male announcer: This presentation is brought to you 00:00:02.36\00:00:03.77 by the friends of the "Amazing Facts" Ministry. 00:00:03.90\00:00:06.67 male announcer: Coming to you from New York City at the 00:00:06.94\00:00:09.50 historic Manhattan Center with your host Doug Batchelor. 00:00:09.54\00:00:13.74 Join this exciting journey of discovery as we learn the truth 00:00:13.78\00:00:17.61 about Bible prophecy, explore the timeless wisdom of God's 00:00:17.65\00:00:21.92 Word, and see how it relates to our lives today. 00:00:21.95\00:00:25.75 Stay tuned your "Amazing Facts" adventure begins now. 00:00:25.79\00:00:30.79 Doug Batchelor : You know, whenever I present this subject, 00:00:31.23\00:00:32.76 I do it with much prayer because the adversary, I can promise 00:00:32.79\00:00:36.97 you, is not happy that were exposing his tactics, but I know 00:00:37.00\00:00:42.24 that there are people around the world that are hedging in this 00:00:42.27\00:00:46.04 entire event with prayer. 00:00:46.07\00:00:48.71 Bible says, "The angel of the Lord encamps round about those 00:00:48.74\00:00:51.98 that serve Him and delivers them," and the devil was mad at 00:00:52.01\00:00:56.15 the Lord and he says, "You set a hedge about Job." 00:00:56.18\00:00:59.55 And we're praying that God will just hedge in this whole series 00:00:59.59\00:01:01.96 with this protection because we're going to tell you what the 00:01:01.99\00:01:04.53 devil's up to. 00:01:04.56\00:01:06.19 He appears all the way from Genesis to Revelation, and the 00:01:06.23\00:01:10.80 battle between good and evil is one of the central battles that 00:01:10.83\00:01:14.00 you're going to find in the books of prophecy. 00:01:14.04\00:01:18.07 So, you need to understand the enemy and what you're 00:01:18.11\00:01:21.48 up against. 00:01:21.51\00:01:22.84 I don't like to focus on the devil. 00:01:22.88\00:01:24.65 I don't spend an inordinate amount of time talking about it, 00:01:24.68\00:01:28.78 but Jesus talked about the devil, so we must to understand 00:01:28.82\00:01:34.16 his tactics. 00:01:34.19\00:01:35.92 Paul said we do not want to be ignorant of Satan's devices. 00:01:35.96\00:01:40.93 Well, we always like to start with an amazing fact, and you 00:01:40.96\00:01:43.73 know, I don't think I ever did mention that you might wonder 00:01:43.77\00:01:47.14 what is "Amazing Facts" and where did you come from? 00:01:47.17\00:01:49.77 "Amazing Facts" has been around now over 65 years. 00:01:49.80\00:01:53.44 Started with a 15 minute radio program that began with an 00:01:53.48\00:01:57.28 amazing fact from science or from history or from nature and 00:01:57.31\00:02:02.75 then we would weave in spiritual biblical truth and it just 00:02:02.78\00:02:05.82 became very popular and grew from radio to television to 00:02:05.85\00:02:08.82 Bible school to mission training and we've got mission training 00:02:08.86\00:02:12.13 schools around the world and broadcast and God just has been 00:02:12.16\00:02:15.50 blessing, ministry has been growing by faith for over 65 00:02:15.53\00:02:20.20 years now. 00:02:20.24\00:02:21.54 But we like amazing facts and I love amazing facts. 00:02:21.57\00:02:25.51 Well, we're going to start with one about the octopus. 00:02:25.54\00:02:29.08 Now Karen and I, we have our scuba license and we like 00:02:29.11\00:02:31.55 to dive. 00:02:31.58\00:02:32.88 We were diving off of Egypt a couple of years ago and the 00:02:32.91\00:02:36.15 octopus is an amazing creature. 