The Bible tells us, "In
the beginning was the Word,
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and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
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It says to receive with
meekness the implanted Word,
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which is able to save your souls
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and to be diligent...
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to present
yourself approved to God...
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rightly dividing
the Word of truth.
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Join us now... for the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Our study today is:
Preparation for the End Time.
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You are watching the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel,
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I'm C.A. Murray
and I welcome you
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to this in-depth
study of the Word of God
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and the Seventh-day
Adventist Sabbath School Lesson
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which is being
studied around the world.
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No matter where you go, no
matter what country you go...
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if you're in a
Seventh-day Adventist church,
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you're going to be
studying this particular lesson
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and it's nice to know
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that the world is
coming together to study
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and you're coming
together with us to study
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and together, we will
dig deep into the Word
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and bring forth, dare
I say... nuggets of truth
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that will enrich our
lives and enhance our walk
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as together... we walk
this road that leads to glory.
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I am in the company of some
wonderful students of the Word,
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and fellow travelers
on the road to glory,
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Pastor Kenny Shelton,
good to have you here, man.
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Good to be here, thank you.
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And Sister Shelley
Quinn, so good to have you here.
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Always good to be here.
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And Sister Mollie Steenson,
again, good to have you here.
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Thank you.
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And Jill Morikone,
good to have you here, Jill.
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Thank you.
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May I encourage you,
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should you want
to join in with us
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that you go to
the internet to: ABSG
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which is: Adult
Bible Study Guide
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.Adventist. org
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and you can
download a Bible Study...
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a Sabbath School
Quarterly to study with us
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and let me encourage you...
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these things, we've been
studying the last several weeks,
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this is good material...
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this is material that
you may want to refer to
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at other times in your
life, if you're teaching...
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certainly if you're a
Sabbath School teacher,
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hopefully we will say something
that will be of value to you
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that you can
use in your teaching
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but the lessons that we are
studying this particular quarter
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since we're dealing with
preparation for the end times,
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this is material that you
may want to just warehouse...
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put in a file somewhere...
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and you can refer back
to some of this information
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at other times... if you
have talks you want to give
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or something else
that you want to do,
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very good information...
very timely information...
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and if you cannot
download the information,
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may we suggest
that you make your way
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to the local
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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first of all,
they'd love to see you
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and they're probably
going to try to keep you
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and we praise the Lord for that
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but ask them for a
Sabbath School Lesson,
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they will give you a
Sabbath School Lesson
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and maybe they may even
give you a little potluck,
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praise the Lord,
after the sermon is over.
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So, make your way to the local
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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they'd be happy to give
you a Sabbath School Lesson
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and you can follow along with us
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and we'd be pleased to do so.
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We are talking about
this particular quarter...
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of this particular week
of this particular quarter
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end-time deceptions
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and Pastor Kenny,
I'm going to ask you
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to ask God's
blessing upon our study
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before we wade into this very
timely and pertinent subject.
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Yes, let's pray shall we?
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"Loving Father in heaven,
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truly it is good to be
part of the family of God today,
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it's good to be able to sit
together to study the Word...
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the Holy Word...
that you've left for us,
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we pray now for the
power of thy Holy Spirit...
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how desperately we need
the Spirit of the Living God.
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Lord, we just can't understand
these end-time subjects
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without the power of the Spirit,
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so as the Holy Spirit now
descends upon each one of us,
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those who are at home...
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those who
watch... those who listen,
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those who view in
any form or fashion,
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we pray that the Holy
Spirit will consume us all
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that we may learn more about you
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and some of the
warnings that are given
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that we may take heed to these
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and we may follow
you right on into glory,
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we thank you in
Jesus' name, amen. "
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"Amen... amen. "
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They have used a
number of translations
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for the memory text
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and this one in
Revelation chapter 12 verse 9
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comes to us from the
New King James Version.
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So, we'll recite it together
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and then we'll sort of launch
out into our study for today.
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Revelation chapter 12
verse 9, the Bible says,
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"So the great
dragon was cast out,
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that serpent of old,
called the Devil and Satan,
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who deceives the whole world;
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he was cast to the earth,
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and his angels were
cast out with him. "
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Yes.
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There are a couple of texts
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in the gospel of 1st John
that appear to be conflicting
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and for some people appear to be
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some sort of
Biblical doublespeak.
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They are found in 1st
John chapter 2 verses 7 and 8,
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1st John
chapter 2 verses 7 to 8,
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7 and 8...
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The one text... Christ says,
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"I'm not going to
give you a new commandment"
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and then in the very
next text, it says again,
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"A new commandment I give you"
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and so, it has
confused many, many people.
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Is it new... is it not new?
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well, the answer is found
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in the Greek definitions
of those particular words,
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and rather than
going to all of the Greek,
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let me just explain it to you.
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One is brand-new...
the other is new to you...
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Panel: Oh, that's good.
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So, he's saying,
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"I'm not giving you a
brand-new commandment,
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I'm giving you a commandment
which is new to you. "
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It's the same-old commandment,
but you've forgotten it
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so, I'm bringing it back to you,
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it's like, you
buy a new car, Pastor.
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Pastor: Yes.
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It's not a new
car... but it's new to you.
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Yes... yes... Laughter...
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It's an old car but
it's... it's new to you
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so Christ says, "I'm not
giving you anything brand-new
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but you've forgotten this
so, I'm bringing it back to you,
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it's new to you. "
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May I suggest then, that when
we look at end-time deceptions,
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they're not really brand-new
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as much as they are
"new" to the end times.
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Satan is using
age-old tricks and tactics,
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but they... they're
kind of on steroids now
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you know,
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it's the same-old stuff
but it's new to this generation
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new to this generation.
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Frankly, Satan has more tools
now than he ever had before,
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he's got more weapons to use,
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he was a liar and
murderer from the beginning
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he has not changed.
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He is still a liar and murderer.
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He began the work
of deception in heaven
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and then he brought
it to earth with him.
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Same tactics... deception...
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he deceived
one-third of the angels,
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he deceived Eve, he
didn't change his tactics
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he didn't alter his
tactics and in these last days,
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he's the same...
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he's a deceiver and a
murderer with a new arsenal,
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now, he's a
deceiver and murderer...
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with television.
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Panel: Hmmm...
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he's a deceiver and
murderer with movies,
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he's a deceiver and murderer
with videos... in his arsenal,
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he's a deceiver and murderer,
with DVDs in his arsenal,
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he's a deceiver and murderer
with radio in his arsenal,
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he's a deceiver and murderer
with the internet in his arsenal
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he's a deceiver and murderer
with pornography in his arsenal,
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he's a deceiver and murderer...
he's got iPads... iPhones...
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iPods... iWatches...
Google, Android, Internet,
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books... YouTube,
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he's the same
deceiver and murderer
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but he's got more ways to infect
the world with his disease.
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He's got more arsenal...
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he's got more
weapons in his arsenal,
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he is still the father of lies.
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Panel: That's right.
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But he's a liar now
with drugs in his arsenal,
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he's a liar now with
alcohol in his arsenal,
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he's a liar now with
pornography in his arsenal,
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he's a liar now
with new methodologies
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but same old lies.
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The truth is,
in this world today
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there are more ways to get hurt,
there are more ways to get sick,
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there are more ways to die...
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and there are more ways to be
distracted from the Word of God.
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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So, he's got a
brand-new arsenal...
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he's got more
tricks up his sleeves
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but he's the same old
murderer, the same old liar,
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the same old
deceiver that has not changed.
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When we look at Sunday, one
of Satan's master deceptions
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is the notion
that there is no Satan.
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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That's one of his master tricks
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or that he's
something to be toyed with
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or laughed at... or joked with.
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So, you got this
horned being in a red suit
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with a pitchfork and a tail
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and... and... and...
people don't take that seriously
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so, they don't
take the enemy seriously
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but Satan is a deadly foe.
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If you don't know
that something exists,
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then, you're not looking for it.
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Mollie: That's right.
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So, one of his master
strokes is the notion that
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"There's no devil...
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there's no devil
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and if he is, he
certainly can't help us. "
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It's like doctors
before microscopes...
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they didn't know there
were such things as germs
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or bacteria so they
didn't wash their hands,
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they didn't disinfect anything,
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they just weighed it in
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and then when
they got microscopes
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they found out that there
was this little tiny thing
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that if you don't wash that
thing away, it could kill you
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even though you cannot see it.
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Well, it's the
same way with Satan,
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if you don't know he exists,
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then you're not
aware of his devices
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and you're not looking for him
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and what you don't
know not only can hurt you,
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it can kill you
physically and spiritually.
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So, all throughout the Bible,
there are references to Satan
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and particularly in
the book of Revelation
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as a deadly,
malignant and malicious foe
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seeking to destroy God's people.
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2nd Corinthians
chapter 2 verse 11
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speaks of not
letting Satan take advantage
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because we're
ignorant of his devices.
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So, God's people need
to be aware of his devices
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because the lesson says...
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the truth is, he's
smarter than we are.
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Sometimes, we think we
are smarter... but no...
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he's smarter than we are.
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Solomon said,
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"There's
nothing new under heaven
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and that can include these
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war-time worn
tricks of the devil.
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In these last
days, his wrath is great.
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Martin Luther... in writing
that wonderful hymn of the ages
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and extoling God... "A
mighty fortress is our God"
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turns
immediately from God to Satan
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because he realized
that there was a foe,
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"A mighty fortress is our God,
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A bulwark never failing;
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Our Helper He amid the flood
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Of mortal ills prevailing:
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For still our ancient foe
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Doth seek to work us woe;
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His craft and power are great,
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And, armed with cruel hate,
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On earth is not his equal. "
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The only way to
defeat the master deceiver,
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is to keep your hand
in the hand of the Master.
