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
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and prepares us for
our soon-coming Savior.
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And now live from the
Campus Hill Church of SDA's
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in Loma Linda, California,
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we bring you
this presentation of:
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Hello and welcome to
3ABN's Winter Camp Meeting
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here in sunny
Loma Linda, California.
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My name is Jill Morikone, and
we're so glad each one of you
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are here, and we're so
glad you have joined us
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at home. Our
message this afternoon
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will be brought by my
pastor: Pastor John Lomacang.
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He's the pastor of the
Thompsonville SDA church.
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He's a man of
God... a man of the Word.
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And I know the Lord has
an incredible message for us
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this afternoon through him.
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Before he comes to
present the Word of God
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we're going to hear from some
dear friends of the ministry:
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Reggie and Ladye Love
Smith. I love it when they sing.
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There's an anointing on them.
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And the song they
will be ministering
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is Great Is Thy Faithfulness.
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After they shall have sung
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the next voice you will hear
is that of our pastor and friend
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John Lomacang.
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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O God, my Father!
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There is no shadow
of turning with Thee.
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Thou changest not,
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Thy
compassions... they fail not.
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As Thou hast been
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Thou forever will be.
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So great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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new mercies I see.
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And all I have needed
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Thy hand hath
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provided.
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So great is Thy
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faithfulness
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Lord unto
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me.
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Summer and winter
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and springtime and harvest
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and sun, moon, and stars
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in their courses above
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join with all nature
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in manifold witness
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to Thy great faithfulness,
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mercy, and love.
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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new mercies I see!
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided.
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Lord, unto me.
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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new mercies I see!
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And I all have needed
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Thy hand hath provided.
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Great is Thy faithfulness...
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great is Thy faithfulness...
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great is Thy
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faithfulness
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Lord,
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unto
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me!
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Can we say amen again? Amen!
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Thank you so
much Reggie and Ladye.
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We are here because God's
faithfulness is always great.
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This afternoon I
would like to invite you
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to calibrate your thinking.
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They have given me the message
entitled Following Stars and
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Spirits, and I would like
to subtitle it: Pandora's Box.
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But before we go any further
let's ask for the Spirit of God
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to guide and speak to my heart.
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Father in heaven,
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this is Your
opportunity. I am Your servant.
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Speak so that Your name
may be honored and glorified.
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In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
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In Revelation 9 the apostle John
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introduces us to
an unimaginable scene.
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I read Revelation
chapter 9 verses 1 and 2:
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The apostle John makes it clear
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in Revelation chapter 12
who this fallen star really is.
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Follow God's Word.
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Revelation 12
beginning with verse 7:
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John makes it clear that
the star that he had seen
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falling from heaven was
none other than the dragon,
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the serpent of old,
the Devil and Satan.
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Isaiah the prophet chimes in
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and gives
credibility to what John finds.
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Isaiah 14 verse 12 we read:
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And then finally
if Isaiah's not enough
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and John is not enough
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I pray that Jesus is enough.
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Luke 10 and verse
18 the words of Jesus.
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He says:
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Ladies and gentlemen,
allow me to introduce you
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to palpable
darkness... thick darkness.
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This darkness is
no ordinary darkness
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nor is it an
incidental darkness.
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This darkness is not the resid-
ual aftereffect of falling rain.
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It's far deeper than that.
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Nor is it the production
of colliding air masses.
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Isaiah 60 and
verse 2 the prophet says:
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"For behold the
darkness shall cover the earth
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and deep darkness the people. "
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You see, God predicted
that darkness was the pandemic
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that would accompany
the introduction of evil.
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And if you pause and
look at our world today
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God's Word was correct.
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Our world is a
world of intense darkness.
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If we can only see the
world from God's point of view,
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we can conclude what
kind of world this is.
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I was raised in
the city of New York.
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I go back to the
streets of Brooklyn,
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the streets of Manhattan,
and back in the 70's and 80's
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it was dark. But I
have news for you today:
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darkness is not localized
to the city of New York.
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Come on, somebody.
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Darkness is not localized
to the city of Los Angeles.
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You can even find
darkness in Loma Linda.
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God predicted that
darkness was the pandemic
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that would accompany
the introduction of evil.
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For you see, the
eviction of Satan
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was the introduction
of something that I call
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the proverbial Pandora's box.
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Now what is Pandora's box?
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In Greek mythology
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Pandora's box is an artifact
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or a golden box with a lid
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connected to the myth of
Pandora. According to the myth
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when Pandora
opened her golden box
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the evils contained
in it were released.
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Evils that did not
exist and were not known
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prior to the box being opened.
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As long as the
box remained closed
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the evils were contained.
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When you go back in the begin-
ning of the great controversy
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although there was war in heaven
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evils were not yet
released in the world.
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Even though Satan is the
inventor of every evil device
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evil could not enter the
world until the box was opened.
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The Bible tells us
how that box was opened.
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Romans chapter 5 and verse 12
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we read these following words:
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"Therefore just as through
one man... " How many men?
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"one man sin entered the world
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and death through sin
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and thus death spread to all men
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because... " How many of us?
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"all have sinned. " When
Adam sinned, he had no concept
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of the seemingly eternal
and lethal pandemic of evil
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that would be
unleashed on our world.
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And today all you've got
to do is turn the news on.
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All you've got to do
is remember the community
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you were raised in.
All you've got to do is
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look at the movies
that are being shown today.
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All you've got to do is
put your ear to the radio,
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put your ear to the Internet,
and you'll find that what Adam
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did not see is prevailing in
every corner of the world today.
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When Adam opened Pandora's
box - listen carefully -
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every sinfully wicked and
morally-depraved act was born.
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If he had only
known, I think his decision
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would have been different.
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When Adam sinned, malicious...
can I be clear today?
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malicious, corrupt, debased
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vile, nefarious, pernicious
and destructive inventions
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were initiated.
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Inventions that would
parlay the human imagination
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were released on the
world when Adam sinned.
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Every demonic act of
cruelty was conceived.
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Every reprehensible, des-
picable, and wretched attitude
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entered the world, and that's
just the tip of the iceberg!
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Speaking about evil
William Shakespeare said:
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"Hell is empty... all
the demons are right here. "
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When Adam sinned, Satan
pounded his chest in victory
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and disguised himself further.
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Today darkness
is embraced as light
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and light is
rejected as darkness.
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Following the entrance of
sin Satan set out to accomplish
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every claim that he
made, and his highest ambition
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Isaiah 14 verse 14 says the
following words. Satan said:
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In his quest to
be like the Most High
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Satan began with a checklist.
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And what a checklist it was!
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You see, one of the things
that we have to keep in mind
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is that this is not the world
that God intended. Can somebody
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say Amen? Amen!
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This is a world that's far dif-
ferent than the Garden of Eden.
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If Adam only had known what
would happen in our world today,
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just think about it: every
disease. Right now we are in
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the midst of a disease
that can become a pandemic.
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Every disease, every war,
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every act of hatred,
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every violent act,
every act of rebellion...
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And by the way,
let me make it clear.
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I'm not going
to polish it today.
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In order for us to understand
how much we need a Savior
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we've got to
understand how bad it really is.
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Every act of violence,
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every act of
rebellion was released
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when Satan began to
go down his checklist.
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Look at the
first thing he decided.
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Isaiah 14 and verse 13
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the Lord said to Lucifer:
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The stars of God are
the angels of heaven.
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And Revelation 12 verse 4
tells us that when Satan sinned
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he was successful. His
tail drew 1/3 of the stars
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of heaven and
threw them to the earth.
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So Satan was no longer alone
in his campaign against heaven.
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He succeeded...
Think about this:
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perfect angels, perfect
intellect, never knowing sin
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before. If Satan was
successful in deceiving them,
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how much danger are we in?
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Perfect beings
never knowing evil,
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never knowing darkness.
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Satan methodically went
from one angel to the next.
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The Bible says: "By the
multitude of his trading
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he traded truth for error,
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light for darkness,
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loyalty for rebellion. "
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By the multitude of
his trading he succeeded
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in deceiving 1/3 of
the angels of heaven.
