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 Father, we know that demons exist and that they are real.

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 And we know that they attack people.

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 And we know that they especially love to attack Christians.

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 And they love to attack churches.

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 So, Father, we gather here, having sung your praises and having prayed to you and having heard your word read.

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 And we gather now at this time to read your word and to think about your word.

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 So, Father, I know I have no power in and of myself as a frail human being.

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 But I thank you that in Jesus, by putting my faith and trust in him, you have adopted me as your child.

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 And you are my father in heaven.

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 And so, Father, in the name of Jesus, may every demon that is present or affecting or tormenting or influencing in any way, any person in this room or this church, in the name of Jesus, may those demons be bound.

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 In the name of Jesus, may those demons be cast far from here, never to return.

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 And, Father, we do not want to be left empty.

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 We ask that the Holy Spirit would fall with might and power and deep conviction upon us at this time.

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 We ask that we would be here, that you would help our hearts to be here in the name and presence of Jesus.

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 That he would walk among us and be present amongst us.

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 That he would touch each one here personally to some needing healing to bring healing, to some needing correction, correction.

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 Father, he knows what we need.

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 And we ask that he would be present and that he would truly be the one who ministers.

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 That I, Father, would merely be your herald, proclaiming your news to your people in your city, to your glory.

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 And this I ask in the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, we're going to talk about demons.

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 So, I'm a Christian.

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 And as a Christian, what it means to be a Christian, it means that I have trusted Jesus as my Savior and Lord.

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 It means that I believe that he is the one who is God, the Son of God, who came and took on flesh and lived amongst us to redeem ordinary human beings like you and me.

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 And I believe that not just because of the narratives and the arguments for God,

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 but preeminently I believe that because he prophesied and predicted that he would die.

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 In fact, he said he came to earth to die.

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 And he did die on a cross.

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 And on the third day, he rose from the dead.

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 And that's a reasonable thing to believe because they've never found the body.

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 And the body was gone.

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 He was resurrected.

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 And, you know, I think that if somebody is able to rise from the dead, they're pretty trustworthy.

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 If they're able to prophesy that that's going to happen, predict that that's going to happen, they actually do it, that means they're pretty trustworthy.

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 And so, we call the Christian faith the Christian faith.

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 And that's a very, very good way to understand it.

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 Because all knowledge and all systems of belief on one level, at the very root, there's a faith which is there at work.

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 But sometimes people in the world mistake hearing the Christian faith as if all it is is we kiss our brains goodbye.

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 You know, at work, some of you have PhDs in engineering.

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 And some of you are engineers.

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 And some of you are lawyers.

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 And some of you don't have all those degrees.

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 But you're just as smart as those people.

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 But you just happen to have gone a different route.

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 And you know how to fix cars.

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 And you know how to make meals.

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 And you know how to run families.

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 And you do all of that type of stuff.

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 And there's one half of our brain which is sort of all about reason and ration.

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 And then we sort of shut that with a big, big wall.

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 And there's this faith part.

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 And that's what many people in the world think.

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 And that's, in fact, how many people think.

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 It's one of the reasons why people can believe very, very, very silly things in the world.

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 And just by extrapolation, Christians also believe such silly things in the world.

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 But the fact of the matter is, I've just put to you,

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 if there really was a man who said that he came from God, that he was God himself,

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 that he came to make human beings right with God,

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 and if he said, the way that I'm going to vindicate my claim is by predicting

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 that I will die a death that I can't actually organize myself,

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 and I will die in this particular manner,

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 and after three days the grave will be empty,

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 and I will rise from the dead,

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 and I will appear to you to prove that to you.

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 And if a man is able to do such a thing,

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 he is a trustworthy man,

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 a man worthy of being listened to.

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 And Jesus teaches not just that God exists,

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 but Jesus teaches that angels exist,

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 and that demons exist.

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 And I believe those things.

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 And the Christian faith, on one level, of course, is a faith.

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 It's another topic of conversation,

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 that all knowledge has faith at its very basic root.

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 Those of you who are educated in a particular way,

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 the dream of empiricists and rationalists is a false dream.

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 You have to begin with some things that you believe in faith,

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 but it's not just a faith.

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 The Christian faith, Jesus is calling us to enter into the real world.

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 Into the real world.

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 And today, as I proclaim to you,

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 that not only is there a God that does exist,

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 the God that exists is the God who's described by Jesus,

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 because he's trustworthy.

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 But the God who exists,

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 not only is he exists,

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 but there's angels that exist in the real world.

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 There are demons that exist in the real world.

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 And so, in a sense, by listening to the Bible,

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 you enter into the real world far more.

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 You know more about the real world than the CBC does.

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 You know more about the real world

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 than the Supreme Court of Canada does.

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 You know more about the real world

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 than the University of Ottawa does.

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 Because the Bible wants us,

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 Jesus wants us to know what the real world is really like.

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 In the real world,

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 there are spiritual beings

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 that really exist,

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 that have sometimes an impact on human beings.

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 And there's angels,

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 and there's demons,

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 and we're going to look at that.

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 So, if you turn in your Bibles

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 to Ephesians chapter 6,

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 Ephesians chapter 6,

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 and you turn to verse 10,

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 and text along.

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 If you don't have Bibles of your own,

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 you can look up on the screen.

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 But it's always very helpful

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 to bring your own Bible, by the way.

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 Not just for people like me

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 who have a love of paper,

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 but it's really helpful

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 just to be able to mark it

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 or make little notes in your own Bible,

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 and it can be very helpful for you later on.

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 But let's listen to this.

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 The reason I'm talking about this today

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 is because we're preaching

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 through the book of Ephesians.

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 We're finishing Ephesians today.

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 Next week,

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 I'm going to begin

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 four-sermon series

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 on different prophecies from Isaiah

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 about the birth of the Messiah.

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 And then after a Sunday

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 where Matt's going to preach,

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 I'm going to begin a series of sermons

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 on the book of Judges.

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 And that's what's going to be coming up.

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 But we're looking here.

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 We're finishing the book of Ephesians.

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 And this is how Paul finishes his letter.

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 And we'll begin reading in verse 10.

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 Finally,

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 or another way to translate that is,

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 henceforth,

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 or now we hear it,

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 let's go,

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 be strong in the Lord

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 and in the strength of his might.

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 Put on the whole armor of God

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 that you may be able to stand

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 against the schemes of the devil.

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 Verse 12,

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 for we do not wrestle

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 against flesh and blood,

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 but against the rulers,

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 against the authorities,

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 against the cosmic powers

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 over this present darkness,

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 against the spiritual forces of evil

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 in the heavenly places.

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 And we're just going to pause there.

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 We're going to pause

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 and camp there for a moment

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 and just try to understand

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 a little bit about what he's saying.

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 Obviously,

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 within this text,

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 we can see there

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 that the devil

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 is mentioned.

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 But it also has these other

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 very interesting images.

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 The first image,

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 my version uses wrestle.

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 I think the version

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 that Anne read

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 said struggle.

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 Wrestle

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 is a very literal

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 type of word.

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 It's an image of,

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 it's not like

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 being in a bunker

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 in Nevada

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 controlling a drone

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 over Pakistan

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 that you press a button

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 and the bomb goes

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 and you kill somebody.

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 This is a face-to-face,

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 hand-to-hand type of struggle.

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 To make it very graphic,

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 you can smell their breath.

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 You can smell their body odor.

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 It's a direct,

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 in-your-face type of struggle.

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 And then the Bible

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 talks about something

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 which is a little bit,

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 one of the things here,

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 it says,

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 we do not wrestle

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 against flesh and blood.

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 But then it says

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 these other things.

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 And you need to be very clear

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 that what the Bible here

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 is describing

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 is different types

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 of spiritual beings.

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 The Bible doesn't

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 just describe angels.

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 The Bible has other types

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 of ranks of angelic beings.

