I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to
3ABN's Family Worship,
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and happy Sabbath.
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Happy Sabbath to those
of you around the table.
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Happy Sabbath to
those of you at home.
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If you are
watching this tonight,
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we know that you are blessed.
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You are blessed
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'cause there's just been
so much going on in our world.
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And if you got life,
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you got breath, you are blessed.
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Let me tell you.
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Tonight we're
going to be talking
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about Angels, Armor,
and Promises part two.
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Now we thought,
at least I thought,
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I don't know about you.
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All right.
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But I thought we were going
to cover all three of these
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in one lesson, in
one family worship,
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but the Holy Spirit
had different plans.
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That's good. And
it was a blessing.
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I mean, it was such a blessing
when we talked about angels,
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and today we are going to...
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Or tonight, excuse me,
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we are going to
talk about armor.
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And I know that this is
going to be a blessing as well.
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But before we begin,
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Pastor Kenny, would
you lead us in prayer?
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And those of you at
home, please pray with us,
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gather the kids around.
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Let's all pray together.
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Merciful Father in heaven,
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we thank You again
for another Sabbath day.
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We thank You
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that You brought us
through another week.
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We just thank You
for just Your love
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that You have for us,
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and our hearts just rejoice
when we think about Calvary,
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we think about the
price that was paid,
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think about that wonderful grace
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that was bestowed upon
each and every one of us.
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Our hearts are warm,
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we're excited
about this subject,
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and we just pray
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that Your Holy Spirit
will reside here with us
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and will just
lead, guide, and direct.
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And for those who are at home,
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we pray a special
blessing upon them,
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many of them
are gathered around,
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many are taking notes,
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many are listening,
many are singing right along.
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So, Father, we pray
in a very special way
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that You'll bless
each and every one.
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And may this be a good
time of study together,
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may the angels of
heaven love to dwell among us,
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and in our homes, bless us now
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we pray this and open
our minds, our hearts,
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that we may see and hear
Jesus in a very special way.
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In Jesus' name we
pray in for His sake.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen, amen.
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Angels, Armor,
and Promises part two.
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And the Holy Spirit brought
some real soldiers here today.
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To our far right
is Sister Mollie.
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We are so
thankful that you are here.
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Sister Mollie,
you want to tell us
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what your job
title is right now?
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I'm an assistant
to Jill Morikone.
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That's vice president.
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And I'm still a vice president,
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but I want to just
assist Jill and help Jill.
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I've assisted and
helped Danny all these years.
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And now I want
to see Jill just...
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And she is doing
such an incredible job,
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that woman is called of
God to be at this place.
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And now what my purpose is,
is to help her every way I can.
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And I know she
loves you so much.
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She's been telling a
little bit about you.
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She loves you very, very much.
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And to my left is
Sister Shelley Quinn.
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Sister Shelley,
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what is your job
title here at 3ABN?
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Program development manager
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and that takes up
about that much of my time
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and rest of the time
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I do whatever they ask me to do.
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Wow!
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Well, as much as I've
seen you do in the past,
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I would have thought
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it would have been a lot more...
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It does take up a lot of time,
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there's just a lot of
things thrown in on top.
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Are you pastor, JD?
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I started to call you Pastor JD,
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but I know you work in pastoral.
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I'm a prayer warrior. You
are a prayer warrior, yes.
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If anybody ever
had a pastor's heart,
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it's this man.
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I believe. I love
JD. Amen. Thank you.
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He's been my
buddy for a long time.
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Long time. Amen, amen.
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So I kind of gravitate
to him he's a sweetheart,
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and I gravitate to you too.
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Oh, honey, I'm thankful.
Absolutely, I'm glad you do.
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I need little help
and little stability.
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Yeah, I do.
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Little stability,
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and she helps
bring that stability.
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Okay, well, I
didn't even say who I am.
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I'm Chris Shelton and
you're Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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Oh, okay.
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And I guess, technically
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we're from Behold
the Lamb Ministries
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but we are a part
of this 3ABN family.
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We feel like we are. Yeah.
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Absolutely. For a long time.
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And we love being
here and we love studying.
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We like to be
where there's action,
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where people are
really suiting up
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in this armor and
fighting for the Lord.
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Now what I was
thinking we would do,
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we would read Ephesians 6:10-8,
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and then we're
going to come back
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and we're going to dissect
each piece of this armor.
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And perhaps maybe
glean a little bit more
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about why God put it in
the context that He did.
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So if you want to
join with us at home,
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it's Ephesians 6
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and I'm going to
read verses 10-18,
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it reads,
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"Finally, my
brethren, be strong in the Lord,
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and in the power of His might."
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I mean, we could talk an
hour just on that one sentence.
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I love that. Strong in the Lord.
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We have no
strength within ourselves.
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That's right.
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Power in His might,
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you know, we were talking about
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being nervous
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before the
cameras were turned on.
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And there's a lot
of times that we are
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because we have no might,
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but when we allow Him to come
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and He gives us
power and strength
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to move forward.
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"Put on the whole amour of God,
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that ye may be able to stand
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against the wiles of the devil."
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I got to stop right there
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'cause if we
don't put on this armor
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that we're about to
dissect and talk about,
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we're not going
to be able to stand.
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That's right. Amen.
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And we may talk a little bit
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about what the wiles
of the devil really is.
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"For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood,
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but against principalities."
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I look that up, you
know, principalities,
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we think of, of
kind of a spirit world,
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but what is principalities?
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It can be princes, it
can be those in power.
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And the Bible goes on to say,
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"Against powers, against rulers
of the darkness of this world."
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So there's powers at
one time held high positions
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that are now ruling
the darkness of this world.
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"Against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
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Wherefore take unto
you the whole armor of God,
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that ye may be able to withstand
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even in the evil day and
having done all, to stand.
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Stand therefore,
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having your loins
girt about with truth,
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and having on the
breastplate of righteousness.
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And your feet shod
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with the preparation
of the gospel of peace.
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Above all, taking
the shield of faith,
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wherewith ye
shall be able to quench
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all the fiery
darts of the wicked.
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And take the
helmet of salvation,
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and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God.
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Praying always with all power
and supplication in the Spirit,
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and watching thereunto
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with all
perseverance and supplication
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for all saints."
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There is so
much in these verses.
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There is so much.
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And I stopped on
those opening sentences
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because I didn't want to...
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We may go back,
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but I didn't
want to really focus
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a lot of time on those
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'cause I think,
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if we begin to dissect
just the part of this armor,
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you know, and...
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First of all, why
would we need armor?
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Well, when you think
about the devil and his forces,
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his unholy alliance is out there
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doing everything they
can to trip us up with.
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This is the
controversy of good and evil.
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And there is no sufficiency
in our humanity to fight
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this battle against him.
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So we have to look to the Lord,
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He is the one who will
equip us for this fight,
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and give us everything we know,
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need to put on the armor,
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and it is in by His power
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that we can even
overcome this evil.
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We're in a war, it says,
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"We wrestle not
with flesh and blood."
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Yes.
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We wrestle, you
know, it's warfare.
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And in all
warfare there's armor.
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Thank goodness, there is armor.
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And I believe
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each one of these
specific pieces of armor
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that we're
looking at here today,
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you can find a
parallel in the armor
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that was provided
for the Roman army.
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And every one of these pieces...
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And if you look at the armor,
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if everything is
properly in place,
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there's no chink in
your armor, and we'll look,
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I'm sure, in a few
minutes at what happens
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when there is a
chink in your armor.
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But when there's no
chink in your armor,
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you are completely
covered and God provides
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every one of
these pieces of armor
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for our protection
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because He knows we're in a war.
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It's called the
great controversy
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by the way.
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And it's raging out there. Yes.
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But when you think of
war, we're thinking about...
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It's life and death issues.
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Every time you think about
war, when I was in the service,
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and you're going
to be sent to Vietnam,
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or you're going to be
sent to whatever place.
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The thing that
crosses your mind,
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you're going to be in battle,
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and you're
either going to make it
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or you're not going to make it.
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That's right.
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So this is that context
I think that we need to,
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you know, look at this
in, but also I noticed that,
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you know, we talked about
the beginning of this thing.
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Why was Paul talking about this?
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There was a reason
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because of this condition
that the church was in.
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I think, it's good
to look back at that,
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'cause he'd just previous,
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he had discussed
the theological things
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that were going
on in the church.
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I was talking about
the spiritual things
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that were going
on in the church.
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He was talking
about how to attain unity
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for God's last day people.
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So this is...
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To me that's
like there's a pillar,
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there's this thing called unity.
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So he is saying now,
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"Okay, this is how unity
can be attained in the church,"
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as you put on the armor
that you were talking about.
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How can a person do it?
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Well, just two things
real quick as we go on.
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First of all, they talk
about a secret to success,
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you know, we talk
about secrets to success is,
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we know in John 15, we
abide in Him, don't we?
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I mean, that's
not really a secret,
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but it is to a lot of people.
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First of all,
if we want success,
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he's talking about
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this is how you
are going to obtain it.
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Here's what's
going on in church,
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now this is why
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I'm bringing it
up to the church,
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this is what's going
to have to take place
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because the devil
is going to come in
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because there is a
battle, and then secret is,
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we have to be as
divine and the branch,
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we had to be part of Him,
and then we need to look at,
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I think it was in
2 Corinthians 12:9,
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something about,
His grace is what?
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Sufficient. His
grace would be sufficient.
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And I keep this in mind,
I think as we study this,
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just hit my mind is,
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I know who the
author of this armor,
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I know who He is, I
know who developed it,
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I know who patented it.
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So already He
patented, who made it,
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and I know that
it will be sufficient
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against those darts
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that the enemy
throws against us.
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So that you notice background
and know why He put it,
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and then how we attain
that, how we get the victory,
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but I may have truly listed out
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this to make some
good conversation here.
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So many good things,
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I think the Lord was
giving us a visual right here,
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as everybody has alluded
to that we are in a warfare.
