Welcome to "Battles of faith. "
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I'm Atonte Myers.
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- And I'm Ivor Myres.
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In these programs we
have been learning about
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Satan's battle plans against us.
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But the good news is that Jesus,
God also has battle plans,
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and they are
revealed in His Word.
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And He promised us,
that if we follow His Word,
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if we live our life
according to His Word,
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we will have victory,
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and we will be able to
escape that black hole.
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Isn't that good news?-
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That's excellent news, Atonte.
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We know, that God
sent His Son into the world
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to deliver us and also,
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to reveal to us the
battle plans of the enemy.
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And that is what
this program is all about.
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We want to share with you His...
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- not only the
enemy's battle plans,
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but also God's battle plans.
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How God wants
us, how He expects us
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to gain the
victory over the things,
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that the enemy of souls is
trying to use to bring us down.
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And there is a text, Atonte,
that I would like to share.
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Right up front,
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Luke 4:18 the Bible says here
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"The Spirit of the Lord is upon
me,- these are Jesus' words,-
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And many of us even though
we may not be aware of it,
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are being held
captive in this black hole,
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which we consider "The
entertainment industry"
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That's right.
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And again it's just such a
wonderful news, that Jesus says:
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Through Me... - I
mean, His mission-,
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He was anointed for this very
purpose to break that spell,
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to brake that dominion,
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that our sin has over
us and to set us free.
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And to make us ex-captives
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in this
particular war against sin.
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That's why television
has taken a serious role
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in the life of most Americans.
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Most Americans, I think
I've seen it even on 3ABN,
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that not that they only have
one television in their home,
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but they have two or three,
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or each member in the
family has one in their bedroom!
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- That is right.
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Well, it's definitely
something that is taking a hold
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of our society.
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We have been talking
about in this series:
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music, movies, the
entire entertainment industry,
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and how it is pulling or sucking
the life blood out of... -
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not only of the world-,
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but also many of God's people
are trapped in this "past time",
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- if you want to call it that. -
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And again the Bible
tells us in 1 Peter 5:8.
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It says here:
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So Atonte, it's again,
God wants us to be aware,
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that we've got an adversary.
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If we are going to
walk around saying:
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You know, there is no adversary.
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There is no evil,
everything is fine.
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We are deceiving ourselves!
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God wants us to realize,
that we've got an enemy.
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But He also wants us to realize,
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that we have
got a friend in Him.
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That's right.
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And I think most
people are thinking,
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you know, the that Lion...,
the Devil..., the adversary...
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You know they don't see
him in that literal form,
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and so they seem to forget,
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that still his mission is,
that he is constantly after us.
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And if he is not
literally in a lion form,
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that he is out
there in some way.
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That's right.
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We want to talk in
this program about:
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The new face of spiritualism.
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When we think
about spiritualism,
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we often think about things like
Harry Potter, and witchcraft...!
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And those things are
indeed spiritualism Atonte,
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but there is an
other face to spiritualism,
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that I think many
people are missing.
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I think is
really summed up nicely
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in 2 Corinthians 11:14
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The Bible says here:
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The Bible tells us here,
that Satan actually appears
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or can transform
himself into an angel of light.
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A lot of times we look for evil,
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we are looking in
all the dark places,
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we are looking at Harry Potter,
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we are looking at
all your horoscope sign,
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and all these different things.
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But the Bible tells us,
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that Satan also
hides behind light.
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And there is a
very powerful quote
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from the book
"Prophets and Kings",
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that deals with
this particular issue.
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We will go to this slide,
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it talks about those
involved in spiritualism.
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Wow! That lets us know,
that there are other ways,
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that we can actually
communicate with evil spirits,
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without even going to a psychic.
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Yes. That's right.
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It was called here "...
pleasant forms of evil. "
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in other words things
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that we wouldn't be
so quick to jump at.
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At things we probably say:
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well, I don't see
anything wrong whit that.
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But as we go to the Word of God
and as we have our minds open,
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than we'll begin to say,
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wait a minute, this is
too a form a spiritualism.
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Here is another
powerful statement
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from the book Maranatha page 59.
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And it says here:
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And again Atonte,
this is pointing out... -
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I want to stress
this to our listeners -
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that spiritualism is
taking on a new form today.
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And while we've got to
be aware of Harry Potters
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and all the different things,
that are going on out there,
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and many books
that are being written.
