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>>GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS, MY NAME
IS CHUCK HOLTRY AND I WANT TO
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WELCOME YOU TO
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO STUDY
WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH OUR
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LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF LUKE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED I'D LIKE
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TO REMIND YOU OF OUR FREE OFFER
- OR TELL YOU OF OUR FREE OFFER.
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IT IS OFFER #708, TIPS
FOR RESISTING TEMPTATION .
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY
OF THIS BOOKLET YOU CAN CALL
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1-866-788-3966 -
THAT'S 1-866-STUDY-MORE.
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AS WE GET STARTED IN OUR LESSON,
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT
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TO BE WITH US SO IF YOU'D BOW
YOUR HEADS WITH ME AS WE PRAY.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS WE OPEN
YOUR WORD WE PRAY THAT YOU OPEN
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OUR HEARTS. WE ASK FOR
THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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IN THE CIVIL WAR, THERE WAS
A GENERAL WHO INSISTED ON VERY
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INTERESTING TERMS OF SURRENDER.
HIS TERMS WERE UNCONDITIONAL
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SURRENDER. HE GOT
THE NAME 'UNCONDITIONAL
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SURRENDER GRANT'
OR ULYSSES S. GRANT.
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THE STORY IS TOLD THAT WHEN
HE CAPTURED FORT DONELSON IN
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TENNESSEE, IT WAS A FORMER
CLASSMATE OF HIS WHO WAS LEADING
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THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.
IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE
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IN THE CIVIL WAR YOU ACTUALLY
HAD CLASSMATES FIGHTING AGAINST
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EACH OTHER FROM
THEIR WEST POINT DAYS.
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THEY WERE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH
OTHER AND THEY GET TO TALKING A
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LITTLE BIT RIGHT BEFORE THE
SURRENDER IS PUT TOGETHER AND,
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AS ULYSSES GRANT IS TALKING TO -
I BELIEVE IT WAS GENERAL BUCKNER
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- THEY WERE DISCUSSING SOME
DIFFERENT THINGS AND HE SAID,
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'HOW COME GENERAL PILLOW IS
NOT HERE?' AND BUCKNER SAID, 'I
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THINK THAT HE'S NOT INTERESTED
IN BEING TAKEN BY YOU.'
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AND ULYSSES S. GRANT
SAID, 'THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
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I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT HE'S FREE
BECAUSE WE LIKE HIM LEADING THE
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FORCES THAT ARE AGAINST US.'
INTERESTING, THE DIALOGUE THAT
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WOULD GO ON
BETWEEN DIFFERENT GENERALS.
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BUT, IN SPITE OF THE
FRIENDLINESS, ULYSSES S.
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GRANT ASKED FOR UNCONDITIONAL
SURRENDER - 'I WANT EVERYTHING.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU HAVE
YOUR ARMS WHEN YOU LEAVE, ETC.
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WE WANT TO HAVE A COMPLETE
SURRENDER TO OUR FORCES.' WHAT
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DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH A
LESSON ON THE BAPTISM AND THE
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TEMPTATION OF JESUS?
QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY.
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I BELIEVE AS WE LOOK THROUGH
THE BAPTISM OF JESUS AND THE
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TEMPTATION, WE'RE GOING TO FIND
THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO HAVE
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SUCCESS AS CHRISTIANS IS
THROUGH UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
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WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE
TO START OUT WITH OUR LESSON -
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SUNDAY'S LESSON - WE'LL
BE LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT OF
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PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD,
LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE
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TEACHINGS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
AND ALSO TYING THAT IN WITH THE
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BAPTISM OF JESUS, SO LUKE
CHAPTER 3 - LUKE CHAPTER 3 AND
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VERSE 3. I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN AMAZED AT HOW
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JOHN PREACHED. LUKE
DESCRIBES JOHN'S PREACHING.
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THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF
PREACHING I WOULD DO IF I WAS
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GOING TO ASK SOMEONE TO GET
BAPTIZED, AND YOU'RE GOING TO
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SEE THAT AS WE GO
INTO IT A LITTLE BIT.
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BUT IN VERSE 3 IT SAYS, "AND HE
CAME INTO ALL THE COUNTRY ABOUT
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JORDAN, PREACHING THE BAPTISM OF
REPENTANCE FOR THE REMISSION OF
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SINS; AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE
BOOK OF THE WORDS OF ESAIAS THE
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PROPHET, SAYING, 'THE VOICE
OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS,
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PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE
LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT."
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SO HERE IT IS, WE SEE THAT
HE'S PREACHING SPECIFICALLY
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REPENTANCE AND IT'S A
FULFILLMENT OF A PROPHECY
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TO PREPARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD.
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AND THEN HE QUOTES THIS - PLEASE
NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 5:
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"EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED,
AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL
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SHALL BE BROUGHT LOW; AND THE
CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT,
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AND THE ROUGH WAYS SHALL
BE MADE SMOOTH;" I'M PREACHING
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REPENTANCE AND THE FULFILLMENT
OF A PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, AND
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HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN:
THE HILLS ARE GOING TO BE MADE
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FLAT, THE LOW PLACES ARE GOING
TO BE RAISED UP, THE CROOKED
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PLACES STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH
PLACES WILL BE MADE SMOOTH.
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YOU KNOW, REPENTANCE DOES
SOMETHING - IT CHANGES YOU.
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IT TAKES YOU - AND SOMETIMES IT
TURNS YOU THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
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FROM WHAT YOU WERE
GOING. IN FACT, YOU'RE PROBABLY
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FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT THE WORD
'REPENTANCE MEANS TO CHANGE AND
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TURN. TO TURN; TO CHANGE
DIRECTION; TO GO A NEW WAY.
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GOD TAKES THOSE WHO ARE HIGH AND
LIFTED UP AND BRINGS THEM LOW.
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HE TAKES THOSE WHO ARE
LOW AND BRINGS THEM UP.
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HE TAKES THE CROOKED
AND MAKES THEM STRAIGHT.
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HE TAKES THE ROUGH
AND SMOOTHS IT OUT.
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YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY
SEEN THIS IN YOUR OWN LIFE -
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HOW GOD HAS DONE
MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE.
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YOU REPENT AND A
CHANGE TAKES PLACE.
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BEFORE JESUS COULD COME AND DO
A MIRACLE IN THE LIVES OF THESE
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PEOPLE, THERE WAS THIS
CALL, BY JOHN, FOR REPENTANCE.
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IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO TURN. I
BELIEVE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
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FOR US TO LOOK AT. YOU
KNOW, 'TO TURN' OFTENTIMES
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MEANS I NEED TO
SURRENDER MY IDEAS.
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I NEED TO CHANGE WHAT I
THINK IS IMPORTANT - AND THAT'S
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WHAT JOHN IS ASKING FOR -
A SURRENDER, IF YOU WILL - A
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REPENTANCE. VERSE 7
- WHEN I READ VERSE 7 I
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WONDERED WHO WAS THIS TO?
BUT I READ A LITTLE BOOK CALLED
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DESIRE OF AGES - YOU
MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
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IT SAID THAT THE WORDS IN VERSE
7 WERE SPECIFICALLY SPOKEN TO
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THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES
THAT WERE COMING TO HEAR JESUS.
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HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 7:
"THEN SAID HE TO THE MULTITUDE
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THAT CAME FORTH TO BE BAPTIZED
OF HIM, O GENERATION OF VIPERS,
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WHO HATH WARNED YOU TO
FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME?
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BRING FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS
WORTHY OF REPENTANCE AND BEGIN
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NOT TO SAY WITHIN YOURSELVES,
'WE HAVE ABRAHAM TO OUR FATHER:
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FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT GOD IS
ABLE OF THESE STONES TO RAISE UP
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CHILDREN UNTO ABRAHAM."
BAPTISM MUST HAVE REPENTANCE
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CONNECTED TO IT. I'M
NOT SAYING 'MUST' BECAUSE
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IT'S SOME LEGALISTIC THING, IT'S
JUST THIS IS THE NATURAL WAY
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THINGS SHOULD FLOW. WHEN
YOU HAVE REPENTANCE, THERE
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WILL BE FRUIT. WHY THE
PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES?
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WHY DID HE FOCUS SPECIFICALLY
ON THEM? WHY DID HE SAY,
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'YOU BROOD OF VIPERS?' I
WOULDN'T PREACH THAT IN A
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BAPTISM SERMON. I'M SURE OF IT.
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WHY DID HE PREACH THAT?
BECAUSE HE KNEW THEIR HEART.
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THEY WERE WANTING TO GET
BAPTIZED FOR SHOW - 'MAYBE IF
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WE'RE CONNECTED TO THIS FAMOUS
YOUNG PREACHER, MAYBE PEOPLE'LL
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LOOK AT US AND WE'LL GET
MORE POPULAR.' BAD REASON TO GET
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BAPTIZED? I REMEMBER AS A CHILD
I CONTEMPLATED GETTING BAPTIZED
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FOR THE WRONG REASON. HAVE
ANY OF YOU CONSIDERED THAT?
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MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO RAISE
YOUR HAND, BUT GETTING BAPTIZED
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BECAUSE EVERYONE
ELSE IS GETTING BAPTIZED.
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OR MAYBE GETTING BAPTIZED
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE
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REALLY WANTS
YOU TO GET BAPTIZED.
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BAPTISM IS SOMETHING
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE RESULT OF
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REPENTANCE AND THAT REPENTANCE
IS A TURNING - IT'S A CHANGE -
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AND THAT CHANGE IS
GOING TO BRING FRUIT.
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THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT
WE SEE BEING LAID OUT HERE.
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VERSES 8 AND 9 I FOUND EXCITING,
BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T NEED TREES
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TO GET FRUIT.
DID YOU NOTICE THAT?
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LOOK AT THAT IN VERSE 8, "BRING
FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS WORTHY OF
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REPENTANCE, AND BEGIN NOT TO
SAY WITHIN YOURSELVES, WE HAVE
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ABRAHAM TO OUR FATHER: FOR I SAY
UNTO YOU, THAT GOD IS ABLE OF
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THESE STONES TO RAISE
UP CHILDREN UNTO ABRAHAM.
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AND NOW ALSO THE AXE IS
LAID UNTO THE ROOT OF THE TREES:
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EVERY TREE THEREFORE WHICH
BRINGETH NOT FORTH GOOD FRUIT IS
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HEWN DOWN, AND
CAST INTO THE FIRE."
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SO IF THE TREE IS NOT BRINGING
FORTH FRUIT, GOD SAID, 'DON'T
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WORRY ABOUT IT, I'LL USE
STONES.' NOT QUITE, BUT THAT'S
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THE PICTURE THAT
HE'S LAYING OUT HERE.
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HE SAID, 'YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE
A CHILD OF ABRAHAM, WELL HAVE
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FRUIT LIKE A CHILD OF ABRAHAM.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE FRUIT LIKE
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A CHILD OF ABRAHAM, I'LL MAKE
A STONE INTO A CHILD OF ABRAHAM
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AND I'LL GET FRUIT FROM IT.
THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT GOD LAYS
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OUT. YOU KNOW,
TREES FOR THE FIRE,
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FRUIT FROM A STONE.
KIND OF AN INTERESTING WAY.
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GOD DOESN'T OPERATE,
NECESSARILY, THE WAY WE OPERATE.
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BUT REPENTANCE
CAN DO THOSE THINGS.
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YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING IN
VERSES 11 AND 14 - 11, 12, 13,
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AND 14 - YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE
COMING AND SAYING, 'OKAY, WHAT
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ARE WE GOING TO DO?
YOU'RE ASKING US TO REPENT.
