who cares for you,

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 you start to look

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 elsewhere for

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 satisfaction

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 rather than to God.

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 And then from that

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 what happens

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 is once he's got

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 you to sin,

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 then he rubs

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 shame and guilt

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 in your face

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 with accusation.

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 Can't you do

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 anything right?

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 New year,

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 you said you're

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 going to read

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 the scripture

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 and you read it

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 for three days

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 and now you've

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 given up.

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 Hey,

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 you loser.

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 And as we start

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 living under the lies

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 and the accusations

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 of the enemy,

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 what happens is

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 we start beginning

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 to project those

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 onto others

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 and we start deceiving

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 and lying other people

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 and accusing other people,

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 blaming them

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 like Adam and Eve.

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 started doing

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 and tearing

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 our relationships

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 apart

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 and that's

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 Satan's work.

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 You see,

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 that's the battlefield

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 of the mind.

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 But there's also

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 the battlefield

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 of the heart

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 which works together.

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 You see,

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 he tempts us

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 like with Adam and Eve

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 but also he can

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 intimidate

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 and discourage us.

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 Do you remember

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 that story of

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 David and Goliath?

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 a very famous story

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 where Goliath

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 is this monster

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 of a man,

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 this huge giant

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 who represents

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 the very enemies

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 of God's people

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 and he challenges

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 them to a fight,

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 anyone to fight

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 with him.

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 And the Israelite

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 warriors,

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 they take one look

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 at this huge guy

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 and they go,

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 what's the point

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 in fighting him?

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 They cower away

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 and it says

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 they were greatly

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 afraid and discouraged

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 because they go,

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 he's too big,

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 it's too difficult,

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 we can't beat him.

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 And he starts

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 mocking and taunting

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 them

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 and without lifting

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 a finger

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 he has them

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 under his control.

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 Discouraged,

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 fearful.

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 And then do you

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 remember in the story

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 this little shepherd boy,

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 David comes along

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 and everyone else

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 is now projecting

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 that same fear

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 onto him.

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 They're going,

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 you're just a kid,

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 have you got a death wish?

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 Like,

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 are you crazy

00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:06.500
 going out to fight him?

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 Voices of fear

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 coming in all the time

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 before he then

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 takes out one stone

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 and he silences

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 all those voices

00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:18.560
 with one slingshot,

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 knocks Goliath

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 to the ground,

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 walks up to him,

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 cuts off his head

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 and fear

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 suddenly

00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.740
 disappears

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 and turns

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 into victory.

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 You see,

00:13:33.299 --> 00:13:33.620
 friends,

00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:34.319
 I don't know

00:13:34.319 --> 00:13:35.600
 what Goliath

00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:36.319
 feels like

00:13:36.319 --> 00:13:36.919
 in your life

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 at the moment.

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 Whether it's COVID,

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 whether it's

00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:41.939
 cancer,

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 whether it's

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 just people

00:13:43.439 --> 00:13:44.159
 are just

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 not changing

00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:46.220
 in your family,

00:13:46.319 --> 00:13:46.860
 loved ones,

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 so you want to

00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:48.559
 respond to the gospel.

00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.659
 Nothing seems to be

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 happening

00:13:50.019 --> 00:13:50.439
 and you feel

00:13:50.439 --> 00:13:51.080
 discouraged,

00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.360
 you feel powerless.

00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:54.100
 sometimes you may

00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:54.879
 want to stay

00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:56.340
 faithful to God

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 and not date

00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:58.620
 a non-believer,

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 but it looks like

00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:00.419
 you look out

00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:01.159
 at the options

00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:01.639
 that are there

00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:02.300
 and you go,

00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:04.100
 there's nothing there

00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:05.039
 and despair

00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:06.340
 begins to set in

00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:08.500
 and your Goliath

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 starts to taunt you.

00:14:10.060 --> 00:14:10.980
 Maybe look elsewhere

00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:12.960
 or every time

00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:13.780
 you look on social

00:14:13.780 --> 00:14:14.340
 media,

00:14:15.580 --> 00:14:16.220
 that voice

00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:16.780
 whispers,

00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:17.320
 look at their

00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:17.820
 life,

00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:19.940
 chase what

00:14:19.940 --> 00:14:20.620
 they have.

00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:21.259
 Look,

00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:22.399
 where's trusting God

00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:23.480
 actually got you?

00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:24.879
 You're going to

00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.600
 miss out if you

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.700
 stay trusting him

00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:29.360
 and you see

00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.440
 the lies

00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:31.320
 and the fear

00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:32.780
 and the discouragement

00:14:32.780 --> 00:14:33.900
 it all works together

00:14:33.900 --> 00:14:35.040
 and you see

00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:36.580
 that's the battlefield,

00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:37.860
 that's the place

00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.540
 of the fight.

00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:40.600
 You see,

00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:41.900
 every single day

00:14:41.900 --> 00:14:42.980
 we're in a battle

00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:44.420
 for truth versus lies,

00:14:44.660 --> 00:14:44.940
 we're a battle

00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:46.660
 for fear versus courage,

00:14:46.940 --> 00:14:47.360
 it's a battle

00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:48.000
 for your heart

00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.340
 and a battle

00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:49.240
 for your mind

00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:51.000
 and by the way

00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:51.500
 that's why

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.460
 we want to do

00:14:52.460 --> 00:14:52.940
 this series

00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:53.940
 on getting right

00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:55.080
 gospel doctrine

00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:55.860
 because there's

00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.680
 so much false

00:14:56.680 --> 00:14:57.740
 teaching out there

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.440
 that Satan wants

00:14:58.440 --> 00:14:59.360
 to deceive us

00:14:59.360 --> 00:14:59.960
 so that we don't

00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:01.139
 hold on to the

00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:01.759
 truth that we

00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.399
 have in him

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:06.019
 and as Kevin

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:07.159
 said last week,

00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.600
 in this battle

00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:10.320
 there is no

00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:11.399
 neutral territory,