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We've also got to realize,
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that Satan
knows and understands,
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that as Christians
we know pretty much,
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that Harry Potter over evil.
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We see the over evil in it.
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And so he says,
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Well, for them I'm
going to do something else.
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And again this is what we
want to do in this program.
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We want to reveal His
plans and also point out,
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that Jesus
Christ has a way for us,
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to escape these
end time deceptions.
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That's right.
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I was raised in
a Christian home,
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and I was told from a young age,
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that you know you
stay away from anything
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like witchcraft or
anything that has to do with
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witches or the wee-gee
board, or anything like that,
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But I definitely was involved
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in a lot of the other aspects
of the entertainment industry.
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With the music, the
other television shows,
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and they were
beginning to change my mind.
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The way, that I
thought and I felt.
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And I behaved according to
those thoughts and feelings.
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That's right.
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You know in the book of Genesis,
- we've discussed this before,-
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but in the book of
Genesis, Adam and Eve,
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or rather Eve was
approached by the Devil,
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but he did not
appear as himself.
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He appeared in
the form of a serpent.
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And Atonte, we would say,
that serpent was a medium.
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Satan used a
medium to deceive Eve.
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And one of the things,
that blows my mind Atonte is:
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when you look at
the word: "medium",
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and you think about
the plural of that word;
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The plural is: "media".
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And I mean, that is incredible
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because when you
think about it, Atonte,
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a medium is,
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that which is used by
the spirits to communicate.
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And he didn't choose
to just use any medium,
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but we know, at
that time before sin,
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the serpent was one of
the most beautiful creations,
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that God created.
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It's said, the
serpent was very flattering,
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and the Devil used this
serpent to communicate with Eve.
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And you think about
the media today Atonte,...
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Now I'm not saying, that all
media falls under this category,
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but we must come to
the conclusion, Atonte,
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that the Devil is using
the media today as a medium,
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to communicate his
character to millions of people
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across this planet.
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I have to agree.
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I came across this news
source, it was from the A.P.
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It was talking about Demi Moore
and her new boyfriend Ashton,
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and it was simply saying,
that: They are so amazed...
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that was the title of this
article from the New York A.P.
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It says they were so amazed,
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and when they were
asked the question:
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Well, when you'll
going to get married?
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And than he said,
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well we don't feel a
need to do anything formal
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We'll just going
to buy this new house,
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move in together and
live happily ever after.
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And that totally goes contrary
to what the Word of God says.
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But our young people or even
people period in the world...
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We look at the stars,
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we look at
television and whatever they do,
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not consciously
but subconsciously
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we put a mark of OK on it.
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Yes, the character is
actually the character of Satan.
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The character of rebellion
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is actually
communicated through this media.
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And again Atonte, I mean,
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that's why it's so important,
what kind of media we behold.
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Again, 3ABN is an
excellent media source,
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because through 3ABN
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we are getting
connected with Jesus Christ.
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We are getting
connected with the Holy Spirit.
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Not a fallen spirit.
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But these other media
stations and channels,
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and different forms
of media are actually...
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- I believe,-
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bringing people into
contact with the enemy of souls.
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What do you think will
happen if the majority,
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I won't say all,
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but the majority of
those who are entertainers,
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In Hollywood started promoting
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the principles and
the character of God
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on the big screen, on
television, within the music...
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Don't you think, will do a big
turn around in our young people?
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Yes, but we know, that
is not going to happened.
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No. We know, that is
not going to happened.
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but they are
promoting the exact opposite.
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That's right.
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And that's what
young people are doing.
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It's OK to have premarital sex,
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it's OK to live with your
boyfriend or your girlfriend
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before you are married
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because that's what they
see every day, all the time.
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That's right.
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Let's look at
another word, Atonte:
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Channeling..., or to channel...
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The definition of channeling:
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And really Atonte it's
just a synonym for a medium.
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You know a person, who is a
medium or who is a channeller.
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It's the very the same thing.
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It's the act of communicating.
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And it's interesting
Atonte, when I think about
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when we say things like:
why don't you turn the channel?
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Let me say this:
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I'm not saying,
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that turning stations
is equivalent to sorcery.
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Because sometimes I turned
from 3ABN to Hope Channel.
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That's right. And
that is on no way sorcery.
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However, is it possible,
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that through those
channels, that we are watching,
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- You know those channels,
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that promote the
principles of rebellion,-
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could it be possible, that
the Devil is actually channeling
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or using that as a medium to
communicate his spirit to us?
