Let's pray together
before we begin this evening.
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Our father in
heaven, once again we've come
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together in this place
to open your word and lord
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we dare not, we dare
not open your word without
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first asking for
your holy spirit.
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To open our minds, open
our eyes, open our hearts
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so we can see and believe
and understand your truth
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for these days as we
look at angel warfare.
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We ask in Jesus name. Amen!
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Betty Fetters had
decided one afternoon that
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she would explore some
of the back acreage in the,
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in the property
that she and her husband
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had just purchased
out in the country.
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While she was out,
walking through the wilderness,
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she fell into an abandoned well.
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As she found and felt
herself hurling down into the
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darkness, bracing
herself expecting to impact
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on those rocks below at
any moment, she saw a white
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being of lights swooping
down into the well, she nestled
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into its arms and the
next thing she knew, she was
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standing on the ground
beside the empty hovel.
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You would have a hard time
convincing Betty Fetters that
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there are no
such thing as angels.
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Little Joanna, she
was only 8 years old,
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and after her mother had said
the prayers together tucked her
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in the bed, kissed her
good night, shut off the light,
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closed the door.
Joanna suddenly saw a
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white being of light appear
right in the center of her
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bedroom, it was an angel saying,
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"Hello Joanna, I'm an
angel sent from Jesus. "
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Even though Joanna had
been raised in a Christian Home,
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she was scared. And
she looked at the angel
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and she said, "You
are not from Jesus. "
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The angel says,
"How do you know?"
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Because every place in the
Bible where an angel appeared
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and the people were
scared, the angel said fear not.
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I'm scared and you
didn't say fear not,
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you can't be from Jesus.
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Right on! Instantly the angel
turned into a hideous demonic
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looking being that
swooped down on her and said,
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"Would you rather see
me me looking like this and
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vanished away into darkness. "
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It was the hardest
thing I've ever had to do
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in order to please God.
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Sharon Lee Halstead told
her pastor as she sat across
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table from him, in the women's
pentitentiary in Sale, Oregon.
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She said, as I left the
Greene's home with the gun
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still smoking in my hand,
I realized that I had only
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half way finished the assignment
that God have given me to do.
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Lynn Greene was dead,
her three-year old boy
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Nathaniel was shot,
but her husband David
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had managed to escape,
will God ever forgive me
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for having done
the job so poorly.
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You see Sharon Lee
Halstead had become convinced by
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by an angel of light,
that it was God's plan
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to destroy the Greene family.
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Obviously a bad angel,
but here is the question.
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That angel, that angel
that swooped down into the well
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and lifted up Betty
Fetters and brought her back out
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to the surface before
she could be dashed to death
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on the rocks below,
that angel that saved her
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life was it a good
angel or a bad angel.
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How do you know? 2
Corinthians chapter 11 verse 14,
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"Satan himself masquerades
as an angel of light,"
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is it not surprising
then, that if his servants
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masquerade as
servants of righteousness.
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Tell me, many ask, why would
the devil save someone's life.
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Do you think that Satan
would save a life, if he thought
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that by doing so
he could win a soul?
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You see that's the way he works.
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Don't believe that the
devil runs around dressed in his
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little red jump suit
with two horns on his head,
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a long tail with an
arrow on its end and
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a pitch fork in his
hand, don't believe him.
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He appears masqueraded as
an angel of light, even willing
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to do good in order
to win souls for himself.
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Angel Warfare,
Revelation chapter 1 verse 1,
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in Revelation, the first
chapter, the first verse,
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"The Revelation of Jesus Christ
which God gave him to show his
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servants what must soon
take place, he made it known
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by sending his angel
to his servant John,"
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who testified to
everything that he saw.
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The word of God, the Book
of Revelation was delivered
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to us from God by an
angel, a good angel. Amen. Amen.
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Verse 13, "I saw, I turned
to see the one standing among
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the who was speaking and I
saw someone like a son of man,
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his eyes were like blazing fire,
in his hand was seven stars. "
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Verse 20, "The mystery of
the seven stars that you saw
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in my right hand, and of
the seven golden lamp stands
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is this the seven stars are
the seven angels of the seven
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churches, good
angels. " In fact he said
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in chapter 2 verse 1, 2,
"The angel of the church in
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Ephesus write these words to the
angel of the church in Smyrna,
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to the angel of
the church in Pergamon,
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to the angel of the church
in Thyatira, to the angel of
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the church in Sardis, in
Philadelphia, in Laodicea,
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write these words,
angels are God's messengers,
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in fact the word angel means
in Greek angelos means messenger
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and good angels
are God's messengers.
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They bring
messages to earth from God.
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And we turn to Revelation
chapter 12 in verse 7,
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"There was war in
Heaven, Michael and his angels,
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good angels fought against
the dragon and his angel's,
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bad angels, but there were
not strong enough and they lost
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their place in heaven, the
great dragon was hurled down
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that ancient serpent
called the devil or Satan
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who leads the whole
world astray, he was hurled
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to the earth and
his angels with him,
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bad angels on
the earth, bad news.
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Good angels on
the earth good news.
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Better news I'll
show you tomorrow night,
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that for every bad
angel on this earth,
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God has two good angels.
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chapter 14 verse 6, "I
saw another angel flying
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in the mid air and he had
the eternal gospel to proclaim
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to those who live on the earth,
every tribe, every language,
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every people, a good
angel. " Chapter 14 verse 8,
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" a second angel followed
him and said in a loud voice,
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fallen, fallen is Babylon
the Great that made all the
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nations drink the
maddening wine of her adultery,"
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is a good angel, scary
message but a good angel.
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And then chapter 14 verse
9, "a third angel followed them
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and said in a loud
voice, if anyone worships
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the beast and his image
and takes his mark on the
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forehead or on the hand,
he will also drink the wine of
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God's fury, fury
poured full strength
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into the cup of
his indignation,"
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another good angel,
scary message but a good angel.
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Chapter 16, "Heard a loud voice
from the temple saying to the
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seven angels go and
pour the seven bowls
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of God's wrath on the earth. "
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Chapter 16 verse 12, "The
sixth angel poured out his bowl
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on the great river Euphrates,
as water was dried up to
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prepare the way for the
kings from the east and I saw
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three evil spirits,
they look like frogs coming
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out of the mouth of the Dragon,
out of the mouth of the beast,
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out of the mouth of the false
prophet, they are the spirits
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of demons and they go out to the
kings of the whole of the world
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performing miracles and
signs to gather them for the
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battle on the great
day of God Almighty. "
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We are gonna take a look at
that battle on the great day of
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God Almighty, the
Battle of Armageddon
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coming upon another night.
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We are gonna take a look
at the Dragon, the beast,
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the false prophet,
tomorrow night we will identify
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the Dragon for you, on
another night we will identify
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the beast and that
number 666, you know exactly who
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the beast is, you know
exactly what the number means,
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God doesn't warn us against
taking the mark and then let it
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get so confused that you
can't know what the mark is.
