>>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
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AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED.
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(MUSIC) >>WHEN GOD MADE ADAM AND
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EVE IN THE BEGINNING,
MAN HAD ANOTHER DIMENSION.
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THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT OUR
NATURES WHERE WE WERE PLUGGED IN
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- WE HAD RECEIVERS
THAT WERE ABLE TO PICK UP
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THAT SPIRITUAL WORLD.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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TELEVISION BROADCASTS.
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT
BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
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AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>WE SHARE TIME AND SPACE RIGHT
NOW WITH ANOTHER WHOLE WORLD
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THAT WE CANNOT SEE.
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IT'S INVISIBLE
- INVISIBLE TO US.
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IT WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY.
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TURN WITH ME IN YOUR BIBLES
TO THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS,
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CHAPTER 6.
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IF WE COULD JUST BELIEVE A
LITTLE MORE IN WHAT WE DON'T
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SEE, IT WOULD CHANGE THE LIVES
THAT WE LIVE THAT WE DO SEE
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RIGHT NOW.
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AND THE STORY BEGINS
IN 2 KINGS 6 IN VERSE 8.
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THE KING OF SYRIA WAS TRYING TO
FIND SOME WAY TO AMBUSH THE KING
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OF ISRAEL.
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THEY WERE ALWAYS AT WAR -
THEY'RE STILL AT WAR TODAY,
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REALLY.
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AND HE WOULD SET UP THESE
AMBUSHES WHERE HE THOUGHT THE
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KING OF ISRAEL MIGHT BE PASSING
THROUGH SOME VALLEY OR DOWN SOME
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ROAD WHERE HE WOULD NOT HAVE
HIS WHOLE ARMY AND THEY COULD
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SURPRISE HIM.
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THEY USED TO HAVE MARAUDING
RAIDERS THAT WOULD COME INTO THE
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LAND - BUT EVERY TIME THEIR
ARMY GOT READY TO DO A SURPRISE
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ATTACK, IT SEEMED LIKE THE
KING OF ISRAEL SOMEHOW FOUND OUT
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WHERE THEY WERE
AND EITHER LAUNCHED A
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COUNTER-ATTACK OR AVOIDED THEM.
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NOW THIS REALLY BEGAN TO BOTHER
THE KING OF SYRIA AND HE FINALLY
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FIGURED 'THE ONLY WAY THE
KING OF ISRAEL KNOWS WHATEVER MY
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PLANS ARE - I MUST HAVE A MOLE.
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I'VE GOT A SPY ON THE
INSIDE THAT'S TELLING HIM
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WHAT MY PLANS ARE.' AND
HE CALLED HIS WAR COUNCIL
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TOGETHER AND SAID,
'ALL RIGHT, 'FESS UP.
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WHICH OF YOU IS
FOR THE KING OF ISRAEL?
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WHO IS BETRAYING
MY SECRET PLANS?'
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AND ONE OF HIS ADVISERS SAID,
'IT'S NONE OF US, O KING, BUT
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ELISHA, THE MAN OF GOD, THE
PROPHET IN ISRAEL, HE TELLS THE
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KING OF ISRAEL WHAT YOU
SAY IN YOUR BEDCHAMBER.'
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OH, HE HAD HEARD ABOUT ELISHA
- HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THESE
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PROPHETS OF ISRAEL,
HOW POWERFUL THEY WERE.
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HE SAID, 'SO THEY
HAVE A SECRET WEAPON.
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WELL, WE NEED TO
CAPTURE THEIR SECRET WEAPON.
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FIND OUT WHERE ELISHA IS.'
AND THEY CAME BACK AND SAID,
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'WELL, WE FOUND HIM.
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HE'S IN A LITTLE TOWN -
IT'S NOT VERY WELL FORTIFIED
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- IT'S CALLED
DOTHAN.' DOTHAN MEANS WELLS.
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IT WAS A LITTLE TOWN
WITH A COUPLE OF LITTLE WELLS
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FOR SHEEP.
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YOU REMEMBER WHEN JOSEPH
WENT LOOKING FOR HIS BROTHERS,
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THEY HAD GONE TO DOTHAN -
THIS PASTURELAND, LOWLANDS,
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A COUPLE OF WELLS.
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AND HE SAID, 'ALL RIGHT,
WE'RE GOING TO SEND AN ARMY AND
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WE'RE GOING TO
SEIZE THEIR SECRET WEAPON.
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WON'T HARM HIM, BUT WE'RE GOING
TO ARREST HIM AND THEN WE'LL BE
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ABLE TO FREELY ATTACK THE KING
OF ISRAEL AND ELISHA WON'T BE
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TELLING HIM WHAT OUR PLANS ARE.
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EARLY THAT MORNING - IN
THE SAME WAY THAT ELISHA
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WAS AN APPRENTICE FOR
ELIJAH, ELISHA HAD A SERVANT
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THAT WAS SORT OF TRAINING AS
A SON OF THE PROPHET TO MAYBE
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FILL IN HIS MASTER'S FOOTSTEPS.
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HE GETS UP EARLY IN THE
MORNING, AS HE OFTEN DID.
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HE'D GO CATCH THE WATER FROM THE
WELL, WASH HIS FACE, GET SOME
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FOR THE HOUSEHOLD - AND THE
WALLS AROUND DOTHAN WERE PRETTY
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LOW, JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THE
CATTLE OUT - HE GOES AND HE GETS
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THE WATER, THE SUN IS
JUST BEGINNING TO COME UP AND
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HE SEES THE GLINT OF ARMOR AND
HE, MAYBE OFF IN THE DISTANCE
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HEARS THE SNORT OR STOMP
OF THESE HORSE HOOVES - AND HE
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LOOKS AROUND, HIS EYES GET
ADJUSTED, AND HE SEES ALL THE
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WAY AROUND THIS LITTLE CITY OF
DOTHAN IS A GREAT SYRIAN ARMY.
