Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: SSH
Program Code: SSH021606A
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00:35 >>WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:37 WE ARE COMING TO YOU FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY 00:39 ADVENTIST CHURCH LOCATED IN ROCKLIN, CALIFORNIA. 00:42 WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE ALWAYS DO AND THAT IS SING YOUR 00:45 FAVORITE SONGS AND OUR FIRST ONE, IF YOU'LL PULL OUT YOUR 00:48 HYMNALS, THOSE OF YOU HERE AND AT HOME, AND JOIN WITH US - #73 00:53 - HOLY, HOLY, HOLY - BEAUTIFUL SONG. 00:56 WE WILL DO ALL FOUR STANZAS - #73. 01:00 >>HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! 01:10 EARLY IN THE MORNING OUR SONG SHALL RISE TO THEE; 01:19 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, MERCIFUL AND MIGHTY! GOD IN THREE PERSONS, 01:34 BLESSED TRINITY. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! ANGELS ADORE THEE, CASTING 01:50 DOWN THEIR BRIGHT CROWNS AROUND THE GLASSY SEA THOUSANDS AND TEN 02:01 THOUSANDS WORSHIP LOW BEFORE THEE, WHICH WERT, AND ART, 02:12 AND EVERMORE SHALT BE. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! 02:24 THOUGH THE DARKNESS HIDE THEE, THOUGH THE EYE OF MAN THY GLORY 02:35 MAY NOT SEE; ONLY THOU ART HOLY; THERE IS NONE BESIDE THEE, 02:49 PERFECT IN POWER, IN LOVE, AND PURITY. 03:00 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! 03:10 ALL THY WORKS SHALL PRAISE THY NAME, IN EARTH, AND SKY, AND 03:17 SEA; HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! MERCIFUL AND MIGHTY! 03:31 GOD IN THREE PERSONS, BLESSED TRINITY! 03:43 >>I LOVE THAT SONG. IT REMINDS OF ONE TIME I WAS ON 03:45 A MISSION TRIP IN PERU WITH - ON OUR TEAM THERE WERE LIKE 03:49 THIRTY-FIVE TEENAGERS - WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE - AND 03:53 WE WERE SINGING IN A ECHO-Y HALLWAY IN THIS OLD SCHOOLHOUSE 03:58 AND WE WERE SINGING THIS AND WE HAD NO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND 04:00 YOU COULD HEAR THE HARMONY. IT WAS JUST GORGEOUS. 04:03 THIS SONG IS JUST - I LOVE IT. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 04:06 TURN WITH US NOW TO OUR NEXT SONG - #83 - O WORSHIP THE KING 04:11 - WE'LL DO THE FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH STANZAS - #83. 04:15 (MUSIC) >>O WORSHIP THE KING, ALL 04:30 GLORIOUS ABOVE, O GRATEFULLY SING HIS WONDERFUL LOVE; 04:40 OUR SHIELD AND DEFENDER, THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, PAVILIONED 04:49 IN SPLENDOR, AND GIRDED WITH PRAISE. 04:56 O TELL OF HIS MIGHT, O SING OF HIS GRACE, WHOSE ROBE IS THE 05:06 LIGHT, WHOSE CANOPY SPACE, HIS CHARIOTS OF WRATH THE DEEP 05:16 THUNDERCLOUDS FORM, AND DARK IS HIS PATH ON THE WINGS OF THE 05:25 STORM. FRAIL CHILDREN OF DUST, AND 05:32 FEEBLE AS FRAIL, IN THEE DO WE TRUST, NOR FIND THEE TO FAIL; 05:43 THY MERCIES HOW TENDER, HOW FIRM TO THE END! 05:50 OUR MAKER, DEFENDER, REDEEMER, AND FRIEND. 06:02 >>BEFORE WE HAVE OUR LESSON STUDY, I WOULD INVITE YOU TO 06:05 JOIN ME IN PRAYER. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE COME BEFORE 06:09 YOU AND WE DO WORSHIP AND WE PRAISE YOU TODAY. 06:12 BE WITH US AS WE JOIN TOGETHER AND WE STUDY YOUR WORD. 06:16 BE WITH OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD - WE'RE SO GLAD 06:19 FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOVING US 06:22 - FOR DYING FOR US AND GIVING US THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. 06:26 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 06:29 AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY OUR 06:32 SENIOR PASTOR, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 06:38 >>THANK YOU, DEBBIE AND OUR MUSICIANS - AND IT'S FUN HEARING 06:42 THOSE INSTRUMENTS TOGETHER. IS THAT A - IS THAT A MANDOLIN? 06:48 IT IS. I KNOW I GET THAT CONFUSED SOMETIMES WITH A 06:50 BANDURIA OR SIMILAR. GOOD TO SEE EACH OF YOU HERE. 06:55 I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ON TELEVISION RIGHT NOW 06:59 OR VIA THE INTERNET - OUR EXTENDED CLASS - AND ALSO, WE 07:02 HAVE SOME OF OUR GRANITE BAY MEMBERS. 07:03 THERE ARE PEOPLE SCATTERED AROUND THE PLANET THAT, AT 07:06 LEAST, UNDERSTAND ENGLISH AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LOCAL CHURCH 07:09 THEY CAN ATTEND. AND WE HAVE ADOPTED MANY OF THEM 07:13 INTO OUR CHURCH FAMILY HERE - TRY AND KEEP IN TOUCH. 07:16 IF YOU'RE IN THAT CATEGORY AND YOU'D LIKE TO BE CONNECTED, YOU 07:19 CAN SIMPLY GO TO GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG AND YOU CAN 07:24 FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BEING PART OF THE FAMILY AND WHAT'S 07:27 INVOLVED IN THAT. WE'D LIKE TO GET YOU CONNECTED. 07:29 WE'RE CONTINUING OUR STUDY TODAY IN OUR QUARTERLY DEALING WITH 07:33 REBELLION AND REDEMPTION . 07:35 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ON LESSON #6, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO 07:37 THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE A FREE OFFER AND THE FREE OFFER TODAY IS DOWN 07:42 FROM HIS GLORY - A TREMENDOUS BOOK BY JOE CREWS - AND CALL IF 07:46 YOU'D LIKE THIS, IT'S 866-788-3966 - THAT'S 07:52 866-STUDY-MORE - AND ASK FOR OFFER #701. 07:55 YOU COULD ALSO GO TO AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND I THINK YOU 07:59 CAN READ THIS ON THE INTERNET AS WELL. 08:01 WELL, OUR LESSON TODAY IS DEALING WITH A LARGE SEGMENT OF 08:05 SACRED SCRIPTURE TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT TEMPTATION OF JESUS. 08:10 NOW IT LEADS INTO THAT AND IT'S LESSON #6 TALKING ABOUT 08:14 VICTORY IN THE WILDERNESS . 08:16 THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WE'LL ALL FIND VERY APPLICABLE TO OUR 08:18 LIVES BECAUSE ANYONE OUT HERE STRUGGLE WITH TEMPTATION? 08:24 DAILY - AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY RELEVANT. 08:28 WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REBELLION - THE BATTLE BETWEEN 08:31 GOOD AND EVIL - AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE. 08:35 NOW THE MEMORY VERSE IS LUKE 19, VERSE 10 - IT'S A GOOD ONE TO 08:39 REMEMBER TOO - LUKE 19:10 - I ENCOURAGE OUR LOCAL CLASS HERE 08:43 TO SAY IT OUT LOUD WITH ME. ARE YOU READY? 08:45 AND IT'S FROM THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION - LUKE 19:10 - HERE WE 08:48 GO: "FOR THE SON OF MAN HAS COME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT WHICH 08:54 WAS LOST." JESUS CAME INTO OUR WORLD TO 09:00 BE WITH US, TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH US, AND THIS 09:04 WAS FORETOLD - THAT GOD WOULD BECOME A MAN - FOR MANY YEARS. 09:08 IT WAS A PROMISE MADE TO ADAM, REPEATED THROUGH THE PATRIARCHS 09:12 ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. IT WAS THE DESIRE OF NATIONS 09:17 AMONG THE ISRAELITES THAT THE MESSIAH - THE SAVIOR - WOULD 09:21 COME - THE ANOINTED ONE WOULD COME AND REDEEM MAN. 09:25 NOW THEY HAD MANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT HOW HE 09:28 WOULD COME. NOW, YOU KNOW, NATIONALISTICALLY 09:31 THEY ALWAYS THOUGHT JESUS THE MESSIAH WAS GOING TO COME AND, 09:35 LIKE DAVID, YOU KNOW, FIGHT THEIR BATTLES AND RELIEVE THEM 09:39 FROM THE OPPRESSION OF THE SURROUNDING NATIONS AND MAKE 09:42 THEM A WORLD KINGDOM LIKE IT WAS BACK IN THE DAYS OF SOLOMON AND 09:45 THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THAT TIME WHERE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS 09:49 MADE OF GOLD AND SILVER - DURING THE TIME OF SOLOMON - AND THEY 09:51 HAD PEACE ON EVERY SIDE AND - AND THEY COULD GO ON WITH THEIR 09:55 LIVES, BUT THE LORD WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT DELIVERING THEM 09:58 FROM THE OPPRESSION AND THE BURDEN OF SIN. 10:02 NOW, THE FIRST PLAN OF THE DEVIL - AND THE DEVIL, YOU KNOW, HIS 10:06 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE MESSIAH WAS GOING TO SAVE PEOPLE 10:09 HAS EVOLVED AND, AS THE LORD SPOKE TO ABRAHAM AND ADAM AND 10:14 THE DIFFERENT ONES, SATAN WAS LISTENING. 