00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:12.779
 there is no

00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:13.800
 Switzerland here,

00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.279
 you're either

00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.440
 baited on the

00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:17.220
 hook of Satan

00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:17.960
 and under his

00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.600
 control

00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:20.620
 or you are

00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:21.440
 living under

00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:22.139
 the freedom

00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:23.019
 of Jesus'

00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.759
 control,

00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:25.120
 there's no

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.960
 middle ground

00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:30.580
 but the

00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:31.100
 Bible also

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.700
 says that

00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:32.899
 every single

00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:33.779
 human being

00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:36.139
 is naturally

00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:36.740
 under,

00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:38.279
 like that fish

00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:39.179
 wiggling away

00:15:39.179 --> 00:15:39.879
 to death,

00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.820
 Satan's control

00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.620
 and there's only

00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:43.340
 one way to get

00:15:43.340 --> 00:15:43.740
 free,

00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:45.019
 so here's the

00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.440
 second thing

00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:45.740
 we want to

00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.139
 look at,

00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.320
 we've looked

00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:47.940
 at the war,

00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:48.960
 now we want

00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:49.360
 to look at

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.399
 Jesus who's

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:51.080
 the wounded

00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:52.200
 conqueror,

00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:53.500
 you see,

00:15:53.900 --> 00:15:55.020
 just when we

00:15:55.020 --> 00:15:56.040
 were powerless,

00:15:57.580 --> 00:15:58.420
 onto the

00:15:58.420 --> 00:16:00.000
 battlefield comes

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.400
 God's champion,

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.200
 here's what

00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.140
 1 John 3

00:16:04.140 --> 00:16:04.460
 says,

00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:04.840
 it says,

00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:05.700
 the reason

00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.540
 Jesus,

00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.360
 the son of

00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.379
 God appeared

00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:10.259
 was to destroy

00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:11.480
 the works of

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:11.920
 the devil,

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.220
 you see,

00:16:13.280 --> 00:16:14.080
 the reason he

00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:15.320
 came was to

00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.820
 destroy Satan,

00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:17.500
 sin,

00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.259
 the world

00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:18.860
 and death,

00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.780
 those lies

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.980
 in his life,

00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:22.259
 he comes

00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:22.819
 against the

00:16:22.819 --> 00:16:23.279
 lies and

00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:23.980
 the accusations

00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:24.799
 by preaching

00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.299
 the truth,

00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:26.039
 by resisting

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:27.539
 Satan's temptations

00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:28.399
 and calling

00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:28.819
 people to

00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:29.659
 repentance and

00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.179
 faith and

00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:30.899
 trust in him

00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:32.919
 and he breaks

00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:33.959
 the grip of

00:16:33.959 --> 00:16:34.679
 fear and

00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:35.419
 bondage that

00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:35.959
 people are,

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.799
 healing the

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.039
 sick,

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.199
 delivering people

00:16:38.199 --> 00:16:38.919
 from demons

00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.579
 and the

00:16:39.579 --> 00:16:40.500
 accusations,

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.679
 in his death

00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:43.480
 he came to

00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:44.720
 do away with

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.240
 the very

00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.299
 grounds of

00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:47.399
 accusation that

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.100
 Satan could

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.679
 hold us

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.079
 with,

00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:50.259
 see,

00:16:50.339 --> 00:16:51.120
 here's the

00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:51.759
 passage that

00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.100
 we looked

00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:52.620
 at earlier,

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.360
 Colossians 2

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:55.639
 says,

00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:57.360
 and you

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:58.179
 were dead

00:16:58.179 --> 00:16:59.240
 in your

00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.059
 trespasses

00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:00.899
 and the

00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.860
 uncircumcision

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.240
 of your

00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.720
 flesh,

00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:05.299
 God made,

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.200
 you who

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.759
 were dead,

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.579
 God made

00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.539
 alive together

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.180
 with him,

00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.980
 having forgiven

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 us,

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 justified

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 us,

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 cleansed us,

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 redeemed us,

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 forgiven us

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 all our

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 trespasses by

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 cancelling the

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 record of

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 debt that

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 I owe you,

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 that stood

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 against us

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 with its

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 legal demands,

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 that accused

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 us,

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 that left us

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 in Satan's

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.519
 grip,

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 this he set

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 aside,

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 nailing it

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 to the

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 cross.

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 Satan had

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 us under

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 his control

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 because we'd

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.480
 taken his

00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:37.900
 bait,

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 but Jesus

00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:39.839
 through the

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.339
 cross and

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:41.160
 resurrection has

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.019
 liberated us,

00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:42.920
 taken sin on

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.400
 himself,

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.500
 brought us off

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.019
 the hook,

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 brought us into

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 the freedom of

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 his waters,

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 we now have a

00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:50.339
 heavenly father

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 who loves us,

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 and here's what

00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:53.600
 he says,

00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:54.339
 in doing this,

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 what has he

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 done?

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 He disarmed

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 the rulers and

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 authorities and

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 put them to

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:02.000
 open shame by

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 triumphing over

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 them in the

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:05.299
 cross,

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.200
 in him.

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 You see,

00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:08.860
 the image

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:10.680
 here is of

00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.600
 a victorious

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:13.119
 Roman general

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 who is riding

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 on his

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 chariot,

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 and he's

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 just come

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 back from

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 the battle,

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 and he's

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 riding through

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 the streets

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 with the

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.379
 defeated enemy,

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.359
 the slaves,

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:26.179
 the prisoners

00:18:26.179 --> 00:18:26.659
 of war,

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 in chains

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.679
 behind him.