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 Some of you

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 who are old and Anglican

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 remember the hymn

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 Ye Watchers

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 and Ye Holy Ones.

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 If you don't remember it,

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 you can look it up

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 on the internet.

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 Ye Watchers

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 and Ye Holy Ones.

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 And in,

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 I think it's the first verse

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 of that hymn,

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 it gives the ancient

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 Christian classification

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 of nine ranks of angels,

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 angelic beings.

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 The old Christians

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 read the Bible

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 very carefully.

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 We have a great prejudice

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 against old Christians

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 and it's just blatant prejudice.

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 The fact of the matter,

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 if we think about it,

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 we're constantly distracted.

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 We're distracted by Instagram,

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 by Facebook,

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 by YouTube,

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 by Netflix,

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 by all these other types

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 of things going on.

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 We have by radio.

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 You know,

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 for many of these people,

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 the only thing they had

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 was a bit of the Bible.

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 So they read it over

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 and over and over

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 and over and over

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 and over and over

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 and over again.

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 So they got really smart at it.

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 And they noticed things.

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 And so what we see here

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 is because a demon

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 is an angel

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 that has rebelled against God

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 and has become bent in evil.

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 And so what we see here

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 is different types of angelic,

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 I mean,

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 of demonic beings.

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 There are demonic beings

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 that can be called rulers.

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 Demonic beings

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 that can be called authorities.

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 A demonic being

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 that can be called

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 a cosmic power

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 or a cosmic force

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 over this present darkness.

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 A demonic power

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 that can be described

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 as a,

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 very literally,

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 it would be a spirit force

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 of evil.

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 The heavenly places

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 is just describing,

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 here it doesn't mean heaven,

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 it just means,

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 in a sense,

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 the environment

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 and the world

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 that angels

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 and demons live in.

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 That's what heavenly places

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 means there.

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 It just means they're,

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 in a sense,

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 they're natural habitat,

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 so to speak.

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 And the word there,

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 just for those of you

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 who want a little bit

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 of a thing,

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 what it says

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 they're cosmic powers

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 or cosmic forces

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 over this present darkness,

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 the Greek word

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 which is used there,

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 it's the only place

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 in the New Testament

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 that it's found.

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 I've not talked about this

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 in other weeks,

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 but Ephesus was famous

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 throughout the entire

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 ancient world

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 at that time

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 as being the center

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 of the occult.

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 A center of magic,

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 of witchcraft,

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 of calling down

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 on spiritual forces.

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 And this word,

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 cosmic powers,

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 is a word

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 which would have been

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 if you had gone back

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 in time

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 and you went

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 and got the manuals

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 about how to try

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 to reach out

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 to evil spirits,

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 it was constantly

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 calling them

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 that Greek word.

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 So Paul is doing

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 something very specific

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 to the people

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 who are right there

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 in Ephesus,

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 some of whom

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 would have come out of

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 or if they themselves

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 had not practiced

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 or tried to practice

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 what we call

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 the occult,

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 they would know

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 people who have

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 and that would have been

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 one of the things

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 in the manuals.

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 If you go back

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 in the book of Acts,

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 you'll see that after

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 the gospel comes

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 to Ephesus,

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 there's one time

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 where people come

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 under conviction

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 that they have to get rid

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 of these books

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 and they burn books

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 that are worth

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 tens of thousands

00:12:12.880 --> 00:12:13.660
 of dollars

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 as they come

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 under conviction

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 that they should not

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 have any type

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 of dabbling

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 in such things.

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 And it's very,

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 very interesting.

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 You see,

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 one of the things

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 about the biblical description

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 of demonic beings,

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 of evil beings,

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 is that they,

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 well,

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 it's almost like

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 a military metaphor.

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 You know,

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 the private,

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 in the sense,

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 a demon is like

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 a private,

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 private first class,

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 I guess.

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 I don't want to go too far

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 because I don't know

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 much about the military,

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 but a captain

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 has a wider range

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 of power and authority

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 and a major more than that

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 and a general more than that

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 and in a sense,

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 there's some type

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 of a similar type

00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:55.840
 of demonic presences

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 or beings

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 that have,

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 in a sense,

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 a bigger,

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 wider,

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 we might even say

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 an institutional

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 and cultural

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 forming role.

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 See,

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 it's very interesting

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 and I don't want

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 to go very far

00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:07.620
 on this,

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 but I find it

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 very suggestive

00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:10.220
 this week

00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:10.620
 as I've been

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 meditating upon

00:13:11.300 --> 00:13:11.920
 this text

00:13:11.920 --> 00:13:13.200
 that he goes

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 right from talking

00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:14.940
 about the institution

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 of slavery

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 to demons

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 and not only

00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:19.680
 that he goes

00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:20.340
 from the institution

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 of slavery

00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:21.779
 to demons,

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 but not just

00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:23.700
 individual demons,

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 but rulers

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 and dominions

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 and authorities

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 because I challenge

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 the skeptics

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 who are here

00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:33.860
 about such things.

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 Isn't on one level

00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:37.779
 the institution

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 of slavery

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 something that seems

00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:41.000
 to be more like

00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.779
 hell than heaven?

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 Can't you see

00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:45.320
 that there are things

00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:46.000
 that go on

00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:46.600
 in nations

00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:47.360
 and cultures

00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:49.320
 that seem to have

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 something more

00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:51.319
 than just one

00:13:51.319 --> 00:13:52.379
 particular demon

00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:52.939
 at work?

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 Haven't we seen

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 even in our own

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 culture,

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 haven't we all been

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 in some type

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 of an organization

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 or a department

00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:01.000
 where there's a sense

00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.779
 of darkness

00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:03.539
 and oppression

00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:04.179
 in it?

00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:06.220
 Isn't it reasonable

00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.000
 to assume

00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:08.659
 that beneath Nazism

00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:10.379
 and other types

00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:11.000
 of evil

00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:11.919
 that have been

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.480
 in the past

00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:12.879
 and are growing

00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:13.519
 in the present,

00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:14.899
 a love of the

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 culture of death,

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 that there might

00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.759
 be something

00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:19.580
 of the evil

00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:20.139
 one

00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:21.460
 influencing

00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.500
 human affairs?

00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:24.639
 Is that a completely

00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:25.179
 and utterly

00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:26.220
 irrational thing

00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:26.519
 to believe?

00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:27.139
 That's not an

00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:27.840
 irrational thing.

00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.519
 Don't we all

00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:29.200
 on one level

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.679
 sense?

00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:30.899
 Don't we say,

00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:32.200
 how could they

00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:33.220
 do that?

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 Like,

00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.600
 when I was in Israel

00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:37.740
 just a couple of,

00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.360
 like,

00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:39.379
 a month and a half

00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:39.580
 ago,

00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.139
 one of the things

00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.500
 I did,

00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:41.000
 and if you ever

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.700
 go to Jerusalem,

00:14:41.819 --> 00:14:42.679
 you have to go

00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:43.939
 to,

00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:44.819
 I can't pronounce

00:14:44.819 --> 00:14:45.240
 it in Hebrew

00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:45.680
 very well,

00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:46.180
 you have to go

00:14:46.180 --> 00:14:46.639
 to the Holocaust

00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:47.240
 Museum.

00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.399
 You have to do

00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:48.700
 that.

00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:50.560
 And you need

00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:51.000
 to take,

00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:51.799
 I'm going to give

00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:52.220
 you one little

00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:53.019
 piece of advice,

00:14:53.560 --> 00:14:54.259
 make sure you

00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.159
 allow an hour

00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:55.680
 or more,

00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:57.500
 maybe two or

00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:57.799
 three,

00:14:58.320 --> 00:14:59.560
 and don't plan

00:14:59.560 --> 00:15:00.299
 that much

00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:00.980
 afterwards,

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.060
 because it

00:15:02.060 --> 00:15:03.019
 will knock you.

00:15:03.940 --> 00:15:04.600
 You will receive

00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:05.060
 a blow.