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WE SEE THAT WE'RE A BROOD OF
VIPERS. WE SEE WE'RE MESSED UP.
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WHAT DO WE DO?' GOD'S
COUNSEL IS VERY SIMPLE -
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VERY SIMPLE - HE SPEAKS TO
THREE SPECIFIC GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
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THE FIRST GROUP ARE THE PEOPLE.
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THE SECOND GROUP ARE THE
PUBLICANS, AND THE NEXT GROUP
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ARE THE SOLDIERS AND HE GIVES
THEM THREE VERY SIMPLE THINGS.
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ALL OF THEM ARE VERY PRACTICAL
IN HOW THEY RELATED TO THEIR
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FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.
'GIVE TO THEM WHAT THEY NEED.
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DON'T EXACT MORE THAN YOU
SHOULD, AND DON'T BE CRUEL TO
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PEOPLE.' VERY SIMPLE MESSAGES
THAT ARE BEING GIVEN OUT HERE.
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THIS KIND OF TEACHING, THIS KIND
OF PREACHING, THIS BAPTISM OF
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REPENTANCE - JESUS NOW COMES TO
GET BAPTIZED AND, FOR ME, THAT'S
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INTERESTING - WHY JESUS WOULD
GET BAPTIZED AT A BAPTISM OF
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REPENTANCE. DID JESUS HAVE
ANYTHING HE NEEDED TO REPENT OF?
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ABSOLUTELY NOT. SO WHY? YOU
KNOW, THERE'S DESIRE OF AGES
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PAGE 111 SAYS THIS: THAT
JESUS IDENTIFIED WITH SINNERS.
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IT'S KIND OF A NICE THING, ISN'T
IT? HE IDENTIFIED WITH SINNERS.
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HE WASN'T A SINNER BUT HE
IDENTIFIED WITH SINNERS AND WENT
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THROUGH THE VERY STEPS
THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH.
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2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 - IF YOU
WANT TO TURN THERE WITH ME - A
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BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE HERE IN PAUL'S
LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT CORINTH
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- 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 - THE BIBLE
SAYS THIS: "FOR HE HATH MADE HIM
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TO BE SIN FOR US," - GOD MADE
JESUS CHRIST TO BE SIN FOR US -
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"WHO KNEW NO SIN; THAT WE MIGHT
BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
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IN HIM." THIS IS
THE PICTURE - JESUS
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BECAME SIN FOR YOU AND
FOR ME. HE IDENTIFIED WITH US.
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YOU KNOW, PHILIPPIANS TELLS US
THAT HE HUMBLED HIMSELF FOR YOU
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AND FOR I. WHAT A
BEAUTIFUL PICTURE IS LAID
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OUT BY THE LIFE OF
JESUS' CONDESCENSION.
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SO WE SEE JESUS HUMBLED HIMSELF,
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING VERY
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BEAUTIFUL THAT
COMES OUT IN THIS PICTURE.
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AFTER JESUS TAKES ON OR ADMITS -
ALLOWS HIMSELF TO BE BAPTIZED -
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WE SEE THIS IN LUKE CHAPTER 3
AND VERSE 21 - IT SAYS THAT HE
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WAS BAPTIZED AND
PRAYING THEN HEAVEN WAS OPENED.
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VERSE 22 SAID - THE NEXT
THING IS, "AND THE HOLY GHOST
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DESCENDED IN A BODILY SHAPE LIKE
A DOVE UPON HIM, AND A VOICE
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CAME FROM HEAVEN, WHICH SAID,
'THOU ART MY BELOVED SON; IN
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THEE I AM WELL PLEASED."
GOD'S VOICE - GOD THE FATHER'S
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VOICE - HAS NOT BEEN
HEARD FOR 4,000 YEARS.
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4,000 YEARS
THERE'S BEEN SILENCE.
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YOU SAY, 'WELL, WHAT ABOUT
THE PEOPLE THERE ON MOUNT SINAI,
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RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY
THE VOICE OF GOD WAS
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HEARD THERE.' WE DO A LITTLE BIT
OF STUDY AND YOU REALIZE IT'S
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TALKING ABOUT - THAT WAS GOD THE
SON WHO WAS SPEAKING TO THEM.
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GOD THE FATHER'S VOICE HAS NOT
BEEN HEARD FOR 4,000 YEARS, BUT
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NOW SOMETHING
SPECIAL HAS HAPPENED.
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AGAIN, HEAVEN AND
EARTH ARE BEING CONNECTED.
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THEY'RE BEING CONNECTED IN THE
LIFE OF A MAN - THE SON OF GOD,
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JESUS CHRIST - AND THE VERY
VOICE OF GOD BEING SPOKEN AT
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THIS POINT WAS A SIGN THAT
SOMETHING WAS STARTING TO BE
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REUNITED AGAIN. GOD AND MAN WERE
NO LONGER GOING TO BE SEPARATE.
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WHAT A PICTURE IS
BEING PUT TOGETHER HERE.
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YOU KNOW, AFTER THE BAPTISM, THE
FIRST THING WE SEE AFTER JESUS
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BEING BAPTIZED IS THE HOLY GHOST
DESCENDING AND THEN THE VOICE OF
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GOD. HUMILITY IS
THE PRECURSER TO THE
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ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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LEADS US TO HEAR
THE VOICE OF GOD.
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THE WAY JESUS EXPERIENCED IT IS
THE WAY YOU AND I CAN EXPERIENCE
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IT. I WANT TO HEAR THE
VOICE OF GOD. HOW ABOUT YOU?
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THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES I
WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED
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THE FIRST AND
SECOND BOOK OF CHUCK.
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I MEAN, I'D JUST LOVE TO OPEN IT
UP IN THE MORNING AND READ AND
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SAY, 'WHAT AM I
SUPPOSED TO DO TODAY?
00:14:02.83\00:14:04.93
WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GO?'
I'D JUST BE THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR.
00:14:04.93\00:14:07.23
BUT, YOU KNOW, GOD SAYS IT
CAN BE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME A
00:14:07.23\00:14:11.90
LITTLE BIT CROOKED WITH
THAT, MAYBE. HOW COULD THAT BE?
00:14:11.90\00:14:14.66
BECAUSE, IF I HUMBLE MYSELF
- CONDESCEND - GOD CAN FILL ME
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WITH HIS SPIRIT AND THEN
I CAN HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD.
00:14:23.40\00:14:28.33
YOU KNOW, A PERSON WAS ONCE
SAYING, 'WHEN IT RAINS WHERE
00:14:28.33\00:14:32.06
DOES THE WATER GO?' I
KNOW WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF
00:14:32.06\00:14:35.10
THAT HERE, NECESSARILY, BUT WHEN
IT RAINS - YOU HAVE A REALLY
00:14:35.10\00:14:37.10
HEAVY RAIN, WHERE DOES
THE WATER GO, UP OR DOWN?
00:14:37.10\00:14:39.53
>>DOWN. >>DOWN.
AND IT FILLS UP WHAT -
00:14:39.53\00:14:42.36
THE HIGHEST PLACE
OR THE LOWEST PLACE?
00:14:42.36\00:14:43.70
>>LOWEST. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
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THE SAME THING
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS POURED
OUT WITH POWER, THAT WILL FILL -
00:14:46.90\00:14:50.26
HE WILL FILL THE LOWEST PLACES.
00:14:50.26\00:14:52.40
IT IS THEN THAT
POWERFUL THINGS CAN TAKE PLACE.
00:14:52.40\00:14:57.33
CONDESCEND - LOWER; OUTPOURING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - HEARING THE
00:14:57.33\00:15:01.33
VOICE OF GOD.
THAT'S A PICTURE OF A
00:15:01.33\00:15:03.23
PROGRESSION WE SEE HERE
IN THE BAPTISM OF JESUS.
00:15:03.23\00:15:06.13
NOW, A MAJORITY OF OUR LESSON
TAKES PLACE - TAKES PLACE AFTER
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THE BAPTISM, BUT IF THE BAPTISM
HADN'T HAPPENED FIRST, I THINK
00:15:11.16\00:15:16.76
THIS STORY WOULDN'T BE
DIFFERENT, BUT THERE'S A SPECIAL
00:15:16.76\00:15:18.90
ELEMENT THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE
BAPTISM THAT PREPARES JESUS FOR
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WHAT'S ABOUT TO FOLLOW.
RIGHT AFTER THE BAPTISM, WHAT
00:15:21.23\00:15:25.13
TAKES PLACE NEXT? THE
TEMPTATION - THAT'S THE NEXT
00:15:25.13\00:15:29.06
THING WE SEE TAKING
PLACE IN THE LIFE OF JESUS.
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RIGHT AFTER THE
BAPTISM WE SEE A TEMPTATION.
00:15:31.26\00:15:33.10
SO WHOSE VOICE DO WE HEAR
AT THE BAPTISM? GOD THE FATHER.
00:15:33.10\00:15:37.56
BUT WHAT DOES HE
SAY SPECIFICALLY?
00:15:37.56\00:15:41.63
'THIS IS MY - THIS IS MY SON'
- OR - 'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON.'
00:15:41.63\00:15:46.73
VERY CLEAR AFFIRMATION FROM GOD
THE FATHER: 'I SUPPORT YOU MY
00:15:46.73\00:15:51.16
SON. I SUPPORT THE
PATH YOU'RE ON. YOU'RE MINE.
00:15:51.16\00:15:54.33
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.' AND NOW
JESUS IS GOING AND HE'S ABOUT TO
00:15:54.33\00:15:59.00
BE TEMPTED FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING - IF HE IS THE SON.
00:15:59.00\00:16:04.73
BUT HE'S GOT RINGING IN
HIS EARS THE VOICE OF WHO?
00:16:04.73\00:16:07.43
HIS FATHER SAYING, 'YOU ARE
MY SON.' AND SO THE WHOLE NEXT
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THREE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING
TO SEE IN LUKE CHAPTER 4 IS AN
00:16:10.70\00:16:14.60
ATTEMPT OF SATAN TO MAKE
JESUS FORGET THE WORDS OF GOD.
00:16:14.60\00:16:17.40
YOU SEE THAT? I WANT
HIM TO FORGET, SOMEHOW,
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SOME WAY. I WAS
TRYING TO IMAGINE THIS
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SCENE: JESUS, THE FORMER
COMMANDER OF THE ANGELS - STILL
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THE COMMANDER OF THE ANGELS,
BUT IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT NOW.
00:16:36.40\00:16:38.30
HE LAID ASIDE ALL HIS
POWER. HE LAID ASIDE HIS GLORY.
00:16:38.30\00:16:40.90
HE'S COME DOWN TO THIS PLANET
TO TAKE ON HUMANITY AND, MORE
00:16:40.90\00:16:46.60
IMPORTANTLY, TAKE
ON SINFUL HUMANITY.
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HE TOOK IT ON WITH ALL THE
INFIRMITIES, ALL THE WEAKNESSES.
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4,000 YEARS OF
DEGENERACY HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
00:16:52.80\00:16:55.66
HE HAS ACCEPTED
THAT UPON HIMSELF.
00:16:55.66\00:16:57.90
AND NOW HE'S MEETING THE ONE
THAT HAD MET AND BATTLED BEFORE
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IN HEAVEN. IT'S A
DIFFERENT SCENE NOW.
00:17:02.50\00:17:05.60
JESUS IS NOT THE HEAD OF A WHOLE
HOST OF ANGELS, HE'S ALONE.
00:17:05.60\00:17:11.23
AND HIS LONELINESS IS STARK
BECAUSE, NOT ONLY IS HE ALONE,
00:17:11.23\00:17:16.33
HE HAS SPENT THE LAST 40
DAYS IN FASTING AND PRAYER.
