A great controversy
rages between good and evil
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and humanity is
caught in the crossfire.
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Satan has crafted his most
cunning end-time deceptions
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but his plans
are doomed to fail.
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Get ready to
anchor your minds in truth
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as the Bible exposes
his lies and prepares us
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for our soon-coming Savior.
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And now live from the
Campus Hill Church of SDAs
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in Loma Linda, California
we bring you this presentation
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of:
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Hello, and once again we
want to thank you for joining us
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from around the world.
We're here in Loma Linda, CA.
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We're having a
great time in the Lord.
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I hope you just were able to
watch and view the first hour.
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We had some incredible music.
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I started getting chill
bumps back there and had to
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kind of rub them down.
They were gettin' all over me
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under the anointing of the
Holy Spirit under the music.
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But it's my privilege tonight
to introduce a long-time friend
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and a minister of the gospel.
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One of the greatest
voices on the planet
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if I can say that. I
don't think I'm the only one
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that thinks that. Millions
of people agree with me on that.
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But what I love
about Pastor Wintley Phipps
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is he gives all glory
and honor and praise to God.
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I love his wife Linda. She's
over here... a beautiful wife
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and supports him.
They've supported each other.
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Wonderful marriage; great kids.
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I appreciate what you do,
Linda, for the cause of God
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and your love for
Jesus. It shines through.
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And we're so
thankful for Pastor Phipps.
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Now he's going to
be speaking tonight:
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The Battle for the Mind.
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But I wanted to tell you
that he just told me... I said:
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"Is anything big?
" just a moment ago.
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"Something I can tell the
folk? " And he said: "Yes,
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if you go to my
website wintleyphipps.com
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the song he's about to
do, and many of you probably
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have heard this before... I
think I heard it the first time
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he did it at Carnegie Hall I
think with the Gaithers maybe.
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Amazing Grace. He said:
"If you go to the website
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you can download
it absolutely free.
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Listen to it; enjoy it. "
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So once again I
appreciate Pastor Phipps
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that he's not only the pastor of
a church but he's an evangelist.
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He travels around the world and
has had a tremendous influence
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on many of our political
leaders. And if any time
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in our nation's history
that our leaders need to
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see somebody they can depend
on and somebody's that's willing
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to talk to them about Jesus
I think it's now, don't you?
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So I'm thankful that God
has given him these open doors
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to meet so many people and
to influence an entire nation.
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So without further
adieu again it's my privilege
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to introduce my
brother Pr. Wintley Phipps.
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Amazing grace,
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how sweet the sound
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that saved
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a wretch
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like me.
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I once
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was lost
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but now I'm found...
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was blind
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but now
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I see.
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Through many dangers,
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toils, and snares
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I have
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already
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come.
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'Twas grace
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that brought me
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safe thus far
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and grace
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will lead
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me home.
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And when we've been there
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ten thousand years
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bright shining
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as the sun
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we've no
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less days
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to sing God's praise
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than when we first
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begun...
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Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah!
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Amen!
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Amen!
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Will you pray with me?
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Father, as we
open Your Holy Word
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I ask that You would cleanse
me of all unrighteousness.
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Fill my life with Your Holy
Spirit's presence and power.
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Speak to me,
through me, and for me.
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I promise you, Lord, I'll
always give You the honor,
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the glory, and the praise.
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In Jesus' name I
pray, Amen... Amen!
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And I want to thank
this ministry - 3ABN -
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for what God has done through
it all around this world.
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Amen! Let the
church say "Amen! " AMEN!
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My message tonight:
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The Battle for the Mind.
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The Bible tells of a day
when Jesus and His disciples
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climbed out of their
boat. As they waded to the shore
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they were startled
by the sight of a man
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running towards them.
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His flesh was torn and bloodied.
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His eyes covered
by long, matted hair.
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He looked more like a
wild beast than a human being.
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According to the Bible, this
man who lived in the cemetery
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near the shore... his
mind was possessed by demons.
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Whenever he was put
into chains and shackles
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with superhuman strength he
would break the chains apart.
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No one it seemed was
strong enough to subdue him.
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Day and night he
wandered through the cemetery
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howling and
screaming and cutting himself
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with sharp stones.
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He was so dangerous
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no one dared approach him.
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That day as he ran
towards the disciples
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half naked,
bleeding, foaming at the mouth
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the disciples considered
it the better part of valor
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to run the other way
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rather than confront this man
whose mind was demon-possessed.
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As they ran, they looked
back to see how much distance
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they had created between
this madman and themselves
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and what they saw left
them startled and astonished.
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There was Jesus...
not running with them.
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Instead, Jesus was
standing in front of that madman
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calm and confident,
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composed and self-assured.
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Jesus raised His hands in
a quiet gesture of authority
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and the possessed man
stopped dead in his tracks.
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The Bible then tells us
that the demons who controlled
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the mind of that
man began to speak.
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The Bible says in Luke 8:28
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"When he saw Jesus he
cried out and fell down.. "
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The demons addressed Him:
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"Jesus, thou Son
of God most high. "
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You know what?
