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Doug Batchelor : You know,
whenever I present this subject,
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I do it with much prayer because
the adversary, I can promise
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you, is not happy that were
exposing his tactics, but I know
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that there are people around the
world that are hedging in this
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entire event with prayer.
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Bible says, "The angel of the
Lord encamps round about those
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that serve Him and delivers
them," and the devil was mad at
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the Lord and he says,
"You set a hedge about Job."
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And we're praying that God will
just hedge in this whole series
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with this protection because
we're going to tell you what the
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devil's up to.
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He appears all the way from
Genesis to Revelation, and the
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battle between good and evil is
one of the central battles that
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you're going to find
in the books of prophecy.
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So, you need to understand
the enemy and what you're
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up against.
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I don't like to
focus on the devil.
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I don't spend an inordinate
amount of time talking about it,
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but Jesus talked about the
devil, so we must to understand
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his tactics.
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Paul said we do not want to
be ignorant of Satan's devices.
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Well, we always like to start
with an amazing fact, and you
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know, I don't think I ever did
mention that you might wonder
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what is "Amazing Facts"
and where did you come from?
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"Amazing Facts" has been
around now over 65 years.
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Started with a 15 minute
radio program that began with an
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amazing fact from science or
from history or from nature and
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then we would weave in spiritual
biblical truth and it just
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became very popular and
grew from radio to television to
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Bible school to mission training
and we've got mission training
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schools around the world and
broadcast and God just has been
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blessing, ministry has been
growing by faith for over 65
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years now.
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But we like amazing
facts and I love amazing facts.
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Well, we're going to start
with one about the octopus.
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Now Karen and I, we have
our scuba license and we like
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to dive.
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We were diving off of Egypt
a couple of years ago and the
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octopus is an amazing creature.
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It's among the most flexible
and versatile and clever, very
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intelligent, they say it's
intelligence level is on the
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same level as a dog.
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When it comes to disguise,
an octopus is the ultimate
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chameleon thanks to
special cells in its skin.
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It's not only able to change
the color in just the flash of a
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moment, but it can change the
texture of its skin, so it can
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suddenly look like a rock on
the sea floor or appear like the
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coral where it's hiding.
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There's an
octopus in that picture.
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That octopus that you're looking
at, if he wants, he can turn
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purple or red, and he can
look--they can change and look
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like a crab walking, they can
look like a fish swimming, they
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can even make themselves
look like a sea snake.
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They're so clever they will find
an empty clamshell, they'll get
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inside the clamshell, they'll
open and close the clamshell and
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stick one little tentacle out
like a worm to lure fish over
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and then they pounce.
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They have a famous way--if
people put them in aquariums of
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escaping from the aquariums.
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They're incredible.
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And if they're being pursued
by a predator, they'll let out a
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blast of ink and then jet off in
another direction, leaving their
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predator totally
bewildered and confused.
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No, I have nothing against
octopus, but it makes me think
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about the devil who
is a master deceiver.
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And through history, the devil
has also inspired and possessed
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individuals that have deceived.
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Jesus said, "In the last days
there will be false Christ."
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Jesus came into the world
to show us what God is like.
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It's called the
incarnation, God became a man.
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Before the second coming,
the devil is going to come and
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impersonate Christ and
deceive much of the world.
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We need to know how to spot
him and recognize his devices.
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Another little fact of history,
some of you may have heard of
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Grigori Rasputin.
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You know, for years the Russian
family, Tzar Alexander and for
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generations back they ruled
Russia with the imperial family
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and there was this peasant born
in Siberia, very clever, and he
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became something of
a mystic quasi-priest.
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He went to Saint Petersburg and
he sort of wormed his way into
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the upper echelons, a
very clever manipulating man,
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very charismatic.
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He finally said that he believed
he could heal Tzar Alexander's
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son Alexei, that
was a hemophiliac.
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And they brought him into the
palace, and it seemed like his
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advice when
followed was helping the boy.
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He eventually wormed his way
into the royal court and began
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to manipulate the family,
especially the Tzar's wife.
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Some accused him of having
a--an affair, but that was
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never proven.
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And started
encouraging military decisions.
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And the advice was just awful.
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And finally the imperial
family disintegrated, communism
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took over.
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They were assassinated
and so was Rasputin.
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Historians look back and
say--they call him the mad monk.
