Like to welcome you
to Battles of Faith.
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My name is David
Shin and I'm here with
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Steve Wohlberg and
we've been going through
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a series building
a Biblical foundation
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delving into the
supernatural, into magic,
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into Wicca. And we
are going into the defense
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against the Dark
Arts and it's been quite
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a journey hasn't it, Steve.
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Yes, David it's been
a quite a journey and
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I'm very grateful to
be on this program and it
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is just so
appropriate that this program is
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called Battles of
Faith because that's really
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what we've been
dealing with a conflict,
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a cosmic conflict. A
struggle of war between
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the forces of good and
evil. And this is a big
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program because
we're gonna talk about
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defense. But, let me,
let me just start out by
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going to the Book
of Revelation, okay,
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chapter 12 and just
lay the context of the
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struggle of the
conflict of the war. Revelation
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12 verse 7, the Bible
says that there was war
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in heaven. The very
first war was not on earth
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it was in heaven
and the war was between
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God and the devil.
And as you continue to
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read on, verse 9 talks
about how Satan and his
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angels lost. His
sympathizers, they were
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kicked out. It says in
verse 9, the great dragon
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was cast out, that old
serpent called the Devil
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and Satan, who
deceives the whole world;
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he was cast out
into the earth, down here
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where we are and his
angels were cast out with
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him. And as you continue to read
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Revelation and study
the history, you see the
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battle continuing on
down throughout history
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in verse 12,
Revelation 12:12 it says rejoice
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you heavens and
you who dwell in them!
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But woe to the
inhabitants of the earth
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and the sea! For the
devil has come down to
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you, having great
wrath, because he knows
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that he has but a
short time. We've talked
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about how those
that are involved in
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witchcraft and
spiritual as a mediums they
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don't believe in the
devil, we do, we believe
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there's a real devil.
The Bible reveals him and
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exposes him and
warns us against him and
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tells us that he is
here, he is full of anger and
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wrath and fury,
because he knows his time is
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running out. And he is
trying to take everybody
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down with him as
many as possible and
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David, once you really
get into the supernatural
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arena and you
realize they are evil angels
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out there. Satan and his
angels, it just creates a
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need for protection,
for defense, how do we
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defend ourselves
against these forces.
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That's our focus
today. So, we are in a battle
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and this battle is
between Christ and Satan
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and the battle
started in heaven, it's been
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transferred to earth
and I'm assuming that
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we're in the
midst of this battle.
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Yes we are. And
the controversy is
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going to be as to how
we get a defense in the
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midst of this battle
against the forces of
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darkness. Yes and
we need that defense.
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Okay. And the Bible
is very clear on how to
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have that defense and
that's what we're gonna
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really zero in on.
Let's go to the Book of
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Ephesians, Ephesians
chapter 6, Ephesians 6
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is a very powerful
chapter where Paul talks
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about putting on the
armor of God. We cannot
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defend ourselves
in our own strength.
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We need supernatural
power, our enemies are
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supernatural and we
need supernatural help.
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Ephesians 6 verse 10,
Paul wrote, finally my
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brethren, be strong
in the Lord, God's power
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and in the power of
His might. Put on the
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whole armor of God
that you may be able to
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stand against the
wiles of the devil. Okay.
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Paul is clear there
is a devil and there is a
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God, we're in the
middle we needs God's
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armor upon us in
order to stand against his
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wiles, against his
deceptions, against his
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delusions, which are
sweeping planet earth in
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these last days. And
I wanna put up on the
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screen a picture from
the Harry Potter movie,
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I just wanna make
some comments about this,
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there is just a
quick, quick picture there,
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we did a whole
program on this that Harry
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Potter, it's a series
of books and a series of
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movies that are
being read and watched all
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around this world. I
think it's very significant
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that in the Potter
series, Harry is a young
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wizard boy and he
goes to a school called
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Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry
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and he takes a class,
he takes many classes.