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THEY'RE DONE FOR.
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AND THIS IS WHERE
YOU FIND THE STORY HERE.
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VERSE 15, 2 KINGS
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 15.
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"AND WHEN THE SERVANT OF THE MAN
OF GOD AROSE EARLY AND WENT OUT,
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THERE WAS AN ARMY,
SURROUNDING THE CITY WITH
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HORSES AND CHARIOTS."
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- IT'S LIKE HAVING TANKS TODAY
- AND HE RUNS IN AND HE WAKES UP
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ELISHA AND HE
SAYS, "ALAS, MASTER!
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WHAT WILL WE DO?"
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AND ELISHA CAME OUT AND HE
RUBBED HIS EYES AND HE LOOKED
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AND HE SAW THE SYRIAN ARMY.
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WAS HE WORRIED? NO.
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HE HAD TRAINED UNDER ELIJAH.
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ELIJAH STOOD UP
TO KINGS AND ARMIES.
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HE WASN'T WORRIED.
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HE SAID, "DO NOT FEAR, FOR THOSE
WHO ARE WITH US ARE MORE THAN
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THOSE WHO ARE WITH THEM."
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HE SAID, BASICALLY,
YOU AND GOD ARE A MAJORITY.
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IT MAY NOT ALWAYS SEEM THAT WAY
OR FEEL THAT WAY - AND EVEN WHEN
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PETER TOOK OUT HIS SWORD TO
DEFEND JESUS AND THE MOB CAME TO
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ARREST HIM, JESUS SAID,
'PUT YOUR SWORD BACK PETER.
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DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I CAN
SAY THE WORD AND GOD WILL SEND
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TWELVE LEGIONS OF
ANGELS TO DELIVER ME?'
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AND SO, HE THEN PRAYS
AN INTERESTING PRAYER.
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HIS SERVANT DIDN'T SEEM
CONVINCED WHEN ELISHA SAID,
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'THOSE THAT BE WITH US ARE MORE
THAN THOSE THAT BE WITH THEM.'
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"ELISHA PRAYED, AND
SAID, 'LORD, I PRAY THEE, OPEN
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HIS EYES THAT HE MIGHT SEE.'
AND THE LORD OPENED THE EYES OF
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THE YOUNG MAN AND HE SAW.
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AND BEHOLD, THE MOUNTAIN WAS
FULL OF HORSES AND CHARIOTS AND
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FIRES ALL AROUND ELISHA."
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NOW, DOTHAN WAS
SURROUNDED BY HILLS AND YOU
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COULD SEE HILLS THAT ARE ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN AND
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HILLS THAT WERE ON
THEIR SIDE OF THE JORDAN.
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AND SO, WHEN HE SAID 'OPEN
HIS EYES' - HERE YOU'VE GOT THIS
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LITTLE SHEEP TOWN - IT
LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE PUEBLO
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- OF DOTHAN.
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AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SYRIAN
ARMY WITH THEIR HORSES AND
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CHARIOTS SURROUNDING IT,
BUT WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED,
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HE LIFTED UP HIS EYES ABOVE THE
SYRIAN ARMY, AND IN THE HILLS
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ALL AROUND THE CITY OF
DOTHAN HE SAW BLAZING BRIGHT
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CHARIOTS AND HORSES OF FIRE.
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THEY HAD BEEN THERE,
BUT THEY WERE INVISIBLE.
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HIS EYES NEEDED TO BE
OPENED TO SEE IT AND THAT
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ENCOURAGED HIS FAITH.
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AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU
READ THE REST OF THE STORY.
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WHEN THE SYRIANS FINALLY CLOSED
IN ON THE TOWN, ELISHA WALKS OUT
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TO MEET THEM AND HE SAID,
'THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
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FOR,' HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO
TAKE YOU WHERE YOU REALLY WANT
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TO GO. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO
HERE. I'LL SHOW YOU WHO YOU'RE
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REALLY LOOKING FOR.
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YOU DON'T WANT ME, YOU
WANT THE KING OF ISRAEL.'
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- I'M PARAPHRASING -
HE SAYS, 'FOLLOW ME.'
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AND ELISHA PRAYED, 'LORD, SMITE
THIS PEOPLE WITH BLINDNESS.'
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AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO THEIR PERCEPTIONS
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WHERE THEY GOT DISORIENTED
- THEY EITHER COULDN'T SEE OR
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DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE
AND ELISHA, HE TAKES HOLD OF THE
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LEADER - THE LEAD HORSE - AND HE
BEGINS TO MARCH OVER FROM DOTHAN
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TO SAMARIA, WHICH IS THE CAPITAL
OF THE NORTHERN EMPIRE AND
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THEY'VE GOT A FORTIFIED CITY
WITH A BIG COURTYARD AND ALL THE
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WAR TOWERS AROUND IT - AND
HE MARCHES THIS WHOLE ARMY AND
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- YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE
WHAT THAT MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE
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WHEN THE WATCHMEN CALLED
'THERE'S AN ARMY APPROACHING!'
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TO THE KING AND THEY LOCKED THE
DOORS AND THEY LOCKED THE CITY
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AND THEY LOCKED THE GATE.
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AND AS THEY GET - EVERYONE GETS
THEIR ARMOR AND THEY GET THEIR
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SWORDS AND THEY GET THEIR SPEARS
AND THEY'RE ALL READY FOR A
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SURPRISE BATTLE AND THE WATCHMAN
SAYS, 'NOW, UH, YOUR HIGHNESS,
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IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'VE GOT
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THEIR BOWS STRUNG.
