Harvest truly is plenteous,
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but the laborers are few.
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Pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest,
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that he will send forth
laborers into his harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
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Then said I, "Here
am I. Send me, Send me!"
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Life on the Edge
will enable you to be
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infected
harvest before the Lord.
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We now invite you into our
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classroom to
come, experience life.
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Again we just like
to welcome everyone
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that is here in our classroom,
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we'd like to
welcome those of you that
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are at home who
are joining us in the
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classroom here at the
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Lay Institute for Evangelism.
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We are going over
the second half of
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the Bible study
called the great controversy.
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The second half of
the Bible study called
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the great controversy
and if you go to your
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graphic there on
the screen you will see
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that the code for marking
this Bible study is what?
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GC. GC, that's absolutely right.
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You will also
note that the purpose
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of this Bible
studying is to show that there
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is a cosmic conflict
between God and Satan.
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And in the first
half of this Bible study
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we discussed that
everyone of us have
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felt that battle
that goes on where God
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is struggling, not
God isn't struggling
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but God is wooing
us to do what is right,
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while Satan on the
other hand is pulling us,
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carssing us, deceiving us,
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conning us and
trying to get us to do
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what is wrong.
But God's motivation
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for getting us to do
what is right is love.
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And our motivation
for being victorious
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in this cosmic
conflict between God
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and Satan is our
love for God the Father
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and his Son and the Holy Spirit.
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Each one of our
studies are centered
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on Jesus Christ
and the center for this
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study is, God
is a God of justice
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who desires the
service of genuine love
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and genuine loyalty.
We can win the battle
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with evil through
his son Jesus Christ.
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We can win the battle
with evil through who?
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Jesus Christ,
through Jesus Christ.
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And that's what
we are gonna get to
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in the second
half of this study.
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You will also see
there on the screen
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all the
references that we are going
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to use in this
great controversy study.
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There are 15 of them
and those 15 references
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are divided into
three different groups.
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The first group is
the source of evil,
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the second group
is the thrust of evil
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or what gives evil
its motivation and the
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third section is the
cosmic battle over you,
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the cosmic battle over you.
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In our first
Bible study, the first
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half of this
Bible study we discussed
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very thoroughly
the source of evil,
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and where did we
learn that evil came from?
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Devil. The devil. The
devil came from where?
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Originally he was
in heaven and how did
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he get into
heaven? He was created.
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Who created him? God.
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And how did God
created him? Good.
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Good or perfect, that's right.
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Now we're going
to go into the part
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of this Bible study
called the Thrust of Evil.
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So you see there
on your screen the
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Thrust of Evil. We
are going to go and
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we are going to see in scripture
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what is it that
gives evil its motivation?
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Why does evil act
the way that it acts?
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And so you will
see the graphic there
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on our screen,
we're going to Isaiah.
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We're in Isaiah
14, we are now going to
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Second Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 1-4,
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so our seventh
great controversy text,
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you see we just
changed that again,
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Second Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 1-4.
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Now Elita, I'm brand
new at studying the Bible,
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brand new at studying the Bible,
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my Bible is
closed how you are going
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to help me get to
Second Thessalonians.
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Pick up their Microphone and
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help me
understand how am I going to
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get to Second Thessalonians,
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give me some of
those Bible working
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clues to get there,
but you have to pick
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that mic upwards,
it's just not going
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to be helpful for those at home.
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Elita said she doesn't
want to do that evidently.
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Well that's alright
we'll wait for her to get
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that microphone
and then she'll help us
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get there. She
is laughing too much
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we'll just do it.
So, I'm brand new at
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studying the Bible,
I'm brand new at studying
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the Bible, how do I
find Second Thessalonians?
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Well, you're going to
go to the New Testament.
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Now is the New Testament in the
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front of my Bible or
the back half of my Bible?
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Back half. The
back half, that's right.
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And when I get to
the back half of my Bible
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there are several landmarks.
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The first landmarks
are the four Gospels,
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aren't they?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.
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Almost everyone
in Christendom knows
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that the first four books of the
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New Testament are
Matthew, Mark, Luke
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and John. Then
we're gonna go through
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a section called
General Electric power
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company or go eat
popcorn, or George
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eats popcorn. And it
stands for Galatians,
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Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians.
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Then we're gonna
come to a section of the
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New Testament
called the T section.
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And in the T
section you will note,
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in your English
Bibles it doesn't work in all
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languages but in
your English Bibles
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the T section is
in alphabetical order.
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So we've gone pass
the first landmark,
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.
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We're continuing
to the right in the
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New Testament we go past General
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Electric power company
or Galatians, Ephesians,
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Philippians,
Colossians and we come to the
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T section. And I'm
here in Timothy and
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because we know
that the T section
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is in alphabetical
order what direction am I
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going to turn, left.
I'm gonna turn to the left
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that's right and
so we're going to
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Second Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 1-4
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and Elita, if you
could read that for us.
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Second Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 1-4,
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Now we beseech
you, brethren, by the
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coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by
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our gathering together unto him.
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That ye be not shaken
in mind, or be troubled,
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neither by spirit,
nor by word, nor by letter
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as from us, as
that the day of Christ
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is at hand. Let
no man deceive you
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by any means: for
that day shall not come,
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except there come
a falling away first,
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and that man of sin be revealed,
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the son of perdition.
Okay, stop right there
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Elita. The Bible only
calls one other figure
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in scripture, the son
of perdition is only used
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one other time
and that is used to
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describe Judas,
Judas Iscariot the Betrayer
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of Christ. Now
was Judas Iscariot a
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violent opposer
of Jesus, Elita? Yes.
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Was he a violent
opposer of Jesus? No,
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no he was a subtle
imposter that brought
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the evil people to
arrest Jesus, right?
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He was used, and
so the Bible here is
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talking about a
figure that is used by the
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devil to get
something and what does
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he want there in verse
4, the son of perdition,
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the man of sin
which is also called
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the anti-Christ. Pastor Sizemore
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is going to do a
study for us in the future
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on the Anti-Christ power out of
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Daniel chapter 7
and so the anti-Christ
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and man of sin, the
son of perdition who does
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what Elita? Who
opposeth and exalteth
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himself above all
that is called God,
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or that is
worshiped; so that he as God
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sitteth in the
temple of God, showing
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himself that he is
God. Now this type of
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language Tom,
this type of language
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right here should
just, it should cause
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our spiritual
antennas to jump up
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because we already
read about a figure
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that opposes God
and wants to exalt
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himself above
the place that is at,
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and what figure is that? Satan.
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That's Satan,
that's absolutely right.
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We discovered
that in Isaiah and in
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Ezekiel didn't we, in
the first half of this study.
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So this figure here
this anti-Christ power,
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this man of sin,
this son of perdition
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who opposes and
exalts himself above all
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that is called God, or
that is what's the word,
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worshiped, worshiped.
This anti-Christ power
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wants to get worship and who is,
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who is behind the
anti-Christ power?
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That's Satan. So
Satan gets worship,
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that's what he
wants, that's the motivation
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behind evil, is
power or worship,
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does that make sense
there in this context.
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Because this, this
anti-Christ figure that
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gets its power from
Satan he opposes God,
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exalts himself above
God, above all that is
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called God, or that
is worshiped, worshiped.
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And so this power
is Satan, we are going
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to read a little
bit more about this
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anti-Christ power
in our next reference.
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We are in Second
Thessalonians chapter 2
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and we are
gonna go you see there
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on the graphic on
your screen, we are gonna
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go to Revelation the
13th chapter, Revelation 13,
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we'll begin reading in verse 1.
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And this will
describe to us again the
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anti-Christ power
and we're gonna go
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ahead let
Vanessa read this for us,
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Revelation chapter
13 beginning in verse 1,
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Revelation 13,
Vanessa, beginning in verse 1
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and go through
verse 4. And I stood upon
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the sand of the
sea, and saw a beast rise
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up out of the
sea, having seven heads
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and ten horns, and
upon his horns ten crowns,
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and upon his heads
the name of blasphemy,
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blasphemy, blasphemy,
that's right, forgive me.
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And the beast
which I saw was like
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unto a leopard, and
his feet were as the
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feet of a bear, and
his mouth as the mouth
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of a lion: and the
dragon gave him his power,
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and his seat,
and great authority.
