It's my pleasure to
introduce our speaker.
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He really doesn't need a
lot of introduction to Michigan;
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in fact the Conference
Secretary our Jim Mischief
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was already putting pressure
on him for Camp Meeting.
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You like that idea,
yeah we like that idea.
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In the room over there
just before we came in,
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but we love this man,
he is a director, speaker,
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president of amazing
facts, to doing the great work
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for God. And we
praise God for them;
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we praise God for
his preaching. You know,
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it's not the man
God raises up the man,
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isn't that right? So,
God raised him up. So,
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Pastor Doug Batchelor as
you come and speak to us,
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We want to welcome
you to the Michigan
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Men of Faith,
amen, poppet. Amen.
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Thank you, very
much Andrew Gallimore and
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thank you; inviting us,
it's a privilege to be here
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with you. And there is,
there is an energy when you
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get into a room,
where you got a thousand
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men together.
Something different about it,
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I mean aside from the
smell. you see, you have
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got a lot of
testosterone in the room,
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but just as an energy
that is unique and it's a
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privilege to be here
with you. I get to say things
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in this kind of setting.
I don't know always get to
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say, yeah, I'm glad
I'm a man and you might
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be surprise someone
would even say that,
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but it's seems to me
that in our culture today
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that you must have to
apologize for been a men
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that fathers and men
are sometimes portrait
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as the wolves of the
culture and there is a strong,
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I think everyone
would recognize feminist
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movement and it
seems like men are supposed
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to be
apologetic about being men.
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And God made us the
way we're and we were made
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in his image.
Amen. And God first made,
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do you notice we say,
AMEN, we don't say a women.
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When that just
came to me just now,
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he made us in his
image and you know,
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told us to go forth and
just to do, God, men are
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created with his
energy just desire to creates
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and to subdue for adventure.
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And sometimes we don't
have fun and let's there
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is an alimented danger
involve and that might be
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connected with the, the
way that God first made us.
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We all get to interesting
quips and quotes that
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are sent to
this on the internet.
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Most of from me after
the lead, but some are,
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who are saving, and
somebody sent this to me.
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So, bare with me a
little bit because it actually
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resonated with me,
why we're glad we're men.
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As supposed to you
only other alternative.
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Why we're glad we're
men? Phone conversations
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are over in 30 seconds. A
five day vacation requires
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only one suitcase. You
can open all your own jars.
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Dry cleaners and
haircutters don't rob you blind.
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You can go to the bathroom
without a support group.
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You never have to learn
to spell a new last name.
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You can leave a
motel bed or made.
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And kill your own food. I
guess, I could lift that up.
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You get extra credit
for the slightest act of
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thoughtfulness. What in
plans just seem to take care
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of themselves, if
someone forgets to invite you
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to something he or she
can still be your friend?
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Your underwear $10
for three pack. Everything
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on your face stays that's
original color. And you don't
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ever have to shave below
the neck. You can quietly
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enjoy a car ride
from the passenger seat.
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Three pair of shoes and more
than enough for all seasons.
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You don't have to
clean your apartment,
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if the media readers
coming over. Car mechanics
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tell you the truth.
You can quietly watch again
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with your buddy for
hours without ever wondering,
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isn't matter me?
Great hair and wrinkles only
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add character, what
interest $2000 took tuxedo
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rental 75 bucks.
You don't move much to
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others deserts. You
can drop by to see a friend
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without having to
bring a little gift,
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if another guy shows up
at the party and the same
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outfit, outfit you
might be lifelong friends.
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Your polls can be
trusted never to say by trapping
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you. So, do you
notice anything different?
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You're not expected
to know the names of more
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than five colors. As
got your men sort of think
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like windows defaults setting
is just got those 16 colors
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and we read it, Mov,
peach. You don't have to
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stop and think
about, which way to turn an
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adorable. You almost
never have struck problems
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in public. You're
unable to see wrinkles in your
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clothes. I did a live
program with John Lomacang,
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the other dangerous
before we went on the air,
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I said you know, I'm
thankful, I only had iron this
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part of my shirt. And
then he said, yeah me too.
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The same
hairstyle last for years.
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Your belly usually
hides your big hips. One
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violet, one pair of
shoes, one color all seasons.
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You can do your nails
with the pocket knives.
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You can have
freedom of choice concerning
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growing a mustache.
Christmas shopping can be
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accomplished for 25
relatives on December 24th
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and 45 minutes. There is
more, but all stuff there,
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that's just for
little fun. Amen.
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You know, we're,
we're, we're gonna talk
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about God's mighty men
and I'm always encourage
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by the stories of
adventure, as I said,
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the Lord created us to
go forth to subdue with
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the earth. And I just, I
love the idea of exploits,
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and encourage, and bravery.
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And some of my
favorite stories from history
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are the stories of
people like Louis and Clark
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that just took off in
this front tear and from
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St. Louis, west they
had no idea what to find,
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they thought there
might be a river that went all
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the way to the
pacific, there were no maps.
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And just the courage
and adventure of all those
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men together and
granted there was a one women
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Sacagawea in their
midst, but just the comradely
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and the dependence and
the trust of going across
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this unexplored
nation and they encountered.
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They never knowing,
if they comeback alive,
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sort of a miracle story
in that of the 40 plus men
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that left only one
die here in appendicitis.
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And just you read about
stories like this and some
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of those stories are miracle
in, in battle and courage
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under fire. And then
you read of the Bible about
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David's mighty men.
You know, I thought a good
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place that start would
be in the book of Ephesians.
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God is looking for man
of valor encourage today,
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who will take a
stand for the Jesus Christ,
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who will be man of
faith, who will take a stand
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for the truth and be willing
to fight that fighter faith.
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Now, you cannot fight
the fighter faith without the
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armor of God. So, I
thought it would be appropriate
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during this session
together to take a look at that.
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Ephesians chapter 6,
verse 10. And he summarizing
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everything each says,
here in Ephesians probably
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wrote this book as he
would shame to a Roman soldiers.
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So, they are right
before him in the Roman soldier.
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He had exhibit a, of what
the armor might look like.
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Finally brethren,
Ephesians 6, verse 10.
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Be strong in the Lord,
some of you might workout at the
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gym, but the Lord is
inviting us to be strong in him.
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And in the power of his
might that's available to
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every men here whether
or not you take steroids,
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you have a gym membership,
you can all be strong
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in the Lord, in the power
of his might. And he adds,
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put on the whole,
emphasize underline the whole
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armor of God that you
might be able to stand against
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the wiles of the
devil. I share this afternoon,
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I will talking at 2:30 about
tips on resisting temptation.
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We're all under a constant
withering hale of temptation
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the devil especially
in this last generation is
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attacking men, who
should be the priest leaders
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in their families
in their churches.
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And the devil is attacking
men. And we need to know,
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how to take a stand for
Christ in the truth that
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you might stand
against the wiles of the devil,
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for we don't wrestle
against flesh and blood.
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You know, the
weapons are our warfare,
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are not carnal weapons,
but they're might bringing
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down those strong
roads. We're not wrestling
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against flesh and
blood. Sometimes I wish I
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could just punch the devil
on the nose, don't you? Amen.
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But you can't
fight him that way,
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but you can punch
him. You just got to know,
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what the weapons are.
For we don't wrestle against
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flesh and blood, but
against principalities against
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powers, against the
rumors of the darkness of this
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age, against spiritual
host of wickedness in the
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heavenly places. Therefore
take up again the whole
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armor of God. Now,
when I began to do my first
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study on the armor
of God, I just took
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the word armor and
began going through the Bible
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and it's first that
was little discouraged.
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Because you know,
when David went against
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goliath, it made a big
deal about talking about
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goliath armor, but
how much to that armor
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help goliath. And then
King Saul said to David,
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you better not go
against that giant without some
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armoring, and he said,
he will mine David tried arm
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Saul's armor of course
Saul was had a shoulders
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tall and everybody else
live is like extra large of this
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did and fit like in picture
David with Saul's armor army,
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he is kind a looking like
he pulled up his socks through
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his eyes and peering
up the nickel and he said,
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I can't use this.
And if he would aside,
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so if that how is that
gonna help my sermon on armor.
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Then I read about Ahab's armor,
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where he had a crack in
his armor and a stray Ero,
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struck of idolatry
and he die. He said,
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Lord I'm reading about
armor and that's failing
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everywhere and the
works who had done,
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that's the
armor of men. It says;
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take up the armor of
God. Amen. David had the
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armor of God, when
he went against goliath.
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He notice he said, you
come against me goliath
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and you have got
the sword in the spear
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in the shield and the
helmet and it tells us about
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his breastplate and
his grieves and it explains
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his armor and
how much your weight
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And David said, I come
against you with the Lord.
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David was armed
with the armor of God?
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Take up the whole armor
of God that you might be
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able to with stand in
the evil day having done
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all to stand,
stand therefore. Now,
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I want to stop again
and emphasize something
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that you probably
have caught in verse 11.