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IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THEY'RE READY FOR BATTLE,
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IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
JUST WALKING DOWN THE ROAD.
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AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN
THAT'S ELISHA LEADING THEM.'
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AND ELISHA COMES TO THE GATE AND
HE SHOUTS UP, 'OPEN THE GATE!'
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OH, THEY LISTENED TO ELISHA.
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THEY OPENED THE GATE.
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HE LEADS THIS ARMY INTO THE
MIDST OF THE WALLS OF SAMARIA
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AND NOW ALL OF THE SOLDIERS
OF ISRAEL ARE ON THE WALLS ALL
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AROUND THEM AND THEY COCK THEIR
BOWS - HOWEVER YOU DO THAT - AND
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THEY'RE READY TO LAUNCH THEIR
SPEARS, AND THE KING OF ISRAEL
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SAYS, 'SHALL I SMITE THEM?
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SHALL I SMITE THEM?
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LET'S MOW 'EM DOWN.'
YOU KNOW WHAT ELISHA SAYS?
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'NO. YOU'VE CAPTURED THEM.
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WHY WOULD YOU KILL THEM?
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GIVE THEM
SOMETHING TO EAT AND DRINK.'
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- OH WAIT, NO AND THEN
HE PRAYS, 'OPEN THEIR EYES.'
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I FORGOT THAT PART.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE THE EXPRESSION
ON THE SOLDIERS' FACES WHEN ALL
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OF A SUDDEN THEY
BECOME ORIENTED AGAIN?
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THEIR EYES ARE OPENED AND
THEY REALIZE WHERE THEY ARE?
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AND THEY FIND OUT
THEY'RE NOW SURROUNDED.
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THE CONQUERORS BECAME
THE CONQUEREES AND THEY'RE
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SURROUNDED BY THEIR ENEMY.
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AND HE SAYS, 'GIVE THEM
SOMETHING TO EAT AND DRINK AND
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SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR MASTER.'
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS STORY ENDS
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BY SAYING THAT THE RAIDING
ARMIES OF THE SYRIANS "CAME NO
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MORE" - AND THIS IS VERSE
23, "INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL."
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THESE MARAUDING
BANDS, THEY SAID,
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'LOOK, THEY'VE GOT A SECRET
WEAPON WE CAN'T FIGHT AGAINST.'
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NOW, I SHARE THIS STORY WITH YOU
BECAUSE IT'S JUST A GREAT STORY
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TO ILLUSTRATE THE CENTRAL POINT
OF THIS MESSAGE, WHICH IS THAT
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WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THINGS
THAT YOU CANNOT SEE THAT ARE
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VERY REAL.
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GOD IS REAL - YOU CAN'T SEE HIM.
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WE'RE SURROUNDED BY ANGELS -
GOOD AND BAD - THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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AND IF YOUR EYES COULD BE OPENED
AND YOU COULD SEE THESE THINGS,
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IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER FOR
US TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
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BUT WE SOMETIMES
FORGET THAT THIS IS NOT IT.
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THERE IS A WHOLE SPIRITUAL WORLD
THAT WE CAN'T SEE AND MOST OF
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THE WORLD IS BLINDED TO THAT.
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2 CORINTHIANS 4, VERSES 3 AND 4.
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"BUT EVEN IF OUR GOSPEL IS
VEILED, IT'S VEILED TO THOSE WHO
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ARE PERISHING," - THE PERISHING
WORLD CANNOT SEE THE UNSEEN
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WORLD AROUND US - "WHOSE
MINDS THE GOD OF THIS AGE
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HAS BLINDED."
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THE DEVIL HAS BLINDED THE
EYES OF THE WORLD AROUND US.
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"WHO DO NOT BELIEVE, LEST THE
LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,
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WHO IS THE IMAGE OF
GOD, SHOULD SHINE UPON THEM."
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WHAT DOES THE
WORD INVISIBLE MEAN?
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IT MEANS NOT VISIBLE;
NOT PERCEPTIBLE TO THE EYE;
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WITHDRAWN FROM OR OUT OF
SIGHT; HIDDEN; NOT PERCEIVED OR
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DISCERNIBLE TO THE MIND;
NOT ORDINARILY FOUND IN A
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VISIBLE THING OR BEING;
AN UNSEEN OR SPIRITUAL WORLD.
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A.W. TOZER SAID, "THE ROOT OF
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE" - THIS IS A
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VERY IMPORTANT THOUGHT -
"THE ROOT OF THE CHRISTIAN
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LIFE LIES IN THE BELIEF IN
THE INVISIBLE. THE OBJECT OF THE
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CHRISTIAN'S FAITH
IS AN UNSEEN REALITY."
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I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU
ABOUT FAIRY TALES TODAY,
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I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT'S VERY REAL.
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YOU DON'T SEE
EVERYTHING THAT'S REAL.
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WE'RE SURROUNDED WITH
THINGS THAT ARE INVISIBLE
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THAT WE BELIEVE IN.
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WE'RE SURROUNDED
BY INVISIBLE FACTS.
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HOPEFULLY YOU'VE GOT IT TURNED
OFF, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A
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CELL PHONE?
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HOW IS IT THAT THOSE
SIGNALS SOMEHOW TRANSMIT
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THROUGH THE AIR AND WE
DON'T KNOW THEY'RE THERE?
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RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE COMPLETELY
SWIMMING IN CELL PHONE CALLS.
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THE SIGNALS ARE
FLOATING ALL AROUND YOU.
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DO YOU FEEL IT?
