Welcome to Anchors Of Truth
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live from the
3ABN Worship Center.
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Last Day Events
with John Lomacang.
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Hello friends and
welcome once again to our series
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entitled, Last Day Events.
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We thank you
for tuning in again,
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for taking the time tonight
to sit down and invite your
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friends and family to watch
and to listen to this program.
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Whether by
television, whether internet,
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whatever means
you're looking through,
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we thank you that
you've taken the time.
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And we hope you
have your Bibles.
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If you're joining us on
the radio, we pray that you'll
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keep it tuned into this station.
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Because tonight we
have a very important topic.
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It is entitled,
The Final Coalition.
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We began a few nights ago
with the message entitled,
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The Final Countdown.
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Then last
night, The Final Stage.
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Tonight, The Final Coalition.
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And on tomorrow, Saturday
morning at 11:00 o'clock,
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we call it the Sabbath, the
message is, The Final Apostasy.
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11:00 am Central time.
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And then tomorrow afternoon
at 3:00 pm Central time,
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the last message
entitled, The Final Act.
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We would like you to
stay in an attitude of prayer.
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This is a very
powerful message tonight.
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And I want to communicate
it the way that God intends
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for it to be communicated.
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But I don't want
you to take it personal.
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I believe that the Lord has
many sincere Christians that are
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looking for salvation.
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And many are walking where God
doesn't intend for them to walk.
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I mentioned last night that
many of the last day signs are
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happening in the church.
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The devil already has the world.
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So tonight as we pray, we'll
ask the Lord to open our hearts
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and our eyes to hear what
He has to say to His people,
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and to those who need
to find out His truth,
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and to accept
Him as their Savior.
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Let's bow our heads together.
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Our gracious Father in
heaven, we thank You again.
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As we open the Word, we
pray that we will also open our
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hearts and our
minds and our ears.
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We pray that You will keep
back the enemy from hindering
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this message from going
forward in a very powerful way.
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Lord, I give you
my heart and my hand.
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And take this word, take
the scriptures and make it the
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living word that
someone who's looking for truth
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will find it, and they will also
find a relationship with Christ.
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In Your precious
name I pray, amen.
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If you have your Bibles tonight,
you may want to turn with me.
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If you don't have your
Bibles, you know that we've been
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faithful to put the
texts on the screen.
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One of the most significant
Bible verses in the Bible...
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You know, when I was raised and
I played sports in high school,
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I once played football.
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You can tell I'm not
built for that sport.
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I want to tell you, I
just played two games.
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And after getting hit in
the head, I thought, you know,
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there's got to be
another way to live.
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So I took up basketball and
that has not been good to me.
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All my injuries have
been from basketball.
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Broken leg, almost lost my eye,
broke my face in three places,
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almost lost my voice.
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I didn't get a
penny for any of that.
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But something that
sticks out in my mind is this.
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Whenever the game began,
the coach always said to us,
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"Forget that cliché."
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And we would say, "What cliché?"
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And it is this one.
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"It is not whether you win or
lose but how you play the game."
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He said, "That does
not apply to this game.
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You better win.
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We have not
trained you to play a game.
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You better win."
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And brothers and
sisters, we are in a battle.
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This is not a game we play.
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Christianity is a "whether
you win or lose" situation.
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So this text tonight takes
us right into the focus of,
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not a game that
Christ is playing,
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not a game that
Satan is playing,
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but in fact it is
whether or not we win or lose.
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To encourage you,
Jesus has already won.
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Can you say amen to that.
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So we have to join the
winning side if we plan on being
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on that eternal field where
joy and peace will last forever.
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Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 17.
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I'm going to speak quickly
tonight, I have a lot to cover.
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The Bible says:
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The dragon is Satan.
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The woman is the church.
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Friends, let me make a statement
that's very very clear.
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We are definitely
living in the last days.
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I believe that
with all my heart.
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The final coalition against
truth will soon be formed.
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We are on the brink of
the battle of Armageddon.
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And every system that has ever
opposed the government of God
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is going to be represented
in the battle of Armageddon.
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That's also the final coalition.
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The Bible has prophesied
it, we have preached about it,
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and we have seen steps
being made to bring this text
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to its grand fulfillment.
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While this is not
solely the last day verse,
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the last days bring
this verse to its fruition,
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to its strength,
to its fulfillment.
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We are living in the most
intense time of the assault,
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and this is the last days.
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The largest and most coordinated
attack, according to this text,
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is going to be the last days.
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But to fully
understand what this text means,
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there are five
things we must understand.
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How many things did I say?
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Five. Here they are.
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One, who is the
warrior in this text?
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Secondly, who is
the intended victim?
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Thirdly, what is the
reason for the attack?
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Fourth, what is the
arsenal used in the attack?
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And last, how will we know that
the final attack is imminent?
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How will we know that
we're living at the time
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of the final attack?
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The final play of the
game, the last ten seconds,
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as I talked
about a few nights ago.
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First, let's look at
the first recorded attack,
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the first war that took place.
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Revelation 12
and verses 7 and 8.
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And it reads as follows.
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Michael is Christ.
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The dragon is Satan.
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It says that there was
even disharmony among the
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dragon and his angels.
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There is not unity, there
is not a unified coalition
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among the fallen angels
any more than there's a unified
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coalition in our world.
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Wherever there is
sin, there's not unity.
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But it goes on.
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That means, when
we get to heaven,
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Satan and his
angels won't be there.
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It's going to be
a place without sin.
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Sin will never ever
have a chance, never have an
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opportunity to
rise up a second time.
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Nahum 1:9 says, "Affliction
will not rise up a second time."
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Sin and sinners will be no more.
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The one pushing sin
will never exist again.
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So there will never
ever be an opportunity,
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even in our choices, to sin.
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The reason clearly is, we
will be made in the complete
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image of
Christ, fully righteous.
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And when the Bible
says we are righteous,
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"He that is holy,
let him be holy still.
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He that is righteous,
let him be righteous still."
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Forever sealed in the
righteousness of Jesus.
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And I must say, in Jesus
there is not a hint of sin.
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Revelation also
describes the warrior.
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Revelation 12 and
verse 9. Here it is.
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After Satan and his angels
sinned, the battle didn't end.
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They turned the
earth into the battlefield.
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Ever since Satan was kicked
out, ever since his angels were
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expelled, the earth
has become the battlefield.
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It's like after a baseball game.
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The young guys, they
go to the baseball game.
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The baseball
doesn't end for them.
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They go home and play stickball.
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After the basketball game,
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the basketball game
doesn't end for them.
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They go home
and play basketball.
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I remember growing
up and watching the
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New York Nicks
play on television.
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Even in the
winter, even in the snow,
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we all got together, the
guys in the neighborhood.
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We would get a snow
shovel, go to the park,
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shovel the snow,
and play basketball
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in freezing cold weather.
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The point of the matter is,
you don't need an indoor arena
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to play basketball.
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You don't need heaven for
that to be the battlefield.
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The earth is the
battlefield of today.
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Satan is down here.
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His angels have fallen.
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And when they fell,
they became the demons to
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carry on the
battles from age to age.
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Satan uses his
angels to organize the world
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into the final coalition.
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Look at Revelation
chapter 16 and verse 14.
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The Bible says:
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So there are demons
working as we're sitting here.
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There are demons in
every facet of society.
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There are demons
everywhere in the earth.
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As there are angels, as the
Holy Spirit is working on the
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hearts of all humanity,
there are demons opposing
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the advancement of
truth at every hand.
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But I want to say this.
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Greater is He that is in us
than he that is in the world.
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Can you say amen to that.
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So I'm not
fearful of the demons.
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I'm just so glad that the
Lord has told us that we are not
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wrestling
against flesh and blood.
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This is a real war.
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We are really
living in the final battle,
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soon to be followed by
the battle of Armageddon.
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But tonight, I want to say this.
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And understand
this very clearly.
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There is a final coalition.
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I'm not talking about
the Christian coalition.
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I'm not talking about
any other earthly coalition.
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There is a final
coalition that will be formed.
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And not until all
seven systems are in place
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that the final
battle is going to begin.
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The Bible reveals
seven systems through which
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Satan has continued
to work from age to age.
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How many systems
did I say? Seven.
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Seven is a complete number.
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And by the way, you're not going
to find this in one particular
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passage in the Bible.
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I've done my
homework to find this one.
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As a matter of fact,
you may not have heard this
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ever presented before.
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This may be the first
time you're going to hear about
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these seven systems.
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I'm not talking
about seven kings.
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I'm not talking about
Rome and all of its phases.