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That you might be
able to stand. Verse 13,
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to with stand, to
stand, verse 14, stand.
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What is God saying
to men today? Stand,
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stand your ground,
so while when we curl up
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and cover and run and
God is looking for an army
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of mighty men in
these last days that will be
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discourage or intimidated
by the culture to cover
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and to high, but stand
up for what you believe,
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whenever surrounded
that with people, that
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are telling us this
nothing wrong with same sex
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marriage, you can stand
up and say, yes there is.
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Amen. Oh! When people
are telling us that you know,
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it doesn't matter
whether not God created
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over millions of years
and if you still believe
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in creation world and
your ignoramus believing
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in fables. You can
take a stand and say,
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I believe the
word of God, yes I do.
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And there is a, a hale
of intimidation coming from
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the devil, that's trying
to get men of God to cover
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and be ashamed of
what he says in his word,
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do not be ashamed, but
take a stand for what you
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believe. Hold you head
up, when someone ask you,
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are you a
Christian? You say, absolutely.
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What kind of Christian?
Well, I don't want to brag,
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but I'm a
Seventh-Day Adventist Christian.
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Amen, amen. Stand
therefore, there is a flood
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coming in the last days,
and if you're building your
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house on the rock, it's
for the purpose of standing
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through that storm is
coming. God wants people
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to stand, he ever
going, I went to an ocean
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where they have got
real waves nothing against
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the great lakes, but I
mean a like the pacific.
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And you get off their
own the beach in Hawaii
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and it's fun
sometimes to watch people,
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when they're not
paying attention,
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they got some big waves
and people out their playing
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and their bodies surfing and
the tourists that aren't used
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to the power of the
waves, and they get sometimes
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slapped down into the
sand and one of things
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you have got to do is,
when the waves coming in
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you got to lean into it.
You don't turn your back on it
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and you can stand through
it, but you got to be planted.
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Well, that sort of, how it
is in our culture today is,
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there is wave after wave
of propaganda that the devil
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sending against the
Christian church and against
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Christians men, you got
to take a stand and just
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lean into it stand up
for you believe and other
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you don't locky down.
Stand therefore having
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good at your ways with
truth, for sins he mentions
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his truth. It's the
truth that will set you free,
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that's the belt of
truth and it holds everything
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else together. Now,
some of you, you, you got
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belt, so I just
wonder shelf hands,
00:17:04.79\00:17:06.22
how many you have
got a belt on today?
00:17:06.25\00:17:07.59
I see how many of you
really needed to hold your
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pants up? Would you
dare raise your hands?
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Pants are too bigger;
your belly is too big.
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I wear a my belt
because I hang things are,
00:17:19.45\00:17:22.10
I got a belt pack
right here, hung on my belt,
00:17:22.58\00:17:24.17
and we're not, not speaking
in public of got a Swiss
00:17:24.74\00:17:26.84
army knife and
sometimes I have got by keys
00:17:26.87\00:17:28.68
hang it off my belt
and, and I have got my phone
00:17:28.71\00:17:31.70
hang it off my belt,
you all know what I mean?
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I have gotten
sometimes to usually might seems
00:17:34.48\00:17:37.04
serves that tighten up
right and I belt isn't really
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hold my, my suit
on, but sometimes
00:17:39.13\00:17:43.69
you needed to keep
everything together.
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For the soldier that
belt held everything in place.
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They had robes
that they would wear,
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but when they were
fighting, they would good up
00:17:51.23\00:17:53.36
their robes into
their belts, so they can run
00:17:53.39\00:17:56.18
without tripping, it
kept everything in place
00:17:56.21\00:17:59.67
the sword was held in
place, the sheave was on
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the belt. And as one
thing, if you got the Bible and,
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and a lot of
church has have the Bible,
00:18:06.79\00:18:08.05
but do they have
the belt of truth.
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This is what
holds at all together,
00:18:11.08\00:18:12.51
it helps you know,
what you believe and why
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you believe it. We
should be ready always to given
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an answer to anyone, who asks,
00:18:17.26\00:18:18.66
why we believe, what we believe;
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we ought to be
grounded in the truth,
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eluded in the truth,
amen. So, that we're not blown
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away. A belt can save
your life. I remember one time,
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I you felt me, heard me
share this story before,
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but it's serve the
point. I was a Camp Pastor at
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Summer Camp in Northern
California they had a lake,
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they would take the kids
out skiing and I will tell you,
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it's a, it's pretty
rough when you're Pastor
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and you got a take
it's skiing all day along,
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but one of the
benefits was I was able to take
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my kids out to the Summer Camp.
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And they were trying
to teach some of these
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kids to ski barefoot. And
so we took these bulk load
00:19:01.95\00:19:08.16
of kids out,
and they had a boom,
00:19:08.19\00:19:11.16
they went off
perpendicular from the
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boat, here is the
boat and hand this aluminum
00:19:12.93\00:19:15.18
boom that went off
and, and you get going us
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seen barefoot, it's not
like just regular skiing.
00:19:17.48\00:19:20.16
You know, you got a
big surface area of one
00:19:20.90\00:19:22.17
or two ski and you
can pop up pretty quick,
00:19:22.20\00:19:24.36
but when your skiing
would just your feet you
00:19:25.33\00:19:27.20
know, big feet like
mine, you got to go about
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40 miles an hour or it
is not enough to placement
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to support you. And
so we get the boat up
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and you have to have a
glassy water to do this.
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We will get the boat
up and you get going about
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35-40 miles an hours and
that candidate would pull
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one foot out and you
will get it, you don't even
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learn it, co-cruel down,
just one toe curling down,
00:19:48.11\00:19:50.97
it catches the water
and little flippy over.
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And when you fall,
at your skiing barefoot,
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whether it's off the boom
or of a big tale and rope.
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And you fall
going 38 miles an hour,
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it's different than when
you fall regular skiing speed.
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You don't just
fall under the water;
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and you skip across
the surface of the water
00:20:06.47\00:20:09.03
like a stone for while.
And they actually give you
00:20:09.06\00:20:11.31
a vest to wear that is
reinforced; son Michael broke
00:20:11.34\00:20:15.92
his ribs skiing barefoot,
as he hit the water so hard.
00:20:15.95\00:20:18.75
So, we're gonna skiing,
these kids around the lake
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and some of them were
getting in, some of marked
00:20:21.86\00:20:23.63
and finally this one boy,
he was like 11, 12 years old
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little bit shall be
remember he had a bathing suit
00:20:28.56\00:20:31.57
that look like a
checker flag on a race,
00:20:31.60\00:20:33.67
a racing flag you know,
that he was wearing still
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remember that. And
he wanted to try and
00:20:36.32\00:20:39.58
we're little worry
because he was a big boy,
00:20:39.61\00:20:41.45
but a little feet, it's
what I thought this is gonna
00:20:41.48\00:20:45.16
be challenge, but he
want to try, and courage
00:20:45.19\00:20:47.39
and so he got out
there, we got the boat gone,
00:20:47.42\00:20:49.22
we want to go
little bit faster you know,
00:20:49.87\00:20:51.31
make sure that he
was able to get up,
00:20:51.34\00:20:53.47
and he got one foot down
and he is going like this,
00:20:54.38\00:20:56.09
he said, I have got
it, this is okay you know,
00:20:56.12\00:20:57.36
it's got the, see, see on
the edge of the boat and some
00:20:57.39\00:20:59.63
try the other foot and
he gets the other foot out
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and he is, he is going,
he is so happy and he looked
00:21:01.35\00:21:03.52
at up and smile
right about them.
00:21:03.55\00:21:05.09
He called one of his toes
and he just runs, and he skipped
00:21:06.28\00:21:10.77
across the water and
spiel whole around the few times
00:21:10.80\00:21:12.99
and then
disappeared beneath the surface.
00:21:13.02\00:21:14.76
As we turn the boat
around came to pick them up
00:21:15.75\00:21:17.28
and he came up his little,
little days. And we said,
00:21:17.31\00:21:20.89
you alright and he
said, yeah, should do you want
00:21:20.92\00:21:24.05
to try it again? He
said, no. And we said,
00:21:24.08\00:21:29.75
well hopping the boat? No.
Do you want to try it again?
00:21:29.78\00:21:37.24
No. Do you want to get
in? No. What's the problem?
00:21:38.13\00:21:42.84
He said, I can't
find my suit. You know,
00:21:43.78\00:21:48.98
your bathing suit comes
usually from the factory
00:21:49.01\00:21:51.51
with a little draw
string, a little belt.
00:21:51.54\00:21:53.29
And that kind of holds
everything in place and he
00:21:54.39\00:21:56.10
didn't really know what
that was for, until too late.
00:21:56.13\00:21:58.45
So, we had give little
safari through the legs,
00:21:59.45\00:22:01.43
see if we could find
this suit form, but sometimes
00:22:01.46\00:22:05.65
it creates embarrassing moment.