10:16 HE HAS BEEN EAVESDROPPING ALL ALONG THE WAY. 10:20 AND SO EVEN THE DEVIL'S UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN GROWING 10:22 ABOUT WHAT THE MESSIAH'S MISSION WAS. 10:25 THE ONE THING HE KNEW IS THAT JESUS WAS GOING TO COME INTO THE 10:29 EARTH AND BECOME A MAN TO SAVE HUMANITY. 10:31 SATAN, IN ANTICIPATION OF THAT, HE WANTED TO PREVENT IT FROM 10:35 HAPPENING. WHY DO YOU THINK THE DEVIL 10:39 INSPIRED THE PHARAOH TO KILL ALL THE BABY BOYS IN EGYPT? 10:45 WELL, BECAUSE THE DEVIL KNEW THAT A PROMISE HAD BEEN MADE 10:50 THAT THEY WOULD SOMEHOW BE DELIVERED FROM EGYPT AND A 10:52 SAVIOR WAS COMING. WELL, IT TURNED OUT BEING MOSES, 10:55 WHO WASN'T THE MESSIAH, MOSES WAS A TYPE OF THE MESSIAH, AND 10:59 SO HE TRIED TO PREVENT IT BY HAVING ALL OF THE SEED OF ISRAEL 11:03 - THE MALE BABIES - THROWN TO THE CROCODILES. 11:07 AND THEN YOU COULD SEE IT HAPPENING AGAIN IN THE DAYS OF 11:10 ATHALIAH, WHEN SHE TRIED TO EXTERMINATE - THEY KNEW THERE 11:14 WAS A SON OF DAVID THAT WAS GOING TO COME AND SAVE GOD'S 11:17 PEOPLE AND SO ATHALIAH TRIED TO KILL ALL THE ROYAL SEED, BUT ONE 11:21 ESCAPED AND THE SEED OF DAVID CONTINUED. 11:25 AND THEN, WHEN JESUS FINALLY DID COME, THE DEVIL INSPIRED HEROD 11:30 TO SEND THE ROMAN ARMIES INTO BETHLEHEM TO DO WHAT? 11:34 TO EXTERMINATE THE BABY BOYS AGAIN. 11:37 SO YOU SEE THAT HE WAS TRYING TO PREVENT HIM FROM COMING. 11:40 SO THAT WAS PLAN A. WHEN PLAN A DIDN'T WORK AND 11:43 JESUS DID COME, HE THEN SWITCHED TO PLAN B - WAS FRUSTRATE 11:48 - RUIN HIS MISSION. DON'T ALLOW HIM TO LIVE A 11:51 PERFECT, HOLY LIFE AND SO HE CANNOT REDEEM HUMANITY, BECAUSE 11:55 IF HE DIDN'T LIVE A HOLY LIFE, HE COULD NOT SAVE US FROM OUR 11:58 SINS. AND SO HE SPENT, THEN, THE REST 12:00 OF HIS LIFE, TRYING TO TEMPT JESUS TO SIN. 12:03 BUT NOW I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. 12:05 SO FIRST SECTION IS IMMANUEL TO THE RESCUE . 12:07 I'M GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE READ A VERSE FOR ME. 12:09 IN A MOMENT YOU'LL READ - I THINK IT'S JOHN 1:14 - AND I'M 12:13 GOING TO READ MATTHEW 1:20 THROUGH VERSE 23 - GOD SPOKE TO 12:17 JOSEPH THROUGH AN ANGEL AND PROMISED THAT SHE - YOUR WIFE 12:23 MARY - "WILL BRING FORTH A SON, AND YOU SHALL CALL HIS NAME 12:26 JESUS, FOR HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS." 12:30 SO IT DOESN'T SAY FROM THE ROMANS, NOTICE - "SO ALL THIS 12:34 WAS DONE THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY 12:37 THE LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET, SAYING: 'BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN 12:41 SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS 12:45 NAME IMMANUEL,' WHICH IS TRANSLATED, 'GOD WITH US.'" NOW 12:49 HERE MATTHEW IS QUOTING FROM ISAIAH 7:14 - THAT ACTUALLY 12:53 SAYS, 'GOD IS WITH US'. JESUS WAS GOD WITH US - THAT'S 12:59 CALLED THE INCARNATION - GOD CAME DOWN TO BE ONE OF US. 13:03 AND WHY DON'T YOU, PLEASE, READ FOR US THEN JOHN 1:14? 13:07 >>AND THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US, AND WE BEHELD 13:12 HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, 13:16 FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH." >>SO AS MUCH AS HUMANITY COULD 13:21 BEHOLD THE GLORY OF GOD, JESUS CAME - NOW THE GLORY OF GOD WAS 13:26 VEILED IN CHRIST - BUT THE WORD BECAME FLESH. 13:32 YOU KNOW, ARTISTS HAVE THEIR CONCEPTS OF WHAT JESUS LOOKED 13:35 LIKE BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE FLEETING, VERY DOUBTFUL 13:40 STATEMENT OF A SUPPOSED ROMAN SOLDIER DESCRIBING JESUS AND 13:45 MANY OF THE ARTISTS' CONCEPTS ARE BASED UPON THAT, BUT IN 13:48 REALITY WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE BIBLE THAT TELLS 13:51 US WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE, IT JUST TELLS US THAT THERE'S NO OUTWARD 13:55 APPEARANCE THAT WE MIGHT BE DRAWN TO HIM. 13:58 WE KNOW FROM EVIDENCE THAT JESUS COULD EASILY DISAPPEAR IN A 14:01 CROWD - HE LOOKED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 14:04 AND EVEN WHEN THEY ASKED JUDAS TO BETRAY HIM, THEY SAID, 'LOOK, 14:08 WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE HE IS. HE LOOKS LIKE A TYPICAL GALILEAN 14:11 OR A NAZARITE AND YOU BETTER GO UP AND KISS HIM SO WE DON'T 14:15 ARREST THE WRONG ONE.' SO THE IDEA THAT JESUS WAS STRIKINGLY 14:19 BEAUTIFUL IS NOT BIBLICAL. HE PROBABLY HAD, YOU KNOW, A 14:24 NICE APPEARANCE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE. 14:29 WHAT MADE HIM DIFFERENT WAS WHAT HE SAID. 14:32 IT SAYS 'THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US, NOT THE 14:35 MODEL OUT OF VOGUE MAGAZINE OR THE MOVIE STAR. 14:40 AND SO IT'S WHAT HE SAID - THE WORD OF GOD INCARNATE. 14:45 YOU CAN READ IN ROMANS 8, VERSE 3, "FOR WHAT THE LAW COULD NOT 14:49 DO IN THAT IT WAS WEAK THROUGH THE FLESH, GOD DID BY SENDING 14:53 HIS OWN SON IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH..." 14:56 - NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT. DID JESUS COME DOWN 18 FEET TALL 15:00 WITH THE BODY OF ADAM OR DID HE COME DOWN WITH ALL THE DNA 15:06 THAT'S LISTED IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 1 AND LUKE CHAPTER 3? 15:10 YOU KNOW, IT GOES THROUGH JESUS' FAMILY TREE AND IT TELLS US THAT 15:13 HE HAD THE DNA OF SOME VERY INTERESTING CHARACTERS IN HIS 15:19 FAMILY TREE. HE CAME IN THE LIKENESS OF 15:21 SINFUL FLESH AND SO HE WRESTLED WITH SIN THE WAY WE DO AND WE'RE 15:26 GOING TO GET INTO THAT IN OUR STUDY TODAY. 15:29 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WAY THAT 15:31 JESUS RESISTED THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL, HE USED THE SAME 15:37 TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU AND ME, OTHERWISE HOW COULD HE 15:42 BE OUR EXAMPLE? AND THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR THAT 15:45 HE HAS GIVEN US AN EXAMPLE THAT WE SHOULD WALK AS HE WALKED. 15:48 HOW? AS HE DID. HE WAS BAPTIZED AS OUR EXAMPLE. 15:52 HE PRAYED AS WE SHOULD PRAY. 15:53 HE GOT HUNGRY LIKE WE GET HUNGRY. 15:55 HE GOT THIRSTY LIKE WE GET THIRSTY. 15:57 HE GOT TIRED AND SLEPT THROUGH A STORM - AND SO JESUS CAME IN THE 16:00 LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH, BUT HE LIVED A PERFECT LIFE. 16:05 SO - LET ME FINISH READING THAT VERSE - GOD SENT "HIS OWN SON IN 16:10 THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH, ON ACCOUNT OF SIN: HE CONDEMNED SIN 16:14 IN THE FLESH, THAT THE RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW MIGHT BE 16:18 FULFILLED IN US WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH BUT 16:23 ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT." SO GOD IS TELLING US RIGHT 16:25 THERE, 'LIKE CHRIST' - HE LIVED A LIFE WALKING AFTER THE SPIRIT. 16:30 GOD IS CALLING US TO LIVE SPIRIT-FILLED LIVES. CAN YOU SAY 16:33 'AMEN'? DID I JUST TELL YOU THE TRUTH? THAT'S RIGHT. 16:38 EZEKIEL 37:27 - THIS IS AN INTERESTING VERSE AND I WANT YOU 16:43 TO TELL ME WHERE YOU FIND THIS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT - EZEKIEL 16:45 37:27, "MY TABERNACLE WILL ALSO BE WITH THEM; INDEED I WILL BE 16:50 THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE." 16:53 DO YOU FIND THAT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT? 16:56 YEAH, SECOND TO THE LAST CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE, SPEAKING - IN 17:00 REVELATION 21 - "AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, 17:03 'BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN, AND HE WILL DWELL 17:07 WITH THEM, AND THEY SHALL BE HIS PEOPLE. 17:09 GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM AND BE THEIR GOD." 17:13 NOW WHAT IS YOUR BODY SOMETIMES CALLED? A TEMPLE. 17:18 WAS JESUS' BODY CALLED THE TEMPLE? 17:21 DID JESUS CALL HIS BODY A TEMPLE? 17:24 DID CHRIST, ONE TIME, SAY 'DESTROY THIS TEMPLE 17:26 AND IN THREE DAYS I WILL RAISE IT UP'? 