Hello, and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Christ Shelton, your host.
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I want to thank you
for joining us today.
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Today's message is
entitled "Finally."
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And how appropriate
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that we finally
come to the realization
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that we must daily
be seekers of truth,
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daily submitting
and committing our wills
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to our heavenly Father,
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daily taking time
in study and prayer,
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daily seeking His face
for direction in our lives,
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and daily putting on
the whole armor of God
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as described in the Book
of Ephesians 6:10 through 18.
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Ephesians 6:11 admonishes us
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to put on the
whole armor of God,
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so that we will be able to stand
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against the wiles and
the snares of the devil.
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We are reminded
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that we wrestle not
with flesh and blood,
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but against
principalities and powers,
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against rulers of the
darkness of this world,
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and the spiritual
wickedness in high places.
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That's in verse 12.
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Coming to the
realization of the warfare
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that we are all
part of is so vital
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in our ultimate
salvation of eternal life.
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As never
before, as never before,
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I just see spiritually
so many diversions or snares
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that the enemy has
placed in our lives
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that separate us
from the realization
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of what is actually taking place
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in our world today,
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from infants, even
just little babies,
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the enemy is keeping us so busy
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with amusements of
television, music, fun and games
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that we're just
kind of lulled to sleep
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into a false sense of security
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and neglect the
warnings of God's Word
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as the one found in the
Book of Ephesians Chapter 6.
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I look forward
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to what the Holy
Spirit will be presenting
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through Pastor
Kenny Shelton today
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concerning the armor of God
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in this message that
is entitled "Finally."
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And Finally is the 15th
study of 25 Bible lessons
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that correlate with
this Bible study guide
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that is entitled
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"Sharing God's
Love Makes You Happier,
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What The Bible Says."
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This was compiled by
Brother Richard Bland
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of the United Prison Ministries.
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But before we
begin today's message,
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let's visit 3ABN
and truly be blessed
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by a song sung
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by Pastor Kenny Shelton's sister
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Tammy Chance
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that is entitled
"Because of Who You Are."
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You spoke the words
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And all the
worlds came into order
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You raised Your hands
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And planets
filled the empty skies
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You placed the woman and
the man inside the garden
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And though they fell
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They found
compassion in Your eyes
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Oh, Lord, I stand amazed
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at the wonder of it all
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Yet a greater wonder
brings me to my knees
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Lord, I praise You
because of who You are
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Not for all the mighty
deeds that You have done
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Lord, I worship You
because of who You are
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It's all the reason that
I need to voice my praise
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Because of who You are
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One holy night
You sent Your promise
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From a virgin
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And promise grew
till He revealed to us
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Your heart
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Enduring love displayed
throughout Your crucifixion
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And through Your death,
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You tore the
dark and grave apart
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Oh, Lord, I stand amazed
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at the wonder of it all
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Yet a greater wonder
brings me to my knees
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Lord, I praise You
because of who You are
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Not for all the mighty
deeds that You have done
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Lord, I worship You
because of who You are
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You're all the reason
that I need to voice my praise
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Lord, I praise You
because of who You are
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Not for all the mighty
deeds that You have done
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Lord, I worship You
because of who You are
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You're all the reason
that I need to voice my praise
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Because of who You are
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Because of who You are
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Because of who You are
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Thank you for joining
us here at Behold the Lamb.
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Again, thank you, Sister
Tammy, for that beautiful song.
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I know that the Holy Spirit
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was leading,
guiding, and directing.
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And you know,
it's always a blessing
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when we hear
somebody sing praises
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unto the Lord.
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And we just wanna
give you a little shout out
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to say thank you to
each and every one of you
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for supporting
Behold the Lamb Ministry,
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for your prayers,
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everything that you do,
cards and letters, orders.
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People are calling and
we appreciate so very much
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because they wanna
hear the Word of God.
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So I praise God for
you, continue to pray for us,
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and we will pray for you
as we move along together.
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Today, I pray
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that this exciting study for you
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as it's been exciting
for me in study forward
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because it's simply,
sermon title is Finally.
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You know, what a
short sermon title,
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finally!
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And so we'll see what that means
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as we get into God's Word
in just a moment right now.
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I wanna go to the
Lord in prayer once again.
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We prayed several times
but we can't get enough prayer.
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So I just ask that
you would join with me
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if you will,
please, as we pray together.
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Loving Father in heaven, again,
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we wanna commit our self
into Thy care and Thy keeping.
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Lord, may we not
reserve anything,
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may we cast all our cares on You
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for You care for us.
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We pray for the
anointing of Thy Holy Spirit.
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Lord, I pray that
my mind will be clear
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and heart would be
clear, my hands would be clean
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and I ask for
forgiveness of sin.
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We pray to be
covered by Your blood
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that not only those who
are listening and watching
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may receive the message,
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but I may receive it myself
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and apply to my own
heart and to my own life
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that I may be ready to
meet You as well as everyone.
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Thank you for
hearing and answering prayer,
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thank you for Your Spirit.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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I know you have
your Bibles with you.
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That's always
something we always say here
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and we're gonna continue to say.
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It's very
important to have our Bibles
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that we may look
up these passages
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and jot them down.
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Again as I mentioned before,
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the sermon title
today is simply "Final."
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What does it simply
mean finally, finally?
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You know, I've heard
people say it before,
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"Finally, it's over."
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Well, finally has a
lot of different ways
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in which you can go with it.
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I want to start our really
with just a little small quote
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and we will repeat
it little bit later on.
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Why go over this message,
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people who would been
over in Ephesians Chapter 6
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many, many
times about putting on
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the whole armor of God?
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If I ask anyone of
you who are here today,
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"Do you believe we should
put the whole armor of God on?"
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Everybody would stand,
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"Yes, we put the
whole armor of God on."
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You know what that really means
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to put the
whole armor of God on?
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What does it really mean?
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And is it important?
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Well, this little quote comes
from Manuscript, number 95,
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this was written in 1903.
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And maybe this is the importance
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of this subject for today.
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It says, "Unless we
are constantly on guard,
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we shall be
overcome by the enemy."
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I know, some people may get
a little tired of hearing that,
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but we should never get
tired of hearing a warning
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that God has for us.
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Unless we are what?
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Unless we are
constantly on guard,
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we shall be
overcome by the enemy.
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And this
chapter, in fact, 5 and 6,
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we're dealing with today
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and just referring to Chapter 5,
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that it's so
very, very important
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that we're constantly on guard.
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In Ephesians Chapter 6,
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you can just
circle, if you will,
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verses 10 through 18.
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Now it'd be nice if we have time
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just to run and
read all of those,
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but we will go over each verse
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and try to get the
point in as quickly as we can
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because time goes
by rather quickly,
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it seems like, at
least when you're up front,
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maybe not for you,
folk, it goes by so quickly.
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To me, it just
seems like a few minutes
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and then it's gone.
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Paul begins here in
Ephesians Chapter 6,
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the final word
there in verse 10.
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What does it say?
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Finally!
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What is he
talking about, finally?
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You know, he
begins with these words.
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You know, what
does it really mean
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in this passage of scripture
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in context when he says finally.
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Simply means as for the rest,
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as for the rest of it.
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What was it Paul
Harvey used to say?
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This is the rest of the
story, something like that.
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Do you remember that?
Here's the rest of the story.
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And using that was
the punch line, wasn't it?
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That was really, you
know, grouping it together,
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was so wonderful.
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He says, "Here's
the rest of the story."
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That's what Paul was
saying, rest of the story?
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What, if what he
had been writing about
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not only in Chapter 5
but certainly in Chapter 6,
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he's spoken about unity.
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He spoke about unity
that need to be in the church,
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unity that we need
to have in the home,
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unity that we need
to have in the family,
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with our friends.
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He will say even in the world
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to have a unity where we can,
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whereas lot of people,
you have friends of the world,
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but you know, we
need to love them too
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because we need
to be seeking them
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to be the souls for the kingdom.
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So Paul goes into
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and he does some
theological speaking here
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in Chapters 5 and 6.
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And some spiritual,
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he looked at from a
spiritual angle here.
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How this unity works?
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He gives us all kind
of food for thought here,
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and so he wants us to
really look at it closer
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maybe than we ever had before.
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And so now, he gives us
all of these beautiful thoughts
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and now he tells
which I always like,
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is now how can we
live up to those things.
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He tells us what we should do.
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Okay, I've got that,
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but how did I live
that out in my own life.
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So he answers his own question,
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how we can live up to these
what God has said in His Word.
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He begins with this.
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You notice what he says,
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"Finally, my
brother, be strong," where?
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"In the Lord."
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So he says all of these
things are possible but how?
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Only in the Lord.
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This is where it
becomes possible here,
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in the Lord.
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We must abide, the
Bible talks about in Him.
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You remember
there, we talk about
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in John Chapter 15,
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talks about the
wine and the what?
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And the branches.
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We must abide in Him
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if we are to live
and certainly to move
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and to do what God
would have us to do.
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And then he simply
says as a bottom line,
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you abide in Me
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and then no matter what happens,
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My grace is what?
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My grace is sufficient,
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2 Corinthians 12:9,
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powerful, powerful words.
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Paul explain how we...
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Now this is why we need
and we're talking about this
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so important subject here
is he explains how we are,
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notice this, as Christians,
we are surrounded by the enemy.
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We are outnumbered by the enemy.
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You remember growing
up as kid, you'll say,
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"This sides are not fair,
you've got more than we have."
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We want equal number here.
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We are outnumbered.
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And the enemy
plays that game on us,
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like, "I've got more
than you guys have got."
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He wants you to think
that we're outnumbered.
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There's uneven sides here,
and Paul says, "You know what,
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the enemy says advantage enemy."
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Is it really advantage enemy?
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Are the evil forces
really more powerful
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than the forces of God?
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No.
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And until we call
upon the name of Jesus,
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we are outnumbered.