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We are gonna show you comparing
scripture with scripture,
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letting the Bible interpret
itself, you will discover
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for yourself what the mark is on
the right hand or the forehead
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but not tonight we are not ready
for that yet, we have to be
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able to crawl before we
can walk, we have to walk
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before we can run. The
problem everybody wants
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to hit the ground running.
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For tonight, it's enough
for us to just recognize this,
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that a prophet is one
who has a message from God.
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A false prophet then must
be one who claims to have a
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message from God, but actually
it comes from someone else.
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And in the book of Revelation,
it shows that the false
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prophet performs miracles,
signs and wonders in order to
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deceive people into believing
that he speaks in fact for God.
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Don't be surprised, even
the devil himself appears
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masqueraded as
an angel of light.
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I'm gonna show you on
another night, he even quotes
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scripture probably
knows it better that you do.
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The false prophet in order
to deceive anyone must appear
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as though he were a true
prophet, and he must be so
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convincing because
he deceives almost the
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whole world, the
book of Revelation says.
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In other words, three unclean
spirits coming out of the
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mouth of the Dragon, the beast,
the false prophet, shows us
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that in the last days,
there will be a massive revival,
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an explosion of
interest in supernatural
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psychic phenomenon. And
I don't know if you have
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been paying attention
lately, but it's happening
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all around us today.
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Paul even
predicted it, Paul tells us
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in First Timothy
chapter 4 verse 1,
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"The spirit clearly says that in
the last days, some will abandon
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the faith and
follow deceiving spirits
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and things taught by demons. "
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So here is the Apostle
Paul, and he is looking forward
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to the last days. And if you are
not convinced yet you will be
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in just a few more nights
folks that we are in fact living
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in the last days. So the Apostle
Paul is looking forward to
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our time, and he says in
these last days many will depart
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the faith following
the doctrines of demons.
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Now listen to me, in
order for someone to depart
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the faith that means they
will have at one time must have
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been a part of the
faith, you cannot depart
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something you've
never been a part of.
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Many will depart the faith,
why? Because they follow the
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doctrines of demons and remember
the demons are going around
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performing miracles, signs
and wonders, the devil loves
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to counterfeit
everything that God does.
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And think about it for a second.
If the false prophet does
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miracles in order to gain
credibility, in order to gain
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confidence, in order to
deceive people into thinking
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that he is a true prophet.
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If the false prophet as
the Bible says does miracles
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then miracles can never be
the test that God is at work.
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In the last days,
there will be an explosion
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of interest in the occult, witch
crafts, psychic phenomenon.
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Just walk past when I call
the grocery store scandal sheets
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at the checkout stands
of every grocery store and
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look at the headlines in
those little newspapers there,
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almost every time you're gonna
to see something dealing with
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supernatural
psychic phenomenon why?
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Because that's what
people are interested in
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and that's what
sells newspapers.
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I just for fun the other day
I did a search on the Internet
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looking for witchcraft,
occult, psychic phenomenon
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and I found over 4 million hits.
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Folks it wouldn't be out there
if no one was interested in it.
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And the fact that it's
there means that there is in
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fact an explosion of
interest in the supernatural.
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Hundreds of people spend
thousands of dollars to make
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the journey to Yelm, Washington,
a little town just 50 miles
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from where we live.
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In order to receive guidance
and council from Ramtha,
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a warrior who supposedly
died 3500 years ago and speaks
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through his channel JZ Knights.
Channeling is one of the most
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popular phenomenons happening
in the spirit world today.
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June 14th in the year 2000,
John Edwards stood center stage
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inaugurating his new
program crossing over.
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And in his program
crossing over, John Edward first
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of all welcomes
his spirit guides.
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And he says, I am John
Edward, I talk to dead people.
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And John Edward begins to reveal
information to the families
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eagerly waiting for
information from the other side.
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And he flawlessly
delivers information that only
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the deceased person
could possibly have known.
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You can watch it on
your own television set.
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I am not suggesting you
do in fact I'm saying don't.
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But that's where it is
and why it's so popular today.
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Movies, dealing with the occult,
supernatural, with the dead,
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the sixth sense,
crossing over, dragon fly, even
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our good friend Harry Porter.
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Oh! What's wrong
with Harry Porter
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nice little children
story, but the idea is that
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those things are
popular because that's what
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people are interested in today.
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Montel Williams was
writing an endorsement for
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Sylvia Brown's book and
Sylvia Brown he described
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as listen psychic,
medium, clairvoyant, channel,
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these are all words to describe
Sylvia Brown's unique powers.
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Montel Williams said, I
have personally witnessed
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Sylvia Brown bringing closure
to distract families, helping
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the police close cases and
open people's hearts to help
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them see the good in themselves.
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What could be more harmless?
Who wouldn't want to help
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others in these ways?
Sylvia Brown herself said
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this book is about you,
it's about your God given
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powers and how
to reconnect with it
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and how to put it to good use.
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I mean that should
settle it, shouldn't it?
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If it's about our God
given powers and how to put it
00:19:23.65\00:19:26.59
to good use, we
should all want that and if
00:19:26.62\00:19:29.32
Montel Williams endorses
it, it's got to be right. Amen.
00:19:29.35\00:19:33.16
Mr. Williams chooses words
psychic, medium, clairvoyant,
00:19:39.52\00:19:44.68
channel that should
raise red flags in our minds.
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You see a channel is one
who claims to communicate
00:19:51.97\00:19:55.26
with the dead. John Edward
says that he is a channel.
00:19:55.56\00:20:00.40
JZ Knight claims to be a
channel, Shirley MacLaine
00:20:00.43\00:20:03.74
claims to be a
channel; because they think
00:20:03.77\00:20:07.74
they can
communicate with the dead.
00:20:07.77\00:20:10.39
But another seer who wrote
100s of years before Jesus was
00:20:10.42\00:20:15.66
even born said that when
men tell you to consult mediums
00:20:15.69\00:20:20.75
and spirits, that's
channels who whisper and mutter
00:20:20.78\00:20:23.79
should not a person inquire
of God, why consult the dead
00:20:23.82\00:20:27.74
on behalf of the
living Isaiah 8:19.
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God says, don't communicate
with the dead, communicate
00:20:30.94\00:20:34.34
with me. I am alive, I am here.
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And I want to help you.
00:20:37.84\00:20:39.06
What's wrong with Harry Potter,
the title of the first movie
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was the sorcerer's
stone. What's a sorcerer?
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A sorcerer is a channel,
one who communicates with
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the dead and can't you see
how subtly and silently the old
00:21:02.37\00:21:09.54
Dragon introduces his
warfare into the minds of
00:21:09.57\00:21:13.17
children making it seem
like it's harmless and fun.
00:21:13.20\00:21:16.06
The old devil plays the
keeps folks and never forget it.
00:21:18.22\00:21:22.72
The question we have to ask
ourselves is who is it on the
00:21:26.90\00:21:33.80
other side that the
John Edwards, JZ Knights,
00:21:33.83\00:21:38.62
Shirley Maclaine's, who
is it that these channels are
00:21:38.65\00:21:44.27
communicating
with on the other side.