17:29 THEY GOT ALL UPSET AND THOUGHT THAT HE WAS THREATENING TO 17:30 PERFORM TERRORISM ON THE JEWISH TEMPLE AND IT SAYS, 'NO, HE 17:35 SPOKE ABOUT HIS BODY.' SO, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE TABERNACLE OF 17:40 GOD BEING WITH MEN, DID GOD TABERNACLE WITH THEM IN THE 17:44 WILDERNESS? AND WHEN THEY REBUILT THE TEMPLE 17:47 - AND SOLOMON - THERE WAS A TABERNACLE AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT 17:50 WAS DESTROYED AND THEY REBUILT IT. 17:51 IN THE DAYS OF NEHEMIAH THERE WAS A TABERNACLE. 17:54 GOD SAYS, 'I WANT TO DWELL AMONG THEM.' SO WHEN JESUS CAME, ALL 17:59 THOSE OTHER TABERNACLES WERE FULFILLED IN GOD TRULY 18:03 TABERNACLING - IS THAT A WORD - TABERNACLING? 18:07 WELL, IT IS NOW, WRITE IT DOWN. THEY MAKE UP ALL KINDS OF WORDS 18:09 ALL THE TIME - YOU JUST ADD IT TO GOOGLE. 18:11 SO CHRIST CAME TO TABERNACLE AMONG US IN HIS BODY AND - 18:17 THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD - GOD WILL BE WITH THEM. 18:20 AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAID, BOTH IN EZEKIEL AND IN REVELATION - 18:24 GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM. AND IN HEAVEN, WILL GOD 18:26 LITERALLY BE WITH US? YOU SEE, WE'RE SEPARATED BY SIN. 18:31 ALRIGHT, NOW - SO THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY REASONS THAT ARE GIVEN - 18:35 THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE, BUT FOUR PRIMARY REASONS JESUS CAME 18:38 - IN THE LESSON. HE CAME TO RESTORE THE DOMINION 18:40 - THAT'S ONE THAT WAS LEFT OUT - THAT WAS LOST BY ADAM. 18:43 THE WORLD WAS KIDNAPPED BY OUR FALL - THE FALL OF HUMANITY. 18:47 SECONDLY, HE CAME TO BRING JUDGMENT AND DESTROY THE WORKS 18:50 OF THE DEVIL. 18:51 THIRD, HE CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST. 18:54 AND FINALLY, HE CAME TO SHOW US WHAT GOD IS LIKE - TO REVEAL GOD 18:58 TO US AND TO THE WATCHING UNIVERSE. 19:01 YOU KNOW, I HEARD A STORY ONCE ABOUT THIS EUROPEAN MONARCH THAT 19:05 WOULD REALLY MAKE THE PALACE NERVOUS BECAUSE HE WOULD, EVERY 19:07 NOW AND THEN, DRESS DOWN AND GO ROAM AMONG HIS PEOPLE INCOGNITO 19:11 AND THEY SAID, 'YOU CAN'T DO THIS. 19:13 THIS IS DANGEROUS.' HE SAID, 'HOW CAN I BE A GOOD SOVEREIGN 19:16 OF A PEOPLE UNLESS I KNOW HOW THEY LIVE?' 19:18 SO DID JESUS COME TO FIND OUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A HUMAN? 19:22 YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. NOW DOES GOD KNOW EVERYTHING? 19:26 SO GOD DIDN'T NEED TO BE A HUMAN SO HE COULD SAY, 'OH, THAT'S 19:29 WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A PERSON.' HE ALREADY KNOWS, 19:33 BUT WE NOW KNOW THAT HE KNOWS. 19:37 BUT EVEN MORE THAN HIM COMING TO FIND OUT WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR IT - 19:42 TO BE A HUMAN - HE CAME TO SHOW US WHAT THE FATHER'S LIKE. 19:45 SO HE CAME TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO LOVE EACH OTHER, WHAT THE 19:49 FATHER'S LIKE - HE CAME AS A LIVING DEMONSTRATION FOR US. 19:53 IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THAT KING SCENARIO. 19:55 ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S GET TO THE BAPTISM OF JESUS. 19:58 AND WE'LL JUST BE LOOKING AT A COUPLE VERSES HERE. 20:00 IF YOU GO TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 3, THE ADVENT - THE FIRST ADVENT OF 20:04 JESUS, GOD WITH US, WAS INTRODUCED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST 20:08 AND IT SAYS, "I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE, 20:12 BUT HE WHO IS COMING AFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I, 20:16 WHOSE SANDALS I AM NOT WORTHY TO CARRY. 20:18 HE WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH FIRE. 20:22 HIS WINNOWING FAN IS IN HIS HAND, AND HE WILL THOROUGHLY 20:25 CLEAN OUT HIS THRESHING FLOOR, AND GATHER HIS WHEAT INTO THE 20:28 BARN; BUT HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF WITH UNQUENCHABLE FIRE." 20:31 DID JESUS TELL A PARABLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ONCE? 20:34 THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND THE TARES? 20:36 WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WEEDS? THEY'RE GATHERED 20:38 AND THEY'RE BURNED. BUT HE GATHERS THE 20:41 WHEAT INTO THE BARN. AND SO JESUS EVEN HAD A PARABLE 20:44 SIMILAR TO THE PREACHING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 20:46 BUT IT SAYS, 'HE'LL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH 20:51 FIRE.' WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, THE PLACE 20:59 WHERE THEY WERE ASSEMBLED WAS SHAKEN AND THERE APPEARED ON 21:01 EACH OF THEM, TONGUES OF - >>FIRE. 21:04 >>FIRE. AND SO, THAT WAS A SYMBOL 21:07 OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. DID JOHN'S PROPHECY COME TRUE? 21:11 THEY WERE LITERALLY BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE. 21:14 AND YOU CAN READ IN LUKE 3, VERSES 3 TO 6 - AGAIN, JOHN 21:19 PREACHING ABOUT WHAT HIS MISSION WAS AND THE FIRST COMING OF THE 21:21 LORD - AND HE WENT - "ALL THE REGION AROUND THE JORDAN" - 21:25 PREACHING A BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE AS A REMISSION OF SIN 21:29 AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE WORDS OF ISAIAH THE PROPHET SAYING: 'THE 21:32 VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS: 'PREPARE THE WAY OF 21:35 THE LORD; MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT. 21:37 EVERY VALLEY WILL BE FILLED, EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL BROUGHT 21:40 LOW. THE CROOKED PLACES SHALL BE MADE 21:42 STRAIGHT, THE ROUGH WAY MADE SMOOTH. 21:45 ALL FLESH WILL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD. 21:48 NOW WHEN A KING WAS TRAVELING IN ANCIENT TIMES, THEY DID NOT 21:51 HAVE TAXES OR THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE VERY GOOD ROAD 21:56 CONSTRUCTION. YOU KNOW, WE GET TAXED FOR ROAD REPAIR. 22:00 THEIR ROADS BACK THEN WERE IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. 22:03 BUT WHEN A KING WAS ABOUT TO TRAVEL DOWN A ROAD, THEY SENT A 22:05 ROAD CREW AHEAD OF HIM WITH A HERALD AND THE HERALD WOULD SAY, 22:09 'THE KING IS COMING!' THE ROAD CREW WOULD KICK THE 22:12 HIGH SPOTS AND THE ROCKS OUT OF THE ROAD AND FILL IN THE LOW 22:14 SPOTS SO THAT HIS CHARIOT WOULD RIDE SMOOTHLY BECAUSE 22:19 HE'S THE KING. AND HE HAD, SOMETIMES, MEN THAT 22:20 WOULD RUN BEFORE HIM THAT WOULD BE THE KING. 22:23 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN AFRICA, THE PRESIDENT DROVE BY THE 22:27 STREET WE WERE ON IN CAMAROON AND HE HAD - HE WAS IN A BLACK 22:34 LIMOUSINE - AND HE HAD HIS SECURITY DETAIL - THERE WERE 22:38 LIKE SIX OR EIGHT GUYS - I KNOW THEY WERE IN TWO ROWS - RUNNING 22:42 BEFORE AND BEHIND HIS CAR - RUNNING - IN SUITS - BLACK SUITS 22:49 - ON THE EQUATOR IN MIDDAY WITH THEIR SUNGLASSES AND THEIR 22:54 EARPIECES - AND YOU KNEW THE KING WAS COMING AND THEY HAD 22:59 EVERYBODY OUT LINED ON THE STREETS AND THEY WERE BEATING 23:01 DRUMS AND IT WAS QUITE A BIT OF FANFARE. 23:03 BIBLE TIMES - YOU REMEMBER WHEN ABSALOM WANTED TO BE KING, HE 23:06 PREPARED FIFTY MEN TO RUN BEFORE HIM. 23:08 WHAT DO YOU THINK HE HAD IN HIS MIND? 23:11 IT GIVES - WHEN PEOPLE ARE RUNNING BEFORE YOU TO ANNOUNCE 23:14 YOUR COMING, THAT MEANS YOU'RE REALLY AN IMPORTANT PERSON. 23:18 AND SO JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS THE ONE WHO RAN BEFORE THE KING TO 23:21 PREPARE THE WAY - KIND OF LIKE WHEN ELIJAH RAN BEFORE AHAB TO 23:27 SHOW RESPECT TO BRING HIM SAFELY BACK TO JEZREEL. 23:30 SO GO - TURN WITH ME IN YOUR BIBLES NOW - LET'S LOOK AT THE 23:33 BAPTISM OF JESUS AND THIS PREPARES US FOR THE TEMPTATION 23:36 THAT'S COMING - TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 3 AND JOHN IS BAPTIZING 23:43 A NUMBER OF PEOPLE - HE'S PROBABLY BAPTIZED PETER, JAMES, 23:46 JOHN, ANDREW - AND EVENTUALLY JESUS COMES. 