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I'm talking about from
the very time that Satan
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entered this earth until
the very end, he has established
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seven systems
through which he works.
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I'm not talking about the
seven heads and ten horns.
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Not that at all.
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Seven systems
introduced into the Bible.
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But in those systems, there
are two main ways he works.
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One is destruction,
the other is deception.
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Those are the
only methods he uses.
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Let's observe the
introduction of the first
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of the seven systems.
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Genesis chapter 3 and verse 1.
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Are you ready to
follow? Here we go.
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The Bible says:
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The first system was
introduced in the garden.
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I'll tell you what
that was in a moment.
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But the first thing that
Satan did to lay the foundation
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for the first system was
what he's still doing today.
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He got Eve to
question whether or not
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God really said what God said.
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So the questioning of God's
word did not begin just in the
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evangelical world or just
when all these books I talked
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about last night came out.
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This began in
the Garden of Eden.
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The oldest tactic Satan
has used in all the ages
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is to question whether or
not God's word really says
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what God's word says.
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He led Eve to believe that there
are no negative consequences
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to ignoring the word of God.
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That's why
tradition is exalted today.
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I remember once...
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And I'm not going to
tell many stories tonight,
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but this fits right here.
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I remember one day, a
member of our church said,
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he looked in his pastor's
Bible or saw his pastor's Bible
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opened out at a Bible
study or in the pulpit,
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and he saw a lot of places in
the Bible highlighted in yellow.
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And he thought, "My pastor
is really a man that studies."
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And he asked his pastor,
what are those highlights
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in his Bible about?
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And his pastor said,
in seminary they told them
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to highlight those
verses because those are verses
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that they did not
want him to preach from
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when he began his ministry.
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Seminaries are also
being used in our world
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to sow seeds of error.
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So whether a person
is in a seminary or not,
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if you are in Christ and
being led by the Holy Spirit,
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Jesus says, John
16:13, "Howbeit when He,
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the Spirit of truth, is
come, He will lead you and
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guide you into all truth."
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And can you say amen to that.
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So the Holy Spirit is the
active agent leading people to
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understand the Word of God.
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You can be in a seminary, but if
they're not telling the truth,
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you're just an educated liar.
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And there's nobody
more dangerous than a person
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that knows how to use his lies.
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Education with a lie
behind it is a dangerous tool.
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There's nobody more
intellectual than Satan,
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by the way, except God.
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Satan also convinced Eve
that sin does not lead to death;
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Genesis 3 verses 4 and 5.
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Genesis 3 verses 4 and 5.
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People today believe that
people are dead, but not surely.
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That's why folk wouldn't
go to the cemetery at night.
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Let me submit to you;
the cemetery is one of the
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safest places in any major city.
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You could get a towel
and go lay in the cemetery,
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put your money all
around you, in New York, and
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nobody will come
after you and rob you.
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Amen, I know that's to be true.
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That's the truth.
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Here's what he said.
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Here's what he said,
God's holding out on you.
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Verse 5.
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Disobedience does not
lead to your eyes being opened.
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It leads to
your eyes being shut.
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Yes they did know good and evil.
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But what they knew is
not what they wanted to know.
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Sometimes we get
to know good and evil.
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And we want to forget the
evil we know and find out more
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of the good that we should know.
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God evil is not a
good thing to know.
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God did not intend for
Adam and Eve to understand
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death, and sin, and
suffering, and pain.
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Yes they did know good and evil.
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But not what God
intended for them to know.
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Here's a powerful quotation from
the book, Darkness Before Dawn.
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My favorite author.
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I believe that God inspired
Ellen White so that her words
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resonate like
they were just written.
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Listen to what she says.
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You can hear the lies.
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When people die,
everybody, the news says it,
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preachers lie from the
pulpit, "He's in heaven
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now looking down on us."
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No he's not, he's
right there in the coffin.
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What's not being preached
nowadays is the resurrection.
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What's the purpose
of the resurrection?
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For Jesus to come back and
resurrect His saints, amen.
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That's not being preached.
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You don't hear
anything about the resurrection.
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Just dying and going to heaven.
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Now let me tell you something.
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If death was an
entrance to heaven,
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death would not be an enemy.
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He would be a friend.
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But it's an enemy.
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And the reason why we cry is
because the Lord has put within
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us something to understand
that death is an enemy.
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We don't rejoice
at funerals and say,
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"Oh, I'm so glad my mother
died. Now she's in heaven."
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We don't say that.
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But preachers lie.
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I don't even
want to say "untruth".
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I want to call it what it is.
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Preachers lie, and
they do it intentionally.
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And that's what the
church did during the dark ages.
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That's how they raised up
their cathedrals in Europe.
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They lied to the people.
00:17:06.44\00:17:07.46
They taught purgatory to people
who had parents that did not
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get baptized before they died.
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They raised millions,
the Catholic church did
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during the dark ages, and
raised up their cathedrals
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with that lie.
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Then they taught another lie.
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Limbo for babies
that did not get baptized.
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That's why babies are
baptized in the Catholic church.
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They said, "They're in
purgatory now, they're in limbo.
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But I can get them
out if you pay me."
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They also taught
the sin of indulgences.
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And I'll talk about more of
that later on in the sermon.
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But the foundation for deception
today, the very first system,
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whether you caught it or
not, the very first system
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established in the
Garden of Eden is the
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system of spiritualism.
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What did I say? Spiritualism.
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The oldest thing
that Satan has used;
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spiritualism
throughout the ages.
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From the Garden of
Eden until Jesus comes,
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spiritualism will be active.
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Ellen White says in the book,
Spirit Of Prophecy, Volume 4,
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listen to what
she says, page 235.
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That whole series
I did on the occult,
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spiritualism is everywhere.
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It's everywhere.
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I'm not going to
take the time tonight.
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If you haven't heard that
series called Unclean Spirits,
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you need to get it.
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Spiritualism is
everywhere, in everything.
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And what does it mean by the
natural immortality of the soul?
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People believe that the
soul goes on and on and on.
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That's the reason why
people believe that their
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dead one's are in heaven.
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That's the platform for the
veneration and worship of Mary
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and other saints
that are really dead.
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The afterlife is portrayed
in movies and television.
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And that's all
born in spiritualism.
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Spiritualism is the
basis for the New Age movement
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and Eastern Mysticism.
00:18:50.38\00:18:52.06
Spiritualism is the
door to séance's and mediums
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and witches and warlocks.
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Spiritualism is the
entrance into the occult
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and devil worship.
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It's been going on
for six thousand years.
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But what was
introduced in the Garden of Eden
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will reach its full
development in the last days.
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Listen to what Ellen
White says in the book,
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Darkness Before
Dawn, page 23 paragraph 3.
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We are living in the last
remnant of time, are we not?
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That's right.
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He's laid the
foundation a long time.
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His final effort.
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That's why my series has the
word "final" in every message.
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Spiritualism is the
oldest of the seven systems.
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And it will be a part of
the battle of Armageddon.
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The first contributor
to the final coalition.
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But now let's go
to the second system.
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This one was introduced
shortly before the flood.
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Genesis chapter 6 and
verse 5 gives us the entrance
00:20:10.01\00:20:12.98
into this system.
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And the Bible says:
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Patriots And
Prophets, page 91 paragraph 1.
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This second system
removes God from the picture.
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Here's how Paul says it
in Romans 1 and verse 28.
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This second system
that was introduced,
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not at its fulfillment
yet, not at its full strength,
00:21:39.49\00:21:42.37
the second system that
was introduced is what we
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now call modern atheism.
00:21:44.98\00:21:47.88
The removal of God.
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What do you call a system
and a society that pushes the
00:21:51.13\00:21:54.76
knowledge of God
out of its civilization?
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You call it atheism.
00:21:58.61\00:22:00.08
That's what
happened to the Communist.
00:22:00.09\00:22:01.68
That's what happened in Russia.
00:22:01.71\00:22:03.00
That's what
happened in France in 1798.
00:22:03.03\00:22:05.32
They outlawed God.
00:22:05.33\00:22:06.71
Let me tell you something.
00:22:06.75\00:22:07.98
You can pass laws, but
you can't get rid of God.
00:22:08.01\00:22:10.15
What do you say?
00:22:10.18\00:22:11.20
It was introduced but it
did not reach its fulfillment.
00:22:11.60\00:22:14.40
That's what made
France so diabolical.
00:22:14.97\00:22:17.21
Atheism was the
power that Satan organized
00:22:17.24\00:22:21.69
to lead them to
outlaw God's word in 1798.
00:22:21.72\00:22:24.47
But atheism was in
existence thousands of years
00:22:25.61\00:22:29.54
before France did that.