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One time a lady came up to
me, we were in Oklahoma City
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doing Revelation now meeting
and the, one night after that
00:21:51.96\00:21:55.96
first sermon, the lady came
up and she said you know pastor,
00:21:55.99\00:21:59.35
I just want to introduce myself.
Chatting with her a little bit
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and talked about, the issue
came up about how can we know
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that we're saved and I
asked her, I said do you have
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eternal life, do you
know without a doubt that
00:22:09.18\00:22:10.97
you're saved and you have
internal life and she said
00:22:11.00\00:22:13.00
oh yes praise the Lord
I do, I said praise God
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we have to have that
kind of assurance. Amen.
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Are you with me tonight. Amen.
Okay, just wanted to make sure.
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And then I asked her, how
do you know that you're saved,
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you know what she told
me, she said Oh, because
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my husband died 4 years ago
and just shortly after he died
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he came back and he told
me that he had been to heaven,
00:22:34.48\00:22:37.64
he saw God, he saw Jesus
and they told him to come,
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told me to come back and to
tell you that everything is fine
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you just go on living
the way that you are and
00:22:44.37\00:22:46.27
you will be in
heaven too soon with me.
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You see she had her
assurance from the spirit.
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The tragedy was that she
said she was wasn't really
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interested in studying
the Bible any more because
00:22:56.69\00:22:59.14
she got her
assurance from the spirit.
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Now folks, if the spirit leads
you in any direction other than
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the word of God you are
following the wrong spirit.
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Because this book was
given to us by God through his
00:23:09.92\00:23:13.33
Holy Spirit and God will
never lead you in any direction
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other than what is written
here in this book, this is the
00:23:16.47\00:23:19.71
safety, this is
the guide that we have.
00:23:19.74\00:23:21.58
So, the question we
need to ask ourselves and
00:23:24.72\00:23:26.72
the answer ought to be obvious,
is it safe for a Christian
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to indiscriminately involve
ourselves in any kind and
00:23:30.37\00:23:34.71
all kind of supernatural
phenomenon. Is it safe
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or should we as Christians
distinguish between the spirits.
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In First John the fourth
chapter, First John chapter
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4 verse 1. John
wrote, "dear friends do not
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believe every spirit.
But test the spirits to see
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whether they are from
God. " Why? Because so many
00:23:54.29\00:23:57.77
false prophets have
gone out into the world.
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Don't believe every spirit,
test the spirit first see if he
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comes from God because there
are false prophets in the world,
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in fact he goes on to say this
is the spirit of the Antichrist
00:24:07.58\00:24:10.86
which you ever heard is coming
even now, he is already in the
00:24:10.89\00:24:14.20
world, well how can that be
practically the whole Christian
00:24:14.23\00:24:17.77
world is looking for
the Antichrist to appear and
00:24:17.80\00:24:21.03
the Bible says even now
the spirit of the Antichrist
00:24:21.06\00:24:23.47
is present that's
saved for another night.
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I wouldn't miss that one
for anything if I were you.
00:24:26.14\00:24:28.85
But the fact that John
tells us to test the spirit,
00:24:30.67\00:24:35.74
to see if it's from God because
false prophets are in the world
00:24:35.77\00:24:41.72
tells us that we should
distinguish between the spirits,
00:24:41.75\00:24:45.36
First Timothy or First
Thessalonians in chapter 5,
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First Thessalonians
chapter 5, verse19 says,
00:24:48.52\00:24:56.96
"do not put out the spirit's
fire. Do not treat prophecies
00:24:56.99\00:25:00.61
with contempt. Test
everything hold on to the good,
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avoid every kind of evil,"
you see these verses are telling
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us even one the gifts of
the spirit is to, the ability to
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distinguish between the spirits,
can't you see these versus
00:25:12.14\00:25:15.75
are telling us that we must test
the spirit because there are
00:25:15.78\00:25:19.74
two spirit realms, a realm
of good spirits, a realm of evil
00:25:19.77\00:25:24.16
demon spirits and we must
distinguish between the two?
00:25:24.19\00:25:27.60
Well, how do you do it?
How can you test the spirit?
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You can't test it by
miracles. Because demon spirits
00:25:35.23\00:25:40.17
and bad angels do miracles.
You can't test it by doing good
00:25:40.20\00:25:44.75
things, because the angel that
saved Betty Feathers may have
00:25:44.78\00:25:49.34
been doing it in
order to gain confidence.
00:25:49.37\00:25:51.88
How do you test the spirit?
Folks there is only way to test
00:25:51.91\00:25:57.31
the spirit. And that's
why this book Isaiah tells us.
00:25:57.34\00:26:03.33
Isaiah chapter 8 verse 20,
to the law and the Testimony,
00:26:03.36\00:26:06.57
that's the word of God if
they speak not according to
00:26:06.60\00:26:09.94
these words there
is no light in them.
00:26:09.97\00:26:12.10
Test the spirit with the
word of God, don't test it by
00:26:13.53\00:26:17.43
how nice a person is,
somebody told me, oh I know that
00:26:17.46\00:26:22.13
what I'm hearing is
the truth because he is
00:26:22.16\00:26:23.41
such a wonderful nice man.
00:26:23.44\00:26:25.70
The false prophet is a
wonderful nice appearing man.
00:26:27.79\00:26:30.85
The false prophet knows
how to say the right things,
00:26:32.67\00:26:35.56
the false prophet knows
the Bible better than you do.
00:26:35.59\00:26:38.47
The false prophet quotes
the Bible, he could even be a
00:26:38.50\00:26:40.95
pastor, he could even
be a popular Evangelist,
00:26:40.98\00:26:43.87
he could even be an Evangelist
that travels around the world
00:26:43.90\00:26:46.23
and does
revelation now meetings.
00:26:46.26\00:26:48.30
You smile, how do you know that
you are not listening to the
00:26:53.39\00:26:59.11
false prophet right now.
How do you know, you don't know.
00:26:59.14\00:27:06.16
You see that's the point,
the only way you can know is
00:27:08.00\00:27:12.17
to test what I say
by the word of God.
00:27:12.20\00:27:15.00
And I am not afraid for you
to test me by the word of God.
00:27:15.03\00:27:18.82
That's why I give you the
print out every night, take it,
00:27:18.85\00:27:21.98
go home. This isn't just for you
to have something to throw on
00:27:22.01\00:27:25.15
your coffee table or your book
case, this is for you to test
00:27:25.18\00:27:28.15
the spirit, to see if
in fact what you're hearing
00:27:28.18\00:27:31.00
night after night is
true. If it measures up to the
00:27:31.03\00:27:33.75
word of God then whole
fast, if it contradicts the word
00:27:33.78\00:27:36.57
of God then don't come
back, is that fair enough?
00:27:36.60\00:27:39.14
I am not afraid to put my
face to the acid test of the
00:27:39.17\00:27:43.29
word God and you
shouldn't be either.
