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>> Well, good
morning, boys and girls.
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Nice to see you. I
thought maybe are they gonna
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be away on vacation? But no.
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You got -- what? --
two more weeks left.
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Glad to have you
here today. Good for you.
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Yeah, we got some more soft
seats saved for you right there.
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There you go. Okay,
so, my story scout, one of
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them, Sharon Dugent.
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She said, "Dwight, I
found another one. Here you go."
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Ooh. This is -- This will work.
This story happened back April
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19. That was back in April, so
three, four weeks ago. April 19.
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Samuel -- He's in the fourth
grade. Anybody here in the
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fourth grade? I need to
know. Am I talking to any
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fourth-graders here? Fourth
grade, fourth grade, fourth
grade, fourth grade,
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fourth grade. Good. So,
he is in the fourth grade,
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and his whole class is going to
the capital in Salem, Oregon.
That's where we were pastoring
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before we came here. Oh, it's
a beautiful Capitol building.
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A golden pioneer on top. Ooh,
everybody likes to visit the
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capital. So, they're having a
wonderful class outing, tour of
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the capital. Governor
Kate Brown, yes. Whoa. Can you
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believe it? When he went home,
uh-oh. When he went home, Samuel
was not feeling very good.
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He thought about it for a
day. He thought about it for two
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days. And then he said, "Nope,
I'm going to have to write the
governor of the state of Oregon
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a personal letter." So that's
exactly what he did. I'm gonna
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put that personal letter on the
big screen for us, please. There
it is, boys and girls.
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Can anybody read fourth-grader
penmanship? Oh, I bet you can.
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Let's see if you can read it out
loud, if you can tell. "Dear
Governor Brown, my class
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visited the Capitol on April 19.
While we were there, I took a
hazelnut and pen from the
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capitol building. These things
were not mine, and it was wrong
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for me to take
them. I'm very sorry.
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I hope you and the
people of Oregon can forgive me.
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Sincerely, Samuel."
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Oh, Samuel -- I don't know where
he was in the Capitol building,
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but he saw a pen. He said, "Ooh,
nice little souvenir." He saw a
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hazelnut. Now, where he saw
that, I do not know, but he
grabbed a hazelnut. And so, when
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he sent that letter to the
governor, Governor Brown, he put
the pen in the letter, and he
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couldn't send the hazelnut, so
he put a dollar bill, a pen and
a dollar bill. "I'm very sorry."
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Because you see, his little
conscience was bothering him.
"You shouldn't have stolen that.
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You shouldn't have stolen that.
You shouldn't steal, Samuel."
Who speaks to us through our
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consciences, I wonder. Oh,
that's Jesus speaking. You're
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right. Through our little
consciences. Well, the governor
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got his letter. She hashtagged
"cutest male ever" about it, and
then she wrote this response.
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This is Governor Brown. See the
stationery? Whoa, from Governor
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Kate Brown. "Samuel, thank
you for your note of apology.
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On behalf of the people of
Oregon, I accept your apology
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and forgive you."
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Hallelujah. And then, to prove
it, she stuck a brand-new pen in
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the envelope and sent it
to Samuel. Oh, ho. Isn't that
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something? I know somebody in
the universe who will forgive us
as fast as the governor of
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Oregon, perhaps even faster, I
do believe. There's somebody
that when we do something
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naughty, we do something wrong
and our conscience says, "Oh,
oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
you shouldn't do that." When the
conscience says that,
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we know, and when we say "I'm
very sorry, Jesus," what do you
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think he does? Gone. Forgot all
about it. "I forgot all about
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it." How many are thankful that
our savior is that fast and that
true to us that he forgives us
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just like that? Oh, thank you,
Jesus. Who would like to thank
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Jesus? I'm thinking we had a
little girl in first service, so
do we have a young man who would
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like to pray? Young man, come
right here. You want to pray?
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Come here. All right, let's
close our eyes and fold our
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hands. What's your first
name? >> Joseph. >> Joseph.
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We're going to pray with Joseph.
Close your eyes and fold your
hands as Joseph thanks Jesus.
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>> Jesus, we thank you for the
world. [ Speaking indistinctly ]
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In Jesus' name, amen.
>> Amen. Thank you, Joseph.
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You can say what Joseph just
said in your heart as you go
back to your pew now and to your
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mommy and daddy. Thank you,
Jesus. Thank you for being our
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savior. Thank you for
your forgiveness of my sins.
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>> All: ¤ Giver of life ¤ ¤
Creator of all that is lovely ¤
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¤ Teach me to sing the words to
your song ¤ ¤ I want to feel the
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music of living ¤ ¤ I want
to feel the music of living ¤
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¤ And not fear the sad songs ¤ ¤
But from them make new songs ¤ ¤
Composed of both laughter and
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tears ¤ ¤ Giver of life
¤ ¤ Creator of all that is
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lovely ¤ ¤ Teach me to dance
to the sounds of your world ¤
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¤ I want to move ¤ ¤ I want
to move ¤ ¤ In rhythm with your
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plan ¤ ¤ In rhythm with your
plan ¤ ¤ Help me to follow your
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leading ¤ ¤ To risk even falling
¤ ¤ To rise and keep trying ¤ ¤
For you are leading the
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dance ¤ ¤ For you
are leading the dance ¤
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¤ For you are leading
the dance ¤ ¤ Giver of life ¤
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¤ Creator of all that is lovely
¤ ¤ Teach me to sing the words
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to your soooooooong ¤
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>> Let's pray. Oh, God, You are
the maker, You are the giver of
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all life, the life we have.
It comes from You. The minds we
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have, they are guided by You. In
the few minutes we have, would
you seize this moment and
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teach us? We pray through Holy
Scripture. In Jesus' name, amen.
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As we storied together
this morning, that is compelling
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evidence that some dark and
sinister hacker has implanted
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some malware in our very lives.
You're familiar with malware?
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Are you following this
story that's going on now?
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What are they
calling it, WannaCry?
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Is that the
ransomware, WannaCry?
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Yeah, thousands globally -- just
this last week, thousands of
computers hacked by this strange
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and sinister entry. It somehow,
as they noted here, it encrypts
your files, removing
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your files from access, and then
it demands a ransom in bitcoin,
which is a currency of the
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Internet. The only place you can
get it is the Internet and spend
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it. And the promise is you give
us that bitcoin and we'll give
you your files back.
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The government of China
announced that 40,000
institutions and businesses
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hacked by WannaCry. England,
Britain -- we're talking about
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the national health system down
because of WannaCry. U.S. FedEx
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down because of WannaCry. Turns
out it's the largest computer
hacking in the history
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of Earth, period. They're
calling it WannaCry because you
want to cry when you
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have it. It's just bad.
And it makes you wonder.
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It makes you wonder if that's
what's going on up here. I'm
talking about -- I'm
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touching my temples right
now. Is that what is going on up
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here? Has some dark, sinister
hacker embedded in our very
psyches a malware that takes
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over the operating system,
actually holding it for ransom,
and refusing any ransom paid
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anyway? It makes you wonder.
Could it be we've all been
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hacked? I'm talking about up
here. I mean, look. We're not
talking rocket science
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here, folks. Are you watching
what's happening on this planet?
