Who am I that
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You are mindful of me?
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That You hear me
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When I call
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Is it true that
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You are thinking of me?
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How you love me
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It's amazing
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Who am I that
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You are mindful of me?
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That You hear me
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When I call
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Is it true that
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You are thinking of me?
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How you love me
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It's Amazing
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I am a friend of God
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I am a friend of God
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I am a friend of God
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He calls me friend
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I am a friend of God
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I am a friend of God
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I am a friend of God
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He calls me friend
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God Almighty
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Lord of Glory
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You have called me friend
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God Almighty
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Lord of Glory
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You have called me friend
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I am a friend of God
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I am a friend of God
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I am a friend of God
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He calls me friend
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I am a friend of God
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I am a friend of God
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I am a friend of God
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He calls me friend
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He calls me friend
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He calls me friend
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He calls me friend
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All the colors of the rainbow
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All the voices of the wind
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Every dream that reaches out
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That reaches out to
find where love begins
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Every word of every story
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Every star in every sky
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Every corner of creation
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Lives to testify
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For as long as I shall live
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I will testify to love
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I'll be a
witness in the silences
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When words are not enough
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With every breath I take
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I will give thanks to God above
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For as long as I shall live
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I will testify to love
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From the
mountains to the valleys
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From the rivers to the sea
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Every hand that reaches out
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Every hand that
reaches out to offer peace
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Every simple act of mercy
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Every step to kingdom come
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All the hope in every heart
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Will speak what love has done
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For as long as I shall live
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I will testify to love
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I'll be a
witness in the silences
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When words are not enough
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With every breath I take
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I will give thanks to God above
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For as long as I shall live
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I will testify to love
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For as long as I shall live
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I will testify to love
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I'll be a
witness in the silences
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When words are not enough
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With every breath I take
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I will give thanks to God above
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For as long as I shall live
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I will testify to love
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For as long as I shall live
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I will testify to love
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I'll be a
witness in the silences
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When words are not enough
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With every breath I take
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I will give thanks to God above
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For as long as I shall live
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I will testify to love
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I will testify to love
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Amen.
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Strength will rise
as we wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the Lord
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Strength will rise
as we wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the Lord
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Our God, You reign forever
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Our hope, our Strong
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Deliverer
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You are the everlasting
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God The everlasting God
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You do not faint
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You won't grow weary
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Strength will rise
as we wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the Lord
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Strength will rise
as we wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the Lord
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Our God, You reign forever
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Our hope, our Strong
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Deliverer
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You are the everlasting God
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The everlasting God
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You do not faint
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You won't grow weary
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You're the defender of the weak
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You comfort those in need
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You lift us up on the wings
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Like eagles
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You are the everlasting God
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The everlasting God
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You do not faint
You won't grow weary
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You're the defender of the weak
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You comfort those in need
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You lift us up on
the wings like eagles
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So I opened up mail this week.
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Oh, my, look at this.
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This is from the East Coast.
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Isn't that something?
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The maker of all
things loves and wants me.
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Yep. Good on you, thank you.
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Then, I opened up some mail
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from the West
Coast bumper sticker.
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The maker of all things
loves and wants me, Bookmarks.
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If you need a bookmark,
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I've got a lot of these
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and I'd be happy
to share one with you.
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What's the deal? I
know everybody's excited.
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I am too about this
one universal truth.
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When it's reduced
to a simple sentence,
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it simply declares,
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the maker of all
things loves and wants me.
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But today, we're going to put
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the pedal to the metal
we're about over this series.
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It ends next
week. Don't miss it.
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It's a joyous climax next week.
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But today, if you get this part,
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by that I mean,
if you can comprehend
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what we are about to share,
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and I'm really jazzed
about sharing it with you.
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If we get this,
we're talking about...
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We're talking about
moving, sharing the truth,
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the maker of all things loves
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and wants me to
a militant level.
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Master this as the master did.
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And you'll never be the same
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and neither will your
little world be the same.
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So let's go.
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You are the everlasting
Father, God, we know that.
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You are the maker of
all things, Lord Jesus.
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We also know that.
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Make it clear what
we are about to share.
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Let us get it.
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We humbly pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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So, when the maker
of all things was here,
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He mastered this Himself.
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I want to watch Him.
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Bringing down the
strongholds, that's the title.
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Is that the title? Yep.
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Bringing down the strongholds.
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I want to run a
picture by you. Okay.
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I'm going to shoot
these by you so fast,
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you may miss
them, but that's okay
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because I'm going to
go to only one gospel.
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I'm not going to go to Mark.
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I'm not going to go to
Matthew. Let's not go to John.
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Let's just go to the
single gospel of Luke
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and watch the master
who is a maker of all things
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mastered this
strategic maneuver.
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Here we go.
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We're going to
start with Luke 3:21-22.
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When all the people
were being baptized,
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Jesus was baptized too,
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beautiful baptism
in Genesis and sisters,
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to friends and Jesus
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looking forward to
that baptism this afternoon.
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When all the people
were being baptized,
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Jesus was baptized too.
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And as He was,
what's the word there.
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Now, this is not
any sort of praying.
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You're going to find out,
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this is not any sort of praying,
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we can all pray.
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Now I lay me down to sleep.
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I pray the
Lord, my soul to keep.
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No, now this is not
that kind of praying.
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This is militant praying.
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You will find out
about it in a second.
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And, as he was
praying, heaven was opened up.
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The everlasting Father responds
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and the Holy Spirit
descends on Him in bodily form.
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It wasn't a dove,
but it looked like a dove
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and a voice came from heaven
and here comes the Father.
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You are My Son whom I love,
with You I am well pleased.
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And this afternoon, as
He did it this morning,
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the same Father announced
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you are my daughter in
whom I am well pleased.
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I love you. All right.
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So it opens up with
this, with this weapon,
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this militant
weapon in the battle
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to share the good news,
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the maker of all
things loves and wants me.
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Here's Luke 5:16,
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Jesus often
withdrew to lonely places.
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And what did He do often?
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He prayed.
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Here's Luke 6:12,
"One of those days,
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Jesus went out to a
mountainside to pray
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and He spent the
entire night praying to God."
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Mercy, keep going.
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Here's Luke 9:16,
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"Taking the five
loaves and the two fish
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and looking up to heaven."
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What's He going to do
now? He's going to pray.
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"And He gave thanks
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to the everlasting
Father and broke them."
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Two verses later.
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He's still
praying, verse 18 of Luke 9.
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"Once when Jesus
was praying in private,
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His disciples were with Him."
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I got to ask you right here.
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Wouldn't it be something
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if they had invented YouTube
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back when Jesus was here,
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because wouldn't you
love to watch a video clip
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of Jesus praying.
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How many would love to see that?
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Huh? Jesus praying.
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Can you imagine the
effect on you as you listen?
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His disciples are
blown out of the water.
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You watch they're
going to come to Him,
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and they're going to ask Him.
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Luke 9:28, "He took Peter
and John and James with Him.
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He went up onto a
mountain to pray."
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How many times has
He been doing this?
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Keep, keep watching. Luke 11:1.
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Here they come, "Now one day
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Jesus was praying
in a certain place.
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And one of His
disciples said to Him, 'Lord,
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I want You to please
teach us how to pray."
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Just tell me, teach us
how to do what You're doing.
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We're so moved by this.
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Oh, we got to get it.
We're going to watch Him.
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Here's Luke 22 now.
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This is, they've just
finished the Lord's supper.
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They're heading out
the door and Jesus stops.
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And He says, yo, wait a
minute, guys, Simon, Simon.
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But He's talking
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to the whole
group as you'll see.
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"Simon, Simon,
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Satan has asked to
sift all of you as wheat.
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But I have prayed for
you" singular now, "Simon."
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Oh my.
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Less than 24 hours
later, He'll be dead.
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This is three hours
later in Gethsemane.
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Luke 22:41, "And he withdrew
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about a stone's
throw beyond them,
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and He knelt down and He prayed.
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Tomorrow morning.
He'll be on the cross.
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He will pray
twice that we know of.
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Twice in the Gospel of Luke.
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And here comes,
Jesus said it just
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before they raised the cross,
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Jesus said,
"Father, forgive them,
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they do not know
what they are doing."
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And He's talking to
the Father, He's praying.
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Every time you call out on
Abba, Father, you're praying.
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And He does it not
just when they raised Him.
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Just before he dies,
these are His last words.
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I would love to come
to the end of my life
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with these words on my lip.
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Luke 23:46, And Jesus called out
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with a loud voice.
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This is not a whisper.
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This is
megalaphone in the Greek.
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This is a booming shout,
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"Father into Your
hands I commit My spirit."
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And He dies.
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But not to leave
Easter out, late Sunday,
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He's raised and He's
walking down the road
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with two friends of His.
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They have no idea who He is.
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There was a
mantle over His face,
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perhaps I don't know.
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Maybe their eyes were so blurry,
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they're so heartbroken.
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They have no
idea that it's Jesus.
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He walks that whole way
from Jerusalem to Emmaus.
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And He's gonna walk on by,
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they said, no, no, no, no, no,
you got to come in, you cannot.
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Friend, whoever,
00:15:38.40\00:15:39.73
friend you got
to come in please,
00:15:39.77\00:15:41.37
have a little supper
with us, spend the night here.
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You'll be on your way
in the morning first thing.
00:15:43.14\00:15:45.94
And when He was at the
table with the two of them,
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He took bread.
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He gave thanks
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like they had seen Him do before
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and He'd begin.
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He began to give it to them.
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And in that instant,
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they look at each
other, their eyes wide.
