Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000107
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00:01 >>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
00:03 AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED. 00:12 >>IF GOD EXISTS, WHY IS THERE SUFFERING? 00:16 I MIGHT EXPAND THE TITLE TO SAY IF GOD IS LOVE, WHY IS THERE 00:19 SO MUCH SUFFERING? 00:21 WHY DO THE INNOCENT SUFFER? 00:26 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:29 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:32 IS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:35 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:37 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:40 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:47 >>WELL, WE'RE GOING ON TO A VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING 00:50 SUBJECT TONIGHT DEALING WITH 'IF GOD EXISTS 00:54 WHY IS THERE SUFFERING?' I MIGHT EXPAND THE TITLE TO SAY, 00:58 'IF GOD IS LOVE WHY IS THERE SO MUCH SUFFERING?' 01:02 WHY DO THE INNOCENT SUFFER? 01:04 IF GOD'S ALL-POWERFUL WHY DOESN'T HE DESTROY THE DEVIL? 01:09 THERE'S A LOT OF WHYS AND A LOT OF DEAR PEOPLE AND BRILLIANT 01:12 PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ASK THIS QUESTION - BECAUSE THEY DON'T 01:15 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ON THIS - THEY THROW 01:17 ASIDE GOD ALTOGETHER. 01:19 THEY SAY, 'HOW CAN THERE BE A GOOD GOD IN A WORLD WHERE 01:21 THERE'S SO MUCH BAD?' HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED 01:24 THIS QUESTION BEFORE? 01:26 YOU'VE THOUGHT THESE THINGS? 01:28 WE'RE GOING TO, AGAIN, GO TO OUR FIRST QUESTION FOR THIS 01:30 PRESENTATION AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE 01:32 BIT ABOUT 'WHY IS THERE SIN AND SUFFERING? 01:34 WHY IS THERE EVIL? 01:36 WHY WOULD A GOOD GOD MAKE A BAD DEVIL?' 01:38 BIG QUESTIONS. 01:40 #1 - WITH WHOM DID SIN OR EVIL ORIGINATE? 01:45 ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, IF YOU LOOK IN JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 8 01:48 IT SAYS, "THE DEVIL SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING." 01:53 SIN IN THE WORLD AND SUFFERING IN THE WORLD ORIGINATED WITH 01:57 THIS ARCH-VILLAIN THAT WE SOMETIMES CALL SATAN 02:01 OR THE DEVIL. 02:02 HE COMES BY MANY NAMES. 02:04 VIRTUALLY EVERY RELIGION IN THE WORLD HAS A GOD OF GOOD AND THEN 02:08 THEY'VE GOT THIS SINISTER EVIL GOD BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN SEE IT 02:11 ACTING OUT IN LIFE. 02:14 YOU SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS OF CREATION - BUTTERFLIES COMING 02:17 OUT OF THEIR COCOONS AND JUST WONDERFUL THINGS 02:19 OF GREAT BEAUTY. 02:21 AND THEN WE SEE THINGS THAT ARE VICIOUS. 02:23 YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, AN INNOCENT LITTLE FAWN BEING TORN APART BY 02:28 A LION AND YOU SAY, 'WOW, THAT JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.' 02:32 THERE'S SUCH FEROCITY AND BRUTALITY IN THE WORLD. 02:36 WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN? 02:39 YOU READ IN GENESIS WHEN GOD MADE EVERYTHING IT SAYS, 02:41 'IT WAS GOOD. GOOD.' AND IT CONCLUDES BY SAYING 02:45 'VERY GOOD'. 02:47 SOMETHING HAPPENED - STAY WITH ME. 02:50 AGAIN, HE'S CALLED 'THAT OLD SERPENT CALLED 02:53 THE DEVIL AND SATAN'. 02:55 YOU GO TO REVELATION AND RIGHT THERE IT IDENTIFIES THIS - 02:58 AND BY THE WAY, IN THAT SAME VERSE IT CALLS HIM THE DRAGON. 03:01 THE DRAGON, SERPENT, SATAN, THE DEVIL. 03:06 AND SO, IN THE BIBLE YOU'LL HEAR REFERENCES TO THE DRAGON AND TO 03:09 THE SERPENT AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY SYMBOLIC OF THE DEVIL 03:13 BECAUSE HE SORT OF GOT BRANDED WITH THAT LOGO AT THE BEGINNING 03:17 IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN - WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT 03:19 IN A MOMENT HERE. 03:20 #2 - WHAT WAS SATAN'S NAME BEFORE HE SINNED AND WHERE WAS 03:25 HE LIVING AT THAT TIME? 03:28 WELL, IF YOU READ IN ISAIAH 14 IT SAYS, "HOW YOU ARE FALLEN 03:32 FROM HEAVEN O LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING." 03:36 NOW, THE NAME SATAN MEANS ADVERSARY. 