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 and faithful to the Lord.

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 If you have your Bibles, I want you to turn to 1 Peter.

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 1 Peter chapter 5, we're in a series called The Real War

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 because I am convinced that we are fighting battles

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 that are unseen but very felt.

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 And we need to understand because we can't quite see it

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 with the human eye.

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 We can see the evidence of it.

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 We need clarity on what exactly we're facing.

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 And how do you fight or stand against something

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 when you don't even know what you're fighting?

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 When I was a child, my dad went out one night

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 to walk the dog.

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 And it was a night and a walk that he's never forgotten.

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 He spoke of it a couple of weeks ago,

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 and we've never forgotten it either.

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 It was in the dead of winter in the upper peninsula of Michigan

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 where my father was stationed at Kincheloe Air Force Base.

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 That's about 11 miles from the Canada line

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 and cold is not the word for it.

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 I walked to school in three foot of snow.

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 It was not uphill and I was not barefooted,

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 but when a five-year-old walks in three foot of snow,

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 it is uphill.

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 And when it's ten below, you are barefooted,

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 no matter how much you got on your feet.

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 We had a well-trained dog and we had a big set of woods behind the house

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 and he could let that dog run at night

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 and Dad took him out for a walk.

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 One night, the dog got into something.

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 Dad went running to find out what was wrong

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 and they both got sprayed by a skunk.

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 When they came back to the house, neither were welcome.

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 But we had to let them in because they would have died.

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 It was so cold.

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 And so I'm just going to tell you,

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 I don't know how else to tell you,

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 Pop stank for days.

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 I mean stank.

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 And we had to roll the windows down in that Buick station wagon

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 in the dead of winter just to survive

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 when we rode with him for several days.

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 It helps to know what you're fighting.

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 It really does.

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 And before you go into battle.

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 So I want to be clear.

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 You're in a war.

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 And you'll face some battles.

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 Thank God the war's been won,

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 but there's still squirmishes going on.

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 There's still battles being fought.

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 And if you don't realize that,

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 you're going to lose way too many of them.

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 It helps to know who you're going to take a stand against.

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 Who are you dealing with?

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 And we can find out a lot about the evil one

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 when we study the names that he is called in Scripture.

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 These names are given as descriptive titles

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 of what he stands for.

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 And his traits are shown through these names.

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 But I want to begin by looking at Peter's advice to us.

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 Thank God's also inspired by the Holy Spirit of God

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 and given to us by the Lord.

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 1 Peter 5, verse 6 says this.

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 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God

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 so at the proper time he may exalt you,

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 casting all your anxieties on him

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 because he cares for you.

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 Be sober-minded.

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 Be watchful.

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 Listen now.

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 Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion

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 seeking someone to devour.

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 Resist him.

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 Firm in your faith,

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 knowing that the same kind of sufferings

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 will be experienced by the brotherhood throughout the world.

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 And after you've suffered a little while,

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 the God of all grace,

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 who's called you to his eternal glory in Christ,

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 this is worth underlining, folks,

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 will himself restore, confirm, strengthen,

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 and establish you.

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 To him be the dominion forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 I don't have time this morning to talk about restoring

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 and confirming and strengthening and establishing,

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 but man, I wish I did

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 because that is good stuff.

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 That's not our topic this morning,

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 but I'm telling you,

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 I read that at 9 o'clock,

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 and it blessed my heart,

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 and I read it again,

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 and it blesses my heart

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 to know that we have a God that's there for us

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 when we need him,

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 regardless of what we're going through,

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 and I'm going to tell you what you're going through

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 because we can learn a lot

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 about the evil one

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 by the way God defines him through his word.

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 And so I want to look at various names

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 and learn about his schemes

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 because his schemes are the real problem.

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 I want you to hear me.

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 It is not our kids that's the problem.

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 I know what Sunday mornings are like in the home, okay?

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 It's not our kids.

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 It's not our spouses.

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 It's not our opponents.

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 It's not the bullies in our life.

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 It's not the nemesis in our life.

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 It is the demonic schemes of the evil one,

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 and oftentimes that is seen in other people's lives,

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 and oftentimes it's seen in our lives.

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 But when we study the names of God in Scripture,

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 we learn about his attributes

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 and the ways that he leads us

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 and ministers us and helps us,

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 and by understanding the names of the devil,

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 we learn the way that he steals from us.

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 We learn the ways that he attempts to destroy us,

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 that he strives to kill us.

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 And the first one I want to talk about is one,

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 and I'm going to talk about real popular ones today,

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 ones you've heard of probably,

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 but in our passage, he is called the devil,

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 which means the slanderer or the accuser.

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 I call him the whisperer,

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 and the reason why is do you ever notice

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 when you have something good and juicy on somebody

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 and you want to tell somebody else,

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 you just look around, you lean in,

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 and you say it real soft.

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 Y'all don't know what I'm talking about

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 because y'all ain't never told anything juicy on anybody,

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 have you?