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Wait a minute, wait, wait, wait,
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have you ever say,
ever seen anybody do this?
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It's gotta be
Jesus. He's gone, gone.
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Twelve times in
the Gospel of Luke,
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the militant weapon.
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You say, well, Dwight,
this is just, you know,
00:16:11.80\00:16:13.13
praying before.
00:16:13.17\00:16:14.50
He goes, yo, don't
you make that mistake?
00:16:14.54\00:16:17.04
Whatever's happening here
00:16:17.07\00:16:18.41
is hugely strategic to
a certain form of prayer.
00:16:18.44\00:16:23.91
The maker of all
things has learned the art.
00:16:23.95\00:16:27.65
And He's now going to
invite us to exercise the art.
00:16:27.68\00:16:30.75
Could it be,
here's the question?
00:16:30.79\00:16:32.35
Could it be that the war that
00:16:32.39\00:16:33.72
you and I are in
is a war that is,
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that is, it is shaped
by rules of engagement?
00:16:36.96\00:16:42.30
Now, every civilized war,
00:16:46.07\00:16:47.40
and that seems like an
oxymoron, civilized war,
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but every civilized
war they are codified
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and mutually agreed upon rules
of engagement, aren't they?
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Like if you're
one of the soldiers
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and you got that,
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you got that machine
gun pointed down the road
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and somebody comes down a
road, a whole band of people
00:17:02.12\00:17:04.22
and there's a
white flag in the front.
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What are you supposed to do?
Use that as a target practice?
00:17:05.62\00:17:07.72
No, that's a white flag.
00:17:07.76\00:17:09.09
What does that mean?
They're probably surrendering.
00:17:09.12\00:17:11.76
They are unarmed. Let them come.
00:17:11.79\00:17:15.03
Same soldier, you
got that machine gun
00:17:15.06\00:17:16.90
pointed down the road
00:17:16.93\00:17:18.27
and here comes a
white flag again,
00:17:18.30\00:17:19.63
only it has a
red crescent on it,
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or it has a red cross on it.
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What do you automatically know?
00:17:24.24\00:17:26.54
Medical personnel
on the battlefield,
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let them through.
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The rules of engagement,
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have you ever heard
of the Geneva Convention?
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You know, I've
heard that all my life,
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but just found out
this week and studying that
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it actually came
into being in 1864,
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the Geneva Convention.
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You'll never, you never take
a hostage out of a prisoner.
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You never kill the prisoner.
00:17:46.06\00:17:47.40
If they're sick,
it doesn't matter
00:17:47.43\00:17:48.76
which side they're on,
you'll minister to their needs.
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Rules of engagement, every war.
00:17:52.73\00:17:54.77
So here's the question.
00:17:54.80\00:17:56.34
Could it be that
this militant praying
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that Jesus has
just modeled for us
00:17:58.51\00:18:00.38
is somehow crucial
00:18:00.41\00:18:02.01
to the rules of
engagement in this cosmic,
00:18:02.04\00:18:04.18
in this conflict,
galactic, this global conflict
00:18:04.21\00:18:09.82
we call the great controversy.
00:18:09.85\00:18:11.19
Could it be,
militant praying is crucial?
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Oh, there is nobody that
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I know that has done
more careful thinking
00:18:16.56\00:18:19.33
on this subject of
the rules of engagement
00:18:19.36\00:18:22.26
than our friend John Peckham.
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He's a theologian
that teaches over here
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in the theological
seminary at Andrews University.
00:18:25.43\00:18:28.44
He has written the
very well reasoned book,
00:18:28.47\00:18:33.68
Theodicy of Love.
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I want to let him do a
little teaching right now
00:18:36.51\00:18:39.18
when it comes to
rules of engagement.
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So with your permission,
I'm going to take you to where,
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where John wants to take us.
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I want you to go to
the Book of Job please?
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Come on. You
have your Bible here.
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We're going to the Book of Job.
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He sees the rules of engagement
in a way I'd never seen before.
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I want you to see Job 1, Job
1, everybody knows Job, Job 1.
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There it is. Okay.
00:19:01.17\00:19:02.50
Now drop down,
drop down to verse 6.
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So this story is going to unfold
00:19:04.84\00:19:06.64
in front of our eyes.
00:19:06.68\00:19:08.01
And we're looking
for rules of engagement.
00:19:08.04\00:19:09.54
What's going on here.
00:19:09.58\00:19:10.91
There is a war going on,
00:19:10.95\00:19:12.28
where we live in the
midst of it, by the way,
00:19:12.31\00:19:13.75
where we are
assembled right now,
00:19:13.78\00:19:15.12
the forces of both light
00:19:15.15\00:19:17.49
and darkness are
arrayed right here.
00:19:17.52\00:19:19.75
You are surrounded with angels.
00:19:19.79\00:19:21.36
Some are evil, some are good.
00:19:21.39\00:19:24.79
And they're both playing
for your attention right now.
00:19:24.83\00:19:27.83
Don't let him hear this.
00:19:27.86\00:19:29.20
Keep him
distracted. Keep him distracted.
00:19:29.23\00:19:31.37
Don't let them find this out.
00:19:31.40\00:19:33.54
And the other angels of
saints, don't listen to that.
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You listen carefully.
00:19:36.07\00:19:37.41
You're going to be given
a weapon here, use it well.
00:19:37.44\00:19:41.14
Okay? So this is
Job 1:6, one day...
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Let's put on the screen as well.
00:19:44.71\00:19:46.05
"One day the angels
came," and by the way,
00:19:46.08\00:19:48.08
this is a
mistranslation in the NIV.
00:19:48.12\00:19:49.45
God bless them.
00:19:49.48\00:19:50.82
They met well
because they think that
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there are only angels
00:19:52.22\00:19:53.56
and human beings in
the universe besides God.
00:19:53.59\00:19:55.26
But the writer of Job,
00:19:55.29\00:19:56.83
which I believe
was Moses himself
00:19:56.86\00:19:59.06
carefully uses the words.
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Bene, which is plural
for Ben and Ben means son.
00:20:01.30\00:20:04.70
So Benjamin is the
son of my right hand.
00:20:04.73\00:20:07.77
Bene high
Elohim, sons of Elohim.
00:20:07.80\00:20:12.64
That's Almighty God.
00:20:12.67\00:20:14.58
He apparently has
children all over this universe.
00:20:14.61\00:20:17.25
Children, the sons of God
came to present themselves.
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The children present themselves
00:20:22.45\00:20:25.52
before the Lord and Satan
00:20:25.55\00:20:28.96
because there's no
name of Satan back then,
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we've turned it into a
name, it's the Hebrew name.
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The Hebrew word is Satan.
00:20:32.89\00:20:34.23
It means accuser.
00:20:34.26\00:20:35.60
Satan shows up. Why?
00:20:35.63\00:20:37.83
Because it is a
heavenly council.
00:20:37.87\00:20:39.30
Now, I want you to watch this.
00:20:39.33\00:20:40.67
This is so
amazing. He shows up too.
00:20:40.70\00:20:44.81
And guess what?
He's allowed to show up.
00:20:44.84\00:20:47.14
Rules of engagement, let him in.
00:20:47.18\00:20:49.38
Let him in.
00:20:49.41\00:20:51.15
They're still
working this thing out.
00:20:51.18\00:20:53.05
And He has a
council to guide him.
00:20:53.08\00:20:54.88
God does. Okay, next verse.
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And the Lord said to Satan,
when he came walking in, "Yo!
00:21:00.39\00:21:03.36
You see my man Job down there?"
00:21:06.73\00:21:09.63
Isn't he something?
00:21:09.66\00:21:11.17
This makes you smile
every time, doesn't it?
00:21:11.20\00:21:13.64
I've never had
a friend like Job.
00:21:13.67\00:21:15.54
Well look it.
00:21:15.57\00:21:18.04
Oh, you haven't seen him.
00:21:18.07\00:21:19.41
Oh, no.
00:21:19.44\00:21:22.01
Satan says, "No, no, no, no, no.
00:21:22.04\00:21:23.38
I know I've been
roaming across the earth.
00:21:23.41\00:21:24.75
I know I've been
going back and forth.
00:21:24.78\00:21:27.12
You can be sure, I know
who you're talking about."
00:21:27.15\00:21:29.88
God says, "Well then come on,
00:21:29.92\00:21:31.25
tell me what
you think about him.
00:21:31.29\00:21:32.62
Have you considered my
friend, my servant job.
00:21:32.65\00:21:35.52
There is no one on
the planet like him.
00:21:35.56\00:21:37.99
He is blameless and upright.
00:21:38.03\00:21:39.59
A man who fears
God and shuns evil.
00:21:39.63\00:21:43.83
Do you like him?"
00:21:43.87\00:21:46.43
Satan shoots back.
00:21:46.47\00:21:48.14
And this is the key verse.
00:21:48.17\00:21:49.50
The whole book is based on this.
00:21:49.54\00:21:50.87
And the answer to this question.
00:21:50.91\00:21:52.24
"Does job fear God for nothing?"
00:21:52.27\00:21:56.34
Satan replied.
00:21:56.38\00:21:59.01
Whoo, there's some
rules of engagement
00:21:59.05\00:22:00.95
happening in here.
00:22:00.98\00:22:02.32
We'll catch him.
00:22:02.35\00:22:03.79
Does he fear God for nothing?
Come on God, give me a break.
00:22:03.82\00:22:06.82
"Have you not put a hedge
around him in his household
00:22:06.86\00:22:09.42
and everything he has?