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Panel: Amen.
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The only way to defeat him
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is to keep... you know,
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there's nothing
about us that Satan fears
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nothing you
have... nothing you are...
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nothing you can
do... that... that...
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he fears the Jesus in you.
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Panel: Absolutely.
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And I like this
statement by Ellen White,
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and I don't recall
exactly where it is found
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because you read so
much Spirit of Prophecy,
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she says that the
weakest Christian...
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the weakest Christian...
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when he calls
upon the power of God,
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is more than a match
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for all the hosts of the enemy
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so that's the...
that's the sorriest Christian,
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when you reach out
and grab hold of Jesus,
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you're more than a match
for even the Devil himself
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and as long as you want Jesus,
Jesus will stay by your side
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and He will keep the
Devil off your back...
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out of your house...
out of your marriage...
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and out of your life.
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Amen, that's the power of God
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so, we don't have
to fear the deceiver
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because praise God,
"Greater is He that is in us
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than he that's in the world. "
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Panel: Hallelujah.
Pastor: And amen...
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Pastor Kenny...
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Oh, that was good, I like that,
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the victory is assured to us
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by the Word that's
given to us by Jesus,
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I appreciate that very much.
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Monday's lesson...
now to me this is powerful
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in fact, the
Quarterly and all the rest
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so, powerful...
especially for... you know,
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we're called
Seventh-day Adventist
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with a message to give...
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and then we figure
out by the grace of God
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how deep do you really dig,
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you have a few
minutes in which to do it
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but you have a lot
of help in the Panel
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so, sometimes we'll
kind of scoot a little bit on
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maybe each
other... not meant to be...
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but it's good to
repeat some things
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because that's how we learn
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and we're looking
at the two errors...
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we're talking about two
errors, Monday's lesson,
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so if you have it,
make sure you get that.
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The two great errors, so,
how far do you go with it?
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I think we
established over and over again
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that deception...
Brother C.A. brought out
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is real...
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there are people
who are deceiving
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a being deceived,
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so, we have to work...
that's working in all the world,
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that's in politics...
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that's even in
religion, believe it or not,
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it's going on all the time,
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we have to be
very, very careful.
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We're warned not to
get involved in that area
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because the
enemy, as you brought out
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is the author of this
deception, these lies...
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and I thought about...
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is it possible that a
Christian can be deceived?
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Panel: Hmmm...
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You know, it talks
about even the very elect...
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we understand
the Scripture says,
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but is it possible that a
Christian can be deceived?
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You brought out, I
think, in a way there
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that I thought, "Well... "
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you might say, "Can
some born-again Christian
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someone we call 'saved'
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or in a 'saving
relationship' be fooled?"
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Well, kind of interesting...
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Lucifer was
self-deceived, wasn't he?
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In the Kingdom... it started
up there right, with Lucifer
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and then we think about...
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it came down to
Eve, you mentioned...
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she was
deceived... we realize that
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you can go back to
illustration after illustration.
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Cain was even
self-deceived, wasn't he
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in his offering
and so on and so forth
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so, deception went
on... began... as in heaven,
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came down here to this earth
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and to the whole world
that Jesus talks to us about
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that great deceiver that we
read in Revelation 12:9, I think
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was it our Memory
Text for this week here,
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he is the great deceiver
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the old dragon was cast out
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so we realize... deception...
we have to be careful
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we're going to be cast out,
maybe out of the presence of God
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we can't do what
we've been called to do.
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Now, what happens to him?
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The good news to me
and I may be wrong in this,
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this is a good news to
me... Revelation 20 verse 10
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gives... about
the deceiver, it says,
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"And the devil that
deceived them... " was what?
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"was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone"
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we know the end...
he's not going to change...
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the end of the deceiver
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and that's what's
going to happen to all of us
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if we are deceived.
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There's really no
excuse for us to be...
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if we say, "in the Word"
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The devil is trying... I
know in this lesson brings out
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he's trying to deceive
us but we must be careful,
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the book of James
brings out, James 1 verse 22,
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it says, "Be careful that you
don't deceive your own selves"
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we have to be careful,
again, self-deceived...
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we can deceive our own self,
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we can be involved
with a different group
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and we can be listening
and we can be... you know...
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so, "Oh boy, we've got
to be careful with that"
00:16:05.76\00:16:07.66
so the enemy is
doing his very best,
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but the book of Revelation
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chapter, I think
it's 13 verse 14,
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he says, "I'm going to work
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on all those that
dwell on the earth"
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so, that means,
you're no exception...
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and I'm no exception...
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the enemy is going
to deceive... what?
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Everybody that
dwells on this earth...
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everybody that he can get at,
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interesting in this...
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2nd John 1 verse 7
brings this out really clearly,
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the enemy... you know,
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is going to be
working on the people,
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it says, "For many deceivers
are entered into the world... "
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2nd John 1 verse 7...
we should jot this down
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as we move very quickly
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"who confess not that
Jesus Christ is come in the... "
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what? "in the flesh. "
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"This is a
deceiver and... " what?
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"and an antichrist. "
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Those are big, big words,
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Jesus warns us of
all kinds of deception.
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You may look at what Matthew
chapter 24... brought out...
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Matthew 24 verse
4, Matthew 24 verse 5,
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Matthew 24 verse
11, Matthew 24 verse 24,
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what is Jesus saying
to us in these passages?
00:17:02.52\00:17:05.25
"Be careful that
no man deceives you. "
00:17:05.29\00:17:08.52
Don't be deceived... you know,
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the enemy is going to
come and say, "I am Christ"
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and it will deceive what?
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It's going to
deceive many, it says here,
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Matthew 24... deceive
if possible the very elect.
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Remember,
deception began in heaven,
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it continued down
into the Garden of Eden
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and it continues
now to the whole world
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so, this is not
anything new to anyone,
00:17:28.94\00:17:31.01
but, I think, it's reality...
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that we have to look at
it as closely as we can.
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1st Timothy chapter
2 verse 14 says this,
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"Adam was not
deceived" notice this, but who?
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"But the woman being
deceived was in transgression. "
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so there's something
about being deceived,
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Pastor, that I look at here...
00:17:46.26\00:17:47.60
that leads to sin
and transgression.
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It can lead to
that which is death...
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it's missing out on heaven,
00:17:51.70\00:17:53.03
we have to be careful about it,
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I found this in
the Spirit of Prophecy,
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Letter 11... 3:11...
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1905... this was written,
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notice how it pertains today,
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we're talking
about "Spiritualism"
00:18:01.51\00:18:03.48
we're talking about
these two great errors
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that were mentioned
here in just a moment,
00:18:04.88\00:18:06.21
"When these spiritualism...
00:18:06.25\00:18:07.82
spiritualistic
deceptions are revealed,
00:18:07.85\00:18:10.72
to be what they really are... "
00:18:10.75\00:18:12.39
notice... "the secret
workings of evil spirits...
00:18:12.42\00:18:16.19
those who have
acted a part in them
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will become as men who
have lost their minds. "
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Panel: Hmmm...
00:18:22.23\00:18:23.57
That's an interesting...
powerful statement right there,
00:18:23.60\00:18:26.17
spiritualistic
deceptions are revealed...
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people are actually
losing their mind...
00:18:29.10\00:18:31.91
because the devil is
taking their mind, isn't he?
00:18:31.94\00:18:34.38
That's what he's out
to get, we know that.
00:18:34.41\00:18:36.18
God wants our mind...
the enemy wants our mind...
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100s and 1,000s
you mentioned here
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of deceptions
that the enemy has...
00:18:41.95\00:18:43.99
that... I encourage you
just as being encouraged
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through all of
these lessons is here,
00:18:46.62\00:18:48.22
there's only one way
that we will not be deceived,
00:18:48.26\00:18:50.96
get to know Jesus...
get to know the Word...
00:18:51.03\00:18:53.26
stay in the
Word... study the Word...
00:18:53.33\00:18:55.70
and, you know, and
then by God's grace,
00:18:55.73\00:18:58.40
be obedient to the
teachings of God's Word
00:18:58.43\00:19:01.14
or we will be deceived,
there's no doubt about it
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I don't care who
we think we might be,
00:19:04.07\00:19:06.34
"We know this...
we know all that... "
00:19:06.37\00:19:08.51
be careful here
because you mentioned...
00:19:08.54\00:19:10.68
brought it out... we're
not match for the enemy.
00:19:10.71\00:19:12.28
Pastor CA: Hmmm...
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we might think, "Well, we don't
want to give him any praise"
00:19:13.68\00:19:15.02
because I'm not... I'm telling
you what it is... he's no match
00:19:15.05\00:19:17.02
that's why God
said in the beginning...
00:19:17.05\00:19:18.39
he said, "I'm
going to put enmity
00:19:18.42\00:19:19.75
between thee and the woman. "
00:19:19.79\00:19:21.26
God knew that the
enemy is too much for us,
00:19:21.29\00:19:23.66
we needed help and He
planted it inside of us,
00:19:23.69\00:19:25.99
and I'm so grateful that He did.
00:19:26.03\00:19:27.76
Now, you know,
the two great errors:
00:19:27.86\00:19:29.46
immortality of the soul...
00:19:29.50\00:19:30.87
that next... next...
tomorrow's lesson, so...
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won't get too much on that
00:19:33.97\00:19:35.57
but it's simply dealing out...
00:19:35.60\00:19:37.21
can't help, we want to
get just a little bit close...
00:19:37.24\00:19:39.77
immortality of the soul...
00:19:39.81\00:19:41.14
it lays the foundation
of spiritualism, doesn't it?
00:19:41.18\00:19:44.15
Spiritualism in the last days,
00:19:44.18\00:19:45.65
you know, "What
is wrong?" you say
00:19:45.68\00:19:47.12
"with spiritual and
things in the last day?"