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I mean, come on. Look at the
headlines. There's one after the
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other after the other. Facebook
-- Oh, Facebook, this grand
place where we love to go.
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Facebook now. Did you see?
What was it, over in Chicago,
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the Windy City, Facebook Live, a
gang beating up on a mentally
handicapped young man, live,
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cutting him up? And then to
outdo it just a few weeks ago,
Facebook Live again,
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an actual murder taking place on
Facebook Live. What's going on
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with America? Not just America.
What's going on with the world?
A little over a century ago,
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some rather prescient words were
written. I'm gonna put these
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words on the screen for you.
Suggesting that a generation
that's living on the edge of
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eternity might be going through
what we're going through right
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now. I'll put the words on
the screen for you. You see in
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there. "We are living in the
time of the end." A bunch of
sentences from that
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single page. "The spirit of God
is gradually but surely being
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withdrawn from the Earth." Hey,
I got some great news for you.
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Friends of Jesus, the spirit of
God never leaves. If you're a
friend of Jesus, he
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will never leave you. But if you
want to just kiss him off,
eventually, just gradually
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but he will walk out. Keep
reading. "The agencies of evil
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are combining their forces and
consolidating. They are
strengthening for the
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last great crisis." Pooling
all their resources together.
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Mercy. "Great
changes are soon to take
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place in our world, and the
final movements will be rapid
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ones." Now, here comes the line.
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"Men possessed of demons are
taking the lives of men, women,
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and little children."
Somebody has hacked the very
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thinking
processes of the human race.
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"Men have become infatuated with
vice, and every species of evil
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prevails. The cries
of starving humanity
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are coming up before God, while,
by every species of oppression
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and extortion men are
piling up colossal fortunes."
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Something's happening. The
rich are just astronomically
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richer and the poor
are just tragically poor.
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What's going on?
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I repeat the question. Could it
be we've been hacked? Could it
be that some sort of
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supernatural malware has taken
over our operating systems and
another mind is directing our
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lives? I'm gonna go
to that story. Let's go.
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Gospel of Luke. This is a
powerful story. Luke chapter 4.
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Whatever Bible you brought. I'm
in the New International today.
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Luke chapter 4. Just
find it. The story of Jesus.
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Compelling story. Luke chapter
4. If you didn't bring a Bible,
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grab the pew Bible in
front of you. It'd be page 692.
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Luke 4:31. "Then Jesus went
down to Capernaum, a town in
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Galilee." Now, lookit, lookit.
It's literally down because you
know where he's been?
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If you just go to the verse just
before this, you'll find out
he's been at his home church.
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No, seriously. He's at
his home church in Nazareth.
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The people there just cannot
stomach the thought that this
boy that's grown up in our midst
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is wildly popular everywhere
else, and they are so mad at
him, at the end of his talking
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in the synagogue, in church that
morning, they rush him to the
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edge of the cliff. They're gonna
throw him off, and he just
disappears. He said, "Well,
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that's God for you. He
can do stuff like that." Nope.
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Happened to John Wesley, in a
crowd, ready to lynch him.
William Miller in a crowd, ready
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to lynch him, disappeared. Jesus
didn't have any inside track to
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God. Whatever he had, you have.
And God was looking out for him.
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"Not your time." Hide him. Gone.
Now, he's moved to Capernaum.
He's changed his home address.
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Different zip code now 'cause
they don't want him in Nazareth,
and it really is going down.
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It's from 1,144 feet to 685 feet
on the shores of the Sea of
Galilee below sea level.
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He's dropped down 1,800 feet.
He's really going down. So,
let's read it again, verse
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31. "Then Jesus went down to
Capernaum, a town in Galilee,
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and on the Sabbath, he
taught the people." If this were
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consecutive, this would be the
next Sabbath. "They were amazed
at his teaching because his
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words had authority." The
authorities of his day, they
said, "Well, one rabbi says
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this. Another rabbi says
this. Another rabbi says this.
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But however, a fourth
rabbi says this." It's just this
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intellectual equivocation.
Nobody's ever sure. People are
sick and tired of it.
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Here's a guy that says, "I tell
you the truth. The truth will
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set you free. You know the son?
The son will set you free. It is
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written." And they
just thrived on it.
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Now, in the synagogue
-- okay, the plot thickens.
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Here we go now. "In
the synagogue," verse 33,
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"there was a man possessed by a
demon, an impure spirit, and he
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cried out at the top
of his voice, 'Go away!
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What do you want with
us, Jesus of Nazareth?
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Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are -- the Holy
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One of God!'" That loud.
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The place -- you
could've heard a pin drop.
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Everybody's frozen.
Every worshiper except Jesus.
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He knows who this is. Chapter
4 begins, in fact -- "I know who
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you are." Chapter 4 in Luke
begins with Jesus 40 days and 40
nights, no food, praying,
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fasting. Weak, emaciated, and
haggard at the end of 40 days.
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Shoo! This angel of glory shows
up and said, "Yo, you the king?
You this guy they been talking
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about? You
can't be. Look at you.
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You're a pitiful specimen
of humanity. I tell you what.
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You want to prove you're
the king. Turn that stone into
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bread." Three raging, grueling
temptations. Jesus knows.
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He was waiting for him. He
knows who's here. Jesus speaks.
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Next line. Verse 35.
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Jesus says one word in the
Greek, just one word -- it'd be
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in the Aramaic. One word.
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"Be quiet!" That's
actually the word -- the
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actual, literal
translation is "be muzzled."
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It's what you do with a Doberman
pincer when you don't want the
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Doberman biting anybody.
You put a muzzle on the muzzle.
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Can't do anything. Be muzzled.
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By the way, that's what he said
in that little -- that bouncing,
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fishing skiff. He's
been sleeping through the
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storm. "We're dying!"
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And he stands up and he turns in
to that raging fury of a storm,
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and he says the
same word, "Be muzzled.
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Be still."
Apparently when the Creator came
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down in human flesh like you and
me, the word He spoke still had
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all the omnipotent power so the
moment he speaks the word, in
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less than half a nanosecond,
that word immediately creates
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the reality it describes, and
when Jesus says, "Be muzzled" to
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that demon, boom. Not the man.
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The demon inside
of him is muzzled.
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"Get out of him now." And,
by the way, Luke's the only
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one that points this out.
"Then the demon threw the man
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down before them all and
came out without --" this is the
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doctor's edition --
"without injuring him."
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Leave it to a physician to let
everybody know, "By the way, he
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never got hurt. He never got
hurt. The demon came out but he
couldn't hurt him."
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Wow. "Desire of
Ages" captures this moment.
00:23:23.80\00:23:28.04
I'll put the words on the
screen. By the way, you have a
00:23:28.04\00:23:30.44
study guide today. No
fill-in-the-blanks. You'll want
00:23:30.44\00:23:32.97
these quotations. There are a
bunch of them. Put "Desire of
Ages" on the screen.
00:23:32.97\00:23:35.74
Read it off the screen. "He who
had conquered Satan in the
wilderness of temptation was
00:23:35.74\00:23:39.75
again brought face to face with
his enemy." I know who you are.
00:23:39.75\00:23:44.15
"The demon exerted all his power
to retain control of his victim.
