Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000104
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00:00 >>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
00:03 AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED. 00:07 (MUSIC) >>WHEN GOD MADE ADAM AND 00:13 EVE IN THE BEGINNING, MAN HAD ANOTHER DIMENSION. 00:16 THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT OUR NATURES WHERE WE WERE PLUGGED IN 00:19 - WE HAD RECEIVERS THAT WERE ABLE TO PICK UP 00:22 THAT SPIRITUAL WORLD. 00:27 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:30 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:33 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:36 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:38 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:41 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:47 >>WE SHARE TIME AND SPACE RIGHT NOW WITH ANOTHER WHOLE WORLD 00:52 THAT WE CANNOT SEE. 00:56 IT'S INVISIBLE - INVISIBLE TO US. 01:00 IT WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY. 01:04 TURN WITH ME IN YOUR BIBLES TO THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS, 01:06 CHAPTER 6. 01:08 IF WE COULD JUST BELIEVE A LITTLE MORE IN WHAT WE DON'T 01:11 SEE, IT WOULD CHANGE THE LIVES THAT WE LIVE THAT WE DO SEE 01:15 RIGHT NOW. 01:17 AND THE STORY BEGINS IN 2 KINGS 6 IN VERSE 8. 01:22 THE KING OF SYRIA WAS TRYING TO FIND SOME WAY TO AMBUSH THE KING 01:27 OF ISRAEL. 01:28 THEY WERE ALWAYS AT WAR - THEY'RE STILL AT WAR TODAY, 01:30 REALLY. 01:32 AND HE WOULD SET UP THESE AMBUSHES WHERE HE THOUGHT THE 01:35 KING OF ISRAEL MIGHT BE PASSING THROUGH SOME VALLEY OR DOWN SOME 01:38 ROAD WHERE HE WOULD NOT HAVE HIS WHOLE ARMY AND THEY COULD 01:42 SURPRISE HIM. 01:43 THEY USED TO HAVE MARAUDING RAIDERS THAT WOULD COME INTO THE 01:45 LAND - BUT EVERY TIME THEIR ARMY GOT READY TO DO A SURPRISE 01:49 ATTACK, IT SEEMED LIKE THE KING OF ISRAEL SOMEHOW FOUND OUT 01:52 WHERE THEY WERE AND EITHER LAUNCHED A 01:55 COUNTER-ATTACK OR AVOIDED THEM. 01:58 NOW THIS REALLY BEGAN TO BOTHER THE KING OF SYRIA AND HE FINALLY 02:02 FIGURED 'THE ONLY WAY THE KING OF ISRAEL KNOWS WHATEVER MY 02:06 PLANS ARE - I MUST HAVE A MOLE. 02:09 I'VE GOT A SPY ON THE INSIDE THAT'S TELLING HIM 02:13 WHAT MY PLANS ARE.' AND HE CALLED HIS WAR COUNCIL 02:16 TOGETHER AND SAID, 'ALL RIGHT, 'FESS UP. 02:18 WHICH OF YOU IS FOR THE KING OF ISRAEL? 02:21 WHO IS BETRAYING MY SECRET PLANS?' 02:24 AND ONE OF HIS ADVISERS SAID, 'IT'S NONE OF US, O KING, BUT 02:29 ELISHA, THE MAN OF GOD, THE PROPHET IN ISRAEL, HE TELLS THE 02:33 KING OF ISRAEL WHAT YOU SAY IN YOUR BEDCHAMBER.' 02:38 OH, HE HAD HEARD ABOUT ELISHA - HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THESE 02:41 PROPHETS OF ISRAEL, HOW POWERFUL THEY WERE. 02:44 HE SAID, 'SO THEY HAVE A SECRET WEAPON. 02:46 WELL, WE NEED TO CAPTURE THEIR SECRET WEAPON. 02:49 FIND OUT WHERE ELISHA IS.' AND THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, 02:51 'WELL, WE FOUND HIM. 02:53 HE'S IN A LITTLE TOWN - IT'S NOT VERY WELL FORTIFIED 02:55 - IT'S CALLED DOTHAN.' DOTHAN MEANS WELLS. 02:58 IT WAS A LITTLE TOWN WITH A COUPLE OF LITTLE WELLS 03:00 FOR SHEEP. 03:01 YOU REMEMBER WHEN JOSEPH WENT LOOKING FOR HIS BROTHERS, 03:04 THEY HAD GONE TO DOTHAN - THIS PASTURELAND, LOWLANDS, 03:07 A COUPLE OF WELLS. 03:09 AND HE SAID, 'ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SEND AN ARMY AND 03:13 WE'RE GOING TO SEIZE THEIR SECRET WEAPON. 