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And the Bible says they
were "thrown to the earth. "
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Satan was no longer alone
in his campaign against heaven.
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He succeeded, and
today our world is wrapped
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in demonic activity.
Can I be plain today?
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Listen carefully:
just in the UK alone -
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this statistic blew me away -
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just in the United Kingdom alone
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pagan, Wicca, druids,
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pantheists, heathen,
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witchcraft, shamanism,
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animism, the idea
that plants have souls -
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the occult world
and the Thelemic world
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in England alone there
are as we sit here today -
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and by the way,
this will startle you -
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as of 2011, what year did I say?
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as of 2011 there were
80,00 registered witches
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in England alone.
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But it gets darker than that.
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According to a
website called bookru.com
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they published recently
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a list... just
released about a week ago
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a list of the top
55 books recommended
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to teach
children about witchcraft.
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That's just the top 55.
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That's not the 238
that they left out.
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Just the top 55.
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Let me say something.
Parents: when we fail to train
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our children somebody else will.
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I went even
further in my research.
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A major nationwide superstore -
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I won't name what it is -
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now carries more than
1,000 children's books
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on the subject
of the paranormal,
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the occult, and
the supernatural.
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You can go to these
superstores in any community,
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in any state,
in any neighborhood
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and sometimes on
different parts of the globe
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and you can pick
from any 1,000 books!
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And children
today are buying them.
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My wife and I
were at a store once
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buying something for our
nieces a number of years ago.
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And we went to
the checkout counter,
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and right at the
checkout counter we found
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there were seven
books on how to cast spells
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for teenage girls.
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If you saw somebody
had a boyfriend you want,
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here's the spell to cast
to get that girl's boyfriend.
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If you didn't like
what your parents said,
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here's a spell to
cast to get your parents
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to allow you to be rebellious.
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Now that's just
the tip of the iceberg.
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If we could see the
world that God sees,
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what a generation would we see?
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We are living in a
generation called Generation Z.
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From 1995 to 2012
00:19:54.16\00:19:56.36
in China... this
is where it began...
00:19:56.76\00:19:58.79
in China. Today where this
pandemic is now beginning to
00:19:58.99\00:20:01.83
grasp the world... where it's
beginning to grip the world.
00:20:02.03\00:20:04.27
In China they began to
notice that among the young folk
00:20:04.47\00:20:07.00
of that nation...
even the Communist leaders
00:20:07.20\00:20:10.11
began to lose the
grip on the young people.
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As soon as they got
access to their iPhones
00:20:12.51\00:20:14.74
they began to ignore the beliefs
of the Communist society.
00:20:14.94\00:20:18.55
They began to rebel against
everything they were taught
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as young people. They
began to turn their minds away.
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They chose not to listen.
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They had their cellphones.
00:20:27.46\00:20:28.79
Cellphones today, my
brethren. We've gotta be smarter
00:20:28.92\00:20:31.99
than our cellphones.
00:20:32.19\00:20:33.53
Devices. The
generation that forgot God.
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According to one recent research
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Generation Z, the generation
born between 1995 and 2012,
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they stated that that is
the least godly generation
00:20:47.21\00:20:50.75
in the last 100 years.
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So you wonder why it's hard
to find young people that want
00:20:53.55\00:20:57.02
to live like Christians?
00:20:57.22\00:20:58.59
This is the generation
that they said is most likely
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as the statistics point out
00:21:02.62\00:21:04.33
one-third of that generation
does not claim to be Christian
00:21:04.53\00:21:08.00
at all, and the
other 2/3 of Generation Z -
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Are you listening? The
other 2/3 of Generation Z
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they build their Christianity
based on the occult world,
00:21:14.00\00:21:17.77
on the dreamcatchers,
00:21:18.07\00:21:20.11
on spiritists. And they said
they even set up Harry Potter
00:21:20.31\00:21:23.81
as their religious icon.
00:21:24.01\00:21:25.88
That's the
generation we live in.
00:21:26.38\00:21:28.25
That's why the Bible said: "As
it was in the days of Noah. "
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What happened in Noah's day?
00:21:31.55\00:21:32.89
The thoughts and intents
of their hearts were only evil
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how long? Continually.
00:21:35.82\00:21:37.93
That's why it's difficult
to get young folk nowadays
00:21:38.13\00:21:40.80
to think about godly things.
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The Bible says in Judges
chapter 2 and verse 10...
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And by the way,
you'll notice in the Bible
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there is a particular cadence.
One of the signs that tells me
00:21:47.94\00:21:51.47
that Jesus is soon to come
00:21:51.67\00:21:53.14
is the very description
that I'm about to read to you
00:21:53.34\00:21:55.74
in Judges
chapter 2 and verse 10.
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If you follow the cadence,
the first time the world was
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destroyed was in the
pre-flood generation known as
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the antediluvians
00:22:05.12\00:22:06.49
and the knowledge of
God was at its lowest point.
00:22:06.89\00:22:09.59
When God called Abraham
00:22:09.99\00:22:11.79
the knowledge of God was
almost completely obliterated
00:22:11.99\00:22:14.80
from the world.
00:22:15.00\00:22:16.33
Then you go fast forward.
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When God raised
up the Jewish nation
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He gave them the gospel to
give to the rest of the world.
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But when Jesus came
the servant of the Lord
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Ellen White says that
"Jesus came at the darkest point
00:22:25.54\00:22:28.58
in human history. "
You'll notice the cadence.
00:22:28.78\00:22:31.01
Light increases
then darkness comes in.
00:22:31.41\00:22:35.28
Light increases again
then darkness comes in.
00:22:35.68\00:22:40.16
Jesus, the Light of the
World, comes and He finds
00:22:40.56\00:22:43.06
a generation in
darkness... a generation -
00:22:43.26\00:22:45.69
hear me carefully -
that kept the Sabbath,
00:22:45.89\00:22:48.03
had a good diet...
00:22:49.63\00:22:51.60
You can breathe!
00:22:52.77\00:22:54.40
They had all the
doctrines correct
00:22:58.01\00:23:00.34
but they became the victims
00:23:00.74\00:23:02.28
of the darkness
of their generation.
00:23:02.48\00:23:04.45
When Jesus came, even some
of the stories told in Scripture
00:23:05.15\00:23:08.58
show the darkness that
began to seep in the generation
00:23:08.78\00:23:11.92
of Christ's day. One
of the examples you find
00:23:12.12\00:23:14.12
is when Jesus stayed away for
4 days before He raised Lazarus.
00:23:14.32\00:23:17.46
The reason why He
stayed away for four days
00:23:17.96\00:23:19.66
is because the belief of
the immortality of the soul
00:23:19.86\00:23:22.86
had already
permeated the Jewish society.
00:23:23.06\00:23:25.80
They believed that
the soul was immortal
00:23:26.20\00:23:28.34
and that when a person died
00:23:29.20\00:23:30.54
for three days the soul
tried to get back into the body.
00:23:30.64\00:23:33.41
If it succeeded, the
person would come back to life
00:23:33.81\00:23:36.04
after three days... so
that's why Jesus stayed away
00:23:36.24\00:23:39.35
four days.
00:23:39.75\00:23:41.48
He wanted to make it
clear that there is no life
00:23:41.68\00:23:44.82
unless we are connected with
the Resurrection and the Life.
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That's why He
stayed away for four days.
00:23:49.06\00:23:51.13
They knew that Jesus... They
said: "Lazarus is sleeping. "
00:23:52.09\00:23:55.83
And His disciples
said: "He's not feeling well.
00:23:56.03\00:23:58.27
If he's sleeping,
he needs the rest. "
00:23:58.47\00:24:00.60
And Jesus then said
plainly: "Lazarus is dead. "
00:24:00.80\00:24:03.37
And when He got there
and met Martha she said:
00:24:03.57\00:24:05.34
"If You had been here, my
brother would not have died. "
00:24:05.54\00:24:08.48
I praise the Lord
everybody sleeping in Jesus
00:24:08.68\00:24:12.11
will come forth
from the grave one day.