00:27:43.32\00:27:45.47
Ephesians, in Ephesians
the 6th chapter, goes a step
00:27:49.10\00:27:54.38
further in verse 12, Paul
writes, our struggle is not
00:27:54.41\00:27:57.93
against flesh and blood, it's
not against flesh and blood,
00:27:57.96\00:28:01.11
things that we can see and watch
and see it coming no, he says,
00:28:01.14\00:28:05.02
our struggle is against
the rules of the authorities,
00:28:05.05\00:28:07.70
against the powers of this dark
world, against spiritual forces
00:28:07.73\00:28:11.68
of evil in heavenly realms.
The battle, the angel warfare
00:28:11.71\00:28:17.45
is not something that you
can see. It's not a gun pointing
00:28:17.48\00:28:21.84
at your head, it's not a
fist that can dodge a blow,
00:28:21.87\00:28:25.50
it's spiritual forces
of evil in heavenly realms,
00:28:25.53\00:28:29.13
it suddenly and
secretly sneaks into your life
00:28:29.16\00:28:32.15
and grabs hold before
you now it's even there.
00:28:32.18\00:28:34.78
Somebody told me one
time, she said pastor,
00:28:37.13\00:28:39.70
I don't want be in that
war. I am sorry you are,
00:28:39.73\00:28:44.34
you have no choice about that.
The only choice you have is
00:28:44.37\00:28:49.51
which side are you on
and we want to be sure
00:28:49.54\00:28:53.48
we are on the side
of good angels. Amen.
00:28:53.51\00:28:55.91
And the only way that you
can know that is to test it by
00:28:55.94\00:28:58.54
the word of God.
That's angel warfare.
00:28:58.57\00:29:03.92
That's what John saw
in Revelation chapter 16,
00:29:03.95\00:29:06.49
that's what Jesus
saw as he cast out demons
00:29:06.52\00:29:09.47
in his ministry when
he was here on this earth,
00:29:09.50\00:29:11.60
it was angel
warfare. Bible tells us in
00:29:11.63\00:29:15.77
Deuteronomy chapter
18th, Deuteronomy the 18th
00:29:15.80\00:29:20.13
chapter in verse 10,
"let no one be found among
00:29:20.16\00:29:25.84
you who sacrifices his
son or daughter in the fire.
00:29:25.87\00:29:29.01
" Now you say, well
that's back in the olden days,
00:29:31.18\00:29:33.28
they don't do that any more,
just hold on to that thought
00:29:33.31\00:29:35.48
for a moment, I'm
gonna come back to it.
00:29:35.51\00:29:37.06
Let no one be found among
you who practices divination,
00:29:37.09\00:29:40.17
sorcery or interprets
omens, that's astrology.
00:29:40.20\00:29:43.55
Oh, what's wrong with astrology?
I know, a lot of people
00:29:46.08\00:29:49.65
who never leave their
home until they check the
00:29:49.68\00:29:51.38
horoscope in the
morning. Leo, Sagittarius or
00:29:51.41\00:29:56.35
whatever it is, what's wrong
with that? I tell you what's
00:29:56.38\00:30:02.86
wrong with it, astrology
is based on the basic idea
00:30:02.89\00:30:08.78
that your fate, your
destiny is fixed by the position
00:30:08.81\00:30:13.21
of the stars at the
moment of your birth.
00:30:13.24\00:30:15.54
But we know, don't we? We know,
that we're born sinful that
00:30:17.78\00:30:26.26
we're born with a fate,
with a destiny of destruction,
00:30:26.29\00:30:30.09
but the moment we accept
Jesus Christ as our savior
00:30:30.12\00:30:34.11
we're born again and
our destiny changes. Amen.
00:30:34.14\00:30:38.67
I've never heard an astrology
ask, when were you born again,
00:30:38.70\00:30:41.94
have you? You see,
when you look to the stars
00:30:41.97\00:30:47.05
for guidance and direction,
you're turning your back on
00:30:47.08\00:30:50.08
the God who made those
stars, who wants to lead you
00:30:50.11\00:30:53.45
and guide you. Let no
one be found among you who
00:30:53.48\00:30:58.86
engages in witchcraft or
cast spells, who is a medium,
00:30:58.89\00:31:03.70
a spirit or so who consults
the death, that's a channel.
00:31:03.73\00:31:07.63
That's what's
wrong with John Edward,
00:31:07.66\00:31:10.24
that's what's
wrong with JZ Knight.
00:31:10.27\00:31:12.53
They consult the death
instead of consulting God
00:31:12.56\00:31:15.47
then I'm gonna show you on
another night why it's so wrong.
00:31:15.50\00:31:18.44
Anyone who does these things
is detestable to the Lord.
00:31:22.08\00:31:25.07
Ruth Montgomery who was
a spirit medium, wrote in
00:31:27.13\00:31:33.17
her book a search for
truth. A chapter entitled
00:31:33.20\00:31:38.70
the Doubter's Dilemma.
And, the Doubter's Dilemma
00:31:38.73\00:31:44.96
goes like this. If the
spirits that we're communicating
00:31:44.99\00:31:53.90
with on the other side are
truly the spirits of departed
00:31:53.93\00:31:59.10
loved ones, then why all
the lies, why the cruelty,
00:31:59.13\00:32:08.42
why the gross immorality
involved in witchcraft,
00:32:08.45\00:32:17.55
channeling, spirit
mediums, why all the lies,
00:32:17.58\00:32:22.49
why the cruelty? Bishop Pike,
a medium and his secretary,
00:32:22.52\00:32:29.01
who also communicated with
the spirits explained how she
00:32:29.04\00:32:34.59
would constantly be awakened
in the middle of the night
00:32:34.62\00:32:39.56
with terrible nightmares,
dreaming that someone was
00:32:39.59\00:32:44.63
driving sharp instruments
under her finger nails only to
00:32:44.66\00:32:48.92
wake up finding her
hands drenched in blood.
00:32:48.95\00:32:54.21
She would have nightmares
dreaming that her hair
00:32:56.51\00:32:59.68
was on fire and wake up
with her hairs of singed, burned
00:32:59.71\00:33:06.62
and gone. Why the cruelty,
if these are in fact the spirits
00:33:06.65\00:33:14.73
of departed love
ones. The Doubter's Dilemma,
00:33:14.76\00:33:20.05
why the lies. A young lady,
whose husband was off to war,
00:33:20.08\00:33:28.25
was faithfully writing to
her husband everyday and his
00:33:28.28\00:33:34.66
letters came in return not so
much, but she understood that.
00:33:34.69\00:33:38.55
And, she just lived for
that time when the mailman came.
00:33:38.58\00:33:42.12
She could run to the mailbox
and get those letters and
00:33:42.15\00:33:45.63
be in touch with her husband
she missed so desperately and
00:33:45.66\00:33:48.90
so much. But the time went
by and there were no letters.
00:33:48.93\00:33:55.74
The days turned
into weeks, no letter.
00:33:55.77\00:34:01.12
After a month, she was
really getting worried.
00:34:02.79\00:34:07.29
No one had any answers for her.