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On divination, and
potions, and spells,
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but his favorite class
is called defense against
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the dark arts, that's
his favorite class, where he
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learns through
learning certain spells how to
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protect himself
against the evil wizard Lord
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Voldemort. Now, a
lot of people and we've
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talked about this
controversy, a lot of
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people think the Harry
Potter series is just a
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total, just
entertainment, there is
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no real witchcraft in
those books. That is not
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true. I have a book
here in my hand and we've
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referred to this a
couple of times it's called
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Teen Witch, Wicca
for a new generation,
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this is a book by a
best selling author. She is a
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Wiccan, she is a
witch, she's into witchcraft
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and she is teaching
witchcraft to teenagers
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and there is a lot
of books out here in the
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world like this and
I don't recommend them,
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but I wanna a point
here that in this best
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selling book teaching
witchcraft to teenagers,
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chapter 9 is called
protection, you see that
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protection. Umm!
Protection. Okay.
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And the whole
chapter is about how to learn
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spells to protect
yourself against evil.
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It's called the
protection magic and
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the author wrote
that we have to deal with
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protecting ourselves,
our homes, our friends,
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and our families.
And then this author says
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you have three
very important assets to
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protect yourself from
evil. Now number one is
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common sense she
says, number two is our
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American sense of
justice and number three is
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witchcraft. Protect
yourself from witchcraft.
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Now my point in
sharing this is that the Harry
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Potter books and
movies, where Harry takes a
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class at Hogwarts
to learn how to protect
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himself from evil
through witchcraft and
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spells, parents that
is the exact philosophy of
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real witchcraft,
whether you believe it or not it
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is, even though there
is a lot of fantasy and
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goofiness in the
Potter books, the philosophy
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underneath it, many,
many times is, is the
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real philosophy of
the craft. And when kids
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are reading these
books and thinking that
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Harry you know was
going there, learning
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how to protect
himself through witchcraft and
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spells, seeds are
being planted in their minds
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and that is exactly
what real witchcraft is
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teaching and that's
what this book is teaching
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and it is, the truth is
that it is, it is ridiculous,
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it is ludicrous, it is,
it is foolish to think that
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you can protect
yourself from evil through
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witchcraft, witchcraft
is an open door for evil
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not a way to
protect yourself from evil.
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So, you're saying
that even within the
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witchcraft craft there
is witchcraft to protect
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against the evil
witchcraft. There is a
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good witchcraft
and there is an evil
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witchcraft. That's
right and they try to protect
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themselves by
casting good spells. Okay.
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But, you cannot, you
cannot protect yourself
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from the devil by
casting a spell. Satan is
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much more powerful
than that and he is
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behind spells
anyway. And so let's look at
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what the Bible
says, okay, about how to
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protect ourselves
from evil and it's not by
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casting spell. Let's
take a look at First John
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chapter 1 verse 9.
We're gonna look at five
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different points
right now, okay, very
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practical, very
biblical, very important for all
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of us to know how to
protect ourselves from
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the forces of evil.
And what is gonna start at
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the foundation. First
John chapter 1 verse 9,
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very simple passage,
very important these are,
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this is our source
of protection, our key,
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the key is to
protection. How to defend
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ourselves. We don't
need to take a class
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learning how to cast
spells, we need to read
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our Bibles, put on
the armor of God and
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follow the scriptures,
which tell us what to do.
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First John chapter 1
verse 9, David, I'll let
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you. Sure. I'll
let you read that text,
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First John 1:9, first
defense, line of defense
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1 verse 9; if we
confess our sins, He is faithful
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and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse
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us from all unrighteousness.
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That's right there
you see the picture on the
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screen that the girl
kneeling down, a woman
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kneeling and
confessing her sins. Okay.
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With an open Bible at
her feet. What brought
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Satan into humanity
in the beginning of time,
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in the Garden of
Eden, was Adam and Eve's
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choice to sin, to go
against God's will and
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that choice to sin
was an open door that
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allowed Satan to
enter into their hearts and
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into humanity and if
we want to be protected
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against Satan and
his evil forces the first
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thing we have to do
is make a choice to turn
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away from sin, to
close that door that we don't
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want sin in our
lives. And that's what this
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verse is saying, First
John 1:9, it says, if we
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confess our sins, He
is faithful and just to
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forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all
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unrighteousness.
Confession of sin closes
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a door. In a sense it
kicks Satan out of your
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life when sin
comes in, Satan comes in,
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when sin goes out we
confess it then the devil
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has to leave
because he cannot, he cannot
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abide where there
is no sin or when we
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confess sin and
God's power is then coming
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into our lives. Now
let's take a look at another
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passage, Acts chapter
20 verse 20, I call this
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20:20 vision.