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The Great Controversy
1888, page 269 paragraph 2.
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Atheism is alive in our world
today, and growing in America.
00:23:08.78\00:23:13.84
You know what they're saying?
00:23:14.53\00:23:15.53
That we have religious freedom.
00:23:15.67\00:23:16.85
And they're using religious
freedom to introduce all kinds
00:23:16.88\00:23:19.62
of systems against
the government of God.
00:23:19.65\00:23:21.52
Atheism was the
seed of Communism.
00:23:21.82\00:23:23.76
God is being expelled
out of American society.
00:23:23.79\00:23:26.77
Look at some of the things
that we had when we were young
00:23:26.80\00:23:29.59
that we don't have any longer.
00:23:29.62\00:23:31.31
For example, the
phrase, "In God We Trust,"
00:23:31.69\00:23:34.44
while still being on the dollar
bill, atheists challenge that.
00:23:34.47\00:23:37.79
They says, that's
anti-religious freedom.
00:23:37.82\00:23:40.88
So get rid of,
"In God We Trust."
00:23:40.91\00:23:42.82
And something else
being resisted in America;
00:23:43.12\00:23:45.29
when you say,
"One nation under God,"
00:23:45.32\00:23:47.07
atheists stand
up and protest that.
00:23:47.10\00:23:49.83
Prayer in high
schools at their graduations.
00:23:49.86\00:23:52.57
Prayer at school's sporting
events are being protested,
00:23:52.60\00:23:56.15
once again, by atheists.
00:23:56.18\00:23:57.53
I heard on the news just
a few weeks ago, a young man
00:23:57.56\00:23:59.96
who's friend died in a
car accident, 16 years old.
00:23:59.99\00:24:03.06
He was playing a football
game and when he hit the
00:24:03.09\00:24:05.66
winning touchdown, or ran
for the winning touchdown,
00:24:05.69\00:24:08.74
he pointed to the sky in a
gesture, somewhat so to speak
00:24:08.77\00:24:12.29
in his own mind, contributing
the win to his friend.
00:24:12.30\00:24:15.30
You know what happened?
00:24:15.61\00:24:16.63
He was reprimanded for doing
that, for pointing to the sky.
00:24:16.66\00:24:19.46
They said that was
a religious gesture.
00:24:20.16\00:24:22.69
That's how ridiculous
it's getting in America.
00:24:23.57\00:24:26.30
God is being put out.
00:24:26.31\00:24:27.69
A man by the
name of Edward Kagin,
00:24:28.00\00:24:30.29
he's an atheistic
leader, he says he has started
00:24:30.85\00:24:33.57
something called, The
American Religious Civil War.
00:24:33.60\00:24:36.66
There's a picture I
want to show you right now.
00:24:36.69\00:24:37.76
It's ridiculous. I can't
tell you a whole lot about it.
00:24:37.80\00:24:40.09
But this is a picture of
something called, de-baptism.
00:24:40.12\00:24:44.62
Did you hear what I
said? You heard it right.
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De-baptism.
00:24:47.41\00:24:48.63
This is a
de-baptism certificate.
00:24:48.66\00:24:50.23
I blocked the name
out for obvious reasons.
00:24:50.24\00:24:52.23
There's a movement in
America appealing to Christians
00:24:52.53\00:24:55.10
to leave Christianity.
00:24:55.13\00:24:56.72
And he stands up in
this movement with a
00:24:56.75\00:24:59.02
Grim Reaper's cloak
on, a cloak over his head,
00:24:59.05\00:25:02.06
and a big ole blow dryer.
00:25:02.07\00:25:03.54
And in a ceremonial sense,
he has those who want to be
00:25:03.55\00:25:06.36
de-baptized walk down the
line and he blow dries them,
00:25:06.37\00:25:10.78
to symbolize he's removing
all the water of baptism.
00:25:10.81\00:25:14.75
De-baptism in America.
00:25:15.25\00:25:17.06
It's ridiculous, but
look it up on the internet.
00:25:17.09\00:25:18.89
There are so many
responses to that,
00:25:18.92\00:25:20.70
so many people registering in.
00:25:20.71\00:25:22.13
TIME magazine did the exposé
and they recorded the videos.
00:25:22.16\00:25:25.18
There's about 15
videos on de-baptism.
00:25:25.21\00:25:27.68
Isn't that ridiculous?
00:25:27.71\00:25:28.74
But you know
what the atheist said?
00:25:29.08\00:25:30.47
They said, "Christians
shouldn't get upset by that.
00:25:30.50\00:25:32.58
Because if their Christianity
is secure, what we do
00:25:33.29\00:25:35.49
should not make
them feel insecure."
00:25:35.50\00:25:37.05
I'm not insecure, I'm
just telling you how Satan
00:25:37.08\00:25:38.81
is working in America.
00:25:38.84\00:25:40.02
Here's a picture of one of his
followers, had on this shirt.
00:25:40.05\00:25:42.94
This girl use to be a Christian.
00:25:42.97\00:25:43.96
She gave up her Christianity and
here's the shirt that she wears.
00:25:43.99\00:25:46.86
"There's probably no God.
00:25:46.89\00:25:48.69
Now stop worrying
and enjoy your life."
00:25:48.70\00:25:50.99
Well, she's in trouble if she
had to use the word "probably".
00:25:51.02\00:25:53.43
If you're not sure
that God does not exist,
00:25:54.92\00:25:56.98
that's not the
shirt you need to wear.
00:25:57.01\00:25:58.09
Am I right?
00:25:58.10\00:25:59.17
"Probably."
00:26:00.12\00:26:01.17
Well that means
there's a chance.
00:26:01.20\00:26:02.52
But that's what is
happening in America.
00:26:03.80\00:26:05.37
Let's go to the third system.
00:26:06.01\00:26:07.60
This system of atheism
will be in the final coalition.
00:26:07.91\00:26:11.74
The third system
that we will introduce
00:26:11.75\00:26:13.76
is one that was born
on the heels of a nation
00:26:13.79\00:26:17.48
that rejected its Savior.
00:26:17.51\00:26:20.21
Let's go to Matthew
chapter 23 verses 37 to 38.
00:26:20.84\00:26:24.31
Praise the Lord I'm
moving at a good pace tonight.
00:26:25.35\00:26:27.11
I so appreciate the guys in
the truck and the entire crew.
00:26:27.14\00:26:30.02
Thank you, guys.
Thank you, ladies.
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Matthew 23 verses 37 and 38.
00:26:32.59\00:26:35.23
This third system is
Judaism, modern Judaism.
00:26:35.26\00:26:40.66
First spiritualism,
then atheism, then Judaism.
00:26:40.69\00:26:45.05
Listen to what Jesus said about
the nation that rejected Him.
00:26:45.08\00:26:48.80
According to
JewsForJudaism.org...
00:27:16.83\00:27:19.01
And I did my research.
I'm giving you snippets.
00:27:19.04\00:27:21.10
If you want to have fun
and do the homework, you can.
00:27:21.41\00:27:23.40
They say... These
are Jews for Judaism.
00:27:24.05\00:27:26.26
They say that Jesus
is not the true Messiah.
00:27:26.27\00:27:29.38
They use a word in
the Hebrew "HaMashiach".
00:27:30.73\00:27:35.00
They said Jesus,
the word "Messiah",
00:27:35.21\00:27:37.92
in Hebrew or in Greek
does not read that way.
00:27:37.95\00:27:40.71
So therefore, Jesus
cannot be the true Messiah.
00:27:40.74\00:27:43.21
They say the true Messiah must
be a descendant of King David,
00:27:43.97\00:27:47.20
and Jesus does not fit that.
00:27:47.23\00:27:48.94
They said Jesus' father was
a descendant, but not Jesus.
00:27:48.97\00:27:51.97
Is that amazing?
00:27:52.40\00:27:53.46
They said a literal
Elijah must come, not someone
00:27:53.79\00:27:56.91
preaching the Elijah message.
00:27:56.92\00:27:58.29
That's the third reason they
reject the divinity of Jesus.
00:27:58.32\00:28:01.33
They also say the Old Testament
prophets do not predict
00:28:01.83\00:28:05.06
a second coming.
00:28:05.09\00:28:06.12
Well it's all
through the Old Testament,
00:28:06.13\00:28:07.87
the second coming of Jesus.
00:28:07.90\00:28:09.11
Amen?
00:28:09.14\00:28:10.12
But they said because
there's no second coming,
00:28:10.15\00:28:12.24
the second coming; the
JewsForJudaism.org says,
00:28:12.27\00:28:16.19
the second coming
is a desperate attempt
00:28:16.22\00:28:18.94
to explain away
the failures of Jesus.