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We are actually, and I think as,
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at least as I was
preparing for this,
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it's not just a warfare
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for other
people and other souls.
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It's for ourself as
well. It's for ourself.
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We are fighting
for our own salvation.
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And I think this
armor also shows us
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that we have a part to play.
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Yes. We have to put this on.
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God is not going to come to you,
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brother JD, I know you
have something on your tongue,
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he's not going to
come and force this on you,
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he's not going to
force this helmet on you,
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this breastplate.
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You have a part to play. Amen.
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You know, the first
thing that came on mind
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was this is about protection.
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Okay?
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And each culture
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has its own
avenue of protection.
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Today, in the modern days,
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I mean, right
now, like in football.
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My goodness,
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they're changing
rules right left,
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but then I went back in my mind,
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went to David and Goliath.
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You remember, during those days,
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Goliath had all this
armor, he had a breastplate,
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he had a helmet.
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But then here,
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you know, even
more strong as we read,
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here you got
little David over here
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with nothing
along but a slingshot.
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And the Lord. And
the Lord, of course.
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But it was about
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who you saw yourself
as being in the Lord,
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and as time goes by,
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the Lord could see
that we need protection.
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And so now, as Paul
is writing in his days,
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he shows us what we
could identify with.
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But it changes all the time.
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But dealing in this
unity and this alliance,
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you know, with
the churches today
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because that's what
we're wanting to do.
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We're wanting to be as one.
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Yeah, I mean, do you
see in this battle...
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And everybody
can talk about this,
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that the battle as far
as raging on is uneven.
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The sides are uneven. Yes.
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It doesn't have to
stay that way, why?
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Because you have the forces,
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all the forces of demons of hell
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against poor
little dust of the earth.
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It feels good.
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So, you know, how
does that equal out,
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or does it equal
out, must have equal out.
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You know, I'm thinking of Elisha
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where the king of
Syria was making war.
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And remember
this is in 2 Kings 6,
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and the king of
Syria was making war.
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And he finally went
to his men and says,
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"What is it that every
time I start to do something,
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they already know
what I'm going to do?"
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And what did this mean?
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There's this
prophet called Elisha,
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and he knows even
what you do in your bedroom
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so the king said, heard that,
he needed "Where is this man?
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Where is Elisha?"
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I believe, he was at
Dothan, I'm not sure.
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So they went to
Dothan, the whole Syrian army,
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and what were they going to do?
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They were going to capture him,
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they were going to
put a stop to this.
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And so Elisha took his
servant out to the hill,
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and they were surrounded.
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And I'm getting to that point
that we were talking about.
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They were
surrounded by the Syrian army
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and, you know, what
Elisha said to his servant,
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"There's more with us
than there is with them."
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Now here we've
got Elisha's servant,
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and Elisha's servant is
looking at Elisha like one, two.
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What did Elisha
pray? God open His eyes.
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And what did he see around?
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The host of the
army of the Lord,
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and so that's what we have.
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God hasn't left us defenseless.
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We are mighty through
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these weapons that
He's made available.
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And when we do
all we know to do,
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we've got that host of the army
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of the Lord
surrounding us as well.
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Psalms 34:7,
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"The angel of the Lord
shall encamp round them
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that fear him,
and delivereth them."
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That's one of my
favorite promises.
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And I've seen it
time and time again.
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And God has not
left us defenseless.
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Let's go. Go ahead.
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Before you go forth,
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I just wanted to say
something to your point about,
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it's not that we're just praying
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for others in this
battle but for ourself.
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I don't know about you,
but there are times in my life,
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even in my recent history,
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that things are going
on and you kind of like,
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"What's wrong with me, Lord?"
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And all of a sudden,
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you know, I can
recognize a spiritual battle
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that's going on in
everybody else's life,
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but sometimes I'm
slow to recognize,
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"Hey, this is a
spiritual battle."
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And so suddenly it's, like,
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I wake up and I become militant
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'cause I realize,
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"Hey, I'm in a battle
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and I need to
cooperate with the Lord to fight
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against these forces."
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Has anybody else
ever experienced that?
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Oh, yes. Yes.
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Oh, Lord, have mercy. Okay.
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And, I think... It's real.
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Yes. Yeah.
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It's absolutely real.
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And I think, as
we go through this,
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we're going to see
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how just by
going through this step
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and putting these armors
on in the proper perspective,
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then we begin to see
those darts of the enemy,
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to see and
understand those snares
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that you're talking about.
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You know, just
the very first one,
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it says,
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"Stand therefore,
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having your loins
girt about with truth."
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Well, before we
even talking about,
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you know, what that means
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and why would
you girt your loins,
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but really if you go back...
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I was going back
to 2 Corinthians 11,
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and it's talking
in 2 Corinthians 11,
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it says, "But I
fear, lest by any means,
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as the serpent beguiled Eve
00:17:54.80\00:17:57.04
through his subtlety,
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so your minds
should be corrupted
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from the
simplicity that is in Christ.
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For He that cometh
preaches another Jesus,"
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You see, we are in a world
where we have to understand
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not only the difference
between truth and error,
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but between
truth and almost truth,
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which is what you
were referring to.
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"Whom we have not preached,
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or if any
receive another spirit,
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which ye have not
received, or another gospel,
00:18:31.01\00:18:33.48
which ye have not accepted,
ye might well bear with him.
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For such are false
apostles, deceitful workers,
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transforming
themselves," listen to this,
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"into apostles of Christ.
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And no marvel,
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for Satan himself is transformed
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into an angel of light."
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You know, I
listen once in a while
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to other Christians,
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and I think how
sad 'cause they...
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And let me explain this.
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Okay.
00:19:01.47\00:19:02.80
Those who, you feel
probably know what the truth is
00:19:02.84\00:19:07.04
and they've turned away from it.
00:19:07.08\00:19:09.21
And yet they're
still talking the talk,
00:19:09.24\00:19:11.08
walking the walk, it
seems on the outside,
00:19:11.11\00:19:14.95
but remember Jesus Himself,
they come to Him and said,
00:19:14.98\00:19:17.39
"Lord, Lord,
didn't we cast out demons
00:19:17.42\00:19:18.79
in your name?"
00:19:18.82\00:19:20.16
He says, "Depart from
me, you workers of iniquity."
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So this battle is intense,
00:19:22.96\00:19:26.83
and we're only going to know
00:19:26.86\00:19:29.20
who are the true
sheep from the false sheep
00:19:29.23\00:19:33.87
if we go to the armory.
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And what's the armory?
00:19:35.70\00:19:38.11
The Bible. The Bible.
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I mean, the first thing
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we're talking
humanity and divinity.
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And now we are
working together here?
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First thing is what? Put on.
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Excuse me,
00:19:49.22\00:19:50.65
put on so
there's cooperation there
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has to be between the
Holy Spirit and mankind.
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Do I have to put it on?
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Do I have to? We're command to.
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Yeah, you know,
you look at however
00:20:03.03\00:20:04.43
you want to look at it.
00:20:04.47\00:20:05.80
If you want to
survive the battle,
00:20:05.83\00:20:07.17
you want to be victorious,
00:20:07.20\00:20:08.54
you want heaven to be your home,
00:20:08.57\00:20:09.90
you got to put on the armor.
00:20:09.94\00:20:11.27
That's right.
00:20:11.31\00:20:12.64
If you choose not to put
on the armor, guaranteed,
00:20:12.67\00:20:14.01
you're not going to
make it through the battle.
00:20:14.04\00:20:15.38
Guaranteed, you're going to die.
00:20:15.41\00:20:16.75
So this is...
00:20:16.78\00:20:18.11
First of all,
00:20:18.15\00:20:19.48
He just simply
throws it out there...
00:20:19.51\00:20:20.85
Sister Mollie, put on the armor.
00:20:20.88\00:20:22.22
Just put it on.
00:20:22.25\00:20:23.59
So why girt our
loins about with truth?
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What does that mean?
00:20:27.86\00:20:29.89
I think that like
girt, that's like a belt,
00:20:29.92\00:20:34.03
that's what a
Roman soldier would use
00:20:34.06\00:20:38.53
to hold everything
in place was his belt.
00:20:38.57\00:20:42.57
Now isn't that what a belt does?
00:20:42.60\00:20:44.34
A belt keeps
everything in place...
00:20:44.37\00:20:47.04
And a believer's
integrity is the belt
00:20:50.28\00:20:56.18
that we have that
holds everything in place.
00:20:56.22\00:20:59.22
If a believer doesn't...
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If you're not a man
or a woman of integrity,
00:21:00.96\00:21:04.36
then nothing is
in place for you.
00:21:04.39\00:21:06.83
And so as you have
God's truth as you use that,
00:21:06.86\00:21:10.17
as that which holds
everything together,
00:21:10.20\00:21:13.30
then you're going to be a
man or a woman of integrity.
00:21:13.34\00:21:16.37
And things are going
to be in place for you.
00:21:16.40\00:21:19.61
And if you weren't a soldier,
00:21:19.64\00:21:22.54
and you were living in the
time that this was written,
00:21:22.58\00:21:25.75
many of the men wore tunics
00:21:25.78\00:21:27.12
which we think of
is like a long dress,
00:21:27.15\00:21:29.48
but if they had to
really get somewhere quickly,
00:21:29.52\00:21:32.02
or if they had to
work or go to battle,
00:21:32.05\00:21:34.46
they had to girt
that up under their belt,
00:21:34.49\00:21:37.06
tie it up around their
legs so that they can move.
00:21:37.09\00:21:41.23
And to me when I
read and I researched that
00:21:41.26\00:21:43.80
and understood
it a little better,
00:21:43.83\00:21:45.60
I thought this is
what God is telling us,
00:21:45.63\00:21:47.64
"You need to get ready to move.
00:21:47.67\00:21:49.94
You need to get
ready for battle,
00:21:49.97\00:21:52.04
and you need to be equipped
with the truth in this battle."