03:39 HE WASN'T ALWAYS AN ADVERSARY. 03:40 GOD DID NOT MAKE AN EVIL DEVIL BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE GOD AN 03:45 ACCOMPLICE FOR EVIL AND SIN AND THE BIBLE SAYS EVERY GOOD AND 03:50 PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM GOD. 03:51 GOD DOESN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG - HE'S PERFECT - AND THERE'S NO 03:54 EVIL THAT PROCEEDS FROM GOD. 03:57 IF EVIL PROCEEDS FROM GOD THEN WHY WOULD HE PUNISH SINNERS 03:59 FOR BEING EVIL? 04:01 THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THIS. 04:03 IT WILL CHANGE YOUR WHOLE WORLD VIEW. 04:06 STAY WITH ME. 04:08 WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN OF LUCIFER AND WHAT RESPONSIBLE POSITION 04:10 DID HE HOLD AND HOW MUCH DOES THE BIBLE DESCRIBE HIM? 04:15 WELL, IT TELLS US IN EZEKIEL 28, SPEAKING ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF 04:19 LUCIFER, "YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS" - 04:22 SO DID GOD MAKE A DEFECTIVE DEVIL? - 04:25 "YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS FROM THE DAY YOU WERE CREATED" - 04:28 HE WASN'T BORN HE WAS CREATED. 04:30 YOU AND I ARE ALL BORN, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN BEINGS 04:33 THAT ARE CREATED. 04:34 ADAM WAS CREATED. 04:36 GOD CREATED EVE. 04:38 ANGELS ARE CREATED - THEY DON'T HAVE CHILDREN AND PROCREATE. 04:43 LUCIFER WAS CREATED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO AND WHEN GOD MADE HIM 04:48 HE WAS PERFECT. 04:49 "YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS FROM THE DAY THAT YOU WERE 04:51 CREATED UNTIL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU." 04:55 IT GOES ON TO TELL US ABOUT HIS POSITION. 04:57 "YOU WERE THE ANOINTED CHERUB WHO COVERS. 05:01 I ESTABLISHED YOU." 05:03 NOW, IF YOU READ IN THE BIBLE - YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE 05:05 ARK OF THE COVENANT - THE SACRED OBJECT THAT WAS IN THE HOLY OF 05:09 HOLIES IN THE TEMPLE - AND ABOVE THE ARK THERE WERE TWO ANGELS 05:12 THEY'RE CALLED COVERING CHERUBS - IT'S THE HIGHEST POSITION - 05:16 IT REPRESENTS THE THRONE OF GOD - THAT ARK ON EARTH - 05:20 AND IN HEAVEN GOD DOES NOT HAVE GOLDEN ANGELS ON THE RIGHT 05:22 AND LEFT OF HIS THRONE, HE'S GOT REAL ANGELS. 05:25 THE GOLDEN ANGELS ON THE ARK WERE SYMBOLS OF THE REAL ANGELS 05:28 BY THE THRONE OF GOD. 05:29 LUCIFER HELD ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS - HIGHEST POSITION OF 05:33 ANY CREATED BEING WAS THE POSITION OF ONE OF THOSE ANGELS. 05:37 WHAT LED TO LUCIFER'S SIN - HIS REBELLION? 05:42 IT SAYS IN EZEKIEL 28 - AS WE READ ON IN THE SAME PASSAGE - 05:46 "YOU'RE HEART WAS LIFTED UP BECAUSE OF YOUR BEAUTY. 05:50 YOU'VE CORRUPTED YOUR WISDOM BY REASON OF YOUR BRIGHTNESS." 05:54 YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID BEFORE THAT 'POWER CORRUPTS AND 05:58 ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY' - BECAUSE OF HIS 06:02 EXALTED POSITION AND INCREDIBLE POWERS, THE BIBLE SAYS ANGELS 06:06 ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN MEN - YOU READ THAT IN HEBREWS. 06:09 MAN WAS MADE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS 06:11 IT TELLS US IN PSALMS. 06:12 HE IS THE CHIEF OF THE ANGELS - INCREDIBLY POWERFUL BEING. 06:18 AND YOU AND I IN OUR OWN STRENGTH 06:20 ARE NO MATCH FOR THE DEVIL. 06:22 BUT ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT YOU AND JESUS ARE A MAJORITY. 06:25 YOU AND JESUS CAN BRING DOWN ANY GIANTS. 06:27 YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID OF THE DEVIL IF YOU'RE WITH CHRIST, 06:30 BECAUSE CHRIST DEFEATS THE DEVIL EVERY TIME. 06:33 BUT HERE HE WAS, THIS POWERFUL ANGEL, WORSHIPED BY THE OTHER 06:35 ANGELS, BRILLIANT, GOOD LOOKING, AND BECAUSE OF HIS GIFTS HE 06:42 BEGAN TO WORSHIP HIMSELF INSTEAD OF GOD. 06:46 NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE? 06:50 OBVIOUSLY THE WIRING WAS WRONG AT THE FACTORY IF THIS ONE ANGEL 06:54 STARTED WORSHIPING HIMSELF. 06:56 DIDN'T GOD DO SOMETHING WRONG? 06:57 COULDN'T GOD HAVE MADE HIM WHERE HE NEVER WOULD THINK THOSE PROUD 07:00 AND SELFISH THOUGHTS?' YEAH, GOD COULD HAVE MADE HIM 07:05 LIKE THAT, BUT CAN YOU LOVE IF YOU'RE A ROBOT? 