00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:06.799
 And one of the

00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:07.379
 things which is

00:15:07.379 --> 00:15:08.320
 so shocking

00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:08.899
 about that,

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.240
 there's so,

00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:10.019
 I can just go

00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:10.379
 on and on

00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:10.860
 about everything

00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.480
 that's shocking,

00:15:12.220 --> 00:15:12.919
 but there's a

00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:13.680
 section where it

00:15:13.680 --> 00:15:14.600
 talks about those

00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:15.540
 who are specifically

00:15:15.540 --> 00:15:17.540
 involved in

00:15:17.540 --> 00:15:19.120
 seeking out Jews

00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:20.860
 to exterminate

00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:21.100
 them.

00:15:22.060 --> 00:15:22.920
 And the vast

00:15:22.920 --> 00:15:23.860
 majority of them

00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.759
 had master's

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.320
 degrees and

00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:28.360
 doctorates in

00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:28.879
 literature,

00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.680
 in philosophy,

00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:32.620
 in what we

00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.680
 call the

00:15:33.680 --> 00:15:35.100
 humane letters

00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:36.879
 in psychiatry.

00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:38.940
 Isn't there

00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:39.500
 something,

00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:41.360
 isn't there

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:42.440
 the smell of

00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:43.000
 sulfur?

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.720
 about such

00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:47.299
 things in our

00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:47.740
 culture?

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:51.620
 Isn't there?

00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:54.480
 So here's the

00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:54.759
 thing,

00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:55.820
 because we're

00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:56.500
 camping here a

00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:56.919
 little bit,

00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:57.980
 and we're going

00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:58.360
 to move on,

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:58.879
 but we need to

00:15:58.879 --> 00:15:59.779
 camp here a

00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.159
 little bit.

00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:00.539
 You know,

00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:00.960
 if you ever

00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:02.399
 read J.C.

00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:02.980
 Ryle's book

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.559
 on holiness,

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.399
 it's a great,

00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:04.700
 great,

00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.019
 great,

00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.320
 great,

00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:05.960
 great book.

00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:07.279
 And one of the

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:07.840
 things he does,

00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:08.519
 which is very,

00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.639
 very unlike most

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.279
 other books on

00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:10.700
 the subject,

00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.379
 is he spends,

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:11.700
 I think,

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.840
 the first 40%

00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.279
 of the book

00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:13.919
 talking about

00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:14.340
 sin.

00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:17.539
 And he says,

00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:18.360
 if you want to

00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:20.259
 go really high,

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:21.779
 you've got to

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.360
 dig deep.

00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:24.720
 And he said,

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.379
 so many books

00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:26.059
 on things about

00:16:26.059 --> 00:16:26.679
 how to live a

00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.299
 Christian life,

00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:28.240
 they just brush

00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.960
 over a certain

00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.539
 type of thing,

00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:30.059
 and they immediately

00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:30.700
 try to build

00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:31.019
 high.

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.340
 And he said,

00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.700
 you just think

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.120
 about building

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.480
 anything.

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.419
 The taller the

00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:33.700
 building,

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.939
 the deeper you've

00:16:34.939 --> 00:16:35.299
 got to go.

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.460
 So if you want

00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:36.899
 to talk about

00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.340
 reaching the

00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:37.840
 heights of heaven,

00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.139
 you've got to

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:38.799
 really go deep.

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:39.639
 We're going to

00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:39.980
 spend a little

00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:40.659
 bit longer on

00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:40.919
 this,

00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.519
 not because I

00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.240
 have a fixation

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.620
 about it,

00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.179
 but because

00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:44.299
 there's so little

00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:45.100
 that's wise,

00:16:45.219 --> 00:16:45.620
 that's talked

00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.079
 about in our

00:16:46.079 --> 00:16:46.559
 culture about

00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:46.939
 these things.

00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.480
 But here's the

00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:48.059
 first things.

00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:49.500
 Demonic influence

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.019
 is a human

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.480
 problem.

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:53.219
 It isn't if

00:16:53.219 --> 00:16:53.860
 all of a sudden

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.620
 Christians are

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.319
 the only ones

00:16:55.319 --> 00:16:55.899
 that are affected

00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.639
 by demons.

00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:57.799
 No, it's a

00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:58.459
 human problem.

00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.759
 It can be a

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.279
 problem for

00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:00.779
 cultures,

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.579
 for nations,

00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:02.539
 for movements.

00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:04.319
 Why is it

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:04.960
 that all of a

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.480
 sudden there's

00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:06.099
 so many people

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 in a culture

00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:07.220
 who seem to

00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:07.720
 go in a way

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.299
 which is just

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.079
 so wrong?

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 Like, why

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.799
 is that?

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 Is that

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 completely

00:17:11.639 --> 00:17:12.179
 unreasonable

00:17:12.179 --> 00:17:12.659
 to think

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 that there

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.519
 might be

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.159
 something of

00:17:14.159 --> 00:17:14.539
 hell,

00:17:15.639 --> 00:17:16.379
 a power

00:17:16.379 --> 00:17:17.179
 beyond that

00:17:17.179 --> 00:17:17.579
 which is

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.099
 physical,

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.399
 which is at

00:17:19.399 --> 00:17:20.079
 work in such

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.720
 a transformation,

00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:21.879
 such a movement

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 so quickly?

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 And the

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.339
 second thing,

00:17:27.399 --> 00:17:27.659
 if you could

00:17:27.659 --> 00:17:27.980
 put up the

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.519
 next point,

00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.279
 if you've

00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:30.859
 gathered my

00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:31.199
 view,

00:17:31.439 --> 00:17:31.879
 these are

00:17:31.879 --> 00:17:32.339
 real,

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:32.939
 there are

00:17:32.939 --> 00:17:33.919
 real spiritual

00:17:33.919 --> 00:17:34.659
 beings that

00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.119
 are evil.

00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:36.500
 they are

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.839
 hostile to

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.219
 all that

00:17:38.219 --> 00:17:38.639
 God has

00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:38.979
 made,

00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:40.139
 especially

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:41.159
 human beings.

00:17:41.679 --> 00:17:42.279
 They are

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.659
 doomed,

00:17:43.459 --> 00:17:44.159
 but can

00:17:44.159 --> 00:17:44.719
 still affect

00:17:44.719 --> 00:17:45.239
 the world

00:17:45.239 --> 00:17:46.219
 and human

00:17:46.219 --> 00:17:46.719
 beings.

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 They delight

00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:51.079
 in the rape

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.339
 of the

00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:51.839
 environment.

00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:56.319
 They delight

00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:57.919
 in cruelty

00:17:57.919 --> 00:17:58.679
 to animals.

00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:02.240
 they are

00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:04.480
 hostile to

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:04.779
 the good

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.360
 creation that

00:18:05.360 --> 00:18:05.680
 God has

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:05.960
 made.

00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.080
 But they

00:18:09.080 --> 00:18:09.799
 also seek to

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.480
 influence human

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.960
 beings.

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:12.060
 They especially

00:18:12.060 --> 00:18:12.779
 hate human

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 beings,

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:13.860
 partially,

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.460
 because what

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 is a human

00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.140
 being,

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.620
 according to

00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:17.039
 the Bible?

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 Made in

00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.240
 the image

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.779
 of God.

00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.740
 Every human

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.560
 being you see

00:18:23.560 --> 00:18:24.380
 is made in

00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:24.660
 the image

00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:25.080
 of God.

00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:26.880
 They hate

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.420
 marriage.

00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:28.519
 Why?

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.060
 Because in

00:18:30.060 --> 00:18:30.740
 marriage you

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.779
 see a good

00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.279
 marriage,

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.320
 an image of

00:18:33.320 --> 00:18:33.900
 the relationship

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.580
 of Christ

00:18:34.580 --> 00:18:35.200
 to his

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.580
 church.