00:22:05.68\00:22:07.18
And others have been
embarrassed before because
00:22:09.64\00:22:11.35
they did not have the
belt of truth and someone,
00:22:11.38\00:22:14.06
who say what about
this verse? And I said,
00:22:14.09\00:22:17.33
I can't explain
that verse, I don't know.
00:22:17.36\00:22:18.74
We have to know, what
we believe specially the
00:22:20.08\00:22:22.49
foundational truths,
principles and we ought
00:22:22.52\00:22:26.50
to be able to shrimp.
Not everybody is a Pastor,
00:22:26.72\00:22:28.32
not everyone's a teacher,
but every soldier of God,
00:22:28.35\00:22:31.64
every man of faith, ought
to know, at least the primary
00:22:31.67\00:22:34.44
foundational pillar of
what they believe and how
00:22:34.47\00:22:37.62
to defend those
things. And be able to turn
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in the word of God and
say, this is the truth.
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So, your sword is
hanging on that belt of truth.
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As you read on with it,
on the implements of the
00:22:48.29\00:22:53.63
armor of God were to stand
having the truth and it says,
00:22:53.66\00:22:57.47
the breastplate
of righteousness.
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Now, that breastplate was
often made of little pieces
00:23:01.93\00:23:04.28
of male that were sound
together like fish scales
00:23:04.31\00:23:08.45
that would especially
protect the vital organs
00:23:09.44\00:23:12.06
in the front.
And the front mine,
00:23:12.09\00:23:14.59
when I was sharing
about this one day and he came
00:23:14.62\00:23:16.77
up later and he said, no
Doug he realize that underneath
00:23:16.80\00:23:19.45
that breastplate, they
never wear the breastplate
00:23:19.48\00:23:22.04
right on their bare
skiing. It was always one
00:23:22.07\00:23:25.54
over a rope, when he
would get hotten the sun
00:23:25.57\00:23:28.09
and burn them and get
cold and shield them or
00:23:28.12\00:23:30.87
pinch them. And now that
read in the Bible that sure
00:23:30.90\00:23:33.63
enough even the, the
high priest when he wore
00:23:33.66\00:23:36.10
that that little breastplate
with the 12 stones on it,
00:23:36.13\00:23:40.39
it was one over a robe.
And so first you have the robe
00:23:40.42\00:23:45.88
of the Christ righteousness
and then that breastplate,
00:23:45.91\00:23:49.01
it would cover the front
and that would cover the vital
00:23:49.04\00:23:51.32
organs. So, that
when you in come that,
00:23:51.35\00:23:55.24
it would protecting
might get to cut on the armor
00:23:55.27\00:23:58.00
of the leg, but if you
get too wounded in the torso,
00:23:58.03\00:24:00.75
it was all from fatal.
You know, during the several
00:24:02.27\00:24:04.97
wars before they had
discovered some of the basic
00:24:05.00\00:24:07.99
rules of sanitation
develop by Joseph Lister.
00:24:08.02\00:24:10.64
A person might survive been
hit in the arm or in the leg,
00:24:12.13\00:24:15.38
but if they got hit in
the head or in the torso,
00:24:15.41\00:24:18.57
it was typically considered
to be fatal right away because
00:24:19.03\00:24:22.22
of the vital organs, I
mean infection and they
00:24:22.25\00:24:24.33
didn't have ways
of dealing with it.
00:24:24.36\00:24:25.83
There was nothing in
the breastplate to protect
00:24:25.86\00:24:28.09
the back because you're
not supposed to expose your
00:24:28.12\00:24:32.30
back to the enemy. The
Bible says, resist the devil
00:24:32.33\00:24:36.19
and he will flay from you.
You know, there is a fantastic
00:24:36.22\00:24:40.16
story about David's
mighty men that you find in
00:24:40.19\00:24:42.01
the Bible. And the one
of the character is goes
00:24:42.04\00:24:44.82
by the name of Eleazar
and you can find him in
00:24:44.85\00:24:49.10
second Samuel
chapter 23, verse 14.
00:24:49.13\00:24:52.90
Actually I want to go to
Second Samuel 23, verse 9.
00:24:54.91\00:24:57.58
Speaking about David
and these three might men
00:24:59.17\00:25:01.57
that were his sort of
his special honor guard,
00:25:01.60\00:25:06.06
sort of like Jesus is
son of David and Peter,
00:25:06.09\00:25:08.23
James, and John. And
after him, was the son of Dodo,
00:25:08.26\00:25:13.79
he Ahohite. Oh! Its
kind a chapter 1, I want to
00:25:13.82\00:25:16.46
say that, I would you
like to see my dad Dodo.
00:25:16.49\00:25:18.91
It means something different.
00:25:18.94\00:25:20.94
Now, one of the
three might men with David,
00:25:20.97\00:25:24.14
when they define the
Philistines, were gathered
00:25:24.82\00:25:27.35
together to battle
and the men of Israel were
00:25:27.38\00:25:30.02
gone away. So, here is
this battle with the Philistines
00:25:30.05\00:25:32.64
and David, they
define the Philistines armies
00:25:32.67\00:25:36.04
and they sort of challenge.
them in the Philistines
00:25:36.07\00:25:38.38
must have themselves and
they would charge the men
00:25:38.41\00:25:40.83
of Israel, but the rest
of the soldiers were treated,
00:25:40.86\00:25:43.73
but David did not
retreat. You know,
00:25:45.15\00:25:47.35
David went right in the
battle and fought with his men.
00:25:47.38\00:25:49.38
And that's one reason
the soldier of Alexander
00:25:50.78\00:25:52.63
the great was so loyal and
he conquered so successfully
00:25:52.66\00:25:55.54
during those 12
years. He marched his army
00:25:55.57\00:25:58.21
22,000 miles. And
conquer the world is can see
00:25:58.24\00:26:01.84
would lead them into
battle and he was often wounded
00:26:01.87\00:26:04.68
sometimes he received
what we're, they thought
00:26:04.71\00:26:07.93
modal verbs. He will be
the first one over a wall.
00:26:07.96\00:26:11.01
And they do anything
for Alexander and David
00:26:12.03\00:26:13.99
soldiers were that way
too. So, when some of the
00:26:14.02\00:26:16.33
men were treated,
Eleazar stay there with David,
00:26:16.36\00:26:21.91
and they were fighting
over a high piece of ground,
00:26:22.67\00:26:24.42
it was a barley field. Let
me finish reading this to you,
00:26:24.45\00:26:26.74
just to give you
the, the background here.
00:26:27.21\00:26:29.09
And the men of Israel
had gone away. And he arose,
00:26:30.63\00:26:32.70
and smote the Philistines
until his hand was weary,
00:26:33.68\00:26:36.55
and his hand clave
unto the sword: and the LORD
00:26:37.32\00:26:41.01
wrought a great victory
that day; and the people
00:26:41.04\00:26:43.25
returned after him only
despoil that the story is
00:26:43.28\00:26:46.90
in two places in the
Bible. Let me read it you, in
00:26:46.93\00:26:48.73
a first chronicles 11 and12.
First chronicles 11 and 12
00:26:48.76\00:26:52.61
and after him was
Eleazar the son of Dodo,
00:26:54.11\00:26:55.85
the Ahohite, who was
one of the three mightiest.
00:26:55.88\00:26:58.63
He was with David at
Pasdammim, and there the
00:26:59.78\00:27:02.36
Philistines were
gathered together to battle,
00:27:02.39\00:27:04.17
and there was a parcel
of ground full of barley;
00:27:04.93\00:27:07.01
and the people fled
from before the Philistines.
00:27:07.68\00:27:09.58
And they David and Eleazar
set themselves in the midst
00:27:10.86\00:27:15.31
of that parcel, and
delivered it, and they slew the
00:27:15.34\00:27:19.24
Philistines; and the
LORD saved them by a great
00:27:19.27\00:27:22.01
deliverance. So, let me
we heard what we just read
00:27:22.04\00:27:24.78
in these two passages.
There is a battle with the
00:27:24.81\00:27:28.72
Philistines between
David and his mighty men his
00:27:28.75\00:27:31.80
soldiers, it could
have been back one,
00:27:31.83\00:27:33.25
when he only had that 600
soldiers. And the Philistines,
00:27:33.28\00:27:37.47
the army seen to big
and they are trying to fight
00:27:37.50\00:27:40.28
and defend this field of
barley; it's a type for the
00:27:40.31\00:27:43.18
word of God is a grain.
And the soldiers all flow
00:27:43.21\00:27:47.08
back and
retreated, but Eleazar said,
00:27:47.11\00:27:50.82
as long as David is
here I'm not going anywhere.
00:27:50.85\00:27:52.76
He is my captain and if he
is not afraid, I'm not afraid.
00:27:54.18\00:27:56.23
And so as they got
these breastplates on and the
00:27:57.71\00:27:59.78
only place expose is
the back, I anticipate they
00:27:59.81\00:28:04.48
fought back to back.