00:24:12.31\00:24:14.15
But there is no such thing
as the immortality of the soul.
00:24:14.35\00:24:17.45
And so the question is:
"Why does this generation
00:24:17.85\00:24:20.96
believe that? " Listen to
Judges chapter 2 and verse 10.
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The Bible says: "When
all that generation... "
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That means when all the
godly leaders had been gathered
00:24:26.83\00:24:30.63
to their
fathers. When Joshua died
00:24:30.83\00:24:33.10
and the elders died and
the leaders of Israel that
00:24:33.30\00:24:35.64
held a high standard died...
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The Bible says:
"Another generation
00:24:37.57\00:24:43.14
arose after them
that did not know the Lord
00:24:43.35\00:24:47.15
nor the work which He
had done for Israel. "
00:24:47.35\00:24:49.72
This is the generation
that does not know God.
00:24:50.12\00:24:53.15
You may be
shielded here in Loma Linda
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.89
but even in little
Thompsonville, Illinois,
00:24:59.09\00:25:01.96
where we have 550 people
00:25:02.46\00:25:05.23
we know that even there
00:25:05.43\00:25:07.27
there's a generation
that does not know God.
00:25:07.47\00:25:09.64
The Bible continues...
00:25:10.24\00:25:11.77
You see, the fact of the
matter is the devil is doing
00:25:11.97\00:25:14.38
what many parents fail to do.
00:25:14.58\00:25:15.94
And this is a powerful
Scripture, but understand
00:25:16.34\00:25:18.01
the two sides of it.
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Here's what the Bible says...
00:25:19.58\00:25:20.92
Proverbs 22
verse 6 the Bible says:
00:25:20.95\00:25:22.62
"Train up a child
in the way he should go
00:25:22.82\00:25:27.46
and when he is old he
will not depart from it. "
00:25:27.66\00:25:30.69
Now watch this: the
devil knows that text
00:25:30.89\00:25:33.26
so what he does: he
aims at the children.
00:25:33.66\00:25:36.46
So if he can train
up a child from young
00:25:36.97\00:25:40.44
in the way that he should
go... If he trains a child
00:25:40.64\00:25:43.41
in evil, you don't outgrow evil.
00:25:43.61\00:25:46.24
You don't outgrow righteousness.
00:25:46.64\00:25:48.84
You have to be trained in
the way that you should go.
00:25:49.74\00:25:52.61
That's why parents, if we fail
to do what God has called us
00:25:52.81\00:25:56.18
to do, the devil
will do it for us.
00:25:56.38\00:25:58.52
Train up a child in the
way that they should go:
00:25:59.45\00:26:01.56
the same principle
applies to good and evil.
00:26:01.96\00:26:04.49
When we train children...
When I was being raised
00:26:04.69\00:26:06.73
I remember very well I
was raised by a lady that
00:26:06.93\00:26:09.53
made me go to church
whether I wanted to go or not.
00:26:09.73\00:26:12.00
Anybody else can
say "Amen" to that?
00:26:12.93\00:26:14.40
I didn't get a
choice on Sabbath morning
00:26:15.14\00:26:16.94
whether or not I
was going to stay home.
00:26:17.14\00:26:18.51
If I was breathing,
I was going to church.
00:26:18.91\00:26:22.34
She would say to me when
the Sabbath was coming in:
00:26:24.45\00:26:26.92
"Get your suit
ready; iron your clothes;
00:26:27.12\00:26:29.18
get your shirt together. "
And if I didn't iron my suit
00:26:29.38\00:26:32.29
I'd be going to
church with a crinkled suit
00:26:32.49\00:26:34.09
but I was going anyway.
00:26:34.29\00:26:35.62
Can I get a witness somewhere?
00:26:36.19\00:26:37.53
But nowadays parents say to kids
"Do you want to go to church? "
00:26:37.93\00:26:41.80
"I don't know. " I said years
ago: "If you want to learn... "
00:26:43.93\00:26:46.10
"If you don't
know how to raise kids,
00:26:46.40\00:26:48.00
take them to the West Indies
00:26:48.20\00:26:49.94
or maybe to Puerto Rico. "
00:26:51.14\00:26:52.77
You'll get that on Tuesday.
00:26:54.78\00:26:56.14
We've gotta train our children
so that they can be raised
00:26:58.51\00:27:01.75
in the fear and
admonition of the Word of God,
00:27:01.95\00:27:05.05
what do you say? Amen.
00:27:05.25\00:27:06.65
When we consider what's taking
place in our society today -
00:27:09.22\00:27:12.03
witches and warlocks
and demons and mediums -
00:27:12.23\00:27:14.56
the Bible forbids
all such practices.
00:27:14.76\00:27:17.33
Look at Deuteronomy
chapter 18 verses 10 to 11.
00:27:17.53\00:27:19.90
Deuteronomy chapter
18 verse 10 to verse 11.
00:27:20.40\00:27:23.84
Notice the Word of God:
00:27:24.04\00:27:25.37
And I thank God... let me
say it again... I thank God that
00:27:25.57\00:27:29.41
we don't have to guess about
God's position concerning evil.
00:27:29.61\00:27:32.98
What do you say?
Amen! Here's what He says:
00:27:33.18\00:27:35.85
Deuteronomy 18 verse 10:
00:27:37.89\00:27:39.75
"There shall not be
found among you anyone
00:27:39.95\00:27:43.73
who makes his son or his
daughter pass through the fire
00:27:44.13\00:27:47.93
or one who practices witchcraft
00:27:48.33\00:27:50.40
or a soothsayer or
one who interprets omens
00:27:50.60\00:27:54.57
or a sorcerer
00:27:54.97\00:27:56.97
or one who conjures spells
00:27:57.17\00:27:59.37
or a medium or a spiritist
00:27:59.57\00:28:02.84
or one who calls up the dead. "
00:28:03.04\00:28:05.71
But what we don't understand
the birth of all these dark
00:28:07.58\00:28:09.85
demonic practices found their
inception in the Garden of Eden.
00:28:10.05\00:28:14.16
When Eve had a
conversation with a fallen angel
00:28:14.52\00:28:19.29
described now as the serpent
00:28:19.49\00:28:21.56
he made a statement then that
has been living for the last
00:28:21.76\00:28:25.63
6,000+ years as though
it's based on God's Word.
00:28:25.83\00:28:29.44
Here's what he says to Eve:
00:28:29.84\00:28:31.17
God had told her: "The day you
eat thereof you will surely die"
00:28:31.31\00:28:34.08
but Genesis chapter 3
and verse 4 all these omens
00:28:34.28\00:28:37.91
and sorcerers and spells
and mediums and spiritists
00:28:38.11\00:28:41.45
are all existing
because of this lie.
00:28:41.65\00:28:44.85
Here's what he said
and I think you know it:
00:28:45.05\00:28:47.22
Do you know that the
safest place in Loma Linda
00:28:53.26\00:28:55.30
is the cemetery?
00:28:55.50\00:28:57.00
How many of you would
like to spend the weekend
00:28:59.43\00:29:01.14
in the cemetery?
00:29:01.34\00:29:02.84
Come on, raise your
hand with me. I will.
00:29:03.51\00:29:05.47
I'd put my
wallet on the gravesite.
00:29:06.44\00:29:08.78
I wake up in the morning my
wallet will be where I put it
00:29:08.98\00:29:10.95
the night before.
Come on, somebody.
00:29:11.15\00:29:12.51
Some of you all
don't believe that.
00:29:12.91\00:29:14.45
Some of you all
Christians still think...
00:29:14.95\00:29:16.85
You know, I went to one
of my member's house once.
00:29:17.25\00:29:18.95
I was... I had a head
elder that was from Panama
00:29:19.15\00:29:22.42
and he said: "Pastor,
when you come visit me
00:29:22.92\00:29:25.13
knock 3 times on my door. "
00:29:25.33\00:29:27.43
I said: "Why three times? "
00:29:28.26\00:29:29.60
He said: "Because
spirits knock twice. "
00:29:29.76\00:29:32.10
So I went to visit him, my
wife and I. I knocked twice.