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Because of the evil influence of
this mad monk, the whole kingdom
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was lost.
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And the devil is a
master manipulator.
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Now, before we go to our lesson,
we like to go out and just talk
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to people on the streets and ask
if there's a good God, then why
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is there so much evil in
the world and a couple of
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other questions.
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So, let's take a listen to
what our people on the street
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have to say.
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female: I believe that there's
evil in the world because so
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many people are looking to fill
the hole in their heart with
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things that are not sustainable,
like how Jesus Christ
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is sustainable.
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male: Maybe it has to
do with your upbringing?
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female: Well, because people are
not looking for God, they don't
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have God in their lives.
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male: It's
human nature, I guess.
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female: Oh,
that's a trick question.
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Yes.
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female: Ah, probably not
in the traditional sense.
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Probably not how most
people believe in the devil.
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I think there's a balance
of bad and good in the world.
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male: No.
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male: And maybe the presence of
Satan is a kind of way to like
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guide people away from him,
but I think, you know, maybe he
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needs him.
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female: To know the difference
between the good thing and the
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bad thing and--.
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male: You know, I've had that
same thought myself, along with
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other thoughts,
but yeah, I don't know.
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I don't know.
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male: Wow, that's
a very good question.
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I don't know.
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I think it's far more, you know,
I don't know if I can answer
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that question, you know?
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male: They can duke it out three
or four rounds, probably, I
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don't know.
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I honestly don't
have an answer to that.
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Doug: Well, there you have it.
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One thing is perfectly clear
is that people are not perfectly
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clear on whether or not there
is a devil, and if there is a
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devil, why would God make a
devil and if God's more powerful
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than the devil, is God evil in
allowing the devil to do evil?
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How many of you have thought
these things or wondered or
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heard these questions before?
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You just think about it.
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If God is love, if God is good,
if God is all powerful, then why
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is there so much
suffering and evil in the world?
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This is one of the most
important questions that we need
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to understand and if you pay
attention and study the lesson
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tonight, you're going to
have the most important answers.
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Why is there evil in the world
today if God is good and He is a
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loving God?
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Well, to get the answer to that,
we need to go to the questions.
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We're going to go to the Bible,
and these lessons, of course,
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we're on lesson number 3
tonight, talking about this arch
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villain, and we're going to
begin with question number one.
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The Bible says God
did not make a devil.
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Every good and
perfect gift comes from God.
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According to
James, God is good, good.
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Jesus said, "God is good."
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In the beginning, when He made
the world, said it was good, and
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He saw that it was good, and it
was good, and it was very good.
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The word God comes from, it's
derived from the word good, the
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goodness of God.
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And why would a good
God make a bad devil?
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He didn't.
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He made a good angel.
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You can read about this
in a few principal passages.
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If you look in your Bible in
Isaiah chapter 14, "How are you
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fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning!"
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When you say the
word Luce, it means light.
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Some of you have heard
of lucite or luminescence.
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It's talking about light.
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He was a glorious
morning star, a bright angel.
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God made a beautiful angel.
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The most powerful of his created
intelligent beings was this
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mighty general, this
angel that we know as Lucifer.
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If you had known him back
then, you would have liked him.
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The other angels loved him.
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Some people like
him the way he is today.
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But God didn't
make anything evil.
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You know, I think
it's probably a good idea.
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I always like to start by
turning to the book itself.
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If you have your Bibles or
on your phones, you at home,
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hopefully you have
Bibles at your fingertips.
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Turn to Isaiah chapter 14.
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The principal passages where
you're going to find information
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about the devil that goes back
in time is Isaiah 14, Ezekiel
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28, Revelation chapter 12, and
a few other places, but we're
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going to go to Isaiah 14.
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We'll start with verse 12, "How
you are fallen from heaven, O
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Lucifer," see Jesus said,
"I saw Satan cast from heaven."
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"How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
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How you are cut down to
the ground, You who weakened
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the nations!
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For you have said in your heart:
'I will ascend into heaven, I
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will exalt my throne above the
stars of God; I will also sit on
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the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides
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of the north--'"
that means the heights.
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"I will ascend above the heights
of the clouds, I will be like
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the Most High."
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He wanted God's position.
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Yet God says, "You will be
brought down to Sheol, To the
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lowest depths of the Pit."
