Betty Fetters
decided one afternoon
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that she was going to
explore some of the back acreage
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that she and her
husband had just purchased.
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And while she was out walking
around through the trees,
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she suddenly found herself
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being hurled down in
empty abandoned well.
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As she was going
down to the bottom
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expecting instant
death on the rocks below,
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she saw a white being of
light come down from heaven,
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swooped down into the well
and the next thing she knew,
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she was standing on the ground
beside the empty hole unharmed.
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And you'll never be able
to convince Betty Fetters
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that there are no
such things as angels.
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Then little Joanna was
only about 8 years old.
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Her mother had just
tucked her into bed,
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said their prayers,
kissed her good night.
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And turned off the
light, closed the door.
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When suddenly Joanna saw this
beautiful white being of light
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standing in front of her.
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And this beautiful
looking angel said,
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"Joanna, I'm an
angel sent from God."
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Now even though
Joanna had been raised
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in a Christian
home, she was afraid.
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And she looked at that angel
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and she said,
"You're not from God."
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And the angel said,
"Well, how do you know that."
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Because every place in the
Bible where an angel appeared
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and the people were afraid--
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the angel said,
"fear not." I'm afraid.
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And you didn't say "fear
not." You can't be from God."
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And suddenly the angel turned
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into this
hideous looking monster
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that swooped down
on Joanna and said,
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"Would you rather see
me looking like this."
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And then vanished
away into the darkness.
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Sharon Lee
Halstead, April 24, 1996
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sitting across the
table from the visiting pastor
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in the women's
penitentiary at Salem, Oregon.
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Said to the pastor, "It
was the most difficult thing
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that I have ever had to
do in order to please God."
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She said as she
left the Green home
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with the gun still
smoking in her hand.
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She realized that she had
only halfway finished the job
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that God had given her to do.
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Lin Green was dead
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but her husband
David and her son Nefanger
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were only wounded
and managed to escape.
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You see, Sharon
Halstead had become convinced
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by an angel of light
that it was God's will
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to destroy the Green family.
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Obviously, another bad angel.
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Betty Fetters and the angel
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that swooped down into
the well to save for a life--
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was that a good angel
or was it a bad angel.
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And the answer
to that question is
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you don't know if it was
a good angel or a bad angel.
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Well, why would a bad
angel want to save her life?
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2 Corinthians
11:13, "False apostles,
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deceitful workmen, masquerading
as apostles of Christ.
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And no wonder,
because Satan himself
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masquerades as
an angel of light.
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It's not
surprising that his servants
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masquerade as
servants of righteousness."
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Satan himself masquerades
as an angel of light.
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Why would he appear
as an angel of light
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swooped down into the
well and save her life?
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Don't you think that
Satan himself would save a life
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if he thought that by doing so,
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he could gain enough
confidence to win a soul?
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And that's angel warfare.
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Revelation 1:1, the
Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Because Jesus Himself said,
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"Not only would there be
spirits impersonating angels,
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there will be spirits
impersonating Jesus himself.
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And the Book of
Revelation is here to help us
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reveal and know
who Jesus Christ is.
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"The Revelation of
Jesus that God gave him
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to show his servants
what must soon take place.
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He made it known by sending
his angel to his servant John,"
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Who testified to
every thing that he saw
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that is the word of God and
the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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The angel testified to
everything that he saw.
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The Book of Revelation
was given to us by an angel.
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God uses angels all
through the Book of Revelation.
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First two chapters letters
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from the angels of
the church in Ephesus,
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the angel of the
church in Philadelphia,
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the angel of the
church of Laodicea.
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Angels are God's
messengers to the world.
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But in Revelation
12, turn there with me
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Revelation 12
and look at verse 7.
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"There was war in heaven.
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Michael and his
angels, good angels,
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fought against the
dragon and his angels
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and the dragon and
his angels fought back.
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But he was not strong enough,
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and they lost
their place in heaven.
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The great
dragon was hurled down,
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that ancient
dragon called Satan,
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who leads the
whole world astray.
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He was hurled to the
earth, and his angels with him."
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Angel Warfare, demon
angels hurled down to the earth.
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Revelation 14, God's
last messages for the world
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in the form of three angels
flying through the midair.
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Angels are God's
messengers, good angels that is.
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In fact, in Revelation 16:12,
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"The sixth angel poured out
his bowl on the Euphrates River,
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and its water was dried up
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to prepare the way for
the kings from the East.
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And then I saw three evil
spirits that looked like frogs.
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And they came out of
the mouth of the dragon,
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out of the mouth of the beast,
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out of the mouth
of the false prophet.
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They are the spirits of demons
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and they go out
performing miraculous signs,
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to the kings of the whole world,
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to gather them for the battle on
the great day of God Almighty."
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Unclean, demon spirits coming
out of the mouth of the dragon,
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out of the mouth of the
beast, the false prophet.
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They're performing miracles
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and gathered the
whole world together
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for the battle on the
great day of God almighty.
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Verse 16 says, "Then they
gathered the kings together
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to the place that in
Hebrew is called Armageddon."
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Now I know that many of
you came to Revelation now
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because you want to
know about Armageddon.
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You want to know
about the beast, the dragon,
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the false prophet, 666
written on the foreheads.
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And we're going to
talk about these things.
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We're going to
talk about the dragon,
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we're going to
talk about the beast.
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You're going to know
exactly what that number 666 is
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on the forehead
and on the right hand.
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We're going to
talk about Armageddon,
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the drying up
of Euphrates River.
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We're going to cover
those things but remember
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we learned that the
Book of Revelation quotes
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or alludes to the Old
Testament over how many times?
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600 times. Good job,
you remembered 600 times.
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And that means that
we have to understand
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the little of the
Old Testament first
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before we can understand
the Book of Revelation,
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so that means that you
need to be patient with me.
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Be patient, we're
going to get to it.
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We're going to
understand all of these things.
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I promise you but what we want
to do is apply the principles
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and to build one upon the other,
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so that you can
see for yourself,
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what the Bible
says about the beast
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and the dragon
and the false prophet.
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The false prophet is interesting
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because the prophet is
one who speaks for God.
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Therefore, a false
prophet must be one
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who claims to speak for God
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but actually he is not.
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And in order for a false
prophet to deceive anyone,
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he would have to appear
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as though he
were a true prophet.
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He would have to appear
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as though he were
a true man of God.
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In fact, Revelation 13
describes the false prophet
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as a beast with
two horns like a lamb.
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He looks like a lamb.
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And he performs miracles
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gathering the kings
of the world together
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for battle on the
great day of God almighty.
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The false
prophet looks like a lamb
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and he can work miracles.
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I want you to
listen to me carefully now.
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If God works miracles, does He?
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Amen, He does.
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And if the false
prophet works miracles, does he?
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The Bible says he does.
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Then miracles can never be
the test that God is at work.
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And I think one of the
dangerous thing in the last days
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is the tendency for
men and women to put faith
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and confidence in miracles
as proof that God is at work,
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when the dragon
himself performs miracles,
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deceiving people into thinking
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that they're following
the lamb when they're not.
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So the Bible
tells us in Revelation
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that we can expect to see a time
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when there will be demons coming
out of the mouth of the dragon
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the beast, the false prophet.
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An explosion of
supernatural psychic
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paranormal
activity in the world.
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And I believe we're seeing
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this prophecy being
fulfilled right now.
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Paul saw it in 1 Timothy.
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You can read
about it, 1 Timothy 4:1.
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"The Spirit clearly
says that in the last days
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some will abandon their faith
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and follow deceiving spirits
and things taught by demons."
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Paul sees the
time in the last days
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when many will
abandon their faith
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and follow the
deceiving spirits.