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The sides are not fair
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until we call
upon the name of Jesus,
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until we make an
alliance with Him,
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until we come
clean with Him and say,
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"Lord, we want You on
our side through faith."
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When we do that,
the game changes.
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We become not the
minority, but the majority.
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Isn't that wonderful to know?
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Before we accept Christ,
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well, we are defeated.
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After we accept Christ,
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we're more than
conquerors, what?
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Through Him.
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That's what the Bible says,
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and I trust God, and
I thank Him for that.
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So the word finally here
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has some
interesting thoughts here.
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Let's go back just a
few minutes if we can.
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Let's go back when sin came in.
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What did God see?
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Number one, He
knew it all in advance.
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But sin came in,
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the Lord saw our
fallen condition.
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Brother John, He
saw what a mess we are.
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He saw how weak
that we are without Him.
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And He knew the sides
were going to be uneven.
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He knew our utter helplessness.
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There's no way we could
make it out of this mess.
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He understood our need of grace.
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He understood our need
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that we're going to
need help along the way.
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He understood that as
sinners, we need a Savior.
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Praise God for
that. We need a savior.
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We need the love of Christ.
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Since we are then in need,
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I want you to think about this.
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Since we are in
need of a Savior,
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His love then and His grace
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becomes a necessary ingredient.
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Are you there?
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You know, when
you're doing some cooking,
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there are some
necessary ingredients.
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Don't leave one out.
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If you do, you might
have a mess on your hands,
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it's not gonna taste very good.
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We're talking
about a main ingredient
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in the plan of salvation.
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And in order for us
to be saved, God said,
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"They're going to
have to have some help."
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God wants everyone to
stand with the whole armor on.
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I think that's pretty clear here
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as we get into the study.
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He wants us,
notice this, to stand.
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We'll get into
that in just a moment.
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He says, "Well,
I want you to stand
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with the whole armor on."
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Notice it, why?
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Why do I want to
stand with the whole armor?
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I might be uncomfortable.
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I may not like
the way that it fits,
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I may not like
the way that it looks.
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I may not like the
comments that people might make
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because I dared to be different.
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You dared to be different, why?
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Just a little
quote that we looked at
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at the
beginning of this message,
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why do I need the armor on?
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Because unless we
are constantly on guard,
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what's going to happen?
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With our armor on,
we shall be overcome.
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Did you get it?
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Well, we're repeating here
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unless we're
constantly on guard,
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fit for battle,
we will be overcome.
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There's no time for slackness,
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you know, like, "I
don't have to worry
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about being on guard on."
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No, we need to be on
guard, constantly on guard.
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We'll be overcome.
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We have a desire, I
think, in our heart.
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I know that I do that I
like and I love the protection
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that God gives us
through the angels.
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We need that protection,
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we want to be like Jesus.
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But he's talking about
in order to be like Jesus,
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we're gonna have to have what?
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All this armor on, these things
in our heart, in our life,
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we need them.
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That means, to be like Jesus,
we need to be pure like Jesus,
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undefiled like Jesus,
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accepted of God like Jesus.
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What kind of words
would that be to nice to hear,
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"Come on into the gates,
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you beloved of heaven."
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Be like Jesus,
no spot, no wrinkle,
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no crease or any such thing.
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You know, have you looked
at your own life and do we,
00:17:40.99\00:17:42.79
you know, look at
it and say, "You know,
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I've got all these spots,
I've got them all cleaned.
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I've been to the cleaners,
I've got things solved."
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Is everything really ironed
out the way that it should be?
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Is our relationship
really right with Christ?
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Are we really have the thought
in our hearts and the mind
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that we wanna be
holy as Christ is holy?
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Holiness, you know, is a gift.
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As you study this lesson,
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holiness is a gift
of God through Christ.
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How does it work?
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Well, first of all,
when we accept Jesus Christ,
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let's put it in a nutshell.
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How does holiness really work?
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When we accept Christ,
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we become sons and
daughters of, what?
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After we accept Christ,
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we're sons and daughters of God,
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2 Corinthians 6:18.
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We become His
spiritual children.
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We're spiritual
children of the King.
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How exciting that
is to think about.
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We've been born
again, we've been renewed,
00:18:30.64\00:18:33.44
maybe even renamed.
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How wonderful that is.
00:18:35.48\00:18:37.18
We're adopted into
the family of God now
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because I've accepted Jesus.
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You read that in Galatians 4:5
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and certainly in Ephesians 1:5.
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And as we're
adopted in and we become,
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you know, part of God's family,
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we become changed,
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the Bible says,
from glory to glory,
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2 Corinthians 3:18.
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How is your life
if you think about it?
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Is it being changed every day?
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Is it being
changed for the better?
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Are we really beholding
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'cause what we behold
is what we become like.
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Is it very positive in
your Christian experience
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or is it may be negative.
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Maybe we have
most of the armor on
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but we don't have all of it on.
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Why?
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Because one piece again is
a little bit uncomfortable.
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Maybe we don't desire that.
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Manuscript 122 in 1901,
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notice this, these words
are so, so very important.
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"Those only, who
through faith in Christ
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obey all of God's commandments
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will reach the
condition of sinlessness
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in which Adam lived
before his transgression.
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They testify to
their love for Christ
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by obeying all of His precepts."
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Did you notice how powerful?
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Only those who have faith, what?
00:19:55.16\00:19:57.63
Through Christ obey
all of God's commandments.
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We can't do it on our own.
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We need the help of
God, don't we on this?
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But it says, we can
reach that stage of sinlessness
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because of who Jesus is,
because of what He offers us.
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It testifies of
our love for Him.
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Again, Ephesians 6:10,
00:20:14.98\00:20:17.71
"Finally, my brethren, "
00:20:17.75\00:20:19.31
it says here, "be
strong in the Lord
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and in the power of, " what?
00:20:21.25\00:20:23.08
"Of his might."
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Is anybody needing extra
power in their life today?
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Oh, but I need some more power.
00:20:26.79\00:20:28.79
I'm praying for
that power that we need
00:20:28.82\00:20:31.03
because we have
nothing within our self.
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And in order to get that power,
00:20:34.33\00:20:36.26
as we say there again,
00:20:36.30\00:20:37.63
to obtain that in
our hearts, in our life,
00:20:37.67\00:20:40.04
Ephesians 6:11,
00:20:40.07\00:20:42.10
it says, "Then if you want this,
00:20:42.14\00:20:44.01
then you put on the
whole armor of," what?
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"Put on the whole armor of God."
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You put on the
protection, armor,
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the protection power of God,
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the complete armor of God here.
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And again we say, "Why?
00:20:57.02\00:20:59.29
Why do we need
to put it all on?"
00:20:59.32\00:21:01.39
Well, we don't have
the heavenly armor on.
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It is for sure,
notice, when we have it on,
00:21:04.53\00:21:07.66
it's for sure that the
enemy cannot control us.
00:21:07.70\00:21:11.70
Are you thinking
with me? Think with me.
00:21:11.73\00:21:13.37
If we have all of the armor on,
00:21:13.40\00:21:15.87
the enemy can no
longer control us.
00:21:15.90\00:21:18.91
If you're missing one piece,
00:21:18.94\00:21:20.28
he's going to be
able to control that
00:21:20.31\00:21:22.01
and that's all
that he really needs.
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Think about it.
00:21:26.05\00:21:27.68
How can we stand
against the wiles of the devil?
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The wiles are what?
00:21:31.19\00:21:32.72
Wiles are simply his methods.
00:21:32.75\00:21:35.12
The wiles are
simply his trickery.
00:21:35.16\00:21:37.89
Satan uses
trickery, does he not?
00:21:37.93\00:21:39.63
So he tries to
trick you into it.
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He's deceitful,
00:21:41.60\00:21:43.20
his deceitfulness of the devil.
00:21:43.23\00:21:46.50
And so we cannot be victorious
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unless all of
the armor is on us.
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Manuscript 74, 1903.
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Notice these words.
00:21:55.18\00:21:56.51
It says, "No storm, no tempest
00:21:56.54\00:21:59.61
can move those
whose feet are planted
00:21:59.65\00:22:01.62
on the principles
of eternal truth."
00:22:01.65\00:22:04.75
So we need not make excuses
00:22:04.79\00:22:06.55
for why we're not living
maybe the Christian life.
00:22:06.59\00:22:10.03
We need not try
to blame other people
00:22:10.06\00:22:11.83
because our
relationship with Christ
00:22:11.86\00:22:13.46
is not what we
think it ought to be.
00:22:13.50\00:22:16.20
Remember, it's no
storm, no tempest.
00:22:16.23\00:22:18.87
I think the Word of
God is clear on that,
00:22:18.90\00:22:20.77
Spirit of
Prophecy is clear on that.
00:22:20.80\00:22:22.80
No storm, no tempest, no
matter what blows your way,
00:22:22.84\00:22:25.61
no matter somebody gives you...
00:22:25.64\00:22:27.44
They say somebody
gives you the devil.
00:22:27.48\00:22:29.58
Are you still there?
00:22:29.61\00:22:31.28
Somebody gives you the devil.
00:22:31.31\00:22:32.65
That's no reason for
us to throw up our hands
00:22:32.68\00:22:35.15
and say, "Oh man, I'm defeated."
00:22:35.18\00:22:37.35
If our feet, notice
this, if our feet are planted,
00:22:37.39\00:22:42.26
if our feet are solid on
the rock of Jesus Christ,
00:22:42.29\00:22:45.19
on the principles of what?
00:22:45.23\00:22:47.00
Of eternal truth,
00:22:47.03\00:22:48.56
we shall not be moved.
00:22:48.60\00:22:50.07
I shall not be,
00:22:50.10\00:22:51.67
the song says, I
shall not be moved
00:22:51.70\00:22:53.80
just like the tree
that's planted by the waters.
00:22:53.84\00:22:56.34
Lord, I shall not be moved.
00:22:56.37\00:22:59.27
The article goes on and says,
00:22:59.31\00:23:00.64
"They will be able to stand
00:23:00.68\00:23:02.28
in the time of
almost universal apostasy."