07:13 LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION. 07:15 IF GOD MAKES ALL OF HIS CREATURES FREE TO LOVE - 07:18 IF HE PRE-PROGRAMS HIS CREATURES TO LOVE, IS THAT LOVE? 07:23 GOD DOESN'T FORCE ANY OF HIS CREATURES TO LOVE HIM. 07:28 HE MADE LUCIFER AND ALL OF HIS CREATURES WITH FREEDOM, 07:31 INTELLIGENCE, A FREE WILL - THEY COULD CHOOSE TO PROCESS THE 07:35 INFORMATION WITH THE MINDS AND THE INTELLIGENCE THEY HAD AND 07:38 DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLIONS. 07:40 HE COULD ONLY HOPE THAT THEY'LL LOVE HIM BUT HE DOESN'T FORCE US 07:43 TO LOVE HIM. 07:46 WHAT HAPPENED IN HEAVEN AS A CONSEQUENCE 07:47 OF LUCIFER'S REBELLION? 07:50 IT TELLS US, 'AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN. 07:55 MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT AGAINST THE DRAGON AND THE 07:58 DRAGON FOUGHT AND HIS ANGELS.' ALL RIGHT, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT 08:01 WE KNOW RIGHT AWAY, IS THAT LUCIFER - SATAN - IS NOW NOT 08:07 ALONE IN HIS REBELLION. 08:08 YOU NOTICE THERE IT SAYS 'THE DRAGON AND HIS' - WHAT? 08:11 'HIS ANGELS.' THAT MEANS THAT WHEN LUCIFER 08:15 FIRST BEGAN TO NURTURE THESE REBELLIOUS THOUGHTS - BECAUSE HE 08:18 WAS SO IN LOVE WITH HIMSELF AND HIS LOOKS AND HIS INTELLIGENCE 08:22 HE THOUGHT, 'I SHOULD BE GOD. 08:23 I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.' HE IS THE ULTIMATE MEGALOMANIAC. 08:29 NARCISSISTIC - AND THAT'S ACTED OUT IN THE LIVES OF SOME 08:34 WHO FOLLOW HIM. 08:36 HE BEGAN TO CIRCULATE AMONG THE OTHER ANGELS AND WITH HIS 08:38 INCREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE AND HIS POLITICAL SKILL HE BEGAN TO SAY, 08:42 'YOU KNOW, WHY DOES GOD HAVE RULES? 08:44 WHY DOES GOD HAVE A LAW? 08:46 WE SHOULD HAVE MORE FREEDOM. 08:47 WE SHOULD HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS.' AND HE BEGAN TO QUESTION THE 08:50 GOVERNMENT AND THE LEADERSHIP OF GOD ON EVERY POINT - 08:53 BUT HE WOULD DO IT SUBTLY, BY INNUENDO. YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE 08:56 DO THAT BEFORE. 08:57 THEY'LL TRY TO BESMIRCH YOUR CHARACTER BY PLANTING QUESTIONS. 09:02 AND THE DEVIL IS A MASTER AT THAT AND HE WENT AMONG THE 09:04 ANGELS AND HE BEGAN TO INSINUATE AMONG THE ANGELS THAT GOD IS NOT 09:08 GOOD - THAT GOD IS NOT FAIR - THAT IF HE WAS GOD THINGS WOULD 09:11 BE MUCH BETTER. 09:14 AND HE MANAGED SOMEHOW - ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE IT SAYS 09:16 ONE THIRD OF THE ANGELS SIDED WITH LUCIFER IN HIS REBELLION. 09:22 CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? 09:24 AND SO, ULTIMATELY IT BROKE OUT IN SOME COSMIC CONFLICT THERE IN 09:30 HEAVEN BETWEEN GOD AND HIS ANGELS AND THE DEVIL AND HIS 09:33 ANGELS - AND, OF COURSE, IT USES A SYMBOLIC WORD - IT CALLS HIM 09:36 THE DRAGON - BUT WE ALL KNOW WHO THAT IS - UNTIL FINALLY 09:40 THEY ARE EVICTED. 09:42 I DON'T KNOW WHAT WEAPONS THEY USED, BUT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF 09:44 TITANIC COLOSSAL COMBAT BETWEEN THESE SPIRITUAL FORCES. 09:50 AND THAT WAR IS STILL GOING ON TODAY EXCEPT THIS PLANET IS NOW 09:55 THE BATTLEGROUND. 09:56 HOW DID IT ALL GET TRANSFERRED DOWN HERE? 09:59 WE'LL GET TO THAT NOW. 10:01 WHEN GOD CREATED ADAM AND EVE, WHAT ONE THING DID HE FORBID 10:05 THEM TO DO - 'BUT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOOD - BUT OF 10:09 THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU SHALL NOT 10:11 EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT' - IT SAYS - 10:15 'YOU SHALL DIE.' HE TOLD THEM DON'T GO 10:20 BY THAT TREE. 10:22 WELL, WHAT HAPPENED? 10:24 IT TELLS US IN THE BIBLE THAT EVE WAS EVIDENTLY WANDERING 10:29 AROUND IN THE GARDEN EXAMINING THE FRUIT OR DOING SOME 10:31 HARVESTING AND SHE SAW THAT TREE AND MAYBE IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL 10:34 TREE - IT PROBABLY WAS - SIN USUALLY IS. 10:37 IT PROBABLY HAD NEON LIGHTS OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW - AND AS 10:40 SHE DREW NEAR THE TREE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DEVIL HAD EVIDENTLY, 10:45 YOU KNOW, GOD CAN POSSESS PEOPLE, THE DEVIL 10:49 CAN POSSESS PEOPLE. 