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First of all, he is
talking about the last days
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and I want you to know that
the more we study Revelation,
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the more convinced I become.
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And I think the more
convinced you will become
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as we're living in
the last days right now.
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Paul was looking ahead
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to the time we're
living in right now.
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And he saw many
abandon the faith.
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Now, you cannot
abandon something
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that you've
never been a part of.
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And so people who were
once a part of the faith
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are going to abandon the faith
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because they
follow the doctrines
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of demons and false prophets.
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We're seeing, we're seeing
that explosion of interest
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in supernatural things today,
it's happening all around us.
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Favorite television programs
from years ago remember,
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'Touched by an
Angel and I Love Jenni'
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that seems so harmless.
00:13:07.20\00:13:08.79
But dealing with
supernatural psychic phenomena
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and paving the way for
programs about witchcraft
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like charm that we see today
and Catherine Bell's new movie
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that came out last
year, 'The Good Witch.'
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I did a search on the internet,
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for occult, witchcraft, Wicca,
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and I got 8.5
million hits of websites
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dealing with the occult
and supernatural phenomena.
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All of this is
just an indication that
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that's what men and
women are interested in today.
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John Edwards, television program
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where he appears
onstage greets his spirit guides
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and then begins to flawlessly
relay information to the familie
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eager to hear from their
loved ones on the other side,
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information that
only the deceased
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could possibly have known.
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Montel Williams, Montel Williams
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in writing a endorsement
for Sylvia Browne's book,
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'The Other Side and Back'
said in Literary Guild Magazine
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psychic, medium,
clairvoyant, channel.
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Now channel is one who claims
to communicate with the dead.
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These are all words to describe
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Sylvia Browne's unique
powers, says Mr. Williams.
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"I have personally witnessed her
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bring closer to
distraught families,
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help police close cases
and open people's hearts
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to help them see
the good in themselves.
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Now what could be more harmless,
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I mean who wouldn't want to help
other peoples in these ways?
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Silvia Browne herself
said, "This book is about you.
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It's about your God given power
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and how to reconnect with it
and how to put it to good use."
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Now, that should settle
it once and for all, right.
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I mean if Montel
Williams says, "It's good."
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Then Silvia Browne says,
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"It connects with
your God given power."
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That should settle
it for us or does it.
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When he uses words like psychic,
medium, clairvoyant, channel
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that should raise a
red flag for Christians.
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Another seer
who lived years ago,
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his name was
Isaiah, he warned us.
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In Isaiah 8:19 "When
men tell you to consult
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spirit mediums should not a
people inquire of their God?
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Why consult the dead
on behalf of the living?"
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Isaiah warns us against
communicating with the dead.
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And today people are
flocking to different methods
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and modes of
communicating with the dead
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toying with the instruments
of the demons of Satan
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trying to deceive them into
thinking that they're doing good
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when they're walking
along a path to destruction.
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Have you ever heard of the book
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'The Sorcerer's
Stone' about Harry Potter?
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You say, "Oh no,
not Harry Potter,
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he is just a little
boy that wears big glasses
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that children
like to read about.
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Nothing could be more harmless.
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Harry Potter, popular
beyond the author Kathleen,
00:16:50.90\00:16:57.28
Joanne Kathleen
Rowling's wildest expectations.
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And she said on
the Diane Rehm Show,
00:17:02.39\00:17:04.62
a top show in England.
00:17:04.65\00:17:06.72
She said,
"One-third of her material
00:17:06.75\00:17:08.55
is based on actual occult
and witchcraft phenomena."
00:17:08.58\00:17:16.05
Is it possible that our
children are being set up
00:17:17.47\00:17:22.77
to follow deceiving
spirits in the last days?
00:17:22.80\00:17:29.81
Ten year old Gloria Bishop said,
00:17:29.84\00:17:32.87
"I like what they
learn at Hog-Watch School,
00:17:32.90\00:17:37.51
I want to be a witch."
00:17:37.54\00:17:42.53
And we're
witnessing witchcraft morphing
00:17:42.56\00:17:46.73
from the old hag
stirring up the cauldron pot,
00:17:46.76\00:17:50.45
flying on a
broomstick to white Wicca,
00:17:50.48\00:17:56.78
white witchcraft and
appealing to our children.
00:17:56.81\00:18:02.38
Do you know what a sorcerer is?
00:18:02.41\00:18:07.52
Look it up in the dictionary.
00:18:07.55\00:18:10.14
A sorcerer is one who claims
to communicate with the dead.
00:18:10.17\00:18:17.64
Wicca is a nature based religion
00:18:18.92\00:18:22.05
offering its followers a
connection with mother earth,
00:18:22.08\00:18:25.75
which they often
call the goddess.
00:18:25.78\00:18:29.03
It claims it by
tapping into earth's energies
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and nature's spirits,
people can cast wholesome spells
00:18:32.13\00:18:36.27
perform white magic
and improve their lives.
00:18:36.30\00:18:42.63
I notice not long ago,
a news clip on television
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showing children in
a school in California
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pledging
allegiance to the earth.
00:18:50.32\00:18:55.91
And when I read about vicar
00:18:55.94\00:18:58.49
speaking about the
earth as the goddess,
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the mother earth,
it makes me wonder
00:19:01.74\00:19:06.47
if the concerned
about the environment
00:19:06.50\00:19:14.47
is being used for something more
00:19:14.50\00:19:18.82
than simply
protecting the environment.
00:19:18.85\00:19:22.47
Don't misunderstand me.
00:19:22.50\00:19:24.70
I believe that
God created this world
00:19:24.73\00:19:27.26
and He put us on
this planet to care forth
00:19:27.29\00:19:29.89
and we should
be at the forefront
00:19:29.92\00:19:32.12
of taking care of planet earth.
00:19:32.15\00:19:34.33
Don't misunderstand me.
00:19:34.36\00:19:36.94
But if a devil
appears as an angel of life,
00:19:36.97\00:19:39.17
he can take good things
00:19:39.20\00:19:40.75
and turn them into
something not so good.
00:19:40.78\00:19:45.09
And we need to be aware.
00:19:45.12\00:19:51.54
Dr. George Barna, famous
Christian researchers says
00:19:51.57\00:19:54.38
three out of
every four teenagers
00:19:54.41\00:19:55.84
have engaged in at
least one type of psychic
00:19:55.87\00:19:58.47
or witchcraft related
activity, three out of four.
00:19:58.50\00:20:03.02
Conversely during the past year
00:20:03.05\00:20:04.59
fewer than three out of
every ten church teenagers
00:20:04.62\00:20:08.80
had received any
teaching from their church
00:20:08.83\00:20:11.02
about the elements
of the supernatural.
00:20:11.05\00:20:13.89
They're playing with it.
They're experimenting with it.
00:20:13.92\00:20:16.12
But nobody is teaching them
00:20:16.15\00:20:17.99
the hazards and the
pitfalls along the way.
00:20:18.02\00:20:23.58
Who is it that
the Silvia Brownes,
00:20:23.61\00:20:29.26
the John Edwards, the channels,
00:20:29.29\00:20:31.26
the spirit mediums, who is it
00:20:31.29\00:20:32.89
that they're communicating
with on the other side.
00:20:32.92\00:20:37.82
Once a lady was
attending Revelation,
00:20:37.85\00:20:40.67
now in Tulsa, Oklahoma years
ago but I still remember her.
00:20:40.70\00:20:45.17
She came the first night
00:20:45.20\00:20:46.83
and I was chatting
with her a little bit
00:20:46.86\00:20:48.52
and invited her to come back.