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 Praise the Lord.

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 We got one problem solved.

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 That's what the devil does.

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 He leans in,

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 gets our attention,

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 and whispers to us.

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 Now I want you to hear me.

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 He's not after you.

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 He's after Christ.

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 He does not want to discredit you.

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 He wants to discredit Christ.

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 However, if he can discredit the people of God,

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 he can discredit God.

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 And he does that through his whispers.

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 He tells the lost,

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 Jesus is not the only way.

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 That is, as long as you are sincere in what you believe,

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 that God will save you.

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 You can be a Muslim.

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 You can be a Mormon.

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 As long as you're a churchgoer,

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 then you're safe.

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 And I want you to be clear about something.

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 Don't ever think that your presence here,

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 or that a baptism that you've experienced,

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 will get you to heaven.

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 Because it won't.

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 Sometimes it causes confusion.

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 Because it's not real in your life.

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 If you've not committed your life to the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 if you've not admitted the sin in your life,

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 and asked him to forgive you,

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 and to cleanse you,

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 and to come into your life,

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 and to change you,

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 you'll have hell to pay.

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 There's no confirmation process.

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 There's no Bible knowledge that you can have.

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 There's no grandpa in ministry

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 that'll save your soul from an eternal hell.

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 It only comes when we surrender our lives to the Lord.

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 And the devil don't want you to realize that.

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 The devil don't want you to understand that.

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 Just like the serpent in the garden,

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 a manifestation of the evil one himself,

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 said to Eve in the garden,

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 and he said,

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 did God really say?

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 Did he really?

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 You see, the devil is a liar,

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 he's a slanderer,

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 and he whispers to the lost.

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 But not only the lost,

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 he whispers to the saved.

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 He'll make you doubt your salvation.

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 He'll tell you Christians,

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 well, they don't really sin.

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 Look at you.

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 He'll tell you that God gets tired of you.

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 He'll tell you there's no need for you

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 to confess that to God again.

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 Because God's written you off.

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 He'll make you doubt your salvation,

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 and doubt will steal your joy.

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 And when your joy is stolen,

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 you won't share your faith with others.

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 You're not even sure you have it.

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 You sure ain't gonna share it.

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 And the state of being unforgiven

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 because of a lack of confession

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 will serve,

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 listen to me, Christian,

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 unconfessed sin serves as a facilitator

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 for stumbling blocks in your life,

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 for strongholds in your life.

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 You let sin just fester in your life.

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 It's like watching grass grow in your yard,

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 hoping it's gonna be shorter by next week.

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 We're in the dead of summer, folks.

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 It ain't gonna get shorter.

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 It's gonna be worse.

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 And so it is with an unforgiving heart.

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 As our passage says,

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 he's prowling around,

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 looking for an opportunity.

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 He'll lie about God.

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 He'll lie about others.

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 He'll tell you not to forgive others.

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 He'll tell you to hold it against them.

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 He'll put thoughts in your head

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 about how people are just out to get you.

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 How somehow you're the focus

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 of everyone else out to get you.

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 Get you so keyed up,

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 so full of hate and worry.

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 You're so pondering on that

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 when somebody says hey to you,

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 it's like they said boo,

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 scares you to death.

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 Afraid they're coming after you.

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 Why?

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 Because of his whispers.

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 Because of the things he says to you.

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 He'll whisper to you about God.

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 He'll whisper to you about yourself.

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 He'll whisper to you about others.

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 He'll lie to you.

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 He'll slander.

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 He's the devil.

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 But he's also called Satan.

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 And whereas devil is

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 a transliteration of the Greek,

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 Satan

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 comes from the Hebrew language,

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 which the majority of the Old Testament

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 is written in.

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 And it means adversary or accuser.

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 That is the word that's used

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 in Job chapter 1,

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 verse 6 and 7.

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 When Satan walks into the courts of heaven

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 and the Lord says,

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 where have you been?

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 Now let me just say this.

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 God never asks questions

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 because he don't know the answer.

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 God will ask you questions.

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 Not audible.

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 Louder than that.

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 In your heart.

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 He knows the answer.

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 You need to know the answer.

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 And so God confronts us sometimes

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 with questions.

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 He does that in Scripture as well.

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 He didn't have to ask Eve

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 where they'd been.

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 He didn't have to ask them that.

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 He knew where they'd been.

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 He wanted them to face that.

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 And he does the same thing.

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 So when we see this question

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 that he's asked,

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 he's not asking it

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 because he don't know

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 where the evil one is.

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 He's asking it

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 so we can understand that.

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 And he answers,

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 Satan answers,

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 I've been going to and fro

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 on the earth.

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 Sounds a lot like the passage

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 I read in 1 Peter chapter 5.

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 He's like a lurker.

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 Satan's walking around

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 looking to see

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 what he can get into.

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 What he can mess up.

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 Kind of like a group of punks

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 walking around

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 or riding around

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 the neighborhood at night,

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 just midnight,

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 just looking for something.