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID,
'NOW, YOU'VE GOT THAT CELL PHONE
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OR THAT EARPIECE
TOO CLOSE TO YOUR HEAD.
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YOU'RE GOING TO GET A TUMOR
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT
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RADIATION EMITTING.' I
MEAN THERE'S NOWHERE YOU CAN
00:11:40.90\00:11:43.30
GO IN A CITY RIGHT NOW
WHERE YOU'RE NOT SOMEHOW BEING
00:11:43.30\00:11:45.53
BOMBARDED BY CELL PHONE CALLS.
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BUT YOU CAN'T
HEAR THEM, CAN YOU?
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IT REQUIRES SPECIAL
EQUIPMENT TO RECEIVE THOSE CALLS
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ON THOSE FREQUENCIES.
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WHEN GOD MADE ADAM AND
EVE IN THE BEGINNING, MAN HAD
00:11:58.90\00:12:03.10
ANOTHER DIMENSION.
00:12:03.10\00:12:04.00
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT OUR
NATURES WHERE WE WERE PLUGGED IN
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- WE HAD RECEIVERS
THAT WERE ABLE TO PICK UP
00:12:06.63\00:12:09.63
THAT SPIRITUAL WORLD.
00:12:09.63\00:12:11.90
AND AFTER MAN SINNED AND THE
GLORIOUS ROBES SEEMED TO FADE
00:12:11.90\00:12:16.16
AND DISAPPEAR, MAN LOST - LIKE
SOME PEOPLE LOSE THEIR SENSE OF
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HEARING, SOME PEOPLE CAN LOSE
THEIR SENSE OF SIGHT - THE HUMAN
00:12:20.46\00:12:24.00
RACE HAS BECOME
HANDICAPPED IN THAT WE HAVE LOST
00:12:24.00\00:12:28.03
OUR SPIRITUAL SENSE.
00:12:28.03\00:12:30.73
BUT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN IT'S LESS REAL.
00:12:30.73\00:12:33.43
PAUL SAID, IN 1 TIMOTHY 1:17,
"NOW UNTO THE KING, IMMORTAL,
00:12:33.43\00:12:39.43
INVISIBLE, TO GOD WHO ALONE
IS WISE, BE HONOR AND GLORY
00:12:39.43\00:12:44.06
FOREVER AND EVER."
00:12:44.06\00:12:45.13
GOD IS INVISIBLE TO US, BUT
DOES THAT MEAN HE IS LESS REAL?
00:12:45.13\00:12:50.10
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE COOKED
SOME FOOD IN A MICROWAVE BEFORE?
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YOU PUT YOUR FOOD IN THERE, YOU
PRESS A BUTTON, IT MAKES A NOISE
00:12:53.46\00:12:57.16
- YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE OF THOSE
REVOLVING MICROWAVES - AND,
00:12:57.16\00:12:59.76
SOMEHOW, IT'S MAKING THIS SOUND
- YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S
00:12:59.76\00:13:04.43
HAPPENING, BUT SOMETHING'S GOING
THROUGH THE AIR, IN THAT LITTLE
00:13:04.43\00:13:07.60
BOX, THAT'S INVISIBLE TO YOU
AND ME - I THINK IT'S LIKE 2400
00:13:07.60\00:13:14.00
VIBRATIONS PER SECOND IS
HAPPENING IN THE MOLECULE - 2400
00:13:14.00\00:13:19.20
MILLION VIBRATIONS PER SECOND
- I MISSED THAT - IS HAPPENING
00:13:19.20\00:13:23.93
WITHIN THOSE MOLECULES, SO THAT,
INSTEAD OF IT TAKING YOU AN HOUR
00:13:23.93\00:13:27.93
TO BOIL A
POTATO, IN FOUR MINUTES
00:13:27.93\00:13:29.86
YOUR BAKED POTATO IS DONE.
00:13:29.86\00:13:32.16
IT'S INVISIBLE.
00:13:32.16\00:13:35.03
NOW, FOR THE LAST 6000 YEARS
OF EARTH'S HISTORY, PEOPLE WOULD
00:13:35.03\00:13:37.96
HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE
CRAZY IF YOU HAD TOLD THEM ABOUT
00:13:37.96\00:13:40.46
TELEVISION AND MICROWAVES AND
RADIO AND ALL THESE FREQUENCIES
00:13:40.46\00:13:43.53
THAT ARE GOING
AROUND US ALL THE TIME.
00:13:43.53\00:13:46.16
SO JESUS, WHEN HE TRIED
TO COMMUNICATE THE INVISIBLE,
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HE USED THE WIND - BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE
00:13:48.40\00:13:51.33
WIND - YOU SEE WHAT WIND
DOES, YOU CAN SEE THE AFTERMATH
00:13:51.33\00:13:55.23
OF A TORNADO.
00:13:55.23\00:13:56.46
YOU CAN SEE A TREE BEND OVER
OR THE RIPPLES IN THE GRASS,
00:13:56.46\00:14:00.50
BUT WIND, FOR YOU
AND I, IS INVISIBLE.
00:14:00.50\00:14:03.60
MATTER OF FACT,
SOMETIMES YOU LOOK OUT AND
00:14:03.60\00:14:05.46
THINK, 'WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY'
UNTIL YOU GET OUTSIDE AND THEN
00:14:05.46\00:14:07.43
YOU GET HIT WITH THE WIND.
00:14:07.43\00:14:10.13
AND GOD'S SPIRIT IS LIKE THAT.
00:14:10.13\00:14:12.00
JESUS SAID, 'IT'S VERY
REAL BUT WE MAY NOT SEE IT.'
