Hello, friends,
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welcome to another
Wednesday Night Bible Study here
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at the 3ABN Worship Center,
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we thank you for tuning in.
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And we know that the Lord
is going to bless you tonight
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as we take time to walk
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through the
Word of God together.
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And for those of us
who are gathered in this,
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let me check,
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in this 83 degree
weather, we wanna say amen.
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Amen.
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If you're
joining us from Alaska,
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come down to Southern Illino
is where it's warm already.
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And if you're in Australia,
where the winter is coming in,
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this is the perfect time
to take a trip to America,
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and what better place
to be then here at 3ABN.
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So we welcome you tonight.
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We're going to
continue in our topic,
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"The Truth about
Spiritual Babylon,"
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and we want to join you.
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So invite your friends
and family members to sit down
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with you for less
than an hour actually.
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And we're going to try to rifle
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through by the
spirit's direction,
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the Word of God.
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In a moment, I'll tell you
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where to get a
copy of the lesson.
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But right now, let's
go to the Lord in prayer.
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Heavenly Father,
we thank You tonight
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for this
opportunity to open Your Word.
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We pray that You
will also open our hearts.
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Father, we know
that the Bible is a book
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that's too deep for
our natural understanding.
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So send Your Holy Spirit,
the one who inspired the book
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that holy men might
write and scribe those things
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that are blessing to us today.
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Be our teacher, be
the resident power,
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and may all the praise
and honor and glory go to You.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Now for a copy of the
lesson, go to this website,
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ASF.3ABN.org.
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Download lesson number 29.
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Now if you've
joined us last week,
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you'll say, I
already downloaded lesson 29.
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Hey, I got a clue for you.
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We have one more final page.
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How many pages we
have for this lesson?
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There should be a
total of four pages.
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How many? Four.
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So the first page is 1 to 6,
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then 7 to 17,
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the third page 18 to 29
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and the last page 30 to 38.
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So you should have the last page
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that begins with 30
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and ends with 38.
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So go to that website
and download this lesson.
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And in just a moment,
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we'll begin with
question number 25.
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But before we do that,
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we always begin
with our theme song
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which is what?
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"Victory in Jesus."
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Let's sing this song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen? Amen.
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What a wonderful song.
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We have been
walking through this topic,
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"The Truth about
Spiritual Babylon"
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for a number of weeks.
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And tonight,
we're going to go ahead
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and tackle that topic again.
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Surely we may not finish it,
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but that's the
beauty of being able
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to continue next week.
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If you just joined the
program and missed the opening,
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you may want to
go to the website
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ASF.3ABN.org
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and download lesson number 29,
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"The Truth about
Spiritual Babylon,"
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and if you've done so already,
there's one additional page.
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Now we have been talking
about the message of Babylon.
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Babylon is fallen, is fallen.
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That is the second of
the three angels' messages.
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As you know, if you're following
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the chronology of it,
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the very next topic
we're gonna be covering is
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"The Mark of the Beast."
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That's a huge topic,
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quite an extensive topic
with a great understanding,
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and quite a bit of information.
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But what Babylon opens up to
us is this very important fact,
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how to know the difference
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between light and darkness,
between truth and error,
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between what man has said,
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and between what or
compared to what God has said.
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And so tonight,
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the question we're gonna dive
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right into is
question number 25.
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And we have quite a
bit to cover tonight.
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The question we're
gonna begin with tonight
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is question number 25.
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When you follow this question,
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or when you allow
the Bible to speak,
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one of the most important things
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about the Bible is this,
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the Bible reveals the truth.
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Let's say that together,
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the Bible reveals the truth.
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If you wanna know truth,
you have to read the Bible,
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but not just a single verse,
you have to read it in context,
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read prior to the verses,
and also after the verses,
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get the entire picture.
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Because a lot of
doctrines today exist
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in the Christian world,
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where it's kind of
like going to a smorgasbord.
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You know, people pick
and choose what they want
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from the
smorgasbord, and they'll say,
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"I didn't see any onions."
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Somebody will say, "I
didn't see any oranges."
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Because they
scanned, but the Word of God
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is not a smorgasbord.
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It is a Genesis to what?
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Revelation.
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It is the Old
Testament, and what else?
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New Testament.
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And as Isaiah the
Prophet says, "Line upon line,
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line upon line, here a little,
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here a little, there a
little, there a little."
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So never base an entire doctrine
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on one single verse.
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Search the Bible to find
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all that it says about
one particular doctrine,
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and then you can formulate
the true picture about it.
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Because some
verses that you read,
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will give you a
certain portion of the picture
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if you stop there,
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it's kind of like those puzzles.
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You ever put a puzzle together?
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There is some, you
know, for children,
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they have 10 piece puzzles,
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some adults like
5000 piece puzzles.
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I don't have the time
for 5000 piece puzzle.
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But what you discover
with puzzles is if you stop,
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anywhere you stop, the
picture is not complete.
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The Bible is not a
puzzle, but it has many parts.
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And when you put
all the parts together,
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then you see the picture
as the way it should appear,
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right?
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So this very
important question tonight,
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question number 25.
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How does the Bible teach us
to recognize a false prophet?
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Let's go to 1 John 2:3-4.
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Now, I also want you
to pray because tonight,
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we are not going to
tip toe through the tulips.
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Amen, somebody?
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We are living too
late in earth's history
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to meander in the
maze of mediocrity
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and leave it up
to you to figure out
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what we try to say.
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We have to allow the
Word of God to be clear.
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If the Bible is not clear,
then people just don't know
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what God is saying.
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If the trumpet
doesn't sound certain,
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then you can't
tell whether it's war,
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or whether it's a memorial,
you just don't really know.
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Look at 1 John 2:3-4.
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How does the Bible teach us
to recognize a false prophet?
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Here it is, and the
Bible reads as follows.
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Let's read this
first one together,
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it's on the screen.
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Are you ready? Here we go.
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Let's put some
fervor behind this.
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"Now by this we know
that we know Him, if," what?
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"If we keep His commandments."
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Verse 4, "He who
says, 'I know Him'
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and does not keep His
commandments, is a liar,
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and the truth is not in him."
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One of the reasons
that text is important
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and, you know,
we read that verse
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and what I wanna remind you of
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is that verse wasn't put in
by any particular denomination.
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That's the Lord's word.
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That was put so
that every one of us
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could be measured by
the same standard, right?
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When you go to court,
the judge doesn't say,
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"What country are you from?
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What's your nationality?
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How much money do you make?
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I'll decide whether or
not to use the same laws
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and rules and regulations."
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When you walk
into a court of law,
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the rules apply to everyone.
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At least that's what we hope.
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Some people say,
"Well, the wealthy don't live
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by the same rules as the poor."
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That's not the
point I wanna make.
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In the actual book of law,
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the law is supposed
to apply to everyone.
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God's law applies to what?
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So here's the point of the text.
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If someone says,
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"I know Jesus,"
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but they don't
keep His commandments.
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The Bible says, "Wait
a minute, wait a minute,
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that guy is not connected to me.
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He's a liar,
and don't trust him.
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Because if he lies on that,
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he's not going to tell you
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the truth about other things.
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So the commandments of God
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are a safeguard,
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they are a criteria.
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When you measure
to that criteria,
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when someone says,
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"I honor the
commandments of God."
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Then you can say, "Okay,
that is a true prophet of God,
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that is someone
that we can trust
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for the other truths to unfold."
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Let's look at another text.
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We're gonna go to another one,
so the answer right there is,
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how does the Bible teach us
to recognize the false prophet?
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If they don't keep
God's commandments,
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there's no light there.
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If they don't keep
God's commandments,
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and by the way,
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how many commandments are there?
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How many? Ten.
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Ten.
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Somebody said 11, I
know they were joking around.
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Which one?
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Spoke to John, He
said, when you come in,
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and I'll give you another one.
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And by the way,
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if you look at
the 1 Book of John,
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that's not new,
that was in Deuteronomy.
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He told him in Deuteronomy,
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"Love your
neighbor as yourself."
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That's not new.
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What was new about that was
in the New Testament Church,
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one of the struggles they
had was to love each other.
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It was unusual to them.
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Because as Peter was told,
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Lord, I heard that you,
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you know, if
you forgive somebody
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three times,
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that's pretty good.
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So he doubled it and
said, "Well, isn't seven okay?"
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Lord said, "No,
seventy times seven."
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You know, the big issue today
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and I'm glad that
that point was made.
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The big issue
today is not so much,
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just what is truth
and what is not truth?
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The big issue is do you
really love the Lord enough
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to follow what He
says we should follow?
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And if love for
someone is not there,
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then it's just a matter
of rules and regulations,
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ain't that right.
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And people don't like
rules and regulations,
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but you will be amazed
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how rules and regulations
really are not a big issue
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when you love somebody.
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I use the
example of my wife and I,
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married going on 32 years now.
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If we were aware of all the laws
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on the state of...
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Well, we got
married in New York.
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We didn't go down to
the courthouse and say,
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"Now before we get married,
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can I see all the laws
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on the book of
the state of New York?
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And if I can live
up to all these laws,
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then I'll marry her."
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That's not what we did.
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But we said, "Okay, we love."
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Love preceded.
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And so therefore,
when Roman says love,
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Romans 13 says,
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"Love is the
fulfilling of the law."
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What in essence is being
said is when you love the Lord,
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His requirements
are not a burden to you.
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Amen?
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Let's go to number,
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so the answer here is
how does the Bible teach us
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to recognize a false prophet?
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If someone says,
he knows the Lord
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but doesn't keep
the commandments,
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the Lord says,
"Hey, run to the hills,
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that's not the person
you wanna hang around."
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Look at number 26.
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How can we know
that false prophets
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are in darkness?
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How can we know?
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Okay,
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let's go to Isaiah 8.
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Now before you bring
up the text on the screen,
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I would like to go to Isaiah 8.
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And before we
bring up the scripture,
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which is Isaiah 8:20.
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I want to go to Isaiah 8:16.
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All right, Isaiah 8:16.
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A lot of times people
think that the word disciple
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is a New Testament word.
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Disciple is an
Old Testament word.
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Anyone that follows
Christ is a disciple.
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Anyone that
follows God is a disciple.
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They are being taught
to lead others to Christ.
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Notice Isaiah 8:16,
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before we bring up the text.
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Look at the Bible together.
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The Bible says, "Bind
up," what's the next word?
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"The testimony,"
And what's in it?
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"Seal the law," among my what?
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"Disciples." That's
a powerful scripture.