00:17:16.33\00:17:23.56
NOW, I KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE
AFTER A DAY OR TWO OF FASTING,
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AND IT'S NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE.
JESUS HAS SPENT 40 DAYS - AND
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YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, THIS IS
SUPERNATURAL.' AND I DO AGREE,
00:17:31.96\00:17:34.90
BUT JESUS WAS
HUNGRY, I MEAN, FAMISHED.
00:17:34.90\00:17:40.13
THE PANGS OF
HUNGER HE COULD FEEL.
00:17:40.13\00:17:43.20
IN FACT, IN DESCRIBING THIS
SCENE, MY FAVORITE AUTHOR PUTS
00:17:43.20\00:17:48.73
IT THIS WAY, USING ISAIAH 52
TO DESCRIBE HIM, "HIS FACE WAS
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MARRED MORE THAN
THE SONS OF MEN."
00:17:56.13\00:17:58.73
YOU KNOW, I USED TO APPLY THAT
ALWAYS TO ISAIAH 42 - APPLY THAT
00:17:58.73\00:18:03.00
TO JESUS AT HIS CRUCIFIXION,
RIGHT? AND THE TRIAL.
00:18:03.00\00:18:06.46
BUT IT'S APPLIED
HERE AT JESUS' TEMPTATION.
00:18:06.46\00:18:11.53
THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING
THROUGH. THAT IS HIS EXPERIENCE.
00:18:11.53\00:18:14.66
SATAN COMES UP
TO HIM TO TEMPT HIM.
00:18:14.66\00:18:20.36
SATAN'S GOAL IS VERY SIMPLE.
I WANT JESUS TO DOUBT WHO HE IS.
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JESUS IS WHAT?
HE'S THE SON OF GOD.
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'I WANT HIM TO DOUBT WHO HE IS.'
AND I BELIEVE THAT SATAN HASN'T
00:18:35.56\00:18:41.03
CHANGED HIS TACTICS MUCH.
HE COMES TO YOU AND I AND HE
00:18:41.03\00:18:45.86
WANTS US TO DOUBT THAT WE
ARE THE SON AND DAUGHTER OF GOD.
00:18:45.86\00:18:49.03
AM I RIGHT? THE WORD OF GOD IS
CLEAR, WE CAN READ IT IN ROMANS
00:18:49.03\00:18:54.13
CHAPTER 8, VERSE 14, RIGHT?
LET'S LOOK AT IT, ROMANS 8:14.
00:18:54.13\00:18:58.63
THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING AT IT
IS I WAS GOING TO QUOTE IT AND I
00:18:58.63\00:19:00.16
COMPLETELY FORGOT IT. ROMANS 8
AND VERSE 14 - BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE
00:19:00.16\00:19:12.40
- "FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE
SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY ARE THE" -
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>>SONS. >>"SONS
(AND DAUGHTERS) OF
00:19:20.93\00:19:22.66
GOD." THAT'S RIGHT.
00:19:22.66\00:19:23.73
"FOR AS MANY AS ARE
LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD."
00:19:23.73\00:19:25.73
NOW, QUICK QUESTION - LUKE
CHAPTER 4, VERSE 1 - WAS JESUS
00:19:25.73\00:19:31.50
LED BY THE SPIRIT? IT'S
CRYSTAL CLEAR, ISN'T IT?
00:19:31.50\00:19:35.40
LUKE CHAPTER 4, VERSE 1 - HE
WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE
00:19:35.40\00:19:37.40
WILDERNESS. SO HERE
IT IS - "AS MANY AS ARE
00:19:37.40\00:19:40.46
LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD,
THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD."
00:19:40.46\00:19:43.36
SO NOT ONLY IS THERE THE FACT
THAT YOU'VE GOT THE VOICE FROM
00:19:43.36\00:19:45.30
HEAVEN, HE WAS
FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT.
00:19:45.30\00:19:46.60
SO WE'RE CRYSTAL CLEAR,
JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD.
00:19:46.60\00:19:48.90
AND I'M JUST USING THAT
AS AN ILLUSTRATION FOR US.
00:19:48.90\00:19:52.96
ARE YOU FOLLOWING
THE SPIRIT OF GOD?
00:19:52.96\00:19:56.20
ARE YOU GOING
WHERE HE WANTS YOU TO GO?
00:19:56.20\00:19:58.20
ARE YOU LISTENING TO HIS VOICE?
00:19:58.20\00:19:59.96
GOOD NEWS, SON
AND DAUGHTER OF GOD.
00:19:59.96\00:20:03.26
AND SATAN, SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE
DOING THAT, WILL COME UP TO US
00:20:03.26\00:20:07.86
AND SAY, 'HMM, HOW CAN I GET
THEM TO NOT BELIEVE THEY'RE A
00:20:07.86\00:20:12.66
SON AND DAUGHTER OF
GOD? HOW CAN I DO THAT?'
00:20:12.66\00:20:15.20
I BELIEVE THAT IS A
GOAL THAT SATAN HAS.
00:20:15.20\00:20:17.60
HE TRIED IT WITH
JESUS. HE TRIES IT WITH US.
00:20:17.60\00:20:22.56
HE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL WITH
JESUS AND, BY GOD'S GRACE, AS WE
00:20:22.56\00:20:25.93
SUBMIT TO HIM, HE
WON'T BE SUCCESSFUL WITH US.
00:20:25.93\00:20:33.36
WHY WOULD GOD ALLOW
JESUS TO LOOK SO BAD?
00:20:33.36\00:20:42.33
TO BE SO HUNGRY?
TO BE SO TEMPTED?
00:20:42.33\00:20:48.50
WHY WOULD GOD THE FATHER DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR HIS SON?
00:20:48.50\00:20:52.86
THAT WAS THE INSINUATION IN THE
PHRASE, 'IF THOU BE THE SON OF
00:20:52.86\00:20:59.73
GOD.' 'YOU'RE OUT HERE?
00:20:59.73\00:21:03.46
YOU SAID YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD
BUT LOOK AT YOU.' OF COURSE HE'S
00:21:03.46\00:21:07.10
NOT SAYING THAT, BUT THE
INSINUATION - 'LOOK AT YOU,
00:21:07.10\00:21:09.80
YOU'RE EMACIATED.
YOUR BODY IS WORN.
00:21:09.80\00:21:14.96
YOU CAN SEE AT 30 YEARS OLD
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE 50 OR 60.
00:21:14.96\00:21:17.76
IT CAN'T BE.' IN THOSE
DAYS, THAT WAS VERY OLD.
00:21:17.76\00:21:21.96
IN TODAY'S DAYS IT'S
VERY YOUNG. 'HOW CAN THAT BE?
00:21:21.96\00:21:29.33
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.' AND YOU CAN
JUST IMAGINE THE INSINUATIONS
00:21:29.33\00:21:32.93
THAT ARE COMING AT JESUS.
DOES THAT HAPPEN SOMETIMES FOR
00:21:32.93\00:21:37.86
US TOO? 'ARE YOU
SURE GOD'S LEADING YOU?
00:21:37.86\00:21:43.96
YOU'RE HAVING
TROUBLES IN YOUR LIFE.
00:21:43.96\00:21:47.16
SURELY, IF YOU'RE HAVING
TROUBLES IN LIFE, GOD WOULDN'T
00:21:47.16\00:21:50.00
DO THAT TO YOU.' SATAN TEMPTS
US TO SOMETIMES THINK THAT THE
00:21:50.00\00:21:57.90
DIFFICULTIES WE FACE ARE BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT BELONGING TO GOD WHEN,
00:21:57.90\00:22:02.63
IN REALITY, IT'S BECAUSE
WE'RE FOLLOWING GOD. AM I RIGHT?
00:22:02.63\00:22:09.40
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK
WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AS WE'RE
00:22:09.40\00:22:13.53
STUDYING THIS
AND LOOKING AT THIS.
00:22:13.53\00:22:15.26
SO WHAT IS THIS
TEMPTATION? LET'S LOOK AT IT.
00:22:15.26\00:22:17.40
LUKE CHAPTER 4 AND VERSE 3, "AND
THE DEVIL SAID UNTO HIM, IF THOU
00:22:17.40\00:22:23.36
BE THE SON OF GOD, COMMAND THIS
STONE THAT IT BE MADE BREAD."
00:22:23.36\00:22:28.00
"IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD,
COMMAND THIS STONE THAT IT BE
00:22:28.00\00:22:30.63
MADE BREAD." JESUS IS HUNGRY.
SO WHY DOES HE NOT DO IT?
00:22:30.63\00:22:37.10
YOU KNOW, THE
TEMPTATION IS VERY SIMPLE HERE.
00:22:37.10\00:22:39.80
YOUR PHYSICAL WANTS - JESUS
- ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
00:22:39.80\00:22:46.13
REQUIREMENTS OF GOD. GOD
HASN'T TOLD YOU TO DO THIS.
00:22:46.13\00:22:49.93
YOU'RE FOLLOWING GOD
AND HE'S GIVEN NO COMMAND.
00:22:49.93\00:22:52.66
YOU'RE GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING HE TELLS YOU TO DO.
00:22:52.66\00:22:55.16
WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE
CARE OF YOURSELF RIGHT NOW?
00:22:55.16\00:22:59.10
THAT IS A TEMPTATION. AND
YOU SAY, 'WELL CHUCK, IT'S
00:22:59.10\00:23:01.90
CONNECTED WITH
APPETITE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
00:23:01.90\00:23:04.10
APPETITE IS THAT - A DESIRE TO
FULFILL MY PHYSICAL NEEDS AND/OR
00:23:04.10\00:23:10.13
WANTS AHEAD OF THE
REQUIREMENTS OF GOD.
00:23:10.13\00:23:14.60
APPETITE IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE GREATEST CHALLENGES THAT
00:23:14.60\00:23:16.63
HUMANITY FACES. WHAT
ARE YOUR PHYSICAL NEEDS?
00:23:16.63\00:23:19.76
WHAT ARE YOUR PHYSICAL WANTS?
YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, NEEDS ARE
00:23:19.76\00:23:22.50
IMPORTANT.' THEY ARE, BUT I TELL
YOU WHAT, A PHYSICAL NEED IS
00:23:22.50\00:23:24.86
NOTHING IN RELATION
TO A REQUIREMENT OF GOD.
00:23:24.86\00:23:28.96
THAT'S WHAT SEPARATES CHRISTIANS
- FOLLOWERS OF THE CREATOR GOD
00:23:28.96\00:23:33.53
OF HEAVEN - FROM
THOSE WHO ARE NOT.
00:23:33.53\00:23:37.56
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS, I
HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS BEING SPOKEN
00:23:37.56\00:23:44.73
TO MYSELF. WHAT ARE
MY PHYSICAL NEEDS AND
00:23:44.73\00:23:48.03
WANTS THAT I'M TEMPTED TO
PUT AHEAD OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF
00:23:48.03\00:23:51.43
GOD? DO YOU HAVE ANY?
00:23:51.43\00:23:53.70
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TO MUCH
TIME THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S
00:23:53.70\00:23:55.43
SOMETHING I THINK IT'S
VALID FOR US TO CONSIDER.
00:23:55.43\00:23:58.36
GOD - DOES GOD
TAKE CARE OF HIS PEOPLE?
00:23:58.36\00:24:03.56
DOES HE TAKE CARE
OF THEM IN HIS TIME?
00:24:03.56\00:24:06.43
IS HIS TIME THE BEST TIME?
I'M GLAD YOU'RE SAYING THAT.
00:24:06.43\00:24:09.86
IS IT HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT? >>YES.