To lose ground here would be to
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give Jesus a victory. It seemed
that the tortured man must lose
00:23:48.99\00:23:53.06
his life in the struggle with
the foe that had been the ruin
of his manhood." Something he
00:23:53.06\00:24:00.14
did during his young manhood had
opened the door to another power
beside -- besides God.
00:24:00.14\00:24:08.24
Something he did opened the door
and kept opening the door wider,
and the longer he did it, the
00:24:08.24\00:24:14.35
wider the door went.
00:24:14.35\00:24:18.39
"But the savior spoke with
authority and set the captive
00:24:18.55\00:24:21.62
free. The man who
had been possessed
00:24:21.62\00:24:23.76
stood before the wondering
people happy in the freedom of
00:24:23.76\00:24:26.86
self-possession. Even
the demon had testified to
00:24:26.86\00:24:30.13
the divine power of the savior.
The man praised God for his
00:24:30.13\00:24:33.77
deliverance." Like
our singing today, praised
00:24:33.77\00:24:36.64
God for his deliverance.
"The eye that had so lately
00:24:36.64\00:24:40.11
glared with the fire of insanity
now beamed with intelligence and
00:24:40.11\00:24:44.55
overflowed with
grateful tears." A miracle.
00:24:44.55\00:24:52.29
Wow. And the
people, they finally get
00:24:52.29\00:24:55.26
their voice. The people.
00:24:55.26\00:24:56.69
What is this? Verse 36.
00:24:56.69\00:24:58.09
"And all the people were amazed,
and they said to each other,
00:24:58.09\00:25:01.20
'What words are
these? What words these are.
00:25:01.20\00:25:03.53
With authority and power, he
gives orders to impure spirits,
00:25:03.53\00:25:06.57
and they come out.' And
the news about Jesus spread
00:25:06.57\00:25:09.20
throughout the
surrounding area."
00:25:09.20\00:25:11.04
The end.
00:25:11.04\00:25:13.24
What do we do with a story like
this in this crazy world in
which you and I now live?
00:25:13.41\00:25:17.85
There's never been an age like
it. You can go back 10 years.
00:25:17.85\00:25:21.12
Not like it. You can
go back 50. Not like it.
00:25:21.12\00:25:23.75
You can go back five. Not
like it. Something is happening.
00:25:23.75\00:25:27.02
What do we draw out of this
story? This nuclear fishin'.
00:25:27.02\00:25:30.29
That's what we're calling these
four stories. Nuclear fishin'.
00:25:30.29\00:25:33.83
Why do they call it nuclear
fishin'? Because we got some
00:25:33.83\00:25:37.43
fishing going on. We'll
get to that in just a second.
00:25:37.43\00:25:40.17
But they're also nuclear. The
chemists and the physicists
among us know that the word is
00:25:40.17\00:25:45.61
fission -- F-I-S-S-I-O-N. We're
calling it fishin'. But the fact
00:25:45.61\00:25:51.58
of the matter is, in these four
stories, we encounter a
megatonnage of divine explosion
00:25:51.58\00:26:00.49
that responds to human crisis.
All four of these stories. This
00:26:00.49\00:26:03.86
is number two. Nuclear fishin'.
Let's go back to fishing. You
say, "Dwight, thanks a lot
00:26:03.86\00:26:07.60
for the word on fishing. There
is no fishing in this story."
00:26:07.60\00:26:10.83
Ah, you'll see quite differently
in a moment. Let's go to the
00:26:10.83\00:26:14.34
ancient prophet Habakkuk. Ever
heard of Habakkuk? Nobody reads
00:26:14.34\00:26:17.01
Habakkuk. Do you know where it
is? It's Old Testament. How do I
00:26:17.01\00:26:19.91
find it? We'll go back to
Malachi, the last book in the
Old Testament, 'cause I want you
00:26:19.91\00:26:24.05
to see this in Habakkuk. You
got to see this. So, go back to
00:26:24.05\00:26:26.98
Matthew, then the book before
Matthew is Malachi, and the book
before Malachi is Zechariah, and
00:26:26.98\00:26:31.09
the book before Zechariah is
Haggai, and then there's
Zephaniah, and then there's
00:26:31.09\00:26:34.52
Habakkuk. You say, "Dwight, I
don't have till lunch to find
the book." Okay, well, read it
00:26:34.52\00:26:38.43
off the screen then. Habakkuk.
But I wouldn't mind you seeing
00:26:38.43\00:26:43.67
that in your own Bible. Nobody
knows who this prophet is.
00:26:43.67\00:26:46.20
There's nothing about him. He
just calls himself a prophet.
There's only three minor
00:26:46.20\00:26:49.74
prophets that call themselves
prophets. He's one of them.
00:26:49.74\00:26:52.27
We guess that he's from Judah.
We guess the time period. But we
00:26:52.27\00:27:00.28
don't know. He brings a word.
And God speaks to Habakkuk. Look
at this. Drop down.
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This is chapter 1, Habakkuk 1:5.
00:27:03.59\00:27:05.82
God says, "Habakkuk, I
want you to look at the nations.
00:27:05.99\00:27:08.76
I want you to watch and I want
you to be utterly amazed, for I
00:27:08.76\00:27:11.83
am going to do something in your
days that you would not believe
00:27:11.83\00:27:14.96
even if you were told."
You know what I'm doing,
00:27:14.96\00:27:17.43
Habakkuk? Verse 6.
00:27:17.43\00:27:18.60
"I am raising up the
Babylonians, that ruthless and
00:27:18.60\00:27:21.20
impetuous people, who sweep
across the whole Earth to seize
00:27:21.20\00:27:24.14
dwellings not their own."
I'm sending the Babylonians to
00:27:24.14\00:27:27.28
Judah, Habakkuk.
Because I see what you see.
00:27:27.28\00:27:32.95
It's time for judgment. I'm
sending the Babylonians. And for
eight verses now, God
00:27:33.11\00:27:37.72
describes what the Babylonians
are gonna do, and finally
Habakkuk jumps up, "Yo, God,
00:27:37.72\00:27:42.46
time-out, stop. This is crazy.
You're punishing your chosen
00:27:42.46\00:27:48.63
people with an enemy that is so
morally worse and debased.
Something is wrong here.
00:27:48.63\00:27:56.54
Wrong punishment." And now
Habakkuk is trying to tell God
00:27:56.54\00:28:01.88
why it's wrong. Drop down to
verse 14. "You see, you, God --"
here comes the metaphor now --
00:28:01.88\00:28:06.88
"You have made people like the
fish in the sea." See, we're all
00:28:06.88\00:28:11.52
little fishies. That's what
Habakkuk is saying. "You've made
people like the fish in the sea,
00:28:11.52\00:28:15.36
like the sea
creatures that have no ruler.
00:28:15.36\00:28:16.93
So the wicked foe pulls
all of them up with hooks.
00:28:17.09\00:28:20.13
He catches them in his net.
He gathers them in his dragnet,
00:28:20.13\00:28:23.57
and so he rejoices
and is glad." Verse 16.
00:28:23.57\00:28:26.17
"Therefore he
sacrifices to his net.
00:28:26.17\00:28:28.50
He burns incense to his dragnet,
for by his net he lives in
00:28:28.50\00:28:31.97
luxury and enjoys
the choicest food."