00:22:09.46\00:22:10.79
You have blessed
the work of his hands,
00:22:10.83\00:22:12.16
so that his flocks and his herds
00:22:12.19\00:22:13.53
are spread throughout the land."
00:22:13.56\00:22:14.90
He's a wealthy boy,
00:22:14.93\00:22:16.26
but now listen,
"God, do me a favor,
00:22:16.30\00:22:18.17
stretch out Your hand
00:22:18.20\00:22:19.60
and You strike
everything he has,
00:22:19.63\00:22:21.10
and He will surely
curse you to your face."
00:22:21.14\00:22:24.74
Because the rules of engagement
00:22:24.77\00:22:26.17
so far have indicated that
00:22:26.21\00:22:27.54
when a man is faithful to God,
00:22:27.58\00:22:29.14
God will be
faithful right back to him.
00:22:29.18\00:22:30.68
And that man
oftentimes will prosper.
00:22:30.71\00:22:33.15
And God will not
withhold that prosperity.
00:22:33.18\00:22:35.08
No, you stop that
rule. I'm appealing.
00:22:35.12\00:22:37.42
I'm appealing for
a change in the rule.
00:22:37.45\00:22:39.89
I'm asking you to touch him.
00:22:39.92\00:22:41.72
I'm asking you to work him over
and notice how God responds.
00:22:41.76\00:22:45.53
But the Lord said
to Satan, "Very well."
00:22:45.56\00:22:49.30
Okay.
00:22:49.33\00:22:50.67
All right.
00:22:50.70\00:22:52.03
Very well then,
00:22:52.07\00:22:53.40
remember this is council,
everybody's listening in.
00:22:53.44\00:22:55.64
The intelligentsias
from the universe
00:22:55.67\00:22:57.61
have gathered
in the throne room.
00:22:57.64\00:23:00.91
Very well then,
00:23:00.94\00:23:02.28
everything he
has is in your power,
00:23:02.31\00:23:03.65
but listen to me carefully,
00:23:03.68\00:23:06.11
on the man himself
do not lay a finger."
00:23:06.15\00:23:08.78
Do you understand? I got it.
00:23:08.82\00:23:12.79
"Then Satan went out from
the presence of the Lord."
00:23:12.82\00:23:18.06
Amazing, the intelligentsia
00:23:18.09\00:23:22.06
of the universe
are having a council.
00:23:22.10\00:23:25.20
There are obviously
rules of engagement for the war
00:23:25.23\00:23:29.87
over planet earth
and Satan has just said,
00:23:29.90\00:23:32.54
I want to modify
one of those rules.
00:23:32.57\00:23:35.11
Peckham on the
screen, John Peckham.
00:23:35.14\00:23:37.05
Here we go.
00:23:37.08\00:23:38.41
"In Job, the Satan,"
all right, that's Satan,
00:23:38.45\00:23:41.42
"the accuser possesses
power to work evil in this world
00:23:41.45\00:23:46.55
as its temporary ruler."
00:23:46.59\00:23:51.09
Yeah, you're right.
00:23:51.13\00:23:52.63
Adam and Eve did
acquiesce to your deception.
00:23:52.66\00:23:56.67
You want to claim
rulership of this planet.
00:23:56.70\00:23:58.83
We will allow it
on a temporary basis.
00:23:58.87\00:24:02.07
You will not rule
this planet forever,
00:24:02.10\00:24:03.91
read my lips.
00:24:03.94\00:24:05.74
But He's been
given the permission
00:24:05.77\00:24:09.31
to consider himself ruler.
00:24:09.34\00:24:12.21
But only, you only going to rule
00:24:12.25\00:24:15.68
within the limits
that are openly negotiated
00:24:15.72\00:24:18.02
and modified before
the heavenly council.
00:24:18.05\00:24:20.39
Everybody here
witnessed to that?
00:24:20.42\00:24:21.76
We got it.
00:24:21.79\00:24:23.12
All right, you can go.
00:24:23.16\00:24:24.56
Don't you dare touch him.
00:24:24.59\00:24:26.26
You touch his stuff.
00:24:26.29\00:24:29.63
Lucifer's gone, disappeared.
00:24:29.66\00:24:35.80
Do you know what
the greatest value
00:24:35.84\00:24:37.17
in the universe is right now?
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.44
The greatest
value in the universe,
00:24:39.47\00:24:43.35
what do you think it is?
00:24:43.38\00:24:45.71
In the whole universe?
00:24:45.75\00:24:47.12
You might be
inclined to say love.
00:24:47.15\00:24:49.52
And if you did I say it wrong.
00:24:49.55\00:24:52.55
Do you know what
the greatest value
00:24:52.59\00:24:53.92
in the universe is right now?
00:24:53.96\00:24:55.72
Listen
carefully. It's free choice.
00:24:55.76\00:24:59.96
It has to be free choice.
00:25:00.00\00:25:01.33
You can't have love
without free choice.
00:25:01.36\00:25:03.50
Love in order to be genuine love
00:25:03.53\00:25:04.97
must not only give
you the right to say yes.
00:25:05.00\00:25:06.67
It must also give you
the right to say, to say no.
00:25:06.70\00:25:10.97
Free choice, that's
a rule of engagement.
00:25:11.01\00:25:16.31
God cannot
force you to obey Him.
00:25:16.34\00:25:18.85
Satan cannot force
you to sin against God.
00:25:18.88\00:25:22.05
Neither one.
00:25:22.08\00:25:23.42
They've agreed.
00:25:23.45\00:25:24.79
They've agreed for this war.
00:25:24.82\00:25:27.56
Human free choice must
never be tampered with,
00:25:27.59\00:25:31.63
did you get it?
00:25:31.66\00:25:32.99
Everybody say I
around the council,
00:25:33.03\00:25:35.06
it's locked in.
00:25:35.10\00:25:36.90
You cannot
tamper with free choice.
00:25:36.93\00:25:41.37
Whoa!
00:25:41.40\00:25:43.00
Rules of
engagement. You suppose...
00:25:43.04\00:25:44.67
Do you suppose that
would be a rule of engagement?
00:25:44.71\00:25:47.04
I think it is. I think
we need to put it down.
00:25:47.08\00:25:49.11
They're only going
to be two of these.
00:25:49.14\00:25:50.48
The militant one
is coming up next,
00:25:50.51\00:25:52.75
but you have to
start with this premise.
00:25:52.78\00:25:54.65
The universe is
operated on free choice.
00:25:54.68\00:25:58.32
You are free to make
any decision you want
00:25:58.35\00:26:01.19
and neither side can stop
you from making that decision.
00:26:01.22\00:26:06.13
Be my guest.
00:26:06.16\00:26:08.70
Oh, so here are the four,
00:26:08.73\00:26:13.20
Job has freely chosen
to live in relationship
00:26:13.23\00:26:18.24
with the everlasting God.
00:26:18.27\00:26:20.58
God is immensely proud of Job.
00:26:20.61\00:26:23.81
Man, if you see my boy Job.
00:26:23.85\00:26:26.15
And by the way,
I need to tell you,
00:26:26.18\00:26:27.52
God is immensely proud of you.
00:26:27.55\00:26:29.92
He's watched the
withering assaults that
00:26:29.95\00:26:32.25
you have endured
00:26:32.29\00:26:33.76
at the hands of the
dark forces of Lucifer.
00:26:33.79\00:26:36.86
He has witnessed it
all and you stood there.
00:26:36.89\00:26:39.69
You have held your ground
00:26:39.73\00:26:41.43
and God has
leaned over to Gabriel,
00:26:41.46\00:26:42.80
and He said, Hey
Gabriel, isn't she something?
00:26:42.83\00:26:46.00
She is something.
00:26:46.03\00:26:47.37
Look at her, standing
00:26:47.40\00:26:49.40
all the pressure of that moment.
00:26:49.44\00:26:52.24
And she's still
holding her ground for me.
00:26:52.27\00:26:56.91
Keep an eye on that girl.
00:26:56.95\00:26:58.75
Keep an eye on that boy.
00:26:58.78\00:27:00.32
He's somebody, He's
a keeper, watch him.
00:27:00.35\00:27:05.45
God is proud of Job.
00:27:05.49\00:27:06.92
He's proud of you, but
it's free choice value.
00:27:06.96\00:27:11.46
The numero uno value in
the universe is free choice.
00:27:11.49\00:27:16.90
And so when Satan
walks into that council room,
00:27:16.93\00:27:23.17
hardy as he is, takes
the empty seat for him.
00:27:23.20\00:27:29.14
He said, I want to tell
you something, your honor.
00:27:29.18\00:27:34.32
You know why the
man is loyal to you?
00:27:34.35\00:27:37.02
Because you have not
given him free choice.
00:27:37.05\00:27:38.52
Oh, yes.
00:27:38.55\00:27:39.89
Free choice is the
big value in your kingdom.
00:27:39.92\00:27:41.26
I understand that.
00:27:41.29\00:27:42.62
We both agreed to that,
00:27:42.66\00:27:43.99
but you are not letting
him exercise free choice.
00:27:44.03\00:27:45.56
You know what?
You're a sugar daddy.
00:27:45.59\00:27:46.93
That's why you are
heaping your blessings upon him.
00:27:46.96\00:27:49.50
And he is just
reveling on all those goodies.
00:27:49.53\00:27:52.70
Of course, he's chosen you.
00:27:52.73\00:27:54.27
You let me take
those blessings away
00:27:54.30\00:27:55.97
and I'm going to show you.
00:27:56.00\00:27:57.34
I'm going to show you that
00:27:57.37\00:27:59.04
free choice is
going to me cursing you
00:27:59.07\00:28:02.01
and turning his back on you.