00:29:33.34\00:29:37.54
And I heard him behind the
door but he wasn't lettin' on
00:29:41.78\00:29:44.58
that he was in there. So
I knocked hard twice again
00:29:44.78\00:29:47.35
and he said: "Who is it? "
00:29:50.02\00:29:52.19
I said: "Brother, open
the door; it's the pastor. "
00:29:52.69\00:29:56.12
He said: "Why didn't
you knock three times? "
00:29:56.32\00:29:57.79
I said: "Because
a Spirit is here...
00:29:57.99\00:30:00.83
God's Spirit. " Come
on somebody, say amen.
00:30:01.23\00:30:03.67
The belief in the immortal soul
00:30:06.74\00:30:09.64
has given impetus
to every genre of evil.
00:30:09.84\00:30:13.04
Think about it:
00:30:13.24\00:30:14.58
how ironic it is that the
distorted believe about the soul
00:30:14.61\00:30:18.38
is supported for 6,000 years.
00:30:18.88\00:30:22.95
In every society
in every generation
00:30:23.15\00:30:25.49
there's some belief
that the body has this soul
00:30:25.69\00:30:29.39
that departs at
the time of death
00:30:29.59\00:30:31.79
and either goes to
heaven or goes to hell
00:30:31.99\00:30:34.96
or roams the earth. This belief
has been based on the ideology
00:30:35.16\00:30:38.70
as Satan said: "You
will not surely die. "
00:30:38.90\00:30:41.24
And today even among Christians
00:30:41.44\00:30:43.54
I put this to the test. I
was in Jamaica not too long ago.
00:30:43.74\00:30:46.94
If you know anything about
the West Indies, they've got
00:30:47.78\00:30:50.15
all kinds of spirits
in the West Indies...
00:30:50.35\00:30:52.08
at least they believe they do.
00:30:52.58\00:30:53.92
And I said to
this Jamaican audience:
00:30:54.68\00:30:56.45
"How many of you would be
willing to spend the night
00:30:56.65\00:30:58.19
in the cemetery? "
Nobody raised their hand.
00:30:58.39\00:31:00.52
I said: "Even among those of
you that claim to be Adventist
00:31:01.46\00:31:03.93
you ought to understand
that we can trust God's Word. "
00:31:04.13\00:31:06.39
What do you say? Amen!
00:31:06.59\00:31:08.16
If God said they're
dead: THEY ARE DEAD.
00:31:08.36\00:31:11.43
My mother died. She
never came back to visit me.
00:31:12.20\00:31:14.70
Both of my fathers died.
00:31:15.10\00:31:16.77
Both of my mother's died.
00:31:17.17\00:31:18.51
When I took them to the cemetery
they never followed me home.
00:31:18.61\00:31:21.54
I never got an e-mail.
00:31:22.44\00:31:24.05
I didn't see no
strange things around my house.
00:31:24.25\00:31:26.51
Here's the point: what you
believe creates your anomaly.
00:31:26.72\00:31:30.59
The condition of your
mind... There's some people
00:31:32.55\00:31:34.59
that will come visit
us in Thompsonville...
00:31:34.79\00:31:36.36
I remember some people
came from New York once to visit
00:31:36.76\00:31:38.59
my wife and I. They
were from Brooklyn, NY.
00:31:38.79\00:31:40.73
And from our house to
their car was about 18 feet.
00:31:40.93\00:31:44.17
They said:
"Walk us to our car. "
00:31:44.33\00:31:45.83
I said: "It's right there.
" They said: "But it's dark. "
00:31:46.23\00:31:47.80
I said: "We're in the country.
The worst thing could happen
00:31:49.74\00:31:51.77
to you, you might
run into a deer. "
00:31:51.97\00:31:53.31
They said: "Naw... could
you walk us to our car? "
00:31:54.11\00:31:55.91
I said: "You're from Brooklyn
and you're afraid of the
00:31:56.31\00:31:58.91
country? " They made
us walk them to their car!
00:32:00.78\00:32:02.65
You see, the problem is not
what's happening around us...
00:32:03.05\00:32:05.82
the problem is what's
happening where? In us.
00:32:06.02\00:32:08.59
When you allow
God's Word to come in
00:32:08.79\00:32:11.56
it banishes all darkness.
00:32:11.76\00:32:14.10
The entrance of
God's Word gives light.
00:32:14.30\00:32:17.27
How ironic that that
lie is still existing today.
00:32:17.47\00:32:22.34
Let me give you a few examples.
00:32:22.54\00:32:23.87
Today people believe that
their dead relatives can still
00:32:24.04\00:32:27.31
contact them.
00:32:27.51\00:32:29.14
Others believe that
their dead relatives
00:32:29.34\00:32:31.18
are now their guardian angels.
00:32:31.38\00:32:33.01
I have relatives that believe
00:32:33.31\00:32:34.65
this. I have relatives that are
still sending happy birthdays
00:32:34.85\00:32:38.19
to my grandmother in heaven!
00:32:38.39\00:32:40.09
That' what they say: "Grandma,
we know you're up there...
00:32:40.29\00:32:42.39
Happy Birthday! "
And I can't hesitate
00:32:42.59\00:32:44.26
to tell them that
grandma ain't in heaven.
00:32:44.46\00:32:45.96
She's in the graveyard in St.
Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
00:32:46.16\00:32:48.43
Not too long ago
my uncle passed away.
00:32:50.17\00:32:53.20
They said: "I can see uncle
now in heaven playing baseball
00:32:53.40\00:32:55.64
with the Yankees. " I
said: "The Yankees are in NY
00:32:55.84\00:32:57.51
not in heaven. "
00:32:57.71\00:32:59.47
And as funny as it sounds
00:33:00.61\00:33:02.21
this is what's
creating room for Satan to work.
00:33:02.41\00:33:05.98
Some people ask
the dead for advice.
00:33:06.65\00:33:08.65
Praise God they
don't get any responses.
00:33:09.15\00:33:11.29
Others talk openly to their
dead waiting for answers from
00:33:11.79\00:33:14.49
the other side.
00:33:14.69\00:33:16.12
Some go to the cemetery and
talk to the grave as though they
00:33:16.32\00:33:18.59
are listening. And
I know for some people
00:33:18.79\00:33:21.36
that's a point of
comfort. But my brethren,
00:33:21.56\00:33:24.17
you could do better if you
just talk to the Lord. Amen!
00:33:24.37\00:33:27.50
Some say that they died
and floated above their bodies
00:33:27.70\00:33:30.54
before returning. And
there are all kinds of books
00:33:30.74\00:33:33.74
being written. And it's amazing
how the devil uses children.
00:33:33.94\00:33:37.85
Have you ever noticed that?
00:33:38.05\00:33:39.38
He uses an innocent child.
00:33:39.48\00:33:41.18
I discovered not too long
ago there was a book written by
00:33:41.85\00:33:44.29
a little boy that claimed to
have died and gone to heaven.
00:33:44.49\00:33:46.62
Well many many years
later he began to sue
00:33:47.49\00:33:50.96
the network that
had aired his story.
00:33:51.16\00:33:53.63
And it was amazing what he
wrote. He said to the network:
00:33:55.50\00:33:58.03
"My father and I made that story
up just to get publicity. "
00:33:58.23\00:34:02.14
And then he said: "If you
would only read your Bible,
00:34:02.54\00:34:05.84
you'll understand
the truth of God's Word
00:34:06.04\00:34:08.48
and this lie could
never have lived. "
00:34:08.68\00:34:10.75
And I'm paraphrasing that
by the way. But you look it up
00:34:11.41\00:34:13.31
and you'll see it yourself.
00:34:13.52\00:34:14.85
He said: "I went to heaven
and he brought back messages. "
00:34:14.92\00:34:17.05
There are those that
said: "I went to hell
00:34:17.25\00:34:18.59
and God told me every-
thing's going to be all right
00:34:18.79\00:34:20.79
because so and
so is not there. "
00:34:20.99\00:34:22.62
I was watching a
story once on television.
00:34:22.82\00:34:24.56
One of those court shows.
