Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000142A
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01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. (MUSIC) 01:11 >>GOD MADE ALL OF HIS INTELLIGENT CREATURES WITH 01:14 FREEDOM OF WILL. THE ONLY WAY REAL LOVE CAN BE 01:18 GIVEN IS IF IT'S DONE FREELY BY CHOICE. 01:25 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:28 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:31 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 01:35 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:37 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:46 >>WE'RE GOING TO STUDY A LESSON TONIGHT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT 01:48 BECAUSE IT'S DEALING WITH A BATTLE - THAT EVERYBODY 01:54 IS FACING - BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. 01:57 THE LESSON TONIGHT IS CALLED THE PRINCE OF PRIDE AND IT BEGINS 02:02 DEALING WITH A STORY - ONE OF THE SONS OF DAVID, HIS NAME WAS 02:08 ABSALOM, HE WAS ACTUALLY THE THIRD IN LINE TO BE KING. 02:12 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HE WAS VERY BRIGHT AND HE WAS VERY 02:15 BEAUTIFUL - HE WAS A HANDSOME MAN. 02:18 "FROM THE CROWN OF HIS HEAD TO THE SOLE OF HIS FOOT", THE BIBLE 02:21 SAYS, "THERE WAS NO BLEMISH IN HIM." 02:23 AND EVENTUALLY ABSALOM DECIDED HE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT FOR HIS 02:26 FATHER TO DIE, HE WANTED TO JUST TAKE THE THRONE. 02:30 AND SO, GRADUALLY, HE BEGAN TO EXALT HIMSELF BEFORE THE PEOPLE. 02:35 IT SAYS HE GOT A CHARIOT AND HE'D RIDE THROUGH THE STREETS 02:38 WITH 50 MEN RUNNING BEFORE HIM AND THEY'D SAY, 'HERE COMES 02:40 PRINCE ABSALOM!' THEY'D SEE HIM WITH HIS LONG, FLOWING HAIR 02:43 AND HIS BEAUTIFUL GILDED CHARIOT AND WHEN PEOPLE CAME TO 02:47 KING DAVID FOR JUDGMENT, HE WOULD INTERCEPT THEM AND HE'D 02:50 SAY, 'SO WHAT IS IT YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE KING ABOUT?' 02:53 'OH, I'M WITH YOU. IF I WAS KING, I'D TAKE CARE OF 02:57 YOU.' AND HE DID THIS AND HE'D HUG THEM AND HE JUST WON THEM 03:00 OVER THROUGH SUBTERFUGE. AND GRADUALLY, THE BIBLE SAYS, 03:06 HE STOLE THE HEARTS OF THE MEN OF ISRAEL. 03:09 AND THE CONSPIRACY GOT WORSE AND WORSE UNTIL IT FINALLY BROKE OFF 03:13 INTO A BATTLE WHERE DAVID ACTUALLY HAD TO GET HIS - HE HAD 03:19 TO FLEE JERUSALEM AND HIS FORCES ENGAGED WITH THE FORCES OF 03:24 ABSALOM AND IN THIS TERRIBLE BATTLE, EVENTUALLY ABSALOM FLED 03:27 AND - THROUGH THE WOODS AND HIS SOLDIERS - RIDING ON HIS MULE HE 03:32 WENT UNDER THE BOUGH OF A TREE AND HIS HEAD GOT STUCK 03:35 IN THE BOUGH OF THE TREE. WELL, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT HE 03:39 WAS PIERCED THROUGH, HANGING BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH - 03:43 THE SON OF DAVID. NOW LISTEN, THE SON OF DAVID 03:47 HANGING BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH IN A TREE, JOAB CAME AND PIERCED 03:50 HIS HEART AND THEY STABBED HIM WITH THREE JAVELINS AND THEN 03:54 DAVID GOT THE TERRIBLE NEWS. WITH ABSALOM'S REBELLION, IN 03:59 THAT PICTURE, WE FIND GLIMPSES OF THE GOSPEL ON BOTH SIDES. 04:04 FIRST, YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL CREATURE THAT REBELLED 04:07 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING INTO THIS IN OUR LESSON TONIGHT. 04:11 IT SAYS, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS REBELLIOUS PRINCE IN HEAVEN 04:15 AND WHY DID HE REBEL? ABSALOM IS A TYPE OF A REBELLION 04:19 THAT TOOK PLACE IN HEAVEN AND YOU CAN READ THERE IN THE BIBLE 04:22 IN ISAIAH 14, VERSE 12, "HOW YOU ARE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, O 04:27 LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING!" NOW LUCIFER IS NOT A BAD NAME. 04:34 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF SOMETHING AS LUMINESCENT - 04:37 LUCE - IT MEANS LIGHT. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF LUCITE 04:40 PAINT - AND HE WAS GOOD WHEN GOD MADE HIM. 04:44 THE HIGHEST OF GOD'S CREATURES WAS AN ANGEL BY THE NAME OF 04:48 LUCIFER. HE WAS GOOD. HE WAS PERFECT - NOTHING WRONG 04:52 WITH HIM. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE 04:53 EXISTED, BUT IT WAS FOR A LONG TIME. 04:56 AND THEN, SOMETHING BEGAN TO HAPPEN IN HIS HEART, "FOR" - IT 05:00 SAYS - "THOU HAST SAID IN THINE HEART...I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST 05:07 HIGH." SOMETHING HAPPENED IN HIS HEART 05:11 WHERE HE WANTED TO HAVE THE POSITION THAT BELONGED TO GOD. 05:15 ONE OF THE REASONS THAT LUCIFER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH PRIDE IS 05:20 BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS HEART AND HE WAS ALSO VERY 05:24 BEAUTIFUL. YOU CAN READ IN ISAIAH - I'M 05:26 SORRY, EZEKIEL 28, VERSE 17 - IT SAYS, "THINE HEART WAS LIFTED UP 05:31 BECAUSE OF THY BEAUTY, THOU HAS CORRUPTED THY WISDOM BY REASON 05:38 OF THY BRIGHTNESS:" - DID GOD MAKE A DEVIL WHEN HE CREATED 05:43 LUCIFER? NOW THIS IS THE BIG THING THAT 05:45 CONFUSES PEOPLE. THEY THINK, 'IF GOD IS GOOD, WHY 05:46 DID HE MAKE A DEVIL TO TEMPT US?' 05:49 GOD DOES NOT TEMPT ANY MAN WITH EVIL, NEITHER CAN HE BE TEMPTED. 05:52 EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM GOD. 05:55 YOU CAN READ THE ANSWER IN EZEKIEL 28, VERSE 15, IT SAYS, 05:59 "THOU WAST PERFECT IN THY WAYS FROM THE DAY THAT THOU WAST 06:04 CREATED, TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN THEE." 06:09 GOD MADE ALL OF HIS INTELLIGENT CREATURES WITH FREEDOM OF WILL 06:14 AND THAT MEANS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO LOVE GOD, WE NEED TO BE 06:17 ABLE TO LOVE HIM FREELY. IT CANNOT BE FORCED. 06:20 LUCIFER WAS MADE WITH THAT SAME FREEDOM. 06:23 THAT MEANS GOD DID NOT FORCE HIM TO SAY, 'I LOVE YOU, GOD.' 06:27 HE WAS ABLE TO DO WHAT HE WANTED. 06:29 THE ONLY WAY REAL LOVE CAN BE GIVEN IS IF IT'S DONE FREELY BY 06:35 CHOICE. FORCED LOVE IS NOT LOVE. 06:39 MATTER OF FACT, FORCED LOVE IS SOMETIMES CALLED RAPE. 06:43 GOD DOES NOT FORCE US TO LOVE HIM, EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS ALL 06:46 THINGS. I KNOW, SOMEBODY'S PROBABLY 06:47 THINKING, 'PASTOR DOUG, DOES THAT MEAN THAT AT THE FACTORY, 06:51 OR WHEREVER GOD MAKES HIS ANGELS, THAT HE MADE A MISTAKE 06:53 WITH LUCIFER AND THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF DEFECT? 06:57 THERE WAS SOMETHING - A VIRUS - SOMETHING WRONG IN THE 06:59 PROGRAMMING. GOD OBVIOUSLY MADE A MISTAKE. 07:02 DIDN'T GOD KNOW WHAT LUCIFER WOULD DO? 07:04 DOESN'T GOD KNOW ALL THINGS? 07:05 WHY DID HE STILL MAKE HIM EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW THAT HE WOULD 07:09 SOMEDAY BECOME SELFISH AND REBEL?' 07:11 THE GREATEST EVIDENCE THAT YOU REALLY ARE FREE AND CAPABLE OF 07:16 LOVING, IS THAT GOD WOULD EVEN MAKE A CREATURE THAT DOESN'T 07:20 LOVE HIM. WHAT EVENTUALLY HAPPENED? 07:23 AND YOU FIND THE ANSWER IN REVELATION 12 AND VERSE 7, IT 07:27 SAYS, "AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN". 07:32 NOW IT'S HARD FOR US TO COMPREHEND WHAT A WAR IN HEAVEN 07:35 WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT IT DID ACTUALLY HAPPEN. 07:38 THERE WAS SOME KIND OF REBELLION. 07:40 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF LESSON - WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS 07:42 THEY MAY HAVE USED. YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY DIDN'T 07:46 LOOK LIKE STAR WARS SWORDS OR SOMETHING, BUT THESE ANGELS HAD 07:50 A WAR. ONE-THIRD OF THE ANGELS DECIDED 07:53 TO FOLLOW LUCIFER. TWO-THIRDS REMAINED LOYAL TO 07:56 GOD. IT'S AMAZING - IT'S ALMOST MIND 07:59 BOGGLING - THAT HIS CAMPAIGN WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. 08:01 SO DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE ENEMY, BUT NEITHER SHOULD YOU 08:05 UNDERESTIMATE GOD. >>AMEN. 08:07 >>BUT THE LORD NEEDED TO ALLOW LUCIFER TO REVEAL WHAT HE WAS 08:11 LIKE. SO THERE WAS A WAR IN HEAVEN. 08:13 AND IT SAYS "MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT AGAINST THE 08:16 DRAGON; AND THE DRAGON FOUGHT AND HIS ANGELS." 08:20 NOW THE DRAGON IS ONE OF THE SIGNS - ONE OF THE NAMES THAT'S 08:23 USED FOR LUCIFER. AND SO THE DEVIL IS COMPARED TO A DRAGON. 08:27 HE'S COMPARED TO A SERPENT IN THE BIBLE - WE'LL SAY MORE ABOUT 08:29 THAT IN A MINUTE. SO THERE'S THIS BIG BATTLE AND, 08:32 ULTIMATELY, LUCIFER WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN. 08:36 YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS NOW - WE GO TO QUESTION #4: WHAT POWERFUL 08:41 BEINGS WORK UNDER THE DEVIL'S COMMAND? 