So, some friends of her said,
00:34:07.32\00:34:12.76
why don't we go visit a
spirit medium or a channel and
00:34:12.79\00:34:18.87
they can find out what happened,
she was a little nervous,
00:34:18.90\00:34:23.26
but she was getting desperate.
So, she decided to go.
00:34:23.29\00:34:26.07
They went to the Sayons
and she saw what appeared
00:34:28.56\00:34:34.16
to be her husband. He
told her how he had been
00:34:34.19\00:34:38.18
killed in the war,
but that he was okay,
00:34:38.21\00:34:41.98
safe on the other side
and that some day she would
00:34:42.01\00:34:47.00
be joined together with
him. She left their feeling
00:34:47.03\00:34:51.39
a little relief that
at least now she knew what
00:34:51.42\00:34:55.54
had happened. And, just
a few days later, she heard
00:34:55.57\00:35:01.17
a knock on the door. She knew
what it was. It was gonna be
00:35:01.20\00:35:05.43
someone from the military
with a news about her husband.
00:35:05.46\00:35:09.54
She already knew. She
went and opened the door and
00:35:09.57\00:35:14.73
there was her husband, unharmed,
hadn't been killed at all,
00:35:14.76\00:35:21.01
he was just missing in
action. Why the lies, if they're
00:35:21.04\00:35:27.97
communicating with the spirits
of loved ones, why the lying?
00:35:28.00\00:35:31.84
Why the cruelty, why
the hatred, why the lies.
00:35:31.87\00:35:38.89
JZ Knight wrote in her book,
"a state of mind, my story. "
00:35:40.32\00:35:45.67
She wrote about a conversation
that she had with Ramtha
00:35:45.70\00:35:54.42
3500 year old warrior
that had died. And, she was
00:35:54.45\00:35:58.03
channeling for Ramtha.
Hi Ramtha am the enlightened
00:35:58.06\00:36:04.10
one he said, and I know,
that I'm God and you do not know
00:36:04.13\00:36:10.96
that you're God, but
I know what you know,
00:36:10.99\00:36:13.54
that's interesting. JZ
Knight said, okay, but I'm going
00:36:13.57\00:36:21.02
to have to Safeway. Ramtha
says, what Safeway? JZ Knight,
00:36:21.05\00:36:30.17
that's a market where
you buy groceries. Groceries?
00:36:30.20\00:36:35.28
what's groceries?
Some God isn't he?
00:36:35.31\00:36:40.65
Doesn't even know what
groceries are, why the lies,
00:36:40.68\00:36:46.25
why the cruelty,
why the deceptions,
00:36:46.28\00:36:50.48
why the immorality, if these
are the spirits of loved ones.
00:36:51.61\00:36:57.25
My wife and I saw a
gospel film one time, was about
00:36:58.91\00:37:01.79
two young ladies that have
been involved in witchcraft
00:37:01.82\00:37:03.92
and praised God he had
delivered them and they gave
00:37:03.95\00:37:07.17
their testimony. One of
the girls said that she okay,
00:37:07.20\00:37:11.66
always will remember
vividly how she and all of her
00:37:11.69\00:37:16.94
friends stood it in the big
circle, nude, joining hands,
00:37:16.97\00:37:21.87
singing spirit of the living
God for all the fresh only.
00:37:21.90\00:37:22.87
She said, she was filled
with overwhelming feelings
00:37:28.96\00:37:32.46
of love and compassion while
she watched her 18-month-old
00:37:32.49\00:37:38.51
baby boy being consumed in
the flames as a living sacrifice
00:37:38.54\00:37:42.62
and the other girl said that
the only thought that possessed
00:37:42.65\00:37:46.31
her mind at that time
was that she wished that she
00:37:46.34\00:37:48.66
had a baby that she
could offer as a sacrifice too.
00:37:48.69\00:37:51.67
It's almost too gruesome
to be told, but it needs
00:37:51.70\00:37:55.31
to be told because
that's where spiritism ends,
00:37:55.34\00:37:58.46
that's where channeling
leads, that's where the occult
00:37:58.49\00:38:01.03
takes you, that's what
witchcraft is all about.
00:38:01.06\00:38:03.52
Well how could people ever do
that, how? I wanna show you, in
00:38:05.98\00:38:11.80
the book of Isaiah. In Isaiah,
the 9th chapter, verse 15,
00:38:13.14\00:38:20.88
"the elders and prominent
men of the head, prophets
00:38:20.91\00:38:23.08
who teach lies are the
tail, those who guide those
00:38:23.11\00:38:25.59
people mislead them and
those who are guided by them
00:38:25.62\00:38:28.16
are led astray," notice now
the people are being mislead
00:38:28.19\00:38:32.16
and guided by false
teachers, false leaders,
00:38:32.19\00:38:37.21
false preachers, false prophets.
Now, what's the result of
00:38:37.24\00:38:42.92
following these
false men, verse 20,
00:38:42.95\00:38:46.53
"each one will feed on the
flesh of his own offspring. "
00:38:46.56\00:38:50.40
The problem is that
they're following men instead of
00:38:51.79\00:38:54.76
following God and it scares
me to see how many people today
00:38:54.79\00:38:58.71
are following men
instead of following God.
00:38:58.74\00:39:03.22
Christine Cobb left her,
a young steel worker's wife,
00:39:06.53\00:39:12.64
left her neighborhood Baptist
church and joined with the
00:39:12.67\00:39:17.61
Peoples Temple in Indianapolis,
Indiana because she
00:39:17.64\00:39:20.81
liked the dynamic on fire
young pastor who was there,
00:39:20.84\00:39:26.37
Archie I. James, Black Methodist
pastor, left his Methodist
00:39:27.51\00:39:31.51
Church, joined the
Peoples Temple impressed with
00:39:31.54\00:39:33.99
the way that they went
after and helped minorities.
00:39:34.02\00:39:37.31
Ross Case, 32-year-old
attorney left his church joined
00:39:38.66\00:39:42.70
the Peoples Temple impressed
with their civil rights and
00:39:42.73\00:39:48.01
the work that they did
for civil rights in the
00:39:48.04\00:39:49.74
community and then
there was little 16-year-old
00:39:49.77\00:39:53.52
Loretta Stuart, on her
way to a high school dance
00:39:53.55\00:39:56.35
and raptured by the
sounds, the joyful sounds of the
00:39:56.38\00:39:59.85
music coming from the
Peoples Temple and she joined
00:39:59.88\00:40:03.15
that church. The Peoples
Temple was a comfortable church,
00:40:03.18\00:40:06.91
a warm friendly
church, mainline protestant
00:40:06.94\00:40:10.70
denomination in the Indianapolis
chapter of the disciples
00:40:10.73\00:40:12.84
of Christ, a
respected church, a safe church.