00:23:02.31\00:23:06.82
I'm not the first to say it,
00:23:06.85\00:23:08.18
nor will I be the first
and they say or the last
00:23:08.22\00:23:09.92
or even in between.
00:23:09.95\00:23:11.29
But I say this, I believe
we're talking about a time
00:23:11.32\00:23:13.66
we're living in.
00:23:13.69\00:23:15.29
There is almost
universal apostasy
00:23:15.32\00:23:18.59
against God's truth,
00:23:18.63\00:23:20.66
against God's
Church, almost universal.
00:23:20.70\00:23:24.03
They may not be
saying much right now,
00:23:24.07\00:23:26.33
but when
they're put in a corner,
00:23:26.37\00:23:27.70
your enemies are
going to say a lot.
00:23:27.74\00:23:29.37
And they're going to
be doing an awful lot.
00:23:29.40\00:23:32.24
Remember, universal apostasy.
00:23:32.27\00:23:34.48
Now I've often
thought about this.
00:23:34.51\00:23:36.11
It's easier for me
00:23:36.14\00:23:38.35
and I think for
you to defend our self
00:23:38.38\00:23:41.45
with an enemy, Sister
Mary, that we can see.
00:23:41.48\00:23:45.22
You're standing right
there and I know you're my enemy
00:23:45.25\00:23:47.22
and I can see you.
00:23:47.26\00:23:49.06
It's easier to put up
a defense against that
00:23:49.09\00:23:51.49
than it is with deceitfulness.
00:23:51.53\00:23:55.20
Are you still there?
00:23:55.23\00:23:56.70
With
deceitfulness, that's very hard.
00:23:56.73\00:23:59.93
You see to try to figure out
because you can't really see it
00:23:59.97\00:24:02.34
but you know the workings of it,
00:24:02.37\00:24:04.21
you know kind of what's going on
00:24:04.24\00:24:05.71
or you hear about it.
00:24:05.74\00:24:08.04
This is sure.
00:24:08.08\00:24:09.41
This is for sure in Scripture,
00:24:09.44\00:24:10.85
either the evil
angels or the angels of God
00:24:10.88\00:24:13.82
are controlling
the minds of men today.
00:24:13.85\00:24:17.45
One or the other is controlling.
00:24:17.49\00:24:19.95
Now my question
simply goes back quickly
00:24:19.99\00:24:22.16
is who's controlling our mind?
00:24:22.19\00:24:26.06
Who's
controlling our minds today?
00:24:26.09\00:24:30.03
We know, and I
mentioned so often up here
00:24:30.07\00:24:32.13
and you know, Matthew 12:30,
00:24:32.17\00:24:35.24
Jesus said, "He who
is not with me is," what?
00:24:35.27\00:24:37.87
"He's against Me,
00:24:37.91\00:24:39.24
he that gathereth
not," is doing what?
00:24:39.27\00:24:42.11
"He's scattering it."
00:24:42.14\00:24:43.51
So you're either
helping the cause of Christ
00:24:43.55\00:24:45.28
or you're hurting
the cause of Christ.
00:24:45.31\00:24:47.02
If you're going to
try to scatter things,
00:24:47.05\00:24:48.38
you better go out in the field
and scatter something else.
00:24:48.42\00:24:51.39
See, the church
doesn't need scatters.
00:24:51.42\00:24:53.49
The church needs what?
00:24:53.52\00:24:54.86
Gatherers, the cause of
Christ needs us to gather in.
00:24:54.89\00:25:00.26
Be ready for His
coming, gather in the saints.
00:25:00.30\00:25:04.23
See, it's
dangerous to be against God.
00:25:04.27\00:25:06.47
If we only could
realize how dangerous it is
00:25:06.50\00:25:09.70
to take a position against God,
00:25:09.74\00:25:12.57
who do we think that we are?
00:25:12.61\00:25:14.28
We're already outnumbered,
isn't that what we said before?
00:25:14.31\00:25:18.05
Sides are not fair,
not even against the enemy,
00:25:18.08\00:25:20.22
let alone God.
00:25:20.25\00:25:22.28
But somehow we think
we can shake our fist
00:25:22.32\00:25:23.89
in face of God.
00:25:23.92\00:25:26.76
We're going to have
our own way regardless.
00:25:26.79\00:25:30.03
Oh, friend, I'll tell
you, that's dangerous,
00:25:30.06\00:25:33.46
to be prideful,
00:25:33.50\00:25:35.66
to be stubborn,
00:25:35.70\00:25:37.93
to fight against the truth.
00:25:37.97\00:25:41.10
This leads to the
rejection of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:41.14\00:25:44.47
Don't be prideful.
00:25:44.51\00:25:45.84
Well, I would accept the message
00:25:45.87\00:25:47.21
but my friends wouldn't like it.
00:25:47.24\00:25:48.94
Well, get some new friends.
00:25:48.98\00:25:51.41
Jerry, are you still there?
00:25:51.45\00:25:52.85
Think about it.
00:25:52.88\00:25:54.62
Who you want to please?
00:25:54.65\00:25:55.98
Is it the friends
you want to please?
00:25:56.02\00:25:59.69
Well, I've been
here almost all my life,
00:25:59.72\00:26:01.19
so I can't change.
00:26:01.22\00:26:02.69
That's not what God
ever says in His Word.
00:26:02.72\00:26:05.56
His people were
willing to change
00:26:05.59\00:26:07.50
as they see truth and
they accept the truth.
00:26:07.53\00:26:12.23
Please don't ever, my
friends, brothers and sisters,
00:26:12.27\00:26:14.40
don't ever place yourself.
00:26:14.44\00:26:16.00
I never want to place myself
00:26:16.04\00:26:18.34
where I'm not,
you know, not able
00:26:18.37\00:26:20.58
to fulfill the conditions
that scripture gives here
00:26:20.61\00:26:23.85
about repentance and confession.
00:26:23.88\00:26:26.75
Notice this, confession.
00:26:26.78\00:26:28.28
Sometimes people put
themselves outside of that
00:26:28.32\00:26:30.29
where they just
don't feel the need.
00:26:30.32\00:26:31.92
They don't want to repent.
00:26:31.95\00:26:33.29
They don't want to change.
00:26:33.32\00:26:34.82
They don't want to confess.
00:26:34.86\00:26:37.49
Bible says, if we
confess, He's faithful and just.
00:26:37.53\00:26:41.23
If we don't confess,
00:26:41.26\00:26:43.06
and if we're not
willing to change
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.00
and follow Christ all the way,
00:26:45.03\00:26:47.10
you realize here,
00:26:47.14\00:26:48.47
we have to be able to do that
00:26:48.50\00:26:49.84
in order to
obtain mercy and pardon.
00:26:49.87\00:26:53.04
I need mercy.
00:26:53.07\00:26:54.51
Praise God, don't
you? I need mercy.
00:26:54.54\00:26:55.88
I need grace.
00:26:55.91\00:26:57.68
I praise God for that.
00:26:57.71\00:27:00.15
We need not sin
against the Holy Spirit.
00:27:00.18\00:27:03.39
Keep that in mind.
00:27:03.42\00:27:05.85
That condition is developed.
00:27:05.89\00:27:08.56
We understand,
00:27:08.59\00:27:09.92
well, the sin
against the Holy Spirit,
00:27:09.96\00:27:11.29
you know, the unpardonable sin.
00:27:11.33\00:27:12.66
But you realize
that's developed.
00:27:12.69\00:27:14.80
It doesn't
happen just overnight.
00:27:14.83\00:27:17.30
It's a
continuation of many decisions
00:27:17.33\00:27:19.27
that you make, I
make, along the way.
00:27:19.30\00:27:23.77
It's a condition
that maybe, we some time,
00:27:23.81\00:27:25.64
we firmly come to
a point in our life,
00:27:25.67\00:27:27.94
we're
determined to resist truth.
00:27:27.98\00:27:31.25
We're determined
to resist the evidence
00:27:31.28\00:27:34.88
that God has given us of
the way He wants us to go.
00:27:34.92\00:27:37.72
We're rejecting the Holy Spirit.
00:27:37.75\00:27:41.76
We're rejecting
the invitation to come.
00:27:41.79\00:27:45.96
So He gives that
with every discourse,
00:27:45.99\00:27:47.76
everything in Scripture,
00:27:47.80\00:27:49.13
it's always the
hand of Christ is out
00:27:49.16\00:27:50.77
and saying, "Come."
00:27:50.80\00:27:52.63
He says, "Come all
ye that are heavy laden
00:27:52.67\00:27:54.24
and I'll give you rest."
00:27:54.27\00:27:58.07
We need this armor on
00:27:58.11\00:27:59.54
because there's
something about it
00:27:59.57\00:28:00.98
that protects us from the things
00:28:01.01\00:28:03.04
that are in the world
00:28:03.08\00:28:04.48
that's being hurled
at us day and night.
00:28:04.51\00:28:07.32
There's no rest, it seems like.
00:28:07.35\00:28:09.92
Devil does not sleep.
00:28:09.95\00:28:11.65
He's throwing
things at us all the time.
00:28:11.69\00:28:14.72
That's why Ephesians 6:12,
00:28:14.76\00:28:17.53
the Bible goes on to say,
00:28:17.56\00:28:19.06
now we can... You're
in a wrestling match.
00:28:19.09\00:28:22.40
Everybody, you put
your name in there.
00:28:22.43\00:28:24.77
And it's for your very, what?
00:28:24.80\00:28:26.67
Life.
00:28:26.70\00:28:28.37
And it says then,
"Yeah, but here's the problem.
00:28:28.40\00:28:30.41
It's not a human being
00:28:30.44\00:28:31.77
that you're
really wrestling with."
00:28:31.81\00:28:33.14
You might think it is,
00:28:33.17\00:28:34.94
but we're talking
about demon forces.
