>>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
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AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED.
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>>IF GOD EXISTS,
WHY IS THERE SUFFERING?
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I MIGHT EXPAND THE TITLE TO
SAY IF GOD IS LOVE, WHY IS THERE
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SO MUCH SUFFERING?
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WHY DO THE INNOCENT SUFFER?
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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IS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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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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>>WELL, WE'RE GOING ON TO A
VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING
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SUBJECT TONIGHT
DEALING WITH 'IF GOD EXISTS
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WHY IS THERE SUFFERING?' I
MIGHT EXPAND THE TITLE TO SAY,
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'IF GOD IS LOVE WHY IS
THERE SO MUCH SUFFERING?'
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WHY DO THE INNOCENT SUFFER?
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IF GOD'S ALL-POWERFUL WHY
DOESN'T HE DESTROY THE DEVIL?
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THERE'S A LOT OF WHYS AND A
LOT OF DEAR PEOPLE AND BRILLIANT
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PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ASK THIS
QUESTION - BECAUSE THEY DON'T
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UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIBLE
TEACHES ON THIS - THEY THROW
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ASIDE GOD ALTOGETHER.
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THEY SAY, 'HOW CAN THERE
BE A GOOD GOD IN A WORLD WHERE
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THERE'S SO MUCH BAD?'
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED
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THIS QUESTION BEFORE?
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YOU'VE THOUGHT THESE THINGS?
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WE'RE GOING TO, AGAIN, GO
TO OUR FIRST QUESTION FOR THIS
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PRESENTATION AND I'M
GOING TO TALK A LITTLE
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BIT ABOUT 'WHY IS
THERE SIN AND SUFFERING?
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WHY IS THERE EVIL?
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WHY WOULD A GOOD
GOD MAKE A BAD DEVIL?'
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BIG QUESTIONS.
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#1 - WITH WHOM DID
SIN OR EVIL ORIGINATE?
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ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, IF YOU
LOOK IN JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 8
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IT SAYS, "THE DEVIL
SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING."
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SIN IN THE WORLD AND SUFFERING
IN THE WORLD ORIGINATED WITH
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THIS ARCH-VILLAIN THAT
WE SOMETIMES CALL SATAN
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OR THE DEVIL.
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HE COMES BY MANY NAMES.
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VIRTUALLY EVERY RELIGION IN THE
WORLD HAS A GOD OF GOOD AND THEN
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THEY'VE GOT THIS SINISTER EVIL
GOD BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN SEE IT
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ACTING OUT IN LIFE.
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YOU SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS
OF CREATION - BUTTERFLIES COMING
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OUT OF THEIR COCOONS
AND JUST WONDERFUL THINGS
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OF GREAT BEAUTY.
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AND THEN WE SEE
THINGS THAT ARE VICIOUS.
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YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, AN INNOCENT
LITTLE FAWN BEING TORN APART BY
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A LION AND YOU SAY, 'WOW,
THAT JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.'
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THERE'S SUCH FEROCITY
AND BRUTALITY IN THE WORLD.
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WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN?
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YOU READ IN GENESIS WHEN
GOD MADE EVERYTHING IT SAYS,
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'IT WAS GOOD. GOOD.'
AND IT CONCLUDES BY SAYING
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'VERY GOOD'.
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SOMETHING
HAPPENED - STAY WITH ME.
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AGAIN, HE'S CALLED
'THAT OLD SERPENT CALLED
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THE DEVIL AND SATAN'.
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YOU GO TO REVELATION AND
RIGHT THERE IT IDENTIFIES THIS -
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AND BY THE WAY, IN THAT SAME
VERSE IT CALLS HIM THE DRAGON.
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THE DRAGON,
SERPENT, SATAN, THE DEVIL.
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AND SO, IN THE BIBLE YOU'LL HEAR
REFERENCES TO THE DRAGON AND TO
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THE SERPENT AND THEY'RE
TYPICALLY SYMBOLIC OF THE DEVIL
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BECAUSE HE SORT OF GOT BRANDED
WITH THAT LOGO AT THE BEGINNING
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IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
- WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT
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IN A MOMENT HERE.
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#2 - WHAT WAS SATAN'S NAME
BEFORE HE SINNED AND WHERE WAS
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HE LIVING AT THAT TIME?
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WELL, IF YOU READ IN ISAIAH
14 IT SAYS, "HOW YOU ARE FALLEN
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FROM HEAVEN O
LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING."
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NOW, THE NAME
SATAN MEANS ADVERSARY.
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HE WASN'T ALWAYS AN ADVERSARY.
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GOD DID NOT MAKE AN EVIL DEVIL
BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE GOD AN
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ACCOMPLICE FOR EVIL AND SIN AND
THE BIBLE SAYS EVERY GOOD AND
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PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM GOD.
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GOD DOESN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG
- HE'S PERFECT - AND THERE'S NO
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EVIL THAT PROCEEDS FROM GOD.
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IF EVIL PROCEEDS FROM GOD
THEN WHY WOULD HE PUNISH SINNERS
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FOR BEING EVIL?
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THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
THAT WE UNDERSTAND THIS.
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IT WILL CHANGE
YOUR WHOLE WORLD VIEW.
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STAY WITH ME.
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WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN OF LUCIFER
AND WHAT RESPONSIBLE POSITION
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DID HE HOLD AND HOW MUCH
DOES THE BIBLE DESCRIBE HIM?
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WELL, IT TELLS US IN EZEKIEL
28, SPEAKING ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF
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LUCIFER, "YOU WERE
PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS" -
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SO DID GOD MAKE A
DEFECTIVE DEVIL? -
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"YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS
FROM THE DAY YOU WERE CREATED" -
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HE WASN'T BORN HE WAS CREATED.