Every demon in hell
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knows who Jesus is. Amen!
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Every demon in rebellion
knows who they are up against.
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My Bible says:
"Every knee shall bow
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and every tongue shall
confess. " That means to me
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every demon will one
day acknowledge Him as Lord.
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Amen! The demon
inside the man shouted:
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"What have I to do with Thee,
Jesus? Why are You interfering
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and bothering with me?
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Did You come here to
torture and punish me? "
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And then Jesus asked
the demon-possessed man:
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"What is your name? "
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He said: "My name is Legion.
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There are many of us
demons living inside the mind of
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this man. " The
chief demon said to Jesus:
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"Give us permission
to leave this man's mind
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and enter the herd
of pigs over there. "
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Jesus said unto them:
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"Permission granted...
but you must leave at once. "
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And then suddenly
with the might and power
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of a cleansing wind
those unclean spirits
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left the mind of
that possessed man
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and entered
into the herd of pigs
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and then threw
themselves off of a cliff
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into the waters below.
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The farmers who owned the pigs
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ran back to the
village testifying:
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"Come see a Man
who has the power
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to triumph over a
demon-possessed mind. "
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"Come see a Man who has
the power to bring back sanity
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and stability to a mind
that is not thinking straight. "
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"Come see a Man who has
the power to evict demons
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seeking to rid your
soul of righteous thoughts
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and spiritual thinking. "
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"Come see a Man who has
the power to be victorious
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in the battle for the
control of the human mind. "
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When the villagers
arrived they saw that same man
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who had
terrorized the countryside
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sitting at the feet of
Jesus calm and collected,
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rational and sensible.
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And that same man who had
flung threats and curses at them
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they now saw him
singing the praises of God
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and glorifying His name.
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Those villagers wondered
aloud: "What kind of Man is this
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who can with a
word liberate a mind
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from the control of demons? "
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"What kind of Man is
this who can rescue a mind
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from damnation and death? "
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Oh, I love the way the Bible
says it. It says: "When the
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people came to Jesus they found
the man out of whom the devils
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were departed
sitting at the feet of Jesus,
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clothed, and in
his right mind. "
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Now I admit to you as
a young man listening to
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preachers waxing
eloquent on this scripture
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what I heard seemed so poetic
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simply because
they left out the comma.
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Look at it: Luke 8:35. It says:
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"Then they went out
to see what was done
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and came to
Jesus and found the man
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out of whom the
devils were departed
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sitting at the feet of Jesus,
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clothed and in his right mind
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and they were afraid. "
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But what I heard
those preachers saying was:
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"He was sitting
at the feet of Jesus
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clothed in his right mind. "
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Anyone here know
today it is a blessing
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to be clothed in
your right mind? Amen!
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All of us are in a
battle for the mind,
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and this battle manifests
itself in the severity of
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the opioid crisis that
we see and the drug epidemic
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in a nation awash in beer
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and liquor! One of
the reasons I don't drink
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is because as much as possible
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I want to be "clothed
in my right mind. " Amen!
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I want to be in
control of my mind.
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Reminds me of a story
I read of a drunk husband
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who snuck up the stairs
after being in a fistfight
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at a local bar.
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He quietly went into the bath-
room, looked into the mirror,
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and he bandaged up
all the bumps and bruises
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he saw on his face. And
then he climbed into bed
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smiling at the thought
that he had pulled one over
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on his wife. When morning came
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he opened his eyes, and
there stood his wife over him.
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She said: "You were drunk
last night, weren't you? "
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"No, honey, " he
replied. "I wasn't drunk. "
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"Well then, " she said,
"who put all those band aids
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on the bathroom mirror? "
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It's a blessing to be clothed
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in your right mind!
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And every day,
whether we realize it or not
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all of us are
engaged in spiritual warfare.
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And this battle for the
mind began in the very courts
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of heaven. In
God's perfect heaven
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the devil gained control
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of the minds of a
third of the angels!
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And ever since then the devil
has been in a vicious battle
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for the mind. It was
in heaven where he learned
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that the way you
gain control of minds
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is through the use of lies,
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falsehoods, and deception.
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It was Adolf
Hitler who once said:
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"To control the minds of people
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you have to tell really BIG lies
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and tell them often. "
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And in the Garden of Eden
he told Eve one of the biggest
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lies that has ever been
told when he said to Eve:
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"You shall not surely die. "
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That was a lie, but it
wasn't the biggest lie he told.
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The biggest lie the devil told
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was the biggest lie in
the universe that can be told:
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that God doesn't
always tell the truth.
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"You shall not surely die. "
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You can't get a
lie bigger than that.
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In 2007 after seeing
hundreds of tornadoes
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hit his state State
Senator Ernie Chambers
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of Nebraska filed a
lawsuit against God.
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Yes! Seeking a
permanent injunction
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against God's
harmful activities.
