Lions, and
tigers, and bears, oh, my!
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Are you afraid of
being eaten by a lion?
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In most cases you
don't need to worry.
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They like eating other things.
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But every now
and then in history,
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lions do get a taste for people.
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There's one case back in 1899,
when a couple of lions called
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the man-eating lions of Tsavo
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began to
terrorize a camp of workers
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that were trying to
build a bridge for England.
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As the death toll from
the lions continued to rise,
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construction was
brought to a virtual standstill.
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Finally, the British sent in
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Lieutenant
Colonel J. H. Patterson,
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he succeeded in tracking down
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and killing the
two man-eating lions,
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who by now had devoured 135 men.
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The lions are now on display
in the Field Museum in Chicago.
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But even more
deadly, a tigress in India
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was before being shot
was reported to have kill
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and eaten 436 people
between 1906 and 1907.
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But there is one
lion that has eaten
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even more people than
all the others put together.
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It's the devil.
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The Bible says,
"The devil goes around
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as a roaring lion
seeking whom he might devour."
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But I've got good
news, in the Word of God,
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we find the tools to
defeat this deadly lion.
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So join me now,
let's get on board,
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we're gonna take
an amazing adventure.
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Hello, friends.
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Welcome again to
an Amazing Adventure,
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A Journey for Life with Jesus.
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I'd like to
welcome, boys and girls,
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right here in Michigan
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and also those
who are joining us
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across the country,
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part of our
extended discovery team.
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And over the next
few programs together,
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we're gonna be
looking at some very important
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and fascinating
truths in the Bible.
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Well, before we get to
our message this evening,
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I'd like to invite
Pastor Doug Batchelor
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who will be helping
guiding us in our discovery.
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So, Pastor Doug,
why don't you come out?
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Hello, boys and girls.
Welcome to the HMS Adventure.
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This is A Journey
for Life with Jesus,
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and we're gonna be talking
about things that are gonna
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really help you in
your walk with Christ,
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and help you know
how to get to heaven.
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We're so thankful that
you're part of this program.
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Well, we're gonna begin
by singing our theme song,
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"Life is an Adventure."
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I'd like to invite our
song leaders to come forward,
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and Pastor Doug is
gonna grab his guitar,
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and why don't we all
stand as we sing together
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our theme song
Life is an Adventure.
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Life is an
adventure following the King
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Every day with Jesus
makes us want to sing
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Walking in the
spirit he will lead the way
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With his words who guide
us scrolling deep inside us
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Nothing can divide
us following the King
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Life is an
adventure following the King
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Every day with Jesus
makes us want to sing
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Conquering with
kindness everywhere we go
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Voices we are
raising Jesus we are praising
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Life is so
amazing following the King
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Life is so amazing
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Following the King
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Amen. And thank
you, Pastor Ross.
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Well, friends, I
want to welcome you
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to this special
Amazing Adventure program.
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And before each program
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we take some questions from kids
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that are
literally around the world.
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All right, well,
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we're ready for our first
video question that's come in.
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So we will take
a look at that now.
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Hi, Pastor Doug, I'm Audrey
and I live in Manikonda, India.
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And my Bible question is,
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how many miracles did
Jesus perform in His life?
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All right, so the question is,
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how many miracles did
Jesus perform in His life?
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Well, Jesus performed
about 37 miracles in His life.
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And some of these miracles
were miracles of healing,
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or they were miracles
of multiplying the bread,
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or walking on the
water, but someone added up,
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now sometimes you'll
find the same miracle
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in several gospels, so
that would count for one.
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He probably
multiplied the bread two times,
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and so all
together about 37 miracles.
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Now it's interesting not
only did Jesus perform miracles
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when He was on the
earth, but as you know,
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Jesus performs
miracles even today
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in the hearts and
the lives of people.
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So Christ's miracle,
they're ongoing and, of course,
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before Jesus came,
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He was still
performing miracles.
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All right, I think we're ready
for our next video question.
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Hi, I'm Asel.
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I'm 11 years old
from the Philippines.
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My question is, how can I focus
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when I am in the
middle of worship?
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All right, how do we focus
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when we're studying
or reading the Bible?
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How many of you
sometimes you're praying,
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and you're talking to God,
but your mind begins to wander,
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you think, "Oh, I'm
supposed to be praying.
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And I'm thinking
about my homework
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or I'm thinking about
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what my brother or sister said."
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Or you thinking
some crazy goofy thing
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and you're thinking,
"Oh, Lord, I'm sorry.
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I'm supposed to be praying
and my mind is wandering."
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You ever have that problem?
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You're praying for the food.
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And you can't wait
for the prayer to be over
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so you can eat.
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I remember when our
children were little,
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one of them, whenever we
say, amen after the food prayer,
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he'd say, "Eat now."
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He couldn't wait for
the prayer to be over,
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so we could eat.
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And that's not really prayer.
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Prayer's when you're giving
God your mind and your thoughts.
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It's normal for
your mind to wander,
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but you bring it back.
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You know, when you're
real little as a child.
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Sometimes it's hard to control
what you're thinking or saying.
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And one of the signs
that you're growing up
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is you gain
more and more control
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over your
thoughts and your actions.
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It's a sign of maturity.
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You don't say
everything you think,
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you think about
what you're gonna say,
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what you're gonna do.
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And when you're
praying, it takes practice,
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just like everything in life.
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Your mind
wanders, bring it back.
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If it wanders, bring it
back and you'll get good at it.
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And if you ever
take a dog for a walk
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and he keeps wanting to run off,
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and he pulls you on the leash
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and he pulls on the leash.
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Yeah, well,
eventually the dog will learn
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if you teach it to heal,
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to stay with the
master when you're walking.
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You can train your mind
to stay with your master
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when you're praying,
when you're reading His Word.
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Don't become
discouraged if, you know,
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your mind begins to
wander a little bit.
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It happens to
everybody. Just bring it back.
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All right, be ready for
our next video question.
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Hi, my name is
Philip Simmons IV.
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I live in Crofton,
Maryland, and my...
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And I am 11 years old.
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My Bible question
is, how can you tell
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if God or the
devil is talking to you?
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All right.
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So I think his
question is to do with
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those thoughts or
impressions that we get
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and sometimes we wonder,
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"Is this God
telling me something
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or is this coming
from a bad angel?"
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So how do you
know the difference?
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Well, first of all,
if you are in doubt,
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The Bible says if you
commit your way to the Lord,
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He will direct your paths,
and so ask God for wisdom.
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The other thing is,
look at what is happening
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or what the impressions are
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and make sure that it
fits with the Word of God.
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Now I can think of
somebody in the Bible,
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he heard a voice speak to him.
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And it must have been
real difficult for him to know.
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One time God said to Abraham,
"Take your son, your only son,
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Isaac, who you love,
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bring him to the
mountains of Moriah
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and offer him there
as a burnt offering."
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How did he know that was God?
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You think, well, maybe
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that would be the
devil telling you to do that.
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You know how he knows.
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Because he had spent so
much time listening to God,
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he knew God's voice.
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You know, whenever
Mrs.Batchelor calls me,
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she doesn't
need to say very much
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when she gets on the phone.
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And she just says, "Hi."
I know her voice so well.
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That's all she
needs to say is, "Hi."
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And I know it's her.
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And when you spend a
lot of time with people,
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you know their voice.
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And so as you walk with the Lord
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and the Bible
tells us in 1 John,
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we will know
when it is His spirit.
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The spirit teaches us,
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but that comes from
walking in the spirit
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and from studying the Word.
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All right, our last video
question for this morning.
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My name is Matt,
I am from Michigan.
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My question is,
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why do we go to
church if God is everywhere?
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Well, that's a good question.
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If God is everywhere,
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is it important for us
to go to a specific place?
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Do we need to go to church?
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Well, that's a good question
because God is everywhere.
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Is God here now? Yes.
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For us this is a special day.
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And so we come
together into church,
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not just for a program,
but this is a day of worship.
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If God is everywhere,
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but sometimes when
we're out doing our work
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and doing our
business, we forget about God.
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And so when we set
aside those things,
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and we come in a
special way to a special place
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at a special time,
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to give God our special
focus, that's different.
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And so, yes, God is everywhere
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and we should
worship Him all the time
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and talk to Him all the time.
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But we have work
to do, we have school,
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we have
homework, we have chores.
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And when we set aside
a special time and say,
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"No work, no
chores, I'm gonna come
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and I'm gonna talk to you.
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"And, you know, we don't...
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Not only come to
church, because of God,
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we come to church to
be with God's family,
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that you're not
with all the time,
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that aren't everywhere.
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And so it's a time for
us to fellowship with others
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when we come to
church, as well as worship God.
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All right.
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Well, that is it for
our Bible questions today.
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All right, Pastor Doug,
our study today is entitled
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"Slaying the Dragon."
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Thank you very much.
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You know, the Bible is a book
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that talks about a
battle between good and evil.
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And we're going to
be talking about those
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two great forces of
good and evil in this study,
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and they're
everywhere in the world.
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Matter of fact, even here,
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you got God and
you got the devil.
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God is speaking to our hearts.
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The devil is trying
to distract all the time.
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He doesn't want us to
hear the voice of God.
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In the Bible, God is invisible.
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He's a spirit, but the
devil is sometimes portrayed
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as a serpent, a dragon.
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He's called the
devil. He's called Satan.