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Again, we would shrink
from going to a channeller,
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we would shrink
to going to a medium,
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but yet the Devil repackages his
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spiritualism in
a different form,
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And Atonte, you can see,
young people are so hypnotized
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by what they are
beholding on television,
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what they are seeing, and we
treat it as something natural
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Men, I wonder why
there are acting like that?
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When we see
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that spiritualism,
actually changes its form
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into a more pleasant form,
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that people are not expecting,
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and we see the media
for what it really is,
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when it is uplifting
the principles of rebellion.
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And these different
channels, that just you know,
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allow this garbage
to come into the home,
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you stop and you realize
according to the Word of God:
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This is Satan's new
form of spiritualism.
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Now, some people out there
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may not really understand
the whole concept of channeling.
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Why would
somebody go to a channeller
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or another person who
does something like that?
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Is it because they can't be
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in direct contact with
the evil spirits themselves?
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They are using a
go-between, a medium?
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Right. They are using a medium
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to try to get contact or try
to get information from spirits,
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that will help them
to better their lives.
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And you know, Atonte,
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It's amazing,
that as you wonder,
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why so many kids are
watching what the are watching,
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and listening to what
they are listening to?
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And it is with the hope
of bettering their lives,
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or at least what they
see Hollywood presenting:
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You can be this,
you can be famous,
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And they are
going to these channels,
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they are going to these
different media outlets,
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and they are allowing
ignorantly - I might add -
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the enemy of souls to
pervert their characters.
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So, what you are saying is,
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that most people
would not go to a psychic.
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Where we live,
there is a psychic,
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a place where people
can go to get palm-reading.
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You see a big palm on
the front of their building.
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So most people would
not go to that place.
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So Satan says, well, since you
will turn on your television,
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and you will watch things
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that may not be
talking about God,
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I can use that.
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Exactly.
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And that's
basically the same thing.
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You know, Atonte,
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we talked about this, we
talk about this quite often,
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You know the soap operas,
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I know that you were once into
the soap operas, I never was,
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but I mean, you just
look at what soap operas do to
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so many young girls;
why are they watching these?
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It is totally a fantasy realm.
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and the things,
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that the soap operas portray
across the television screen,
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are incredible.
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And people watch and they behold
and they become mesmerized.
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And they become changed.
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I was very
addicted to soap operas.
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Even in college I
wouldn't take certain classes
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because they conflicted
with my favorite soap opera.
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They definitely had
an effect on my life.
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That was
negative and not positive.
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But praise Got I've
been able to get victory.
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And if you are
addicted to soap operas
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you can get the victory too,
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because that's
Jesus' promise in His Word.
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That's right. 2
Corinthians 3:18 tells us that
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"By beholding we
become changed. "
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And I believe, that what
we behold will change us.
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This is why we want
to direct our listeners
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to behold Jesus Christ,
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because when you
behold those other things,
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it is going to have an
effect on your character.
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Satan will have an
avenue to your soul.
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You know these are
the avenues to the soul:
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The ears, the eyes.
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Satan will take advantage
of that and He will come in,
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and by you beholding
you will become changed.
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God says: I want
you to behold My Son.
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By beholding Him, Atonte, we'll
become changed into His image,
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and into His likeness.
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And this is a crucial
part of the battle plan,
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if we'll get the victory over
this new face of spiritualism.
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It's true, the
closer I got to Jesus,
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the more time I spent
in His word and in prayer,
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in constant communion with Him,
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the less I desired
the things of the world,
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the less I wanted to
watch the soap operas,
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the less I wanted to watch those
sitcom shows that were no good,
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or go to those movies,
that were not edifying,
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that would not draw
me closer to the Lord.
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So you are changed
by beholding Jesus.
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That's right.
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Let's look at another term.
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And actually this verse is found
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The Bible tells us
there a powerful statement.
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It says:
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...is iniquity and idolatry.
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I'm just going
to read up to there,
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because the Bible points
out in this verse, Atonte, that
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rebellion, - and in the KJ
version the "is" and the "as"
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are italicized.
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So the Bible is not saying,
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that rebellion is
something similar to witchcraft.
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No. It is saying that
rebellion is witchcraft.
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When something is italicized
in the Bible that means...
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...That is not there
in the original writings.
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So it' added.
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So the Bible tells us here:
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The rebellion is a
form of witchcraft.