00:28:18.97\00:28:22.19
Judaism, which God established
to be a blessing, has now
00:28:22.94\00:28:26.26
become a curse in the
earth because they rejected the
00:28:26.29\00:28:28.48
very One that wanted
to use them to carry the
00:28:28.51\00:28:30.65
gospel to the world.
00:28:30.68\00:28:31.71
Judaism is that third system.
00:28:31.74\00:28:33.75
But look at what 2 John
chapter 1 and verse 7 says.
00:28:33.78\00:28:36.46
The foundation for our
safety is accepting Jesus,
00:28:36.88\00:28:39.62
and that He came in the flesh.
00:28:39.65\00:28:41.86
John says:
00:28:42.87\00:28:43.95
So, the system that God
established and called to be
00:28:56.61\00:28:59.91
a light to the
world, they rejected Jesus.
00:28:59.92\00:29:02.05
In Acts chapter 13
verses 42 to 46, he said,
00:29:02.08\00:29:05.62
"It was necessary
that the Word of God should
00:29:05.65\00:29:08.29
first be given to you.
00:29:08.32\00:29:09.62
But seeing that you reject
it and judge yourselves unworthy
00:29:09.65\00:29:13.58
of everlasting life,
low, we turn to the Gentiles."
00:29:13.61\00:29:16.21
And the Gentiles,
when they heard that,
00:29:16.22\00:29:18.16
the Bible say they rejoiced.
00:29:18.19\00:29:19.98
And I want to say
today, Jesus is the Savior.
00:29:20.64\00:29:22.64
What do you say?
00:29:22.67\00:29:23.67
Regardless of
who says otherwise.
00:29:23.70\00:29:25.74
And what they did to
cover it up is recorded in
00:29:25.75\00:29:28.09
Matthew 28 verse 13.
00:29:28.12\00:29:29.63
They could not accept the
fact that Jesus rose again.
00:29:29.66\00:29:32.55
But I tell you today, the reason
I'm preaching this way is,
00:29:32.58\00:29:35.19
I serve a risen Savior who is
soon returning to take us home.
00:29:35.20\00:29:38.56
Here's the lie they
spun, Matthew 28 verse 13.
00:29:39.38\00:29:42.19
When they heard about
the resurrection of Jesus,
00:29:42.22\00:29:43.91
they called the Roman soldiers
together and they spun a lie.
00:29:43.94\00:29:46.85
And they said to the soldiers:
00:29:46.88\00:29:47.97
What did the Roman soldiers
do? Verse 15 of Matthew 28.
00:29:57.40\00:30:00.48
But let me tell you something.
00:30:09.10\00:30:10.10
Jesus had a plan to make sure
that people knew He was raised.
00:30:10.13\00:30:13.08
He was seen by
more than 500 people.
00:30:13.49\00:30:16.35
Amen, someone.
00:30:16.38\00:30:17.48
So He didn't rely on the Roman
soldiers to get the news out.
00:30:17.49\00:30:20.45
He told Mary, "Go tell
the disciples I'm risen.
00:30:20.48\00:30:22.99
Go tell Peter, the one
that denied Me, the one that
00:30:23.00\00:30:25.47
I'm going to
forgive, tell him I'm risen."
00:30:25.50\00:30:27.14
And on the day of Pentecost,
a risen and a resurrected God
00:30:27.17\00:30:30.80
was firing up Peter,
the apostle, now forgiven.
00:30:30.83\00:30:33.77
And he called the Jews
that finally understood
00:30:33.80\00:30:36.61
Jesus is the Messiah, he
called them to repentance.
00:30:36.64\00:30:39.14
Jesus is alive and well today.
00:30:39.17\00:30:40.95
What do you say?
00:30:40.98\00:30:41.96
The system that
rejected its own Savior will be
00:30:42.63\00:30:45.58
in the final coalition.
00:30:45.61\00:30:46.96
There's an entire world
filled with Jews looking for the
00:30:46.99\00:30:51.05
coming of the Messiah.
00:30:51.08\00:30:52.14
When in fact, He's coming
the second time, not with sin,
00:30:52.17\00:30:55.68
but for the
purpose of taking us home.
00:30:55.71\00:30:58.43
Let's go to the
forth system now.
00:30:59.31\00:31:01.03
The forth one that will be
included in the final coalition.
00:31:01.33\00:31:04.03
This system was introduced
on the basis of demoting Jesus.
00:31:04.06\00:31:10.50
This forth system is Islam.
00:31:10.70\00:31:13.48
Go with me to Genesis
chapter 17 verses 20 and 21.
00:31:13.51\00:31:16.34
The first one, spiritualism.
The second one, atheism.
00:31:16.37\00:31:18.86
The third one, Judaism.
And the forth one, Islam.
00:31:18.89\00:31:21.85
Genesis chapter
17 verses 20 and 21.
00:31:22.58\00:31:24.99
Notice what the Bible says.
00:31:25.00\00:31:26.62
Right now Islam is
all over the world.
00:31:46.47\00:31:49.23
It's the fastest growing
segment of religious society.
00:31:49.73\00:31:52.75
It's the fastest growing
population in the world, period;
00:31:52.78\00:31:55.52
the Muslim population.
00:31:55.55\00:31:57.38
But notice verse 21.
00:31:57.79\00:31:59.36
God made a covenant with Isaac.
00:32:08.95\00:32:11.32
What do you say?
00:32:11.35\00:32:12.49
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.
00:32:13.05\00:32:15.11
Then the twelve sons of Israel.
00:32:15.14\00:32:17.25
God has a nation today that
serves Him, not demotes Him.
00:32:17.28\00:32:20.97
But let me give you some
facts about Islam, just so that
00:32:20.98\00:32:23.53
we can be more educated.
00:32:23.56\00:32:24.62
Because they don't
totally deny Jesus.
00:32:24.65\00:32:26.89
As a matter of fact,
Jesus is mentioned 25 times more
00:32:26.92\00:32:31.22
in the Koran than Muhammad is.
00:32:31.23\00:32:33.75
Belief in Jesus is
required in Islam, and required
00:32:34.05\00:32:37.59
to be a Muslim.
00:32:37.62\00:32:38.92
They teach that Jesus
is a messenger from God
00:32:39.37\00:32:43.77
to guide the children of Israel.
00:32:43.80\00:32:45.80
But they also say, as is
every other messenger from God.
00:32:45.81\00:32:49.84
Islam teaches that
Jesus was a Muslim.
00:32:50.53\00:32:52.94
Islam teaches the
virgin birth of Jesus.
00:32:53.24\00:32:56.36
But Islam does not accept
Jesus as being incarnate God,
00:32:56.39\00:33:01.66
and they don't accept the
fact that He was the Son of God.
00:33:01.69\00:33:05.07
Islam also teaches that
in the judgment, they say,
00:33:05.67\00:33:08.53
Jesus will deny
having ever claimed divinity.
00:33:08.56\00:33:13.29
They also say that
Jesus was not crucified,
00:33:13.87\00:33:17.68
but He was taken to heaven.
00:33:17.71\00:33:19.07
And they say, Jesus
did not atone for our sins.
00:33:19.63\00:33:23.49
Let me say this.
00:33:23.52\00:33:25.30
Anyone who's sins are
not atoned for by Jesus
00:33:25.33\00:33:28.52
will be in the final coalition.
00:33:28.55\00:33:29.95
What do you say?
00:33:29.98\00:33:31.03
Look at Acts chapter 4 verse 11.
00:33:31.60\00:33:33.69
The only one that can
give us salvation is Jesus.
00:34:00.69\00:34:03.81
He said, "No one comes to
the Father except through Me."
00:34:03.84\00:34:07.80
So when I pray my prayers,
I say, "In Jesus name I pray."
00:34:07.83\00:34:11.09
I come to the Father
in the name of Jesus.
00:34:11.86\00:34:14.65
He is alive, He
did atone for our sins,
00:34:14.68\00:34:17.65
He was crucified, He is sitting
at the right hand of the Father,
00:34:17.68\00:34:21.12
and He is very much divine.
00:34:21.15\00:34:23.68
But the fifth system.
00:34:25.00\00:34:26.52
The fifth system to be
included in the final coalition.
00:34:27.31\00:34:30.16
This is a powerful one.
00:34:31.11\00:34:32.11
You know, the reason why
this pulses with me is because
00:34:32.12\00:34:35.20
most of my family
members are under the delusion
00:34:35.23\00:34:40.94
of this system.
00:34:40.97\00:34:42.25
So I'm talking to generations.