00:19:47.15\00:19:48.55
Because people
are already saying,
00:19:48.58\00:19:50.79
"We have come
back from the dead. "
00:19:50.82\00:19:52.95
We're talking about
the... even the saints of old...
00:19:53.02\00:19:55.49
people say, "We've
seen them" you know,
00:19:55.52\00:19:56.86
they're talking
about the ancestor...
00:19:56.93\00:19:58.59
different ones
that have come back
00:19:58.63\00:20:00.00
and they always come
back with a message...
00:20:00.03\00:20:01.53
they call it,
"from the other side"
00:20:01.56\00:20:03.03
but every time, we
know that's not possible
00:20:03.06\00:20:06.10
when we understand our lesson
and we'll get... as we go here
00:20:06.17\00:20:08.94
but... we realize, every time
they come back with a message,
00:20:08.97\00:20:11.74
it is a lie of the devil
00:20:11.77\00:20:13.11
so, it's very important
00:20:13.14\00:20:14.48
that we realize the
immortality of the soul
00:20:14.51\00:20:16.04
and then "Sunday Sacredness"
00:20:16.08\00:20:18.21
those are the two great errors,
00:20:18.25\00:20:20.32
so, what can all be
said, about Sunday Sacredness?
00:20:20.38\00:20:23.75
I'm just... I
like to call it out
00:20:23.79\00:20:25.69
because this
creates a bond with Rome,
00:20:25.72\00:20:28.09
we understand
that... Sunday Sacredness...
00:20:28.12\00:20:30.43
we realize in the Word of
God, when we look at that,
00:20:30.49\00:20:33.26
we talk about Sunday, we just...
00:20:33.29\00:20:34.60
let's just be honest
about it, we need to know
00:20:34.63\00:20:37.30
Testimonies to
Ministers, page 118,
00:20:37.40\00:20:39.73
tells, "He's called us...
00:20:39.77\00:20:42.30
He's called us to expose the
wickedness of the man of sin"
00:20:42.34\00:20:45.57
that's what these
lessons are about,
00:20:45.61\00:20:47.51
this is what we're doing here...
00:20:47.54\00:20:48.88
that made the "Sunday
Law" distinct power...
00:20:48.91\00:20:52.85
we have a job to expose
00:20:52.88\00:20:55.42
who the enemy is using
here in these last days.
00:20:55.45\00:20:58.49
It may not be easy,
00:20:58.52\00:20:59.85
some people are
little timid and shy
00:20:59.89\00:21:01.32
to be honest
with you, I am not...
00:21:01.36\00:21:02.76
I'm not being called to be
shy, I'm not called to be timid,
00:21:02.79\00:21:05.66
I'm not being called to
back up, back down or shut up.
00:21:05.73\00:21:07.76
Panel: Amen.
00:21:07.83\00:21:09.13
That's all of us...
00:21:09.16\00:21:10.73
I'm sorry, Pastor, it's
just one of these things,
00:21:10.83\00:21:12.23
we just have to go
with the flow of this thing
00:21:12.27\00:21:14.14
this is what our lesson
brings out, "Sunday Sacredness"
00:21:14.20\00:21:16.57
nowhere have I ever seen in
Scriptures... as we look at this
00:21:16.60\00:21:20.04
that God ever blessed it,
he never sanctified Sunday,
00:21:20.08\00:21:23.08
he never set it apart,
00:21:23.11\00:21:24.71
Jesus worked on that day
as we well know in Scripture,
00:21:24.75\00:21:27.72
He never called the Sabbath...
00:21:27.75\00:21:29.22
the Bible never
called the Sabbath...
00:21:29.25\00:21:30.65
you know, Sunday the Sabbath...
00:21:30.69\00:21:32.19
He never called
it the "Lord's Day"
00:21:32.22\00:21:34.26
He's called it a
common working day.
00:21:34.29\00:21:36.29
So, we look at it and say,
00:21:36.32\00:21:38.43
"Okay, this is
what God has called
00:21:38.46\00:21:40.00
and this is what
we have to look at.
00:21:40.06\00:21:41.53
We realize, this is bringing out
00:21:41.56\00:21:43.03
the two great errors here
00:21:43.06\00:21:44.67
but who's going to be
working in the last days?
00:21:44.70\00:21:46.97
United States is going to
be working, we understand that
00:21:47.00\00:21:49.84
and this is one thing
we look at... and Rome...
00:21:49.94\00:21:52.57
and I call it the "Papacy"
and I call it "Protestants"
00:21:52.61\00:21:55.28
they're going to
be working together
00:21:55.31\00:21:57.48
combined to
trample upon the Law of God
00:21:57.51\00:21:59.51
because we are talking
about Sunday sacredness...
00:21:59.55\00:22:01.82
we're talking about the
immortality of the soul.
00:22:01.85\00:22:04.29
And we know that...
2nd Corinthians, was it 11
00:22:04.32\00:22:06.62
that the enemy is
going to come as what?
00:22:06.65\00:22:08.52
He's going to
impersonate Christ.
00:22:08.59\00:22:11.46
I want to bring a
couple of quick points on that,
00:22:11.56\00:22:14.10
you remember, it says,
00:22:14.10\00:22:15.43
"Therefore, think no
marvel at this great thing
00:22:15.46\00:22:17.23
that if his ministers
00:22:17.27\00:22:18.77
also transform into the
ministers of righteousness. "
00:22:18.80\00:22:21.20
You remember that?
00:22:21.24\00:22:22.57
Panel: Yes.
00:22:22.60\00:22:23.97
The enemy has his
ministers, the enemy has...
00:22:24.01\00:22:25.57
and that word, you
can translate many times,
00:22:25.61\00:22:27.64
the enemy has his attendants,
the enemy has his deacons,
00:22:27.68\00:22:30.91
the enemy has his elders,
the enemy has his pastors,
00:22:30.95\00:22:34.18
he has his
teachers, he has his service,
00:22:34.22\00:22:36.85
he has those who
are runners for him,
00:22:36.89\00:22:39.49
he has those who are
running errands for him,
00:22:39.55\00:22:41.92
that's what this
"ministers" really means here
00:22:41.96\00:22:44.29
and so, but they are none
other than the enemy, right,
00:22:44.33\00:22:47.13
and looking as
though it's the right thing
00:22:47.20\00:22:49.56
so, we have to be careful
that we are not deceived.
00:22:49.60\00:22:51.97
The Great
Controversy, page 571 says this,
00:22:52.00\00:22:55.14
in just less
than a minute left...
00:22:55.17\00:22:56.50
it tells us that the Papacy
is just what prophecy declared
00:22:56.54\00:22:59.87
that she would be... the
apostasy of the latter times.
00:22:59.91\00:23:03.35
So, it's interesting,
we look at the little horn,
00:23:03.38\00:23:06.58
we look at the man of sin,
00:23:06.61\00:23:07.95
we look at the
beast of Revelation 13,
00:23:07.98\00:23:10.12
the mystery of iniquity...
the list goes on and on and on.
00:23:10.19\00:23:12.82
These are things
that are wrapped up...
00:23:12.85\00:23:14.66
the deceptions...
00:23:14.69\00:23:16.02
the enemy wants to
deceive us on these two "errors"
00:23:16.06\00:23:18.93
that's a prominent that will
be used here in the last days.
00:23:18.96\00:23:21.86
We just need to be very careful
00:23:21.90\00:23:23.47
that we're not
deceived by the enemy
00:23:23.53\00:23:25.33
and I think you'll
probably bring it out
00:23:25.37\00:23:27.20
in the rest of the lesson,
00:23:27.24\00:23:28.57
we can talk about immortality,
00:23:28.64\00:23:29.97
the Bible is very, very
clear there in 1st Timothy 6:16,
00:23:30.01\00:23:33.21
"Only God has immortality"
00:23:33.24\00:23:35.58
that just ends it for me
right then and there, right,
00:23:35.61\00:23:38.21
just... by God's grace
we're not going to be deceived.
00:23:38.25\00:23:40.82
Shelley: Amen
and amen, thank you.
00:23:40.88\00:23:42.42
I feel like I need to put my
running shoes on to follow you.
00:23:42.45\00:23:46.29
Laughter.
00:23:46.32\00:23:47.92
I loved what you said about
00:23:47.96\00:23:49.56
Satan's deceptions
are no different now,
00:23:49.59\00:23:54.20
they're just kind of on steroids
00:23:54.23\00:23:55.76
because that's
exactly what's going on.
00:23:55.80\00:23:57.40
Lesson for Tuesday is the
"Immortality of the Soul. "
00:23:57.43\00:24:02.47
This is a deception from
which I suffered growing up
00:24:02.50\00:24:07.41
and believing that
the soul was immortal,
00:24:07.48\00:24:10.95
I believed that there
was an ever-burning hell
00:24:10.98\00:24:14.48
and that kept me from...
00:24:14.52\00:24:17.19
I mean, I believed that you went
through this torture in hell
00:24:17.29\00:24:21.09
where you could never die
00:24:21.12\00:24:23.32
and it kept me at arms
distance from the Lord,
00:24:23.43\00:24:26.80
so, I do want to
start off with a Scripture
00:24:26.83\00:24:30.13
that's a little unique to start
00:24:30.17\00:24:32.50
and that is John
11 verses 25 and 26
00:24:32.53\00:24:36.47
because sometimes
people will use this Scripture
00:24:36.50\00:24:39.27
to try to say,
"See, you never die. "
00:24:39.31\00:24:41.78
John 11:25 and 26...
00:24:41.81\00:24:45.11
Jesus is speaking to
Mary and... or to Martha...
00:24:45.15\00:24:49.38
and He says, "I am the
resurrection and the life.