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He wanted to exalt himself
higher and higher and higher,
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and if you have your Bibles, you
may just turn quickly to Ezekiel
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28, and we'll start reading here
in verse 14 and then we'll get
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to the lessons here.
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It says, "You were the anointed
cherub," how many of you
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remember, you've probably seen
images even in the movies, what
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they call the
ark of the covenant?
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It's this golden box that had
the ten commandments on the top.
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They called it the mercy seat,
and the shekhinah glory of God
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would appear to Moses and the
high priest between these two
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golden cherub angels.
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Now they were golden angels,
and heaven God has real angels.
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You read in Isaiah chapter 6,
it says, "In the year that King
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Isaiah died, I saw the
Lord high and lifted up.
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The train of His robe filled the
temple, and on the right and on
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the left there
are these cherubim.
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And they're saying the Seraphim
and they're saying, 'Holy, holy,
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holy is the Lord of God."'
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The Lord Almighty is flanked
by these two mighty beings.
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Lucifer held the
highest position.
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Ezekiel's reminding us of that.
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"You were the anointed cherub
who covers;" one of the covering
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angels, "I established you;
You were on the holy mountain of
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God; You walk back and forth in
the midst of the fiery stones.
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You were
perfect," you were what?
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"You were perfect in all
your ways from the day you were
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created," he wasn't born.
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Angels aren't born.
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Jesus said they don't
marry or given in marriage.
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They're created, "Until
iniquity was found in you."
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Now we'll go to some other
passages a little later on, but
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I just wanted that as
a background for where
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we're going.
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All right, going back
to our question number one,
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second part.
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Lucifer was his name.
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Second part, Isaiah
14:13 and 14, "For you said in
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your," what?
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"Said in your heart, 'I
will be like the Most High.'"
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He wanted God's position.
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The devil became jealous that he
did not have the same power of
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Christ to create and he
wanted to take that from Him.
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It says, "Your heart was lifted
up because of your," what?
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"Your beauty; you corrupted
your wisdom for the sake of
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your splendor."
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Here it depicts this
beautiful splendid being.
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Now, we've been
here three nights.
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I hope you trust me.
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Would you trust
me for just a moment?
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I want you to just imagine
something, but you're going to
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have to close your
eyes to imagine this.
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So, for just--I promise
I won't do anything to you.
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No hypnosis, just trust me.
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Close your eyes for just a
moment and I want you to picture
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what do you see when
you think of the devil?
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What do people usually see
when they think of the devil?
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How many of you will
make you saw something red?
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Fess up, all right.
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How many saw a pitchfork?
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That ostensibly is so he
can keep people evenly cooked in
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Hades, right?
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How many saw a creature
with a goatee in your minds?
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Bat wings, anybody?
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Red circus leotards?
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You know, I grew a goatee a
few years ago back when my hair
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before it turned gray.
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And somebody said, "Doug,
you can't do what you do with
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a goatee."
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He said, "You
look like the devil."
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I said, "What makes you
think he's got a goatee?
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Where in the Bible does
it say he's got a goatee?"
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They said, "I don't
know, but you look like a
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sinister minister.
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You need to get rid of that."
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And Karen tells me to shave
it off, but isn't, you know, you
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talk about red devil paint
or other people say devil's
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food cake.
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And if you look at these modern
concepts of the devil, this is
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what people think.
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If they think of some ghoulish
creature that is, you know, like
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a goblin and hideous looking and
scary, but what does he really
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look like
according to the Bible?
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You know, the Bible tells us
that in 2 Corinthians chapter
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"11, Do not be surprised, for
Satan himself can be transformed
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into an angel of lights."
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The devil wants you to think
that he's this medieval ghoulish
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creature, but in reality,
he can impersonate Christ.
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And he often comes as a
creature of light and a creature
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of glory.
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So, the devil, the Bible
says, he was a beautiful, he
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was splendid.
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He just assumed that he--you
think of him in terms of this
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terrifying ugly creature.
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In reality, in the last days,
he's going to appear as people's
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modern concept of Jesus around
the world performing miracles,
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quoting some of the Scripture,
and much of the world is going
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to be deceived.
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Revelation chapter 12 says,
"Who deceiveth the whole world?"
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If he looked like that guy in
red leotards with the pitchfork
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and the horns,
would he deceive anybody?
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Who's going to listen to that?