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He's called the deceiver.
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Now where did he get the idea?
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Where does the idea come from
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that the devil
is like a serpent?
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You can see on the screen.
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It talks in
Isaiah 14:29, it says,
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"And its offspring will
be a fiery flying serpent."
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We've had a lot of movies
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come out in the last
few years about dragons
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and making friends with dragons,
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and how to train a dragon,
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and everybody's
preoccupied with dragons,
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but, you know,
dragons go way back.
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And there are a
number of reptiles
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that actually do glide, not fly.
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There's a mammal that
flies, it's called a bat.
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Here's a lizard
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and it looks like
that lizard's got wings,
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but it actually, it
jumps from tree to tree,
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it spreads out its rib
cage and it makes wings
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and it glides.
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There's a snake in Indonesia
that can jump from one tree
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and glide to another tree.
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It spreads out its rib cage,
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and it almost looks like
it's swimming through the air.
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It floats from tree to tree,
it'll crawl up another tree
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and it'll jump in, it'll
glide down to another tree.
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And it's amazing
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how some of these creatures
God has made them to fly.
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There's even squirrels
that fly or they glide.
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They don't flap.
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But you know, when we
look at the fossil record
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in the world around us,
there's a lot of evidence
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for some of these giant reptiles
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that used to be able to fly.
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They've got big
wings, one of them,
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they got some petrosaurus,
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you've heard of the pterodactyls
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and one of these
extinct creatures
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had a wingspan
like a small plane
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weighed hundreds of pounds.
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They were huge and in
some of their skeletons
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and the bones that they found,
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they've got big
fins on their head.
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And some scientists and
paleontologists thought,
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"Was that like
the rudder on a plane
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to help them
turn through the air."
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And some of them,
they have these big heads,
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and they had empty
chambers in their heads
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and they thought,
"What were those for?"
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With those empty chambers
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so that they could
make a loud roar or a honk?
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Or they wondered maybe
the empty chambers were there
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because they
would mix chemicals.
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How many of you have
heard of a bombardier beetle?
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These beetles that can send
out scorching hot fluid to burn.
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They thought, maybe
they call them fiery dragons
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because they could
blow out this hot fluid.
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We don't know.
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It's a lot of
theories out there.
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But all around the world,
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all of the ancient civilizations
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had stories about
dragons and often flying dragons
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and some dragons
that could breathe fire.
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And it's just interesting.
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There are so many legends,
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and they wonder
if they're based upon
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some of these extinct
dinosaurs that once lived.
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Well, you know, in the Bible,
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it talks about a
serpent that is our enemy.
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It says, "In that day the
Lord with his sore and his great
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and strong sword will
punish the crooked serpent."
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This is Isaiah 27:1,
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"And he will slay
the dragon, the serpent,
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the dragon in the sea."
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So the Bible
talks about this serpent
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right there in
the Garden of Eden
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the first time the
devil manifested himself,
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he was in the form of a serpent,
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which is
sometimes called the dragon.
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A lot of these cold
blooded reptiles are that way.
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So we're gonna
learn about the enemy.
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Now I don't want
to spend our time
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talking about the enemy
just for the sake of that,
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but Jesus tells
us about the devil
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so we can be on our guard,
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and we will not be deceived.
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So we're gonna learn what
the Bible says about this,
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and how to slay the dragon.
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First of all, who is the dragon
and where did he come from?
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You can read the
answer in Luke 10:18.
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Jesus said, "I saw Satan
like lightning fall from" where?
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Heaven. "From Heaven."
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Why would there
be a devil in heaven?
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These are the words of Jesus.
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Jesus says, "I was
there when he was cast out."
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You can read in Revelation 12:9.
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"So the great
dragon was cast out,
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that serpent of old,
called the devil and Satan,
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who deceives the whole world."
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How much of the world is
being deceived by the devil?
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Just about everybody.
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In fact, Jesus called the devil,
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the prince of this world.
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The Apostle Paul calls
him, the prince of this world,
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because most people in the world
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are not listening to
God and Jesus in His spirit.
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They're listening to the enemy.
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And it says that he
was cast out of heaven,
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the one who deceives him.
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"He was cast to the earth..."
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Now was the devil
cast out by himself?
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No, it says, "And His
angels were cast out with him."
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There were a lot of angels
that left heaven with Lucifer
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when he was cast out.
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Question number
two, who made the devil?
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And was he really a dragon?
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Did God make a dragon,
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a fire breathing
dragon to bother us all?
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No, he wasn't a dragon.
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It says, "You were
created the anointed cherub
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who covers, for
I established you."
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You know, the Bible tells us,
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you know, what a
covering cherub is?
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By the throne of God in heaven,
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it speaks of there
being two great angels.
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You can read about
this in the Book of Isaiah.
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Isaiah said, I saw the
Lord sitting on His throne
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and the seraphim on
the right and the left,
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each had six wings and they say,
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holy, holy,
these are the greatest,
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the highest of
the angels of God.
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And there was an angel
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that held one of these
great positions in heaven.
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And he was an
angel when God made him.
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Where did sin
start with? 1 John 3:8.
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It says, "The devil
sins from the beginning."
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But God did not make a devil.
Everything God makes is good.
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But he turned into a devil.
00:17:05.15\00:17:06.92
You can read it
again in Revelation 12:9,
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"That old serpent,
called the devil, and Satan."
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The word Satan means
the enemy, the adversary.
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And he's the one that starts
all the problems in the world.
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People say, if God is good...
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If God is good, why
is there so much evil?
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If God is good,
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why is there pain and suffering?
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Do you sometimes know
someone who was born sick?
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What did they do wrong?
00:17:35.75\00:17:37.09
They were born sick,
they didn't deserve it.
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If God is powerful,
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why doesn't God
destroy the devil?
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Is God more
powerful than the devil?
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Yes.
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Why doesn't He just destroy him?
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Why is there
suffering in the world?
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If God is love, if God
is good, if God is powerful,
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why does He allow the
devil to cause so many problems?
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This lesson today is
gonna help explain those things.
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Number two,
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what was Satan's
name before he sinned?
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And where was he
living at the time?
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Well, his name
wasn't Satan back then.
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God did not make a
creature called Satan.
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This is Isaiah 14:12-14.
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"How you are fallen from heaven.
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O..." What was his name?
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"Lucifer, son of the morning.
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For you said in your heart,
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I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God,
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I will be like the Most High."
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Lucifer wanted God's position.
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So, one of the first
and the most powerful
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of all of God's creatures
was this leader of His angels.
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See, God has an army,
they're called angels.
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They're ministering spirits.
How many angels are there?
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Well, let's think about it.
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You know, the Bible seems to say
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that there's a guardian
angel for each one of you.
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So if we've got 250
young people in here,
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there's 250 angels,
there's good angels.
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The Bible says God
has angels recording
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every idle word that you speak.
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God says He records.
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You know, you got cameras
everywhere, you're going out,
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they're recording everything.
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God's been
recording for a long time.
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So you might
have guardian angels,
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you might have recording angels.
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And there are how
many people in the world?
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7.8 billion so far.
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So that's at least
7.8 billion good angels.
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And God's got other
worlds that are unfallen.
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There are billions
and billions of angels
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and God knows every
one of them by name.
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The Bible says, God
knows every star by name,
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the God says...
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God knows, He's
numbered the hairs of your head.
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God numbered the
hairs of my head,
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but that's not so
important because I did too.
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Not that many.
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And so there are
millions and billions of angels.
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The highest of the
angels was a beautiful angel.
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You would have
loved him. He was good.
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Every good and
perfect gift comes from God.
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God made all of
His creatures good.
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And his name was Lucifer.
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Now, it was a good
name. It means light-bearer.
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But now it's not a good name.
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You might name your dog Lucifer.
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It's probably not a good
dog if you name him Lucifer.
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I don't know too many people.
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You know,
actually, I take that back.
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I was doing a meeting like this,
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I was in a
laundromat washing my clothes.
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And while I was
waiting for my clothes
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to dry watching them,
I saw there was a boy,
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he was playing with
a little matchbox car
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on the linoleum, on the floor.
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I said, "Hi, how
you doing?" "Fine."
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"What's your name?"
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Without even looking
up he said, "Lucifer."
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Little boy told me
his name was Lucifer.
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I said, "I guess your
folks don't go to church, huh?"
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No, I didn't say that.
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That's what I
was thinking though.
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But it was a good
name at one point,
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but Lucifer went bad and it
became associated with evil.
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Now, if I was to ask you...
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All right, just close
your eyes for a moment.
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Everybody, you can
close your eyes, trust me.
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Just close your eyes, all right.
00:21:00.99\00:21:02.82
Picture what the
devil looks like.
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When you close your eyes
and you think of the devil,
00:21:05.29\00:21:07.03
now, I'm not wanting you
to, you know, pray to the devil,
00:21:07.06\00:21:09.43
but if you were to
picture what he looks like,
00:21:09.46\00:21:11.90
what did you see?
00:21:11.93\00:21:13.27
First of all,
what color is he? Red.
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Red how many said red?
00:21:15.54\00:21:17.34
Does he have a beard? No.
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No, my devil, I
always pictured had a beard.
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What's on top
of his head? Horns.
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You see, he got horns.
00:21:27.35\00:21:28.68
What's he holding
in his hand? Pitchfork.
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Pitchfork, is that because
that the devil is a farmer
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and he's using it for hay.