00:24:49.42\00:24:53.66
He who believes in Me,
00:24:53.72\00:24:55.29
though he may
die, he shall live.
00:24:55.32\00:24:58.76
And whoever lives and
believes in me shall never die.
00:24:58.79\00:25:05.10
Do you believe this?"
00:25:05.13\00:25:06.47
Well, please
notice, He's already said,
00:25:06.50\00:25:09.77
"though he may
die, yet shall he live"
00:25:09.80\00:25:13.01
and the construction
in the Greek when He said,
00:25:13.04\00:25:15.71
"He who believes
in me shall never die"
00:25:15.78\00:25:18.71
"shall never
die" in the Greek is
00:25:18.75\00:25:20.95
a strong... double negative
00:25:20.98\00:25:23.99
and what he is saying is
they shall not die forever,
00:25:24.02\00:25:28.36
"If you believe in
Me, although you die...
00:25:28.39\00:25:31.39
yet shall you live,
you shall never die forever
00:25:31.46\00:25:34.20
because I'm going to
give you eternal life. "
00:25:34.30\00:25:37.23
So now, let's look
at John 11 and verse 11,
00:25:37.27\00:25:40.20
how did Jesus describe death?
00:25:40.24\00:25:42.84
John 11:11... He says this,
00:25:42.87\00:25:45.44
"These things He said
and after He said to them,
00:25:45.47\00:25:49.38
'Our friend Lazarus sleeps,
00:25:49.41\00:25:52.11
but I go that I
may wake him up. '
00:25:52.15\00:25:55.02
Then His disciples said,
00:25:55.05\00:25:57.65
'Lord, if he
sleeps he'll get well. '"
00:25:57.69\00:26:01.32
We know that sleep is
good if you're sick, right?
00:26:01.36\00:26:04.29
But it's... then...
00:26:04.36\00:26:06.56
then the Bible describes
00:26:06.59\00:26:08.46
what Jesus was
referring to as "sleep"
00:26:08.53\00:26:11.53
it says, "However,
Jesus spoke of his death,
00:26:11.57\00:26:14.70
but they thought
that He was speaking about
00:26:14.74\00:26:17.81
taking rest in sleep.
00:26:17.84\00:26:19.94
Then Jesus said to them
plainly, 'Lazarus is dead. '"
00:26:19.97\00:26:24.25
Throughout the Bible,
00:26:24.28\00:26:26.08
sleep or death is
referred to as sleep,
00:26:26.11\00:26:29.08
we find it in
1st Kings, in Psalms,
00:26:29.12\00:26:31.55
in 1st
Corinthians, in Ephesians,
00:26:31.59\00:26:33.66
I mean, just
throughout the Bible.
00:26:33.69\00:26:35.72
David and the
other Old Testament kings
00:26:35.76\00:26:38.83
are said to be
"sleeping with their fathers. "
00:26:38.86\00:26:43.43
When Stephen was
stoned, Luke wrote and recorded
00:26:43.47\00:26:47.84
that "he fell asleep"
00:26:47.87\00:26:51.07
Stephen was the
first martyr of the church,
00:26:51.11\00:26:54.24
he was stoned to death,
00:26:54.28\00:26:56.51
and in... that's in Acts 7
and verse 60 that Luke says,
00:26:56.54\00:27:01.58
"He fell asleep. "
00:27:01.65\00:27:03.42
So, throughout
the Bible, this word,
00:27:03.45\00:27:06.39
this Greek word
that's used for sleep...
00:27:06.42\00:27:09.32
it can mean an actual rest
00:27:09.36\00:27:10.96
but it is also
translated as "death"
00:27:10.99\00:27:14.56
and that word is, "koimaó"
00:27:14.56\00:27:16.77
"koimaó" so, it
either can mean "asleep"
00:27:16.80\00:27:20.67
sleep, die or to be dead.
00:27:20.74\00:27:23.10
Many sincere Christians
teach that the soul is immortal
00:27:23.14\00:27:29.71
meaning that you live forever,
00:27:29.74\00:27:31.85
you're incorruptible... you will
never suffer from corruption
00:27:31.88\00:27:36.82
but... as Kenny
has already alluded to
00:27:36.89\00:27:40.39
we are going to look
at who the Bible says
00:27:40.46\00:27:43.83
is immortal
00:27:43.86\00:27:45.29
and I want you to turn please
00:27:45.33\00:27:47.93
to 1st Timothy
chapter 6 and verse 15,
00:27:47.96\00:27:51.37
1st Timothy
chapter 6 and verse 15.
00:27:51.40\00:27:54.77
And I just have to say this,
00:27:54.80\00:27:56.54
for those of
you who are watching
00:27:56.60\00:27:58.51
or listening to my voice,
00:27:58.54\00:28:00.84
"Preconceived opinions
00:28:00.91\00:28:03.04
effectively insulate
the mind against truth. "
00:28:03.08\00:28:06.98
Listen to me say that again,
00:28:07.05\00:28:09.58
when we have a
preconceived opinion,
00:28:09.62\00:28:13.25
it will
effectively insulate your mind
00:28:13.29\00:28:16.89
even against God's truth.
00:28:16.96\00:28:18.33
I remember when God
called me to ministry,
00:28:18.36\00:28:20.46
He told me, "Forget
what you think you know,
00:28:20.53\00:28:22.60
come sit at my feet
and I will teach you. "
00:28:22.63\00:28:24.73
And boy! I don't think anybody
but God could have taught me
00:28:24.77\00:28:28.04
because I was...
00:28:28.07\00:28:29.40
my preconceived
opinions... we want to be right.
00:28:29.47\00:28:32.74
So, if you think
that the soul is immortal,
00:28:32.77\00:28:36.31
listen to what
the Word of God says,
00:28:36.34\00:28:38.28
1st Timothy 6 and verse 15,
00:28:38.31\00:28:40.22
"He who is
the... " oh, excuse me,
00:28:40.25\00:28:43.89
"which He will
manifest in His own time"
00:28:43.99\00:28:46.96
speaking of God...
00:28:46.99\00:28:48.32
"He who is the
blessed and only Potentate,
00:28:48.36\00:28:51.79
the King of kings
and Lord of lords"
00:28:51.83\00:28:54.73
who are talking about?
00:28:54.73\00:28:56.06
Panel: Yes.
Shelley: All right...
00:28:56.10\00:28:57.43
God Himself... "who
alone has immortality,
00:28:57.47\00:29:02.54
dwelling in
unapproachable light,
00:29:02.57\00:29:05.37
who no man has seen or can see,
00:29:05.41\00:29:08.14
to whom be honor and
everlasting power. Amen. "
00:29:08.18\00:29:11.68
So, 1st Timothy
6:15... 16... makes it clear
00:29:11.71\00:29:15.12
only God has life that
is un-borrowed, underived...
00:29:15.15\00:29:20.29
has no beginning, no end,
00:29:20.32\00:29:22.39
He is infinite...
00:29:22.42\00:29:24.26
and, you know, in
the Bible... 1,600 times,
00:29:24.29\00:29:28.53
the Bible refers to
man's soul or his spirit
00:29:28.56\00:29:32.93
1,600 times... not
one time, does that...
00:29:32.97\00:29:37.51
not once is it
associated with immortality.
00:29:37.61\00:29:41.94
In fact, turn to
1st Corinthians 15,
00:29:42.01\00:29:45.81
and we're going to look
at verses 51 through 55,
00:29:45.85\00:29:49.85
If you're taking notes,
that's 1st Corinthians 15
00:29:49.88\00:29:53.86
51 and 55...
00:29:53.89\00:29:55.59
The Bible says that
believers put on immortality
00:29:55.62\00:30:01.33
at the last trumpet...
00:30:01.36\00:30:03.63
this is at the
close of earth's history,
00:30:03.67\00:30:06.30
when Christ returns,
00:30:06.33\00:30:08.30
1st Corinthians
15:51 through 55,
00:30:08.34\00:30:10.67
Paul is speaking
to Christians here
00:30:10.71\00:30:12.97
and He says, "Behold
I tell you a mystery:
00:30:13.01\00:30:15.08
We shall not all sleep... "
00:30:15.11\00:30:17.51
what is he saying?
00:30:17.55\00:30:18.88
That's the Bible
metaphor for death...
00:30:18.91\00:30:20.58
we're not all going to die
"but we shall all be changed...
00:30:20.62\00:30:24.85
in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye... "
00:30:24.89\00:30:27.16
when? "At the last trumpet.
00:30:27.22\00:30:29.59
For the trumpet will sound,
00:30:29.62\00:30:31.96
the dead will be
raised incorruptible,
00:30:31.99\00:30:36.73
and we shall be changed.
00:30:36.80\00:30:38.13
For this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
00:30:38.17\00:30:44.27
this mortal must
put on immortality. "
00:30:44.31\00:30:48.54
When? At the last trumpet...
00:30:48.61\00:30:51.01
"So, when this corruptible
has put on incorruption,
00:30:51.05\00:30:54.38
and this mortal
has put on immortality,
00:30:54.42\00:30:56.38
then shall be brought to pass
the saying that it is written:
00:30:56.42\00:30:59.42
'Death is
swallowed up in victory.
00:30:59.45\00:31:02.09
O Death, where is your sting?
00:31:02.12\00:31:03.46
O Hades, where
is your victory?'"
00:31:03.53\00:31:07.00
God... who alone is immortal
is going to bequest or grant
00:31:07.03\00:31:13.60
to us... those
who are redeemed...
00:31:13.64\00:31:18.14
eternal life...
00:31:18.21\00:31:19.54
He will grant to us immortality
00:31:19.57\00:31:22.98
but not until that last trumpet.