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.740
 And because

00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.840
 no demon

00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:41.060
 can ever

00:18:41.060 --> 00:18:42.039
 create anything,

00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:42.820
 it can only

00:18:42.820 --> 00:18:43.960
 corrupt.

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.200
 And God

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.720
 has granted

00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.640
 to some

00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:49.259
 human beings

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.820
 the power

00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:50.759
 of procreation

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:52.480
 that no

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.019
 demon can

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.299
 do.

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.279
 That no

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.779
 demon can

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:57.000
 do.

00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:03.119
 it's really

00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:04.319
 important for

00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:04.599
 us to

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.079
 remember and

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.799
 to understand

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:08.460
 that the

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.900
 devil is

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.500
 not God's

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:09.839
 equal.

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.559
 God has

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:13.119
 no equal.

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.160
 All demons

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:17.839
 are created

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:18.380
 beings.

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:18.440
 demons.

00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:22.840
 And Jesus

00:19:22.840 --> 00:19:23.340
 didn't have

00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:23.620
 to die

00:19:23.620 --> 00:19:23.840
 on the

00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:24.460
 cross to

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:24.800
 defeat

00:19:24.800 --> 00:19:25.440
 demons.

00:19:27.780 --> 00:19:28.500
 Because God

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.060
 can do it

00:19:29.060 --> 00:19:30.700
 and they're

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:30.940
 gone.

00:19:34.760 --> 00:19:35.480
 The reason

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.100
 Jesus died

00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:36.340
 on the

00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:36.840
 cross is

00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.400
 for us.

00:19:38.760 --> 00:19:39.400
 Although his

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:39.820
 death on the

00:19:39.820 --> 00:19:40.820
 cross is

00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:41.300
 also a

00:19:41.300 --> 00:19:41.700
 profound

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:43.080
 defeat of

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:43.460
 demons.

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.600
 demons.

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.380
 One of the

00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:47.799
 ways,

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.100
 we're going

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:49.440
 to see in

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:49.940
 a moment,

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:52.740
 one of the

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.860
 different ways

00:19:53.860 --> 00:19:55.900
 that demons

00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:56.559
 affect us

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.000
 when we look

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.259
 at the

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.779
 armor of

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.100
 God,

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:58.500
 and if you

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:58.860
 think in

00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.480
 many cases

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.819
 of the

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.480
 opposite of

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:00.640
 it.

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.079
 But at a

00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.279
 very,

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.980
 very simple

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.380
 level,

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.940
 if you just

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.460
 think of the

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.079
 different ways

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.340
 in the

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:05.799
 Bible that

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.559
 the devil

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.039
 or the

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.420
 demons

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.539
 are described,

00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:09.279
 they are

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.740
 described as

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.680
 being liars.

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:13.060
 one of the

00:20:13.060 --> 00:20:13.539
 names for

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:13.920
 the devil

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.539
 is the

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.299
 accuser.

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.680
 And so

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.019
 one of the

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.920
 ways that

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.360
 we human

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:18.840
 beings are

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.560
 affected by

00:20:19.560 --> 00:20:21.320
 demons is

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:22.279
 precisely along

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.880
 that line

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:25.900
 of deep

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.900
 seasons of

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:28.039
 accusation,

00:20:28.820 --> 00:20:29.960
 unredemptive

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:31.600
 accusation in

00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:32.259
 your life.

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.120
 To believe

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:37.039
 lies about

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.820
 your partner

00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:39.180
 or your

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:41.160
 children or

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:41.920
 your boss,

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:42.800
 to be

00:20:42.800 --> 00:20:44.060
 gripped by

00:20:44.060 --> 00:20:45.700
 lies about

00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.040
 them,

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.320
 to be

00:20:47.320 --> 00:20:48.460
 captivated by

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.000
 internal

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.000
 conversations

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.519
 where we

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.240
 say something

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.660
 and this

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.200
 other person,

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.820
 our boss,

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.180
 or a

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.660
 co-worker,

00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:55.019
 or an

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.480
 underling,

00:20:55.580 --> 00:20:55.860
 or a

00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.160
 neighbor,

00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:56.640
 or a

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:56.980
 husband,

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.519
 or a

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:57.820
 daughter,

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.180
 says

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.720
 something that

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.300
 goes back

00:20:59.300 --> 00:20:59.920
 and forward,

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:01.000
 and it's

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.460
 not the

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.100
 way they

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.779
 actually would

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.240
 talk.

00:21:04.040 --> 00:21:04.500
 But we

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.100
 get caught

00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:05.480
 up in

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.180
 this story,

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:06.540
 in this

00:21:06.540 --> 00:21:07.259
 narrative of

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.600
 how a

00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:08.140
 person is

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.580
 going to

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.080
 act,

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.060
 and how

00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:10.340
 they're going

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.899
 to behave,

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:11.419
 and what

00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:11.639
 they're

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.099
 thinking,

00:21:12.179 --> 00:21:12.359
 and we

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:12.879
 get caught

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.240
 up in

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.359
 it,

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:13.619
 and we

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.159
 get so

00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.659
 caught up

00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:14.859
 in it,

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.159
 it's as

00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:15.539
 if it's

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.980
 real.

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:21.199
 We have

00:21:21.199 --> 00:21:22.059
 almost

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.639
 literally,

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.199
 as the

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:24.000
 pictures make

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.500
 to mock

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.740
 of it,

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.279
 it's almost

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.799
 as if for

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.240
 some of

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.419
 us,

00:21:26.459 --> 00:21:26.699
 and for

00:21:26.699 --> 00:21:27.119
 many of

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.339
 us,

00:21:27.699 --> 00:21:28.039
 but for

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.339
 all of

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.599
 us at

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.099
 some time

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.319
 or another,

00:21:29.419 --> 00:21:29.899
 almost as

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:30.159
 if there

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.419
 is a

00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:30.599
 little

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.179
 person

00:21:31.179 --> 00:21:31.919
 right beside

00:21:31.919 --> 00:21:32.159
 us,

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.500
 speaking

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.039
 into our

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.299
 ear,

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.240
 over and

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.740
 over and

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.240
 over and

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.919
 over again,

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.399
 the same

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.359
 types of lies

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.559
 and

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.199
 accusations.

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:41.319
 Those of

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.960
 us who

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.100
 have

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.480
 struggled

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.779
 with

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.299
 addictions,

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:45.900
 whether we're

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.500
 conscious of

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:46.880
 it or not,

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.660
 there's several

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:49.039
 core lies

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.640
 that people

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.120
 who struggle

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.799
 with addictions

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.279
 say to

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.680
 themselves

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.319
 over and

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.759
 over and

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.160
 over and

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.779
 over again,

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.120
 and those

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.539
 of us who

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:55.980
 have struggled

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.640
 with addictions

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.279
 are familiar

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.799
 with what

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.120
 some of

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.480
 those are.

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.819
 We might

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.120
 not have

00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.660
 ever named

00:21:59.660 --> 00:21:59.980
 them,

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.799
 but when

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.200
 I say

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.640
 them to

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:01.799
 you,

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.140
 you will

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.600
 recognize

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.039
 them.

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:05.500
 the closer

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.259
 someone gets

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.720
 to know

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.039
 me,

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.920
 the less

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.220
 they'll

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.740
 like me.

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.319
 The closer

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.000
 someone gets

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.440
 to know

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.720
 me,

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:16.720
 they will

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.139
 find me

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.819
 repugnant.

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.379
 No one

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.839
 will love

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.319
 me as I

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.940
 really am.

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.879
 No one

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.299
 will love

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.700
 me as I

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.200
 really am.

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:34.899
 You might

00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:35.279
 not say

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.680
 that very

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:35.839
 many.

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.220
 I can

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.659
 guarantee

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.119
 there are

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.519
 people in

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.000
 this room

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 who have

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:39.859
 that not

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.440
 every day

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.859
 all the

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.200
 time,

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.639
 but for

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.519
 long seasons

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.200
 that said

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 into their

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 ear over

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 and over

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 and over

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 and over

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 again.

