Participants: J.D. Quinn
Series Code: FC
Program Code: FC000390
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00:15 Music 00:30 Welcome to Faith Chapel. 00:32 My name is J. D. Quinn. 00:34 We've got a program today that applies to everyone. 00:38 It's entitled, "Satan's Tangled Web" 00:41 It is basically about how to be set free. 00:44 But before we go there, I want to invite the Lord in... 00:47 Father, I just thank You for this wonderful day 00:49 that you've created. 00:51 Dear Father, I just ask that there's someone out there 00:54 as well as myself that needs to be set free. 00:57 There are ways we get tangled up in different messes 01:01 Dear Father, we just want to turn it over to you. 01:04 So I'm asking Lord that You'll get me totally out of the way. 01:07 Let the Holy Spirit work through me 01:09 to bless someone today. 01:12 But before that Dear Father 01:13 I ask that you forgive us of our sins 01:16 If anyone has some type of issue in their own heart 01:19 Right now, we are asking that it be forgiven. 01:22 Thank You Jesus, We invite you into our hearts 01:25 into our minds. Just take care of us. 01:28 In the name of Your Precious Son Jesus we pray. Amen 01:30 We're going to talk 01:33 about Satan's tangled web today. 01:35 A spider is a predatory animal 01:40 that spins cells to make traps for its prey. 01:42 And after spinning its web and everything 01:46 the spider waits for a small impact 01:51 on the web and when it is felt 01:55 the spider reaches out and grabs its prey. 01:59 My dear brothers and sisters, this is exactly how Satan works. 02:05 He has a net out there. He knows our vulnerabilities. 02:08 He knows when to take advantage of us. 02:10 He is also very deceptive and very smart, 02:15 as is the spider. 02:17 Now I imagine that there's people out there 02:24 that have been in a similar situation. 02:26 that feel as if they've been in a trap. 02:29 Some people feel as if they've been corralled. 02:31 Perhaps it happened without them noticing what was going on. 02:35 Maybe they thought 02:36 "Well I'll just push the envelope a little bit further. " 02:38 And then all of a sudden they got themselves caught... 02:43 and then they became miserable. 02:46 If you find yourself in the situation of being caught 02:52 it could be a gambling sin 02:55 it could be an addiction of pornography 02:58 it could be alcoholism, it could be drug addiction 03:02 it could be a sexual sin 03:05 it could even be a cherished sin 03:07 and you've tried to get out of this 'your' way, 03:11 I want to introduce you to 'His Way. ' 03:16 His way is with a capital 'H' 03:19 that's Jesus Christ's way. 03:21 I'd like for you to turn to 1 Corinthians 14:33 03:30 We're going to start there. 03:32 But before I get there I want to talk about Charlotte. 03:36 We're going to use Charlotte as an example of one 03:41 who went through a lot of different addictions. 03:43 And she got rid of all these addictions 03:46 basically, by a lot of prayer and by herself. 03:51 But she could not get away from the habit of cigarettes. 03:56 She called up one day and said, "Listen I need some help... 04:01 Can you help me? " 04:02 I said, "What's the issue? " 04:04 So she explained and right then I went to Isaiah 46:10. 04:10 And I said, "Before we start this Charlotte, 04:13 why don't we invite the Holy Spirit in. " 04:15 I love to involve the Holy Spirit in anything I do 04:18 because I can't see outside the room. 04:21 But He sees everything that's going on. 04:25 He sees the beginning from the end. 04:27 And boy, what peace, what comfort that can give you 04:31 if you have that understanding 04:34 that you're not in this by yourself. 04:37 Charlotte said she wanted this help. 04:41 So I said, "Okay, let's go through some steps. 04:45 Is that alright with you Charlotte? " 04:46 She was very co-operative. 04:49 She was sick and tired of being sick and tired. 04:54 So, Satan like the spider and its predatory ways 05:01 had captured her, gotten her in that net. 05:04 Now, how are we going to get out of there? 05:06 Let's go now to 1 Corinthians 14:33 05:10 if you have it in your Bible you can follow along. 05:23 what I want to concentrate on here 05:25 is that God is not the author of confusion 05:28 but of peace. 05:30 Whenever there's conflict, red flag goes up 05:32 we know there's an enemy in the camp. 05:34 I would like for you now to follow with me in 05:36 2 Corinthians 10:5 05:50 That's what I want to concentrate on 05:52 bringing the thoughts into the Mind of Christ 05:58 Because at that particular time 06:00 we realize that with Charlotte 06:02 with the habit of cigarettes 06:05 the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God 06:09 for pulling down those strongholds. 