00:21:52.07\00:21:57.05
Go ahead, sister. Go
ahead. I just missed it.
00:21:57.08\00:21:58.48
I think of the belt of truth
as a reliability of God's Word.
00:21:58.51\00:22:02.48
And for me, when I
started really feeling equipped
00:22:02.52\00:22:06.35
was when I
discovered Isaiah 55:11
00:22:06.39\00:22:09.59
that as I
returned God's Word to Him,
00:22:09.62\00:22:11.49
it doesn't return void,
00:22:11.53\00:22:12.86
but it accomplishes
everything for which He sent it.
00:22:12.89\00:22:16.16
In Jeremiah 1:12,
00:22:16.20\00:22:17.57
that God's watching
over His Word to perform it,
00:22:17.60\00:22:20.44
and then in 1 Kings 8:56,
00:22:20.47\00:22:23.97
it says that not one word
00:22:24.01\00:22:27.18
of what He has
promised has failed.
00:22:27.21\00:22:29.34
So to me if I'm
going into battle,
00:22:29.38\00:22:32.88
if I can't go into
a spiritual battle,
00:22:32.91\00:22:38.69
if I don't know the Word of God,
00:22:38.72\00:22:41.12
but when I've got this Word
00:22:41.16\00:22:44.26
and know the
reliability of God's Word
00:22:44.29\00:22:46.83
that girds up my loins,
00:22:46.86\00:22:48.66
I mean, that
makes me ready to move.
00:22:48.70\00:22:52.13
And I mentioned earlier,
00:22:52.17\00:22:53.50
we have to know the difference
between truth and almost truth.
00:22:53.54\00:22:56.81
You see there's a lot of spirits
00:22:56.84\00:22:58.74
that are doing miraculous things
00:22:58.77\00:23:01.08
even in churches today
00:23:01.11\00:23:02.58
which is what's
confusing to people,
00:23:02.61\00:23:04.38
but the Bible says
00:23:04.41\00:23:05.75
we must worship God
in spirit and in truth.
00:23:05.78\00:23:09.55
So if you see the
spirit and the spirit seems
00:23:09.58\00:23:12.49
like it's working
00:23:12.52\00:23:13.86
like the God's
Spirit would work,
00:23:13.89\00:23:16.36
but they're not worshiping
in truth, there's a problem.
00:23:16.39\00:23:20.56
So truth will
set us free from sin.
00:23:20.60\00:23:24.37
So we have to be...
00:23:24.40\00:23:25.73
But we're warned
00:23:25.77\00:23:27.10
what you are talking
about Paul's warning us
00:23:27.14\00:23:28.77
and he's even telling us
who we were fighting against.
00:23:28.80\00:23:31.67
He goes back and see enemy.
00:23:31.71\00:23:33.24
And what does the enemy going
to throw out to the church?
00:23:33.27\00:23:35.91
Error mingled with truth.
00:23:35.94\00:23:38.68
He's going to throw his
craft out and his deceits.
00:23:38.71\00:23:41.58
So the issue is there,
we can look out and say,
00:23:41.62\00:23:43.92
"Well, how's the
enemy going to do it?"
00:23:43.95\00:23:45.39
Because he is what?
00:23:45.42\00:23:46.76
He's the accuser of the brother.
00:23:46.79\00:23:48.12
So what does he do?
00:23:48.16\00:23:49.49
He comes into church,
00:23:49.52\00:23:50.86
he begins to
get people to gossip
00:23:50.89\00:23:52.23
and backbite about each other,
00:23:52.26\00:23:53.60
he cause
division and separation,
00:23:53.63\00:23:55.26
and the church can never
be powerful as it should be,
00:23:55.30\00:23:57.60
as long as that's going on.
00:23:57.63\00:23:59.23
Those are things
00:23:59.27\00:24:00.60
that he brings
out to encourage us
00:24:00.64\00:24:03.64
to put on the whole armor
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.44
that we've been
talking about here.
00:24:05.47\00:24:07.34
So the warning is
good for us to look at.
00:24:07.38\00:24:09.64
Yes, and he comes in very subtle
00:24:09.68\00:24:12.01
is what we read in
Corinthians, very subtle.
00:24:12.05\00:24:14.15
If he came in,
00:24:14.18\00:24:15.52
you know, with a
pitchfork, and red suit on,
00:24:15.55\00:24:18.92
and look like a devil
we would understand that.
00:24:18.95\00:24:22.12
But when he comes in
as we read in Corinthians
00:24:22.16\00:24:24.76
as an angel of light.
00:24:24.79\00:24:27.86
That's why, you
know, Jesus warned us
00:24:27.90\00:24:29.83
be not deceived
over, and over, and over.
00:24:29.86\00:24:33.27
It's not being deceived
00:24:33.30\00:24:34.64
'cause we know not
to go to certain places,
00:24:34.67\00:24:37.07
but when it appears
like someone is uplifting
00:24:37.11\00:24:40.71
this Lord and Savior
00:24:40.74\00:24:42.08
which we love, and
we've devoted our lives to,
00:24:42.11\00:24:45.21
you know, we're
more drawn to that,
00:24:45.25\00:24:46.92
and Jesus is
saying be not deceived,
00:24:46.95\00:24:49.85
be not deceived.
00:24:49.88\00:24:51.25
Let me go back to this,
00:24:51.29\00:24:52.62
I mean, I can't get rid of this.
00:24:52.65\00:24:54.29
It's all right.
00:24:54.32\00:24:55.66
Talking about
girding up with this truth.
00:24:55.69\00:24:59.26
And if we're talking
about a gird being a belt,
00:24:59.29\00:25:02.00
you know, to me a
belt is an equalizer, okay?
00:25:02.03\00:25:08.27
Sometimes you let it
loose, your pants fall down,
00:25:08.30\00:25:12.84
another times, you know,
you tighten it up and it...
00:25:12.87\00:25:17.28
So here we have that option.
00:25:17.31\00:25:21.62
We can be girded up with truth
00:25:21.65\00:25:24.05
or we can just
let it slide precise,
00:25:24.09\00:25:26.59
you know, so I just...
00:25:26.62\00:25:29.12
Be caught with
your pants. Caught.
00:25:29.16\00:25:31.36
Yeah, you are not prepared,
but that is our choice,
00:25:31.39\00:25:35.16
you know, and so it does
bring kind of an equal...
00:25:35.20\00:25:38.00
Yes, wow.
00:25:38.03\00:25:39.37
And we fight
those battles daily.
00:25:39.40\00:25:41.74
But isn't it true
that the Roman soldiers,
00:25:41.77\00:25:45.41
their belt, they hung
other weapons off their belt.
00:25:45.44\00:25:49.18
So the belt was a critical...
00:25:49.21\00:25:53.21
And all of our
weapons hang on the truth
00:25:53.25\00:25:55.88
and I think this is
what you keep saying
00:25:55.92\00:25:57.85
is that if we've got a belt
00:25:57.89\00:26:01.99
that's part truth, part error,
00:26:02.02\00:26:04.49
nothing else is going
to hang on that properly.
00:26:04.53\00:26:06.49
It is going to crumble
00:26:06.53\00:26:07.86
because it has to be
00:26:07.90\00:26:10.07
the undiluted
truth of God's Word
00:26:10.10\00:26:12.33
if you're going
to really stand on.
00:26:12.37\00:26:13.74
And those belts, you
know, just came of mind
00:26:13.77\00:26:15.84
because, you know,
00:26:15.87\00:26:17.21
you're in
construction or whatever you,
00:26:17.24\00:26:18.87
how many things
hang on the belt?
00:26:18.91\00:26:20.24
You've got screwdriver,
00:26:20.28\00:26:21.61
you've got pliers,
you've got hammers,
00:26:21.64\00:26:22.98
you've got all kind of things,
00:26:23.01\00:26:24.35
but even in stores
00:26:24.38\00:26:26.11
when a person
is weak in an area,
00:26:26.15\00:26:28.62
it might be the back,
you have belts that support.
00:26:28.65\00:26:32.25
Now what does that support do?
00:26:32.29\00:26:33.79
It not only
supports the top half,
00:26:33.82\00:26:36.39
but it also
supports the lower part.
00:26:36.42\00:26:39.16
So it's very
important that's an exercise
00:26:39.19\00:26:42.73
that's what you think
of term, that's a core.
00:26:42.76\00:26:45.07
You have to have a healthy kind
of a midsection here and strong
00:26:45.10\00:26:48.14
so that the legs work properly,
00:26:48.17\00:26:49.50
that the upper
body works properly.
00:26:49.54\00:26:51.37
So God says, we
need to gird that,
00:26:51.41\00:26:52.74
maybe tighten it
up just a little bit,
00:26:52.77\00:26:55.61
and hang these gifts on there.
00:26:55.64\00:26:58.25
And when I had looked at that,
00:26:58.28\00:27:00.25
the belt that was
holding it in place,
00:27:00.28\00:27:02.02
but you're actually girding
up the whole tunic as it were
00:27:02.05\00:27:07.02
so that you can move,
00:27:07.06\00:27:08.82
so that you have
freedom to battle in this battle
00:27:08.86\00:27:12.46
that we're talking about it.
00:27:12.49\00:27:14.20
Well, unless
there's any other thoughts,
00:27:14.23\00:27:16.30
let's move on
00:27:16.33\00:27:17.67
to the
breastplate of righteousness,
00:27:17.70\00:27:20.07
the breastplate
of righteousness.
00:27:20.10\00:27:22.37
What do you suppose that means?
00:27:22.40\00:27:24.14
Why did God describe it
00:27:24.17\00:27:25.64
as the
breastplate of righteousness?
00:27:25.67\00:27:28.34
Well, let me use the
example of the soldier again.
00:27:28.38\00:27:32.01
The breastplates
were woven chains.
00:27:32.05\00:27:35.58
And the breastplates
covered all of the vital organs,
00:27:35.62\00:27:39.05
the heart, the
lungs, the kidneys.