00:31:23.01\00:31:26.38
Very quickly, Jill,
Ecclesiastes 9:5 and 6,
00:31:26.41\00:31:30.89
Mollie, Ecclesiastes 9:10,
00:31:30.95\00:31:33.82
Kenny, Psalm 146 verse 4
00:31:33.86\00:31:36.62
and, if you will, C.A.
00:31:36.69\00:31:38.93
Psalm 115:17.
00:31:38.96\00:31:40.90
We're going to
have to read in a hurry
00:31:40.96\00:31:42.26
because we've got
a lot to talk about.
00:31:42.30\00:31:43.63
Jill, Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
00:31:43.70\00:31:45.50
"For the living
know that they will die;
00:31:45.53\00:31:47.30
but the dead know nothing,
and they have no more reward,
00:31:47.37\00:31:50.77
for the memory of
them is forgotten.
00:31:50.84\00:31:52.71
Also their love, their hatred,
00:31:52.74\00:31:54.64
and their envy
have now perished;
00:31:54.68\00:31:56.51
Nevermore will they have a share
00:31:56.54\00:31:58.35
in anything
done under the sun. "
00:31:58.38\00:32:00.25
So, what does the
Bible say happens when we die
00:32:00.32\00:32:03.22
like sleep, the
dead are unconscious,
00:32:03.25\00:32:05.65
they know nothing and
like sleep, they are resting
00:32:05.69\00:32:09.36
Ecclesiastes 9:10...
00:32:09.39\00:32:11.39
Ecclesiastes 9:10,
00:32:11.43\00:32:13.40
"Whatsoever thy
hand findeth to do,
00:32:13.43\00:32:15.76
do it with thy might;
00:32:15.80\00:32:17.13
for there is no work,
nor device, nor knowledge,
00:32:17.17\00:32:20.14
nor wisdom, in the
grave, whither thou goest. "
00:32:20.20\00:32:23.20
So, now, let's look at...
00:32:23.24\00:32:25.57
like sleep...
there's no conscious thought
00:32:25.61\00:32:27.81
Psalm 146 verse 4.
00:32:27.84\00:32:29.71
"His breath goeth forth,
he returneth to his earth;
00:32:29.74\00:32:33.58
in that very day
his thoughts perish. "
00:32:33.62\00:32:35.95
So there's... you're just
lying unconscious in the grave,
00:32:35.98\00:32:38.55
and then Psalm 115 verse 17.
00:32:38.59\00:32:42.42
"The dead do
not praise the LORD,
00:32:42.46\00:32:45.19
Nor any who go
down into silence. "
00:32:45.23\00:32:47.66
Oooh! and I've just got some...
00:32:47.66\00:32:50.00
I'm going to rush
through a few more.
00:32:50.03\00:32:51.37
Job 14:12 says, "We
sleep till we are awakened
00:32:51.40\00:32:54.54
so man lies down
and does not rise
00:32:54.57\00:32:56.50
till the heavens are no
more, they will not awake
00:32:56.54\00:33:00.88
nor be roused
from their sleep. "
00:33:00.91\00:33:04.45
It is when the
heavens pass away,
00:33:04.48\00:33:06.41
2nd Peter 3:10 says,
"This is when Jesus returns. "
00:33:06.48\00:33:11.15
So, the death is a sleep
00:33:11.19\00:33:15.49
from which there
will be an awakening
00:33:15.52\00:33:19.39
and I have to read this,
00:33:19.43\00:33:21.16
1st
Thessalonians 4:13 through 18
00:33:21.20\00:33:23.67
"But I do not want you
to be ignorant, brethren,
00:33:23.73\00:33:26.07
concerning those who
have fallen asleep... "
00:33:26.10\00:33:27.64
those who are dead...
00:33:27.67\00:33:29.00
"lest you sorrow as
others who have no hope.
00:33:29.04\00:33:31.84
For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again,
00:33:31.87\00:33:34.88
even so God will bring with Him
00:33:34.91\00:33:37.51
those who sleep in Jesus. "
00:33:37.55\00:33:38.91
We're sleeping...
00:33:38.95\00:33:40.28
"For this we say to you
by the word of the Lord,
00:33:40.32\00:33:43.35
that we who are alive and remain
until the coming of the Lord
00:33:43.39\00:33:47.32
will by no means precede... "
00:33:47.36\00:33:50.79
if we're alive,
00:33:50.83\00:33:52.16
we're not going to
get to God at heaven...
00:33:52.19\00:33:54.23
so that shows you... they're
not already there, right,
00:33:54.30\00:33:56.50
"For the Lord
Himself... " verse 16 says,
00:33:56.53\00:33:58.73
"will descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:33:58.77\00:34:00.94
with the voice of the archangel,
00:34:00.97\00:34:02.30
with the trumpet of God.
00:34:02.34\00:34:03.91
And the dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:34:03.94\00:34:06.61
Then we who are alive and remain
00:34:06.68\00:34:08.48
shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
00:34:08.51\00:34:11.65
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:34:11.68\00:34:13.05
And thus we shall
always be with our Lord. "
00:34:13.08\00:34:17.22
Well done, well done...
00:34:17.29\00:34:19.39
the deceptions that are being
perpetrated upon the world today
00:34:19.42\00:34:23.53
Shelley, that was beautiful
the way you handled that.
00:34:23.56\00:34:26.36
Well, I'm looking
at a deception today
00:34:26.39\00:34:28.73
and my day is Wednesday
00:34:28.76\00:34:30.13
and the deception
that I am addressing
00:34:30.17\00:34:33.00
is the theory of evolution.
00:34:33.07\00:34:35.77
Shelley: Amen.
00:34:35.80\00:34:37.17
The subject is Sabbath
and the theory of evolution.
00:34:37.21\00:34:40.24
Now, what I want you to
do, we're going to look at
00:34:40.28\00:34:43.45
Revelation 12:9,
that was our memory text,
00:34:43.51\00:34:46.35
I just want to... I'm
going to ask two questions
00:34:46.38\00:34:49.02
after we read this...
00:34:49.05\00:34:50.55
"So the great
dragon was cast out,
00:34:50.59\00:34:53.19
that serpent of old,
called the Devil and Satan,
00:34:53.22\00:34:56.89
who deceives the whole world;
00:34:57.09\00:34:58.46
he was cast to the earth,
00:34:58.49\00:34:59.83
and his angels were
cast out with him. "
00:34:59.86\00:35:02.10
Here's a bunch of questions,
00:35:02.13\00:35:04.27
Where was Satan cast out to?
00:35:04.30\00:35:06.30
Panel, where was he cast out to?
00:35:06.33\00:35:07.97
Panel: The earth...
00:35:08.00\00:35:09.34
The earth... he
was cast out here
00:35:09.37\00:35:11.64
now, what was he doing?
00:35:11.67\00:35:15.01
What does he do?
00:35:15.04\00:35:16.38
what does it say
that he is doing?
00:35:16.41\00:35:18.95
he is deceiving
just a few people?
00:35:18.98\00:35:21.48
Panel: No.
00:35:21.55\00:35:22.88
He's deceiving
just we Christians...
00:35:22.92\00:35:25.35
no, it says, he
deceives the whole world
00:35:25.39\00:35:28.02
now, I want you to turn
to John chapter 8 verse 44,
00:35:28.09\00:35:33.70
so, we see that...
00:35:33.73\00:35:35.06
as we have all made very clear,
00:35:35.10\00:35:38.27
Satan is a deceiver,
he's here in this earth
00:35:38.33\00:35:42.04
and his purpose
is to deceive us,
00:35:42.07\00:35:44.57
is he doing a pretty good job?
00:35:44.61\00:35:47.04
Panel: Yes.
00:35:47.14\00:35:48.48
Okay... John 8:44,
00:35:48.51\00:35:50.31
now, Jesus is talking
to the religious leaders
00:35:50.35\00:35:54.45
who have an
agenda... what they meant to do
00:35:54.48\00:35:58.59
was to kill him...
00:35:58.62\00:35:59.95
this is what Jesus says to them,
00:36:00.09\00:36:02.52
"You are of your
father the devil,
00:36:02.56\00:36:05.23
and the desires of
your father, you want to do.
00:36:05.26\00:36:08.86
He was a murderer
from the beginning... "
00:36:08.90\00:36:11.70
we've made this clear...
00:36:11.73\00:36:13.17
"and does not
stand in the truth,
00:36:13.20\00:36:15.57
because there is
no truth in him. "
00:36:15.60\00:36:17.91
Now, we're talking about who?
00:36:17.94\00:36:20.28
We're talking about
the Devil and Satan.
00:36:20.31\00:36:23.08
"When he speaks a lie,
00:36:23.11\00:36:25.28
he speaks from
his own resources,
00:36:25.35\00:36:28.72
for he is a liar and
the father of lies. "
00:36:28.75\00:36:32.62
Satan... through his followers,
00:36:32.65\00:36:35.26
has deceived the whole world
00:36:35.29\00:36:37.86
in many areas that are vitally
important for us to adhere to,
00:36:37.89\00:36:43.16
we're deceived in him,
00:36:43.20\00:36:44.90
Shelley just
covered one beautifully...
00:36:44.93\00:36:47.20
that's the
immortality of the soul...
00:36:47.24\00:36:49.37
areas the world
has been deceived in.
00:36:49.44\00:36:51.54
Another area... the
truth of the Sabbath...
00:36:51.57\00:36:54.54
another area...
the sanctity of life...
00:36:54.58\00:36:57.21
another area... the
covenantal bonds of matrimony
00:36:57.25\00:37:01.22
and the area that I want
to address is: the theory...
00:37:01.28\00:37:05.65
now, what is it?
00:37:05.72\00:37:07.39
Theory of evolution.
00:37:07.42\00:37:08.96
Now, I think I should cover
what the theory of evolution is.