08:43 LUCIFER IS NOT ALONE. YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT IN 08:46 REVELATION 12. A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 08:48 FIND OUT ABOUT LUCIFER IS FOUND IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12. 08:52 REVELATION 12:4, "AND HIS TAIL DREW THE THIRD PART OF THE STARS 08:58 OF HEAVEN, AND DID CAST THEM TO THE EARTH." 09:00 REVELATION 12, VERSE 9, IT SAYS HE "WAS CAST OUT INTO THE EARTH, 09:05 AND HIS ANGELS" - NOT JESUS' ANGELS, LUCIFER'S ANGELS - THE 09:11 DRAGON'S ANGELS - "WERE CAST OUT WITH HIM." 09:14 AND IT'S THEIR STUDIED PURPOSE TO HURT GOD - TO HURT JESUS. 09:19 THERE'S THIS CAMPAIGN GOING ON - YOU SEE THE LORD, IF HE WANTED 09:22 TO, HE COULD HAVE SNAPPED HIS FINGERS AND DESTROYED LUCIFER, 09:25 BUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? 09:27 IF, AS SOON AS THIS WAR HAPPENED - I MEAN, YOU PICTURE ANGELS 09:30 WRESTLING LIKE SUMO WRESTLERS OR SOMETHING, TRYING TO THROW ONE 09:33 OF THEM OUT OF HEAVEN LIKE THEY THROW EACH OTHER OUT OF THE 09:35 CIRCLE AND FINALLY THEY - DIDN'T GOD HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO JUST 09:39 SAY, 'OUT OF HERE!' AND THEY'RE GONE? 09:41 OF COURSE HE DID. HE MADE THEM. 09:43 HE'S THE CREATOR, THEY'RE THE CREATION. 09:46 BUT HE ALLOWED THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS TO PLAY OUT. 09:51 HIS ANGELS - HIS GOOD ANGELS - WERE INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE. 09:54 THEY NEEDED TO BE PART OF THE CHOICE TO EVICT SATAN. 09:57 AND SO HE THEN SET UP HIS HEADQUARTERS DOWN HERE ON THIS 10:01 PLANET TO CONTINUE HIS REBELLION AGAINST GOD. 10:05 THIS WORLD HAS BECOME A BEACH HEAD FOR THE DEVIL TO FIGHT 10:08 AGAINST GOD. WHAT METHODS DOES THE DEVIL USE 10:11 IN CONTINUING HIS WORK OF REBELLION AGAINST GOD? 10:15 AND THE ANSWER IS FOUND IN REVELATION 12, VERSE 9. 10:18 HE'S REFERRED TO AS "SATAN, WHICH DECEIVETH" - SOME OF THE 10:23 WORLD? MOST OF THE WORLD IS DECEIVED BY THE DEVIL. 10:27 THERE'S VERY FEW IN THE WORLD THAT UNDERSTAND THIS GREAT 10:29 BATTLE THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. 10:31 PEOPLE ARE BLAMING GOD FOR ALL THE SUFFERING IN THE WORLD, BUT 10:34 THE DEVIL - JESUS SAID THE DEVIL IS THE ONE WHO CAUSES THESE 10:36 THINGS. YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES THE DEVIL 10:39 ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS? THE DEVIL CAN CO-MINGLE TRUTH WITH ERROR. 10:44 >>ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS WE GET HERE AT AMAZING 10:46 FACTS IS REGARDING THE MYSTERIOUS IDENTITY OF THIS 10:50 ENIGMATIC CHARACTER CALLED THE ANTICHRIST. 10:54 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE WONDERING, 'WHO IS THE 10:56 ANTICHRIST? IS IT A POLITICAL PARTY OR IS 10:59 THIS SOME EVIL FIEND THAT IS THE DEVIL INCARNATE?' 11:03 WELL, WE HAVE A STUDY GUIDE THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP YOU 11:06 UNDERSTAND THIS. YOU MIGHT EVEN FIND 11:07 IT A LITTLE SHOCKING. IT'S CALLED 11:10 WHO IS THE ANTICHRIST? AND YOU'LL BE AMAZED TO LEARN 11:13 THE ANTICHRIST IS ALIVE AND IN THE WORLD TODAY. 11:16 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, GO TO AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL THE 11:21 NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER #125. 11:25 AND FRIENDS, WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE RESOURCE, PLEASE READ 11:28 IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. WE WANT TO GET THE WORD 11:30 OUT, BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 11:35 DECEPTION IS MIXING THEM TOGETHER. WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF 11:37 GO THROUGH A LITTLE ALPHABET LIST OF WHAT SOME OF THE DEVIL'S 11:40 TACTICS ARE SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. 11:42 MARK 1:13 - ANOTHER PART OF THE ANSWER - IT SAYS THAT JESUS WAS 11:46 THERE IN THE WILDERNESS TEMPTED - FORTY DAYS - TEMPTED 11:51 BY THE DEVIL. SO WHAT DOES THE DEVIL DO? 11:53 HE TEMPTS PEOPLE. TEMPTS THEM TO DO WHAT? 11:56 TO DISOBEY GOD - TO DO THINGS THAT ARE WRONG. 