00:27:39.09\00:27:42.22
And what the enemy looks for,
00:27:42.26\00:27:47.50
would look for was
a chink in that armor,
00:27:47.53\00:27:50.17
a chink in that breastplate,
00:27:50.20\00:27:51.80
because if there was a
chink they could put the spear
00:27:51.83\00:27:54.30
through there
and kill the warrior.
00:27:54.34\00:27:57.54
Are you all warriors?
00:27:57.57\00:27:58.91
That's what I'm
liking in us to today.
00:27:58.94\00:28:01.31
We are warriors
on the battlefront
00:28:01.34\00:28:04.38
for the kingdom of God.
00:28:04.41\00:28:06.08
Well, the
breastplate of righteousness
00:28:06.11\00:28:08.55
that would be the
believer's purity.
00:28:08.58\00:28:12.22
And so what the enemy is
looking for is to trick you,
00:28:12.25\00:28:16.09
to deceive you to any
area of impurity in your life.
00:28:16.12\00:28:20.66
That is an open door,
00:28:20.70\00:28:22.03
that is a chink in your armor
for the enemy to get through.
00:28:22.06\00:28:26.84
He looks for a crack.
00:28:26.87\00:28:28.87
And so what we
must do is we must stand
00:28:28.90\00:28:32.71
before the Lord
who's going to ascend
00:28:32.74\00:28:34.64
into the very
presence of Almighty God,
00:28:34.68\00:28:36.88
those that have clean
hands and a pure heart.
00:28:36.91\00:28:40.22
So purity, I believe
00:28:40.25\00:28:42.05
that
breastplate of righteousness
00:28:42.08\00:28:44.12
is the purity of the believer.
00:28:44.15\00:28:46.12
And, you know, I agree a
100% to what you are saying,
00:28:46.15\00:28:49.49
I want take it
just one step further.
00:28:49.52\00:28:51.89
I look at the
breastplate of righteousness
00:28:51.93\00:28:54.23
as being the righteousness
00:28:54.26\00:28:55.60
that Jesus Christ
has credited to me
00:28:55.63\00:28:58.70
to my account.
00:28:58.73\00:29:00.17
And the righteousness by faith
00:29:00.20\00:29:01.77
'cause we know
Isaiah 64:6 says that,
00:29:01.80\00:29:05.17
"Our
righteousness is as filthy rags
00:29:05.21\00:29:07.64
before the Lord."
00:29:07.68\00:29:09.01
So that
breastplate of righteousness
00:29:09.04\00:29:11.21
is just having
that comfort of knowing,
00:29:11.25\00:29:14.58
I have righteousness by faith,
00:29:14.62\00:29:16.38
but then to Mollie's point,
that is what does exactly,
00:29:16.42\00:29:21.82
what you say to keep
the chinks out of our armor.
00:29:21.86\00:29:25.73
What you said made me think
of the Romans 6:16, it says,
00:29:25.76\00:29:29.80
"Do you not know
00:29:29.83\00:29:31.17
that to whom you present
yourselves slaves to obey,
00:29:31.20\00:29:33.80
you are that one's
slaves whom you obey,
00:29:33.84\00:29:36.60
whether of sin leading to death,
00:29:36.64\00:29:40.21
or of obedience
leading to righteousness."
00:29:40.24\00:29:43.24
So, you know,
00:29:43.28\00:29:44.61
there's people
out there who think,
00:29:44.65\00:29:46.18
"All right, I have
the righteousness..."
00:29:46.21\00:29:47.95
I mean, there's three groups...
00:29:47.98\00:29:51.52
There's over here on the left
00:29:51.55\00:29:53.02
you've got
people who are saying,
00:29:53.05\00:29:55.12
"Oh, righteousness
by faith, I'm saved."
00:29:55.16\00:29:58.59
And they don't pay any attention
00:29:58.63\00:30:01.60
to the Word of God.
00:30:01.63\00:30:03.77
And they've been
deceived, they've been misled.
00:30:03.80\00:30:09.97
Now on the opposite extreme,
00:30:10.01\00:30:12.77
you've got those people who are,
00:30:12.81\00:30:15.31
"Oh, my righteous,
00:30:15.34\00:30:16.75
I'm just not good
enough for God to save me.
00:30:16.78\00:30:19.21
Can I ever be saved?"
00:30:19.25\00:30:20.72
They have no assurance
of salvation if you will.
00:30:20.75\00:30:23.42
And in the middle somewhere,
00:30:23.45\00:30:24.79
you've got
people who are saying,
00:30:24.82\00:30:26.35
"Yes, this, you know,
00:30:26.39\00:30:28.16
it's Christ who gave
me this righteousness."
00:30:28.19\00:30:30.99
But the chink
comes when I am impure,
00:30:31.03\00:30:34.10
when I am not
walking in obedience to Him.
00:30:34.13\00:30:37.37
That's the way I look at it.
00:30:37.40\00:30:38.73
And thank God for 1 John 1:9
00:30:38.77\00:30:40.47
because we all are going to err.
00:30:40.50\00:30:44.01
Now, there may
be some that aren't,
00:30:44.04\00:30:46.04
but I'm not there yet.
00:30:46.07\00:30:47.41
And so if I confess my sins,
00:30:47.44\00:30:50.15
He's faithful and
just to forgive me,
00:30:50.18\00:30:52.85
and to cleanse me from what?
00:30:52.88\00:30:54.78
From all unrighteousness.
00:30:54.82\00:30:56.52
If I'm cleansed
from all unrighteousness,
00:30:56.55\00:30:59.35
then you know
what the word declares?
00:30:59.39\00:31:01.46
I'm the righteousness
of God in Christ Jesus.
00:31:01.49\00:31:04.23
Has nothing to do
00:31:04.26\00:31:05.59
about my purity, or my
holiness, or my goodness,
00:31:05.63\00:31:07.90
it has only to do with the...
00:31:07.93\00:31:10.80
Well, Christ rode
out for us at Calvary.
00:31:10.83\00:31:12.93
The power that's in
His blood to cleanse us
00:31:12.97\00:31:15.50
from that unrighteousness.
00:31:15.54\00:31:16.87
Our part is to walk
in the light of His Word,
00:31:16.91\00:31:22.04
and when we
fail, not if we fail,
00:31:22.08\00:31:24.51
but when we fail
to go before Him.
00:31:24.55\00:31:26.85
Oh, Lord, give us all a heart,
00:31:26.88\00:31:28.88
give us all a
heart of repentance,
00:31:28.92\00:31:30.82
give us a sensitivity to
the convicting power of God.
00:31:30.85\00:31:35.56
That's where I was
going with this too
00:31:35.59\00:31:37.33
because we think
00:31:37.36\00:31:38.69
of the
breastplate of righteousness,
00:31:38.73\00:31:41.26
what is it covering?
00:31:41.30\00:31:42.93
It's covering
heart. It covers our heart.
00:31:42.96\00:31:45.20
It is Christ's righteousness
which we are grateful,
00:31:45.23\00:31:49.80
we are thankful, we
are privileged to receive.
00:31:49.84\00:31:53.24
And the Bible teaches,
00:31:53.27\00:31:54.61
create in us a
clean heart, a pure heart.
00:31:54.64\00:31:58.75
He's protecting
that righteousness
00:31:58.78\00:32:00.92
and what would
the righteousness be?
00:32:00.95\00:32:02.92
The fruit of the spirit,
self-denial, love, joy, peace.
00:32:02.95\00:32:07.12
It's all those
things and God's protecting
00:32:07.16\00:32:09.76
that character
building righteousness
00:32:09.79\00:32:12.89
that comes from that.
00:32:12.93\00:32:14.26
We need to define
righteousness just going there,
00:32:14.30\00:32:17.00
because I
actually had somebody been
00:32:17.03\00:32:19.63
in the church for 10 years
00:32:19.67\00:32:21.20
and we were sitting
and talking at the table
00:32:21.24\00:32:23.27
and she looked at me and
said, "What is righteousness?"
00:32:23.30\00:32:26.81
Righteousness simply means to...
00:32:26.84\00:32:29.71
It's two things, right standing
with God and right doing.
00:32:29.74\00:32:34.95
Right standing, or
right being, and right doing.
00:32:34.98\00:32:38.85
So, you know, only
Jesus completely did
00:32:38.89\00:32:44.99
the will of the Father.
00:32:45.03\00:32:46.36
But He credits it
that to our account.
00:32:46.39\00:32:48.86
Hallelujah!
00:32:48.90\00:32:50.23
He puts me in my standing
00:32:50.27\00:32:52.03
but, and then He
works in me to will
00:32:52.07\00:32:54.64
and to do His good pleasure
00:32:54.67\00:32:56.40
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:32:56.44\00:32:58.34
So that's, He is
actually working out
00:32:58.37\00:33:01.64
if you will the sanctification
removing me from sin, so.
00:33:01.68\00:33:06.41
In Romans 1:17,
00:33:06.45\00:33:09.05
He said, you
know, that we know well,
00:33:09.08\00:33:10.42
I'll just read it.
00:33:10.45\00:33:11.79
"For therein is
the righteousness
00:33:11.82\00:33:13.15
of God revealed
from faith to faith,
00:33:13.19\00:33:16.02
as it is written, the
just shall live by faith."
00:33:16.06\00:33:19.59
So that's where we're at.
00:33:19.63\00:33:21.63
That's the message we
have to give to the world,
00:33:21.66\00:33:23.97
and it's a
message that's needed.
00:33:24.00\00:33:26.03
And you can see why
that particular word is used,
00:33:26.07\00:33:28.67
breastplate to protect that.
00:33:28.70\00:33:30.77
It covers all the vital organs.
00:33:30.81\00:33:34.84
You know, it's where
we have the most problems,
00:33:34.88\00:33:36.58
even in life and
things it causes...
00:33:36.61\00:33:39.75
Just go to the
hospital and have a surgery
00:33:39.78\00:33:41.85
is kind of in this area
00:33:41.88\00:33:43.79
this little
small area right here.