00:40:12.87\00:40:15.80
The pastor was warm,
compassionate, a loving man,
00:40:15.83\00:40:21.49
dynamic and young, he had
been received, he had received
00:40:21.52\00:40:26.20
recommendation from Presidents,
Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan,
00:40:26.23\00:40:30.27
Columnist Jack Anderson,
Drew Peterson, Jay Edgar Hoover,
00:40:30.30\00:40:33.66
director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation,
00:40:33.69\00:40:36.06
he was appointed by the
Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana,
00:40:36.09\00:40:39.52
as the Director of the
Human Rights Commission in
00:40:39.55\00:40:43.37
Indianapolis. Archie I. James,
Ross Case, Loretta Stuart,
00:40:43.40\00:40:49.01
Christine Cobb all loved
their pastor and they followed
00:40:49.04\00:40:55.43
their pastor. The Reverend James
Jones, all the way to Guyana and
00:40:55.46\00:41:03.43
were numbered among the 900
plus who drank poisoned Kool-Aid
00:41:03.46\00:41:07.27
at their pastor's command.
And the reason I'm telling
00:41:07.30\00:41:11.58
you that story tonight, is that
Archie I. James, Loretta Stuart,
00:41:11.61\00:41:16.45
Ross Case, Christine
Cobb were not weirdos,
00:41:16.48\00:41:18.81
in fact exactly a year
ago from right now were
00:41:18.84\00:41:22.55
doing a revelation now in
Portland, Oregon and after
00:41:22.58\00:41:25.56
this particular message
a lady came up to me and
00:41:25.59\00:41:28.62
she said, pastor, I'm
Christine Cobb's cousin.
00:41:28.65\00:41:31.35
I said tell me what was
she like, was she weird,
00:41:32.60\00:41:35.11
what was she like, she
said no, she was just like us,
00:41:35.14\00:41:37.66
in fact I almost went
with her except my Godly
00:41:37.69\00:41:40.64
grandmother wouldn't let me
go. She was just like you and I,
00:41:40.67\00:41:43.81
they were not weird people,
they were not some moronic
00:41:43.84\00:41:47.30
segment of the population,
they were people just
00:41:47.33\00:41:50.49
like you and I here
tonight, the difference was
00:41:50.52\00:41:53.21
they made one mistake,
they followed a man instead
00:41:53.24\00:41:58.83
of following God.
And it wasn't as though
00:41:58.86\00:42:02.82
they had no warning.
Because they were times
00:42:02.85\00:42:06.14
when he would preach warm
compassionate loving sermons,
00:42:06.17\00:42:09.36
but they would contradict
something in scripture and
00:42:09.39\00:42:11.97
they would go to him
and say what about it,
00:42:12.00\00:42:13.62
you know the Bible
says here and you said that,
00:42:13.65\00:42:15.59
and he said don't worry
about doctrines, it's people
00:42:15.62\00:42:18.81
that are important,
not doctrines, we need to
00:42:18.84\00:42:21.40
love one another.
That's what important, and it
00:42:21.43\00:42:27.50
cost them their
lives. People are making the
00:42:27.53\00:42:31.57
same mistake may be even
some of you here tonight,
00:42:31.60\00:42:34.15
a lady came up to me one
night she said pastor what
00:42:34.18\00:42:36.46
should I do, I wanna
be a Christian, I wanna be
00:42:36.49\00:42:38.49
saved and, but yet I
have a job that makes me do
00:42:38.52\00:42:42.00
things that the
Bible says I shouldn't do,
00:42:42.03\00:42:44.04
pastor what should I do tell
me. I said what does the Bible
00:42:44.07\00:42:49.70
say to do, she
said, well the Bible says
00:42:49.73\00:42:52.42
I shouldn't do that
anymore, I said well do that.
00:42:52.45\00:42:55.67
Don't ask me what to do
when God is already telling you,
00:42:55.70\00:42:59.58
don't rely on me,
don't rely on pastor,
00:43:01.44\00:43:03.95
don't rely on
evangelic, don't rely on elder,
00:43:03.98\00:43:06.49
don't rely on
friend, rely on God. Amen.
00:43:06.52\00:43:07.49
I want to shift gears for a
last few minutes here tonight.
00:43:14.72\00:43:17.23
That's enough of
the negative stuff,
00:43:18.97\00:43:20.42
I want to talk about positive
stuff. I want to talk about
00:43:20.45\00:43:24.04
the spirit communion
that God has planned for us.
00:43:24.07\00:43:28.35
Did you know that, God
wants us to have communion,
00:43:28.38\00:43:33.82
spirit communion
with a spirit realm,
00:43:33.85\00:43:36.44
even with angels. In Psalm
34, verse 7 the Bible says,
00:43:36.47\00:43:40.37
"The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him. "
00:43:40.40\00:43:43.68
In Hebrews, chapter 1 verse
14, towards the back of the
00:43:45.00\00:43:49.31
New Testament, Hebrews,
the first chapter verse 14,
00:43:49.34\00:43:53.72
"Are not all angels ministering
spirits sent to serve
00:43:55.30\00:43:58.80
those who will
inherit salvation. "
00:43:58.83\00:44:00.86
Now the Bible says the
angel of lord encamps around
00:44:00.89\00:44:03.62
them, he stays there, he
is with us, if you are one
00:44:03.65\00:44:06.73
who fears God, he is
with you, he is around you.
00:44:06.76\00:44:09.20
In Bible times they saw
their angels, I believe today
00:44:09.23\00:44:15.71
we are too busy, we are
running around here and there
00:44:15.74\00:44:18.64
having two three cars
and television sets and
00:44:18.67\00:44:21.42
everything else
keeping up with the Jones as we
00:44:21.45\00:44:23.79
are just so busy trying to
earn a living that we don't have
00:44:23.82\00:44:26.82
time to look for angels.
Maybe we should take time,
00:44:26.85\00:44:31.29
maybe we should be more in
touch with the spirit, may be
00:44:31.32\00:44:35.12
we'll see those angels
and have experiences like
00:44:35.15\00:44:37.68
they did in Bible times.
If you're as great as the
00:44:37.71\00:44:41.20
angels are God has something
even better planned for us.
00:44:41.23\00:44:45.57
In John the 16 chapter,
Jesus makes a curious statement.
00:44:45.60\00:44:49.86
Jesus said in verse 6, he
said "it is for your good that
00:44:49.89\00:44:53.98
I'm going away. " Now that
doesn't seem like the truth
00:44:54.01\00:44:58.34
to me, I mean what
could be better than to have
00:44:58.37\00:45:01.21
Jesus here with
us in person. Amen.
00:45:01.24\00:45:04.33
We would have this place
so packed would have to go
00:45:04.36\00:45:06.75
to a football stadium,
if Jesus was here in person,
00:45:06.78\00:45:10.33
but he says it's for
our good that he goes away,
00:45:10.36\00:45:14.92
unless I go away the
councilor that's the Holy Spirit
00:45:14.95\00:45:19.03
will not come to you, but
if I go I'll send him to you.