11:59 YOU KNOW, GOD, THROUGH HIS SPIRIT, IS TRYING TO GUIDE US IN 12:02 LIVES OF HOLINESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE HAPPINESS COMES FROM. 12:05 GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE. 12:07 SIN DOES NOT BRING HAPPINESS. 12:09 JOHN TELLS US, IN 1 JOHN CHAPTER 2, IT'S REALLY SUMMED UP IN 12:12 THREE CATEGORIES - ALL SIN - LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF 12:16 THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE. ANY TEMPTATION THAT YOU MIGHT 12:18 FACE WILL TYPICALLY FALL INTO ONE OF THOSE THREE CATEGORIES. 12:22 JESUS OVERCAME ALL THREE AND HE GAVE US AN EXAMPLE HOW WE CAN 12:26 OVERCOME. YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH 12:29 CHRIST, FRIENDS, AMEN? >>AMEN. 12:30 >>AGAIN, THE DEVIL TOOK HIM UP ON AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN. 12:33 HE SHOWED HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD AND THEIR GLORY. 12:36 HE DIDN'T SHOW HIM THE SLUMS, HE SHOWED HIM THE GLORIOUS PARTS OF 12:40 THE KINGDOM. HE SAID, 'JESUS, YOU'VE COME TO 12:42 THIS WORLD TO DIE - TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE - YOU DON'T HAVE TO 12:44 DIE. I'M THE PRINCE OF THE WORLD, 12:46 FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP ME. I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. 12:49 CLEVER, INSIDIOUS - JESUS SAID, 'GET BEHIND ME, SATAN, THOU 12:55 SHALT WORSHIP THE LORD ONLY.' EVERY TEMPTATION HE MET WITH THE 12:58 WORD OF GOD, RIGHT? HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR US TO 13:00 KNOW OUR BIBLES? >>VERY. 13:02 >>ANSWER C: IT SAYS, "FOR THEY ARE THE SPIRITS" - AND THIS IS 13:06 REVELATION 16:14 - "FOR THEY ARE THE SPIRITS OF DEVILS" - 13:09 DOING WHAT? - "WORKING MIRACLES." 13:12 SO CAN THE DEVIL WORK MIRACLES THAT REALLY LOOK REAL? 13:16 HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF WHEN MOSES CAME TO GET 13:19 THE PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT AND GOD TOLD HIM, 'TAKE YOUR STAFF AND 13:22 THROW IT DOWN BEFORE PHARAOH AND I'LL REVEAL MY POWER." 13:25 AND MOSES DID THAT AND HE THREW DOWN HIS STAFF AND IT TURNED 13:28 INTO A SERPENT. AND SO THE PHARAOH CLAPPED HIS 13:30 HANDS AND OUT CAME HIS MAGICIANS AND THEY THREW DOWN THEIR 13:34 STAFFS AND WHAT HAPPENED? THEY TURNED INTO SERPENTS. 13:38 YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY, MOSES' SERPENT GOBBLED UP THEIR 13:42 SERPENTS - >>AMEN. 13:44 >>AND THEN TURNED BACK INTO A STAFF. 13:46 SO THE DEVIL CAN COUNTERFEIT CERTAIN MIRACLES AND THAT'S 13:50 IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS THE BEAST 13:52 POWER IS GOING TO DO IN REVELATION 13? 13:54 HE'LL DECEIVE THE WORLD BY MIRACLES, EVEN GOING SO FAR 13:57 AS BRINGING FIRE DOWN FROM HEAVEN. 13:59 TYPICALLY IT'S GOD WHO DID THAT - WHEN FIRE CAME DOWN ON THE 14:03 ALTAR - WHEN ELIJAH PRAYED AND FIRE CAME DOWN. 14:05 BUT THE DEVIL'S GOING TO COUNTERFEIT THE MIRACLES OF GOD, 14:08 SO WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THESE BAMBOOZLING PREACHERS THAT ARE 14:11 BEGGING FOR MONEY AND THEY SUPPOSEDLY HAVE MIRACLES, NOT 14:13 ALL OF THEM ARE REAL. I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, YOU KNOW 14:16 THAT, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE BIBLE - BUT DON'T BE FOOLED JUST 14:18 BY MIRACLES, BECAUSE THE DEVIL'S AGENTS CAN DO THAT TOO. 14:22 WE CAN SAY MORE ABOUT THAT. REVELATION CHAPTER 13:13 - I 14:26 JUST, REALLY, QUOTED THIS TO YOU. 14:27 IT SAYS, "HE DOES GREAT WONDERS, SO THAT HE MAKES FIRE COME DOWN 14:31 FROM HEAVEN ON THE SIGHT - ON THE EARTH IN THE SIGHT OF MEN." 14:35 AND THE DEVIL HOLDS PEOPLE CAPTIVE. 14:39 HE ENSLAVES PEOPLE. HE ENSLAVED THE WHOLE NATION OF 14:41 ISRAEL. HE DIDN'T WANT TO LET THEM GO. 14:43 THE PHARAOH SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW WHO THE LORD IS AND I'M NOT 14:45 GOING TO LET ISRAEL GO.' AND THAT'S LIKE THE DEVIL, HE SAYS 14:48 WE'RE HIS SLAVES AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO LET US GO. 14:51 THE DEVIL'S GOT PEOPLE ENSLAVED EVERYWHERE. IS IT - IT COULD BE 14:55 FOOD, IT COULD BE DRUGS, SOME PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED TO THEIR 14:59 WORK. THEY ARE WORKAHOLICS - WE KIND OF PRAISE THEM. 15:01 SOME PEOPLE GET IN THESE ADDICTIVE RELATIONSHIPS. 