10:51 GOD HAS SPOKEN THROUGH DONKEYS, THE DEVIL CAN SPEAK THROUGH 10:53 ANIMALS TOO AND THE DEVIL TOOK THIS SERPENT, WHICH WAS ONE OF 10:57 THE MOST HYPNOTIC OF ALL THE CREATURES IN THE GARDEN - 11:00 EVIDENTLY IT COULD FLY BEFORE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET ALL 11:03 THESE LEGENDS OF THE WINGED SERPENTS - AND THAT SERPENT WAS 11:07 UP THERE IN THE TREE. 11:09 AND PERHAPS HE WAS EATING THE FRUIT - AS IF TO SAY, 'LOOK, 11:12 NOTHING'S WRONG WITH ME. 11:13 MATTER OF FACT, BEFORE I ATE THIS FRUIT I COULDN'T EVEN TALK. 11:16 NOW LOOK WHAT IT'S DONE FOR ME. 11:18 HEY BEAUTIFUL, COME HERE FOR A MINUTE, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.' 11:20 AND SO, SHE AT THIS FORBIDDEN FRUIT AND THEN BROUGHT IT TO HER 11:25 HUSBAND AND THAT'S WHEN SIN CAME INTO THE WORLD. 11:28 NOW, I'VE RUN AHEAD OF MY QUESTIONS HERE. 11:30 WHAT MEDIUM DID SATAN USE TO DECEIVE EVE AND WHAT LIES 11:34 DID HE TELL HER? 11:36 "NOW, THE SERPENT WAS MORE CUNNING THAN ANY BEAST OF THE 11:38 FIELD WHICH THE LORD GOD HAD MADE" -GENESIS 3, VERSE 1 - "AND 11:43 THE SERPENT SAID TO THE WOMAN, 'YOU WON'T REALLY DIE.'" 11:46 NOW, NOTICE THIS, GOD TOLD ADAM AND EVE VERY CLEARLY, 11:49 'IF YOU EAT THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT, YOU WILL DIE.' 11:53 THE DEVIL IS COMPLETELY CONTRADICTING THE WORD OF GOD. 11:57 BY THE WAY, THE FIRST QUESTION IN THE BIBLE IS THE DEVIL 12:01 QUESTIONING THE WORD OF GOD. 12:04 YOU KNOW WHY WE'VE GOT SO MANY PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TODAY? 12:07 ITS BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS STILL GETTING PEOPLE TO QUESTION 12:10 THE WORD OF GOD. 12:12 IT ALL CAME FROM DOUBTING GOD'S WORD. 12:15 AND THEN AFTER THAT, MAN LOST DOMINION OF THE PLANET. 12:21 KEEP IN MIND, WHEN GOD FIRST MADE ADAM AND EVE, GOD MADE MAN 12:24 IN HIS OWN IMAGE - IN THE SAME WAY THAT GOD IS SUPREME AND A 12:28 RULER AND GOD CAN CREATE, GOD MADE MAN - SO HE HAS THE 12:32 ABILITY TO PROCREATE AND MAN WAS TO BE THE RULER OF THIS WORLD. 12:38 DOMINION OF THE PLANET WAS GIVEN TO ADAM. 12:41 THE HIGHEST OF ALL GOD'S CREATURES, THE CROWNING ACT OF 12:43 CREATION WAS MAN AND WOMAN, AND WHEN ADAM AND EVE CHOSE TO 12:48 LISTEN TO THE WORD OF THE ENEMY INSTEAD OF THE WORD OF GOD, 12:53 THEY BASICALLY HANDED THE KEYS TO THIS PLANET TO SATAN. 12:58 WE LOST CONTROL. 12:58 EVEN JESUS SAYS, 'THE DEVIL IS THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD.' 13:03 SO YOU'RE LIVING IN A PLANET THAT IS A WAR ZONE. 13:07 YOU CAN SEE IT AROUND YOU ALL THE TIME. 13:09 AND INSTEAD OF SAYING, 'WHY DO SO MANY BAD THINGS HAPPEN?' 13:12 WE OUGHT TO BE THANKING THE LORD THAT SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. 13:15 GOD INTERVENES A GREAT DEAL TO PROTECT, BUT THERE ARE LIMITS, 13:19 BASED ON HIS OWN CHARACTER AND JUSTICE, ON WHAT HE CAN DO IN 13:22 THIS WORLD, EXCEPT AS WE ASK HIM, THROUGH PRAYER, 13:27 TO INTERVENE IN OUR LIVES. 13:28 THERE'S A COSMIC CONFLICT TRANSPIRING DOWN HERE. 13:32 IT GOES ON TO SAY IN REVELATION 12:17 "AND THE DRAGON WAS WROTH 13:36 WITH THE WOMAN, AND GOES TO DESTROY THE REMNANT OF HER SEED 13:40 THAT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY 13:43 OF JESUS." 13:45 "THE DRAGON" - WHO'S THE DRAGON? 13:47 WE'RE LEARNING WHAT THESE SYMBOLS MEAN - "WAS WROTH 13:49 (ANGRY) WITH THE WOMAN" - WHO'S THE WOMAN? 13:53 THAT'D BE GOD'S CHURCH - "AND HE GOES TO MAKE WAR WITH 13:56 THE REMNANT" - THAT MEANS THE REMAINDER - "OF HER SEED" - OR 13:59 HER DESCENDENTS - HER CHILDREN. 14:01 AND SO, THERE'S THIS WAR GOING ON. 14:05 NOW, HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS - IT'S LIKE KIND OF A 14:06 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. 14:08 THE DEVIL HAS CAST HIS VOTE AGAINST YOU. 14:11 HE WANTS YOU TO BE DESTROYED. 14:13 THE DEVIL HATES YOU - AND YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, 'WHY DOES 14:15 THE DEVIL HATE ME SO MUCH?' IT'S BECAUSE HE HATES GOD 14:19 AND HE WANTS TO HURT GOD BY HURTING YOU - BECAUSE THE DEVIL 14:23 KNOWS THAT GOD LOVES YOU. 14:26 I WANT TO ASK YOU - PARENTS - WHAT WOULD HURT YOU MORE, 14:33 IF SOMEONE TORTURED YOU OR MADE YOU WATCH AS THEY 14:35 TORTURED YOUR CHILD? 