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Okay so stop
right there Vanessa,
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notice that the
scripture says there
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in Revelation 13
and verse 2, the dragon
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gave him his
power, his seat and great
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authority. And, remember there
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on the graphic
that maybe back on
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your screen right
now, we have there
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beside
Revelation 13:1-4, we have
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Revelation 12:9.
This is where you take
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Revelation 12:9
and you write that
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reference above the word dragon.
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Write that reference
above the word dragon
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and so we're gonna
go over to Revelation 12
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verse 9 and since
Danielle is sitting
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right beside
Vanessa, why don't we just go
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and let Danielle
read Revelation 12:9
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for us then we'll
go back to Vanessa
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to finish the earlier passage.
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And the great
dragon was cast out,
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that old serpent
called the Devil and Satan,
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which deceiveth the whole world:
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he was cast out
into the earth, and
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his angels were
cast out with him.
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Okay so who was
the dragon according
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to this reference?
The devil. The devil
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and Satan, so the
devil, Satan gives
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his power, his seat
and his great authority
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to this beast
and we'll learn later
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on in Bible
prophesy that a beast is
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representative of a
nation or a country.
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And so here it says
Revelation 13 verse 2
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that the dragon,
Satan gives this beast
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or this country
or this nation, this
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anti-Christ power,
the dragon gives him
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or the devil gives
him his seat, his power
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and his authority.
Keep reading Vanessa,
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we will read there in verse 3.
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And I saw one of
his heads as it were
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wounded to death;
and his deadly wound
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was healed: and
all the world wondered
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after the beast.
And they worshiped the
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dragon which gave
power unto the beast:
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and they
worshiped the beast, saying,
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who is like unto
the beast? Who is able
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to make war with
him? So verse 4 tells us
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that they worshiped the dragon,
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who is the dragon? Satan, Satan.
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They worshiped
who? Satan, Satan.
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If Satan came to you Laura,
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if Satan came to
you and said hi my name
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is Satan and he
had this red pitchfork
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you know the
typical Halloween guard,
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and this little tail
coming out of the back,
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and says, hi I'm
Satan, worship me.
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Would you worship him? No. No.
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But if Satan was a
subtle imposter and
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he presented himself
with a religious front
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that looked very
glorifying to God,
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you might be deceived and fall
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for it wouldn't
you? Here the Bible says
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that the dragon
Satan gets worshiped,
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he gets worshiped
when, notice verse 4,
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it says they
worship the beast, so by
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worshiping the
country, or the nation,
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or the power that
Satan gives his authority to,
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then Satan gets
worship. That's what, that's the
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motivation for evil.
The motivation for evil,
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you remember we were
in Second Thessalonians
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2:1-4 and we saw that
this anti-Christ power,
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this man of sin,
the son of perdition,
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exalts himself above
all that is called God,
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above all that is worshiped and
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he puts himself in
the place of God and
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shows himself that he is God.
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But can anybody else
be God other than God.
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No. Of course not. So
this anti-Christ power
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is a subtle
imposter of the true thing.
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And then we are
here in Revelation 13:1-4
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and we see that
the dragon or the devil
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gets worship through
this entity called the
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anti-Christ power.
Is everybody on the
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same page? You feel
like you could explain
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Second
Thessalonians 2:1-4, and then
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Revelation 13:1-4,
could you explain that.
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Some people are
shaking their head yes,
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other people just
starring at me like
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did you really
ask me that question?
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It's true, I did
ask you that question.
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The anti-Christ's
power is his motivation
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for doing what
he does, so that he
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can be
worshiped. And we're gonna
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notice the worship
texts that are associated
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with the anti-Christ
power in Revelation 13
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and in Revelation
14. So we're just gonna
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notice the worship
text, just like we noticed
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the good texts in
our previous program
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when we talked
about Genesis chapter 1
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or in the first half
of this study, so you'll
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notice there on your screen,
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we are now going
to our Ninth great
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controversy text,
this is in Revelation 13
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and we'll read
verses 4 again then 8,12,15
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then we'll go to
chapter 14 verses 9 and 11.
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And you'll notice
on the screen that
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we are going to
note the worship texts.
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All of these texts
when it's associated
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with worship here,
all of those worship
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words are
associated with the beast.
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So we're in
Revelation 13, we're gonna
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begin here in
verse 4 and Solita,
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if you could read that for us,
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And they
worshiped the dragon which
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gave power unto
the beast: and they
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worshiped the
beast saying, who is like
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unto the beast?
Who is able to make war
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with him? Okay verse
8, And all that dwell
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upon the earth
shall worship him,
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whose names are
not written in the book
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of life of the
Lamb slain from the
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foundation of the
world. And verse 12,
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And he exerciseth
all the power of the
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first beast before
him, and causeth the earth
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and them which
dwell therein to worship
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the first beast, whose
deadly wound was healed.
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Isn't that amazing?
This anti-Christ power,
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the devil wants
worship so desperately
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that he will even
force people to worship him.
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Will God do that?
No. Not in the least.
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Keep reading there
let's go to verse 15,
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Revelation 13 and verse 15,
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And he had power
to give life unto the
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image of the
beast, that the image of
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the beast should both speak,
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and cause that
as many as would not
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worship the image of
the beast should be killed.
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So this the
devil wants worship so
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desperately that he
is willing to kill people
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that refused to worship him and
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we are not done, we
are gonna keep reading,
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you are gonna
go to Revelation 14
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and verse 9,
Revelation 14 verse 9.
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we are ready, And
the third angel followed
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them, saying with a loud voice,
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If any man worship
the beast and his image,
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and receive his
mark in his forehead,
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or in his hand,
The same shall drink
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of the wine of the wrath of God,
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which is poured out
without mixture into
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the cup of his indignation;
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and he shall be
tormented with fire
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and brimstone in
the presence of the
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holy angels, and in
the presence of the Lamb.
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I what did you
notice there when Solita
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first began to
read. And I told that
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we were ready she was listening
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because there
were so people in the
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classroom that
were turning the pages
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of their Bible to
get to the reference.
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You as a Bible
instructor, you will
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want to remember
that you too want to
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make sure that everybody you're
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giving the Bible study
to is in that reference
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prior to reading
this. So I appreciate that
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about what you just
did there Solita you looked
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around, you
noticed some pages were
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still turning, you
were like I'm not gonna
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read until then
and you didn't do that,
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you did very
good there. And so now
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go to Revelation 14 verse 11.
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And the smoke of
their torment ascendeth
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up for ever and
ever, and they have no
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rest day nor night,
who worship the beast
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and his image, and
whosoever receiveth
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the mark of his name.
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So Solita, what is
it that the anti-Christ
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power wants?
Worship. He wants worship.
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How bad does he want worship?
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He will kill those
that don't worship him?
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He wants worship so desperately
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that he will kill
those that don't worship him.
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Who alone Mike
deserves our worship?
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God. God alone
deserves our worship.
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We are going to
see that the devil
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was so pompous and arrogant that
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he would even
ask the son of God to
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worship him. He
would even ask the
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son of God to
worship him, on your screen
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there you will
notice that we're gonna
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go to the tenth
text in the great
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controversy study
and that is Matthew
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chapter 4 and verse
9. Matthew of course
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is to the left from
the book of Revelation.
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Matthew chapter 4 and verse 9.
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Matthew chapter 4
verse 9 and we're gonna
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go over to Miss
Laura and she'll read that
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for us, Matthew
chapter 4 and verse,
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why don't you read
8, 9 and 10 for us?
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8, 9 and 10. Again,
the devil taketh him
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up into an
exceeding high mountain,
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and showeth him all
the kingdoms of the world,
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and the glory of
them; And he saith unto him,
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All these things
will I give thee,
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if thou wilt fall
down and worship me.
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Then saith Jesus
unto him, Get thee hence,
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Satan: for it is
written, Thou shalt worship
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the Lord thy God, and
him only shalt thou serve.
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So here we see
Jesus being tempted
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in the wilderness,
he's been out there 40 days,
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Satan takes him
out to a high mountain
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shows him all the
glory of the earth.