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Bind up, you know, bind means,
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if you think of the terminology
in the sense of a ship,
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I preach on about a
boat that was tossed.
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What happens when
the boat starts rocking?
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What do you do?
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You tie everything down,
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you make sure it's tight.
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Matter of fact,
I'm taking my lawnmower
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to get service
tomorrow and I asked somebody
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if they have a
flatbed, they said,
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"Well, your lawnmower will fit
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but don't
forget to tie it down."
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Because even though it
fits, if you don't tie it down,
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it could roll off,
it could flip over,
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anything could happen.
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So when the Lord says
bind up the testimony,
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He doesn't say the testimony is,
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let me correctly say this,
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because sometimes people say,
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"By keeping the
law you're bound."
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There's a
difference all together.
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When you bind
up someone's wound,
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you're not binding them.
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You're bringing
an healing process.
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When the Lord says
bind up the testimony,
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that means make sure
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that it is
connected to my disciples,
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and when it's connected,
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seal it, seal the
law among my disciples.
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Now look at Isaiah 8:20.
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Here's the answer.
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Isaiah 8:20.
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The Lord says again,
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"To the law," to the what?
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"To the law and
to the testimony!
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If they do not speak
according to this word,
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it is because
there is no, " what?
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"No light in them."
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You know, these
measurements are so clear,
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a lot of times people say,
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"Well, how could I in this world
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of so many
churches, so many religions
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so many doctrinal teachings,
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how could I possibly know
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which ones are
handling the truth?
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Well, if you just use
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these two texts
right off the bat,
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and begin to apply them,
go to the church, pastor...
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And I did this
when I was a teenager.
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I'll tell you the
story very, very quickly.
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When I was a teenager about,
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I think I was
about 17 years old.
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And I went to a...
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I won't tell you
what denomination it was,
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but I went to the church,
and it was a Sunday Church.
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I went on my bicycle,
and I asked the youth pastor
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about the Sabbath.
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I said, "I want to know
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because I was in
my disc jockey world,
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my partying world.
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And I was
trying to find a church
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where I could still party,
00:16:54.88\00:16:56.85
and still be saved.
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I was trying to compromise,
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so I said to the pastor,
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"Can you tell me, youth pastor,
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can you tell me
about the Sabbath?"
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He said, "Come
with me, young man."
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So I thought he's gonna go
and explain something to me.
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He asked me, I was
in this youth class.
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And he asked, he
said, "Come with me."
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And he walked me up
the steps across the hall,
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down the steps
outside the church.
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And then he said,
00:17:17.40\00:17:18.73
"Don't you ever
come back here again?"
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And I thought, "Hmm, what?"
00:17:20.84\00:17:24.67
He didn't even
answer my question.
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He just asked me, "Come here.
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Come with me, young man."
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I just simply
as a teenager said,
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"Could you tell me
about the Sabbath?"
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I hadn't had a
personal relationship
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with Jesus yet
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but the Sabbath was
a part of my practice.
00:17:37.89\00:17:39.52
And since I really
wasn't practicing anything,
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I was partying.
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I was figuring out,
"Do I really have to keep
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the Sabbath to be saved?
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Let me ask this
pastor the question?"
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"Come on, young man."
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Up the steps,
across the hallway,
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down the steps,
and he said to me,
00:17:50.63\00:17:51.97
"Don't you ever
come back here again."
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I thought, "What?
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What was that all about?"
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And I did that twice.
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Again, and I want to tell you,
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I'm not going to identify
the denominations at all.
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But I went to another pastor,
00:18:04.01\00:18:05.35
and I sat in his
office and asked him again,
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a different denomination.
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And he said,
"Don't tell me that."
00:18:08.98\00:18:10.35
He said, "I know
you're not gonna tell me
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that in 321 AD
Roman Emperor Constantine
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passed the first Sunday Law."
00:18:14.06\00:18:15.39
I said,
00:18:15.42\00:18:16.76
"You know?"
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He quoted history.
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He knew when the
first Sunday law was...
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I said, "Do you know?"
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And he got up and
walked out of the office.
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After about 40 minutes,
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I figured he wasn't coming back.
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So I left.
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The unfortunate thing
and I just confessed this.
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The unfortunate thing is,
00:18:32.44\00:18:33.78
I let me let me rephrase that...
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not the unfortunate
but the fortunate thing
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is his church was
right across the street
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from where I lived.
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And one Sunday I
saw on his marquee,
00:18:42.02\00:18:44.95
he was preaching on
the Ten Commandments.
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And I thought,
"What could he say
00:18:47.36\00:18:48.99
about The Ten Commandments?"
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So I went in the house.
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I got all my
Amazing Facts folders.
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Do you see where
I'm headed with that?
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And I went to all the
cars that were parked up
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and down the
street double parked
00:19:00.84\00:19:02.34
in front of my house,
00:19:02.37\00:19:03.71
across the street double parked,
00:19:03.74\00:19:05.07
got a very thin line,
because in New York City
00:19:05.11\00:19:06.61
you gotta get
little parking lots.
00:19:06.64\00:19:09.04
They're double
parked while church is in,
00:19:09.08\00:19:11.21
thin line you
go down the middle,
00:19:11.25\00:19:12.61
I had all those cars covered.
00:19:12.65\00:19:15.52
I put a Don't Be
Fooled Amazing Facts folder
00:19:15.55\00:19:19.89
under the windshield
wiper of every one of those.
00:19:19.92\00:19:22.26
And I looked out my window
00:19:22.29\00:19:23.63
when the church
was over like this.
00:19:23.66\00:19:26.23
And I saw
everybody looking at this.
00:19:26.26\00:19:27.73
I wonder who put that on there.
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You see, the beauty of it is,
00:19:29.20\00:19:30.53
one, you know, the
truth of God's Word.
00:19:30.57\00:19:32.70
When you know the
truth of God's Word,
00:19:32.73\00:19:34.07
then the light comes on.
00:19:34.10\00:19:35.44
Amen?
00:19:35.47\00:19:36.81
That's why the text says,
00:19:36.84\00:19:38.17
"If they don't speak
according to this Word
00:19:38.21\00:19:39.54
it is because there is,"
00:19:39.57\00:19:40.91
how much light?
00:19:40.94\00:19:42.28
"No light in them."
00:19:42.31\00:19:44.51
And you don't want
to hang around people
00:19:44.55\00:19:46.48
that are walking in darkness.
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All right, put for the answer,
00:19:48.62\00:19:49.95
how can we know
that false prophets
00:19:49.98\00:19:51.32
are in darkness?
00:19:51.35\00:19:52.69
They don't honor God's law.
00:19:52.72\00:19:54.29
They do not speak
according to God's law,
00:19:54.32\00:19:57.23
and surely not
according to God's testimony.
00:19:57.26\00:20:00.23
All right, number 27.
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Number 27.
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Wow.
00:20:04.33\00:20:05.73
What does the Lord reveal
00:20:05.77\00:20:08.97
is the motive of false prophets?
00:20:09.00\00:20:11.77
This is huge,
00:20:11.81\00:20:13.14
because we're talking
about Spiritual Babylon.
00:20:13.17\00:20:16.24
Now a lot of people...
00:20:16.28\00:20:17.61
I'm going to just broaden
this as we go to the text,
00:20:17.65\00:20:20.12
Jeremiah 14:14.
00:20:20.15\00:20:21.52
The question is,
00:20:21.55\00:20:22.88
what does the Lord reveal
00:20:22.92\00:20:24.25
is the motive of false prophets?
00:20:24.29\00:20:25.79
You know, we could easily
say, "Well, he's innocent,
00:20:25.82\00:20:30.16
he's innocent, they're innocent.
00:20:30.19\00:20:32.56
They don't really know.
00:20:32.59\00:20:33.93
They don't really know.
00:20:33.96\00:20:35.30
They don't really know."
00:20:35.33\00:20:36.67
We could, we could whitewash
00:20:36.70\00:20:38.03
the whole entire
religious world and say,
00:20:38.07\00:20:39.93
"Everybody's ignorant."
00:20:39.97\00:20:42.17
But I've discovered otherwise.
00:20:42.20\00:20:44.14
I've discovered
that there are those
00:20:44.17\00:20:45.57
who know the truth
00:20:45.61\00:20:46.94
and are
determined not to tell it.
00:20:46.98\00:20:50.25
And the motive is clear,
00:20:50.28\00:20:51.61
and this text is going to
reveal some of the motives.
00:20:51.65\00:20:54.22
All right, Jeremiah 14:14.
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Here it is, Jeremiah 14:14.
00:20:58.15\00:21:00.82
And the Bible says,
00:21:00.86\00:21:02.36
"And the Lord said to me,
00:21:02.39\00:21:04.79
'The prophets prophesy," what?
00:21:04.83\00:21:07.93
"Lies in my name.
00:21:07.96\00:21:10.50
I have not sent them,
00:21:10.53\00:21:13.03
commanded them,
00:21:13.07\00:21:14.74
nor spoken to them.
00:21:14.77\00:21:17.41
They prophesy to say a
false vision, divination,
00:21:17.44\00:21:23.04
a worthless thing,
00:21:23.08\00:21:24.81
and the deceit of their heart."
00:21:24.85\00:21:27.35
Now look at those
things that are pointed out,
00:21:27.38\00:21:29.22
look what they do.
00:21:29.25\00:21:30.82
First of all, the Lord
says, "I haven't sent them."
00:21:30.85\00:21:32.95
What do they
do? What do they do?
00:21:32.99\00:21:34.92
They prophesy to
you a false vision.
00:21:34.96\00:21:37.33
They also prophesy divination.
00:21:41.10\00:21:42.66
You know a divination?
00:21:42.70\00:21:44.03
Divination is a
spiritualistic practice.
00:21:44.07\00:21:46.47
You know, they try to say,
00:21:46.50\00:21:48.14
"Here's what's gonna
happen in four weeks.
00:21:48.17\00:21:50.11
Here's what's gonna
happen in two months."
00:21:50.14\00:21:53.21
I never forget
going to, and I didn't go
00:21:53.24\00:21:55.94
because I was looking
for any answers at all,
00:21:55.98\00:21:58.41
but I went out of
inquisitive nature.
00:21:58.45\00:22:00.38
And this is when we
lived in Orlando, Florida.
00:22:00.42\00:22:03.22
Not too long,
it was a while ago,
00:22:03.25\00:22:05.69
my wife and I,
00:22:05.72\00:22:07.36
and also her cousin
went to a miracle service.
00:22:07.39\00:22:09.92
We didn't go to
get any miracles,
00:22:09.96\00:22:11.56
we just went to see.