00:45:19.06\00:45:21.51
Jesus said it is better for
us, for him to go and to send
00:45:21.54\00:45:25.63
the Holy Spirit to be with us
then for him to be here himself
00:45:25.66\00:45:29.22
if that's true and it has
to be true, that's in here,
00:45:29.25\00:45:31.60
if that's true then we
have not begun to understand or
00:45:31.80\00:45:34.89
grasp the significance of
what God's wants to do through
00:45:34.92\00:45:37.98
us today, for us today
through his Holy Spirit.
00:45:38.01\00:45:41.02
And so, for this the
last part I just marked down a
00:45:41.05\00:45:44.23
few things in my
Bible, benefits that we can
00:45:44.26\00:45:46.76
experience right now as a
result of the Holy Spirit of God
00:45:46.79\00:45:50.05
and the first one is right here
in the same chapter, verse 13,
00:45:50.08\00:45:53.80
"when he the spirit of
truth comes, he will guide
00:45:53.83\00:45:56.90
you into all truth," do
you want to know the truth.
00:45:56.93\00:45:59.59
I believe you do,
you wouldn't be here,
00:46:00.87\00:46:02.71
if you weren't seeking truth,
but do you want to know if
00:46:02.74\00:46:06.07
what you're hearing is
true, here at Revelation now,
00:46:06.10\00:46:09.94
of course you
do. How can you know,
00:46:09.97\00:46:13.75
the Holy Spirit will
guide you into all truth.
00:46:13.78\00:46:18.24
Now remember the Bible
was given, by the Holy Spirit,
00:46:18.27\00:46:22.92
and so the spirit, it takes
the spirit to open our minds
00:46:22.95\00:46:28.01
to understand what's
written on the printed page.
00:46:28.04\00:46:31.01
This is not like any other
book, you can't pick it up,
00:46:31.04\00:46:34.72
and while you are jogging
read this book and get it all,
00:46:34.75\00:46:37.93
you need to say God,
give me the meaning of what
00:46:40.20\00:46:44.34
you're saying by the Holy
Spirit and he will guide you
00:46:44.37\00:46:48.90
into all truth.
Another thing the Bible
00:46:48.93\00:46:51.28
says right here, he
says he will tell you what is
00:46:51.31\00:46:55.11
yet to come, now we saw
last night that the Bible
00:46:55.14\00:46:59.75
through the Holy Spirit predicts
the future, through prophesies,
00:46:59.78\00:47:05.04
the rise and fall of
the nations, we saw that,
00:47:05.07\00:47:07.69
but I believe that this is
even more personal than that.
00:47:07.72\00:47:12.26
If you ever had to make
a decision and you thought
00:47:12.29\00:47:15.58
something like
this, if only I knew what
00:47:15.61\00:47:16.98
was going to happen
tomorrow. You ever thought that,
00:47:17.01\00:47:20.02
if only I knew what was
going to happen next week,
00:47:20.05\00:47:22.02
man if I knew what's
gonna happen next month
00:47:22.05\00:47:23.45
it would be so easy for
us, if you ever thought that
00:47:23.48\00:47:25.31
way or am I the
only one. Listen to this,
00:47:25.34\00:47:30.44
"he, the Spirit will
tell you what is yet to come,"
00:47:30.47\00:47:34.90
you know one of my
very favorite verses,
00:47:34.93\00:47:37.31
Isaiah 30, verse 21 says,
"You'll hear a still small
00:47:37.34\00:47:40.26
of voice behind you saying
this is the way walk in it
00:47:40.29\00:47:43.99
whether to the
right or to the left. "
00:47:44.02\00:47:46.61
But you see we have to be
listening to the still small
00:47:46.64\00:47:51.22
voice of God in order to
hear it and he will lead you,
00:47:51.25\00:47:55.71
he will guide you,
we've had to make some
00:47:55.74\00:47:57.99
tremendously
difficult decisions, but when we
00:47:58.02\00:48:01.33
learned to listen to the
Spirit, it's all, it's both,
00:48:01.36\00:48:04.73
it's better than astrology
charts, it's better than
00:48:04.76\00:48:08.79
crystal balls, it's
better than Weegee boards,
00:48:08.82\00:48:11.09
because God alone knows
the truth. And that isn't all,
00:48:13.09\00:48:18.38
in Romans the 8th chapter there
are a lot of things that we
00:48:18.41\00:48:22.24
can see here of the
benefits of the Holy Spirit.
00:48:22.27\00:48:25.38
In Romans chapter 8 verse
11, have you ever been lonely,
00:48:25.41\00:48:28.89
ever been lonely
listen to this verse 11,
00:48:28.92\00:48:33.23
"The spirit of him who
raised Jesus from the dead
00:48:33.26\00:48:35.40
is living in you," your
body, he says it's the temple
00:48:35.43\00:48:39.63
of the Holy Spirit, God's
spirit wants to live in you,
00:48:39.66\00:48:42.67
Jesus wants to live in
you through his spirit,
00:48:42.70\00:48:44.79
that close folks.
That's closer than any husband
00:48:44.82\00:48:48.58
or any wife could ever be
that's closer than any son
00:48:48.61\00:48:50.48
or daughter any mother or
father, God's spirit wants
00:48:50.51\00:48:53.22
to live in you, you
never need be alone anymore
00:48:53.25\00:48:56.15
ever again because the
spirit of God is in you,
00:48:56.18\00:48:59.29
that's close. You are never
alone, and not only that, the
00:48:59.32\00:49:04.17
"same spirit that raised Jesus
from the dead lives in you"
00:49:04.20\00:49:09.68
and he'll give life to
your mortal bodies, if by
00:49:09.71\00:49:12.58
the spirit you put to
death the misdeeds of the body
00:49:12.61\00:49:14.94
you lived, he lives in
us what us he do in us,
00:49:14.97\00:49:17.24
he gives you by the same
power that lifted Jesus from
00:49:17.27\00:49:20.88
the death, that power can
be in you and put to death
00:49:20.91\00:49:24.46
the misdeeds of the
body. You do not need to be
00:49:24.49\00:49:27.18
enslaved by alcohol,
drugs, tobacco, you don not
00:49:27.21\00:49:31.36
to be enslaved by habits
like pornography or other things
00:49:31.39\00:49:35.25
that destroy the mind,
you do not need to be enslaved
00:49:35.28\00:49:38.14
by gossip if you
think you don't have any of
00:49:38.17\00:49:40.11
those other problems,
something there for everybody.
00:49:40.14\00:49:44.23
Amen. The spirit of God is here
to put to death the misdeeds
00:49:44.26\00:49:50.48
of the body and I see
men and women over and over
00:49:50.51\00:49:53.23
again 100s and 1000s of
times claiming the power of
00:49:53.26\00:49:57.13
this spirit and set free
the shackles that had destroyed
00:49:57.16\00:50:00.27
their minds and bodies
and God can do that for you,
00:50:00.30\00:50:02.90
through the
ministry of the Holy Spirit,
00:50:02.93\00:50:04.58
that's good news
tonight. Amen. That isn't all,
00:50:04.61\00:50:07.85
one lady said you know pastor
I wish I didn't come tonight,
00:50:09.26\00:50:11.71
why? Because I didn't know
about all of demons spirits,
00:50:11.74\00:50:15.01
now I know about
them and I'm scared.