14:37 WHAT WOULD HURT MORE? 14:40 WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN - WE HAD SIX - WE LOST A SON. 14:44 I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO SEE A CHILD IN THE HOSPITAL 14:47 SUFFERING AND - OH, IF YOU COULD TRADE PLACES AND SAY, 14:51 'LORD, LET IT BE ME. 14:52 I'D RATHER SUFFER THAN WATCH THEM SUFFER.' 14:55 GOD MADE THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD AND THE DEVIL TRIES TO CORRUPT 14:57 IT BECAUSE IT ALL HURTS GOD. 14:59 AND WHILE WE'RE DOWN HERE SHAKING OUR FIST AT GOD SAYING, 15:02 'IF YOU'RE SO GOOD WHY ARE YOU ALLOWING ALL THIS?' 15:04 AND GOD IS SAYING, 'THIS HURTS ME MUCH MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU.' 15:08 THAT'S WHY JESUS CAME - TO SHOW US WHAT GOD IS LIKE. 15:12 JESUS CAME TO SHOW US WHAT HIS FATHER IS LIKE. 15:15 HE SAID, 'IF YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.' 15:18 AND JESUS CAME TO BE OUR SUBSTITUTE - OUR EXAMPLE AND OUR 15:21 SUBSTITUTE TO TAKE OUR PLACE. 15:25 WHY WAS EATING A PIECE OF FRUIT SUCH A DEADLY OFFENSE AND WHY 15:28 WERE ADAM AND EVE REMOVED FROM THE GARDEN? 15:32 "HE THAT COMMITS SIN IS OF THE DEVIL." 15:35 JOHN 3, VERSE 8. 15:37 WHEN A PERSON SINS THEY ARE LISTENING TO THE ENEMY AND, 15:40 BASICALLY, THEY WERE CASTING THEIR VOTE ON THE SIDE 15:42 OF THE DEVIL. 15:43 AND AGAIN, ROMANS CHAPTER 6, VERSE 16 "DON'T YOU KNOW THAT 15:47 WHO YOU PRESENT YOURSELVES SLAVES TO OBEY, YOU ARE THE 15:50 ONE'S SLAVES WHO YOU OBEY. 15:51 WHOEVER YOU OBEY, THAT'S WHOSE SERVANTS YOU ARE. 15:54 WHETHER SIN LEADING TO DEATH OR OF OBEDIENCE LEADING TO 15:58 RIGHTEOUSNESS." 16:00 SO, WHO'S SERVANT DO YOU WANT TO BE? 16:02 BY THE WAY, WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT 16:04 OR NOT, YOU ARE ALL SOMEBODY'S SERVANT. 16:08 WE ARE ALL EITHER SERVING GOD OR THE ENEMY. 16:10 OH, I STARTED TELLING YOU A MINUTE AGO, IT'S LIKE 16:12 A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. 16:14 THE DEVIL'S CAST HIS VOTE AGAINST YOU, GOD HAS CAST 16:17 HIS VOTE FOR YOU. 16:19 YOU HAVE THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE. 16:21 YOU DO. 16:22 YOU HAVE A FREE CHOICE WHO YOU WANT TO SERVE. 16:25 HOW POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE ARE SATAN'S TEMPTATIONS 16:27 AND STRATEGIES? 16:30 WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HIM ANY GLORY, BUT THE BIBLE TELLS 16:32 US THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF OUR ENEMY. 16:35 MATTHEW 24:24 - "THERE WILL BE FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS 16:38 THAT WILL RISE AND SHOW GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS TO DECEIVE, 16:43 IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, EVEN THE VERY ELECT." 16:47 IT SAYS, 'THE DEVIL WHO DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD.' 16:49 IN THE LAST DAYS HIS DECEPTIONS ARE GOING TO BE SO COMPELLING 16:53 THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORLD IS GOING TO FOLLOW HIM. 16:56 THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND LISTENING. 16:58 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'BROAD IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION. 17:01 MOST PEOPLE FOLLOW THE DEVIL. 17:04 THEY DON'T - HE'S NOT RUNNING AROUND WITH RED LEOTARDS AND A 17:07 GOATEE AND HORNS - I MEAN, WHO WOULD FOLLOW HIM? 17:10 THE DEVIL IS A SMOOTH OPERATOR. 17:13 HE MAKES SIN AS ATTRACTIVE AS HE CAN. 17:15 HE IS A MASTER OF MARKETING HIS PHILOSOPHY. 17:20 THERE ARE THREE PRINCIPAL AREAS WHERE THE DEVIL TEMPTS US. 17:24 IT SAYS IN 1 JOHN, CHAPTER 2, VERSES 15 TO 17, "LOVE NOT THE 17:29 WORLD, NEITHER THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD, FOR IF ANY MAN 17:32 LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN THEM. 17:35 FOR ALL THAT'S IN THE WORLD, THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF 17:39 THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE IT'S OF THE WORLD AND THE WORLD 17:42 IS GOING TO PASS AWAY AND THE LUST THEREOF, BUT HE THAT DOES 17:45 THE WILL OF GOD WILL ABIDE FOREVER." 