00:28:31.97\00:28:34.34
Verse 17. "Is he to
keep on emptying his
00:28:34.34\00:28:36.85
net, destroying
nations without mercy?"
00:28:36.85\00:28:39.31
You're gonna let this go on
until the whole human race is
00:28:39.31\00:28:42.68
destroyed? What
are you thinking, God?
00:28:42.68\00:28:46.05
That's what he's asking.
00:28:46.05\00:28:49.29
Wow. Why would you
do it? Babylonians?
00:28:49.46\00:28:55.93
You see, what Habakkuk doesn't
know, God knows, and you and I
know now, looking in quietly.
00:28:55.93\00:29:02.44
What he doesn't know, not
clearly, is that there is a
great cosmic war embroiling the
00:29:02.44\00:29:10.61
planet even in his day. A great
conflict, and God is just
drawing the veil aside and
00:29:10.61\00:29:19.55
said, "Let me tell you
something, boy. This war is much
00:29:19.55\00:29:22.46
bigger than you think." In
fact, there are two fishermen.
00:29:22.46\00:29:27.73
Now, one of the fishermen we've
kind of fallen in love with,
with the miniseries we just
00:29:27.73\00:29:32.03
ended called "Gone Fishin.'"
We love that fisherman. He said,
00:29:32.03\00:29:35.97
"Hey, you want to follow me?
Come on, come on, come on. I'll
make you fisher people.
00:29:35.97\00:29:39.34
You'll be a fisherman just like
me. We'll catch people together.
00:29:39.34\00:29:42.64
For eternity we'll catch them."
00:29:42.64\00:29:44.68
There's one fisherman we love,
but now, for the first time, we
00:29:44.85\00:29:49.18
are introduced to a second
fisherman who, with his raking
00:29:49.18\00:29:53.19
dragnet is just dragging through
humanity and with his net he's
00:29:53.19\00:29:58.69
pulling up innocent
fish and destroying them.
00:29:58.69\00:30:02.63
That's what we got here. We've
got the big, bad, fisherman.
00:30:02.80\00:30:11.64
Wow. Somebody's behind Babylon.
There's somebody invisible
00:30:11.64\00:30:15.91
behind this. It can't be
just the Babylonians, and you're
00:30:15.91\00:30:18.45
absolutely right. I'm
gonna take you to another verse.
00:30:18.45\00:30:20.88
You'll have all these verses in
your study guide, but just go
back -- you know where Isaiah
00:30:20.88\00:30:24.65
is. That's not hard to
find. Just keep going backwards.
00:30:24.65\00:30:27.12
You'll run into Isaiah. Isaiah
chapter 14. You want to know
00:30:27.12\00:30:30.39
who's behind the Babylonian
power? Take a look at this.
00:30:30.39\00:30:35.23
Isaiah 14. These verses I just
want you to see them in your own
Bible. Go through your Bible
00:30:35.23\00:30:39.73
later and mark all the verses in
if you wish. But this is Isaiah
00:30:39.73\00:30:43.20
14:3. "And on the day the Lord
gives you relief, oh Israel,
00:30:43.37\00:30:46.88
relief from your suffering and
turmoil and from the harsh labor
00:30:46.88\00:30:50.18
enforced on you, you will take
up this taunt against the king
00:30:50.18\00:30:53.72
of Babylon, how the
oppressor has come to an end.
00:30:53.72\00:30:56.69
How his fury has ended."
Now, is God talking about
00:30:56.69\00:30:59.65
Nebuchadnezzar or is he talking
about some Babylonian king?
00:30:59.65\00:31:03.19
No, he is not. Watch this.
00:31:03.19\00:31:04.96
Drop down to verse 12. Verse 12.
00:31:04.96\00:31:07.46
"How are you fallen," speaking
of the king now, "How are you
00:31:07.46\00:31:10.73
fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn."
00:31:10.73\00:31:13.57
Uh-oh. We know
who that is because in
00:31:13.57\00:31:15.77
the Latin "Vulgate," the Latin
translation early on, here's how
00:31:15.77\00:31:19.21
they rendered it -- "How are you
fallen from heaven, oh Lucifer,
00:31:19.21\00:31:23.91
son of the morning?" Lucifer.
00:31:23.91\00:31:26.92
You ever heard of
him? You ever heard of him?
00:31:26.92\00:31:30.95
The big, bad fisherman.
How are you fallen from heaven?
00:31:30.95\00:31:36.56
Keep reading, verse 12.
"You have been cast down to the
00:31:36.56\00:31:39.49
earth, you who once
laid the nations low.
00:31:39.49\00:31:41.76
You said in your heart, 'I
will ascend to the heavens.
00:31:41.76\00:31:44.70
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God.
00:31:44.70\00:31:47.24
I will sit enthroned on the
mount of assembly, on the utmost
00:31:47.24\00:31:50.41
heights of Mount
Zaphon.'" That is the north.
00:31:50.41\00:31:52.91
That's where the God lives.
"I will ascend," verse 14,
00:31:52.91\00:31:55.71
"above the tops of the
clouds. I'm gonna be God.
00:31:55.71\00:31:58.18
Do you understand
that? Read my lips.
00:31:58.18\00:32:00.22
I will be God of this Earth."
That's who he's talking about.
00:32:00.22\00:32:05.95
That's the power behind Babylon.
That's the big, bad fisherman.
00:32:05.95\00:32:11.13
And I mean bad
fisherman. Who is he?
00:32:11.13\00:32:17.27
Well, can you find Ezekiel?
Now you're going forward again.
00:32:17.27\00:32:21.00
Ezekiel. So, you
run into Jeremiah, then
00:32:21.00\00:32:23.71
Lamentations,
then it'd be Ezekiel.
00:32:23.71\00:32:26.11
Ezekiel chapter 28.
Here is a stunning picture of
00:32:26.11\00:32:30.05
how it all ends for
Lucifer. Watch this.
00:32:30.05\00:32:33.28
Unbelievable.
Ezekiel chapter 28.
00:32:33.28\00:32:36.52
Find it? It doesn't
hurt us every now and
00:32:36.52\00:32:42.32
then to just do
this and move the pages.
00:32:42.32\00:32:45.09
All right, Ezekiel
chapter 28. Drop down, please.
00:32:45.09\00:32:48.33
Talking about the same being we
now call the fallen rebel angel
00:32:48.33\00:32:52.40
Lucifer. Here you go, verse 14.
00:32:52.40\00:32:54.64
Ezekiel 28:14. "You,"
speaking to the being,
00:32:54.64\00:32:57.64
God is, "You were
anointed as a guardian cherub."
00:32:57.64\00:33:00.08
You remember Indiana Jones and
the "Raiders of the Lost Ark"?
00:33:00.08\00:33:02.94
You remember that?
Remember they're looking for
00:33:02.94\00:33:05.25
this golden piece and it has
two angels with their wings that
00:33:05.25\00:33:08.12
touch. That
actually was the ancient
00:33:08.12\00:33:11.72
Israelite ark. The
covering cherubs are the two
00:33:11.72\00:33:15.42
cherubs that stand on either
side of the throne of God.
00:33:15.42\00:33:18.16
This being is the highest
of the celestial intelligences.
00:33:18.16\00:33:22.90
He has stood right beside God.
He's the covering cherub, as
00:33:22.90\00:33:27.84
he's described here.