And it says, that the Lord
00:28:04.51\00:28:08.13
gave them a
great deliverance and
00:28:08.16\00:28:09.82
the only thing I can
picture is, they just began
00:28:09.85\00:28:12.43
to circle and swing
their swords and hold up your
00:28:12.46\00:28:14.62
shields, just like a
mowing sieve. And they were
00:28:14.65\00:28:18.80
just mowing down the
Philistines until the
00:28:18.83\00:28:20.81
Philistines realize that
God was lift them and they
00:28:20.84\00:28:23.50
thought so longer, so
hard that Eleazar could not
00:28:23.53\00:28:27.21
let go with his
hand cleave onto resort,
00:28:27.24\00:28:29.75
he could not let go
with the sword. True story,
00:28:29.78\00:28:33.66
man name Henry Dempsey,
pilot on a small computer
00:28:34.63\00:28:37.39
jet was flying by
up state New York.
00:28:37.42\00:28:39.83
After take off and he
heard a noise in the back
00:28:41.34\00:28:43.04
and he got up, turned over
the controls to his co-pilot.
00:28:43.07\00:28:46.30
And went into the back
to find out, what the noise,
00:28:46.33\00:28:48.48
right about then they
hit a bump, he felt against
00:28:48.51\00:28:51.12
the entrance door and
that's what the problem was,
00:28:52.42\00:28:55.34
he did not been totally
shut and he was stuck down.
00:28:55.37\00:28:58.06
Pilot, co-pilot now
here is all these air rushing
00:28:59.57\00:29:02.61
through and he sees
the lighting coming on,
00:29:02.64\00:29:04.48
that says, that the,
the doors open and looks
00:29:04.51\00:29:08.41
back and he doesn't
see the captain radios and
00:29:08.44\00:29:11.21
that hoping that he
fell over the water that
00:29:11.24\00:29:12.96
there were flying over
that, you might be found
00:29:12.99\00:29:14.85
calling from emergency
help, he lands and after
00:29:16.09\00:29:19.80
he lands, he didn't
found out that the captain
00:29:19.83\00:29:22.05
was not sucked all
the way out. His torso
00:29:22.08\00:29:24.94
dropped out of the
plane and with one handy
00:29:24.97\00:29:27.15
got a hold of this
chain covered by vinyl that
00:29:27.18\00:29:29.92
let down the steps. And
he held on with his feet
00:29:29.95\00:29:34.20
still inside the
plane 200 mile an hour winds
00:29:34.23\00:29:37.80
blowing against him,
landed with his head,
00:29:37.83\00:29:40.87
one foot off the
ground, when the emergency
00:29:40.90\00:29:45.85
people came, they
said, it took several minutes
00:29:45.88\00:29:49.20
on the news to get
him to let go of the chain
00:29:49.23\00:29:52.66
that could not try his
hand the off of the chain.
00:29:52.69\00:29:55.31
You know, the over riding
the motorcycle a long distance
00:29:58.09\00:29:59.70
on a cold day, and he
can't opened up your hand.
00:29:59.73\00:30:02.99
He cleaves unto his
sword. Now, what is the sword
00:30:04.49\00:30:07.78
is symbol for? Word
of God, we're gonna get
00:30:07.81\00:30:10.35
to that in just a
minute. Don't let go, amen.
00:30:10.38\00:30:14.93
And the Lord wrote a
great victory that day,
00:30:14.96\00:30:17.13
the reason they were
able to fight the enemies
00:30:18.18\00:30:19.71
because they had that
breastplate of righteousness
00:30:19.74\00:30:22.75
that was there out
front protecting those vital
00:30:22.78\00:30:25.51
organs and we need
the same. You know,
00:30:25.54\00:30:30.37
it mentions this, by
the way in the Book of Job,
00:30:30.40\00:30:33.43
chapter 29:14, it
says, I put on righteousness
00:30:34.51\00:30:38.92
and it clothed me. And
Aaron used to wear this
00:30:38.95\00:30:44.05
breastplate of
judgment on his heart.
00:30:44.08\00:30:46.25
And so this was a very
vital piece of, of defense,
00:30:47.13\00:30:50.56
through it we can
resist the devil. Christ said,
00:30:52.53\00:30:55.02
get thee behind me
saved. You don't turn your
00:30:55.05\00:30:57.89
back on the enemy
else stab you in the back.
00:30:57.92\00:30:59.59
So, in the armor of
God, you have got the belt
00:31:00.52\00:31:01.69
of shoes, you got the
breastplate of righteousness
00:31:01.72\00:31:04.77
and having Shaun your
feet with the preparation
00:31:05.87\00:31:08.46
of the gospel of
peace. Shoes are extremely
00:31:08.49\00:31:12.73
important in the
water. We have one daughter
00:31:12.94\00:31:16.27
that was in the army
Sherry and our son Daniel
00:31:16.30\00:31:19.34
was in the Marines.
Whenever he would come
00:31:19.37\00:31:21.42
home and he showed me,
he still has his Marine
00:31:21.45\00:31:23.05
Issued boots and
you know, they are well
00:31:23.08\00:31:24.96
made because,
especially they found that
00:31:24.99\00:31:27.62
during the Vietnam War.
They told those soldiers,
00:31:27.65\00:31:30.01
if you don't take
care of your feet,
00:31:30.04\00:31:32.14
you become useless as
a soldier, and all kinds
00:31:32.36\00:31:34.55
of problems were jangled rodent
00:31:34.58\00:31:36.06
and they would
often take their boots
00:31:36.09\00:31:37.67
out and dry them and
take care of their shoes,
00:31:37.70\00:31:39.51
take care of their feet.
Remember a friend of mine;
00:31:39.54\00:31:42.37
Bob Hoffman lived
up, in the mountains.
00:31:43.95\00:31:46.50
He lived in the
Canyon. Where I lived,
00:31:47.64\00:31:49.00
but he moved their,
after I moved away up.
00:31:49.03\00:31:51.27
He, he build the cabin
of drift would up and that
00:31:51.95\00:31:53.81
desert Canyon
lived their ten years.
00:31:53.84\00:31:55.37
Went back to this
of the cave one day
00:31:55.40\00:31:59.00
and, and Bob told
me a story that he was
00:31:59.03\00:32:01.53
crossing towards the
creek, this is a creek out
00:32:01.56\00:32:04.60
in these vast
desert mountain wilderness,
00:32:04.63\00:32:07.27
Cactus, burning
rocks everywhere,
00:32:08.39\00:32:09.65
it was the hot summer
day, but there was some
00:32:10.34\00:32:12.40
had been a rain storm
and the creek was swollen.
00:32:12.43\00:32:14.32
We didn't want to
get his boots wet and so
00:32:15.11\00:32:16.55
I took off his
boots and the socks.
00:32:16.58\00:32:17.76
He stuck his socks in
his boots, he tied his laces
00:32:18.46\00:32:20.42
together through
them over a shoulder,
00:32:20.45\00:32:22.53
and he went across
the creek. And crossing
00:32:22.56\00:32:25.17
the creek through
the swollen waters,
00:32:25.20\00:32:26.73
he slipped
recover caught himself,
00:32:26.76\00:32:29.98
but his boots
fell off his shoulders.
00:32:30.01\00:32:31.68
And now here was out
in this burning desert
00:32:32.99\00:32:35.65
with no shoes, no
socks. And he describes,
00:32:36.44\00:32:40.28
how dangerous it was,
trying to walk over these
00:32:41.83\00:32:44.75
burning hot rocks
with cactus everywhere
00:32:44.78\00:32:47.77
with no shoes. I know,
exactly what he was talking
00:32:48.39\00:32:50.56
about, if fighting the
battle, you need good traction.
00:32:50.59\00:32:54.55
I remember one
time, when I was a kid
00:32:56.54\00:32:58.53
growing up, as a
little scrappy, a little guy.
00:32:58.56\00:33:01.15
And one reason I got
into a few fights is because
00:33:02.24\00:33:05.62
my brother, I went
to the same school of my
00:33:06.21\00:33:07.90
brother. My brother
fought and had cystic
00:33:07.93\00:33:10.23
fibrosis. And he looked
a little different because
00:33:10.26\00:33:13.96
he had flaming red
hair and very fair skin.
00:33:13.99\00:33:17.83
And he was abused
about my side, even though
00:33:18.93\00:33:20.80
he was my older brother
and the kids in his class,
00:33:20.83\00:33:23.28
used to tease him
all the time. He used to
00:33:23.31\00:33:24.76
make me so mad
because they didn't know,
00:33:24.79\00:33:27.56
how he is
struggle with his disease.