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Doesn't show him
the destruction that
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Satan had caused,
that belonged to Satan,
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just the glory of
the earth and he tells
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Jesus that he will
give it to him if Jesus
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would do. If he
will just fall down and
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worship him. How pompous, notice
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that the created
being is asking the
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creator to worship
him. This anti-Christ power,
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this power that
gets its own power from
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Satan is that the
only way that Satan
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can get worship. And
so Satan works through
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an earthly entity
that looks Christian.
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That portraits
itself as Christian and
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when people
worship that entity they're
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worshiping who? Satan himself.
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But the only way
that Satan can get
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that worship, the
only way he can get
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that worship is
if he deceives us.
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Because nobody
is gonna go to Satan
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and just worship
him because he has a
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pitchfork and of
course we know that,
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that Lucifer himself
did not have a pitchfork
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when he left
heaven, nor does he have a
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pitchfork now. And
we'll get into a study
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on hell in the
future in our topics.
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Our 11th text, you
will notice on your screen,
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well let's back up
to that graphic on the
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10th text, you
will notice there that
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underneath Revelation
13:4, 8, 12, 15 and then
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14:9 and 11. It
says Genesis 1 and 2 and
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Revelation 21 and
22. You remember this,
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in Genesis chapter 1
and 2, we had a perfect
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God in face to
face communication with
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the perfect
people. Remember that,
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what happens in
Genesis 3? Adam and Even sin.
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Sin comes to this earth right?
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Then we get to
Revelation 21 and 22
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and you see God in
face to face communication
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with a perfect
people. So everything in
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between Genesis
2 and Revelation 21
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or from Genesis 3
to Revelation 20 is God
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bringing his people
back into face to face
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communication with him.
That's what going there.
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In face to face
communication with
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his people. Now
we're going to see that
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Satan wants that to end.
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Satan wants that
to be over and we're
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gonna go to our next reference,
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we're going to
go, we are going to go
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to First Peter
chapter 5 and verse 8.
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So let's turn there,
First Peter chapter 5
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and verse 8, we'll
go to Tom for this,
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Tom if you could
read First Peter chapter 5
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verse 8 and we've
got that graphic up
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there I'm sure
you've seen it, we needed
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to do a review
but we could certainly
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come back to that in a moment.
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What we're gonna
focus on now is the
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cosmic battle that
is going on over you.
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The cosmic battle
that's going on over
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you we were in Matthew
4:9, now we're going to
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First Peter 5 and
verse 8. So Tom if you could
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read that for us,
First Peter chapter 5
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and verse 8, Be
sober, be vigilant;
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because your
adversary the devil,
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walks about like a
roaring lion devouring
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whom he may will.
So the Bible says there
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in Second Peter,
is it First Peter
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or Second Peter?
First Peter, First Peter.
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Alright. The Bible
tells us that Satan walks
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about like a roaring
lion seeking to do what,
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seeking to devour
us. So who is that needs
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to look out for the
devil? It's us, we do,
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everybody. The
Bible tells us that Satan
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wants to devour us.
God wants to recreate us.
00:24:09.80\00:24:14.42
God wants to make
us new but Satan wants
00:24:14.43\00:24:16.97
to destroy us, have
you ever been to the
00:24:16.98\00:24:18.41
zoo and you see that
lion that's behind the,
00:24:18.42\00:24:21.00
behind the cage
there and he's just walk
00:24:21.01\00:24:22.68
and he's pacing and
never takes his eyes
00:24:22.69\00:24:24.36
off of you. it
doesn't matter which way
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is body turns it's
eyes are right there on you,
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have you been
there and seen that.
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You know as a, as
a young and immature
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child that I used
to taunt that lion
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and I'm so glad that
that lion did not get out.
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The only thing
that protects us from
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that lion that
wants to devour us is a
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fence named Jesus Christ. Amen.
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We're going to
learn very soon here
00:24:48.28\00:24:51.13
in this studying
that Jesus is our only
00:24:51.14\00:24:55.11
defense against
this enemy called Satan.
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And so let's go now
to our next reference,
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Revelation chapter 12 verses 7-9
00:25:03.22\00:25:06.51
and you will see that
there are on your screen.
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Revelation chapter 12 verses 7-9
00:25:08.50\00:25:12.44
and we'll ask Mrs.
Gloria to read this for us,
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Revelation chapter 12 verses 7-9
00:25:14.98\00:25:21.16
and we're gonna see how this,
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what caused this
Lucifer to fall from heaven.
00:25:23.26\00:25:26.71
We know that it was
sin was found in him
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but how did he
actually get out of heaven,
00:25:29.59\00:25:31.90
what happened and
what does the Bible
00:25:31.91\00:25:33.30
tell us right
here. And war broke out
00:25:33.31\00:25:37.33
in heaven: Michael
and his angels fought
00:25:37.34\00:25:41.33
with the dragon;
and the dragon and
00:25:41.34\00:25:44.13
his angels fought.
But they did not prevail
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nor was a place found for them
00:25:47.84\00:25:50.36
in the heaven any longer.
00:25:50.37\00:25:52.40
So the great
dragon was cast out,
00:25:52.41\00:25:56.79
that serpent of
old, called the Devil
00:25:56.80\00:25:59.88
and Satan, who
deceives the whole
00:25:59.89\00:26:03.25
world: he was cast to the earth,
00:26:03.26\00:26:05.97
and his angels
were cast out with him.
00:26:05.98\00:26:08.59
The devil
deceives the whole world,
00:26:08.60\00:26:12.81
pick up on that
clue there, he deceives
00:26:12.82\00:26:15.12
the whole world. Now
First Peter chapter 5
00:26:15.13\00:26:17.77
verse 8 told us
what, told us the devil
00:26:17.78\00:26:19.98
wanted to devour us.
Is he literally going to
00:26:19.99\00:26:23.56
come eat you up? No. No, no, no.
00:26:23.57\00:26:26.33
He is going to
deceive you so that
00:26:26.34\00:26:29.91
you miss out on eternity.
00:26:29.92\00:26:31.63
It's alright to be
sincere but if we're sincerely
00:26:31.64\00:26:35.48
wrong does that help us? No.
00:26:35.49\00:26:37.21
Not in the least.
It's alright to be sincere
00:26:37.22\00:26:40.18
but it's not alright
to be sincerely wrong.
00:26:40.19\00:26:42.06
Now the first part of
that there in verse 7 says,
00:26:42.07\00:26:45.30
a war broke out
in heaven Michael and
00:26:45.31\00:26:47.49
his angels
fought with the dragon.
00:26:47.50\00:26:49.63
So here we have the
forces of evil fighting
00:26:49.64\00:26:54.41
with the forces
of good, don't we?
00:26:54.42\00:26:56.54
So we have the
forces of evil fighting
00:26:56.55\00:26:59.17
with the forces of
good. Now because Satan
00:26:59.18\00:27:02.92
could not get to
Jesus who is it that
00:27:02.93\00:27:07.46
he's after right now.
He is after us right now,
00:27:07.47\00:27:11.31
that's absolutely
right. the only way
00:27:11.32\00:27:13.73
if somebody can not get to me,
00:27:13.74\00:27:15.99
the only way to really get to me
00:27:16.00\00:27:18.44
is to mess with my children.
00:27:18.45\00:27:20.90
If what they do to
me it doesn't really
00:27:20.91\00:27:23.47
affect me or get
me mad the way they
00:27:23.48\00:27:26.29
want me to be mad
the only thing they
00:27:26.30\00:27:29.52
can do to get to me
is to get my children
00:27:29.53\00:27:32.11
and then I become
like a momma bear,
00:27:32.12\00:27:34.46
and I let loose you know.
00:27:34.47\00:27:37.33
The only way that
Satan can get Jesus
00:27:38.94\00:27:44.88
or bothered Jesus is to
mess with Jesus' children.
00:27:44.89\00:27:51.38
That's the only
way, that's the only way.
00:27:51.39\00:27:55.07
But the only way
that you and I can have
00:27:55.08\00:27:59.46
victory over evil in
this world is through Jesus.
00:27:59.47\00:28:06.77
Satan can only get
to Jesus through us,
00:28:06.78\00:28:11.48
the only way we
can stay away from
00:28:11.49\00:28:13.44
Satan is through
Jesus, so what is that
00:28:13.45\00:28:16.18
we need, we need
Jesus. Jesus is that
00:28:16.19\00:28:19.35
fence that
separates us from that lion
00:28:19.36\00:28:22.40
that wants to
devour us, you've got the
00:28:22.41\00:28:23.97
concept there, right.