17:47 IN THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS HE WAS TEMPTED THOSE THREE AREAS OF 17:51 SIN - THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, 17:54 AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE. 17:56 REMEMBER, THE DEVIL SAID TO CHRIST, 'IF YOU'RE THE SON OF 17:59 GOD, TAKE THESE STONES AND TURN THEM INTO BREAD'" - TEMPTING HIS 18:03 PHYSICAL TEMPTATIONS - AND JESUS ANSWERED WITH THE BIBLE. 18:08 HE SAID, "IT IS WRITTEN, MAN WILL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT 18:11 BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 18:14 AND THEN THE DEVIL TOOK HIM UP TO THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE 18:18 AND HE SAID, 'IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD CAST YOURSELF DOWN" - AND 18:23 THEN THE DEVIL QUOTES THE BIBLE - "FOR IT IS WRITTEN, HE'LL GIVE 18:27 HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER THEE AND THEY'LL BEAR YOU UP IN THEIR 18:31 HANDS LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT AGAINST THE STONE." 18:34 DOES THE DEVIL KNOW THE BIBLE? 18:37 SO, DOES HE MISQUOTE IT? 18:39 SHOULD IT SURPRISE YOU THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT 18:41 RELIGIONS OUT THERE THAT CLAIM TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE 18:43 BUT THEY MISQUOTE IT? 18:46 AND HE DID IT EVEN TO JESUS - AND HE STILL DOES IT TODAY - 18:48 THIRD TEMPTATION HE TOOK HIM UP TO A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN AND 18:51 SHOWED HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD AND THEIR GLORY AND HE 18:54 SAID, 'ALL THESE THINGS I'LL GIVE YOU IF YOU BOW DOWN 18:57 AND WORSHIP ME.' WHAT DOES THE DEVIL WANT? 18:59 HE WANTS TO BE GOD. 19:00 HE WANTED TO SUBJUGATE CHRIST. 19:02 HE WANTS THAT POSITION. 19:04 IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT HE WANTS. 19:07 AND JESUS SAID, 'AWAY WITH YOU SATAN FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'YOU 19:10 SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE.' 19:13 NOTICE, THAT ALL THREE TIMES THAT JESUS FOUGHT TEMPTATION HE 19:17 USED WEAPONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU AND ME - 19:19 HE USED THE BIBLE. 19:22 SO WHAT IS OUR BEST DEFENSE? 19:24 REMEMBER WE FOUND OUT THIS REPRESENTS THE SWORD OF THE 19:25 SPIRIT - IS THE WORD OF GOD. 19:27 AS YOU HIDE HIS WORD IN YOUR HEART, IT GIVES YOU STRENGTH 19:30 AGAINST TEMPTATION. 19:31 THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMP US TO STUDY AND READ THE BIBLE. 19:35 IT TELLS US TO PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD THAT WE MIGHT BE 19:38 ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL. 19:41 GOD HAS PROVIDED A WAY FOR YOU TO BE VICTORIOUS OVER 19:44 EVERY TEMPTATION. 19:47 YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME TO THE LORD THE FIRST TIME, I WAS 19:49 DRINKING AND SMOKING AND USING DRUGS AND I HAD ALL KINDS OF 19:52 ADDICTIONS AND PROBLEMS AND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, HE SAVED ME 19:55 FROM THE ALCOHOL, THE CIGARETTES, THE DRUGS, 20:00 THE IMMORALITY - BAD LANGUAGE, OH I HAD A BAD MOUTH - THAT TO 20:06 ME IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MIRACLES OF ALL. 20:07 HE GAVE ME A NEW VOCABULARY. 20:10 YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ME SLIP ONCE, HAVE YOU? 20:12 IT'S JUST - HE REPROGRAMMED ME - AND HE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU. 20:15 HE MAKES YOU A NEW CREATURE. 20:17 IN OUR OWN POWER WE CAN'T DEFEAT THE DEVIL, BUT THROUGH CHRIST 20:20 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. 20:22 WHAT IS IT THAT FOREVER SETTLES THE HORRIBLE PROBLEM OF SIN AND 20:26 WILL SIN EVER RISE UP AGAIN? 20:29 YOU CAN READ IN THE BOOK NAHAM, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 9, "AFFLICTION 20:33 (OR SIN) WILL NOT RISE UP AGAIN THE SECOND TIME." 20:37 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'ONCE THE DEVIL'S GONE, HOW DO WE KNOW 20:39 THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN?' THE WHOLE UNIVERSE HAS OBSERVED 20:42 THIS GREAT CONFLICT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL HERE ON THIS PLANET. 