00:02:36.18\00:02:39.25 It's among the most flexible and versatile and clever, very 00:02:39.29\00:02:44.59 intelligent, they say it's intelligence level is on the 00:02:44.63\00:02:47.13 same level as a dog. 00:02:47.20\00:02:49.50 When it comes to disguise, an octopus is the ultimate 00:02:49.53\00:02:53.47 chameleon thanks to special cells in its skin. 00:02:53.50\00:02:57.17 It's not only able to change the color in just the flash of a 00:02:57.21\00:03:01.68 moment, but it can change the texture of its skin, so it can 00:03:01.71\00:03:06.21 suddenly look like a rock on the sea floor or appear like the 00:03:06.25\00:03:10.52 coral where it's hiding. 00:03:10.55\00:03:11.89 There's an octopus in that picture. 00:03:11.92\00:03:13.89 That octopus that you're looking at, if he wants, he can turn 00:03:13.92\00:03:16.09 purple or red, and he can look--they can change and look 00:03:16.12\00:03:19.13 like a crab walking, they can look like a fish swimming, they 00:03:19.16\00:03:22.33 can even make themselves look like a sea snake. 00:03:22.36\00:03:25.33 They're so clever they will find an empty clamshell, they'll get 00:03:25.37\00:03:28.57 inside the clamshell, they'll open and close the clamshell and 00:03:28.60\00:03:32.01 stick one little tentacle out like a worm to lure fish over 00:03:32.04\00:03:35.24 and then they pounce. 00:03:35.28\00:03:37.31 They have a famous way--if people put them in aquariums of 00:03:37.35\00:03:40.12 escaping from the aquariums. 00:03:40.15\00:03:42.62 They're incredible. 00:03:42.65\00:03:43.95 And if they're being pursued by a predator, they'll let out a 00:03:43.99\00:03:47.26 blast of ink and then jet off in another direction, leaving their 00:03:47.29\00:03:52.29 predator totally bewildered and confused. 00:03:52.33\00:03:55.60 No, I have nothing against octopus, but it makes me think 00:03:55.63\00:03:57.87 about the devil who is a master deceiver. 00:03:57.90\00:04:04.51 And through history, the devil has also inspired and possessed 00:04:04.54\00:04:10.71 individuals that have deceived. 00:04:10.75\00:04:13.31 Jesus said, "In the last days there will be false Christ." 00:04:13.35\00:04:16.65 Jesus came into the world to show us what God is like. 00:04:16.69\00:04:21.92 It's called the incarnation, God became a man. 00:04:21.96\00:04:24.63 Before the second coming, the devil is going to come and 00:04:24.66\00:04:28.43 impersonate Christ and deceive much of the world. 00:04:28.46\00:04:32.17 We need to know how to spot him and recognize his devices. 00:04:32.20\00:04:36.57 Another little fact of history, some of you may have heard of 00:04:36.60\00:04:39.61 Grigori Rasputin. 00:04:39.64\00:04:42.54 You know, for years the Russian family, Tzar Alexander and for 00:04:42.58\00:04:46.72 generations back they ruled Russia with the imperial family 00:04:46.75\00:04:50.45 and there was this peasant born in Siberia, very clever, and he 00:04:50.49\00:04:57.73 became something of a mystic quasi-priest. 00:04:57.76\00:05:01.16 He went to Saint Petersburg and he sort of wormed his way into 00:05:01.20\00:05:05.23 the upper echelons, a very clever manipulating man, 00:05:05.27\00:05:09.24 very charismatic. 00:05:09.27\00:05:11.07 He finally said that he believed he could heal Tzar Alexander's 00:05:11.11\00:05:15.88 son Alexei, that was a hemophiliac. 00:05:15.91\00:05:18.81 And they brought him into the palace, and it seemed like his 00:05:18.85\00:05:21.62 advice when followed was helping the boy. 00:05:21.65\00:05:24.92 He eventually wormed his way into the royal court and began 00:05:24.95\00:05:27.46 to manipulate the family, especially the Tzar's wife. 00:05:27.49\00:05:30.73 Some accused him of having a--an affair, but that was 00:05:30.76\00:05:33.19 never proven. 00:05:33.23\00:05:35.33 And started encouraging military decisions. 00:05:35.36\00:05:39.33 And the advice was just awful. 