00:34:44.10\00:34:45.87
I'm talking to
generations of family.
00:34:46.37\00:34:48.79
I'm talking to generations that
I want to see in the kingdom.
00:34:50.55\00:34:53.48
This is personal to me.
00:34:54.15\00:34:55.86
I'm talking to those who love
the Lord, but who have had their
00:34:56.84\00:35:00.01
eyes closed by
tradition that has resonated
00:35:00.04\00:35:03.14
from generation to generation.
00:35:03.15\00:35:04.70
The fifth system that is a
part of the final coalition
00:35:05.20\00:35:10.86
is a system born on the
basis of complete deception.
00:35:10.89\00:35:15.44
And I think you've
already guessed which one it is.
00:35:15.77\00:35:17.67
Catholicism.
00:35:17.68\00:35:19.36
Established
during the dark ages.
00:35:19.78\00:35:22.04
We'll talk about
that tomorrow morning;
00:35:22.07\00:35:23.44
how they got established,
00:35:23.47\00:35:24.84
how they got to
where they are today.
00:35:24.87\00:35:26.30
But I'm not going to
talk about that right now.
00:35:26.33\00:35:27.85
I'm going to talk about
the means and the methods
00:35:27.88\00:35:30.35
that Satan has used to
establish in that system
00:35:30.38\00:35:33.25
all of the deception that
is working on the hearts of
00:35:33.28\00:35:36.37
1.3 billion people today.
00:35:36.40\00:35:39.37
Now I want to preface this.
00:35:42.67\00:35:44.01
What I'm about to say
is not against any person.
00:35:45.38\00:35:48.09
It's against a system.
00:35:48.12\00:35:49.91
But I'm also going to say,
if you get upset, check it out.
00:35:55.72\00:35:59.90
Do your homework.
00:36:00.80\00:36:02.12
The only reason why you
should get upset is because
00:36:03.88\00:36:06.21
you don't want to look it up.
00:36:06.24\00:36:07.57
But if you want truth,
you're about to get it.
00:36:08.52\00:36:10.99
I'd rather you get upset
with me telling the truth
00:36:13.08\00:36:15.34
than both of us laugh
our way all the way to hell.
00:36:15.37\00:36:18.80
Matter of fact, Paul
the apostle, when he was
00:36:19.57\00:36:22.31
opposed by some of the leaders
in the New Testament, he says,
00:36:22.34\00:36:25.41
"Have I become your enemy
because I tell you the truth?"
00:36:25.44\00:36:28.04
"Faithful are the
wounds of a friend,
00:36:28.55\00:36:30.09
but the kisses of an
enemy are deceitful."
00:36:30.12\00:36:32.03
A wise man by the
name of Solomon said that.
00:36:32.06\00:36:34.50
So the wounds that come as
a result of telling the truth
00:36:34.98\00:36:37.53
are wounds that will
lead us to finding the truth.
00:36:37.54\00:36:40.57
Catholicism established
itself on the basis of man
00:36:40.60\00:36:44.98
as the mediator
between God and us.
00:36:45.01\00:36:47.77
And so the question is,
why confess to a sinful man
00:36:47.80\00:36:50.31
when Jesus is
our sinless Mediator?
00:36:50.34\00:36:53.79
Look at what Timothy
says, 1 Timothy 2 and verse 5.
00:36:54.53\00:36:57.45
Why call an earthly
man "father" and pray,
00:37:09.79\00:37:12.82
"Our Father,
which art in heaven?"
00:37:12.85\00:37:14.92
Doesn't make sense.
00:37:15.64\00:37:16.98
It's not even consciously clear.
00:37:17.01\00:37:19.72
Why say "father" when we pray,
00:37:19.75\00:37:22.73
"Our Father,
which art in heaven?"
00:37:22.76\00:37:25.17
It gives you, not only
His designation of who He is,
00:37:25.73\00:37:28.00
but where He's located.
00:37:28.03\00:37:29.10
In heaven.
00:37:29.13\00:37:30.23
But listen to what Jesus said.
00:37:31.55\00:37:33.20
Matthew 23 and verse 9.
00:37:33.23\00:37:35.06
Jesus made it very clear.
00:37:35.09\00:37:36.89
He was speaking in
the ecclesiastical sense,
00:37:39.79\00:37:42.19
not in the parental sense.
00:37:42.22\00:37:44.90
Why kneel before
an earthly priest
00:37:53.36\00:37:55.32
when the Bible says
in Hebrews 8 and verse 1:
00:37:55.35\00:37:58.23
That's where our Priest is.
00:38:06.92\00:38:08.36
A sinless Priest. Amen.
00:38:08.39\00:38:10.51
Not someone that has
to atone for his sins
00:38:10.54\00:38:13.21
and then try to atone for mine.
00:38:13.24\00:38:14.87
My sins are atoned for,
and yours are atoned for,
00:38:14.90\00:38:17.55
by the blood of a spotless
Lamb and a spotless Mediator.
00:38:17.58\00:38:22.63
Let's keep going.
00:38:22.66\00:38:24.17
Why pray to
people that are dead?
00:38:24.78\00:38:28.04
Why pray to saints
that are no longer alive
00:38:28.07\00:38:30.97
to intercede for us
when Hebrews 7 verse 25 says:
00:38:31.00\00:38:34.65
We have an
Intercessor that's always alive.
00:38:53.87\00:38:56.41
He's not in a city on the earth,
but He's in a city in heaven.
00:38:57.16\00:39:00.98
He's confessing our
names before the Father
00:39:01.33\00:39:04.48
as we confess His name
before those on the earth.
00:39:04.51\00:39:07.90
Why pray to images?
00:39:08.52\00:39:10.80
Oh, there's a text
that I almost forgot.
00:39:11.33\00:39:12.72
I don't want to go past it.
00:39:12.75\00:39:13.93
Because you
can't pray to the dead.
00:39:14.32\00:39:15.94
Isaiah 8 and verse 19 says:
00:39:15.97\00:39:18.05
Absolutely not.
00:39:22.80\00:39:24.13
Let me tell you something,
I saw the factory where
00:39:24.16\00:39:26.10
those saints are made.
00:39:26.13\00:39:27.17
It's just melted
plastic and somebody sits down
00:39:27.20\00:39:29.45
and paints them
very classically.
00:39:29.48\00:39:30.67
It's their job.
00:39:30.68\00:39:31.68
That plastic is not going
to help you in an accident.
00:39:31.71\00:39:34.55
And I hope you don't feel
that I'm disrespecting you.
00:39:35.02\00:39:37.28
But I'm telling you the truth.
00:39:37.31\00:39:38.59
The only help you're going
to get in an accident is Jesus.
00:39:39.02\00:39:41.51
His holy angels will guide the
hand of the steering wheel to
00:39:42.15\00:39:45.67
keep you from something
that could possible happen.
00:39:45.70\00:39:48.04
Not a plastic
idol on your screen.
00:39:48.45\00:39:50.15
Not a crystal
like the New Agers do.
00:39:50.18\00:39:52.46
Not something that's
made by the hands of man.
00:39:52.49\00:39:54.43
Isaiah said, "They have
eyes but they can't see,
00:39:54.46\00:39:56.67
ears but they cannot hear."
00:39:56.70\00:39:57.97
But let's continue.
00:39:59.23\00:40:00.28
Why pray to images when
it's forbidden in the Bible?
00:40:00.62\00:40:02.97
Exodus 20 verses 4 and 5,
notice what the Lord says.
00:40:03.00\00:40:06.88
Worship belongs to
God, and to God alone.
00:40:29.26\00:40:33.03
Men like worshipping things.
00:40:33.72\00:40:35.65
So Satan set up an
entire system of worship.
00:40:36.48\00:40:38.57
If you look at the
Old Testament prophets,
00:40:38.60\00:40:39.77
this existed in their day.
00:40:39.80\00:40:41.29
Elijah was given the job
of tearing down all the altars
00:40:41.32\00:40:44.09
established by the false kings.
00:40:44.12\00:40:45.87
In the days of many of the
kings, those who are Philistines
00:40:45.90\00:40:49.35
and Amorites and Jebusites
and Hittites, they set up
00:40:49.38\00:40:53.32
sometimes their altar
right next to the altar of God.
00:40:53.35\00:40:56.13
And that's alive today.
00:40:56.14\00:40:57.41
That's why the Bible says,
Paul says there is spiritual
00:40:57.42\00:41:00.51
wickedness in high places.
00:41:00.52\00:41:01.82
When you look that
word up, "high places,"
00:41:01.83\00:41:04.43
you have to go to
the Old Testament.