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He said: "The lawsuit
accused God of not being kind
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and loving as He
portrayed Himself to be. "
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Oh, and I love
this... I love this:
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the suit went all the way
to the Nebraska Supreme Court
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where it was finally
thrown out - dismissed -
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I love this - because
God could not be properly
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notified
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because He has an
unlisted home address.
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Throughout history
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the devil has accused and
impeached the character of God.
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He's charged God with lying
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and false misrepresentation
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and through
treachery, lies, and deception
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he has won the
battle from so many minds.
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Oh, but friends,
somewhere I read in Titus 1:2
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Friends, God cannot lie. Amen!
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And John 8:44 says:
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And why is the devil
battling for the human mind?
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First of all, the
human mind is amazing.
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It was William
James who once said:
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"The greatest
discovery of my generation
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is that a human
being can alter his life
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by changing his mind. "
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If you continue to believe
as you've always believed,
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you will always feel
like you've always felt
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and you will always continue to
act the way you've always acted.
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But if you want
different results
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in your life or in your work
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or in your
marriage or in your home,
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what you have to do is
change the way you think.
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This year... this year
I've been married for 44 years
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and early in my marriage
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I settled it in my mind
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there is nothing -
and I mean NOTHING -
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my wife can ever say or do
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that will cause me
to be angry with her.
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Yes, I said it.
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In other words, if you
change the way you think
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it will change the way you feel
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and that will
change the way you act.
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It was John
Alston who once said:
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"If you don't control
your mind, someone else will. "
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Controlling
what enters your mind
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is critical to
your spiritual survival.
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Now the ability to think
is the most important gift
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we have as human beings.
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Years ago a man who
bought a new gadget -
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unassembled, of course.
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You know, like at Christmas
you buy all this "stuff"
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and none of it is assembled.
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And he read and
re-read the instructions
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and as much as he
could, he couldn't figure out
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how to put it together.
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Finally he sought the
help of an old handyman
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who was working in his
back yard. The old fellow
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picked up all the
pieces, studied them carefully,
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and then began
assembling the gadget.
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In a short time he
had put it together.
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"That's amazing! " said the man.
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"And you did it without even
looking at the instructions! "
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"The fact is, "
said the old man,
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"I can't read. "
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And then he said: "And
when a fella can't read
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he's gotta think. "
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Because we can
think we can choose.
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And because we can
choose we can love.
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For without the power
of choice we cannot love.
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And because we can
think, with God's help...
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With God's help
we... because we can think
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we can mold our lives into har-
mony with the character of God.
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Friends, our minds are
the fountain of our choices,
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the foundation of
our spiritual lives.
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And that's why our minds are
the focus of the enemy's wrath.
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Because it is in our
minds that we get to emulate
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the character of Christ.
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Amen! It is in our minds
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that we get to grow every day
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to more closely
resemble, reflect, and reveal
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the character of God. Amen!
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And that's why the devil is
battling for the human mind.
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Because it is with our minds
that we get to give God glory
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and the glory of God
is His character. Amen!
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The mind is the foundation
upon which we build godly
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and Christ-like character.
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And if the
foundation be destroyed,
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the Bible says: "what
can the righteous do? "
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Well, the devil knows
if he can control our minds
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he can chip away at the foun-
dation of our spiritual life.
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If he can control our minds,
he can erode our character
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and our resemblance and
our likeness to the character
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of God. Oh, I just hope
you're listening to me today.
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Jesus gives one of
the most sobering warnings
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about the devil's
ability to deceive our minds.
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Matthew 24:24 says:
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Now those words
"if it were possible
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they shall
deceive the very elect"
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is a warning that says
the devil is able to deceive
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in such a way that
not even the elect -
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not even God's
chosen people - are safe.
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He is able to
deceive even the very elect
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so that not even
God's remnant people
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are immune from the
danger of being deceived.
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Without God's help, not
even the most spiritual among us
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are safe from the
ability of the devil to deceive.
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You see, for millenniums
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the devil has been
practicing how to do battle with
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and how to capture the minds
of the most spiritual among us.
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I'm an avid student of
history, and I can tell you
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that in every era and every age
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the battle for the
human mind has been raging.
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I can tell you
that throughout history
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the devil has demonstrated
a knack and an uncanny ability
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to deceive some of
the most select and elect
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and privileged servants of God.
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I think it was about
30 years ago as a pastor
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I began asking
myself this question:
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"Why do Christians who
know so much about Jesus
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consistently behave so badly? "
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How is it that devout,
Bible-carrying Christians
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can be so easily deceived?
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First of all,
that's what happens
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when being like the character
of Christ is not the central
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focus of your faith.
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So you embrace doctrine
and you don't see the need
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to continue to be like Christ.
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How is it that even
elect, spiritual people
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can be so easily deceived?
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Well think about this:
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how do you go
from being a Noah -
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a righteous
preacher for 120 years,
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a preacher who found
grace in the eyes of the Lord,
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survived the flood - to
ending up being in a naked
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drunken stupor?