00:05:39.37\00:05:43.87 And finally the imperial family disintegrated, communism 00:05:43.91\00:05:47.18 took over. 00:05:47.21\00:05:48.54 They were assassinated and so was Rasputin. 00:05:48.58\00:05:50.51 Historians look back and say--they call him the mad monk. 00:05:50.55\00:05:55.98 Because of the evil influence of this mad monk, the whole kingdom 00:05:56.02\00:05:59.59 was lost. 00:05:59.62\00:06:01.89 And the devil is a master manipulator. 00:06:01.92\00:06:06.03 Now, before we go to our lesson, we like to go out and just talk 00:06:06.06\00:06:08.93 to people on the streets and ask if there's a good God, then why 00:06:08.96\00:06:13.07 is there so much evil in the world and a couple of 00:06:13.10\00:06:15.14 other questions. 00:06:15.17\00:06:16.50 So, let's take a listen to what our people on the street 00:06:16.54\00:06:18.37 have to say. 00:06:18.41\00:06:20.01 female: I believe that there's evil in the world because so 00:06:20.64\00:06:23.11 many people are looking to fill the hole in their heart with 00:06:23.14\00:06:26.45 things that are not sustainable, like how Jesus Christ 00:06:26.48\00:06:29.58 is sustainable. 00:06:29.62\00:06:31.22 male: Maybe it has to do with your upbringing? 00:06:31.25\00:06:32.89 female: Well, because people are not looking for God, they don't 00:06:32.92\00:06:37.19 have God in their lives. 00:06:37.23\00:06:39.23 male: It's human nature, I guess. 00:06:39.26\00:06:40.80 female: Oh, that's a trick question. 00:06:40.83\00:06:43.06 Yes. 00:06:43.10\00:06:44.90 female: Ah, probably not in the traditional sense. 00:06:44.93\00:06:47.70 Probably not how most people believe in the devil. 00:06:47.74\00:06:50.97 I think there's a balance of bad and good in the world. 00:06:51.01\00:06:55.94 male: No. 00:06:55.98\00:06:57.31 male: And maybe the presence of Satan is a kind of way to like 00:06:57.35\00:07:01.68 guide people away from him, but I think, you know, maybe he 00:07:01.72\00:07:06.42 needs him. 00:07:06.45\00:07:07.69 female: To know the difference between the good thing and the 00:07:07.72\00:07:09.96 bad thing and--. 00:07:09.99\00:07:11.59 male: You know, I've had that same thought myself, along with 00:07:11.63\00:07:14.40 other thoughts, but yeah, I don't know. 00:07:14.46\00:07:18.73 I don't know. 00:07:18.77\00:07:20.07 male: Wow, that's a very good question. 00:07:20.10\00:07:21.57 I don't know. 00:07:21.60\00:07:22.94 I think it's far more, you know, I don't know if I can answer 00:07:22.97\00:07:26.74 that question, you know? 00:07:26.78\00:07:28.71 male: They can duke it out three or four rounds, probably, I 00:07:28.74\00:07:31.35 don't know. 00:07:31.38\00:07:32.75 I honestly don't have an answer to that. 00:07:32.78\00:07:35.45 Doug: Well, there you have it. 00:07:35.48\00:07:37.15 One thing is perfectly clear is that people are not perfectly 00:07:37.19\00:07:39.82 clear on whether or not there is a devil, and if there is a 00:07:39.85\00:07:44.63 devil, why would God make a devil and if God's more powerful 00:07:44.66\00:07:47.40 than the devil, is God evil in allowing the devil to do evil? 00:07:47.40\00:07:51.23 How many of you have thought these things or wondered or 00:07:51.27\00:07:53.60 heard these questions before? 00:07:53.64\00:07:55.54 You just think about it. 00:07:55.57\00:07:57.04 If God is love, if God is good, if God is all powerful, then why 00:07:57.07\00:08:02.51 is there so much suffering and evil in the world? 00:08:02.54\00:08:06.15 This is one of the most important questions that we need 00:08:06.18\00:08:09.15 to understand and if you pay attention and study the lesson 00:08:09.18\00:08:12.89 tonight, you're going to have the most important answers. 