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No, they say that the devil...
00:21:37.99\00:21:40.20
The devil, he's
in charge of hell,
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some people think he is
not, and they use the pitchfork
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to make sure people
get cooked evenly in hell,
00:21:45.50\00:21:48.00
but that's not true.
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So many people when
they think about the devil,
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you know what they see?
00:21:51.87\00:21:55.48
They think the devil
looks like a Halloween costume
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where you got this guy.
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He's wearing,
he's got a black cape
00:22:00.98\00:22:02.45
and he's got bat
wings and he's got a goatee.
00:22:02.48\00:22:06.49
And he's got horns
and he's got the pitchfork
00:22:06.52\00:22:08.46
and he's got goat feet,
and they got all these ugly,
00:22:08.49\00:22:11.59
terrible,
strange looking grotesque
00:22:11.63\00:22:14.66
pictures of the devil.
00:22:14.70\00:22:16.26
But what does the Bible
say Lucifer was really like?
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He was a beautiful angel.
All right, so question three.
00:22:20.90\00:22:25.47
How did Lucifer change?
00:22:25.51\00:22:27.84
It says in Ezekiel 28:15,
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"You were perfect in your ways
00:22:31.35\00:22:33.25
from the day
that you were created,
00:22:33.28\00:22:35.48
until iniquity
was found in you."
00:22:35.52\00:22:37.42
Did God make an ugly devil
00:22:37.45\00:22:38.95
or did He make
a beautiful devil?
00:22:38.99\00:22:41.29
He was a
perfect, beautiful devil.
00:22:41.32\00:22:44.73
But he began to
want God's position,
00:22:44.76\00:22:47.53
something changed in his heart.
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Now, listen to what happened?
00:22:48.93\00:22:50.70
Lucifer was so
beautiful, so powerful.
00:22:50.73\00:22:54.04
Bible says, he was
covered and adorned
00:22:54.07\00:22:56.10
with the most
majestic looking garments,
00:22:56.14\00:22:59.11
powerful,
intelligent, you look at him,
00:22:59.14\00:23:02.28
the light that
streamed out of him.
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He was the most
glorious of God's creatures.
00:23:03.85\00:23:06.48
But then he saw
all the other angels
00:23:06.51\00:23:07.95
worshiping God, the
Father and Jesus, the Son.
00:23:07.98\00:23:10.59
And he started thinking,
00:23:10.62\00:23:12.05
"How come they're
not worshiping me?"
00:23:12.09\00:23:14.32
And then he saw God, the Father,
00:23:14.36\00:23:15.92
the Son and the
Spirit creating things.
00:23:15.96\00:23:17.69
He thought, how
come I can't make life?
00:23:17.73\00:23:21.66
And he started
thinking, I should be God,
00:23:21.70\00:23:23.93
I should have more power.
00:23:23.97\00:23:26.23
And he'd look at
himself in the mirror
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and he'd think,
"I'm so beautiful,
00:23:28.14\00:23:29.80
people should worship me."
00:23:29.84\00:23:32.27
And Lucifer,
00:23:32.31\00:23:33.98
he began to encourage
selfishness in his heart.
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So he wanted
the position of God.
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You know, some
people are beautiful,
00:23:41.32\00:23:44.82
they're handsome.
00:23:44.85\00:23:46.19
But if they
think they're handsome,
00:23:46.22\00:23:47.56
and they think about it,
it kind of makes them proud.
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It's okay to be attractive.
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But you need to be
humble, the Bible says.
00:23:53.43\00:23:55.23
But Lucifer, he became proud
00:23:55.26\00:23:57.07
and he could
make beautiful music.
00:23:57.10\00:23:58.83
Lucifer understands music
and he could probably sing
00:23:58.87\00:24:01.04
five part
harmony all by himself.
00:24:01.07\00:24:03.14
He was a leader of
the heavenly choir.
00:24:03.17\00:24:05.31
And the devil still
knows how to use music today.
00:24:05.34\00:24:08.44
The Bible tells
us in Ezekiel 28,
00:24:08.48\00:24:10.51
"You corrupted your wisdom
for the sake of your splendor."
00:24:10.55\00:24:15.48
His beauty became corrupted.
00:24:15.52\00:24:18.45
Isaiah 14:13, "You
have said in your heart:
00:24:18.49\00:24:21.42
'I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God,
00:24:21.46\00:24:25.46
I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds,
00:24:25.49\00:24:28.86
I will be like the Most High.'
00:24:28.90\00:24:32.00
" Lucifer said,
"I want to be God."
00:24:32.03\00:24:34.87
Now was Lucifer, the
creator, or a creation?
00:24:34.90\00:24:40.41
He was a creation,
00:24:40.44\00:24:41.78
but he wanted to be the Creator.
00:24:41.81\00:24:43.14
And how can you
destroy your Creator?
00:24:43.18\00:24:45.95
It's kind of
crazy to think about it.
00:24:45.98\00:24:47.32
So here's the big question.
00:24:47.35\00:24:49.22
If God is good,
did God make a devil?
00:24:49.25\00:24:52.99
No.
00:24:53.02\00:24:54.66
God made a beautiful angel,
but some of you are thinking,
00:24:54.69\00:24:58.69
"Did God know that
00:24:58.73\00:25:00.06
Lucifer was going to
become selfish and proud?"
00:25:00.10\00:25:02.80
Yes.
00:25:02.83\00:25:04.33
Why did God still
make him if He knew?
00:25:04.37\00:25:08.57
Did God make a mistake?
00:25:08.60\00:25:10.37
No.
00:25:10.41\00:25:11.74
God doesn't make mistakes.
00:25:11.77\00:25:13.24
Why did God make Lucifer
00:25:13.27\00:25:14.61
if He knew that Lucifer
would become selfish and proud?
00:25:14.64\00:25:16.91
Was there a
defect at the factory
00:25:16.95\00:25:19.31
when Lucifer came
off the assembly line?
00:25:19.35\00:25:22.55
All right.
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Young man,
someone who hasn't yet...
00:27:00.15\00:27:01.48
You haven't been up
already. Have you been up yet?
00:27:01.52\00:27:03.62
All right, come on up now.
00:27:03.65\00:27:05.42
No, this gentleman right here.
00:27:05.45\00:27:07.49
Okay, you can both come up.
00:27:07.52\00:27:08.92
I'll tell you what, why
don't you both come up here.
00:27:08.96\00:27:10.29
What's your name?
00:27:10.33\00:27:12.43
You forget your name, huh?
00:27:12.46\00:27:14.40
Arlie. Arlie?
00:27:14.43\00:27:16.06
And your name? Levi.
00:27:16.10\00:27:17.47
Levi. That's a good name.
00:27:17.50\00:27:19.20
All right, look
in the treasure chest
00:27:19.23\00:27:20.60
and see if you can find a dog.
00:27:20.64\00:27:22.00
You can do that together.
00:27:25.21\00:27:26.54
All right, Levi, look
on the bottom of the dog.
00:27:26.57\00:27:28.38
Look on the bottom of dog.
Do you see an off/on switch?
00:27:28.41\00:27:31.88
Turn them, turn them on.
00:27:31.91\00:27:33.25
Okay, this is Gizmo.
00:27:36.18\00:27:37.69
Gizmo is called an
artificial intelligence dog.
00:27:41.89\00:27:46.36
Gizmo, sit.
00:27:46.39\00:27:47.93
Gizmo, rollover.
00:27:51.10\00:27:52.43
Gizmo, fetch.
00:28:02.28\00:28:05.88
You don't know
what that means, do you?
00:28:05.91\00:28:07.25
All right, Gizmo, get up.
00:28:12.45\00:28:13.79
Gizmo, you're free.
00:28:16.96\00:28:18.29
Do you want to go anywhere?
00:28:21.20\00:28:22.53
Gizmo, can you do anything else?
00:28:27.74\00:28:32.51
Gizmo, go to sleep.
00:28:32.54\00:28:33.88
Go to sleep.
00:28:41.42\00:28:42.75
That's not what I said.
00:28:48.29\00:28:49.62
Okay.
00:28:52.83\00:28:55.56
So, we're gonna...
00:28:55.60\00:28:56.93
You're not cooperating,
I'm turning you off.
00:28:56.97\00:28:59.37
Now, this looks
like a fun dog, huh?
00:28:59.40\00:29:03.71
No. Yeah.
00:29:03.74\00:29:07.68
This would be a fun dog
for about a half an hour.
00:29:07.71\00:29:12.31
But you would get tired of it
00:29:12.35\00:29:13.82
because he does the
same four or five tricks.
00:29:13.85\00:29:17.12
But what's more exciting,
this or what about a real dog?
00:29:17.15\00:29:22.59
All right, so I
wonder where we're gonna find
00:29:25.86\00:29:27.86
a real puppy dog.
00:29:27.90\00:29:29.50
Do we got a real...
00:29:29.53\00:29:30.87
Mrs. Batchelor
gonna bring out...
00:29:30.90\00:29:32.23
Oh, look, someone's coming
out of the captain's lodge.
00:29:32.27\00:29:37.34
So...
00:29:37.37\00:29:38.71
So here we've got
Gizmo, and here we've got...
00:29:43.11\00:29:46.75
Oreo. Oreo.
00:29:46.78\00:29:48.62
This is a little girl puppy,
00:29:48.65\00:29:50.49
and they're
both black and white.