Okay. Easy to remember
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this verse. Acts
chapter 20 verse 20.
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So, line of defense
number 1 is to believe
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the word of God and
to confess your sins,
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confess them to God
and let him forgive you.
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That's the first step;
we're getting away from
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the darkness.
So, Acts 20 verse 20.
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Acts chapter 20 verse
20 right and I'll read
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this passage. Okay.
20:20 vision, easy to
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remember it, Paul
wrote, actually it's
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verse 20 and then
21, I kept back nothing
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profitable to you,
but I've shown you and I
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have taught you
publicly and from house
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to house, and then
verse 21. Paul said I'm
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testifying both to
the Jews and also to the
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Greeks, repentance
toward God and then
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what's the next
step? And faith toward our
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Lord Jesus Christ.
Right and faith toward
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our Lord Jesus
Christ. Repentance toward
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God, I guess we can
call this 20:21 vision.
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Umm! Umm!
Repentance toward God and
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faith toward our
Lord Jesus Christ. We need
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to not only make a
choice to confess our
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sins and it goes right
with it, it's the flip side
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of the same coin. But
it's to repent of those
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sins, which means we
don't want them in our
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lives anymore and we
are responding to the
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grace of God and the
picture that we just saw
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shows a person and
people repenting because
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of the cross, because
they see the love of the
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cross and they realize
that sin has caused pain
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to the heart of
God. Okay. That's very
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important David,
repentance needs to be
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from the heart not
just a form. It reminds me
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of a little event
that happened in my life,
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a number of months
ago. I was in Oklahoma
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with my wife and my
son Seth, he was just
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under 2 at that
time and we were taking,
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Seth and I were taking
a walk out in the field
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and we happened to
find ourselves right in
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front of a pile of
rocks and you know what
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little kids like to do,
what little boys like to
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do when they see
rocks. They throw.
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Right, he, Seth knelt
down and grabbed a rock
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and we were just
there by ourselves in this
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field and he just
innocently and gleefully
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just threw it up and
threw it back behind him
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and guess where I was standing.
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Right there.
Right behind him and
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that rock went flying
through the air and it
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hit me right in
the mouth. Right there,
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and it was a pretty
good size rock and he
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threw it pretty hard.
And the first thing I did
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was I grabbed my
mouth and I felt my
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teeth. Make sure you have it.
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Make sure my
teeth were all their.
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I didn't need any,
you know, major dental
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work done and I felt
okay all my teeth are
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there, that's good
news thank you Lord and
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then, I can feel the
blood, I was starting to
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bleed, my lip starting
to flatten up, but I was
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okay and so my
next thought was Seth.
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I wasn't mad at
him because he didn't,
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you know, he did it
innocently, but I was
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thinking how can I
turn this into a daddy-son
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moment and teach him
a lesson. So, I knelt
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down, turned him
around and I said Seth,
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I felt my lip, I
said Seth look you hurt
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daddy, you hurt daddy. Oh! Wow!
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And he looked at me
and then I said Seth say
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I'm sorry daddy, I'm
sorry daddy. And so Seth
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looked at me like a
little robot, he just said
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I'm sorry daddy, I'm
sorry daddy. And I can
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tell immediately
he didn't mean it,
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he just said it 'cause
I told him. Well, here is
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the amazing thing
about a minute later,
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you know, I kind
of knelt back down,
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I was nursing my
little wound here and Seth
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started walking
around the rock pile and he
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walked a little bit
away from me and then he
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turned around on his
own initiative, I didn't
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say anything, he
turned around, he looked
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right at me and with
very earnest eyes he said,
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he said daddy, I'm
sorry, I'm sorry. And that
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time he meant it and
I was, I was amazed that
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a little boy not quite
two was feeling from his
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heart that he was
sorry that he had hurt daddy
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and he said it on
his own initiative and it
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really touched me
and then my mind thought
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about God, I thought
you know that is what
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real repentance is
all about. He is realizing
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that we hurt someone
by our sins. We don't
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wanna just confess
them and then keep doing
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them, we wanna
repented them and we wanna
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repent from our
hearts and we wanna say
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Lord, I'm sorry, I
didn't realize that I was
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hurting you. And that's
what real repentance is,
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its sorrow for sin,
that our sins have hurt
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Jesus, we've hurt God
and then it's a choice to
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turn away from
them. So, that's what
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repentance is and
that's what we need to do in
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order to defend
ourselves against the dark arts
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is repent from our
hearts. That we don't
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wanna sin anymore.