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It is a form of sorcery.
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Because we are
rebelling against God,
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and the author
of that rebellion is
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the ultimate
sorcerer, or Satan himself.
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Now again, the word
here for witchcraft,
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it means: to whisper a spell
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That's what witchcraft means.
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In this particular verse
it means: to whisper a spell.
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And Atonte, as I think about,
that definition of witchcraft,
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You know, I remember
being out in the industry,
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and just having my mind
saturated with Hollywood.
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Voices of Hollywood and of
the movies and of the music,
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that I had been listening to,
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you know, I'm hard,
I'm this, I'm that...
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and you repeat those words,
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and these words just
floating around in your mind,
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and all these
spells, Atonte, as it were,
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are controlling you.
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Look at..., a lot of
these school shooters,
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And they will tell you:
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You know, we heard voices.
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Were those voices come from?
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"Music I was listening to. "
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"Television
programs I was watching. "
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Why did you break
your wow of virginity?
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"I heard voices. "
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Well, they are not going
to say "I heard voices. "
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but there was the
voices of the media.
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There was the thought.
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That's right. That was
these thoughts saying to them:
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Do this. You don't have to wait.
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You don't have to be pure.
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And all these
different things, Atonte,...
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Remember, spiritualism
comes in a new form,
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And especially through
the entertainment industry.
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We are seeing these
things just mushroom...
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...into an unbelievable problem.
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And with these school shooters,
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they are from totally
different parts of the country.
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They did not know each other.
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But they ended up
doing the exact same thing.
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Because they were
listening to the same music,
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and the same
violent television programs.
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When you were in the world, and
in the entertainment industry,
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and all those thoughts
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and everything were
flowing through your mind.
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And you've reminded
me of being a child,
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and me and my brother..., there
was a bunk bed in his bedroom,
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I was on the top and
he was on the bottom.
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My favorite show at
that time was "The A team".
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some of you that are my
age will remember "The A Team"
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We would go to bed
quoting the entire hour program,
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or what every
character said in that program.
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But if you would asked
us to quote a Bible verse,
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we could not do it.
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We could actually rehearse every
single line over and over...
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That's right.
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That brings us back to
the word: witchcraft, Atonte.
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We said, that the word
meant: to whisper a spell.
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And it seems, that as we behold
some of these things on TV,
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there is a spell, that
actually comes over our mind.
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And will just have us
hypnotized as it were.
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It's interesting, Atonte, that
the word "spell" actually means
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"a bewitched state, a trance"
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A compelling attraction,
charm, or fascination.
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And that's powerful, Atonte.
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Because Satan
knows how to charm.
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He knows how to
bewitch, how to fascinate.
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When you think
about this in the light,
00:20:05.31\00:20:08.20
even going back to
the Garden of Eden.
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A powerful quote here
from Youth Instructor,
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which was written July 1, 1897.
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And listen what it
says about this temptation:
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Atonte, we see here, that
way back to the Garden of Eden
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where Satan came in
the form of a medium
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to come and
communicate with Eve,
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that He charmed her,
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or he beguiled her.
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He fascinated
her with his beauty.
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He entertained her, Atonte.
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And again, it's amazing
when you look at Hebrews 13:2.
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The Bible tells us there:
00:21:03.85\00:21:04.82
"Be not forgetful
to entertain strangers:
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for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares. "
00:21:07.32\00:21:12.40
Now if it is possible
to entertain good angels,
00:21:12.43\00:21:16.43
is it also possible
to entertain evil angels?
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I would think so.
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Very possible.
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Again this word here
"entertain" it means,
00:21:22.52\00:21:25.05
To come in or to allow to
come in, or to be a host for.
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You know if I'm going to
entertain someone in my home
00:21:29.44\00:21:32.09
today,
00:21:32.19\00:21:33.16
I'm saying, that I'm going
to invite them in as a guest.
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And, Atonte, Eve
entertained the Devil
00:21:36.41\00:21:40.88
by inviting him,
allowing him to come in
00:21:40.92\00:21:43.90
and take
possession of her thoughts.
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And that's powerful, Atonte,
00:21:46.92\00:21:48.46
because it is in
this very the same way
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through the
medium or of the media,
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a lot of media, that the Devil
comes in, and we entertain him.
00:21:53.52\00:21:59.61
So there is two way
entertainment going on here.