00:24:09.86\00:24:12.60
>>YES IT IS - AND I BELIEVE
THAT'S WHY THIS TEMPTATION WAS
00:24:12.60\00:24:16.86
SO HARD FOR JESUS.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS.
00:24:16.86\00:24:22.06
WHO WERE SOME PEOPLE IN THE
BIBLE - I LIKE TO DO THIS EVERY
00:24:22.06\00:24:25.56
NOW AND THEN - WHO ARE SOME
PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE WHO ACTUALLY
00:24:25.56\00:24:28.36
FELL INTO THIS TEMPTATION?
MY PHYSICAL NEED AND WANT OVER
00:24:28.36\00:24:33.50
THE REQUIREMENTS OF GOD? >>SAUL.
00:24:33.50\00:24:35.93
>>SAUL - AND YOU'RE
THINKING OF KING SAUL, YES?
00:24:35.93\00:24:39.03
OLD TESTAMENT -
RIGHT ON. >>ESAU.
00:24:39.03\00:24:40.86
>>ESAU? ABSOLUTELY. >>SAMSON.
00:24:40.86\00:24:44.90
>>SAMSON, DEFINITELY. EVE? YES.
00:24:44.90\00:24:48.30
WE CAN EVEN ADD
HER HUSBAND IN THERE.
00:24:48.30\00:24:50.40
>>SOLOMON. >>SOLOMON, YES.
00:24:50.40\00:24:54.13
>>DAVID. >>DAVID, YES.
00:24:54.13\00:25:00.20
YOU COULD PROBABLY GO ON.
THIS LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE
00:25:00.20\00:25:02.50
LISTED AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T
BEEN REPEATING IT, BUT SOLOMON
00:25:02.50\00:25:04.70
AND DAVID AND EVE AND ADAM AND
SEVERAL OTHERS - THESE PEOPLE -
00:25:04.70\00:25:12.23
WERE THEIR LIVES BETTER BECAUSE
THEY TOOK CARE OF THEIR NEEDS?
00:25:12.23\00:25:18.23
IS YOUR LIFE BETTER IF YOU TAKE
CARE OF YOUR NEEDS INSTEAD OF
00:25:18.23\00:25:22.96
TRUSTING GOD? NO, IT'S NOT.
BUT DOES IT FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES
00:25:22.96\00:25:29.03
IT WOULD BE BETTER?
YOU KNOW, I WAS SCARED, IN
00:25:29.03\00:25:35.70
COLLEGE, OF WHO GOD
WAS GOING TO HAVE ME MARRY.
00:25:35.70\00:25:39.16
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT
IT TOO LONG BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS
00:25:39.16\00:25:42.30
NERVOUS GOD WAS GOING TO GIVE ME
SOMEBODY I JUST COULD NOT LIKE.
00:25:42.30\00:25:46.93
I WAS JUST SURE OF IT, YOU KNOW?
SO, 'GOD, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE
00:25:46.93\00:25:49.63
OF THIS PART OF MY LIFE, THANK
YOU.' AND I STARTED REALIZING
00:25:49.63\00:25:53.63
THAT WHEN I TRIED THAT,
IT WASN'T REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
00:25:53.63\00:25:58.53
IT'S WHEN I ALLOWED GOD TO BE
IN CHARGE OF THAT NEED THAT GOD
00:25:58.53\00:26:05.13
GAVE ME WHAT WAS
BEST IN HIS TIME.
00:26:05.13\00:26:09.20
IT'S A GOOD THING.
WHERE HAS GOD LED YOU?
00:26:09.20\00:26:17.03
WHERE IS GOD
LEADING YOU RIGHT NOW?
00:26:17.03\00:26:19.13
DO YOU HAVE THE FAITH TO TRUST
HIM AND SAY, 'I WILL LET YOU
00:26:19.13\00:26:25.30
PROVIDE FOR MY
NEEDS IN YOUR TIME.
00:26:25.30\00:26:29.10
I THINK THAT'S THE CALL THAT
WE SEE AND THAT KIND OF FAITH
00:26:29.10\00:26:32.86
BRINGS SUCCESS IN
THE FIRST TEMPTATION.
00:26:32.86\00:26:37.00
LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT ONE.
TEMPTATION #2 - LET'S READ THIS
00:26:37.00\00:26:41.96
FROM LUKE CHAPTER 4 AND WE'LL BE
READING STARTING WITH VERSE 5,
00:26:41.96\00:26:50.73
"AND THE DEVIL, TAKING HIM
UP INTO AN HIGH MOUNTAIN, SHEWED
00:26:50.73\00:26:53.56
UNTO HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF
THE WORLD IN A MOMENT OF TIME.
00:26:53.56\00:26:57.40
AND THE DEVIL SAID UNTO
HIM, 'ALL THIS POWER WILL I GIVE
00:26:57.40\00:27:01.10
THEE, AND THE GLORY OF THEM:
FOR THAT IS DELIVERED UNTO ME;
00:27:01.10\00:27:04.73
AND TO
WHOMSOEVER I WILL I GIVE IT.
00:27:04.73\00:27:07.06
IF THOU THEREFORE WILT WORSHIP
ME, ALL SHALL BE THINE.' AND
00:27:07.06\00:27:13.13
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO
HIM, 'GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN:
00:27:13.13\00:27:18.00
FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'THOU SHALT
WORSHIP THE LORD THY GOD, AND
00:27:18.00\00:27:22.80
HIM ONLY SHALT THOU SERVE.''"
NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE
00:27:22.80\00:27:30.43
NOTICED QUICKLY THAT THE ORDER
OF TEMPTATIONS HERE IN LUKE
00:27:30.43\00:27:35.23
SWAPS THE SECOND AND THIRD FROM
THE ORDER OF TEMPTATIONS THAT
00:27:35.23\00:27:38.46
YOU SEE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
3. WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE
00:27:38.46\00:27:42.63
WITH THE ORDER
AS IS HERE IN LUKE.
00:27:42.63\00:27:46.36
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BOTH
WRITERS, THROUGH INSPIRATION OF
00:27:46.36\00:27:49.93
THE HOLY SPIRIT, ARE
FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
00:27:49.93\00:27:52.36
IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE THAT.
00:27:52.36\00:27:54.60
LUKE, I KIND OF LIKE THE WAY
HE'S LAYING IT OUT HERE BECAUSE
00:27:54.60\00:27:58.70
HE'S SHOWING TEMPTATION,
TEMPTATION, AND THEN A
00:27:58.70\00:28:02.43
TEMPTATION WHERE THE TEMPTOR IS
ACTUALLY USING SCRIPTURE - KIND
00:28:02.43\00:28:06.20
OF A LAYOUT LIKE THAT, WHEREAS
MATTHEW SEEMS TO BE SHOWING,
00:28:06.20\00:28:10.23
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE VERY
BASIC TEMPTATION GETTING HARDER
00:28:10.23\00:28:14.60
AND HARDER, TO
THE MOST DIFFICULT.
00:28:14.60\00:28:16.63
YOU CAN SEE BOTH OF THOSE AND,
OF COURSE, DIFFICULT - THAT'S
00:28:16.63\00:28:18.66
BASED UPON MY HUMAN
UNDERSTANDING, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT
00:28:18.66\00:28:21.36
IT. THE MAIN FOCUS OF
WHAT SATAN'S BEEN ALWAYS AFTER,
00:28:21.36\00:28:26.23
THOUGH, IS SEEN HERE IN THE
SECOND ONE AND THAT IS, HE WANTS
00:28:26.23\00:28:29.60
WORSHIP. ISAIAH
CHAPTER 14, 'I WANT TO BE
00:28:29.60\00:28:33.73
LIKE GOD. I WANT
TO ASCEND INTO THE
00:28:33.73\00:28:38.06
HEIGHTS. I WANT TO
BE ABOVE THE STARS.
00:28:38.06\00:28:41.00
I WANT TO BE WORSHIPED LIKE
GOD.' THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS
00:28:41.00\00:28:44.76
DESIRE AND NOW HE'S
JUST MAKING IT CRYSTAL CLEAR.
00:28:44.76\00:28:50.53
WHY? WHY DOES SATAN WANT IT?
00:28:50.53\00:28:54.53
WELL, I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE
HE THINKS OF HIMSELF, RIGHT?
00:28:54.53\00:28:58.53
SELF WOULD BE THE
CENTER OF ALL THAT HE IS.
00:28:58.53\00:29:03.30
WOULD JESUS' LIFE HAVE BEEN
EASIER IF HE'D ACCEPTED SATAN'S
00:29:03.30\00:29:09.53
OFFER? NO CRUCIFIXION.
00:29:09.53\00:29:20.83
NO SPENDING ADDITIONAL - NO, NOT
ADDITIONAL, ANOTHER THREE AND A
00:29:20.83\00:29:26.26
HALF YEARS WITH SOME ORNERY
DISCIPLES - THAT'D BE EASIER.
00:29:26.26\00:29:34.86
SO WOULD SOME
ELEMENTS BE EASIER?
00:29:34.86\00:29:41.56
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THIS - WE GET
INTO A HABIT IN OUR SOCIETY -
00:29:41.56\00:29:47.80
AND I THINK SATAN HAS PROGRAMMED
US THIS WAY - THAT WE LOOK AT
00:29:47.80\00:29:51.23
THE PRODUCT MORE THAN WE
LOOK AT THE PRICE. AM I RIGHT?
00:29:51.23\00:29:56.86
WE'RE KIND OF TRAINED TO LOOK
AT THE PRODUCT AND SOMETIMES - I
00:29:56.86\00:30:00.80
WENT INTO A CAR DEALERSHIP AND I
- I LIKE MY MINIVAN AND THEY HAD
00:30:00.80\00:30:03.93
A MUCH NEWER MODEL OF MINIVAN
THERE AND I WAS LOOKING AT IT
00:30:03.93\00:30:08.03
AND MY WIFE AND I WERE DREAMING
ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BE NICE TO
00:30:08.03\00:30:10.50
PRESS BUTTONS AND HAVE THE DOORS
OPEN FOR US. MY WIFE ESPECIALLY
00:30:10.50\00:30:16.13
DREAMS ABOUT THAT - WHEN YOU
HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND GROCERIES.
00:30:16.13\00:30:20.36
AND AS WE LOOKED AT IT, YOU
START THINKING ABOUT HOW GREAT
00:30:20.36\00:30:25.43
IT IS - ALL THESE NICE FEATURES
- AND YOU FORGET ABOUT THE PRICE
00:30:25.43\00:30:31.10
UNTIL YOU GET
HIT BY STICKER SHOCK.
00:30:31.10\00:30:37.03
AND THEN THEY STILL TRY
TO HELP YOU FORGET THE PRICE.
00:30:37.03\00:30:39.03
'OH, IT'S NOT THAT BIG - THINK
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
00:30:39.03\00:30:40.96
FORGET ABOUT
WHAT YOU HAVE TO PAY.
00:30:40.96\00:30:43.36
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING
TO GET.' AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A
00:30:43.36\00:30:45.93
SIMPLE THING THAT'S BEING USED
IN THE CAR DEALERSHIP, BUT SATAN
00:30:45.93\00:30:49.40
DOES THAT ALL THE
TIME WITH TEMPTATION.
00:30:49.40\00:30:51.90
'JUST THINK HOW FUN IT WILL BE.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH FUN
00:30:51.90\00:30:57.66
YOU COULD HAVE TODAY.' YOU
MAY BE MISERABLE FOR THE REST OF
00:30:57.66\00:31:02.30
YOUR LIFE, BUT HOW
MUCH FUN YOU CAN HAVE TODAY.
00:31:02.30\00:31:05.33
HE WOULD NEVER SAY THE MISERABLE
BECAUSE THAT'S THE PRICE AND WHO
00:31:05.33\00:31:07.66
WANTS TO DISCUSS THE
PRICE - WHEN IT COMES TO SIN?