00:22:11.59\00:22:12.93
And we stood in the back,
00:22:12.96\00:22:14.30
and we saw all these
people in wheelchairs,
00:22:14.33\00:22:16.70
and some of them had tubes,
00:22:16.73\00:22:18.73
and some of them are
paraplegic and they were all...
00:22:18.77\00:22:21.04
And the place was
packed with people
00:22:21.07\00:22:23.34
that needed a miracle.
00:22:23.37\00:22:25.44
And I was
listening to the prophet,
00:22:25.47\00:22:29.04
false vision,
divination, worthless thing,
00:22:29.08\00:22:31.08
deceit of their heart.
00:22:31.11\00:22:32.75
And of calling somebody
00:22:32.78\00:22:34.12
that really had
an obvious ailment,
00:22:34.15\00:22:37.82
they call somebody and
said, "Let me touch your ear.
00:22:37.85\00:22:40.62
The Lord has told me
that in a X amount of days
00:22:40.66\00:22:43.02
or X amount of month,
00:22:43.06\00:22:44.39
you're gonna be able to
hear God's voice speaking
00:22:44.43\00:22:45.89
to you about the
plan for your future."
00:22:45.93\00:22:47.53
And I'm thinking, "What,
00:22:47.56\00:22:49.90
what about all these folks
00:22:49.93\00:22:51.27
that really
need obvious things?"
00:22:51.30\00:22:53.00
When I did a revelation seminar,
00:22:53.03\00:22:55.30
my first Revelation seminar
00:22:55.34\00:22:56.81
back in 1989 in
Northern California,
00:22:56.84\00:22:59.44
in a small town
called Weaverville.
00:22:59.47\00:23:01.34
Soon as I began my
Revelation seminar,
00:23:01.38\00:23:04.68
nine other churches
began one the next week.
00:23:04.71\00:23:07.72
Why?
00:23:07.75\00:23:09.08
In this small town,
00:23:09.12\00:23:10.45
everybody was trying
to counteract my meetings.
00:23:10.49\00:23:13.05
And so on one of my nights off,
00:23:13.09\00:23:14.42
I went to hear
about this prophet
00:23:14.46\00:23:16.52
that had an edge on prophecy.
00:23:16.56\00:23:19.06
And what I heard
him say was nothing,
00:23:19.09\00:23:21.10
it had nothing
to do with prophecy,
00:23:21.13\00:23:23.37
and had everything to do with,
00:23:23.40\00:23:24.73
"In about four months,
00:23:24.77\00:23:26.10
God is gonna speak to your heart
00:23:26.13\00:23:27.47
and reveal to you the
things that I'm thinking."
00:23:27.50\00:23:28.84
People are paying for that?
00:23:28.87\00:23:30.64
And I was telling the truth,
00:23:30.67\00:23:32.01
and everybody was upset with me.
00:23:32.04\00:23:33.38
And that's what happens.
00:23:33.41\00:23:34.74
They prophesy to
you a false vision.
00:23:34.78\00:23:38.15
What else?
00:23:38.18\00:23:39.51
Divination, a worthless thing,
and the deceit of their heart.
00:23:39.55\00:23:43.05
And you know, I tell
you today in America...
00:23:43.08\00:23:44.79
there has been so
many investigations
00:23:47.82\00:23:49.22
on people that are
living high on the hog,
00:23:49.26\00:23:52.06
rather than telling the truth.
00:23:52.09\00:23:53.63
The unfortunate thing
is, many people are in it
00:23:53.66\00:23:55.73
for the benefit,
00:23:55.76\00:23:57.10
and not for the
truth of God's Word.
00:23:57.13\00:23:58.50
Go with me to
the Book of Matthew
00:23:58.53\00:23:59.87
before we go to number 28.
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So the answer for number 27.
00:24:01.27\00:24:03.30
What does the Lord
reveal is the motive
00:24:03.34\00:24:04.74
of the false prophet?
00:24:04.77\00:24:06.11
False visions, false prophecies,
00:24:06.14\00:24:09.24
worthless things,
and that's the motive.
00:24:09.28\00:24:12.81
It's just not of God.
00:24:12.85\00:24:14.55
You want to just
put that all together.
00:24:14.58\00:24:16.05
It's not of
God, it's a cover up.
00:24:16.08\00:24:18.15
If I could put
all that together,
00:24:18.19\00:24:19.52
it's a cover up.
00:24:19.55\00:24:20.89
Go with me to Matthew Chapter 7,
00:24:20.92\00:24:22.26
I want you to see something.
00:24:22.29\00:24:23.93
The Lord also points this out,
00:24:23.96\00:24:25.43
because we're
living in a day and age
00:24:25.46\00:24:26.80
where a lot of
things are being done
00:24:26.83\00:24:29.73
in the name of the Lord.
00:24:29.76\00:24:31.60
But to call on the Lord's name,
00:24:35.40\00:24:38.54
is also to represent
the Lord in what you teach,
00:24:38.57\00:24:41.44
ain't that right?
00:24:41.48\00:24:43.11
You call on the Lord's name,
00:24:43.14\00:24:44.68
make sure that what you
teach represent the Lord.
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Matthew 7, look
together at verse 21,
00:24:48.35\00:24:51.39
down to verse 23.
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And then we'll go to number
28, for the next question.
00:24:54.49\00:24:58.06
Here's what the Lord says
00:24:58.09\00:24:59.43
and He talks about
them by their fruits,
00:24:59.46\00:25:01.13
you will know them verse 20.
00:25:01.16\00:25:02.50
But then he says in verse 21,
00:25:02.53\00:25:04.47
"Not everyone who
says to me," what?
00:25:04.50\00:25:07.17
"Lord, Lord, shall
enter the kingdom of heaven,
00:25:07.20\00:25:11.04
but he who does the
will of My Father," where?
00:25:11.07\00:25:14.58
"In heaven.
00:25:14.61\00:25:15.94
Many will say to me in that day,
00:25:15.98\00:25:19.38
Lord, Lord,
00:25:19.41\00:25:21.05
have we not," what?
00:25:21.08\00:25:23.05
"Prophesied in your name?"
00:25:23.08\00:25:24.59
Did you get that?
00:25:24.62\00:25:26.79
They prophesy a false vision,
00:25:26.82\00:25:29.19
but whose name do they do it in?
00:25:29.22\00:25:30.93
The Lord's name.
00:25:30.96\00:25:32.29
He said, "I haven't sent
them but they used His name."
00:25:32.33\00:25:34.26
Many have.
00:25:34.30\00:25:35.63
"Have we not
prophesied in Your name,"
00:25:35.66\00:25:37.70
a direct
correlation to Jeremiah 14:14.
00:25:37.73\00:25:40.57
"And cast out
demons in Your name,
00:25:40.60\00:25:43.77
and done many
wonders in Your name.
00:25:43.81\00:25:47.04
Haven't we done all
that?" And look at verse 23.
00:25:47.08\00:25:50.68
"And then I will confess
or declare to them I," what?
00:25:50.71\00:25:53.82
Let's say
together. "I never knew you.
00:25:53.85\00:25:57.32
Depart from me
00:25:57.35\00:25:59.15
you who practice lawlessness."
00:25:59.19\00:26:01.12
Or as the King
James Version says,
00:26:01.16\00:26:02.62
"Work iniquity."
00:26:02.66\00:26:04.96
What that means is,
00:26:04.99\00:26:06.33
you say you're
connected with me,
00:26:06.36\00:26:07.70
but I don't know you.
00:26:07.73\00:26:09.06
And it goes all the
way back to 1 John 2:3-4.
00:26:09.10\00:26:11.93
"He who says, I know him
00:26:11.97\00:26:13.30
and does not keep His
commandments is a liar."
00:26:13.34\00:26:15.24
Lord says, "I don't know you.
00:26:15.27\00:26:17.07
You've done a lot of things."
00:26:17.11\00:26:18.44
And this is amazing.
00:26:18.47\00:26:19.81
You may think you have to know
the Lord to cast out demons.
00:26:19.84\00:26:21.88
Wow.
00:26:21.91\00:26:23.24
That's what
deception is all about.
00:26:23.28\00:26:25.75
I wanna just plant this thought,
00:26:25.78\00:26:27.12
"Do you know
00:26:27.15\00:26:28.92
and there are
examples in history
00:26:28.95\00:26:32.22
where people
have been possessed,
00:26:32.25\00:26:35.16
and then the
possession has been removed
00:26:35.19\00:26:38.46
by false prophets,
00:26:38.49\00:26:40.33
to make people believe
00:26:40.36\00:26:42.73
that that was the work of God?"
00:26:42.76\00:26:44.43
I'm gonna bring up
the text in just a moment
00:26:44.47\00:26:45.80
to show it to you
00:26:45.83\00:26:47.17
because the Lord says,
00:26:47.20\00:26:48.54
"If a prophet speaks a thing,
00:26:48.57\00:26:50.84
and it comes to pass,
00:26:50.87\00:26:52.57
exactly as he has spoken."
00:26:52.61\00:26:55.98
And then he says to you,
00:26:56.01\00:26:57.35
"Let us go after other gods."
00:26:57.38\00:26:59.55
The Lord says,
00:26:59.58\00:27:00.98
"I'm just testing you to see
00:27:01.02\00:27:02.35
whether or not you'll
keep My commandments."
00:27:02.38\00:27:04.25
Because there
are a lot of people
00:27:04.29\00:27:05.62
that have gone
to miracle services,
00:27:05.65\00:27:06.99
they see people falling over,
00:27:07.02\00:27:08.76
they see a lot of
healing taking place,
00:27:08.79\00:27:11.06
but you don't in many cases,
00:27:11.09\00:27:12.46
we don't understand that
this place called Babylon,
00:27:12.49\00:27:16.43
which the Bible says,
00:27:16.46\00:27:17.80
has become the
habitation of demons,
00:27:17.83\00:27:19.53
foul spirits, every
unclean and hated bird.
00:27:19.57\00:27:22.47
We have discounted
00:27:22.50\00:27:24.04
how much deception
exists in Christianity today.
00:27:24.07\00:27:28.51
So you'll see things
that look like miracles,
00:27:28.54\00:27:31.35
casting out demons,
like the verse says here,
00:27:31.38\00:27:33.28
"But the Lord
says, I don't know you.
00:27:33.31\00:27:35.32
I haven't done that.
00:27:35.35\00:27:36.69
You're using My name,
but I haven't sent you."
00:27:36.72\00:27:39.12
All right.
00:27:39.15\00:27:40.49
Look at number 28.