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 Up to no good.

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 And that same word Satan

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 is used in 1 Chronicles

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 chapter 21 verse 1.

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 When Satan incites David

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 to number Israel.

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 In other words,

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 what he said was

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 take a survey

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 and find out

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 how powerful you really are.

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 Do you really know

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 how big this army is, David?

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 Why don't you just

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 get them to count?

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 And so David

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 wells up a little bit.

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 He goes to Joab,

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 his commander,

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 and tells him

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 to take a census

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 of the army.

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 And I want you

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 to listen to Joab's response.

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 And I want you

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 to notice in the text

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 where the word

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 Lord is capitalized,

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 okay,

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 and where it's

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 in small case

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 because when he's speaking

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 and it's in small case,

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 he's calling David Lord,

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 not because he's his savior,

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 but because that was

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 a title given

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 to somebody

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 who you're under.

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 It means sir.

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 It means master,

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 commander,

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 whatever you want

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 to call it.

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 Notice what he says.

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 He says,

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 may the Lord,

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 that's the Lord,

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 add to his people

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 a hundred times

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 as many as there are.

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 Are they not,

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 my Lord the king,

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 all of them,

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 my Lord's servants?

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 Why then should

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 my Lord require this?

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 Why should it be

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 a cause of guilt

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 for Israel?

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 But the king's word

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 prevailed against Joab,

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 so Joab departed

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 and went throughout Israel

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 and came back

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 to Jerusalem.

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 Now what Joab's saying is,

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 listen,

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 God's got this.

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 We don't need

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 to count these folks.

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 Don't you know,

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 David,

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 that everybody

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 is behind you.

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 Everybody will rise up.

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 No matter what it takes,

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 we'll make sure

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 we get the job done.

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 We don't need

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 to do this.

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 Don't take pride

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 in your numbers.

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 Trust God

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 to take care

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 of the matter.

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 David wouldn't listen.

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 He got the men counted

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 and then he welled up

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 with pride.

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 But verse 7 says,

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 but God was displeased

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 with this thing

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 and he struck Israel.

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 My friend,

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 that is exactly

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 what Satan will do.

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 He will fill you

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 with pride

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 and he will use pride

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 to lead folks

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 to fall.

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 Satan is mentioned

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 in the book

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 of Zechariah

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 and in that situation,

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 he's piling up

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 insults

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 on a man

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 named Joshua,

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 the high priest

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 who came before

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 the Lord's presence

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 and when he came

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 before the Lord's presence,

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 he was unfit.

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 He was dirty.

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 He was not right.

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 And Satan

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 is just piling

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 on the insults

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 and we live

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 much of our lives

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 unfit.

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 And every time

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 we're stained,

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 every time

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 we're dirty,

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 every time

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 we're unconfessed

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 before the Lord,

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 it opens us up

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 to the evil one's

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 accusations

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 and he'll make us

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 squirm

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 like the snake

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 that he is.

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 Now the key

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 to that

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 is to stay clean

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 before the Lord.

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 The tighter

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 you are with the Father,

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 the less wiggle room

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 you give

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 to the evil one.

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 When Jesus

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 told his disciples

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 that he was

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 to go to Jerusalem

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 and die,

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 Peter,

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 Peter wanted

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 no part of it.

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 Peter was zealous.

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 Wore a dagger

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 on his thigh.

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 That's why

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 he cut that man's ear

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 off when he tried

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 to arrest Jesus.

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 I mean,

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 you know,

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 he had a big mouth.

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 His foot

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 fit

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 exactly right

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 in his mouth.

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 And some of y'all

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 know exactly

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 what that means

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 but I won't point you out.

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 Peter tried

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 to correct him.

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 He said,

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 far be it

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 from you,

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 Lord.

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 This shall

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 never happen

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 to you.

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 However,

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 what Peter

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 didn't understand

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 was that part

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 of the will

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 of God.

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 And Jesus

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 didn't need

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 to hear somebody

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 trying to dissuade

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 him

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 when he was

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 in the midst

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 of not only

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 taking on

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 the cross

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 that he would

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 endure

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 but bigger

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 than that

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 what he called

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 the cup

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 in the garden

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 which was the cup

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 of God's wrath.

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 That means

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 the sin

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 of the weight

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 of the world

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 was to fall

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 upon his shoulders.

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 He had a bunch

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 on him.

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 He didn't need

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 anybody else

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 putting it on him.

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 And he responded

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 to Peter

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 and said,

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 get behind me,

00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:31.740
 Satan.

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 You're a hindrance

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 to me.

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 Now,

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 was Peter

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 Satan?

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 No.

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.519
 Jesus knew

00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.240
 that Satan

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 was trying

00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.400
 to throw him

00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.060
 off his game

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 and he used

00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:43.920
 Peter to do it

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 just like he did

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 to Adam and Eve

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 in the garden

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 when he tried

00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.279
 to throw them

00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:47.939
 off their game

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 just like he

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 attempts to quote

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 scripture to Jesus

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.599
 in the desert

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 of temptation.