00:14:12.00\00:14:15.13
SO THERE'S THIS VERY REAL
INVISIBLE KINGDOM THAT CHRIST
00:14:15.13\00:14:18.60
TALKS ABOUT.
00:14:18.60\00:14:20.06
NOW, WE WILL SEE THE PHYSICAL
KINGDOM THAT WILL REIGN ON EARTH
00:14:20.06\00:14:23.13
HERE SOMEDAY, BUT THE SPIRITUAL
KINGDOM HAS ALREADY BEGUN.
00:14:23.13\00:14:27.00
WHEN CHRIST BEGAN PREACHING,
HE SAID, 'THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
00:14:27.00\00:14:29.00
IS AT HAND.' IT'S AVAILABLE NOW
00:14:29.00\00:14:32.23
TO YOU AND ME.
00:14:32.23\00:14:33.73
NOT ONLY ARE WE SURROUNDED
BY GOOD ANGELS THAT ARE THERE TO
00:14:33.73\00:14:38.16
PROTECT, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL
OF THERE IS ALSO AN INVISIBLE
00:14:38.16\00:14:41.86
ENEMY THAT IS VERY REAL AND HE
WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO THINK THAT
00:14:41.86\00:14:45.56
HE IS JUST A FABLE -
THAT HE DOESN'T REALLY EXIST
00:14:45.56\00:14:47.66
- BUT OH, HE DOES. HE'S REAL.
00:14:47.66\00:14:49.70
EPHESIANS 6, VERSE 11,
PAUL SAID, "PUT ON THE WHOLE
00:14:49.70\00:14:54.43
ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU
MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST
00:14:54.43\00:14:58.00
THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.
00:14:58.00\00:15:00.70
FOR WE DON'T WRESTLE AGAINST
FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST
00:15:00.70\00:15:03.90
PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS,
AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE
00:15:03.90\00:15:06.80
DARKNESS OF THIS AGE, AGAINST
SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF WICKEDNESS
00:15:06.80\00:15:11.16
IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES."
00:15:11.16\00:15:12.63
THESE ARE PRINCIPLES AND POWERS
AND SPIRITS THAT ARE AROUND US
00:15:12.63\00:15:15.86
- THEY'RE INVISIBLE TO US.
00:15:15.86\00:15:17.56
BUT THEY LIVE IN THE SAME TIME
AND PLACE - THEY'RE VERY REAL.
00:15:17.56\00:15:22.20
THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN
WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR WORLD.
00:15:22.20\00:15:24.70
NOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO
BECOME PREOCCUPIED WITH IT.
00:15:24.70\00:15:27.06
DON'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.
00:15:27.06\00:15:29.20
I THINK IT WAS C.S.
00:15:29.20\00:15:30.73
LEWIS WHO SAID, "THERE'S A
COUPLE OF DANGERS WE NEED TO
00:15:30.73\00:15:33.06
CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE THINKING
ABOUT THIS INVISIBLE WORLD.
00:15:33.06\00:15:35.86
ONE IS THAT WE
DON'T BELIEVE IT EXISTS.
00:15:35.86\00:15:39.46
THE OTHER IS, WE BELIEVE IN IT
AND WE'RE PREOCCUPIED WITH IT."
00:15:39.46\00:15:43.26
SO YOU GO AROUND HAUNTED ALL THE
TIME WONDERING WHAT YOUR GOOD
00:15:43.26\00:15:47.00
AND BAD ANGELS ARE DOING.
00:15:47.00\00:15:49.43
BUT IT IS TRUE - IF SOMEHOW,
RIGHT NOW, IF I COULD PRAY THE
00:15:49.43\00:15:53.06
WAY ELISHA PRAYED, AND YOU'RE
EYES COULD BE OPENED, YOU WOULD
00:15:53.06\00:15:58.13
PROBABLY SEE IN THIS SANCTUARY
RIGHT NOW, ARMIES OF GOOD ANGELS
00:15:58.13\00:16:02.96
- AND THE BIBLE CALLS THEM
CHARIOTS AND HORSES OF FIRE -
00:16:02.96\00:16:06.30
NOT NECESSARILY MEANING THAT
GOD AND HIS ANGELS ARE GALLOPING
00:16:06.30\00:16:10.90
AROUND HEAVEN ON HORSES WITH
CHARIOTS CLATTERING - THEY USED
00:16:10.90\00:16:15.10
THE VERNACULAR OF THEIR DAY
- BUT GOD HAS GOT HIS POWERFUL
00:16:15.10\00:16:18.33
ANGELS - EZEKIEL TALKS ABOUT
THE WHEEL WITHIN THE WHEEL AND
00:16:18.33\00:16:20.73
HE WAS TRYING TO FIND WORDS
TO DESCRIBE HOW GOD MOVES AND
00:16:20.73\00:16:24.46
THESE SPIRITS THAT'S
WHY PAUL SAID, 'IT CAN'T
00:16:24.46\00:16:27.40
EVEN ENTER INTO YOUR MIND THE
THINGS THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR
00:16:27.40\00:16:29.96
THOSE THAT LOVE HIM.' IT'S
A WHOLE WORLD WE CAN'T EVEN
00:16:29.96\00:16:32.20
UNDERSTAND EXCEPT IT'S REAL.