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YOU AND I ARE ALL BORN,
BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN BEINGS
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THAT ARE CREATED.
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ADAM WAS CREATED.
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GOD CREATED EVE.
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ANGELS ARE CREATED - THEY DON'T
HAVE CHILDREN AND PROCREATE.
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LUCIFER WAS CREATED A LONG, LONG
TIME AGO AND WHEN GOD MADE HIM
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HE WAS PERFECT.
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"YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR
WAYS FROM THE DAY THAT YOU WERE
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CREATED UNTIL
INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU."
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IT GOES ON TO TELL
US ABOUT HIS POSITION.
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"YOU WERE THE
ANOINTED CHERUB WHO COVERS.
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I ESTABLISHED YOU."
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NOW, IF YOU READ IN THE BIBLE -
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE
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ARK OF THE COVENANT - THE SACRED
OBJECT THAT WAS IN THE HOLY OF
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HOLIES IN THE TEMPLE - AND ABOVE
THE ARK THERE WERE TWO ANGELS
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THEY'RE CALLED COVERING CHERUBS
- IT'S THE HIGHEST POSITION -
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IT REPRESENTS THE THRONE
OF GOD - THAT ARK ON EARTH -
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AND IN HEAVEN GOD DOES NOT
HAVE GOLDEN ANGELS ON THE RIGHT
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AND LEFT OF HIS
THRONE, HE'S GOT REAL ANGELS.
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THE GOLDEN ANGELS ON THE ARK
WERE SYMBOLS OF THE REAL ANGELS
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BY THE THRONE OF GOD.
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LUCIFER HELD ONE OF THOSE
POSITIONS - HIGHEST POSITION OF
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ANY CREATED BEING WAS THE
POSITION OF ONE OF THOSE ANGELS.
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WHAT LED TO
LUCIFER'S SIN - HIS REBELLION?
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IT SAYS IN EZEKIEL 28 - AS
WE READ ON IN THE SAME PASSAGE -
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"YOU'RE HEART WAS LIFTED
UP BECAUSE OF YOUR BEAUTY.
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YOU'VE CORRUPTED YOUR WISDOM
BY REASON OF YOUR BRIGHTNESS."
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YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID
BEFORE THAT 'POWER CORRUPTS AND
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ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS
ABSOLUTELY' - BECAUSE OF HIS
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EXALTED POSITION AND INCREDIBLE
POWERS, THE BIBLE SAYS ANGELS
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ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN MEN
- YOU READ THAT IN HEBREWS.
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MAN WAS MADE A
LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS
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IT TELLS US IN PSALMS.
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HE IS THE CHIEF OF THE ANGELS
- INCREDIBLY POWERFUL BEING.
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AND YOU AND I
IN OUR OWN STRENGTH
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ARE NO MATCH FOR THE DEVIL.
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BUT ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT
YOU AND JESUS ARE A MAJORITY.
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YOU AND JESUS CAN
BRING DOWN ANY GIANTS.
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YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID OF
THE DEVIL IF YOU'RE WITH CHRIST,
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BECAUSE CHRIST
DEFEATS THE DEVIL EVERY TIME.
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BUT HERE HE WAS, THIS POWERFUL
ANGEL, WORSHIPED BY THE OTHER
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ANGELS, BRILLIANT, GOOD LOOKING,
AND BECAUSE OF HIS GIFTS HE
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BEGAN TO WORSHIP
HIMSELF INSTEAD OF GOD.
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NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
'WELL, DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE?
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OBVIOUSLY THE WIRING WAS WRONG
AT THE FACTORY IF THIS ONE ANGEL
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STARTED WORSHIPING HIMSELF.
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DIDN'T GOD DO SOMETHING WRONG?
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COULDN'T GOD HAVE MADE HIM WHERE
HE NEVER WOULD THINK THOSE PROUD
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AND SELFISH THOUGHTS?'
YEAH, GOD COULD HAVE MADE HIM
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LIKE THAT, BUT CAN YOU
LOVE IF YOU'RE A ROBOT?
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LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION.
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IF GOD MAKES ALL OF HIS
CREATURES FREE TO LOVE -
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IF HE PRE-PROGRAMS HIS
CREATURES TO LOVE, IS THAT LOVE?
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GOD DOESN'T FORCE ANY OF
HIS CREATURES TO LOVE HIM.
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HE MADE LUCIFER AND ALL OF
HIS CREATURES WITH FREEDOM,
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INTELLIGENCE, A FREE WILL -
THEY COULD CHOOSE TO PROCESS THE
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INFORMATION WITH THE MINDS AND
THE INTELLIGENCE THEY HAD AND
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DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLIONS.
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HE COULD ONLY HOPE THAT THEY'LL
LOVE HIM BUT HE DOESN'T FORCE US
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TO LOVE HIM.
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WHAT HAPPENED IN
HEAVEN AS A CONSEQUENCE
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OF LUCIFER'S REBELLION?
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IT TELLS US, 'AND
THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN.
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MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT
AGAINST THE DRAGON AND THE
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DRAGON FOUGHT AND HIS ANGELS.'
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT
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WE KNOW RIGHT AWAY, IS THAT
LUCIFER - SATAN - IS NOW NOT
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ALONE IN HIS REBELLION.
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YOU NOTICE THERE IT SAYS
'THE DRAGON AND HIS' - WHAT?
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'HIS ANGELS.' THAT
MEANS THAT WHEN LUCIFER
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FIRST BEGAN TO NURTURE THESE
REBELLIOUS THOUGHTS - BECAUSE HE
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WAS SO IN LOVE WITH HIMSELF AND
HIS LOOKS AND HIS INTELLIGENCE
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HE THOUGHT, 'I SHOULD BE GOD.