"You --" keep reading, verse
00:33:27.84\00:33:31.27
14 -- "You were on
the holy mount of God.
00:33:31.27\00:33:33.78
You walked among
the fiery stones."
00:33:33.78\00:33:35.98
Fire always a symbol of God.
Burning bush, symbol of God.
00:33:35.98\00:33:39.28
"You were blameless in your
ways," so whoever the being is,
00:33:39.28\00:33:42.78
it's created and he was perfect,
"from the day that you were
00:33:42.78\00:33:46.35
created till
wickedness was found in you."
00:33:46.35\00:33:48.99
What happened?
Something snapped inside of his
00:33:48.99\00:33:51.83
heart. Verse 17.
00:33:51.83\00:33:53.13
"Your heart became proud on
account of your beauty, and you
00:33:53.13\00:33:56.67
corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor.
00:33:56.67\00:33:59.57
So I threw you to the
earth." Now, watch this.
00:33:59.57\00:34:02.54
This has not happened
yet. This is going to happen.
00:34:02.54\00:34:05.67
Watch this. "I
threw you to the earth.
00:34:05.67\00:34:08.11
I made a spectacle
of you before kings."
00:34:08.11\00:34:10.68
Verse 18. "By your
many sins and dishonest
00:34:10.68\00:34:13.35
trade, you have desecrated your
sanctuaries, so I made a fire
00:34:13.35\00:34:17.42
come out from you, and that fire
consumed you, and I reduced you
00:34:17.42\00:34:21.66
to ashes on the ground in the
sight of all who were watching."
00:34:21.66\00:34:25.79
Final verse, 19. "And
all the nations who knew
00:34:25.79\00:34:28.93
you are appalled at you.
You have come to a horrible end,
00:34:28.93\00:34:32.73
and you will be no more."
00:34:32.73\00:34:36.14
Ladies and gentlemen, get this,
get this. In the midst of all
00:34:36.30\00:34:40.44
this bad news of being hacked,
dark, sinister power taking
possession, demon possession in
00:34:40.44\00:34:45.15
the human race near the end of
time, in the midst of all that
bad news, here comes some good
00:34:45.15\00:34:50.39
news, and I need you to hang
on to this. This is kind of an
00:34:50.39\00:34:54.89
oblique bit of good news, but
you need to know that what the
words God has just spoken
00:34:54.89\00:35:02.20
declare this. This guy is cursed
one day. I will destroy him.
It'll be a fire that comes out
00:35:02.20\00:35:10.97
from the inside -- pshew! Ashes.
The dark, sinister power that
00:35:10.97\00:35:20.45
has hacked our operating systems
and has tormented and taunted us
from day one, one day, he will
00:35:20.45\00:35:28.32
stand before the judgment of
almighty God, and the whole
universe will say, "God, you're
00:35:28.32\00:35:35.56
gonna do the right thing.
We know just and true are your
00:35:35.56\00:35:41.64
ways, oh, God. Shoom! Boom.
Gone. But something -- hold on,
00:35:41.64\00:35:49.11
hold on, hold on -- something
has happened to him in the
passage of years that you're not
00:35:49.11\00:35:54.58
gonna believe. I'm gonna share
with you now words I've never
00:35:54.58\00:35:58.75
shared in a public service
anywhere, but I want you to see
them right now. Today is the
00:35:58.75\00:36:04.09
right day. It's an eyewitness
account of his physical
appearance today. You'll have it
00:36:04.09\00:36:09.30
in your study guide. I'm gonna
put it on the screen. This is
00:36:09.30\00:36:13.10
Lucifer today. Watch this. A
word picture now. Verse -- you
00:36:13.10\00:36:16.77
see it on the screen there,
right at the top. "I was shown
Satan as he once was, a happy,
00:36:16.77\00:36:23.58
exalted angel." The favorite boy
of heaven. "Then I was shown him
00:36:23.58\00:36:29.08
as he now is. He still bears a
kingly form. His features are
still noble, for he is an angel
00:36:29.08\00:36:36.46
fallen. But the expression
of his countenance is full of
00:36:36.62\00:36:40.33
anxiety, care, unhappiness,
malice, hate, mischief, deceit,
00:36:40.33\00:36:44.17
and every evil. That
brow that once was so
00:36:44.17\00:36:46.47
noble, I particularly noticed."
Something stuck out, and now the
00:36:46.47\00:36:50.54
writer is commenting on it.
"His forehead commenced from his
00:36:50.54\00:36:54.41
eyes to recede." So the
forehead, proud and noble
00:36:54.41\00:36:57.65
like this, the forehead goes
just like this, from the eyes
00:36:57.65\00:37:01.48
right here, the forehead
just goes slant way back.
00:37:01.48\00:37:04.79
The forehead has receded.
"I saw that he had so long bent
00:37:04.79\00:37:09.29
himself to evil that every good
quality was debased and every
00:37:09.29\00:37:13.63
evil trait was developed.
His eyes were cunning, sly, and
00:37:13.63\00:37:18.27
showed great penetration.
His frame was large, but the
00:37:18.27\00:37:22.40
flesh hung loosely
about his hands and his face.
00:37:22.40\00:37:25.47
As I beheld him, his chin
was resting upon his left hand.
00:37:25.47\00:37:29.04
He appeared to
be in deep thought.
00:37:29.04\00:37:31.35
A smile was upon his
countenance, which made me
00:37:31.35\00:37:34.35
tremble. It was
so full of evil and
00:37:34.35\00:37:36.72
satanic slyness. This
smile is the one he wears
00:37:36.72\00:37:40.59
just before he makes sure of his
victim, and as he fastens the
00:37:40.59\00:37:46.13
victim in his snare,
this smile grows horrible."
00:37:46.13\00:37:50.57
End quote.
00:37:50.57\00:37:53.37
I apologize because that is not
a pretty picture. You've heard
00:37:53.54\00:38:04.08
of sadism? Finding pleasure in
pain. Guess who invented sadism.
It is orgasmic pleasure when
00:38:04.08\00:38:16.19
humans suffer at his hands.
Guys, guys, guys, here's the
point, here's the --
00:38:16.19\00:38:21.46
Come on. Let there be no
sympathy for the fallen Lucifer,
00:38:21.46\00:38:26.20
the big bad fisherman. That's
the point -- no sympathy.
Please, no sympathy.
00:38:26.20\00:38:31.27
He is the incarnation of
diabolical evil and exults over
a single little sparrow that he
00:38:31.27\00:38:38.51
can crush on its
chirping treetop perch. Crrkkk!
00:38:38.51\00:38:43.52
Pwtt! He would spit in
your face, as he did with Jesus'
00:38:43.52\00:38:48.22
face, if he thought that would
destroy you right now. Pwtt!
00:38:48.22\00:38:54.36
He hates the
sparrow. He hates you.
00:38:54.36\00:38:58.03
He hates every creature that
has been created by the loving
00:38:58.20\00:39:02.37
creator of the universe.
And guess what -- his hatred is
00:39:02.37\00:39:05.94
so -- Satan's
hatred is so strong that
00:39:05.94\00:39:09.04
he lives by a two-word credo.