00:33:43.82\00:33:45.55
So these are the vital,
00:33:45.59\00:33:47.16
spiritual things that
we need to really protect
00:33:47.19\00:33:49.96
and to cover
00:33:49.99\00:33:51.33
because the enemy
is going to attack
00:33:51.36\00:33:53.03
on the weakest part of
our character every time.
00:33:53.06\00:33:55.53
So what are we
going to pray today?
00:33:55.56\00:33:57.07
Search me, oh,
God and know my heart.
00:33:57.10\00:34:00.20
Try me and know my thoughts.
00:34:00.24\00:34:02.50
See if there be
any evil way in me,
00:34:02.54\00:34:04.44
and leave me in the
path of this everlasting.
00:34:04.47\00:34:06.88
Isn't that wonderful?
00:34:06.91\00:34:08.51
So we can pray
that and, you know what,
00:34:08.54\00:34:10.35
God is more interested in
showing us our imperfections
00:34:10.38\00:34:14.08
so we can repent
00:34:14.12\00:34:15.52
and get back in right
relationship with Him,
00:34:15.55\00:34:19.02
I mean, as badly as we want.
00:34:19.05\00:34:20.82
Do you all really want
to be in right relationship
00:34:20.86\00:34:23.22
that's holy and
pure with clean hands?
00:34:23.26\00:34:25.36
And sure we do.
00:34:25.39\00:34:26.73
We say that, we mean it,
but sometimes we fall short,
00:34:26.76\00:34:30.57
but when we ask
God to do work on us.
00:34:30.60\00:34:34.50
Oh, He's so
anxious to do that. Amen.
00:34:34.54\00:34:37.47
Let me just
read this real quick.
00:34:37.51\00:34:38.87
Shelley talked in little bit
00:34:38.91\00:34:40.24
and this fits
right in there, Mollie.
00:34:40.28\00:34:42.14
There's two fundamental truths.
00:34:42.18\00:34:45.35
Fundamental truth
number one is in our humanity,
00:34:45.38\00:34:48.28
we are insufficient.
00:34:48.32\00:34:49.65
Absolutely. Oh, yeah.
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.02
Fundamental truth number two
is our sufficiency is in God.
00:34:51.05\00:34:54.16
Absolutely.
00:34:54.19\00:34:55.52
So we go right back,
"Oh, search me, O Lord."
00:34:55.56\00:34:58.29
I mean, that's
what we're saying,
00:34:58.33\00:34:59.66
"Search me, O Lord.
00:34:59.69\00:35:01.03
Let me see what
I've done wrong."
00:35:01.06\00:35:02.43
Amen. Amen.
00:35:02.46\00:35:04.23
Good.
00:35:04.27\00:35:05.60
Okay, well, let me just
read this last sentence here.
00:35:05.63\00:35:09.44
It says, "Everyone who
enters the Pearly Gates..."
00:35:09.47\00:35:11.84
This is Spirit of
Prophecy and it says,
00:35:11.87\00:35:14.21
"Everyone who enters the
Pearly Gates of this city
00:35:14.24\00:35:16.85
will enter there as a conqueror
and his greatest conquest
00:35:16.88\00:35:22.08
will have been
the conquest of self."
00:35:22.12\00:35:24.75
Which is what
we're talking about.
00:35:24.79\00:35:26.29
And as were taking,
00:35:26.32\00:35:27.66
you know, the
righteousness of Christ,
00:35:27.69\00:35:30.23
we're actually conquering self
00:35:30.26\00:35:32.69
because it's not just
taking it and not changing.
00:35:32.73\00:35:36.13
It's taking it,
dissecting it, ingesting it,
00:35:36.16\00:35:39.97
living it out in this
warfare that we are in.
00:35:40.00\00:35:43.81
Self is always
our greatest enemy,
00:35:43.84\00:35:46.24
it always will be.
00:35:46.27\00:35:47.61
And lot of times
we have the audacity,
00:35:47.64\00:35:49.34
I want to think some time worry
about somebody else's life.
00:35:49.38\00:35:52.68
We're to be interested in
00:35:52.71\00:35:54.12
and we want them
saved in the kingdom.
00:35:54.15\00:35:55.85
But lots of time we sit back
and people talk about others
00:35:55.88\00:35:58.25
who are maybe on the frontlines.
00:35:58.29\00:36:00.29
They might've seen something
00:36:00.32\00:36:01.66
or thought
they've seen something
00:36:01.69\00:36:03.02
and they sit
around talking about,
00:36:03.06\00:36:04.39
that dissecting and then...
00:36:04.43\00:36:05.76
It wouldn't be
more fruitful for us to,
00:36:05.79\00:36:07.76
you know, take some
time alone with God.
00:36:07.80\00:36:10.40
And you talk
about try me, O Lord.
00:36:10.43\00:36:11.97
You know, just put
our self before God
00:36:12.00\00:36:14.00
and open up and say,
"Lord, whatever it takes.
00:36:14.04\00:36:16.64
I prayed this many years
ago it changed my whole life."
00:36:16.67\00:36:19.87
I finally said to God, and
I said it many times before
00:36:19.91\00:36:22.68
because I knew, at least,
00:36:22.71\00:36:24.21
I thought it was a right answer,
00:36:24.25\00:36:25.71
what we do.
00:36:25.75\00:36:27.08
You know, we have
steps that we believe
00:36:27.12\00:36:29.08
these are the
right things to do,
00:36:29.12\00:36:30.45
and sometime we do it,
00:36:30.49\00:36:31.82
but it's really
made the wrong motives
00:36:31.85\00:36:33.19
or we really don't submit,
00:36:33.22\00:36:34.56
but I finally
came to God and said,
00:36:34.59\00:36:36.56
"Whatever it takes
00:36:36.59\00:36:38.53
that I can be
saved in the kingdom,
00:36:38.56\00:36:40.90
let it happen in my life."
00:36:40.93\00:36:42.43
I can tell you
00:36:42.46\00:36:43.80
this the bottom
fell out of some things.
00:36:43.83\00:36:45.37
I can tell you a lot of things,
00:36:45.40\00:36:47.00
but I said that prayer
00:36:47.04\00:36:48.54
in that prayer
many times before.
00:36:48.57\00:36:50.57
But I know and I didn't want it,
00:36:50.61\00:36:53.01
but I had reservations.
00:36:53.04\00:36:54.84
My reservation was
because I did not trust Him.
00:36:54.88\00:36:58.91
See, I didn't trust Him
00:36:58.95\00:37:00.28
because I knew I can bust loose,
00:37:00.32\00:37:02.28
I knew I could fall apart,
00:37:02.32\00:37:04.39
and I really didn't
want to go through that.
00:37:04.42\00:37:07.09
But I would pray,
00:37:07.12\00:37:08.46
"Lord, whatever it takes
that I can make it to heaven,
00:37:08.49\00:37:10.43
please let it
happen in my life."
00:37:10.46\00:37:12.26
And then there was that.
00:37:12.29\00:37:13.93
I didn't come out and say it,
00:37:13.96\00:37:15.30
you know, that's how
the enemy's got your mind,
00:37:15.33\00:37:17.93
but it was kept
coming out that way,
00:37:17.97\00:37:19.83
and then finally one
time I said, more studying,
00:37:19.87\00:37:21.90
and more praying...
00:37:21.94\00:37:23.41
I finally thought,
00:37:23.44\00:37:24.77
"After all these
years, Lord, I trust You.
00:37:24.81\00:37:27.68
I trust You with my family,
I trust You with our children,"
00:37:27.71\00:37:32.15
you see, "I
trust You in this work
00:37:32.18\00:37:34.68
and really You have my
best interest at heart.
00:37:34.72\00:37:37.65
So I'm gonna leave it
with you, whatever it takes,
00:37:37.69\00:37:39.69
I trust you
00:37:39.72\00:37:41.06
that I could make it
to heaven, let it happen."
00:37:41.09\00:37:44.03
The whippings did come,
the chastisement did come,
00:37:44.06\00:37:47.90
and life changed
00:37:47.93\00:37:49.83
and there were situations there,
00:37:49.86\00:37:51.20
but God saw me through.
00:37:51.23\00:37:52.83
And I was thankful for that.
00:37:52.87\00:37:54.20
But it's just simply
was me, it was not Him.
00:37:54.24\00:37:56.64
When I finally believe
00:37:56.67\00:37:58.27
what I was praying
and put it into action
00:37:58.31\00:38:00.84
it just changed
my whole thinking
00:38:00.88\00:38:03.51
and my whole life.
00:38:03.55\00:38:04.88
And I thank Him for the
test, and those trials, and...
00:38:04.91\00:38:08.58
I'll give you a quick example,
00:38:08.62\00:38:09.95
we have time and
I don't want to...
00:38:09.98\00:38:12.45
This may sound a little brutal
00:38:12.49\00:38:13.82
but, you know, I was
in construction for years
00:38:13.86\00:38:15.79
and so I've made
little bit of money
00:38:15.82\00:38:17.16
and so on and so forth.
00:38:17.19\00:38:18.53
And so I said selfishly
to myself in the late '70s.
00:38:18.56\00:38:22.20
I said, "I've had
several new vehicles,
00:38:22.23\00:38:25.00
but I have not
ordered the one I want.
00:38:25.03\00:38:28.90
I want to order one."
00:38:28.94\00:38:31.64
And it didn't
seem so bad at the time
00:38:31.67\00:38:33.07
so I went to the garage
00:38:33.11\00:38:34.44
and I ordered with
everything I wanted on it.
00:38:34.48\00:38:36.64
So I ordered that car,
00:38:36.68\00:38:38.28
and then finally I got
the car in about four months
00:38:38.31\00:38:40.38
and I parked in the garage.