03:16 WON'T HARM HIM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ARREST HIM AND THEN WE'LL BE 03:18 ABLE TO FREELY ATTACK THE KING OF ISRAEL AND ELISHA WON'T BE 03:21 TELLING HIM WHAT OUR PLANS ARE. 03:24 EARLY THAT MORNING - IN THE SAME WAY THAT ELISHA 03:26 WAS AN APPRENTICE FOR ELIJAH, ELISHA HAD A SERVANT 03:31 THAT WAS SORT OF TRAINING AS A SON OF THE PROPHET TO MAYBE 03:34 FILL IN HIS MASTER'S FOOTSTEPS. 03:37 HE GETS UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AS HE OFTEN DID. 03:39 HE'D GO CATCH THE WATER FROM THE WELL, WASH HIS FACE, GET SOME 03:42 FOR THE HOUSEHOLD - AND THE WALLS AROUND DOTHAN WERE PRETTY 03:46 LOW, JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THE CATTLE OUT - HE GOES AND HE GETS 03:49 THE WATER, THE SUN IS JUST BEGINNING TO COME UP AND 03:53 HE SEES THE GLINT OF ARMOR AND HE, MAYBE OFF IN THE DISTANCE 03:57 HEARS THE SNORT OR STOMP OF THESE HORSE HOOVES - AND HE 04:01 LOOKS AROUND, HIS EYES GET ADJUSTED, AND HE SEES ALL THE 04:04 WAY AROUND THIS LITTLE CITY OF DOTHAN IS A GREAT SYRIAN ARMY. 04:10 THEY'RE DONE FOR. 04:12 AND THIS IS WHERE YOU FIND THE STORY HERE. 04:15 VERSE 15, 2 KINGS CHAPTER 6, VERSE 15. 04:19 "AND WHEN THE SERVANT OF THE MAN OF GOD AROSE EARLY AND WENT OUT, 04:22 THERE WAS AN ARMY, SURROUNDING THE CITY WITH 04:25 HORSES AND CHARIOTS." 04:28 - IT'S LIKE HAVING TANKS TODAY - AND HE RUNS IN AND HE WAKES UP 04:32 ELISHA AND HE SAYS, "ALAS, MASTER! 04:34 WHAT WILL WE DO?" 04:35 AND ELISHA CAME OUT AND HE RUBBED HIS EYES AND HE LOOKED 04:38 AND HE SAW THE SYRIAN ARMY. 04:39 WAS HE WORRIED? NO. 04:42 HE HAD TRAINED UNDER ELIJAH. 04:45 ELIJAH STOOD UP TO KINGS AND ARMIES. 04:47 HE WASN'T WORRIED. 04:49 HE SAID, "DO NOT FEAR, FOR THOSE WHO ARE WITH US ARE MORE THAN 04:55 THOSE WHO ARE WITH THEM." 04:58 HE SAID, BASICALLY, YOU AND GOD ARE A MAJORITY. 05:03 IT MAY NOT ALWAYS SEEM THAT WAY OR FEEL THAT WAY - AND EVEN WHEN 05:07 PETER TOOK OUT HIS SWORD TO DEFEND JESUS AND THE MOB CAME TO 05:11 ARREST HIM, JESUS SAID, 'PUT YOUR SWORD BACK PETER. 05:14 DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I CAN SAY THE WORD AND GOD WILL SEND 05:16 TWELVE LEGIONS OF ANGELS TO DELIVER ME?' 05:22 AND SO, HE THEN PRAYS AN INTERESTING PRAYER. 05:25 HIS SERVANT DIDN'T SEEM CONVINCED WHEN ELISHA SAID, 05:28 'THOSE THAT BE WITH US ARE MORE THAN THOSE THAT BE WITH THEM.' 05:31 "ELISHA PRAYED, AND SAID, 'LORD, I PRAY THEE, OPEN 05:35 HIS EYES THAT HE MIGHT SEE.' AND THE LORD OPENED THE EYES OF 05:40 THE YOUNG MAN AND HE SAW. 05:43 AND BEHOLD, THE MOUNTAIN WAS FULL OF HORSES AND CHARIOTS AND 05:48 FIRES ALL AROUND ELISHA." 05:51 NOW, DOTHAN WAS SURROUNDED BY HILLS AND YOU 05:53 COULD SEE HILLS THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN AND 05:55 HILLS THAT WERE ON THEIR SIDE OF THE JORDAN. 05:57 AND SO, WHEN HE SAID 'OPEN HIS EYES' - HERE YOU'VE GOT THIS 05:59 LITTLE SHEEP TOWN - IT LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE PUEBLO 06:03 - OF DOTHAN. 06:05 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SYRIAN ARMY WITH THEIR HORSES AND 06:09 CHARIOTS SURROUNDING IT, BUT WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED, 06:12 HE LIFTED UP HIS EYES ABOVE THE SYRIAN ARMY, AND IN THE HILLS 06:15 ALL AROUND THE CITY OF DOTHAN HE SAW BLAZING BRIGHT 06:19 CHARIOTS AND HORSES OF FIRE. 06:22 THEY HAD BEEN THERE, BUT THEY WERE INVISIBLE. 06:26 HIS EYES NEEDED TO BE OPENED TO SEE IT AND THAT 06:30 ENCOURAGED HIS FAITH. 06:31 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU READ THE REST OF THE STORY. 06:34 WHEN THE SYRIANS FINALLY CLOSED IN ON THE TOWN, ELISHA WALKS OUT 06:37 TO MEET THEM AND HE SAID, 'THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING 06:41 FOR,' HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU WHERE YOU REALLY WANT 06:43 TO GO. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO HERE. I'LL SHOW YOU WHO YOU'RE 06:45 REALLY LOOKING FOR. 06:46 YOU DON'T WANT ME, YOU WANT THE KING OF ISRAEL.' 06:48 - I'M PARAPHRASING - HE SAYS, 'FOLLOW ME.' 06:51 AND ELISHA PRAYED, 'LORD, SMITE THIS PEOPLE WITH BLINDNESS.' 06:56 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THEIR PERCEPTIONS 06:58 WHERE THEY GOT DISORIENTED - THEY EITHER COULDN'T SEE OR 07:01 DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE AND ELISHA, HE TAKES HOLD OF THE 07:05 LEADER - THE LEAD HORSE - AND HE BEGINS TO MARCH OVER FROM DOTHAN 07:08 TO SAMARIA, WHICH IS THE CAPITAL OF THE NORTHERN EMPIRE AND 07:13 THEY'VE GOT A FORTIFIED CITY WITH A BIG COURTYARD AND ALL THE 07:16 WAR TOWERS AROUND IT - AND HE MARCHES THIS WHOLE ARMY AND 07:20 - YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT THAT MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE 07:22 WHEN THE WATCHMEN CALLED 'THERE'S AN ARMY APPROACHING!' 07:24 TO THE KING AND THEY LOCKED THE DOORS AND THEY LOCKED THE CITY 07:27 AND THEY LOCKED THE GATE. 07:28 AND AS THEY GET - EVERYONE GETS THEIR ARMOR AND THEY GET THEIR 07:30 SWORDS AND THEY GET THEIR SPEARS AND THEY'RE ALL READY FOR A 07:33 SURPRISE BATTLE AND THE WATCHMAN SAYS, 'NOW, UH, YOUR HIGHNESS, 07:40 IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'VE GOT 07:43 THEIR BOWS STRUNG. 07:45 IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE READY FOR BATTLE, 07:47 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE JUST WALKING DOWN THE ROAD. 07:49 AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THAT'S ELISHA LEADING THEM.' 07:53 AND ELISHA COMES TO THE GATE AND HE SHOUTS UP, 'OPEN THE GATE!' 07:56 OH, THEY LISTENED TO ELISHA. 07:58 THEY OPENED THE GATE. 08:00 HE LEADS THIS ARMY INTO THE MIDST OF THE WALLS OF SAMARIA 08:05 AND NOW ALL OF THE SOLDIERS OF ISRAEL ARE ON THE WALLS ALL 08:08 AROUND THEM AND THEY COCK THEIR BOWS - HOWEVER YOU DO THAT - AND 08:12 THEY'RE READY TO LAUNCH THEIR SPEARS, AND THE KING OF ISRAEL 08:14 SAYS, 'SHALL I SMITE THEM? 08:16 SHALL I SMITE THEM? 08:17 LET'S MOW 'EM DOWN.' YOU KNOW WHAT ELISHA SAYS? 08:20 'NO. YOU'VE CAPTURED THEM. 08:22 WHY WOULD YOU KILL THEM? 08:23 GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO EAT AND DRINK.' 08:26 - OH WAIT, NO AND THEN HE PRAYS, 'OPEN THEIR EYES.' 08:29 I FORGOT THAT PART. 08:30 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE EXPRESSION ON THE SOLDIERS' FACES WHEN ALL 08:32 OF A SUDDEN THEY BECOME ORIENTED AGAIN? 08:34 THEIR EYES ARE OPENED AND THEY REALIZE WHERE THEY ARE? 08:36 AND THEY FIND OUT THEY'RE NOW SURROUNDED. 08:39 THE CONQUERORS BECAME THE CONQUEREES AND THEY'RE 08:46 SURROUNDED BY THEIR ENEMY. 08:48 AND HE SAYS, 'GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO EAT AND DRINK AND 08:50 SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR MASTER.' AND, YOU KNOW, THIS STORY ENDS 08:55 BY SAYING THAT THE RAIDING ARMIES OF THE SYRIANS "CAME NO 09:00 MORE" - AND THIS IS VERSE 23, "INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL." 09:05 THESE MARAUDING BANDS, THEY SAID, 09:07 'LOOK, THEY'VE GOT A SECRET WEAPON WE CAN'T FIGHT AGAINST.' 09:10 NOW, I SHARE THIS STORY WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S JUST A GREAT STORY 09:13 TO ILLUSTRATE THE CENTRAL POINT OF THIS MESSAGE, WHICH IS THAT 09:18 WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT SEE THAT ARE 09:22 VERY REAL. 09:24 GOD IS REAL - YOU CAN'T SEE HIM. 09:27 WE'RE SURROUNDED BY ANGELS - GOOD AND BAD - THE HOLY SPIRIT. 