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 There is

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.659
 something

00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:52.159
 unclean

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:53.859
 about me,

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.700
 something

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:57.019
 broken

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.339
 about me,

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.799
 something

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:01.000
 shameful

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.859
 about me,

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:04.259
 something

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.299
 wrong

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.480
 about me,

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.019
 something

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.099
 doomed

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.639
 about me.

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.920
 No one

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.379
 will meet

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:14.200
 my needs.

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.319
 I need

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.720
 to meet

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:16.879
 them

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.519
 myself.

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.819
 If I

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.480
 don't get

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.159
 this,

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 I am

00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:25.079
 nothing.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:27.339
 how can

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 I

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.139
 actually

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.539
 ever

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.220
 possibly

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.059
 survive

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 a day

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 or a

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.439
 week

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 or a

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 month

00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:32.240
 without

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.659
 that

00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.159
 drink,

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.279
 without

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.639
 that

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.419
 pornography,

00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:36.819
 without

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.500
 that

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.799
 rush

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.960
 of the

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.359
 drug?

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.339
 At the

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:45.919
 same time

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 that we

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 have a

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.939
 belief,

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.599
 quickly

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 dashed,

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 I'll just

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 do it

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 this one

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:52.579
 time,

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 and

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 tomorrow

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 I'll

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 stop.

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 And if

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 you think

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.399
 about how

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:02.079
 powerful

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:03.139
 these types

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:03.939
 of processes

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:05.059
 of accusation

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.599
 and lies

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:05.899
 are,

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.899
 in many

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.439
 people's

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:08.879
 lives,

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.919
 you realize

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.799
 how some

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.220
 of it is

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.000
 so close

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.319
 to the

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.699
 Christian

00:24:13.699 --> 00:24:14.259
 truth,

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:16.339
 but deeply

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.960
 perverted.

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:22.140
 you are

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.620
 fallen.

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.819
 You're

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.319
 far more

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.900
 fallen than

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.519
 you possibly

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.259
 can imagine,

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 but I can

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.160
 tell you

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.500
 this,

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:32.420
 there has

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.960
 never been a

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.319
 time in

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.700
 your life

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 that you

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.160
 have been

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.440
 unloved

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.019
 by God,

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.000
 and he

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.279
 loved you

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.920
 so much,

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.360
 that knowing

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:41.200
 everything there

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.880
 is about you

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.380
 at the very

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.400
 deepest levels

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.160
 of who you

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.539
 are,

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:46.799
 and

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.359
 everything

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:47.960
 about you

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.220
 at the

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.480
 deepest

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.899
 levels

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.379
 of who

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.559
 you

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.759
 will

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.059
 be

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.720
 tomorrow,

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.500
 next week,

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.299
 next month,

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.839
 six months

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.279
 from now,

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.899
 ten years

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.240
 from now,

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.519
 if you're

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.019
 still alive

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.440
 and Jesus

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.940
 hasn't come

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.099
 back,

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.500
 and Jesus

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.139
 knew every

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.680
 single one

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:58.960
 of those

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.399
 things with

00:24:59.399 --> 00:24:59.940
 a clarity

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 that you

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:00.680
 cannot

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.579
 possibly have

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.019
 for your

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.700
 own self,

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.720
 and still

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.299
 he loved

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.659
 you so

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.079
 much to

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.599
 die for

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:05.879
 you.

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 And to

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.720
 take on

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.500
 to himself

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.799
 every wrong

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.180
 you've ever

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.500
 done,

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.099
 every wrong

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.440
 you ever

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.879
 will to,

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.180
 and take

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.019
 upon himself

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:17.000
 that,

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.720
 and the

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.200
 shame that

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.720
 goes with

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:19.940
 it,

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.659
 and the

00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:21.019
 punishment

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.279
 it

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.740
 deserves.

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.559
 And Jesus

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.079
 did it

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.639
 knowing

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.420
 you

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.420
 perfectly.

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.659
 And for

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:34.980
 those of

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.240
 us who

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.379
 are

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.899
 Christians,

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:39.059
 who still

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.680
 struggle,

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.680
 and maybe

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.220
 will struggle

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.839
 for a long

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.440
 time with

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.139
 those types

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.860
 of lies

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.220
 and

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.060
 accusations,

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:49.440
 see,

00:25:49.520 --> 00:25:50.100
 here's the

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.540
 gospel.

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.280
 The gospel

00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:53.740
 is the

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.200
 doom you

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.740
 deserved

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.960
 was taken

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.360
 on by

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.720
 Jesus,

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.960
 and the

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.580
 destiny he

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:59.080
 deserved

00:25:59.080 --> 00:26:00.180
 was offered

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.700
 to you

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.940
 by grace

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.280
 alone,

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:03.800
 received by

00:26:03.800 --> 00:26:04.460
 faith alone,

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:05.700
 and Jesus

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.060
 alone.

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.940
 The doom you

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.660
 deserved was

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.300
 taken on by

00:26:08.300 --> 00:26:08.640
 Jesus,

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.620
 and the

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.240
 destiny he

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.020
 deserved was

00:26:11.020 --> 00:26:11.500
 offered to

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.859
 you by

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.480
 grace alone,

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.119
 received by

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.740
 faith alone,

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.599
 and Jesus

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:14.980
 alone.

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.440
 And I

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.200
 stand before

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:19.420
 you as a

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.380
 fallen man who

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.900
 has done many

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.720
 wrong things and

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.220
 still will do

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.039
 wrong things.

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:25.119
 But I put my

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:26.059
 faith and trust in

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:27.839
 Jesus, and if a

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.940
 guy like I can do

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.700
 it, so can you.

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.180
 And if he loved me

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.000
 enough to die for

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.759
 me, he loved you

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.519
 enough to die for

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.720
 you.

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.720
 And when you put

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.460
 your hands in the

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.559
 hands of Jesus, and

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.279
 you receive him as

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.859
 your Savior and

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.259
 your Lord,

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:43.240
 every doomed bit

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.420
 of you fell on

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.700
 him.

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.240
 And I stand

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.779
 before you, the

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.339
 collar is

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:51.500
 irrelevant, clothed

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.500
 in Christ's

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:55.339
 perfect standing

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.559
 before God.

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.539
 And so the

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.799
 lies of accusation

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.539
 and doom and

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:05.940
 foulness are

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.519
 lies.

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.579
 lies.

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.839
 The lies that

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.299
 there are no

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.119
 hope or no one

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.779
 will love you as

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.500
 you really are,

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.960
 are lies.

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.200
 They are lies.

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.000
 Do a whole course

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.639
 on how demons

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.420
 influence you, but

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.119
 that's how every

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:21.500
 human being is

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.500
 influenced by demons.

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:24.500
 God's

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.500
 things.

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:28.079
 If you go to the

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:30.980
 next text, because

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.339
 we need to spend a

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.160
 little bit about

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.619
 this, and you'll

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.839
 see how it is.

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.440
 It's very

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.839
 interesting.

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.559
 Look at verse

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.160
 13.

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.619
 Therefore, take up

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.519
 the whole armor of

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:45.259
 God, that you may be

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.440
 able to withstand in

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.220
 the evil day, and

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.319
 having done all, to

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.220
 stand firm.

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.859
 Just pause there for

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.199
 a second.

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:53.019
 The Bible says, it

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.979
 says therefore, but

00:27:53.979 --> 00:27:55.159
 it's really, in a

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.559
 sense, trying to

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.139
 capture the whole

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:57.099
 book of you can do

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.519
 this.

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.439
 Those of you who

00:27:59.439 --> 00:28:00.439
 know the whole story

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:02.099
 of what Paul's going

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.959
 to do now is he's

00:28:02.959 --> 00:28:04.919
 going to describe six

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:06.059
 pieces of armor, and

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.359
 he's going to

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.119
 describe them using

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.319
 the words of the

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.379
 Roman soldiers.