00:38:40.42\00:38:42.18
And I had the car
for two or three years,
00:38:42.22\00:38:44.19
it never saw a rainy street,
00:38:44.22\00:38:45.55
I never got it
out when it rained
00:38:45.59\00:38:46.92
'cause I didn't need it
00:38:46.96\00:38:48.29
'cause I had other
one, see, very selfish.
00:38:48.32\00:38:50.99
So anyway I just
never got it out,
00:38:51.03\00:38:53.33
I just had a couple
thousand miles on it
00:38:53.36\00:38:55.16
after three
years parked in there,
00:38:55.20\00:38:56.67
so it never seen a rain outside,
00:38:56.70\00:38:58.03
it never seen a
rainy street, it always...
00:38:58.07\00:39:00.90
And when this
conversion part came I said,
00:39:00.94\00:39:03.24
"Lord, whatever it takes,"
00:39:03.27\00:39:04.67
and the Lord said to me,
"Kenny, get rid of that car."
00:39:04.71\00:39:08.51
And I first said,
"Well, no. Why would I do that?
00:39:08.54\00:39:11.45
Why would I do that?"
00:39:11.48\00:39:12.81
Lord says,
"You've been praying to Me
00:39:12.85\00:39:14.52
about what it's going to
take, why do you need that car?
00:39:14.55\00:39:16.95
You have other ones..."
00:39:16.99\00:39:18.32
So here's what you say,
00:39:18.35\00:39:19.69
"God, I'll do
anything You tell me to do
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.06
but I won't do that."
00:39:21.09\00:39:22.42
Except.
00:39:22.46\00:39:23.79
I hadn't except on
there, but I thought,
00:39:23.83\00:39:25.23
"No, I'm not going
to get rid of that"
00:39:25.26\00:39:26.59
I said, finally,
00:39:26.63\00:39:27.96
He came to me again and
strong, "Get rid of the car."
00:39:28.00\00:39:31.03
You know, like the rich man...
00:39:31.07\00:39:32.40
What you have, you
know, give the poor.
00:39:32.43\00:39:34.20
I said okay.
00:39:34.24\00:39:35.57
And this is how
tolerant the Lord is,
00:39:35.60\00:39:36.94
and how merciful, and
His grace is so wonderful.
00:39:36.97\00:39:39.37
He just said and
talked to me about it.
00:39:39.41\00:39:41.28
I finally said to Him,
00:39:41.31\00:39:42.64
I said, "I'll
tell You what, Lord.
00:39:42.68\00:39:44.01
Nobody really knows
I've got the car basically
00:39:44.05\00:39:45.51
'cause I never have it out.
00:39:45.55\00:39:47.05
But send somebody up to my door,
00:39:47.08\00:39:49.38
knock on my door, and say,
00:39:49.42\00:39:50.75
'I'd like to buy that
car you have in there.'"
00:39:50.79\00:39:52.42
I knew it was
impossible. I get to keep it.
00:39:52.45\00:39:54.86
Somebody not with me here.
00:39:54.89\00:39:57.76
The very next day,
knocked on the door,
00:39:57.79\00:40:01.50
it was my next door neighbor.
00:40:01.53\00:40:03.83
She came to the
door and she said,
00:40:03.87\00:40:05.27
"My husband," his name is Jack,
00:40:05.30\00:40:07.10
said, "My husband, Jack,
00:40:07.14\00:40:08.47
we're getting
ready to buy a new car,
00:40:08.50\00:40:10.67
we know you've got a car,
00:40:10.71\00:40:12.27
we know it's never been outside,
00:40:12.31\00:40:14.28
we know that
it's like brand new.
00:40:14.31\00:40:16.21
And he said go ask Kenny
if we could buy that car."
00:40:16.24\00:40:19.78
And I almost shut
the door on her face.
00:40:19.81\00:40:23.85
I knew what it was,
answered prayer just like that.
00:40:23.89\00:40:26.39
And so I thought...
00:40:26.42\00:40:27.76
'Cause it never was for
sale, I never talked about it,
00:40:27.79\00:40:29.26
let me think, anyway, I
said, "Yes, it is for sale."
00:40:29.29\00:40:34.26
She said, "We'll take it."
00:40:34.30\00:40:35.63
Listen to that, "We'll take it."
00:40:35.66\00:40:37.00
I said, "You never
asked how much I wanted for."
00:40:37.03\00:40:39.00
She said, "I don't
have to, my husband whatever
00:40:39.03\00:40:41.04
he ask will be fair
and just give it to him."
00:40:41.07\00:40:45.31
I thought how
interesting that is.
00:40:45.34\00:40:47.54
She wrote a check for
that car and drove it off,
00:40:47.58\00:40:50.55
just like that.
00:40:50.58\00:40:51.91
And I said right then,
"We had to be willing."
00:40:51.95\00:40:54.45
Maybe a long story,
00:40:54.48\00:40:55.82
we had to be
willing whatever it takes.
00:40:55.85\00:40:58.35
So He was
bringing to the point of,
00:40:58.39\00:41:00.66
why did you do this all self?
00:41:00.69\00:41:02.92
And then, are you
willing to get rid of it?
00:41:02.96\00:41:05.53
Finally, I said yes.
00:41:05.56\00:41:06.90
And what a blessing it
was and that was a beginning
00:41:06.93\00:41:08.53
of lot of other things going so.
00:41:08.56\00:41:10.13
But also, probably
an attaboy on your side,
00:41:10.17\00:41:15.74
you were trustworthy.
00:41:15.77\00:41:17.54
And they arise whatever He
ask. Step one, built the truth.
00:41:17.57\00:41:22.28
I mean, all of
that's amazing. Right.
00:41:22.31\00:41:23.88
That's amazing. Yeah.
00:41:23.91\00:41:25.35
You had shown integrity.
00:41:25.38\00:41:26.85
Yeah, I said even,
"Do you want to see it?"
00:41:26.88\00:41:29.85
She said, "Well, we've
seen it go down the road
00:41:29.88\00:41:31.39
when there is no rain..."
00:41:31.42\00:41:33.05
Probably bright and shiny day.
00:41:33.09\00:41:34.42
I said, "Do you want to
go on the garage and see it?"
00:41:34.46\00:41:36.79
She said, "My husband
said no, you won't have to
00:41:36.83\00:41:38.73
'cause he keeps it
like brand spanking new."
00:41:38.76\00:41:41.56
It's like there was enough,
you didn't have to worry about,
00:41:41.60\00:41:44.07
you know...
00:41:44.10\00:41:45.43
It was going to be done,
they were going to buy it,
00:41:45.47\00:41:47.34
and mine was to say,
"Yes, Lord, I'll do it."
00:41:47.37\00:41:49.67
And see, really
there's nothing wrong
00:41:49.70\00:41:51.84
in having that car.
00:41:51.87\00:41:53.48
But it was how you
held that car in a steam,
00:41:53.51\00:41:56.75
and it was a test of faith.
00:41:56.78\00:41:58.11
And it goes right back to the...
00:41:58.15\00:41:59.48
I didn't think I did.
00:41:59.51\00:42:00.85
I didn't think
I did for a while.
00:42:00.88\00:42:02.22
See, that's the
deception of the enemy.
00:42:02.25\00:42:03.72
And it really
was, a little ideal.
00:42:03.75\00:42:05.25
That's because that
is deep into our hearts
00:42:05.29\00:42:07.96
and says that what is our heart?
00:42:07.99\00:42:10.16
It's all sorts of things,
Ken, are hidden in our hearts.
00:42:10.19\00:42:13.23
Yes, I'm so glad you did that.
00:42:13.26\00:42:15.36
Yeah, search us, O God,
search out these hearts.
00:42:15.40\00:42:18.33
So if you look at verse
15 it may answer that...
00:42:18.37\00:42:24.04
Absolutely.
00:42:24.07\00:42:25.41
"And your feet shod
00:42:25.44\00:42:26.78
with the preparation
of the gospel of peace."
00:42:26.81\00:42:29.58
At that particular time
that's what who you are.
00:42:29.61\00:42:33.28
It says lukewarm
Christian is very dangerous.
00:42:33.31\00:42:35.42
And I'll say that to
each of you there at home.
00:42:35.45\00:42:37.79
A lukewarm
Christian is very dangerous
00:42:37.82\00:42:40.46
because a lot of times
00:42:40.49\00:42:41.99
you really don't
know that you are...
00:42:42.02\00:42:45.36
Since none of you ever been
in that situation that I have
00:42:45.39\00:42:49.03
and I really
didn't know that I was.
00:42:49.06\00:42:52.90
Maybe there are
totally indifferent,
00:42:52.93\00:42:54.27
maybe not paying any attention.
00:42:54.30\00:42:55.64
But I've been in a
church for a long time,
00:42:55.67\00:42:57.31
and never really
realize one day Lord said,
00:42:57.34\00:42:59.97
"Kenny, you're dangerous."
00:43:00.01\00:43:01.64
Why? "Because you're lukewarm."
00:43:01.68\00:43:04.25
And you had to be hot
so, you know, I hear that.
00:43:04.28\00:43:06.68
Got to preach. Yes.
00:43:06.72\00:43:09.18
Well, it's
because a lot us think
00:43:09.22\00:43:10.79
that we're saved,
00:43:10.82\00:43:12.15
but we've really not
going back to that armory
00:43:12.19\00:43:14.39
that we talked about
in the very beginning.
00:43:14.42\00:43:16.59
We wouldn't have
any of this armor on
00:43:16.62\00:43:19.56
if we don't go
back to the armory,
00:43:19.59\00:43:21.80
and that's what you
were doing in prayer
00:43:21.83\00:43:23.87
because you're submitting...
00:43:23.90\00:43:25.23
You had been feeding,
00:43:25.27\00:43:26.60
you've been
gathering all the ammunition
00:43:26.63\00:43:28.80
that you needed from the armory,
00:43:28.84\00:43:30.37
from the Bible,
00:43:30.41\00:43:32.44
and so the Lord began
to speak to your heart.
00:43:32.47\00:43:34.18
Yes, He did.