00:08:12.92\00:08:16.39 Why is there evil in the world today if God is good and He is a 00:08:16.42\00:08:20.00 loving God? 00:08:20.03\00:08:21.23 Well, to get the answer to that, we need to go to the questions. 00:08:21.26\00:08:23.70 We're going to go to the Bible, and these lessons, of course, 00:08:23.73\00:08:26.47 we're on lesson number 3 tonight, talking about this arch 00:08:26.50\00:08:29.47 villain, and we're going to begin with question number one. 00:08:29.50\00:08:33.64 The Bible says God did not make a devil. 00:08:33.68\00:08:37.55 Every good and perfect gift comes from God. 00:08:37.58\00:08:39.71 According to James, God is good, good. 00:08:39.75\00:08:42.42 Jesus said, "God is good." 00:08:42.45\00:08:45.69 In the beginning, when He made the world, said it was good, and 00:08:45.72\00:08:49.46 He saw that it was good, and it was good, and it was very good. 00:08:49.49\00:08:54.10 The word God comes from, it's derived from the word good, the 00:08:54.10\00:08:59.03 goodness of God. 00:08:59.07\00:09:00.47 And why would a good God make a bad devil? 00:09:00.50\00:09:03.24 He didn't. 00:09:03.27\00:09:04.57 He made a good angel. 00:09:04.61\00:09:06.27 You can read about this in a few principal passages. 00:09:06.31\00:09:09.78 If you look in your Bible in Isaiah chapter 14, "How are you 00:09:09.81\00:09:14.08 fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" 00:09:14.12\00:09:19.29 When you say the word Luce, it means light. 00:09:19.32\00:09:21.72 Some of you have heard of lucite or luminescence. 00:09:21.76\00:09:24.89 It's talking about light. 00:09:24.93\00:09:26.49 He was a glorious morning star, a bright angel. 00:09:26.53\00:09:30.20 God made a beautiful angel. 00:09:30.23\00:09:32.10 The most powerful of his created intelligent beings was this 00:09:32.13\00:09:37.74 mighty general, this angel that we know as Lucifer. 00:09:37.77\00:09:42.74 If you had known him back then, you would have liked him. 00:09:42.78\00:09:45.01 The other angels loved him. 00:09:45.05\00:09:46.35 Some people like him the way he is today. 00:09:46.38\00:09:49.22 But God didn't make anything evil. 00:09:49.25\00:09:52.02 You know, I think it's probably a good idea. 00:09:52.05\00:09:53.69 I always like to start by turning to the book itself. 00:09:53.72\00:09:56.12 If you have your Bibles or on your phones, you at home, 00:09:56.16\00:09:59.06 hopefully you have Bibles at your fingertips. 00:09:59.09\00:10:01.13 Turn to Isaiah chapter 14. 00:10:01.16\00:10:04.77 The principal passages where you're going to find information 00:10:04.80\00:10:08.37 about the devil that goes back in time is Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 00:10:08.40\00:10:13.17 28, Revelation chapter 12, and a few other places, but we're 00:10:13.21\00:10:17.25 going to go to Isaiah 14. 00:10:17.28\00:10:18.61 We'll start with verse 12, "How you are fallen from heaven, O 00:10:18.65\00:10:24.25 Lucifer," see Jesus said, "I saw Satan cast from heaven." 00:10:24.29\00:10:28.89 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! 00:10:28.92\00:10:31.76 How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened 00:10:31.79\00:10:34.36 the nations! 00:10:34.40\00:10:37.50 For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I 00:10:37.53\00:10:42.17 will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on 00:10:42.20\00:10:46.74 the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides 00:10:46.78\00:10:49.34 of the north--'" that means the heights. 00:10:49.38\00:10:52.51 "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like 00:10:52.55\00:10:57.12 the Most High." 00:10:57.15\00:10:59.12 He wanted God's position. 