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I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.'
HE IS THE ULTIMATE MEGALOMANIAC.
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NARCISSISTIC - AND THAT'S
ACTED OUT IN THE LIVES OF SOME
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WHO FOLLOW HIM.
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HE BEGAN TO CIRCULATE AMONG
THE OTHER ANGELS AND WITH HIS
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INCREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE AND HIS
POLITICAL SKILL HE BEGAN TO SAY,
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'YOU KNOW, WHY
DOES GOD HAVE RULES?
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WHY DOES GOD HAVE A LAW?
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WE SHOULD HAVE MORE FREEDOM.
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WE SHOULD HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS.'
AND HE BEGAN TO QUESTION THE
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GOVERNMENT AND THE LEADERSHIP
OF GOD ON EVERY POINT -
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BUT HE WOULD DO IT SUBTLY,
BY INNUENDO. YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE
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DO THAT BEFORE.
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THEY'LL TRY TO BESMIRCH YOUR
CHARACTER BY PLANTING QUESTIONS.
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AND THE DEVIL IS A MASTER
AT THAT AND HE WENT AMONG THE
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ANGELS AND HE BEGAN TO INSINUATE
AMONG THE ANGELS THAT GOD IS NOT
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GOOD - THAT GOD IS NOT FAIR -
THAT IF HE WAS GOD THINGS WOULD
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BE MUCH BETTER.
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AND HE MANAGED SOMEHOW -
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE IT SAYS
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ONE THIRD OF THE ANGELS SIDED
WITH LUCIFER IN HIS REBELLION.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
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AND SO, ULTIMATELY IT BROKE OUT
IN SOME COSMIC CONFLICT THERE IN
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HEAVEN BETWEEN GOD AND HIS
ANGELS AND THE DEVIL AND HIS
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ANGELS - AND, OF COURSE, IT USES
A SYMBOLIC WORD - IT CALLS HIM
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THE DRAGON - BUT WE ALL
KNOW WHO THAT IS - UNTIL FINALLY
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THEY ARE EVICTED.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT WEAPONS THEY
USED, BUT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF
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TITANIC COLOSSAL COMBAT
BETWEEN THESE SPIRITUAL FORCES.
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AND THAT WAR IS STILL GOING ON
TODAY EXCEPT THIS PLANET IS NOW
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THE BATTLEGROUND.
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HOW DID IT ALL GET
TRANSFERRED DOWN HERE?
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WE'LL GET TO THAT NOW.
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WHEN GOD CREATED ADAM AND EVE,
WHAT ONE THING DID HE FORBID
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THEM TO DO - 'BUT OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOOD - BUT OF
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THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE
OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU SHALL NOT
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EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT
YOU EAT OF IT' - IT SAYS -
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'YOU SHALL DIE.'
HE TOLD THEM DON'T GO
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BY THAT TREE.
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WELL, WHAT HAPPENED?
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IT TELLS US IN THE BIBLE
THAT EVE WAS EVIDENTLY WANDERING
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AROUND IN THE GARDEN EXAMINING
THE FRUIT OR DOING SOME
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HARVESTING AND SHE SAW THAT TREE
AND MAYBE IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL
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TREE - IT PROBABLY
WAS - SIN USUALLY IS.
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IT PROBABLY HAD NEON LIGHTS OR
SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW - AND AS
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SHE DREW NEAR THE TREE, ALL OF A
SUDDEN THE DEVIL HAD EVIDENTLY,
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YOU KNOW, GOD CAN
POSSESS PEOPLE, THE DEVIL
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CAN POSSESS PEOPLE.
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GOD HAS SPOKEN THROUGH DONKEYS,
THE DEVIL CAN SPEAK THROUGH
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ANIMALS TOO AND THE DEVIL TOOK
THIS SERPENT, WHICH WAS ONE OF
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THE MOST HYPNOTIC OF ALL
THE CREATURES IN THE GARDEN -
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EVIDENTLY IT COULD FLY BEFORE
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET ALL
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THESE LEGENDS OF THE WINGED
SERPENTS - AND THAT SERPENT WAS
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UP THERE IN THE TREE.
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AND PERHAPS HE WAS EATING
THE FRUIT - AS IF TO SAY, 'LOOK,
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NOTHING'S WRONG WITH ME.
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MATTER OF FACT, BEFORE I ATE
THIS FRUIT I COULDN'T EVEN TALK.
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NOW LOOK WHAT IT'S DONE FOR ME.
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HEY BEAUTIFUL, COME HERE FOR A
MINUTE, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.'
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AND SO, SHE AT THIS FORBIDDEN
FRUIT AND THEN BROUGHT IT TO HER
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HUSBAND AND THAT'S WHEN
SIN CAME INTO THE WORLD.
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NOW, I'VE RUN AHEAD
OF MY QUESTIONS HERE.
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WHAT MEDIUM DID SATAN USE
TO DECEIVE EVE AND WHAT LIES
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DID HE TELL HER?
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"NOW, THE SERPENT WAS MORE
CUNNING THAN ANY BEAST OF THE
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FIELD WHICH THE LORD GOD HAD
MADE" -GENESIS 3, VERSE 1 - "AND
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THE SERPENT SAID TO THE
WOMAN, 'YOU WON'T REALLY DIE.'"
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NOW, NOTICE THIS, GOD
TOLD ADAM AND EVE VERY CLEARLY,
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'IF YOU EAT THE
FORBIDDEN FRUIT, YOU WILL DIE.'
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THE DEVIL IS COMPLETELY
CONTRADICTING THE WORD OF GOD.
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BY THE WAY, THE FIRST QUESTION
IN THE BIBLE IS THE DEVIL
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QUESTIONING THE WORD OF GOD.