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How do you go
from being an Abraham -
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the father of the faithful -
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to lying about your
wife not being your wife
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but being your sister
and then telling another man
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"You can take her with you? "
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How do you go from
being a humble, godly woman
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like Sarah to forcing
your husband to have sex
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with another woman with
your knowledge and consent?
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How do you go from
being a Moses - the humblest,
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meekest man on the
face of the earth -
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to losing the ability
to enter the Promised Land
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because of your
inability to control your anger
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and cool your temper?
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The enemy, brothers
and sisters, has the power
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to deceive even the very elect.
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How do you go from
being a faithful priest of God
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like Aaron and still you
build an idol to a false god
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after watching the Red Sea part?
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How do you go from being a
Miriam, rescued from the grip
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of slavery and prejudice,
and then yourself show
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racial prejudice to a woman
of color because she married
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your brother?
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How do you go
from being an Elijah -
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the prophet hero at Mt. Carmel -
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and then run from the threats
of an inept, wicked queen?
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How do you go from
being a Saul - chosen by God
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to be king of Israel -
and then become a psychotic
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paranoid maniac?
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How do you go
from being a David -
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writing "The
Lord is my Shepherd? "
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He wasn't his Shepherd that day.
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How do you go from being
a man after God's own heart
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to being a sex-driven, lust-
filled adulterer and murderer?
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How do you go from being
a Solomon - the wisest man
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in the world - to
doing something as dumb
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as marrying 700 wives
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and having 300 mistresses?
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Nothing smart about that
I don't care how you cut it.
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You only do something
like that when you've lost
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your "cotton-pickin' mind. "
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How do you go... check this out:
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How do you go from
being a Martin Luther -
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the spark of the
Protestant Reformation,
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a pioneer of religious
freedom and religious liberty -
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to calling Jews dogs and devils
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and advocating that
their homes and synagogues
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be burned to the
ground in honor of our Lord?
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How do you go from
being a Martin Luther -
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the spark of the
Protestant Reformation -
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to writing that
when it comes to Jews
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God will not hold it against us
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if we kill them all.
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That's what he said: "We are
not at fault in slaying them. "
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That's because
even the very elect
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can be deceived.
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How can the
brave, righteous Pilgrims
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who fled religious
persecution in Europe
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and come to these
shores of America led of God
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and then turn around
and persecute and torture?
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Yes they did... Pilgrims!
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They tortured other people.
They did something called
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flailing...
flailing a person alive.
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You peel the skin off of
their head and their face
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while they were living.
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How do you do that?
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Because Jesus warned
that "even the very elect"
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can be deceived.
How do you go from being
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a church-going, God-fearing
Christian like Geo. Washington
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to owning black people as slaves
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and cruelly shipping
members of the same slave family
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thousands of miles away
because of an infraction
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against the rules
on your plantation?
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I am amazed how
brilliant spiritual minds
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can be so easily deceived.
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And you are
deceived if you do not think
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it can happen today
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and is happening today.
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I know without the
help and protection of God
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he can deceive any one
of us. The devil can deceive
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any one of us in here.
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And so I asked God:
"Show me some of the weapons
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the devil has used successfully
throughout human history
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to corrupt and capture the minds
of perfectly spiritual people. "
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I asked God: "Let me
peek into his bag of tricks.
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Show me what he uses
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to deceive even
the very elect. "
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And God showed me four stra-
tegies the enemy of our souls
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uses effectively in his
battle for the human mind.
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The first is power.
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Power.
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When Christian people get power:
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worldly power,
economic power, military power,
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and yes, political power...
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That's right. When
Christians get political power
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that power turns
intelligent Christians
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into immoral Christians. Amen!
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And hear me. I'm going to
say some tough things today
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but God's with me. Amen.
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Christianity without
the character of Christ
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is the very
definition of corruption. Ooh!
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And you can "couch
it" in your religiosity
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in policy, um-hmm. You
can dress it up in rules
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and carefully
crafted committee-endorsed,
00:33:46.35\00:33:49.59
well-worded
statements but if your policies
00:33:49.79\00:33:53.46
are not in harmony
with the character of Christ
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you might as well
throw them in the garbage.
00:33:57.13\00:33:59.60
Your Christianity is corrupt!
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When ministers, though... I'm
going to... You praying for me?
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Amen. When
ministers jockey and scheme
00:34:07.58\00:34:12.31
and politic for
temporary title and positions
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this is not reflective
of the character of Christ.
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Look at what the
servant of the Lord says.
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She says: "It is a mistake
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for a conference to
select as a president
00:34:25.86\00:34:29.46
one who considers that
his office places unlimited
00:34:29.66\00:34:34.34
power in his hands. "
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And look at this. She
says: "A man's position
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does not make
him one jot or tittle
00:34:41.18\00:34:45.45
greater in the sight of God.
00:34:45.65\00:34:48.22
It is character
alone that God values. "
00:34:48.42\00:34:54.29
God is not
impressed with your title!
00:34:54.49\00:34:57.49
A Christ-like character
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is more valuable
in the eyes of God
00:35:04.80\00:35:08.10
than having president
in front of your name.
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Amen!