00:20:48.55\00:20:51.71
And she said, "Well, I'm
not going to be coming back."
00:20:51.74\00:20:54.88
And I said, "Why not."
00:20:54.91\00:20:56.50
She said, "You know, about
four years ago my husband died
00:20:56.53\00:21:00.53
and shortly after he
died, I saw him again
00:21:00.56\00:21:04.35
and he told me that
he had been to heaven.
00:21:04.38\00:21:06.29
He saw God, he saw Jesus
00:21:06.32\00:21:08.07
and they send him
back to talk to me
00:21:08.10\00:21:10.15
and to let me know that as long
as I continue going on like I'm,
00:21:10.18\00:21:14.15
that when I die,
I'll be in heaven too,
00:21:14.18\00:21:16.32
so I don't need
to study Revelation.
00:21:16.35\00:21:18.36
I don't need to study the Bible.
00:21:18.39\00:21:20.37
I got my assurance from
the spirit of my husband."
00:21:20.40\00:21:25.56
Now, folks I want to tell
you something loud an clear
00:21:25.59\00:21:28.43
that this book was given
to us by the Spirit of God.
00:21:28.46\00:21:33.71
And if the spirit is leading you
00:21:33.74\00:21:36.12
in any direction
other than into this book,
00:21:36.15\00:21:38.82
then you're
following the wrong spirit.
00:21:38.85\00:21:43.35
This is the only
way for us to navigate
00:21:43.38\00:21:47.27
the paths in the darkness
of the world around us today.
00:21:47.30\00:21:50.97
This is the only safety
00:21:51.00\00:21:52.60
that Bible says it's like a
light shining on the pathway.
00:21:52.63\00:21:58.77
I want to talk
about for a second
00:21:58.80\00:22:00.44
another kind of spirit
or supernatural phenomena
00:22:00.47\00:22:04.46
and some of you
may have experienced
00:22:04.49\00:22:06.16
or maybe you
know someone who has.
00:22:06.19\00:22:09.21
Hearing a voice warning you
00:22:09.24\00:22:10.65
or feeling a force moving
you out of oncoming disaster.
00:22:10.68\00:22:13.80
Friend of ours was driving
with her two little girls
00:22:13.83\00:22:17.14
strapped into the
backseat of her car
00:22:17.17\00:22:18.97
when suddenly on
a slippery highway,
00:22:19.00\00:22:21.44
she lost control of the car
00:22:21.47\00:22:23.09
and was headed straight
into a concrete revetment
00:22:23.12\00:22:25.99
bracing herself
expecting instant death
00:22:26.02\00:22:29.22
for herself and
her two little girls.
00:22:29.25\00:22:31.61
Suddenly she found that
she was sitting in the car
00:22:31.64\00:22:35.02
parked harmlessly
along the side of the road.
00:22:35.05\00:22:39.04
And you'll never be
able to convince her
00:22:39.07\00:22:40.59
that there are no
such things as angels.
00:22:40.62\00:22:44.52
My father-in-law,
Dina's dad was awaken one night
00:22:44.55\00:22:47.63
years ago in the
middle of the night
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.30
with a distinct impression
that his mother had died.
00:22:49.33\00:22:52.05
Seconds later
the telephone rang,
00:22:52.08\00:22:53.94
it was his sister
calling him from the west coast
00:22:53.97\00:22:56.96
saying that their
mother had just passed away.
00:22:56.99\00:23:00.33
Now, I tell you these stories
not because they're so unusual
00:23:00.36\00:23:04.21
but they do happen, they
happen enough for some of you
00:23:04.24\00:23:07.10
to have experience some
of those very same things
00:23:07.13\00:23:09.05
or may be you know someone who
has and the story is like that.
00:23:09.08\00:23:11.97
They convince us
without a doubt that
00:23:12.00\00:23:13.93
there is a supernatural realm
of existence, a spirit level,
00:23:13.96\00:23:18.26
a level that exist on a
realm between man and God
00:23:18.29\00:23:21.14
and furthermore you and I
were created with a capacity
00:23:21.17\00:23:24.32
and the desire to communicate
with the supernatural.
00:23:24.35\00:23:27.22
The problem is that millions
and millions are turning
00:23:27.25\00:23:30.08
to the only kind of
supernatural phenomena
00:23:30.11\00:23:32.18
and they're hearing
about and that's the occult,
00:23:32.21\00:23:34.69
spiritism, Wicca and witchcraft.
00:23:34.72\00:23:39.32
The question is, is it safe?
00:23:39.35\00:23:42.14
Is it safe for us to be involved
00:23:42.17\00:23:44.23
in any kind of supernatural
or psychic phenomenon?
00:23:44.26\00:23:48.59
In the little epistle 1
John, in 1 John 4:1, he writes,
00:23:48.62\00:23:55.50
"Dear friends, do
not believe every spirit,
00:23:55.53\00:23:59.28
but test the spirits to
see whether they are from God,
00:23:59.31\00:24:02.87
because many false prophets
have gone out into the world."
00:24:02.90\00:24:06.16
Don't believe every spirit.
00:24:06.19\00:24:07.98
Test the spirit to see
if they're from God, why?
00:24:08.01\00:24:10.73
Because there are
many false prophets
00:24:10.76\00:24:12.34
going out into the world.
00:24:12.37\00:24:14.18
Don't believe every
spirit, test the spirit.
00:24:14.21\00:24:17.29
Notice the link between
false prophets and the spirit,
00:24:17.32\00:24:21.05
the evil demon spirits
that work in the world.
00:24:21.08\00:24:23.77
That's what Revelation tells us.
00:24:23.80\00:24:25.78
The false prophet appears
as though he is the Lamb of God
00:24:25.81\00:24:29.06
to make you think
that you're following Jesus
00:24:29.09\00:24:31.29
when in fact you're
following a demon spirit.
00:24:31.32\00:24:35.43
He goes on to
say that every spirit
00:24:35.46\00:24:37.29
that does not acknowledge
Jesus is not from God.
00:24:37.32\00:24:40.00
This is the
spirit of the antichrist,
00:24:40.03\00:24:41.88
which you've heard is coming
00:24:41.91\00:24:43.24
and even now is
already in the world.
00:24:43.27\00:24:45.46
The reason we need to
understand the difference
00:24:45.49\00:24:47.84
between the good
spirits and the bad spirits
00:24:47.87\00:24:50.45
is because it's the bad
spirits that empower antichrist
00:24:50.48\00:24:54.08
and you'll never understand
the antichrist who is the beast
00:24:54.11\00:24:57.55
unless you
understand the difference
00:24:57.58\00:24:59.16
between good and bad spirits.
00:24:59.19\00:25:01.45
And that's why
we're taking a little time
00:25:01.48\00:25:03.46
to look at this issue.
00:25:03.49\00:25:05.60
Well, some say, well, if that's
the case and it's so dangerous
00:25:05.63\00:25:08.56
then I don't want anything
to do with any kind of spirits.
00:25:08.59\00:25:13.57
But that's not safe either.
00:25:13.60\00:25:16.26
Because the Bible tells
us in 1 Thessalonians 5:19.
00:25:16.29\00:25:21.87
"Do not put out
the Spirit's fire,
00:25:21.90\00:25:24.72
do not treat prophecies with
contempt but test everything.
00:25:24.75\00:25:28.54
And hold on to the good.
Avoid every kind of evil."
00:25:28.57\00:25:31.86
So you can't just
throw out any kind
00:25:31.89\00:25:33.95
of supernatural phenomenon
but you need to test it.
00:25:33.98\00:25:38.51
Test the spirit to see if
it's really coming from God.
00:25:38.54\00:25:42.85
Well, how do
you test the spirit?