00:31:07.66\00:31:11.36
AM I RIGHT? YOU
KNOW, IT'S - IT'S ACTUALLY
00:31:11.36\00:31:14.06
JUST THE OPPOSITE WITH
JESUS. SATAN FLIPS IT AROUND.
00:31:14.06\00:31:19.26
HE SAYS, 'WHO
WANTS TO BE A CHRISTIAN?
00:31:19.26\00:31:20.93
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU
HAVE TO PAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN?
00:31:20.93\00:31:22.93
YOU KNOW HOW HARD YOUR LIFE
WILL BE WHEN YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN?
00:31:22.93\00:31:25.93
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK YOU'RE
00:31:25.93\00:31:29.76
ODD. THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IS
00:31:29.76\00:31:32.16
GOING TO MAKE FUN OF YOU.
YOUR FRIENDS ARE GOING TO THINK
00:31:32.16\00:31:34.53
YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, 'OUT TO
LUNCH' - OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
00:31:34.53\00:31:38.43
THE PRICE - SATAN EXALTS THE
PRICE OF CHRISTIANITY AND TRIES
00:31:38.43\00:31:44.03
TO VEIL FROM OUR SIGHT
WHAT WE RECEIVE - THE PRODUCT.
00:31:44.03\00:31:48.96
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SIN, ALL HE
SHOWS IS THE NICE PRODUCT AND HE
00:31:48.96\00:31:56.60
TRIES TO VEIL FROM OUR EYES
THE PRICE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT
00:31:56.60\00:32:00.26
TAKING PLACE HERE CLEARLY,
WITH THIS TEMPTATION OF JESUS.
00:32:00.26\00:32:04.06
HE SHOWED HIM ALL THE BEAUTIFUL
THINGS THAT WERE BEFORE HIM -
00:32:04.06\00:32:07.10
ALL THE KINGDOMS AND
THEIR GLORY AND POWER.
00:32:07.10\00:32:10.90
AND IT SAID THAT HE - YOU GET
THE IMPRESSION HERE THAT IT'S
00:32:10.90\00:32:14.16
VEILED FROM HIM - THE
UGLINESS OF THOSE KINGDOMS.
00:32:14.16\00:32:19.06
IT SAYS HE SHOWED HIM
ALL THE GLORY OF THEM.
00:32:19.06\00:32:25.36
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED - THIS NEXT
STATEMENT, VERSE 7, "IF THOU
00:32:25.36\00:32:30.83
THEREFORE WILT WORSHIP
ME, ALL SHALL BE THINE."
00:32:30.83\00:32:38.53
NOW, WHEN YOU WORSHIP SOMEBODY,
AND YOU REALLY, TRULY WORSHIP
00:32:38.53\00:32:43.26
THEM, ALL THAT YOU
HAVE IS THEIRS, RIGHT?
00:32:43.26\00:32:50.16
WHEN YOU TRULY WORSHIP SOMEONE -
IF YOU TRULY WORSHIP GOD AND YOU
00:32:50.16\00:32:55.46
HONOR HIM COMPLETELY - HE IS
EVERYTHING TO YOU - ALL THAT YOU
00:32:55.46\00:32:58.86
HAVE IS HIS. IF
YOU WORSHIPED - TRULY
00:32:58.86\00:33:07.60
WORSHIPED - SATAN, ALL
THAT YOU HAVE BECOMES HIS.
00:33:07.60\00:33:11.66
AND SO, INSTEAD OF GIVING AWAY
THE WORLD, SATAN WOULD BE SIMPLY
00:33:11.66\00:33:15.60
RECEIVING IT. AMAZING -
HE PROMISES US THE WORLD.
00:33:15.60\00:33:26.33
HE PROMISES US ENJOYMENT.
HE PROMISES US FINANCES.
00:33:26.33\00:33:31.66
HE PROMISES US ALL KINDS OF
THINGS AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE
00:33:31.66\00:33:34.86
GOING TO RECEIVE. BUT
IN REALITY, ALL WE'RE DOING
00:33:34.86\00:33:37.53
IS GIVING AWAY AND HE'S
RECEIVING. HE'S TRICKED US
00:33:37.53\00:33:42.20
INTO THINKING THE REVERSE
OF WHAT'S REALLY TAKING PLACE.
00:33:42.20\00:33:48.43
THERE IS - OH YES, I HAD
SOMETHING WRITTEN IN MY NOTES
00:33:48.43\00:33:56.06
HERE - A DEAL WITH
THE DEVIL IS NOT A DEAL.
00:33:56.06\00:34:02.43
I KNOW THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT
A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL IS NOT A
00:34:02.43\00:34:05.66
DEAL. NO, IT
COULD BE A BAD DEAL.
00:34:05.66\00:34:14.16
WHAT KIND OF DEALS IS
SATAN OFFERING YOU RIGHT NOW?
00:34:14.16\00:34:20.63
THESE ARE - HE COULD BE OFFERING
YOU ALL KINDS OF THINGS, WHICH,
00:34:20.63\00:34:25.96
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'D JUST BE
WILLING TO GIVE UP A LITTLE BIT
00:34:25.96\00:34:28.30
HERE OR SACRIFICE A LITTLE BIT
HERE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU
00:34:28.30\00:34:32.90
WILL GET. I HAVE A
COUSIN OF MINE WHO WAS
00:34:32.90\00:34:39.30
A VERY, VERY GIFTED
WRESTLER. HE WAS, I WOULDN'T SAY
00:34:39.30\00:34:45.33
UNDEFEATED, BUT ALMOST
UNDEFEATED HIS SENIOR YEAR OF
00:34:45.33\00:34:47.73
HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WAS
DETERMINED THAT HE WAS GOING TO
00:34:47.73\00:34:50.93
HONOR THE SABBATH. SO
HE NEVER WENT TO A MEET ON
00:34:50.93\00:34:57.73
SABBATH. HE REFUSED.
00:34:57.73\00:35:00.26
HE WOULD MAKE SURE HE WENT
AND ENJOYED HIS TIME IN CHURCH.
00:35:00.26\00:35:02.70
HE ACTUALLY HELPED
TEACH IN SABBATH SCHOOL.
00:35:02.70\00:35:04.10
HE WAS PART OF THE WHOLE
PROCESS OF THE CHURCH SERVICE.
00:35:04.10\00:35:06.66
HE WAS GOING TO HONOR
GOD A HUNDRED PERCENT.
00:35:06.66\00:35:12.53
I HONOR THAT. I
APPRECIATE SOMEONE WHO'S
00:35:12.53\00:35:16.36
WILLING TO SAY, 'THIS IS WHAT'S
IMPORTANT. I BELIEVE IN IT.'
00:35:16.36\00:35:19.46
DO YOU THINK THERE
WERE OFFERS? OH ABSOLUTELY!
00:35:19.46\00:35:23.06
CAN YOU IMAGINE SATAN SAYING,
'YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW YOU'RE
00:35:23.06\00:35:26.66
THE BEST THAT'S OUT THERE.' AND,
BY THE WAY, HE WAS REALLY GOOD
00:35:26.66\00:35:30.80
- 'YOU KNOW YOU'RE
THE BEST THAT'S OUT THERE.
00:35:30.80\00:35:32.36
IF YOU JUST SIMPLY MET THAT MEET
A COUPLE TIMES, IT WOULD TAKE
00:35:32.36\00:35:36.76
YOU TO THE TOP. YOU KNOW THAT.
00:35:36.76\00:35:39.13
YOU'D HAVE NO PROBLEM.
DOORS WOULD OPEN BEFORE YOU.
00:35:39.13\00:35:42.26
YOU'RE REALLY
GOOD.' BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO.
00:35:42.26\00:35:47.80
I REMEMBER ONE TIME MY FATHER
WAS OVER AT HIS HOUSE AND WE
00:35:47.80\00:35:51.90
WERE TRYING TO GET A JACK TO
JACK UP THE BACK END OF THE CAR
00:35:51.90\00:35:56.90
SO MY DAD COULD CHANGE TIRES
AND PUT IT UP ON JACK STANDS.
00:35:56.90\00:36:00.46
AND MY COUSIN - THEY COULDN'T
FIND THE JACK SO MY COUSIN SAID,
00:36:00.46\00:36:03.86
'HERE, LET ME HELP YOU.' HE
PICKED UP THE BACK OF THE CAR
00:36:03.86\00:36:05.60
AND MY DAD PUT THE
JACK STANDS UNDERNEATH.
00:36:05.60\00:36:08.33
SO DID - THERE WAS PLENTY OF
GIFT - PLENTY OF TALENT - TO GO
00:36:08.33\00:36:12.20
AS FAR AS HE WANTED IT TO.
00:36:12.20\00:36:14.00
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT
WOULD HINDER EXCEPT THIS: A
00:36:14.00\00:36:17.63
DETERMINATION: 'I'M GOING TO DO
WHAT GOD HAS ASKED ME TO DO.' SO
00:36:17.63\00:36:23.33
YOU WOULD SAY - YOU KNOW, SOME
PEOPLE WOULD TELL THE TESTIMONY
00:36:23.33\00:36:25.83
OF MY COUSIN KIND OF
LIKE THIS: 'AND HE GAVE IT UP.
00:36:25.83\00:36:31.10
POOR GUY IS NOW LIVING A
MEDIOCRE LIFE JUST BECAUSE HE
00:36:31.10\00:36:34.53
WAS WILLING TO HONOR GOD.'
THAT'S KIND OF A SATAN THING,
00:36:34.53\00:36:38.60
ISN'T IT? LOOKING AT THE
PRICE AND IGNORING THE PRODUCT.
00:36:38.60\00:36:46.56
BUT, MY FRIENDS, THE
FAITHFULNESS TO GOD ALWAYS IS
00:36:46.56\00:36:52.26
THE BEST PRODUCT - ALWAYS THE
BEST PRODUCT. IT DOESN'T FEEL
00:36:52.26\00:36:56.33
LIKE IT RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT
IS ALWAYS THE BEST PRODUCT.
00:36:56.33\00:37:00.46
WE'VE LOOKED AT THE FACT
OF JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING.
00:37:00.46\00:37:07.06
THE CALL FOR REPENTANCE WAS
ACTUALLY A CALL TO SURRENDER.
00:37:07.06\00:37:11.83
WE LOOKED AT THE FACT
THAT JESUS, AT HIS BAPTISM, IN
00:37:11.83\00:37:15.53
ESSENCE WAS SURRENDERING
- HUMBLING HIMSELF, RIGHT?
00:37:15.53\00:37:19.86
WE SAW THE PROGRESSION OF
SALVATION SEEN THERE IN THAT
00:37:19.86\00:37:21.76
BAPTISM. NOW WE
SEE JESUS - HIS FIRST
00:37:21.76\00:37:25.76
TEMPTATION TO
TURN THE ROCK TO BREAD.
00:37:25.76\00:37:30.13
IT WAS A SURRENDER
TO THE WILL OF GOD.
00:37:30.13\00:37:33.03
'YOU'RE IN CHARGE, GOD, NOT ME.
00:37:33.03\00:37:34.76
I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS
MOVE.' WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THIS
00:37:34.76\00:37:37.33
TEMPTATION - TO RECEIVE
EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD - NO,
00:37:37.33\00:37:40.86
I'D RATHER NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING,
BUT I WANT TO REMAIN TRUE TO
00:37:40.86\00:37:44.26
GOD. IT'S AN ISSUE OF SURRENDER.
00:37:44.26\00:37:47.56
NOW THE FINAL ONE WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT: CHRIST THE VICTOR .