00:34:26.29\00:34:28.23
And the sad
reality in the courtroom
00:34:29.96\00:34:32.23
the lady that was on
trial had killed the wife
00:34:32.43\00:34:36.34
of the man who was in the
courtroom watching the judge
00:34:36.94\00:34:39.97
read the verdict. And
they were sentencing this woman
00:34:40.18\00:34:43.18
and they gave the family
a chance to say something
00:34:43.38\00:34:46.21
to this person
that was convicted.
00:34:46.41\00:34:47.78
So the husband
came up to the podium
00:34:47.98\00:34:50.52
because the woman that had
kills his wife was sentenced
00:34:52.55\00:34:54.62
to death. And he said
to the woman in the court:
00:34:54.82\00:34:57.89
"I cannot wait till you die.
00:34:58.09\00:35:00.20
My wife is waiting in
heaven to settle the score. "
00:35:00.60\00:35:03.30
Some say they died and
went to heaven and returned with
00:35:08.14\00:35:10.21
a message from God.
Others claim to have the ability
00:35:10.41\00:35:13.44
to conjure up
spirits of the dead
00:35:13.64\00:35:15.08
and some say that they
have embraced their children
00:35:15.28\00:35:17.81
when they have reappeared. I
had a phone call from a young
00:35:18.21\00:35:21.22
boy who was 9 years
old. He said: "Pastor... "
00:35:21.42\00:35:24.02
Young boy from Florida...
00:35:24.85\00:35:26.55
beautiful
little southern accent.
00:35:27.26\00:35:28.72
He said: "My momma
keeps visiting me. "
00:35:29.02\00:35:31.09
I said: "Why are you afraid? "
00:35:31.29\00:35:32.63
He said: "Because my
momma died two years ago. "
00:35:32.73\00:35:34.76
I said: "Next time you
see a spirit that looks like
00:35:35.16\00:35:38.07
your momma here's
what you need to do... "
00:35:38.27\00:35:39.73
He said: "Yes, sir? "
00:35:39.93\00:35:41.27
And he did it, and he called
me back a few months later
00:35:41.67\00:35:43.64
and said it
never happened again.
00:35:43.84\00:35:45.17
Because what people don't
know, and here's the thing that
00:35:46.44\00:35:48.64
the devil does:
he makes us think -
00:35:48.84\00:35:51.58
Lord, have mercy -
00:35:52.08\00:35:54.02
he makes us think that
there is privileged information
00:35:54.22\00:35:57.49
between you and your relative
00:35:57.69\00:35:59.25
that he has no access to.
00:35:59.45\00:36:01.02
So he says, the
medium: "I see somebody now.
00:36:02.32\00:36:06.93
They have on a red shirt.
00:36:07.13\00:36:09.36
Their favorite number is 23
00:36:10.70\00:36:13.03
and they like baseball
and they want me to tell you
00:36:13.44\00:36:18.47
that Jerry is going to be OK. "
00:36:18.87\00:36:21.84
And they say: "I'm watching; I'm
watching. It's the Long Island
00:36:22.78\00:36:25.31
medium. " The
devil has metamorphosed!
00:36:25.51\00:36:29.08
There was a time that
Dracula looked like Dracula.
00:36:29.28\00:36:31.79
Come on, somebody: help me out.
00:36:31.99\00:36:33.32
You know, Bela
Lugosi. Remember that?
00:36:33.99\00:36:36.36
Collar way up like this.
00:36:36.76\00:36:38.46
Nowadays demonic
worshipers look like I do.
00:36:41.80\00:36:46.20
That's why don't take
a person's credibility
00:36:46.70\00:36:49.60
based on what they look like.
Check it out by God's Word.
00:36:49.80\00:36:52.11
What was my story
all about? I forgot.
00:36:55.01\00:36:57.88
The point is... the point
is when I told that young boy
00:37:00.75\00:37:04.49
not to believe that
that was his mom's spirit
00:37:04.69\00:37:07.56
it never happened again.
00:37:07.76\00:37:09.36
Today lies are
conveyed with such conviction
00:37:10.33\00:37:12.89
even among
Christians that one would think
00:37:13.09\00:37:15.36
that the idea that the soul is
immortal is part of Scripture.
00:37:15.56\00:37:19.30
Can I share some Bible with you?
00:37:19.50\00:37:20.97
Can I share with you
what the Word of God says?
00:37:21.70\00:37:23.20
Now the question is:
How... how can Christians
00:37:23.41\00:37:28.04
and Satanists
believe the same thing?
00:37:30.85\00:37:35.08
Something is wrong
00:37:35.92\00:37:37.95
when a Christian
pastor and a Satanist
00:37:38.15\00:37:42.09
is teaching the same thing.
00:37:42.29\00:37:44.56
Something is wrong
when the pulpits of America
00:37:45.43\00:37:49.40
and the pulpits around the world
00:37:49.60\00:37:51.53
are in harmony
with demons and witches
00:37:51.73\00:37:56.30
and warlocks in their
beliefs about what happens
00:37:56.50\00:37:59.57
when a person dies.
For the Bible describes
00:37:59.77\00:38:01.81
how Satan seeks to give
credibility to false teachings.
00:38:02.01\00:38:04.98
Look at Paul the apostle's
words in II Timothy 11:13.
00:38:05.18\00:38:09.65
Here's what he says:
00:38:09.85\00:38:11.19
"For such are false
apostles, deceitful workers,
00:38:11.22\00:38:16.89
transforming themselves
into apostles of Christ. "
00:38:17.09\00:38:20.40
And no wonder: "For
Satan himself transforms
00:38:20.60\00:38:23.87
himself into an angel of light.
00:38:24.07\00:38:25.73
Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers also
00:38:26.13\00:38:30.01
transform themselves into
ministers of righteousness
00:38:30.21\00:38:34.91
whose end will be
according to their works. "
00:38:35.11\00:38:38.95
Brethren, you want
safety? Check everything out
00:38:39.15\00:38:42.05
by God's Word. Amen!
00:38:42.25\00:38:44.59
That's why today you don't
hear a lot of Bible in churches
00:38:44.79\00:38:46.65
any more. It's all about feel-
ing and emotions and excitement.
00:38:46.86\00:38:50.59
They no longer say: "Are
you believing God's Word? "
00:38:50.79\00:38:54.36
They say: "How
was your experience? "
00:38:54.56\00:38:57.43
It's not about truth any
more; it's about experience.
00:38:58.20\00:39:01.27
"How did you feel when
you came to church today? "
00:39:01.47\00:39:03.41
I've often asked
myself the question:
00:39:04.11\00:39:05.67
"How did Jesus feel
when He went to the cross? "
00:39:05.87\00:39:07.64
It's not about
feeling... it's about truth.
00:39:08.04\00:39:10.48
Truth that never changes.
00:39:11.38\00:39:12.95
In the book Great Controversy
look at this quotation...
00:39:13.35\00:39:15.78
and this is an
amazing quotation.
00:39:15.98\00:39:17.39
Servant of the Lord says:
00:39:17.79\00:39:19.42
So today you've got to
check out everything you hear
00:39:43.21\00:39:48.68
by God's Word.
00:39:48.88\00:39:50.22
No matter how long
the person has preached,
00:39:52.79\00:39:55.12
no matter the size
of their following,
00:39:55.32\00:39:57.23
if it doesn't
measure up with God's Word
00:39:57.43\00:40:00.33
don't swallow it
00:40:00.53\00:40:02.23
for the main reason why
deception is so successful
00:40:02.93\00:40:05.43
is that truth is often rejected.
00:40:05.63\00:40:07.97
Notice the words
of the apostle Paul.
00:40:08.17\00:40:09.57
He makes it clear in
II Thessalonians 2:9-12
00:40:09.77\00:40:13.24
and he tells
you who's behind it.
00:40:13.44\00:40:15.31
We are living in an
age where truth is rejected
00:40:15.51\00:40:17.31
and here's what
happens. He says:
00:40:17.51\00:40:19.41
The lie told in the
Garden of Eden: THE LIE.
00:40:46.78\00:40:49.14
It's amazing how many
pastors I've talked to.