00:29:50.52\00:29:53.02
And which one would be more fun?
00:29:53.05\00:29:55.86
Oreo.
00:29:55.89\00:29:59.19
Which one is gonna cause more...
00:29:59.23\00:30:02.53
Which one is gonna
cause more problems?
00:30:02.56\00:30:04.47
Oreo.
00:30:04.50\00:30:06.03
Which one's
gonna need more care?
00:30:06.07\00:30:07.94
Oreo.
00:30:07.97\00:30:09.30
Why would you want
Oreo rather than Gizmo?
00:30:09.34\00:30:13.74
Because he's a real dog.
00:30:13.78\00:30:17.38
I wonder what Oreo will do here.
00:30:17.41\00:30:20.75
Let's put Oreo down, who knows?
00:30:20.78\00:30:23.18
Gizmo, go to sleep.
00:30:26.22\00:30:28.39
Gizmo, dance.
00:30:28.42\00:30:29.76
We better hang on to Oreo,
00:30:34.40\00:30:35.73
we don't know what could happen.
00:30:35.76\00:30:37.70
Thank you.
00:30:37.73\00:30:39.60
Thank you very much, guys.
00:30:39.63\00:30:41.20
Now, let me tell you
why I showed you this.
00:30:41.24\00:30:43.24
Let me tell you
why I showed you this,
00:30:46.44\00:30:48.41
is, what's the
difference between
00:30:48.44\00:30:50.18
a robot puppy and a real puppy?
00:30:50.21\00:30:55.02
The robot...
00:30:55.05\00:30:57.72
Are you robots or are you free?
00:30:57.75\00:30:59.75
Free!
00:30:59.79\00:31:01.12
You make your own intelligent
decisions with your wills.
00:31:01.16\00:31:04.49
You know, even a
dog has some freedom
00:31:04.53\00:31:07.30
to make decisions.
00:31:07.33\00:31:08.80
Dogs can even have personality,
in one puppy litter,
00:31:08.83\00:31:12.43
all of them can be
different and act differently.
00:31:12.47\00:31:15.20
And you know that dog,
if he chooses to love you,
00:31:15.24\00:31:18.17
it's gonna be real.
00:31:18.21\00:31:19.54
He has real affection for you.
00:31:19.57\00:31:20.91
He'll want to come to
you. He want to be with you.
00:31:20.94\00:31:22.41
He'll want to
snuggle, he want to lick you.
00:31:22.44\00:31:24.71
It's real.
00:31:24.75\00:31:26.08
God wants to make His
creatures with real love.
00:31:26.11\00:31:28.85
Now, if God...
Does God make robots?
00:31:28.88\00:31:30.89
No. No.
00:31:30.92\00:31:33.92
God does not make robots.
00:31:33.96\00:31:35.62
God makes His creatures
real and He gives them freedom.
00:31:35.66\00:31:39.66
God could have
made Lucifer as a robot.
00:31:39.69\00:31:43.53
But would he have love?
00:31:43.57\00:31:46.23
Can a robot love? No.
00:31:46.27\00:31:50.21
Now when your
parents decided to have you?
00:31:50.24\00:31:53.48
Did your parents get a written
guarantee from the doctor
00:31:53.51\00:31:56.44
that you would always be
good, and obedient, and loving?
00:31:56.48\00:31:58.95
Have you sometimes been
disobedient and difficult?
00:32:02.02\00:32:08.29
Why did your
parents still have you?
00:32:08.32\00:32:12.49
Because they want to love you
and they want you to love them.
00:32:12.53\00:32:16.26
To have love, you must
choose, you must be free.
00:32:16.30\00:32:20.20
Are you getting the idea here?
00:32:20.24\00:32:22.07
God makes all of
His creatures free
00:32:22.10\00:32:23.97
and He knew that
one day some of them
00:32:24.01\00:32:26.34
would choose not to love Him.
00:32:26.37\00:32:27.71
So He made Lucifer even though
00:32:27.74\00:32:29.08
He knew Lucifer
was not gonna love Him.
00:32:29.11\00:32:31.58
God chose us
freedom, but we get to choose.
00:32:31.61\00:32:33.65
Right, next question.
00:32:33.68\00:32:35.02
Let's move back
to our lesson now.
00:32:35.05\00:32:36.38
How many angels joined Lucifer
in his rebellion against God?
00:32:36.42\00:32:39.52
So what happened is,
00:32:39.55\00:32:41.19
in heaven, Lucifer went
around, he told all the angels,
00:32:41.22\00:32:44.76
"You know, God, He
makes all these rules.
00:32:44.79\00:32:46.93
We don't need
His laws and rules.
00:32:46.96\00:32:48.76
We're smart enough to
take care of ourselves."
00:32:48.80\00:32:51.67
And so, the devil began to
get one third of the angels,
00:32:51.70\00:32:55.44
he wanted all of them.
00:32:55.47\00:32:56.97
One third of the
angels followed Satan
00:32:57.01\00:32:59.27
in his rebellion.
00:32:59.31\00:33:00.71
You can read in
Revelation 12:3, 4.
00:33:00.74\00:33:03.04
"Another sign
appeared in heaven,
00:33:03.08\00:33:05.61
a great red
dragon and his tail drew
00:33:05.65\00:33:08.38
a third of the stars of heaven."
00:33:08.42\00:33:10.25
Those angels in Revelation
are often called stars,
00:33:10.29\00:33:13.66
a third of His angels.
00:33:13.69\00:33:15.96
The Bible tells us that Satan
and his angels were cast out.
00:33:15.99\00:33:20.10
And they ended up breaking this,
00:33:20.13\00:33:22.13
the devil and his angels
all fighting against God,
00:33:22.16\00:33:25.50
and protesting against
God turned into rebellion.
00:33:25.53\00:33:29.77
So the next question is,
00:33:29.80\00:33:31.74
what was the result
of Lucifer's rebellion?
00:33:31.77\00:33:34.74
Finally, it broke out
into an all out war, where?
00:33:34.78\00:33:39.18
In heaven.
00:33:39.21\00:33:40.55
It's hard to
imagine a war in heaven.
00:33:40.58\00:33:42.32
What kind of instruments
00:33:42.35\00:33:43.85
and what kind of
weapons would they use?
00:33:43.89\00:33:45.75
There was war in heaven,
00:33:45.79\00:33:47.32
and Michael and his
angels fought against the dragon
00:33:47.36\00:33:50.63
and the dragon
fought and his angels.
00:33:50.66\00:33:54.00
The Bible says,
the devil was cast out
00:33:54.03\00:33:56.23
and drew one third of
those angels to earth with him.
00:33:56.26\00:33:59.80
So how did Satan trick
humans to join his rebellion?
00:33:59.83\00:34:05.54
See what happened was
00:34:05.57\00:34:06.91
once the devil was
cast out of heaven,
00:34:06.94\00:34:08.98
he had no home base.
00:34:09.01\00:34:11.01
The devil went
roaming through the universe
00:34:11.05\00:34:12.75
looking for other
creatures of God to follow him.
00:34:12.78\00:34:16.22
See, I think God not
only has life on this planet,
00:34:16.25\00:34:19.09
the universe is so infinite.
00:34:19.12\00:34:20.96
God probably has other unfallen,
00:34:20.99\00:34:23.09
perfect, intelligent
creatures in other worlds,
00:34:23.12\00:34:26.26
they may have lasted
for millions of years.
00:34:26.29\00:34:28.46
We can't see them
00:34:28.50\00:34:29.83
because we got a sickness
called sin on this planet.
00:34:29.86\00:34:31.80
So we're quarantined.
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.70
Just like when you're sick,
00:34:33.74\00:34:35.47
your parents don't want
you getting around someone else
00:34:35.50\00:34:37.01
so they catch your cold.
00:34:37.04\00:34:38.37
Our whole planet's
got a really bad disease.
00:34:38.41\00:34:40.98
So we can't communicate
with the other unfallen worlds
00:34:41.01\00:34:43.55
but the devil was
given an opportunity.
00:34:43.58\00:34:45.85
Just like God
gave the devil freedom
00:34:45.88\00:34:47.78
to talk to the other angels.
00:34:47.82\00:34:49.15
He said, "If they
want to follow you,
00:34:49.18\00:34:51.02
they can follow you.
00:34:51.05\00:34:52.39
I will not force
you to follow Me."
00:34:52.42\00:34:53.76
See, God will not
force you to follow Him.
00:34:53.79\00:34:56.69
You must choose to follow Him.
00:34:56.73\00:34:58.39
He gives you freedom.
00:34:58.43\00:35:00.20
So the devil went
to these other worlds,
00:35:00.23\00:35:01.66
and the devil...
00:35:01.70\00:35:03.03
God said to the devil,
00:35:03.06\00:35:04.40
"You can't
hassle them everywhere.
00:35:04.43\00:35:05.77
But I'll pick one
spot on the planet
00:35:05.80\00:35:07.30
where you could talk to them."
00:35:07.34\00:35:09.27
God told Adam and Eve now,
00:35:09.30\00:35:11.04
I've given you all these
trees to eat from in the garden.
00:35:11.07\00:35:14.14
But don't go near this tree
00:35:14.18\00:35:15.94
of the knowledge
of good and evil.
00:35:15.98\00:35:18.28
I don't want you to
experience the evil with good,
00:35:18.31\00:35:20.65
I only want you to have good.