War breaks out in heaven,
00:28:23.98\00:28:27.38
Satan is down
here on this earth,
00:28:27.39\00:28:29.91
he wants to devour us,
he wants to destroy us,
00:28:29.92\00:28:32.45
he wants to take
away our opportunity
00:28:32.46\00:28:34.52
for eternal life
and you my friend are
00:28:34.53\00:28:37.63
the only one, you
are the only person
00:28:37.64\00:28:40.67
in this world that
can make the choice
00:28:40.68\00:28:42.91
to stay on the side
of Jesus Christ from
00:28:42.92\00:28:45.52
now throughout all of eternity.
00:28:45.53\00:28:47.97
Jesus is the answer
to us being victorious
00:28:47.98\00:28:53.99
in this world.
Jesus is the answer to us
00:28:54.00\00:28:58.52
being victorious in this world.
00:28:58.53\00:29:01.15
Let's go to our
next reference you'll
00:29:01.16\00:29:02.74
see it there,
First Corinthians 15:57
00:29:02.75\00:29:06.45
is going to tell
you exactly what we just
00:29:06.46\00:29:09.70
told you, that we
have victory through
00:29:09.71\00:29:14.34
Jesus Christ. First
Corinthians chapter 15,
00:29:14.35\00:29:19.06
so we're turning to the
left from where we were,
00:29:19.07\00:29:21.55
if you get to
Romans, you need to go back
00:29:21.56\00:29:23.24
to the right a little
bit, First Corinthians
00:29:23.25\00:29:25.77
chapter 15 and verse
57, First Corinthians
00:29:25.78\00:29:31.13
chapter 15 and
verse 57, and Roberto,
00:29:31.14\00:29:34.95
if you could read that for us.
00:29:34.96\00:29:37.02
But thanks be to
God, who gave us the
00:29:39.00\00:29:44.41
victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:29:44.42\00:29:47.56
So how is it
Roberto that you and
00:29:47.57\00:29:49.55
I can have victory. How is it?
00:29:49.56\00:29:53.09
Through Jesus
Christ. Through Jesus Christ,
00:29:53.10\00:29:55.50
there's no other
way. If you and I are
00:29:55.51\00:29:59.31
struggling against
the forces of evil,
00:29:59.32\00:30:02.42
the only safe
place for us to go,
00:30:02.43\00:30:05.61
now when you're
giving this Bible study
00:30:05.62\00:30:07.42
you need to
show that the pathos,
00:30:07.43\00:30:10.53
the empathy that you feel toward
00:30:10.54\00:30:12.19
that person that
is a lost sinner,
00:30:12.20\00:30:14.41
that has been
given in to Satan time
00:30:14.42\00:30:16.66
after time after
time, you right now in this
00:30:16.67\00:30:20.76
appeal section of
this study, you are
00:30:20.77\00:30:23.84
revealing to that
person that he's so
00:30:23.85\00:30:26.94
overcome by Satan
that there is a way
00:30:26.95\00:30:30.00
to escape. You
don't know how often
00:30:30.01\00:30:33.69
in our ministry
here at Life that people
00:30:33.70\00:30:37.59
tell us that they just
didn't think they could
00:30:37.60\00:30:40.38
make it anymore. And
then somebody knocked
00:30:40.39\00:30:42.97
on their door,
somebody thought they just
00:30:42.98\00:30:45.29
couldn't make
it anymore but then
00:30:45.30\00:30:46.88
they were introduced to Jesus.
00:30:46.89\00:30:48.85
Jesus is the only
way that we can overcome
00:30:48.86\00:30:55.10
what we're
struggling with. Now Solita the
00:30:55.11\00:30:59.23
amazing thing
about teaching classes
00:30:59.24\00:31:01.64
like this, is that
when you teach classes
00:31:01.65\00:31:04.99
like this the
spirit of God reaches
00:31:05.00\00:31:08.31
people's hearts. So
we're not only learning
00:31:08.32\00:31:11.30
how to give a Bible
study but God is actually
00:31:11.31\00:31:14.35
speaking to us
right now and maybe God is
00:31:14.36\00:31:17.60
speaking to you. Maybe
God right now is telling
00:31:17.61\00:31:21.84
you that you know longer have to
00:31:21.85\00:31:23.63
struggle with
what you've been going
00:31:23.64\00:31:25.99
through. It
doesn't matter what the
00:31:26.00\00:31:28.77
struggle is, Jesus
will give you the victory.
00:31:28.78\00:31:33.59
Our next
reference is going to flush
00:31:33.60\00:31:36.40
this out in a
much greater detail,
00:31:36.41\00:31:38.71
let's go to our
next reference there
00:31:38.72\00:31:41.11
First Corinthians
chapter 1 and verse 24,
00:31:41.12\00:31:46.68
how is it that we
can overcome evil with
00:31:46.69\00:31:51.28
Jesus in our
lives and we are gonna
00:31:51.29\00:31:54.01
go to Elita. Elita if
you will read that for us,
00:31:54.02\00:31:58.02
First Corinthians chapter 1 and
00:31:58.03\00:32:00.94
verse 24 and I too
am going to go there,
00:32:00.95\00:32:03.45
so we were in the
end of Corinthians
00:32:03.46\00:32:05.46
we're just gonna go
to the beginning now.
00:32:05.47\00:32:07.29
First Corinthians 1
and verse 24 and then
00:32:07.30\00:32:10.39
Bill you can read
for us the next reference
00:32:10.40\00:32:12.39
that we go to
alright. But unto them which
00:32:12.40\00:32:16.79
are called,
both Jews and Greeks,
00:32:16.80\00:32:19.51
Christ the power of
God, in the wisdom of God.
00:32:19.52\00:32:22.97
And that's right.
The Bible tells us
00:32:22.98\00:32:25.84
that the only way
that you and I can have
00:32:25.85\00:32:28.15
victory is through
who? Jesus, Jesus and then
00:32:28.16\00:32:32.05
it told us that
Jesus Christ is the power
00:32:32.06\00:32:35.65
of God and the wisdom of God.
00:32:35.66\00:32:39.08
So Jesus is not
only the only way that
00:32:39.09\00:32:41.91
we can have
victory, He is the power of
00:32:41.92\00:32:44.79
God in our lives
and He is the wisdom
00:32:44.80\00:32:47.36
of God in our lives.
You and I have heard over
00:32:47.37\00:32:51.30
and over again how
people will say to us,
00:32:51.31\00:32:53.81
I just hit rock
bottom and I had nowhere
00:32:53.82\00:32:56.65
else to go. I have
a theory on that and
00:32:56.66\00:33:00.08
this is my theory.
We don't really hit
00:33:00.09\00:33:01.92
rock bottom, we
actually hit the rock.
00:33:01.93\00:33:05.38
And when we hit the
rock, we hit the only
00:33:05.39\00:33:09.26
one that can save
us from what's going
00:33:09.27\00:33:12.35
on in our lives.
You and I hit the rock,
00:33:12.36\00:33:15.56
and the rock is
who? Jesus, is Jesus.
00:33:15.57\00:33:18.39
And when we hit
the rock, the rock
00:33:18.40\00:33:21.49
gives us power,
power that's right
00:33:21.50\00:33:24.97
and he gives us wisdom, quite
00:33:24.98\00:33:27.05
laughing Mike, Mike's over here,
00:33:27.06\00:33:28.27
he's got like a six
pack, I'm just hiding
00:33:28.28\00:33:29.85
my six pack anyway.
So God gives us power
00:33:29.86\00:33:34.61
and he gives us
wisdom. It's very important for
00:33:34.62\00:33:39.78
us to understand
that, there is only one way
00:33:39.79\00:33:42.72
to overcome and to
win in this battle,
00:33:42.73\00:33:46.51
this cosmic battle
with evil and that way
00:33:46.52\00:33:50.07
is through Jesus
Christ. We can go to the doctor
00:33:50.08\00:33:55.11
and get medicine, we
can go to the psychologist
00:33:55.12\00:33:58.47
and have somebody listen to us,
00:33:58.48\00:34:00.22
and those things may
all be well and good.