00:28:34.98\00:28:37.38
We're talking about elements
00:28:37.41\00:28:38.78
that we're not even sure of
00:28:38.81\00:28:40.18
that we even know about.
00:28:40.22\00:28:41.75
We're talking
about we're in a fight
00:28:41.78\00:28:43.12
with wicked spirits,
00:28:43.15\00:28:46.22
in high places, it said,
the heavenly places here.
00:28:46.25\00:28:49.32
What does it tell me?
00:28:49.36\00:28:50.69
It says that I am in a battle
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.99
with someone
who's more intelligent
00:28:53.03\00:28:54.83
than I am,
00:28:54.86\00:28:56.20
even though it may be evil.
00:28:56.23\00:28:57.57
Are you still with me?
00:28:57.60\00:28:59.77
The evil, the enemy,
00:28:59.80\00:29:01.47
he has intelligence
00:29:01.50\00:29:03.77
that God gave him,
00:29:03.81\00:29:06.07
and he's going to use that,
00:29:06.11\00:29:07.44
do you notice that, against man.
00:29:07.48\00:29:10.51
And besides that,
00:29:10.55\00:29:11.88
think with me
here just for a moment.
00:29:11.91\00:29:15.18
We think maybe, well,
mankind is pretty evil.
00:29:15.22\00:29:18.55
You can't get any more evil
00:29:18.59\00:29:19.92
than the devil
himself and his evil angels.
00:29:19.95\00:29:22.02
They know evil
better than you know evil.
00:29:22.06\00:29:24.99
Did you get it?
00:29:25.03\00:29:26.36
They've had a lot of
years to practice it.
00:29:26.39\00:29:28.06
In order for the
enemy to strike God,
00:29:31.73\00:29:34.07
who does the
enemy want to strike?
00:29:34.10\00:29:36.20
He wants to strike God.
00:29:36.24\00:29:38.54
He says, "Because I'm
gonna get you off the throne
00:29:38.57\00:29:40.18
and I'm going to sit on
the throne," you know that.
00:29:40.21\00:29:43.35
But he can't strike God
00:29:43.38\00:29:44.71
because he's not big
enough to strike God.
00:29:44.75\00:29:48.48
God struck him and
said, "Now get out, "
00:29:48.52\00:29:50.25
and he had to get out.
00:29:50.29\00:29:51.95
As I said many times before,
00:29:51.99\00:29:53.32
he said, "Well, I'll go
out in the Garden of Eden,"
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.42
you remember.
00:29:55.46\00:29:56.79
What did God say to Satan?
00:29:56.83\00:29:58.36
I always like to
paraphrase and God said,
00:29:58.39\00:30:00.06
"Get up in the tree
and you stay in that tree.
00:30:00.10\00:30:03.06
You don't go
anyplace else. You stay."
00:30:03.10\00:30:05.03
And you know what?
00:30:05.07\00:30:06.40
He got into a tree
and he stayed in the tree.
00:30:06.43\00:30:08.60
I'm just simply saying,
the enemy must obey God.
00:30:08.64\00:30:12.14
Even though he says I
don't want to obey God,
00:30:12.17\00:30:14.21
there are certain things
that the enemy wants to do
00:30:14.24\00:30:15.98
that he still has to obey God.
00:30:16.01\00:30:19.88
When he said, "You
had to go from heaven, "
00:30:19.91\00:30:21.25
he had to go from heaven.
00:30:21.28\00:30:22.82
When he says, "You can do
what you want to with Job,
00:30:22.85\00:30:25.12
but you can't take his life."
00:30:25.15\00:30:26.55
That's exactly,
he did everything
00:30:26.59\00:30:28.29
but not take his life
because he couldn't do it.
00:30:28.32\00:30:30.86
This should give
us encouragement.
00:30:30.89\00:30:32.69
He can't do anything to you
unless God approves it first.
00:30:32.73\00:30:35.93
So why we're crying
and moaning all the time?
00:30:35.96\00:30:38.33
Are you still with me?
00:30:38.37\00:30:39.70
We feel like it at
time because things happen.
00:30:39.73\00:30:41.50
It's discouraging,
00:30:41.54\00:30:43.27
because of our humaneness,
00:30:43.30\00:30:44.64
because we're
not looking to God,
00:30:44.67\00:30:46.01
we're looking in the mirror.
00:30:46.04\00:30:47.38
Told a man the other day,
when you look in the mirror,
00:30:47.41\00:30:48.74
you better not see yourself.
00:30:48.78\00:30:50.88
We need to see
Jesus, isn't that right?
00:30:50.91\00:30:52.61
See Jesus.
00:30:52.65\00:30:53.98
Evil angels uniting
with men in war against what?
00:30:57.25\00:31:02.49
God's people.
00:31:02.52\00:31:03.86
He can't strike God
but who can he strike?
00:31:03.89\00:31:06.63
God's people,
his representatives.
00:31:06.66\00:31:09.13
Somebody needs to check the time
00:31:09.16\00:31:10.50
as we go because
that's kicked off again.
00:31:10.53\00:31:13.03
Notice this with me.
00:31:13.07\00:31:15.54
We know that all who
have not chosen Christ,
00:31:15.57\00:31:18.91
we realized as their leader,
00:31:18.94\00:31:21.34
they choose the Prince
of Darkness, don't they?
00:31:21.38\00:31:24.25
We said over and
over, and I always say it.
00:31:24.28\00:31:25.88
It's one or the other.
00:31:25.91\00:31:28.45
Because
00:31:28.48\00:31:29.82
their spiritual
wickedness in high places,
00:31:29.85\00:31:34.39
because their
spiritual wickedness,
00:31:34.42\00:31:37.56
we have to put on
the whole armor of God.
00:31:37.59\00:31:41.60
Did you get that?
00:31:41.63\00:31:42.96
Because this armor is what?
00:31:43.00\00:31:45.43
The armor is our defense.
00:31:45.47\00:31:48.50
This armor protects us
from the wiles of the enemy.
00:31:48.54\00:31:52.54
Ephesians 6:13.
00:31:52.57\00:31:54.98
I like this part of it.
00:31:55.01\00:31:56.34
It says, "Having
done all to stand."
00:31:56.38\00:31:59.88
How long has it been
00:31:59.91\00:32:01.25
since maybe you
have said to God,
00:32:01.28\00:32:02.78
"I've done all to stand,
00:32:02.82\00:32:04.72
I don't know what to do."
00:32:04.75\00:32:07.82
But here it says we have
to, having done all to stand.
00:32:07.86\00:32:11.56
Notice this, the translation
really reads like this.
00:32:11.59\00:32:14.40
Notice, or having
overcome all to stand.
00:32:14.43\00:32:19.00
Are you there?
00:32:19.03\00:32:20.94
Having overcome all to stand.
00:32:20.97\00:32:24.07
So we really can't stand
until by the grace of God,
00:32:24.11\00:32:26.88
we've overcome.
00:32:26.91\00:32:29.34
And then when
we've overcome, God says,
00:32:29.38\00:32:31.11
"Now get off of the couch,
00:32:31.15\00:32:32.58
get off the recliner
and stand up like a man,"
00:32:32.61\00:32:35.58
or to say like
a woman, stand up.
00:32:35.62\00:32:39.62
The key is having done
00:32:39.65\00:32:41.12
all that the Spirit
of God has taught us.
00:32:41.16\00:32:46.09
Think about it,
00:32:46.13\00:32:47.46
having done all that the
Spirit of God has taught.
00:32:47.50\00:32:49.43
That goes back to a
question, let's say with me,
00:32:49.46\00:32:51.60
"Am I doing everything
00:32:51.63\00:32:54.90
that God has
revealed to me as truth?"
00:32:54.94\00:32:59.57
Because it seems like
we're not gonna be able to stand
00:32:59.61\00:33:01.18
unless we are.
00:33:01.21\00:33:03.71
So if we're
lacking in some area,
00:33:03.75\00:33:05.31
we refused to go that way,
00:33:05.35\00:33:06.85
we're not going
to be able to stand,
00:33:06.88\00:33:08.22
the enemy is going
to take us eventually.
00:33:08.25\00:33:11.45
Why?
00:33:11.49\00:33:12.82
Simply this,
because man's human,
00:33:12.85\00:33:14.76
and because we are human
00:33:14.79\00:33:16.56
and because we have
a defective character.
00:33:16.59\00:33:21.16
Now we don't have to
have, but I'm simply saying
00:33:21.20\00:33:22.60
because we have a
defective character
00:33:22.63\00:33:24.10
because all have
sinned and come short.
00:33:24.13\00:33:25.57
We have defects of character
that's got to be changed.
00:33:25.60\00:33:28.10
Notice that.
00:33:28.14\00:33:29.90
We then are put in
the midst of a battle,
00:33:29.94\00:33:32.81
and we're going
to have to battle
00:33:32.84\00:33:34.18
if we're going to be victorious.
00:33:34.21\00:33:35.84
That's why he says to
put on the whole armor,
00:33:35.88\00:33:37.35
isn't that right?
00:33:37.38\00:33:38.71
We must resist.
00:33:38.75\00:33:40.08
It's kind of sad
00:33:40.12\00:33:41.45
when you have a group of people.
00:33:41.48\00:33:42.82
You know, many of the times,
other Christians just say,
00:33:42.85\00:33:44.22
"We don't have to do it.
We just sit back and relax.
00:33:44.25\00:33:45.95
Jesus paid at all.
00:33:45.99\00:33:47.72
We don't have to work. We
don't have to do anything."
00:33:47.76\00:33:49.86
Bible says work out
your own salvation with what?
00:33:49.89\00:33:52.19
Fear and trembling.
00:33:52.23\00:33:54.43
You resist the devil
00:33:54.46\00:33:55.80
and he's going to flee from you.
00:33:55.83\00:33:57.17
You battle the enemy
every day of your life.
00:33:57.20\00:33:58.83
You fight and then
you have to do this.
00:33:58.87\00:34:01.27
You have to put
on the armor of God.
00:34:01.30\00:34:04.34
Did you notice that?