00:41:05.69\00:41:08.14
Because the phrase "high
places" meant the groves where
00:41:08.50\00:41:13.02
false worship took place
right next to the altar of God.
00:41:13.05\00:41:16.80
That's the high places.
00:41:17.26\00:41:18.39
Not just some
ethereal place in heaven,
00:41:18.42\00:41:20.20
but spiritual wickedness closely
aligned right next to the place
00:41:20.23\00:41:24.36
where God should be worshipped.
00:41:24.39\00:41:26.45
That's why Isaiah 42
and verse 8 says as follows.
00:41:27.14\00:41:31.02
Is that clear?
00:41:41.83\00:41:44.03
But Catholicism
hasn't stopped there.
00:41:45.77\00:41:47.80
They teach that people die
and are in heaven right away.
00:41:48.20\00:41:51.24
That's not in the Bible.
00:41:51.27\00:41:52.33
They teach that
the soul is immortal.
00:41:52.36\00:41:54.50
That's not in the Bible.
00:41:54.53\00:41:55.89
They teach that there is
an eternally burning hell.
00:41:56.29\00:41:59.02
That's not in the Bible.
00:41:59.05\00:42:00.49
That was another way of raising
money during the dark ages.
00:42:00.52\00:42:03.27
It's amazing what
happened during the dark ages.
00:42:03.30\00:42:05.50
But the reason why it's called
"the dark ages" is because the
00:42:05.53\00:42:08.08
light of God's
truth was extinguished.
00:42:08.11\00:42:10.67
It was hidden
from the common man.
00:42:11.07\00:42:12.76
I'm going to talk
about that tomorrow morning,
00:42:13.16\00:42:14.60
about the
Protestant Reformation.
00:42:14.63\00:42:15.79
How God's number one aim is
to open the eyes of the blind
00:42:15.82\00:42:20.04
to set at liberty
those who are captives.
00:42:20.05\00:42:22.64
The recovering of the sight.
00:42:23.40\00:42:25.75
And one of the
conditions the Bible outlines
00:42:25.78\00:42:27.91
in the last days is this:
00:42:27.94\00:42:29.64
Wretched, miserable,
poor, blind, and naked.
00:42:31.30\00:42:36.84
And you know what?
Don't even know it.
00:42:36.87\00:42:38.72
So there are people worshipping,
don't even know their condition.
00:42:40.75\00:42:43.08
Because they are under
the leadership and under the
00:42:43.11\00:42:46.00
mesmerism of men that
have them doing things that are
00:42:46.03\00:42:49.62
not supported, not
even in the Bible anywhere.
00:42:49.63\00:42:52.13
Let's continue.
00:42:52.47\00:42:53.69
Catholicism teaches
that babies can be baptized.
00:42:54.24\00:42:57.15
How can a baby be
baptized when a baby doesn't
00:42:58.04\00:42:59.86
even understand commitment?
00:42:59.89\00:43:01.21
A baby just wants a
bottle and its diapers changed.
00:43:01.61\00:43:04.17
Catholicism ordains
Sunday as a holy day.
00:43:07.28\00:43:09.95
And you what?
They tell you that.
00:43:09.98\00:43:11.28
It's not in the Bible.
00:43:11.31\00:43:12.55
What's so sad about it
is, Protestant leaders,
00:43:12.58\00:43:15.15
evangelicals, try to
find scriptures in the
00:43:15.18\00:43:18.22
Bible to support that.
00:43:18.25\00:43:19.26
And the ones who set it up...
00:43:19.29\00:43:20.64
I'm going to show you
this tomorrow morning.
00:43:20.67\00:43:21.74
The ones that set up the worship
and honor and the veneration of
00:43:21.75\00:43:24.64
Sunday, they
tell you they did it.
00:43:24.67\00:43:27.02
And all these leaders that
want to hold on to tradition.
00:43:27.93\00:43:30.87
Because you know why?
00:43:30.90\00:43:31.93
You can go to
church for an hour...
00:43:31.96\00:43:33.39
And it's becoming
the same sickness in
00:43:33.42\00:43:35.21
the Adventist church.
00:43:35.24\00:43:36.33
One hour in church and the
rest of the day piddling around
00:43:36.36\00:43:39.13
doing unholy
things on God's Holy Day.
00:43:39.16\00:43:41.42
I'm going to hit that on
the head tomorrow like a man
00:43:41.99\00:43:43.66
driving in a
stake into a train rail.
00:43:43.69\00:43:46.00
Because what we are
doing is, we're going down the
00:43:46.60\00:43:49.76
same road, we're following
the trends and patterns
00:43:49.79\00:43:52.14
of the secular
society of Christianity and
00:43:52.17\00:43:55.17
beginning to live like them.
00:43:55.18\00:43:56.48
The same lethargy
exists in the Adventist church.
00:43:56.49\00:43:58.76
Disrespect for the truth
when it's being preached.
00:43:59.83\00:44:01.88
Why give God an entire day?
00:44:04.79\00:44:08.09
You know friends, it's not
about giving God an entire day.
00:44:08.12\00:44:10.14
It's about giving
God your entire heart.
00:44:10.15\00:44:12.63
If God has your
heart, what's a day?
00:44:15.18\00:44:17.62
A day is nothing
when He has your heart.
00:44:18.97\00:44:20.60
Matter of fact, I love
when our anniversary comes.
00:44:20.61\00:44:22.43
Everybody is on hold.
00:44:22.46\00:44:23.44
My wife and I spend
the entire day together.
00:44:23.47\00:44:25.42
I don't hesitate to say, "This
weekend is our anniversary.
00:44:26.10\00:44:28.36
We won't be around."
00:44:28.39\00:44:30.18
Well God has a
weekly "anniversary."
00:44:30.58\00:44:33.07
But just for the sake of
gaining access to the pagans,
00:44:35.66\00:44:38.69
Rome took the day that they
already worshipped, the sun day,
00:44:38.72\00:44:42.47
baptized it and
gave it to Christianity.
00:44:43.44\00:44:45.63
And you'll find out
tomorrow all the claims.
00:44:45.66\00:44:47.66
They tell it to
you in black and white.
00:44:47.69\00:44:49.05
And you'll see those
things tomorrow morning.
00:44:49.08\00:44:50.55
Catholicism also teaches
its members to pray the rosary.
00:44:51.37\00:44:54.74
It's forbidden in the Bible.
00:44:54.77\00:44:56.82
Matthew 6 and
verse 7, Jesus said:
00:44:57.12\00:44:59.02
Catholicism teaches its
followers to pray, "hail Mary,"
00:45:09.92\00:45:13.42
not "hail King Jesus."
00:45:13.45\00:45:15.06
They say that
Mary is full of grace.
00:45:15.09\00:45:16.94
God is full of grace.
00:45:16.95\00:45:18.87
How can someone who
is dead be full of grace?
00:45:18.90\00:45:21.99
Mary was just a woman
like anybody else, but she was
00:45:22.38\00:45:24.48
chosen by God to be the
mother through whom Jesus came.
00:45:24.51\00:45:27.45
And on that very same
note, God was her Father,
00:45:28.21\00:45:31.36
she is not God's father.
00:45:31.39\00:45:33.79
Asking Mary to pray for sinners.
00:45:36.45\00:45:38.66
Listen to what Jesus
says in John 14 verse 6.
00:45:39.13\00:45:42.31
We go through Jesus.
00:45:56.34\00:45:58.22
You may have seen the
picture of Jesus like this.
00:45:58.97\00:46:01.07
One hand stretched up to God,
00:46:01.10\00:46:02.75
the other hand
stretched down to man.
00:46:02.78\00:46:04.21
He brings mortal man in
touch with an immortal God.
00:46:04.24\00:46:08.07
His brings an immortal
God in touch with mortal man.
00:46:08.10\00:46:10.43
He is the bridge
between humanity and divinity.
00:46:10.46\00:46:12.98
Not Mary.
00:46:13.01\00:46:14.37
And when you
look at the hierarchy;
00:46:14.40\00:46:15.97
God, Mary, then Jesus...
00:46:16.00\00:46:21.66
And during the dark ages,
a poem was put together to
00:46:21.69\00:46:24.19
teach children that Mary
was more supreme than God.
00:46:24.22\00:46:26.67
Some of us said it.
00:46:26.77\00:46:28.02
"Mary had a little lamb,
his fleece was white as snow.
00:46:28.05\00:46:31.12
And everywhere that Mary
went, the lamb was sure to go."
00:46:31.15\00:46:36.27
The lamb was following Mary.