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The Devil is entertaining us
by all these different things,
00:22:01.76\00:22:04.93
but we also entertain him
by allowing him to come in,
00:22:04.96\00:22:07.93
by opening up ourselves
00:22:07.96\00:22:09.37
to be a host for
him to reside within us.
00:22:09.41\00:22:13.49
So you are saying that
00:22:13.52\00:22:15.08
by watching certain TV programs
or watching certain movies,
00:22:15.12\00:22:19.60
we are actually
inviting Satan in...
00:22:19.63\00:22:21.77
That's right.
00:22:21.80\00:22:23.34
...to our home to
entertain our minds.
00:22:23.37\00:22:26.11
That's the down
side of entertainment.
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Are many forms of entertainment,
00:22:29.34\00:22:31.66
that are not
acceptable in the sight of God.
00:22:31.70\00:22:35.23
They are really channels.
00:22:35.26\00:22:38.83
Through these the
Devil can actually come in,
00:22:38.87\00:22:41.63
and take up
residence within our hearts.
00:22:41.66\00:22:44.10
There may be some
young person out there,
00:22:44.14\00:22:47.36
or an adult, or
anyone out there saying:
00:22:47.39\00:22:49.17
"It's too hard for me not
to watch these programs. "
00:22:49.21\00:22:53.65
A little secret
to let you in on.
00:22:53.68\00:22:55.27
Something, that we
have done in our home is:
00:22:55.31\00:22:57.20
I don't trust myself either.
00:22:57.23\00:22:58.68
It is too difficult
00:22:58.71\00:22:59.86
not to sometimes just
watch some of those programs,
00:22:59.90\00:23:03.89
that are not edifying to God,
00:23:03.92\00:23:04.89
So what we've done is,
00:23:04.90\00:23:06.06
we don't spend extra
money each month for cable.
00:23:06.10\00:23:08.78
Because I know, that
are some things out there,
00:23:08.82\00:23:11.47
that if I'm not
totally surrendered to God,
00:23:11.50\00:23:14.03
I may watch them.
00:23:14.06\00:23:15.07
That's right.
00:23:15.11\00:23:16.08
And it will be Satan's thoughts
00:23:16.09\00:23:19.23
and his feelings
getting into my head.
00:23:19.27\00:23:21.55
And I don' want that.
00:23:21.61\00:23:22.58
That's right.
00:23:22.59\00:23:23.57
That's the last
thing we want, Atonte,
00:23:23.60\00:23:24.82
the Bible says in Gal 3:1
00:23:24.85\00:23:27.15
Now again, we've mentioned
00:23:27.18\00:23:29.41
witchcraft what we often
thinking like it said about,
00:23:29.45\00:23:32.83
you know all the things,
that we know are overly evil.
00:23:32.86\00:23:36.21
But look at the this
definition in Gal 3:1
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It says:
00:23:38.42\00:23:39.86
"O foolish Galatians,
00:23:39.89\00:23:40.86
who hath bewitched you, that
ye should not obey the truth?"
00:23:40.87\00:23:46.21
Do you realize
according to this text,
00:23:46.24\00:23:49.17
that when we
refuse to obey the truth,
00:23:49.21\00:23:51.07
when something gets into
our heart or into our mind,
00:23:51.11\00:23:54.02
that pulls us away
from obeying the truth,
00:23:54.05\00:23:56.96
Paul here
attributes it to witchcraft.
00:23:57.00\00:23:59.88
So again we look
00:23:59.91\00:24:00.88
Was Eve pulled
away from the truth?
00:24:00.89\00:24:02.40
What was it,
00:24:02.43\00:24:03.40
that convinced her not to
follow the dictates of God?
00:24:03.41\00:24:07.72
Well, she was bewitched.
00:24:07.75\00:24:08.72
As is every person who says: I'm
going to turn my back on God.
00:24:08.73\00:24:11.57
And one of the
most powerful ways
00:24:11.60\00:24:13.76
through which
the Devil can bewitch
00:24:13.80\00:24:15.89
so that we would not follow
the truth in this society today,
00:24:15.93\00:24:19.61
is through the
entertainment industry.
00:24:19.64\00:24:21.53
Now to clarify something there,
00:24:21.56\00:24:23.91
Didn't Eve have
to make a decision?
00:24:23.95\00:24:26.72
She actually made
a decision to stop
00:24:26.76\00:24:29.56
and entertain the
serpent at the tree.