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 The Goliath,

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 who seemed so

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 strong before,

00:18:31.659 --> 00:18:32.219
 had such a

00:18:32.219 --> 00:18:32.919
 big mouth,

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.759
 is now

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 disarmed,

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 stripped of

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 all his

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.019
 power,

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 humiliated in

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.099
 the chains,

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 dragged behind

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 him on his

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 way to

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 execution.

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 Satan,

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 he's saying,

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 and all of

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 his army is

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 defeated.

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 He no longer

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 can claim any

00:18:52.219 --> 00:18:53.379
 power over a

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 believer in

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 Jesus.

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 Why?

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 Because he

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 says by

00:18:56.639 --> 00:18:57.519
 liberating us

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 from our

00:18:57.959 --> 00:18:58.599
 sins on the

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.459
 cross, he

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 has liberated

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.799
 us from

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.659
 Satan's claim

00:19:01.659 --> 00:19:02.159
 on us.

00:19:02.379 --> 00:19:03.000
 He's liberated

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.659
 us from

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.379
 sin's claim

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 on us,

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.299
 from the

00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.919
 world's claim

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.240
 on us,

00:19:06.459 --> 00:19:07.159
 from death's

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:07.639
 claim on

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 us.

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.980
 His victory

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.699
 is our

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.440
 victory.

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.700
 He has

00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:13.539
 lifted us

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.640
 from Satan's

00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:15.840
 defeated domain

00:19:15.840 --> 00:19:16.920
 onto his

00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:17.580
 chariot of

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 victory.

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 That's what

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.360
 Colossians says.

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 Colossians 1

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 says it like

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:20.960
 this.

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.620
 He has

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 delivered us

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:24.259
 from the

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:24.940
 domain of

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 darkness and

00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:27.420
 transferred us

00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:27.980
 into the

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:29.019
 kingdom of

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 his beloved

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:31.460
 son, in

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.140
 whom we have

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:32.720
 redemption,

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.680
 the forgiveness

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.539
 of sins.

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:36.259
 Jesus, our

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.880
 victorious

00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.960
 general, he's

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.880
 plundered Satan's

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.799
 prison, opened

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.659
 the gates, removed

00:19:40.659 --> 00:19:41.419
 all right to

00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:42.740
 condemn you, shame

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.500
 you, and hold

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.319
 you prisoner to

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.879
 fear and

00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.579
 discouragement.

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 And he's

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.720
 brought us into

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.379
 his kingdom of

00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:49.139
 truth and love.

00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.740
 And the fear

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.599
 has no place

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.059
 where there is

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:53.819
 perfect love.

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.139
 This is what

00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.859
 Jesus has done

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.440
 for us.

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.940
 He has given

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:01.399
 us victory over

00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:02.180
 those great

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.980
 enemies that we

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.799
 feel powerless

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.819
 in for.

00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:06.960
 But just think

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.279
 about it.

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.579
 how does

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.339
 Jesus conquer?

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.139
 Because his

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:11.319
 victory is the

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.799
 way that we

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.099
 will be

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:12.660
 victorious.

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.799
 His victory

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.379
 wasn't a

00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:15.839
 feel-good

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.299
 victory.

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.220
 You know,

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.759
 victory doesn't

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.519
 always feel

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.139
 like really

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.799
 great in the

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.160
 moment.

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.619
 You see, at

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:23.220
 the cross, it

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:24.559
 looked like the

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.500
 powerful, the

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.319
 proud, the

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.079
 pushy, the

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.960
 self-reliant had

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.279
 won.

00:20:30.139 --> 00:20:31.039
 You know, just

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.759
 like for us.

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:33.039
 It seems like

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:34.099
 the more

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:35.440
 stronger you are,

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:35.839
 the more

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.599
 successful you

00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.079
 are, the more

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:38.059
 fun you are,

00:20:38.199 --> 00:20:38.779
 that's the

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.500
 way of victory.

00:20:41.939 --> 00:20:42.579
 But that was

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:44.240
 Good Friday, and

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.119
 Easter Sunday was

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:45.399
 coming.

00:20:46.459 --> 00:20:47.559
 The world tells

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.519
 you to beat

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.399
 your Goliaths by

00:20:49.399 --> 00:20:50.220
 yourself trying to

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.000
 be stronger, trying

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.519
 to be more

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.599
 successful, trying

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.439
 to be more

00:20:53.439 --> 00:20:54.480
 attractive, trying

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.199
 to get what you

00:20:55.199 --> 00:20:56.000
 can for yourself.

00:20:56.179 --> 00:20:56.899
 But the gospel

00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:58.000
 says you don't

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.699
 need to make

00:20:58.699 --> 00:20:59.619
 yourself Goliath,

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:01.019
 you don't need to

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.539
 have a bigger

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.079
 Goliath.

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.139
 To beat Goliath,

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.699
 you need a better

00:21:03.699 --> 00:21:04.139
 David.

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:05.880
 And we have

00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:06.980
 one, that is

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:08.440
 Jesus Christ, who

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:10.120
 with the slingshot of

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:11.340
 his cross and his

00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:12.540
 resurrection has

00:21:12.540 --> 00:21:13.860
 nailed that giant

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:15.060
 right in the face.

00:21:15.340 --> 00:21:16.800
 Whatever giant that

00:21:16.800 --> 00:21:17.860
 we face in our

00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:19.860
 lives, which holds

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.460
 us back from

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.500
 Christ, he says,

00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:22.640
 by death I have

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:24.259
 defeated it, and I

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:25.060
 am the wounded

00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:26.400
 conqueror who rises

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.660
 to victory.