00:33:27.59\00:33:29.58
He is to
sleeping attendant night,
00:33:29.61\00:33:32.80
he had to get these
treatments and he had all
00:33:32.83\00:33:34.17
kinds of problems
and operations and,
00:33:34.20\00:33:36.01
and he would get the
school, my father named him
00:33:37.10\00:33:38.86
Falcon. You already
problems, when your last
00:33:38.89\00:33:41.77
name Batchelor,
but the name he could
00:33:41.80\00:33:43.14
Falcon Batchelor. And
they used to play with his name
00:33:43.17\00:33:47.16
and call him terrible
things and call him turkey,
00:33:47.19\00:33:49.04
and bird brained
and all kinds of things,
00:33:49.07\00:33:50.82
when I was in gym
one day. As my brother's
00:33:50.85\00:33:53.45
class was leaving and
my class was arriving and
00:33:53.48\00:33:57.32
some kids were
teasing him. And there just
00:33:57.35\00:34:00.20
indignation came up
within me. And I took off
00:34:04.70\00:34:08.17
after one of the kids
in the gym in his class,
00:34:08.20\00:34:11.07
who had been making fun
my brother just swinging
00:34:11.10\00:34:13.50
and we got into a fight,
but I, it happen right after
00:34:14.31\00:34:17.87
I taken off my dress
shoes as I was preparing
00:34:17.90\00:34:20.42
to change into my gym
clothes and I had my socks
00:34:20.64\00:34:24.82
on and they have
just waxed the gym floor.
00:34:24.85\00:34:27.25
And so, we had seen
like this. And so there
00:34:29.62\00:34:32.82
I'm trying to box
and fight with this guy.
00:34:32.85\00:34:34.89
Now, I'm slide,
now all over the place,
00:34:34.92\00:34:36.17
it was absolutely ridiculous.
And so while I'm fighting
00:34:36.20\00:34:39.92
with this kid, we're
tussling and reaching down
00:34:39.95\00:34:42.81
with one hand and I'm
trying to take off my socks
00:34:42.84\00:34:44.96
because at least, if I
could get my foot on the
00:34:45.94\00:34:48.32
ground, I get a little
bit attraction and when I got
00:34:48.35\00:34:50.13
my socks off and I
got my feet on the ground,
00:34:50.16\00:34:52.71
I got some traction
then I was able to win.
00:34:52.74\00:34:55.63
You can't fight
without traction. By the way,
00:34:57.03\00:34:59.54
if you don't have
some traction, you know,
00:35:00.19\00:35:02.69
I'm talking about those
old Waffle Stomper Shoes.
00:35:02.72\00:35:05.21
The terrible about
brining in the mud that
00:35:06.81\00:35:08.18
they're nice, when
you have in the mud,
00:35:08.21\00:35:09.42
if you have on slippery
trained, nice that traction
00:35:10.70\00:35:13.14
in your shoes, give a
drive off road with slip tires.
00:35:13.17\00:35:17.55
You know, if you
don't have good shoes you
00:35:19.09\00:35:20.50
back slide. That's
one reason, we need these
00:35:20.53\00:35:23.92
gospel shoes, amen, and
we need them synched up.
00:35:23.95\00:35:27.61
So, that we have
good foot, footing.
00:35:28.53\00:35:29.90
How beautiful upon the mountain,
00:35:31.15\00:35:32.79
mountains are the feet
of those who preach the
00:35:32.82\00:35:35.90
gospel. And occasionally
we got to take those
00:35:35.93\00:35:40.04
shoes off, Jesus
wash our feet. Amen,
00:35:40.07\00:35:42.86
but you want to
have good traction,
00:35:42.89\00:35:45.54
when you're fighting
those battles and having those
00:35:45.57\00:35:49.75
Gospel shoes, having
your feet sharp with the
00:35:49.78\00:35:53.60
preparation of the
Gospel of peace and above all,
00:35:53.63\00:35:56.39
taking the shield of
faith with which her able
00:35:57.55\00:36:00.83
to quench all the fiery
darks of the wicked one.
00:36:00.86\00:36:04.28
Now, the purpose of
the shield and sometimes
00:36:05.57\00:36:07.14
what they do, is
they, they would a beat down
00:36:07.17\00:36:09.44
metal thin strips of
metal and they would put
00:36:09.47\00:36:11.91
it over a peace of
wood, maybe it was covered
00:36:11.94\00:36:14.48
with leather and
some metal, metal grading
00:36:14.51\00:36:16.92
and it was usually
just about raise higher, a
00:36:16.95\00:36:20.66
little higher the idea
being you wanted to be able
00:36:20.69\00:36:23.20
to quench behind it, if
there was a hail of Arrows
00:36:23.23\00:36:26.09
coming down and
protect yourselves against the
00:36:26.12\00:36:28.96
arrows, that's what Paul
is referring to the fiery
00:36:28.99\00:36:31.99
dark. Sometimes they
used to light their arrows
00:36:32.02\00:36:34.37
and send flaming
arrows, and the shield was
00:36:34.40\00:36:39.58
there because it would
provide some insulation
00:36:39.61\00:36:42.07
between you and the
arrows, you don't want them
00:36:42.10\00:36:44.40
to actually touch you
and we need the shield
00:36:44.43\00:36:48.50
of faith to keep a
barrier between us and those
00:36:48.53\00:36:52.68
flaming arrows of
temptation that the Devil
00:36:52.71\00:36:55.46
is constantly firing
on us. Now, when you got a
00:36:55.49\00:36:59.76
fiery dark, darks
aren't very big are they?
00:36:59.79\00:37:01.57
Sparks aren't very big,
matches aren't very big,
00:37:03.19\00:37:05.67
but once it hit something
it ignites. So, the ideas,
00:37:06.80\00:37:10.64
you want to stop them
with your shield before
00:37:10.67\00:37:13.72
they hit anything
and ignite anything.
00:37:13.75\00:37:15.96
Don't get anywhere
in near those areas of
00:37:17.14\00:37:19.66
temptation. I will talk
little bit more about that later
00:37:19.69\00:37:23.20
today, but the way you
operated in a practical
00:37:23.23\00:37:26.57
way with the shield
of faith is you avoid
00:37:26.60\00:37:29.07
those places in those
situations, stay away from
00:37:29.10\00:37:32.88
them hold that
shield up. Well, you know,
00:37:32.91\00:37:35.94
you're gonna be
tempted. We got a problem with
00:37:35.97\00:37:38.08
alcohol; don't push your
card up and down the wine
00:37:38.11\00:37:41.68
section of the market,
amen. Just go all the way
00:37:41.71\00:37:45.73
around, if you have too
if your problem is ice cream
00:37:45.76\00:37:49.04
don't pick that job at
Baskin Robbins and they
00:37:49.07\00:37:51.92
just pray for
strength. So, often we you know,
00:37:51.95\00:37:56.48
we put ourselves in
these situations where we're
00:37:56.51\00:37:59.15
tempted and we need to
have that, that shield of faith.
00:37:59.18\00:38:02.64
You know in other way
that, that shield of faith
00:38:04.22\00:38:07.56
operates in a practical
sense, it's through faith
00:38:07.59\00:38:12.15
we get the victory, if
you believe that Christ
00:38:12.18\00:38:17.78
is with you, that is a
shield amen. How often did
00:38:17.81\00:38:22.47
God soldiers go often
to battle and they won't
00:38:22.50\00:38:24.62
afraid because they
believed the Lord was
00:38:24.65\00:38:26.99
with them. Matter of
fact, you and Jesus are
00:38:27.02\00:38:31.30
always a majority. The
story we just read about
00:38:31.33\00:38:34.61
Eleazar, Eleazar and
David, you know David never
00:38:34.64\00:38:38.16
lost the battle. Eleazar
and David, he said if David
00:38:38.19\00:38:43.38
is with me oh when this is
the guy that kills the giant.
00:38:43.41\00:38:46.28
You and Jesus will not
lose that battle. You know,
00:38:48.47\00:38:51.12
how many times in the
Bible, it says that God
00:38:51.15\00:38:53.11
is our shield. The word
shield appears about 45 times
00:38:53.14\00:38:56.11
in scripture. And if you
know, the Christ is with you,
00:38:56.14\00:38:59.63
you, if you're walking
with the Lord and you're
00:38:59.66\00:39:01.72
in the will of God and
you're faith of God's presence,
00:39:01.75\00:39:03.99
he sent an army of
angels to protect you.
00:39:04.02\00:39:07.24
They'll encamp around
you. God becomes a shield
00:39:08.46\00:39:10.89
and fortress for you.
And you know you can go
00:39:10.92\00:39:14.99
through life with lot
more peace and confidence.
00:39:15.02\00:39:16.61
I don't ring my hands
and fear from day-to-day
00:39:17.90\00:39:21.63
I travel all over the
place and matter of fact;
00:39:21.66\00:39:23.58
we flew in here this
morning and not only is Dwight
00:39:23.61\00:39:28.44
a good pilot, but I
trust the Lord and you don't
00:39:28.47\00:39:33.73
want to attempt God,
but if you live by faith
00:39:33.76\00:39:35.53
and you know, that
you're following the Lord
00:39:35.56\00:39:37.64
then hey, it's like
John Wesley said, or rather
00:39:38.23\00:39:41.23
George Woodfield, he said
I'm a mortal until my work
00:39:41.96\00:39:44.78
is done; if you're
living by faith and you're
00:39:44.81\00:39:47.87
not tempting God
then you're immortal until
00:39:47.90\00:39:50.18
your work is done and
when God said that your
00:39:50.21\00:39:52.65
work is done; you
don't want to live a minute
00:39:52.68\00:39:54.19
longer anyway do
you, do you? You won't do,
00:39:54.22\00:39:58.03
hey, this likes
nothing compared to
00:39:58.06\00:40:00.08
what God's got
prepare for us, Amen.