00:24:29.60\00:24:32.33
That's right. And that was
the decision that she made.
00:24:32.37\00:24:34.18
Once she stopped at this tree
of knowledge of god and evil,
00:24:34.22\00:24:37.97
and allowed her mind to
entertain the Devil's argument.
00:24:38.00\00:24:41.42
That's where the Devil was
able to get her in his group.
00:24:41.46\00:24:44.85
And I want to
say to our listeners
00:24:44.88\00:24:46.99
to our young people and
to our old people out there,
00:24:47.03\00:24:49.79
Do not entertain...
00:24:49.82\00:24:51.85
Entertain
angels, the Bible says,
00:24:51.89\00:24:54.33
but don't entertain
the Devil and his angels.
00:24:54.37\00:24:56.25
Don't entertain their thoughts,
don't entertain their ideas.
00:24:56.29\00:25:00.01
And the biggest venue they
have to get across these ideas
00:25:00.04\00:25:03.73
is through the media.
00:25:03.76\00:25:05.79
So we have got to be
careful about what we call
00:25:05.83\00:25:08.55
"entertainment".
00:25:08.58\00:25:09.92
It is interesting, Atonte,
00:25:09.96\00:25:11.01
one of the definition
of the word "entertain" is,
00:25:11.05\00:25:13.38
to amuse with that, which makes
the time to pass pleasantly.
00:25:13.42\00:25:18.14
Now, it's amazing, Atonte
00:25:18.17\00:25:20.25
because God
says: Redeem the time.
00:25:20.29\00:25:22.60
The Devil wants
us to pass the time -
00:25:22.64\00:25:24.92
if you heard about passed time
00:25:24.95\00:25:26.40
What you will do for pass time?
00:25:26.44\00:25:27.86
One of the things,
00:25:27.89\00:25:29.45
that the Devil wants us is
to completely "pass the time".
00:25:29.49\00:25:33.12
Jesus says: Now
is the accepted time.
00:25:33.15\00:25:34.72
Now is the time to reach out
00:25:34.75\00:25:36.35
and to take hold
of Me and of my grace.
00:25:36.39\00:25:38.72
Now is the time to brake
the clutches of the enemy.
00:25:38.76\00:25:41.34
And the Devil says:
no, no, let the time pass.
00:25:41.38\00:25:43.93
I would like to
amuse you with things,
00:25:43.96\00:25:48.16
that pleasantly
make the time pass.
00:25:48.19\00:25:51.25
That's right. And
it's just amazing,
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it's so important in
the decisions, that we make.
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Because just like Eve,
once she made that decision,
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Satan was able to come in.
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So it is very important for
us to make the right decision
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and not allow Satan to
entertain us through TV
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or movies or other areas in
entertainment, that are bad.
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That's right.
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You know it is
God's desire for us
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to stand firm
and to stand strong.
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The Devil's desire to
pull us away from Him.
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The Devil's desire is to come
in like an overwhelming flood.
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So many young kids are like:
"everybody's is doing this,
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I can't stand strong. "
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It's like an overwhelming flood.
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The Bible tells
us in Isaiah 59:19
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"When the enemy
shall come in like a flood,
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the Spirit of the LORD will
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lift up a
standard against him. "
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And that
standard is Jesus Christ.
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Once we have our
minds stayed on Him,
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That's why the Devil wants
to pull our minds from Christ.
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Through all these
forms of entertainment
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he wants to come in
and possess our minds,
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but God says:
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I promise if you keep
your mind stayed on Me
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I will give you the victory.
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I will break the chains, that
are now holding you captive.
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And that is exactly
what Jesus Christ came to do.
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He came to set
the captives free.
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But when we're
stuck in that black hole.
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It is so difficult to
keep your mind stayed on Jesus.
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I'll be honest.
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I still have a difficult time
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just praying for
long periods of time.
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Because I'm used to
the TV-, movie thing,
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where everything
is going really fast.
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And the prayer
slows everything down
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So it is a constant
battle. And I need Jesus.
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That's right.
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And we want to
encourage all our viewers again.
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Remember, that if you are
trapped in this black hole,
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God wants to deliver you.
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And He can deliver
you through Jesus Christ.
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He did come to
set the captives free.
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And we believe,
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that by keeping our
minds stayed on Jesus Christ,
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we indeed will be
able to get the victory.
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Amen
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Well, we are out of time.
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Until next time,
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God Bless.
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