00:16:32.20\00:16:36.13
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY'VE GOT - I'VE SEEN THEM,
00:16:36.13\00:16:39.53
I'VE HEARD ABOUT THEM -
THEY'VE GOT INVISIBLE FENCES FOR
00:16:39.53\00:16:43.83
TRAINING PETS, WHERE THEY
PUT A RADIO COLLAR ON A DOG AND
00:16:43.83\00:16:50.96
THEY'VE GOT THESE LITTLE
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS THAT ARE
00:16:50.96\00:16:54.90
STATIONED AROUND YOUR YARD AND
IF THE DOG LEAVES OR APPROACHES
00:16:54.90\00:16:59.00
THESE CERTAIN FORBIDDEN SPOTS OR
THESE BARRIERS, THIS FREQUENCY
00:16:59.00\00:17:03.10
STARTS TO GO OUT THAT HURTS ITS
EARS AND IT SHRINKS BACK AND IT
00:17:03.10\00:17:06.60
TRAINS THE DOG TO STAY
AWAY FROM CERTAIN BOUNDARIES.
00:17:06.60\00:17:09.56
IT'S AN INVISIBLE FENCE.
00:17:09.56\00:17:12.10
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE LORD
SETS A FENCE AROUND HIS PEOPLE.
00:17:12.10\00:17:15.63
WHAT WAS THE DEVIL'S COMPLAINT
WHEN GOD SAID, 'HAVE YOU
00:17:15.63\00:17:18.16
CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB?'
HE SAID, 'OH, WELL, YOU PUT
00:17:18.16\00:17:21.50
A HEDGE ABOUT
HIM.' THAT'S A FENCE.
00:17:21.50\00:17:24.50
THEIR FENCES BACK THEN -
SOMETIMES THEY GREW A FENCE TO
00:17:24.50\00:17:26.60
KEEP THE ANIMAL IN
- IT WAS A HEDGE ROW.
00:17:26.60\00:17:28.90
AND HE SAYS, 'YOU'VE CREATED A
HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND HIM.'
00:17:28.90\00:17:33.20
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
ENCAMPS AROUND ABOUT THOSE
00:17:33.20\00:17:36.03
THAT FEAR GOD.
00:17:36.03\00:17:37.20
GOD FENCES US IN.
00:17:37.20\00:17:38.83
WE DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID OF
ALL THE DEVILS THAT MIGHT BE OUT
00:17:38.83\00:17:41.30
THERE AND THE EVIL FORCES.
00:17:41.30\00:17:42.93
GOD PROMISES TO PROTECT HIS OWN
- AND ANYTHING HE ALLOWS TO COME
00:17:42.93\00:17:46.73
- AS WITH JOB - GOD OPENED
UP THE FENCE, HE GAVE LIMITS TO
00:17:46.73\00:17:52.23
WHAT THE DEVIL WAS ALLOWED TO
DO, AND GOD WILL NOT SUFFER YOU
00:17:52.23\00:17:55.60
TO BE TEMPTED
ABOVE WHAT YOU'RE ABLE.
00:17:55.60\00:17:57.36
BUT EVERY TEMPTATION THAT COMES,
IF YOU'RE TRUSTING HIM, YOU CAN
00:17:57.36\00:18:00.46
BE SURE THAT WHAT COMES, COMES
FROM YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND IT
00:18:00.46\00:18:03.66
WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
00:18:03.66\00:18:06.13
ROMANS 1:20.
00:18:06.13\00:18:07.80
"FOR SINCE THE CREATION OF THE
WORLD HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES
00:18:07.80\00:18:12.66
ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING
UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT
00:18:12.66\00:18:16.63
ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER
AND GODHEAD," CAN WE SEE GOD
00:18:16.63\00:18:21.46
EVEN THOUGH HE
PHYSICALLY IS INVISIBLE?
00:18:21.46\00:18:24.56
CAN WE SEE GOD IN THE
THINGS THAT HE'S MADE?
00:18:24.56\00:18:27.50
CAN YOU SEE HIM
THROUGH CREATION?
00:18:27.50\00:18:30.23
PAUL SAYS, 'THOUGH HE IS
INVISIBLE, HE IS CLEARLY SEEN
00:18:30.23\00:18:35.40
THROUGH THE THINGS' - I CAN'T
SEE WIND BUT I CAN SEE WIND
00:18:35.40\00:18:37.96
THROUGH THE THINGS
THAT - THE EFFECTS OF IT
00:18:37.96\00:18:40.73
- THROUGH WHAT IT DOES.
00:18:40.73\00:18:43.23
THE EVIDENCE FOR GOD AND HIS
REALITY IS EVERYWHERE OUT THERE.
00:18:43.23\00:18:47.83
WE BELIEVE IN A LOT OF
THINGS THAT ARE INVISIBLE.
00:18:47.83\00:18:50.13
ANYONE HERE BELIEVE IN LOVE?
00:18:50.13\00:18:52.36
LOVE IS INVISIBLE.
00:18:52.36\00:18:54.70
DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAITH?
00:18:54.70\00:18:56.50
THE REAL THINGS IN THE WORLD ARE
INVISIBLE BUT YOU SEE THEM WHEN
00:18:56.50\00:19:01.46
THEY RICOCHET OFF OF PEOPLE.
00:19:01.46\00:19:03.66
NOW, CATCH THIS - LIGHT IS
INVISIBLE - NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY
00:19:03.66\00:19:08.16
THINKING, 'OH PASTOR DOUG, THESE
LIGHTS ARE BOTHERING MY EYES
00:19:08.16\00:19:10.40
RIGHT NOW, HOW DO YOU
MEAN THEY'RE INVISIBLE?
00:19:10.40\00:19:11.83
OF COURSE THEY'RE
VISIBLE.' NOT REALLY.
00:19:11.83\00:19:13.93
YOU GET OUT IN
SPACE, YOU CAN'T SEE LIGHT.