00:28:02.04\00:28:04.61
You see what's going
on in that council room.
00:28:04.65\00:28:07.25
It's really a heavenly council.
00:28:07.28\00:28:09.18
Job describes it as a council.
00:28:09.22\00:28:13.15
The rules of engagement.
00:28:13.19\00:28:15.02
Rule number one, free choice.
00:28:15.06\00:28:18.29
God says, okay, take him down.
00:28:18.33\00:28:21.10
Don't touch him.
00:28:21.13\00:28:23.10
Satan comes back a few.
00:28:23.13\00:28:24.73
Who knows how long
later, my seat's still empty.
00:28:24.77\00:28:29.00
Yeah.
00:28:29.04\00:28:30.37
You said you're
the ruler of the world,
00:28:30.41\00:28:32.24
temporarily we're
giving you that seat.
00:28:32.27\00:28:35.24
How to go down there?
00:28:35.28\00:28:37.41
That Job man, isn't he some?
00:28:37.45\00:28:39.68
I told you, I just told
you, he is not going to buckle.
00:28:39.71\00:28:44.32
Lucifer says, "Yeah, sure.
00:28:44.35\00:28:45.69
You can touch the
stuff around a person.
00:28:45.72\00:28:47.32
But flesh for flesh, if
you just touch his flesh,
00:28:47.36\00:28:49.76
I'm telling you it is over.
00:28:49.79\00:28:51.93
He will curse you
that, no free choice."
00:28:51.96\00:28:54.26
God says, "All right."
00:28:54.30\00:28:55.63
He looks around the council.
00:28:55.66\00:28:57.00
"You okay with modifying
the rules the second time?"
00:28:57.03\00:28:59.90
They nod, here's the deal.
00:28:59.93\00:29:02.24
"You can touch him,
but you cannot kill him.
00:29:02.27\00:29:05.37
I have to have a
witness speak of for me.
00:29:05.41\00:29:10.75
You keep him
alive. Do you understand?
00:29:10.78\00:29:13.72
Go."
00:29:13.75\00:29:16.92
The rest of the book is
what happens after that.
00:29:16.95\00:29:21.12
Whoa.
00:29:21.16\00:29:22.62
Wow. What's happening here?
00:29:22.66\00:29:24.39
Here's what's happening?
00:29:24.43\00:29:25.76
Put Peckham on the screen again.
00:29:25.79\00:29:27.13
These parameters
or rules of engagement
00:29:27.16\00:29:28.96
are the product of negotiation
00:29:29.00\00:29:30.80
within the context
of a courtroom dispute,
00:29:30.83\00:29:33.47
and might then be
00:29:33.50\00:29:34.84
thought of as
covenantal rules of engagement,
00:29:34.87\00:29:37.74
which are
binding on both parties."
00:29:37.77\00:29:41.14
Keep reading.
00:29:41.18\00:29:42.51
"These rules of engagement
00:29:42.54\00:29:43.88
are not
unilaterally set by God."
00:29:43.91\00:29:46.15
Okay, children.
00:29:46.18\00:29:47.52
Here are the rules
now, number one, number two.
00:29:47.55\00:29:49.18
Okay, David, I
got daddy's rules.
00:29:49.22\00:29:50.85
No, they are not.
00:29:50.89\00:29:52.22
The intelligentsias
00:29:52.25\00:29:53.59
are setting the
rules in collaboration
00:29:53.62\00:29:56.26
and in dialog
and twice now Satan
00:29:56.29\00:29:58.59
has stepped in and said,
00:29:58.63\00:29:59.96
"I want the rules changed again.
00:30:00.00\00:30:01.33
It's not fair.
00:30:01.36\00:30:02.70
I want the rules changed again."
00:30:02.73\00:30:05.60
These rules of engagement
are not unilaterally set by God
00:30:05.63\00:30:08.27
but are subject to negotiation
before the heavenly council.
00:30:08.30\00:30:14.94
What's so fascinating for me
00:30:14.98\00:30:17.45
is how John has spotted
00:30:17.48\00:30:18.81
these rules of engagement
in the New Testament as well.
00:30:18.85\00:30:22.52
Places I never would
have thought to look,
00:30:22.55\00:30:24.65
but I'm going to
run them by you so fast.
00:30:24.69\00:30:26.62
We've just been in Job,
but take a look at these.
00:30:26.65\00:30:28.19
Okay.
00:30:28.22\00:30:29.56
So here are some
rules of engagement
00:30:29.59\00:30:30.93
in the New Testament,
00:30:30.96\00:30:32.29
the devil's claim,
while tempting Jesus.
00:30:32.33\00:30:34.06
And we did the, you know,
the light saber last week,
00:30:34.10\00:30:36.43
we did the
temptation of Jesus together.
00:30:36.46\00:30:38.37
"The devil's claim,
while tempting Jesus,
00:30:38.40\00:30:40.47
'Hey, I will give you
00:30:40.50\00:30:41.84
all this world's
domain and glory,
00:30:41.87\00:30:45.11
for it has been
handed over to me
00:30:45.14\00:30:47.24
and I give it to
whomever I wish.'
00:30:47.28\00:30:50.38
"You know, what's
amazing to me on this?
00:30:50.41\00:30:55.58
Is that God lets it go.
00:30:55.62\00:30:57.82
Okay. Okay.
00:30:57.85\00:30:59.69
You're the ruler of
the world for a while.
00:30:59.72\00:31:02.42
Okay. Here is another one.
00:31:02.46\00:31:05.06
The explicitly arranged
nature of Jesus's temptation,
00:31:05.09\00:31:08.93
including the statement.
00:31:08.96\00:31:10.90
When the devil had
finished every temptation,
00:31:10.93\00:31:12.97
he left Jesus
until an opportune time."
00:31:13.00\00:31:14.97
Watch this.
00:31:15.00\00:31:16.34
When the devil comes to
you, he cannot do this to you.
00:31:16.37\00:31:18.37
He cannot come
up to you and say,
00:31:18.41\00:31:19.74
hey, you're going with me.
00:31:19.77\00:31:22.44
You're on top of
the temple now with me.
00:31:22.48\00:31:24.08
Look down, I hope you're not,
00:31:24.11\00:31:25.45
I hope you're not
getting dizzy with heights
00:31:25.48\00:31:27.32
because that's where
I have you right now.
00:31:27.35\00:31:30.39
That's illegal,
you can't touch me.
00:31:30.42\00:31:33.42
The devil cannot touch you.
00:31:33.46\00:31:35.09
He can't walk into your room,
00:31:35.12\00:31:37.26
pop the top off of
that bottle of beer
00:31:37.29\00:31:41.80
and hand it to you and
say, come on now drink.
00:31:41.83\00:31:44.17
Come on.
00:31:44.20\00:31:46.60
He can't do that.
00:31:46.63\00:31:48.54
He can tell you
to take the bottle.
00:31:48.57\00:31:50.71
He can tell you to pop the lid,
but he can't make you drink it.
00:31:50.74\00:31:55.51
He can't put it in
your face. Come on.
00:31:55.54\00:31:57.25
He may use a friend
of yours to do that.
00:31:57.28\00:32:00.18
No, no, he's
got, he's got allies.
00:32:00.22\00:32:03.72
You've met him, but He
cannot bodily touch you.
00:32:03.75\00:32:08.82
But somebody's
revised these rules.
00:32:08.86\00:32:11.26
He's got Jesus on
top of the temple.
00:32:11.29\00:32:13.09
Temptation number three,
he has Jesus on a mountain
00:32:13.13\00:32:15.26
and he's done this wizardry,
So he has an IMAX screen.
00:32:15.30\00:32:18.03
And he goes
like, watch this Jesus,
00:32:18.07\00:32:21.40
the whole world now,
00:32:21.44\00:32:23.00
all the gutters,
00:32:23.04\00:32:28.21
all the slime
brushed out of the picture.
00:32:28.24\00:32:32.98
It's just this gorgeous planet.
00:32:33.01\00:32:35.08
And by the way, this is
what I, this is what I rule.
00:32:35.12\00:32:38.49
You bet on me.
00:32:38.52\00:32:39.85
You got it.
00:32:39.89\00:32:41.52
That's where you can do
that. He can't do that to you.
00:32:41.56\00:32:44.06
Take you somewhere. No, no, no.
00:32:44.09\00:32:47.56
Somebody has altered the
rules of engagement again
00:32:47.60\00:32:50.97
when they incarnated
maker of all things is among us.
00:32:51.00\00:32:54.44
And now He's being
bodily taken to places
00:32:54.47\00:32:57.54
and then told to respond.
00:32:57.57\00:32:59.24
God says, "Let him do."
00:32:59.27\00:33:00.61
"No, no, no,
no," the angel said.
00:33:00.64\00:33:01.98
Let him do that.
00:33:02.01\00:33:03.48
Watch how Jesus
will handle this.
00:33:03.51\00:33:05.91
You see the Father trusts.
00:33:05.95\00:33:08.18
He trusts Jesus.
00:33:08.22\00:33:10.15
I need you to know
that Father trusts you too.
00:33:10.19\00:33:12.52
He trusts you, watch this.
00:33:12.55\00:33:15.29
Hey, watch the
girl now, watch, watch.
00:33:15.32\00:33:17.59
He trusts you.
00:33:17.63\00:33:20.83
It's your call.
00:33:20.86\00:33:23.47
Wow. Keep going.