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So, did God make a
devil when He created Lucifer?
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No, Bible says, "You were
perfect in your ways from the
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day you were created, until
iniquity was found in you."
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Now, I want you to think
about something for a minute.
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I think everybody here will
agree with me that we want love.
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I don't know about you.
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I mean, I don't want to sound
too self-centered, but if I had
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a choice, I prefer to be liked,
as opposed to being unliked.
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You ask any girl when
she's courting, she wants to
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be wanted.
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How many will admit that?
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Some of you didn't
raise your hand, you're lying.
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You want to be
wanted and that's a sin.
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You want to be wanted.
Boys want to be wanted.
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Everyone wants to be wanted.
God wants us to want Him, right?
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We all want love.
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Why didn't God make
Lucifer where there was no
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bad transistors?
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Obviously, does
God know everything?
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Did God know that someday
Lucifer was going to go bad?
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If He knows everything,
yeah, then why did He make him?
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See, some people
start blaming God.
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Now let me explain how
this--once you get this, light's
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going to go on.
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Can you make somebody love?
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AI can do anything.
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I've discovered recently,
I'm probably the last one who's
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discovered it, they got
this program now called Chat GTP
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where you just give it a few
cues and it'll write a letter
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for you.
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So, I would like a love letter.
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And so, I turn on my Chat
GTP and I say, "Please compose a
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love letter for me talking
about Doug, how intelligent and
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beautiful and handsome
and irresistible he is."
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Wait for it.
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Okay, you ready?
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"Dear Doug, I hope
this letter finds you well.
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I wanted to take a moment to
express just how much you mean
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to me and how deeply I
appreciate everything about you.
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First and foremost, your beauty
is something that never ceases
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to amaze me.
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Whether," I didn't write this
honest, Chat GTP, "whether it is
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the sparkle in your eyes or the
warmth of your smile," Karen,
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you ought to use this next time.
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"Or the way you carry yourself
with such grace and confidence,"
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and it's true too, yeah.
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"And you are
truly a sight to behold.
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Your presence lights up
any room, and I feel incredibly
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lucky to be able to
witness your beauty every day.
00:19:23.63\00:19:27.56
Beyond your physical appearance
and your wisdom is something I
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deeply admire.
00:19:30.73\00:19:32.03
You have a way of seeing the
world that is both insightful
00:19:32.07\00:19:33.74
and inspiring.
00:19:33.77\00:19:35.57
Your advice has guided me
through many of tough times, and
00:19:35.60\00:19:39.51
your perspective always helps
me see things in a new light.
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I am constantly learning from
you and I am grateful for the
00:19:43.28\00:19:47.08
wisdom you share so generously.
00:19:47.12\00:19:50.72
Your sense of humor is
another quality I cherish.
00:19:50.75\00:19:54.49
You have an incredible ability
to make me laugh even during the
00:19:54.52\00:19:58.06
darkest days.
00:19:58.09\00:19:59.93
Your jokes and your playful
banter and your infectious
00:19:59.96\00:20:02.66
laughter bring me so much joy.
00:20:02.70\00:20:05.53
I love how we can share moments
of silliness and fun, making
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every day a little brighter.
00:20:09.17\00:20:11.24
And then there's
your physical strength.
00:20:11.27\00:20:14.08
Whether it's helping out
with heavy lifting or tackling
00:20:14.11\00:20:17.81
challenges or simply being there
to offer strong and comforting
00:20:17.85\00:20:21.28
embrace, your strength is
something I deeply appreciate.
00:20:21.32\00:20:24.42
It's not just about you,
the physical aspect plus all the
00:20:24.45\00:20:27.42
strength of your character and
the way you stand by me through
00:20:27.46\00:20:30.69
thick and thin.
00:20:30.73\00:20:32.29
Doug, you are an
extraordinary person.
00:20:32.33\00:20:35.53
I'm so grateful to
have you in my life.
00:20:35.56\00:20:38.10
Your beauty, wisdom, humor, and
strength make you truly one of
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a kind.
00:20:41.77\00:20:43.24
Thank you for being you and
for sharing your wonderful self
00:20:43.27\00:20:47.58
with me."
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After reading that, I think I'm
going to leave Karen and run off
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with my phone.
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It's been good, dear, all these
years, but I've never had this
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kind of appreciation before.
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So, let me ask you.