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YOU KNOW WHY WE'VE GOT SO MANY
PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TODAY?
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ITS BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS
STILL GETTING PEOPLE TO QUESTION
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THE WORD OF GOD.
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IT ALL CAME FROM
DOUBTING GOD'S WORD.
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AND THEN AFTER THAT, MAN
LOST DOMINION OF THE PLANET.
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KEEP IN MIND, WHEN GOD FIRST
MADE ADAM AND EVE, GOD MADE MAN
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IN HIS OWN IMAGE - IN THE SAME
WAY THAT GOD IS SUPREME AND A
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RULER AND GOD CAN CREATE,
GOD MADE MAN - SO HE HAS THE
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ABILITY TO PROCREATE AND MAN WAS
TO BE THE RULER OF THIS WORLD.
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DOMINION OF THE
PLANET WAS GIVEN TO ADAM.
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THE HIGHEST OF ALL GOD'S
CREATURES, THE CROWNING ACT OF
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CREATION WAS MAN AND WOMAN,
AND WHEN ADAM AND EVE CHOSE TO
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LISTEN TO THE WORD OF THE ENEMY
INSTEAD OF THE WORD OF GOD,
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THEY BASICALLY HANDED THE
KEYS TO THIS PLANET TO SATAN.
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WE LOST CONTROL.
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EVEN JESUS SAYS, 'THE DEVIL
IS THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD.'
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SO YOU'RE LIVING IN A
PLANET THAT IS A WAR ZONE.
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YOU CAN SEE IT
AROUND YOU ALL THE TIME.
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AND INSTEAD OF SAYING, 'WHY
DO SO MANY BAD THINGS HAPPEN?'
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WE OUGHT TO BE THANKING THE LORD
THAT SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
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GOD INTERVENES A GREAT DEAL TO
PROTECT, BUT THERE ARE LIMITS,
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BASED ON HIS OWN CHARACTER AND
JUSTICE, ON WHAT HE CAN DO IN
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THIS WORLD, EXCEPT AS
WE ASK HIM, THROUGH PRAYER,
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TO INTERVENE IN OUR LIVES.
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THERE'S A COSMIC
CONFLICT TRANSPIRING DOWN HERE.
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IT GOES ON TO SAY IN REVELATION
12:17 "AND THE DRAGON WAS WROTH
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WITH THE WOMAN, AND GOES TO
DESTROY THE REMNANT OF HER SEED
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THAT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS
OF GOD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY
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OF JESUS."
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"THE DRAGON" - WHO'S THE DRAGON?
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WE'RE LEARNING WHAT
THESE SYMBOLS MEAN - "WAS WROTH
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(ANGRY) WITH THE
WOMAN" - WHO'S THE WOMAN?
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THAT'D BE GOD'S CHURCH -
"AND HE GOES TO MAKE WAR WITH
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THE REMNANT" - THAT MEANS THE
REMAINDER - "OF HER SEED" - OR
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HER DESCENDENTS - HER CHILDREN.
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AND SO, THERE'S
THIS WAR GOING ON.
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NOW, HERE'S THE GOOD
NEWS - IT'S LIKE KIND OF A
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POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
00:14:06.93\00:14:08.00
THE DEVIL HAS CAST
HIS VOTE AGAINST YOU.
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HE WANTS YOU TO BE DESTROYED.
00:14:11.20\00:14:13.00
THE DEVIL HATES YOU - AND YOU
MIGHT BE WONDERING, 'WHY DOES
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THE DEVIL HATE ME SO
MUCH?' IT'S BECAUSE HE HATES GOD
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AND HE WANTS TO HURT GOD BY
HURTING YOU - BECAUSE THE DEVIL
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KNOWS THAT GOD LOVES YOU.
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I WANT TO ASK YOU - PARENTS
- WHAT WOULD HURT YOU MORE,
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IF SOMEONE TORTURED YOU
OR MADE YOU WATCH AS THEY
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TORTURED YOUR CHILD?
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WHAT WOULD HURT MORE?
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WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN -
WE HAD SIX - WE LOST A SON.
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I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
TO SEE A CHILD IN THE HOSPITAL
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SUFFERING AND - OH, IF YOU
COULD TRADE PLACES AND SAY,
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'LORD, LET IT BE ME.
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I'D RATHER SUFFER
THAN WATCH THEM SUFFER.'
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GOD MADE THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD
AND THE DEVIL TRIES TO CORRUPT
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IT BECAUSE IT ALL HURTS GOD.
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AND WHILE WE'RE DOWN HERE
SHAKING OUR FIST AT GOD SAYING,
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'IF YOU'RE SO GOOD WHY
ARE YOU ALLOWING ALL THIS?'
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AND GOD IS SAYING, 'THIS HURTS
ME MUCH MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU.'
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THAT'S WHY JESUS CAME -
TO SHOW US WHAT GOD IS LIKE.
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JESUS CAME TO SHOW US
WHAT HIS FATHER IS LIKE.
00:15:12.13\00:15:15.26
HE SAID, 'IF YOU'VE SEEN
ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.'
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AND JESUS CAME TO BE OUR
SUBSTITUTE - OUR EXAMPLE AND OUR
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SUBSTITUTE TO TAKE OUR PLACE.
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WHY WAS EATING A PIECE OF FRUIT
SUCH A DEADLY OFFENSE AND WHY
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WERE ADAM AND EVE
REMOVED FROM THE GARDEN?
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"HE THAT COMMITS
SIN IS OF THE DEVIL."
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JOHN 3, VERSE 8.
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WHEN A PERSON SINS THEY
ARE LISTENING TO THE ENEMY AND,
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BASICALLY, THEY WERE
CASTING THEIR VOTE ON THE SIDE
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OF THE DEVIL.