15:04 IT'S SEX FOR OTHER PEOPLE. SOME ARE ADDICTED TO SHOPPING. 15:09 I KNOW PEOPLE THAT BUY THINGS - THEY DON'T EVEN OPEN THEM AND 15:12 THEY GO BUY SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S TRUE. 15:15 BUT THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY BE FREE - JESUS SAID, 'IF THE SON 15:18 WILL MAKE YOU FREE, THEN YOU'LL BE FREE INDEED.' 15:21 ANSWER D: HE IS CALLED THE - AND THIS IS REVELATION 12, VERSE 10 15:27 - THE DEVIL IS CALLED "THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN IS CAST 15:31 DOWN, WHICH ACCUSED THEM BEFORE OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT." 15:36 THE DEVIL IS CONSTANTLY ACCUSING THOSE WHO FOLLOW GOD. 15:39 HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK OF JOB? THE BOOK OF JOB BEGINS BY THE 15:43 DEVIL COMING BEFORE THE LORD AND HE'S ACCUSING JOB. 15:47 AND HE SAID, 'OH, THE ONLY REASON JOB SERVES YOU IS BECAUSE 15:50 YOU HEDGE HIM AND YOU PROTECT HIM WITH YOUR ANGELS.' YOU KNOW 15:52 GOD PROTECTS US. THE DEVIL SAID, 'TAKE AWAY HIS 15:55 ANGELS HE'LL CURSE YOU.' NOW WHENEVER - THE DEVIL WILL TELL 15:58 YOU TO DO SOMETHING WRONG AND HE'LL TURN YOU IN FOR DOING IT. 16:01 HE'S PRETTY BAD. THE BIBLE SAYS IN JOHN 8:44, FURTHERMORE IT 16:09 SAYS, "HE WAS A" - A WHAT? "A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING." 16:14 HE WOULD HAVE PULLED GOD FROM HIS THRONE IF HE COULD HAVE. 16:17 HE'S THE ONE WHO INSPIRED CAIN TO KILL HIS BROTHER ABEL. 16:21 NOT ONLY IS HE A MURDERER, HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF IT. 16:25 WHEN IS THE DEVIL THE MOST DANGEROUS? 16:28 THE ANSWER IS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 11, VERSES 14 AND 15. 16:33 IT SAYS, "AND NO MARVEL; FOR SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED 16:38 INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT." MOST OF PEOPLE'S CONCEPTS OF THE 16:43 DEVIL, THEY COME FROM MYTHOLOGY. AND WE ALL SEE THESE PICTURES OF 16:48 THE RED DEVIL - IT DOESN'T SAY HE'S RED. 16:49 HE WANTS TO LOOK LIKE A HIDEOUS MONSTER, BUT WHEN HE CAME TO 16:52 JESUS THERE TO TEMPT HIM, DO YOU THINK HE PLOPPED DOWN ON THE 16:55 GROUND AND HE HAD HIS POINTY TAIL AND HIS GOAT FEET AND HIS 16:58 HORNS AND HIS BEARD? HE OBVIOUSLY LOOKED LIKE AN 17:01 ANGEL OF LIGHT. 'I'VE COME FROM THE FATHER AND 17:03 IF YOU'RE THE SON, TURN THESE STONES INTO BREAD.' HE APPEARS 17:07 AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. THE DEVIL IS MOST EFFECTIVE IN 17:10 FIGHTING AGAINST CHRISTIANITY BY GOING IN THE CHURCH. 17:14 HE HAS HIS JUDASES JUST LIKE JESUS DID - THAT ARE ON THE 17:17 INSIDE - THEY'RE HYPOCRITES. ALL OF US PLAY THE PART OF THE 17:21 HYPOCRITE SOMETIMES. DO NOT BE SURPRISED BY THAT. 17:25 AND THE DEVIL WILL OFTEN DO SOMETHING - HE'LL POINT 17:27 EVERYWHERE ELSE AND BLAME EVERYONE ELSE AND HE IS THE 17:30 AUTHOR OF IT. HE'S OFTEN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE CAUSING ALL THE 17:33 PROBLEMS AND POINTING EVERYWHERE ELSE. HE USES DIVERSIONARY 17:36 TACTICS AND HE'S THE AUTHOR OF SO MUCH OF THAT CONFUSION. 17:39 THAT'S WHAT JUDAS SAID WHEN MARY WAS ANOINTING HIS FEET. 17:43 JUDAS SAID, 'OH, IF THAT MONEY HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE POOR. 17:48 WE COULD HAVE DONE SO MUCH MORE WITH THAT MONEY THAT MARY WASTED 17:50 ON OINTMENT FOR JESUS' FEET.' AND HERE JUDAS WAS STEALING THE 17:53 MONEY - AND HE'S THE TREASURER! YOU'VE HEARD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE, 17:57 RIGHT? SO THE DEVIL, JESUS SAID IN 18:01 MATTHEW 7:15, IS OFTEN A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. 18:07 THERE ARE MANY LOVELY, GOOD PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH, BUT WE ALL 18:09 KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THEY FAIL. DON'T LOOK AT PEOPLE. 