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And while I find this
entertaining, do I think for a
00:21:07.46\00:21:11.47
moment that my
phone loves me like Karen?
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It is telling me what
it was programmed to say.
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That is not love.
00:21:20.08\00:21:21.71
God cannot pre-program his
intelligent creatures to love.
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He gives them freedom.
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The greatest proof he gives
that freedom is the evil in the
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world today.
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And that's why He
doesn't just destroy the devil.
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He wants our love.
00:21:36.16\00:21:38.29
Now He knows whether or
not we're going to love Him.
00:21:38.33\00:21:41.30
He knows because he knows
everything, but you still have
00:21:41.33\00:21:43.80
freedom to choose.
00:21:43.83\00:21:46.20
And God values real love so much
that He even took the risk to
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make a creature that would
process in his own mind that he
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chose to love himself more than
God and that's what's caused all
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the problem in the universe,
is the devil's self love.
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You see, God created his
creatures for love to go out.
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What's the great commandment?
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Love the Lord, love your
neighbor, and lastly, as you
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love yourself.
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The devil, the
compass needle broke.
00:22:14.03\00:22:15.96
It's love yourself first.
00:22:16.00\00:22:19.43
And all of us have got
a broken compass needle.
00:22:19.47\00:22:22.14
We're all, without salvation
and the Holy Spirit, we're
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selfish creatures.
00:22:25.01\00:22:27.11
And Jesus came, He was
motivated by the love of God.
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It was a love to give, a love
that went out, and He wants to
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give us that love.
00:22:34.98\00:22:36.48
Lucifer, you
notice what he wanted?
00:22:36.52\00:22:37.82
He wanted God's position.
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You find the word pride, you
find the word Lucifer, you find
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the word sin, and at the
middle of all those words,
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what do you find?
00:22:46.13\00:22:47.40
The letter I: I, I, I.
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The devil had I problems.
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"I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne.
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I will sit--." I.
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You know, they say
people that are struggling with
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insanity use the words I, me,
my, mine and myself five times
00:23:00.11\00:23:05.25
more than sane people.
00:23:05.28\00:23:08.32
Selfishness is a form
of insanity, and you will
00:23:08.35\00:23:12.19
self destruct.
00:23:12.22\00:23:13.52
God did not make us
to live unto ourselves.
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He made us to learn to love and
to give and to think of others.
00:23:16.76\00:23:21.10
It is more blessed that
Jesus said to give than receive.
00:23:21.13\00:23:23.47
The devil's
whole wiring is broken.
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And when Adam and Eve chose to
listen to the devil instead of
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God, we ended up
with the same problem.
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Question number three.
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What finally
happened to Lucifer?
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Well, as he began to resent that
he was not God, that he did not
00:23:37.01\00:23:39.88
have the power that God had,
he began to sow seeds of discord
00:23:39.91\00:23:44.25
among the other
angels in heaven.
00:23:44.29\00:23:46.65
And he started saying,
"You know, God doesn't give
00:23:46.69\00:23:49.42
us freedom.
00:23:49.46\00:23:50.79
We don't need
God's laws to guide us.
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.89
We are intelligent creatures.
00:23:52.93\00:23:54.66
We don't need to rule one God.
00:23:54.73\00:23:56.87
I'm just as powerful as God.
00:23:56.90\00:23:58.70
We could also worship me,"
and he was able, like the best
00:23:58.73\00:24:03.57
politician ever to persuade one
third of the angels to follow
00:24:03.61\00:24:07.58
him until finally, and God's
very patient, we don't know how
00:24:07.61\00:24:10.85
long this dispute transpired,
but eventually there was a war
00:24:10.88\00:24:16.02
that broke out in heaven.
00:24:16.05\00:24:18.25
And you read here in
Revelation 12:7, "And war broke
00:24:18.29\00:24:23.49
out," where?
00:24:23.53\00:24:25.13
You usually don't think of
heaven and war together, do you?
00:24:25.16\00:24:28.56
"Michael and his angels fought
with the dragon," and Michael is
00:24:28.60\00:24:31.97
a symbolic name, "and the
dragon," is a symbolic name,
00:24:32.00\00:24:36.60
"and his angels fought."
00:24:36.64\00:24:39.04
And the Bible says
ultimately they are cast out.
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Number four, what
powerful beings work under the
00:24:41.94\00:24:45.58
devil's command?