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.580
 And so that means

00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:31.440
 for you and I,

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:34.320
 if we are trusting

00:21:34.320 --> 00:21:37.019
 in Jesus, he has

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.100
 taken us out of

00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:38.980
 Satan's grip and

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.660
 placed us on his

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.660
 victory chariot,

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.519
 headed to

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.660
 resurrection glory.

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:45.180
 This is the victory

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.680
 that Jesus has won.

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:51.039
 But now, if you

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.720
 think about it and

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.660
 you go, well, if

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.860
 Jesus has won, why

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:55.960
 do I still have to

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.299
 fight?

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.100
 Why does it still

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:59.180
 feel like sometimes

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.940
 Satan's winning?

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.140
 Well, the thing is

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:03.900
 that a wounded, dying

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:05.060
 tiger, which has

00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:06.140
 had a death blow,

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.680
 doesn't go down

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.500
 without a fight.

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:10.620
 It still has claws

00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:12.100
 to scratch and a

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.840
 roar to try and

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:14.600
 intimidate us, even

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.720
 though his final

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.860
 breath is near.

00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:19.960
 Satan, sin, the

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.080
 world and the devil

00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:22.799
 and death itself are

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:24.500
 still realities until

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.779
 Jesus comes again

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:27.060
 and will execute,

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.480
 will wipe them away

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:28.980
 forever.

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.860
 The war is won,

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.420
 but we have still

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.779
 got to walk out our

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.700
 victory and those

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:36.059
 battles in our

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.980
 day-to-day life.

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.140
 So let's think,

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:41.200
 from the war and the

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:42.140
 conquering that Jesus

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.039
 has done, how do we

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.279
 now live in victory?

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:45.740
 This is the third

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:47.180
 thing I want to talk

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.500
 about.

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:52.279
 You see, some

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:54.279
 people think living

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:56.299
 in victory is

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.299
 marching around

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.079
 buildings kind of

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:59.299
 just rebuking Satan.

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.440
 Get out of here,

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:00.759
 Satan.

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.759
 And I know plenty

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.339
 of people who do

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.720
 that, and I see

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.539
 actually Satan's

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.200
 walking all over

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.180
 their personal lives.

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.619
 Others will say

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.039
 things like,

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.279
 2021, it's the

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.819
 year of your

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.440
 victory, it's the

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.240
 year of breakthrough.

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.359
 breakthrough.

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:15.180
 And what they

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:17.859
 mean is, it's the

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.839
 year of health,

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:20.319
 wealth, prosperity,

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.220
 everything going

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.120
 great for you.

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.700
 Actually, Scripture

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.620
 doesn't say either of

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.180
 those things.

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.599
 Here's what Scripture

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.019
 says.

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:31.120
 Victory means

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:32.220
 staying close to

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.920
 Jesus, trusting and

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.579
 living for him,

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.740
 living for his glory.

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.420
 You know, that's it.

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.779
 Because if he's

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.920
 riding on the

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:41.380
 victory chariot and

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.320
 you're with him,

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.380
 guess who's going to

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.060
 be at the winner's

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:45.460
 party?

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:48.080
 And Satan will try

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:49.039
 and do anything just

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.900
 to get you to jump

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.740
 off the chariot.

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:53.380
 He's going, it's so

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:54.220
 much more fun being

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.240
 dragged down here in

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.680
 the dirt.

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.980
 You know, just try it

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.740
 once.

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.980
 Everyone else is

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.400
 doing it.

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.320
 You'll miss out if

00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:00.700
 you don't.

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.200
 You'll never know

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.860
 what it was like.

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.519
 FOMO.

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:04.900
 But Ephesians

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:07.819
 tells us, put on

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:09.019
 the armor of God

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.759
 that you may be

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.420
 able to withstand

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.539
 an evil day.

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.460
 And having done it,

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.980
 he says, oh, march

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.740
 around victorious.

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.460
 No, he says, just

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.119
 stand firm.

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.619
 Stand.

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.180
 Why do you have to

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.460
 stand?

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.099
 Because you've already

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.740
 got victory.

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.299
 You just need to

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.539
 stay there in it.

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.680
 Jesus has won it

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.359
 for us.

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.900
 We don't need to

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:27.099
 fight wildly, launch

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.900
 an anti-Satan

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.519
 campaign.

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.579
 Just stay on the

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.700
 chariot, stay firm

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.960
 with Jesus in

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.500
 relationship with

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.920
 him.

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.680
 A victory is

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.440
 yours because

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.240
 it's his victory.

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.039
 Now, how does

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.579
 that work?

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:41.059
 I want to show

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:42.319
 us a few ways

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.339
 that victory

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.079
 works that

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.759
 scripture tells

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.220
 us about.

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.940
 You see, it

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.579
 works in two

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:48.940
 ways.

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.720
 Jesus gives

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.400
 us victory

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.779
 from things

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.380
 and he gives

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.900
 us victory

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:55.200
 through things.

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.259
 From is when

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.099
 he removes it

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.599
 completely.

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.759
 Through is when

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.440
 he takes you

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.440
 through and does

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.559
 something in the

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.339
 midst of that.

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.680
 in your lives.

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.660
 And remember

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.240
 our enemies

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.920
 of sin,

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.240
 the world,

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.079
 and death

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.539
 itself?

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.059
 Well, that's

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.160
 exactly where

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.660
 God wants to

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.380
 give you victory

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.279
 from and

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.619
 through.

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.720
 So let me

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.500
 explain what I

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.140
 mean by that.

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.319
 You know, for

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:20.779
 myself, I lived

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.539
 under Satan's

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.460
 lies for a long

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:24.480
 time when I was

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.700
 younger.

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.460
 I really tried

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.160
 hard to be a

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.779
 good Christian

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.359
 Christian and I

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.339
 realized I was

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.259
 just really crap

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.879
 at being a good

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.279
 Christian.