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Question number 28.
00:27:42.32\00:27:43.66
So be careful when
you're in these services
00:27:43.69\00:27:45.59
because what's happening today,
00:27:45.63\00:27:47.03
and it's
happening with television
00:27:47.06\00:27:48.43
and anything external,
00:27:48.46\00:27:49.80
we are being
stimulated by the external
00:27:49.83\00:27:52.60
to be convinced
00:27:52.63\00:27:54.37
of what is not
really in fact truth.
00:27:54.40\00:27:57.07
If it doesn't
measure up with God's Word,
00:27:57.11\00:27:59.44
then do not believe it.
00:27:59.47\00:28:02.04
All right?
00:28:02.08\00:28:04.11
Question number 28.
00:28:04.15\00:28:05.68
Here it is.
00:28:05.71\00:28:07.15
What plan does the Lord have
00:28:07.18\00:28:10.22
for those deceived
00:28:10.25\00:28:12.65
by false prophets?
00:28:12.69\00:28:14.62
I love this question.
00:28:14.66\00:28:16.42
Because a moment ago,
00:28:16.46\00:28:17.79
you could come to
the conclusion that,
00:28:17.83\00:28:19.26
"Well, you're deceived too bad."
00:28:19.29\00:28:21.43
Whoa, God still
loves His people,
00:28:21.46\00:28:23.67
no matter where they are.
00:28:23.70\00:28:25.03
Amen, someone?
00:28:25.07\00:28:26.40
And there are many
people that love the Lord
00:28:26.43\00:28:27.77
that up until
that particular moment,
00:28:27.80\00:28:29.54
that's all they know.
00:28:29.57\00:28:30.97
And so they're
under the leadership,
00:28:31.01\00:28:33.74
or the guides, or the tutelage,
or the direction of a prophet
00:28:33.78\00:28:38.01
who knows the truth
but doesn't communicate it.
00:28:38.05\00:28:41.22
But God is not gonna
let the false prophet
00:28:41.25\00:28:43.55
have the final say.
00:28:43.59\00:28:46.15
Let's go to Jeremiah 23
to answer this question.
00:28:46.19\00:28:49.49
What plan does the
Lord have for those deceived
00:28:49.52\00:28:52.93
by false prophets?
00:28:52.96\00:28:54.30
Matter of fact, as
you go to Jeremiah 23,
00:28:54.33\00:28:56.43
we're gonna read verse 1-4.
00:28:56.46\00:28:58.10
You can also see
that in Revelation 18,
00:28:58.13\00:29:00.50
we talked about
this, God is gonna say,
00:29:00.54\00:29:02.87
"Come out of her," who?
00:29:02.90\00:29:05.14
"My people."
00:29:05.17\00:29:06.51
So the Lord is
not gonna allow people
00:29:06.54\00:29:07.88
to stay in deception.
00:29:07.91\00:29:09.24
He wants them to come out.
00:29:09.28\00:29:10.95
But notice what the
Lord has, what plans He has,
00:29:10.98\00:29:13.62
for those that are
deceived by false prophets?
00:29:13.65\00:29:16.38
Here it is.
00:29:16.42\00:29:17.75
On the screen,
00:29:17.79\00:29:19.42
"Woe to the shepherds
00:29:19.45\00:29:20.86
who destroy and scatter
the sheep of My pasture!'
00:29:20.89\00:29:25.86
says the Lord.' "
00:29:25.89\00:29:27.23
Notice if
they're of his pasture,
00:29:27.26\00:29:28.60
they're his sheep,
00:29:28.63\00:29:30.03
"Therefore that says
the Lord God of Israel
00:29:30.07\00:29:32.17
against the shepherds,"
00:29:32.20\00:29:33.54
who do what?
00:29:33.57\00:29:34.90
"Who feed my people."
00:29:34.94\00:29:36.30
Look at what he said,
00:29:36.34\00:29:37.67
"'You have scattered My flock,
00:29:37.71\00:29:39.94
driven them away,
00:29:39.97\00:29:41.98
and not attended to them.
00:29:42.01\00:29:44.65
Behold, I will attend to you
00:29:44.68\00:29:46.92
for the evil of your doings,'
00:29:46.95\00:29:49.85
says the Lord."
00:29:49.88\00:29:51.95
"But,"
00:29:51.99\00:29:53.32
Notice He changes the cadence.
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.16
"But I will gather
the remnant of My flock
00:29:55.19\00:29:59.09
out of all the countries
where I have driven them,
00:29:59.13\00:30:03.37
and bring them
back to their," what?
00:30:03.40\00:30:05.63
"To their folds,
00:30:05.67\00:30:07.30
and they shall be," what?
00:30:07.34\00:30:09.44
"Fruitful and increase."
00:30:09.47\00:30:11.41
I will set up
shepherds over them
00:30:11.44\00:30:14.48
who will do," what?
00:30:14.51\00:30:16.14
"Who will feed them,
00:30:16.18\00:30:17.85
and they shall fear no more,
00:30:17.88\00:30:20.02
nor be dismayed,
00:30:20.05\00:30:22.18
nor shall they be lacking,
00:30:22.22\00:30:25.29
"says the Lord."
00:30:25.32\00:30:26.65
Amen.
00:30:26.69\00:30:28.02
God is saying, "I
know what's happened.
00:30:28.06\00:30:29.89
They are those false shepherds
00:30:29.92\00:30:32.09
that are feeding My sheep."
00:30:32.13\00:30:34.33
When you read about John 10,
00:30:34.36\00:30:35.76
John 10 is so amazing.
00:30:35.80\00:30:38.23
That's where Jesus
is the good shepherd.
00:30:38.27\00:30:40.94
He said, "There are some people
00:30:40.97\00:30:42.30
that I've not
hired their hirelings.
00:30:42.34\00:30:44.87
They did try to
come in here other ways."
00:30:44.91\00:30:47.64
But He said the
good thing about it.
00:30:47.68\00:30:49.01
Let's go there very quickly.
00:30:49.04\00:30:50.38
John Chapter 10.
00:30:50.41\00:30:51.75
So put the answer
here on number 28.
00:30:51.78\00:30:53.11
What plan does the
Lord have for those deceived
00:30:53.15\00:30:55.12
by false shepherd?
00:30:55.15\00:30:56.48
He will gather them back.
00:30:56.52\00:30:58.95
He will gather them back.
00:30:58.99\00:31:01.19
Amen.
00:31:01.22\00:31:02.66
Let's go to John Chapter 10.
00:31:02.69\00:31:04.79
Look at this.
00:31:04.83\00:31:06.56
John Chapter 10.
00:31:06.59\00:31:09.90
See what we have to keep in mind
00:31:09.93\00:31:11.67
is as the Bible says,
00:31:11.70\00:31:13.03
Paul says,
00:31:13.07\00:31:14.40
"There's one Lord,
one faith, one baptism,
00:31:14.44\00:31:15.77
one God, one Father of
all, one fold, one shepherd."
00:31:15.80\00:31:19.71
But there are people
and one of the reasons
00:31:19.74\00:31:21.71
why you find
even during the time
00:31:21.74\00:31:24.35
with the birth of Christ,
00:31:24.38\00:31:25.71
that the shepherds were watching
00:31:25.75\00:31:27.12
over their flock by night
00:31:27.15\00:31:28.92
is because people
try to steal their sheep.
00:31:28.95\00:31:32.12
And that's
what's happening today
00:31:32.15\00:31:33.49
under false pretence,
00:31:33.52\00:31:34.92
false doctrines,
00:31:34.96\00:31:36.76
false prophecies God's sheep
00:31:36.79\00:31:39.53
are being stolen.
00:31:39.56\00:31:42.26
But look at the good news.
00:31:42.30\00:31:43.90
John Chapter 10.
00:31:43.93\00:31:45.57
Wow, look at this.
00:31:45.60\00:31:48.04
Verse 1,
00:31:48.07\00:31:50.64
"Most assuredly, I say to you,
00:31:50.67\00:31:54.54
he who does not
enter the sheepfold
00:31:54.58\00:31:57.01
by the," what?
00:31:57.05\00:31:58.41
"Door, but climbs
up some other way,
00:31:58.45\00:32:02.18
the same is a
thief and a robber."
00:32:02.22\00:32:04.89
There are those who are trying
to find another way to get in
00:32:04.92\00:32:08.32
'cause there's only one way,
00:32:08.36\00:32:10.23
through the door,
Jesus is the door.
00:32:10.26\00:32:13.43
He says, "But he
who enters by the door
00:32:13.46\00:32:15.80
is the shepherd of the sheep.
00:32:15.83\00:32:18.00
To him," this is beautiful,
00:32:18.03\00:32:19.77
"the doorkeeper opens,
00:32:19.80\00:32:22.30
and the sheep," do what?
00:32:22.34\00:32:24.01
"Hear his voice,
00:32:24.04\00:32:25.84
and he calls his own sheep
00:32:25.87\00:32:28.21
by name and leads them," what?
00:32:28.24\00:32:30.58
"Out."
00:32:30.61\00:32:31.95
So once again,
Revelation 18:4, come what?
00:32:31.98\00:32:34.62
"Out of her My people."
00:32:34.65\00:32:36.18
What are they
gonna do to come out?
00:32:36.22\00:32:38.05
They're going to hear His voice.
00:32:38.09\00:32:40.22
They're going to hear His voice.
00:32:40.26\00:32:42.22
They hear His voice.
Look at the next verse.
00:32:42.26\00:32:44.33
Verse 4,
00:32:44.36\00:32:45.69
"And when he
brings out his own sheep,
00:32:45.73\00:32:48.76
he goes before them,
00:32:48.80\00:32:50.43
and the sheep follow him,
00:32:50.47\00:32:52.20
for they," what?
00:32:52.23\00:32:53.57
"Know his voice."
00:32:53.60\00:32:55.30
Let me ask you a question today.
00:32:55.34\00:32:56.71
Let me take this thing.
00:32:56.74\00:32:58.07
How can we hear
God's voice today?
00:32:58.11\00:32:59.77
Hint. How can we
hear God's voice?
00:32:59.81\00:33:01.94
Fear His Word?
00:33:01.98\00:33:03.48
Be careful when people
come into your church and say,
00:33:03.51\00:33:05.88
"God gave me a revelation today.
00:33:05.91\00:33:08.85
God told me..."
00:33:08.88\00:33:10.29
And it's not in
harmony with God's Word.
00:33:10.32\00:33:11.75
You got a lot of
that going on nowadays.