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 Why does he

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 accuse and hinder?

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 Satan opposes

00:18:00.179 --> 00:18:00.879
 the agenda

00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:01.539
 of God.

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 He works

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 against the plan

00:18:03.699 --> 00:18:04.139
 of God.

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 He does it

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 in our lives.

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 He does it

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 in our church.

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 He does it

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 in the kingdom

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 of God.

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 In the book

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.359
 of Thessalonians,

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 the apostle Paul

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 talked about

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 wanting to come

00:18:14.159 --> 00:18:15.479
 back to Thessalonica.

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 and see them

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 and every time

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 he tried

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 he said Satan

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 hindered him

00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:20.719
 from coming.

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 Now,

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 why would Satan

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 hinder Paul

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 from going back

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 to God's people?

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 Because Paul

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 was encouraged

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 to see them

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 and he encouraged

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 them to be strong.

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 He was encouraged

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 by them.

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 He called the church

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 that he nurtured

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 and strengthened

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 his glory

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 and his joy.

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 And the devil

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 don't want anything

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 to do with that.

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 He don't want us

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 to enjoy worship.

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 He don't want us

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 to grow together

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 in the Lord.

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 He wants to hinder

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 that and be careful

00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.459
 what he puts

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 in your path

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 for that.

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 That's what the

00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.079
 adversary,

00:19:00.219 --> 00:19:00.959
 the accuser does.

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 He gets in the way

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.279
 of the work

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.859
 of God.

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 He assaults people.

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 He whispers sweet,

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.419
 nothing is in your ear.

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.279
 Or like David,

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 he leads you

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:10.119
 to seek after things

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 for your glory

00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:13.099
 and not God's glory

00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:14.759
 because his attack

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:16.359
 is toward God.

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 He's Satan,

00:19:18.459 --> 00:19:19.480
 the accuser.

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.539
 And many times

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:22.639
 the false accuser.

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 Because I got news

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 for you today.

00:19:25.699 --> 00:19:27.000
 If your sin is confessed

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 and you've been forgiven

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:30.059
 and you've,

00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.639
 it's been removed

00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:32.439
 by the shed blood

00:19:32.439 --> 00:19:33.039
 of the cross

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 of Christ

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 and you've repented

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 and changed directions

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.379
 and walked away

00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:37.959
 from that sin,

00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.919
 it's gone.

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 And I don't know

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.279
 how many people

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.700
 I've met

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.840
 that's been haunted

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 by something

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.039
 that happened

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.620
 in their life

00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:46.740
 years ago

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 or months ago

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 or weeks ago

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 that they've repented

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.860
 of and walked away

00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:53.000
 from and yet

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 they still feel

00:19:53.860 --> 00:19:54.480
 the weight of that.

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 That's not of God.

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.920
 That's the evil one

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:59.279
 just continuing

00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:00.779
 to pepper you.

00:20:00.820 --> 00:20:01.100
 Because see,

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:03.279
 if he can beat you

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.220
 down enough,

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.980
 you'll give up.

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.900
 You just won't try.

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:10.700
 And we've been

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.660
 challenged by the Lord

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.620
 to live for the honor

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.460
 and glory of God.

00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:15.320
 Man, that's hard to do

00:20:15.320 --> 00:20:16.220
 when we're beat up.

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.759
 Don't listen

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:20.860
 to Satan's smack.

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.620
 He's your adversary,

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.519
 your opponent

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:27.820
 that tries to agonize you.

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:33.120
 He's also called Lucifer.

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 And it only happens

00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:36.620
 one time.

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 It's in Isaiah chapter 14,

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.580
 verse 12.

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 And it's translated

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.700
 in different ways.

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 It's fascinating.

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 It's the word study of this.

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 In the ESV,

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 they call it the Daystar.

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 That's what I read out of

00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.900
 the English Standard Version.

00:20:49.360 --> 00:20:50.620
 And they call him

00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:51.740
 Daystar there.

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:53.480
 In the King James,

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 it says Lucifer.

00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:57.140
 And that is actually

00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:59.580
 from a Latin translation

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 called the Vulgate

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:02.019
 of the Old Testament.

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:04.180
 And from that word,

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.440
 it's a Latin term,

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:06.900
 Lucifer.

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:10.000
 But it's translated as

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 bearer of light

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 or sun,

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 S-O-N,

00:21:14.280 --> 00:21:14.920
 of the morning.

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:17.759
 That's what he was.

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.660
 When you look back

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.240
 at his history

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.300
 as we did last week,

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:24.600
 God created a beautiful creature

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:26.720
 and gave him high standing.

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 But pride got in the way

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:31.720
 when he tried to be

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.660
 greater than God.

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:35.140
 And he went from

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:36.180
 the sun of morning

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:37.740
 to the father of night.