00:15:42.23\00:15:43.30
AND AGAIN, ROMANS CHAPTER 6,
VERSE 16 "DON'T YOU KNOW THAT
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WHO YOU PRESENT YOURSELVES
SLAVES TO OBEY, YOU ARE THE
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ONE'S SLAVES WHO YOU OBEY.
00:15:50.80\00:15:51.76
WHOEVER YOU OBEY,
THAT'S WHOSE SERVANTS YOU ARE.
00:15:51.76\00:15:54.90
WHETHER SIN LEADING TO
DEATH OR OF OBEDIENCE LEADING TO
00:15:54.90\00:15:58.96
RIGHTEOUSNESS."
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SO, WHO'S SERVANT
DO YOU WANT TO BE?
00:16:00.60\00:16:02.00
BY THE WAY, WHETHER YOU WANT TO
OR NOT, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT
00:16:02.00\00:16:04.10
OR NOT, YOU ARE
ALL SOMEBODY'S SERVANT.
00:16:04.10\00:16:08.63
WE ARE ALL EITHER
SERVING GOD OR THE ENEMY.
00:16:08.63\00:16:10.96
OH, I STARTED TELLING
YOU A MINUTE AGO, IT'S LIKE
00:16:10.96\00:16:12.66
A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
00:16:12.66\00:16:14.36
THE DEVIL'S CAST HIS
VOTE AGAINST YOU, GOD HAS CAST
00:16:14.36\00:16:17.60
HIS VOTE FOR YOU.
00:16:17.60\00:16:19.20
YOU HAVE THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE.
00:16:19.20\00:16:21.03
YOU DO.
00:16:21.03\00:16:22.10
YOU HAVE A FREE
CHOICE WHO YOU WANT TO SERVE.
00:16:22.10\00:16:25.20
HOW POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE
ARE SATAN'S TEMPTATIONS
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AND STRATEGIES?
00:16:27.73\00:16:30.90
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HIM
ANY GLORY, BUT THE BIBLE TELLS
00:16:30.90\00:16:32.63
US THAT WE SHOULD
BE AWARE OF OUR ENEMY.
00:16:32.63\00:16:35.23
MATTHEW 24:24 - "THERE WILL BE
FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS
00:16:35.23\00:16:38.76
THAT WILL RISE AND SHOW GREAT
SIGNS AND WONDERS TO DECEIVE,
00:16:38.76\00:16:43.83
IF IT WERE POSSIBLE,
EVEN THE VERY ELECT."
00:16:43.83\00:16:47.13
IT SAYS, 'THE DEVIL WHO
DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD.'
00:16:47.13\00:16:49.86
IN THE LAST DAYS HIS DECEPTIONS
ARE GOING TO BE SO COMPELLING
00:16:49.86\00:16:53.26
THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
WORLD IS GOING TO FOLLOW HIM.
00:16:53.26\00:16:56.80
THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD THAT
YOU'RE HERE AND LISTENING.
00:16:56.80\00:16:58.80
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'BROAD IS THE
WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION.
00:16:58.80\00:17:01.93
MOST PEOPLE FOLLOW THE DEVIL.
00:17:01.93\00:17:04.16
THEY DON'T - HE'S NOT RUNNING
AROUND WITH RED LEOTARDS AND A
00:17:04.16\00:17:07.13
GOATEE AND HORNS - I
MEAN, WHO WOULD FOLLOW HIM?
00:17:07.13\00:17:10.66
THE DEVIL IS A SMOOTH OPERATOR.
00:17:10.66\00:17:13.13
HE MAKES SIN AS
ATTRACTIVE AS HE CAN.
00:17:13.13\00:17:15.03
HE IS A MASTER OF
MARKETING HIS PHILOSOPHY.
00:17:15.03\00:17:20.73
THERE ARE THREE PRINCIPAL
AREAS WHERE THE DEVIL TEMPTS US.
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IT SAYS IN 1 JOHN, CHAPTER 2,
VERSES 15 TO 17, "LOVE NOT THE
00:17:24.86\00:17:29.13
WORLD, NEITHER THE THINGS THAT
ARE IN THE WORLD, FOR IF ANY MAN
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LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE
OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN THEM.
00:17:32.40\00:17:35.43
FOR ALL THAT'S IN THE WORLD, THE
LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF
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THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE
IT'S OF THE WORLD AND THE WORLD
00:17:39.00\00:17:42.06
IS GOING TO PASS AWAY AND THE
LUST THEREOF, BUT HE THAT DOES
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THE WILL OF GOD
WILL ABIDE FOREVER."
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IN THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS HE
WAS TEMPTED THOSE THREE AREAS OF
00:17:47.53\00:17:51.26
SIN - THE LUST OF THE
FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES,
00:17:51.26\00:17:54.30
AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE.
00:17:54.30\00:17:56.26
REMEMBER, THE DEVIL SAID TO
CHRIST, 'IF YOU'RE THE SON OF
00:17:56.26\00:17:59.36
GOD, TAKE THESE STONES AND TURN
THEM INTO BREAD'" - TEMPTING HIS
00:17:59.36\00:18:03.66
PHYSICAL TEMPTATIONS - AND
JESUS ANSWERED WITH THE BIBLE.
00:18:03.66\00:18:08.53
HE SAID, "IT IS WRITTEN, MAN
WILL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT
00:18:08.53\00:18:11.03
BY EVERY WORD THAT
PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.