06:10 Remember, the stronghold against Charlotte 06:13 is those nasty, filthy cigarettes. 06:17 So, what I want to do because we're bringing that thought 06:20 captive is to replace it with God's promise! 06:25 Let's go to 1 Corinthians 15:57 06:41 My brothers and sisters, put that promise on a 3 x 5 card 06:46 and put it in the back of your mind 06:49 or the frontal lobe, or wherever it is you remember! 06:52 It says, "Thanks be to God who gives us the victory! " 06:56 Also like Hebrews 10:23 07:00 look it up later... It says, 07:01 "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, 07:06 "... for He who promised is faithful. " 07:10 If God says it, He means it 07:13 that is His promise and He will see to it that it happens. 07:17 Now let's go to Psalms 129:4 07:31 Now, I look at this, maybe a little bit different. 07:36 But it is just the way my mind works 07:38 because I'm a visual type person. 07:41 So whenever I'm talking about cutting the cords of the wicked 07:44 rather than that three strand cord that, at times, 07:48 the Bible refers to, I think of 07:50 an umbilical cord. 07:51 I see that umbilical cord as full of corruption 07:57 I just want to cut that cord. 08:02 So, I cut it because of the promises of Jesus Christ 08:04 through the victory that He is promising me. 08:06 As I see the umbilical cord fall to the ground 08:11 I step on it! 08:13 Satan, you were defeated 2,000 years ago 08:15 you have no place in my life 08:17 Get thee behind me. 08:19 That's what I do to that umbilical cord. 08:21 And that is what 08:23 I was telling Charlotte. 08:25 Charlotte, let's put 08:26 that stuff behind us. 08:28 That's not who you chose to be. 08:32 I'd like for you to go to Proverbs 18:21 08:49 Powerful! because it is a self fulfilling prophecy. 08:54 Life and death are in the power of the tongue. 08:56 As you're bringing your children up you might say 08:58 "You'll never amount to anything " 09:01 "my goodness you don't even study! " 09:02 By this you're planting negative seeds in their mind. 09:05 The power of life and death in the tongue. 09:07 As it is with Charlotte, 09:09 "Charlotte, do you chose to be a non-smoker? " 09:12 "Claim to be a non-smoker! " 09:14 If you've got a pornography problem 09:16 then you must chose to be a non-pornography watcher 09:19 Claim It! 09:21 If you are on drugs and you don't want to be on drugs 09:25 Claim It! 09:27 It's a self fulfilling prophecy 09:28 Don't back yourself into a corner. 09:31 Remember, Satan, just as the spider, 09:33 a predator, is waiting to take advantage of you 09:37 in everything that you do and say. 09:39 I want to go to one of my favorite writers, Ellen G. White 09:44 in "Education" page 146, 09:46 "No truth does the Bible more clearly teach " 09:51 "than: 'what we do is the result of what we are' " 09:55 "so to a great degree the experiences of life are " 09:59 "are the results of our own thoughts and deeds. " 10:01 And of course, 10:05 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. " 10:11 So there is a self fulfilling prophecy 10:15 whatever we put into our mind. 10:17 So there is life and death in the power of the tongue. 10:27 I'd like to go to Psalms 143:10 10:31 Psalms 143:10 is whenever I find myself thinking 10:35 "Well, J. D. I'm trying " 10:37 "but I don't seem to be having too much luck. " 10:40 I love it! Because in Psalms 143:10 10:44 David says, "Father teach me to do your will. " 10:51 "For You are my God " 10:53 " may your Holy Spirit lead me on level ground. " 10:57 Amen. 10:59 So there are times in our lives 11:01 when it doesn't seem to be going our way. 11:04 Just fall down on your knees and say, 11:06 "Hey, teach me Father, I'm giving you permission to " 11:10 "be in charge of my life. " 11:12 An because you've given the Holy Spirit permission 11:15 to come in, will rush to the scene. 11:19 And I tell you my dear brothers and sisters, 11:21 I speak from my own experience 11:23 You will see major changes happening 11:26 because you are making a choice. You are repenting. 11:31 Which means you are turning your back and you're 11:34 gonna go in the other direction. 11:36 And because he created us, He understands us. 11:39 So we'll have a natural affinity to follow our Heavenly Father. 