00:43:34.21\00:43:35.54
And that was something
you were holding up until...
00:43:35.58\00:43:36.91
And He will do it.
00:43:36.95\00:43:38.28
I don't mean to take more time,
00:43:38.31\00:43:39.65
but I'm talking about
conviction and conversion.
00:43:39.68\00:43:41.45
He will do it as I
realized as lukewarm.
00:43:41.48\00:43:44.72
And I said,
"Whatever it takes, Lord,
00:43:44.75\00:43:46.09
that I can be saved in
the kingdom, let it happen."
00:43:46.12\00:43:48.46
He gave me a
dream the next night
00:43:48.49\00:43:50.99
and in that dream
00:43:51.03\00:43:52.36
He mentioned three things
in my life that had to go.
00:43:52.39\00:43:54.13
And He says,
00:43:54.16\00:43:55.50
"If those three things don't go,
00:43:55.53\00:43:56.87
heaven will never be your home."
00:43:56.90\00:43:58.50
And I looked at
those three things,
00:43:58.53\00:43:59.87
I didn't see a whole
lot of wrong with Him.
00:43:59.90\00:44:02.27
But He did. He did.
00:44:02.30\00:44:04.81
He's basically
putting something for Him,
00:44:04.84\00:44:06.37
and He named all
three of those things.
00:44:06.41\00:44:08.68
He said to me in the dream,
"He says you're proud to Me."
00:44:08.71\00:44:13.31
I was standing before
like at the judgment seat,
00:44:13.35\00:44:15.22
you know, the books were open.
00:44:15.25\00:44:17.05
And it was so beautiful about,
00:44:17.09\00:44:19.05
He said, "Kenny," He
didn't say, hey, you!
00:44:19.09\00:44:22.79
He said what you've been up to?
00:44:22.82\00:44:24.66
He called me by name...
00:44:24.69\00:44:26.13
Here's my point
about the lukewarm quick,
00:44:26.16\00:44:28.16
I'm sorry, I'm taking time.
00:44:28.20\00:44:30.70
It's just changed my whole life.
00:44:30.73\00:44:32.57
It changed my whole thinking.
00:44:32.60\00:44:34.50
He said, "Kenny."
00:44:34.54\00:44:36.74
I recognized the master's voice.
00:44:36.77\00:44:39.64
I was lukewarm,
you see the difference.
00:44:39.67\00:44:42.14
Soon as He said,
"Kenny," I said, "Yes, Lord."
00:44:42.18\00:44:44.88
Just like that. I
said, "Yes, Lord."
00:44:44.91\00:44:47.72
And He said, "Kenny,
why do you persist in this?"
00:44:47.75\00:44:49.32
And He named it.
00:44:49.35\00:44:50.69
And I said, "Lord, I
didn't know it hurt you,
00:44:50.72\00:44:52.05
I didn't know..."
00:44:52.09\00:44:53.42
He dearly says, "Yes, it is."
00:44:53.46\00:44:55.62
And I said, "Then,
Lord, I give it to you."
00:44:55.66\00:44:57.36
Then He came and He
named the second thing.
00:44:57.39\00:44:59.49
He didn't minced around,
00:44:59.53\00:45:00.86
He didn't talk
about the weather,
00:45:00.90\00:45:02.23
He didn't were," he said,
00:45:02.26\00:45:03.60
"Kenny, this is
where it's going to take
00:45:03.63\00:45:04.97
'cause I was
praying whatever it takes."
00:45:05.00\00:45:06.33
And he said again,
00:45:06.37\00:45:07.70
"Kenny," and I
said, "Yes, Lord."
00:45:07.74\00:45:10.81
He said, "What about
this? What is it going to take?"
00:45:10.84\00:45:15.91
And I said,
"Lord," same thing, "
00:45:15.94\00:45:17.28
I didn't know it
would hurt you like that,
00:45:17.31\00:45:18.65
I didn't realize
that it was so bad.
00:45:18.68\00:45:20.05
I don't know, so
please forgive me."
00:45:20.08\00:45:23.12
And he came to me again
and He said, three times,
00:45:23.15\00:45:26.59
"Kenny."
00:45:26.62\00:45:27.96
I mean, it was
with such conviction
00:45:27.99\00:45:29.59
and such love and
convert that it just,
00:45:29.62\00:45:32.16
it melted my heart.
00:45:32.19\00:45:33.70
It melted the so heart.
00:45:33.73\00:45:35.06
He just says,
00:45:35.10\00:45:36.43
"Kenny," you just see
His arms reaching out,
00:45:36.46\00:45:38.13
you know, just,
"Kenny," "Yes, Lord."
00:45:38.17\00:45:40.00
So he repeated.
00:45:40.04\00:45:41.37
I said, "Lord, I
gave it all to you,
00:45:41.40\00:45:42.84
I don't want it,
I can't handle it."
00:45:42.87\00:45:44.94
And he said, "I'll take it."
00:45:44.97\00:45:46.68
So He took it upon Himself,
00:45:46.71\00:45:48.21
you know, and gave that victory.
00:45:48.24\00:45:50.21
And then all of a
sudden it was like,
00:45:50.25\00:45:52.08
I can hear like the
angels of heaven singing,
00:45:52.11\00:45:55.18
like there's victory going on,
00:45:55.22\00:45:56.58
there was
celebration going on in heaven.
00:45:56.62\00:45:59.72
And I was hearing He's
saying, I get those goose bumps.
00:45:59.75\00:46:02.09
You know, and I said,
"Oh, this is so wonderful."
00:46:02.12\00:46:04.79
And then I heard the
voice again, "Kenny."
00:46:04.83\00:46:07.63
You know what he said?
00:46:07.66\00:46:09.13
He says, "You've
got another chance
00:46:09.16\00:46:13.54
and you best make
it good this time."
00:46:13.57\00:46:16.44
I mean, that's like you
say, he comes real plain to you,
00:46:16.47\00:46:18.41
He said you've
got another chance,
00:46:18.44\00:46:20.78
you need to make
it good this time.
00:46:20.81\00:46:22.41
But your foundation,
what this sprang from...
00:46:22.44\00:46:26.21
Was your going
before the Lord saying,
00:46:26.25\00:46:28.35
"Whatever it takes."
00:46:28.38\00:46:29.72
Whatever it takes. Yeah.
00:46:29.75\00:46:31.32
What a change that was
that it changed the whole life,
00:46:31.35\00:46:35.62
it changed the way I
approach the word, people.
00:46:35.66\00:46:40.06
And I give this to
no praise whatsoever
00:46:40.10\00:46:41.76
because I mentioned before here,
00:46:41.80\00:46:43.67
I taught Sabbath school class,
00:46:43.70\00:46:45.03
the Young Mary class and
the deacon in the church,
00:46:45.07\00:46:47.90
you know what I'm saying
all of these things here.
00:46:47.94\00:46:50.04
In the very first week
we came back on Sabbath,
00:46:50.07\00:46:52.27
got up and taught
one of the lessons.
00:46:52.31\00:46:54.21
So people come up
and they looked at me.
00:46:54.24\00:46:56.54
They said, "What
happened?" What's different?
00:46:56.58\00:46:58.91
I didn't know, what's different.
00:46:58.95\00:47:00.28
Now I'm talking change,
yeah, what, what happened?
00:47:00.32\00:47:02.35
I'm going,
00:47:02.38\00:47:03.72
"What do you
mean, what happened?"
00:47:03.75\00:47:05.09
I didn't...
00:47:05.12\00:47:06.45
They said, "You're not...
00:47:06.49\00:47:07.82
You don't even look the same,
00:47:07.86\00:47:09.19
you got different
look in your eye."
00:47:09.22\00:47:10.56
Amen. Glory to God.
00:47:10.59\00:47:11.93
The things that
you said were the same
00:47:11.96\00:47:13.29
but they're accompanied by...
00:47:13.33\00:47:14.66
There's something's happened.
00:47:14.70\00:47:16.03
And I said,
"Yeah, I met the Savior."
00:47:16.06\00:47:17.73
After all these
years, you know, so I mean,
00:47:17.77\00:47:19.50
it's a wonderful experience.
00:47:19.53\00:47:21.24
God worked
through different people
00:47:21.27\00:47:22.60
in different ways.
00:47:22.64\00:47:24.11
But main part, this is
what we're talking about here.
00:47:24.14\00:47:25.67
Oh, it is, absolutely.
00:47:25.71\00:47:27.04
You know, shouting
ourself up with a gospel
00:47:27.08\00:47:29.14
but I've never been the same,
00:47:29.18\00:47:32.31
since that experience I
have never been the same
00:47:32.35\00:47:34.28
and I don't want to be the same.
00:47:34.32\00:47:36.58
I learned valuable lessons,
I went places and things,
00:47:36.62\00:47:38.75
I didn't say anything,
00:47:38.79\00:47:40.12
I should know but I
never want to go back.
00:47:40.16\00:47:42.36
So this was
arranged in the next morning.
00:47:42.39\00:47:45.26
You showed up with
your marching glories.
00:47:45.29\00:47:48.06
As soon as I woke up,
00:47:48.10\00:47:50.00
I dropped on my
knees beside the bed...
00:47:50.03\00:47:52.03
Wow! And I said,
"Thank you, Lord.
00:47:52.07\00:47:54.17
Thank you for what
You've revealed to me
00:47:54.20\00:47:56.94
and by Your grace
and Your strength,
00:47:56.97\00:47:58.57
this is my walk
with You from day to day.
00:47:58.61\00:48:00.41
Wow! Amen.
00:48:00.44\00:48:01.78
And it just changed...
00:48:01.81\00:48:03.85
Yes, you had a converted heart.
00:48:03.88\00:48:05.61
Wow! Yeah.
00:48:05.65\00:48:06.98
Goes to that heart.
00:48:07.02\00:48:08.35
But so you can be in the church,
00:48:08.38\00:48:09.72
and you can be in the offices
and you can feel possessions,
00:48:09.75\00:48:11.09
so it doesn't mean
you're saved in God's kingdom.