00:25:42.88\00:25:47.45
The Bible tells us Isaiah 8:20,
00:25:47.48\00:25:51.35
"To the law and
to the testimony.
00:25:51.38\00:25:53.60
If they speak not
according to this,
00:25:53.63\00:25:55.65
there is no light in them."
00:25:55.68\00:25:57.30
The only way to test the
spirit is with the word of God.
00:25:57.33\00:26:01.16
Sometimes people tell me,
00:26:01.19\00:26:02.30
"Well, I know
the spirit is right
00:26:02.33\00:26:03.83
because my spirit
bears witness." Wrong test.
00:26:03.86\00:26:06.63
You can't test the
spirit with the spirit
00:26:06.66\00:26:09.30
because the spirit
claims to be the Spirit of God
00:26:09.33\00:26:11.99
even though it's a demon spirit,
00:26:12.02\00:26:13.92
you can't test the
spirit with the spirit.
00:26:13.95\00:26:16.33
You can only test the
spirit with the word of God.
00:26:16.36\00:26:20.46
Amen. Well, how do you do that?
00:26:20.49\00:26:28.35
What do you do if a
spirit or an angel tells you
00:26:28.38\00:26:33.00
to read Matthew 8
and 9? What do you do?
00:26:33.03\00:26:40.98
You don't know if it's a
good spirit or a bad spirit.
00:26:41.01\00:26:45.27
Well, there's
nothing in the Bible
00:26:45.30\00:26:46.94
that says don't
read Matthew 8 and 9.
00:26:46.97\00:26:51.49
So read it, what if it's a
bad spirit, doesn't' matter.
00:26:51.52\00:26:57.18
Good spirit, bad
spirit, read the word of God.
00:26:57.21\00:27:02.42
And so you read Matthew 8 and 9
00:27:02.45\00:27:04.74
all the stories
about Jesus healing people.
00:27:04.77\00:27:09.64
And the spirit tells you,
00:27:09.67\00:27:11.33
God wants to use
you to heal people.
00:27:11.36\00:27:14.11
Go and pray for your
neighbor who is sick.
00:27:14.14\00:27:17.01
What would you do?
00:27:17.04\00:27:18.07
You don't know if it's a
good spirit or a bad spirit,
00:27:18.10\00:27:20.13
what would you do?
00:27:20.16\00:27:22.92
Go, pray for your neighbor
00:27:22.95\00:27:23.98
because there's
nothing in the Bible that says,
00:27:24.01\00:27:26.32
thou shalt not pray
for your sick neighbor.
00:27:26.35\00:27:30.22
So, it's okay.
00:27:30.25\00:27:32.53
Even if it's a
bad spirit, it's okay.
00:27:32.56\00:27:37.36
But you see the bad spirits
00:27:37.39\00:27:41.43
will try to lead
you with good things.
00:27:41.46\00:27:46.75
So that when you test it
00:27:46.78\00:27:48.16
you see that he
squares up with scripture.
00:27:48.19\00:27:51.98
And he gains your confidence.
00:27:52.01\00:27:55.17
And then asks
you to do something,
00:27:55.20\00:28:00.84
contradictory to scripture.
00:28:00.87\00:28:03.29
And that's exactly what
happened to Sharon Lee Halstead.
00:28:03.32\00:28:07.87
Remember, an angel of light
00:28:07.90\00:28:11.52
convinced her that
she should go and pray
00:28:11.55\00:28:15.49
for her neighbors
and they were healed.
00:28:15.52\00:28:19.76
And she began to
put more and more faith
00:28:19.79\00:28:21.70
in that angel of light.
00:28:21.73\00:28:25.09
At first she tested
it with the scripture
00:28:25.12\00:28:29.37
but as the things came to pass,
00:28:29.40\00:28:31.95
she relied more
and more on the spirit
00:28:31.98\00:28:34.14
and less and less
on the word of God
00:28:34.17\00:28:37.41
until finally she had so
much confidence in the spirit
00:28:37.44\00:28:41.69
that the spirit was
able to convince her.
00:28:41.72\00:28:45.00
Sharon, God has shown
me that the Green family
00:28:45.03\00:28:50.18
who are
faithful loyal Christians
00:28:50.21\00:28:54.08
are about to fall
away and He wants you
00:28:54.11\00:28:58.35
to take their lives
now before they fall away,
00:28:58.38\00:29:03.68
so that they can be saved.
00:29:03.71\00:29:06.29
And you'll be doing the
highest work of service to God.
00:29:06.32\00:29:10.09
And she had so much
confidence in the spirit
00:29:10.12\00:29:14.44
that she went to take the
lives of the Green family.
00:29:14.47\00:29:19.53
You see she should have
tested the spirit one more time.
00:29:19.56\00:29:24.47
Thou shall not kill
00:29:24.50\00:29:27.94
and she would have known
that it was a bad spirit.
00:29:27.97\00:29:32.82
That's how the
demon spirits works.
00:29:32.85\00:29:37.68
Even more in Ephesians 6:12.
00:29:37.71\00:29:44.65
"Our struggle is not
against flesh and blood,
00:29:44.68\00:29:47.29
but it's against the
rulers, against the authorities,
00:29:47.32\00:29:50.24
against the
powers of this dark world
00:29:50.27\00:29:52.33
and against spiritual forces
of evil in heavenly realms."
00:29:52.36\00:29:59.84
We're involved
in demonic warfare.
00:29:59.87\00:30:05.40
We're involved in warfare
00:30:05.43\00:30:07.62
with spirits of
darkness from heavenly realms.
00:30:07.65\00:30:12.11
And the problem is that
it doesn't even look dark,
00:30:12.14\00:30:16.58
because it seems as
though, it's the power of God.
00:30:16.61\00:30:20.52
Now, some people will say,
00:30:20.55\00:30:21.58
"I don't want to be
in that war, pastor."
00:30:21.61\00:30:24.23
Too bad, you're.
And you can't avoid it.
00:30:24.26\00:30:27.83
All you can do is chose
to be on the right side.
00:30:27.86\00:30:33.78
It happens all around us.
00:30:33.81\00:30:36.62
It happened to Jesus, He was
constantly confronting demons.
00:30:36.65\00:30:40.76
John saw in the last days
in the Book of Revelation,
00:30:40.79\00:30:43.40
Paul warned us about it.
00:30:43.43\00:30:46.69
And even in the Old Testament,
God forbid and warned us
00:30:46.72\00:30:50.26
against being
involved with demon spirits,
00:30:50.29\00:30:52.91
Deuteronomy 18:10, "Let
no one be found among you
00:30:52.94\00:30:58.11
who sacrifices his son
or daughter in the fire,
00:30:58.14\00:31:01.25
who practices
divination or sorcery,
00:31:01.28\00:31:03.73
who interprets
omens, that's astrology,
00:31:03.76\00:31:06.38
who engages in
witchcraft, casts spells,
00:31:06.41\00:31:09.01
or who is a medium or
spiritist who consults the dead.
00:31:09.04\00:31:12.43
Anyone who does these
things is detestable to God."
00:31:12.46\00:31:15.47
Well, who would burn
their children in the fire?
00:31:15.50\00:31:19.53
That was just
back in Bible times.
00:31:19.56\00:31:22.32
And what's wrong with astrology?
00:31:22.35\00:31:24.78
What's wrong with
checking the newspaper
00:31:24.81\00:31:26.61
to see what
Leotells me to do today?
00:31:26.64\00:31:32.55
You see astrology is based
on the idea that your destiny,
00:31:32.58\00:31:37.09
your fate is fixed by
the position of the stars,
00:31:37.12\00:31:39.43
the movement you're born.