00:34:04.37\00:34:05.71
You can't put,
00:34:05.74\00:34:07.08
you can't have
somebody put it on for you.
00:34:07.11\00:34:08.44
You have to be
willing by the grace of God
00:34:08.48\00:34:09.84
to sense a need
that I need this armor.
00:34:09.88\00:34:13.28
And I'll tell you this,
you cannot put the armor on
00:34:13.31\00:34:15.42
while you're seated.
00:34:15.45\00:34:17.75
That's why He says, stand.
00:34:17.79\00:34:19.79
Put on the armor,
00:34:19.82\00:34:21.72
battle for victory,
00:34:21.76\00:34:23.12
put it on, put that armor on.
00:34:23.16\00:34:25.09
Four Testimonies, 557 says this.
00:34:25.13\00:34:29.06
"We are living..."
00:34:29.10\00:34:30.43
And I don't think anybody
would disagree with this.
00:34:30.47\00:34:32.37
"We are living
in a solemn time."
00:34:32.40\00:34:35.67
Think about it, solemn time.
00:34:35.70\00:34:38.11
"An important work is
to be done for our souls
00:34:38.14\00:34:41.91
and for the souls of others."
00:34:41.94\00:34:45.78
So we understand it.
00:34:45.81\00:34:47.15
In prayer time, we mention
00:34:47.18\00:34:48.52
we have burdens for our children
00:34:48.55\00:34:50.09
and
grandchildren and da-da, da-da.
00:34:50.12\00:34:51.92
Listen, I want each
one of us here today
00:34:51.95\00:34:53.62
and I'm
including myself in this.
00:34:53.66\00:34:55.26
The thought crossed my
mind, just crossed my mind is,
00:34:55.29\00:34:57.93
"Kenny, you've got to
have that kind of love
00:34:57.96\00:35:00.33
and that kind of concern
00:35:00.36\00:35:01.70
about every person that you see,
00:35:01.73\00:35:03.77
not just your own."
00:35:03.80\00:35:05.77
What was it, what would it
be if Jesus, all He said was,
00:35:05.80\00:35:07.94
"I'm just here for my
mother, my brothers and sisters.
00:35:07.97\00:35:10.67
That's all I'm going to do.
00:35:10.71\00:35:12.04
I'm just praying for
them, I want to work for them."
00:35:12.07\00:35:13.61
I'm just, all blah, blah, blah.
00:35:13.64\00:35:15.14
No, we have to
love everybody the same,
00:35:15.18\00:35:18.65
every soul that you see.
00:35:18.68\00:35:20.05
It's okay to pray for them.
00:35:20.08\00:35:21.42
It's all right to, after
church, to pray for them.
00:35:21.45\00:35:23.95
But I'm simply, can
we by the grace of God
00:35:23.99\00:35:25.92
expand our
horizons of faith and say,
00:35:25.95\00:35:28.66
"God, help me to
see everybody out there
00:35:28.69\00:35:30.96
and be concerned
about every son and daughter
00:35:30.99\00:35:33.13
and every grandson and so on."
00:35:33.16\00:35:35.56
Would that be fair?
00:35:35.60\00:35:39.40
I'm so thankful that Jesus
wasn't just so near-sighted
00:35:39.43\00:35:41.70
that He's just,
"Me, mine, and I."
00:35:41.74\00:35:44.74
He included the whole world.
00:35:44.77\00:35:46.24
Lord, help us to be that way,
00:35:46.27\00:35:48.81
the love that we
need in our heart.
00:35:48.84\00:35:50.51
We must resist, the Bible says,
00:35:53.52\00:35:56.75
unto blood.
00:35:56.79\00:35:58.45
How long has it been
00:35:58.49\00:35:59.82
since we've resisted unto blood?
00:35:59.85\00:36:02.99
Hebrews 12:4 talks about,
00:36:03.02\00:36:06.19
"Resist unto blood, "
00:36:06.23\00:36:07.56
to gain the victory,
00:36:07.60\00:36:08.93
and it says,
"strive against," what?
00:36:08.96\00:36:11.00
"Against sin."
00:36:11.03\00:36:12.37
Strive, push, work,
00:36:12.40\00:36:15.30
pray, watch,
00:36:15.34\00:36:17.04
study, strive.
00:36:17.07\00:36:18.97
Just like we
strive if we want a car,
00:36:19.01\00:36:21.44
if we want a house.
00:36:21.48\00:36:23.95
We want something we want.
00:36:23.98\00:36:26.51
We strive for that thing,
and we try to make it work.
00:36:26.55\00:36:30.35
If we're turned
down at one bank,
00:36:30.39\00:36:31.72
we go to another one.
00:36:31.75\00:36:33.09
Somebody is not.
00:36:33.12\00:36:35.92
Because we're striving
because we want something.
00:36:35.96\00:36:40.13
How long has it been
since we fought as it were.
00:36:40.16\00:36:43.97
Resisted unto blood,
00:36:44.00\00:36:45.47
or other words,
I've said many times,
00:36:45.50\00:36:47.37
come to the point
that we had rather die
00:36:47.40\00:36:49.70
than knowingly sin.
00:36:49.74\00:36:52.91
That's resisting unto blood.
00:36:52.94\00:36:55.94
Jesus reached
that point, praise God.
00:36:55.98\00:36:58.71
He offers it to me and
to you but we have to fight.
00:36:58.75\00:37:03.39
To resist unto blood
00:37:03.42\00:37:04.75
simply means we
need more than the human.
00:37:04.79\00:37:07.52
We need humanity and
divinity cooperating together.
00:37:07.56\00:37:11.23
We need the power
and strength of God.
00:37:11.26\00:37:14.36
Are we really
fighting against sin today?
00:37:14.40\00:37:19.57
It seems like, now to
me, if you just allow.
00:37:19.60\00:37:22.84
It seems like to me
00:37:22.87\00:37:24.21
that we've, many
people, have embraced sin.
00:37:24.24\00:37:28.78
Many people have excused sin.
00:37:28.81\00:37:32.01
Well, yeah, I
know they did but I...
00:37:32.05\00:37:37.19
It's sad we've come to the point
00:37:37.22\00:37:38.85
where we just welcome
it in almost and embrace it
00:37:38.89\00:37:41.82
like it's normal way of life.
00:37:41.86\00:37:43.99
We've not let that sharp
sword do its work in our life,
00:37:47.50\00:37:51.73
that two-edged sword
rightly dividing, separating,
00:37:51.77\00:37:54.10
cutting off that
which needs to be.
00:37:54.14\00:37:58.47
Somehow that sword
is not doing the cutting
00:37:58.51\00:38:01.38
that it needs to be.
00:38:01.41\00:38:02.74
It's not the sword's fault.
00:38:02.78\00:38:04.98
It's my fault.
00:38:05.01\00:38:06.61
Because I have
to be willing to let
00:38:06.65\00:38:08.52
the sword do its work.
00:38:08.55\00:38:09.88
Are we still there? Are
we still thinking about it?
00:38:09.92\00:38:12.62
But the church
wants to be a church
00:38:12.65\00:38:14.62
that it's easy
to be a member of,
00:38:14.66\00:38:16.89
a church where it's comfortable,
00:38:16.93\00:38:19.93
church where they don't have
to hear about gaining victory.
00:38:19.96\00:38:22.10
And they might be defeated,
00:38:22.13\00:38:24.37
you know, by the enemy
00:38:24.40\00:38:25.73
if we don't keep
our eyes on Christ.
00:38:25.77\00:38:27.40
I want to be
comfortable, some people say.
00:38:27.44\00:38:29.14
Why?
00:38:29.17\00:38:31.44
Why do we have
this attitude anymore?
00:38:31.47\00:38:34.04
Is it because maybe
we've compromised away
00:38:34.08\00:38:37.31
the truth of God's Word?
00:38:37.35\00:38:38.68
Could it be that
we've compromised it?
00:38:38.71\00:38:40.62
If you don't see that
today, may God help you to see.
00:38:40.65\00:38:43.49
We have
compromised and compromised
00:38:43.52\00:38:45.62
until we don't even
know what truth is anymore.
00:38:45.65\00:38:48.69
Ephesians 6:14 says quickly,
00:38:48.72\00:38:51.86
we must love the truth.
00:38:51.89\00:38:53.66
So going into lot of detail,
00:38:53.70\00:38:55.03
you know we must
do, what with the truth?
00:38:55.06\00:38:56.60
Love it.
00:38:56.63\00:38:57.97
Then why are we
so embarrassed of it?
00:38:58.00\00:38:59.83
Well, we're
embarrassed to say a blessing
00:38:59.87\00:39:01.20
when we go out in public to eat,
00:39:01.24\00:39:03.10
you know.
00:39:03.14\00:39:04.47
Why is it we're
afraid to tell our people
00:39:04.51\00:39:06.01
we go to
Seventh-day Adventist Church?
00:39:06.04\00:39:08.78
Why are we afraid to tell them
that we go on the Seventh-day,
00:39:08.81\00:39:11.55
God's day?
00:39:11.58\00:39:13.35
See, why?
00:39:13.38\00:39:16.22
They're not ashamed to
tell you what they believe.
00:39:16.25\00:39:19.72
Good thing is you have
backing from the Word of God.
00:39:19.75\00:39:23.02
But we must love the truth.
00:39:23.06\00:39:24.69
That means to me, I
need to be around people.
00:39:24.73\00:39:27.16
I need to be
surrounded by people
00:39:27.20\00:39:28.93
that love the truth.
00:39:28.96\00:39:31.33
Does that help in
our Christian walk?
00:39:31.37\00:39:33.80
Surround yourself with
people who love the truth,
00:39:33.84\00:39:37.37
surround yourself with
people who talk the truth,
00:39:37.41\00:39:41.11
surround yourself with
people who live the truth.
00:39:41.14\00:39:46.08
This will help all of us.
00:39:46.11\00:39:47.45
This will help
you, will help me.