23:50 FIRST JOHN REALIZES WHO HE IS - HE DOESN'T WANT TO BAPTIZE HIM. 23:53 HE SAID, 'YOU SHOULD BAPTIZE ME.' 23:54 AND JESUS SAID, 'ALLOW IT TO BE THIS WAY NOW, THUS IT 23:57 BECOMES US TO FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS. 23:59 AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 16 - MATTHEW 3:16 - "WHEN HE HAD BEEN 24:04 BAPTIZED, JESUS CAME UP IMMEDIATELY FROM THE WATER; AND 24:09 BEHOLD, THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED TO HIM, AND HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF 24:13 GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE AND ALIGHTING UPON HIM. 24:16 AND SUDDENLY A VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN," - YOU KNOW WHEN THE 24:20 HOLY SPIRIT CAME IT SAYS, 'AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS THIS SHAKING 24:24 IN HEAVEN AND THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN - "AND SUDDENLY A 24:27 VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, 'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM 24:30 I AM WELL PLEASED.'" A TESTIMONY FROM HEAVEN THAT JESUS IS THE 24:34 SON OF GOD. NOW WHAT DOES THE WORD 'CHRIST' MEAN? HOW MANY OF 24:39 YOU, WHEN YOU FIRST BECAME CHRISTIANS AND YOU HEARD THE 24:41 NAME JESUS CHRIST YOU THOUGHT CHRIST WAS HIS LAST NAME? I DID. 24:45 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT BOB SMITH AND PETER CARPENTER - OR 24:49 WHATEVER - AND JESUS CHRIST. I THOUGHT THAT WAS HIS NAME. 24:53 BUT CHRIST, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW NOW, IS A TITLE. 24:57 HE WAS - JESUS OF NAZARETH WOULD HAVE BEEN JESUS THE SON OF 25:00 JOSEPH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE WHAT HIS NAME IS. 25:05 MATTER OF FACT, YOU'LL STILL MEET PEOPLE NAMED - THAT ARE - 25:08 ONE OF OUR MEMBERS HERE, PETERSON, I MEAN IT'S THE SON OF 25:11 PETER BACK THERE IN HIS HERITAGE SOMEWHERE. 25:13 AND YOU'VE GOT JOSEPHSON AND DIFFERENT NAMES LIKE THAT. 25:16 WELL, JESUS WAS A JOSEPHSON AND - BUT THE WORD 'CHRIST' IS A 25:22 TITLE. WHAT DOES THE WORD 'CHRIST' MEAN? 25:26 MESSIAH - ANOINTED - THE WORD 'MESSIAH' MEANS 'ANOINTED'. 25:31 WHEN YOU SAY, 'CHRISTOS' - WHEN THEY CHRISTEN A SHIP - USUALLY 25:34 ANOINT IT WITH CHAMPAGNE OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? 25:37 AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT TO BE ANOINTED - THE CHRISTOS. 25:42 SO WHEN - WHAT DOES - THE MESSIAH IS THE ANOINTED. 25:45 WHEN WAS CHRIST ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT? 25:50 WELL, DIDN'T HE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT BEFORE HIS BAPTISM? 25:53 NOT TO THE SAME DEGREE. DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT COME 25:57 IN DIFFERENT DEGREES? DID JESUS BREATHE ON THE 26:01 APOSTLES AND SAY, 'RECEIVE THE SPIRIT IN THE UPPER ROOM'? 26:05 WAS THAT THE SAME BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT AS PENTECOST? 26:08 NO. DID JESUS GIVE AN ELEMENT OF THE 26:12 SPIRIT TO THE APOSTLES WHEN HE SENT THEM OUT PREACHING? 26:15 I HOPE SO, I MEAN, THEY WERE CASTING OUT DEVILS. 26:18 BUT IT WASN'T THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - TO ANOINT MEANS TO 26:22 BE SUBMERGED - TO BE COVERED. HE WAS SLATHERED 26:26 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU EVER READ WHERE IT TALKS 26:29 ABOUT HOW THEY ANOINTED AARON AND THE OIL RAN DOWN HIS BEARD? 26:34 I MEAN, THEY REALLY ANOINTED THEM BACK THEN NOT LIKE WHAT WE 26:37 DO WHEN WE ANOINT FOR SICKNESS OR HEALING NOW, WHERE YOU JUST 26:40 TAKE A LITTLE OIL AND PUT IT ON THEIR FOREHEAD AS A SYMBOL. 26:43 MOST OF YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE ANOINTED THE WAY AARON WAS 26:45 ANOINTED WITH OIL. THEY POURED IT ON HIM. 26:48 THEY FILLED A HORN AND THEY POURED IT ON THEM. 26:51 JESUS WAS COVERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT - FILLED BY THE HOLY 26:55 SPIRIT. NOW, DO YOU HEAR OF ANY MIRACLES THAT CHRIST PERFORMED 27:00 BEFORE HIS BAPTISM? NO. VERY LITTLE TEACHING - YOU HAVE 27:08 A STATEMENT HE MADE WHEN HE WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD. 27:10 I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY THINGS HE DID, BUT NOTHING IS REALLY 27:13 RECORDED - HIS MISSION BEGAN, IN A SPECIAL WAY, AT HIS BAPTISM. 27:20 MATTER OF FACT, THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL TALKED ABOUT THE 27:22 ANOINTING OF THE MOST HOLY - IT REACHED - DANIEL CHAPTER 9 - IT 27:26 REACHES UP TO HIS BAPTISM IN 27 AD. 27:31 AND THEN, FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS, HE TEACHES. 27:33 BUT WHEN HE WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, HE WAS ESPECIALLY A 27:37 THREAT TO THE DEVIL. NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS: AFTER HE'S 27:42 BAPTIZED - NOW THAT LEADS US TO OUR NEXT SEGMENT - 27:44 TEMPTATION COMES. ALRIGHT, SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ 27:47 FOR ME IN A MOMENT, JAMES 1:2 AND 3 AND IT'LL TAKE ME 27:51 A MINUTE TO GET THERE. SO IF YOU LOOK IN MATTHEW 4:1 - 27:55 THIS IS RIGHT AFTER HIS BAPTISM - JESUS WAS LED UP OF THE SPIRIT 27:59 INTO THE WILDERNESS TO BE TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL. 28:02 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THAT. 28:04 DO YOU ALL WANT TO PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT SO YOU COULD BE LED 28:08 TO BE TEMPTED? HERE JESUS IS FILLED WITH THE 28:11 HOLY SPIRIT AND HE'S LED TO TEMPTATION. 28:14 THEN IN THE LORD'S PRAYER WE'RE BEGGING GOD LEAD ME NOT INTO 28:16 TEMPTATION. WELL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU 28:19 GO FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER, SOMETIMES IT LOSES SOMETHING. 28:23 WHAT WE'RE REALLY PRAYING IS 'LORD, LEAD ME AWAY FROM MY 28:26 NATURAL TENDENCY TO TEMPTATION. THE HOLY SPIRIT LED JESUS INTO 28:30 THE WILDERNESS TO PRAY AND PREPARE HIMSELF AND THE DEVIL 28:35 CAME THERE TO STOP HIM FOR HIS MISSION THAT HE 28:38 WAS PRAYING ABOUT. IS THAT THE FIRST TIME PEOPLE 28:41 HAVE BEEN TESTED OR TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS? 28:45 NO, YOU HAVE THAT HAPPENING SEVERAL TIMES. 28:49 NOTICE IN DEUTERONOMY 8, THE ISRAELITES WENT INTO THE 28:55 WILDERNESS TO BE TEMPTED AND TESTED. 28:57 DEUTERONOMY 8:15 IT SAYS "WHO LED YOU THROUGH THAT GREAT AND 29:01 TERRIBLE WILDERNESS, IN WHICH WERE FIERY SERPENTS AND 29:04 SCORPIONS AND THIRSTY LAND WHERE THERE WAS NO WATER; WHO BROUGHT 29:08 WATER FOR YOU OUT OF THE FLINTY ROCK; WHO FED YOU IN THE 29:11 WILDERNESS WITH MANNA, WHICH YOUR FATHERS DID NOT KNOW, THAT 29:14 HE MIGHT HUMBLE YOU AND THAT HE MIGHT" - HERE IT IS - "TEST YOU" 29:19 - LED THEM IN THE WILDERNESS AND THEY WERE TESTED - "THAT HE 29:23 MIGHT TEST YOU," - TO KNOW - "THAT HE MIGHT HUMBLE YOU AND 29:28 THAT HE MIGHT TEST YOU, TO DO YOU GOOD IN THE END." 29:32 YOU NOTICE THAT HE MIGHT TEST YOU TO DO YOU GOOD. 29:34 DOES GOD SOMETIMES ALLOW US TO BE TESTED FOR OUR GOOD? 29:39 WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A TEST IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD. 29:43 YOU KNOW, IT TELLS US, MATTER OF FACT, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU READ 29:46 THAT FOR US NOW. GO AHEAD, READ JAMES 1:2. 29:50 >>"MY BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL INTO VARIOUS 29:53 TRIALS, KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES 29:57 PATIENCE." >>HOW MANY OF YOU REJOICE 30:00 WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED? WHY DOES JAMES 30:03 TELL US TO REJOICE? BECAUSE YOU'RE DEVELOPING 30:08 CHARACTER AS YOU SURVIVE THESE VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS. 30:14 YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T FEEL TEMPTATION UNLESS YOU HAVE A 30:18 STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL INSIDE. 30:20 THE REASON THIS LESSON IS SO IMPORTANT - THE WHOLE LESSON IS 30:22 TALKING ABOUT REBELLION AND REDEMPTION. IF YOU FELT NO 30:25 TEMPTATION, IT WOULD PROBABLY MEAN THAT YOU ARE DRIFTING WITH 30:28 THE CURRENT OF DESTRUCTION AND YOU'RE NOT RESISTING. 