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And so sometimes... sometimes
you have to look beyond
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the veneer of fake
holiness and speak clearly
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when people condone unChristlike
methods that hurt other people.
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When you stand by silent when
other people are being wronged
00:35:27.92\00:35:32.23
and harmed by
those who have power
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that is unChristlike. Amen!
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To be silent when
leaders that we "like"
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are hurting other people
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and hurting other
people because they have power
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that silence is unChristlike.
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So often the temptation
to rule over other people
00:35:55.32\00:35:58.72
corrupts our
spiritual sensibilities
00:35:58.92\00:36:01.69
and hijacks all that
is honorable and virtuous
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and good in us.
The temptation to rule
00:36:05.33\00:36:08.20
over other people perverts our
powers of righteous reasoning
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and honorable
conduct. Power is a temptation
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that has deceived
even the very elect
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and chosen of God's servants.
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So power is the first
strategy the devil uses in the
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battle of the mind. The
next weapon the devil uses
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in his battle for
the mind is pride.
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The promise of the serpent
in the Garden of Eden to Eve
00:36:37.76\00:36:39.86
was: "You will be as gods. "
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This appealed to Eve's
pride, and pride is well capable
00:36:42.73\00:36:47.24
of corrupting the minds
of the most devout spiritual
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people. "I am the smartest. "
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Whoever told you
a thing like that?
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"I am the most
intelligent. " Pride!
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Amongst other things
pride is the temptation
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to feel superior to other people
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physically, culturally,
00:37:10.69\00:37:15.00
financially. Pride, my friend
Dr. E. E. Cleveland used to say
00:37:15.20\00:37:20.24
that "better off
doesn't mean better than. "
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The moment you begin to
believe you are better than
00:37:24.54\00:37:28.48
your heart is filled
with pride. Whoever told you
00:37:28.68\00:37:32.21
that different meant deficient?
00:37:32.41\00:37:37.29
Pride is the temptation
to be seen as superior
00:37:39.42\00:37:42.72
to others, and the
enemy has used pride
00:37:42.92\00:37:45.36
to deceive even the
most spiritual of minds.
00:37:45.56\00:37:49.16
It is pride that causes us to
forget as the Word of God says
00:37:49.36\00:37:52.70
in Acts 17:26
00:37:52.90\00:37:54.24
You know, I was in the crowd
that welcomed Nelson Mandela
00:38:04.51\00:38:09.08
when he came out of prison.
00:38:09.28\00:38:10.62
And one of the things
about apartheid that was said
00:38:11.45\00:38:13.89
but you didn't read the
other part of that scripture.
00:38:14.09\00:38:16.06
It says: "God has appointed
bounds of habitation. "
00:38:16.26\00:38:19.13
And they interpreted that
to mean that it was God's will
00:38:19.33\00:38:22.96
that people of
different shades of color
00:38:23.16\00:38:25.47
be separated by
geographic boundaries.
00:38:25.87\00:38:30.01
Pride!
00:38:30.51\00:38:32.37
It is pride that makes us
forget as Galatians 3:28 says:
00:38:32.87\00:38:36.38
It is pride that makes
us forget what Romans says
00:38:52.23\00:38:55.53
in Romans 2:11
00:38:55.73\00:38:57.07
Pride of race can be
so seductive and deceptive
00:39:02.60\00:39:07.44
that some
Christians will put their race
00:39:07.64\00:39:10.75
above their redemption.
00:39:10.95\00:39:12.58
They'll put their pride
of race before their Christ.
00:39:15.68\00:39:19.59
Pride of race is a lie
00:39:20.09\00:39:21.86
that deceives even the
very elect of Christians.
00:39:22.06\00:39:26.13
I heard a man say:
"Well I can't help it
00:39:26.33\00:39:28.53
if my race is smart
and good looking too. "
00:39:28.73\00:39:31.40
Pride. The next
weapon the devil uses
00:39:34.37\00:39:37.37
in his battle for the
minds of spiritual people
00:39:37.57\00:39:40.04
is presumption.
00:39:41.28\00:39:43.04
Presumption is
the mistaken belief
00:39:43.45\00:39:46.41
that you can enjoy the
blessing of God's promises
00:39:46.61\00:39:49.45
while refusing to
comply with the conditions
00:39:49.65\00:39:53.39
God has placed
on those promises.
00:39:53.59\00:39:55.89
Presumption is believing
that God does not require
00:39:56.29\00:39:59.46
you to always live in
harmony with His character
00:39:59.66\00:40:03.83
and His principles.
Presumption is: "Yeah, me...
00:40:04.03\00:40:07.67
I can get a day off from
being kind when I want to. "
00:40:07.87\00:40:12.74
Presumption is the
belief that if I hurt others
00:40:14.58\00:40:18.58
in pursuit of noble
ends God will understand...
00:40:18.78\00:40:23.39
even if it means to
support the torture of others
00:40:23.59\00:40:26.19
and denies other people
their God-given freedoms
00:40:26.39\00:40:30.03
and blessings.
God will understand.