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.160
 And I felt I was

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.519
 totally selfish and

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.619
 this live stream of

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.920
 accusations just

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:38.139
 kind of kept playing

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.859
 in my head saying

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.539
 you're worthless,

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.359
 you're a failed

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.339
 Christian and I

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.200
 became discouraged,

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.680
 I became despairing

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.519
 and depressed and

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.180
 finally I became

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.920
 really sick.

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.920
 And I was actually

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.879
 at one point bent

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:51.119
 almost double because

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:52.299
 I couldn't just hold

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.279
 myself up with the

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.920
 weight of everything

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.740
 that's going on.

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.660
 And someone said

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.079
 to me, you know,

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.700
 your posture is an

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.720
 indication of your

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.180
 soul.

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.940
 So he said, just

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:01.200
 stand up straight

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.880
 and your soul will

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.660
 begin to kind of

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.880
 feel more confident.

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:09.039
 So I tried, but I

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.480
 couldn't because I

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.019
 was powerless.

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.579
 I felt God was

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.839
 distant, harsh.

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.000
 I was never good

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.460
 enough.

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.620
 I stopped reading

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.120
 scripture.

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.319
 I stopped praying.

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.059
 I stopped really

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.960
 wanting to live for

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.519
 God in any

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.079
 different way.

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.619
 I just kind of

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.500
 did my own thing.

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.819
 And then a regret

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.960
 live stream started

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.960
 in my mind saying

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:32.579
 because I looked at

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.720
 everybody else around

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.720
 me and I had to

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.399
 take some time out

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.099
 of university and

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.859
 people were graduating.

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.480
 Everyone was ahead

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.460
 of me and it kind of

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.399
 said to me, oh,

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.079
 where are you?

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.519
 You're just behind.

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.559
 And Satan just tried

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.419
 to get his hooks all

00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:44.940
 over me.

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.059
 And then God's word

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.980
 came to me.

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.220
 Do you know,

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:52.039
 Ephesians tells us

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.480
 that we have a sword?

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:55.000
 It's the sword of the

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.940
 spirit, the word of

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.379
 God.

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.960
 And it's a sword that

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.779
 we're meant to fight

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.180
 with.

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:02.859
 Do you realize that God

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:04.539
 has given us the truth

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:06.159
 of his word and he's

00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:07.920
 given us community and

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:09.440
 he's given us prayer?

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.940
 That's what Ephesians

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.460
 there says.

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.500
 You've got to pray at all

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.839
 times.

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.819
 He gives us these three

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.279
 things.

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.220
 There's others as well,

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.839
 but the three things that

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:19.480
 enable us to fight and

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.759
 they're so powerful.

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.559
 Because you see,

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.400
 at one point,

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.339
 out of the blue,

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.880
 a person just said,

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.900
 hey, they started

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:28.220
 praying for me and

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.019
 then they just said,

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.700
 hey, I've just got a

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.299
 couple of verses,

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.980
 one from Psalm 107

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.000
 and one from Psalm

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.740
 118.

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.240
 I was like,

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.120
 where is that?

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.819
 I have no idea what

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.160
 they are.

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.380
 And they just gave me

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.900
 these verses.

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.799
 I can still remember

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.299
 them today.

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.799
 And then about three

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.440
 weeks later,

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.900
 a friend of my mom's

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.660
 from Ethiopia,

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.440
 a missionary in Ethiopia

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.400
 who I'd only ever met

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.799
 once,

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.539
 she said,

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.440
 oh, I just thought

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.980
 God was telling me

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.899
 to pray for you.

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:51.639
 And I felt there was

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.139
 just a couple of

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.960
 verses I wanted to

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.359
 give you.

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:53.839
 Do you know what

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.500
 verses they were?

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.579
 Exact same verses.

00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:58.099
 And this is not like

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.920
 John 3, 16.

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.920
 Psalm 107.

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.740
 Anyone know that?

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.599
 Right.

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.500
 It's just totally

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.980
 random.

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.680
 Except it wasn't

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.000
 random.

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:07.180
 Because God,

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.079
 through his word,

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.420
 spoke to me.

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:11.420
 And as he did,

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:12.379
 his word,

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.359
 through that prayer

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:14.079
 that I've been praying

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.700
 together,

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:16.119
 lifted my soul.

00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:17.379
 It straightened

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.000
 my back.

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.599
 It gave me hope

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.159
 to rise,

00:28:20.239 --> 00:28:20.819
 that my God

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.239
 knew me.

00:28:21.479 --> 00:28:22.439
 My God saw me.

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.419
 I'm not an orphan.

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.799
 I'm a son of his.

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:27.119
 That he would

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.919
 deliver me

00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:28.719
 through this.

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.119
 And he began

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.799
 to just walk me

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.799
 out of self-pity,

00:28:33.959 --> 00:28:34.639
 out of regret,

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:35.459
 and to actually

00:28:35.459 --> 00:28:36.419
 start to live

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:36.939
 for Jesus

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.579
 rather than

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.719
 pretending I was

00:28:38.719 --> 00:28:39.379
 and feeling

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.119
 like a fraud.

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.179
 And you know

00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.500
 what?

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.899
 Since that day,

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.799
 I've not lived

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.779
 under regret

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.720
 for a single day.

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.720
 When regret

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.519
 comes knocking

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.240
 on my door,

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.579
 I swing my sword

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:55.159
 of Isaiah 43,

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.619
 which says,

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.619
 fear not,

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:59.099
 I have redeemed you,

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.500
 Chris.

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.940
 I have called you

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.579
 by name.

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.639
 You are mine.

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.259
 You see,

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.359
 and it's gone.

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.980
 That's victory

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:09.519
 from sin.