00:33:23.50\00:33:25.47
The demons 'response
to encountering Jesus,
00:33:25.50\00:33:27.24
revealing time parameters:
00:33:27.27\00:33:28.60
'What business do we have
with each other, Son of God?
00:33:28.64\00:33:31.41
Have you come to
torment us before the time?"
00:33:31.44\00:33:33.68
Look at, we know
how much time we have.
00:33:33.71\00:33:35.38
Why are you here now?
00:33:35.41\00:33:36.78
You want, you're
trying to pick a fight now.
00:33:36.81\00:33:38.38
Somebody has set
some parameters of time.
00:33:38.41\00:33:41.22
Wouldn't you like to
know what those were?
00:33:41.25\00:33:43.02
Keep going.
00:33:43.05\00:33:44.39
The statement
that the devil knows,
00:33:44.42\00:33:45.75
he has only a short time.
00:33:45.79\00:33:47.12
Revelation 12:12, how true
he knows what you don't know.
00:33:47.16\00:33:50.63
He's out. He's running out.
00:33:50.66\00:33:53.23
The fact that Jesus
00:33:53.26\00:33:54.60
could do no miracle in Nazareth,
00:33:54.63\00:33:55.96
except that He laid His hands
00:33:56.00\00:33:57.33
on a few sick
people and He healed them.
00:33:57.37\00:33:59.90
You know what the
rule of engagement is?
00:33:59.93\00:34:01.64
Because Jesus could walk
into any village He wants.
00:34:01.67\00:34:03.10
You come here.
00:34:03.14\00:34:04.47
Come here, be just
like a Pentecostal healer.
00:34:04.51\00:34:07.04
Gabe, gotcha.
00:34:07.08\00:34:08.68
And next, gotcha.
00:34:08.71\00:34:10.05
He could have healed
00:34:10.08\00:34:11.41
the whole
village, but He cannot.
00:34:11.45\00:34:12.85
The rule of engagement is
00:34:12.88\00:34:14.22
if they do not
believe if there's no faith,
00:34:14.25\00:34:16.02
this miracle worker has
no grounds for exercising
00:34:16.05\00:34:20.22
that power in our midst.
00:34:20.26\00:34:22.52
And by the way,
the miracle worker
00:34:22.56\00:34:23.89
was not
exercising His own power.
00:34:23.93\00:34:25.26
It was all borrowed.
00:34:25.29\00:34:26.63
The same power that you'll have
00:34:26.66\00:34:28.86
as you walk
with God, same power.
00:34:28.90\00:34:32.83
Wow. Keep going.
00:34:32.87\00:34:34.80
Paul's explanation
that Satan hindered him.
00:34:34.84\00:34:36.81
Satan, those are his
words, Satan hindered me.
00:34:36.84\00:34:39.27
I would have come,
but Satan hindered him
00:34:39.31\00:34:41.58
and his traveling companions
00:34:41.61\00:34:42.94
from going to the
Thessalonians as desired.
00:34:42.98\00:34:45.18
What's going on
here? There's one more.
00:34:45.21\00:34:46.65
And I want to go to
this one, kind of zoom in,
00:34:46.68\00:34:48.42
and this is our
last text, zoom in here.
00:34:48.45\00:34:50.69
"Jesus' statement to Peter,
00:34:50.72\00:34:52.15
'Satan has demanded
permission to sift you."
00:34:52.19\00:34:56.76
And if you have a translation
that says you, it's you all.
00:34:56.79\00:35:02.50
And isn't that amazing?
00:35:02.53\00:35:04.37
Satan has asked for permission.
00:35:04.40\00:35:07.67
You can't just walk
in here and do that.
00:35:07.70\00:35:09.94
No, I want these.
00:35:09.97\00:35:11.31
These are the 12 closest friends
00:35:11.34\00:35:12.71
He has, partners on earth.
00:35:12.74\00:35:14.58
I want access to them.
I want full blown access.
00:35:14.61\00:35:16.85
None of this
little pushyfooting around
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.21
and keeping me at bay.
00:35:18.25\00:35:19.58
I need to get at them.
00:35:19.61\00:35:20.95
I'll take all 12 of
them. I'll take one of them.
00:35:20.98\00:35:22.68
He's gone. I already have him.
00:35:22.72\00:35:24.12
Satan was...
00:35:24.15\00:35:25.49
Judas has already
sold out to Satan.
00:35:25.52\00:35:26.86
I got one, I want the other 11.
00:35:26.89\00:35:28.22
I want the other 11.
00:35:28.26\00:35:30.56
Satan has asked for permission.
00:35:30.59\00:35:32.76
How did you know Jesus?
00:35:32.79\00:35:34.93
Holy Spirit must have told Him,
you got a battle on your hands,
00:35:34.96\00:35:39.90
it's not just you
they're fighting for,
00:35:39.93\00:35:41.40
they're going for
everything you've touched,
00:35:41.44\00:35:43.94
including these 12.
00:35:43.97\00:35:45.61
They already have
one Look out for the 11.
00:35:45.64\00:35:49.84
Whoa!
00:35:49.88\00:35:51.21
In fact, let's
just take a look at it.
00:35:51.25\00:35:53.55
Come on, Luke 22,
let's read that verse again.
00:35:53.58\00:35:56.85
Luke 22, Jesus speaking,
"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked,
00:35:56.89\00:36:01.66
requested permission to
sift all of you as wheat."
00:36:01.69\00:36:06.49
NIV is correct there.
00:36:06.53\00:36:07.86
All of you,
He's going to put you
00:36:07.90\00:36:09.93
through the grinder.
00:36:09.96\00:36:11.63
Simon, Simon, Satan
has asked permission.
00:36:11.67\00:36:16.54
And by the way,
isn't this like Satan,
00:36:16.57\00:36:18.37
what did He do?
00:36:18.41\00:36:19.74
What did He do in the
council room in Job 1?
00:36:19.77\00:36:21.98
He says, "Let's
revise the rules."
00:36:22.01\00:36:23.45
What's he doing right
near the end of Jesus' life?
00:36:23.48\00:36:25.28
He says, "Let's
revise the rules.
00:36:25.31\00:36:26.65
I want access to all of
these. Do you understand?
00:36:26.68\00:36:28.85
You're not playing fair
if you don't give me access?"
00:36:28.88\00:36:31.25
And God keeps
revising the rules.
00:36:31.29\00:36:33.22
He said, "Okay, no farther."
00:36:33.25\00:36:36.69
"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked
to sift all of you as wheat."
00:36:36.73\00:36:42.46
Peckham again.
00:36:46.40\00:36:47.80
"There will be times
00:36:47.84\00:36:49.40
when God must not be
exercising all His power."
00:36:49.44\00:36:54.41
He has to pull it in.
00:36:54.44\00:36:55.84
Come on, pull it in.
00:36:55.88\00:36:57.25
We've got to equalize
this little more, pull it in.
00:36:57.28\00:36:59.51
"And the enemy must be
afforded some genuine freedom,
00:36:59.55\00:37:03.82
power and jurisdiction
00:37:03.85\00:37:05.95
that is not
removed capriciously,
00:37:05.99\00:37:08.69
but is governed by
some rules of engagement
00:37:08.72\00:37:11.33
known to both parties,
00:37:11.36\00:37:13.03
the details of which
are not revealed to us."
00:37:13.06\00:37:16.36
Something's going on again.
00:37:16.40\00:37:18.87
Of course, he's
going to kill the Messiah.
00:37:18.90\00:37:20.64
We understand that,
00:37:20.67\00:37:22.00
but he has a bigger
net he wants to throw,
00:37:22.04\00:37:24.84
and he's asked permission,
can I have access to these guys
00:37:24.87\00:37:29.11
without interference
00:37:29.14\00:37:30.48
from your juniors?
00:37:30.51\00:37:36.92
All right.
00:37:36.95\00:37:39.39
Ron Clouzet in
his wonderful book,
00:37:39.42\00:37:41.46
just came out
last month, brand new.
00:37:41.49\00:37:43.12
Title of the book,
"In the Name of Jesus:
00:37:43.16\00:37:44.66
Power to Pray for
People and Places."
00:37:44.69\00:37:47.86
I'm going through it
in our house of prayer
00:37:47.90\00:37:49.36
grow group on Wednesday nights,
00:37:49.40\00:37:50.73
you can join it.
00:37:50.77\00:37:52.10
Yeah, you can join the study.
00:37:52.13\00:37:53.47
You'll need to join
the grow group as well.
00:37:53.50\00:37:56.77
Clouzet wring
here, "Simon, Simon,
00:37:56.81\00:38:00.91
Satan has asked to
sift all of you as wheat."
00:38:00.94\00:38:04.15
Now Clouzet is
going to react to this.
00:38:04.18\00:38:05.51
Keep, there's one more verse.
00:38:05.55\00:38:06.88
"But I, Jesus says,
00:38:06.92\00:38:09.08
I have prayed for you, Simon,
that your faith may not fail.
00:38:09.12\00:38:14.39
And when you have turned
back, strengthen your brothers."
00:38:14.42\00:38:18.56
Somebody was praying
for Peter that night.
00:38:18.59\00:38:21.90
Somebody was praying for Peter.
00:38:21.93\00:38:24.33
I wonder if He prayed for Judas,
00:38:24.37\00:38:25.70
but Judas went too far.
00:38:25.73\00:38:28.44
Couldn't get him back.
00:38:28.47\00:38:31.34
I have prayed for you.
00:38:31.37\00:38:37.21
Ron Clouzet, "Both
Satan and Jesus knew Peter
00:38:37.25\00:38:40.12
better than He knew himself."