09:30 AND IF YOUR EYES COULD BE OPENED AND YOU COULD SEE THESE THINGS, 09:33 IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER FOR US TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 09:36 BUT WE SOMETIMES FORGET THAT THIS IS NOT IT. 09:40 THERE IS A WHOLE SPIRITUAL WORLD THAT WE CAN'T SEE AND MOST OF 09:42 THE WORLD IS BLINDED TO THAT. 09:45 2 CORINTHIANS 4, VERSES 3 AND 4. 09:48 "BUT EVEN IF OUR GOSPEL IS VEILED, IT'S VEILED TO THOSE WHO 09:52 ARE PERISHING," - THE PERISHING WORLD CANNOT SEE THE UNSEEN 09:56 WORLD AROUND US - "WHOSE MINDS THE GOD OF THIS AGE 10:02 HAS BLINDED." 10:04 THE DEVIL HAS BLINDED THE EYES OF THE WORLD AROUND US. 10:07 "WHO DO NOT BELIEVE, LEST THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, 10:10 WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD, SHOULD SHINE UPON THEM." 10:14 WHAT DOES THE WORD INVISIBLE MEAN? 10:17 IT MEANS NOT VISIBLE; NOT PERCEPTIBLE TO THE EYE; 10:21 WITHDRAWN FROM OR OUT OF SIGHT; HIDDEN; NOT PERCEIVED OR 10:26 DISCERNIBLE TO THE MIND; NOT ORDINARILY FOUND IN A 10:29 VISIBLE THING OR BEING; AN UNSEEN OR SPIRITUAL WORLD. 10:35 A.W. TOZER SAID, "THE ROOT OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE" - THIS IS A 10:38 VERY IMPORTANT THOUGHT - "THE ROOT OF THE CHRISTIAN 10:41 LIFE LIES IN THE BELIEF IN THE INVISIBLE. THE OBJECT OF THE 10:47 CHRISTIAN'S FAITH IS AN UNSEEN REALITY." 10:52 I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU ABOUT FAIRY TALES TODAY, 10:54 I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY REAL. 10:57 YOU DON'T SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S REAL. 10:59 WE'RE SURROUNDED WITH THINGS THAT ARE INVISIBLE 11:02 THAT WE BELIEVE IN. 11:04 WE'RE SURROUNDED BY INVISIBLE FACTS. 11:07 HOPEFULLY YOU'VE GOT IT TURNED OFF, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A 11:10 CELL PHONE? 11:13 HOW IS IT THAT THOSE SIGNALS SOMEHOW TRANSMIT 11:17 THROUGH THE AIR AND WE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE THERE? 11:22 RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE COMPLETELY SWIMMING IN CELL PHONE CALLS. 11:30 THE SIGNALS ARE FLOATING ALL AROUND YOU. 11:32 DO YOU FEEL IT? 11:34 SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, 'NOW, YOU'VE GOT THAT CELL PHONE 11:36 OR THAT EARPIECE TOO CLOSE TO YOUR HEAD. 11:38 YOU'RE GOING TO GET A TUMOR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT 11:40 RADIATION EMITTING.' I MEAN THERE'S NOWHERE YOU CAN 11:43 GO IN A CITY RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU'RE NOT SOMEHOW BEING 11:45 BOMBARDED BY CELL PHONE CALLS. 11:48 BUT YOU CAN'T HEAR THEM, CAN YOU? 11:51 IT REQUIRES SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO RECEIVE THOSE CALLS 11:55 ON THOSE FREQUENCIES. 11:58 WHEN GOD MADE ADAM AND EVE IN THE BEGINNING, MAN HAD 12:03 ANOTHER DIMENSION. 12:04 THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT OUR NATURES WHERE WE WERE PLUGGED IN 12:06 - WE HAD RECEIVERS THAT WERE ABLE TO PICK UP 12:09 THAT SPIRITUAL WORLD. 12:11 AND AFTER MAN SINNED AND THE GLORIOUS ROBES SEEMED TO FADE 12:16 AND DISAPPEAR, MAN LOST - LIKE SOME PEOPLE LOSE THEIR SENSE OF 12:20 HEARING, SOME PEOPLE CAN LOSE THEIR SENSE OF SIGHT - THE HUMAN 12:24 RACE HAS BECOME HANDICAPPED IN THAT WE HAVE LOST 12:28 OUR SPIRITUAL SENSE. 12:30 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S LESS REAL. 12:33 PAUL SAID, IN 1 TIMOTHY 1:17, "NOW UNTO THE KING, IMMORTAL, 12:39 INVISIBLE, TO GOD WHO ALONE IS WISE, BE HONOR AND GLORY 12:44 FOREVER AND EVER." 12:45 GOD IS INVISIBLE TO US, BUT DOES THAT MEAN HE IS LESS REAL? 12:50 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE COOKED SOME FOOD IN A MICROWAVE BEFORE? 