18:12 THE DEVIL HAS WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING AND SOME OF THEM QUOTE 18:15 THE BIBLE. THAT'S OUR NEXT QUESTION - #7: 18:18 DOES SATAN KNOW THE BIBLE? >>YES. 18:21 >>YEAH, YOU READ ABOUT WHEN JESUS WAS TEMPTED AGAIN - AND 18:24 THAT'S IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 4, VERSES 5 AND 6, "AND THE DEVIL 18:28 SAID UNTO HIM, 'IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, CAST YOURSELF DOWN: 18:33 FOR IT IS WRITTEN, HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU.'" 18:38 AND THE DEVIL'S NOW QUOTING FROM PSALM 91, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE 18:40 DID? HE LEFT PART OF IT OUT - THE 18:43 PART THAT SAYS, 'TO KEEP YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS.' HE LEFT THAT 18:45 OUT. HE MISQUOTED THE SCRIPTURE. 18:47 BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL JESUS, JESUS QUOTED THE SCRIPTURE RIGHT BACK 18:49 TO THE BIBLE - RIGHT BACK TO THE DEVIL. WHAT IS OUR BEST DEFENSE 18:53 AGAINST SATAN'S TEMPTATIONS? EVERY TIME JESUS WAS TEMPTED 18:57 HE SAID, 'IT IS WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN. 19:01 IT IS WRITTEN.' AND HE FOUGHT THE DEVIL OFF WITH THE WORD OF 19:04 GOD. THAT IS OUR BEST SAFETY FRIENDS. 19:07 WHOM ON EARTH DOES THE DEVIL HATE THE MOST? 19:11 ANSWER: REVELATION CHAPTER 12, VERSE 17, "AND THE DRAGON WAS 19:16 WROTH WITH THE" - NOW WHAT DID WE SAY A WOMAN REPRESENTS IN 19:20 PROPHECY? A CHURCH. 19:22 HE'S ENRAGED WITH GOD'S BRIDE - THE CHURCH - "AND WENT TO MAKE 19:25 WAR WITH THE REMNANT" - THE REMAINDER - "OF (HER 19:29 DESCENDENTS) HER SEED" - TWO OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS - 19:32 "WHICH KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF 19:36 JESUS CHRIST." THEY'VE GOT THE LAW AND THE 19:38 PROPHETS. THE WORD OF GOD - AND THAT 19:42 SHOULD BE A CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 19:44 THE WORD OF GOD IS IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR MINDS. 19:47 QUESTION #9: WHAT TWO DEADLY ANIMALS DOES THE BIBLE USE TO 19:52 PORTRAY SATAN? YOU CAN FIND THE ANSWER TO THIS 19:55 IN 1 PETER CHAPTER 5, VERSE 8, "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT; BECAUSE 20:02 YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL" - IS GOING AROUND AS WHAT? 20:06 - "A ROARING LION...SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR:" THE DEVIL IS OUT 20:11 TO DESTROY AND TO HARM AS MANY AS HE CAN. 20:15 AND PETER TELLS US WE NEED TO BE SOBER, BE AWARE, BE VIGILANT. 20:20 HOW DO - HOW DO WE BEHAVE IN A VIGILANT WAY? 20:23 JESUS SAID, 'WATCH AND PRAY LEST YOU ENTER INTO TEMPTATION. 20:26 WE NEED TO SPEND TIME IN PRAYER WITH GOD, GIVE OURSELVES TO GOD, 20:30 ASK FOR HIS PROTECTION EVERY DAY AND GOD WILL DO THINGS FOR YOU 20:35 WHEN YOU PRAY THAT HE OTHERWISE WILL NOT DO IF YOU DON'T PRAY. 20:38 PRAYER DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, 'ASK AND 20:41 YOU WILL RECEIVE.' THAT MEANS, DON'T ASK, YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE, 20:46 RIGHT? AND SO WE NEED TO BE PRAYING - 20:49 BE VIGILANT. LIONS CAN BE PRETTY FEROCIOUS 20:54 AND GOD KEPT DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN. 20:57 THE LIONS DIDN'T HURT HIM BECAUSE GOD WAS WITH HIM. 20:59 GOD CAN KEEP YOU FROM THE LION IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 21:03 LIONS USE DECEPTION TOO. REVELATION 12 - WHAT'S THE OTHER 21:07 ANIMAL THAT THE DEVIL IS SOMETIMES COMPARED TO? 21:10 "AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, THAT OLD SERPENT, 21:15 CALLED THE DEVIL, AND SATAN." 21:17 NO QUESTION WHO THE SERPENT REPRESENTS, IT TELLS YOU RIGHT 21:19 HERE IT REPRESENTS THE DRAGON, THE SERPENT - HE IS THE DEVIL - 21:23 HE IS SATAN. THOSE ARE THE TERMS IN THE BIBLE. 21:25 MATTER OF FACT, YOU'LL FIND SOME PSALMS IN THE BIBLE. IT SAYS, 21:28 'GOD WILL GIVE YOU VICTORY OVER THE LION AND THE SERPENT. 21:31 AND IT'S - THOSE ARE METAPHORS FOR THE DEVIL IN THE BIBLE. 21:36 WHAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY RESIST SATAN? 