00:37:08.99\00:37:14.30
if I want to teach on something
00:37:14.36\00:37:16.40
you need to know
what I'm teaching about.
00:37:16.43\00:37:18.27
The theory of evolution
also known as "Darwinism. "
00:37:18.30\00:37:23.81
It's a theory of
biological evolution
00:37:23.84\00:37:28.51
developed by the English
Naturalist, Charles Darwin
00:37:28.54\00:37:33.31
and others...
00:37:33.35\00:37:34.68
stating that all
species of organisms
00:37:35.02\00:37:37.95
arise and develop through
00:37:37.99\00:37:41.66
a process called
"natural selection"
00:37:41.69\00:37:45.93
it's small organisms
that inherit variations
00:37:45.96\00:37:52.17
that increase the
individual's ability to compete.
00:37:52.20\00:37:56.54
Okay, this theory...
the theory of evolution...
00:37:56.57\00:38:00.91
challenges something...
00:38:00.94\00:38:02.78
and Panel, tell me,
00:38:02.81\00:38:04.61
"What does the theory
of evolution challenge?"
00:38:04.65\00:38:08.95
God as Creator...
creatorship of God...
00:38:08.98\00:38:13.52
the first chapter
through chapter 2 verse 3
00:38:13.59\00:38:17.26
in Genesis...
that's what it challenges,
00:38:17.29\00:38:20.93
it challenges the Bible,
00:38:20.96\00:38:22.26
so, I'm going to
encourage you to read
00:38:22.30\00:38:25.27
Genesis 1...
the whole chapter...
00:38:25.30\00:38:29.14
and then chapter 2 through 3,
00:38:29.17\00:38:32.54
okay, what I want to do though
00:38:32.57\00:38:35.88
is only read Genesis 1:26
through chapter 2 verse 3.
00:38:35.91\00:38:40.32
"Then God said, 'Let
Us make man in Our image,
00:38:40.35\00:38:43.49
according to Our likeness;
00:38:43.52\00:38:44.89
let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
00:38:44.92\00:38:47.39
over the birds of the air,
00:38:47.46\00:38:48.79
and over the
cattle, over all the earth
00:38:48.82\00:38:50.86
and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth.
00:38:50.93\00:38:53.09
So, God created man... '"
00:38:53.16\00:38:54.83
God did what? "He created man...
00:38:54.83\00:38:56.93
in his own image
00:38:56.97\00:38:58.37
and in the image
of God He created him;
00:38:58.40\00:39:00.57
male and female He created them.
00:39:00.60\00:39:02.50
Then God blessed
them, and God said to them,
00:39:02.54\00:39:06.17
'be fruitful and multiply;
fill the earth and subdue it;
00:39:06.21\00:39:08.94
have dominion over
the fish of the sea.
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.78
over the birds of the air,
00:39:10.88\00:39:12.31
and over every living thing
that moves on the earth. '"
00:39:12.35\00:39:15.12
Verse 31...
00:39:15.15\00:39:16.75
"Then God saw
everything that He had made,
00:39:16.82\00:39:19.35
and indeed it was... " what?
00:39:19.39\00:39:21.06
"very good.
00:39:21.12\00:39:22.76
So the evening and the
morning were the sixth day. "
00:39:22.79\00:39:25.03
Now, chapter 2...
00:39:25.06\00:39:28.83
"Thus the heavens and the earth,
00:39:28.90\00:39:31.33
and all the host
of them were finished.
00:39:31.37\00:39:33.64
And on the seventh day
00:39:33.67\00:39:35.94
God ended his
work which he had done,
00:39:35.97\00:39:38.31
and He rested on the seventh day
00:39:38.34\00:39:41.51
from all His work
which He had done"
00:39:41.54\00:39:44.68
and verse 3...
00:39:44.71\00:39:46.31
chapter 2 verse 3,
00:39:46.35\00:39:47.88
Then God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it,
00:39:47.92\00:39:53.02
because in it He
rested from all His work
00:39:53.05\00:39:56.62
which God had
created and made. "
00:39:56.66\00:39:59.13
Now, that is divine design,
00:39:59.16\00:40:03.53
everything was planned,
nothing was left to chance,
00:40:03.57\00:40:08.97
nothing just
started as a little organism
00:40:09.04\00:40:12.34
and by natural
selection evolved...
00:40:12.37\00:40:16.48
everything was
planned and calculated...
00:40:16.51\00:40:19.91
nothing was random...
arbitrary or by chance,
00:40:19.98\00:40:23.45
the Scripture leaves no
room whatsoever for chance
00:40:23.49\00:40:28.96
in the process of creation.
00:40:28.99\00:40:31.39
Panel: Amen.
00:40:31.43\00:40:32.76
The theory of evolution
00:40:32.79\00:40:35.93
counters the account of
creation in God's Holy Word.
00:40:35.96\00:40:40.70
Now, Psalm 139 verse 14,
you don't have to turn there,
00:40:40.77\00:40:45.47
just let me tell
you what it says,
00:40:45.51\00:40:47.41
"I will praise You,
00:40:47.44\00:40:49.11
for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made;
00:40:49.14\00:40:52.71
marvelous are Your works,
00:40:52.75\00:40:55.05
and that my soul
knows very well. "
00:40:55.08\00:40:58.05
Marvelous... okay...
00:40:58.09\00:40:59.75
Now, I want to ask a question,
00:40:59.79\00:41:01.72
why would Satan perpetrate
such a lie about Creation?
00:41:01.76\00:41:07.60
Why would he
perpetrate that lie?
00:41:07.60\00:41:09.96
Because if he can get you
to believe that we evolved,
00:41:10.03\00:41:16.44
then that
automatically does away
00:41:16.47\00:41:19.14
with the first
chapter of the Bible,
00:41:19.17\00:41:22.28
also, chapter 2
verses 1 through 3
00:41:22.34\00:41:25.41
just totally obliterates them
00:41:25.45\00:41:27.38
it counters the... the
veracity... the validity...
00:41:27.42\00:41:34.72
the truth...
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.09
and if you can take away
all of the account of Creation,
00:41:36.12\00:41:42.03
what did God do on the 7th day,
00:41:42.06\00:41:46.67
what does it say He did?
00:41:46.70\00:41:48.17
"Then God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it,
00:41:48.20\00:41:51.74
because in it He
rested from all His work
00:41:51.77\00:41:54.61
which God had
created and made. "
00:41:54.64\00:41:56.48
So, what is that?
00:41:56.51\00:41:57.85
What... what... is
that the 4th commandment,
00:41:57.88\00:42:00.72
"Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. "
00:42:00.75\00:42:03.59
So, if Satan can negate
the veracity... the validity...
00:42:03.62\00:42:10.36
the truth of God's Word
00:42:10.43\00:42:12.39
the creation of God's...
of this... of all of us...
00:42:12.43\00:42:16.93
the creation story...
00:42:16.97\00:42:18.97
if he can negate that,
00:42:19.00\00:42:20.90
it does away
with the veracity...
00:42:20.94\00:42:23.47
because if you can discount
one portion of the Bible,
00:42:23.51\00:42:26.04
why can't you
discount the whole Bible?
00:42:26.07\00:42:27.84
And if you can
discount the 4th commandment,
00:42:27.88\00:42:30.98
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy"
00:42:31.05\00:42:34.12
why should you do that?
00:42:34.18\00:42:35.52
"this isn't the
truth anyway... "
00:42:35.55\00:42:37.35
you discount all
of the commandments
00:42:37.39\00:42:39.55
now, I want to very
quickly get to this,
00:42:39.59\00:42:41.66
it's the study of the human eye,
00:42:41.72\00:42:43.39
Biologists... it
was a three page report,
00:42:43.43\00:42:45.89
but let me just condense it,
00:42:45.93\00:42:47.23
"The Biologist
and the Human Eye"
00:42:47.30\00:42:49.93
study of the human eye,
00:42:50.00\00:42:51.33
"Compared to a camera,
00:42:51.37\00:42:52.70
the eye contains a
self-adjusting aperture...
00:42:52.73\00:42:55.07
an automatic focus
system inner surfaces
00:42:55.10\00:42:57.87
that minimize the
scattering of stray light...
00:42:57.91\00:43:00.48
sensitivity range...
00:43:00.51\00:43:01.84
it gives excellent
vision to bright sunlight
00:43:01.88\00:43:04.25
as well as the
dimmest moonlight,
00:43:04.28\00:43:05.88
the eye adjusts to
10 billion-fold changes
00:43:05.91\00:43:09.28
and brightness. "
00:43:09.32\00:43:10.69
Now, this is what those that
did the study wound up saying,
00:43:10.72\00:43:14.16
"How could chance
acting with one gene at a time
00:43:14.19\00:43:18.86
start with a cyclist
organism and produce an eye?"
00:43:18.89\00:43:23.53
So, that's what
the Biologists said,
00:43:23.57\00:43:25.67
now, I want to give you a quote
from Charles Darwin himself,
00:43:25.73\00:43:29.44
okay, it's in a
chapter of his...
00:43:29.47\00:43:34.58
the name of the book
Origin of the Species entitled,
00:43:34.61\00:43:38.41
"Difficulties with the theory"
00:43:38.45\00:43:40.28
here's what Charles Darwin says,
00:43:40.32\00:43:41.75
"To suppose that the human eye
00:43:41.82\00:43:45.15
with all its
inimitable contrivances
00:43:45.19\00:43:51.13
for adjusting the
focus to different distances,
00:43:51.16\00:43:54.76
for admitting
different amounts of light,
00:43:54.83\00:43:57.40
and for the correction of
00:43:57.43\00:43:58.77
spherical and
chromatic aberration,
00:43:58.80\00:44:00.84
could have been formed
by natural selection, seems,
00:44:00.87\00:44:05.81
I freely confess... " he says,
00:44:05.84\00:44:08.44
"absurd to the
highest degree... "
00:44:08.48\00:44:10.95
he didn't even believe
in his own theory, okay,
00:44:10.98\00:44:13.62
remember, it's a theory.