00:31:39.46\00:31:43.56
But we know that
we are born sinners
00:31:43.59\00:31:48.54
destined for destruction.
00:31:48.57\00:31:52.38
But when we meet Jesus Christ,
00:31:52.41\00:31:53.82
we're born again and
our fate changes. Amen.
00:31:53.85\00:32:01.82
But I have never heard
astrologer ask the question,
00:32:01.85\00:32:05.48
when were you
born again, Have you?
00:32:05.51\00:32:09.91
When you look to
the stars for guidance,
00:32:09.94\00:32:12.44
you're turning your back on
the God who made those stars.
00:32:12.47\00:32:16.31
He wants to lead you.
He wants to guide you.
00:32:16.34\00:32:23.82
Let no one be found
among you who consult the dead,
00:32:23.85\00:32:27.96
channels, John Edward,
Silvia Browne and others.
00:32:27.99\00:32:35.82
J. Z. Knight, Yelm, Washington
claims to be a channel
00:32:35.85\00:32:43.79
for a warrior Ramtha who
supposedly died 3,500 years ago.
00:32:43.82\00:32:50.34
And many of the popular
stars pay thousands of dollars
00:32:50.37\00:32:54.20
for counsel and
guidance from Ramtha
00:32:54.23\00:32:57.33
through his
channel, J. Z. Knight.
00:32:57.36\00:33:01.02
She wrote in her book,
'A State of Mind, My Story',
00:33:01.05\00:33:07.90
a little exchange
that she had with Ramtha.
00:33:07.93\00:33:12.45
Ramtha told her
one day "I Ramtha,
00:33:12.48\00:33:15.45
I'm the enlightened
one and I know that I'm God
00:33:15.48\00:33:18.58
and you do not that you're
God but I know what you know."
00:33:18.61\00:33:24.01
It's interesting.
00:33:24.04\00:33:26.71
J. Z. Knight said, "Okay,
00:33:26.74\00:33:28.68
but right now I
have to go to Safeway."
00:33:28.71\00:33:32.55
Ramtha the all knowing one
said, "Safeway, what Safeway."
00:33:32.58\00:33:40.21
It's a market where
you go to buy groceries.
00:33:40.24\00:33:44.03
Oh, what's
groceries? Some God, isn't he.
00:33:44.06\00:33:51.01
Vital lies, vital lies
if these are the spirits
00:33:51.04\00:33:55.80
of departed
loved ones, vital lies.
00:33:55.83\00:34:00.34
A lady whose
husband had gone to war
00:34:00.37\00:34:02.96
faithfully wrote and
the letters came back,
00:34:02.99\00:34:05.54
his letters came and he answered
00:34:05.57\00:34:07.46
but one day his
letter stopped coming.
00:34:07.49\00:34:10.74
And the days turned into weeks,
00:34:10.77\00:34:13.77
she didn't know
what had happened.
00:34:13.80\00:34:15.14
No one knew what
had happened to him.
00:34:15.17\00:34:18.29
And finally one
day some of her friends
00:34:18.32\00:34:20.53
convinced her, he must be dead.
00:34:20.56\00:34:22.84
Why don't you go to
a medium, to a channel
00:34:22.87\00:34:26.00
and they will
able to contact him
00:34:26.03\00:34:27.79
and he can tell
you what happened.
00:34:27.82\00:34:29.54
So she went to a channel
00:34:29.57\00:34:31.82
and she saw what
appeared to be her husband.
00:34:31.85\00:34:34.95
He explained how he
had been killed in the war.
00:34:34.98\00:34:39.06
And she left
feeling a little better
00:34:39.09\00:34:40.70
at least she knew what happened.
00:34:40.73\00:34:43.51
But two weeks later she
heard a knock on her door,
00:34:43.54\00:34:46.80
she opened the door
and there he was unharmed.
00:34:46.83\00:34:50.14
He wasn't even wounded.
00:34:50.17\00:34:51.55
He had just been
missing in action.
00:34:51.58\00:34:56.05
Vital lies, if these are spirits
of the departed loved ones,
00:34:56.08\00:35:01.20
vital lives, why the immorality.
00:35:01.23\00:35:09.13
My wife and I
had the opportunity
00:35:09.16\00:35:10.60
to watch a gospel film
one night of two young ladies
00:35:10.63\00:35:14.82
who had been
involved in witchcraft
00:35:14.85\00:35:16.55
and praise God,
He delivered them.
00:35:16.58\00:35:21.22
And they told their testimony
and they said one evening
00:35:21.25\00:35:25.79
they were all standing together
in a circle nude, joining hands.
00:35:25.82\00:35:30.27
Nude? Why the immorality?
00:35:30.30\00:35:35.79
If these are spirits of departed
loved ones, why the immorality?
00:35:35.82\00:35:43.79
And the lady went on
to say how she was filled
00:35:44.94\00:35:49.99
with feelings of love
and warmth and compassion
00:35:50.02\00:35:55.52
while she watched
her 18 month old baby boy
00:35:55.55\00:35:59.71
being consumed in the
flames as a living sacrifice.
00:35:59.74\00:36:04.59
And the other girl
says, "At that time
00:36:04.62\00:36:06.28
there was only one
thought that possessed my mind
00:36:06.31\00:36:09.31
and I wished
that I had a baby boy
00:36:09.34\00:36:11.89
that I could offer
as a sacrifice too."
00:36:11.92\00:36:14.53
It's only too
gruesome to be told
00:36:14.56\00:36:17.04
but it needs to be told
because that's where it ends.
00:36:17.07\00:36:21.26
That's where spiritism leads.
00:36:21.29\00:36:22.71
It's a part of a picture.
It's a part of the scene.
00:36:22.74\00:36:26.92
That's where spiritism ends.
Now how can that ever happen?
00:36:26.95\00:36:33.23
How could someone
ever do anything like that?
00:36:33.26\00:36:38.89
Isaiah tells us
how it can happen?
00:36:38.92\00:36:42.32
Turn back to Isaiah 9
in the Book of Isaiah.
00:36:42.35\00:36:49.82
Chapter 9:15 "The
elders or prominent men,
00:36:51.18\00:36:57.93
they are the head, the prophets
who speak lies are the tail.
00:36:57.96\00:37:03.23
And those who guide
this people mislead them,
00:37:03.26\00:37:07.08
and those who are
guided by them are led astray."
00:37:07.11\00:37:12.30
Now, why are
these people led astray?
00:37:12.33\00:37:16.23
They're led astray
because they're following men
00:37:16.26\00:37:20.69
instead of following
God. What is the result?
00:37:20.72\00:37:28.41
Verse 20, at the
end of verse says
00:37:28.44\00:37:30.15
"Each one will feed on the
flesh of their own offspring"
00:37:30.18\00:37:33.91
That's what
happens when people turn
00:37:33.94\00:37:37.06
to following men
instead of following God.
00:37:37.09\00:37:41.04
That's how it happens.
00:37:41.07\00:37:43.55
And many today are
making exactly the same mistake.
00:37:43.58\00:37:50.49
Archie Ijames
gave up his pastored
00:37:50.52\00:37:55.78
in the Black Methodist Church
and join the Peoples Temple
00:37:55.81\00:38:02.55
because he was impressed with
the way they took in minorities
00:38:02.58\00:38:08.55
and treated everyone
equally in that church.
00:38:08.58\00:38:15.84
Christine Cobb left her
neighborhood Baptist church,
00:38:15.87\00:38:18.50
joined the Peoples Temple
00:38:18.53\00:38:20.43
because they were such a
warm friendly caring church
00:38:20.46\00:38:23.56
and she liked the way
she felt when she went there.