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.140
 So,

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.400
 so,

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:41.600
 why is that sun of morning,

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.880
 that description of him

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.759
 so important?

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.819
 Because it helps us

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.700
 to understand

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.880
 why his approach

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:50.819
 is sadly often successful

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:52.900
 in destroying people's lives.

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:56.280
 whoever told you

00:21:56.280 --> 00:21:56.920
 that Satan

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.660
 is ugly

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.540
 and scary

00:21:58.540 --> 00:22:00.220
 and would cause you

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.900
 to run

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:02.500
 lied to you.

00:22:07.300 --> 00:22:08.820
 Satan was created

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.540
 attractive.

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.700
 He was winsome.

00:22:13.820 --> 00:22:15.660
 An angel of light.

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:18.940
 And it is that way

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:20.220
 that he tries his best

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.140
 to present himself.

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:24.900
 Paul warns the church

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:27.620
 in 2 Corinthians 11

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:29.420
 that there are false apostles,

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.640
 deceitful workmen,

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:34.380
 disguising themselves

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:35.900
 as apostles of Christ

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.740
 and no wonder

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.700
 for even Satan,

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.640
 listen to this,

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:40.080
 disguises himself

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:41.820
 as an angel of light.

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.660
 So it is no surprise

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.040
 if his servants

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:46.019
 also disguise themselves

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.099
 as servants

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:48.159
 of righteousness.

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:52.359
 Satan will short sell you

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.180
 every time.

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.619
 He does it again

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.899
 and again

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:57.319
 in so many ways.

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.980
 I want you to listen

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.899
 to the proverb writer

00:22:59.899 --> 00:23:02.000
 when he warns

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.859
 about adultery

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:05.940
 and what a common trap

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.980
 for the evil one.

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:08.200
 Sexual sin

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.839
 is something

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:11.159
 that the evil one

00:23:11.159 --> 00:23:13.519
 loves to trap us with.

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:16.480
 loves to destroy us with.

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.539
 And he's having a heyday

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.159
 in the country.

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.339
 He really is.

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.980
 In so many ways

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.779
 we celebrate sodomy

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.420
 as a country.

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.299
 And if we're not clear

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:29.139
 about what the word of God says

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:30.799
 and what God says about it

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:33.839
 and we don't speak to that,

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.960
 it'll never be heard.

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.859
 So we need to be clear.

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:41.119
 Proverbs 5 talks about

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:42.479
 how easy it is

00:23:42.479 --> 00:23:43.299
 to fall into

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.719
 sexual sin

00:23:44.719 --> 00:23:45.839
 and the proverb writer

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.579
 was writing

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.619
 to a young man

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:49.799
 and he says this,

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:51.759
 for the lips

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.759
 of a forbidden woman

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.339
 drip honey

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:56.299
 and her speech

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.559
 is smoother than oil

00:23:57.559 --> 00:24:00.079
 but in the end

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:01.379
 she's bitter as wormwood,

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:04.279
 sharp as a two-edged sword.

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:07.339
 Her feet go down to death,

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.679
 her steps follow the path

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.320
 to Sheol.

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.799
 She does not ponder

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.779
 the path of life,

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.920
 her ways wonder

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:17.120
 and she does not know it.

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:20.620
 Keep your way far from her

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:22.700
 and do not go near

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.920
 the door of her house

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:26.880
 lest you give your honor

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.480
 to others

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.360
 and your years

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:29.259
 to the merciless,

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.320
 lest strangers

00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:31.200
 take their fill

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.940
 of your strength

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.700
 and your labors

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.480
 go to the house

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.039
 of a foreigner.

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.559
 For at the end

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.159
 of your life

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:36.960
 you groan

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:39.339
 when your flesh

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:40.059
 and blood

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.879
 are consumed

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.579
 and you say

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:43.460
 how I hated discipline

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:45.859
 and my heart

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:47.359
 despised reproof.

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.599
 I did not listen

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.180
 to the voice

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.980
 of my teachers

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.180
 and incline my ears

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.960
 to my instructors.

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:54.220
 I'm at the brink

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.159
 of utter ruin

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:57.200
 in the assembled

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.980
 congregation.

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.139
 Let me just rest

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.820
 there for a minute

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:09.700
 because the evil one

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:11.960
 whether it be

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.920
 sexual sin

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.820
 or some other type

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.300
 of sin

00:25:14.300 --> 00:25:15.500
 the evil one

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.160
 don't want you

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.700
 to come back

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.300
 to church.

00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:21.880
 He don't want you

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:23.060
 to walk faithfully

00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:24.420
 with the Lord.

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.500
 He don't want you

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.200
 to be reminded

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.820
 of what the Word

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.640
 of God says.

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.600
 He don't want you

00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:31.440
 to feel the Spirit

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.180
 of God move

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.600
 in a place

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.220
 like we have

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.740
 this morning.