00:39:47.48\00:39:51.29
Surround yourself with people
00:39:51.32\00:39:53.29
who want to proclaim the truth
00:39:53.32\00:39:55.32
as it is in Jesus Christ.
00:39:55.36\00:39:57.69
Man, it'll be catchy.
00:39:57.73\00:39:59.46
It'll set you on fire
00:39:59.49\00:40:00.83
when you think
there's no fire left.
00:40:00.86\00:40:03.57
Love the truth.
00:40:03.60\00:40:07.50
Bible says we are to stand.
00:40:07.54\00:40:11.74
As I mentioned before,
00:40:11.77\00:40:13.17
we have to stand in
order to put the armor on.
00:40:13.21\00:40:17.15
And it's going to have
to be put on, this armor
00:40:17.18\00:40:19.91
just the way
00:40:19.95\00:40:21.28
the Bible says
the way to put it on.
00:40:21.32\00:40:23.08
See, some people say,
"Well, I'll put this on first
00:40:23.12\00:40:25.25
and then I'll get to this
and then I'll get to that."
00:40:25.29\00:40:28.32
I really believe
the way it was listed,
00:40:28.36\00:40:30.43
the way it's listed in Scripture
00:40:30.46\00:40:31.89
is the way that we're
supposed to put it on.
00:40:31.93\00:40:33.56
Does that make sense?
00:40:33.60\00:40:34.93
I think that's
good principle there.
00:40:34.96\00:40:36.93
I can't really change it around,
00:40:36.97\00:40:38.30
I don't want to
change it around.
00:40:38.33\00:40:41.50
First thing it says,
"We must do," notice this,
00:40:41.54\00:40:44.21
"We must be girt
about with," what?
00:40:44.24\00:40:47.18
"With truth."
00:40:47.21\00:40:48.54
Did you get it?
00:40:48.58\00:40:49.91
I just said we
need to be around people
00:40:49.94\00:40:51.28
that talk it and that
live it and that love it.
00:40:51.31\00:40:53.48
And now the Bible
says we need to what?
00:40:53.52\00:40:55.68
We need to girt ourselves
around about with what?
00:40:55.72\00:40:58.89
With truth.
00:40:58.92\00:41:01.36
This girt, now
listen to me carefully.
00:41:01.39\00:41:04.53
This girt is a girdle.
00:41:04.56\00:41:06.63
Are you still with me?
00:41:06.66\00:41:08.06
It says a girdle
and the girdle just,
00:41:08.10\00:41:11.53
somebody forgive me if I
go too far with this now.
00:41:11.57\00:41:15.20
A girdle is to
hold in something.
00:41:15.24\00:41:19.07
Isn't that right?
00:41:19.11\00:41:20.44
If I'm not, somebody stop me
00:41:20.48\00:41:21.81
that knows more
than I do about it.
00:41:21.84\00:41:24.98
The girdle is used
some time to firm up.
00:41:25.01\00:41:30.09
A girdle is used to shape up.
00:41:30.12\00:41:34.56
Sometime a girdle
is used to distribute
00:41:34.59\00:41:37.93
a little more evenly.
00:41:37.96\00:41:39.83
Somebody's not going to get it.
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.73
Girdle sometime is
used to balance up.
00:41:41.76\00:41:46.67
And the Word of God
says we need to balance,
00:41:46.70\00:41:48.14
we need to girt up.
00:41:48.17\00:41:50.64
We need to solid up.
00:41:50.67\00:41:53.44
In order to stand,
we have to have this on.
00:41:53.48\00:41:56.48
This is very important.
00:41:56.51\00:41:58.71
Think about it is
to hold in, to balance.
00:41:58.75\00:42:03.28
That's talking about
having the Word of God,
00:42:03.32\00:42:05.25
the truth lodged in the heart,
00:42:05.29\00:42:08.72
lodged in the mind.
00:42:08.76\00:42:11.13
Truth is not only
love, Brother Mark,
00:42:11.16\00:42:13.09
but acted upon.
00:42:13.13\00:42:14.96
We have too many people
say, "I know what it is, "
00:42:15.00\00:42:16.43
but we're not doing it.
00:42:16.46\00:42:17.80
We must be acted upon.
00:42:17.83\00:42:20.30
1 Corinthians 5:8 simply says,
00:42:20.34\00:42:22.64
"Therefore, let
us keep the feast,"
00:42:22.67\00:42:25.34
1 Corinthians 5:8,
00:42:25.37\00:42:27.08
"not with old leaven,
neither with leaven of," what?
00:42:27.11\00:42:30.38
"Malice and wickedness,
00:42:30.41\00:42:33.08
but with the unleavened
bread of sincerity and truth."
00:42:33.11\00:42:37.62
This is where it
boils down to right here,
00:42:37.65\00:42:40.66
the old leaven.
00:42:40.69\00:42:42.02
What about the old leaven?
00:42:42.06\00:42:44.49
Could be referred to
as the defilement of sin.
00:42:44.53\00:42:47.60
We come to Christ
and we put the armor on,
00:42:47.63\00:42:49.83
sin has to what?
00:42:49.86\00:42:51.20
It has to go.
00:42:51.23\00:42:52.57
We can't retain
that old sinful nature
00:42:52.60\00:42:55.40
and that old sinfulness
00:42:55.44\00:42:56.77
that we've held on for so long.
00:42:56.81\00:42:59.47
That's to be
purged out of this life.
00:42:59.51\00:43:03.28
The old way of life has to go,
00:43:03.31\00:43:05.38
and it's not
supposed to come back again.
00:43:05.41\00:43:09.05
If we really surrender to Jesus,
00:43:09.08\00:43:11.15
and we want to put
the whole armor of God on,
00:43:11.19\00:43:13.52
and we're really born
again, in the Galatians chapter,
00:43:13.56\00:43:16.39
somebody helped me,
Galatians 3:27 says,
00:43:16.42\00:43:19.69
we have to put on Christ.
00:43:19.73\00:43:21.06
Did you get it?
00:43:21.10\00:43:22.43
I'm talking about
putting on the armor today.
00:43:22.46\00:43:23.80
Somebody say we
got to put on Christ.
00:43:23.83\00:43:25.20
Amen.
00:43:25.23\00:43:27.00
We got to put His
robe of righteousness on.
00:43:27.04\00:43:28.94
We put on
Christ and when this...
00:43:32.21\00:43:34.44
How does it happen?
How do I put on Christ?
00:43:34.48\00:43:37.18
How do I want to
put this armor on?
00:43:37.21\00:43:39.65
It's simple.
00:43:39.68\00:43:41.02
Simply once again, and it
always boils down to this,
00:43:41.05\00:43:43.25
by simply studying God's Word
and bring that into the life.
00:43:43.28\00:43:49.02
And as you bring
that truth into your life,
00:43:49.06\00:43:51.09
we become in harmony
with the will of God.
00:43:51.13\00:43:53.86
Isn't that wonderful?
00:43:53.90\00:43:55.23
Then we're letting
that sword do its work,
00:43:55.26\00:43:57.63
rightly cutting and
dividing, Hebrews 4:12.
00:43:57.67\00:44:02.37
No one wants to be cut.
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.54
No one wants to have to
give up things sometime.
00:44:04.57\00:44:07.94
But remember, what is it?
00:44:07.98\00:44:09.58
God never asked you to do what?
00:44:09.61\00:44:11.35
To give up anything
that's good for you.
00:44:11.38\00:44:14.28
Keep that in your mind always.
00:44:14.32\00:44:15.65
"Oh, I have to give this up
00:44:15.68\00:44:17.02
in order to be
going to the church."
00:44:17.05\00:44:19.82
You're going to be tested
and tried like everybody else.
00:44:19.85\00:44:23.19
You're going to
have your Gethsemane.
00:44:23.22\00:44:25.83
You're going to
have your little things,
00:44:25.86\00:44:27.20
it's very difficult for you,
may not be difficult for me,
00:44:27.23\00:44:29.80
but I'll have something
some more difficult for me
00:44:29.83\00:44:31.53
than you have.
00:44:31.57\00:44:32.90
So everybody's
gonna have their own times
00:44:32.93\00:44:34.60
that we're going
to have to decide
00:44:34.64\00:44:35.97
if it's going to be Christ,
00:44:36.00\00:44:37.34
if we're going
to put the armor on,
00:44:37.37\00:44:38.71
if we're going to
put Christ on or not.
00:44:38.74\00:44:41.28
We must have the
breastplate of righteousness.
00:44:41.31\00:44:44.55
What does that mean?
00:44:44.58\00:44:45.91
When you put the
breastplate of righteousness on,
00:44:45.95\00:44:47.62
it covers more
than just the front.
00:44:47.65\00:44:49.45
It covers the back also.
00:44:49.48\00:44:51.29
It covers the heart.
00:44:51.32\00:44:53.62
It covers the lungs.
00:44:53.66\00:44:55.79
It covers the ribs.
00:44:55.82\00:44:58.69
Man, breastplate
of righteousness.
00:44:58.73\00:45:01.56
What does it do? It
protects the vital organs.
00:45:01.60\00:45:05.73
It covers.
00:45:05.77\00:45:07.77
Romans 1:17 says,
00:45:07.80\00:45:09.80
"The righteousness
of God is revealed."
00:45:09.84\00:45:13.98
God says, "I want
to protect your heart,
00:45:14.01\00:45:15.74
I want to protect your
mind, I want to protect you,
00:45:15.78\00:45:18.18
" all those vital parts.
00:45:18.21\00:45:20.65
1 Thessalonians 5:8 says,
"But let us," notice this,
00:45:20.68\00:45:23.72
"but let us who are of the day,"
00:45:23.75\00:45:25.75
what does that mean?
00:45:25.79\00:45:27.12
"Let us those who
are of the light,"
00:45:27.16\00:45:29.06
not of darkness, "of the day
00:45:29.09\00:45:30.93
be sober,
00:45:30.96\00:45:32.66
putting on the
breastplate of faith and love,
00:45:32.69\00:45:35.50
and put it on a helmet,
and the hope of salvation."