00:18:11.03\00:18:14.90
AND THEN THE DEVIL TOOK HIM
UP TO THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE
00:18:14.90\00:18:18.76
AND HE SAID, 'IF YOU ARE THE SON
OF GOD CAST YOURSELF DOWN" - AND
00:18:18.76\00:18:23.96
THEN THE DEVIL QUOTES THE BIBLE
- "FOR IT IS WRITTEN, HE'LL GIVE
00:18:23.96\00:18:27.23
HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER THEE
AND THEY'LL BEAR YOU UP IN THEIR
00:18:27.23\00:18:31.66
HANDS LEST YOU DASH
YOUR FOOT AGAINST THE STONE."
00:18:31.66\00:18:34.83
DOES THE DEVIL KNOW THE BIBLE?
00:18:34.83\00:18:37.10
SO, DOES HE MISQUOTE IT?
00:18:37.10\00:18:39.46
SHOULD IT SURPRISE YOU THAT
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
00:18:39.46\00:18:41.13
RELIGIONS OUT THERE THAT
CLAIM TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE
00:18:41.13\00:18:43.16
BUT THEY MISQUOTE IT?
00:18:43.16\00:18:46.23
AND HE DID IT EVEN TO JESUS
- AND HE STILL DOES IT TODAY -
00:18:46.23\00:18:48.80
THIRD TEMPTATION HE TOOK HIM
UP TO A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN AND
00:18:48.80\00:18:51.76
SHOWED HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF
THE WORLD AND THEIR GLORY AND HE
00:18:51.76\00:18:54.86
SAID, 'ALL THESE THINGS
I'LL GIVE YOU IF YOU BOW DOWN
00:18:54.86\00:18:57.06
AND WORSHIP ME.'
WHAT DOES THE DEVIL WANT?
00:18:57.06\00:18:59.13
HE WANTS TO BE GOD.
00:18:59.13\00:19:00.93
HE WANTED TO SUBJUGATE CHRIST.
00:19:00.93\00:19:02.70
HE WANTS THAT POSITION.
00:19:02.70\00:19:04.96
IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT HE WANTS.
00:19:04.96\00:19:07.06
AND JESUS SAID, 'AWAY WITH YOU
SATAN FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'YOU
00:19:07.06\00:19:10.06
SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD
AND HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE.'
00:19:10.06\00:19:13.90
NOTICE, THAT ALL THREE TIMES
THAT JESUS FOUGHT TEMPTATION HE
00:19:13.90\00:19:17.03
USED WEAPONS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO YOU AND ME -
00:19:17.03\00:19:19.96
HE USED THE BIBLE.
00:19:19.96\00:19:22.03
SO WHAT IS OUR BEST DEFENSE?
00:19:22.03\00:19:24.16
REMEMBER WE FOUND OUT THIS
REPRESENTS THE SWORD OF THE
00:19:24.16\00:19:25.93
SPIRIT - IS THE WORD OF GOD.
00:19:25.93\00:19:27.70
AS YOU HIDE HIS WORD IN YOUR
HEART, IT GIVES YOU STRENGTH
00:19:27.70\00:19:30.40
AGAINST TEMPTATION.
00:19:30.40\00:19:31.93
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMP US
TO STUDY AND READ THE BIBLE.
00:19:31.93\00:19:35.46
IT TELLS US TO PUT ON THE WHOLE
ARMOR OF GOD THAT WE MIGHT BE
00:19:35.46\00:19:38.80
ABLE TO STAND AGAINST
THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.
00:19:38.80\00:19:41.83
GOD HAS PROVIDED A WAY
FOR YOU TO BE VICTORIOUS OVER
00:19:41.83\00:19:44.80
EVERY TEMPTATION.
00:19:44.80\00:19:47.00
YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME TO
THE LORD THE FIRST TIME, I WAS
00:19:47.00\00:19:49.73
DRINKING AND SMOKING AND USING
DRUGS AND I HAD ALL KINDS OF
00:19:49.73\00:19:52.60
ADDICTIONS AND PROBLEMS AND,
BY THE GRACE OF GOD, HE SAVED ME
00:19:52.60\00:19:55.86
FROM THE ALCOHOL, THE
CIGARETTES, THE DRUGS,
00:19:55.86\00:20:00.63
THE IMMORALITY - BAD LANGUAGE,
OH I HAD A BAD MOUTH - THAT TO
00:20:00.63\00:20:06.10
ME IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST MIRACLES OF ALL.
00:20:06.10\00:20:07.66
HE GAVE ME A NEW VOCABULARY.
00:20:07.66\00:20:10.20
YOU HAVEN'T HEARD
ME SLIP ONCE, HAVE YOU?
00:20:10.20\00:20:12.70
IT'S JUST - HE REPROGRAMMED
ME - AND HE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU.
00:20:12.70\00:20:15.33
HE MAKES YOU A NEW CREATURE.
00:20:15.33\00:20:17.13
IN OUR OWN POWER WE CAN'T DEFEAT
THE DEVIL, BUT THROUGH CHRIST
00:20:17.13\00:20:20.10
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
00:20:20.10\00:20:22.60
WHAT IS IT THAT FOREVER SETTLES
THE HORRIBLE PROBLEM OF SIN AND
00:20:22.60\00:20:26.16
WILL SIN EVER RISE UP AGAIN?
00:20:26.16\00:20:29.10
YOU CAN READ IN THE BOOK NAHAM,
CHAPTER 1, VERSE 9, "AFFLICTION
00:20:29.10\00:20:33.30
(OR SIN) WILL NOT RISE
UP AGAIN THE SECOND TIME."
00:20:33.30\00:20:37.60
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'ONCE
THE DEVIL'S GONE, HOW DO WE KNOW
00:20:37.60\00:20:39.23
THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN?'
THE WHOLE UNIVERSE HAS OBSERVED
00:20:39.23\00:20:42.63
THIS GREAT CONFLICT BETWEEN GOOD
AND EVIL HERE ON THIS PLANET.