21:41 JAMES - AND THIS IS IN YOUR BIBLE - JAMES CHAPTER 4, VERSES 21:45 7 AND 9 - AND I QUOTED THIS TO YOU EARLIER - ANSWER: "SUBMIT 21:49 YOURSELVES THEREFORE TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL 21:53 FLEE FROM YOU." IT GOES ON TO SAY IN THAT VERSE, 21:56 "DRAW NIGH TO GOD, AND HE WILL DRAW NIGH TO YOU." 22:00 YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE COMING TO THESE MEETINGS, WHETHER YOU'RE 22:03 WATCHING OR YOU'RE HERE, YOU ARE TAKING STEPS WHERE 22:05 YOU ARE DRAWING CLOSE TO GOD. 22:07 HE'S GOING TO TOUCH YOUR HEART WITH HIS WORD. 22:09 HE WILL DRAW CLOSE TO YOU. HE WILL BLESS YOU. 22:12 YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS YOU'RE STUDYING 22:14 DURING YOUR DAY AND THAT'S GOD DRAWING NEAR TO YOU. 22:18 QUESTION #11: HOW DID JESUS FIGHT THE ASSAULTS OF THE DEVIL? 22:22 ANSWER: IT'S FOUND IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 4, VERSE 10, "THEN SAITH 22:27 JESUS UNTO HIM, 'GET THEE HENCE, SATAN: FOR IT IS WRITTEN.'" NOW 22:33 I TOUCHED ON THIS ALREADY BUT I CAN'T OVER STATE THE IMPORTANCE 22:36 AND THE POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD. 22:40 HEBREWS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12, "FOR THE WORD OF GOD" - AND THIS 22:44 IS ADDITIONAL - "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK, AND POWERFUL, AND 22:47 SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD." JESUS, IN REVELATION, 22:50 COMES - ONE OF THE SYMBOLS HE'S COMING WITH A SWORD COMING OUT 22:54 OF HIS MOUTH. QUESTION #12: HOW WILL THE FINAL 22:58 FATE OF SATAN RESEMBLE THAT OF ABSALOM? 23:01 GOING BACK TO THE STORY WHERE WE BEGAN, YOU REMEMBER IT SAYS THAT 23:05 AFTER ABSALOM WAS SLAIN, THEY TOOK HIM DOWN AND THEY FOUND A 23:10 PIT IN THE WOODS AND THEY CAST HIM IN THIS PIT - AND THAT'S IN 23:15 2 SAMUEL 18, VERSE 17, "AND THEY TOOK ABSALOM, AND CAST HIM INTO 23:20 A GREAT PIT." NOW I'M EMPHASIZING THAT BECAUSE 23:23 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO 23:26 LUCIFER. ABSALOM IS CAST INTO A PIT, THEY 23:29 DON'T MARK HIS GRAVE. ABSALOM WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED. 23:33 IF YOU GO TO JERUSALEM, IN THE - I THINK IT'S THE KIDRON VALLEY - 23:37 THERE IS THIS MONUMENT OF ABSALOM'S - AND YOU CAN READ 23:39 ABOUT THIS IN 2 SAMUEL 18:18, "NOW ABSALOM IN HIS LIFETIME HAD 23:43 TAKEN AND REARED UP FOR HIMSELF A PILLAR, WHICH IS IN THE KING'S 23:46 DALE:" - HE WAS AFRAID HE'D BE FORGOTTEN SO HE MADE A MONUMENT 23:49 TO HIMSELF AND THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY THE MONUMENT TO 23:53 ABSALOM. WHAT HAPPENS TO LUCIFER, 23:56 ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, IS VERY SIMILAR. 23:58 YOU CAN READ, IT SAYS - ISAIAH 14, VERSE 15 - "YET THOU SHALT 24:03 BE BROUGHT DOWN TO HELL, TO THE SIDES OF THE PIT." 24:08 GOD IS GOING TO BRING FORTH A FIRE FROM THE MIDST OF HIM AND 24:11 DEVOUR HIM. QUESTION #13: WILL SATAN EVER 24:15 REAPPEAR TO TEMPT GOD'S PEOPLE AGAIN? 24:20 WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AFTER HE'S DESTROYED, THE BIBLE 24:23 SAYS WE'LL NOT HAVE TO WORRY THROUGH ETERNITY ABOUT THE DEVIL 24:26 COMING BACK OR ESCAPING FROM SOMEWHERE AND GOING ON A 24:29 RAMPAGE. EZEKIEL 28:19, "...NEVER SHALT 24:33 THOU BE ANY MORE." WON'T THAT BE NICE TO BE IN 24:35 HEAVEN AND NEVER WORRY ABOUT THAT AGAIN? 24:38 WILL WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SIN EVER HAPPENING AGAIN? 24:40 NO, NO ONE WILL EVER DOUBT GOD'S LOVE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THIS 24:43 TERRIBLE EXPERIMENT THAT WAS INSTIGATED BY THE DEVIL. 24:46 THE BOOK OF NAHUM CHAPTER 1, VERSE 9, "AFFLICTION SHALL NOT 24:50 RISE UP THE SECOND TIME." IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. 24:55 QUESTION #14: HOW DOES GOD FEEL ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 24:59 WICKED? YOU KNOW, GOD IS LOVE, AND EVEN 25:03 THOUGH HE MUST DEAL WITH SATAN AND SINNERS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING 25:06 HE ENJOYS. HE DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO PERISH. 25:09 YOU READ IN EZEKIEL 33, VERSE 11, "SAY UNTO THEM, 'AS I LIVE, 25:14 SAITH THE LORD GOD, I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE 25:19 WICKED.'" GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO 25:20 DIE. HE DOESN'T WANT US TO BE LOST. 25:23 JESUS CAME TO SAVE US FROM SATAN AND FROM SIN - THEY GO TOGETHER. 