00:40:30.23\00:40:32.06
Look at what the
servant of the Lord says.
00:40:32.26\00:40:33.60
She says:
00:40:33.63\00:40:34.96
My God... presumption.
00:40:50.35\00:40:52.65
It is one of the weapons
the devil uses skillfully
00:40:52.85\00:40:55.52
in his battle for the mind.
00:40:55.72\00:40:57.22
Whoo!
00:41:26.82\00:41:28.78
The next weapon in his
arsenal that Satan uses
00:41:29.65\00:41:32.49
to deceive even the very elect
00:41:32.69\00:41:34.86
is pleasure. Genesis 3:6
00:41:35.36\00:41:39.86
Pleasure! I John 2:15
00:41:50.21\00:41:54.91
Friends, pleasure is
when the desire to feel good
00:42:01.75\00:42:07.22
becomes more important
than the obligation to do good.
00:42:07.42\00:42:11.59
Pleasure is when the
temptation to feel right
00:42:12.29\00:42:15.73
"Oh, this feels good! "
00:42:15.93\00:42:18.07
when it
overwhelms the sense of duty
00:42:18.47\00:42:21.87
to do what is right.
00:42:22.07\00:42:23.51
And throughout
history these four:
00:42:23.71\00:42:26.57
power... What did I say?
00:42:26.78\00:42:29.51
Power. The next one is? Pride.
00:42:29.71\00:42:33.52
Presumption and Pleasure.
00:42:33.92\00:42:37.75
These have been the
devil's most successful weapons
00:42:37.95\00:42:42.02
in his battle for the mind.
00:42:42.22\00:42:44.76
These are the weapons
that have consistently
00:42:44.96\00:42:47.80
deceived the very elect. Power,
00:42:48.00\00:42:50.73
pride,
presumption, and pleasure.
00:42:52.07\00:42:56.17
And before I leave you tonight
00:42:56.37\00:42:58.11
I want to tell you about
the greatest weapon God has
00:42:58.31\00:43:02.01
given to us in the
battle for the mind.
00:43:02.21\00:43:05.55
It's found in the book of
Isaiah chapter 26 verse 3.
00:43:06.48\00:43:10.25
Look at what the Word
of God says there. It says:
00:43:10.45\00:43:13.36
Brothers and sisters, we
are up against ways of thinking
00:43:30.14\00:43:34.94
that have invaded
and corrupted the church
00:43:35.14\00:43:38.01
and are compromising
the purity of the church's
00:43:38.21\00:43:41.35
mission and the
integrity of its witness.
00:43:41.55\00:43:44.59
And these ways of
political thinking are powerful
00:43:44.79\00:43:48.76
enough to deceive
even the very elect.
00:43:48.96\00:43:51.83
Can I talk it straight tonight?
00:43:52.03\00:43:55.76
If you find yourself
00:43:56.77\00:43:59.53
quoting more of
what you hear on CNN
00:43:59.73\00:44:03.94
than what you have read
about in the Word of God
00:44:04.34\00:44:08.24
about the character of God,
00:44:08.44\00:44:10.05
the devil is winning in
the battle for your mind.
00:44:10.25\00:44:14.35
If you find yourself quoting
00:44:15.68\00:44:18.29
more of what you
heard on Fox News
00:44:18.49\00:44:22.29
than what you have read
about the character of God
00:44:22.49\00:44:26.70
in the Word of God,
the devil is winning
00:44:26.90\00:44:30.40
in the battle for your mind.
00:44:30.80\00:44:33.87
I believe God has
personally given me a quote
00:44:35.20\00:44:38.97
that has been a blessing,
and I hope it will be a blessing
00:44:39.17\00:44:41.38
to you. Look at
what God told me one day.
00:44:41.58\00:44:43.58
God said: "If your
faith gives you permission
00:44:43.78\00:44:48.85
to be anything
other than Christ-like
00:44:49.25\00:44:52.82
at all times, your
faith has been corrupted
00:44:53.12\00:44:59.03
and compromised.
00:44:59.23\00:45:01.43
If your faith... If
you've got the kind of faith
00:45:02.30\00:45:05.37
that gives you permission
00:45:05.77\00:45:07.90
to be anything other
than Christ-like at all times,
00:45:08.10\00:45:12.57
your faith has been corrupted
00:45:12.97\00:45:16.54
and compromised.
00:45:18.01\00:45:20.18
Look at what the servant
of the Lord said. She said:
00:45:20.38\00:45:22.12
Amen!
00:45:41.50\00:45:42.84
Hallelujah! Amen! In II
Corinthians 5:17 it says:
00:45:42.87\00:45:46.98
That includes your
mind. Hallelujah, God!
00:45:57.69\00:46:00.92
If you let God, God
will renew your mind!
00:46:01.12\00:46:05.33
He'll give you
an ability to manage
00:46:05.53\00:46:09.70
the influences that are trying
to determine your destiny.