11:45 Amen? Amen. 11:51 James 4:8, James 4:8, I love it, 11:56 "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. " 12:00 Not vice-versa. Boy did I have that turned around in my life! 12:06 In my growing in Christ I said, "Father, prove yourself to me, " 12:12 "Once You prove Yourself to me, I'll get on Your bandwagon " 12:18 "and be very passionate about You. " 12:20 I thought it was about me! 12:22 Bad doctrine? Bad teaching? 12:25 Fell asleep when this was being taught? 12:28 I don't have any idea. 12:30 But I do know that I was wrong. 12:32 And once I found out that He was saying, 12:35 "Hey, J.D., hey Charlotte, draw near to Me " 12:39 "And when you turn around and draw near to Me " 12:43 "then, I will draw near to you. " 12:47 That's when the changes start taking place. 12:50 Because now your priorities are right. 12:54 The path in front of you levels out. 12:57 That doesn't mean there's not going to be 12:59 some peaks and valleys. 13:00 But it means He is there with you. 13:03 There is that comfort, that peace. 13:06 That confidence that's within you. 13:09 When you know, that you know, that you know... 13:13 that you can just call upon His Name 13:15 because you have drawn near to Him. 13:18 You've played your cards. 13:20 And now you're waiting for Him 13:22 to be there to deliver you. 13:24 It's just not brain surgery my dear brothers and sisters. 13:28 You can do this... 13:29 I did it! 13:31 I'm a testimony. 13:32 I guess that's the gift that each one of us has 13:34 is the personal testimony that we have. 13:37 You may not know every scripture in the Bible. 13:41 I certainly don't. 13:42 But I can sure tell my personal testimony. 13:46 I can tell how He has changed my life. 13:48 There are people who would meet me today 13:52 and wonder, "Well who is this guy? " 13:53 " Did you make this change? " 13:55 I believe in what He promised me. 14:01 You know, Thanks be to God for the victory He has given me. 14:04 Amen! 14:06 Job. Poor Job. 14:11 My goodness, boy. We all know the story of Job. 14:13 Job fought the battles. But he was always faithful. 14:17 That's probably the bottom line of everything. 14:21 Yet, we know the battles are going to attack us 14:24 whether it's cigarettes again, whether it's drugs 14:27 whatever it is. 14:29 The whole thing is to keep everything in perspective. 14:32 Because we're His children. 14:33 Remember, the path is level. 14:35 Well, let's go to Job 34:32 14:38 I love what he is sitting here saying here. 14:40 He is saying, "Teach me what I do not see " 14:43 "and if I have done iniquity I will do it no more. " 14:49 Man, that's fantastic... 14:51 He is showing our vulnerability 14:52 He says, "Hey Jesus, I'm getting mixed signals here " 14:57 "and that's not who I chose to be. " 14:59 "I'm your child, so Father if I have done something wrong " 15:02 "let me know, teach me, 'cause that's not what I want to do. " 15:07 "I'm Your child! " 15:09 "And I'm counting on You as my Father " 15:11 to put a hedge of protection around me and keep me safe. " 15:14 I like what it says in "Messages to Young People " 15:17 by Mrs. Ellen G. White, Page 123 15:19 "At the beginning of the day do not neglect to pray earnestly " 15:27 "to Jesus that He will impart to you strength " 15:29 "and grace to resist the temptations of the enemy " 15:33 "in whatever form they may come. " 15:35 "And if you pray earnestly " 15:38 "in faith and contrition of soul " 15:41 "the Lord will hear your prayer. " 15:45 Amen Amen 15:48 That's when we feel 15:50 most comfortable. 15:52 When we know 15:54 that He hears our prayer. 15:56 When I was growing up all little boys loved Cowboys and Indians. 16:01 And we played Cowboys and Indians 16:04 and of course the Calvary. 16:06 And it was always a joy to hear the bugle blow 16:11 because you knew the cavalry was coming. 16:13 And so that's the way it is here. 16:16 You know in your heart that because you're doing 16:19 the very best that you can do 16:21 with the knowledge that you have 16:23 claiming His promises, so you know 16:27 that the Calvary is on its way. 16:29 And he is sitting here saying, 16:30 "Hey Father, teach me what I do not see. " 16:33 "And if I've messed up, I don't want to do that. " 16:37 Amen. We've all messed up. 16:40 But the next time you mess up, 16:42 throw that little prayer out there. 16:45 "Jesus, teach me what I do not see. " 16:49 and if I've sinned, if I've done iniquity 16:55 That's not who I chose to be. 16:57 Amen... 16:58 I'd like for you to go to your Bibles now 17:01 and look up John 8:32. 17:16 Amen 17:18 So here my brothers and sisters as all this is coming together 17:22 we can begin to make some sense out of all this. 17:24 You have a relationship with the Lord. 17:27 How do you have a relationship with the Lord. 17:29 Get into your Bible. 