00:33:11.79\00:33:13.96
I've seen so many of
these self-proclaimed shepherds,
00:33:13.99\00:33:16.89
self-proclaimed
prophetesses and prophets.
00:33:16.93\00:33:19.93
One Saturday,
00:33:19.96\00:33:22.00
one Saturday evening,
00:33:22.03\00:33:23.77
we were sitting
in our bed together,
00:33:23.80\00:33:25.13
my wife and I...
It's just kind of,
00:33:25.17\00:33:26.50
you know, relaxing,
00:33:26.53\00:33:27.97
the day was a stressful day,
00:33:28.00\00:33:29.34
and a lot of
activity and lot of blessings,
00:33:29.37\00:33:32.14
and we just kind of
thumbing through the channels.
00:33:32.17\00:33:34.81
We stopped at a channel
where there was a prophet
00:33:34.84\00:33:37.58
and two prophetesses,
00:33:37.61\00:33:38.95
they were selling
a prophet program.
00:33:38.98\00:33:42.15
And depending on what level
of prophet you wanted to be,
00:33:42.18\00:33:46.39
four easy payments of,
00:33:46.42\00:33:48.22
three easy payments of
this prophet kit cost 200,
00:33:48.26\00:33:52.06
this one is 400,
00:33:52.09\00:33:53.46
this one is 600,
00:33:53.50\00:33:54.83
depends on what kind
of prophet you want to be.
00:33:54.86\00:33:56.77
You buy my prophet kit
and in a year and a half,
00:33:56.80\00:33:59.23
you'll be a
prophet or prophetess.
00:33:59.27\00:34:01.70
And this guy
referred himself as a prophet
00:34:01.74\00:34:03.47
and prophetess Diana,
00:34:03.51\00:34:05.11
and prophetess, and
they gave the lady's name
00:34:05.14\00:34:06.74
and I'm thinking,
00:34:06.78\00:34:08.28
"Lord, have mercy."
00:34:08.31\00:34:12.11
And I want to so
badly to write him,
00:34:12.15\00:34:13.82
but, I knew it
was just a commercial,
00:34:13.85\00:34:15.75
you know, a show that was taped
00:34:15.78\00:34:17.12
a number of months ago
00:34:17.15\00:34:18.65
kind of like,
some of our programs
00:34:18.69\00:34:20.19
and I thought, "This is sad."
00:34:20.22\00:34:22.69
That's why
00:34:22.72\00:34:24.46
God has allowed
ministries like 3ABN.
00:34:24.49\00:34:27.53
Amen.
00:34:27.56\00:34:28.90
And Loma Linda
broadcasting, and Hope channel,
00:34:28.93\00:34:30.93
and Amazing Facts,
and Amazing Discoveries,
00:34:30.97\00:34:33.23
God has many tentacles out
there proclaiming the light
00:34:33.27\00:34:36.17
to the world,
00:34:36.20\00:34:37.54
and it's going to get brighter
00:34:37.57\00:34:38.91
before Jesus comes,
00:34:38.94\00:34:40.54
wonderful thing about that.
00:34:40.58\00:34:41.91
And by the way, when
you read that Jesus' saying,
00:34:41.94\00:34:44.31
"I'm the good shepherd."
00:34:44.35\00:34:46.11
And the beauty of this is
00:34:46.15\00:34:47.82
they are going
to hear His voice.
00:34:47.85\00:34:49.58
When the Word of
God is being preached,
00:34:49.62\00:34:52.12
be like the Thessalonicans.
00:34:52.15\00:34:55.76
What did they do?
00:34:55.79\00:34:58.43
They examined the
Word of God to see
00:34:58.46\00:35:01.10
whether what the
prophet spoke was so.
00:35:01.13\00:35:03.77
See, these were more noble.
00:35:03.80\00:35:05.67
In that, they
searched the scriptures to see
00:35:05.70\00:35:08.94
whether these things were so...
00:35:08.97\00:35:10.71
Don't just take a
person's word for it.
00:35:10.74\00:35:12.24
Matter of fact, we always
say, "Don't take my word for,
00:35:12.27\00:35:13.94
you know why?
00:35:13.98\00:35:15.31
Because your
destination is in your hand."
00:35:15.34\00:35:18.05
Amen.
00:35:18.08\00:35:19.41
Let's go to the
next one, number 29,
00:35:19.45\00:35:21.45
number 29.
00:35:21.48\00:35:22.82
I think we are
moving right along.
00:35:22.85\00:35:24.45
Okay.
00:35:24.49\00:35:25.82
Here it is.
00:35:25.85\00:35:27.42
Okay.
00:35:27.46\00:35:28.79
Wow, wow.
00:35:28.82\00:35:32.69
What is the message
against Spiritual...
00:35:32.73\00:35:35.86
Why is the message
against Spiritual Babylon
00:35:35.90\00:35:38.70
important to the world?
00:35:38.73\00:35:40.07
Why is it important?
00:35:40.10\00:35:41.44
It's important to
know why it's important.
00:35:41.47\00:35:43.27
Somebody who say
00:35:43.30\00:35:45.01
"Okay, so you have this message
00:35:45.04\00:35:46.57
that you're proclaiming,
00:35:46.61\00:35:47.94
why is it important?"
00:35:47.98\00:35:50.15
Let's go to Micah 4:2.
00:35:50.18\00:35:54.48
Micah Chapter 4,
00:35:54.52\00:35:56.08
and we're going to
look together at verse 2.
00:35:56.12\00:36:00.09
All right.
00:36:00.12\00:36:03.89
Just to review very
quickly of your thinking.
00:36:03.93\00:36:06.59
The messages of the three angels
00:36:06.63\00:36:08.80
is to every
nation, every kindred,
00:36:08.83\00:36:12.60
every tongue, every people,
00:36:12.63\00:36:15.37
that's the context of
the answer to this question.
00:36:15.40\00:36:18.44
Micah 4:2 and the question,
00:36:18.47\00:36:20.48
why is the message about
against Spiritual Babylon
00:36:20.51\00:36:23.58
important to the world?
00:36:23.61\00:36:24.95
Micah 4:2, all right.
00:36:24.98\00:36:29.05
A little minor prophets.
00:36:29.08\00:36:30.69
Here we are.
00:36:30.72\00:36:33.22
And the Lord's Word,
00:36:33.25\00:36:34.96
"Many nations
shall come and say,"
00:36:34.99\00:36:38.49
Quite nations say this together,
00:36:38.53\00:36:40.40
"Come, and let us go up
to the mountain of the Lord,
00:36:40.43\00:36:44.77
to the house of
the God of Jacob,"
00:36:44.80\00:36:47.14
and look at this beautiful.
00:36:47.17\00:36:48.50
"He will do," what?
00:36:48.54\00:36:49.87
"Teach us His way,
and we shall," what?
00:36:49.90\00:36:53.07
"Walk in His paths."
00:36:53.11\00:36:55.48
Why?
00:36:55.51\00:36:56.85
"For out of Zion
the law shall go forth,
00:36:56.88\00:37:00.55
and the Word of
the Lord from," where?
00:37:00.58\00:37:03.18
"Jerusalem."
00:37:03.22\00:37:04.55
Notice what He's
compared together.
00:37:04.59\00:37:07.46
The law of God and His Word.
00:37:07.49\00:37:09.49
If you combine
that two together,
00:37:09.52\00:37:11.13
that's a law and the testimony,
00:37:11.16\00:37:14.00
these two things together.
00:37:14.03\00:37:15.43
Nations, why are they coming?
00:37:15.46\00:37:17.33
They're
looking, they're seeking,
00:37:17.37\00:37:19.93
there're lots of people today
00:37:19.97\00:37:21.57
that are not
satisfied with surface religion.
00:37:21.60\00:37:25.47
There're lot of people
today that are not satisfied
00:37:25.51\00:37:27.41
with what they're
hearing from week to week.
00:37:27.44\00:37:29.64
But, you know, you
never hear about that.
00:37:29.68\00:37:31.08
You always see that,
the lights, the camera,
00:37:31.11\00:37:33.15
the action.
00:37:33.18\00:37:34.52
But there are many people
and I've heard some people say,
00:37:34.55\00:37:36.18
"Well, there
are lots in numbers,
00:37:36.22\00:37:38.05
but there's great turnover."
00:37:38.09\00:37:40.02
Where the Word of
God is proclaimed,
00:37:40.06\00:37:41.99
people are being fed, and
the growth is taking place.
00:37:42.02\00:37:44.69
Praise the Lord for that.
00:37:44.73\00:37:46.13
But where are
they going to find?
00:37:46.16\00:37:48.26
I'm going to go
back to this point.
00:37:48.30\00:37:49.96
It says, "And we shall,"
00:37:50.00\00:37:51.53
this is what
they're going to say.
00:37:51.57\00:37:54.74
"He will teach us His way,"
00:37:54.77\00:37:57.34
not man's way,
00:37:57.37\00:37:58.71
"And we shall walk in His paths,
00:37:58.74\00:38:01.78
for out of Zion
the law shall go forth
00:38:01.81\00:38:04.35
and the Word of the Lord
00:38:04.38\00:38:05.81
from Jerusalem."
00:38:05.85\00:38:07.28
Today, when you talk
about the law of God,
00:38:07.32\00:38:09.75
you find a ton of excuses.
00:38:09.78\00:38:12.45
It was nailed to the cross,
00:38:12.49\00:38:14.56
it's for the Jews only,
00:38:14.59\00:38:16.49
it's just the Old Testament,
00:38:16.52\00:38:18.46
we are New Testament Christians,
00:38:18.49\00:38:20.53
it doesn't apply anymore,
00:38:20.56\00:38:22.33
it's a burden
00:38:22.36\00:38:23.73
if you keep at your bound.
00:38:23.77\00:38:26.03
I'm thinking, "What
is the problem here?"
00:38:26.07\00:38:29.67
Well, but they
are going to be those
00:38:29.70\00:38:32.67
that will respond
to the voice of God,
00:38:32.71\00:38:35.38
and when they hear God's voice,
00:38:35.41\00:38:37.15
they will walk in His paths.
00:38:37.18\00:38:39.01
Praise God for that.
00:38:39.05\00:38:40.65
All right, question 30.
00:38:40.68\00:38:43.65
We are on the final page.
00:38:43.69\00:38:45.82
I'm looking at all
the scriptures here.
00:38:45.85\00:38:49.96
I have to be Speedy Gonzales
to get through this tonight.
00:38:49.99\00:38:53.26
And I'm not Speedy Gonzales.
00:38:53.29\00:38:54.80
Okay.