So, sin separates us from
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God because God is
our protection and when
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we confess our sins that means
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acknowledgment of our sin.
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That's right.
Repentance that you
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illustrated is a
genuine sorrow for sin and a
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turning away
from it. That's right.
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And these are some
defense against the dark
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arts as you mentioned before.
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That exactly right
and it's not only in verse
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21, Acts 20:21
vision, it says not only
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repentance toward
God, but faith toward our
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Lord Jesus Christ.
We need to trust in a
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simple child like
faith that Jesus Christ paid
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the praise for our
sins on the cross. All the
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sins we ever
committed were in Jesus
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mysteriously and he
died for them. He paid
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the price for them.
The wages of sin is death
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and he died that
death. And so we not only
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repent, but we trust
that he is our sacrifice,
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he is our savior.
His death is sufficient
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for me in order
for me to receive his
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forgiveness and his
salvation. And those are
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simple steps, steps to
Christ that these are the
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steps that will drive
the devil out of our lives
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and keep him away from us.
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I've, I've read in
another passage that,
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what about a person
that doesn't feel sorry
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like, like he is
illustrating the earlier,
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the first time your
son said, I'm sorry,
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it wasn't from the
heart, but is, I read in,
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I think it's Romans it
says that repentance is
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actually a gift. In
another words, if you ask
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the Lord for the
gift of repentance, Lord,
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I'm not sorry, but
help me to feel sorry.
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He will give you
that as well and so
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everything that is
needed for our salvation
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or even for our
defense is in Christ and you
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can ask him for
whatever you like, and?
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That's exactly
right. We can pray for them
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and we can ask God
to give them to us and
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heal. He wants to
give them to us anyway.
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And he is trying to
give them to us right now.
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So, let's look at the
next verse. Let's go to
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Revelation, chapter 12 verse 11.
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Revelation 12:11,
line of defense number
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three is the blood
of Jesus Christ. This is
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very powerful. The
same chapter that talks
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about the war that
started in heaven was,
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was transferred to
the earth and has been
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going on
throughout history and will
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intensify and has
intensified in this time,
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in the close of
time. We are in the very
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closing days of time.
Revelation 12 verse 11
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says that they,
referring to God's people.
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They over came him,
referring to the devil,
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by, by what? The
blood of the lamb.
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That's right, by
the blood of the lamb.
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And by the word of
their testimony and
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they loved not their
lives even to the death.
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They overcame by
the blood of the lamb.
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I can't really understand it,
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I can't fully explain
it, but I know that there
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is power in the
blood of Jesus Christ.
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Amen. I heard
that story once about
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Martin Luther,
the great Protestant
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Reformer. And one
night in the 1500s,
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he in the, in the
height of the reformation,
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he went to bed one
night and he had a dream.
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And in his dream he
saw the devil and the
00:17:02.87\00:17:05.33
devil came over to
him, holding a scroll and
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on that scroll was a
lot of words. And the
00:17:08.67\00:17:11.48
devil looked at
Luther and he said Martin
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Luther. Are you
Martin Luther? And Luther
00:17:13.30\00:17:15.46
said, yes I am. This
was his dream. And then
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he, he said are these
your sins written on this
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scroll? And Luther
looked and he said,
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yes those are mine.
And then the devil said,
00:17:23.24\00:17:25.98
and Martin Luther
do you know, what the
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wages of sin are? And
Luther said, yes I know
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what they are? And
the devil said, what is
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it? What's the wages
of sin? And Luther said,
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it's, it's death, the
wages of sin is death.
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And the devil laughed
insidious laugh, ha, ha,
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ha. And he said, that
means you're gonna die
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Martin Luther
because you've sinned.
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And Luther looked at
the devil and he noticed
00:17:46.24\00:17:48.16
that the devil's hand
at the top of the scroll
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was, was
covering some other words.
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And Luther said,
move your hand devil,
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move your hand.
What, what's under there?
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And the devil said I
won't. And Luther said,
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move your hand. And
the devil said I won't.