00:38:40.15\00:38:42.28
Is that true
about you and me too?
00:38:42.32\00:38:43.99
They do, they know us
better than we know ourselves.
00:38:44.02\00:38:46.42
"If he could get Peter,
00:38:46.45\00:38:48.56
a leading disciple
of Jesus to apostatize,
00:38:48.59\00:38:52.09
Satan could boast
that God's promises
00:38:52.13\00:38:55.13
and government were just as
bad as I've been telling you
00:38:55.16\00:38:57.57
since the
beginning of this war."
00:38:57.60\00:38:59.03
Haven't I told you, look at,
00:38:59.07\00:39:00.50
you got this guy
that's the closest
00:39:00.54\00:39:02.04
he's ever had anybody to him,
00:39:02.07\00:39:03.97
and look at what
has turned out to him.
00:39:04.01\00:39:06.14
I'm telling you,
I've been right all along,
00:39:06.17\00:39:08.84
you liar, you liar,
00:39:08.88\00:39:14.02
but that's Satan for you.
00:39:14.05\00:39:16.75
No other disciple that we know
of prayed for Peter that night.
00:39:16.79\00:39:19.79
You think any of the
others were praying for Peter?
00:39:19.82\00:39:21.39
Nope.
00:39:21.42\00:39:22.82
The intercessor that
made an efforts that night,
00:39:22.86\00:39:25.66
that day was guess who?
00:39:25.69\00:39:28.83
It's Jesus.
00:39:28.86\00:39:30.97
Oh man, we should just
love it if Jesus pray for you?
00:39:31.00\00:39:36.17
I mean, if Jesus would
put my name on His lips
00:39:36.20\00:39:39.27
and I would hear
that I would melt
00:39:39.31\00:39:42.11
and I would give my life
to be true to that prayer.
00:39:42.14\00:39:45.41
I would give my life
to be true to that prayer.
00:39:45.45\00:39:49.65
Guess what?
00:39:49.68\00:39:51.15
He prays for you every day.
00:39:51.19\00:39:54.86
Prove it. Okay.
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.22
I will.
00:39:56.26\00:39:57.69
Hebrew 7:25.
00:39:57.73\00:39:59.06
Write this down
and never forget it.
00:39:59.09\00:40:00.43
Hebrews 7:25. How does it read?
00:40:00.46\00:40:02.56
"Therefore Jesus is
able to save completely
00:40:02.60\00:40:05.70
those who come
to God through Him
00:40:05.73\00:40:07.77
because he,"
what's the next word?
00:40:07.80\00:40:10.37
What's the next word?
00:40:10.41\00:40:12.11
Always. How long is always?
00:40:12.14\00:40:15.48
Is it the 24 or the 7?
00:40:15.51\00:40:18.81
It's 24/7, isn't it?
00:40:18.85\00:40:20.68
He will always live to
intercede for you and me.
00:40:20.72\00:40:25.85
"Simon, Simon,
Satan, Satan has wanted you,
00:40:25.89\00:40:30.33
but the maker of all
things wants you more."
00:40:30.36\00:40:33.86
And I have loved
you, He hates you.
00:40:33.90\00:40:36.13
I have loved you
and I'm going to show it
00:40:36.16\00:40:38.50
to you by dying
00:40:38.53\00:40:39.87
if you were the only one
to die for on this planet.
00:40:39.90\00:40:42.94
I have loved you more than he.
00:40:42.97\00:40:48.71
Wow.
00:40:48.74\00:40:50.08
Therefore is able to
save to the uttermost.
00:40:50.11\00:40:54.08
Jesus always lives to make
intercession for you and me.
00:40:54.12\00:40:59.25
Simon, Simon, Shauna, Shauna,
00:40:59.29\00:41:02.79
Alex, Alex, Dwight, Dwight,
00:41:02.82\00:41:06.13
Satan has asked for
you, but I want you more.
00:41:06.16\00:41:11.53
And I love you.
00:41:11.57\00:41:14.50
And if you give Me
permission, I'll save you.
00:41:14.54\00:41:20.28
No, yes.
00:41:20.31\00:41:23.91
Wow.
00:41:23.95\00:41:25.28
And this, my friends,
00:41:25.31\00:41:26.65
is the provocative
second rule of engagement.
00:41:26.68\00:41:30.29
They're just two of
these, free choice is one,
00:41:30.32\00:41:31.95
this is number two.
00:41:31.99\00:41:34.56
And here's how it works.
00:41:34.59\00:41:35.92
I will show you before
I put it up on the screen.
00:41:35.96\00:41:37.53
Here's how it works.
00:41:37.56\00:41:39.23
When God places
a man on your mind,
00:41:39.26\00:41:41.63
when God places a
woman on your mind,
00:41:41.66\00:41:43.13
when God places a
teen on your mind,
00:41:43.16\00:41:44.77
when God places a
child by name on your mind,
00:41:44.80\00:41:47.57
do you know what God is doing?
00:41:47.60\00:41:48.94
He's saying, I need
some help right now.
00:41:48.97\00:41:50.97
I need some help right now.
00:41:51.01\00:41:52.41
I need you to
pray for this person.
00:41:52.44\00:41:56.01
I need you to intercede, please.
00:41:56.04\00:42:00.62
The person doesn't
know that I'm doing this.
00:42:00.65\00:42:04.45
The person has no idea
that you would respond to this.
00:42:04.49\00:42:07.96
The person is under
attack by the enemy right now,
00:42:07.99\00:42:11.19
this person is off
limits to me right now,
00:42:11.23\00:42:13.90
according to the
rules of engagement.
00:42:13.93\00:42:15.60
But I need you to
pray for her, pray for him.
00:42:15.63\00:42:20.40
And don't stop
praying until I tell you.
00:42:20.44\00:42:24.51
That's what's going on.
00:42:24.54\00:42:26.24
Simon, Simon, I have
prayed for you by name
00:42:26.27\00:42:32.08
when you are converted.
00:42:32.11\00:42:36.28
Wow, because you
see God who knows,
00:42:36.32\00:42:42.46
he's not being
prayed for by her,
00:42:42.49\00:42:44.59
he's not being
prayed for by him.
00:42:44.63\00:42:46.26
God, if God were to show
up right that yo, excuse me.
00:42:46.29\00:42:51.40
What brings You to this
corner of the neighborhood?
00:42:51.43\00:42:53.13
Did anybody?
00:42:53.17\00:42:54.50
I don't hear anybody
even calling for You.
00:42:54.54\00:42:55.87
Isn't that funny?
00:42:55.90\00:42:57.24
Nobody here is
even thinking about You,
00:42:57.27\00:42:58.61
nobody in this room right
now, You do not belong here.
00:42:58.64\00:43:00.98
Do you understand?
00:43:01.01\00:43:02.34
You remember the
great values of free choice.
00:43:02.38\00:43:05.01
This is Your value and
we are free to inform You.
00:43:05.05\00:43:08.05
You are not
wanted in this place.
00:43:08.08\00:43:10.69
God knows He is not wanted.
00:43:10.72\00:43:12.42
God knows He is not
chosen by anybody in that room.
00:43:12.45\00:43:14.76
But do you know what God has?
00:43:14.79\00:43:16.12
He has one more
rule of engagement
00:43:16.16\00:43:18.03
and He throws it
down on the table.
00:43:18.06\00:43:19.83
I know she's not
praying for Me and to Me.
00:43:19.86\00:43:23.63
I know he's not praying for
Me or to Me, but guess what?
00:43:23.67\00:43:28.50
I have a personal friend
00:43:28.54\00:43:30.81
who is praying
for her right now.
00:43:30.84\00:43:33.64
That friend is begging me
to do something in her life.
00:43:33.68\00:43:39.55
And to honor my friend,
00:43:39.58\00:43:43.08
Simon, Simon, I
have prayed for you.
00:43:43.12\00:43:46.32
To honor my friend I am here.
00:43:46.35\00:43:51.63
What was that word again?
00:43:51.66\00:43:52.99
Did you use aidos with me?
00:43:53.03\00:43:54.66
I met that to be
aidos for you, goodbye.
00:43:54.70\00:43:59.93
He's gone.
00:43:59.97\00:44:01.30
You know why?
00:44:01.34\00:44:02.77
Second rule of
engagement, scribble this down.
00:44:02.80\00:44:06.88
First let me show you a line
00:44:06.91\00:44:08.24
from the great
apocalyptic classic
00:44:08.28\00:44:10.71
that defines this
war that we're in.
00:44:10.75\00:44:12.18
I'm gonna show you the line.
00:44:12.21\00:44:13.55
Then I'm gonna
show you the rule.
00:44:13.58\00:44:14.92
Here's, here is the
great controversy line,
00:44:14.95\00:44:17.22
just one sentence.
00:44:17.25\00:44:18.59
Write this number
down 5:25, 5:25, 5:25.
00:44:18.62\00:44:21.59
It is a part of God's
plan to grant us an answer
00:44:21.62\00:44:24.69
to the prayer of faith,
00:44:24.73\00:44:26.06
that which He would
not bestow did we not ask.
00:44:26.09\00:44:30.80
There are some prayers
00:44:30.83\00:44:32.93
that will never be
answered until they are prayed.
00:44:32.97\00:44:38.67
You've been carrying that prayer
00:44:38.71\00:44:40.04
in your heart for a long time.
00:44:40.08\00:44:41.41
Well, you know, I
got to pray for her.
00:44:41.44\00:44:42.78
I'll get back to it.
00:44:42.81\00:44:44.15
I got to pray for him.
Man, and I'll get back to it.