00:44:13.65\00:44:15.22
Now, let me tell
you the good news,
00:44:15.25\00:44:17.62
God's Word is the truth...
God's Word will never change...
00:44:17.65\00:44:21.32
God is truth... God is love...
00:44:21.36\00:44:23.83
you can trust in God,
you can trust in this Word,
00:44:23.86\00:44:26.83
it is reliable
00:44:26.90\00:44:28.20
and it will
never lead you astray.
00:44:28.23\00:44:30.97
Panel: Amen, praise the Lord.
00:44:31.00\00:44:32.33
Jill: Thank you so much
Ms. Mollie, we can go home...
00:44:32.37\00:44:35.44
we've had church, I'm
done here, praise the Lord.
00:44:35.50\00:44:38.64
On Thursday, we look
at the counterfeit trinity
00:44:38.67\00:44:42.44
and Lord willing,
we will get in-depth
00:44:42.48\00:44:46.15
and hopefully we'll
be clear to you at home
00:44:46.18\00:44:48.78
because I know it's a big study
00:44:48.82\00:44:50.45
and there's a
lot to cover in this.
00:44:50.49\00:44:51.99
As has been
mentioned here on this Panel,
00:44:52.02\00:44:55.46
as we've been discussing
deception in the entire lesson,
00:44:55.49\00:44:59.13
for everything Godly...
00:44:59.19\00:45:01.06
Satan introduces
something ungodly.
00:45:01.10\00:45:04.50
For every Biblical
truth, there is a false teaching
00:45:04.57\00:45:08.14
or at least a
co-mingling of truth with error.
00:45:08.17\00:45:12.84
For every truth from
God, Satan has a counterfeit.
00:45:12.91\00:45:17.55
Think about it,
00:45:17.58\00:45:19.28
the truth that the
7th day is the Sabbath...
00:45:19.31\00:45:22.65
the counterfeit, of course,
as Pastor Kenny talked about
00:45:22.68\00:45:25.69
is Sunday sacredness.
00:45:25.72\00:45:27.56
Those who honor Sunday say,
00:45:27.66\00:45:29.49
"We honor it... in
honor of Christ's resurrection
00:45:29.52\00:45:32.99
on the first day of the week
00:45:33.03\00:45:34.60
after all, the Law
was nailed to the cross. "
00:45:34.63\00:45:37.33
Actually, though what
they're really saying is,
00:45:37.37\00:45:39.70
"only the 4th commandment
was nailed to the cross
00:45:39.73\00:45:42.00
we ought to keep the
rest of the commandments. "
00:45:42.04\00:45:44.31
Think about it,
Marriage was established by God
00:45:44.34\00:45:47.74
between one man and one woman
00:45:47.78\00:45:50.15
but Satan has a counterfeit
called: Homosexuality
00:45:50.21\00:45:54.32
between man and man
and women with women...
00:45:54.35\00:45:57.35
or he has another counterfeit,
for those who are heterosexual
00:45:57.39\00:46:01.16
and says, "You know, you
don't have to get married,
00:46:01.19\00:46:03.99
you can just live together,
there's no issue with that,
00:46:04.06\00:46:06.83
God is the author of love
00:46:06.86\00:46:08.53
and He just
wants me to be happy. "
00:46:08.56\00:46:10.37
Actually, God does love us,
00:46:10.40\00:46:13.34
that's why He
gives us boundaries,
00:46:13.37\00:46:16.14
that's why He gives us His Law.
00:46:16.17\00:46:17.81
Panel: Amen.
00:46:17.84\00:46:19.17
Think about it, "Creation"
00:46:19.21\00:46:20.58
as you so eloquently
talked about, Mollie,
00:46:20.61\00:46:23.35
God created the
world in six literal days.
00:46:23.38\00:46:25.98
The counterfeit is either
00:46:26.01\00:46:27.35
God created and it
took many, many years...
00:46:27.42\00:46:30.19
or evolution...
00:46:30.22\00:46:31.92
and the entire thing evolved.
00:46:31.99\00:46:34.06
Salvation... we're
saved by grace through faith
00:46:34.09\00:46:37.23
and for that, Satan
has a counterfeit saying,
00:46:37.26\00:46:40.33
"Salvation is a combination
00:46:40.40\00:46:41.83
of God's grace
and my own efforts. "
00:46:41.86\00:46:45.73
Think about the
truth of sanctification,
00:46:45.77\00:46:49.60
obedience is a natural outgrowth
00:46:49.64\00:46:52.34
of my own walk by faith.
00:46:52.41\00:46:54.44
The counterfeit says,
"God does not require any works
00:46:54.48\00:46:57.51
everything has
been done by grace
00:46:57.55\00:46:59.38
and there is nothing that
we as Christians need to do
00:46:59.41\00:47:01.68
to walk in that grace. "
00:47:01.72\00:47:03.42
We have baptism by immersion
00:47:03.45\00:47:06.25
and the counterfeit,
of course, is: Sprinkling.
00:47:06.29\00:47:08.72
We have Jesus' second coming
as literal, visible, audible
00:47:08.76\00:47:12.63
and the counterfeit, of
course, the Secret Rapture.
00:47:12.66\00:47:15.86
We have the state of the dead,
Shelley, as you talked about
00:47:15.90\00:47:19.23
in the
non-immortality of the soul,
00:47:19.27\00:47:21.37
and the counterfeit
for that, of course,
00:47:21.40\00:47:24.01
as you clearly talked about with
the immortality of the soul.
00:47:24.11\00:47:26.68
So, now we have the
truth of the Godhead,
00:47:26.71\00:47:29.51
God the Father, God the Son,
00:47:29.58\00:47:31.88
God the Holy Spirit
00:47:31.91\00:47:34.55
and Satan has
brought in a counterfeit,
00:47:34.58\00:47:36.38
that's what we're
talking about here,
00:47:36.45\00:47:38.92
the counterfeit
trinity as it were.
00:47:38.95\00:47:41.36
The dragon, the Sea
Beast, and the Land Beast.
00:47:41.39\00:47:46.06
That's what the
lesson calls them...
00:47:46.13\00:47:47.76
"The Dragon, the Sea
Beast and the Land Beast. "
00:47:47.83\00:47:50.27
They can also be
called the Dragon,
00:47:50.33\00:47:52.30
the Beast and the False Prophet
00:47:52.37\00:47:54.04
and either way you look at it,
00:47:54.10\00:47:55.67
we're really talking
about the same things.
00:47:55.70\00:47:57.37
So, let's look at the dragon...
00:47:57.41\00:47:58.81
the dragon being the
counterfeit for God the Father.
00:47:58.87\00:48:02.78
The dragon... and let's
turn to Revelation chapter 12,
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first of all we'll just look
at the description of the dragon
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Revelation chapter 12 verse 3.
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"Another sign
appeared in heaven:
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behold, a great,
fiery red dragon,
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having seven
heads and ten horns,
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and seven diadems... "
or seven crowns on his head.
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Who is the dragon?
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We see it... it's very
clear in Revelation 12 verse 9.
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We've talked about it,
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"So that great
dragon was cast out,
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that serpent of old,
called the Devil and Satan,
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who deceives the whole
world; he was cast to the earth,
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and his angels were
cast out with him. "
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Let's look at minute
at the dragon's role.
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If we look at Revelation 12:17,
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we see the dragon's role
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in this thing we call
"the great controversy. "
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"The dragon was enraged... "
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or King James says,
"wroth with the woman. "
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Now, the word for
"enraged" in Greek means
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"a fixed anger or
a settled oppression"
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I'm sorry... "opposition"
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a settled opposition...
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so, instead of the
dragon just all of a sudden...
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his temper flared... you
ever know someone like that?
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They instantly get mad, right?
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Something happens
and the temper flares,
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this is a "settled opposition"
so it's not talking about,
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"Once upon a
time... just once...
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the dragon was
wroth with the woman..."
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Satan was angry
with the church...
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it means that this
is a settled opposition,
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Satan studied
opposition to the church.
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So, the dragon...
Satan... was wroth...
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or had the settled
opposition to the woman
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and we know the
woman is the true church
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represented in Revelation,
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"and he went to make war
with the rest of her offspring,
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who keep the commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ. "
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So, the dragon's
role is to make war
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against the church...
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we see...
Revelation chapter 13 verse 1,
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we introduce the Sea Beast here.
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Revelation 13:1 and we'll
see what the dragon does...
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his role with the Sea Beast.
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Revelation 13:1...
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"Then I stood on
the sand of the sea.
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And I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea... "
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we don't have time
to get into all this,
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but the sea
representing many peoples...
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"having seven
heads and ten horns,
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and on his horns ten crowns,
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and on his heads
a blasphemous name.
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Now, the beast which I
saw was like a leopard,
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his feet were like
the feet of a bear,
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and his mouth like
the mouth of a lion. "
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Now, this is the point we want
to get to... with the dragon.
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The dragon gave him...
meaning the dragon... Satan...
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gave the Sea Beast his power...
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his throne... his
great authority...
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the dragon gave that authority
over to the Sea Beast...
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the dragon has
power or thinks he does...
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power... throne...
authority over all.
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Now, let's look at the
Sea Beast for a moment,
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the Sea Beast
being the counterfeit
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for God the Son or Jesus.
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The description of the Sea Beast
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we just read that
in in Revelation 13:1
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is very similar to the
description of the dragon,
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did you notice that?
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They were very similar.