00:20:42.63\00:20:46.73
NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO FORGET
AND FOREVER IN THE HANDS OF
00:20:46.73\00:20:50.33
JESUS - WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE
DEAD HE STILL HAD THE SCARS AS A
00:20:50.33\00:20:54.40
REMINDER OF WHAT THE TERRIBLE
PUNISHMENT OF SIN IS - THE
00:20:54.40\00:20:57.70
TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN.
00:20:57.70\00:21:00.13
HE SUFFERED FOR THAT.
00:21:00.13\00:21:01.70
NOBODY IS GOING TO WANT TO
EXPERIMENT WITH SELFISHNESS
00:21:01.70\00:21:03.86
EVER AGAIN.
00:21:03.86\00:21:05.56
WHO MAKES THE FINAL COMPLETE
ERADICATION OF SIN FROM THE
00:21:05.56\00:21:09.66
UNIVERSE A CERTAINTY?
00:21:09.66\00:21:11.50
1 JOHN 3, VERSE 8 - "FOR
THIS PURPOSE THE SON OF GOD WAS
00:21:11.50\00:21:16.56
MANIFESTED THAT HE MIGHT
DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL."
00:21:16.56\00:21:20.30
WHO'S THE SON OF GOD? JESUS.
00:21:20.30\00:21:23.63
HE CAME TO DESTROY THE WORKS OF
THE DEVIL AND THAT'S WHY YOU'VE
00:21:23.63\00:21:27.33
GOT TO LET HIM
DESTROY THOSE THINGS IN YOU.
00:21:27.33\00:21:29.26
HE WILL.
00:21:29.26\00:21:30.03
HE'LL MAKE YOU A NEW CREATURE.
00:21:30.03\00:21:32.20
AND AGAIN, HEBREW 2, VERSE
14 - "FOR AS MUCH THEN AS THE
00:21:32.20\00:21:35.06
CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH
AND BLOOD, HE (CHRIST) ALSO
00:21:35.06\00:21:39.26
HIMSELF LIKEWISE TOOK THE PART
OF THE SAME, THAT THROUGH DEATH
00:21:39.26\00:21:43.53
JESUS MIGHT DESTROY HIM THAT
HAS THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS,
00:21:43.53\00:21:47.33
THE DEVIL."
00:21:47.33\00:21:48.56
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE AFRAID OF DEATH.
00:21:48.56\00:21:50.53
THROUGH CHRIST, BECAUSE HE DIED
AND ROSE AGAIN, YOU CAN HAVE A
00:21:50.53\00:21:53.20
NEW BODY, YOU CAN RISE AGAIN,
YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER BECAUSE OF
00:21:53.20\00:21:56.53
WHAT JESUS DID - HE DESTROYED
THE POWER OF THE DEVIL.
00:21:56.53\00:22:00.33
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO RACE AHEAD
BECAUSE I SEE I'M OUT OF TIME.
00:22:00.33\00:22:03.30
I WANT TO CLOSE
WITH A LITTLE STORY HERE.
00:22:03.30\00:22:07.00
AND ONE DAY, A MOTHER THAT LIVED
OUT IN THE BACK PART OF SOUTHERN
00:22:07.00\00:22:12.60
FLORIDA WITH HER SON, THEY HAD
A BIG, BIG POND - SMALL LAKE -
00:22:12.60\00:22:17.23
ON THEIR PROPERTY AND ONE
DAY THEIR SON SAID, 'MOM, IT'S
00:22:17.23\00:22:20.63
A HOT DAY, I'M GOING
TO GO JUMP IN THE POND.'
00:22:20.63\00:22:22.53
THEY HAD A LITTLE DOCK - A
LITTLE BEACH THERE ON THEIR LAKE
00:22:22.53\00:22:25.30
BY THE POND - AND SHE SAID,
'OKAY, REAL QUICK AND THEN COME
00:22:25.30\00:22:29.73
IN FOR LUNCH.' TRUE STORY.
00:22:29.73\00:22:32.16
HE WENT RUNNING OUT.
00:22:32.16\00:22:33.23
HE DIDN'T EVEN WAIT UNTIL HE
GOT TO THE SHORE, HE WAS JUST
00:22:33.23\00:22:34.70
RIPPING OFF HIS CLOTHES
DOWN TO HIS BATHING SUIT.
00:22:34.70\00:22:37.06
HE GOT TO THE EDGE OF
THE WATER AND HE JUMPED IN.
00:22:37.06\00:22:39.50
MOM IS WATCHING DUTIFULLY FROM
THE KITCHEN WINDOW WHERE SHE CAN
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SEE THE POND WHERE HE'S SWIMMING
THERE AND, EVIDENTLY, A VERY
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LARGE ALLIGATOR HAD MIGRATED
TO THAT POND - HE HAD NEVER BEEN
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THERE BEFORE - AND SHE SAW
THAT AS HER SON WAS SWIMMING OUT
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TOWARDS THE MIDDLE, THIS BIG
GATOR SLIP INTO THE WATER ON THE
00:22:55.03\00:22:58.66
OTHER SIDE AND BEGIN
SWIMMING TOWARDS HER SON.
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SHE DROPPED HER DISHES
AND RAN OUT THE DOOR AND SHE
00:23:01.43\00:23:04.10
BEGAN TO SCREAM,
'ALLIGATOR! ALLIGATOR!
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SWIM FOR THE SHORE!
00:23:06.23\00:23:07.33
THERE'S AN ALLIGATOR!"
00:23:07.33\00:23:08.86
HE KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT AND HE
TURNED AROUND AND HE'S LOOKING
00:23:08.86\00:23:12.00
ALL AROUND AND HE BEGAN TO SWIM
WITH ALL HIS MIGHT AND THE GATOR
00:23:12.00\00:23:14.70
WAS CLOSING ON HIM PRETTY QUICK.