00:37:47.56\00:37:54.23
LUKE CHAPTER 4 AND WE'RE
GOING TO START WITH VERSE 9
00:37:54.23\00:37:58.40
AND JUST READ THIS SECTION.
00:37:58.40\00:38:00.60
"AND HE BROUGHT HIM TO
JERUSALEM, AND SET HIM ON A
00:38:00.60\00:38:03.10
PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, AND SAID
UNTO HIM, IF THOU BE THE SON OF
00:38:03.10\00:38:05.93
GOD, CAST THYSELF DOWN FROM
HENCE: FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'HE
00:38:05.93\00:38:11.00
SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OF
THEE, TO KEEP THEE: AND IN THEIR
00:38:11.00\00:38:15.30
HANDS THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP,
LEST AT ANY TIME THOU DASH THY
00:38:15.30\00:38:18.80
FOOT AGAINST A STONE.' AND JESUS
ANSWERING SAID UNTO HIM, IT IS
00:38:18.80\00:38:23.56
SAID, 'THOU SHALT NOT
TEMPT THE LORD THY GOD.'
00:38:23.56\00:38:27.36
AND WHEN THE DEVIL HAD ENDED ALL
THE TEMPTATION, HE DEPARTED FROM
00:38:27.36\00:38:30.43
HIM FOR A SEASON."
NOTICE SOMETHING HERE: JESUS IS
00:38:30.43\00:38:38.03
TAKEN TO THE HOLY CITY, HE'S PUT
ON TOP OF THE HOLY TEMPLE, AND
00:38:38.03\00:38:44.73
HE'S QUOTED WORDS
FROM THE HOLY SCRIPTURE.
00:38:44.73\00:38:47.73
THIS JUST SOUNDS SPIRITUAL.
IT SOUNDS GOOD. HOLY PLACE - A
00:38:47.73\00:38:54.93
REALLY NICE PLACE -
WITH HOLY WORDS BEING SPOKEN.
00:38:54.93\00:38:59.23
SATAN IS PULLING OUT
EVERYTHING IN THIS TEMPTATION.
00:38:59.23\00:39:03.40
'YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL.
00:39:03.40\00:39:06.90
I KNOW YOU'VE
BEEN FAITHFUL, JESUS.
00:39:06.90\00:39:08.86
YOU'VE PROVED YOUR FAITHFULNESS
BY NOT TURNING THE ROCKS TO
00:39:08.86\00:39:12.36
BREAD. YOU'VE
PROVED YOUR FAITHFULNESS
00:39:12.36\00:39:14.76
TO GOD BY NOT BOWING DOWN
TO ME AND ACCEPTING WHATEVER.
00:39:14.76\00:39:19.46
I KNOW YOU'RE A VERY FAITHFUL
PERSON AND, BECAUSE OF YOUR
00:39:19.46\00:39:23.26
FAITH, I'M SURE THAT YOU COULD
CAST YOURSELF OFF OF THIS TEMPLE
00:39:23.26\00:39:27.33
AND YOUR GOD WOULD SAVE YOU.'
00:39:27.33\00:39:34.96
FAITH IS VERY CLOSE TO
PRESUMPTION - VERY CLOSE.
00:39:34.96\00:39:42.20
JESUS - SATAN WAS ACTUALLY USING
JESUS' STRENGTHS NOW, TO BE A
00:39:42.20\00:39:49.73
WEAPON AGAINST HIM. AT
LEAST THAT'S WHAT HE THOUGHT.
00:39:49.73\00:39:52.26
HE DOES DO THAT TO
US, THOUGH, DOESN'T HE?
00:39:52.26\00:39:55.26
YOU KNOW, OUR STRENGTHS -
OUR STRENGTHS - CAN BECOME OUR
00:39:55.26\00:40:02.06
WEAKNESSES IF THEY
BECOME OUR STRENGTHS. YEAH?
00:40:02.06\00:40:10.63
AND I THINK THAT'S THE DANGER
THAT SATAN WAS HOPING JESUS
00:40:10.63\00:40:13.80
WOULD FALL INTO. BUT
NOT FOR JESUS, BECAUSE HIS
00:40:13.80\00:40:19.03
STRENGTH WAS FOUND
IN WHOM? >>HIS FATHER.
00:40:19.03\00:40:22.16
>>IT WAS IN HIS FATHER.
00:40:22.16\00:40:23.80
YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT'S
INTERESTING TO NOTE HERE - I'M
00:40:23.80\00:40:25.56
SURE YOU'VE SEEN THIS MANY
TIMES, BUT IN LUKE CHAPTER 4,
00:40:25.56\00:40:27.80
VERSES 10 AND 11 - WHEN HE'S
QUOTING HERE, HE'S QUOTING FROM
00:40:27.80\00:40:31.00
WHAT BOOK OF
THE BIBLE? >>PSALMS.
00:40:31.00\00:40:33.73
>>PSALMS. WHAT CHAPTER?
PSALM 91 - THIS IS THE KIND OF
00:40:33.73\00:40:37.16
CHAPTER THAT I LIKE TO QUOTE.
BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER, FULL OF
00:40:37.16\00:40:39.86
PROMISE, BUT HE'S DOING
SOMETHING - HE'S MAKING A
00:40:39.86\00:40:43.43
MISTAKE HERE. WHAT IS IT?
HE IS SKIPPING PART OF A VERSE.
00:40:43.43\00:40:48.66
IN PSALMS CHAPTER 91 - LET'S
LOOK AT IT - PSALMS CHAPTER 91 -
00:40:48.66\00:40:51.96
YOU CAN KEEP YOUR FINGERS IN
LUKE CHAPTER 4 - PSALM CHAPTER
00:40:51.96\00:40:55.03
91 AND LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 11.
PSALM 91, VERSE 11 SAYS, "FOR HE
00:40:55.03\00:41:06.06
SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE
OVER THEE," - WHAT'S THAT NEXT
00:41:06.06\00:41:10.53
PHRASE? >>TO KEEP
YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS.
00:41:10.53\00:41:13.20
>>"TO KEEP THEE" - OR
KEEP YOU - IN ALL YOUR WAYS.
00:41:13.20\00:41:15.73
DO YOU SEE THAT
IN LUKE CHAPTER 4?
00:41:15.73\00:41:17.83
THAT SECOND PART OF THE PHRASE
ISN'T THERE - 'TO KEEP YOU IN
00:41:17.83\00:41:20.13
ALL YOUR WAYS" - OR - "TO KEEP
THEE IN ALL THY WAYS" DEPENDING
00:41:20.13\00:41:22.13
WHAT YOU HAVE.
IT'S JUST NOT THERE.
00:41:22.13\00:41:23.93
THEN IT CONTINUES ON, "FOR HE
SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS" - EXCUSE
00:41:23.93\00:41:27.03
ME - "THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP IN
THEIR HANDS, LEST THOU DASH THY
00:41:27.03\00:41:29.63
FOOT AGAINST A STONE."
THERE'S CLEARLY SOMETHING BEING
00:41:29.63\00:41:32.83
LEFT OUT HERE. SATAN
SHOWS HIMSELF TO OBVIOUSLY
00:41:32.83\00:41:38.03
BE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH
SCRIPTURE, TO KNOW WHAT TO QUOTE
00:41:38.03\00:41:42.63
AND WHAT NOT TO
QUOTE FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES.
00:41:42.63\00:41:45.16
HE'S HOPING THAT MAYBE QUOTING
SCRIPTURE WILL BE ENOUGH.
00:41:45.16\00:41:51.76
YOU KNOW, I GET NERVOUS WHEN
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AROUND
00:41:51.76\00:41:55.06
CHRISTIANS WHO KNOW WHAT THEIR
PASTOR SAID ABOUT A PASSAGE AND
00:41:55.06\00:42:02.40
THEY CAN QUOTE THE
SCRIPTURE, KIND OF, TO YOU.
00:42:02.40\00:42:04.63
I'VE HEARD ONE PERSON SAY,
'MAN, THIS PERSON QUOTES SO MUCH
00:42:04.63\00:42:08.30
SCRIPTURE, I KNOW THEY HAVE
TO BE TELLING ME THE TRUTH.' BUT
00:42:08.30\00:42:12.73
YOU AND I CAN TELL
HIM 'THAT'S NOT TRUE.
00:42:12.73\00:42:15.33
SATAN CAN QUOTE SCRIPTURE.
HE CAN PROBABLY QUOTE IT WITH
00:42:15.33\00:42:16.96
THE BEST OF THEM. BUT,
JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE QUOTES
00:42:16.96\00:42:22.36
SCRIPTURE OR JUST BECAUSE
YOU HEAR SCRIPTURE, DOESN'T MEAN
00:42:22.36\00:42:24.80
THAT THE CONTEXT IN WHAT A
PERSON IS PUTTING INTO IS TRUTH.
00:42:24.80\00:42:28.66
WE MUST BE AWARE AND KNOW THE
WORD FOR OURSELVES - BE LED BY
00:42:28.66\00:42:34.30
GOD. ASK GOD TO TEACH US.
00:42:34.30\00:42:39.63
THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR ONE'S
SELF TO VINDICATE ONE'S SELF,
00:42:39.63\00:42:49.03
EVEN IN SPIRITUAL MATTERS.
I WANT TO VINDICATE MY FAITH.
00:42:49.03\00:42:54.70
I BELIEVE IN GOD. I
BELIEVE HE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR
00:42:54.70\00:42:56.66
ME SO I'M GOING TO PRAY
THIS JUST TO PROVE IT'S TRUE.
00:42:56.66\00:42:59.73
NOW I'M SURE NO ONE WOULD DO
THAT, BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
00:42:59.73\00:43:05.33
THAT SOMETIMES WE WANT TO
VINDICATE OUR SPIRITUALITY.
00:43:05.33\00:43:10.16
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I'M A
SPIRITUAL PERSON, SO I WILL MAKE
00:43:10.16\00:43:15.86
SURE THAT I SAY SPIRITUAL
THINGS AROUND SPIRITUAL PEOPLE.
00:43:15.86\00:43:19.00
I PRAY NICE
PRAYERS AROUND PEOPLE.
00:43:19.00\00:43:21.56
I MAY DO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS
SPIRITUAL AT THE RIGHT TIME.
00:43:21.56\00:43:25.63
AND IT'S NOT, IN ANY WAY, A
DESIRE TO VINDICATE GOD, IT'S A
00:43:25.63\00:43:31.46
DESIRE TO VINDICATE ONE'S
OWN SELF. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:43:31.46\00:43:38.00
I HAVE SEEN THAT THAT IS
A TENDENCY THAT I CAN HAVE.
00:43:38.00\00:43:45.50
WHY DO I DO RIGHTEOUS
THINGS? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?
00:43:45.50\00:43:53.73
I'M ALL GETTING THIS FROM
THE CONCEPT OF JESUS THROWING
00:43:53.73\00:43:57.13
HIMSELF OFF THE TEMPLE.
WHY WOULD HE BE DOING THAT?
00:43:57.13\00:44:00.50
WHY WOULD JESUS THROW
HIMSELF OFF THE TEMPLE?
00:44:00.50\00:44:02.10
WHAT WAS THE
TEMPTATION OF SATAN?
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.40
THROW YOURSELF OFF
THE TEMPLE TO DO WHAT?
00:44:03.40\00:44:05.40
PROVE THAT YOU
ARE THE SON OF GOD.
00:44:05.40\00:44:09.56
IF YOU ARE, DO THIS -
PROVE IT - VINDICATE YOURSELF.
00:44:09.56\00:44:16.90
JESUS DIDN'T
EVEN ARGUE WITH HIM.