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.480
 He don't want

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.000
 that to happen

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.640
 so he'll try

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.100
 his best

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.840
 to hinder you.

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.059
 Now Proverbs 5

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.660
 is written

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:43.279
 from an older man

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.700
 to a young man

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.759
 to warn him

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:47.539
 about the adulteress

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.980
 and ladies

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.960
 if that's offensive

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.600
 to you

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.740
 I got news

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.320
 for you.

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.700
 Adulterating men

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.580
 are sorrier

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.180
 than her.

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:58.000
 Don't be appeased

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.519
 by them.

00:25:58.519 --> 00:26:00.379
 Young people

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:02.240
 save yourself

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.180
 and if it's too

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.740
 late for that

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:06.639
 then start afresh

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.460
 today

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.240
 because I'm

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.879
 telling you

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.940
 you can be

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.859
 clean before

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.299
 the Lord.

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.059
 He'll wash

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.660
 you clean

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.660
 and renew

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.180
 you

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.180
 but the devil

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:17.299
 wants his best

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.799
 to suck you

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.160
 in

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.980
 to a pattern

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.720
 in your life

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:24.279
 that'll cause

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.440
 great distress.

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:27.960
 Lucifer's sweet.

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.400
 He's sinful

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.279
 and he's sensual

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.259
 in his suggestions

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.720
 and they ruin you.

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:37.220
 It sure doesn't

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.960
 seem ugly.

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:40.860
 When I was

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.420
 a youth minister

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.880
 I used to tell

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.380
 young people

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.640
 if the devil

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.600
 wants to entice you

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.080
 he don't come

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.600
 down the school

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:45.920
 hallway

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.720
 with a skull

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.460
 on a stick

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:49.620
 saying let's party.

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:52.640
 He brings

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.299
 the most beautiful

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.680
 girl.

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:55.580
 he brings

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:55.900
 the most

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.680
 athletic boy.

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.039
 He brings

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.440
 the folks

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.720
 that you're

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.279
 most attracted

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.600
 to

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:03.720
 to drag

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.100
 you into

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.560
 a pit

00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:06.620
 that you

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.180
 have a hard

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.759
 time rising

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.240
 out of.

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.400
 He doesn't

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.039
 sell himself

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.519
 as one

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.100
 that'll ruin

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.480
 you.

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:16.120
 He doesn't

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.680
 sell himself

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.140
 as one

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.200
 who'll cause

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.519
 you to be

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.460
 bound in sin.

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.200
 He'll tell

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.560
 you it's

00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:22.980
 your life

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.259
 you do

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.480
 what you

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.819
 want to

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.240
 with it.

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.799
 Don't

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.240
 let nobody

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.620
 tell you

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:25.960
 what to

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.180
 do.

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.319
 He don't

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.120
 sell folks

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.900
 on addiction.

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.339
 He don't

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.660
 tell them

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.099
 how they

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.460
 can get

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.740
 involved

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.240
 with alcohol

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.759
 and become

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.160
 addicted

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.220
 and ruin

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.819
 their life.

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.940
 He don't

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.200
 tell them

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.480
 how they

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.740
 can be

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.079
 involved

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.680
 in drugs

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.099
 and how

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.539
 that can

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.140
 absolutely

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.000
 ruin their

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.480
 life.

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.039
 It just

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.519
 seems fun

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.059
 for a moment.

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:49.440
 He

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.579
 don't

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.879
 tell you

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.159
 how you

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.399
 become

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.740
 addicted

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.279
 to porn

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:53.139
 and ruin

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.779
 your life.

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.679
 He

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:55.839
 don't

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.119
 share

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.419
 those

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:56.740
 things.

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.000
 No,

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.339
 he makes

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.679
 it about

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.240
 social

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.839
 status.

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.659
 He

00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.079
 makes it

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.619
 about a

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.119
 relief

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.759
 from what

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.220
 woes

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.460
 you.

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.839
 He

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.339
 makes it

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.779
 about an

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.419
 ease of

00:28:09.419 --> 00:28:09.980
 pain.

00:28:12.159 --> 00:28:12.700
 However,

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.440
 it's all

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.399
 schemes.

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:16.920
 as Jesus

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.380
 put it,

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.240
 to steal

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.680
 and to

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.200
 kill

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.860
 and to

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:23.100
 destroy.

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:23.920
 He's

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.519
 Lucifer.

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.280
 He's

00:28:25.280 --> 00:28:26.140
 attractive to

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.519
 follow,

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.460
 but he's

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.180
 condemning in

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.700
 the end.

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.500
 It's not a

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.880
 game.

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.700
 It's a

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.040
 war.

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.519
 And we

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.140
 must battle.

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.720
 So,

00:28:39.820 --> 00:28:40.220
 three things

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.560
 quickly.

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:43.100
 One is,

00:28:43.540 --> 00:28:44.240
 don't be

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.819
 enticed by

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.180
 the evil

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.480
 one.