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:11.119
 All of them, if you

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.939
 go back and get a

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.539
 good academic

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.659
 commentary, every one

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.339
 of the pieces of

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.199
 armor is connected

00:28:15.199 --> 00:28:16.059
 to something in the

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.839
 book of Isaiah.

00:28:17.719 --> 00:28:18.500
 Every one of them

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.179
 is connected, because

00:28:19.179 --> 00:28:20.719
 in Isaiah, God is

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.380
 described as a

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.940
 mighty warrior.

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.640
 And so Paul, on

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.240
 one level, is

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.279
 speaking to pagans

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.019
 and to the Jewish

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.360
 hearers.

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.240
 They go, ah, that's

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.259
 in Isaiah, ah, that's

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:30.299
 in Isaiah, ah, that's

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.640
 in Isaiah.

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.059
 There's these

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.539
 connections.

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:33.000
 Go to a commentary.

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.819
 I'm not going to go

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.000
 through it.

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.680
 I only have ten more

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.799
 minutes left, so we

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.400
 don't have time to go

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.740
 through it.

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.559
 But one of the things

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.039
 which is very

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.779
 interesting, it's a

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:41.420
 complete reversal of

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.600
 this very powerful Old

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.700
 Testament story that

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.640
 many Jewish people and

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.240
 many of you would

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.480
 know.

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.480
 Maybe not all of you,

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.480
 but there's a famous

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.559
 story of David going to

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.259
 fight Goliath.

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.619
 And Goliath is this

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.799
 huge giant, and David

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.759
 says, I'll go fight the

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.019
 giant.

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.059
 And so Saul says, you

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.039
 need armor, here's your

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.319
 armor.

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.220
 And the armor's way too

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.700
 big and way too heavy, so

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.740
 David doesn't use it.

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.859
 And so here's this

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:01.740
 delightful mystery, this

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.879
 delightful paradox.

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.839
 The armor that God

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.960
 gives an ordinary

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.160
 Christian like you and

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.519
 me is the armor he

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.079
 wears.

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.859
 But in the mystery of

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:16.079
 grace, when you put it

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.779
 on, it fits you

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.319
 perfectly.

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:20.559
 Fits you if you're as

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:23.200
 big as Daniel, or as

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.240
 small as whoever the

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.200
 smallest one of us is

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.420
 here.

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.339
 It's this profound

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.920
 mystery of God's armor

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:31.000
 is big enough for him,

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.379
 but when you put his

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:34.099
 armor on you, it fits

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.779
 you perfectly.

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.920
 Fits you perfectly.

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.359
 And so look at verse

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.200
 13 again, therefore

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.299
 take up the whole armor

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.299
 of God that you may be

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:44.259
 able to withstand in the

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.379
 evil day and having done

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.880
 all to stand firm.

00:29:47.520 --> 00:29:48.820
 Verse 14, stand

00:29:48.820 --> 00:29:50.120
 therefore having fastened

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.140
 on the belt of truth

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.800
 and having put on the

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:53.360
 breastplate of

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.840
 righteousness and as

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.780
 shoes for your feet

00:29:55.780 --> 00:29:56.660
 having put on the

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.680
 readiness given by the

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.620
 gospel of peace.

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.440
 In all circumstances

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.960
 take up the shield of

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.000
 faith with which you

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.080
 can extinguish all the

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:05.100
 flaming darts of the

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:06.680
 evil one and take the

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.920
 helmet of salvation, the

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.900
 sword of the spirit, which

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.760
 is the word of God.

00:30:10.260 --> 00:30:11.460
 Just pause there.

00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.060
 That goes up.

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.780
 I don't know if you've

00:30:12.780 --> 00:30:13.060
 been able to.

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.500
 Oh, they have been

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.860
 perfect.

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:13.939
 Perfect.

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:16.199
 So here's this wonderful

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:16.619
 thing.

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.939
 We'll talk about some of

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.740
 these things in a moment.

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.899
 But, you know, I was

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.839
 thinking about this this

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.179
 week.

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:23.639
 You have this image that

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:25.019
 God invites you and I've

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.779
 been actually in my

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:27.199
 prayers many times this

00:30:27.199 --> 00:30:28.179
 week actually trying to

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:29.519
 imagine putting these six

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.059
 things on.

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:32.039
 And it struck me that we

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:33.099
 all put things on.

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.019
 Don't we?

00:30:34.479 --> 00:30:35.799
 Like how many of us sort of

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:37.579
 wake up happy but then

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.240
 what do we do?

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.219
 We put on resentment.

00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:40.939
 We put on anger.

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:42.820
 We put on bitterness.

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.940
 We put on our game face.

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.279
 We look at the mirror and

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.460
 say, you're a winner.

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.840
 You can do this.

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.980
 You can accomplish.

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.559
 You know, we put on our

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.299
 best clothes.

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:57.140
 You know, for some of you

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:58.160
 who are women, you put on,

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.299
 you know, your best makeup

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.100
 and you put on your

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.380
 gait.

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.360
 You know, you put all the

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.480
 we put things on.

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:05.080
 You know, we put on

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.480
 resentment.

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.380
 We put on anger.

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.100
 We put on hate.

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.180
 We put on optimism.

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.539
 We put on arrogance.

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.720
 We put these things on.

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.600
 And the Bible is saying,

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.900
 don't put that stuff on.

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.779
 Put this stuff on.

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.600
 And what's the first thing

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:17.039
 that he wants you to put on?

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:18.500
 Is a belt made out of truth.

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.740
 Why is this so important?

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.340
 Why is this?

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.039
 Because who's the

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:24.600
 the Bible wants us?

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:26.019
 What happens in salvation?

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:28.220
 In salvation, you put your

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.420
 trust in Jesus.

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:31.160
 The Holy Spirit enables you

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.759
 to put your hand and

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.420
 trust in Jesus.

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.400
 And Jesus takes you by the

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.840
 hand and he takes you out

00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:37.400
 of the people of the lie.

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:40.539
 And he makes you a citizen

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.580
 of the people of the

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:43.000
 truth.

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:47.240
 The devil is the father

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.580
 of lies.

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.259
 Jesus is the way,

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:51.700
 the truth,

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.900
 and the life.

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:55.240
 And it's not just the

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.360
 truth of God's word.

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.799
 It's just truth.

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.519
 It's just truth.

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.440
 It's if you're in a

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:04.799
 business and your boss

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.580
 is blowing steam about

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:08.000
 the financial projections,

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:08.919
 you are to be a person

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.740
 of the truth that says,

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:11.240
 actually, these figures

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.779
 are bad news.

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.819
 If you're in a government

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.839
 department and he's

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.859
 trying to make it look

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.939
 as if everything is going

00:32:18.939 --> 00:32:19.779
 up and to the right,

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:20.980
 but you look at all of

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.220
 the metrics and it's

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.980
 going down,

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.939
 you're to be the gal or

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:27.119
 the guy who says,

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.819
 excuse me,

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.679
 it's going down.

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:34.120
 let's know the truth

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:35.860
 so we can deal with it.

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:40.000
 And then you look at

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.600
 the next thing.

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:42.060
 So the first thing is a

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:43.100
 belt that's made out of

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:43.460
 truth.

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.940
 And the second thing is

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.779
 this breastplate,

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.560
 this thing that will

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.840
 protect you from blows

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:49.120
 on your chest.

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.019
 And it's the breastplate,

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.019
 it's not the breastplate

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:53.160
 of all your good works,

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:54.180
 it's the breastplate of

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.580
 righteousness.

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.259
 Remember how I was

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.100
 sharing the gospel,

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:58.120
 how what makes me right

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:59.900
 before God is not my own

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.420
 righteousness,

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.860
 but what makes me right

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:03.240
 before God is in a sense

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.800
 I am clothed with Christ.