12:53 YOU PUT YOUR FOOD IN THERE, YOU PRESS A BUTTON, IT MAKES A NOISE 12:57 - YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE OF THOSE REVOLVING MICROWAVES - AND, 12:59 SOMEHOW, IT'S MAKING THIS SOUND - YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S 13:04 HAPPENING, BUT SOMETHING'S GOING THROUGH THE AIR, IN THAT LITTLE 13:07 BOX, THAT'S INVISIBLE TO YOU AND ME - I THINK IT'S LIKE 2400 13:14 VIBRATIONS PER SECOND IS HAPPENING IN THE MOLECULE - 2400 13:19 MILLION VIBRATIONS PER SECOND - I MISSED THAT - IS HAPPENING 13:23 WITHIN THOSE MOLECULES, SO THAT, INSTEAD OF IT TAKING YOU AN HOUR 13:27 TO BOIL A POTATO, IN FOUR MINUTES 13:29 YOUR BAKED POTATO IS DONE. 13:32 IT'S INVISIBLE. 13:35 NOW, FOR THE LAST 6000 YEARS OF EARTH'S HISTORY, PEOPLE WOULD 13:37 HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE CRAZY IF YOU HAD TOLD THEM ABOUT 13:40 TELEVISION AND MICROWAVES AND RADIO AND ALL THESE FREQUENCIES 13:43 THAT ARE GOING AROUND US ALL THE TIME. 13:46 SO JESUS, WHEN HE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE THE INVISIBLE, 13:48 HE USED THE WIND - BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE 13:51 WIND - YOU SEE WHAT WIND DOES, YOU CAN SEE THE AFTERMATH 13:55 OF A TORNADO. 13:56 YOU CAN SEE A TREE BEND OVER OR THE RIPPLES IN THE GRASS, 14:00 BUT WIND, FOR YOU AND I, IS INVISIBLE. 14:03 MATTER OF FACT, SOMETIMES YOU LOOK OUT AND 14:05 THINK, 'WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY' UNTIL YOU GET OUTSIDE AND THEN 14:07 YOU GET HIT WITH THE WIND. 14:10 AND GOD'S SPIRIT IS LIKE THAT. 14:12 JESUS SAID, 'IT'S VERY REAL BUT WE MAY NOT SEE IT.' 14:15 SO THERE'S THIS VERY REAL INVISIBLE KINGDOM THAT CHRIST 14:18 TALKS ABOUT. 14:20 NOW, WE WILL SEE THE PHYSICAL KINGDOM THAT WILL REIGN ON EARTH 14:23 HERE SOMEDAY, BUT THE SPIRITUAL KINGDOM HAS ALREADY BEGUN. 14:27 WHEN CHRIST BEGAN PREACHING, HE SAID, 'THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 14:29 IS AT HAND.' IT'S AVAILABLE NOW 14:32 TO YOU AND ME. 14:33 NOT ONLY ARE WE SURROUNDED BY GOOD ANGELS THAT ARE THERE TO 14:38 PROTECT, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THERE IS ALSO AN INVISIBLE 14:41 ENEMY THAT IS VERY REAL AND HE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO THINK THAT 14:45 HE IS JUST A FABLE - THAT HE DOESN'T REALLY EXIST 14:47 - BUT OH, HE DOES. HE'S REAL. 14:49 EPHESIANS 6, VERSE 11, PAUL SAID, "PUT ON THE WHOLE 14:54 ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST 14:58 THE WILES OF THE DEVIL. 15:00 FOR WE DON'T WRESTLE AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST 15:03 PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE 15:06 DARKNESS OF THIS AGE, AGAINST SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF WICKEDNESS 15:11 IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES." 15:12 THESE ARE PRINCIPLES AND POWERS AND SPIRITS THAT ARE AROUND US 15:15 - THEY'RE INVISIBLE TO US. 15:17 BUT THEY LIVE IN THE SAME TIME AND PLACE - THEY'RE VERY REAL. 15:22 THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR WORLD. 15:24 NOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO BECOME PREOCCUPIED WITH IT. 15:27 DON'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. 15:29 I THINK IT WAS C.S. 15:30 LEWIS WHO SAID, "THERE'S A COUPLE OF DANGERS WE NEED TO 15:33 CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS INVISIBLE WORLD. 15:35 ONE IS THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE IT EXISTS. 15:39 THE OTHER IS, WE BELIEVE IN IT AND WE'RE PREOCCUPIED WITH IT." 15:43 SO YOU GO AROUND HAUNTED ALL THE TIME WONDERING WHAT YOUR GOOD 15:47 AND BAD ANGELS ARE DOING. 