00:40:00.11\00:40:01.79
Amen. And so you fight
that fighter faith that
00:40:01.82\00:40:05.38
you're fighting a long
side the Lord. The helmet
00:40:05.41\00:40:08.28
of salvation is a next
thing it's mentioned here.
00:40:08.31\00:40:12.03
And take the
helmet of salvation.
00:40:12.94\00:40:14.45
Now, the helmets are
really important because
00:40:16.21\00:40:18.46
you got your brain and
you need to protect it.
00:40:21.84\00:40:25.66
You know, I was really
surprise when I was in,
00:40:26.94\00:40:29.86
I don't know what
the laws are in Michigan,
00:40:29.89\00:40:31.82
but I was in Southern
Illinois couple of days ago,
00:40:31.85\00:40:34.07
and we saw these guys
riding down the street
00:40:34.10\00:40:35.25
on their
motorcycles at 90 miles an hour.
00:40:35.28\00:40:37.30
No helmet on, my wife
used to work in a hospital,
00:40:38.05\00:40:41.19
they called them
donor cycles. And because
00:40:41.22\00:40:45.45
people often had
irreparable head injury,
00:40:45.48\00:40:48.22
but the other organs
maybe could be used. California,
00:40:48.25\00:40:51.29
now you've got wear a
helmet. What's a law here
00:40:51.32\00:40:53.67
in Michigan, you have
to gotta wear a helmet.
00:40:53.88\00:40:55.57
I know, it's not a
fashion statement and you know
00:40:56.49\00:40:59.07
the Harley riders
is kind of chase that,
00:40:59.10\00:41:00.92
and so they trying wear
the little bitty helmets
00:41:00.95\00:41:02.83
and look like you know,
looks like a monastic head
00:41:02.86\00:41:06.73
or something, but I don't
know how much it protects,
00:41:06.76\00:41:12.85
but the idea is you
want that protection.
00:41:14.52\00:41:16.37
There is a story in the
Bible about one of the first
00:41:17.09\00:41:18.90
kings of Israel was
the name of Elimelech,
00:41:18.93\00:41:21.10
Abimelech rather and,
and he went to fight against
00:41:22.62\00:41:25.02
the city and he took off
his helmet and a lady through
00:41:25.05\00:41:28.55
walk off the wall and
bunked upon the nogany died.
00:41:28.58\00:41:31.20
How was at the David
was able to find and open in
00:41:32.99\00:41:35.17
with Goliath, when
Goliath saw the David was coming
00:41:35.20\00:41:37.91
out and he had a
stick, he was indignant,
00:41:37.94\00:41:41.52
he push back his helmet
or deviser of his helmet that
00:41:41.55\00:41:44.11
exposes his
forehead and David said,
00:41:44.14\00:41:45.91
Bingo I was looking
for a target. So, you want
00:41:45.94\00:41:51.61
to protect, by the
way, you know, on your head,
00:41:51.64\00:41:53.86
you have got
seven secret openings.
00:41:53.89\00:41:57.70
You got two eyes and
two ears and two nostrils
00:42:00.16\00:42:03.47
and one mouth.
These seven sacred places
00:42:03.50\00:42:08.89
and I think that you
have to protect what goes in,
00:42:08.92\00:42:13.11
but ought to be
careful, what you're looking at.
00:42:16.48\00:42:17.73
Make a covenant with
your eyes. I know others
00:42:20.20\00:42:21.64
will be talking at
length about this during our day
00:42:21.67\00:42:24.93
together. Ought to be
protecting and deciding
00:42:24.96\00:42:28.67
what you listen too. You
know, we're all constantly
00:42:28.70\00:42:34.55
being bombarded with
visual images just driving
00:42:34.58\00:42:38.96
down the road,
walking through the Airport,
00:42:38.99\00:42:40.64
no matter where you
are? There are so many
00:42:40.67\00:42:42.82
messages that are constantly
assaulting our senses.
00:42:42.85\00:42:46.67
Then as a Christian
you need to pray that God
00:42:48.10\00:42:49.74
is gonna put a helmet
of heaven's atmosphere
00:42:49.77\00:42:52.72
around your head. I kind
of like to think of it is
00:42:52.75\00:42:55.18
something like what
the astronauts were.
00:42:55.21\00:42:56.78
Well it's not only
protecting you, but it creates
00:42:57.52\00:43:00.15
its own
atmosphere, its own pressure.
00:43:00.18\00:43:02.38
Not only that will knows
astronauts are doing the space
00:43:03.74\00:43:05.84
walk around the shuttle
that helmet is you notice
00:43:05.87\00:43:08.43
devisers got this
coding on it, because
00:43:08.46\00:43:10.66
they're being bombarded
with the radiation from
00:43:10.69\00:43:13.14
the Sun without the
protection of our atmosphere
00:43:13.17\00:43:15.40
and it can do terrible
damage. And so they have
00:43:16.44\00:43:18.25
got all kinds of
protection in that helmet.
00:43:18.28\00:43:19.71
That's kind of like, what
I picture. Paul was today,
00:43:19.74\00:43:22.07
he said put on the
astronaut helmet of salvation,
00:43:22.10\00:43:24.32
because you need that
whole atmosphere around
00:43:26.16\00:43:28.00
your head. There is
so much that were expose
00:43:28.03\00:43:32.25
to these days. Need to
pray that God will help us,
00:43:32.28\00:43:35.78
be careful what we
look at. What we listen to.
00:43:35.81\00:43:39.02
And you know you're
constantly being attacked
00:43:39.05\00:43:43.28
by the Devil and his
man of faith you need to be
00:43:43.31\00:43:46.95
aware of it. One
reason, we need ongoing revival
00:43:46.98\00:43:49.81
it's, it's like you got
a plug in your, your phone
00:43:49.84\00:43:52.88
and your computer all
the time even if you're not
00:43:52.91\00:43:55.10
using that the battery
was slowly drain, won't it?
00:43:55.13\00:43:58.08
And you just got to
know, I got a plug it down.
00:43:58.11\00:44:00.82
You need personal revival
and devotions on a regular
00:44:01.66\00:44:04.34
basis to counteract that.
I see in my life and I really
00:44:04.37\00:44:10.22
worry sometimes
because, I give you an example,
00:44:10.25\00:44:13.34
what I'm talking about you
know I travel a lot in often
00:44:13.37\00:44:17.04
rent cars. I was
going to meeting in Southern
00:44:17.07\00:44:20.86
California. And there was
actually an AMEN Conference
00:44:20.89\00:44:24.59
down in Southern California
and I got my rental car
00:44:24.62\00:44:27.75
and I was late, my
plane was delayed and
00:44:27.78\00:44:30.23
I'm trying to get
there because I need to speak
00:44:30.26\00:44:31.76
that night. And I,
you know, hoping the car
00:44:31.79\00:44:34.18
and you do always get
a new rental car, if you
00:44:34.21\00:44:36.56
done this before you
kind a looking around
00:44:36.59\00:44:37.87
the figure, where
everything is and one time
00:44:37.90\00:44:41.32
you know, I never
driving a previous before just
00:44:41.35\00:44:44.23
a side note. And I was,
I thought well it might be
00:44:44.26\00:44:47.33
interesting a Hopten and
think boater like a computer
00:44:47.36\00:44:50.64
and I couldn't
figure out where anything
00:44:52.24\00:44:53.63
it was and it didn't
even sound like a car.
00:44:53.66\00:44:55.41
And I though you know,
it's distracted that I get,
00:44:56.67\00:44:58.73
I have, I just got out
of the thing, I thought I'm
00:44:58.76\00:45:00.88
gonna kill myself. So, I
still never have driven one,
00:45:00.91\00:45:02.63
but so I get in this
car and, I, I go around to,
00:45:03.45\00:45:08.65
where you check out
you know, you putting
00:45:08.68\00:45:10.16
on your seat belt and
looking for my credit card
00:45:10.19\00:45:11.68
to give them as you
checking out with your car.
00:45:11.71\00:45:13.92
And finally I,I said
can I have a map and they
00:45:14.32\00:45:16.76
give me a map and
as you know, in the car
00:45:16.79\00:45:18.57
five minutes waiting to
get out of the rental car
00:45:18.60\00:45:21.38
parking lot, and
finally get on the on the road
00:45:21.41\00:45:23.34
and find out where
inner state Tennis and then
00:45:23.37\00:45:26.48
I sort of settle
down because I know my way
00:45:26.51\00:45:27.82
and for the first time
in the six to eight minutes
00:45:27.85\00:45:30.51
I had been in that car.