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.919
 And each one of us,

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.799
 God wants to bring

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.259
 us victory

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.000
 from sin.

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.059
 But do you know

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.940
 what, guys?

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.960
 We need to realize

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:19.159
 where is the battle

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:20.299
 with sin and

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:21.039
 discouragement and

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.839
 fear in your life

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.319
 right now?

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.779
 Some of us,

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.619
 during COVID time

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.159
 or even before,

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.940
 we've been taking

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.899
 Satan's bait,

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.259
 jumping off the

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.740
 chariot,

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.399
 because we are not

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.240
 getting in God's

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.940
 word and starting

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.440
 his word,

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.700
 starting every day

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.500
 getting in scripture.

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.039
 And man,

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.819
 let me tell you,

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.919
 if you put down

00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.599
 all your weapons,

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.839
 you're a sitting duck.

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:44.139
 And some of you

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:45.119
 feel defeated

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:48.159
 because you tried

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:49.299
 to start reading

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.099
 scripture and it

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.339
 didn't last very long.

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.339
 And now you're just

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.699
 going, hey,

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.699
 I can't do it.

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.839
 But actually,

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.919
 God wants to say

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.439
 to you,

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:58.039
 don't walk this

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.439
 alone.

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.679
 God has given us

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.059
 his word.

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.679
 He's given us

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.199
 community.

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.439
 Get people around

00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:02.639
 us.

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.199
 Say, hey, listen,

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.179
 I need you to help

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:05.059
 me read together.

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.339
 I need you to pray

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.119
 for each other.

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.279
 Listen, in COVID

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.779
 times, if you're just

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.480
 by yourself,

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.519
 you are like one

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.279
 of those deers,

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:12.599
 you know,

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.559
 which lions just,

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.500
 you know,

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.259
 when they're chasing

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.339
 the pack and they

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:17.259
 just look after the

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.000
 one deer that's by

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.619
 themselves and then

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.119
 they pounce.

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:21.059
 That's what you're

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.220
 like.

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:21.460
 He says,

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.359
 sit in prowls like

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.180
 a roaring lion,

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.899
 but actually in

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:25.059
 community with his

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:27.500
 word and in prayer

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:29.019
 and in worship to

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.359
 God.

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.259
 These are our

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.920
 weapons.

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.819
 And so don't fight

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.059
 alone.

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.180
 Listen, in Lent time,

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.879
 we're going to have

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:36.440
 time where every day

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.899
 during Lent,

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.440
 we're going to have a

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.319
 Bible reading time

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.679
 on Zoom for just a

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:40.599
 few minutes in the

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:40.799
 morning.

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.740
 If you know you

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.539
 struggle with getting

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.539
 scripture, listen,

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.659
 you need to clear your

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.119
 calendar.

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.179
 Like, it doesn't

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:46.839
 matter if you have to

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.480
 answer that email.

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.399
 Scrap it.

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.599
 That time is more

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.419
 important for you to

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:51.799
 live in freedom than

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.480
 for you to just get

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.139
 stuff done.

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.439
 Let's fight this

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:56.079
 together because God

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:57.519
 is going to give us

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.700
 victory through these

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.200
 things.

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:02.740
 You know, some of us,

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:06.700
 the battle is actually

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:08.200
 not just from sin.

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.180
 It's also through sin.

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.779
 It's the battle to just

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:13.019
 keep getting back up and

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:14.420
 fighting and persevering.

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:17.440
 Do you know, I've been

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:19.019
 liberated from some sins in

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.759
 my life, but there are

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:22.079
 still sins that I'm sure

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.980
 like you that I just

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:24.099
 wrestle with every day.

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.940
 And sometimes it feels

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.740
 like you're just knocked

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:28.620
 down again and again.

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.960
 It feels like that Goliath's

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.559
 got you.

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.860
 But do you know what,

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:34.100
 Jesus, I've discovered

00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:35.079
 this, Jesus has this

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:36.039
 amazing ability.

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:40.920
 That when I come back in

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:42.319
 confession and repentance

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.480
 and reminding myself of

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:45.920
 his grace, I get his

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:47.519
 grace so much more.

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.420
 I'm like, you could even

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.039
 love me.

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:52.299
 And as I realise that,

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:52.740
 do you know what, it

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.640
 doesn't leave me crushed,

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.220
 it leaves me more

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.720
 grateful.

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:56.240
 And what it does, it

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.860
 changes my heart to be

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:59.759
 less judgmental to be

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.799
 towards others, more

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:02.180
 compassionate, more

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.259
 persevering.

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.819
 And we begin to look a

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.500
 little bit more like

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.619
 Jesus and his love.

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.140
 So brothers and

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:11.420
 sisters, if you are

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.599
 wrestling with these

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.420
 things, whatever your

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.859
 sin struggle is, stand

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:16.379
 up, straighten up,

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.559
 because God is going to

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.819
 give you victory from

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.599
 and he's going to give

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.740
 you victory through your

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:20.920
 sin.

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.799
 Jesus is amazing.

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.359
 But it's not just

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:25.539
 victory over sin.

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:29.059
 Jesus also wants to give

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.920
 us victory over the

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.279
 world.

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:35.159
 You know, in John's

00:32:35.159 --> 00:32:36.879
 gospel, Jesus says this.

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:39.559
 He says, I've said these

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:42.399
 things to you, that in me

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:43.920
 you may have peace.

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:46.019
 In the world you'll have

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.779
 tribulation.

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:49.139
 But take heart, literally,

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.539
 take courage.

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.259
 courage.

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.819
 I have overcome

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:54.599
 the world.

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.700
 You know,

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:59.599
 some of you,

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.759
 victory from the world

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.779
 this year is going to

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.460
 look like this.