00:46:36.30\00:46:37.77
Catholicism put that
together so during the dark ages
00:46:37.80\00:46:40.50
kids could say that
and get use to Mary being
00:46:40.53\00:46:43.28
the leader of the Lamb.
00:46:43.29\00:46:44.61
I want to tell you this.
00:46:44.64\00:46:45.62
The Lamb is the leader of Mary.
00:46:45.63\00:46:47.34
Can you say amen.
00:46:47.37\00:46:48.43
Clever, clever.
00:46:49.01\00:46:50.56
"Mary had a little lamb."
00:46:50.92\00:46:51.92
No, the little Lamb had Mary.
00:46:51.95\00:46:54.52
That's the beauty
of the incarnate God.
00:46:55.44\00:46:57.92
He created the one through
whom He came into the world.
00:46:58.36\00:47:00.97
That's too deep to
even understand right now.
00:47:00.98\00:47:03.15
But it's sad that Catholicism
was able to teach that.
00:47:04.21\00:47:07.69
You know why?
00:47:07.70\00:47:08.70
Because they
exalted, during the dark ages,
00:47:08.71\00:47:10.74
during the Council of Trent...
00:47:10.77\00:47:12.40
I'm going to talk
about that tomorrow.
00:47:12.43\00:47:13.71
Don't miss it.
00:47:13.74\00:47:14.77
During the Council of
Trent, they exalted tradition
00:47:14.80\00:47:18.24
on the same level,
and even above, the Bible.
00:47:18.27\00:47:21.56
You'll see how
exactly they did that.
00:47:21.57\00:47:23.22
So nowadays, they can
slide that in and say,
00:47:23.82\00:47:26.20
"Oh, that's
tradition and it's blessed."
00:47:26.23\00:47:28.08
Any tradition that is against
the Word of God is not blessed.
00:47:28.84\00:47:32.28
Anything that removes from God's
word a, "thus saith the Lord,"
00:47:32.79\00:47:37.83
is not blessed.
00:47:37.84\00:47:39.24
It cannot be blessed.
00:47:39.27\00:47:40.48
Matter of fact, Jesus
said in Matthew 15 and verse 3,
00:47:41.21\00:47:45.25
I used the NIV for this one.
00:47:45.28\00:47:46.82
It's just tradition.
00:47:57.45\00:47:58.56
Not all traditions are bad.
00:47:58.59\00:48:00.43
You heard the story about the
lady that every Thanksgiving...
00:48:00.44\00:48:02.84
And I don't eat
ham, but the story fits.
00:48:02.87\00:48:04.75
Because every time she'd cook
a ham, she'd cut off one inch
00:48:04.78\00:48:07.97
of the ham and
put it in the pot.
00:48:07.98\00:48:09.29
You've heard this story, many
of you have heard this story.
00:48:09.93\00:48:11.41
Maybe you heard
this story before.
00:48:11.44\00:48:12.46
But it's
significant. It fits right here.
00:48:12.50\00:48:14.16
And her husband said, "Honey,
why do you cut off an inch
00:48:15.03\00:48:17.08
from the ham
before you bake it?"
00:48:17.11\00:48:18.30
She said,
"Because my mother did."
00:48:18.33\00:48:19.63
While being puzzled by that,
she called her mother and said,
00:48:20.98\00:48:23.34
"Mom, why do you cut off an inch
of the ham before you bake it?"
00:48:23.37\00:48:26.73
I should use something else.
00:48:28.58\00:48:30.05
An inch of the
wham before you bake it.
00:48:30.08\00:48:32.75
"Why do you do that
before you bake it?"
00:48:33.81\00:48:35.21
She said,
"Because my mother did it."
00:48:35.22\00:48:37.23
And thankfully, the
grandmother was still alive.
00:48:37.26\00:48:38.74
And she called her mother and
said, "Mom, why do you that?"
00:48:38.75\00:48:41.69
And she said, "Oh
honey, it was simple.
00:48:41.72\00:48:43.15
It was just too
big for the pan."
00:48:43.16\00:48:44.76
And there are people
that are doing things and they
00:48:47.20\00:48:48.97
think it's blessed and there's
something mystical about it.
00:48:49.00\00:48:51.14
It's simply tradition.
00:48:51.17\00:48:53.33
Tradition is not
the basis of salvation.
00:48:53.93\00:48:55.94
Whatever happened
to the Word of God.
00:48:55.97\00:48:57.52
You know what's amazing to
me, is nowadays there are more
00:48:57.55\00:49:00.01
Bibles accessible than any
other time in human history.
00:49:00.02\00:49:03.18
You can get Bibles on iPad,
iPod, on the pc, on the Mac.
00:49:03.21\00:49:09.08
You can get it on
your small Smartphone
00:49:09.11\00:49:12.34
and your smart devices.
00:49:12.37\00:49:13.66
Bibles are everywhere.
00:49:13.69\00:49:15.60
They're sold by the
millions all over the world.
00:49:15.63\00:49:18.45
It's still the
number one bestselling book.
00:49:18.48\00:49:20.37
Every translation.
00:49:21.08\00:49:22.41
Simple English,
children's Bible, old English.
00:49:22.44\00:49:26.21
But this is the most biblically
ignorant age in human history.
00:49:26.97\00:49:31.77
Because tradition
has taken center stage.
00:49:32.32\00:49:35.34
I think you see why
I take this seriously.
00:49:38.79\00:49:40.93
There are people that
are held bound in darkness
00:49:41.48\00:49:44.02
tonight because of
some of these things.
00:49:44.23\00:49:46.46
But I'm asking you, if you fall
into any one of these categories
00:49:47.83\00:49:50.13
that I've talked
about so far, check it out.
00:49:50.16\00:49:52.64
If you think I'm making
it up, contact me; 3ABN.org.
00:49:52.67\00:49:57.18
I will be glad.
00:49:57.21\00:49:58.26
We have an entire staff
of pastors who would love to
00:49:58.29\00:50:00.35
lead you and guide you.
00:50:00.38\00:50:01.45
Tradition is the reason
many people are going to
00:50:05.63\00:50:07.80
lose their salvation.
00:50:07.83\00:50:09.12
But if you follow a
plain, "thus saith the Lord,"
00:50:10.13\00:50:12.10
you can't follow the
map and end up in Canada
00:50:12.84\00:50:16.49
when the map
leads you to California.
00:50:16.50\00:50:18.66
The Word of God is reliable.
00:50:20.43\00:50:22.36
It's also sharper
than any two-edged sword.
00:50:23.37\00:50:26.06
It will cut up error no
matter where it finds it.
00:50:26.09\00:50:28.51
Get back to the Bible.
00:50:30.14\00:50:31.31
You know what
happens nowadays...
00:50:31.34\00:50:32.84
And I have a little
bit more time tonight.
00:50:32.87\00:50:34.26
And I thank the Lord I
was able to get through these
00:50:34.27\00:50:36.14
very important points.
00:50:36.17\00:50:37.19
I didn't forget I
have one more system.
00:50:37.22\00:50:38.69
I didn't forget.
00:50:38.72\00:50:39.70
But I need to say this.
00:50:40.04\00:50:41.15
All this instant information is
robbing the study of the Bible.
00:50:43.13\00:50:47.54
Things are happening so fast.
00:50:47.92\00:50:49.41
A commercial changes
every 3 to 4 seconds.
00:50:49.44\00:50:51.62
So people think that
the Bible should change
00:50:51.65\00:50:53.44
every 3 to 4 seconds.
00:50:53.45\00:50:54.45
And when it doesn't, the word
of the 21st century is "bored".
00:50:54.46\00:50:58.75
People are going to be
lost because they were bored.
00:51:00.11\00:51:03.08
So bored they
couldn't read the only way out.
00:51:03.11\00:51:05.74
Bored.
00:51:05.77\00:51:07.09
It's just one book.
00:51:09.53\00:51:10.67
Add up all the movies you've
seen and all the songs you've
00:51:11.76\00:51:13.67
listened to, all the filth
you've read on the internet.
00:51:13.70\00:51:15.92
The only map to get
you out of the hole.
00:51:16.82\00:51:18.75
Boring.
00:51:18.78\00:51:20.04
Well I like my boring Bible.
00:51:20.51\00:51:21.92
Amen, somebody.
00:51:21.95\00:51:23.17
And by the way, it's not boring.
00:51:23.20\00:51:24.73
It's a pleasurable book.
00:51:24.76\00:51:26.34
Whenever my life is down
and out, this is the only book
00:51:26.37\00:51:29.41
that brings me satisfaction.
00:51:29.44\00:51:30.86
All that other
stuff is transient.