20:46 NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO FORGET AND FOREVER IN THE HANDS OF 20:50 JESUS - WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD HE STILL HAD THE SCARS AS A 20:54 REMINDER OF WHAT THE TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT OF SIN IS - THE 20:57 TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN. 21:00 HE SUFFERED FOR THAT. 21:01 NOBODY IS GOING TO WANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH SELFISHNESS 21:03 EVER AGAIN. 21:05 WHO MAKES THE FINAL COMPLETE ERADICATION OF SIN FROM THE 21:09 UNIVERSE A CERTAINTY? 21:11 1 JOHN 3, VERSE 8 - "FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SON OF GOD WAS 21:16 MANIFESTED THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL." 21:20 WHO'S THE SON OF GOD? JESUS. 21:23 HE CAME TO DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL AND THAT'S WHY YOU'VE 21:27 GOT TO LET HIM DESTROY THOSE THINGS IN YOU. 21:29 HE WILL. 21:30 HE'LL MAKE YOU A NEW CREATURE. 21:32 AND AGAIN, HEBREW 2, VERSE 14 - "FOR AS MUCH THEN AS THE 21:35 CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD, HE (CHRIST) ALSO 21:39 HIMSELF LIKEWISE TOOK THE PART OF THE SAME, THAT THROUGH DEATH 21:43 JESUS MIGHT DESTROY HIM THAT HAS THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, 21:47 THE DEVIL." 21:48 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF DEATH. 21:50 THROUGH CHRIST, BECAUSE HE DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, YOU CAN HAVE A 21:53 NEW BODY, YOU CAN RISE AGAIN, YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER BECAUSE OF 21:56 WHAT JESUS DID - HE DESTROYED THE POWER OF THE DEVIL. 22:00 YOU KNOW, I WANT TO RACE AHEAD BECAUSE I SEE I'M OUT OF TIME. 22:03 I WANT TO CLOSE WITH A LITTLE STORY HERE. 22:07 AND ONE DAY, A MOTHER THAT LIVED OUT IN THE BACK PART OF SOUTHERN 22:12 FLORIDA WITH HER SON, THEY HAD A BIG, BIG POND - SMALL LAKE - 22:17 ON THEIR PROPERTY AND ONE DAY THEIR SON SAID, 'MOM, IT'S 22:20 A HOT DAY, I'M GOING TO GO JUMP IN THE POND.' 22:22 THEY HAD A LITTLE DOCK - A LITTLE BEACH THERE ON THEIR LAKE 22:25 BY THE POND - AND SHE SAID, 'OKAY, REAL QUICK AND THEN COME 22:29 IN FOR LUNCH.' TRUE STORY. 22:32 HE WENT RUNNING OUT. 22:33 HE DIDN'T EVEN WAIT UNTIL HE GOT TO THE SHORE, HE WAS JUST 22:34 RIPPING OFF HIS CLOTHES DOWN TO HIS BATHING SUIT. 22:37 HE GOT TO THE EDGE OF THE WATER AND HE JUMPED IN. 22:39 MOM IS WATCHING DUTIFULLY FROM THE KITCHEN WINDOW WHERE SHE CAN 22:42 SEE THE POND WHERE HE'S SWIMMING THERE AND, EVIDENTLY, A VERY 22:46 LARGE ALLIGATOR HAD MIGRATED TO THAT POND - HE HAD NEVER BEEN 22:51 THERE BEFORE - AND SHE SAW THAT AS HER SON WAS SWIMMING OUT 22:55 TOWARDS THE MIDDLE, THIS BIG GATOR SLIP INTO THE WATER ON THE 22:58 OTHER SIDE AND BEGIN SWIMMING TOWARDS HER SON. 23:01 SHE DROPPED HER DISHES AND RAN OUT THE DOOR AND SHE 23:04 BEGAN TO SCREAM, 'ALLIGATOR! ALLIGATOR! 23:06 SWIM FOR THE SHORE! 23:07 THERE'S AN ALLIGATOR!" 23:08 HE KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT AND HE TURNED AROUND AND HE'S LOOKING 23:12 ALL AROUND AND HE BEGAN TO SWIM WITH ALL HIS MIGHT AND THE GATOR 23:14 WAS CLOSING ON HIM PRETTY QUICK. 23:16 SHE'S RUNNING DOWN TOWARDS THE SHORE - JUST AS HE GOT UP TOWARD 23:19 THE SHORE THE GATOR CHOMPED DOWN ON HIS LEGS. 23:23 AT THE SAME TIME, THE MOTHER LUNGED - SHE GRABBED HIS WRISTS 23:27 AND THEN THERE WAS A TUG-OF-WAR AND AT FIRST THE GATOR WAS 23:30 PULLING MOM OFF INTO THE WATER, BUT YOU KNOW, MOTHERS ARE PRETTY 23:33 TENACIOUS AND SHE'S PULLING BACK AND HER SON IS SLIPPERY AND HE 23:38 SLIPPED OUT OF HER HANDS AND SHE GRABBED HIM AGAIN AND HE'S 23:39 YELLING, 'DON'T LET GO! 23:40 DON'T LET GO!' AND THE GATOR'S TRYING TO PULL 23:42 HIM BACK AND DO THIS ROLL. 23:44 SHE PULLED HIM BACK UP ON SHORE - WELL, ALL THIS SCREAMING AND 23:47 COMMOTION OF THE MOTHER AND THE SON - A FARMER DRIVING BY RIGHT 23:51 NEAR THE HOUSE HEARD THAT - HE PAUSED, HE LOOKED - 23:54 HE HAD A RIFLE IN HIS TRUCK. 23:56 HE GRABBED THE RIFLE, RAN DOWN THERE, AND SHOT THE ALLIGATOR. 