00:35:20.68\00:35:22.75
He said in Genesis 2:17.
00:35:22.78\00:35:25.12
"God warned them of the tree
00:35:25.15\00:35:26.59
of the knowledge
of good and evil,
00:35:26.62\00:35:28.09
you shall not eat of it.
00:35:28.12\00:35:31.06
For in the day
that you eat of it,
00:35:31.09\00:35:32.93
you will surely die."
00:35:32.96\00:35:35.56
And then it introduces
an interesting character.
00:35:35.60\00:35:38.93
One day as Eve was
walking through the garden,
00:35:38.97\00:35:41.24
doing her pleasant
work and training the vines
00:35:41.27\00:35:43.51
and maybe gathering some fruit,
00:35:43.54\00:35:45.24
she saw the forbidden tree.
00:35:45.27\00:35:47.31
It was a beautiful
tree, and it had beautiful,
00:35:47.34\00:35:49.94
luscious looking fruit on it.
00:35:49.98\00:35:51.41
And she was looking at the tree
and the devil saw his chance.
00:35:51.45\00:35:54.65
So the devil possessed a serpent
00:35:54.68\00:35:58.62
and he spoke
through this serpent
00:35:58.65\00:36:00.22
which was a
beautiful creature at the time.
00:36:00.26\00:36:03.29
And it says, the
serpent was more cunning,
00:36:03.32\00:36:05.86
more beautiful than
any beasts of the field
00:36:05.89\00:36:08.23
which the Lord God had made.
00:36:08.26\00:36:10.87
And the serpent
said to the woman,
00:36:10.90\00:36:13.00
"Has God said, 'You
can't eat from the trees.'
00:36:13.03\00:36:14.80
" And she said, "No,
we can eat from the trees.
00:36:14.84\00:36:16.91
We're just not
supposed to eat from this tree
00:36:16.94\00:36:18.47
or even touch it, lest we die."
00:36:18.51\00:36:20.84
And the devil said, "He
lied, you will not surely die."
00:36:20.88\00:36:24.88
You know the first
question in the Bible.
00:36:24.91\00:36:27.52
The first question in the
Bible is asked by the devil,
00:36:27.55\00:36:30.85
he says, "Has God said..."
00:36:30.89\00:36:33.62
The devil is
questioning the Word of God.
00:36:33.66\00:36:35.62
The devil wants you
to doubt the Word of God.
00:36:35.66\00:36:38.43
And after Adam and Eve
began to doubt the Word of God,
00:36:38.46\00:36:40.76
all kinds of problems came in.
00:36:40.80\00:36:43.83
He said, "You
will not surely die."
00:36:43.87\00:36:45.20
So Adam and Eve have to...
00:36:45.23\00:36:46.70
They've got to make a decision.
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.17
The devil said,
you're not gonna die.
00:36:48.20\00:36:49.87
God said, you will die.
00:36:49.90\00:36:51.77
They have to decide
who are we gonna follow?
00:36:51.81\00:36:54.18
The Bible says
whoever you follow,
00:36:54.21\00:36:56.24
that's whose servant you become.
00:36:56.28\00:36:58.68
Are you gonna follow the serpent
00:36:58.71\00:37:00.52
or you gonna follow God?
00:37:00.55\00:37:02.08
I need a volunteer.
00:37:02.12\00:37:04.12
All right, let me
see, we get a girl.
00:37:04.15\00:37:07.36
On the end here.
00:37:07.39\00:37:08.76
Young lady, you
had your hand up.
00:37:08.79\00:37:10.13
Yeah. You're the one. All right.
00:37:10.16\00:37:11.49
I want you to look.
00:37:11.53\00:37:12.86
Are you afraid of snakes? No.
00:37:12.89\00:37:15.13
All right, you're gonna
find a little snake in there.
00:37:15.16\00:37:17.47
Go ahead and
grab, grab the snake.
00:37:17.50\00:37:20.10
Take your pick.
00:37:20.14\00:37:21.47
We can get another girl up here.
00:37:21.50\00:37:23.51
Or you can come up.
00:37:23.54\00:37:24.94
There's another snake in there.
00:37:24.97\00:37:26.57
You can go in
the treasure chest.
00:37:26.61\00:37:27.94
You know what kind of
snake you've got there?
00:37:33.05\00:37:35.62
You, you know what
kind of snake that is?
00:37:35.65\00:37:38.05
Shake it.
00:37:38.09\00:37:40.09
It's a rattlesnake.
00:37:40.12\00:37:41.46
It rattles. Now
I'm just teasing.
00:37:41.49\00:37:42.82
Okay. What's your name?
00:37:42.86\00:37:44.79
Lucia. Lucia.
00:37:44.83\00:37:46.93
Elena. Elena?
00:37:46.96\00:37:48.60
Yeah. All right.
00:37:48.63\00:37:50.17
Now, are some
people scared of snakes?
00:37:50.20\00:37:52.57
Yes. Why?
00:37:52.60\00:37:54.67
Because they are
venomous and they can kill...
00:37:54.70\00:37:56.91
Some snakes are
venomous and they can kill you.
00:37:56.94\00:37:59.67
Are some snakes beautiful? Yes.
00:37:59.71\00:38:02.08
Can snakes be hypnotic?
00:38:02.11\00:38:04.95
Yes, snakes,
sometimes they're weary,
00:38:04.98\00:38:07.92
they move and they slither
00:38:07.95\00:38:09.75
and they've got
beautiful designs.
00:38:09.78\00:38:11.25
They can camouflage themselves
so that you can't see them.
00:38:11.29\00:38:15.59
And they hide, and
they wait for something,
00:38:15.62\00:38:17.86
and they have
heat sinking in there.
00:38:17.89\00:38:19.89
They can smell when
there's something warm,
00:38:19.93\00:38:22.26
and they strike very suddenly.
00:38:22.30\00:38:25.33
Now I used to live
up in the mountains
00:38:25.37\00:38:26.70
where there was a lot of snakes,
00:38:26.74\00:38:28.07
and I used to watch
out for rattlesnakes.
00:38:28.10\00:38:29.44
Matter of fact, I
killed several rattlesnakes,
00:38:29.47\00:38:32.54
and before I knew better,
00:38:32.57\00:38:35.04
I ate one or two
rattlesnakes, too.
00:38:35.08\00:38:37.11
You don't want to do
that because there's no,
00:38:37.15\00:38:39.18
doesn't taste very good
and it's not worth it anyway.
00:38:39.21\00:38:42.35
But snakes are cold blooded.
00:38:42.38\00:38:45.65
Snakes don't care
about their babies,
00:38:45.69\00:38:47.12
typically,
they'll have their babies,
00:38:47.16\00:38:48.49
they crawl away
and they leave them.
00:38:48.52\00:38:50.46
The devil is cold blooded.
00:38:50.49\00:38:52.66
He uses camouflage.
00:38:52.69\00:38:54.46
He's hypnotic.
00:38:54.50\00:38:55.83
He does not care
about anybody but himself.
00:38:55.86\00:38:59.50
And the devil spoke
through this serpent.
00:38:59.53\00:39:02.54
And he used it
because from that point
00:39:02.57\00:39:04.34
in the Garden of Eden
all the way to Revelation
00:39:04.37\00:39:06.81
where it says the serpent.
00:39:06.84\00:39:08.44
The devil is a
symbol for the serpent.
00:39:08.48\00:39:10.31
You know, it says in the Bible,
you can put that snake down
00:39:10.35\00:39:12.38
on the ground
there for a second.
00:39:12.41\00:39:15.28
One of the first prophecies
in the Bible talks about
00:39:15.32\00:39:17.62
stepping on the
head of the serpent.
00:39:17.65\00:39:19.02
You want to step on
the head of the serpent?
00:39:19.05\00:39:21.09
Oh! No, he didn't say that.
00:39:21.12\00:39:24.43
And it says that's what
Jesus is gonna do to the devil.
00:39:24.46\00:39:28.36
But it says the
devil bit his heel...
00:39:28.40\00:39:31.50
Do you know?
00:39:31.53\00:39:32.87
I've got a friend,
he's stood on a snake's head
00:39:32.90\00:39:35.04
and he thought
that he could pick it up
00:39:35.07\00:39:36.97
and it was able to
spin around and bite him.
00:39:37.01\00:39:40.38
So even when you
think you've hurt them,
00:39:40.41\00:39:42.58
you got to be very careful
because they're tenacious.
00:39:42.61\00:39:45.45
I heard about a man,
00:39:45.48\00:39:46.82
he saw a poor
little snake on the road,
00:39:46.85\00:39:49.52
and it was winter
00:39:49.55\00:39:50.89
and it got
cold, it got too cold.
00:39:50.92\00:39:52.25
You know, snakes
are cold blooded,
00:39:52.29\00:39:53.62
they can't move
if it gets too cold.
00:39:53.66\00:39:54.99
And he saw that
snake could not move,
00:39:55.02\00:39:56.36
he was so cold.
00:39:56.39\00:39:57.73
He felt sorry for the snake.
00:39:57.76\00:39:59.49
So he picked up the snake
and he put it under his shirt
00:39:59.53\00:40:01.43
to warm it up.
00:40:01.46\00:40:03.33
And you know what it did?
00:40:03.37\00:40:05.00
It warmed up,
and then it bit him.