00:39:09.04\00:39:10.58
This is his two-word credo. Now,
Jesus had a seven-word credo --
"I will put my trust in
00:39:10.75\00:39:17.12
Him." Seven words.
Here's Lucifer, fallen Satan's,
00:39:17.12\00:39:22.82
two-word credo. It
goes like this. "Kill them."
00:39:22.82\00:39:28.23
Just "Kill them."
"Kill them!" On Facebook?
00:39:28.23\00:39:34.90
"Kill them." Do a
drug overdose? "Kill them."
00:39:34.90\00:39:39.94
Do a drunken driver? "Kill them
all." To a debilitating disease?
00:39:39.94\00:39:44.51
"Kill them." To a magnitude 7
earthquake? "I'll take the whole
00:39:44.51\00:39:49.08
land. Kill them."
Through suicide? "Kill them."
00:39:49.08\00:39:52.92
Through cancer, through Ebola?
"Kill them." In their infancy?
00:39:52.92\00:39:57.63
"Kill them." In their
teen years? "Kill them."
00:39:57.63\00:40:01.30
In their young adult years?
"Kill them." Adults? "Kill
00:40:01.30\00:40:06.17
them." Aged, wrinkled senior
citizens? "Kill them. Just kill
00:40:06.17\00:40:11.07
them." Do you understand
me? "Kill them." That's what he
00:40:11.07\00:40:16.21
lives by. "Kill them." Yet so
strong is his deception with
smoke and mirrors -- get
00:40:16.21\00:40:24.85
this -- that brilliant minds
have gone to their painful
death, as Christopher Hitchens
00:40:24.85\00:40:31.43
did, declaring in his last book,
"God is Not Good: How Religion
Poisons Everything."
00:40:31.43\00:40:38.93
Atheists have gone to their
death believing there is no God,
there is no evil, there is no
00:40:38.93\00:40:45.44
devil. So smoke and mirrored his
deception, you don't even know
00:40:45.44\00:40:53.42
that the hook is in your mouth
and you're getting reeled in.
00:40:53.42\00:41:00.79
You have no idea. "Kill them."
The big bad fisherman, who, by
the way -- whose insane and
00:41:00.79\00:41:07.30
insufferable pride will not quit
-- get this -- until every human
being bows at his feet and
00:41:07.30\00:41:14.24
calls him God, and that's where
he's -- that's what he's living
00:41:14.24\00:41:17.67
for. Look at this
-- 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
00:41:17.84\00:41:20.64
"Worship me!" And according to
the prophecy of the apocalypse,
00:41:30.55\00:41:35.06
Revelation 13, they will.
00:41:35.06\00:41:36.29
Watch this. "People
worshipped the dragon."
00:41:36.46\00:41:40.06
Who's the dragon?
That old serpent called the
00:41:40.06\00:41:41.70
devil and Satan. We
know who the dragon is.
00:41:41.70\00:41:44.27
Except a small community... that
had a loyalty to the lord Jesus
Christ, will refuse, like
00:41:53.54\00:42:02.05
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
to bow down in the face of even
00:42:02.05\00:42:08.12
death itself. Say, "You can't
prove that, Dwight." Yes, I can.
00:42:08.12\00:42:11.93
The apocalypse, again,
Revelation 12:11. "Then the
00:42:11.93\00:42:17.13
dragon was --" This is
describing the people. "Then the
dragon --" End-time generation.
00:42:17.13\00:42:22.47
Because, you see, in fury, as he
went after Job -- You remember
00:42:33.88\00:42:41.36
the story of Job? As he went
after Job, he says, "Give me
these people. Just give me these
00:42:41.36\00:42:45.73
people. I will decimate them."
Enraged, he goes after the
resistors, those loyal to the --
00:42:45.73\00:42:53.10
loyal to this Lord Jesus. Some
of you are going through immense
suffering right now.
00:42:53.10\00:42:57.77
I was talking with a friend of
mine this last week, and he told
me about a friend of his, and I
00:42:57.77\00:43:01.44
said, "That's more suffering
than a human being can go
00:43:01.44\00:43:04.01
through." I could not believe it
when he described it to me. Some
00:43:04.01\00:43:07.55
of you watching on livestreaming
right now are the victim. You
00:43:07.55\00:43:10.42
are. Some of you right here,
your mask says, "Everything's
fine," but you are dying inside.
00:43:10.42\00:43:15.99
You are the victim, not of God.
You're not the victim of Christ
Jesus and the Spirit.
00:43:15.99\00:43:21.60
You are the victim of the big
bad fisherman who lives with two
words -- "Kill her.
00:43:21.60\00:43:29.94
Kill him! Kill
them! That's all I want.
00:43:29.94\00:43:36.54
Get her now." Wow. Yeah.
00:43:36.54\00:43:45.99
He gets that mad sometimes.
[ Laughter ] He gets that mad.
00:43:45.99\00:43:55.06
Ladies and gentlemen, we're safe
inside the storm right here. I
need you to know that we got
00:43:55.06\00:44:01.40
to get to the good news very
fast now. Because we've painted
00:44:01.40\00:44:07.24
a very -- a very graphic picture
of the big bad killer fisherman.
But I don't want to end there.
00:44:07.24\00:44:17.65
I want to go back to the crowd.
Want you to go back, last line
I'll read from this story.
00:44:17.65\00:44:22.09
Go back to -- what is this?
-- verse 36. It's time to follow
00:44:22.09\00:44:26.13
the crowd. I'm talking about the
crowd at Capernaum now. This is
a crowd you can follow.
00:44:26.13\00:44:29.20
I love this. Verse 36.
This is the gospel according to
00:44:29.20\00:44:33.10
the crowd. Here it
is. Back in Luke 4:36.
00:44:33.10\00:44:37.24
And "all the people," after
commanding you be muzzled and
00:44:37.41\00:44:41.58
stay out of here!
After he exerted the power of
00:44:41.58\00:44:47.42
God...
00:44:47.42\00:44:49.32
"With authority and power, he
gives orders to impure spirits,
and they come out."
00:45:01.90\00:45:06.10
Hey, guess what, folks -- he can
speak the omnipotent word, and
they will come out.
00:45:06.10\00:45:10.44
Come on. You got any spirits in
you? Come on. Let's be honest.
00:45:10.44\00:45:13.07
You know the spirits of whom I'm
talking about. Him. I'm talking
00:45:13.07\00:45:15.74
about him. You have any of
those spirits in you? Are they
00:45:15.74\00:45:18.88
tempting you? Are they --
Are they taunting you? Are they
00:45:18.88\00:45:22.12
harassing you? Are they
torturing you? There's somebody
that never flinches...
00:45:22.12\00:45:33.60
in Satan's presence. It's his
creator, who tried every trick
00:45:33.60\00:45:41.87
in the divine book to keep his
favorite child in the family.
But there's somebody, who in the
00:45:41.87\00:45:48.81
speaking of a word, can still
today set our lives free. Hey,
go mark these verses in
00:45:48.81\00:46:01.22
your Bible later. I got to share
two verses, a quotation, then I
00:46:01.22\00:46:05.36
got to end with a
story. Here we go.
00:46:05.36\00:46:07.50
Colossians -- jot it down --
Colossians 2:13, 15, words on
00:46:07.66\00:46:10.60
the screen. Mark
these in your Bible.