00:38:23.59\00:38:26.57
Ross Case, 32 year old attorney
joined the Peoples Temple
00:38:26.60\00:38:30.68
impressed with
their track record
00:38:30.71\00:38:32.37
for civil
rights in the community
00:38:32.40\00:38:34.91
and little Loretta Stewart,
16 year old high school girl
00:38:34.94\00:38:38.76
on her way to high school dance
00:38:38.79\00:38:40.69
was in raptured by the music
coming from the Peoples Temple.
00:38:40.72\00:38:44.34
She went in and became
a part of that fellowship
00:38:44.37\00:38:47.18
because they loved
her and they embraced her.
00:38:47.21\00:38:49.72
The Peoples Temple
was a friendly church.
00:38:49.75\00:38:52.36
It was a warm caring
church. It was a safe church.
00:38:52.39\00:38:56.61
The member of the
Indianapolis, Indiana
00:38:56.64\00:38:58.85
chapter of the
Disciples of Christ--
00:38:58.88\00:39:00.72
a mainline
Protestant denomination.
00:39:00.75\00:39:04.36
The pastor,
young, powerful, dynamic
00:39:04.39\00:39:07.98
a man who'd been recognized
00:39:08.01\00:39:10.14
by the likes of
Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan,
00:39:10.17\00:39:13.52
J Edgar Hoover
and a host of others.
00:39:13.55\00:39:16.08
He was appointed by the
mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana
00:39:16.11\00:39:19.27
as the Director of the Human
Rights Commission for that city.
00:39:19.30\00:39:26.77
Ross Case, Loretta
Stewart, Archie Ijames,
00:39:27.83\00:39:31.35
Christine Cobb,
all loved their pastor.
00:39:31.38\00:39:39.35
And they followed their pastor.
00:39:39.38\00:39:44.00
The reverent Jim Jones to Guyana
00:39:44.03\00:39:51.01
and were there when 900
people drank poison Kool-Aid
00:39:51.04\00:39:57.18
because they were
following the pastor.
00:39:57.21\00:40:01.99
You see when we follow a man
00:40:02.02\00:40:04.71
instead of following
God bad things happen.
00:40:04.74\00:40:10.00
And the reason I'm
telling you that story
00:40:10.03\00:40:12.33
is because Archie
Ijames, Ross Case,
00:40:12.36\00:40:14.66
Loretta Stewart, Christine
Cobb were not weirdoes.
00:40:14.69\00:40:19.58
They were not some
moronic branch of society.
00:40:19.61\00:40:23.84
They were people
just like you and I.
00:40:23.87\00:40:25.80
In fact, I was in Portland,
Oregon, several years ago
00:40:25.83\00:40:29.46
and after this
meeting, a lady came up to me
00:40:29.49\00:40:32.01
and said pastor,
Christine Cobb was my cousin.
00:40:32.04\00:40:36.58
I said, "What?
She was your cousin."
00:40:36.61\00:40:40.95
She said, "Yes."
00:40:40.98\00:40:42.46
I said, "What was she
like? Was she kind of weird?"
00:40:42.49\00:40:47.30
She said, "No, she was
just like all the rest of us."
00:40:47.33\00:40:51.11
And did you ever go
to that church with her.
00:40:51.14\00:40:54.55
She said "I did, I
went to that church."
00:40:54.58\00:40:56.89
Why didn't you go
to Guyana with her?
00:40:56.92\00:41:00.99
She said, "My
grandmother told me
00:41:01.02\00:41:04.16
that the more
she prayed about it,
00:41:04.19\00:41:06.89
the worse she
felt about that man."
00:41:06.92\00:41:12.55
Thank God for
praying grandmothers, amen.
00:41:12.58\00:41:18.53
They were people just like
you but they made one mistake.
00:41:18.56\00:41:26.03
They followed a man
instead of following God.
00:41:27.15\00:41:32.52
And it wasn't as though
they didn't have warning
00:41:32.55\00:41:34.90
because they were times
when he would preach things
00:41:34.93\00:41:37.32
that did not square
up with the word of God.
00:41:37.35\00:41:39.89
But when they
asked him about it.
00:41:39.92\00:41:41.67
He said, "Look, don't
get hung up in doctrines,
00:41:41.70\00:41:45.89
doctrines aren't
important, people are important.
00:41:45.92\00:41:48.84
We need to love one another.
00:41:48.87\00:41:50.62
We need to do caring
things for one and other.
00:41:50.65\00:41:52.94
Don't worry about doctrines."
00:41:52.97\00:42:00.94
You see the false
prophet is going to appear
00:42:02.41\00:42:06.00
as though he is the man of God.
00:42:06.03\00:42:11.17
He is going to
know his scripture.
00:42:11.20\00:42:13.69
He can quote it
backwards and forwards.
00:42:13.72\00:42:18.62
He will read Bible text to you.
00:42:18.65\00:42:20.19
He will pray for
you, he will heal you.
00:42:20.22\00:42:22.18
The false prophet
appears as a man of God.
00:42:22.21\00:42:25.83
He could be a pastor,
00:42:25.86\00:42:28.18
pastor of the
largest church in town.
00:42:28.21\00:42:30.37
Pastor of the small
friendly church in town.
00:42:30.40\00:42:34.69
He could be your
pastor. You don't really know.
00:42:34.72\00:42:39.94
We can't follow men.
We have to follow God.
00:42:39.97\00:42:43.21
He could be a popular
television evangelist.
00:42:43.24\00:42:45.96
He could travel
all around the world
00:42:45.99\00:42:48.11
holding Revelation Now
programs. That's right.
00:42:48.14\00:42:55.22
How do you know
that you're not listening
00:42:55.25\00:42:57.76
to the false prophet
right now? You don't know that.
00:42:57.79\00:43:04.44
It's only one way to know
00:43:04.47\00:43:06.44
and that is to test what
I say by the word of God.
00:43:06.47\00:43:10.61
Amen. Don't take my word for it.
00:43:10.64\00:43:13.02
Don't take any
one's word for anything.
00:43:13.05\00:43:15.18
Take God's word forward,
00:43:15.21\00:43:16.56
that's the only
thing we can trust.
00:43:16.59\00:43:18.34
I'm not afraid to put my faith
00:43:18.37\00:43:20.10
to the acid test
for the word of God.
00:43:20.13\00:43:22.13
Don't you be afraid to
do the same thing? Amen
00:43:22.16\00:43:27.28
That's what this
angel warfare is all about.
00:43:27.31\00:43:32.53
You know a lot of people
say, "Man, I'm scared now.
00:43:32.56\00:43:35.90
I didn't know about all that."
00:43:35.93\00:43:37.29
Well, I know we've been
talking about some heavy things
00:43:37.32\00:43:39.80
but we need to unveil
what's going on in this world.
00:43:39.83\00:43:42.15
I want to shift gears now
00:43:42.18\00:43:43.45
and close in
these last few minutes.
00:43:43.48\00:43:45.33
I want to talk about some
better things, happier things.
00:43:45.36\00:43:48.29
In fact in Psalm
34:7, the Bible says,
00:43:48.32\00:43:51.47
"The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him."
00:43:51.50\00:43:55.16
So God has good angels.
Praise the Lord for that.
00:43:55.19\00:43:57.74
In fact, I'm going to show
you that for every bad angel,
00:43:57.77\00:44:00.28
there are two good
angels here in the world.
00:44:00.31\00:44:02.31
So you don't be have to
be afraid of the bad angels.
00:44:02.34\00:44:04.95
Turn to Hebrews, this
is one of my favorite ones
00:44:04.98\00:44:07.48
in the little Book of
Hebrews the first chapter.