00:46:09.90\00:46:14.77
That's why
David... In Psalm 26:2
00:46:17.17\00:46:20.04
that's why he said:
"God, continually... "
00:46:20.24\00:46:22.51
"Examine my
mind... examine me. "
00:46:22.71\00:46:25.65
He wasn't saying: "Look at
my foot; look at my hands. "
00:46:26.05\00:46:28.58
No, no, no.
"Examine my thoughts. "
00:46:28.78\00:46:32.02
"Examine me; prove me. "
00:46:32.22\00:46:35.82
"Try my mind and my heart. "
00:46:36.22\00:46:39.53
And then II Timothy 1:7
00:46:39.73\00:46:41.36
God has promised us victory
in the battle for the mind.
00:46:52.51\00:46:55.84
And can I give
you before I leave...
00:46:56.04\00:46:57.38
This is your most important
powerful weapon in the battle
00:46:57.41\00:47:00.88
for your mind: Isaiah 26
00:47:01.08\00:47:02.68
Why should we keep
our mind stayed on God?
00:47:11.53\00:47:13.53
Look at what Ellen White
says. This is awesome! She says:
00:47:13.73\00:47:16.50
Now look at this
one. I love this!
00:47:27.44\00:47:29.48
"Walk with God like Enoch
walked with God. Keep your mind
00:47:29.68\00:47:33.88
stayed on God. " And how
do you walk and talk with God?
00:47:34.08\00:47:37.69
You know, God gave
me this perspective.
00:47:39.15\00:47:41.39
We see lives as a
symphony of activity
00:47:42.82\00:47:47.40
punctuated by moments
of communion with God.
00:47:47.60\00:47:52.27
I think you need to
turn that on its head
00:47:52.47\00:47:54.34
and see your life as a
symphony of communion with God
00:47:54.74\00:48:00.14
punctuated by distractions.
00:48:00.34\00:48:03.14
And when the
distractions are over, go back
00:48:04.91\00:48:08.85
to that symphony of communion,
maintaining a mind connected
00:48:09.05\00:48:14.86
with the mind of God.
00:48:15.06\00:48:16.99
Constantly
monitor your thoughts.
00:48:17.19\00:48:19.66
And God gave me this when I
was preaching the other day:
00:48:19.86\00:48:22.33
think about what
you're thinking about!
00:48:22.53\00:48:25.20
Think about what
you're thinking about.
00:48:28.17\00:48:31.57
Look at what Ellen White says.
This will "blow your mind. "
00:48:32.57\00:48:35.34
Look at what she says. She says:
00:48:35.54\00:48:37.01
That's the only way to be safe:
00:48:59.60\00:49:01.60
keeping your mind
connected with the mind of God.
00:49:02.00\00:49:04.87
The only way to be safe.
00:49:05.97\00:49:07.41
"Well Pastor, can I do
that and brush my teeth? "
00:49:07.61\00:49:09.28
Oh yes you can!
00:49:09.48\00:49:10.81
You'd better talk to God.
00:49:13.15\00:49:15.02
"Can I do that while I'm
talking to my children? "
00:49:15.52\00:49:17.92
The most important
thing you could ever do is
00:49:18.12\00:49:19.89
talk to your God while
talking to your children.
00:49:20.09\00:49:23.02
Amen.
00:49:23.22\00:49:24.56
Oh yeah, and talk to the Lord
while talking to your husband
00:49:25.13\00:49:27.70
too.
00:49:27.90\00:49:29.40
And when your thoughts
stray, bring them back.
00:49:31.97\00:49:34.37
When you keep your
mind stayed on Jesus -
00:49:34.57\00:49:36.91
I love this! you keep
the enemy off balance.
00:49:37.11\00:49:41.01
You keep him baffled.
00:49:42.24\00:49:44.18
When you keep your
mind stayed on Jesus,
00:49:44.38\00:49:46.78
you keep demons confounded.
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.58
AMEN! Amen!
00:49:49.78\00:49:51.62
When you're not
thinking about anything
00:49:51.82\00:49:53.82
train your mind to have
a default train of thought.
00:49:54.02\00:49:58.29
Hey hey hey, I'm about to
give you something blessed.
00:49:58.69\00:50:01.96
When you're not
thinking about anything
00:50:02.16\00:50:04.17
train your mind to
have a default thought.
00:50:04.37\00:50:07.00
And what should
that default thought be?
00:50:07.20\00:50:10.81
Let that default thought be
00:50:11.21\00:50:13.84
"God, what can I do
to honor You next? "
00:50:14.24\00:50:18.71
"Just show me what can I do! "
00:50:21.98\00:50:26.39
Let that be your prayer.
00:50:26.59\00:50:29.09
Servant of God said:
00:50:30.53\00:50:31.86
Amen.
00:50:40.04\00:50:41.37
So listen to this song:
Why should I feel discouraged?
00:50:41.44\00:50:45.57
Why should my heart be lonely?
00:50:45.97\00:50:50.65
Hallelujah! Listen to
the message in this song.
00:50:51.05\00:50:55.98
Hallelujah!
00:50:56.18\00:50:59.59
The battle for the mind.