00:34:00.23\00:34:03.06
But the only way
for us my friend to have
00:34:03.07\00:34:05.61
victory is in
Jesus Christ, because
00:34:05.62\00:34:10.06
he is the power
and the wisdom of God.
00:34:10.07\00:34:14.56
I want you to
turn to a reference
00:34:14.57\00:34:16.40
that's not in this study today.
00:34:16.41\00:34:18.45
Let's go to John
chapter 16, John chapter 16
00:34:18.46\00:34:21.83
verse 33. John the 16th chapter
00:34:21.84\00:34:25.20
and the 33rd
verse. So John chapter 16
00:34:25.21\00:34:29.89
verse 33 and we'll
go ahead and we will
00:34:29.90\00:34:34.80
let Bill read this,
John chapter 16 and Bill,
00:34:34.81\00:34:38.52
verse 33. What
does Jesus say there?
00:34:38.53\00:34:43.51
These things I
have spoken unto you,
00:34:43.52\00:34:46.13
that you and I might have peace.
00:34:46.14\00:34:48.32
In the world you
will have tribulation:
00:34:48.33\00:34:50.76
but be of good
cheer; I have overcome
00:34:50.77\00:34:52.99
the world. So just
because Jesus is in
00:34:53.00\00:34:56.18
our life does that
mean that everything
00:34:56.19\00:34:57.65
is going to be
hunky-dory all the time.
00:34:57.66\00:34:59.59
No, no, no. Jesus
said these things have
00:34:59.60\00:35:02.61
I spoken to you that
in me you may have what,
00:35:02.62\00:35:05.51
peace, peace. So
in Jesus we get power,
00:35:05.52\00:35:09.83
we get wisdom, we get peace.
00:35:09.84\00:35:13.15
And then he says,
in the world you will
00:35:13.16\00:35:16.06
have what
tribulation, tribulation,
00:35:16.07\00:35:17.84
does that sound peaceful? No,
00:35:17.85\00:35:19.56
but if we have
Jesus will it be peaceful?
00:35:19.57\00:35:22.20
Yes. That's absolutely right.
00:35:22.21\00:35:23.89
You know I've been
reading a book lately
00:35:23.90\00:35:25.80
on the fruit of
this spirit. And when
00:35:25.81\00:35:28.95
we talk about love
and joy and patience,
00:35:28.96\00:35:32.84
that word joy, that
word joy is something
00:35:32.85\00:35:36.16
that transcends or goes
beyond our circumstances.
00:35:36.17\00:35:40.92
And that's what Jesus
is talking about there
00:35:40.93\00:35:43.46
when he's talking
about peace; he's talking
00:35:43.47\00:35:44.84
about something
that goes beyond our
00:35:44.85\00:35:46.83
circumstances. So
it may still be that
00:35:46.84\00:35:49.44
our life feels
like it's falling apart.
00:35:49.45\00:35:51.63
But Jesus says
that we will have peace
00:35:51.64\00:35:55.49
even amongst the
tribulation we will
00:35:55.50\00:35:59.04
have peace and it
goes on to say there,
00:35:59.05\00:36:01.21
but be of good
cheer; I have overcome
00:36:01.22\00:36:05.90
the world. What
did Jesus overcome?
00:36:05.91\00:36:09.87
World. He overcame the world.
00:36:09.88\00:36:12.06
So Jesus
overcame for you and Jesus
00:36:12.07\00:36:16.25
overcame for me.
Now when you're given
00:36:16.26\00:36:18.89
this Bible study,
when you get to this
00:36:18.90\00:36:21.87
point in the
appeal it's very important
00:36:21.88\00:36:24.26
that you're
making that very strong
00:36:24.27\00:36:26.82
eye contact with the person that
00:36:26.83\00:36:28.88
you're studying
with. You are sitting there
00:36:28.89\00:36:32.21
as the representative
of Jesus in that home
00:36:32.22\00:36:35.92
breaking the bread
of life to the people
00:36:35.93\00:36:37.94
that you're given the study to.
00:36:37.95\00:36:39.31
And it's very
important that you will connect
00:36:39.32\00:36:42.32
with that person
and if you notice even
00:36:42.33\00:36:44.39
during the appeal
here that my voice
00:36:44.40\00:36:46.67
got a little
different, it got softer,
00:36:46.68\00:36:49.25
it got more
inviting, I'm trying to and
00:36:49.26\00:36:55.04
you know I'm not
acting or anything,
00:36:55.05\00:36:56.41
that's just the
way it happens when
00:36:56.42\00:36:58.17
I give a Bible
study, because when I
00:36:58.18\00:37:00.03
get to the appeal
I'm trying, I've already
00:37:00.04\00:37:02.47
informed the
intellect and now what
00:37:02.48\00:37:04.19
I'm trying to do
is I'm trying to get
00:37:04.20\00:37:05.54
to the heart. And
Jesus says that we're
00:37:05.55\00:37:08.00
gonna have
tribulation, but then he says,
00:37:08.01\00:37:10.91
but be of good cheer,
I've overcome the world.
00:37:10.92\00:37:15.44
Now who is in
the world? The devil,
00:37:15.45\00:37:17.96
that's specifically
who He is talking about
00:37:17.97\00:37:19.64
isn't it? I have
overcome the world,
00:37:19.65\00:37:22.64
you live in the world
the devil was cast out
00:37:22.65\00:37:25.22
to the world, you
were there in the world
00:37:25.23\00:37:27.01
but be of good
cheer, even though you're
00:37:27.02\00:37:28.73
going to have
tribulation Jesus says
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.32
I have overcome the world.
00:37:30.33\00:37:33.91
And so now we're gonna
go to our last reference.
00:37:33.92\00:37:37.07
Our last reference
is First John chapter
00:37:37.08\00:37:40.67
4 verse 4, First John
chapter 4 and verse 4,
00:37:40.68\00:37:45.64
you will now see
that on the screen there,
00:37:45.65\00:37:47.13
it's our 15th great
controversy text and
00:37:47.14\00:37:50.27
First John is of
course in the New Testament,
00:37:50.28\00:37:52.58
First John chapter 4 and verse 4
00:37:52.59\00:37:55.72
and we are gonna
over to Caitlin and
00:37:55.73\00:37:57.27
Caitlin is going
to read that for us.
00:37:57.28\00:37:59.13
You are a God of
little children and have
00:37:59.14\00:38:02.32
overcome them: because he who
00:38:02.33\00:38:04.28
is in you is greater
than he who is in the world.
00:38:04.29\00:38:07.77
So, Caitlin, the Bible
tells us the greater is
00:38:07.78\00:38:11.06
he that is in us
than he that is where?
00:38:11.07\00:38:13.18
In the world. In the world.
00:38:13.19\00:38:14.43
So Caitlin where
is that we want Jesus?
00:38:14.44\00:38:16.42
In us. In us. Then
we'll have what, victory,
00:38:16.43\00:38:21.69
over what? The
world. Over the world.
00:38:21.70\00:38:24.34
So you're giving this
Bible study to someone
00:38:24.35\00:38:26.87
that has been
just very burdened with
00:38:26.88\00:38:30.73
struggles maybe
they have an addiction
00:38:30.74\00:38:32.83
to drugs, maybe
that person has an
00:38:32.84\00:38:35.07
addiction to pornography,
00:38:35.08\00:38:36.59
maybe that
person has an addiction
00:38:36.60\00:38:38.50
to something that
they know is not right
00:38:38.51\00:38:41.49
and maybe even that
person is one of us.
00:38:41.50\00:38:43.88
What do you do when that person
00:38:43.89\00:38:47.18
who feels like
they have no hope?
00:38:47.19\00:38:49.23
Hears this Bible
study and they know
00:38:49.24\00:38:52.40
that Jesus can
help them; they know
00:38:52.41\00:38:54.80
Jesus can help
them because you've just
00:38:54.81\00:38:56.36
shown them that
Jesus can help them.
00:38:56.37\00:38:58.18
But they've never ever
talked to Jesus before.
00:38:58.19\00:39:03.88
Or maybe they did
when they were going
00:39:03.89\00:39:05.46
to Sunday school
or Sabbath school
00:39:05.47\00:39:08.33
so many years ago
but what do they do now?
00:39:08.34\00:39:10.60
Some people will
tell me, pastor you have
00:39:10.61\00:39:14.17
no idea what I've
done and what I've
00:39:14.18\00:39:18.84
been through.