00:45:35.53\00:45:40.17
"Let's put it on,"
is what the Bible said.
00:45:40.20\00:45:42.64
In the spiritual warfare
and I believe that we are,
00:45:42.67\00:45:45.67
spiritual warfare,
man, is it heavy duty!
00:45:45.71\00:45:48.81
I've come to conclusion,
I need a sure footing.
00:45:48.84\00:45:52.15
I've always believed
that in construction,
00:45:52.18\00:45:54.32
in building, anything,
00:45:54.35\00:45:55.68
you start off with a good what?
00:45:55.72\00:45:57.39
Solid foundation.
00:45:57.42\00:45:58.75
You start with a good footing.
00:45:58.79\00:46:00.46
You can't do anything
unless you have good footing.
00:46:00.49\00:46:04.69
See, I have a
fractured bone here
00:46:04.73\00:46:06.66
because I didn't have a good
footing when the dog hit me.
00:46:06.70\00:46:10.03
Somebody's not with me.
00:46:10.07\00:46:13.37
I thought I had it good until
00:46:13.40\00:46:15.17
I'm going to talk
about the dog is the enemy
00:46:15.20\00:46:16.94
until the enemy hit
me just a little bit,
00:46:16.97\00:46:18.91
and I went up on one leg.
00:46:18.94\00:46:20.64
Are you still there?
00:46:20.68\00:46:22.01
And then I said,
00:46:22.04\00:46:23.38
"I've got to have a
good solid footing to stand."
00:46:23.41\00:46:24.75
And I stepped
back and when I did,
00:46:24.78\00:46:26.21
I stepped on the dog's foot,
and he squealed like a pig.
00:46:26.25\00:46:30.05
Somebody's not with me.
00:46:30.09\00:46:31.42
And I wanted to get
off it as fast as I could.
00:46:31.45\00:46:33.39
As soon as I did,
he wanted me off of it.
00:46:33.42\00:46:35.42
And he hit me again
when I was at one leg
00:46:35.46\00:46:37.19
and down I went
and I put up my hand.
00:46:37.23\00:46:39.59
Somebody needs to
look the spiritual lesson
00:46:39.63\00:46:41.33
than the physical
what's going on here.
00:46:41.36\00:46:44.17
We have to have a firm footing
00:46:44.20\00:46:45.70
if we're going
to stand for Christ.
00:46:45.73\00:46:48.50
That means we have to have
our feet shod with the what?
00:46:48.54\00:46:52.21
That means prepared.
00:46:52.24\00:46:54.64
Shoe horse, isn't
that right, Brother Mark?
00:46:54.68\00:46:56.28
Why do you put the
shoes on the horse's foot,
00:46:56.31\00:46:58.61
you know, protect the hoofs?
00:46:58.65\00:47:02.32
So we have to have,
00:47:02.35\00:47:03.69
we have to have in
the spiritual warfare
00:47:03.72\00:47:05.39
that we're in, my shoes,
00:47:05.42\00:47:06.76
my feet need to
be on solid ground,
00:47:06.79\00:47:08.76
and they need to be shod
00:47:08.79\00:47:10.13
with the preparation of
the gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:47:10.16\00:47:14.30
I have to be careful that I...
00:47:14.33\00:47:16.56
And I could be
firmed by the grace of God
00:47:16.60\00:47:19.23
that I can stand firm.
00:47:19.27\00:47:21.54
Man, not
standing firm, ready to...
00:47:21.57\00:47:25.21
I'm ready to run.
I'm ready to back up.
00:47:25.24\00:47:28.48
I'm ready to retreat.
00:47:28.51\00:47:30.28
But ready to give this
00:47:30.31\00:47:31.65
beautiful message of
the gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:47:31.68\00:47:34.72
How wonderful that
is. That's the good news.
00:47:34.75\00:47:38.85
But here in this
passage is interesting.
00:47:38.89\00:47:40.86
It's more than
just giving the gospel,
00:47:40.89\00:47:43.96
it's having the
gospel in your heart.
00:47:43.99\00:47:46.66
It's individual.
Do you see it here?
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.23
It's more than it's
having it in our heart,
00:47:48.26\00:47:51.20
which enables us to
have peace in our hearts
00:47:51.23\00:47:54.60
in this spiritual battle.
00:47:54.64\00:47:56.91
Romans 5:1 says, "We
have peace with God."
00:47:56.94\00:48:01.01
How do we have peace with
God in the midst of the storm?
00:48:01.04\00:48:05.81
You know how a
Christian can have peace,
00:48:05.85\00:48:07.92
even in the midst of a
storm that we're in right now?
00:48:07.95\00:48:11.32
Because we serve, we serve one,
00:48:11.35\00:48:14.22
a Savior, one
that's been crucified,
00:48:14.26\00:48:16.26
we serve one that's risen.
00:48:16.29\00:48:17.99
We serve one that's ascended.
00:48:18.03\00:48:20.20
Think about that.
00:48:20.23\00:48:21.63
Isn't that
wonderful to know that?
00:48:21.66\00:48:25.47
Crucified,
risen, ascended, Lord,
00:48:25.50\00:48:29.27
that gives us and
courage in the midst of a storm.
00:48:29.30\00:48:31.64
Ephesians 6:16 says,
00:48:36.44\00:48:37.78
"We have to have
the shield of faith."
00:48:37.81\00:48:40.28
Do we have that
shield of faith today?
00:48:40.32\00:48:42.68
1 John 5:4 says this, quickly,
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.72
"This is the victory
that overcometh the world,"
00:48:44.75\00:48:47.39
what is it?
00:48:47.42\00:48:48.76
"Even our faith."
00:48:48.79\00:48:50.33
This is what?
00:48:50.36\00:48:51.76
This is the victory that
overcometh the world even,
00:48:51.79\00:48:55.26
excuse me, our faith.
00:48:55.30\00:48:57.97
We're not talking
about a dead faith.
00:48:58.00\00:48:59.37
We're talking
about a living faith.
00:48:59.40\00:49:01.57
We're talking
about an active faith.
00:49:01.60\00:49:04.17
Just like the shield,
00:49:04.21\00:49:05.54
we thought the
shield is to protect,
00:49:05.57\00:49:06.91
but notice this,
00:49:06.94\00:49:08.28
a shield is useless
unless you move it around.
00:49:08.31\00:49:12.15
Did you get it?
00:49:12.18\00:49:13.52
A shield that
you have, God goes,
00:49:13.55\00:49:14.88
"I'll give you a shield.
00:49:14.92\00:49:16.25
Get from the fiery darts."
00:49:16.28\00:49:17.62
But you know,
when I'm looking here,
00:49:17.65\00:49:18.99
my enemy is right here,
and I've got the shield here,
00:49:19.02\00:49:20.46
I have some protection.
00:49:20.49\00:49:21.82
When my enemy moves over here
00:49:21.86\00:49:23.19
and I'm standing here
still holding, I'm in trouble.
00:49:23.22\00:49:26.86
Active, you have to be moving.
00:49:26.90\00:49:29.70
So to catch the flame,
the fiery dart of the enemy,
00:49:29.73\00:49:35.77
there's where our victory
is at along with our trust
00:49:35.80\00:49:38.37
in God to deliver us.
00:49:38.41\00:49:41.01
Faith is so
important as you read.
00:49:41.04\00:49:43.21
And we know,
and people will say,
00:49:43.24\00:49:44.81
"It's not for those
who have been in the Word."
00:49:44.85\00:49:46.35
But people say,
"I don't have faith."
00:49:46.38\00:49:47.85
Bible says,
"Faith cometh by," what?
00:49:47.88\00:49:49.35
Romans 10:17,
00:49:49.38\00:49:50.72
"Faith cometh by hearing
and hearing by the Word of God."
00:49:50.75\00:49:54.52
And then it'd be embarrassing
for us to say today,
00:49:54.56\00:49:57.16
"I don't have any faith."
00:49:57.19\00:49:58.53
And I've realized,
00:49:58.56\00:49:59.89
new Christian
might say those things.
00:49:59.93\00:50:01.26
But as a person
belonging to God and His church
00:50:01.30\00:50:02.86
and a Christian never
say, "I don't have any faith,
00:50:02.90\00:50:05.53
" because Hebrews 11:6 says,
"We must remember," what is it?
00:50:05.57\00:50:09.57
What does God think about faith?
00:50:09.60\00:50:10.94
"Without faith," it's what?
00:50:10.97\00:50:12.81
"Without faith it's
impossible to please God."
00:50:12.84\00:50:14.48
So right then
and there, you say,
00:50:14.51\00:50:15.84
"I don't have any faith,
" you're not pleasing God.
00:50:15.88\00:50:17.21
That's what the Bible says.
00:50:17.25\00:50:19.01
We may be a little weak
at the time or whatever,
00:50:19.05\00:50:20.62
but always say, "God's
given us all a measure of what?
00:50:20.65\00:50:22.82
Of faith.
00:50:22.85\00:50:24.72
We must be studying and
obeying the Word of God.
00:50:24.75\00:50:28.22
Why?
00:50:28.26\00:50:29.59
Because the Word
of God taken inside
00:50:29.62\00:50:30.99
is going to transform the
life, transform the heart.
00:50:31.03\00:50:35.00
When you take
the Word of God in,
00:50:35.03\00:50:36.46
I want to think of
something like this,
00:50:36.50\00:50:38.13
in the life and the
character and the heart,
00:50:38.17\00:50:40.30
the Word of God begins
to kill out things in me
00:50:40.34\00:50:43.77
that doesn't need to be there.
00:50:43.81\00:50:45.47
Does that make sense?
00:50:45.51\00:50:46.84
And you take the Word of God
into the mind, into the heart,
00:50:46.88\00:50:49.01
it starts
killing out these things.
00:50:49.04\00:50:51.95
It kills out
anything that's unholy,
00:50:51.98\00:50:53.88
that shouldn't be there.