00:46:10.60\00:46:12.63
"Christ forgave us all our sins,
and having disarmed the powers
00:46:12.63\00:46:16.14
and authorities of evil, he
made" -- I love this in the NIV.
00:46:16.14\00:46:19.51
"...he made a public spectacle
of them, triumphing over them by
00:46:19.51\00:46:24.35
the cross." Calvary
has forever shifted the
00:46:24.35\00:46:29.82
paradigm in this
universe. Oh, my.
00:46:29.82\00:46:33.05
"Great Controversy," this
little apocalyptic classic.
00:46:33.05\00:46:35.72
The words on the screen for you.
00:46:35.72\00:46:37.63
The war was won 2,000 years ago.
He said, "Why am I going through
00:46:53.14\00:46:57.81
this suffering?" Because the
battle for you is still going
00:46:57.81\00:47:01.18
on. That's why? There are two
fishermen in this universe. They
are both going for you.
00:47:01.18\00:47:04.65
You have the free choice. You
cannot be taken against your
will by either fishermen.
00:47:04.65\00:47:10.63
They are playing for keeps with
everything they have. One woos
00:47:10.63\00:47:16.03
by his everlasting love, the
other, with crushing fury, will
break your wrist to get you in.
00:47:16.03\00:47:23.24
You choose. You can
choose who will rule over you.
00:47:23.24\00:47:29.98
But you can't say, "No, I'm not
having anybody, because..." No,
no, no, no, no, no.
00:47:29.98\00:47:37.22
There are only two masters, and
no man can serve both. You have
00:47:37.22\00:47:44.49
to choose. Ugh. How
can I win? How can I win?
00:47:44.49\00:47:47.13
Oh, here it comes. I
love this. Revelation 12:11.
00:47:47.13\00:47:50.23
"But they --" the generation
living at the end of time.
00:47:50.40\00:47:52.97
"But they have conquered
the dragon" -- that would be
00:47:52.97\00:47:55.47
Satan -- "by the --"
By the what? By the what?
00:47:55.47\00:47:58.34
"By the blood of the lamb and by
the word of their testimony, for
00:47:58.34\00:48:02.01
they did not cling to life
even in the face of death."
00:48:02.01\00:48:04.61
You go ahead. Like Job, "You
throw everything you have at me.
00:48:04.78\00:48:08.42
I'm never letting go of Jesus
now. I will not let go of him."
00:48:08.42\00:48:13.22
You don't have to let go of him.
He cannot force you to let go of
00:48:13.22\00:48:17.16
him. You hold that nail-scarred
hand, and that hand holds you
00:48:17.16\00:48:21.70
for eternity. You have nothing
to be afraid of. It's the blood
00:48:21.70\00:48:26.57
of the lamb. Under the blood of
the lamb. Two strategies here,
and then that story.
00:48:26.57\00:48:31.67
Two strategies. Number
one, the blood of the lamb.
00:48:31.67\00:48:35.04
Written a century ago -- this
really magnifies this strategy.
So there's just two of these --
00:48:35.04\00:48:38.08
jot them down. One is the blood.
00:48:38.08\00:48:40.02
And here's a quotation.
"When Satan would fill your mind
00:48:40.18\00:48:43.32
with despondency, gloom, and
doubt, resist his suggestions."
00:48:43.32\00:48:47.92
Tell him of the what?
Circle that in your study guide.
00:48:47.92\00:48:51.73
"Tell him of the blood of Jesus,
that cleanses from all sin.
00:48:51.73\00:48:54.73
You cannot save yourself
from the tempter's power, but he
00:48:54.73\00:48:58.23
trembles," and then
circle this word, "flees."
00:48:58.23\00:49:01.40
He flees. When?
00:49:01.40\00:49:05.07
"...when the merits of
that precious blood are urged."
00:49:05.07\00:49:08.38
So, what does it mean to -- to
overcome him by the blood of the
00:49:08.54\00:49:11.51
lamb? Here's what it means. Now
listen to me very carefully. It
means to do like the
00:49:11.51\00:49:15.02
Israelites did the night they
fled Egypt. They put blood on
00:49:15.02\00:49:18.52
their door post. Do you remember
that story? Put blood on their
00:49:18.52\00:49:23.09
door posts. Here's how we do it
today. We put blood on our
laptop. Blood of the lamb on our
00:49:23.09\00:49:31.73
laptop. We put blood on Netflix.
We put blood of the lamb on
00:49:31.73\00:49:38.74
Netflix. Why? Because I want
everything that's happening here
-- on my tablet, blood of the
00:49:38.74\00:49:44.55
lamb. My smartphone, blood of
the lamb. My Facebook account,
00:49:44.55\00:49:48.75
blood of the lamb. Why?
Because when I'm under the
00:49:48.75\00:49:51.42
blood, I'm safe. You
can't touch me under the blood.
00:49:51.42\00:49:55.22
The destroying angel flies
-- shoo! -- over. "Pass over."
00:49:55.22\00:50:00.20
You get it? Blood of the lamb.
I put blood on my refrigerator.
00:50:00.20\00:50:06.47
Blood of the lamb on the
refrigerator. Because I need --
00:50:06.47\00:50:10.04
I need the lamb to control what
I eat from that refrigerator. I
put blood of the lamb over my
00:50:10.04\00:50:14.58
drinks, blood of the lamb right
over it. Why? Because I need him
00:50:14.58\00:50:19.38
to have everything with me.
I put blood of the lamb over my
00:50:19.38\00:50:22.55
credit card. That's what I do. I
put it over my credit card,
'cause I don't have to have
00:50:22.55\00:50:25.79
that. I put his
blood on my credit card.
00:50:25.79\00:50:28.02
I put blood of the lamb on
my checkbook. I put blood of the
00:50:28.02\00:50:32.76
lamb on my stock portfolio. I
put the blood of the lamb
everywhere I go so that every
00:50:32.76\00:50:37.93
day, I'm under the blood. I'm
under the blood. That's what it
00:50:37.93\00:50:42.54
means to live by the blood. You
just tell the devil about the
blood of the lamb, and he
00:50:42.54\00:50:46.37
will flee the moment you
say, "Get behind me, Satan. I
00:50:46.37\00:50:54.42
recognized you. Took me
a while. I see you." Click!
00:50:54.42\00:50:57.19
Gone. That's how it works.
You have to exert the final
00:50:57.19\00:51:01.86
choice. But you choose, you win.
Okay, one more quote, and then
00:51:01.86\00:51:05.49
the story. Here's the other
quote. Okay. So, same author.
00:51:05.49\00:51:08.96
On the screen. "Satan
cannot endure to have his
00:51:09.13\00:51:11.87
powerful rival appealed to --"
that would be Jesus -- "for he
00:51:11.87\00:51:15.80
fears and trembles before
Jesus' strength and majesty."
00:51:15.80\00:51:19.37
Now, hold on to your pew.
"At the sound of" what kind of
00:51:19.37\00:51:23.18
prayer? What kind of prayer?
00:51:23.18\00:51:24.48
That's a key word there.
At the sound of what kind of
00:51:24.48\00:51:26.48
prayer? Fervent prayer.
00:51:26.48\00:51:28.52
That's not, "Thank you, Lord.