17:32 I know that when I was young 17:35 and in mid-life even I would pick up the Bible 17:38 And doing the best I knew how to do 17:41 but it didn't make all the sense I thought it should make. 17:43 Some of the words I stumbled over. 17:45 And some of the principles I stumbled over. 17:48 But what I found out bottom line 17:52 it wasn't that the words weren't properly used 17:57 rather, I wasn't looking through the right set of eyes. 18:01 I was like Paul. I had scales on my eyes. 18:04 I might have mentally wanted to approach this 18:09 I might have thought in my heart that I wanted to do it 18:12 but my mind was probably playing ball 18:15 or doing something else. 18:17 But once I found out that, hey 18:19 get into the Word. Ask the Holy Spirit to come in 18:24 And as the Holy Spirit is coming in. 18:27 All of a sudden the things you didn't see before 18:30 started making sense. 18:34 I heard this long ago and it certainly is true. 18:37 When the student is ready to learn 18:40 the teacher will be there. 18:42 I guess that in different times of our lives 18:47 we might have thought that the student was ready to learn. 18:51 But maybe the student was not ready to learn. 18:54 Because that's relative. 18:56 But I'll guarantee you 18:58 I guarantee you, I guarantee you 19:02 whenever the student is ready to learn 19:05 and get into the Word of God 19:06 and you give Him permission 19:07 to make it clear to you 19:09 then the teacher will be there. 19:12 And like we just read in John 8:32 19:16 "You will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free. " 19:20 Amen! 19:22 Down a couple of verses in John 8:36 19:27 So if the Son, being Jesus, 19:31 makes you free. You will be free indeed. 19:36 Amen 19:38 Because that's what we all want, 19:41 is to be free. 19:43 We want that quietness. 19:46 We want that quietness! 19:48 My goodness, we live in such a fast paced world 19:51 we're always looking over our shoulders. 19:53 Just trying to keep up with what we're doing. 19:55 He gives us that quietness. 19:57 He gives us comfort. 19:59 He gives us peace. 20:01 It's just absolutely fantastic 20:05 the gifts He gives us when we need them the most. 20:10 Matthew 18:28 It says, "Come to Me... " 20:16 Now Charlotte, what I'd like for you to do 20:20 dear brother and sister what I'd like for you to do 20:23 is put your name in there. 20:25 This is Jesus calling YOU! 20:27 "Charlotte, Come to me" 20:30 "Charlotte, I know that you labor and are heavy laden. " 20:35 "Charlotte, I know that you are overburdened. " 20:37 "But if you will just give it to Me, Charlotte " 20:40 "then I will give you rest. " 20:43 "I will ease and relieve and refresh your soul " 20:47 "Charlotte, J. D. take my yoke upon you " 20:53 "and learn of me for I am gentle " 20:55 In other words He is meek. "I am humble " 20:59 It means He is lowly in heart. 21:01 "And you will find rest. " 21:03 That rest we were talking about awhile ago 21:06 which will relieve and ease and give you refreshment 21:10 and recreation and blessed quietness for your soul. 21:14 "So come to Me all ye who labor and are heavy laden " 21:17 "and overburdened and I will cause you to rest. " 21:20 "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me " 21:23 "for I am gentle and humble in heart " 21:24 "and you will find rest for your soul. " 21:28 I could tell as I was talking to Charlotte 21:31 that she was getting excited because she began to see 21:34 the picture of what God can do. 21:36 She was trying to do it her way 21:38 and she was finding out, hey, I can do it His way. 21:43 And it's making sense. 21:46 In Isaiah 32:17 21:48 "And the effect of righteousness will be peace. " 21:52 That internal peace. 21:54 That external peace. 21:56 and the result of righteousness will be 21:58 quietness and confident trust forever. 22:01 Amen! 22:04 I know in my life 22:07 that's what I'm looking for, 22:10 that quietness, that gentle peace. 22:13 You know it just brings everything down 22:18 to where I understand for the first time 22:20 what that little path in front of me means. 22:23 Because I know that you can identify with this, 22:26 man, we go up hills, we go down hills. 22:29 But the older I get the harder it is to get up these stairs. 22:32 And boy, whenever I think about how He comes in 22:36 and makes my path level. 22:38 I don't have to huff and puff that way I used to. 22:41 I still fight the battles 22:42 But I know that instead of concentrating on the problems 22:46 I know now that I go to the Problem Solver. 