15:49 BUT IT IS TRUE - IF SOMEHOW, RIGHT NOW, IF I COULD PRAY THE 15:53 WAY ELISHA PRAYED, AND YOU'RE EYES COULD BE OPENED, YOU WOULD 15:58 PROBABLY SEE IN THIS SANCTUARY RIGHT NOW, ARMIES OF GOOD ANGELS 16:02 - AND THE BIBLE CALLS THEM CHARIOTS AND HORSES OF FIRE - 16:06 NOT NECESSARILY MEANING THAT GOD AND HIS ANGELS ARE GALLOPING 16:10 AROUND HEAVEN ON HORSES WITH CHARIOTS CLATTERING - THEY USED 16:15 THE VERNACULAR OF THEIR DAY - BUT GOD HAS GOT HIS POWERFUL 16:18 ANGELS - EZEKIEL TALKS ABOUT THE WHEEL WITHIN THE WHEEL AND 16:20 HE WAS TRYING TO FIND WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW GOD MOVES AND 16:24 THESE SPIRITS THAT'S WHY PAUL SAID, 'IT CAN'T 16:27 EVEN ENTER INTO YOUR MIND THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR 16:29 THOSE THAT LOVE HIM.' IT'S A WHOLE WORLD WE CAN'T EVEN 16:32 UNDERSTAND EXCEPT IT'S REAL. 16:36 YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE GOT - I'VE SEEN THEM, 16:39 I'VE HEARD ABOUT THEM - THEY'VE GOT INVISIBLE FENCES FOR 16:43 TRAINING PETS, WHERE THEY PUT A RADIO COLLAR ON A DOG AND 16:50 THEY'VE GOT THESE LITTLE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS THAT ARE 16:54 STATIONED AROUND YOUR YARD AND IF THE DOG LEAVES OR APPROACHES 16:59 THESE CERTAIN FORBIDDEN SPOTS OR THESE BARRIERS, THIS FREQUENCY 17:03 STARTS TO GO OUT THAT HURTS ITS EARS AND IT SHRINKS BACK AND IT 17:06 TRAINS THE DOG TO STAY AWAY FROM CERTAIN BOUNDARIES. 17:09 IT'S AN INVISIBLE FENCE. 17:12 WELL, YOU KNOW, THE LORD SETS A FENCE AROUND HIS PEOPLE. 17:15 WHAT WAS THE DEVIL'S COMPLAINT WHEN GOD SAID, 'HAVE YOU 17:18 CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB?' HE SAID, 'OH, WELL, YOU PUT 17:21 A HEDGE ABOUT HIM.' THAT'S A FENCE. 17:24 THEIR FENCES BACK THEN - SOMETIMES THEY GREW A FENCE TO 17:26 KEEP THE ANIMAL IN - IT WAS A HEDGE ROW. 17:28 AND HE SAYS, 'YOU'VE CREATED A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND HIM.' 17:33 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ENCAMPS AROUND ABOUT THOSE 17:36 THAT FEAR GOD. 17:37 GOD FENCES US IN. 17:38 WE DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID OF ALL THE DEVILS THAT MIGHT BE OUT 17:41 THERE AND THE EVIL FORCES. 17:42 GOD PROMISES TO PROTECT HIS OWN - AND ANYTHING HE ALLOWS TO COME 17:46 - AS WITH JOB - GOD OPENED UP THE FENCE, HE GAVE LIMITS TO 17:52 WHAT THE DEVIL WAS ALLOWED TO DO, AND GOD WILL NOT SUFFER YOU 17:55 TO BE TEMPTED ABOVE WHAT YOU'RE ABLE. 17:57 BUT EVERY TEMPTATION THAT COMES, IF YOU'RE TRUSTING HIM, YOU CAN 18:00 BE SURE THAT WHAT COMES, COMES FROM YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND IT 18:03 WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD. 18:06 ROMANS 1:20. 18:07 "FOR SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES 18:12 ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT 18:16 ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD," CAN WE SEE GOD 18:21 EVEN THOUGH HE PHYSICALLY IS INVISIBLE? 18:24 CAN WE SEE GOD IN THE THINGS THAT HE'S MADE? 18:27 CAN YOU SEE HIM THROUGH CREATION? 18:30 PAUL SAYS, 'THOUGH HE IS INVISIBLE, HE IS CLEARLY SEEN 18:35 THROUGH THE THINGS' - I CAN'T SEE WIND BUT I CAN SEE WIND 18:37 THROUGH THE THINGS THAT - THE EFFECTS OF IT 18:40 - THROUGH WHAT IT DOES. 18:43 THE EVIDENCE FOR GOD AND HIS REALITY IS EVERYWHERE OUT THERE. 18:47 WE BELIEVE IN A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE INVISIBLE. 18:50 ANYONE HERE BELIEVE IN LOVE? 18:52 LOVE IS INVISIBLE. 18:54 DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAITH? 18:56 THE REAL THINGS IN THE WORLD ARE INVISIBLE BUT YOU SEE THEM WHEN 19:01 THEY RICOCHET OFF OF PEOPLE. 19:03 NOW, CATCH THIS - LIGHT IS INVISIBLE - NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY 19:08 THINKING, 'OH PASTOR DOUG, THESE LIGHTS ARE BOTHERING MY EYES 19:10 RIGHT NOW, HOW DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE INVISIBLE? 