00:19:13.93\00:19:17.93
MATTER OF FACT, THOSE WHO LANDED
ON THE MOON, THEY COMMENTED THAT
00:19:17.93\00:19:22.10
THE THING THEY'LL NEVER FORGET
WAS THE INKY, VELVET BLACKNESS
00:19:22.10\00:19:27.06
OF SPACE - BECAUSE AROUND
THE MOON IS NO ATMOSPHERE.
00:19:27.06\00:19:31.70
WHAT GIVES OUR SKY THE
COLOR IT HAS IS THE ATMOSPHERE
00:19:31.70\00:19:34.66
AROUND THE WORLD.
00:19:34.66\00:19:35.63
WHEN THE - THE
REASON YOU SEE THE MOON
00:19:35.63\00:19:38.00
IS BECAUSE THE LIGHT HITS IT.
00:19:38.00\00:19:40.40
THE REASON YOU SEE THE
PLANETS - LIGHT STRIKES THEM.
00:19:40.40\00:19:43.70
SO HOW DO YOU SEE LOVE?
00:19:43.70\00:19:45.73
LOVE'S REALLY INVISIBLE
UNTIL IT RICOCHETS OFF SOMEBODY.
00:19:45.73\00:19:49.53
HOW DO YOU SEE FAITH?
00:19:49.53\00:19:51.43
IT'S REFLECTED OFF OF SOMEBODY.
00:19:51.43\00:19:53.50
THESE IDEALS ARE VERY REAL TO US
BECAUSE YOU SEE THEM REFLECTED
00:19:53.50\00:19:56.76
OFF PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:19:56.76\00:19:58.50
BUT OTHERWISE,
THEY'RE INTANGIBLE.
00:19:58.50\00:20:00.66
YOU EVER TRY AND EXPLAIN
LOVE TO PEOPLE WITH WORDS?
00:20:00.66\00:20:06.90
COLOSSIANS 1:13-17.
00:20:06.90\00:20:11.00
"HE HAS DELIVERED US FROM THE
POWER OF DARKNESS AND CONVEYED
00:20:11.00\00:20:14.03
US INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE
SON OF HIS LOVE, IN WHOM WE HAVE
00:20:14.03\00:20:16.93
REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS
BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
00:20:16.93\00:20:20.73
HE IS THE IMAGE" - JESUS IS THE
IMAGE - "OF THE INVISIBLE GOD,
00:20:20.73\00:20:25.80
THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION.
00:20:25.80\00:20:27.96
FOR BY HIM" - BY JESUS - "ALL
THINGS WERE CREATED THAT ARE IN
00:20:27.96\00:20:31.90
HEAVEN ABOVE, THAT ARE ON THE
EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE."
00:20:31.90\00:20:36.73
PAUL SAYS CHRIST
CREATED EVERYTHING.
00:20:36.73\00:20:39.26
THE THINGS THAT ARE
VISIBLE YOU SEE AND THERE ARE
00:20:39.26\00:20:40.83
INVISIBLE THINGS YOU DON'T SEE.
00:20:40.83\00:20:42.50
ARE WE GOING TO JUST NOT
BELIEVE IN SOMETHING BECAUSE
00:20:42.50\00:20:45.76
WE CAN'T SEE IT?
00:20:45.76\00:20:47.26
WHAT DID THOMAS SAY TO JESUS.
00:20:47.26\00:20:49.50
'UNLESS I SEE HIM I'M
NOT GOING TO BELIEVE.'
00:20:49.50\00:20:52.96
JESUS PROBABLY WAS NOT FAR
AWAY AND HE SAID, 'OH THOMAS.'
00:20:52.96\00:20:56.43
NEXT WEEK HE APPEARS TO THOMAS.
00:20:56.43\00:20:59.03
THOMAS SAYS, 'OH,
MY LORD AND MY GOD.'
00:20:59.03\00:21:01.80
HE FALLS DOWN TO WORSHIP HIM.
00:21:01.80\00:21:03.16
JESUS SAYS 'HERE, YOU
WANT TO SEE, YOU WANT TO TOUCH?
00:21:03.16\00:21:07.36
YOU WON'T BELIEVE UNLESS YOUR
SENSES CAN ALL TAKE IT IN AND
00:21:07.36\00:21:09.96
REGISTER EVERYTHING.' HE
SAID, 'HERE, TOUCH MY HANDS.
00:21:09.96\00:21:13.53
PLUNGE YOUR HAND INTO MY SIDE.
00:21:13.53\00:21:16.86
SEE THE NAIL
WOUNDS ON MY FOREHEAD.'
00:21:16.86\00:21:19.33
I THINK HE WAS BEING
CHASTISED FOR HIS LACK OF FAITH.
00:21:19.33\00:21:22.20
HE SAYS, 'YOU
BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN.
00:21:22.20\00:21:24.73
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO
BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING.'
00:21:24.73\00:21:30.63
WHEN ELISHA PRAYED AND
SAID, 'LORD, OPEN THE EYES
00:21:30.63\00:21:32.66
OF MY SERVANT.' - YOU
NOTICE ELISHA DIDN'T SAY,
00:21:32.66\00:21:34.43
'OPEN MY EYES.' I
DON'T KNOW THAT ELISHA COULD
00:21:34.43\00:21:37.93
SEE THAT ARMY OF
SOLDIERS THAT WERE THERE.
00:21:37.93\00:21:40.43
DOES IT EVER SAY HE SAW THEM?
00:21:40.43\00:21:42.56
HE KNEW THEY WERE
THERE BY FAITH BUT HE SAID,
00:21:42.56\00:21:45.13
'LORD, I KNOW YOU'RE THERE.
00:21:45.13\00:21:45.96
I BELIEVE IN YOU.
00:21:45.96\00:21:46.73
I WAS WITH ELIJAH.