00:10:59.15\00:11:01.06 Yet God says, "You will be brought down to Sheol, To the 00:11:01.09\00:11:05.33 lowest depths of the Pit." 00:11:05.36\00:11:08.46 He wanted to exalt himself higher and higher and higher, 00:11:08.50\00:11:11.97 and if you have your Bibles, you may just turn quickly to Ezekiel 00:11:12.00\00:11:14.57 28, and we'll start reading here in verse 14 and then we'll get 00:11:14.60\00:11:19.91 to the lessons here. 00:11:19.94\00:11:21.74 It says, "You were the anointed cherub," how many of you 00:11:21.78\00:11:25.48 remember, you've probably seen images even in the movies, what 00:11:25.51\00:11:28.78 they call the ark of the covenant? 00:11:28.82\00:11:31.19 It's this golden box that had the ten commandments on the top. 00:11:31.22\00:11:34.36 They called it the mercy seat, and the shekhinah glory of God 00:11:34.39\00:11:37.79 would appear to Moses and the high priest between these two 00:11:37.83\00:11:40.80 golden cherub angels. 00:11:40.83\00:11:43.47 Now they were golden angels, and heaven God has real angels. 00:11:43.50\00:11:48.17 You read in Isaiah chapter 6, it says, "In the year that King 00:11:48.20\00:11:51.51 Isaiah died, I saw the Lord high and lifted up. 00:11:51.54\00:11:55.91 The train of His robe filled the temple, and on the right and on 00:11:55.94\00:11:58.61 the left there are these cherubim. 00:11:58.65\00:12:01.45 And they're saying the Seraphim and they're saying, 'Holy, holy, 00:12:01.48\00:12:05.39 holy is the Lord of God."' 00:12:05.42\00:12:06.99 The Lord Almighty is flanked by these two mighty beings. 00:12:07.02\00:12:12.03 Lucifer held the highest position. 00:12:12.06\00:12:14.40 Ezekiel's reminding us of that. 00:12:14.46\00:12:17.00 "You were the anointed cherub who covers;" one of the covering 00:12:17.03\00:12:19.70 angels, "I established you; You were on the holy mountain of 00:12:19.73\00:12:23.91 God; You walk back and forth in the midst of the fiery stones. 00:12:23.94\00:12:28.58 You were perfect," you were what? 00:12:28.61\00:12:31.38 "You were perfect in all your ways from the day you were 00:12:31.41\00:12:35.25 created," he wasn't born. 00:12:35.28\00:12:36.58 Angels aren't born. 00:12:36.62\00:12:37.95 Jesus said they don't marry or given in marriage. 00:12:37.99\00:12:40.69 They're created, "Until iniquity was found in you." 00:12:40.72\00:12:45.99 Now we'll go to some other passages a little later on, but 00:12:46.03\00:12:49.10 I just wanted that as a background for where 00:12:49.13\00:12:51.73 we're going. 00:12:51.77\00:12:53.07 All right, going back to our question number one, 00:12:53.10\00:12:54.74 second part. 00:12:54.77\00:12:56.57 Lucifer was his name. 00:12:56.60\00:13:00.38 Second part, Isaiah 14:13 and 14, "For you said in 00:13:00.41\00:13:04.11 your," what? 00:13:04.15\00:13:05.88 "Said in your heart, 'I will be like the Most High.'" 00:13:05.91\00:13:09.52 He wanted God's position. 00:13:09.55\00:13:12.95 The devil became jealous that he did not have the same power of 00:13:12.99\00:13:16.69 Christ to create and he wanted to take that from Him. 00:13:16.73\00:13:21.53 It says, "Your heart was lifted up because of your," what? 00:13:21.56\00:13:26.13 "Your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of 00:13:26.17\00:13:30.41 your splendor." 00:13:30.44\00:13:32.57 Here it depicts this beautiful splendid being. 00:13:32.61\00:13:37.38 Now, we've been here three nights. 00:13:37.41\00:13:39.11 I hope you trust me. 00:13:39.15\00:13:41.48 Would you trust me for just a moment? 00:13:41.52\00:13:42.85 I want you to just imagine something, but you're going to 00:13:42.88\00:13:44.82 have to close your eyes to imagine this. 00:13:44.85\00:13:46.25 So, for just--I promise I won't do anything to you. 00:13:46.29\00:13:49.29 No hypnosis, just trust me. 00:13:49.32\00:13:51.23 Close your eyes for just a moment and I want you to picture 00:13:51.26\00:13:54.10 what do you see when you think of the devil? 