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.519
 That this is to grip me

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.400
 as I go throughout the

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:07.519
 day,

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:09.000
 that God will not love me

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:11.680
 more tonight because I

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.740
 preached a good sermon.

00:33:14.820 --> 00:33:16.620
 My worth is not measured

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:20.800
 on how I do for 35 or 40

00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:22.160
 minutes on a Sunday morning.

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:27.220
 So where was I?

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.560
 Let's go on to the next

00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:28.660
 one.

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.500
 I can't remember exactly

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.960
 where I was,

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.880
 but that's fine.

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.819
 A God thing.

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.000
 So, oh yeah,

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.000
 so you know what,

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.160
 I'm, you know,

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.559
 it's the breastplate

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.119
 of righteousness.

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.359
 I stand before God

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:39.759
 protected by what Jesus

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.759
 has done to make me

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.460
 right with him.

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:43.019
 Just look at the next

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.460
 one, the helmet of,

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:46.000
 no, there's the,

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.420
 verse 15,

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:49.039
 shoes for your feet,

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.299
 which is,

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:51.779
 in other words,

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.480
 how do you put,

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.000
 how do you,

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.660
 what do you want to

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.440
 have on your feet,

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:54.779
 you know,

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:56.000
 and what you do is

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.880
 you want the gospel,

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:58.260
 in a sense.

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:01.000
 What the gospel gives you

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:03.280
 is the power to stand.

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.900
 What the gospel gives you

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:06.180
 is a love for people.

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:07.840
 What the gospel gives you

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:09.539
 is a concern for the city.

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.460
 What the gospel gives you

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:13.160
 is that you walk towards

00:34:13.160 --> 00:34:15.059
 problems and problem people

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.140
 rather than away from them.

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:17.140
 It gives you this type

00:34:17.140 --> 00:34:17.760
 of readiness,

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:19.420
 and that's what you put

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.920
 on your feet.

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.360
 verse 16.

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:23.139
 No, I missed the helmet,

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.619
 didn't I?

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.940
 No, I haven't,

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.460
 I haven't, okay.

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.340
 The shield of faith

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:29.480
 with which you can

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.180
 extinguish all the

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:31.000
 flaming darts of evil,

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.619
 and this is actually

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.539
 a really important bit.

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.720
 I have to watch my time,

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.619
 and it's because

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:37.800
 the Bible here combines

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:39.420
 two images at the same time.

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.059
 On one hand,

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.920
 our struggle with

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:43.240
 those things that are demonic

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:45.180
 is an in-your-face-direct

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:46.039
 type of thing,

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:47.240
 but it's not an

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:48.340
 individualistic thing,

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.160
 because what made

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:50.200
 the Roman legionnaires

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:51.820
 great was their ability

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.740
 to fight as a unit,

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.160
 and so these are

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:55.519
 four foot by two foot

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.360
 square shields,

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.079
 and if you've seen

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:58.019
 some old movies

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.860
 that capture this,

00:34:59.120 --> 00:34:59.700
 what do they do

00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:00.240
 in a battle?

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.760
 The shields lock up.

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.620
 Guys from behind

00:35:03.620 --> 00:35:04.360
 put their shields

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.500
 up above like that,

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.140
 and you have this

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:07.460
 impenetrable line

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:10.260
 that protects you

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:11.519
 from the missiles

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.140
 and the arrows

00:35:12.140 --> 00:35:13.019
 and the attack

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.039
 of the other person,

00:35:15.100 --> 00:35:16.240
 and so there's this,

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.360
 in a sense,

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.019
 this is a message

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:19.199
 not just to George,

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:21.960
 but also to Messiah.

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:25.099
 It's an individual image

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:27.099
 and a congregational image

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:30.780
 of us doing this together,

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:33.659
 and the faith is just,

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.300
 you know,

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:36.239
 it's faith and a trust

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.780
 in Jesus

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.800
 and what he's revealed

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.719
 and the gospel

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:40.179
 and what the Bible teaches,

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.659
 that that's, in a sense,

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:43.000
 what is to protect us,

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:46.760
 and then in verse 17,

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.900
 the helmet of salvation,

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:50.539
 what is to protect our heads,

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.159
 so to speak,

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:52.159
 from those types of blows?

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:53.280
 Salvation is a little bit

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.239
 different than righteousness.

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.579
 It's the same,

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.079
 but different.

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:58.019
 It's this biblical idea

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:59.840
 that I'm made right

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.880
 with God by faith.

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.820
 I am being made

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.780
 more like Jesus

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.559
 by faith.

00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:04.920
 I will be completely

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:06.260
 like Jesus by faith.

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.440
 It's justification,

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.539
 sanctification,

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:09.440
 and glorification.

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.519
 It's that

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:12.000
 I have been made

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.960
 right with God.

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:14.640
 I am being made

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:15.599
 more like Jesus.

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:17.380
 I will be glorified.

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.500
 That's what this is

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.740
 to remember

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.860
 on our head.

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.559
 That's the helmet

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.240
 of salvation,

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.200
 the three tenses

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:24.019
 of salvation,

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.140
 and then

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:26.980
 the sword of the Spirit,

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.480
 which is the Bible,

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:30.300
 which is the thing

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.880
 by which we are

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.480
 to understand

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.639
 what the real world is

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:34.760
 and how we share the faith

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:35.659
 and how we understand.

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:37.039
 It's the Bible.

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:42.400
 How do you put it all on?

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.780
 I'm running out of time.

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.940
 If you could put up

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.679
 the next point,

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.699
 please,

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.880
 I've missed these things.

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.860
 The Lord has provided you

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.519
 his armor

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:53.179
 and empowered you

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.920
 and called you

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.960
 to stand in spiritual battle.

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.619
 That's what this is saying.

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.799
 The Lord has provided you

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.380
 his armor

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:00.179
 and empowered you

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.759
 and called you

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:02.500
 to stand in spiritual battle.

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:04.380
 And how do you stand?

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:06.199
 How do you put on the armor?

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.639
 How do you move forward?

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.460
 Could you put up

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.019
 the next point?

00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:10.420
 You and I,

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.599
 we both stand

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:13.159
 and we advance

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:14.759
 on our knees

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:16.079
 in prayer

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:17.739
 in the Holy Spirit.

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.440
 We stand

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.819
 and we advance

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:22.239
 on our knees

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:23.440
 in prayer

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:25.259
 in the Holy Spirit.

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:27.000
 Look at what the Bible says.

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.800
 If you could just go

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.920
 to verses,

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.599
 oh,

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.679
 to verse 18.

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.900
 I guess I've mixed up

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.739
 my order a little bit.

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.420
 Verse 18.

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:37.139
 Praying at all times

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.780
 in the Spirit

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:39.199
 with all prayer

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:40.019
 and supplication

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.579
 to that end,

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.320
 keep alert

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:42.780
 and with all perseverance

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:44.619
 making supplication

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.539
 for all the saints

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.579
 and also for me

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:48.099
 that words may be given

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.440
 to me

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.420
 in opening my mouth

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.659
 boldly to proclaim

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.340
 the mystery

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.079
 of the gospel

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:53.380
 for which I am

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.059
 an ambassador

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.860
 in chains

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:56.079
 that I may declare

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.880
 it boldly

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:58.260
 as I ought to speak.

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.700
 Put it on with prayer.

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.200
 I mean,

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.960
 maybe one of the things

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.960
 that we can do this week

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:05.559
 is you take this little text

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:05.980
 of scripture

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.980
 and maybe write it down

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:08.380
 and have it in your pocket

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.099
 and just imagine

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:10.059
 you're going into a meeting,

00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:11.380
 you're going into a situation,

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.780
 you're being attacked

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:14.300
 by those accusing

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:15.280
 types of thoughts

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:15.640
 and say,

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:15.980
 Lord,

00:38:16.140 --> 00:38:17.380
 I really need to put

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:18.160
 your armor on.