00:38:54.83\00:38:56.16
So we will go as far as we can.
00:38:56.20\00:38:58.03
Question number 30.
00:38:58.07\00:38:59.40
I'm going to Revelation 18
00:39:02.10\00:39:03.44
to precede my
asking you to turn there.
00:39:03.47\00:39:07.08
Number 30, here it is.
00:39:07.11\00:39:08.44
How does God plan to orchestrate
00:39:08.48\00:39:12.01
the destruction of Babylon?
00:39:12.05\00:39:15.15
God has a plan.
00:39:15.18\00:39:16.79
How is He going to orchestrate
00:39:16.82\00:39:18.59
the destruction of Babylon?
00:39:18.62\00:39:22.19
And by the way, if
you haven't joined us
00:39:22.22\00:39:23.56
for the last broadcast,
00:39:23.59\00:39:25.03
we're talking
about Spiritual Babylon.
00:39:25.06\00:39:27.50
There's no
literal Babylon today.
00:39:27.53\00:39:29.80
That's how it was brought down
in according to the prophet,
00:39:29.83\00:39:32.63
it will never be inhabited again
00:39:32.67\00:39:34.20
and it never has
been inhabited again.
00:39:34.24\00:39:36.64
How does God plan to orchestrate
00:39:36.67\00:39:39.07
the destruction of Babylon?
00:39:39.11\00:39:42.08
Revelation 18:6.
00:39:42.11\00:39:44.41
Revelation 18:6.
00:39:44.45\00:39:47.72
All right, I want to...
00:39:47.75\00:39:49.48
Let me see if
I've done this here.
00:39:49.52\00:39:51.62
I want to make sure I don't
want to go ahead of myself.
00:39:51.65\00:39:54.06
Okay.
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.42
Let's stop with verse 5
and then we get to verse 6,
00:39:55.46\00:39:57.63
bring the text upon the screen.
00:39:57.66\00:39:58.99
I appreciate that.
00:39:59.03\00:40:00.36
Look at verse 5.
00:40:00.40\00:40:01.73
Here is why God is going
00:40:01.76\00:40:03.10
to orchestrate
Babylon's destruction.
00:40:03.13\00:40:05.43
Verse 5 says,
00:40:05.47\00:40:07.64
"For her sins have done," what?
00:40:07.67\00:40:10.57
"Reached to heaven,
00:40:10.61\00:40:12.17
and God has
remembered her iniquities."
00:40:12.21\00:40:15.58
Now look at verse 6,
00:40:15.61\00:40:17.85
it'll be on the screen
for those of you watching.
00:40:17.88\00:40:20.15
It says, "Render to her," what?
00:40:20.18\00:40:23.42
"Just as she rendered to you,
00:40:23.45\00:40:27.36
and repay her," what?
00:40:27.39\00:40:29.26
"Double according to her works,
00:40:29.29\00:40:31.89
in the cup which she has mixed,
00:40:31.93\00:40:35.20
mix double for her."
00:40:35.23\00:40:37.50
Wow.
00:40:37.53\00:40:38.87
When people think
they're getting away
00:40:38.90\00:40:40.24
with the lies, you
don't get away with lies,
00:40:40.27\00:40:41.60
it's double jeopardy.
00:40:41.64\00:40:43.74
You cannot deceive someone
00:40:43.77\00:40:45.47
and think, "I got away."
00:40:45.51\00:40:47.44
When there are
lots of people today
00:40:47.48\00:40:49.01
for the purpose
of financial gain,
00:40:49.04\00:40:51.21
for wealth, for
fame, for the reasons
00:40:51.25\00:40:53.62
that are too numerous to
even mentioned here today.
00:40:53.65\00:40:56.08
Some people are motivated
00:40:56.12\00:40:58.15
by anything other than
00:40:58.19\00:41:00.66
telling the truth of God's Word.
00:41:00.69\00:41:02.32
I've had preachers
that have said to me,
00:41:02.36\00:41:03.69
"Yeah, I know
the Sabbath is true."
00:41:03.73\00:41:06.26
But why would I want
to tell my people that?
00:41:06.29\00:41:07.90
Did you realize what
will happen to my job
00:41:07.93\00:41:09.46
if I told them that?
00:41:09.50\00:41:11.90
What will happen to your job?
00:41:11.93\00:41:13.47
What about what will
happen to your eternal life?
00:41:13.50\00:41:16.04
It's not just a
paycheck, it's about what?
00:41:16.07\00:41:17.94
Eternal what?
00:41:17.97\00:41:19.31
Eternal life.
00:41:19.34\00:41:21.38
But there are those
that have set themselves up
00:41:21.41\00:41:24.48
in such a financial way,
00:41:24.51\00:41:25.85
they've got their own
jobs and their companies,
00:41:25.88\00:41:27.95
and it's all based on
00:41:27.98\00:41:29.75
what they want to
tell their people.
00:41:29.78\00:41:31.22
To tell them anything
other will lead them away
00:41:31.25\00:41:34.06
from their camp
to the true shepherd,
00:41:34.09\00:41:36.76
to the sheepfold.
00:41:36.79\00:41:39.29
But the Lord is saying here,
00:41:39.33\00:41:41.50
when the time comes
for the fall of Babylon
00:41:41.53\00:41:44.13
in Revelation
18 is so filled-in.
00:41:44.17\00:41:47.00
We won't take the
time tonight obviously
00:41:47.04\00:41:48.60
to go through
Revelation 18, all of it,
00:41:48.64\00:41:51.24
but you can be sure
00:41:51.27\00:41:52.97
that the way
that she has deceived,
00:41:53.01\00:41:56.91
it will be
poured upon her double.
00:41:56.95\00:41:59.18
The way that she has martyred,
00:41:59.21\00:42:01.75
it will be
poured upon her double.
00:42:01.78\00:42:03.35
Everything that
Spiritual Babylon
00:42:03.39\00:42:05.79
has done to deceive,
00:42:05.82\00:42:07.32
she will be repaid double.
00:42:07.36\00:42:10.56
Wow. What a thought!
00:42:10.59\00:42:12.36
What a thought!
00:42:12.39\00:42:13.73
Now we're going to
walk through something
00:42:13.76\00:42:15.10
very carefully here.
00:42:15.13\00:42:16.46
Question number 31.
00:42:16.50\00:42:17.83
And as you know
there're five texts,
00:42:17.87\00:42:19.47
but they're all
in Revelation 17.
00:42:19.50\00:42:21.74
Now what I want to do a
little differently right now
00:42:21.77\00:42:23.87
because we use
these texts in the past,
00:42:23.91\00:42:26.34
but what I want to do
now is I want to extract,
00:42:26.37\00:42:28.74
what word did I just used?
00:42:28.78\00:42:30.45
Extract.
00:42:30.48\00:42:31.81
Extract means we're going
to take from these verses,
00:42:31.85\00:42:34.22
identifying marks,
00:42:34.25\00:42:36.08
so we can know
according to the question
00:42:36.12\00:42:38.45
what the answer is.
00:42:38.49\00:42:39.92
Here's question number 31.
00:42:39.95\00:42:41.89
All right.
00:42:41.92\00:42:43.26
The Bible
repeatedly calls Babylon "Her"
00:42:43.29\00:42:48.33
how can we know who she is?
00:42:48.36\00:42:51.37
All right.
00:42:51.40\00:42:52.73
Somebody wrote me that question,
00:42:52.77\00:42:54.10
emailed me that
question a couple of weeks ago.
00:42:54.14\00:42:55.90
How can we know who she is?
00:42:55.94\00:42:57.71
Who is this woman?
00:42:57.74\00:42:59.41
All right, let's go ahead
00:42:59.44\00:43:00.78
and look at some of
the identifying marks.
00:43:00.81\00:43:02.64
Let's begin with the
Revelation Chapter 17
00:43:02.68\00:43:05.38
and we're going
to look at verse 1.
00:43:05.41\00:43:07.68
All right.
00:43:07.72\00:43:09.32
Revelation 17
00:43:09.35\00:43:10.95
and we're going to
look together at verse 1.
00:43:10.99\00:43:14.62
Okay.
00:43:14.66\00:43:15.99
Some of you are so
smart, you know where I'm headed
00:43:16.02\00:43:19.39
or you know what's in the verse.
00:43:19.43\00:43:20.76
Okay, we're going to put
down each of these lines,
00:43:20.80\00:43:24.33
the identifying,
qualifying description
00:43:24.37\00:43:27.04
the Bible gives,
00:43:27.07\00:43:28.40
so we can know
who this woman is.
00:43:28.44\00:43:30.01
All right, let's
stop at Revelation 17:1.
00:43:30.04\00:43:33.74
"Then one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls
00:43:33.78\00:43:36.31
came and talked
with me, saying, "Come,"
00:43:36.34\00:43:41.82
saying to me, "Come,
00:43:41.85\00:43:43.32
I will show you the
judgment of the great harlot
00:43:43.35\00:43:47.82
who sits on," what?
00:43:47.86\00:43:49.32
"Many waters."
00:43:49.36\00:43:50.69
So what's the first description
the Bible gives to this woman,
00:43:50.73\00:43:53.16
she's a what?
00:43:53.19\00:43:54.53
A great harlot.
00:43:54.56\00:43:55.90
Okay, write that down.
00:43:55.93\00:43:57.40
Great harlot, all right.
00:43:57.43\00:44:00.84
A great harlot.
00:44:00.87\00:44:04.34
That's the first
description that we have.
00:44:04.37\00:44:07.04
Now Revelation 17:2.
00:44:07.08\00:44:11.25
Something more about who she is
00:44:11.28\00:44:13.52
and what she does.
00:44:13.55\00:44:15.25
All right.
00:44:15.28\00:44:16.62
Here it is,
00:44:16.65\00:44:17.99
"With whom the
kings of the earth
00:44:18.02\00:44:21.62
committed fornication,
00:44:21.66\00:44:23.63
and the," what?
00:44:23.66\00:44:25.06
"Inhabitants of the
earth were made," what?
00:44:25.09\00:44:27.46
"Drunk with the
wine of her fornication."
00:44:27.50\00:44:30.13
The second place
for her power is flexed
00:44:30.17\00:44:32.67
is among the
leaders of the earth
00:44:32.70\00:44:36.04
and the people of the earth.
00:44:36.07\00:44:37.84
So you want to
put that down here.
00:44:37.87\00:44:39.97
Her power is above
the kings of the earth,
00:44:40.01\00:44:42.81
the leaders of the earth,
and the people of the earth.