00:40:05.03\00:40:09.30
The devil will tell
you to do something wrong.
00:40:09.34\00:40:12.21
He'll try and get
you to feel sorry for him
00:40:12.24\00:40:13.58
and he'll bite you.
00:40:13.61\00:40:14.94
He does not care about you.
00:40:14.98\00:40:16.31
He'll tempt you to sin
and then he will turn you in
00:40:16.34\00:40:18.31
and accuse you before God.
00:40:18.35\00:40:19.91
All right, you get to keep that.
00:40:19.95\00:40:21.28
I don't know if that's
okay with your parents,
00:40:21.32\00:40:22.65
you can keep that one too.
00:40:22.68\00:40:24.02
Thank you very much.
00:40:24.05\00:40:25.59
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Well, let's get
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00:41:25.88\00:41:28.05
Why didn't Adam and Eve die
00:41:28.08\00:41:29.78
as soon as they ate
the forbidden fruit?
00:41:29.82\00:41:32.79
Well, they did die spiritually.
00:41:32.82\00:41:36.12
As soon as they sinned,
the robes of light went away,
00:41:36.16\00:41:38.96
they saw their
nakedness and they were scared.
00:41:38.99\00:41:43.63
And the Bible
says, a day with the Lord
00:41:43.67\00:41:45.17
is like 1000 years
and 1000 years like a day.
00:41:45.20\00:41:47.80
How long did Adam live?
00:41:47.84\00:41:49.17
Who knows?
00:41:49.20\00:41:51.31
930 years.
00:41:51.34\00:41:54.18
The man who lived the
longest, what was his name?
00:41:54.21\00:41:57.45
How long did he live?
00:41:57.48\00:41:59.85
969, very good.
00:41:59.88\00:42:03.18
Technically,
Methuselah wasn't the man
00:42:03.22\00:42:05.85
who's lived the
longest, Methuselah's father,
00:42:05.89\00:42:07.72
Enoch is still alive.
00:42:07.76\00:42:09.72
He is the longest living man,
00:42:09.76\00:42:11.49
the man who died after living
the longest was Methuselah.
00:42:11.53\00:42:15.36
So God said, "In the day
you eat thereof, you'll die."
00:42:15.40\00:42:17.83
No man lived 1000 years.
00:42:17.87\00:42:19.20
See, God made
man to live forever.
00:42:19.23\00:42:21.17
So when you die after 900 years,
00:42:21.20\00:42:22.77
you're dying in that
first millennial day,
00:42:22.80\00:42:24.91
but he began to die
spiritually that day.
00:42:24.94\00:42:27.18
But why are we not dead now?
00:42:27.21\00:42:29.28
If the penalty for sin is death
and if everybody has sinned?
00:42:29.31\00:42:33.82
Oh, the answer is on the screen.
00:42:33.85\00:42:36.32
Do you know this verse?
00:42:36.35\00:42:38.05
You want to say it with me?
00:42:38.09\00:42:39.95
"For God so loved the world
00:42:39.99\00:42:43.36
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:42:43.39\00:42:47.20
that whoever believes
in Him should not perish
00:42:47.23\00:42:52.00
but have everlasting life."
00:42:52.03\00:42:55.44
So you got two
choices, the devil brings death
00:42:55.47\00:42:58.74
and God sent His Son.
00:42:58.77\00:43:00.41
Jesus said, "I will take
the venom of the serpent."
00:43:00.44\00:43:03.75
You know, there's a
prophecy in the Bible.
00:43:03.78\00:43:08.28
And it says, "As
Moses lifted up the serpent
00:43:08.32\00:43:12.85
in the wilderness,
00:43:12.89\00:43:14.59
even so the Son of
man must be lifted up.
00:43:14.62\00:43:16.42
You know all of the
shepherds in the Bible,
00:43:16.46\00:43:19.46
they were worried about snakes
00:43:19.49\00:43:21.03
because snakes
would kill their sheep.
00:43:21.06\00:43:23.40
And so, when you
kill a serpent...
00:43:23.43\00:43:24.97
I've killed a lot of snakes.
00:43:25.00\00:43:26.33
I had a snake stick
when I lived in the cave,
00:43:26.37\00:43:28.47
and I'd whack it over the head
00:43:28.50\00:43:30.04
and then I'd pick
it up with a noose
00:43:30.07\00:43:31.41
on the end of the stick
00:43:31.44\00:43:32.77
because you
don't want to grab it.
00:43:32.81\00:43:34.14
You may think it's dead,
00:43:34.18\00:43:35.51
and even after
you've broken it up,
00:43:35.54\00:43:36.98
it'll spin around and bite
you, they're very tenacious.
00:43:37.01\00:43:39.58
So the shepherds
when they killed a snake,
00:43:39.61\00:43:41.22
they pick it up on a stick.
00:43:41.25\00:43:43.69
And all these people in Israel
had been bitten by serpents
00:43:43.72\00:43:46.52
and God said,
"Make a bronze serpent,
00:43:46.55\00:43:49.26
put it up on a pole.
00:43:49.29\00:43:51.23
And whoever looks at that,
00:43:51.26\00:43:52.79
it'll represent
a defeated serpent.
00:43:52.83\00:43:55.26
He will live."
00:43:55.30\00:43:56.63
When Jesus died on the cross,
00:43:56.67\00:43:58.73
the blood of
Christ is the anti-venom
00:43:58.77\00:44:01.84
for the bite of the serpent.
00:44:01.87\00:44:03.71
You can be healed from
the deadly disease of sin
00:44:03.74\00:44:07.14
by realizing Jesus destroyed
the power of the serpent
00:44:07.18\00:44:10.28
there on the cross.
00:44:10.31\00:44:11.85
And the serpent was
crushed because of Christ.
00:44:11.88\00:44:15.92
But the devil, even
after a serpent's wounded,
00:44:15.95\00:44:18.55
can it still bite?
00:44:18.59\00:44:20.46
Even though he's defeated,
00:44:20.49\00:44:21.82
you don't want
to play with snakes,
00:44:21.86\00:44:23.73
because it can be dangerous.
00:44:23.76\00:44:26.26
The Bible says,
"Be sober, be vigilant,
00:44:26.29\00:44:29.50
because your
adversary the devil,
00:44:29.53\00:44:31.90
is going around not
only like a serpent,
00:44:31.93\00:44:33.70
but like" what?
00:44:33.74\00:44:35.24
"A roaring lion
seeking whom he might devour."
00:44:35.27\00:44:38.21
He's a man-eater, you might say.
00:44:38.24\00:44:40.74
Devil is going around
looking for someone to destroy.
00:44:40.78\00:44:44.38
And the Lord said to Satan,
"Where did you come from?"
00:44:44.41\00:44:48.08
And he said, "I have come from
going to and fro on the earth
00:44:48.12\00:44:51.92
and walking up and down in it."
00:44:51.95\00:44:54.09
Satan is always looking
for ways to hurt people.
00:44:54.12\00:44:56.39
Now why does the
devil want to hurt humans?
00:44:56.42\00:45:00.30
The devil doesn't
really care about you.
00:45:00.33\00:45:02.43
The devil used to
be just under God.
00:45:02.46\00:45:04.57
But the devil knows
that God so loves you.
00:45:04.60\00:45:09.07
And the way to hurt you
00:45:09.10\00:45:11.91
or to hurt God
is by hurting you.
00:45:11.94\00:45:13.81
If I was gonna
hurt your parents,
00:45:13.84\00:45:16.01
the best way to
hurt your parents
00:45:16.04\00:45:17.38
is by hurting you
because they love you.
00:45:17.41\00:45:20.02
When did it hurt
you to see someone else
00:45:20.05\00:45:21.85
in your family suffer.
00:45:21.88\00:45:23.92
The devil wants to hurt God
and so he hurts his children.
00:45:23.95\00:45:29.82
The devil is cold blooded.
00:45:29.86\00:45:31.99
"The dragon was
wroth with the woman,"
00:45:32.03\00:45:33.96
it says in Revelation 12:17,
00:45:34.00\00:45:36.43
"And he goes to make war
with the remnant of her seed
00:45:36.46\00:45:40.80
that keep the
commandments of God
00:45:40.84\00:45:42.74
and have the
testimony of Jesus."
00:45:42.77\00:45:44.57
That woman
represents God's church.
00:45:44.61\00:45:46.11
The dragon is trying to
destroy those who obey God,
00:45:46.14\00:45:49.81
who have the faith of Christ
00:45:49.84\00:45:51.38
and they obey the
commandments of God.
00:45:51.41\00:45:53.35
The devil hates
God's bride, God's church,
00:45:53.38\00:45:56.48
and you are
part of God's people.
00:45:56.52\00:45:58.75
Once you accept Jesus,
you become part of His church.
00:45:58.79\00:46:02.16
But do we need to
be afraid of the devil?
00:46:02.19\00:46:04.03
Well, you don't
want to pick up snakes,
00:46:04.06\00:46:05.39
but I'm not afraid of snakes.
00:46:05.43\00:46:08.23
It says, "Greater
is He that is in you
00:46:08.26\00:46:11.03
than he that is in the devil.
00:46:11.07\00:46:12.40
So you've probably
seen these cartoons before
00:46:12.43\00:46:14.70
where you've got,
someone is tempted.
00:46:14.74\00:46:17.01
And they got a little
good angel on the right side
00:46:17.04\00:46:19.11
and he's saying, "Don't do it.