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:06.399
 Family members that have

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.799
 just been resistant to

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:09.519
 the gospel, resistant to

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.720
 you in so many different

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:12.659
 ways, God is just going to

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.579
 break through into their

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.839
 hearts.

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.879
 He's just going to melt

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.759
 that resistance.

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.920
 And he's going to draw

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.839
 people to Christ.

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:19.000
 People that you never

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.000
 thought it was possible.

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.939
 God is going to do that

00:33:21.939 --> 00:33:22.599
 this year.

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:24.519
 I really believe that in

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.500
 some of our lives.

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:28.779
 For some of us, it's that

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:31.459
 those voices of, why are

00:33:31.459 --> 00:33:31.959
 you single?

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:33.480
 Why do you want to, like,

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:33.959
 trust Jesus?

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.720
 Why do you want to give

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.179
 that much?

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:36.079
 Like, think about your

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:37.019
 financial security.

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.579
 Don't trust Jesus in this

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:38.740
 area.

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:40.039
 Those voices that just

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.079
 kind of come at you all

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.619
 the time.

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.899
 And you're just going to

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:45.359
 go, they're not going to

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.399
 bother you so much.

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:48.320
 Because Jesus is going to

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:49.940
 give you victory from the

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:51.280
 world in some of these

00:33:51.280 --> 00:33:51.700
 areas.

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.580
 And you can just trust him

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.220
 and it will give you this

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:56.340
 peace to just walk through

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:57.560
 your day with him.

00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:00.660
 But for many of us, it's not

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:02.200
 just victory from the world.

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.759
 Jesus doesn't promise that

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:06.200
 2021 is going to be a bed of

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.519
 roses.

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.740
 There's still COVID around.

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.400
 There's still trials.

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.800
 trials.

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:11.420
 But he promises victory

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.320
 through the world.

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.860
 Which means courage and

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:16.860
 peace in the midst of our

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.340
 trials.

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:20.720
 You see, that's how he

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.840
 conquered, didn't he?

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.840
 Through the cross.

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.900
 You know, some of us have

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.900
 rarely shared the gospel.

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.920
 Because we live under this

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.280
 fear of rejection, of

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.119
 inadequacy.

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.500
 This fear that we're just

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.340
 not going to get it right.

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.559
 Maybe we've had bad

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.880
 experiences before and we

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.740
 just don't know how to do

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:36.920
 it.

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.400
 And this year, that's

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.139
 going to change.

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:43.019
 Fear, you may still feel

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.559
 afraid.

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.440
 Jesus doesn't promise

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.659
 removal of feelings.

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.619
 But fear is not going to

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.260
 rule you.

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.519
 That you're actually going

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.579
 to have a new confidence

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.980
 to share with your

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.780
 colleagues, with your

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.559
 family, with your

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.019
 friends.

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.180
 And you're going to just

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:57.960
 walk, and regardless of

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.340
 what people's responses

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:01.340
 are, even when it feels

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.039
 negative to you, that you

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.579
 come back in community and

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.900
 we encourage each other and

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.860
 we get back up.

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:08.420
 With newfound courage and

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.920
 confidence.

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:13.539
 And that's the place of

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.700
 peace with Jesus.

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:18.539
 Because victory through the

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:20.680
 world looks like courage in

00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:21.940
 spite of what others say.

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.400
 And that's the place of

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.940
 experiencing Christ's peace

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.860
 in the midst of trials.

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.400
 Victory from and through sin,

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.599
 victory from and through the

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:33.880
 world.

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.880
 Let me give you one more.

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:38.280
 One that I think has become

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.660
 closer to some of us during

00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:40.559
 COVID times.

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:43.480
 Victory from death and through

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.860
 death.

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:48.240
 There's this amazing passage in

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:49.740
 Hebrews 2 which says this.

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:53.639
 since therefore the children share in

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:55.679
 flesh and blood, he, Jesus

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:58.519
 himself, likewise partook of the

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.039
 same things.

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.919
 He became human.

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:03.019
 That through death he might

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:05.559
 destroy the one who has the power

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:08.159
 of death, that is the devil, and

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:11.619
 deliver all those who through fear

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:14.139
 of death were subject to lifelong

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.839
 slavery.

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:17.380
 He's saying, like, Hong Kong is just

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:19.000
 filled with a fear of death, right?

00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:21.079
 Like, it's no number four anywhere.

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:23.200
 You know, and COVID has brought

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:25.120
 death closer to some of us.

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.820
 Some of us don't just have a

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.480
 healthy caution.

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:29.840
 We live paralyzed by fear.

00:36:30.600 --> 00:36:32.019
 For others it's not COVID, it's

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.660
 cancer.

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:35.300
 And cancer just kind of looms like

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:37.079
 this Goliath in your family with

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.760
 loved ones.

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:39.340
 It's in your genetics.

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:41.039
 It's wherever it is.

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:44.940
 And Jesus says, with all of these

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:47.099
 Goliaths of death, if we're in

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:48.500
 Christ, he will give us victory.

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:54.659
 You know, Jesus raised Lazarus from

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.139
 the dead.

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.940
 But Lazarus died again.

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:04.039
 Jesus himself went through death and

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:06.860
 came out alive victorious.

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:10.900
 Victory from death.

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.920
 Let me give you an example.

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:14.460
 Eight years ago, I was in Hong Kong.

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.740
 I got a call at 2 a.m.

00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:18.900
 My dad rang me to say, your mom's

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:20.480
 just had a massive asthma attack.

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:22.079
 The doctors said she's not going to

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.860
 get through the night.

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.480
 She's almost flatlining.

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:27.099
 All the vitals are just down.

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.720
 Listen, pray.

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.420
 Pray.

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:33.079
 Nothing else I could do.