Let's go a text, this is,
00:39:18.85\00:39:22.88
this is when that
person starts to give
00:39:22.89\00:39:25.64
you those excuses,
they've been struggling
00:39:25.65\00:39:28.52
with sin,
they've been struggling
00:39:28.53\00:39:30.55
with an addiction,
they've been struggling,
00:39:30.56\00:39:32.17
they've been given
in more to the devil
00:39:32.18\00:39:35.28
then they have to
Jesus Christ, they're
00:39:35.29\00:39:37.41
in despair and so
what we're doing now is
00:39:37.42\00:39:39.52
we're looking at references that
00:39:39.53\00:39:40.81
will give that individual hope,
00:39:40.82\00:39:44.04
what are we hoping
to give that person?
00:39:44.05\00:39:45.71
Hope. Let's go to
First John chapter 1
00:39:45.72\00:39:49.62
verse 9 and we'll have
Krista read that for us,
00:39:49.63\00:39:53.08
First John is back
near the Book of Revelation.
00:39:53.09\00:39:56.59
So if you find
the book of Revelation
00:39:56.60\00:39:58.21
then you just back
up a little bit to the
00:39:58.22\00:40:00.05
left and we are going
to First John chapter 1
00:40:00.06\00:40:02.73
verse 9, and Krista,
if you could read that
00:40:02.74\00:40:04.71
for us. He who says
that he is the light
00:40:04.72\00:40:09.21
and hates his
brother and the darkness.
00:40:09.22\00:40:11.90
Okay now is that
John chapter 1 or
00:40:11.91\00:40:13.90
First John? We're
gonna to First John chapter
00:40:13.91\00:40:19.53
1 verse 9, that
was a great verse,
00:40:19.54\00:40:21.64
we like that verse
but we need verse 9,
00:40:21.65\00:40:24.51
If we confess our
sins, he is faithful
00:40:24.52\00:40:28.87
and just to
forgive us and our sins,
00:40:28.88\00:40:32.59
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
00:40:32.60\00:40:36.18
So the Bible tells
us that if we confess
00:40:36.19\00:40:41.26
our sins, so I'm
talking to the person
00:40:41.27\00:40:44.48
that I am giving
the Bible study to.
00:40:44.49\00:40:46.32
They have just read
that, I let them read it,
00:40:46.33\00:40:49.27
because they
need to hear the voice
00:40:49.28\00:40:51.79
of God speaking to them.
00:40:51.80\00:40:53.58
And so God says to that person,
00:40:53.59\00:40:56.57
if you confess
your sins, I'm faithful
00:40:56.58\00:41:00.82
and just to
forgive you of your sins
00:41:00.83\00:41:02.92
and to cleanse you
from all unrighteousness.
00:41:02.93\00:41:06.54
God is the one
that's faithful isn't he?
00:41:06.55\00:41:09.94
God is the one
that will deliver us.
00:41:09.95\00:41:13.69
So who is that we
need to depend on?
00:41:13.70\00:41:17.04
God, Jesus. Who is
that we confess to?
00:41:17.05\00:41:20.65
Jesus. It's Jesus.
But you have no clue,
00:41:20.66\00:41:25.52
you just don't
know what I've done,
00:41:25.53\00:41:27.18
you hear that
over and over again.
00:41:27.19\00:41:29.34
You don't know what
I'm struggling with,
00:41:29.35\00:41:30.86
go to Philippians
4:13, maybe this verse
00:41:30.87\00:41:33.93
right here's for
you. Philippians,
00:41:33.94\00:41:36.26
so we're in First
John, we're going to turn
00:41:36.27\00:41:37.82
to the left
again, we're gonna go to
00:41:37.83\00:41:41.23
Philippians
chapter 4 and verse 13,
00:41:41.24\00:41:44.82
Philippians
chapter 4 and verse 13.
00:41:44.83\00:41:47.46
Let me read this
for us, Philippians
00:41:47.47\00:41:49.75
chapter 4 and verse
13, the Bible says here
00:41:49.76\00:41:54.43
and I see some of
us are still turning
00:41:54.44\00:41:57.68
their Philippians
that's in, that's after
00:41:57.69\00:42:00.18
Corinthians, then
you have Galatians,
00:42:00.19\00:42:02.12
Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians then you
00:42:02.13\00:42:05.32
get to the T
section. So here we are,
00:42:05.33\00:42:07.55
we're in Philippians
chapter 4 and verse 13.
00:42:07.56\00:42:10.77
And God says, I can
do all things through
00:42:10.78\00:42:15.53
Christ who strengthens me.
00:42:15.54\00:42:18.46
Satan is not
going to win the battle
00:42:20.74\00:42:23.78
in your life.
Because you're going to ask
00:42:23.79\00:42:27.83
Jesus to come into
your life and Jesus
00:42:27.84\00:42:30.59
is going to give you
the power to overcome
00:42:30.60\00:42:32.41
every struggle
that you have, everyone
00:42:32.42\00:42:36.65
of them. Jesus
says that you can do all
00:42:36.66\00:42:39.64
things through him
because he is going
00:42:39.65\00:42:41.37
to give you what?
Strength, he's going
00:42:41.38\00:42:43.96
to give you power, power.
00:42:43.97\00:42:46.36
He is going to give you wisdom;
00:42:46.37\00:42:48.40
he is going to give you
victory, isn't he? Amen.
00:42:48.41\00:42:51.79
Isn't that power? My
friend you don't have
00:42:51.80\00:42:54.42
to struggle
anymore, you can let it go,
00:42:54.43\00:42:56.44
you can give it to
Jesus and Jesus will
00:42:56.45\00:42:58.97
take it all.
Because greater is he that
00:42:58.98\00:43:02.93
is in you, then he
that is in the world.
00:43:02.94\00:43:07.07
But you'll just have
no clue when you study
00:43:07.08\00:43:12.35
the Bible with
people they'll be over and
00:43:12.36\00:43:14.61
over and over
again. And you remember
00:43:14.62\00:43:16.89
last week in the
cycle of evangelism
00:43:16.90\00:43:19.29
we learned that
when somebody gives us
00:43:19.30\00:43:22.51
an excuse, we don't
argue with that person,
00:43:22.52\00:43:25.97
we don't argue with
them, we don't banter
00:43:25.98\00:43:28.51
back and forth
with them, we persuade
00:43:28.52\00:43:30.92
them with the word of God.
00:43:30.93\00:43:32.84
So that person
again says, you just don't
00:43:32.85\00:43:35.53
know what I've gone through,
00:43:35.54\00:43:37.22
you don't know,
you'll just have know clue
00:43:37.23\00:43:40.21
and so we just go
to another Bible verse,
00:43:40.22\00:43:42.21
let's go to Matthew
chapter 19 and these
00:43:42.22\00:43:44.93
are not in your
notes. So, you're gonna wanna
00:43:44.94\00:43:46.73
make sure that
you are writing down,
00:43:46.74\00:43:48.48
Matthew chapter 9 and verse 26.
00:43:48.49\00:43:55.37
Matthew chapter 9 and verse 26,
00:43:55.38\00:44:00.71
and let's go ahead
and let, who's gonna
00:44:00.72\00:44:02.25
read that one, let's
go ahead let Bill, Bill,
00:44:02.26\00:44:04.66
can you read
that for us, Matthew
00:44:04.67\00:44:06.39
chapter 19 and verse 26.
00:44:06.40\00:44:11.19
But Jesus looked at
them, and said to them,
00:44:11.20\00:44:14.04
with men this is
impossible; but with
00:44:14.05\00:44:16.38
God all things are possible.
00:44:16.39\00:44:18.41
So with men
these things are what?
00:44:18.42\00:44:21.80
Impossible, but with
God how much is possible.
00:44:21.81\00:44:25.67
All. All things.
Even overcoming sin,
00:44:25.68\00:44:30.04
even letting go of an addiction,
00:44:30.05\00:44:33.06
even letting go
of something where
00:44:33.07\00:44:36.00
we hurt our own selves by doing.
00:44:36.01\00:44:38.05
Jesus promises
to give us victory,
00:44:38.06\00:44:43.61
do you want that victory? Yes.