00:23:14.70\00:23:16.43
SHE'S RUNNING DOWN TOWARDS THE
SHORE - JUST AS HE GOT UP TOWARD
00:23:16.43\00:23:19.46
THE SHORE THE GATOR
CHOMPED DOWN ON HIS LEGS.
00:23:19.46\00:23:23.86
AT THE SAME TIME, THE MOTHER
LUNGED - SHE GRABBED HIS WRISTS
00:23:23.86\00:23:27.86
AND THEN THERE WAS A TUG-OF-WAR
AND AT FIRST THE GATOR WAS
00:23:27.86\00:23:30.93
PULLING MOM OFF INTO THE WATER,
BUT YOU KNOW, MOTHERS ARE PRETTY
00:23:30.93\00:23:33.26
TENACIOUS AND SHE'S PULLING BACK
AND HER SON IS SLIPPERY AND HE
00:23:33.26\00:23:38.00
SLIPPED OUT OF HER HANDS AND
SHE GRABBED HIM AGAIN AND HE'S
00:23:38.00\00:23:39.86
YELLING, 'DON'T LET GO!
00:23:39.86\00:23:40.60
DON'T LET GO!' AND
THE GATOR'S TRYING TO PULL
00:23:40.60\00:23:42.43
HIM BACK AND DO THIS ROLL.
00:23:42.43\00:23:44.63
SHE PULLED HIM BACK UP ON SHORE
- WELL, ALL THIS SCREAMING AND
00:23:44.63\00:23:47.93
COMMOTION OF THE MOTHER AND THE
SON - A FARMER DRIVING BY RIGHT
00:23:47.93\00:23:51.76
NEAR THE HOUSE HEARD
THAT - HE PAUSED, HE LOOKED -
00:23:51.76\00:23:54.10
HE HAD A RIFLE IN HIS TRUCK.
00:23:54.10\00:23:56.66
HE GRABBED THE RIFLE, RAN DOWN
THERE, AND SHOT THE ALLIGATOR.
00:23:56.66\00:24:00.26
WELL, THE BOY WAS BADLY SCARRED
ON HIS LEGS AND HE WAS TAKEN
00:24:00.26\00:24:03.46
TO THE HOSPITAL.
00:24:03.46\00:24:04.60
AT FIRST THEY THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO LOSE HIS LEGS BUT THE
00:24:04.60\00:24:07.40
DOCTORS DID A REMARKABLE JOB AND
THEY PATCHED HIM UP SO THAT HE
00:24:07.40\00:24:10.73
KEPT HIS LEGS.
00:24:10.73\00:24:11.90
AFTER HE RECOVERED A LITTLE BIT,
A REPORTER CAME TO THE HOSPITAL
00:24:11.90\00:24:18.33
AND ASKED IF HE COULD INTERVIEW
THE BOY AND FIND OUT WHAT HIS
00:24:18.33\00:24:20.13
ORDEAL WAS LIKE AND GET THE
STORY AND HE SAID, 'DO YOU MIND
00:24:20.13\00:24:23.90
IF I SEE YOUR
LEGS?' HE SAID, 'NO.'
00:24:23.90\00:24:27.10
AND HE PULLED BACK THE SHEETS
AND HE SHOWED HIM THE LEGS AND
00:24:27.10\00:24:29.63
THE BANDAGES WERE OFF AND HE
COULD SEE THE STITCHES AND THE
00:24:29.63\00:24:31.66
SCARS AND THE BOY
THEN HELD UP HIS ARMS.
00:24:31.66\00:24:35.10
HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:24:35.10\00:24:35.83
I'VE GOT SCARS ON MY
ARMS TOO BECAUSE MOM WOULDN'T
00:24:35.83\00:24:38.76
LET GO Ob x..' AND HE
WAS SO PROUD OF THE SCARS
00:24:38.76\00:24:42.76
ON HIS ARMS.
00:24:42.76\00:24:44.83
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S GOT SCARS
IN THEIR HANDS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
00:24:44.83\00:24:48.10
WANT TO LET GO OF
YOU AND THAT'S JESUS.
00:24:48.10\00:24:52.26
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A
DECISION TO HANG ON TO HIM.
00:24:52.26\00:24:55.33
HE SAYS, 'I'LL NOT LET GO
OF YOU, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO COME
00:24:55.33\00:24:57.26
TO ME.' HE WILL
NOT FORCE HIMSELF
00:24:57.26\00:24:59.76
ON YOU.
00:24:59.76\00:25:00.33
HE WILL NOT
FORCE HIS LOVE ON YOU.
00:25:00.33\00:25:02.13
HE PLEADS WITH YOU TO COME JUST
AS YOU ARE AND HE SAYS HE'LL
00:25:02.13\00:25:05.43
GIVE YOU A NEW LIFE, HE'LL GIVE
YOU A VICTORY, HE'LL GIVE YOU
00:25:05.43\00:25:07.53
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00:25:07.53\00:25:08.83
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00:25:08.83\00:25:11.46
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00:25:25.00\00:25:30.26
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00:25:30.26\00:25:33.36
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00:25:33.36\00:25:36.96
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00:25:36.96\00:25:38.80
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00:25:38.80\00:25:44.26
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00:25:44.26\00:25:48.73
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00:26:03.43\00:26:07.80
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00:26:11.46\00:26:13.80
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00:26:13.80\00:26:17.90
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00:26:17.90\00:26:21.33
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00:26:21.33\00:26:23.16
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00:26:30.73\00:26:34.86
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00:26:40.23\00:26:41.53
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00:27:14.90\00:27:18.73
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