00:21:46.73\00:21:47.93
I SAW THE FIERY CHARIOTS
TAKE HIM UP INTO HEAVEN SO
00:21:47.93\00:21:50.80
I BELIEVE IN THEM.
00:21:50.80\00:21:52.26
BUT HE DOESN'T BELIEVE -
OPEN HIS EYES SO HE CAN SEE.
00:21:52.26\00:21:55.20
YOU DON'T NEED TO OPEN MY
EYES, I KNOW THEY'RE THERE.'
00:21:55.20\00:21:57.56
YOU HEAR THAT?
00:21:57.56\00:22:00.16
AND SO, GOD IS WANTING US TO
HAVE THAT KIND OF FAITH, WHERE
00:22:00.16\00:22:02.93
YOU KNOW HE'S REAL EVEN IF
NO ONE AROUND YOU BELIEVES.
00:22:02.93\00:22:06.60
YOU KNOW, ONE THING
THAT MAKES CHILDREN SPECIAL?
00:22:06.60\00:22:10.33
JESUS SAID, 'UNLESS YOU'RE
CONVERTED AND YOU BECOME LIKE
00:22:10.33\00:22:12.23
LITTLE CHILDREN YOU WILL NOT
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.'
00:22:12.23\00:22:15.43
HAVE YOU NOTICED WHEN YOU'RE
CHILDREN IT'S EASIER TO BELIEVE
00:22:15.43\00:22:17.26
IN THE INVISIBLE?
00:22:17.26\00:22:18.60
ARE YOU WILLING TO RAISE
YOUR HAND AND ADMIT YOU HAD AN
00:22:18.60\00:22:22.50
IMAGINARY FRIEND GROWING UP?
00:22:22.50\00:22:24.96
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE
GOING TO ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE
00:22:24.96\00:22:27.96
AN IMAGINARY FRIEND NOW?
00:22:27.96\00:22:30.43
'OH NO, I'VE OUTGROWN
THAT.' I'VE GOT ANGELS
00:22:30.43\00:22:34.36
THAT TAKE CARE OF ME.
00:22:34.36\00:22:37.23
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU
TALK TO THESE LITTLE KIDS AND
00:22:37.23\00:22:39.00
YOU SEE THE LITTLE GIRL'S THERE
AND SHE'S GOT HER LITTLE TEA SET
00:22:39.00\00:22:42.00
AND SHE'S PLAYING IN THE ROOM
ALONE BY HERSELF BUT SHE'S GOT
00:22:42.00\00:22:43.83
THREE PLACES SET AND SHE'S
HAVING A LITTLE TEA PARTY WITH
00:22:43.83\00:22:46.80
HER GIRLFRIENDS THAT ARE
IMAGINARY - OR IMAGINARY BUNNIES
00:22:46.80\00:22:49.80
- OR WHATEVER THEY ARE.
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AND DO YOU
CONDEMN THEM FOR THAT? NO.
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THEY'VE JUST GOT A
LOT OF IMAGINATION.
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AND YOU KNOW, I WONDER, AS
WE GET OLDER AND WE BECOME MORE
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CYNICAL AND JADED IF
THAT DAMAGES OUR ABILITY TO
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BELIEVE IN THE UNSEEN.
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I KNOW, WITH ALL OUR KIDS,
WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE I'D TELL
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THEM, 'YEAH THERE'S
ANGELS YOU CAN'T SEE.'
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AND THEY'D GO,
'YEAH, I BELIEVE IT.
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MOM AND DAD SAY IT AND
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T
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UNDERSTAND, WHY DOUBT
THAT?' THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM.
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YOU KNOW WHY JESUS CAME?
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JESUS CAME TO MAKE
THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE.
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HE CAME TO HELP US TO GET A
PICTURE OF WHAT GOD IS LIKE.
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THROUGH THE LIFE OF CHRIST
HE SHOWED US WHAT GOD IS LIKE
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SO WE COULD SEE IT.
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MATTER OF FACT, LOOK AT
1 JOHN, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1.
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"THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE
BEGINNING, WHICH WE HAVE HEARD,
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WHICH WE HAVE SEEN WITH OUR
EYES, WHICH WE HAVE LOOKED UPON,
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AND OUR HANDS HAVE HANDLED,
CONCERNING THE WORD OF LIFE,
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THE LIFE WAS MANIFESTED, AND WE
HAVE SEEN, AND BEAR WITNESS, AND
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DECLARE UNTO YOU THAT ETERNAL
LIFE WHICH WAS WITH THE FATHER
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WAS MANIFESTED TO US," - WE SAW
IT - "THAT WHICH WE HAVE SEEN
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AND HEARD WE DECLARE TO
YOU, THAT YOU MAY ALSO HAVE
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FELLOWSHIP WITH US; AND
TRULY OUR FELLOWSHIP IS WITH THE
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FATHER AND WITH
HIS SON JESUS CHRIST."
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JESUS CAME TO HELP
US SEE WHAT GOD IS LIKE.
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JESUS CAME TO HELP
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JESUS CAME TO HELP US TO
SEE HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US
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THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE.
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HE CAME TO REVEAL THE FATHER.
00:24:26.30\00:24:27.40
HE CAME TO SHOW US
- TO BE AN EXAMPLE.
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AND HE CAME TO DEMONSTRATE
HIS LOVE THROUGH SACRIFICE.
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CHRIST CAME TO OPEN
THE EYES OF THE BLIND.
00:24:37.66\00:24:41.00
YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL HAS
BEEN TRYING TO BLIND THE EYES OF
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THOSE IN THIS AGE AND,
LIKE ELISHA, JESUS IS SAYING,
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