00:50:15.04\00:50:16.52
Well, you don't have to be
scared of the demons spirits.
00:50:16.55\00:50:21.60
For every bad angel
God has two good ones,
00:50:21.63\00:50:24.41
I'm gonna show you
that tomorrow and besides
00:50:24.44\00:50:26.57
that just the Holy Spirit
by himself is more powerful
00:50:26.60\00:50:31.08
than all of the
demons spirits put together.
00:50:31.11\00:50:33.77
You don't have to be
scared. Look verse 15 says,
00:50:33.80\00:50:38.93
"You do not receive a spirit
that makes you a slave again
00:50:38.96\00:50:41.46
to fear, but you received
the spirit of sonship and by him
00:50:41.49\00:50:47.15
we cry father," the
spirit himself testifies
00:50:47.18\00:50:50.29
with our spirit that
we are God's children.
00:50:50.32\00:50:53.88
When our boys were
little, my wife and I had
00:50:55.97\00:50:58.45
two little boys now
they're big and grown up,
00:50:58.48\00:51:02.25
but when they were little,
they used to always amaze me.
00:51:02.28\00:51:05.60
They'd be standing in a
high place I be down below
00:51:05.63\00:51:08.75
just put my arms out and
they would jump right into
00:51:08.78\00:51:10.80
my arms without hesitating.
They knew their father
00:51:10.83\00:51:14.68
was not gonna let him
down. Something about having
00:51:14.71\00:51:19.02
a father isn't it, that
gives us a sense of security;
00:51:19.05\00:51:22.61
well listen to me, your
father is the King of Kings.
00:51:24.64\00:51:29.12
The Heavenly Father,
the Lord God Almighty,
00:51:29.15\00:51:33.78
and that means that
if your father is a king
00:51:35.04\00:51:37.40
then you are a
prince, you are a princess,
00:51:37.43\00:51:40.71
you are somebody in
this world, you can walk with
00:51:40.74\00:51:44.01
your head held high because
you are a child of the king,
00:51:44.04\00:51:47.07
and that makes you important.
Sometimes people ask me pastor,
00:51:47.10\00:51:55.35
you keep saying we need to
pray, I don't know how to pray,
00:51:55.38\00:51:57.33
you don't have
to know how to pray.
00:51:57.36\00:51:58.79
You can talk to God
like you talk to a friend,
00:52:00.15\00:52:03.22
you don't have to know how
to say all the we's and though's
00:52:03.25\00:52:06.46
and woofs and cuffs,
can't even say on myself.
00:52:06.49\00:52:11.12
You can say God, man, I
need you, I really blew it
00:52:13.51\00:52:19.61
big time today, you
know what I did. I'm ashamed,
00:52:19.64\00:52:23.35
I'm embarrassed I
don't want to do things like,
00:52:23.38\00:52:25.45
God help me never do this
again. See you can talk to God
00:52:25.48\00:52:29.47
like a friend,
that's all you need to do,
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but you know
sometimes there are things that
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we might want to say
and we just can't think of
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the words to say, you know
what I mean. And listen to this,
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in verse 26 in the same
way the Spirit helps us,
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"the spirit helps
us in our own weakness,
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we do not know what we ought
to pray for, but the spirit
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himself intercedes with groans
that words could never express,"
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don't you like that,
you don't even need to know
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what to ask for,you
could say God, whatever you
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want me to have, give it to
me, you know that he is going to
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give you the best thing for
you. What a God we serve. Amen.
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And then the fruits of
the Spirit, Galatians 5:20,
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the fruit of the spirit
the Bible says, is love,
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could the world use a
little more that today,
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"Love, joy, patience,"
oh I could use a lot more
00:53:12.61\00:53:16.41
that one, peace, doesn't
the world need the presence
00:53:16.44\00:53:20.68
of God's Holy
Spirit, we can have peace,
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do you want to know the solution
to the problems in Iraq,
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here it's the Spirit
of God, just submit to him
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if the world would
summit to him. We'd be in heaven
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folks, that's the
solution to the problem.
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King, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness,
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self control. Those are
the things that the spirit
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wants to do for you
right now, do you want them?
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It's simple, spend
time in God's world,
00:53:55.40\00:53:59.70
spend time meditating on
the Spirit. John Edward in
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his book crossing over said,
"I never do anything without
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consulting my
guides from the other side.
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"To him his guides are
the spirits of dead people.
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He spends time everyday
meditating on his guides,
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and he says if you have
spent time everyday meditating
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on your guides you can
have spirit guides too.
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Well I hope that no one here
tonight wants to be a channel.
00:54:37.05\00:54:40.85
At least that kind of
channel, I want to be a channel
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for the Spirit
of God, don't you.
00:54:47.26\00:54:50.05
Spend time day after
day in God's word meditating
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on his Spirit and he'll
lead you into the truth,
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and you will be
blessed. How can you tell the
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difference between a
true angel and a bad angel,
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test it by the word of
God, test it. And sometimes
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I don't know how to
test it, a lady said you know
00:55:14.65\00:55:19.45
God told me that I
should go over and visit this
00:55:19.48\00:55:22.78
particular person at a
certain time on a certain day.
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Was that a good angel or a
bad angel, I said you know,
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I don't know. The Bible
doesn't say anything about going
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to visit that person at a
certain time on a certain day.
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So go, but sooner or later
if it's a bad angel he is gonna
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lead you in a direction
other than the word of God
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and then you'll know.
That's all, spend time in the
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word of God, fix your
mind on the Spirit of God
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and he'll do great and
wonderful things in you.
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Pray with me
tonight. Oh! Lord God,
00:56:01.86\00:56:12.20
we have looked at a lot of
things tonight and yes some
00:56:12.23\00:56:16.74
of it could be frightening,
were it not for you and
00:56:16.77\00:56:19.85
your power and your
spirit and so Lord, we do need
00:56:19.88\00:56:24.10
to be aware of the tactics
of the enemy, he's there,
00:56:24.13\00:56:26.73
he is alive and well and
he's working hard in this
00:56:26.76\00:56:29.18
whole world, but even more than
that we need to be aware of your
00:56:29.21\00:56:34.09
Spirit in touch with your Spirit
sensitive to the promptings
00:56:34.12\00:56:38.01
of your spirit and your word.
And Lord let us never separate
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the two, tonight while every
head is bowed and every eye
00:56:43.45\00:56:46.95
closed in pray, if want to
be lead by God's spirit and
00:56:46.98\00:56:51.29
feel the fruits and the benefits
of the spirit in this whole
00:56:51.32\00:56:52.57
world in your life right
now you just raise your hand
00:56:53.57\00:56:55.86
with me would you do
that, just raise your hand,
00:56:55.89\00:56:58.22
every hand ought to go
up, I can't imagine anyone
00:56:58.25\00:57:00.66
not wanting God's spirit
to lead and guide, Oh Lord,
00:57:00.69\00:57:04.00
we thank you and we
praise you in Jesus name. Amen.
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