00:40:57.69\00:40:59.72
I've had opportunity. I
was a part of a ministerial
00:40:59.92\00:41:02.02
association once when I
lived in northern California.
00:41:02.22\00:41:04.59
I lived in the
mountains of the Trinity Alps
00:41:04.79\00:41:07.13
up there in Weaverville.
Anybody know where that is?
00:41:07.33\00:41:09.16
Beautiful! Fifty
miles from Redding.
00:41:10.07\00:41:12.60
God's country!
2,500 ft. above sea level.
00:41:13.44\00:41:16.07
And I was a part of a
ministerial association there.
00:41:16.81\00:41:18.87
Sixteen churches
in that small town.
00:41:19.07\00:41:20.91
Two bars... sixteen churches.
00:41:22.58\00:41:25.31
Every month we got together
and talked about different
00:41:25.98\00:41:28.38
topics. And one meeting I
just couldn't take it any longer
00:41:28.58\00:41:32.35
'cause I knew we all had beliefs
that we didn't all believe in.
00:41:32.75\00:41:36.02
I knew each one of us
had different beliefs.
00:41:36.22\00:41:38.19
And I stood up and
said: "My fellow pastors... "
00:41:38.39\00:41:41.23
I know - as I'm looking at
the different denominations
00:41:41.43\00:41:44.07
represented...
"I know that we all
00:41:44.27\00:41:45.73
differ on certain beliefs.
00:41:45.93\00:41:47.27
Why don't we begin
starting next month
00:41:47.67\00:41:50.31
each one of us
present a unique teaching
00:41:50.71\00:41:54.61
that we embrace
that may not be embraced
00:41:54.81\00:41:57.31
by somebody else
sitting at this table?
00:41:57.51\00:41:59.71
And then what we do
is we go to the Bible
00:41:59.91\00:42:02.05
and see if the
Bible supports that.
00:42:02.25\00:42:03.59
Is that all right?
" That was in April.
00:42:03.92\00:42:06.15
They never had another
meeting until the next year.
00:42:06.55\00:42:08.89
Because they loved not
the truth but had pleasure
00:42:14.46\00:42:19.40
in unrighteousness. There
are many people that would
00:42:19.60\00:42:21.50
rather embrace
money and reject truth.
00:42:21.70\00:42:24.74
Embrace popularity
and reject God's Word.
00:42:25.14\00:42:27.74
So when you try to touch things
that may take somebody's money
00:42:28.58\00:42:31.15
out of their pocket
they choose fame and fortune
00:42:31.35\00:42:33.78
and finances above the
Word of God... sadly enough.
00:42:33.98\00:42:36.52
But let me make it clear
about what the Bible teaches
00:42:36.92\00:42:38.72
about what happens when you die.
00:42:38.92\00:42:40.26
One way to cancel the
lie is to tell the truth.
00:42:40.29\00:42:42.42
Ecclesiastes
9:5-6... look quickly with me.
00:42:42.62\00:42:45.93
The Bible says:
00:42:46.13\00:42:47.46
That means they
don't know anything.
00:42:59.31\00:43:00.91
When somebody is
evil it dies with them.
00:43:17.03\00:43:19.49
If somebody is
loving, it dies with them.
00:43:19.89\00:43:21.90
If you owe somebody
a debt and they die,
00:43:22.10\00:43:24.80
you are free.
00:43:25.00\00:43:26.40
Amen.
00:43:30.71\00:43:32.54
My dad... Got to
tell you a quick story...
00:43:33.44\00:43:35.61
My dad when I
was going to school
00:43:35.81\00:43:38.38
I called home to try to
get some money from my dad
00:43:38.58\00:43:40.62
when I was in college, and
he refused to lend me any money.
00:43:40.82\00:43:43.35
So I asked his wife,
and she gave me $1,000.
00:43:43.55\00:43:46.42
And so sadly
enough a tragic accident.
00:43:47.06\00:43:50.06
She lost her life
and my dad came to me
00:43:50.26\00:43:53.33
and he said: "Now so what
about the thousand dollars? "
00:43:53.53\00:43:55.43
I said... I said:
00:43:56.06\00:44:01.90
"You didn't give it to me and
the debt collector is dead. "
00:44:02.30\00:44:05.17
I said it
respectfully and he smiled.
00:44:06.34\00:44:09.01
He couldn't help
but just smile and said:
00:44:09.21\00:44:10.55
"Was it yours? " He said:
"Well the one who gave it to me
00:44:10.58\00:44:12.51
is gone. "
00:44:12.71\00:44:14.05
My brethren, the
Bible makes it clear.
00:44:14.08\00:44:15.48
Look at Ecclesiastes 9:10.
00:44:15.68\00:44:17.62
The Bible is clear.
When we embrace God's Word
00:44:17.82\00:44:20.46
deception cannot find root.
00:44:20.66\00:44:22.29
The Bible says:
"Whatever your hands find to do
00:44:22.79\00:44:25.33
do it with your might
00:44:25.63\00:44:27.00
for there is no work
or device or knowledge
00:44:27.20\00:44:30.37
or wisdom in the
grave where you are going. "
00:44:30.57\00:44:35.90
Is that clear?
00:44:36.10\00:44:37.44
Some people say: "Oh,
they're in heaven singing now.
00:44:37.61\00:44:40.18
There's a great
choir in heaven. "
00:44:40.38\00:44:41.71
Listen to the Bible once again:
00:44:41.74\00:44:43.18
Psalm 115:17 the Bible says:
00:44:43.38\00:44:45.71
Not up into praise!
00:44:51.72\00:44:53.62
Down into silence.
00:44:54.02\00:44:55.52
One day we will all go
up into praise together -
00:44:55.72\00:45:00.53
Amen - when Jesus gets here.
00:45:00.73\00:45:02.86
He said: "If I go to
prepare a place for you,
00:45:03.50\00:45:06.30
and if I go to prepare a
place for you I will come again
00:45:06.50\00:45:09.64
to receive you. " Why
is it that the resurrection
00:45:10.04\00:45:12.97
has been deleted
from Christianity?
00:45:13.17\00:45:14.88
The resurrection
has been deleted.
00:45:15.28\00:45:17.31
Death is now being presented
as an alternate route to heaven
00:45:17.51\00:45:20.68
or hell, but I've
never been to a funeral
00:45:20.88\00:45:22.85
where the pastor
said: "He's in hell now. "
00:45:23.05\00:45:25.05
I've never heard it once.
00:45:27.82\00:45:29.16
People have lived
the wickedest lives.
00:45:29.92\00:45:31.96
More lies are told at a
funeral than any other time.
00:45:32.36\00:45:35.46
That's why it's sad when
we adopt phrases that have
00:45:38.43\00:45:40.87
no Scriptural support.
Another lie told is that
00:45:41.07\00:45:43.27
we are having a
"homegoing service. "
00:45:43.47\00:45:45.57
Homegoing? Whose
house you goin' to?
00:45:45.97\00:45:48.41
Here's what the Bible talks...
The Bible makes it clear
00:45:49.38\00:45:51.61
what house you're going to.
Job 17:13. Let the Bible speak.
00:45:51.81\00:45:55.48
Job says:
00:45:55.98\00:45:57.32
When we die, the grave is
where you're going to be living.
00:46:02.56\00:46:05.29
That's your address
until the Lord's return.
00:46:05.49\00:46:08.30
Montgomery Ward
called my house once.
00:46:10.13\00:46:12.67
My mother had a
Montgomery Ward catalog.
00:46:13.07\00:46:15.50
And they called me and said:
00:46:16.37\00:46:17.71
"Can I speak to
Maria Lomacang? " My mom.
00:46:17.74\00:46:20.88
I said: "She's not here. "
00:46:21.04\00:46:22.64
They said: "When
will she be back? "
00:46:23.04\00:46:24.38
I said: "Never. "
00:46:24.41\00:46:25.75
They said: "Where is she?
" I said: "She passed away.