00:24:45.61\00:24:47.15
We just referenced that.
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If you read in Revelation 12:7,
"And war broke out in heaven:
00:24:48.62\00:24:54.09
Michael and his angels fought
with the dragon; and the dragon
00:24:54.12\00:24:57.43
and his angels fought, but they
did not prevail, nor was a place
00:24:57.46\00:25:03.00
found for them in
heaven any longer.
00:25:03.03\00:25:05.47
So that great dragon
was cast out," and who's the
00:25:05.50\00:25:08.77
great dragon?
00:25:08.80\00:25:10.11
"That serpent of old, called
the Devil and Satan," who's
00:25:10.14\00:25:14.01
the dragon?
00:25:14.04\00:25:15.34
Do we have to guess?
00:25:15.38\00:25:16.71
It's the devil, Satan,
"Who deceives the whole world."
00:25:16.75\00:25:20.85
Even Jesus said the devil
is the prince of this world.
00:25:20.88\00:25:24.72
"And his angels
were cast out with him."
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All right, so a lot of times
when people are saying, "Well,
00:25:28.32\00:25:30.36
there was a ghost that was
spooking me," it's not a ghost,
00:25:30.39\00:25:33.33
it's fallen angels.
00:25:33.36\00:25:35.26
Sometimes we call them goblins
and demons and evil spirits, and
00:25:35.30\00:25:38.67
the Bible talks about them in
the New and the Old Testament.
00:25:38.70\00:25:41.47
There's not only a
battle between Christ and Satan,
00:25:41.50\00:25:44.21
there's a battle between the
good angels and the bad angels.
00:25:44.24\00:25:47.81
And you probably all seen
cartoons and there's a certain
00:25:47.84\00:25:50.15
amount of truth to it, where
they got the good angel with the
00:25:50.18\00:25:52.25
halo on one wing and he's
saying, "Do what's right."
00:25:52.28\00:25:55.05
Then you got the bad angel on
the other side, he says, "No, do
00:25:55.08\00:25:57.65
what's bad."
00:25:57.69\00:25:59.15
And it's really our conscience.
00:25:59.19\00:26:01.39
It's the Holy Spirit
and the devil tempting.
00:26:01.42\00:26:04.76
So, it's a very real
battle we face every day.
00:26:04.79\00:26:07.30
Doug: You know, Jesus came into
our world for three reasons.
00:26:07.36\00:26:10.67
First of all, He came as our
example to live a life that we
00:26:10.70\00:26:14.14
might follow His steps.
00:26:14.17\00:26:15.80
He came to show us the Father.
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.74
He said, "If you've seen
Me, you've seen the Father."
00:26:17.77\00:26:20.74
And then He came
as our sacrifice.
00:26:20.78\00:26:23.04
He died on the cross as a
substitute for all our sins, but
00:26:23.08\00:26:26.85
we must come to Him, we repent
of our sins, we confess, He'll
00:26:26.88\00:26:30.72
receive us with loving arms.
00:26:30.75\00:26:32.42
Why don't you ask Him now?
00:26:32.45\00:26:33.99
Doug: Hi friends, I trust
you're being blessed by what
00:26:34.79\00:26:36.89
you're watching.
00:26:36.93\00:26:38.23
If you want to be doubly
blessed, then you're going to
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want to get the "Prophecy
Odyssey" study guides that go
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along with these presentations.
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.83
There's 15 study guides.
00:26:44.87\00:26:46.53
They're beautifully illustrated,
and they will greatly enhance
00:26:46.57\00:26:49.74
your Bible comprehension.
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So, if you'd like to get them,
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that you see on the screen.
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You will be glad you did.
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Doug: Friends, we learned a lot
in our study today, but there's
00:27:04.59\00:27:07.76
still more.
00:27:07.79\00:27:09.09
If you'd like to better
understand where Satan came
00:27:09.12\00:27:11.19
from, you're going to want
to get the "Amazing Facts" study
00:27:11.23\00:27:13.96
guide, "Did God Create a Devil?"
00:27:14.00\00:27:16.63
It's going to show you
everything you need to know
00:27:16.67\00:27:18.67
about Satan and what
it means for you today.
00:27:18.70\00:27:22.34
To get your copy, simply follow
the instructions you see there
00:27:22.37\00:27:25.57
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