00:44:16.90\00:44:19.73
HE WASN'T GOING TO
EVEN GET INTO IT - WHY?
00:44:19.73\00:44:22.13
'I DON'T NEED TO VINDICATE WHO I
AM.' BECAUSE IN THE BACK OF HIS
00:44:22.13\00:44:25.93
MIND WAS RINGING THIS: 'YOU
ARE MY SON. YOU ARE MY SON.'
00:44:25.93\00:44:34.60
I MEAN, THAT'S THE
KIND OF MESSAGE I WANT TO
00:44:34.60\00:44:37.96
BE RINGING IN
THE BACK OF MY MIND.
00:44:37.96\00:44:41.60
WHEN SATAN COMES TO TEMPT YOU
AND HE COMES TO TEMPT ME, IN THE
00:44:41.60\00:44:45.13
BACK OF OUR MIND WE WANT TO HEAR
JESUS SAY, 'YOU'RE MY DAUGHTER.'
00:44:45.13\00:44:48.43
'YOU'RE MY SON, YOU DON'T NEED
TO DO THIS; YOU BELONG TO ME.'
00:44:48.43\00:44:54.60
YOU KNOW, I WAS READING A CHILD
RAISING BOOK RECENTLY, FOR SOME
00:44:54.60\00:44:59.43
REASON - THERE'S A 4-YEAR-OLD OR
A 16-MONTH-OLD, ONE OF THE TWO -
00:44:59.43\00:45:04.56
AND I WAS READING A
CHILD RAISING BOOK AND IT SAID
00:45:04.56\00:45:05.90
SOMETHING LIKE THIS: 'YOU
KNOW, YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT
00:45:05.90\00:45:10.56
HERE'S HOW YOUR FAMILY OPERATES
AND THIS IS WHAT YOUR FAMILY
00:45:10.56\00:45:15.06
DOES.' NOW LET ME USE IT FOR MY
PERSPECTIVE: HOLTRYS DON'T LIE.
00:45:15.06\00:45:21.06
SO I TELL MY DAUGHTER, 'YOU'RE
A HOLTRY AND HOLTRYS DON'T LIE.
00:45:21.06\00:45:23.80
IT'S NOT AN OPTION.' IT'S KIND
OF INTERESTING, BUT THE REASON
00:45:23.80\00:45:27.40
WHY I BROUGHT IT UP IS THIS: YOU
ARE A SON AND DAUGHTER OF GOD.
00:45:27.40\00:45:33.66
THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR YOU.
YOU'RE A SON AND DAUGHTER OF
00:45:33.66\00:45:37.83
GOD. IT'S NOT AN OPTION.
00:45:37.83\00:45:41.00
YOU BELONG TO GOD. ISN'T
THAT A NICE WAY TO THINK?
00:45:41.00\00:45:45.16
WHEN TEMPTATION COMES I'M
NOT GOING TO PARLAY WITH IT.
00:45:45.16\00:45:49.16
I'M NOT GOING TO
NEGOTIATE. IT'S NOT AN OPTION.
00:45:49.16\00:45:53.30
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE, AS WE LOOK
AT THE STORY OF JESUS, THE MAIN
00:45:53.30\00:46:01.73
GOAL IN ALL OF THESE TEMPTATIONS
WAS TO GET JESUS TO LEAVE THE
00:46:01.73\00:46:07.43
REVEALED WILL OF GOD. AND
I BELIEVE THAT IS ALSO THE
00:46:07.43\00:46:13.10
TEMPTATION - THE GOAL OF
TEMPTATIONS - OF JESUS WITH US.
00:46:13.10\00:46:17.76
WHAT IS THE REVEALED
WILL OF GOD IN OUR LIVES?
00:46:17.76\00:46:20.93
YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THAT WE ARE
ALL PROBABLY AT DIFFERENT POINTS
00:46:20.93\00:46:23.53
IN OUR JOURNEY WITH JESUS.
WE'RE ALL AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN
00:46:23.53\00:46:25.93
OUR JOURNEY, BUT I DO REALIZE
THAT GOD IS CONSTANTLY REVEALING
00:46:25.93\00:46:27.93
THINGS TO US. AM I RIGHT?
00:46:27.93\00:46:29.83
PROVERBS 4:18 SAYS, "THE PATH OF
THE JUST IS AS A SHINING LIGHT
00:46:29.83\00:46:32.76
THAT GROWS BRIGHTER AND
BRIGHTER TO THE PERFECT DAY." -
00:46:32.76\00:46:34.86
SLIGHT PARAPHRASE.
THAT'S THE PICTURE.
00:46:34.86\00:46:37.76
AND SO, THERE IS A REVEALING
THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN OUR LIVES
00:46:37.76\00:46:40.86
AND WALKING IN THAT
REVEALING SHOWS A FAITH IN GOD.
00:46:40.86\00:46:45.70
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT
WALKING AND REVEALING AS A WORK.
00:46:45.70\00:46:48.83
I'M GOING TO DO THIS
BECAUSE I HAVE TO. NO.
00:46:48.83\00:46:53.73
WALKING IN THE LIGHT REVEALS
THAT I HAVE FAITH THAT GOD KNOWS
00:46:53.73\00:46:57.13
WHAT'S BEST FOR ME.
'GOD GAVE ME THIS LIGHT,
00:46:57.13\00:47:00.66
OBVIOUSLY HE WANTS ME TO WALK IN
IT BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST PLACE
00:47:00.66\00:47:03.26
FOR ME TO BE RIGHT NOW, SO
I'LL DO IT.' WAIT A MINUTE, THAT
00:47:03.26\00:47:06.76
INVOLVES NOT EATING FOR -
IN JESUS' CASE - FORTY DAYS.
00:47:06.76\00:47:11.16
THAT INVOLVES BEING IN A
PLACE WHERE I COULD BE TEMPTED.
00:47:11.16\00:47:17.03
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT: I'M
NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU GO TO
00:47:17.03\00:47:20.40
PLACES WHERE YOU COULD BE
TEMPTED. BUT SOMETIMES SATAN -
00:47:20.40\00:47:23.46
GOD BRINGS US INTO PLACES
WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US.
00:47:23.46\00:47:28.70
BUT IF GOD IS
LEADING, I WILL WALK.
00:47:28.70\00:47:34.50
WHERE HE LEADS ME IS THE SAFEST
PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR ME TO BE.
00:47:34.50\00:47:40.26
I'M GOING TO WALK IN
THE REVEALED WILL OF GOD.
00:47:40.26\00:47:43.40
AND THAT'S WHAT GOD
WANTS FROM EACH ONE OF US.
00:47:43.40\00:47:46.76
SO WHERE'S THE
REVEALED WILL OF GOD FOR YOU?
00:47:46.76\00:47:50.96
WHERE DOES HE WANT
YOU TO BE RIGHT NOW?
00:47:50.96\00:47:53.03
YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT
THIS LESSON; WE LOOKED AT THE
00:47:53.03\00:47:54.53
CONCEPT OF SURRENDER. WE
STARTED OUT WITH THIS LITTLE
00:47:54.53\00:47:58.76
STORY OF ULYSSES S.
GRANT AND FORT DONELSON -
00:47:58.76\00:48:00.90
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
WE'VE SEEN SURRENDER IN THE
00:48:00.90\00:48:05.10
PREACHINGS OF JOHN THE
BAPTIST, RIGHT? 'REPENT!
00:48:05.10\00:48:09.13
TURN FROM THE PATH THAT YOU'RE
ON, TO A NEW PATH.' WE'VE SEEN
00:48:09.13\00:48:14.06
SURRENDER THROUGH THE ACT OF
JESUS CHRIST AS HE WAS BAPTIZED.
00:48:14.06\00:48:20.63
HIS SURRENDER LED TO THE
ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:48:20.63\00:48:25.53
LED TO THE HEARING OF
WHAT? THE VOICE OF GOD, RIGHT?
00:48:25.53\00:48:30.50
WE SEE THAT AND WE SEE, CLEARLY,
THE SURRENDER OF JESUS IN
00:48:30.50\00:48:33.86
TEMPTATIONS - FROM TURNING THE
STONE TO BREAD - FROM FALLING
00:48:33.86\00:48:38.13
DOWN AND WORSHIPING SATAN, TO
THIS LAST ONE, CASTING HIMSELF
00:48:38.13\00:48:42.10
OFF THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE.
SURRENDER - TIME AND TIME AGAIN
00:48:42.10\00:48:48.60
- GOD'S CALLING FOR THAT TODAY.
HE'S CALLING FOR A SURRENDER.
00:48:48.60\00:48:53.03
I THINK THE GREATEST NEED OF THE
CHURCH TODAY IS MEN AND WOMEN
00:48:53.03\00:48:56.90
WHO ARE SURRENDERED TO GOD
- REALLY, TRULY SURRENDERED.
00:48:56.90\00:48:59.76
WE DON'T NEED INTELLECT
SO MUCH AS WE NEED SURRENDER.
00:48:59.76\00:49:02.46
WE DON'T NEED GENERALS,
WE NEED PRISONERS OF WAR.
00:49:02.46\00:49:06.53
THAT'S OUR GREATEST
NEED IN THE CHURCH TODAY.
00:49:06.53\00:49:11.03
YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE STORY
AND I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
00:49:11.03\00:49:17.90
IT'S A SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
AND I FEEL LIKE PREACHING.
00:49:17.90\00:49:23.03
LET'S GO TO MARK CHAPTER 12.
LET'S LOOK AT ONE STORY HERE AS
00:49:23.03\00:49:25.53
WE CLOSE UP - MARK CHAPTER 12.
JESUS IS SITTING IN THE TEMPLE,
00:49:25.53\00:49:31.93
AND AS HE'S SITTING IN THE
TEMPLE HE'S NOTICING PEOPLE WALK
00:49:31.93\00:49:35.70
BY THE MONEY BOX AND
DROP THEIR GOLD AND GIFTS IN.
00:49:35.70\00:49:42.43
HE CAN HEAR THE CLANK.
HE CAN HEAR THE THUD OF THE
00:49:42.43\00:49:46.76
DIFFERENT GIFTS AS THEY'RE
GOING IN - AS THEY RESONATE.
00:49:46.76\00:49:51.63
BUT SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT WITH
THIS NEXT ONE - VERSE 41 - "AS
00:49:51.63\00:49:56.13
JESUS SAT OVER AGAINST THE
TREASURY, AND BEHELD HOW THE
00:49:56.13\00:49:58.73
PEOPLE CAST MONEY INTO THE
TREASURY: AND MANY THAT WERE
00:49:58.73\00:50:01.33
RICH CAST IN MUCH. AND
THERE CAME A CERTAIN POOR
00:50:01.33\00:50:03.86
WIDOW, AND SHE THREW IN TWO
MITES, WHICH MAKE A FARTHING."
00:50:03.86\00:50:07.50
AS SHE'S THROWING IT IN, I WANT
YOU TO IMAGINE THERE'S NO NOISE.
00:50:07.50\00:50:12.13
THEY'RE SO SMALL THERE'S JUST NO
SOUND THAT COMES - MAYBE WITH A
00:50:12.13\00:50:16.26
BACKGROUND OF PEOPLE WALKING
AROUND, THERE'S JUST NOTHING.
00:50:16.26\00:50:19.26
IN FACT, SHE'S ACTUALLY
HOPING THERE WOULD BE NOTHING
00:50:19.26\00:50:21.33
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OBVIOUS THAT
THE SOUND OF THAT IS DIFFERENT
00:50:21.33\00:50:23.16
THAN THE SOUND
OF EVERYONE ELSE'S.