00:46:25.78\00:46:28.08
She's buried in
the Virgin Islands. "
00:46:28.28\00:46:29.62
They said: "Do you have a
number that we can reach her? "
00:46:29.82\00:46:31.59
I said: "Do you think
I'm trying to avoid a bill
00:46:36.89\00:46:40.23
by lying to you
telling you my mother died?
00:46:40.43\00:46:42.76
If you want to collect
that debt, go to St. Thomas
00:46:43.37\00:46:45.80
in the Virgin Islands. Here's
the cemetery. Good luck...
00:46:46.00\00:46:49.00
but don't call me back. "
00:46:49.20\00:46:50.54
Job makes it clear
in Job 14 verses 11-12.
00:46:52.81\00:46:55.24
I'm moving right along.
00:46:55.54\00:46:56.88
"As water disappears from
the sea and a river becomes
00:46:57.08\00:47:00.32
parched and dries up
00:47:00.52\00:47:01.85
so man lies
down... " the Bible says...
00:47:02.02\00:47:04.79
"and does not rise. " How
long is he going to be there?
00:47:04.99\00:47:07.56
Let the Bible speak:
"till the heavens are no more
00:47:07.76\00:47:10.39
they will not awake nor
be roused from their sleep. "
00:47:10.59\00:47:14.60
Amen somebody?
00:47:14.80\00:47:16.13
Today preachers
have adopted the lie
00:47:16.46\00:47:20.17
"You will not surely die. "
00:47:20.37\00:47:21.94
There was a time when
fortune tellers and psychics
00:47:22.34\00:47:24.54
and mediums looked the
part. Today they have become
00:47:24.74\00:47:26.88
more stealthier
in their appearance.
00:47:27.08\00:47:28.64
On the website women.com
00:47:30.61\00:47:32.88
in 2018-
ladies, I pray for you -
00:47:33.82\00:47:38.02
but on women.com they
listed the 27 best TV shows
00:47:39.52\00:47:44.19
about witches that
are on TV right now.
00:47:44.99\00:47:47.66
Listen to this. They
said... here's the quote:
00:47:48.46\00:47:50.50
women.com
"Witches and television
00:47:50.70\00:47:53.80
pretty much go hand in hand.
00:47:54.00\00:47:56.07
Viewers love watching
shows about witches and magic
00:47:56.47\00:47:59.97
and everything occult.
00:48:00.28\00:48:01.61
To celebrate this awesome
trend throughout TV history
00:48:01.78\00:48:04.88
we have gathered a list of the
best TV shows about witches. "
00:48:05.08\00:48:10.29
women.com
00:48:10.49\00:48:12.05
The next thing is horoscopes.
00:48:12.95\00:48:14.79
Horoscopes. H- O-R-O-S-C-O-P-E.
00:48:15.39\00:48:20.06
It should be horror... scope.
00:48:20.26\00:48:25.27
A summary on
horoscopes: many believe that
00:48:26.13\00:48:29.00
the validity of horoscopes
is based on the positions of
00:48:29.20\00:48:31.97
stars, planets, and the sun.
00:48:32.17\00:48:34.01
But Dr. Christopher S. Barrett,
00:48:34.21\00:48:36.08
Assoc. Prof. of Physics
at West Texas A&M University,
00:48:36.28\00:48:40.02
he was asked the question:
"Can horoscopes make people
00:48:40.42\00:48:43.22
feel better? "
Listen to what he said.
00:48:43.42\00:48:44.99
He said: "Of course it can...
00:48:45.19\00:48:46.86
but it has nothing to do
with the horoscope being right.
00:48:47.06\00:48:50.16
Horoscopes make
people feel better because
00:48:50.36\00:48:53.43
of a psychological effect
known as the placebo effect.
00:48:53.63\00:48:57.67
The placebo
effect is when the belief
00:48:58.50\00:49:01.87
in a useless method
00:49:02.07\00:49:04.01
actually makes a
person feel better.
00:49:04.21\00:49:06.31
It is the belief
itself - not the method -
00:49:06.51\00:49:09.34
that causes the perception. "
00:49:09.54\00:49:12.11
You know the placebo effect?
00:49:14.32\00:49:15.78
When they give you
a pill and you say:
00:49:16.18\00:49:17.72
"I feel a lot better now"
and there was nothing in it.
00:49:17.92\00:49:20.86
The placebo effect.
I know what that is.
00:49:21.26\00:49:23.19
I was sitting in the car once
00:49:23.39\00:49:24.73
surrounded by a lot of young
men that were smoking marijuana
00:49:24.79\00:49:27.40
in South Carolina.
00:49:29.13\00:49:30.53
Remember very
well... the placebo effect.
00:49:30.73\00:49:32.23
Very well known. And they tried
to get me to smoke marijuana.
00:49:33.07\00:49:36.17
I said: "I refuse.
I'm not going to do it. "
00:49:36.37\00:49:38.71
The windows were rolled up.
00:49:39.11\00:49:40.68
I was in the car.
00:49:41.04\00:49:42.44
It was full of smoke.
00:49:42.64\00:49:44.31
I said: "I refuse to
smoke; I will not do it. "
00:49:44.71\00:49:47.32
"I refuse to smoke! "
00:49:48.95\00:49:52.55
"I will not do it... I
will not smoke marijuana. "
00:49:52.75\00:49:56.12
Somebody once said to me:
"You don't need marijuana. "
00:50:01.16\00:50:03.26
My brothers and sisters, as
we are smiling this afternoon
00:50:05.40\00:50:08.00
let me make it very clear:
00:50:08.20\00:50:09.54
we've gotta begin to trust God's
Word. Can somebody say Amen?
00:50:09.64\00:50:12.87
Amen! This generation...
00:50:13.07\00:50:14.84
the darkness that
exists in this generation
00:50:15.04\00:50:17.88
is no surprise to God
00:50:18.08\00:50:19.71
but it need not be a
surprise to us either.
00:50:20.12\00:50:22.25
We have been given the
responsibility to proclaim
00:50:22.65\00:50:25.45
an undiluted
three angels' messages,
00:50:25.65\00:50:28.09
one that will
counteract the counterfeit.
00:50:28.29\00:50:30.66
That's why the Lord
impressed me to write this book:
00:50:30.86\00:50:32.79
The Three Angels'
Messages In Summary.
00:50:32.99\00:50:34.86
It exposes Babylon...
its lies, its falsehoods,
00:50:35.26\00:50:38.23
its teachings that
have embraced Christianity
00:50:38.43\00:50:41.00
and has darkened the world.
00:50:41.20\00:50:42.80
But God is calling us to a time
00:50:43.00\00:50:45.11
that we must now bring the
truth back to the forefront.
00:50:45.31\00:50:47.71
We must not even adopt
teachings and ideologies
00:50:47.91\00:50:51.18
that are not found in God's
Word. Can somebody say Amen?
00:50:51.38\00:50:53.92
Amen. And the
positions of the stars
00:50:54.12\00:50:56.22
and the position... the position
of the stars may be constant
00:50:56.42\00:50:59.49
but the planets
continually move.
00:50:59.69\00:51:01.99
Don't base your tomorrow
on something that you read
00:51:02.92\00:51:05.16
in a newspaper. Don't base
it on somebody else's ideology.
00:51:05.36\00:51:08.66
And the whole thing
that's behind it is all about
00:51:08.86\00:51:11.87
the almighty dollar
00:51:12.07\00:51:13.87
that people pay for success.
00:51:15.67\00:51:17.74
Rather than paying for success
00:51:18.14\00:51:20.21
if you pray for
success God will give it to you
00:51:20.41\00:51:22.98
if He knows
that's what you need.
00:51:23.18\00:51:24.51
The Bible says when the
Lord made the planets...
00:51:25.01\00:51:27.15
when the Lord made the planets
He made them for an intentional
00:51:27.65\00:51:30.95
purpose. Here's what the Bible
says in Genesis 1 and verse 14.
00:51:31.15\00:51:34.02
Not for the
horoscope; not for astrology...
00:51:34.22\00:51:36.79
The Bible says:
00:51:38.19\00:51:39.53
And that hasn't changed.