00:44:44.18\00:44:45.51
There are some prayers
they will never be answered
00:44:45.55\00:44:47.38
unless the prayer is prayed
00:44:47.42\00:44:51.32
and that prayer releases
00:44:51.35\00:44:53.66
God to do what He could not do
00:44:53.69\00:44:56.22
had He not been asked.
00:44:56.26\00:45:00.00
You know what it's called?
00:45:00.03\00:45:02.10
Proxy prayer.
00:45:02.13\00:45:03.77
Never forget it.
00:45:03.80\00:45:05.13
Proxy prayer.
00:45:05.17\00:45:06.60
When God comes
to you and He says,
00:45:06.63\00:45:07.97
I want you to pray for her.
00:45:08.00\00:45:09.40
I want you to pray for
him. I want you to pray.
00:45:09.44\00:45:12.77
He's asking you to
step in as a proxy.
00:45:12.81\00:45:14.18
You say, Dwight, what's a proxy?
00:45:14.21\00:45:15.54
Or they use this
in law all the time
00:45:15.58\00:45:16.91
in the courtrooms proxy this,
00:45:16.95\00:45:18.28
proxy that,
proxy is a substitute.
00:45:18.31\00:45:19.95
I'm stepping in on
behalf of this individual.
00:45:19.98\00:45:22.08
And I will pray for
her. I will pray for him.
00:45:22.12\00:45:25.95
And I will pray until I see that
00:45:25.99\00:45:28.69
God has intervened
and save this person.
00:45:28.72\00:45:33.26
My, my, my, my,
my, are you serious?
00:45:33.29\00:45:37.53
Simon, Simon,
00:45:37.57\00:45:42.74
I pray for you.
00:45:42.77\00:45:45.34
Wow. He's serious.
00:45:45.37\00:45:48.44
You know what?
00:45:52.98\00:45:54.32
You know the deal with
our praying, don't you?
00:45:54.35\00:45:56.99
Here's how we pray, you and me.
00:45:57.02\00:45:59.69
We cry like this
little baby to God.
00:45:59.72\00:46:01.22
God, I need more stuff.
00:46:01.26\00:46:02.72
I just need stuff.
00:46:02.76\00:46:04.26
God, give me this, give me this.
00:46:04.29\00:46:05.63
God, give me this, give me that.
00:46:05.66\00:46:07.00
God, do this for
me. God, save me here.
00:46:07.03\00:46:08.46
Get me through this exam.
00:46:08.50\00:46:09.83
Get me through life.
00:46:09.86\00:46:11.20
God, just keep
doing stuff for me.
00:46:11.23\00:46:13.10
Our prayers are
the most self-centered
00:46:13.13\00:46:15.70
monologues on the planet.
00:46:15.74\00:46:17.61
Why?
00:46:17.64\00:46:18.97
Because that's all
I'm thinking about.
00:46:19.01\00:46:20.54
This militant weapon represented
00:46:20.58\00:46:22.54
by the line on the screen.
00:46:22.58\00:46:24.28
Proxy prayer is declaring that
00:46:24.31\00:46:27.52
when I turn my
attention off of me
00:46:27.55\00:46:29.82
and I focus in on you,
00:46:29.85\00:46:31.49
I release supernatural
nuclear power intervention
00:46:31.52\00:46:37.63
because that Almighty
can say, Dwight's praying.
00:46:37.66\00:46:40.30
You got a problem with this.
00:46:40.33\00:46:41.66
He's praying, you
know, he's praying
00:46:41.70\00:46:45.43
and God steps in.
00:46:45.47\00:46:49.37
Proxy praying that's what it is.
00:46:49.40\00:46:52.14
George Mueller, Ron
Clouzet tells this story that
00:46:52.17\00:46:55.08
I learned with George Mueller,
00:46:55.11\00:46:58.05
wild and partying young
man in his early twenties,
00:46:58.08\00:47:01.38
somehow in all that partying,
He met Jesus, unbelievable.
00:47:01.42\00:47:06.02
He met Jesus and He
gave his heart to Jesus.
00:47:06.05\00:47:08.69
He became a friend of eternal.
00:47:08.72\00:47:12.33
And he was so burdened
00:47:12.36\00:47:14.26
for the
orphans, the street kids.
00:47:14.30\00:47:16.06
They were all over
England at the time.
00:47:16.10\00:47:17.77
And he said,
"God, I got to raise up
00:47:17.80\00:47:19.80
these orphanages."
00:47:19.83\00:47:21.17
And so he said,
"But here's the deal.
00:47:21.20\00:47:22.54
I'm not going to ever, ever,
00:47:22.57\00:47:23.91
ever ask for a
penny, a shilling.
00:47:23.94\00:47:26.11
I'm not going to ask for it.
00:47:26.14\00:47:27.48
I'm going to depend on
you moving other people
00:47:27.51\00:47:31.05
to give and I'll
receive that way."
00:47:31.08\00:47:34.85
He spent his life never asking
once publicly or privately.
00:47:34.88\00:47:38.69
Give me something,
00:47:38.72\00:47:40.06
give me little
help for my ministry.
00:47:40.09\00:47:41.89
Never once.
00:47:41.92\00:47:43.79
By the end of his life,
00:47:43.83\00:47:45.16
he raised the
equivalent of $150 million
00:47:45.19\00:47:48.53
without ever asking for a penny.
00:47:48.56\00:47:50.47
150 million, this university
00:47:50.50\00:47:53.37
would love to have that.
00:47:53.40\00:47:58.01
He never asked for a penny.
00:47:58.04\00:47:59.91
He prayed for it.
00:47:59.94\00:48:02.21
But when He was 39,
00:48:02.24\00:48:03.58
he remembered
five of his buddies
00:48:03.61\00:48:04.95
during those wild partying days,
00:48:04.98\00:48:06.31
five buddies.
00:48:06.35\00:48:07.68
And he knows them by name.
00:48:07.72\00:48:09.05
And He says, "God,
00:48:09.08\00:48:10.42
I'm going to begin
praying for these boys.
00:48:10.45\00:48:11.79
They are my friends.
00:48:11.82\00:48:13.96
I'm going to pray
that you save them."
00:48:13.99\00:48:15.52
And he began at the age of 39
00:48:15.56\00:48:17.69
praying every
single day for these five.
00:48:17.73\00:48:20.26
And after 18 months,
one of the boys got saved.
00:48:20.30\00:48:23.57
He came to Jesus. Hallelujah.
00:48:23.60\00:48:25.67
Now he's got four to pray for.
00:48:25.70\00:48:27.24
And he prays with his
heart every single day
00:48:27.27\00:48:31.34
for these four by
name five years more.
00:48:31.37\00:48:35.04
And another one of his
friends becomes a Christian.
00:48:35.08\00:48:37.68
Now he has only three
buddies to be praying for.
00:48:37.71\00:48:40.38
And now he's praying
with all of his heart
00:48:40.42\00:48:42.45
and somebody once asked him,
00:48:42.48\00:48:43.82
you know, when you're
praying, what are you thinking?
00:48:43.85\00:48:46.25
And he said, and
I'm quoting him now.
00:48:46.29\00:48:47.62
"I hope in God.
00:48:47.66\00:48:49.06
And I look for the answer."
00:48:49.09\00:48:50.43
That's what I'm doing.
00:48:50.46\00:48:51.79
I'm just hoping in God
and looking for the answer.
00:48:51.83\00:48:54.36
And after five years
00:48:54.40\00:48:56.77
and another six that's 11,
00:49:01.74\00:49:06.68
number three gets saved.
00:49:06.71\00:49:09.34
Now decades go by,
hold on, decades go by,
00:49:09.38\00:49:12.01
Mueller will live
to be 93 years of age.
00:49:12.05\00:49:14.42
For 54 years he's
been praying from 39 to 93.
00:49:14.45\00:49:17.49
He's been praying
for these two friends.
00:49:17.52\00:49:19.55
And just before Mueller dies,
00:49:19.59\00:49:23.73
the fourth one comes to Jesus.
00:49:23.76\00:49:26.13
Hallelujah.
00:49:26.16\00:49:27.76
And a few years after his death,
00:49:27.80\00:49:29.26
the fifth one came.
00:49:29.30\00:49:31.17
Isn't that something?
00:49:31.20\00:49:32.53
Oh, wait, what was
that? What was that line?
00:49:32.57\00:49:33.90
What was that line
from Great Controversy.
00:49:33.94\00:49:35.27
It is a part of
God's plan to grant us,
00:49:35.30\00:49:36.64
in answer to
the prayer of faith,
00:49:36.67\00:49:38.07
that which He would not
bestow did we not thus ask.
00:49:38.11\00:49:41.38
Do you have some people that
00:49:41.41\00:49:43.61
need to go on
your permanent list,
00:49:43.65\00:49:47.78
an intercession
before the Almighty?
00:49:47.82\00:49:50.72
And by the way,
when you pray for
00:49:50.75\00:49:52.22
whoever it is you're
praying for, guess what?
00:49:52.25\00:49:54.72
Who else is praying?
00:49:54.76\00:49:56.36
Jesus is praying for her.
00:49:56.39\00:49:57.73
Isn't Jesus praying for her too?
00:49:57.76\00:49:59.09
So that's you and Jesus.
00:49:59.13\00:50:00.63
That is a
majority in this universe.
00:50:00.66\00:50:02.66
You and Jesus
always in majority.
00:50:02.70\00:50:05.93
You never pray alone.
00:50:05.97\00:50:07.60
Jesus is already at it.
00:50:07.64\00:50:10.44
He just needs a human to
say, I give you permission.