00:50:53.92\00:50:56.02
What happens when you
take the Word of God in?
00:50:56.05\00:50:57.82
The Holy Spirit
then convicts us.
00:50:57.85\00:51:00.66
And then what happens next?
00:51:00.69\00:51:02.29
Faith is then exercised,
00:51:02.32\00:51:04.53
which works by
the love of Christ.
00:51:04.56\00:51:07.60
And then we see the change
that takes place in the body
00:51:07.63\00:51:10.47
and in the soul
and in the spirit
00:51:10.50\00:51:12.83
into His own image.
00:51:12.87\00:51:14.57
This is the way that it
works, the Bible talks about.
00:51:14.60\00:51:17.54
The power first
when it comes in,
00:51:17.57\00:51:19.31
works on the inside of me.
00:51:19.34\00:51:21.64
And as it begins to
work on the inside of me,
00:51:21.68\00:51:23.38
and these changes all go
00:51:23.41\00:51:24.75
and it begins to
kill out all that disease
00:51:24.78\00:51:26.55
and all that
sickness of the mind,
00:51:26.58\00:51:28.58
and the sin in man,
and then all of a sudden,
00:51:28.62\00:51:30.35
now it begins to
show on the what?
00:51:30.39\00:51:32.02
On the outside.
00:51:32.05\00:51:34.99
And now I can give it by
the grace of God to what?
00:51:35.02\00:51:37.99
To others along the way.
00:51:38.03\00:51:39.66
Let's take it just
a little bit farther.
00:51:39.69\00:51:41.03
We only have three
minutes and something left,
00:51:41.06\00:51:42.40
we're not gonna be able
finish. But notice this.
00:51:42.43\00:51:44.43
When Christ really
comes in the heart,
00:51:44.47\00:51:46.13
let me try to name ten things
00:51:46.17\00:51:47.50
as fast as I can
in three minutes,
00:51:47.54\00:51:49.14
ten things that really happen
00:51:49.17\00:51:50.87
when Christ is
really in the heart.
00:51:50.91\00:51:52.54
If these things
are not happening,
00:51:52.57\00:51:53.91
He's not really there.
00:51:53.94\00:51:55.28
I just want you to do
self examination as I do,
00:51:55.31\00:51:57.61
as in preparation.
00:51:57.65\00:51:58.98
When Christ really comes
into heart, there is a change.
00:51:59.01\00:52:01.48
Number one, a selfish
person becomes unselfish.
00:52:01.52\00:52:07.16
When Christ really
comes into the heart,
00:52:07.19\00:52:08.79
the mind is changed.
00:52:08.82\00:52:10.79
The heart is enlarged to
where I can feel emotion,
00:52:10.83\00:52:15.06
to where I can have more love,
00:52:15.10\00:52:17.13
more feelings for my fellow man.
00:52:17.17\00:52:19.33
When Jesus comes into
the heart, notice this,
00:52:19.37\00:52:21.84
there's no longer
a spirit of rivalry,
00:52:21.87\00:52:24.44
which means competition
with my brothers and sisters.
00:52:24.47\00:52:28.54
Ambition is gone as far
as the world is concerned.
00:52:28.58\00:52:32.25
No longer do I desire
00:52:32.28\00:52:33.62
when Christ is
there to be first.
00:52:33.65\00:52:35.52
Number four, when Christ,
00:52:39.32\00:52:41.06
when I really accept
Christ into my heart,
00:52:41.09\00:52:43.79
before the
change, men love praise.
00:52:43.83\00:52:47.03
After Christ comes in,
00:52:47.06\00:52:48.60
we're no longer
dependent upon human praise
00:52:48.63\00:52:51.27
and accolades anymore.
00:52:51.30\00:52:54.27
Number five,
00:52:54.30\00:52:55.64
self does not struggle
for recognition anymore
00:52:55.67\00:52:58.21
when Christ lives in the heart.
00:52:58.24\00:53:00.38
Six,
00:53:00.41\00:53:02.11
you don't love others
because they love you,
00:53:02.14\00:53:05.95
or because they're good to you,
or they appreciate what you do,
00:53:05.98\00:53:10.55
but because they are
Christ-purchased possession,
00:53:10.59\00:53:15.19
when Christ is
really in the heart.
00:53:15.22\00:53:17.63
Seven, when Christ
is really in the heart,
00:53:17.66\00:53:20.00
if our words and our
motives are misconstrued,
00:53:20.03\00:53:25.10
they're misunderstood,
00:53:25.13\00:53:27.64
or there's lies that told on us,
00:53:27.67\00:53:30.24
if we're misrepresented,
we take no offense.
00:53:30.27\00:53:35.04
There's no hurt.
00:53:35.08\00:53:37.31
And there's no pouting
00:53:37.35\00:53:39.11
because Christ
lives in our heart.
00:53:39.15\00:53:43.49
And the Bible
says in Psalm 119:165,
00:53:43.52\00:53:46.96
"Perfect peace have
they which love thy law
00:53:46.99\00:53:48.96
and nothing shall offend."
00:53:48.99\00:53:51.06
God, help all of
us on that point,
00:53:51.09\00:53:53.16
or I'll just say
me on that point.
00:53:53.19\00:53:57.67
No matter what somebody says,
no matter what somebody does,
00:53:57.70\00:54:01.90
we're to be
forgiving and loving in return.
00:54:01.94\00:54:04.97
Number eight,
00:54:05.01\00:54:08.28
we have a humble
opinion of our self.
00:54:08.31\00:54:12.08
Yet we're full of
hope and trust in God.
00:54:12.11\00:54:15.08
Nine, the grace of
Christ is to control the man.
00:54:15.12\00:54:19.09
Number 10,
00:54:19.12\00:54:21.59
even the look,
00:54:21.62\00:54:23.59
the countenance in
our face is changed
00:54:23.63\00:54:26.23
when Christ lives within,
00:54:26.26\00:54:28.00
because Christ shines out.
00:54:28.03\00:54:30.70
Peace is seen in
the man, because why?
00:54:30.73\00:54:34.60
Because with his
human nature he's what?
00:54:34.64\00:54:37.14
He becomes
partakers of divine divinity.
00:54:37.17\00:54:42.21
We need the helmet
00:54:42.24\00:54:43.58
and I'll leave it that
as our time is running out.
00:54:43.61\00:54:45.01
We need that helmet,
00:54:45.05\00:54:46.38
put on the head because that's
where we make the decisions,
00:54:46.41\00:54:49.85
protects us,
decisions that are made,
00:54:49.88\00:54:51.59
the seed of the
will and of the emotions.
00:54:51.62\00:54:54.52
The helmet deals with salvation,
00:54:54.56\00:54:55.99
and we need that.
00:54:56.02\00:54:57.89
May God help us to
see the importance of it.
00:54:57.93\00:54:59.96
I wanna pray for you and
I thank you for tuning in,
00:55:00.00\00:55:02.00
pray for you now, only
about 15, 16 seconds left.
00:55:02.03\00:55:04.40
And I'm going to pray,
00:55:04.43\00:55:05.77
you made that
decision to stand for Christ.
00:55:05.80\00:55:07.14
You made a decision to
put on the whole armor of God
00:55:07.17\00:55:09.20
right now,
00:55:09.24\00:55:10.57
every piece is important
00:55:10.61\00:55:11.94
if you want
heaven to be your home.
00:55:11.97\00:55:13.31
Let's pray about, shall we?
00:55:13.34\00:55:14.68
Father in heaven,
thank you for Your love.
00:55:14.71\00:55:16.04
Thank You for those who
have made that decision.
00:55:16.08\00:55:17.41
In Jesus' name, amen.
00:55:17.45\00:55:18.81
Hello and welcome back.
00:55:18.85\00:55:20.58
I am convinced
of the Holy Spirit,
00:55:20.62\00:55:23.49
that if we do not get
serious about praying for truth,
00:55:23.52\00:55:26.89
this earth may be the only
life that we will ever know.
00:55:26.92\00:55:30.63
Getting serious is truly
putting on the whole armor.
00:55:30.66\00:55:34.53
It's living up to
the light of God's Word,
00:55:34.56\00:55:37.40
as we understand it.
00:55:37.43\00:55:39.10
As mentioned today,
00:55:39.13\00:55:40.50
it's having our loins
girded about with truth,
00:55:40.54\00:55:43.34
protecting our heart
00:55:43.37\00:55:44.81
with the
breastplate of His righteousness
00:55:44.84\00:55:47.51
and having our feet
shod with the gospel of peace
00:55:47.54\00:55:50.78
as we seek daily to
share this message with others.
00:55:50.81\00:55:54.72
This is our worn
00:55:54.75\00:55:56.38
and shielded by that
wonderful shield of faith
00:55:56.42\00:55:59.59
that keeps us
protected even when it appears
00:55:59.62\00:56:02.29
that all is lost.
00:56:02.32\00:56:04.13
And again, we must
never forget to daily,
00:56:04.16\00:56:07.60
daily put on the
helmet of salvation,
00:56:07.63\00:56:10.47
which is the
diligent study of God's Word.
00:56:10.50\00:56:13.77
Writing His Word in our
hearts and in our minds,
00:56:13.80\00:56:17.01
and finally, dear friends,
00:56:17.04\00:56:18.77
we are to never
00:56:18.81\00:56:20.34
or we're to always be
ever in constant prayer.
00:56:20.38\00:56:23.85
This war is not a war
00:56:23.88\00:56:25.68
we can win without
our Savior Jesus Christ.
00:56:25.71\00:56:28.85
I sincerely hope and pray
00:56:28.88\00:56:31.39
that you sensed all of this
00:56:31.42\00:56:33.05
as never before
during today's study.
00:56:33.09\00:56:35.86
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00:56:35.89\00:56:38.03
this need has
brought you to a decision
00:56:38.06\00:56:40.10
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00:56:40.13\00:56:43.26
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00:56:43.30\00:56:45.83
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