00:13:54.10\00:13:57.00 What do people usually see when they think of the devil? 00:13:57.03\00:13:59.57 How many of you will make you saw something red? 00:13:59.60\00:14:02.34 Fess up, all right. 00:14:02.37\00:14:04.54 How many saw a pitchfork? 00:14:04.57\00:14:08.14 That ostensibly is so he can keep people evenly cooked in 00:14:08.18\00:14:10.88 Hades, right? 00:14:10.91\00:14:13.62 How many saw a creature with a goatee in your minds? 00:14:13.65\00:14:18.82 Bat wings, anybody? 00:14:18.85\00:14:21.32 Red circus leotards? 00:14:21.36\00:14:25.06 You know, I grew a goatee a few years ago back when my hair 00:14:25.09\00:14:27.93 before it turned gray. 00:14:27.96\00:14:30.07 And somebody said, "Doug, you can't do what you do with 00:14:30.10\00:14:33.23 a goatee." 00:14:33.27\00:14:34.60 He said, "You look like the devil." 00:14:34.64\00:14:38.07 I said, "What makes you think he's got a goatee? 00:14:38.11\00:14:41.74 Where in the Bible does it say he's got a goatee?" 00:14:41.78\00:14:45.25 They said, "I don't know, but you look like a 00:14:45.28\00:14:46.65 sinister minister. 00:14:46.68\00:14:48.02 You need to get rid of that." 00:14:48.05\00:14:50.75 And Karen tells me to shave it off, but isn't, you know, you 00:14:50.79\00:14:54.52 talk about red devil paint or other people say devil's 00:14:54.56\00:14:58.53 food cake. 00:14:58.56\00:14:59.86 And if you look at these modern concepts of the devil, this is 00:14:59.89\00:15:04.40 what people think. 00:15:04.43\00:15:05.73 If they think of some ghoulish creature that is, you know, like 00:15:05.77\00:15:08.67 a goblin and hideous looking and scary, but what does he really 00:15:08.70\00:15:15.51 look like according to the Bible? 00:15:15.54\00:15:18.11 You know, the Bible tells us that in 2 Corinthians chapter 00:15:18.15\00:15:22.62 "11, Do not be surprised, for Satan himself can be transformed 00:15:22.65\00:15:27.79 into an angel of lights." 00:15:27.82\00:15:31.63 The devil wants you to think that he's this medieval ghoulish 00:15:31.66\00:15:37.17 creature, but in reality, he can impersonate Christ. 00:15:37.20\00:15:42.20 And he often comes as a creature of light and a creature 00:15:42.24\00:15:45.37 of glory. 00:15:45.41\00:15:47.21 So, the devil, the Bible says, he was a beautiful, he 00:15:47.24\00:15:52.81 was splendid. 00:15:52.85\00:15:54.22 He just assumed that he--you think of him in terms of this 00:15:54.25\00:15:58.45 terrifying ugly creature. 00:15:58.49\00:16:00.66 In reality, in the last days, he's going to appear as people's 00:16:00.69\00:16:04.89 modern concept of Jesus around the world performing miracles, 00:16:04.93\00:16:08.86 quoting some of the Scripture, and much of the world is going 00:16:08.90\00:16:12.10 to be deceived. 00:16:12.13\00:16:13.47 Revelation chapter 12 says, "Who deceiveth the whole world?" 00:16:13.50\00:16:17.71 If he looked like that guy in red leotards with the pitchfork 00:16:17.74\00:16:20.98 and the horns, would he deceive anybody? 00:16:21.01\00:16:24.55 Who's going to listen to that? 00:16:24.58\00:16:26.38 So, did God make a devil when He created Lucifer? 00:16:26.41\00:16:30.42 No, Bible says, "You were perfect in your ways from the 00:16:30.45\00:16:35.76 day you were created, until iniquity was found in you." 00:16:35.79\00:16:41.13 Now, I want you to think about something for a minute. 00:16:41.16\00:16:45.33 I think everybody here will agree with me that we want love. 00:16:45.37\00:16:50.81 I don't know about you. 00:16:50.84\00:16:52.17 I mean, I don't want to sound too self-centered, but if I had 00:16:52.21\00:16:54.41 a choice, I prefer to be liked, as opposed to being unliked. 