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.339
 He'll

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.000
 whisper sweet

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.799
 little lies

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.180
 in your

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.680
 ear and

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.140
 it's easy

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.440
 to get

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.980
 enticed.

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.599
 Don't

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:51.940
 do it.

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.279
 The second

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.759
 thing is,

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.160
 don't be

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.559
 entertained

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:55.900
 by the

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.440
 evil one.

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.539
 Because the

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.319
 accuser wants

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.019
 to sidetrack

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.339
 us, I

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.900
 promise you.

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.380
 He wants

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.920
 to throw us

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.259
 off our

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.539
 game.

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.240
 More

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.579
 importantly,

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.000
 he wants

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.259
 to throw

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.559
 us off

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.059
 what God's

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.460
 got for

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:07.680
 us.

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:08.539
 So,

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:08.839
 don't be

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.200
 entertained

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.480
 by the

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.900
 evil one.

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.960
 And lastly,

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.640
 don't be

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.480
 enamored

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:15.500
 by the

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.180
 evil one.

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.460
 One day,

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.079
 a quick,

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.279
 big-fangled,

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.740
 fast-talking

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.279
 hobo

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.960
 came to

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.360
 Mayberry.

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.860
 And he

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.440
 started getting

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.900
 Opie's

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.380
 attention,

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.079
 and it

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.539
 would lead

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.240
 Opie down

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.700
 a wrong

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.360
 path,

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.559
 and Andy

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.480
 got involved.

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.940
 And the

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.640
 hobo said,

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:38.960
 well,

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.400
 Sheriff,

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.099
 maybe I

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.940
 do things,

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:43.059
 look at

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.420
 things a

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.500
 little

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.039
 different than

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.480
 other people

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.779
 do.

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.500
 Is that

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.880
 wrong?

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.039
 I live

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.480
 by my

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.920
 wits.

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.080
 I'm not

00:29:51.080 --> 00:29:52.180
 above bending

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.840
 the law

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:54.840
 or to

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.340
 keep clothes

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.660
 on my

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.080
 back or

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.580
 food in my

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:56.740
 stomach.

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.779
 I like

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.220
 the kind

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.620
 of life

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:58.940
 that other

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.279
 people would

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.779
 just love

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.259
 to live

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.039
 if they

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.400
 only had

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.059
 the courage.

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.580
 What's

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:04.940
 to say

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.279
 that your

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.720
 boy wouldn't

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.400
 be happier?

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:09.980
 what's

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.220
 to say

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.460
 that the

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.700
 boy would

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.140
 be happier

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.820
 your way

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.460
 than mine?

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.259
 Why don't

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.660
 we let

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.440
 him decide?

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.500
 And Andy

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.780
 replied to

00:30:20.780 --> 00:30:21.200
 the man

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.660
 that would

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.300
 the next

00:30:22.300 --> 00:30:23.900
 day strike

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.500
 oil in

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.060
 another TV

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.680
 series,

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:29.340
 black gold

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:30.220
 Texas tea,

00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:31.759
 and move

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.120
 to Beverly

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.519
 Hills.

00:30:34.780 --> 00:30:35.759
 Andy replied,

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.140
 nah,

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.160
 and listen,

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.500
 I'm just

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.599
 going to

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:38.920
 say this,

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.500
 and if you

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.759
 don't know

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:39.980
 what I'm

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.500
 talking about

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.779
 with either

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.119
 one of these

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.539
 series,

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.480
 shame on you.

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.180
 There's

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.140
 enough apps

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.740
 to find

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.460
 this stuff.

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.900
 Andy replied

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.279
 to him and

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.799
 said this,

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.539
 nah,

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.180
 I'm afraid

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:55.119
 it don't

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.519
 work that

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.779
 way.

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.339
 You can't

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.640
 let a

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:58.920
 young'un

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.559
 decide for

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.059
 himself.

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.319
 He'll

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.900
 grab at the

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.619
 first flashy

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.220
 thing with

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.059
 shiny ribbons

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.440
 on it.

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.119
 And then

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.379
 when he

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:07.960
 finds it,

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.279
 there's a

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.680
 hook in

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:09.859
 it.

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.059
 And it's

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.519
 too late.

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.240
 The wrong

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.059
 ideas come

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.700
 packaged with

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.099
 so much

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.440
 glitter,

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.500
 it's hard

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.319
 to convince

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:22.180
 him that

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.640
 other things

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:22.980
 might be

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.339
 better in

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.660
 the long

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:23.920
 run.

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.019
 And all

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.480
 a parent

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.180
 can say

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:28.559
 is wait.

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.859
 Trust me.

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.099
 And try to

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.000
 keep temptation

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.799
 away.

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.740
 Don't be

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.299
 enamored by

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.679
 the evil

00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:39.980
 one.

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.659
 Don't reach

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.219
 for flashy

00:31:43.219 --> 00:31:43.779
 things.

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.379
 That's a

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:46.899
 ploy of

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.339
 the evil

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.679
 one.