30:32 YOU DON'T FEEL THE CURRENT WHEN YOU'RE MOVING WITH IT. 30:36 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SIT ON A SAILBOAT AND THE SAILBOAT IS 30:39 MOVING WITH THE WIND, YOU DON'T FEEL THE WIND BECAUSE YOU'RE 30:42 MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. I USED TO SAIL A LOT. 30:45 I WOULD WONDER HOW TO CATCH THE WIND. 30:48 YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE WATER BECAUSE YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL 30:49 THE WIND WHEN YOU'RE ON THE BOAT. 30:51 YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE SAIL. YOU DON'T FEEL IT BECAUSE 30:53 YOU'RE MOVING WITH THE WIND. AND AS SOON AS YOU START TO 30:56 RESIST THE WIND, THEN YOU FEEL IT. 31:00 IF YOU'RE SWIMMING WITH THE CURRENT OF THE WORLD, YOU'RE NOT 31:02 GOING TO FEEL MUCH TEMPTATION. AND SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE 31:05 UP THE CHRISTIAN LIFE BECAUSE THEY'RE TIRED OF SWIMMING 31:08 AGAINST THE TIDE. SOMETIMES YOU'LL EVEN FEEL 31:11 YOU'RE SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE IN THE CHURCH. 31:14 THIS DAY AND AGE, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE AND WORLDLINESS 31:20 CREEPS IN, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SWIMMING AGAINST 31:22 THE CURRENT AND YOU MEET WITH RESISTANCE. WHO WAS IT THAT - 31:27 BILLY SUNDAY WAS PREACHING ABOUT HOLINESS ONE TIME AND THIS MAN 31:30 CAME TO HIM AFTER THE SERVICE AND HE WAS A CHURCH MEMBER. 31:34 HE SAID, 'PASTOR SUNDAY,' HE SAYS, 'YOU'RE ALWAYS RUBBING THE 31:37 CAT'S FUR THE WRONG WAY.' AND BILLY SUNDAY SAID, 'WELL THAT'S 31:41 BECAUSE THE CAT'S GOING THE WRONG WAY.' HE SAID, 'IF THE CAT 31:43 WOULD TURN AROUND I'D BE RUBBING THE FUR THE RIGHT WAY.' SO, DO 31:51 THIEVES BREAK INTO THE HOMES OF POOR PEOPLE OR DO THEY BREAK 31:54 INTO THE HOMES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOMETHING? 31:57 WHEN THE DEVIL TEMPTS YOU IT'S BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID. 32:00 WHEN DOES THE DEVIL COME TO JESUS? 32:02 AFTER HE'S FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 32:04 WHEN YOU'RE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU'VE GOT POWER TO FIGHT 32:07 THE DEVIL AND YOU ARE A THREAT TO THE DEVIL. 32:10 AND SO, WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT THROUGH THE RED SEA 32:14 - THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE SEA - AND THE PILLAR OF FIRE CAME 32:17 AND BAPTIZED THEM IN FIRE - YOU REMEMBER THE CLOUD OF FIRE CAME 32:20 - WERE THEY STILL ATTACKED? THEY WERE ATTACKED BY THE 32:23 EGYPTIANS, THEY WERE ATTACKED BY THE AMALEKITES - EVEN IN THE 32:26 WILDERNESS THEY WERE ATTACKED. DO YOU REMEMBER? 32:30 AND SO, WHEN A PERSON BEGINS TO FOLLOW JESUS, SOMETIMES THEY 32:33 THINK, 'OKAY, I SHOULD NOW HAVE UNLIMITED JOY.' THERE IS A PEACE 32:36 AND A JOY BECAUSE YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO THE PROMISED LAND, BUT 32:38 YOU MAY STILL ENCOUNTER TEMPTATION. 32:41 THERE STILL MAY BE PROBLEMS SO DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY THAT. 32:45 THIEVES DON'T STEAL FROM PAUPERS. 32:47 IT MEANS YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING. IT SAYS, 'HE TEMPTED YOU THAT HE 32:51 MIGHT DO YOU GOOD IN THE END.' WAS JOB TESTED AND TEMPTED? 32:58 WAS HE TEMPTED BY GOD OR BY THE DEVIL? 33:01 THE DEVIL BROUGHT THE PROBLEMS. DID GOD DO HIM GOOD IN THE END? 33:05 IT SAYS HE BLESSED THE LATTER END OF JOB MORE THAN IF HE HAD 33:09 NEVER BEEN TEMPTED - TWICE AS MUCH. 33:12 AND SO JAMES SAYS REJOICE IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH TEMPTATION. 33:16 IF YOU ENDURE, YOU WILL BE BLESSED. 33:19 I REMEMBER - AND YOU - I'VE REFERENCED IT SEVERAL TIMES 33:23 BECAUSE IT JUST IS A SIMPLE SCENARIO BUT ONE OF THE BIG 33:26 STRUGGLES FOR ME WAS SMOKING AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY 33:31 APPRECIATE - I'VE MET PEOPLE AND GOD WORKED A MIRACLE - HE JUST 33:33 TOOK AWAY THE DESIRE. THEY THREW AWAY THEIR 33:35 CIGARETTES, THE DESIRE WAS GONE, THEY NEVER SMOKED 33:36 AGAIN AND THAT WAS IT. IT WAS A MIRACLE. 33:39 WELL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR ME LIKE THAT. 33:41 I DID THROW THEM AWAY AND I NEVER SMOKED AGAIN, BUT IT 33:43 WASN'T EASY AND I WAS CONSTANTLY TEMPTED. 33:47 I WOULD FOLLOW PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET WHO WERE SMOKING AND 33:49 INHALE AFTER THEY EXHALED. SERIOUSLY, YEAH, I'D GET INTO A 33:54 TRUCK WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO WAS SMOKING AND THEY'D SAY, 33:56 'DO YOU MIND IF I SMOKE?' AND I'D SAY, 'NO, PLEASE.' AND, 34:03 YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN I QUIT SMOKING THEY STILL 34:05 SMOKED ON AIRPLANES. ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? 34:08 WHICH IS REALLY CRAZY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 34:10 THEY HAD A SMOKING SECTION AND A NON-SMOKING SECTION. 34:12 THE PERSON, YOU KNOW, TWO FEET AWAY FROM YOU SMOKING - THEY'RE 34:15 IN THE SMOKING SECTION AND YOU'RE IN THE NON-SMOKING 34:17 SECTION, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. 34:20 BUT YEAH, I ACTUALLY RELISHED GETTING A BUZZ OFF SECOND-HAND 34:25 SMOKE BECAUSE IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR ME. 34:30 BUT, YOU KNOW, FINALLY I GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, 34:32 SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD EVERY DAY AND IT WAS JUST - 34:35 I'D GET TEMPTED - THERE'D BE SPELLS EVERY WEEK - I'D HAVE A 34:38 COUPLE SPELLS AND THEN PRETTY SOON I'D NOTICE I WASN'T 34:40 TEMPTED. FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IT WENT BY 34:42 AND YOU'D BARELY THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE, AND THEN NOT AT ALL. 34:47 AND I THINK BACK NOW OVER THE 37 YEARS SINCE I'VE SMOKED AND OH, 34:54 I'M SO THANKFUL. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH 34:55 MONEY I'VE SAVED? THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE HABIT. 34:59 AND NOT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THAT I CAN BREATHE. 35:04 LAST WEEK I WENT TO VISIT SOMEBODY THAT WAS ON OXYGEN - 35:08 EMPHYSEMA - YEARS OF SMOKING - AND I THOUGHT, 'OH PRAISE THE 35:13 LORD. THANK YOU, LORD.' I WAS TEMPTED 35:15 BUT HE DOES YOU GOOD IN THE END. EVERY TEMPTATION, WHEN YOU GAIN 35:19 THE VICTORY, YOU'LL BE BLESSED FOR IT. 35:23 SO, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ON HERE TO THE - WELL, WE'RE STILL 35:27 TALKING ABOUT THE TEMPTATION A LITTLE BIT. 35:30 SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'WELL, THE WAY TO AVOID TEMPTATION IS JUST 35:33 AVOID CONTACT WITH PEOPLE - AVOID CONTACT WITH LIFE - AND IF 35:38 I JUST GO LIVE IN A CAVE SOMEWHERE AND THERE'S NO, YOU 35:42 KNOW, LAS VEGAS STRIP AND THERE'S NO PEOPLE AROUND, THEN 35:46 I'LL HIDE MYSELF FROM ALL TEMPTATION.' WELL, I'VE GOT NEWS 35:48 FOR YOU, YOU CAN BE TEMPTED WHEN YOU'RE ALL BY YOURSELF. 35:51 I THINK JOE CREWS WROTE, 'THE PERSON WHO AVOIDS TEMPTATION BY 35:56 AVOIDING CONTACT WITH ALL PEOPLE, MAY DO NO HARM, 35:59 BUT NEITHER WILL THEY DO ANY GOOD. 36:02 THEY BECOME MORALLY USELESS.' THE REASON THAT WE WANT TO BE 36:07 INVOLVED WITH PEOPLE IS NOT JUST - SIN IS JUST NOT DOING BAD, SIN 36:11 IS ALSO NEGLECTING TO DO GOOD. SO YOU WANT TO BE AN OVERCOMER. 36:15 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ MATTHEW 4:4 AND TELL US HOW JESUS 36:17 OVERCAME THAT TEMPTATION IN JUST A MOMENT. I'M GOING TO READ 36:21 ANOTHER VERSE FROM JAMES, 'BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO ENDURES 36:27 TEMPTATION, FOR WHEN HE IS APPROVED HE WILL RECEIVE A CROWN 36:31 OF LIFE WHICH THE LORD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE THAT LOVE HIM. 36:34 LET NO ONE SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED, 'I AM TEMPTED OF GOD.' 36:38 FOR GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED WITH EVIL NOR DOES HE HIMSELF TEMPT 36:41 ANYONE, BUT EACH ONE IS TEMPTED WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY BY HIS OWN 36:45 DESIRES AND ENTICED.' NOW THERE'S A MYSTERY IN THIS VERSE: 36:49 GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED. WAS JESUS GOD? WAS JESUS TEMPTED? 