00:50:59.79\00:51:02.86
Keep your mind stayed on Jesus
00:51:04.59\00:51:10.33
'cause His eye
is on the sparrow.
00:51:11.47\00:51:17.11
Keep your mind stayed on Jesus.
00:51:17.61\00:51:22.01
Why should the shadows fall?
00:51:25.51\00:51:28.08
Why should my heart
00:51:30.92\00:51:34.02
feel lonely
00:51:34.42\00:51:38.26
and long for heaven
00:51:38.66\00:51:41.46
and home?
00:51:41.66\00:51:44.67
When Jesus
00:51:45.70\00:51:48.77
is my portion...
00:51:48.97\00:51:52.81
my constant Friend
00:51:53.68\00:51:57.55
is He.
00:51:57.75\00:52:01.72
His eye
00:52:02.12\00:52:04.45
is on the sparrow
00:52:04.65\00:52:09.86
and I know
00:52:10.53\00:52:12.63
He's watching over me...
00:52:12.83\00:52:18.83
His eye
00:52:19.47\00:52:22.70
is on the sparrow
00:52:22.90\00:52:27.78
and I know
00:52:28.64\00:52:31.21
He's watching over me.
00:52:31.41\00:52:36.89
I sing
00:52:38.55\00:52:40.96
because I'm happy!
00:52:41.16\00:52:45.39
Oh Lord, I sing
00:52:45.89\00:52:48.73
because I'm free!
00:52:48.93\00:52:54.24
For His eye
00:52:54.44\00:52:57.87
is on the sparrow
00:52:58.17\00:53:04.15
and I know
00:53:04.65\00:53:06.68
He's watching
00:53:06.88\00:53:08.95
over me...
00:53:09.15\00:53:13.56
His eye
00:53:13.76\00:53:16.73
is on
00:53:16.93\00:53:19.13
the sparrow
00:53:19.33\00:53:22.90
and I know
00:53:23.10\00:53:25.60
He's watching over me.
00:53:25.80\00:53:28.20
I know
00:53:28.60\00:53:30.21
He's watching over me...
00:53:30.41\00:53:33.07
I know
00:53:33.27\00:53:35.01
He's watching over me.
00:53:35.21\00:53:41.18
I sing
00:53:41.58\00:53:44.49
because
00:53:44.69\00:53:46.79
I'm happy!
00:53:46.99\00:53:49.82
Oh, Lord, you know I sing
00:53:50.23\00:53:53.50
because I'm free!
00:53:53.70\00:53:59.27
For His eye
00:53:59.47\00:54:03.41
is on
00:54:03.61\00:54:06.17
the sparrow
00:54:06.37\00:54:10.18
and I know
00:54:10.38\00:54:12.71
He's watching
00:54:12.91\00:54:14.95
over me...
00:54:15.15\00:54:19.62
His eye
00:54:19.92\00:54:22.16
is on
00:54:22.36\00:54:25.59
the sparrow
00:54:25.79\00:54:30.20
and I know
00:54:30.60\00:54:32.83
He's watching
00:54:33.03\00:54:34.80
over me...
00:54:35.00\00:54:40.98
yes, yes, yes...
00:54:41.18\00:54:45.15
I know
00:54:45.55\00:54:48.75
He's watching over
00:54:48.95\00:54:52.92
me!
00:54:53.32\00:54:59.29
Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!
00:55:16.75\00:55:19.05
Will you pray with me?
00:55:23.92\00:55:25.25
Father, teach us
00:55:25.62\00:55:31.19
how to walk with God
00:55:31.59\00:55:34.53
like Enoch walked with God.
00:55:34.93\00:55:38.87
Teach us in this
wicked, whirling world.
00:55:39.80\00:55:45.74
Father, keep our minds
00:55:46.14\00:55:50.11
stayed on Thee.
00:55:50.31\00:55:53.52
Teach us
00:55:53.92\00:55:55.88
how to be victorious
00:55:56.38\00:55:59.49
in the battle for our thoughts,
00:56:00.59\00:56:04.56
for our thinking,
00:56:04.76\00:56:07.46
and for our minds.
00:56:07.66\00:56:09.43
Lord, we know this is a
battle that we will be in
00:56:10.47\00:56:14.40
until Jesus comes.
00:56:14.60\00:56:17.64
We will be in this battle
00:56:18.41\00:56:21.14
until we close our eyes in death
00:56:21.94\00:56:26.11
or until our eyes
behold the glory of God.
00:56:26.51\00:56:30.92
Show us how to be victorious
00:56:32.09\00:56:36.36
and walk with Jesus
00:56:36.76\00:56:40.63
moment by moment day by day.
00:56:41.03\00:56:44.93
This is my prayer for all who
hear this call from God today.
00:56:45.33\00:56:51.24
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen!
00:56:52.34\00:56:57.91
Amen. Amen? Amen!
00:56:58.11\00:57:01.48
and Amen. Amen!
00:57:01.68\00:57:03.95
Let us not be
seduced by power...
00:57:04.35\00:57:08.62