25:28 BUT HE SAYS THAT THE WICKED TURN FROM HIS WAY AND LIVE. 25:33 'TURN YE, TURN YE FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS. WHY WILL YOU DIE?' 25:39 JESUS WANTS TO GIVE US POWER AGAINST EVIL. HE WANTS TO SET AN 25:43 ANGEL HEDGE ABOUT YOU TO PROTECT YOU. NOW SOME OF YOU ARE 25:47 THINKING, 'OH, PASTOR DOUG, YOU DON'T KNOW. 25:50 I AM SO BOUND BY HABITS AND TEMPTATION AND MY LIFE HAS BEEN 25:53 SO OUT OF CONTROL AND SUCH A MESS.' IT'S NO PROBLEM FOR GOD. 25:57 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS 'ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD.' 26:00 DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HOW THE LORD CAN GIVE YOU A NEW BIRTH AND 26:04 MAKE YOU A NEW CREATURE. YES HE CAN. DON'T GIVE THE DEVIL 26:07 MORE CREDIT - DON'T MAKE YOUR DEVIL STRONGER THAN YOUR GOD. 26:11 THE BIBLE TELLS US 'GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT 26:14 IS IN THE WORLD.' YES, HE CAN SAVE YOU. 26:16 WHEN ABSALOM DIED, HOW DID KING DAVID RESPOND? 26:21 WHEN DAVID GOT THE NEWS, EVEN THOUGH HIS SON WAS TRYING TO 26:24 KILL HIM, WHEN HE GOT THE NEWS THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL SON HAD 26:27 DIED, YOU CAN READ IN 2 SAMUEL 18:33, "AND THE KING WAS MUCH 26:32 MOVED, AND WENT UP TO THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE, AND WEPT: 26:38 AND AS HE WENT, THUS HE SAID, 'O MY SON ABSALOM, MY SON, MY SON 26:43 ABSALOM! WOULD GOD I HAD DIED FOR THEE, O 26:48 ABSALOM, MY SON, MY SON!'" LOOK AT THE LOVE OF THIS 26:53 ERRING EARTHLY FATHER FOR HIS REBELLIOUS SON - HOW HIS HEART 26:57 WAS BROKEN. HOW MUCH MUST GOD LOVE YOU IN 27:00 THAT HE WILLINGLY GAVE HIS SON? THAT'S BECAUSE JESUS DOESN'T 27:05 WANT ANY OF US TO PERISH, FRIENDS, AMEN? 27:08 >>AMEN. >>HE WANTS US ALL TO HAVE 27:10 ETERNAL LIFE. THE DEVIL WANTS TO DESTROY US. 27:13 HE IS A THIEF. HE IS A VILLAIN. HE HAS NO HEART. HE WANTS TO 27:17 BRING SUFFERING, BUT JESUS CAME BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SAVE US. 27:23 >>AMAZING FACTS HAS IMPACTED MY LIFE. 27:25 >>AND I JUST PRAISE GOD FOR AMAZING FACTS. 27:27 >>AMAZING FACTS ACTUALLY DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE. 27:29 >>THIS WHOLE PROCESS - GETTING WHERE I AM TODAY - I FELT GOOD 27:32 ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T FEEL CONDEMNED. 27:34 >>I BEGAN READING THE BIBLE AND - 27:37 >>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - 27:39 >>I REALIZED THAT THERE HAD TO BE MORE TO LIFE. 27:41 >>GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS. >>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME. 27:43 >>THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL. >>I'LL FOLLOW CHRIST 27:45 WHEREVER HE GOES. >>AMAZING FACTS. MORE THAN 45 27:50 YEARS OF PROCLAIMING GOD'S MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD. 27:54 >>AND THEN THE LOGO POPS ACROSS AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 27:58 I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT THIS 28:00 WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING WHERE 28:03 I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP AND I'VE 28:07 NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE. LET ME - LET ME LOOK THROUGH AND FIND 28:10 THIS. THEN I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. 28:12 >>AND SO I STARTED DOING BIBLE STUDIES. 28:13 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GUYS STARTED BEING CHANGED, INCLUDING 28:18 MYSELF. >>MY QUESTION WAS, 'WHY DID 28:21 THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?' THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT 28:24 AND - AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS A FATHER. 28:26 >>I LOST EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOD 28:31 MISSING IN MY LIFE. >>I WENT TO A PROPHECY 28:33 SEMINAR, WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT. THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL AND 28:38 SO IRREFUTABLE, I JUST WENT, 'THIS IS REAL. 28:41 THIS IS - THIS IS AMAZING.' 28:47 >>TOGETHER WE HAVE SPREAD THE GOSPEL MUCH FARTHER THAN EVER 28:50 BEFORE >>THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 28:58 (MUSIC) 29:25 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 29:28 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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