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And finally Luther
waxed bold as he was
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known to doing. And
he looked at the devil
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and he said in the
name of Jesus Christ move
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your hand. And the
devil couldn't stand
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under that, those
words and he moved his
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hand. And
underneath his hand was a Bible
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text from First John
1:7. And the text says,
00:18:17.86\00:18:21.22
the blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanses
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us from all sin. Hallelujah.
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And then Luther saw
that text. He knew the
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blood of Jesus was
his defense. And he said
00:18:30.19\00:18:32.19
Satan I'm under
the blood of Jesus,
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get out of here and
boom the devil was gone
00:18:33.78\00:18:35.85
and that was the end
of his dream. And it just
00:18:36.35\00:18:38.63
illustrates powerfully
that just what the Bible
00:18:38.85\00:18:42.91
says he overcame
him by the blood of the
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lamb and by the
word of their testimony.
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I think we've a
slide that illustrates the
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blood of Jesus Christ
and again I can't explain
00:18:50.57\00:18:54.01
it. I can't
understand it. There is no,
00:18:54.04\00:18:56.60
there is no human
wisdom that can really
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fully comprehend it,
but when we trust the
00:18:59.29\00:19:01.93
blood of Jesus
Christ that was shed on the
00:19:02.04\00:19:03.55
cross for our sins,
Satan cannot stand up under
00:19:03.91\00:19:07.68
that blood. That blood
represents Christ life.
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And his life is
enough, his death is enough.
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It is sufficient to
cover our sins. So, number
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one, confess your sins,
repent, trust in Jesus as
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your savior and rely
on the blood of Jesus
00:19:20.84\00:19:24.20
Christ. These are,
these are the defense.
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These are the steps
of defending ourselves
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against the Dark
Arts. Now, let's look at
00:19:29.20\00:19:30.70
another passage, David
we got a little bit more
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to do. Okay.
Let's go to Psalm 101.
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Psalm 101, the
S.O.S. Psalm. Psalm 101,
00:19:37.52\00:19:40.79
I sometimes refers
to this as the TV Psalm
00:19:41.65\00:19:43.83
because it talks
about the importance of
00:19:44.61\00:19:46.16
making sure that
what we watch is good and
00:19:46.52\00:19:49.62
not bad. And it
just perfectly applies to
00:19:49.65\00:19:52.30
television, watching
3ABN is a good thing.
00:19:52.46\00:19:54.74
That's right.
There is a lot of other
00:19:55.63\00:19:56.60
things out there
that we shouldn't be
00:19:56.61\00:19:57.58
watching. Psalm
101, take a look at this.
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Okay. Verse one
says, I will sing of mercy
00:20:01.58\00:20:05.37
and judgment, O
LORD, will I sing.
00:20:05.64\00:20:08.34
Verse two says, this
is David's prayer to God
00:20:09.15\00:20:12.03
and his song to
God. I will behave myself
00:20:12.47\00:20:14.76
wisely in a perfect
way. O when will you
00:20:14.96\00:20:17.13
come to me? I will
walk within my house.
00:20:17.25\00:20:20.27
David said with a
perfect heart. Verse 3,
00:20:20.72\00:20:23.81
I will set no wicked
thing before my eyes:
00:20:23.99\00:20:27.31
I hate the work of
them that turned aside;
00:20:28.76\00:20:30.38
it shall not cleave
to me. Verse 6 says,
00:20:30.54\00:20:32.69
my eyes shall be upon
the faithful of the land
00:20:32.84\00:20:35.84
that he may dwell
with me. Now, read this
00:20:36.51\00:20:38.44
passage carefully
David says, says things that
00:20:38.57\00:20:40.64
are in front of me
that are wicked. He said,
00:20:40.67\00:20:42.75
I'm not gonna be
watching them. I'm not
00:20:42.99\00:20:44.13
gonna put anything
wicked in front of my
00:20:44.16\00:20:45.58
eyes. I want my eyes
to be upon the faithful.
00:20:45.72\00:20:47.94
I want my eyes to be
upon the good things,
00:20:48.50\00:20:50.08
upon the things of
God. And that David this
00:20:50.43\00:20:52.62
was a very important
defense, when we think
00:20:52.65\00:20:54.15
about our homes, we
think about the things
00:20:54.18\00:20:56.55
that we read, the
things that we watch,
00:20:56.62\00:20:58.42
the things that we
listen to. A defense against
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the dark arts is to
get rid of anything that's
00:21:02.84\00:21:06.51
evil in our home
whether it's on the computer,
00:21:06.64\00:21:09.40
whether it's on TV,
change the channel or get
00:21:10.28\00:21:13.29
Christian satellite or
if they can't control it,
00:21:13.49\00:21:15.61
don't have the TV.