00:50:23.16\00:50:26.66
IT SAYS, IN VERSE 43, "AND HE
CALLED UNTO HIM HIS DISCIPLES,
00:50:26.66\00:50:34.50
AND SAITH UNTO THEM, 'VERILY
I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT THIS POOR
00:50:34.50\00:50:37.90
WIDOW HATH CAST MORE IN, THAN
ALL THEY WHICH HAVE CAST INTO
00:50:37.90\00:50:41.96
THE TREASURY:" - AND I WANT
TO TELL YOU, TODAY, THAT IT'S
00:50:41.96\00:50:44.20
IMPOSSIBLE FOR TWO CENTS TO
BE WORTH MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED
00:50:44.20\00:50:47.30
MILLION, UNLESS THAT TWO CENTS
IS A HUNDRED PERCENT AND THE TWO
00:50:47.30\00:50:57.33
HUNDRED MILLION IS FIVE PERCENT.
GOD'S LOOKING AT PERCENTAGE.
00:50:57.33\00:51:07.63
HE WANTS OUR HEARTS. WHAT
PERCENTAGE HAS HE GIVEN US?
00:51:07.63\00:51:13.56
A HUNDRED PERCENT. IT'S
BEAUTIFUL. WHY? BECAUSE A
00:51:13.56\00:51:17.43
HUNDRED PERCENT IS ONLY
POSSIBLE FROM A HEART OF LOVE.
00:51:17.43\00:51:21.83
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU
CAN GIVE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
00:51:21.83\00:51:25.53
MARRIED COUPLES WOULD
AGREE WITH ME INSTANTLY.
00:51:25.53\00:51:28.80
A HUNDRED PERCENT COULD ONLY
COME FROM A HEART OF LOVE AND
00:51:28.80\00:51:31.80
THAT IS WHAT GOD IS ASKING
FROM US - NOTHING BIG - JUST
00:51:31.80\00:51:36.96
EVERYTHING A HUNDRED
PERCENT - ALL THAT YOU ARE -
00:51:36.96\00:51:40.73
THAT'S WHAT I'M
DESIRING FROM YOU.
00:51:40.73\00:51:43.90
IN GIVING IT TO HIM, WE GET
THE BEST THAT WE COULD EVER GET.
00:51:43.90\00:51:51.10
IN GIVING HIM ALL THAT WE
ARE, WE GET ALL THAT HE IS.
00:51:51.10\00:51:55.03
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO GIVE UP
ANYHOW? MESSED UP LIVES; GUILTY
00:51:55.03\00:52:01.86
CONSCIENCES; SHAMEFUL PASTS.
WHAT DO WE GET WHEN WE GET HIM?
00:52:01.86\00:52:07.56
WE GET ALL THAT HEAVEN HAD TO
GIVE. THERE IS NO GREATER GIFT.
00:52:07.56\00:52:12.06
YOU KNOW, I THINK OF THAT
STORY OF ULYSSES S. GRANT AND
00:52:12.06\00:52:15.13
GENERAL BUCKNER - THEY'RE AT
FORT DONELSON AND THERE'S THIS
00:52:15.13\00:52:18.93
INTERPLAY AND INTERCHANGE AND,
YOU KNOW, BUCKNER WAS VERY ANGRY
00:52:18.93\00:52:22.53
AT FIRST, WHEN HE GOT THIS FROM
ULYSSES S. GRANT. 'HOW COULD HE
00:52:22.53\00:52:26.26
SAY THIS?' YOU KNOW,
'GENTLEMANLY WAY OF DOING
00:52:26.26\00:52:29.20
SURRENDER IS TO SAY,
'OKAY, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR HORSE
00:52:29.20\00:52:32.16
AND YOU CAN HAVE
YOUR ARMS AND, YOU KNOW,'
00:52:32.16\00:52:34.46
ESPECIALLY IF
YOU'RE THE GENERAL.
00:52:34.46\00:52:36.63
YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PASS THAT'S
GIVEN TO YOU AND YOU CAN, KIND
00:52:36.63\00:52:39.23
OF, LIVE OUT YOUR
LIFE IN RELATIVE OKAYNESS.
00:52:39.23\00:52:42.10
BUT NOT WITH GENERAL
GRANT; HE WANTED EVERYTHING.
00:52:42.10\00:52:47.36
THREE TIMES THIS
STORY IS TOLD OF HIM.
00:52:47.36\00:52:50.03
FORT DONELSON IS ONE AND
THERE'S TWO OTHER TIMES WHEN HE
00:52:50.03\00:52:52.23
SAID, 'I WANT UNCONDITIONAL
SURRENDER.' THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
00:52:52.23\00:52:57.00
IT'S THAT KIND OF MIND-SET THAT
ENDED THE WAR AND IT'S THAT KIND
00:52:57.00\00:53:04.93
OF MINDSET THAT WILL END
THE BATTLE WITH SIN, EVENTUALLY,
00:53:04.93\00:53:11.40
THROUGH THE INDWELLING
CHRIST AND HIS SOON COMING.
00:53:11.40\00:53:14.80
WHAT A PICTURE WE CAN SEE.
I WANT TO BE UNCONDITIONALLY
00:53:14.80\00:53:18.76
SURRENDERED TO GOD, HOW ABOUT
YOU? I WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF
00:53:18.76\00:53:22.53
EXPERIENCE SO THAT JESUS, WHO
IS THE MASTER, LIVES IN MY HEART
00:53:22.53\00:53:28.86
AND THAT I HAVE THE VERY
BEST GIFT THAT HEAVEN CAN GIVE.
00:53:28.86\00:53:33.36
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO BE WITH US AS WE CLOSE OUT
00:53:33.36\00:53:37.16
THIS LESSON AND JUST ASK THAT HE
TAKE THESE WORDS AND SINK THEM
00:53:37.16\00:53:39.56
INTO OUR MINDS.
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
00:53:39.56\00:53:42.86
FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU
BECAUSE YOU LOVE US SO MUCH THAT
00:53:42.86\00:53:48.93
YOU GAVE ALL FOR US AND YOU CAME
DOWN AND SHOWED US HOW WE, TOO,
00:53:48.93\00:53:53.00
CAN GIVE ALL TO LIVE THE
HAPPIEST, MOST FULFILLING LIFE
00:53:53.00\00:53:55.90
IN THE WORLD. WE
PRAY YOU'LL DRAW CLOSE TO
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EACH ONE OF US HERE - TO
ALL THOSE WHO ARE HEARING THIS
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LESSON ONLINE - WE PRAY THAT,
FATHER, YOU WILL FILL US WITH
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YOUR SPIRIT. WE ASK
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
00:54:06.50\00:54:10.66
I WANT TO THANK EACH ONE OF YOU
FOR STUDYING WITH US TODAY, BOTH
00:54:10.66\00:54:14.53
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>>AMAZING FACTS CHANGED LIVES.
>>I GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT WAS
00:54:36.90\00:54:50.76
VERY SATURATED WITH
GOD. WE HAD MORNING WORSHIP.
00:54:50.76\00:54:54.20
WE HAD EVENING WORSHIP.
WE WERE TAUGHT FROM YOUNG
00:54:54.20\00:54:56.70
CHILDREN TO HAVE PERSONAL
DEVOTIONS EACH DAY, BUT FOR
00:54:56.70\00:55:01.36
WHATEVER REASON, I SEEMED
TO ALWAYS FIND MYSELF ALONE.
00:55:01.36\00:55:05.86
I NEVER REALLY HAD A BIG GROUP
OF FRIENDS AND IT ALWAYS SEEMED
00:55:05.86\00:55:10.73
TO BE LIKE FRIENDS WERE
TAKEN AWAY FROM ME. I WOULD PRAY
00:55:10.73\00:55:14.60
FOR FRIENDS AND THEN I'D MEET
SOMEONE AND SIX MONTHS LATER
00:55:14.60\00:55:17.06
THEY MOVED TO WASHINGTON, YOU
KNOW, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
00:55:17.06\00:55:19.90
AND SO FINALLY IT WAS JUST LIKE
I'M NOT - I'M NOT GOING TO PRAY
00:55:19.90\00:55:23.83
FOR ANY MORE FRIENDS BECAUSE
IT HURTS TOO MUCH TO LOSE THEM.
00:55:23.83\00:55:31.63
BUT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AS
I GOT CLOSER TO GOD, I STARTED
00:55:31.63\00:55:34.16
TO BE ABLE TO BE THANKFUL FOR
THE ALONE TIMES, BECAUSE I WAS
00:55:34.16\00:55:38.13
FORCED, IN THAT
ALONENESS, TO SEEK GOD.
00:55:38.13\00:55:45.16
THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT HAS MADE
ME WHO I AM AND GIVEN ME THE
00:55:45.16\00:55:50.20
EXPERIENCE WITH
GOD THAT I HAVE NOW.
00:55:50.20\00:55:53.80
THE PLACE WHERE I FEEL MOST
COMFORTABLE IS BEING ALONE WITH
00:55:53.80\00:55:57.60
GOD. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
00:55:57.60\00:56:03.36
QUESTIONS ABOUT
'WHERE IS GOD WHEN IT HURTS?
00:56:03.36\00:56:07.13
IF GOD IS SUCH A LOVING
GOD, WHY IS THE WORLD SO BAD?'
00:56:07.13\00:56:13.70
EMBRACE THE PAIN.
EMBRACE THE HARD TIMES AND LET
00:56:13.70\00:56:22.70
GOD REVEAL HIMSELF THROUGH
THAT BECAUSE HE HAS ANSWERS TO
00:56:22.70\00:56:26.90
QUESTIONS YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW HOW TO ASK.
00:56:26.90\00:56:35.10
>>TOGETHER WE HAVE SPREAD THE
GOSPEL MUCH FARTHER THAN EVER
00:56:35.10\00:56:38.73
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YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
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FACTS AND PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR
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TRAVELED TO THE PHILIPPINES
TO SHARE THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL
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OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE
PEOPLE LIVING IN THE BUSTLING
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METROPOLIS OF MANILA.
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THIS LIFE-CHANGING SERIES
OF MESSAGES CALLED PROPHECY
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COUNTDOWN: A BIBLE STUDY
ADVENTURE FOR THE LAST DAYS WAS
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PRESENTED AT THE CUNETA
ASTRODOME IN PASAY, TO TENS OF
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THOUSANDS OVER A TWO-WEEK
PERIOD AND LIVES WERE CHANGED.
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TODAY, THE LOVE AND POWER OF
JESUS CHRIST IS MORE ALIVE IN
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THE PHILIPPINES THAN EVER, AND
LIVES ARE STILL BEING CHANGED BY
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THE HOLY SPIRIT AS THE FUTURES
OF SO MANY IN THE PHILIPPINES
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ARE RENEWED WITH
HOPE, JOY, AND PEACE.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
AMAZING FACTS ON THIS MISSION OF
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FAITH THROUGH YOUR
PRAYERS AND SUPPORT.
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WITHOUT YOU IT WOULD
NEVER HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
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>>FRIENDS, WE'VE JUST
COME TO THE END OF OUR PROPHECY
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COUNTDOWN SERIES HERE IN
MANILLA, IN THE PHILIPPINES AND
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IT HAS BEEN A THRILL AND
A JOY TO SEE PEOPLE COME.
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NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THEY OPENED
THE WORD OF GOD, HEARTS AND
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LIVES HAVE BEEN CHANGED -
HUNDREDS WERE BAPTIZED - AND
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IT'S ONLY BY GOD'S BLESSING AND
YOUR PARTICIPATION ALL THIS HAS
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HAPPENED. WELL, THERE'S STILL
A LOT OF WORLD LEFT TO REACH.
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NOW, OFF TO
OTHER MISSION FIELDS!
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(MUSIC)
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