00:50:10.47\00:50:14.48
Please save her. Wow.
00:50:14.51\00:50:19.91
Here is a part of God's
plan to grant us an answer
00:50:19.95\00:50:21.92
to the prayer of faith
00:50:21.95\00:50:23.28
that which He would not
bestow did we not thus ask.
00:50:23.32\00:50:25.99
Proxy, praying.
00:50:26.02\00:50:28.79
That's your weapon
that you go home with today.
00:50:28.82\00:50:31.43
Put a little list together.
00:50:31.46\00:50:33.13
You don't have to
have 100 people on it.
00:50:33.16\00:50:36.00
You don't have to have 30 on it.
00:50:36.03\00:50:39.20
Start out like Mueller.
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Maybe five is too much for you.
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You got four lost
people, you know, three?
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Anybody have two?
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Just put the
names of some people
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that you long to
see Jesus intervene in
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and know that the
rules of engagement
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have been holding Him back
because she doesn't want it,
00:50:54.05\00:50:55.85
he is not asking for,
00:50:55.88\00:50:57.22
but I am begging
you Jesus, save him now.
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Just pray that way
with two on your list
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and put God to the test.
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See if He will not
open the windows of heaven
00:51:07.66\00:51:09.90
and pour out on that
friend of yours one day,
00:51:09.93\00:51:12.80
all the pent up salvation power
00:51:12.83\00:51:16.20
that has been
waiting to save that boy,
00:51:16.24\00:51:18.27
save that girl.
00:51:18.31\00:51:21.71
Does this make sense to you?
00:51:21.74\00:51:24.11
Is this guy confusing to you?
00:51:24.15\00:51:26.82
Well, I don't
know what to do now?
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Now you leave.
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You leave with what the maker
of all things demonstrated that
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He mastered and
it is Simon, Simon,
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I am praying for you.
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Private proxy praying.
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Let's go to the
connect card here.
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pm church.org/connect.
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Here we go.
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I want to pray like Jesus, Lord.
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I just want to pray like You.
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I want prayer to be my
natural response to life.
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Box two.
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I am deeply
grateful to learn Jesus,
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Hebrews 7:25,
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that you pray
for me day and night.
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I put a check mark there.
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Box number three,
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I want to prepare a
select list of people.
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I will join Jesus in praying for
00:52:02.85\00:52:04.59
until God answers my prayers.
00:52:04.62\00:52:07.82
Truth and advertising.
00:52:07.86\00:52:10.23
The devil knows about your list.
00:52:10.26\00:52:14.96
So he'll set up your
little worship moment
00:52:15.00\00:52:17.33
alone with Jesus to somehow just
00:52:17.37\00:52:23.00
a little fog,
whatever it is, I forgot.
00:52:23.04\00:52:26.31
Oh man, I forgot today.
00:52:26.34\00:52:27.68
What was I thinking?
00:52:27.71\00:52:29.84
Oh, by the way,
when you remember,
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you don't have to do
00:52:31.25\00:52:32.58
when you're having
worship in the morning,
00:52:32.61\00:52:33.95
you can do it
anytime during the day.
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If you only got two names
that shouldn't be too tough.
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But I'm telling you
00:52:39.12\00:52:40.46
it's the
discipline of coming back.
00:52:40.49\00:52:42.56
George Mueller, I'm in awe,
00:52:42.59\00:52:45.89
54 years of
coming back to a list
00:52:45.93\00:52:48.86
that gets smaller and smaller.
00:52:48.90\00:52:52.37
But He learned that
his Father was dependable.
00:52:52.40\00:52:56.44
And the Father
who gave all the money
00:52:56.47\00:52:58.61
$150 million worth
to Him is the Father
00:52:58.64\00:53:01.91
that would be at
work at these five.
00:53:01.94\00:53:04.65
And he never quit.
00:53:04.68\00:53:06.01
Don't you ever quit?
00:53:06.05\00:53:07.38
There's somebody that needs
you to be praying for her today.
00:53:07.42\00:53:11.45
Need you to be
praying for him today.
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And it may be that right now
a name popped into your mind.
00:53:13.72\00:53:16.62
That's the Holy
Spirit right there.
00:53:16.66\00:53:18.73
Just take that name.
00:53:18.76\00:53:20.53
The moment you
said there's somebody,
00:53:20.56\00:53:22.03
Holy Spirit, I
should be praying for.
00:53:22.06\00:53:23.83
Boom, it just
popped into your mind.
00:53:23.87\00:53:26.07
What do you need him?
00:53:26.10\00:53:27.44
To write it on a piece of
paper and handed it to you?
00:53:27.47\00:53:29.37
Hand it.
00:53:29.40\00:53:30.74
No, you got the name already.
00:53:30.77\00:53:32.97
Get another two or
three and hang on to this list
00:53:33.01\00:53:36.18
until Jesus comes or
your prayers are answered
00:53:36.21\00:53:38.65
whichever comes first.
00:53:38.68\00:53:40.72
Does that make sense?
00:53:40.75\00:53:42.38
Oh, Father, rules of engagement,
00:53:42.42\00:53:44.95
it makes all the sense
in the world now to us.
00:53:44.99\00:53:47.29
Thanks to Job and Jesus.
00:53:47.32\00:53:51.03
Free choice,
00:53:51.06\00:53:52.43
we wouldn't have
it any other way.
00:53:52.46\00:53:53.86
No, we wouldn't.
00:53:53.90\00:53:56.20
But proxy praying,
that's what Jesus mastered.
00:53:56.23\00:53:59.70
And the master of all
things loves and wants me.
00:53:59.73\00:54:01.74
And I want to master
00:54:01.77\00:54:03.10
what the master of
all things has mastered.
00:54:03.14\00:54:06.27
Let me be,
00:54:06.31\00:54:07.64
let it be a proxy prayer I pray.
00:54:07.68\00:54:11.11
For you I am praying.
00:54:11.15\00:54:13.75
Oh, what a
friend we have in Jesus.
00:54:13.78\00:54:15.52
For you, I am
praying, my friend.
00:54:15.55\00:54:17.22
I am praying for you.
00:54:17.25\00:54:19.32
I am praying for you.
00:54:19.35\00:54:22.66
Amen.
00:54:22.69\00:54:24.23
What a friend
00:54:32.57\00:54:35.04
We have in Jesus
00:54:35.07\00:54:40.44
All our sins and griefs to bear
00:54:40.48\00:54:45.15
What a privilege
00:54:48.25\00:54:51.49
To carry
00:54:51.52\00:54:55.76
Everything to God in prayer
00:54:55.79\00:55:00.56
O what peace we often forfeit
00:55:03.67\00:55:10.64
O what needless pain we bear
00:55:10.67\00:55:15.24
All because
00:55:18.28\00:55:20.72
We do not carry
00:55:20.75\00:55:25.65
Everything to God in prayer
00:55:25.69\00:55:31.03
I like you guys to stand.
00:55:31.06\00:55:33.83
Blessed Savior
00:55:33.86\00:55:36.43
Thou hast promised
00:55:36.46\00:55:40.94
Thou wilt all our burdens bear
00:55:40.97\00:55:45.21
May we ever
00:55:48.24\00:55:51.11
Lord be bringing
00:55:51.15\00:55:55.38
All to Thee in earnest prayer
00:55:55.42\00:55:59.65
Soon in glory bright unclouded
00:56:02.66\00:56:09.63
There will be
00:56:09.66\00:56:12.20
No need for prayer
00:56:12.23\00:56:17.04
Rapture praise
and endless worship
00:56:17.07\00:56:23.95
Will be our sweet portion there
00:56:23.98\00:56:28.52
For you, I am praying
00:56:34.09\00:56:38.29
For you, I am praying
00:56:38.33\00:56:42.70
For you, I am praying
00:56:42.73\00:56:46.74
I'm praying for you
00:56:46.77\00:56:51.07
For you, I am praying
00:56:51.11\00:56:55.61
For you, I am praying
00:56:55.64\00:57:00.28
For you, I am praying
00:57:00.32\00:57:05.02
I'm praying for you
00:57:05.05\00:57:09.59
I want to take an extra moment
to thank you for joining us
00:57:15.83\00:57:17.83
in worship today.
00:57:17.87\00:57:19.20
It's by the continuous
support from viewers like you
00:57:19.23\00:57:21.10
that we're able to
bring you this program.
00:57:21.14\00:57:22.97
Today, I want to
invite you though
00:57:23.00\00:57:24.34
to share with us
00:57:24.37\00:57:25.71
how this
ministry has blessed you.
00:57:25.74\00:57:27.48
I get inspiring
notes, emails from viewers,
00:57:27.51\00:57:29.74
literally all over the
world telling me, look, Dwight,
00:57:29.78\00:57:31.81
God has been
blessing me this way.
00:57:31.85\00:57:33.31
He's been doing this.
00:57:33.35\00:57:34.68
I would love to
hear from you as well.
00:57:34.72\00:57:36.18
Just visit our
website, you know it,
00:57:36.22\00:57:38.09
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00:57:38.12\00:57:40.29
and click on the contact
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00:57:40.32\00:57:42.49
Send me a note.
00:57:42.52\00:57:43.86
Let me know what
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00:57:43.89\00:57:45.69
right now in your life.
00:57:45.73\00:57:47.40
Once again, thank you
for being with us today.
00:57:47.43\00:57:49.96
I hope you join us
right here next time.
00:57:50.00\00:57:52.20
And until then, may
the God of grace journey
00:57:52.23\00:57:54.74
with you every step of the way.
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