And if there's magazines
00:21:15.92\00:21:18.66
and books and
things that are gonna be
00:21:18.76\00:21:20.01
tempting you and
leading you into the
00:21:20.26\00:21:21.48
world then astray. We
need to get rid of these
00:21:21.68\00:21:23.45
things. We need to
close our eyes against evil
00:21:23.62\00:21:27.04
because Satan can
come in through what we
00:21:27.29\00:21:29.48
watch, through what
we listen to; these are
00:21:29.51\00:21:31.75
avenues into our
hearts. And this is part of our
00:21:32.01\00:21:35.23
defense against the
dark arts is to get rid
00:21:35.45\00:21:38.20
of these things, if
they are evil. So, we've a
00:21:38.32\00:21:40.30
choice the, the thing
is I will set no wicked
00:21:40.44\00:21:43.07
thing before my
eyes. That's right.
00:21:43.10\00:21:44.31
So, it's not just
like Oh! I can't help it,
00:21:44.36\00:21:46.33
God has given us
the power of choice to
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choose the type of
medium that we'll have.
00:21:48.69\00:21:50.54
That's exactly
right. Okay, one more line
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of defense, First John.
This is a very practical
00:21:53.64\00:21:55.86
program. First John
chapter 2, verse 13.
00:21:56.03\00:22:03.04
And we have a lot
of information on this,
00:22:03.21\00:22:04.77
on our website
whitehorsemedia.com.
00:22:05.12\00:22:07.24
We've resources that
are designed to help you
00:22:07.36\00:22:10.54
to protect yourself
from evil in these last days
00:22:11.00\00:22:13.91
and this is one of
the big ones. This is
00:22:14.28\00:22:17.22
probably the
biggest. First John chapter 2,
00:22:17.40\00:22:20.42
verse 13. I'm sorry
it's verse 14, I made a
00:22:20.56\00:22:25.87
mistake. Verse 14,
John wrote, I written to
00:22:26.07\00:22:28.81
you fathers
because you have known Him
00:22:28.99\00:22:31.28
who is from the
beginning. I have written
00:22:31.31\00:22:33.05
to you, young man,
because you are strong,
00:22:33.16\00:22:35.40
and the word of God
abides in you and you
00:22:35.90\00:22:40.21
have overcome the
wicked one. So, there it's
00:22:40.33\00:22:43.15
talking about how
to overcome the wicked
00:22:43.20\00:22:44.59
one. And the, the key
to victory is the word of
00:22:44.84\00:22:48.15
God not in the pages
of a book only, but it's
00:22:48.37\00:22:51.57
inside of us.
Memorizing scripture, learning
00:22:51.78\00:22:55.00
the Bible, learning
the power of the word,
00:22:55.14\00:22:57.08
as we learned the
power of God's word and
00:22:57.51\00:22:59.91
put it in our minds
and it abides in us that's
00:23:00.12\00:23:02.58
how we will
overcome the wicked one.
00:23:02.83\00:23:04.23
When Jesus was in
the wilderness tempted by
00:23:04.74\00:23:06.29
Satan, he resisted
Satan three times by
00:23:06.40\00:23:08.82
quoting scripture.
There is power in God's
00:23:09.05\00:23:13.23
word, his almighty
word. And if you wanna
00:23:13.82\00:23:15.61
overcome,
overcome the devil memorize
00:23:15.75\00:23:17.83
scripture. When
Satan comes to your door,
00:23:17.95\00:23:19.54
quote scripture
and he'll flee. And so
00:23:20.09\00:23:22.59
that's, that's our
defense David confessing
00:23:22.62\00:23:24.85
our sins, trusting
Jesus Christ, trusting his
00:23:25.17\00:23:27.02
blood, getting rid
of evil out of our homes
00:23:27.25\00:23:29.43
and memorizing
scripture and planting it in
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our minds, that's the
key, that's the source
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of victory. So, these
are some practical things
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we can do against,
against the darks of the
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enemy. Now, what do
you think is the, is the
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result of a
person that has you know,
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confessed her sin,
repentant, got these
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things, is there a sense
of piece in the life that
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comes to an
individual that has followed
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Christ or is it
unsettledness or is it.