24:00 WELL, THE BOY WAS BADLY SCARRED ON HIS LEGS AND HE WAS TAKEN 24:03 TO THE HOSPITAL. 24:04 AT FIRST THEY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO LOSE HIS LEGS BUT THE 24:07 DOCTORS DID A REMARKABLE JOB AND THEY PATCHED HIM UP SO THAT HE 24:10 KEPT HIS LEGS. 24:11 AFTER HE RECOVERED A LITTLE BIT, A REPORTER CAME TO THE HOSPITAL 24:18 AND ASKED IF HE COULD INTERVIEW THE BOY AND FIND OUT WHAT HIS 24:20 ORDEAL WAS LIKE AND GET THE STORY AND HE SAID, 'DO YOU MIND 24:23 IF I SEE YOUR LEGS?' HE SAID, 'NO.' 24:27 AND HE PULLED BACK THE SHEETS AND HE SHOWED HIM THE LEGS AND 24:29 THE BANDAGES WERE OFF AND HE COULD SEE THE STITCHES AND THE 24:31 SCARS AND THE BOY THEN HELD UP HIS ARMS. 24:35 HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? 24:35 I'VE GOT SCARS ON MY ARMS TOO BECAUSE MOM WOULDN'T 24:38 LET GO Ob x..' AND HE WAS SO PROUD OF THE SCARS 24:42 ON HIS ARMS. 24:44 YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S GOT SCARS IN THEIR HANDS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T 24:48 WANT TO LET GO OF YOU AND THAT'S JESUS. 24:52 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION TO HANG ON TO HIM. 24:55 HE SAYS, 'I'LL NOT LET GO OF YOU, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO COME 24:57 TO ME.' HE WILL NOT FORCE HIMSELF 24:59 ON YOU. 25:00 HE WILL NOT FORCE HIS LOVE ON YOU. 25:02 HE PLEADS WITH YOU TO COME JUST AS YOU ARE AND HE SAYS HE'LL 25:05 GIVE YOU A NEW LIFE, HE'LL GIVE YOU A VICTORY, HE'LL GIVE YOU 25:07 A PURPOSE. 25:08 HE SAYS IT'S AN ABUNDANT LIFE. 25:11 >>STAY TUNED, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S 25:13 SPECIAL OFFER. 25:22 >>EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER BEEN BORN IS BORN WITH A SELFISH 25:25 NATURE AND WE'VE ALL SINNED. 25:30 THE REASON HE COULD DIE FOR OUR SINS IS HE CAME TO EARTH AS A 25:33 HUMAN - AS OUR EXAMPLE - HE LIVED A PERFECT LIFE AND THEN 25:36 HE TRADED PLACES WITH US. 25:38 AT THE CROSS JESUS WAS TAKING WHAT WE DESERVE. 25:44 AND IF HE HAS ENOUGH POWER TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM ITS SINS, 25:48 DO YOU THINK HE HAS ENOUGH TO SAVE YOU? 25:58 >>JOURNEY BACK THROUGH TIME TO THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. 26:03 DISCOVER HOW A PERFECT ANGEL TRANSFORMED INTO SATAN 26:07 THE ARCH VILLAIN. 26:09 THE BIRTH OF EVIL. 26:11 A REBELLION IN HEAVEN. 26:13 A MUTINY THAT MOVED TO EARTH. 26:17 BEHOLD THE CREATION OF A BEAUTIFUL NEW PLANET 26:21 AND THE FIRST HUMANS. 26:23 WITNESS THE TEMPTATION IN EDEN. 26:26 DISCOVER GOD'S AMAZING PLAN TO SAVE HIS CHILDREN. 26:30 THIS IS A STORY THAT INVOLVES EVERY LIFE ON EARTH. 26:34 EVERY LIFE. 26:38 THE COSMIC CONFLICT. 26:40 IF GOD IS GOOD. 26:41 IF GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL. 26:43 IF GOD IS LOVE THEN WHAT WENT WRONG? 26:47 AVAILABLE NOW ON DVD. 26:54 >>IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY OF OUR AMAZING FACTS PROGRAMS, 26:56 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 26:59 THERE YOU'LL FIND AN ARCHIVE OF ALL OUR TELEVISION AND RADIO 27:01 PROGRAMS INCLUDING AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 27:04 ONE LOCATION. 27:05 SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. 27:07 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 27:12 >>HELLO FRIENDS, I HOPE THAT TODAY'S PRESENTATION HAS HELPED 27:14 YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND THE VALUE GOD PLACES ON THE FREE WILL 27:18 OF HIS CREATURES. 27:20 THE LORD NEVER FORCES US TO LOVE HIM, IT MUST BE OUR OWN CHOICE. 27:24 UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE CASE OF SATAN, HIS DECISION TO REBEL HAS 27:27 INITIATED ALL THE TROUBLE WE SEE IN THE WORLD TODAY, 27:31 BUT THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD IS ACTIVELY WORKING TO RESTORE 27:34 THE UNIVERSE TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE SATAN REBELLED. 27:38 YOU CAN BE AN OVERCOMER AND BE PART OF GOD'S RESTORED KINGDOM. 27:42 WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC SO OUR 27:44 OFFER TODAY IS A STUDY GUIDE THAT WE'VE ENTITLED 27:48 'DID GOD CREATE THE DEVIL?' 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