22:56 "The Eternal God is your Refuge and your Dwelling Place. " 23:00 "And underneath are the everlasting arms. " 23:03 "He drove the enemy before you and thrust them out saying, " 23:06 " "Destroy!" " That's what Jesus wants to do. 23:11 He's wanting to put His protective wings 23:14 over you so you feel comfortable. 23:16 Comfortable enough Charlotte, that you will call upon Him. 23:19 And as He has His banner in front of you 23:22 He says, "Get out of the way " 23:24 "Charlotte is coming through. She's a child of God. " 23:26 "I have redeemed her. " 23:30 And Charlotte, as you begin to feel the comfort of His arms 23:34 wrapped around you, you begin to sense 23:39 'I'm free! ' 23:40 'I don't need these nasty cigarettes ' 23:43 'I do understand what you are saying Lord. ' 23:47 'I'm going to throw those things away. ' 23:49 'And I know that tomorrow ' 23:51 'I'm gonna have to face a new day. ' 23:54 'But I know through the grace of Jesus Christ ' 23:58 'that grace which empowers us ' 24:00 'and as I take hold of His promises ' 24:03 'I know that I can whip this demon. ' 24:07 So my dear brothers and sisters 24:10 it makes no difference what web you get caught up in. 24:14 We have Satan is deceptive in subtle ways. 24:17 He creates that web that we slip in to. 24:20 So if it's the web of pornography 24:23 if it's the web of alcoholism 24:25 if it's the web of drugs 24:29 if it's the web of gambling 24:31 if it's the web of cherished sin 24:34 whatever it is we know that 24:39 we've been given His Word. 24:42 And we can sit and stand on His promises 24:45 and throw that nasty stuff behind us. 24:48 Amen. 24:49 Remember what it says in 1 Corinthians 15:57 24:54 "Thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory " 24:56 through Jesus Christ, His Son. " 24:58 That's one you need to memorize. 25:01 It's an easy one. A promise you can rely on. 25:04 Now I want to go through and recap. 25:07 Number 1. God is not the author of confusion. 25:12 He is not the author of conflict 25:15 Whenever we see that confusion or conflict come up 25:19 that it's not the peace 25:20 and our conscience lets us know that 25:22 Red flag goes up! 25:24 When that red flag goes up we know 25:26 there's an enemy in the camp. 25:28 and we take that thought captive 25:30 we use this teaching and we take that thought captive 25:34 if it's something that Jesus wouldn't do. 25:37 And at that particular time 25:38 we're going to replace that negative thought 25:40 with a positive thought, one of God's promises. 25:44 And here again, thanks be to Jesus 25:47 for the victory that He is giving us. 25:50 I claim that, Lord. 25:51 And then I cut the cord. 25:53 I cut the cord of the wicked. 25:54 That's the cord that's feeding the negative nature into us. 25:58 We're going to step on it. We're going to destroy it. 26:01 Don't want you in here Satan, 26:02 you're destroyed. You're not part of my new life. 26:05 And then life and death are in the power of the tongue. 26:09 Self fulfilling prophecy. 26:10 Amen. 26:12 We need to remember that. 26:13 We're going to feed 26:15 good stuff into us. 26:16 I am a child of God. 26:18 I am here to serve Him. 26:20 I'm here to follow His directions. 26:22 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. 26:27 That is faith my dear brothers and sisters. 26:30 Calling things that are not as though they are. 26:34 It's a wonderful gift that we've got. 26:36 Because in our self-fulfilling prophecy, Thank You Jesus 26:40 I can call things. 'I'm a non-smoker ' 26:42 'I don't watch pornography any more. ' 26:45 And the Truth, Jesus, will set you free. 26:49 What a promise! Jesus, our Creator, 26:54 will set you free. 26:56 It's as though you've given Him permission 26:58 to go in and re-wire you! 27:00 And so you are accepting His help. 27:04 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 27:07 "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing and in everything " 27:11 "give thanks to the Lord. For this is His will for you. " 27:15 And I want to close with one other Scripture. 27:19 Romans 15:13 27:21 "May the God of Hope fill us with all joy and peace " 27:26 "as we trust in Him. " 27:28 "So that we may overflow with the hope " 27:31 "by the power of the Holy Spirit. " 27:32 So brothers and sisters, whenever you see 27:37 that this web that Satan is weaving is trying to come in 27:41 and take advantage of you 27:42 give it back to the Lord. He'll take it away. 27:45 Thank you for being with us today on the Faith Chapel 27:49 We love you and God bless you! 27:51 And may He reward you bountifully. |
Revised 2014-12-17