00:51:30.89\00:51:32.73
It evaporates.
00:51:32.74\00:51:33.74
It's like paper that you
drop in a fire, it blows away.
00:51:33.75\00:51:36.20
People have tried to
get rid of the Word of God.
00:51:36.23\00:51:39.00
It's the anvil that has worn out
many hammers of the centuries.
00:51:39.03\00:51:43.05
It still lasts today.
00:51:43.75\00:51:45.49
Any system that's
built on tradition,
00:51:47.09\00:51:49.63
anytime a tradition
conflicts with the Bible,
00:51:49.66\00:51:52.59
the Bible is
the final authority.
00:51:52.62\00:51:55.96
System number six.
00:51:57.12\00:51:58.76
And by the way, I'm
not going to talk about
00:51:59.00\00:52:00.30
system number seven tonight.
00:52:00.33\00:52:01.47
I'm going to talk
about that one tomorrow.
00:52:01.50\00:52:03.14
That requires an entire topic.
00:52:03.34\00:52:05.28
Because it's the last one.
00:52:05.59\00:52:08.10
It's the last of the seven.
00:52:08.58\00:52:10.91
And as I said earlier, when
all seven systems are in place,
00:52:11.21\00:52:15.85
then we will know that we
are living in the end time.
00:52:16.30\00:52:20.78
Because this last system
I'm going to talk about tomorrow
00:52:20.81\00:52:24.03
could not exist at any other
time other than the last days.
00:52:24.06\00:52:29.03
That's exactly the way the
Bible unfolded it to exist.
00:52:29.04\00:52:32.19
But let's look at
system number six.
00:52:32.22\00:52:33.93
I won't have to spend a
lot of time on this one,
00:52:33.96\00:52:36.11
because this one is so obvious.
00:52:36.12\00:52:37.35
It's like the nose on your face.
00:52:37.36\00:52:38.78
The sixth system that
is a deceptive system...
00:52:38.81\00:52:41.88
And by the way, every
system I've mentioned tonight
00:52:41.91\00:52:43.85
is built on deception.
00:52:43.88\00:52:45.25
But I said that
Satan has two methods.
00:52:45.28\00:52:46.91
What are they again?
00:52:46.92\00:52:47.99
Deception and destruction.
00:52:48.19\00:52:51.04
He has used deception from
the Garden of Eden until now.
00:52:51.07\00:52:54.23
Which means he's reserving
destruction for the final
00:52:54.26\00:52:58.14
battle of Armageddon.
00:52:58.17\00:52:59.29
All guns blazing.
00:52:59.32\00:53:01.54
Destruction; seeking to destroy.
00:53:01.57\00:53:03.84
Seeking whom he may devour.
00:53:04.97\00:53:06.57
He's going to
pull the gloves off.
00:53:06.60\00:53:08.34
He's waiting
for the final battle
00:53:08.37\00:53:09.91
and he's rearing up today.
00:53:09.94\00:53:11.22
But the sixth system of
the seven is secularism.
00:53:11.25\00:53:16.83
What did I say? Secularism.
00:53:17.32\00:53:19.46
Secular humanism.
All these philosophies.
00:53:19.47\00:53:22.92
Everybody wants to
sound intellectual.
00:53:22.95\00:53:25.56
You can say a
whole lot of nothing.
00:53:26.89\00:53:28.73
We have an entire society
based on washing out the mind.
00:53:29.84\00:53:33.49
Let me tell you something.
00:53:33.52\00:53:34.58
The Bible talks about that
as philosophy and vain deceit.
00:53:34.59\00:53:40.18
Here's a summarization
of the system of secularism
00:53:41.26\00:53:44.51
simply as the Bible puts it.
00:53:44.54\00:53:46.92
1 John 2 verses 15 to 17.
00:53:46.95\00:53:48.95
The Lord says:
00:53:49.58\00:53:50.64
You can't love two things.
00:54:00.76\00:54:02.75
The lust of the
flesh; secularism.
00:54:06.83\00:54:09.50
The lust of the eyes;
look at Las Vegas, New York.
00:54:09.53\00:54:12.35
All these cities
of light and vice.
00:54:12.38\00:54:14.79
And the pride of life; everybody
wants to be top and best,
00:54:15.09\00:54:18.10
and talked about and praised.
00:54:18.13\00:54:19.99
Secularism; everybody
just wants to have fun.
00:54:25.55\00:54:28.92
You know what?
00:54:36.98\00:54:37.98
There's nothing better
than having fun and going to bed
00:54:37.99\00:54:40.61
without feeling
that you offended God.
00:54:40.64\00:54:42.68
There's a lot of
pleasure being a Christian.
00:54:43.69\00:54:46.04
The devil makes it seem
like, "Can't you eat anything
00:54:46.91\00:54:49.40
in the Garden of Eden?"
00:54:49.43\00:54:50.50
"Yea, I can eat it."
00:54:50.51\00:54:51.51
Get this, God gave Eve
every single tree but one.
00:54:51.52\00:54:55.30
God gives a whole lot of room.
00:54:57.12\00:55:00.39
And the reason why the people
of the world cannot love God
00:55:01.61\00:55:03.79
is because they love the world.
00:55:03.80\00:55:05.39
No one can serve two masters.
00:55:05.42\00:55:07.23
They make no room for Jesus.
00:55:07.26\00:55:09.40
But I want to say tonight as I
close, in the midst of all these
00:55:09.43\00:55:12.34
systems I've mentioned so far,
they make no room for Jesus,
00:55:12.37\00:55:16.46
no room for God.
00:55:16.49\00:55:17.68
Don't have time for God.
00:55:17.71\00:55:18.82
It's like giving a dog a
chicken bone after you've
00:55:20.78\00:55:22.58
sucked the marrow out of it.
00:55:22.59\00:55:23.79
He looks at it as if, "What
am I going to do with that?"
00:55:23.80\00:55:26.40
No room for God, no
value in their lives.
00:55:27.79\00:55:30.56
It's sad to go to your
death bed without any hope.
00:55:30.59\00:55:33.32
There are people that need
to have Jesus in their lives.
00:55:33.35\00:55:36.10
Let me encourage you.
00:55:36.13\00:55:37.17
No matter how bad the picture
looks, there is still a system
00:55:37.18\00:55:40.30
that God has established.
00:55:40.33\00:55:41.33
And He says, "Upon
this rock I build My church.
00:55:41.36\00:55:45.24
And the gates of hell
will not prevail against it."
00:55:45.27\00:55:47.90
There's a system
that's not going down.
00:55:48.20\00:55:50.37
The economy is going down,
the job market is going down,
00:55:50.40\00:55:54.22
the stock market is going down.
00:55:54.25\00:55:56.27
Chrysler and Ford and GM
and all the other foreign cars
00:55:57.59\00:56:01.48
are going to be going down.
00:56:01.49\00:56:02.82
Real estate is going
down. It's all going down.
00:56:02.85\00:56:05.37
But the Lord says, the
gates of hell will not prevail
00:56:05.40\00:56:08.49
against the church.
00:56:08.50\00:56:09.52
It's going up.
00:56:09.55\00:56:10.83
A song writer said, "People get
ready, there's a train coming."
00:56:13.74\00:56:17.81
I'm getting on that train.
00:56:18.25\00:56:19.30
Anybody else here tonight?
00:56:19.31\00:56:20.55
Friends, let me encourage you.
I'm talking about the truth.
00:56:20.58\00:56:22.59
If you want to get
on the train to truth,
00:56:22.62\00:56:24.18
the train is
found in God's word.
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It is the conductor that
is going to get us there.
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It is His word that
is going to be our guide.
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Tonight, I'm going to pray that
God will lead you and guide you
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to turn off all the things
that are pulling you away.
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Get out of the
systems of darkness
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and get onboard with
the conductor of light
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as He leads us to
that eternal kingdom.
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Let's pray tonight.
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Our gracious Father in
heaven, we thank You so much
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that the truth is
clear, it's too clear.
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We're not living in a dark age.
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This is not the
age of ignorance,
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but this is the age of light.
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Yet darkness is pervading
every facet of society.
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Sadly enough, even in the
minds of many Christian homes
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and the pulpits of many
places around the world.
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But tonight we thank You for the
light that comes through Jesus.
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Bless it, secure it, preserve
it, that in this dark hour
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someone will find Jesus.
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And in your
precious name we pray.
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And God's people said, amen.
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Tomorrow morning 11:00 am
Central time, the message is,
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The Final Apostasy.
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Then 3:00 pm tomorrow
afternoon, The Final Act.
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God bless you.
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We look forward
to seeing you then.
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