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:21.000
 some of you

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:22.039
 are visual people.

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.779
 Lord,

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:26.819
 may truth be

00:38:26.819 --> 00:38:28.759
 what goes around my waist.

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.500
 Lord,

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:33.719
 may that which covers me

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:35.279
 be the righteousness

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.239
 that comes from you.

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.359
 Lord,

00:38:40.359 --> 00:38:42.139
 on my feet,

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:45.319
 make me be gripped

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:46.099
 with the gospel

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:47.119
 so that the gospel

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:48.440
 shapes and forms

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:50.199
 how I look at problems

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.440
 and how I see people

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.239
 and where I get

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:53.400
 my confidence from.

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.639
 Lord,

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.639
 remind me

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.299
 and help me

00:38:58.299 --> 00:38:58.860
 to remember

00:38:58.860 --> 00:39:00.219
 that I have been saved,

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:02.319
 that you are saving me,

00:39:02.819 --> 00:39:04.819
 and that I will be glorified.

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.539
 And that out of that

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:09.219
 I can look at my weaknesses,

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:11.179
 I can confess my faults,

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:16.339
 I can acknowledge

00:39:16.339 --> 00:39:17.799
 that I'm not all powerful

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.879
 and not always right

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:21.899
 because of the security

00:39:21.899 --> 00:39:22.799
 of the helmet

00:39:22.799 --> 00:39:24.639
 that you have provided me.

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.619
 And Father,

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.679
 help me to pick up

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:28.799
 the shield

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:31.099
 and put it on my,

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.579
 I'm right-handed,

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:33.440
 my left arm.

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.659
 And Father,

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.319
 just grip me

00:39:36.319 --> 00:39:37.419
 with the faith,

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:39.079
 with what the Bible

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:40.239
 teaches is true

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:41.079
 and what the Bible

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:42.159
 teaches is false.

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:45.000
 And what it means

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:46.860
 to put my faith

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.579
 and trust in you,

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:47.920
 Jesus,

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.779
 and know that

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:50.199
 given that you did

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:51.159
 rise from the dead,

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:52.440
 that you conquered sin

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.639
 and you conquered death

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:55.139
 and all spiritual

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:56.619
 powers of evil

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:57.319
 are as nothing

00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:58.440
 beside you,

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.299
 that that is my,

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.579
 that is what will

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.259
 protect me

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:02.019
 from the blows.

00:40:04.299 --> 00:40:05.319
 And help me

00:40:05.319 --> 00:40:06.139
 to take up

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:07.139
 your word,

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:09.099
 to read it today

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:10.719
 and to seek

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.539
 to understand it

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.279
 and to remember it.

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:14.940
 And help me

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.659
 to look at the world

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:16.279
 and understand

00:40:16.279 --> 00:40:17.079
 that people

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:18.139
 are not my enemies.

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:19.759
 They might think

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:20.379
 I'm their enemy

00:40:20.379 --> 00:40:21.960
 and that's a thing

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.940
 I need to pray into,

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:24.279
 but they're not my enemy.

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.699
 That what I really

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:27.839
 need to deal with

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:29.139
 are the demonic forces

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:30.059
 that are around me

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:31.279
 and people that I know,

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.139
 ordinary people

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.819
 that I know

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:34.099
 who are under

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:35.119
 demonic influence,

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:37.259
 and attack

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:39.159
 and I am needed

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.920
 to bring

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:41.400
 the love of the gospel,

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:43.119
 the truth of the word

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:45.099
 and the power of prayer

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:47.639
 to pray for them

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:50.440
 and view them

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.420
 not as my enemies,

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:54.420
 not as my enemies,

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:57.579
 not as my enemies.

00:41:00.839 --> 00:41:01.319
 I mean,

00:41:01.359 --> 00:41:02.219
 there is a possibility

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:03.279
 of peace with God

00:41:03.279 --> 00:41:05.039
 that comes through Christ

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:07.360
 that is available to all.

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:09.440
 I invite you to stand.

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:17.539
 Just bow our heads

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.980
 in prayer.

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.460
 Father,

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.659
 I've mentioned in particular

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.699
 those of us

00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:23.179
 who struggle

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:24.259
 with different addictions

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:25.920
 or alcoholism.

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:26.300
 Father,

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:27.400
 I lift those of us

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.719
 who in particular

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:29.579
 struggle with that.

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:30.639
 I lift us

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.440
 before you

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.659
 in particular today

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.880
 and ask that you

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:35.400
 help us

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:36.719
 to so trust in you

00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:38.279
 and so walk with you

00:41:38.279 --> 00:41:40.519
 that we might have

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.079
 a mind

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:42.259
 which is quietened

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:43.119
 by the gospel,

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:44.139
 that we might believe

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.699
 the truth

00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:45.679
 that comes from you,

00:41:45.799 --> 00:41:46.940
 that you might give us

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:48.679
 ongoing victory

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:51.539
 against that addiction,

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:53.380
 that alcoholism.

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:53.699
 Father,

00:41:53.779 --> 00:41:54.559
 I lift those of us

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.279
 who struggle with that.

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:55.940
 I lift them,

00:41:56.260 --> 00:41:56.880
 we lift them

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.500
 before you

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.620
 and ask for your healing

00:41:58.620 --> 00:41:59.360
 power and authority

00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:00.080
 to come to bear,

00:42:00.560 --> 00:42:01.320
 that they might know

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:02.400
 that you walk with them,

00:42:03.060 --> 00:42:03.760
 that your armor

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.720
 is available to them.

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:06.640
 And Father,

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:07.460
 for all of us

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:08.300
 in different ways

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:09.260
 and different times,

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:09.660
 Father,

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.620
 under the influence

00:42:10.620 --> 00:42:11.100
 of demons,

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:11.960
 we ask that you

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.500
 would help us

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.100
 to be gripped

00:42:13.100 --> 00:42:13.940
 by the gospel,

00:42:14.620 --> 00:42:15.360
 that you would help us

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:16.620
 to pick up the armor

00:42:16.620 --> 00:42:18.120
 that is your armor,

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:19.480
 that is perfectly fit

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.320
 for each one of us

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.280
 and perfectly fit

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:22.260
 for us as a congregation

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:24.460
 and for other congregations

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.700
 together to stand,

00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:27.260
 that you might help us

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:27.920
 to put it on,

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:30.160
 that you might deliver us

00:42:30.160 --> 00:42:31.000
 from seeing people

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.760
 as our enemies

00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:34.660
 and instead see them

00:42:34.660 --> 00:42:35.300
 as people made

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:36.040
 in your image,

00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:37.060
 that you would call us

00:42:37.060 --> 00:42:37.540
 to love

00:42:37.540 --> 00:42:38.600
 and seek their good

00:42:38.600 --> 00:42:40.000
 and show us

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.420
 and help us

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:41.280
 to pray for them,

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.720
 especially in light

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:43.820
 of the demonic things

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.720
 that they themselves

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:45.840
 might not recognize

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.620
 that they deal with

00:42:46.620 --> 00:42:47.400
 and struggle with,

00:42:48.140 --> 00:42:49.420
 that you might make us

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:50.040
 individuals

00:42:50.040 --> 00:42:51.840
 and small groups

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:52.960
 and men's

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:54.039
 and women's ministries

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:55.500
 and church other ministries

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:56.280
 and the congregation

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.740
 as whole,

00:42:56.840 --> 00:42:57.519
 that you would make us

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.380
 a people of prayer,

00:42:59.220 --> 00:43:00.260
 gripped by the gospel,

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.900
 a people of prayer,

00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:03.780
 advancing on our knees

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:06.059
 for the good of the city,

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.440
 the good of the world,

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:10.220
 for the salvation of souls

00:43:10.220 --> 00:43:11.539
 and the glory of your name.

00:43:12.120 --> 00:43:13.320
 And all God's people said,

00:43:14.120 --> 00:43:14.420
 Amen.