00:44:07.51\00:44:10.96
In Hebrews 1:14, "Are not
all angels ministering spirits
00:44:10.99\00:44:18.96
sent to serve those who
will inherit salvation?"
00:44:20.30\00:44:22.91
God has angels that
He sends to serve you.
00:44:22.94\00:44:28.57
In the Bible times
they saw they're angles.
00:44:28.60\00:44:31.64
Today we don't see them, why?
00:44:31.67\00:44:33.29
Because I think
maybe we're just too busy
00:44:33.32\00:44:35.50
doing this and doing that
and going here and going there.
00:44:35.53\00:44:38.55
We don't even think
about angels I believe,
00:44:38.58\00:44:40.87
if we thought about it
and if we prayed about it,
00:44:40.90\00:44:43.12
if we spend time
communing with God,
00:44:43.15\00:44:45.10
maybe we can see angels just
like they did in Bible times.
00:44:45.13\00:44:48.73
Wouldn't you like that? Amen.
00:44:48.76\00:44:51.84
God has angels
send to serve you.
00:44:51.87\00:44:55.84
But I want to show you
something even better than that.
00:44:55.87\00:44:59.19
In the Gospel of John
16, the Gospel of John 16:7,
00:44:59.22\00:45:05.92
Jesus said, "I
tell you the truth,
00:45:05.95\00:45:08.39
it is for your
good that I'm going away
00:45:08.42\00:45:10.54
unless I go away, the
counselor will not come to you.
00:45:10.57\00:45:13.81
But if I go I'll
send him to you."
00:45:13.84\00:45:16.12
That counselor
is the Holy Spirit.
00:45:16.15\00:45:18.71
And so Jesus is saying
that it's better for Him,
00:45:18.74\00:45:23.61
it's better for Him to go away
and send the Holy Spirit than
00:45:23.64\00:45:26.60
it is to have the Holy
Spirit right here with us
00:45:26.63\00:45:29.50
that to have Jesus
right here with us.
00:45:29.53\00:45:32.00
It's better for Jesus to go away
00:45:32.03\00:45:35.39
than it is for Him
to be here in person
00:45:35.42\00:45:38.33
because when He goes
away, He sends the Holy Spirit.
00:45:38.36\00:45:43.48
Now that doesn't
sound like a truth to me.
00:45:43.51\00:45:45.68
But Jesus said, it is the truth.
00:45:45.71\00:45:48.71
And if it is then
that it's better for Jesus
00:45:48.74\00:45:52.42
to send the Holy Spirit
than to be here in person.
00:45:52.45\00:45:56.59
Then I don't believe we
have begun to experience
00:45:56.62\00:46:01.07
what God wants to do for us
00:46:01.10\00:46:03.22
through the power
of His Holy Spirit.
00:46:03.25\00:46:06.11
So I marked down a
few things in my Bible
00:46:06.14\00:46:09.58
that help us to
understand how to tap in,
00:46:09.61\00:46:12.75
tap in to that
power and wisdom of God
00:46:12.78\00:46:15.90
we'll hold down for dear life.
00:46:15.93\00:46:17.64
I want to s how you
how to do it right now.
00:46:17.67\00:46:19.83
In Verse 13 it says,
"When the spirit of truth comes,
00:46:19.86\00:46:23.34
he will guide
you into all truth."
00:46:23.37\00:46:25.59
Do you want to
know the truth? Amen.
00:46:25.62\00:46:29.06
We all want to know the truth.
00:46:29.09\00:46:30.26
I have never
met anyone who says,
00:46:30.29\00:46:32.25
I don't want to know
the truth, tell me a lie.
00:46:32.28\00:46:35.06
We want to know the truth.
00:46:35.09\00:46:36.79
But the Bible says
00:46:36.82\00:46:37.88
the Holy Spirit will
guide us into all truth.
00:46:37.91\00:46:41.99
If you let him, if you let him
lead you into the word of God.
00:46:42.02\00:46:46.24
And then the Bible tells
us in the end of verse 13,
00:46:46.27\00:46:49.77
he will tell you
what is yet to come.
00:46:49.80\00:46:51.02
If you ever had
to make a decision
00:46:51.05\00:46:52.62
and you have asked
yourself the question
00:46:52.65\00:46:54.52
if only I knew what was
going to happen tomorrow?
00:46:54.55\00:46:58.17
If only I knew what was going to
happen next week or next month.
00:46:58.20\00:47:02.80
The Bible says he will
tell you what is yet to come.
00:47:02.83\00:47:06.45
Now we saw that
God predicts the future
00:47:06.48\00:47:08.91
through the Spirit of Prophecy,
He predicts the future.
00:47:08.94\00:47:13.71
But I believe
this is more than that.
00:47:13.74\00:47:16.37
The Bible also says
if we listen we can hear
00:47:16.40\00:47:19.68
that still small voice behind us
00:47:19.71\00:47:22.37
telling us this is
the way walk in it.
00:47:22.40\00:47:26.41
God will lead you and
help you to make decisions.
00:47:26.44\00:47:29.19
You don't need a crystal ball,
00:47:29.22\00:47:31.01
charts of the
stars, tarot cards.
00:47:31.04\00:47:33.69
All you need is
the Spirit of God
00:47:33.72\00:47:35.71
to lead you
through the word of God.
00:47:35.74\00:47:39.88
And then there's more.
00:47:39.91\00:47:42.18
In Romans 8 lot
of good things here.
00:47:42.21\00:47:47.65
In Romans 8 look
at verse 11 with me.
00:47:47.68\00:47:50.84
"If the Spirit of
him who raised Jesus
00:47:50.87\00:47:53.32
from the dead is living in you,
00:47:53.35\00:47:55.64
then he who raised
Christ from the dead
00:47:55.67\00:47:58.14
will also give life
to your mortal bodies
00:47:58.17\00:48:00.55
through his
spirit, who lives in you."
00:48:00.58\00:48:04.53
Now that tells me
that the same spirit
00:48:04.56\00:48:07.81
who raised Jesus from the dead
00:48:07.84\00:48:11.10
wants to live in
you and to empower you.
00:48:11.13\00:48:14.06
He wants to be in you.
00:48:14.09\00:48:15.53
That means that he can be
closer than father and son,
00:48:15.56\00:48:20.09
mother and
daughter, husband and wife.
00:48:20.12\00:48:22.68
God's spirit
wants to live in you.
00:48:22.71\00:48:24.72
You need never be alone again.
00:48:24.75\00:48:26.85
So many people tell me,
pastor, I just feel so alone.
00:48:26.88\00:48:31.11
But when you connect
with the Spirit of God,
00:48:31.14\00:48:33.19
He dwells in
you, the same spirit
00:48:33.22\00:48:35.95
that raised Jesus from
the dead wants to live in you.
00:48:35.98\00:48:38.31
That's good news, amen. Amen.
00:48:38.34\00:48:40.49
And then he
says, "If by the spirit
00:48:40.52\00:48:42.52
you put to death the misdeeds
of the body, you will live."
00:48:42.55\00:48:47.20
God wants to
empower you by His spirit
00:48:47.23\00:48:50.79
to put to death the
misdeeds of the body.
00:48:50.82\00:48:53.33
The same spirit that raised
Jesus Christ from the dead
00:48:53.36\00:48:57.64
wants to live in
you and give you power.
00:48:57.67\00:49:00.42
Power to break the
chains of addiction.
00:49:00.45\00:49:03.63
Power to break the addiction
of drugs, alcohol, tobacco.
00:49:03.66\00:49:08.64
Any of the problems, pornography
00:49:08.67\00:49:10.98
that people are
struggling with today.