19:11 OF COURSE THEY'RE VISIBLE.' NOT REALLY. 19:13 YOU GET OUT IN SPACE, YOU CAN'T SEE LIGHT. 19:17 MATTER OF FACT, THOSE WHO LANDED ON THE MOON, THEY COMMENTED THAT 19:22 THE THING THEY'LL NEVER FORGET WAS THE INKY, VELVET BLACKNESS 19:27 OF SPACE - BECAUSE AROUND THE MOON IS NO ATMOSPHERE. 19:31 WHAT GIVES OUR SKY THE COLOR IT HAS IS THE ATMOSPHERE 19:34 AROUND THE WORLD. 19:35 WHEN THE - THE REASON YOU SEE THE MOON 19:38 IS BECAUSE THE LIGHT HITS IT. 19:40 THE REASON YOU SEE THE PLANETS - LIGHT STRIKES THEM. 19:43 SO HOW DO YOU SEE LOVE? 19:45 LOVE'S REALLY INVISIBLE UNTIL IT RICOCHETS OFF SOMEBODY. 19:49 HOW DO YOU SEE FAITH? 19:51 IT'S REFLECTED OFF OF SOMEBODY. 19:53 THESE IDEALS ARE VERY REAL TO US BECAUSE YOU SEE THEM REFLECTED 19:56 OFF PEOPLE'S LIVES. 19:58 BUT OTHERWISE, THEY'RE INTANGIBLE. 20:00 YOU EVER TRY AND EXPLAIN LOVE TO PEOPLE WITH WORDS? 20:06 COLOSSIANS 1:13-17. 20:11 "HE HAS DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS AND CONVEYED 20:14 US INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE SON OF HIS LOVE, IN WHOM WE HAVE 20:16 REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. 20:20 HE IS THE IMAGE" - JESUS IS THE IMAGE - "OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, 20:25 THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION. 20:27 FOR BY HIM" - BY JESUS - "ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THAT ARE IN 20:31 HEAVEN ABOVE, THAT ARE ON THE EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE." 20:36 PAUL SAYS CHRIST CREATED EVERYTHING. 20:39 THE THINGS THAT ARE VISIBLE YOU SEE AND THERE ARE 20:40 INVISIBLE THINGS YOU DON'T SEE. 20:42 ARE WE GOING TO JUST NOT BELIEVE IN SOMETHING BECAUSE 20:45 WE CAN'T SEE IT? 20:47 WHAT DID THOMAS SAY TO JESUS. 20:49 'UNLESS I SEE HIM I'M NOT GOING TO BELIEVE.' 20:52 JESUS PROBABLY WAS NOT FAR AWAY AND HE SAID, 'OH THOMAS.' 20:56 NEXT WEEK HE APPEARS TO THOMAS. 20:59 THOMAS SAYS, 'OH, MY LORD AND MY GOD.' 21:01 HE FALLS DOWN TO WORSHIP HIM. 21:03 JESUS SAYS 'HERE, YOU WANT TO SEE, YOU WANT TO TOUCH? 21:07 YOU WON'T BELIEVE UNLESS YOUR SENSES CAN ALL TAKE IT IN AND 21:09 REGISTER EVERYTHING.' HE SAID, 'HERE, TOUCH MY HANDS. 21:13 PLUNGE YOUR HAND INTO MY SIDE. 21:16 SEE THE NAIL WOUNDS ON MY FOREHEAD.' 21:19 I THINK HE WAS BEING CHASTISED FOR HIS LACK OF FAITH. 21:22 HE SAYS, 'YOU BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN. 21:24 BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING.' 21:30 WHEN ELISHA PRAYED AND SAID, 'LORD, OPEN THE EYES 21:32 OF MY SERVANT.' - YOU NOTICE ELISHA DIDN'T SAY, 21:34 'OPEN MY EYES.' I DON'T KNOW THAT ELISHA COULD 21:37 SEE THAT ARMY OF SOLDIERS THAT WERE THERE. 21:40 DOES IT EVER SAY HE SAW THEM? 21:42 HE KNEW THEY WERE THERE BY FAITH BUT HE SAID, 21:45 'LORD, I KNOW YOU'RE THERE. 21:45 I BELIEVE IN YOU. 21:46 I WAS WITH ELIJAH. 21:47 I SAW THE FIERY CHARIOTS TAKE HIM UP INTO HEAVEN SO 21:50 I BELIEVE IN THEM. 21:52 BUT HE DOESN'T BELIEVE - OPEN HIS EYES SO HE CAN SEE. 21:55 YOU DON'T NEED TO OPEN MY EYES, I KNOW THEY'RE THERE.' 21:57 YOU HEAR THAT? 22:00 AND SO, GOD IS WANTING US TO HAVE THAT KIND OF FAITH, WHERE 22:02 YOU KNOW HE'S REAL EVEN IF NO ONE AROUND YOU BELIEVES. 22:06 YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT MAKES CHILDREN SPECIAL? 22:10 JESUS SAID, 'UNLESS YOU'RE CONVERTED AND YOU BECOME LIKE 22:12 LITTLE CHILDREN YOU WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.' 22:15 HAVE YOU NOTICED WHEN YOU'RE CHILDREN IT'S EASIER TO BELIEVE 22:17 IN THE INVISIBLE? 