I realize the radio was on,
00:45:30.54\00:45:33.58
when I got in? And
it was playing the most
00:45:33.61\00:45:36.96
awful worthily rap
diabolical rocky music.
00:45:36.99\00:45:44.62
I mean, it was like
exhibit of the worse thing,
00:45:45.31\00:45:47.09
I would have felt
terrible, if I had made a pocket
00:45:47.12\00:45:49.56
call during that time.
You know, what pocket call is?
00:45:49.59\00:45:51.70
Three accidentally bump
yourself on it, and dials
00:45:52.75\00:45:54.30
the last number. I
didn't know, what that was my
00:45:54.33\00:45:58.33
son call maybe other
day he said dad I got a
00:45:58.36\00:45:59.87
pocket call from
you. So, what is the mean,
00:45:59.90\00:46:02.21
well I call him in
that bump my phone, he was
00:46:02.24\00:46:03.69
hearing me
conversant with some body else,
00:46:03.72\00:46:05.40
but if someone had
heard me in my car,
00:46:06.12\00:46:08.82
if he said Doug Batchelor
and then he picked up the
00:46:08.85\00:46:10.60
phone and they heard the music.
00:46:10.63\00:46:12.46
He wants to rule at
me. What scared me was,
00:46:15.63\00:46:20.17
I was listening to it and
I was totally unconscious,
00:46:20.52\00:46:23.83
because I was so used
to hearing it in the stores
00:46:25.60\00:46:28.46
and everywhere you
go these days. Sometimes
00:46:28.49\00:46:30.49
we be at Mexican
restaurant or call somebody
00:46:30.52\00:46:32.46
and though person will
say, Doug, where are you?
00:46:32.49\00:46:35.42
Because I had in the background,
00:46:35.45\00:46:36.59
you're hearing and
you going and you know,
00:46:36.62\00:46:39.52
I'm sorry I'm here at
Chipola and that's you know
00:46:39.55\00:46:42.14
What, can't even get
a veggie bridle without
00:46:42.17\00:46:45.46
having to listen
to that these days.
00:46:45.49\00:46:46.84
So, you know what I'm
saying. It's everywhere
00:46:48.24\00:46:50.60
around us. You want to
protect, what goes in your
00:46:50.63\00:46:55.22
mouth and what comes out
that helmet of salvation.
00:46:55.25\00:46:58.64
And even you nostrils,
do you know for a couple
00:46:59.80\00:47:02.85
of years after I quit
smoking, it was so bad for me.
00:47:02.88\00:47:05.55
Someone else would
be smoking, I tell,
00:47:06.88\00:47:09.93
I'm gonna smoke that I
follow people up the street.
00:47:09.96\00:47:12.54
And when they would
exhale and I like to kind a go,
00:47:15.92\00:47:17.18
as I'm not smoking
Lord. I find that was under
00:47:18.96\00:47:22.28
conviction you can't do
that Doug. She gotta protect
00:47:22.31\00:47:25.40
everything, but we need
that helmet of salvation.
00:47:25.43\00:47:29.28
All the time, but the
Devil will get through
00:47:31.06\00:47:33.50
to our minds. You're
the some total of what
00:47:33.53\00:47:38.00
comes into your mind
over the course of your life.
00:47:38.03\00:47:40.57
Amen, amen. The words
are come out your mouth,
00:47:40.60\00:47:43.35
that's what you've
taken in. And it can change
00:47:44.19\00:47:46.64
you so you have got to
choose what goes in and
00:47:46.67\00:47:49.70
feast on the word,
clean cleave onto your sword.
00:47:49.73\00:47:53.12
Having the helmet of
Salvation and the sword
00:47:57.75\00:48:00.92
of the Spirit that
is the word of God. Now,
00:48:00.95\00:48:05.66
Hebrews chapter 4, the
word of God is quick and
00:48:06.80\00:48:09.89
powerful and sharper
than any two edge sword.
00:48:09.92\00:48:12.12
When you're talking
about these implements of war
00:48:12.15\00:48:14.32
in this arsenal, the only
one that is really the offense
00:48:14.35\00:48:18.66
weapon,
everything else is defensive,
00:48:19.29\00:48:20.60
the shield is defensive.
I suppose you get probably
00:48:20.63\00:48:23.28
during knock person
down with your shield.
00:48:23.31\00:48:24.74
The helmet, the
breastplate, the shoes are all
00:48:24.77\00:48:27.25
pretty much defensive in nature,
00:48:27.28\00:48:29.12
but there is no question
that the sword while being
00:48:29.36\00:48:31.71
defensive is also an
offense weapon meaning
00:48:31.74\00:48:34.49
you go forth with it
and you conquer for Christ.
00:48:34.52\00:48:37.60
It's not enough for
us to read our Bible,
00:48:37.63\00:48:39.74
so we can defend our
faith. We're also supposed
00:48:39.77\00:48:42.89
to be going forth for
Christ conquering, when Jesus
00:48:42.92\00:48:46.29
appears in
Revelation as the word of God,
00:48:46.32\00:48:49.25
he is got what
coming out of his mouth.
00:48:49.28\00:48:51.67
A two edge sword,
why two edges? Because
00:48:53.43\00:48:56.65
it's a dwell nature to
the word of God, it's called
00:48:56.68\00:48:59.72
well all the New
and the Old Testament.
00:48:59.75\00:49:01.31
The law and the
prophets, its Moses and Elijah,
00:49:02.58\00:49:08.39
the two witnesses,
this two edge sword,
00:49:10.22\00:49:15.10
we must fill our mind, by
the way, it's dwell in nature
00:49:15.13\00:49:18.40
because it that gives
you perspective like your
00:49:18.43\00:49:21.10
two eyes, gives you
balance. And so we need
00:49:21.13\00:49:24.75
to fortify our minds
with the truth of God's word.
00:49:24.78\00:49:27.31
Not only so we can
defend what we believe,
00:49:27.34\00:49:29.02
but we need to
prepare it to share it.
00:49:29.05\00:49:31.06
And when the Devil
comes to us with temptation,
00:49:31.82\00:49:33.78
what did Jesus used
to attack the Devil.
00:49:34.47\00:49:37.32
He said, it is written,
it is written, it is written,
00:49:40.11\00:49:43.52
and he finally was
able to defeat the Devil
00:49:44.17\00:49:46.37
and send him running,
because he have the word
00:49:46.40\00:49:50.36
of God. And by the
way, does it say that Jesus,
00:49:50.39\00:49:53.68
when he was tempted
by the Devil is at just a
00:49:54.50\00:49:56.58
moment Lucifer I got
to get my, my Knapsack
00:49:56.61\00:49:58.87
out here and some
where in the bag I've got
00:49:58.90\00:50:01.58
a scroll, and see if I
can find the reference,
00:50:01.61\00:50:05.52
let me get my laptop
out and Laptops are great
00:50:05.55\00:50:08.94
for study, but I found
that, what's happened for me.
00:50:08.97\00:50:11.11
as the more-and-more
I've dependent on my computer
00:50:11.14\00:50:13.33
to study the word
of God. I used to know,
00:50:13.36\00:50:15.29
exactly where to
turning my pages and now
00:50:15.32\00:50:18.25
I still remember the
words of it's getting the little
00:50:18.28\00:50:20.22
harder to find it
actually in the book.
00:50:20.25\00:50:21.73
The Lord wants us to
have these things in our mind.
00:50:23.41\00:50:25.49
So, we're prepared,
to share what we believe.
00:50:26.31\00:50:28.53
You know, that maybe
just think of a story.
00:50:30.05\00:50:31.94
You've all heard of
Sam Houston, Houston Texas
00:50:32.44\00:50:34.24
was named after him.
He had a son Sam Houston
00:50:34.27\00:50:37.37
Junior and during the
Civil War the battle of Shiloh,
00:50:37.67\00:50:42.44
he was actually
struck by one of these little
00:50:43.95\00:50:47.57
mini balls, I called them
then don't let the word mini
00:50:47.60\00:50:50.22
deceive you, they were
really powerful and knock
00:50:51.61\00:50:54.17
the man down flat just
like you were hit with the
00:50:54.20\00:50:56.41
sledge hammer and he
was shock at the back,
00:50:56.44\00:51:01.17
knock down and when
he finally recovered
00:51:01.20\00:51:05.21
his senses, he
realized that he was alive,
00:51:05.24\00:51:08.81
he didn't know how
to battle he was wounded
00:51:09.64\00:51:10.77
because you know,
frequently when you're shocked
00:51:10.80\00:51:12.62
you don't even know
because you're so shocked
00:51:12.65\00:51:15.19
by the initial force, a
friend came and pulled off
00:51:15.22\00:51:20.36
his knapsack, and the
bullet had struck the Bible
00:51:20.70\00:51:25.48
that his mother had
given him, a little Bible
00:51:25.51\00:51:27.99
in his knapsack and it
is stopped right on Psalm
00:51:28.02\00:51:33.09
70 verse 5. Other
word of God is a shield
00:51:33.63\00:51:42.86
and the word of
God is our defense,
00:51:42.89\00:51:44.86
interesting story,
amen. Amen. And so,
00:51:45.08\00:51:47.75
if the word of God
must be hidden and,
00:51:47.78\00:51:49.64
now the seven
things that are mention
00:51:49.67\00:51:51.69
among the
implements in the armor of God.