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He had seven
heads and ten horns...
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same as the dragon...
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"and on his horns ten
crowns" same as the dragon...
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the dragon had the
seven crowns on his heads...
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and the Sea Beast has
the crowns on the horns...
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but still the
description is very similar,
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and this beast is
different from the dragon though
00:51:32.39\00:51:35.82
because he's a
composite image from Daniel.
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We see the
leopard... the bear...
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the mouth like the lion...
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the composite image of the
four beasts there in Daniel.
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Who does the
Sea Beast represent?
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Now, we're not looking at who
is the Sea Beast at this point,
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just who it represents
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we talked about the Sea
Beast being a counterfeit
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to Jesus Christ.
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We won't turn there but
think about Matthew 28...
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you can look this up
later... Matthew 28 verse 18.
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Pause...
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It says, "All
power" Jesus is speaking...
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"All power is given me
in heaven and in earth.
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Go ye therefore and make
disciples of all nations. "
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So, who gave Jesus all power?
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God the Father...
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so in this case, it says,
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in verse 2... the dragon...
the false trinity here...
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the dragon falsely
representing God the Father,
00:52:24.31\00:52:26.37
the dragon gave to the Sea Beast
00:52:26.41\00:52:28.84
falsely
representing Jesus Christ...
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the power...
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we also see in verse
3, "I saw one of his heads
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as if it had
been mortally wounded,
00:52:36.18\00:52:38.09
and the deadly wound was healed.
00:52:38.12\00:52:40.02
And all the world marveled
and followed the beast. "
00:52:40.06\00:52:42.19
They wondered after the beast...
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representing as in... Jesus...
00:52:44.36\00:52:46.36
He died then He
was resurrected again.
00:52:46.39\00:52:50.50
"And they worshipped... "
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this is verse 4... the dragon
who gave authority to the beast,
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and they worshiped the beast,
saying, "Who is like the beast?
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Who is able to
make war with him?"
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It reminds me of what
they said in Revelation 12:7
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talking about the war
breaking out in heaven,
00:53:04.18\00:53:06.61
Michael and His angels...
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we know "Michael"
represents the Lord Jesus Christ
00:53:08.02\00:53:10.39
and Michael literally
mean, "Who is like God"
00:53:10.42\00:53:13.22
so that's who... in
this false trinity...
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who he represents...
00:53:15.92\00:53:17.26
but literally,
who is the Sea Beast?
00:53:17.33\00:53:18.69
We know the Sea Beast...
00:53:18.76\00:53:20.10
we don't have time
to get into all this
00:53:20.13\00:53:21.43
but represents the Papacy...
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given power by
God for 42 months...
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if you follow the
day-for-a-year principle,
00:53:27.20\00:53:31.61
it works out to 1,260
years, from 538 to 1798,
00:53:31.64\00:53:36.01
then we see the
Land Beast come up
00:53:36.04\00:53:38.31
and I am so out of time...
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the Land Beast
representing the United States
00:53:39.71\00:53:42.72
and we see that in
Revelation 13 verse 11,
00:53:42.75\00:53:45.79
"Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth,
00:53:45.82\00:53:48.62
he had two horns like a
lamb and spoke like a dragon. "
00:53:48.66\00:53:50.69
He came out of the earth
00:53:50.73\00:53:52.06
because he did not
arise from many peoples,
00:53:52.09\00:53:53.76
he arose from an
unpopulated place,
00:53:53.80\00:53:56.03
"And he exercised
00:53:56.06\00:53:57.40
all the authority of the
first beast in his presence,
00:53:57.43\00:53:59.50
and causes the earth
and those who dwell in it
00:53:59.53\00:54:02.20
to worship the first beast
whose deadly wound was healed. "
00:54:02.24\00:54:05.41
The third
beast... the Land Beast...
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the third part of
this false trinity...
00:54:08.08\00:54:10.85
the Land Beast
represented a counterfeit
00:54:10.88\00:54:13.62
for God the Holy Spirit.
00:54:13.65\00:54:15.62
"Exercised authority...
00:54:15.65\00:54:17.49
caused them to
worship the Sea Beast"
00:54:17.52\00:54:19.25
he is the apparent third player
in this false end-time trinity,
00:54:19.29\00:54:24.79
he takes a
leading role in promoting
00:54:24.83\00:54:26.73
the interest of the Sea Beast
00:54:26.80\00:54:29.26
just like in John 16:13 and 14
00:54:29.30\00:54:31.60
when the "Spirit
of truth is come"
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He promotes the interest,
He leads us into all truth...
00:54:33.94\00:54:37.37
He promotes the interest of
God the Father and God the Son
00:54:37.41\00:54:40.84
and He also makes fire
come down from heaven...
00:54:40.88\00:54:43.41
and that's reminiscent
of the tongues of fire...
00:54:43.45\00:54:45.95
the fire coming down
from the Holy Spirit.
00:54:45.98\00:54:48.22
So, we see this false trinity,
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Revelation 16:13 talks
about the three unclean spirits
00:54:51.19\00:54:54.66
coming out of the mouth...
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and like frogs... and they're
representing the Dragon...
00:54:56.06\00:55:00.43
the Beast...
the False Prophet...
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and praise the Lord,
He has... in His Word...
00:55:01.83\00:55:05.73
we can study and learn
00:55:05.77\00:55:07.14
so we do not
have to be deceived.
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Panel: Amen... amen...
well done... well done...
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We're going to
take our time just now
00:55:11.41\00:55:13.14
and I'm going to ask you each
00:55:13.17\00:55:14.51
to tie a little bow
on your statement...
00:55:14.54\00:55:15.98
just give me just
one or two sentences
00:55:16.01\00:55:17.65
to sort of sum up your
particular day, Pastor...
00:55:17.68\00:55:20.52
Well, what I've
looked at in the lesson...
00:55:20.55\00:55:22.62
is Satan gives power
to those on his side...
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we understand that...
00:55:24.69\00:55:26.02
and the only way
that we can detect him
00:55:26.05\00:55:27.69
is by the great detector...
which is the Law of Jehovah
00:55:27.72\00:55:31.36
the great moral
standard of righteousness,
00:55:31.39\00:55:33.63
so, we need to
keep that in focus.
00:55:33.70\00:55:35.06
In the Garden, Satan told
Eve, "you shall not surely die"
00:55:35.10\00:55:39.50
and he's trying to
tell people that today...
00:55:39.53\00:55:41.57
that the dead are
not really dead...
00:55:41.60\00:55:43.81
that they are immortal...
00:55:43.87\00:55:45.21
the reason it is so
important to understand
00:55:45.24\00:55:49.14
that you are dead... and that
lying in the grave is because
00:55:49.18\00:55:54.32
Spiritualism is going to
be one of the final delusions
00:55:54.35\00:55:57.89
and there are
people who are believing
00:55:57.95\00:55:59.69
that they are getting messages
from beyond the grave...
00:55:59.72\00:56:02.02
not possible.
00:56:02.06\00:56:03.39
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:56:03.46\00:56:04.79
We need to base everything
we believe in God's Word...
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God's Word is the truth...
00:56:07.76\00:56:09.06
anything that contradicts
this Word is a lie...
00:56:09.10\00:56:11.30
and it... the lie... will
fall to the ground every time
00:56:11.33\00:56:14.27
in light of the
truth of God's Word.
00:56:14.34\00:56:15.94
Panel: Amen... amen.
00:56:15.97\00:56:17.61
Amen... deception
is a serious thing
00:56:17.64\00:56:19.37
it began in heaven with Satan
00:56:19.41\00:56:21.34
and it was spread to
this earth through Satan
00:56:21.38\00:56:23.58
and so, study the Word of God...
00:56:23.65\00:56:25.51
study to show
yourself approved unto God...
00:56:25.55\00:56:28.25
search the Scriptures
00:56:28.28\00:56:29.62
so that you will not be
deceived in these end times.
00:56:29.65\00:56:32.15
Very good... very quickly...
00:56:32.19\00:56:34.06
Pastor Kenny,
what I heard you say
00:56:34.09\00:56:36.06
is that... we cannot run
the risk of being deceived,
00:56:36.09\00:56:38.59
study the Word...
to not be deceived.
00:56:38.63\00:56:40.70
Shelley, what I heard you say
00:56:40.73\00:56:42.36
is the truth about
immortality of the soul
00:56:42.40\00:56:44.87
that to do otherwise
paints an ugly picture of God
00:56:44.90\00:56:47.74
because it says, "We
will burn in hell forever"
00:56:47.77\00:56:50.61
that's not the
loving God we know.
00:56:50.67\00:56:52.01
Mollie... divine
design... love it...
00:56:52.04\00:56:54.81
and Jill... the
counterfeit trinity...
00:56:54.88\00:56:57.78
Satan has a counterfeit
for everything of God
00:56:57.85\00:57:00.78
but we live by the
truth, the whole truth
00:57:00.85\00:57:03.65
and nothing but the truth...
00:57:03.72\00:57:05.05
and that is found
in the Word of God.
00:57:05.12\00:57:07.22
I hope and pray
00:57:07.29\00:57:08.62
that this study has
been a blessing to you.
00:57:08.66\00:57:11.39
These are important subjects
00:57:11.43\00:57:13.13
because our faith is going
to be tested in these last days
00:57:13.16\00:57:16.87
but we hold on to the fact
that greater is He that is in us
00:57:16.90\00:57:20.64
than he that is in the world...
00:57:20.67\00:57:22.57
and as you follow
God and hold on to Him,
00:57:22.60\00:57:25.11
you will not be deceived.
00:57:25.14\00:57:26.47
We look to see you
again next time, God bless...
00:57:26.51\00:57:28.91
have a
wonderful walk with Jesus.
00:57:28.94\00:57:30.88