00:46:19.14\00:46:20.91
This is bad."
00:46:20.94\00:46:22.28
Then you got a little
evil angel on the other side.
00:46:22.31\00:46:24.38
"Ah, do it. It'll
be fun, who cares?"
00:46:24.41\00:46:26.85
And it's like you got
this battle going on inside
00:46:26.88\00:46:29.02
between these two forces?
00:46:29.05\00:46:30.89
Well, that's sort of real,
00:46:30.92\00:46:32.42
we get tempted
sometimes to do things
00:46:32.45\00:46:34.49
and we hear a
voice to our conscience.
00:46:34.52\00:46:36.32
Holy Spirit says,
"No, don't do that."
00:46:36.36\00:46:37.96
And the devil
says, "Nobody will know."
00:46:37.99\00:46:40.90
And you get to make
decisions every day what to do?
00:46:40.93\00:46:43.53
Can you do the right
thing if you ask God for help?
00:46:43.57\00:46:47.00
As soon as you're tempted,
00:46:47.04\00:46:48.37
you pray and then He will
send His angels to help you.
00:46:48.40\00:46:53.94
You know when sailors go to sea,
00:46:53.98\00:46:56.81
they often have one of these.
00:46:56.85\00:46:58.28
You know what this is?
00:46:58.31\00:47:00.15
You know why?
00:47:00.18\00:47:01.52
'Cause if sailors have to
jump off the ship in the night
00:47:01.55\00:47:03.92
and they need to find each other
00:47:03.95\00:47:05.42
and they're in a lifeboat,
00:47:05.45\00:47:06.92
they send out a distress signal.
00:47:06.96\00:47:11.43
And they use these
loud whistles on boats.
00:47:11.46\00:47:13.86
So, you whistle
and it sends help,
00:47:13.90\00:47:17.03
you know on all
the airplanes you fly,
00:47:17.07\00:47:18.97
there's a life jacket.
00:47:19.00\00:47:20.34
You know the life
jackets on the airplanes
00:47:20.37\00:47:21.70
you fly have a whistle.
00:47:21.74\00:47:23.07
So if the plane
goes down in the water,
00:47:23.10\00:47:24.44
people can whistle and
they can come together,
00:47:24.47\00:47:25.91
find each other in the dark.
00:47:25.94\00:47:28.98
What's our whistle?
00:47:29.01\00:47:30.98
Prayer.
00:47:31.01\00:47:32.48
Whenever we're in trouble,
00:47:32.51\00:47:34.22
what do we do
when we're tempted?
00:47:34.25\00:47:36.79
Pray, and God will
send help to you right away.
00:47:36.82\00:47:40.52
What will be
Satan's final punishment?
00:47:40.62\00:47:44.29
The devil who deceived them,
was cast into the lake of fire.
00:47:44.33\00:47:48.90
The devil wanted to be God
but he's going to lake of fire.
00:47:48.93\00:47:51.13
The Bible says
also in Matthew 25:41,
00:47:51.17\00:47:54.80
"Depart for me ye cursed,
00:47:54.84\00:47:56.77
into everlasting fire
prepared for the devil,
00:47:56.81\00:48:00.14
and" who?
00:48:00.18\00:48:02.04
"Satan's angels."
00:48:02.08\00:48:03.41
Now, does God wants you to be
destroyed in the fires of hell.
00:48:03.45\00:48:05.91
No.
00:48:05.95\00:48:07.28
Who are the fires
of hell prepared for?
00:48:07.32\00:48:09.95
For Satan's angels.
00:48:09.98\00:48:11.32
But if you choose to reject God,
00:48:11.35\00:48:15.52
God gives you the
freedom to say no to God.
00:48:15.56\00:48:17.69
You can choose to love God
00:48:17.73\00:48:19.36
or you can choose
to love yourself first.
00:48:19.39\00:48:21.50
You see, Satan is perfect evil.
00:48:21.53\00:48:26.40
Jesus is perfect good.
00:48:26.43\00:48:28.90
Satan is perfect selfishness.
00:48:28.94\00:48:31.34
Jesus is perfect love.
00:48:31.37\00:48:33.78
It's not that God
made evil, God is light.
00:48:33.81\00:48:38.11
What happens when
you take away the light?
00:48:38.15\00:48:39.75
What do you have? Darkness.
00:48:39.78\00:48:42.55
What happens when
you take away the warmth?
00:48:42.58\00:48:46.12
Cold. It's not
that God made a devil.
00:48:46.15\00:48:48.62
It's that when you
reject the light of God,
00:48:48.66\00:48:50.79
you end up in darkness.
00:48:50.83\00:48:52.16
When you reject
the warmth of God,
00:48:52.19\00:48:54.30
you end up in the cold.
00:48:54.33\00:48:55.70
When you reject the love of God,
00:48:55.73\00:48:57.80
you end up selfish and
you will self destruct.
00:48:57.83\00:49:01.64
God wants to save
you from the devil.
00:49:01.67\00:49:03.77
He wants to save you from sin.
00:49:03.81\00:49:05.74
All you have to do
is choose to invite Him
00:49:05.77\00:49:08.38
into your heart.
00:49:08.41\00:49:09.74
Otherwise, Satan
is gonna be destroyed.
00:49:09.78\00:49:11.41
You can read in Ezekiel 28,
00:49:11.45\00:49:13.01
those who follow
Him will be destroyed.
00:49:13.05\00:49:15.75
"I will bring you
to ashes upon the earth
00:49:15.78\00:49:17.95
in the sight of all
them that behold you."
00:49:17.99\00:49:20.59
Says, you will be a terror
and never will you be anymore.
00:49:20.62\00:49:24.63
But until Jesus comes,
until the devil is destroyed,
00:49:24.66\00:49:27.66
how can we be
protected from the devil?
00:49:27.70\00:49:31.03
Answer, "Put on," what?
00:49:31.07\00:49:34.10
"The whole armor of God
00:49:34.14\00:49:36.07
that you might be able
to stand against the wiles,"
00:49:36.10\00:49:38.37
the wiles mean the
tricks, "of the devil."
00:49:38.41\00:49:41.74
And then what else do we do?
00:49:41.78\00:49:43.55
It says, "The
sword of the spirit,
00:49:43.58\00:49:45.71
which is The word of God."
00:49:45.75\00:49:48.48
All right, I need a volunteer.
00:49:48.52\00:49:51.69
All right, well, we
picked a couple girls last time,
00:49:51.72\00:49:53.56
we'll pick a boy.
00:49:53.59\00:49:55.16
Let me see here.
00:49:55.19\00:49:57.33
Young man, right
there, yeah, yeah.
00:49:57.36\00:49:59.36
Well, yeah.
00:49:59.39\00:50:00.73
Let's bring both of you
here. Two with the glasses.
00:50:00.76\00:50:02.73
All right, come on
up here. You related.
00:50:02.76\00:50:05.30
What your name?
00:50:05.33\00:50:07.40
Joshua. Joshua and...
00:50:07.44\00:50:09.17
Benjamin. Good Bible names.
00:50:09.20\00:50:11.21
All right.
00:50:11.24\00:50:12.57
So how do we fight the devil?
00:50:12.61\00:50:14.88
All right,
Benjamin, this one's for you.
00:50:14.91\00:50:16.24
Oh, hang on to
that for a second.
00:50:16.28\00:50:17.61
Okay. Hang on.
00:50:17.65\00:50:18.98
I gotta go check back
here in the captain's deck.
00:50:19.01\00:50:20.65
Now this is Goliath sword.
00:50:27.62\00:50:30.56
That's quite a sword, huh?
00:50:30.59\00:50:31.93
Be careful. Don't
hit the stage with that.
00:50:31.96\00:50:33.53
That's sharp.
00:50:33.56\00:50:34.90
Now, I can't let
you take those home,
00:50:34.93\00:50:36.26
mom and dad may not allow it.
00:50:36.30\00:50:38.30
The Bible says,
that the Bible...
00:50:38.33\00:50:40.44
Your mom would allow?
00:50:40.47\00:50:43.00
The Bible says, "The
Word of God is quick,
00:50:43.04\00:50:44.61
and powerful, and sharper
than any two edged sword."
00:50:44.64\00:50:46.88
In Revelation, Jesus appears,
00:50:46.91\00:50:48.38
He's coming with a
sword in His mouth.
00:50:48.41\00:50:50.05
Does Jesus really
have a sword in His mouth?
00:50:50.08\00:50:52.18
It's a symbol for what?
00:50:52.21\00:50:53.68
The Word of God.
00:50:53.72\00:50:55.05
Why is the Bible
compared to a two edged sword?
00:50:55.08\00:50:58.05
Well, you know
the Bible is made up
00:50:58.09\00:50:59.59
and it's got the
law and the prophets,
00:50:59.62\00:51:02.96
the commandments of God
and the testimony of Jesus.
00:51:02.99\00:51:06.09
It's got the two witnesses.
00:51:06.13\00:51:08.16
When you're
tempted by the devil,
00:51:08.20\00:51:10.13
how do you fight the
temptations of the devil?
00:51:10.17\00:51:13.50
How did Jesus fight the
temptations of the devil?
00:51:13.54\00:51:16.87
He said, what did he
say? What's it on the screen?
00:51:16.91\00:51:19.14
"It is written."