00:51:52.41\00:51:53.84
But don't base your tomorrow
00:51:54.04\00:51:56.14
on the deceptive
practices of a generation
00:51:56.54\00:52:00.18
that is coated in
a Satanic presence.
00:52:00.38\00:52:03.08
It's everywhere. You
just drive down the freeway.
00:52:03.28\00:52:06.12
Get off at the
exits. Look around you.
00:52:06.32\00:52:07.69
Begin to be familiar
with your surroundings.
00:52:07.89\00:52:09.49
But even more than that,
parents: let me challenge you
00:52:09.89\00:52:11.89
know what your
children are watching.
00:52:12.09\00:52:14.43
I did a series not too long ago.
00:52:15.46\00:52:17.20
If you haven't
seen it, you should.
00:52:17.40\00:52:18.73
It's called Unclean Spirits:
00:52:18.87\00:52:20.24
the Occult and the
Entertainment Industry.
00:52:22.40\00:52:25.67
Disney World
wrapped in occult belief.
00:52:26.98\00:52:30.98
If you want to
find cartoons nowadays,
00:52:31.18\00:52:33.48
more of the cartoons today
00:52:33.68\00:52:35.98
are teaching your children
about darkness. Witches and
00:52:36.18\00:52:38.55
warlocks and demons. So
while you're cleaning the house
00:52:38.75\00:52:41.32
and you put them
in front of Disney
00:52:41.52\00:52:42.86
they're watching Disney
and they'll get up dizzy.
00:52:43.26\00:52:46.86
You'll get that on Wednesday.
00:52:49.16\00:52:50.50
Their minds are being polluted.
00:52:50.73\00:52:52.80
And you wonder why they have
no attention for godly things?
00:52:53.00\00:52:56.17
Children come to church and
when you start singing hymns
00:52:56.81\00:52:59.47
they can't even identify
00:52:59.67\00:53:01.38
because all week long
their minds are being pounded
00:53:01.58\00:53:04.75
by words... occult
words, words that are demonic.
00:53:04.95\00:53:08.08
Words that are
sensual; words that are dark.
00:53:08.28\00:53:10.95
Words that are polluted;
words that are corrupting
00:53:11.15\00:53:13.49
the minds of our young.
00:53:13.69\00:53:15.02
And we buy them cellphones
as though it's some kind of act
00:53:15.19\00:53:18.46
of liberty. Over in
Europe they're getting wise now.
00:53:18.66\00:53:22.53
I think in some of
the Scandinavian countries
00:53:22.73\00:53:24.63
it's against the law for
children 18 years old and under
00:53:24.83\00:53:27.30
to own a cellphone.
00:53:27.50\00:53:28.84
The young man that was part
of the development of Facebook
00:53:29.14\00:53:32.77
I watched the
video several times.
00:53:32.97\00:53:34.84
He said: "I am pained to see
00:53:35.24\00:53:38.91
what my participation has done
to American and world society. "
00:53:40.12\00:53:45.15
He refused to give
his children cellphones.
00:53:45.89\00:53:48.26
And Steve Jobs when he was
alive... he wouldn't give his
00:53:48.66\00:53:50.73
children cellphones.
And Bill Gates, the founder
00:53:50.93\00:53:54.60
of Microsoft, wouldn't
give his children cellphones!
00:53:54.80\00:53:57.27
We give our kids cellphones
as though it's some act
00:53:58.00\00:54:00.04
of liberty. But if we don't curb
it, my brothers and sisters,
00:54:00.24\00:54:03.14
you open them to a
portal that you have no idea.
00:54:03.34\00:54:06.74
Like Adam standing
in the Garden of Eden
00:54:06.94\00:54:09.54
you have no idea that you're
about to open Pandora's box.
00:54:09.74\00:54:14.32
I say to you as I close:
the only good thing about
00:54:16.52\00:54:18.95
Satan's deceptions is they are
about to come to an eternal end!
00:54:19.15\00:54:24.89
AMEN!
00:54:25.09\00:54:26.43
Psalm 37 verse
10 the Bible says:
00:54:26.49\00:54:28.23
And by the way, I've
gotta add it right here
00:54:39.84\00:54:41.68
since I've got
about an extra minute:
00:54:41.88\00:54:43.21
there is no such thing as
an eternally-burning hell.
00:54:43.24\00:54:47.85
Read your Bible. Amen!
00:54:48.05\00:54:49.42
Let me ask you
a simple question:
00:54:49.62\00:54:50.95
is the devil going to be
around forever? Yes or no?
00:54:51.15\00:54:53.96
NO! Well if the devil's
not going to be around forever
00:54:54.16\00:54:56.89
why would the people
he deceived be in hell
00:54:57.09\00:54:58.83
burning forever?
00:54:59.03\00:55:00.36
He himself will be
consumed in the fires of hell!
00:55:00.96\00:55:04.03
But that's another lie he's
told. I wish I had 2 more hours!
00:55:04.23\00:55:06.90
That's another lie he's told.
00:55:07.64\00:55:09.00
Eternally burning
hell... the immortal soul.
00:55:09.20\00:55:11.34
You die and go to heaven.
00:55:11.54\00:55:12.87
People in hell now withering.
00:55:12.91\00:55:14.24
That's a misrepresentation
of the character of God.
00:55:14.28\00:55:16.48
One day all these
lies will be brought down.
00:55:16.88\00:55:20.45
Satan once said: "I
will be like the Most High. "
00:55:20.65\00:55:23.62
Let me give you an update...
00:55:24.02\00:55:25.35
can I give you an update?
00:55:25.39\00:55:26.72
The very one that once said
"I will be like the Most High"
00:55:26.76\00:55:29.12
here's the
update: Revelation 12:12.
00:55:29.32\00:55:31.73
What do you say? Amen!
00:55:40.57\00:55:42.24
"I will be like the Most High.
" The Lord said: "No you not!
00:55:42.44\00:55:44.67
Your time is running out. "
00:55:44.87\00:55:46.21
Soon every lie will be brought
down and every truth that was
00:55:47.01\00:55:51.61
suppressed will rise eternally.
00:55:51.81\00:55:53.45
The box that contained sin
will forever be eradicated.
00:55:53.85\00:55:58.05
And I will share this again
but I think it fits right here:
00:55:58.45\00:56:00.69
one day sin will be eradicated.
00:56:00.89\00:56:03.63
One day death
will be exterminated.
00:56:04.03\00:56:07.10
One day pain will be eliminated
00:56:07.30\00:56:09.56
and sorrow will be terminated.
Come on somebody, say Amen.
00:56:09.96\00:56:12.67
Amen! One day war
will be assassinated;
00:56:12.87\00:56:15.20
hate will be obliterated;
00:56:15.40\00:56:16.91
sinners will be extricated;
00:56:17.11\00:56:19.04
life will be celebrated;
00:56:19.24\00:56:20.88
Satan will be annihilated;
00:56:21.08\00:56:22.98
and Jesus will
be vindicated! Amen!
00:56:23.18\00:56:25.98
So hold on!
00:56:27.22\00:56:30.75
And all these lies that have
caused us pain and heartache
00:56:31.15\00:56:34.66
and deception and have
twisted Christianity into
00:56:34.86\00:56:37.66
nothing more than
a lifeless pretzel
00:56:37.86\00:56:39.66
will one day not
even be a thought
00:56:39.86\00:56:42.00
for the former things
will not be remembered
00:56:42.20\00:56:45.07
nor come into mind.
00:56:45.27\00:56:46.60
You want to be a
star? Follow Jesus.
00:56:46.84\00:56:49.30
When He comes back
we will shine like stars
00:56:49.50\00:56:52.14
forever and ever. Why?
00:56:52.34\00:56:53.78
Because we have
made the Lord our trust,
00:56:53.98\00:56:55.71
His Word our foundation,
00:56:55.91\00:56:57.28
and the truth our
shield and our defense.
00:56:57.48\00:56:59.51
Keep trusting God's Word
for one day darkness will end
00:56:59.71\00:57:03.39
and the truth of God's
Word will reign forever.
00:57:03.59\00:57:07.19
God bless you.
00:57:07.39\00:57:08.72