00:44:43.62\00:44:47.05
Are you willing
to believe that God
00:44:47.06\00:44:50.33
will you give
that victory. You know
00:44:50.34\00:44:53.25
there's an old hymn that says,
00:44:53.26\00:44:54.57
faith is the
victory, faith is the victory,
00:44:54.58\00:44:59.81
sing Solita you
know this, oh glorious
00:44:59.82\00:45:02.71
victory that
overcomes the world.
00:45:02.72\00:45:08.73
So our faith, the
Bible says what is that,
00:45:08.74\00:45:10.94
it's Ephesians 2:8,
it says we are saved
00:45:10.95\00:45:13.90
by grace through
faith. And who is that our
00:45:13.91\00:45:18.17
faith needs to be in? Jesus.
00:45:18.18\00:45:20.43
Our faith needs to
be in Jesus Christ.
00:45:20.44\00:45:22.81
Well. Once that
person eventually
00:45:22.82\00:45:26.49
stops giving you
excuses as to why
00:45:26.50\00:45:30.20
they've been so bad or that,
00:45:30.21\00:45:31.99
done so many bad things that God
00:45:32.00\00:45:35.20
can't forgive them
and you will overcome
00:45:35.21\00:45:37.67
those excuses with scripture,
00:45:37.68\00:45:39.53
you will overcome
the next excuse with
00:45:39.54\00:45:41.33
scripture, you overcome the next
00:45:41.34\00:45:42.98
excuse with scripture.
Eventually that person
00:45:42.99\00:45:46.41
is going to say to
you, it doesn't matter
00:45:46.42\00:45:48.33
what I say, God
always has something
00:45:48.34\00:45:50.80
to say that
what I'm going to say
00:45:50.81\00:45:51.94
and that's the point
you wanna bring people to.
00:45:51.95\00:45:54.17
You want them to
understand that it is
00:45:54.18\00:45:56.57
God that is speaking
to them through his word.
00:45:56.58\00:46:00.74
And those of you that at home,
00:46:00.75\00:46:02.02
you need to understand that
00:46:02.03\00:46:03.00
when you give a Bible study,
00:46:03.01\00:46:04.24
you are giving a
Bible study to people,
00:46:04.25\00:46:06.23
you're introducing
people to Jesus Christ
00:46:06.24\00:46:08.98
through his word.
And you don't argue
00:46:08.99\00:46:12.34
with that person
you just continually
00:46:12.35\00:46:14.59
go to the Bible
and you overcome every
00:46:14.60\00:46:17.24
excuse that person
has with the word of God.
00:46:17.25\00:46:20.17
We call that overcoming
excuses with scripture.
00:46:20.18\00:46:23.06
Well some people
after this Bible study
00:46:23.07\00:46:26.62
some people say
well you know didn't God
00:46:26.63\00:46:29.36
create evil? Even
after you go through a
00:46:29.37\00:46:32.28
Bible study like
this somebody will say
00:46:32.29\00:46:34.54
well didn't God
create evil and what's the
00:46:34.55\00:46:36.72
answer? No. The answer is no.
00:46:36.73\00:46:39.19
What Bible
reference would you give,
00:46:39.20\00:46:41.83
anybody at any table
pick up a microphone,
00:46:41.84\00:46:43.88
what Bible
reference would you give to
00:46:43.89\00:46:46.26
remind that person that God did
00:46:46.27\00:46:49.29
not create the
evil. What Bible reference
00:46:49.30\00:46:52.20
would you give them, somebody?
00:46:52.21\00:46:53.54
Well you got, you
need a microphone.
00:46:53.55\00:46:56.08
Somebody tell me what reference
00:46:56.09\00:46:57.69
would you give them?
Just pick that thing,
00:46:57.70\00:46:59.92
it won't bite you.
Genesis 1. Genesis,
00:46:59.93\00:47:03.30
and what did
Genesis chapter 1 say.
00:47:03.31\00:47:05.36
That God created, when
God created it was good.
00:47:05.37\00:47:09.06
That's right. So
didn't God created evil
00:47:09.07\00:47:12.82
though, no. But
where in the world did evil
00:47:12.83\00:47:16.21
come from?
Matthew, say it loud enough.
00:47:16.22\00:47:21.34
Matthew, I think it
was 13, no it wasn't 13,
00:47:21.35\00:47:25.88
it was 13, okay.
Yes. So you see even after
00:47:25.89\00:47:29.56
you give these
Bible studies, people will
00:47:29.57\00:47:31.83
still have
questions, what do you mean
00:47:31.84\00:47:33.94
the devil
doesn't have a pitchfork
00:47:33.95\00:47:35.18
and he's not red with
two horns on his head,
00:47:35.19\00:47:36.61
what do you mean by that?
00:47:36.62\00:47:37.91
Well, the devil
would never get the worship
00:47:37.92\00:47:40.01
that he wanted if
that's why he came
00:47:40.02\00:47:41.69
to people would
he. So when you have
00:47:41.70\00:47:44.04
those people, those
people they will say,
00:47:44.05\00:47:46.07
they will say but
didn't God create evil?
00:47:46.08\00:47:48.02
Well no, God
created who? Lucifer.
00:47:48.03\00:47:52.41
Then people will
say well why did God
00:47:52.42\00:47:55.43
create something
that he knew would
00:47:55.44\00:47:59.48
turn out so bad?
Pick that microphone up
00:47:59.49\00:48:03.04
and tell me that again
Bill, what did you say?
00:48:03.05\00:48:05.65
He wants their
love. He wants their love,
00:48:05.66\00:48:07.53
that's absolutely right.
00:48:07.54\00:48:09.15
And so when God created people,
00:48:09.16\00:48:12.04
when God created
the angels he created
00:48:12.05\00:48:14.44
them with a power
of choice, didn't he?
00:48:14.45\00:48:17.07
Go to Revelation,
go over to Revelation,
00:48:17.08\00:48:19.34
Revelation chapter
12, I'll read this,
00:48:19.35\00:48:22.59
Revelation chapter
12 and verse, let me see
00:48:22.60\00:48:28.62
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 4,
00:48:28.63\00:48:33.38
the Bible says in
Revelation chapter 12
00:48:33.39\00:48:35.54
verse 4, His,
speaking of the dragon,
00:48:35.55\00:48:38.00
his tail drew a
third part of the stars
00:48:38.01\00:48:41.49
of heaven, and
threw them to the earth.
00:48:41.50\00:48:44.87
What are those
stars of heaven that the
00:48:44.88\00:48:47.82
devil drew a
third of out of heaven.
00:48:47.83\00:48:50.18
Angels. Those are
angels, that's absolutely
00:48:50.19\00:48:52.12
right. We can find that
in Revelation chapter 1,
00:48:52.13\00:48:55.11
that an angel is the
same thing as a star.
00:48:55.12\00:49:01.14
So that Bible tells
us here that the devil
00:49:01.15\00:49:04.97
took one third of
the angels with him
00:49:04.98\00:49:07.96
out of heaven. How
was he able to do that?
00:49:07.97\00:49:10.99
By deception. By deception,
00:49:11.00\00:49:14.27
but if all of the
angels have been created
00:49:14.28\00:49:16.95
as robots would he
had been able to do that?
00:49:16.96\00:49:19.18
No. No, no, no.
those angels that fell with
00:49:19.19\00:49:22.34
Satan made a choice
just like Lucifer made
00:49:22.35\00:49:26.41
and you and I have
the same opportunity.
00:49:26.42\00:49:31.53
If we want to choose
evil God will allow us
00:49:31.54\00:49:35.08
to do that, will
that break his heart,
00:49:35.09\00:49:38.04
absolutely. But
God has provided a way
00:49:38.05\00:49:42.99
for us to chose what is right.
00:49:43.00\00:49:46.17
And that is
through Jesus Christ.
00:49:46.18\00:49:48.12
So people will say
well didn't God create evil?
00:49:48.13\00:49:50.96
And you just go
right back through it,
00:49:50.97\00:49:52.66
no he didn't
create evil, he created
00:49:52.67\00:49:54.50
a perfect angel.
Well why didn't God just
00:49:54.51\00:49:57.74
go ahead and
destroy Lucifer the very
00:49:57.75\00:50:01.06
moment that
Lucifer began to exhibit
00:50:01.07\00:50:03.63
what God knew what happened.