00:51:51.72\00:51:54.06
And the seventh one
is prayer, prayer that
00:51:54.09\00:51:59.27
represents your
relationship, your moral of the
00:51:59.30\00:52:02.97
troops. Having that
encouragement of an ongoing
00:52:03.00\00:52:07.31
relationship you know, if
we cannot see or commander
00:52:07.34\00:52:11.64
going before us,
the troops can become
00:52:11.67\00:52:13.72
them moralize. What
happen, when the army,
00:52:13.75\00:52:16.19
what outlet by
Joshua, when they couldn't see
00:52:16.22\00:52:18.26
Moses with his hands
lifted up, it receding,
00:52:18.29\00:52:20.68
they start to getting
discourage, but as long
00:52:21.36\00:52:24.39
as I could see their captain
on the hill with his hand
00:52:24.42\00:52:26.82
stretched out,
they were victorious?
00:52:26.85\00:52:28.83
I remember reading
during the World War II,
00:52:30.31\00:52:32.42
how Isan however
knowing that it was gonna
00:52:33.26\00:52:35.38
be a bloody day, D-day.
He went out there in England
00:52:35.41\00:52:39.21
and he visited with a
troops and he prayed for him.
00:52:39.24\00:52:42.00
And knowing some of
the might not comeback,
00:52:43.61\00:52:44.99
but the Moral was very
high, as they went out;
00:52:45.02\00:52:47.45
of course Europe is
free because of that day.
00:52:47.48\00:52:50.16
And so we need to have
a relationship of prayer.
00:52:52.24\00:52:54.43
Notice what Paul says,
always praying with all prayer
00:52:54.46\00:52:57.07
and supplication in the
Spirit being a watchful to this
00:52:58.04\00:53:00.12
in with all perseverance
supplication for all saints.
00:53:00.15\00:53:04.19
all! all! all! When do you
think soldiers pray for most?
00:53:07.09\00:53:11.82
When they're in
Boot Camp, or before they
00:53:13.16\00:53:15.90
activated on the front
lines. And when you know,
00:53:15.93\00:53:20.00
you're getting
to engage the enemy,
00:53:20.03\00:53:22.98
how sincerely do you
pray them? I remember
00:53:23.87\00:53:28.13
my son; he had one
relationship with the Lord,
00:53:28.16\00:53:31.21
when he was in Boot
Camp. He had another
00:53:31.24\00:53:33.96
relationship with the
Lord, when he was in a rack.
00:53:33.99\00:53:36.92
And they entered
hostel territory.
00:53:38.12\00:53:40.57
We're living right now
friends on the front lines,
00:53:43.72\00:53:45.51
we need to be
living with all prayer,
00:53:46.66\00:53:48.02
we need to have
peace that our commander
00:53:49.12\00:53:50.58
is with us and have that
kind of relationship with the
00:53:50.61\00:53:52.84
Lord, but we know,
that we're in God's hands,
00:53:52.87\00:53:55.08
Amen. Amen. You
know, I'm looking at clock
00:53:55.11\00:53:58.67
and I've actually got
through most of my points here,
00:53:58.70\00:54:01.41
but I want to
share a story within,
00:54:01.62\00:54:02.66
I'm gonna read this to
you, it's a true story.
00:54:02.69\00:54:04.78
Speaking about God's
Mighty Men. On July 9th,
00:54:08.30\00:54:12.66
1755 during the
French and Indian Wars.
00:54:12.69\00:54:15.66
A force of 1500
British soldiers were embellish
00:54:16.88\00:54:19.54
in the open by a small
force of French and Indian
00:54:19.57\00:54:22.55
fighters, who are
shooting from the woods.
00:54:22.58\00:54:25.11
The British
soldiers they are the one,
00:54:26.65\00:54:28.48
who were embellished,
trained for European
00:54:28.51\00:54:30.97
War made easy
targets. Shoulder-to-shoulder
00:54:31.00\00:54:33.91
in the bright red
uniforms and their officers were
00:54:33.94\00:54:36.56
even more exposed on horse back,
00:54:36.59\00:54:38.06
high above the men
on the ground making
00:54:38.09\00:54:40.87
perfect targets. The
slaughter continued for
00:54:40.90\00:54:43.76
two hours and as nearly
70 percent of the British
00:54:43.79\00:54:47.43
soldiers were cut
down, there it was decimated
00:54:47.46\00:54:50.63
out of 1500.
One-by-one, the chief's marksmen
00:54:50.66\00:54:55.56
shot the British
officers from their horses,
00:54:55.59\00:54:58.65
until only officer
remained, amazingly round
00:54:58.68\00:55:02.31
after round was
anger this one man,
00:55:02.34\00:55:04.62
twice the young little
tennis horse will shot out
00:55:04.65\00:55:06.79
from under him. Twice
he grabbed another horse,
00:55:06.82\00:55:09.26
10, 15, 20 rounds were
fired by the sharp shooters,
00:55:09.98\00:55:13.37
especially at this officer.
Still the officer remained
00:55:13.40\00:55:17.11
unhurt, the native
warriors stared in disbelief,
00:55:17.14\00:55:20.12
the riffle sell the myths.
00:55:20.15\00:55:21.96
The chief realize
that a mighty power must be
00:55:21.99\00:55:24.92
shielding his men and he
commanded his soldiers stop
00:55:24.95\00:55:27.59
firing. This one is
under the special protection
00:55:27.62\00:55:30.66
of the great spirit
he said, eventually the
00:55:30.69\00:55:33.56
Lieutenant Colonel
gathered the remaining troops
00:55:33.59\00:55:35.63
and he led them to
safety that evening as the
00:55:35.66\00:55:39.75
last of the wounded
men will be in care for,
00:55:39.78\00:55:41.96
the officer noted in
armchair in his court,
00:55:42.61\00:55:45.07
it was a bullet hole,
he rolled up the sleeve and
00:55:45.83\00:55:48.30
looked at his arm
directly under the hole,
00:55:48.33\00:55:49.93
there was no mark on his skin.
00:55:49.96\00:55:51.26
Amaze he took off his
court and upon examination
00:55:52.32\00:55:54.83
he found three
more holes where bullets
00:55:54.86\00:55:57.23
had passed through
his court, but stopped,
00:55:57.44\00:55:59.28
before they reached his
body. Nine days after the
00:55:59.31\00:56:02.66
battle, the young
Lieutenant Colonel wrote his
00:56:02.69\00:56:05.12
brother, by the all
powerful dispensations of
00:56:05.15\00:56:09.56
Providence, I have been
protected beyond all human
00:56:09.59\00:56:12.20
probabilities or expectation,
for I had four bullets
00:56:12.23\00:56:15.64
through my court,
two horses shot from
00:56:15.67\00:56:18.40
under me, and
yet escaped unhurt.
00:56:18.43\00:56:20.48
Although death was
leveling my companions on every
00:56:21.62\00:56:24.44
side the 23 year old
officer went onto become
00:56:24.47\00:56:28.33
the commander and chief
of the United States Army,
00:56:28.36\00:56:31.01
the first president
of the United States.
00:56:31.65\00:56:33.30
During the years that
followed upon his long career
00:56:34.52\00:56:36.59
this man George
Washington was never once
00:56:36.62\00:56:38.86
wounded in battle.
Washington also escape
00:56:38.89\00:56:42.14
flying bullets on four
other occasions and survived
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contracting
diphtheria, malaria, small pox,
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and tuberculosis. The
Bible says, if thousand
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may fall at your side,
10,000 at your right hand,
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but it will not
come now onto you.
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One day, during the
revolutionary war of farmer
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was going through the
woods, and he saw an officer
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while he heard a
voice on the woods.
00:57:06.85\00:57:08.48
And he crept up and
you know, he didn't know,
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where there is a
Britisher ,or whoever
00:57:11.03\00:57:12.28
it was and he saw that
was an officer on his knees
00:57:12.31\00:57:15.14
praying. He didn't
interrupt and went back home.
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And said to his wife Millie,
we're gonna win this war.
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She said, how do
you know? He said,
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I just saw a
George Washington kneeling
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praying in the woods.
God's is going to answer
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those prayers, I know
we're gonna win this war,
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but you know, our
commander and chief has
00:57:34.10\00:57:35.60
prayed for his
troops. Amen. And we're gonna
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win this war. Amen.
And if you going to battle,
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trusting in your
commander you will not lose,
00:57:41.96\00:57:45.00
a thousand may fall
at your side and 10,000
00:57:45.61\00:57:47.68
around you, but you can
stand, if you're wearing
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the armor of God
friends. How many of you
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would like to say, I
would like to be a man of faith.
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I would like to
fight in that army.
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Junior and during the
Civil War the battle of Shiloh,
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