00:49:11.01\00:49:13.18
God has power and He
can give you the power,
00:49:13.21\00:49:16.93
the same spirit that
raised Jesus from the dead
00:49:16.96\00:49:20.10
can break the
chains that enslave you,
00:49:20.13\00:49:22.87
that's good news for us tonight.
00:49:22.90\00:49:24.91
Amen. And then security.
00:49:24.94\00:49:32.77
The spirit himself
testifies in verse 16,
00:49:32.80\00:49:36.00
"With our spirit that
we are God's children."
00:49:36.03\00:49:40.79
You know there's something
about a sense of security
00:49:40.82\00:49:43.74
we can have when
we are God's children.
00:49:43.77\00:49:49.18
Something about having a father.
00:49:49.21\00:49:51.94
We have, my wife
and I have two boys.
00:49:51.97\00:49:54.05
Well they are not boys anymore,
they are all grown up and gone.
00:49:54.08\00:49:57.88
But they were little boys
00:49:57.91\00:50:00.26
and I remember
when they were little,
00:50:00.29\00:50:02.62
they could be
standing up at a high place
00:50:02.65\00:50:05.41
and I could stand down
there with my arms outstretched
00:50:05.44\00:50:08.73
and they would
jump off into my arms.
00:50:08.76\00:50:12.78
They knew their father
wasn't going to let them down.
00:50:12.81\00:50:17.30
They knew they
could trust their father.
00:50:17.33\00:50:22.45
If we can have that kind of
security in our earthly fathers,
00:50:22.48\00:50:26.59
how much more
security do we have
00:50:26.62\00:50:30.60
in trusting in
the Spirit of God.
00:50:30.63\00:50:33.11
Amen. Amen.
00:50:33.14\00:50:34.72
He is your Father,
00:50:34.75\00:50:38.27
He is the King of
kings and Lord of lords.
00:50:38.30\00:50:42.66
That means that you are a
prince you are a princess,
00:50:42.69\00:50:46.97
you're somebody
in this whole world.
00:50:47.00\00:50:49.03
You can walk with
your head held high
00:50:49.06\00:50:51.02
because you are a
child of the King.
00:50:51.05\00:50:53.53
Amen. That makes you somebody.
00:50:53.56\00:51:00.91
And then in verse
26, the Bible says,
00:51:00.94\00:51:06.71
"The Spirit helps
us in our weakness.
00:51:06.74\00:51:08.67
We don't even know
what we ought to pray for,
00:51:08.70\00:51:12.61
but the Spirit himself
intercedes for us with groans
00:51:12.64\00:51:17.16
that words can never express."
00:51:17.19\00:51:21.68
We don't even
know what to pray for.
00:51:21.71\00:51:23.66
People tell me all the time,
00:51:23.69\00:51:25.04
"Pastor, I don't
know how to pray."
00:51:25.07\00:51:29.51
I'm telling you
there is power in prayer.
00:51:29.54\00:51:35.04
God is not just up
there and we're down here.
00:51:35.07\00:51:37.82
He connects with
us through prayer.
00:51:37.85\00:51:40.11
And there is power in prayer
00:51:40.14\00:51:42.11
and God wants to work
miracles in your life.
00:51:42.14\00:51:44.79
You say, well, I
don't know how to pray,
00:51:44.82\00:51:46.23
but you don't have
to know how to pray.
00:51:46.26\00:51:48.01
All you need to
do is talk to God
00:51:48.04\00:51:49.96
like you would talk to a friend.
00:51:49.99\00:51:54.43
You don't have
to know all of those
00:51:54.46\00:51:56.23
these and thoughs
and whoosh and chugs,
00:51:56.26\00:52:01.69
just pretend that
you're talking to a friend
00:52:01.72\00:52:06.92
because Jesus
wants to be your friend.
00:52:06.95\00:52:10.85
Picture Him
sitting there with you.
00:52:10.88\00:52:13.21
Talk to Him, tell Him
what's going on in your life
00:52:13.24\00:52:16.38
but you know
sometimes there are things
00:52:16.41\00:52:18.08
that we can't even
think of what to say
00:52:18.11\00:52:20.41
and that's when the
spirit intercedes with groans
00:52:20.44\00:52:23.22
that words can
never express. What power?
00:52:23.25\00:52:31.22
And then in Galatians 5:22,
00:52:33.20\00:52:38.14
the Bible tells us
about the fruit of the spirit.
00:52:38.17\00:52:43.43
Love, could the world
use more of that today. Amen.
00:52:43.46\00:52:47.83
Joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness,
00:52:47.86\00:52:54.15
faithfulness,
gentleness, self control,
00:52:54.18\00:52:57.85
I could use a lot more
of patience, could you?
00:52:57.88\00:53:01.71
I could use a lot more
of all of these things.
00:53:01.74\00:53:03.95
These are the benefits
that you can have right now,
00:53:03.98\00:53:08.13
if you allow the Spirit
of God to work in your heart.
00:53:08.16\00:53:11.79
Do you want peace?
00:53:11.82\00:53:13.12
Do you want rest from the
things going on around us?
00:53:13.15\00:53:18.19
Seek the Spirit of God.
00:53:18.22\00:53:21.74
The Lord God, we just
thank You and praise You
00:53:21.77\00:53:26.90
for Jesus who has set us free
from the fears of demon spirits
00:53:26.93\00:53:34.90
and the fears of
things going on all around us.
00:53:34.93\00:53:38.55
And empowers us to
live a peaceful, happy,
00:53:38.58\00:53:43.83
joyful life in Him
regardless of the circumstances.
00:53:43.86\00:53:49.16
Lord, we want to
walk with Your Spirit.
00:53:49.19\00:53:51.50
In Jesus name, amen.
00:53:51.53\00:53:55.94
I'm only human I'm just a woman
00:54:08.51\00:54:16.51
Help me believe
in what I could be
00:54:21.40\00:54:27.96
And all that I am
Show me the stairway
00:54:27.99\00:54:35.96
I have to climb Lord for my sake
00:54:41.00\00:54:49.00
Teach me to take
One day at a time
00:54:50.78\00:54:58.78
One day at a time dear Jesus
00:54:59.98\00:55:07.92
That's all I'm asking from You
00:55:07.95\00:55:15.42
Just give me the strength To
do everyday what I have to do
00:55:16.46\00:55:24.46
Yesterday's gone dear Jesus
00:55:29.78\00:55:37.51
And tomorrow may never be mine
00:55:37.54\00:55:45.51
Lord help me today
00:55:45.54\00:55:49.62
Show me the way
One day at a time
00:55:49.65\00:55:57.62
Do you remember When
you walked among men?
00:55:59.15\00:56:07.15
Well Jesus you know
If you're looking below
00:56:11.89\00:56:18.45
It's worse now than
then Pushing and shoving
00:56:18.48\00:56:26.45
They're crowding
my mind So for my sake
00:56:31.11\00:56:39.11
Teach me to take
one day at a time
00:56:41.19\00:56:49.19
One day at a time dear Jesus
00:56:50.36\00:56:58.36
That's all I'm asking from You
00:56:58.39\00:57:06.29
Just give me the strength
00:57:06.32\00:57:10.21
To do everyday what I have to do
00:57:10.24\00:57:18.21
Yesterday's gone dear Jesus
00:57:20.01\00:57:27.13
And tomorrow may never be mine
00:57:27.16\00:57:35.13
Lord help me
today Show me the way
00:57:35.16\00:57:41.94
One day at a time So for my sake
00:57:41.97\00:57:49.94
Teach me to take
One day at a time
00:57:52.01\00:58:00.01