00:51:19.17\00:51:20.51
All three times Jesus
turned to the Word of God,
00:51:20.54\00:51:23.41
you can resist the devil,
claim the promises of God.
00:51:23.45\00:51:27.52
You can claim the power of
God, when the devil tempts you,
00:51:27.55\00:51:29.72
if you hide God's
Word in your heart,
00:51:29.75\00:51:31.52
it becomes a
weapon to fight the enemy.
00:51:31.55\00:51:36.06
You feel a little
safer against the devil
00:51:36.09\00:51:37.79
if you had something like that.
00:51:37.83\00:51:39.16
So what do we do with
the sword when we're tempted?
00:51:41.86\00:51:46.87
There you go, chop off
the head of snake, okay.
00:51:46.90\00:51:49.74
I'll tell you what?
00:51:49.77\00:51:51.11
I'll let you hold those for me
when you go back to your seats.
00:51:51.14\00:51:53.41
You just got to
put them down though.
00:51:53.44\00:51:54.78
You can carry
those back to you seats,
00:51:54.81\00:51:56.14
but I can't let
you take them home.
00:51:56.18\00:51:57.51
There'd probably be some
liability issues on that.
00:51:57.55\00:52:01.88
All right, so how
do we fight the devil?
00:52:01.92\00:52:04.15
This was our
scripture we started with,
00:52:04.19\00:52:06.25
"Therefore submit to God.
00:52:06.29\00:52:08.39
Resist the devil" and
what will the devil do?
00:52:08.42\00:52:11.33
"He'll run from you."
00:52:11.36\00:52:12.69
And Jesus
resisted the devil, he ran.
00:52:12.73\00:52:14.86
"Draw near to God,
00:52:14.90\00:52:16.46
and He will draw near to you."
00:52:16.50\00:52:18.97
You know, I remember
hearing it number of years ago.
00:52:19.00\00:52:21.90
A boat was sailing off
00:52:21.94\00:52:25.04
the south eastern
shore of South Africa.
00:52:25.07\00:52:27.64
Now Pastor Ross,
he's from South Africa.
00:52:27.68\00:52:30.25
They've got a lot of sharks,
00:52:30.28\00:52:31.61
they got great
white sharks out there.
00:52:31.65\00:52:33.98
They actually take
people out and put them in cages
00:52:34.02\00:52:36.28
and let them feed the sharks.
00:52:36.32\00:52:38.55
And the boat, the motor died.
00:52:38.59\00:52:39.95
There's a whole family
00:52:39.99\00:52:41.32
and some
friends out in this boat
00:52:41.36\00:52:42.69
and they were
about 15 miles offshore
00:52:42.72\00:52:44.29
trying to fish them out.
00:52:44.33\00:52:45.69
The inboard motor died
and then they tried to get
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.43
the outboard
motor too, and it died,
00:52:47.46\00:52:49.66
and they were stuck and
their radio stopped working
00:52:49.70\00:52:52.03
and nobody knew where they were.
00:52:52.07\00:52:53.97
And then after about a day,
00:52:54.00\00:52:55.37
the weather changed and
the waves got really big
00:52:55.40\00:52:58.01
and the water
started coming into the boat.
00:52:58.04\00:52:59.81
The boat started leaking
00:52:59.84\00:53:01.18
because of
where the motor broke,
00:53:01.21\00:53:03.98
and eventually the
boat was swamped with water.
00:53:04.01\00:53:06.65
The boat was capsized.
00:53:06.68\00:53:10.02
And it looked like
everybody was gonna drown
00:53:10.05\00:53:12.12
because the water was cold
out in that part of the ocean.
00:53:12.15\00:53:15.79
After a day and
the night in the water,
00:53:15.82\00:53:18.09
one person drowned.
00:53:18.13\00:53:19.93
And there was a young
girl, her name was Yvonne.
00:53:19.96\00:53:21.66
She was 17 years old.
00:53:21.70\00:53:23.37
She said, "Our only hope
is for me to swim for help."
00:53:23.40\00:53:25.77
She was on a swimming team,
00:53:25.80\00:53:27.14
and she was a
really good swimmer.
00:53:27.17\00:53:29.80
They could tell from the sun
00:53:29.84\00:53:31.17
which way to go
towards the shore.
00:53:31.21\00:53:33.44
And she took off swimming.
00:53:33.48\00:53:35.58
And she swam and she swam
00:53:35.61\00:53:37.45
and she claimed the
promise in the Bible.
00:53:37.48\00:53:40.52
It was a promise.
00:53:40.55\00:53:41.95
It says when I pass through
the waters you will be with me.
00:53:41.98\00:53:46.42
And she was swimming
and then she saw sharks.
00:53:46.45\00:53:49.26
She knew that sharks were there.
00:53:49.29\00:53:50.63
There are a lot of
sharks in that water.
00:53:50.66\00:53:51.99
And they started to circle.
00:53:52.03\00:53:53.60
And she started praying.
00:53:53.63\00:53:55.03
She said, "Oh, Lord, when
you pass through the waters,
00:53:55.06\00:53:56.87
you'll be with me."
00:53:56.90\00:53:58.23
And then she saw
the sharks were...
00:53:58.27\00:53:59.60
more were gathering.
00:53:59.63\00:54:01.00
And she thought, and
she had swum now for hours.
00:54:01.04\00:54:05.21
And she saw, eventually
they're closing the circle
00:54:05.24\00:54:07.18
and she was praying,
"Lord, don't let me die slowly.
00:54:07.21\00:54:09.48
Don't let them bite
off an arm and then a leg,
00:54:09.51\00:54:11.71
help me die quickly."
00:54:11.75\00:54:13.18
But she kept swimming.
00:54:13.21\00:54:14.65
And she kept
claiming that promise
00:54:14.68\00:54:16.02
when I pass through the
waters, you will be with me.
00:54:16.05\00:54:19.12
And she saw one of
the sharks was coming in,
00:54:19.15\00:54:21.69
and it was gonna attack,
it was swimming very quickly.
00:54:21.72\00:54:24.09
And then out of nowhere, boom,
00:54:24.13\00:54:26.36
a dolphin came and
banged against the shark.
00:54:26.39\00:54:29.60
And another
shark started coming.
00:54:29.63\00:54:31.13
Another dolphin came and
banged against the shark.
00:54:31.17\00:54:33.84
And then Yvonne fainted.
00:54:33.87\00:54:36.40
The next thing she knew
there was a Coast Guard ship.
00:54:36.44\00:54:41.18
And they picked her
up and they came over
00:54:41.21\00:54:43.04
and they found
there were two dolphins
00:54:43.08\00:54:45.05
that were holding
her up out of the water
00:54:45.08\00:54:48.18
protecting her and
they were witnesses.
00:54:48.22\00:54:50.75
They saved her.
00:54:50.79\00:54:52.12
They found that
she had swam 15 miles.
00:54:52.15\00:54:55.29
By the time they picked
her up and they went back
00:54:55.32\00:54:56.99
and they rescued
the rest of the party.
00:54:57.03\00:54:58.96
How did she fight
against the devil?
00:54:58.99\00:55:02.10
She claimed the promises of God.
00:55:02.13\00:55:04.77
It doesn't mean
there won't be temptation.
00:55:04.80\00:55:06.47
It doesn't mean there
might not be some times of fear.
00:55:06.50\00:55:08.90
But when we're in
trouble, if we come to Jesus,
00:55:08.94\00:55:11.57
will He let the devil hurt us?
00:55:11.61\00:55:14.64
You might be tempted,
00:55:14.68\00:55:16.01
you might be
tested like Job was,
00:55:16.04\00:55:17.38
but if you put
your trust in the Lord,
00:55:17.41\00:55:19.21
He will save you now,
00:55:19.25\00:55:20.98
and He will save
you for eternity.
00:55:21.02\00:55:23.08
Now the devil is like a serpent.
00:55:23.12\00:55:25.22
Bible says he's like a scorpion,
00:55:25.25\00:55:27.22
says he's like a lion.
00:55:27.26\00:55:29.16
He's an evil.
00:55:29.19\00:55:30.89
He's bent on your destruction.
00:55:30.93\00:55:32.33
Your only safety
00:55:32.36\00:55:34.16
is to put your
life in God's hands
00:55:34.20\00:55:36.13
and Jesus will take care of you.
00:55:36.16\00:55:38.30
So here's my question for you.
00:55:38.33\00:55:40.54
You have an
opportunity right now.
00:55:40.57\00:55:42.97
Do you want to follow
Jesus and put on His armor
00:55:43.00\00:55:46.31
and be
protected from the dragon?
00:55:46.34\00:55:48.28
Are you willing to
accept Jesus' sacrifice
00:55:48.31\00:55:50.38
and His blood to save
you from the venom of sin
00:55:50.41\00:55:53.55
to wash away all of your sins?
00:55:53.58\00:55:55.82
Is that your desire?
00:55:55.85\00:55:57.62
And to guard you,
God will send His angels.
00:55:57.65\00:55:59.62
The angel of the
Lord encamps around
00:55:59.65\00:56:01.46
about those that serve him."
00:56:01.49\00:56:03.43
How many of you want
God's angels to watch over you,
00:56:03.46\00:56:05.76
protect you from the
devil and his angels?
00:56:05.79\00:56:07.46
Hi, friends, you know,
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00:57:02.55\00:57:03.89
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00:57:03.92\00:57:05.95
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