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No. Is there a
reassurance a settled
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sense of peace when
the individual follows
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through. Sure, it's,
it's tremendous peace and
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rest, another
passage I'll just quote it,
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I can see our time is
running out, is Matthew
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chapter 11 verse
20 and 29. Jesus said,
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come to me, all
you who are weary and
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burdened and I will
give you rest. There is
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rest, there is peace
in Jesus Christ. And then
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he said take my
yoke up on you and learn
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from me. He wants
us to learn from him.
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Satan wants us to
learn witchcraft and magic
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and sorcery and
spiritualism, but God
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wants us to learn
about Jesus. He wants us to
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focus on the good
shepherd, on his love
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for us, on his mercy
and to enter the school
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Christ. Witchcraft is
a school, but it is the
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school of the enemy.
And the Bible wants us
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to enter the school of
Jesus Christ and to learn
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from him, to learn his
meekness, his humility,
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his goodness and
yes we will find rest,
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we will find peace, we
will find love, we will
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find power that you
can never find in the
00:24:54.69\00:24:56.97
world. There is
just no way around that.
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I've been there, I've
done that, I've been out
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there and now I'm in
here and I'm not going
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anywhere except
into my Bible and into my
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Bible and into my
Savior's love and into
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power of his Holy
Spirit. It works, it really
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works. And Jesus is
offering all of us that
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love and that power.
David, I wanna share one
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more text. Okay.
Galatians chapter 3,
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I can't leave this
program without reading
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this passage.
Galatians chapter 3 verse 1.
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It's talking about the
centrality of the cross,
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the importance of
the cross and Paul was
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concerned about the
early church in Galatia
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that they had been,
they had been bewitched.
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The word bewitched
is right there. We've
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been talking about
witchcraft, spirituals
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and the occult, that's
what this whole series is
00:25:46.51\00:25:47.78
about. And Paul talks
about being bewitched,
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but in this passage he
says, that we, we don't
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necessarily have to be
practicing witchcraft or
00:25:54.21\00:25:57.33
diving into
spiritualism in order to be,
00:25:58.22\00:26:00.51
bewitched, we can be
bewitched if we allow
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our minds to be
turned away from the cross of
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Jesus Christ. Paul
wrote in Galatians 3 verse 1.
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O foolish
Galatians, who has bewitched
00:26:12.88\00:26:14.99
you, that you should
not obey the truth before
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whose eyes Jesus
Christ has been evidently
00:26:18.39\00:26:22.44
set forth, crucified
among you. The center of
00:26:22.61\00:26:26.64
God's message in
this book is the cross.
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And Satan is trying to
bewitch us. So, that we
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don't see, we don't
see that message, we don't
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see that power, that
love. And God wants our
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eyes as we've talked
about previously to be
00:26:40.69\00:26:43.23
opened and he opens
them through scripture
00:26:43.52\00:26:46.58
and he reveals to us
supernaturally, through
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the Holy Spirit, he
helps us to see by faith that
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2,000 years ago the
son of the infinite God,
00:26:55.90\00:26:59.64
the maker of heaven
and earth stretched out
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his arms, took our
sins and suffered a horrible
00:27:02.44\00:27:06.90
death. Separating,
separated from his father
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because he loves us.
And he wants to get a
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hold of us and save us
for eternity and that's
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the power of the
cross and that's the message
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of this series on
battle, Battles of Faith.
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And my final comment
to you is don't let the
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devil cast a spell
on you and bewitch you
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away from seeing
Jesus and his love for you.
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Amen, amen. Thank
you very much Steve.
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This has been an
enlightening journey
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through scripture.
And today we've discussed
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defense against the
dark arts and how Jesus
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Christ and his
power is our only defense.
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And we can do some
practical things in to
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aline ourselves
with Jesus, confessions,
00:27:49.18\00:27:51.12
repentance, get things
out of our home that are
00:27:51.59\00:27:53.79
keeping us from the
cross and the blood of
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Jesus is the only
entity in this world that can
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give us that true
defense against the dark,
00:27:59.16\00:28:01.38
dark arts. My name
is David Shin and I'm
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here with Steve
Wohlberg, may the
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Lord bless you and
keep you in his care.
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