00:44:42.84\00:44:46.65
And when you begin
to put this together,
00:44:46.68\00:44:48.48
you have to ask
yourself the question
00:44:48.52\00:44:49.85
as the picture is being drawn.
00:44:49.88\00:44:51.22
What power on earth
has power both politically
00:44:51.25\00:44:55.49
and religiously over
almost the entire earth?
00:44:55.52\00:44:59.59
What power today has
political and religious power
00:44:59.63\00:45:03.30
over almost the entire earth?
00:45:03.33\00:45:06.13
I know, slow down,
you're ahead of me,
00:45:06.17\00:45:08.27
I can hear your
answers, just slow down.
00:45:08.30\00:45:11.01
All right.
00:45:11.04\00:45:12.37
Now let's go to Revelation 17:4.
00:45:12.41\00:45:15.54
We passed verse 3 intentionally.
00:45:15.58\00:45:18.25
Verse 4.
00:45:18.28\00:45:20.05
Look at the next description.
00:45:20.08\00:45:21.42
All right.
00:45:21.45\00:45:23.99
"The woman was
arrayed in" together,
00:45:24.02\00:45:26.82
"purple and scarlet,
00:45:26.86\00:45:29.46
and adorned with," what?
00:45:29.49\00:45:30.96
"Gold, precious
stones and pearls,
00:45:30.99\00:45:34.46
having a," what?
00:45:34.50\00:45:35.83
"In her hand
00:45:35.86\00:45:37.50
a golden cup
full of abominations
00:45:37.53\00:45:41.34
and the filthiness
of her fornication.' "
00:45:41.37\00:45:44.07
So what colors
are prevalent there?
00:45:44.11\00:45:46.57
Purple, scarlet, gold,
00:45:46.61\00:45:50.95
precious stones, and pearls.
00:45:50.98\00:45:53.72
When you begin to connect this,
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.22
you begin to see
00:45:55.25\00:45:56.58
what power on earth
00:45:56.62\00:45:57.95
is lavishly
decorated with these colors?
00:45:57.99\00:46:00.56
What political,
religious power on earth
00:46:00.59\00:46:03.63
is so lavishly decorated
00:46:03.66\00:46:05.93
that it's mesmerizing
00:46:05.96\00:46:07.80
when you're in the
presence of this power?
00:46:07.83\00:46:10.40
Okay.
00:46:10.43\00:46:11.77
Not going to
answer your question yet.
00:46:11.80\00:46:13.13
We're going to keep unfolding.
00:46:13.17\00:46:14.77
All right.
00:46:14.80\00:46:16.24
Let's go to the next one.
00:46:16.27\00:46:21.34
And if you
wanted to summarize it,
00:46:21.38\00:46:23.04
you could just put,
see the whole verse,
00:46:23.08\00:46:25.85
but if you want to
put the answer there,
00:46:25.88\00:46:27.78
when you see this power,
00:46:27.82\00:46:29.48
it is amazing,
00:46:29.52\00:46:30.85
it causes you to marvel.
00:46:30.89\00:46:33.76
It's designed to do that.
00:46:33.79\00:46:35.12
When you go back to
Babylon, the city of antiquity,
00:46:35.16\00:46:37.53
Babylon was the most
mesmerizing, the city of gold,
00:46:37.56\00:46:40.80
massive columns of gold,
00:46:40.83\00:46:42.86
the gold leaf, the golden lion.
00:46:42.90\00:46:45.10
It was designed to
capture the human imagination,
00:46:45.13\00:46:49.14
but it was surely a system
of diabolical satanic origin.
00:46:49.17\00:46:53.48
That's why God did
not connect Himself
00:46:53.51\00:46:56.51
in any particular to
Babylon, the literal city.
00:46:56.54\00:47:00.98
Now let's go to the next one.
00:47:01.02\00:47:02.35
Revelation 17:6.
00:47:02.38\00:47:04.52
Revelation 17:6.
00:47:04.55\00:47:06.89
All right.
00:47:06.92\00:47:08.26
Here is the answer again,
00:47:08.29\00:47:09.96
"I saw the woman,"
00:47:09.99\00:47:11.79
notice what she's guilty of,
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.46
"drunk with the," what?
00:47:13.50\00:47:15.53
"Blood of the
saints and with the blood
00:47:15.56\00:47:18.33
of the martyrs of Jesus.
00:47:18.37\00:47:20.94
And when I saw her,
I marveled with," what?
00:47:20.97\00:47:24.71
"Great amazement."
00:47:24.74\00:47:26.14
She's guilty of
killing the saints
00:47:26.17\00:47:29.28
and she's guilty
of martyring those
00:47:29.31\00:47:31.28
that followed Jesus.
00:47:31.31\00:47:33.98
Wow.
00:47:34.02\00:47:35.75
Some of you
already know the answer.
00:47:35.78\00:47:38.09
But don't say it yet.
00:47:38.12\00:47:40.02
Okay?
00:47:40.06\00:47:41.49
There's only one power on earth
00:47:41.52\00:47:43.12
that fits all
these descriptions,
00:47:43.16\00:47:45.13
only one political and
religious movement on earth
00:47:45.16\00:47:48.46
that fits all this description.
00:47:48.50\00:47:50.13
All right.
00:47:50.17\00:47:51.50
And by the way, let me
make it very, very clear.
00:47:51.53\00:47:53.03
I've said it before,
but it fits right here.
00:47:53.07\00:47:55.17
We're not talking about people.
00:47:55.20\00:47:57.51
Who do the people belong to?
00:47:57.54\00:47:59.07
Somebody tell me.
00:47:59.11\00:48:01.28
God, He says
come out of her what?
00:48:01.31\00:48:03.71
My people.
00:48:03.75\00:48:06.58
I want to get that clear.
00:48:06.61\00:48:07.95
We're talking about systems.
00:48:07.98\00:48:09.55
All right. Okay. Here we go.
00:48:09.58\00:48:11.85
Revelation 17:5.
00:48:11.89\00:48:13.62
And we have them out
of chronological order
00:48:13.66\00:48:15.32
for a particular purpose.
00:48:15.36\00:48:16.73
All right.
00:48:16.76\00:48:18.09
And here it is.
00:48:18.13\00:48:19.89
"And on her
forehead a name was written,"
00:48:19.93\00:48:25.97
Let's read this together,
00:48:26.00\00:48:27.37
"Mystery, Babylon the Great,
00:48:27.40\00:48:31.11
the," what?
00:48:31.14\00:48:32.47
"Mother of
harlots and of the," what?
00:48:32.51\00:48:35.84
"Abominations of the earth."
00:48:35.88\00:48:38.35
This is saying,
she's the mother,
00:48:38.38\00:48:40.42
she's the mother church,
00:48:40.45\00:48:42.28
she's the mother in leadership.
00:48:42.32\00:48:44.95
If you're a mother,
00:48:44.99\00:48:47.36
do you have children?
00:48:47.39\00:48:49.06
Come on, help me out. Yes or no?
00:48:49.09\00:48:50.63
Yes, you have children.
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.46
And in the basis of this,
00:48:52.49\00:48:54.66
she has daughters,
00:48:54.70\00:48:56.40
mother of harlots,
00:48:56.43\00:48:58.57
a term used for the
old order prostitution.
00:48:58.60\00:49:02.50
Harlotry, that term is used
00:49:02.54\00:49:04.24
throughout the
scriptures quite a bit.
00:49:04.27\00:49:05.71
It was even used in reference
00:49:05.74\00:49:07.08
to when the children are Israel
00:49:07.11\00:49:08.54
when became unfaithful to God.
00:49:08.58\00:49:11.11
He said you've gone harrowing
or he used a phrase harlotry,
00:49:11.15\00:49:14.72
you'll find that
also in the Book of Hosea
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.38
when he described
00:49:16.42\00:49:17.75
the
unfaithfulness of His people.
00:49:17.79\00:49:19.29
Let me go ahead and
make the point here.
00:49:19.32\00:49:20.69
Write that down.
00:49:20.72\00:49:22.06
This system is the
mother of all the systems
00:49:22.09\00:49:25.43
that are
harboring false teachings.
00:49:25.46\00:49:29.60
All right.
00:49:29.63\00:49:30.97
I'll do like one of
my instructors once said,
00:49:31.00\00:49:35.40
he said, "I'm not
going to spoon feed you."
00:49:35.44\00:49:37.64
He would bring a
big, gigantic pot spoon
00:49:37.67\00:49:40.48
and he would
lay it on the table,
00:49:40.51\00:49:41.98
and he said, "I'm
not going to use this.
00:49:42.01\00:49:45.05
You're going to find
the answers yourself."
00:49:45.08\00:49:48.18
All right.
00:49:48.22\00:49:49.55
Let's go to the
very next question now.
00:49:49.58\00:49:51.39
We're going to
build it together.
00:49:51.42\00:49:52.75
And by the time we get
down to the end of this lesson,
00:49:52.79\00:49:54.72
I won't even have to tell
you the answer, you'll know it.
00:49:54.76\00:49:57.79
All right. Let's
go to the next one.
00:49:57.83\00:50:00.30
Question number
32. Question number 32.
00:50:00.33\00:50:05.13
All right.
00:50:05.17\00:50:08.27
Wow. Strong language.
00:50:08.30\00:50:09.90
This is not an easy topic,
00:50:09.94\00:50:11.81
but here we go.
00:50:11.84\00:50:13.31
"Where does this
Mother Harlot get her power?"
00:50:13.34\00:50:18.68
Where does this
Mother Harlot get her power?
00:50:18.71\00:50:21.52
'Cause she's the
Mother of Harlots.
00:50:21.55\00:50:23.52
Where does she get her power?
00:50:23.55\00:50:25.25
Now we're going to
go to Revelation 17:3.
00:50:25.29\00:50:29.52
We're going to go
to Revelation 17:3.
00:50:29.56\00:50:33.96
Here it is on the screen
00:50:34.00\00:50:35.70
for the benefit of those of you
00:50:35.73\00:50:37.07
who are watching the program.
00:50:37.10\00:50:39.83
The Bible read as follow,
00:50:39.87\00:50:41.20
John envision on the
Island of Patmos said,
00:50:41.24\00:50:44.61
"So he carried me
away in the," what?
00:50:44.64\00:50:48.48
"Spirit into the," what?
00:50:48.51\00:50:50.68
"Wilderness.
00:50:50.71\00:50:52.05
And I saw a woman,"
00:50:52.08\00:50:53.85
for all intents and purposes,
00:50:53.88\00:50:55.22
this was the harlot woman.