36:57 GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED. WAS JESUS GOD? 37:00 WAS JESUS TEMPTED? IT SAYS HE WAS TEMPTED. 37:03 WAS HE TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS AS WE ARE YET WITHOUT SIN. 37:07 HOW CAN WE RECONCILE THOSE TWO CONCEPTS? 37:10 BECAUSE WHEN JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD, HE LAID ASIDE HIS 37:13 GODNESS - HE LAID ASIDE HIS DIVINITY - HE EMBRACED OUR FLESH 37:19 AND SO HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE TEMPTED. HE UNDERSTANDS 37:23 COMPLETELY HOW WE ARE TEMPTED. HE HAD ALL OF THE SAME ANIMAL 37:30 DESIRES THAT A HEALTHY HUMAN HAS. HE KNEW HOW IT FELT TO BE 37:35 HUNGRY AND WANT TO EAT TOO MUCH. HE KNEW WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE 37:40 SLIGHTED AND MAYBE HAVE YOUR SELF-ESTEEM WOUNDED AND HE JUST 37:45 SUBDUED ALL THOSE THINGS AND WAS LED OF THE SPIRIT. 37:48 HE CONTINUALLY SURRENDERED HIMSELF INTO HIS FATHER'S HANDS. 37:52 NOW, THEN TEMPTATION SAID, 'IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, TURN 37:58 THESE STONES INTO BREAD.' RIGHT? THAT'S THE FIRST TEMPTATION. 38:04 NOW WHAT GAVE THE DEVIL AWAY? >>IF. 38:07 >>HE SAID, 'IF YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD.' HE'S - AND DID THE DEVIL, 38:11 WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO TEMPT JESUS, THE DEVIL KIND OF PLOPPED 38:15 DOWN ON THE GROUND SNAPPING HIS POINTED TAIL WITH HIS BAT WINGS 38:19 FLAPPING AND HIS GOATEE AND HIS HORNS AND HIS RED LEOTARDS, 38:23 STROKING HIS GOATEE WITH LONG FINGERNAILS - 38:28 IT'S THE TYPICAL PICTURE PEOPLE HAVE. 38:29 YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE RED DEVIL PAINT OR DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE AND 38:32 YOU'VE GOT A PICTURE OF THE DEVIL SOMEWHERE, HE DOESN'T 38:35 USUALLY LOOK LIKE A GOOD ANGEL, DOES HE? 38:37 SO IF SOME HIDEOUS CREATURE LIKE THAT WERE TO JUMP DOWN AND MAKE 38:41 A SUGGESTION, WHY WOULD YOU EVER LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT THAT 38:44 CREATURE WOULD SUGGEST? YOU KNOW HE'S UP TO NO GOOD 38:45 JUST BY THE WAY HE LOOKS. HOW DID THE DEVIL 38:47 APPEAR TO JESUS? 2 CORINTHIANS 11, SATAN HIMSELF 38:52 IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. 38:56 SO HE CAME DOWN AND HE HID HIMSELF AND LOOKED BEAUTIFUL AND 39:03 CONVEYED THAT HE WAS SENT FROM GOD AND THERE'S JUST ONE TEST 39:07 AND ALL THIS TEMPTATION WOULD BE OVER. 39:09 HE JUST NEEDED TO USE HIS POWER AND SO I'M SURE IT WAS A LOT 39:14 MORE SERIOUS A TEMPTATION THAN WE MIGHT THINK, IF HE APPEARED 39:17 LOOKING LIKE A DEVIL. NOW DID JESUS JUST HEAR THE 39:20 FATHER SAY, 'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON'? 39:24 SO THE - YEAH, WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED - SO NOW THE DEVIL'S 39:27 SAYING, 'IF'. HE'S GETTING HIM TO DOUBT THE 39:31 TESTIMONY OF GOD'S WORD - FIRST TEMPTATION. WHAT WAS THE FIRST 39:36 TEMPTATION TO EVE? WAS IT REGARDING APPETITE? 39:41 WAS THE DEVIL TRYING TO GET EVE TO DOUBT THE TESTIMONY OF GOD'S 39:44 WORD - DO NOT EAT THIS FORBIDDEN FRUIT? 39:48 AND SO JESUS - THE DIFFERENCE IS ADAM WAS TEMPTED IN A PARADISE. 39:52 JESUS IS NOW TEMPTED IN A WILDERNESS. 39:55 ADAM FELL IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. JESUS OVERCAME IN A DESERT. 40:00 AND SO THE BIG CONTRAST HERE TELLING US THAT IF JESUS COULD 40:04 OVERCOME IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WE CAN TOO. 40:07 SO WHAT DID - WHAT WAS JESUS' RESPONSE? MATTHEW 4:4. 40:10 >>"BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID, 'IT IS WRITTEN, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE 40:15 BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE 40:18 MOUTH OF GOD.'" >>WITH EVERY TEMPTATION, JESUS 40:22 MEETS IT WITH WHAT? >>THE WORD OF GOD. 40:25 >>THE WORD OF GOD - 'IT IS WRITTEN'. 40:27 OF THE ARMOR OF GOD, YOU'VE GOT ONE PIECE OF THE ARMOR OF GOD 40:32 YOU FIND IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6, THAT IS NOT ONLY OFFENSIVE, IT'S 40:38 DEFENSIVE - IT'S BOTH - MOST OF THEM ARE DEFENSIVE - YOUR 40:41 HELMET, YOU KNOW, NO SOLDIER EVER ATTACKS SOMEBODY WITH THEIR 40:43 HELMET - NOT TYPICALLY - OR THEIR BREASTPLATE, OR THEIR 40:47 SHOES, BUT THE SWORD IS - OR THEIR SHIELD - THE SWORD IS AN 40:51 OFFENSIVE AND A DEFENSIVE WEAPON. 40:54 SO WHEN WE'RE TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL, YOU USE THE SWORD. 40:58 IT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD. 41:00 IT'S A SYMBOL FOR THE WORD OF GOD - THE NEW AND THE OLD 41:02 TESTAMENTS - THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS - IT'S LIKE THE TEN 41:05 COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN ON TWO STONES - MOSES AND ELIJAH. 41:09 AND SO HE SAID, 'IT IS WRITTEN.' NOW, I'LL TELL YOU NOW THAT ALL 41:13 THREE TIMES WHEN JESUS IS TEMPTED, WHO KNOWS WHAT BOOK 41:16 CHRIST QUOTES FROM? ALL THREE TIMES HE QUOTES FROM 41:19 THE SAME BOOK - DEUTERONOMY. ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? 41:23 IT'S THE LAST SERMON OF MOSES AND IN DEUTERONOMY, MOSES 41:27 FORETELLS CHRIST IS COMING - DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 18 - SO I 41:31 THINK THAT'S INTERESTING. DID JESUS, WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED 41:34 BY THE DEVIL, SAY, 'HANG ON SATAN, I'VE GOT A SCROLL HERE. 41:40 JUST LET ME FIND CHAPTER AND VERSE' - THERE WERE NO CHAPTERS 41:43 AND VERSES, BY THE WAY, BACK THEN. 41:46 DID HE HAVE TO TAKE HIS FINGER AND UNROLL THIS LONG SCROLL OF 41:49 DEUTERONOMY OR HAD HE ALREADY DONE THAT FROM WEEK TO WEEK AS 41:53 HE WAS READING THE VERSES GROWING UP ON HIS MOTHER'S KNEE 41:56 AND HE HAD HIDDEN IT IN HIS HEART SO WHEN TEMPTATION CAME, 41:59 HE HAD IT. WE NEED TO STORE UP THE PROMISES 42:02 OF GOD SO THAT WE CAN REFERENCE THEM. WILL THE HOLY SPIRIT BRING 42:07 THOSE VERSES TO YOUR MIND WHEN YOU NEED THEM? DOES JESUS 42:10 PROMISE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BRING THOSE THINGS TO OUR 42:13 MIND? THE SPIRIT WILL GIVE US REMEMBRANCE? YES HE DOES. 42:16 ALRIGHT, NOW ANOTHER TEMPTATION, MATTHEW 4, VERSES 5 THROUGH 7. 42:20 AND IT SAYS HERE, "THEN THE DEVIL TOOK HIM UP INTO THE HOLY 42:24 CITY, SET HIM ON THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, AND SAID TO HIM, 42:27 'IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, THROW YOURSELF DOWN. FOR IT IS 42:31 WRITTEN:" - OOH, LOOK AT THAT, THE DEVIL'S QUOTING THE BIBLE 42:33 NOW. HE'S CAUGHT ON. "FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'HE SHALL GIVE HIS 42:37 ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU,' AND, 'IN THEIR HANDS THEY SHALL 42:40 BEAR YOU UP, LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'" NOW, YOU 42:44 KNOW, RIGHT AWAY - I HOPE YOU NOTICED. 42:47 IF YOU KNOW PSALM 91 THAT THE DEVIL IS QUOTING, THE DEVIL IS 42:51 MISQUOTING - HE'S LEAVING PART OF IT OUT. 42:54 HE LEAVES OUT THE PART 'TO GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU TO 42:57 KEEP YOU IN ALL OF YOUR WAYS.' AND HE'S JUST SAYING, 'HE'LL 43:01 GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE - JUMP - THEY'LL WATCH OVER YOU. 43:04 THEY'LL CATCH YOU. THIS'LL BE A SIGN OF FAITH. 43:06 TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH. WHERE'S YOUR FAITH?' 43:10 AND HE TAKES HIM TO A RELIGIOUS PLACE. NOW JOSEPHUS TELLS US - 43:16 IT SAYS HE TOOK HIM TO THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE. 43:18 JOSEPHUS TELLS US THAT THE PINNACLE OF THE JEWISH TEMPLE 43:22 WAS ABOUT 450 FEET. NOW THAT WAS PRETTY HIGH. 43:28 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE FAITH IF YOU'RE GOING TO JUMP OFF - 43:30 THAT'S LIKE BUNGEE JUMPING - 450 FEET IS QUITE A WAYS UP. 43:37 WELL, I'LL SAVE THAT. HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? 