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.279
 And there's

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.639
 a hook

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:49.959
 in it.

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.579
 The Lord

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.159
 is saying

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:56.819
 wait.

00:31:56.819 --> 00:32:00.399
 trust me.

00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:00.460
 Trust me.

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.480
 And I'm

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.200
 thankful today

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:06.059
 that we

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.399
 can.

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.779
 I just

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.319
 want you to

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.659
 know who

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.019
 we're dealing

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.399
 with.

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.399
 And

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.220
 scripture's quite

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:15.500
 clear when

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.059
 we look at the

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.859
 examples that it

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.480
 gives us.

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.939
 With every head

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.700
 bowed and every eye

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.700
 closed, I ask

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.179
 you today,

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:25.539
 has there ever

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.259
 been a time in

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.019
 your life when

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.560
 you've surrendered

00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:28.200
 your life to

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.740
 follow the Lord

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.100
 Jesus?

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.560
 When you've

00:32:32.560 --> 00:32:33.220
 confessed your

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.200
 need of Christ,

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.700
 your need for

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.180
 forgiveness,

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:40.080
 ask him to

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.860
 save you,

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:42.140
 to forgive you,

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.380
 to empower you

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.060
 by his Holy

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:45.900
 Spirit to

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.360
 change your

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.680
 life.

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.120
 If that's

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.660
 never happened

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.160
 to you,

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.720
 I want you to

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.160
 know that he

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.800
 will save you

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.160
 today.

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.300
 Today's the day

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.880
 of salvation.

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.320
 He'll change

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:57.840
 your life.

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.100
 We're going to

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.740
 stand in just a

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.220
 moment and we're

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.840
 going to sing and

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.779
 as we start, I

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.180
 want you to

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.460
 come.

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.740
 If you've never

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.300
 given your heart

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:04.820
 and life to the

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.440
 Lord Jesus, you

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.360
 come and tell me.

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:08.060
 I'd love to take

00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:08.900
 time with you right

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.779
 after the service to

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.560
 speak to you just

00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:11.360
 for a few moments

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:12.640
 about what it

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.279
 means to give your

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.900
 heart and life to

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.440
 the Lord Jesus.

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:16.960
 Maybe you're here

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.580
 this morning and you

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.360
 have done that, but

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:18.800
 you've never

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:19.540
 acknowledged that

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:20.279
 through baptism,

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.660
 which I believe is

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.360
 the first step of

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:23.240
 obedience based on

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.980
 what scripture tells

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.180
 me.

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:25.080
 Jesus, by his

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.980
 example and by his

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.080
 commission, told us

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:29.940
 that if we're ashamed

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:31.080
 of him before others,

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:32.000
 he'll be ashamed of us

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.560
 before our Father,

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:33.259
 which means it's not

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.220
 really legitimate if

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.019
 we're ashamed of it.

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:39.660
 He tells us to

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.240
 acknowledge what

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.060
 Christ has done in

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.640
 our life as

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.860
 believers through

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:44.240
 baptism, physical

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:47.700
 process, to honor him

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.460
 and obey him in that

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.720
 way.

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.480
 If you've never done

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.900
 that, I'm going to

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.839
 tell you, it's not

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.559
 just a procedure.

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.519
 It's a hindrance in

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.240
 your life if you've

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.759
 never done it.

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.960
 The devil would use

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:56.019
 that to slow you

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.360
 down.

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.860
 Maybe you're here and

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.799
 God's drawing you to

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.839
 First Baptist Church.

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.920
 God's doing a wonderful

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:03.420
 work in our midst and I'm

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.180
 thankful for that.

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.519
 God's leading you here.

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.519
 I'd love to guide you in

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.760
 that.

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:11.599
 But for all of us,

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:15.179
 we're in a battle.

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:18.279
 And some of us are

00:34:18.279 --> 00:34:20.819
 losing it, at least in

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.980
 some area of our life.

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:25.000
 And today you can walk

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 clean.

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 You can make a decision

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 that, God, I want to

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 lean on your power and

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 strength.

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.419
 I want to do what's

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 right in you.

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 I want to trust you

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 instead of my own

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 judgment.

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 And I don't know what

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:41.679
 everything holds for that,

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.739
 but I'm just going to

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.599
 trust you with it, Lord.

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 I'm going to give it

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 over to you.

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 I'm going to ask you to

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:51.659
 empower me to change

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 today, to please you

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.880
 with all of my life.

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.799
 Don't get caught in the

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 stare that he'll set for

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.659
 us.

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:06.639
 Lord Jesus, today, I pray

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:08.319
 that you'll allow us to

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:10.980
 honor you by giving it

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:13.880
 over to you, by entrusting

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 you with it.

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.460
 Oh, God, I pray.

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:19.079
 Lead us, Lord, to honor

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:20.140
 you with all of our lives.

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 In Jesus' precious name,

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 amen.

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 Amen.