00:50:03.64\00:50:05.14
Whey didn't God just
destroy him right then?
00:50:05.15\00:50:08.23
Well, I'll tell you exactly why.
00:50:08.24\00:50:10.81
Lets suppose that
somebody in congress
00:50:10.82\00:50:16.56
stands up and hollers
at the president you lie,
00:50:16.57\00:50:19.80
and the next
day that congressman
00:50:23.16\00:50:26.42
ends up dead.
What would you think?
00:50:26.43\00:50:31.47
Come on tell me
what would you think?
00:50:31.48\00:50:34.08
You would think he
was murdered by who,
00:50:34.09\00:50:37.07
or by somebody
the President sent to
00:50:37.08\00:50:40.10
murder him right.
so Jesus when Lucifer
00:50:40.11\00:50:44.83
begins to exhibit these things,
00:50:44.84\00:50:47.24
and Lucifer begins to
lie, he begins to deceive,
00:50:47.25\00:50:52.08
he begins to just
talk, incidentally the word
00:50:52.09\00:50:55.88
war there in
Revelation chapter 12
00:50:55.89\00:50:58.96
verse 7 says there
was a war in heaven
00:50:58.97\00:51:01.02
that word war is Polimos, that's
00:51:01.03\00:51:03.93
where you and I
get our word politics.
00:51:03.94\00:51:06.37
So Satan begins
to insinuate things
00:51:06.38\00:51:11.07
about God, he
begins to start a political
00:51:11.08\00:51:14.67
war in heaven. He
doesn't just come out
00:51:14.68\00:51:17.71
and say well God
want you to serve him
00:51:17.72\00:51:19.94
and he doesn't
want you to serve me,
00:51:19.95\00:51:21.24
you need to serve
me because I'll offer
00:51:21.25\00:51:22.57
you the better, he
would do things like
00:51:22.58\00:51:25.02
I wonder if God
really knows what
00:51:25.03\00:51:27.86
he is doing in this situation.
00:51:27.87\00:51:29.20
He created that
doubt in the angels' minds,
00:51:29.21\00:51:35.68
and then when Satan's debate
00:51:35.69\00:51:39.36
tactics didn't
work. He was cast out
00:51:39.37\00:51:43.95
of heaven and a
third of the angels made
00:51:43.96\00:51:46.43
that choice. But
if, and if God had just,
00:51:46.44\00:51:51.11
if God and Jesus
and the Holy Spirit had
00:51:51.12\00:51:54.08
said yeah, he's
doing exactly what
00:51:54.09\00:51:55.81
we knew he would
do, and he's talked
00:51:55.82\00:51:57.86
to several of the
angels and there is
00:51:57.87\00:51:59.69
rumblings now, let's
just go take him out,
00:51:59.70\00:52:01.51
he's gone. The
other angels would have
00:52:01.52\00:52:05.81
been served God out
of what? Fear, fear.
00:52:05.82\00:52:09.04
But does God as we
noticed in our center
00:52:09.05\00:52:11.72
at the very
beginning of the study,
00:52:11.73\00:52:13.33
does God want the
service that is forced
00:52:13.34\00:52:16.98
to work, no, no
that's what the devil will
00:52:16.99\00:52:20.82
take if he can get
it. But God wants service
00:52:20.83\00:52:24.38
that comes from
genuine love for him.
00:52:24.39\00:52:28.34
So you and I
when we are studying
00:52:28.35\00:52:30.90
the Bible with
people on this topic,
00:52:30.91\00:52:33.01
let's just
review the entire thing.
00:52:33.02\00:52:35.40
Genesis chapter 1,
God creates everything
00:52:35.41\00:52:39.69
and it is what? Good. It's good.
00:52:39.70\00:52:41.98
Then we went to
Matthew chapter 13
00:52:41.99\00:52:45.14
and we saw in Matthew chapter 13
00:52:45.15\00:52:47.53
that God took no
credit whatsoever
00:52:47.54\00:52:51.41
for the tares. You remember,
00:52:51.42\00:52:53.26
there was a man
that went out and
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sowed good seed in
Matthew 13 and then,
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an enemy came
and sowed tares among
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the good seed. And
then we got went to
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verses 37-39 of Matthew 13 that
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explained the
parable that Jesus told.
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And it said that the
enemy was who, Satan.
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That's right Mrs.
Gloria. The enemy was Satan.
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Satan is the one
who was responsible
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for the evil in
this world. God took no
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responsibility for
it, then we went to
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Luke chapter 13.
Luke chapter 13:10-16
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and in verse 16,
Jesus said that Satan
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is the one that
was responsible for
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binding that woman for how long?
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18 years, 18
years. So did God in that
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situation take
any responsibility?
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No, absolutely
not. Then we went to
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Luke chapter 10
verse 18, does anybody
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remember what
that says? I'll beheld
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or I saw Satan what
fall like lightening
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from heaven. So
that then begged the
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question how did
Satan get into heaven
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in order to fall from
there? He was created;
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we found that in
Ezekiel chapter what,
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28, 28 verses 11-18,
that's absolutely right.
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And in there we
see that Lucifer was
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created perfect,
until inequity was
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found in him. He
was lifted up because
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of his what? His beauty.
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Lucifer took a gift
that God had given him
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and he perverted it.
And some of us are in
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that same situation aren't we?
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God has given us
talents, God has given us gifts
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and we take what
God has given us and
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we've perverted
it. Then we went from
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Ezekiel to where?
Isaiah. Isaiah I just gave it
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away, didn't I? And
so we went to Isaiah
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what chapter,
14, 14 that's right.
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And what verses,
12-14, and we found out
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that Satan begins to
say all of these things
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in his heart I will, I
will ascend, I will exalt,
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I will put my throne.
Satan had an eye problem.
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Then from Isaiah
chapter 14 where did we go?
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Second Thessalonians.
Second Thessalonians,
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that's right Bill.
Pick up and microphone
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and tell me what we learned in
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Second Thessalonians?
You got to do it quick
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because this is a review here.
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That the falling
away comes first,
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the man and the son
of perdition is revealed.
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Alright and the son
of perdition is just
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another name for
who? Satan. That's right.
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Because Satan, the
only other time the
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son of perdition is
used is talking about who?
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Judas. Judas. Now
was Judas a violent
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opposer of Christianity.
No. He was a subtle
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guy that came in
wasn't he? Then we went from,
00:55:31.82\00:55:34.52
we went from
what, what was the text
00:55:34.53\00:55:36.31
we were just in?
Second Thessalonians
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and we went from
Second Thessalonians
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to where,
Revelation 13, Revelation 13.
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And what did we
find in Revelation 13.
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The anti-Christ power
and what does he want?
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He wants
worship. Then what did we
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do in Revelation 13 and 14.
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We checked all,
all the worship texts
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that apply to the
anti-Christ power.
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Then where did we go?
We went to Matthew 4:9
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and Satan was so pompous that he
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asked who to worship him? Jesus.
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He asked Jesus.
Then we began to focus
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on who? We began
to focus on Christ,
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didn't we? Absolutely.
That Christ will give us
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victory; Christ
will give us power,
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even though the
Satan is walking around
00:56:16.77\00:56:18.93
like a roaring lion,
wanting to devour us,
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that we can have
victory through the power
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and the wisdom of Jesus Christ.
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And that's this study
in a nutshell isn't it?
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And then our very last reference
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Jesus says greater
is he that is in you
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than he that is in the world,
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so let me ask you
my friend who is that
00:56:37.10\00:56:40.15
you need in you
that has already overcome
00:56:40.16\00:56:43.41
the world? Who is
that you need? Jesus.
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Jesus Christ.
Never let Satan deceive
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you so much that you would think
00:56:51.15\00:56:53.91
I've gone too far,
or I've done too much,
00:56:53.92\00:56:57.39
or my life is
just way out of line,
00:56:57.40\00:57:00.02
Jesus wouldn't
accept me because Jesus
00:57:00.03\00:57:02.44
will accept us and
Jesus will accept you.
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Is it your desire
to land on the side of
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Jesus Christ
rather on the side of the
00:57:11.82\00:57:16.07
anti-Christ. And
my friend what would
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keep you from doing that?
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Jesus will help you overcome it.
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Jesus will give you victory,
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Jesus will live in you
if you will only let him.
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