00:16:54.44\00:17:00.82 You ask any girl when she's courting, she wants to 00:17:00.85\00:17:05.52 be wanted. 00:17:05.55\00:17:06.89 How many will admit that? 00:17:06.92\00:17:09.79 Some of you didn't raise your hand, you're lying. 00:17:09.82\00:17:12.29 You want to be wanted and that's a sin. 00:17:12.33\00:17:15.86 You want to be wanted. Boys want to be wanted. 00:17:15.90\00:17:18.10 Everyone wants to be wanted. God wants us to want Him, right? 00:17:18.13\00:17:22.20 We all want love. 00:17:22.24\00:17:25.37 Why didn't God make Lucifer where there was no 00:17:25.41\00:17:28.21 bad transistors? 00:17:28.24\00:17:29.58 Obviously, does God know everything? 00:17:29.61\00:17:32.15 Did God know that someday Lucifer was going to go bad? 00:17:32.18\00:17:36.28 If He knows everything, yeah, then why did He make him? 00:17:36.32\00:17:40.62 See, some people start blaming God. 00:17:40.66\00:17:41.96 Now let me explain how this--once you get this, light's 00:17:41.99\00:17:44.79 going to go on. 00:17:44.83\00:17:47.00 Can you make somebody love? 00:17:47.03\00:17:51.10 AI can do anything. 00:17:51.13\00:17:54.37 I've discovered recently, I'm probably the last one who's 00:17:54.40\00:17:56.97 discovered it, they got this program now called Chat GTP 00:17:57.01\00:17:59.74 where you just give it a few cues and it'll write a letter 00:17:59.77\00:18:03.85 for you. 00:18:03.88\00:18:05.58 So, I would like a love letter. 00:18:05.61\00:18:09.72 And so, I turn on my Chat GTP and I say, "Please compose a 00:18:09.75\00:18:16.96 love letter for me talking about Doug, how intelligent and 00:18:16.99\00:18:23.87 beautiful and handsome and irresistible he is." 00:18:23.90\00:18:32.37 Wait for it. 00:18:32.41\00:18:36.85 Okay, you ready? 00:18:36.88\00:18:39.15 "Dear Doug, I hope this letter finds you well. 00:18:39.18\00:18:43.28 I wanted to take a moment to express just how much you mean 00:18:43.32\00:18:46.05 to me and how deeply I appreciate everything about you. 00:18:46.09\00:18:50.36 First and foremost, your beauty is something that never ceases 00:18:50.39\00:18:54.00 to amaze me. 00:18:54.00\00:18:57.07 Whether," I didn't write this honest, Chat GTP, "whether it is 00:18:57.10\00:19:00.67 the sparkle in your eyes or the warmth of your smile," Karen, 00:19:00.70\00:19:05.71 you ought to use this next time. 00:19:05.74\00:19:08.98 "Or the way you carry yourself with such grace and confidence," 00:19:09.01\00:19:14.75 and it's true too, yeah. 00:19:14.78\00:19:18.32 "And you are truly a sight to behold. 00:19:18.35\00:19:20.69 Your presence lights up any room, and I feel incredibly 00:19:20.72\00:19:23.59 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 00:19:27.60\00:19:30.70 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. 00:19:39.54\00:19:43.24 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 00:20:05.57\00:20:09.14 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 00:20:38.13\00:20:41.74 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." 00:20:47.61\00:20:49.58 After reading that, I think I'm going to leave Karen and run off 00:20:49.61\00:20:51.88 with my phone. 00:20:51.91\00:20:57.02 It's been good, dear, all these years, but I've never had this 00:20:57.05\00:21:01.09 kind of appreciation before. 00:21:01.12\00:21:05.36 So, let me ask you. 00:21:05.39\00:21:07.40 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? 00:21:11.50\00:21:15.37 It is telling me what it was programmed to say. 00:21:15.40\00:21:20.04 That is not love. 00:21:20.08\00:21:21.71 God cannot pre-program his intelligent creatures to love. 00:21:21.74\00:21:25.71 He gives them freedom. 