43:42 DEUTERONOMY 6:16 HE SAID IT IS WRITTEN - AGAIN - "YOU SHALL NOT 43:47 TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD." SO HERE THE DEVIL IS USING 43:50 SCRIPTURE, BUT HE'S MISUSING THE SCRIPTURE SO JESUS RESPONDS WITH 43:54 THE RIGHT VERSE FROM THE BIBLE. HE TAKES HIM TO A RELIGIOUS 43:58 PLACE AND HE QUOTES RELIGIOUS WORDS. 44:01 DOES THE DEVIL SOMETIMES GO TO CHURCH? 44:03 >>YES. >>YEAH, SO HERE THE 44:06 DEVIL GOES TO THE TEMPLE. HE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. 44:09 AND HE'S QUOTING DEUTERONOMY 6:16. 44:12 AGAIN, I MENTIONED IT, THE FIRST ADAM FELL IN THE PARADISE, 44:15 JESUS OVERCAME IN A WILDERNESS. 44:16 THE FIRST ADAM FELL WITH EVERY NEED BEING MET. 44:19 THE SECOND ADAM, JESUS, OVERCOMES WITH GREAT WANT. 44:23 WHEN DOES THE DEVIL COME WITH TEMPTATION? 44:27 IT SAYS AFTER HE HAD GONE 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS. 44:32 HE WAITS UNTIL YOU'RE TIRED. HE WAITS UNTIL YOU'RE HUNGRY. 44:37 YOU ALWAYS WANT TO SCHEDULE YOUR BEST ARGUMENTS WITH YOUR SPOUSE 44:39 FOR WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY AND TIRED AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN 44:43 HAVE A REAL GOOD ONE. THE DEVIL COMES TO US WHEN WE'RE WEAK. 44:47 HE DOESN'T COME TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE STRONG. 44:50 HE COMES TO YOU WHEN YOU DON'T EXPECT IT AND SURPRISES YOU. 44:54 YOU NOTICE THE OLD TESTAMENT BEGINS WITH A SERPENT TEMPTING 44:57 ADAM AND EVE AND THE WORLD'S FALL. 45:00 THE NEW TESTAMENT BEGINS WITH A SERPENT TEMPTING THE SON OF GOD 45:03 AND THE WORLD'S SALVATION. THE OLD TESTAMENT BEGINS BY 45:07 GOD SAYING, 'WHERE ARE YOU?' THE NEW TESTAMENT BEGINS BY 45:11 THE WISE MEN LOOKING FOR JESUS SAYING, 'WHERE IS HE?' 45:14 THE OLD TESTAMENT BEGINS EXPLAINING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. 45:17 THE NEW TESTAMENT BEGINS EXPLAINING THE SOLUTION TO THE 45:20 PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL SAID, 'JUST JUMP.' 45:28 AND JESUS SAID, 'DON'T TEMPT THE LORD.' DOES THE DEVIL 45:31 STILL TELL PEOPLE TO JUMP? CHRISTIAN MAN FINDS A BEAUTIFUL 45:39 DAUGHTER OF MEN AND HE'S A BELIEVER AND SHE'S NOT AND THE 45:46 DEVIL SAYS, 'JUST GO AHEAD AND PROPOSE. JUMP. GOD'LL CATCH YOU. 45:52 SHE'LL GET CONVERTED LATER.' DO PEOPLE SOMETIMES STILL TEMPT 45:56 THE LORD TODAY? THE DEVIL SAYS, 'JUST JUMP, 45:58 GOD'LL CATCH YOU. GO AHEAD AND SIN AND 46:02 YOU CAN REPENT LATER. JUST JUMP.' HOW MANY TIMES HAVE 46:06 YOU AND I HEARD THE DEVIL SAY, 'JUST JUMP. 46:08 GOD'LL PICK UP THE PIECES. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.'? 46:12 AND THEN YOU GET TO THE - THIS LAST TEMPTATION HERE - DEVIL 46:18 WORSHIP - AND SOMEONE, IN A MOMENT, IS GOING TO READ 46:21 MATTHEW 4:10. OKAY, RICKY, YOU'LL HAVE THAT? 46:24 I'M GOING TO READ MATTHEW 4:8 AND 9, "AGAIN, THE DEVIL TOOK 46:27 HIM UP ON AN EXCEEDINGLY HIGH MOUNTAIN, AND SHOWED HIM ALL THE 46:31 KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD AND THEIR GLORY. 46:33 AND HE SAID TO HIM, 'ALL THESE THINGS I WILL GIVE YOU IF YOU 46:37 WILL FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP ME.'" NOW, AT THIS POINT, THE VEIL HAS 46:41 BEEN TORN ASIDE. YOU KNOW, JESUS KNOWS WHO IT IS. 46:44 TWICE HE SAID, 'IF YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD. 46:46 IF YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD.' AND NOW THE DEVIL SAYS, 'LOOK, 46:50 ALRIGHT, SO YOU KNOW WHO I AM. YOU CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SAVE 46:53 THE WORLD, I WILL SAVE YOU ALL THE TROUBLE. 46:56 YOU DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THE MISERY AND SUFFERING, 47:00 REJECTION, AND DEATH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE.' HE SAID, 47:04 'IF YOU JUST BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. 47:08 I'LL HAND YOU THE WORLD ON A PLATTER.' YOU HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE 47:12 SELLING THEIR SOULS TO THE DEVIL? 47:14 'IF YOU'LL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE ME. JUST SELL OUT.' YOU KNOW, SOME 47:17 PEOPLE SELL THEIR SOULS TO THE DEVIL AND THEY DON'T SIGN A 47:19 CONTRACT AND THEY DON'T PRAY TO THE DEVIL. THE DEVIL DOESN'T 47:22 APPEAR TO THEM AND SAY, 'LOOK, I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL. 47:24 I'LL GIVE YOU RICHES, FAME, AND FORTUNE IF YOU JUST WORSHIP ME.' 47:28 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'D PROBABLY DO THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT A LOT 47:32 OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY SORT OF SELL THEIR SOULS TO THE DEVIL BY 47:35 SAYING, 'I JUST DON'T WANT TO SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. 47:38 I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITH THE FLOW.' AND CHRIST SAID, 'IF 47:42 YOU'RE NOT WITH ME THEN' - WHAT? >>YOU'RE AGAINST ME. 47:44 >>YOU'RE AGAINST ME. AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'LOOK, 47:47 IT'LL BE EASIER TO GO ALONG WITH THE WORLD. 47:51 IF I RESIST THE DEVIL HE COMES AFTER ME.' AS SOON AS JESUS 47:54 BEGAN HIS MINISTRY THE DEVIL CAME AFTER HIM. 47:57 WHO WANTS TO FIGHT THE DEVIL? IF THE DEVIL KNOWS WHO YOU ARE, 48:01 IS THAT A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING? 48:04 HOW MANY OF YOU WANT THE DEVIL TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE BY NAME? 48:10 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ON THIS QUESTION? 48:13 (LAUGHTER) BECAUSE YOU WANT TO LIVE A LIFE THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR 48:18 THE DEVIL - SUCH A BIG PROBLEM HE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE, RIGHT? 48:22 SO IN THAT RESPECT YOU WANT TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE DEVIL. 48:25 DID THE DEVIL KNOW WHO PAUL WAS? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? 48:29 BECAUSE ONE TIME THE DEMONS SAID, WHEN THESE EXORCISTS TRIED 48:33 TO CAST OUT A DEVIL IN JESUS' NAME - THEY SAID, 'IN THE NAME 48:36 OF JESUS, WHO PAUL PREACHES, COME OUT.' AND THE DEVIL 48:39 RESPONDED - HE SAID, 'I KNOW PAUL AND I KNOW JESUS, BUT I 48:43 DON'T KNOW YOU.' WOULDN'T THAT BE AN INSULT IF THE DEVIL SAID, 48:49 'I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE. YOU'RE SUCH A WICKED PERSON THAT 48:52 YOU'RE JUST PART OF OUR LOST CROWD. 48:54 WE DON'T EVEN KNOW - WHO ARE YOU?' 48:56 DON'T YOU WANT THE DEVIL TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE? 48:59 BUT YOU DON'T WANT ANY PERSONAL ATTENTION, DO YOU? 49:02 SO IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT. THAT'S LIKE PRAYING - HAVE YOU 49:05 EVER SAID, 'LORD, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SAVE ME. 49:07 SEND TROUBLE. SEND PAIN. SEND SUFFERING. 49:09 WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SAVE ME, DO IT.' 49:12 ANY OF YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT BEFORE? 49:16 BUT YOU HESITATE TO PRAY IT BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO PRAY FOR 49:19 SOME CYCLONE TO COME INTO THEIR LIFE? 49:22 BUT IN REALITY, WOULDN'T THAT BE THE SMART THING? 49:25 TO SAY, 'LORD, I'M TOTALLY SURRENDERED. 49:27 WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, I'M YOURS.' RIGHT? 49:31 WOULDN'T IT BE WORTH IT IN THE END? 49:33 OR DO YOU WANT TO BE UNKNOWN TO THE DEVIL AND UNTESTED BY GOD? 49:37 SO HE TOOK HIM UP TO A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN AND SHOWED HIM ALL THE 49:42 KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD - 'ALL THIS I WILL GIVE YOU.' THAT'S 49:46 WHY JESUS CALLED THE DEVIL THE PRINCE OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE THE 49:51 - HE CLAIMS IT AS HIS OWN. YOU KNOW, THE LORD TOOK MOSES UP 49:57 ON A MOUNTAIN AND SHOWED HIM ALL THE PROMISED LAND BEFORE HE 50:00 DIED. HE SHOWED HIM THE PROMISES. THE DEVIL IS NOW 50:05 TAKING JESUS UP AND SHOWING HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS, BUT HE'S 50:09 SAYING, 'DON'T WORSHIP GOD.' IN REVELATION 21 JOHN IS TAKEN UP 50:14 ON A MOUNTAIN AND SHOWN THE NEW JERUSALEM. 