00:50:55.25\00:50:56.58
"I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast
00:50:56.62\00:51:00.62
which was full of
names of blasphemy,
00:51:00.66\00:51:05.63
having seven
heads and," what else?
00:51:05.66\00:51:07.96
"Ten horns."
00:51:08.00\00:51:09.33
So the seven
heads and ten horns...
00:51:09.36\00:51:12.13
I'm going to ask my
students, the seven heads
00:51:12.17\00:51:15.54
and ten horns of
Revelation describes who?
00:51:15.57\00:51:18.44
His name starts
with the letter S.
00:51:24.15\00:51:26.85
Together, "Satan."
00:51:26.88\00:51:28.82
Look at Revelation Chapter 12.
00:51:28.85\00:51:30.89
"Before the woman
was a great red dragon,
00:51:30.92\00:51:33.66
having seven
heads and ten horns."
00:51:33.69\00:51:35.79
In Revelation 12:9,
00:51:35.82\00:51:37.36
describes that as the
serpent of old called the Devil
00:51:37.39\00:51:40.10
and Satan who
deceives the whole world.
00:51:40.13\00:51:42.86
Here's the connection now.
00:51:42.90\00:51:44.97
She receives her
power from Satan himself.
00:51:45.00\00:51:49.27
And if Satan is into
deception, what is she into?
00:51:49.30\00:51:52.51
She's into deception also.
00:51:52.54\00:51:54.44
So now we're going to go
00:51:54.48\00:51:55.81
and walk through this together.
00:51:55.84\00:51:57.35
And we're going to
see from 33 on down,
00:51:57.38\00:52:01.05
some of the teachings
00:52:01.08\00:52:03.12
that the harlot has
00:52:03.15\00:52:04.85
that are
influenced by Satan himself.
00:52:04.89\00:52:08.72
Now the reason
I'm not going to give
00:52:08.76\00:52:10.09
any particular
denominational identities
00:52:10.13\00:52:12.09
because what
you're going to discover
00:52:12.13\00:52:13.50
as we go through this is,
00:52:13.53\00:52:15.13
you're going to
discover who the mother is
00:52:15.16\00:52:17.83
and then you're going to
be able to find her daughters
00:52:17.87\00:52:19.73
wherever they are.
00:52:19.77\00:52:21.30
Did you follow that?
00:52:21.34\00:52:22.87
Once I described
what the mother looks like
00:52:22.90\00:52:25.54
and what the mother believes,
00:52:25.57\00:52:27.31
and then you find the daughters
00:52:27.34\00:52:28.68
that believe the same thing,
00:52:28.71\00:52:30.05
you'll say, "You're
just like your mother."
00:52:30.08\00:52:33.55
You heard that before?
00:52:33.58\00:52:34.92
You got to be able to identify
because people have said.
00:52:34.95\00:52:37.42
You've heard the song
years ago about Amy Grant?
00:52:37.45\00:52:39.12
You have your father's eyes.
00:52:39.15\00:52:41.16
Well, when you begin
to line up the teachings,
00:52:41.19\00:52:43.66
here is the
most beautiful thing.
00:52:43.69\00:52:45.16
So I don't have
to get in trouble.
00:52:45.19\00:52:46.53
Somebody don't have to say,
00:52:46.56\00:52:47.90
"You call my denomination out."
00:52:47.93\00:52:49.50
Let me tell you something.
00:52:49.53\00:52:50.87
This is bigger than
anything of the denomination.
00:52:50.90\00:52:52.60
Wherever you
find these teachings
00:52:52.63\00:52:54.34
that we're going to now unfold,
00:52:54.37\00:52:56.34
you'll be able to say,
00:52:56.37\00:52:57.71
"It came from the mother
00:52:57.74\00:52:59.07
who got it from Satan
00:52:59.11\00:53:00.54
and the daughters have
embraced this same teaching
00:53:00.58\00:53:02.88
because she's a
mother, she has daughters,
00:53:02.91\00:53:04.88
and the power
comes from Satan himself.
00:53:04.91\00:53:07.88
Now let's begin
with question number 33.
00:53:07.92\00:53:10.82
We're moving
right along pretty well,
00:53:10.85\00:53:12.19
but I don't think we're going
to get through all of these.
00:53:12.22\00:53:14.26
But here we go.
00:53:14.29\00:53:15.69
Question number 33,
00:53:15.72\00:53:17.33
"What are some of
the Harlot's teachings
00:53:17.36\00:53:20.10
influenced by Satan?"
00:53:20.13\00:53:23.63
Tonight, I want to go
back to the very first teaching
00:53:23.67\00:53:26.03
of the harlot that the
harlot has embraced to this day
00:53:26.07\00:53:29.50
the very first teaching
that she was influenced by,
00:53:29.54\00:53:32.97
and you're going to
amazed when you read the text.
00:53:33.01\00:53:35.24
Quickly, Genesis 3:4.
00:53:35.28\00:53:38.35
Now is the Harlot
a male or a female?
00:53:38.38\00:53:41.98
Male or female?
00:53:42.02\00:53:43.35
Is the Harlot a male or female?
00:53:43.39\00:53:45.45
Female, because
she's a mother, right?
00:53:45.49\00:53:47.36
And Revelation says,
00:53:47.39\00:53:48.72
"The woman, the
woman, the woman."
00:53:48.76\00:53:50.09
Now this is huge.
00:53:50.13\00:53:51.46
Genesis 3:4, are you ready?
00:53:51.49\00:53:52.83
Let's go there.
00:53:52.86\00:53:54.20
Let's go there. Let's go there.
00:53:54.23\00:53:55.56
Whoa!
00:53:55.60\00:53:56.93
This is powerful
because Revelations,
00:53:56.97\00:53:58.90
the message didn't
begin in Revelation.
00:53:58.93\00:54:00.60
It started from
the Book of Genesis.
00:54:00.64\00:54:01.97
And all the
components in Revelation started
00:54:02.00\00:54:04.21
from the very first lie
00:54:04.24\00:54:05.71
and you're going
to see right now,
00:54:05.74\00:54:07.08
the liar talking to the one
that got who swallowed the lie.
00:54:07.11\00:54:11.18
The one that swallow the
lie has perpetuated the lie.
00:54:11.21\00:54:15.05
Here it is.
00:54:15.08\00:54:16.42
Okay, together,
00:54:16.45\00:54:17.85
"Then the," what?
00:54:17.89\00:54:19.39
"Serpent said to the," who?
00:54:19.42\00:54:21.29
"Woman, 'You'll
not surely die.' "
00:54:21.32\00:54:24.43
This is huge.
00:54:24.46\00:54:26.93
The serpent has
been lying to the woman
00:54:26.96\00:54:28.83
ever since the
fall of man in Eden.
00:54:28.86\00:54:33.17
And the woman is
the same symbol used
00:54:33.20\00:54:36.91
in Revelation 18 to
describe the harlot.
00:54:36.94\00:54:40.18
He said it to her,
00:54:40.21\00:54:42.18
"What did she do next?"
00:54:42.21\00:54:44.35
What did the woman do next?
00:54:44.38\00:54:45.75
Come on, we all know the story.
00:54:45.78\00:54:47.12
When he told her
she wouldn't die,
00:54:47.15\00:54:49.02
who did she tell?
00:54:49.05\00:54:51.72
She told what?
00:54:51.75\00:54:53.39
She right away
became an evangelist
00:54:53.42\00:54:56.06
for the devil.
00:54:56.09\00:54:57.43
She told him the same
lie that the devil told her.
00:54:57.46\00:55:00.30
Now this is a
powerful spiritual connection.
00:55:00.33\00:55:02.70
The lie that Satan has
told to the harlot woman,
00:55:02.73\00:55:05.53
she's now been
telling to other people.
00:55:05.57\00:55:07.90
And you'll be able to trace this
00:55:07.94\00:55:09.27
all around the world.
00:55:09.30\00:55:11.07
What's the first lie
he told, write it down.
00:55:11.11\00:55:15.48
You won't die, you won't die.
00:55:15.51\00:55:19.71
And today,
00:55:19.75\00:55:22.25
let's go to the
question number 34,
00:55:22.28\00:55:23.92
let's go quickly.
00:55:23.95\00:55:25.29
I'll elaborate later
on. I'll elaborate later on.
00:55:25.32\00:55:29.79
But I'll let the
Bible speak for itself.
00:55:29.82\00:55:31.49
Here it is. Okay.
00:55:31.53\00:55:33.13
The first lie he ever told
was, "You won't really die."
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The question, what is the truth
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that counter acts
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the teaching on
the immortal soul?
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What is the
truth that counteracts
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the teaching on
the immortal soul?
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All right.
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Okay.
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Go to Ecclesiastes 9:5-6.
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All right.
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Okay, let's go there.
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All right.
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Are you all ready?
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I'm going to read it now
for the interest of time.
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Together, "For the living know
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that they will die,
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but the dead know," how much?
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"Nothing,
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and they have no more reward,
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for the memory of
them is forgotten."
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That means their
mind cease to function.
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That's what happened...
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Their mind is no longer working.
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They're not thinking
about closed accounts
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and people that are
hanging out of their house.
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Look what else it goes on to say
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about this very
same interaction.
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It says, "Also their," what?
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"Love, their," what else?
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"Hatred, their," what else?
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"Envy have now," what?
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"Perished.
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Nevermore will they
have a share in anything.
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what? "Done under the sun."
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How long?
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Nevermore.
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Now, I'm looking at my next text
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that's going to come up,
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and I'm going to
hit it very quickly.
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Okay? Here it is.
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It's not on your scripture,
it's not on your sheet,
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I included this as annexure.
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Let's write this
down on this sheet.
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Ezekiel 18:4. Ezekiel 18:4.
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It's on the screen,
so you can bring it up.
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Here's what the Bible
says about the immortal soul.
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Together, "Behold,
all souls are Mine,
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the soul of the father
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as well as the
soul of the," what?
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"Son is Mine," together,
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"the soul who sins shall," what?
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"Die."
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Is there anything
called an immortal soul?
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No. Only God has immortality.
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Now, we will get
the gift of immortality.
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We will put on immortality
at the Second Coming of Christ.
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But there is no such
thing as you'll not surely die.
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Satan told that lie
and, friends, today,
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many people have
believed that lie.
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Here at A Sharper Focus,
we believe that the truth
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will make you free
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and we're going to
continue proclaiming the truth.
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If it doesn't make sense,
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keep consulting God's Word
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because I can
assure you one day,
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it'll all come
into A Sharper Focus.
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God bless you.
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