22:18 ARE YOU WILLING TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND ADMIT YOU HAD AN 22:22 IMAGINARY FRIEND GROWING UP? 22:24 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE 22:27 AN IMAGINARY FRIEND NOW? 22:30 'OH NO, I'VE OUTGROWN THAT.' I'VE GOT ANGELS 22:34 THAT TAKE CARE OF ME. 22:37 BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU TALK TO THESE LITTLE KIDS AND 22:39 YOU SEE THE LITTLE GIRL'S THERE AND SHE'S GOT HER LITTLE TEA SET 22:42 AND SHE'S PLAYING IN THE ROOM ALONE BY HERSELF BUT SHE'S GOT 22:43 THREE PLACES SET AND SHE'S HAVING A LITTLE TEA PARTY WITH 22:46 HER GIRLFRIENDS THAT ARE IMAGINARY - OR IMAGINARY BUNNIES 22:49 - OR WHATEVER THEY ARE. 22:52 AND DO YOU CONDEMN THEM FOR THAT? NO. 22:55 THEY'VE JUST GOT A LOT OF IMAGINATION. 22:58 AND YOU KNOW, I WONDER, AS WE GET OLDER AND WE BECOME MORE 23:00 CYNICAL AND JADED IF THAT DAMAGES OUR ABILITY TO 23:04 BELIEVE IN THE UNSEEN. 23:08 I KNOW, WITH ALL OUR KIDS, WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE I'D TELL 23:10 THEM, 'YEAH THERE'S ANGELS YOU CAN'T SEE.' 23:11 AND THEY'D GO, 'YEAH, I BELIEVE IT. 23:14 MOM AND DAD SAY IT AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T 23:16 UNDERSTAND, WHY DOUBT THAT?' THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM. 23:20 YOU KNOW WHY JESUS CAME? 23:24 JESUS CAME TO MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE. 23:30 HE CAME TO HELP US TO GET A PICTURE OF WHAT GOD IS LIKE. 23:34 THROUGH THE LIFE OF CHRIST HE SHOWED US WHAT GOD IS LIKE 23:38 SO WE COULD SEE IT. 23:40 MATTER OF FACT, LOOK AT 1 JOHN, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1. 23:44 "THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING, WHICH WE HAVE HEARD, 23:48 WHICH WE HAVE SEEN WITH OUR EYES, WHICH WE HAVE LOOKED UPON, 23:51 AND OUR HANDS HAVE HANDLED, CONCERNING THE WORD OF LIFE, 23:55 THE LIFE WAS MANIFESTED, AND WE HAVE SEEN, AND BEAR WITNESS, AND 23:58 DECLARE UNTO YOU THAT ETERNAL LIFE WHICH WAS WITH THE FATHER 24:01 WAS MANIFESTED TO US," - WE SAW IT - "THAT WHICH WE HAVE SEEN 24:05 AND HEARD WE DECLARE TO YOU, THAT YOU MAY ALSO HAVE 24:08 FELLOWSHIP WITH US; AND TRULY OUR FELLOWSHIP IS WITH THE 24:11 FATHER AND WITH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST." 24:14 JESUS CAME TO HELP US SEE WHAT GOD IS LIKE. 24:17 JESUS CAME TO HELP US TO SEE HOW TO LIVE. 24:21 JESUS CAME TO HELP US TO SEE HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US 24:24 THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE. 24:26 HE CAME TO REVEAL THE FATHER. 24:27 HE CAME TO SHOW US - TO BE AN EXAMPLE. 24:31 AND HE CAME TO DEMONSTRATE HIS LOVE THROUGH SACRIFICE. 24:34 HE CAME TO HELP US TO SEE. 24:37 CHRIST CAME TO OPEN THE EYES OF THE BLIND. 24:41 YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL HAS BEEN TRYING TO BLIND THE EYES OF 24:42 THOSE IN THIS AGE AND, LIKE ELISHA, JESUS IS SAYING, 24:46 'OH LORD, OPEN THEIR EYES.' >>STAY TUNED. 24:50 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER. 25:01 >>YOU MAY BE RECEIVING A DILUTED GOSPEL. 25:07 YOU'VE GOT PREACHERS WHO ARE NOT SHARING IT STRAIGHT 25:11 AND THEN YOU GET PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT IT STRAIGHT. 25:12 THEY ARE HIRING AND ATTRACTING TO THEMSELVES TEACHERS 25:15 THAT WILL TELL THEM WHAT THEY ARE ITCHING TO HEAR. 25:20 >>YOU THINK I'M GOING TO TRUST YOU TO TELL ME WHAT 25:23 THE GOSPEL IS AND NOT FIND OUT FOR MYSELF WHEN MY ETERNAL LIFE 25:27 IS AT STAKE? 25:31 >>IT'S TIME TO IMPACT YOUR LIFE. 25:33 YOUR WORLD. 25:34 FOR JESUS CHRIST. 25:36 GET THE NEW CHALLENGING BRAIN-STIMULATING RESOURCE 25:38 FROM DR. 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