00:21:25.75\00:21:27.05 The greatest proof he gives that freedom is the evil in the 00:21:27.08\00:21:30.02 world today. 00:21:30.05\00:21:32.05 And that's why He doesn't just destroy the devil. 00:21:32.09\00:21:36.12 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 00:21:46.23\00:21:52.07 make a creature that would process in his own mind that he 00:21:52.11\00:21:56.11 chose to love himself more than God and that's what's caused all 00:21:56.14\00:21:58.68 the problem in the universe, is the devil's self love. 00:21:58.71\00:22:02.52 You see, God created his creatures for love to go out. 00:22:02.55\00:22:07.42 What's the great commandment? 00:22:07.46\00:22:08.96 Love the Lord, love your neighbor, and lastly, as you 00:22:08.99\00:22:12.66 love yourself. 00:22:12.69\00:22:14.00 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 00:22:22.17\00:22:24.97 selfish creatures. 00:22:25.01\00:22:27.11 And Jesus came, He was motivated by the love of God. 00:22:27.14\00:22:31.05 It was a love to give, a love that went out, and He wants to 00:22:31.08\00:22:34.95 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. 00:22:37.85\00:22:39.95 You find the word pride, you find the word Lucifer, you find 00:22:39.99\00:22:43.53 the word sin, and at the middle of all those words, 00:22:43.56\00:22:46.09 what do you find? 00:22:46.13\00:22:47.40 The letter I: I, I, I. 00:22:47.46\00:22:50.10 The devil had I problems. 00:22:50.13\00:22:53.07 "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne. 00:22:53.10\00:22:55.74 I will sit--." I. 00:22:55.77\00:22:57.87 You know, they say people that are struggling with 00:22:57.91\00:23:00.08 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. 00:23:13.56\00:23:16.73 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. 00:23:23.50\00:23:27.10 And when Adam and Eve chose to listen to the devil instead of 00:23:27.14\00:23:29.70 God, we ended up with the same problem. 00:23:29.74\00:23:32.04 Question number three. 00:23:32.07\00:23:33.81 What finally happened to Lucifer? 00:23:33.84\00:23:36.98 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. 00:24:39.07\00:24:41.91 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. 00:24:47.18\00:24:48.58 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." 00:25:24.75\00:25:28.29 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 00:26:38.26\00:26:40.10 want to get the "Prophecy Odyssey" study guides that go 00:26:40.13\00:26:43.13 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. 00:26:49.77\00:26:51.47 So, if you'd like to get them, simply follow the instructions 00:26:51.51\00:26:53.94 that you see on the screen. 00:26:53.98\00:26:55.34 You will be glad you did. 00:26:55.38\00:26:57.01 ¤¤¤ 00:26:57.05\00:27:04.05 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 on the screen. 00:27:25.61\00:27:26.91 We'll send it to you absolutely free of charge. 00:27:26.94\00:27:29.21 You'll be glad you did. 00:27:29.24\00:27:30.65 ¤¤¤ 00:27:30.68\00:27:39.09 ¤¤¤ 00:27:39.12\00:27:47.76 ¤¤¤ 00:27:47.83\00:27:57.77 ¤¤¤ 00:27:57.81\00:28:04.71 Doug: What you've seen just now is only part one in 00:28:05.11\00:28:08.08 this presentation. 00:28:08.12\00:28:09.75 Make sure and join us for part two in our next broadcast for 00:28:09.78\00:28:13.49 some of the most important points on this topic and to 00:28:13.52\00:28:16.73 complete the corresponding study guides. 00:28:16.76\00:28:19.16 Until then, God bless. 00:28:19.19\00:28:20.96 male announcer: This presentation was brought to you 00:28:23.50\00:28:24.97 by the friends of the "Amazing Facts" Ministry. 00:28:25.00\00:28:27.70