50:17 YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 21:10, "AND HE CARRIED ME AWAY 50:20 IN THE SPIRIT TO A GREAT AND HIGH MOUNTAIN, AND SHOWED ME THE 50:22 GREAT CITY, THE HOLY JERUSALEM, DESCENDING...FROM GOD." 50:26 WHAT MOUNTAIN IS IT THAT THE DEVIL TOOK JESUS TO - THAT HE 50:31 SHOWS HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD? 50:33 YOU CAN'T SEE ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD FROM NEBO. 50:36 YOU CAN'T SEE ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD FROM EVEREST. 50:39 HAVE YOU READ IN ISAIAH 14 WHAT DID THE DEVIL WANT? 50:42 ISAIAH 14:13, "FOR YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART:" - SPEAKING OF 50:46 LUCIFER - "'I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, I WILL EXALT MY THRONE 50:51 ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD; I WILL ALSO SIT ON THE MOUNT OF THE 50:55 CONGREGATION ON THE FARTHEST SIDES OF THE NORTH;" - SO THIS 50:59 MOUNTAIN MUST HAVE BEEN AT THE NORTH POLE? 51:01 WHAT DOES IT MEAN? FARTHEST SIDES OF THE NORTH? 51:04 SEE, OUR IDEA - WHEN YOU SAY SOMEONE LIVES DOWN UNDER IN 51:09 AUSTRALIA, WHY DO YOU SAY 'DOWN UNDER'? 51:11 WHY DON'T YOU SAY THEY LIVE AT THE TOP? 51:13 THE IDEA OF THE TOP OF THE WORLD BEING THE NORTH AND THE BOTTOM 51:16 BEING THE SOUTH - THEY EVEN BELIEVE THAT IN THE SOUTHERN 51:20 HEMISPHERE. THAT IS AN ANCIENT CONCEPT. THE HIGHEST YOU COULD 51:26 BE - THE PINNACLE OF THE NORTH - THE DEVIL WANTING TO BE ON THE 51:30 MOUNTAIN OF THE NORTH MEANT HE WANTED TO BE GOD. 51:33 YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S THE HIGHEST PLACE. 51:37 AND SO WHEN IT SAYS HE TOOK HIM UP TO A HIGH MOUNTAIN, THE DEVIL 51:40 TOOK HIM UP TO HIS PLACE AND HE GAVE HIM A PANORAMA. 51:43 HE CREATED THIS THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE. 51:46 AND WHEN HE SHOWED HIM THE CITIES OF THE WORLD, DID THE 51:48 DEVIL SHOW JESUS THE CITIES OF THE WORLD - DID HE SHOW HIM THE 51:50 SLUMS AND THE DIRTY PLACES AND THE CRIME, OR DID HE SHOW THEM 51:55 ALL THE GLORY OF THEM? HE SHOWED THEM THE GOOD SIDE. 51:59 HE HID THE BAD SIDE. 52:01 AND HE SAID, 'OH, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.' - EXCUSE ME - 'IT'LL BE 52:05 YOURS, JUST BOW DOWN.' HE WANTED TO BE GOD. 52:10 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ FOR ME, PLEASE, MATTHEW 4:10. 52:15 >>"THEN SAYETH JESUS TO HIM, 'GO ADVERSARY, FOR IT HATH BEEN 52:18 WRITTEN, 'THE LORD THY GOD SHALT THOU BOW TO AND HIM ONLY SHALT 52:22 THOU SERVE.' THEN DOTH THE DEVIL LEAVE HIM, AND, LO, MESSENGERS 52:27 CAME AND WERE MINISTERING TO HIM." 52:30 >>ALRIGHT, SO JESUS FINALLY SAID, 'LOOK, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.' 52:32 THERE ARE THREE TEMPTATIONS THAT CAME. 52:35 AND ALL TEMPTATION CAN REALLY BE SUMMARIZED INTO ONE OF THREE 52:38 CATEGORIES: YOU'VE GOT 1 JOHN 2:16, "FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE 52:43 WORLD, THE LUST OF THE FLESH, AND THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND 52:47 THE PRIDE OF LIFE, IS NOT OF THE FATHER, BUT IS OF THE WORLD. 52:50 AND THE WORLD PASSETH AWAY, AND THE LUST THEREOF." 52:53 JESUS IS NOW TEMPTED IN THREE AREAS: HE'S TEMPTED THROUGH HIS 52:57 SENSES - WHAT WAS THAT TEMPTATION? 53:01 MAKE THE STONES INTO BREAD. HE WAS HUNGRY. 53:04 HE HAD A PHYSICAL NEED. IT WAS A PHYSICAL TEMPTATION. 53:07 HE LOOKED AT THOSE WATER-WASHED STONES - MAYBE IN A DRY CREEK 53:09 BED OUT THERE IN THE DESERT AND THEY LOOKED LIKE LITTLE LOAVES. 53:13 AND THE DEVIL PROBABLY CREATED A FRAGRANCE OF FRESH BREAD AND 53:18 WAFTED IT OVER TO JESUS AND SAID, 'YOU CAN JUST SPEAK AND 53:20 MAKE THESE BREADS - AND EAT RIGHT - MAKE THIS INTO BREAD AND 53:22 EAT RIGHT NOW.' HE TEMPTED HIM THROUGH HIS SENSES. 53:27 HE WAS TEMPTED TO TEST THE SUPERNATURAL. 53:30 'ANGELS WILL CATCH YOU, JUMP.' AND HE WAS TEMPTED TO TAKE 53:34 SHORTCUTS TO POWER - 'FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP ME.' THE SAME AREAS 53:40 WHERE ADAM AND EVE WERE TEMPTED - WHAT DID GOD SAY IN 53:44 GENESIS 3:6 TO EVE? "AND WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE 53:49 TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD," - LUST OF THE FLESH - "AND THAT IT WAS 53:52 PLEASANT TO THE EYES," - LUST OF THE EYES - "AND A TREE TO BE 53:56 DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE," - SMARTER THAN OTHERS - PRIDE OF 53:59 LIFE - "SHE TOOK OF THE FRUIT THEREOF, AND DID EAT." 54:03 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY SOMETIMES THEY DON'T THINK THAT DIET AND 54:08 CONTROL OVER OUR DIET IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE IN THE LAST DAYS. 54:13 WAS IT AN ISSUE WITH THE FALL OF HUMANITY? 54:16 WAS IT AN ISSUE IN THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS? 54:23 IN THE END, WHEN IT SAYS THAT MAYBE YOU CAN'T BUY OR SELL - 54:27 WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET NEW CLOTHES FOR A 54:31 LITTLE WHILE, BUT HOW LONG CAN YOU GO WITHOUT EATING OR 54:33 DRINKING? AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS. 54:37 IF JESUS FASTED 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS HE HAD THOSE PASSIONS 54:41 SUBDUED. AND GOD IS NOT ASKING US TO FAST 54:44 - FASTING PERIODICALLY IS A GOOD IDEA. 54:46 DO THAT UNDER DOCTOR'S - YOUR DOCTOR'S COUNSEL, BUT FASTING 54:51 IS BIBLICAL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FAST 40 DAYS. 54:54 THREE PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE FASTED 40 DAYS - WHO WERE THEY? 54:57 >>JESUS. >>JESUS. MOSES. ELIJAH. 55:03 ON THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION, WHO APPEARED? 55:06 JESUS, MOSES, AND ELIJAH. THEY'RE ALL SYMBOLS FOR THE - 55:11 THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS - THE WORD OF GOD. 55:14 AND - BUT GOD IS NOT CALLING YOU TO DO THAT. 55:17 BUT WE DO NEED TO ASK GOD TO GIVE US THE VICTORY IN THESE 55:21 AREAS. SO THESE WERE THE SAME AREAS 55:23 WHERE ADAM AND EVE FELL - THE SAME AREAS WHERE 55:26 JESUS WAS TEMPTED. EVERYTHING THAT WAS LOST BY THE 55:29 FIRST ADAM WAS RECOVERED BY THE SECOND ADAM. 55:32 SO, WHAT ARE THE TIPS FOR RESISTING TEMPTATION? 55:40 EVERYTHING THAT - EVERYTHING THAT JESUS DID TO FIGHT 55:42 TEMPTATION WAS, 'IT IS WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN. 55:45 IT IS WRITTEN.' BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO. 55:50 AVOID THE PLACES WHERE YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE TEMPTED. 55:53 NOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE, THE BIBLE SAYS, 55:55 'ALL THAT LIVE GODLY WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION.' 55:58 BUT THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO AVOID 56:00 PLACES WHERE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE WEAK. 56:04 THERE ARE RELATIONSHIPS YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN AVOID. 56:06 SOMETIMES YOU CAN AVOID TEMPTATION BY JUST WAITING UNTIL 56:09 YOU'VE HAD A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP TO TAKE CARE OF A CONVERSATION 56:13 OR SOMETHING, OR YOU'VE HAD A MEAL. 56:16 MATTER OF FACT, I'VE GOT ANOTHER LITTLE BOOK THAT'S CALLED TIPS 56:19 FOR RESISTING TEMPTATION THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO LOOK AT. 56:22 YOU CAN READ IT FOR FREE ONLINE. 56:24 BUT WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME FOR OUR LESSON TODAY. 56:26 I WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, WE DO HAVE A FREE 56:29 OFFER CALLED DOWN FROM HIS GLORY WRITTEN BY JOE CREWS. 56:32 WE'LL GIVE YOU A FREE COPY WHEN YOU CALL. 56:34 ASK FOR OFFER #7O1. 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