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:34.760
 I prayed and then I just went back

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.140
 to sleep.

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:36.000
 He said, I'll call you in the

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.200
 morning.

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:37.439
 He calls me back in the morning.

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.779
 I'm expecting to get out and have

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.480
 to get on a flight.

00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.899
 He rings me and says, you never

00:37:40.899 --> 00:37:41.439
 guess what.

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:44.579
 The doctors have said it's just a

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:44.859
 miracle.

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.980
 They can't explain it.

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:48.179
 You know, the moment you and other

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:51.159
 friends started praying, her vital

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:53.299
 signs went from almost flatlining

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:54.419
 right back to normal.

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:56.339
 Like, not even stable.

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:58.619
 Just like, totally back to normal.

00:37:59.279 --> 00:37:59.960
 In an instant.

00:38:01.379 --> 00:38:04.719
 God can bring victory from death.

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:06.739
 He has power to do that.

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:11.719
 God can take us, the things that we feel

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:14.919
 powerless and he has a slingshot that can do

00:38:14.919 --> 00:38:16.159
 what nobody else can do.

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:20.359
 But my mom, like Lazarus, will die one day.

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.739
 So will all of us.

00:38:22.839 --> 00:38:24.719
 Even if you're 21, you will.

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:28.359
 Let me tell you it's 100% success rate there.

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:32.740
 But Dylan Carson, who is a theologian, he

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:35.360
 tells this story where he was at a prayer

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:37.740
 time where everyone was praying for a

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.660
 friend who had cancer.

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:41.660
 And it looked like this was it.

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:44.519
 And people were naming and claiming her

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.440
 healing, binding the cancer and saying,

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:49.900
 and in the midst of it, kind of casting out.

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:52.599
 And then in the midst of all of that, I think

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:56.440
 it was Carson's wife just really felt she had

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.360
 to pray something different.

00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:00.679
 And his wife started praying this.

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:04.340
 God, help her to die well.

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:08.079
 Help her to die in a way that glorifies you.

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 Everyone looked around completely stunned.

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 Because they thought that actually victory is

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 only death, victory from death.

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 They didn't realize that victory can also be

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 victory through death.

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 You see, I want to die well.

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 I want to die close to Jesus, looking at Jesus,

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 seeing with a confidence that I'm going to see him.

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 I want to die like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the

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 German pastor who, on the last words before he

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 was executed by the Nazis, he said this.

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 He said, this is the end for me.

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 The beginning of life.

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 That's victory through death.

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 That resurrection hope that Jesus has gone through

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 the grave and so will we and we will see him face

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 to face.

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 And my hope for every watermarker is not that we all

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 become world shapers, although some of us may.

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 It's not that we all get our dream jobs, that we all

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 become famous, we all get the amount of money we want,

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 although some of us may.

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 My hope and prayer is that we are a people who learn together

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 as a community, learn to walk and fight together and walk in

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 victory over Satan, sin, the world and death.

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 That every one of us will stay so close to Jesus in his word,

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 prayer and worship, that we will, in community, have this gospel

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 courage to keep sharing, in spite of difficulties, the gospel.

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 We have this peace and we live in the light that we are

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 justified, redeemed, we are adopted, we are reconciled.

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 We're not orphans.

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 We have a father who loves us and we go into our world and we

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 go into our lives in that confidence.

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 As sons and daughters of the kings, as those who are more than

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 conquerors through him who loved us.

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 And when we die,

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 we will say the same as Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

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 This is the end for us.

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 This is the beginning of life with our wounded conqueror, Jesus, forever.

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 Victory from forever.

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 Where, O death, is your victory?

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 Where, O death, is your sting?

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 The sting of death is sin.

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 The power of sin is the law.

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 But thanks be to God, he gives us the victory through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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 Let's pray together.

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 I think some of us,

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 we actually haven't recognised that we're really in a battle.

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 And there are things that you've been living under.

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 Where you haven't realised behind that, Satan has wanted to take you off the chariot.

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 And I believe today, God really wants to speak to you.

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 And he wants to tell you, don't walk through this alone.

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 Don't walk through thinking I'm always going to be defeated.

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 Some of you have just kind of given up,

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 whether it's in scripture reading,

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 whether it's really in just resisting temptation,

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 a whole load of areas.

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 And God wants to lift and straighten you up to say,

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 look to me.

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 Look to me in your difficult circumstances.

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 Look to me where there's things which you just think are just not changing

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 and you don't know where hope is going to come.

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 Look to me, I've overcome.

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 Look to me.

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 Some of us, we just need to get the sword of the spirit out.

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 And not just read scripture, but wield scripture against those lies.

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 Recognise where the battle is.

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 I just want to give you a second, just to allow God to just speak to you.

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 What's he saying to you right now?

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 Where is it that he wants you to walk in victory?

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 Where is it that he wants you to walk in victory?

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 Where is it that he wants you to walk in victory?

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 Father, we just thank you.

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 Lord, we are weak.

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 Lord, we are weak.

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 That we are more than conquerors, not through our own strength.

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 Lord, we are weak.

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 Jesus looked defeated, but actually his very defeat was the moment of his greatest triumph.

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 Lord, I pray for us that you would encourage us, that you would lift up our heads to see you today.

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 I pray that you would let the gospel go from not just our heads, but into our hearts.

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 Lord, I pray that we would be a community that's not just thinking about ourselves, but it's looking out for each other to fight together.

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 Lord, I pray that we would be those who get to our death day and have a glorious glimpse that Jesus is our great hope.

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 And that we would be the Lord.

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 Lord, I pray.

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 Lord, I pray that we stay close to you.

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 Lord, I pray.

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 Draw near to us now.

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 And may we draw near to you.

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 thank you for your victory that we have in you

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 in Jesus name, Amen