Now I lay me down to sleep," or
00:51:28.52\00:51:32.42
what do we say
when we eat the food?
00:51:32.42\00:51:36.16
"Bless this food, Lord." Yeah.
00:51:36.16\00:51:37.99
Well, whatever it
is we used to say.
00:51:37.99\00:51:39.69
That's not that. "Satan
cannot endure to have his
00:51:39.69\00:51:43.67
powerful rival appealed to.
He fears and trembles before
00:51:43.67\00:51:46.17
Jesus' strength and
majesty. At the sound of fervent
00:51:46.17\00:51:50.07
prayer --" here's the
deal. Not only does Satan flee.
00:51:50.07\00:51:53.34
What happens to his
entire host? Do you see that?
00:51:53.34\00:51:56.54
What happens to his entire host?
The entire army begins to shake.
00:51:56.54\00:52:01.55
"Oh, no! She's
turned to Him! Oh, no!
00:52:01.72\00:52:04.82
He's calling out for
intervention! Here it comes!
00:52:04.82\00:52:07.86
Angels who excel in
power!" Shoom! "You called?"
00:52:07.86\00:52:13.83
"Yeah, I did." "Call upon me
in the day of trouble" -- Psalm
00:52:13.83\00:52:18.30
50:15. "Call upon me in the day
of trouble, and I will deliver
you, and you will glorify me.
00:52:18.30\00:52:21.44
You just call upon me. You
just call my name." You call his
00:52:21.44\00:52:27.04
name. Ladies and gentlemen,
do you see? You're not trapped.
00:52:27.04\00:52:32.08
You're not stuck. There are no
chains on you. The blood of the
00:52:32.08\00:52:39.05
lamb sets you free.
You are free. You are free.
00:52:39.05\00:52:42.56
Okay. Here's that story. So,
I was preaching in Sacramento,
00:52:42.56\00:52:47.13
California. Wonderful church.
It's called the Carmichael
00:52:47.13\00:52:51.17
Church. As it turns out, my
sister and her husband are the
pastors. Now, Kari's on the
00:52:51.17\00:52:54.74
staff as a pastor, and Keith
Jacobson, her husband, is the
pastor, and they have some other
00:52:54.74\00:52:58.71
pastors, as well. It's a
beautiful church. It's a large
00:52:58.71\00:53:01.24
church. So, I'm out there before
they were ever pastors, and,
uh... They've asked me to speak
00:53:01.24\00:53:06.92
for a weekend. So, Friday night,
Sabbath, Sabbath, Sabbath,
00:53:06.92\00:53:09.08
Sabbath. You know how it goes.
So I'm on the front row Friday
night -- front row.
00:53:09.08\00:53:11.82
New church, never been in here
in my life. I don't know what
00:53:11.82\00:53:15.59
led me to turn around, but I
turned around, and I saw from
the back, all the way to the
00:53:15.59\00:53:21.16
back, I saw a young man wearing
a black T-shirt, walking
straight down this aisle, and
00:53:21.16\00:53:27.54
it's like our eyes locked on.
And I'm thinking, "What's up
with this?" He has this black
00:53:27.54\00:53:31.54
T-shirt on, and then, in giant
red letters, "Satan." [ Scoffs ]
00:53:31.54\00:53:37.95
"What is this? Is this the right
church?" He had a smile on his
00:53:37.95\00:53:44.55
face, so I said, "Well, he's not
intending harm right now." He
00:53:44.55\00:53:47.76
keeps -- And he locks eyes.
He will not take his eyes off.
00:53:47.76\00:53:51.09
"Satan." Big red letters, black
T-shirt. He gets to about the
third or fourth row, and I can
00:53:51.09\00:53:57.47
now see -- I can now see that
there are two little words
beneath "Satan" that I would
00:53:57.47\00:54:03.04
never have seen when I saw him.
Two little tiny words, and it
goes like this -- "SATAN...
00:54:03.04\00:54:08.38
is defeated." [
Laughter ] Guys, guys...
00:54:08.38\00:54:20.62
There's something wrong with
this picture. Now listen to me
00:54:20.62\00:54:24.76
carefully. Don't look at the
screen now. Listen to me
carefully. If you ever --
00:54:24.76\00:54:28.06
If you ever decide to get
those three words on a black
00:54:28.06\00:54:33.80
T-shirt... If you ever decide to
get those words on a black
T-shirt, here's what it needs to
00:54:33.80\00:54:39.67
look like. [ Laughter ] You
don't give credit to him! The
good news is, because of the
00:54:39.67\00:54:47.85
truth of Calvary, he's already a
defeated foe and enemy. He knows
00:54:47.85\00:54:52.49
he's licked. He's just
threatening you. He's
intimidating you. He's trying to
00:54:52.49\00:54:56.56
scare you into staying with him.
Don't believe a word he said.
He's a liar from the beginning.
00:54:56.56\00:55:01.26
He will never do you right. You
can't depend on him. He hates
00:55:01.26\00:55:08.44
you. Get over trying to defend
him. And by the way, anything
that has his fingerprints on it,
00:55:08.44\00:55:16.71
stay away. Stay away. I
don't understand the logic
00:55:16.71\00:55:20.32
that says, "I know he has
fingerprints on this. I'm just
going in 'cause it's
00:55:20.32\00:55:23.89
Saturday night, and I need just
a little bit of relaxation." I
don't understand that.
00:55:23.89\00:55:27.69
Do you know that if you go into
anything that has his
fingerprints on it, you're going
00:55:27.69\00:55:31.36
into his lair! You are
coming -- "Come on, come on!
00:55:31.36\00:55:34.03
Come on. Come on. Come on." Just
like a fisherman with a lure --
00:55:34.03\00:55:38.23
"Come on. Come on. Come on. Come
on in." If you know and you have
a conscience, like little Samuel
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in that letter to the governor
of the state of Oregon, if you
have conscience and it's
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whispering to you, "Back off,
back off, back off," don't do
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it! Don't do it. Because if
Lucifer's fingerprints are on
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it, if the dragon's crawl, crawl
marks are on it... his claw is
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right behind the entrance,
waiting for you to come -- "I
was waiting for you, girl.
00:56:10.40\00:56:16.07
Where you been all my life? I
have been fighting for this day
for you from the beginning.
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Girl, step in! Kill
her!" That's all he wants.
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There's no friendship with you.
Can't stand you. Guys, by the
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blood of the lamb. They overcame
the dragon. Satan is -- what's
the word? Defeated.
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Hallelujah. And that, Jesus
says, "When you come fishing for
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me, boy -- Girl, when you come
fishing for me, that's the word
I want to get out everywhere --
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Satan is
defeated." Hallelujah. Amen.
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Amen. [ Applause ] Amen.
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Amen.
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>> I want to take an extra
moment to thank you for joining
us in worship today.
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It's by the continued support
from viewers like you that we're
able to bring this telecast.
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Today I want to invite you,
though, to share with us how
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Truth is, I get inspiring notes,
e-mails, letters from viewers
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sharing with us how God has
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from you, as well.
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It's not that
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Just visit our
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That's one word,
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And click on the "contact"
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Shoot me that e-mail.
Once again, thank you for being
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with us. Thank you,
by the way, for your
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own support. That
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That kind of generosity that
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here next time,
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In the meantime, God be with
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