00:48:11.12\00:48:13.59
Means you might have
a head knowledge of it
00:48:13.62\00:48:15.39
which our Bible
always talks about,
00:48:15.42\00:48:16.76
but I'm talking about
00:48:16.79\00:48:18.13
we have to have
a saving knowledge,
00:48:18.16\00:48:19.49
we have to have
experimental knowledge with Him
00:48:19.53\00:48:21.80
and He knew that's
what it would take,
00:48:21.83\00:48:23.40
that's what a
loving Savior would have.
00:48:23.43\00:48:24.90
I'm gonna be quiet.
No, it was all good.
00:48:24.93\00:48:26.74
That's part of this.
That's what we're doing.
00:48:26.77\00:48:28.77
I still get goose bumps.
00:48:28.80\00:48:30.14
I got goose bumps now and
that's been many years ago,
00:48:30.17\00:48:32.07
I still got big goose bumps.
00:48:32.11\00:48:33.44
Yes, like good fight of faith.
00:48:33.48\00:48:34.81
Wasn't it Peter that Jesus said,
00:48:34.84\00:48:36.18
"Peter, when you're
converted, be My sheep."
00:48:36.21\00:48:40.18
"Peter, when you're
converted, feed my lambs."
00:48:40.22\00:48:43.39
Here, I mean this is
right before Christ crucifixion,
00:48:43.42\00:48:45.92
you would have
thought he was converted.
00:48:45.95\00:48:47.29
Yeah.
00:48:47.32\00:48:48.66
You know, but...
00:48:48.69\00:48:50.03
But the change of that,
00:48:50.06\00:48:51.39
the change of it
was feed my sheep.
00:48:51.43\00:48:54.10
When he was
converted, what did He say?
00:48:54.13\00:48:55.76
Feed my lambs. Feed my lambs.
00:48:55.80\00:48:57.27
There's a difference in feeding
00:48:57.30\00:48:58.63
the lambs and feeding the sheep.
00:48:58.67\00:49:00.04
Different way in
which to approach it.
00:49:00.07\00:49:02.00
I'm still trying to learn that,
00:49:02.04\00:49:03.37
a different way in
which to approach it
00:49:03.41\00:49:05.24
to let Jesus shine through
00:49:05.27\00:49:06.61
and not self and
not self wanting to,
00:49:06.64\00:49:09.08
but sometimes
we're just what we are
00:49:09.11\00:49:10.45
but keep Jesus in mind always.
00:49:10.48\00:49:11.98
And that's part...
00:49:12.01\00:49:13.35
And that's your mind
is probably more gentle
00:49:13.38\00:49:14.72
than the other.
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.08
I think that's part
00:49:16.12\00:49:17.45
of the
breastplate of righteousness
00:49:17.49\00:49:18.85
because once we wear
00:49:18.89\00:49:20.62
that breastplate
of righteousness,
00:49:20.66\00:49:22.29
it's protecting us,
00:49:22.32\00:49:23.89
but it's also
enabling us to feed the sheep,
00:49:23.93\00:49:26.90
to feed the lambs in a
way that we're supposed to.
00:49:26.93\00:49:30.23
Okay, let's look at
the next piece of the arm.
00:49:30.27\00:49:32.33
It's all good
00:49:32.37\00:49:33.70
'cause this is what
we're talking about.
00:49:33.74\00:49:35.60
"And your feet shod
00:49:35.64\00:49:36.97
with the preparation
of the gospel at peace."
00:49:37.01\00:49:40.51
We live in a
world that is epidemic.
00:49:40.54\00:49:45.01
It's epidemic as far as
crimes, hardness of hearts.
00:49:45.05\00:49:49.48
You know, we
were taught years ago
00:49:49.52\00:49:51.75
that at the end of
the world that we would,
00:49:51.79\00:49:54.16
that the Holy
Spirit would be repressed
00:49:54.19\00:49:55.89
from the world, you know.
00:49:55.92\00:49:57.56
And I remember
thinking maybe 10 years ago,
00:49:57.59\00:49:59.63
I thought, "Well, I read
that years and years ago,
00:49:59.66\00:50:02.10
but I never thought
we'd be pushing Him away."
00:50:02.13\00:50:05.53
We're pushing Him
away by our choices,
00:50:05.57\00:50:08.24
by our decisions and
this great lamb like beast
00:50:08.27\00:50:12.44
that came up out of the sea
00:50:12.47\00:50:14.58
is beginning to
speak as a dragon.
00:50:14.61\00:50:16.95
So what do you
suppose having our feet shod
00:50:16.98\00:50:20.78
with a preparation
of the gospel of peace
00:50:20.82\00:50:24.45
has to do in that
type of a setting?
00:50:24.49\00:50:27.59
Well, it's talking about shoes.
00:50:27.62\00:50:30.39
So what are you,
00:50:30.43\00:50:31.93
he said that what we
shod our fate with the shoes.
00:50:31.96\00:50:35.26
So shoes, peace
00:50:35.30\00:50:37.27
where is the
correlation between that?
00:50:37.30\00:50:39.93
And you go back
to the Roman soldier
00:50:39.97\00:50:43.51
and they were shod.
00:50:43.54\00:50:45.71
And have you ever heard of
something called a hobnail?
00:50:45.74\00:50:49.14
Okay, it's along
the lines of the cleat
00:50:49.18\00:50:51.35
on player shoes.
00:50:51.38\00:50:53.05
Why did they have cleats
on football player shoes?
00:50:53.08\00:50:55.28
Get that traction, dig in.
00:50:55.32\00:50:57.95
So they will
have solid footing...
00:50:57.99\00:51:02.19
Yes. Amen.
00:51:02.22\00:51:03.56
And so when your feet are shod
with the preparation of peace,
00:51:03.59\00:51:07.40
you've got solid
footing where there's no peace.
00:51:07.43\00:51:12.77
The Word says,
00:51:12.80\00:51:14.14
"Great peace have
they that love thy law,
00:51:14.17\00:51:15.77
and nothing shall offend them."
00:51:15.80\00:51:17.31
That's good.
00:51:17.34\00:51:18.74
Where there is bickering
and striving and there is...
00:51:18.77\00:51:23.51
What is in the
midst of all of that?
00:51:23.55\00:51:25.75
The enemy is in the
midst of destroying our peace.
00:51:25.78\00:51:29.68
But when have our feet shod,
00:51:29.72\00:51:32.65
when that
football player is out,
00:51:32.69\00:51:34.82
when the Alabama foot player...
00:51:34.86\00:51:37.13
Oh, my! I got
that one in, uh-huh.
00:51:37.16\00:51:38.49
Is that they run
for that touchdown.
00:51:38.53\00:51:40.83
He wants to have,
00:51:40.86\00:51:42.20
he's got to have
cleats to keep him solidly,
00:51:42.23\00:51:45.63
and solid and secure,
00:51:45.67\00:51:47.44
so the preparation
of the gospel feet shod
00:51:47.47\00:51:51.04
with the preparation of peace.
00:51:51.07\00:51:52.61
That peace is what gives
us that solid secure footing.
00:51:52.64\00:51:57.51
I love that.
00:51:57.55\00:51:58.88
Games have been lost
00:51:58.91\00:52:00.25
because, Brother JD,
because of their footing.
00:52:00.28\00:52:03.89
One play, then have the footing.
00:52:03.92\00:52:05.25
Their foot slipped.
00:52:05.29\00:52:06.62
Their foot
slipped, they lost the game.
00:52:06.65\00:52:07.99
What I think,
then all of a sudden
00:52:08.02\00:52:09.36
you're slipping aside.
00:52:09.39\00:52:11.26
Then, you know, so
steadiness of foot versus
00:52:11.29\00:52:14.63
just sitting there...
00:52:14.66\00:52:16.00
I love that and
I love the analogy
00:52:16.03\00:52:18.63
because are we not to
go into all the world.
00:52:18.67\00:52:21.37
And see, the enemy likes
00:52:21.40\00:52:22.77
to make the gospel look
like something it's not.
00:52:22.80\00:52:26.91
You know, but to go into a world
00:52:26.94\00:52:28.71
that is tormented by destruction
00:52:28.74\00:52:31.28
and lack of peace and
to give them that gospel,
00:52:31.31\00:52:34.55
that good news of salvation,
00:52:34.58\00:52:36.69
that peace that
passes all understanding.
00:52:36.72\00:52:39.95
We can be in the
middle of the storm,
00:52:39.99\00:52:41.32
God never promised
00:52:41.36\00:52:42.69
He would take us
out of the storm.
00:52:42.72\00:52:44.06
That's right.
00:52:44.09\00:52:45.43
But boy, you gonna have
peace in the midst of it.
00:52:45.46\00:52:46.80
You can have peace in
the midst so we're shod.
00:52:46.83\00:52:49.10
I love the firm foundation.
00:52:49.13\00:52:51.13
We're also told
that we're to be a steel,
00:52:51.17\00:52:54.64
so that every word of
doctrine when it comes our way,
00:52:54.67\00:52:56.91
we will not be
swayed one way or the other,
00:52:56.94\00:52:58.87
that's what I saw in those feet,
00:52:58.91\00:53:00.24
in those cleats
00:53:00.28\00:53:01.61
you were
describing them that foot.
00:53:01.64\00:53:03.55
Every wind of the gospel,
the peace that comes our way,
00:53:03.58\00:53:07.62
we're not gonna move
because our feet are shod.
00:53:07.65\00:53:10.79
Let me read those. Go ahead.
00:53:10.82\00:53:12.55
I was just gonna read a note
that how I wrote it out was,
00:53:12.59\00:53:15.19
my feet are fitted
00:53:15.22\00:53:16.56
with the
readiness of the gospel,
00:53:16.59\00:53:18.26
my footing is secure on
the foundation of Christ.
00:53:18.29\00:53:23.60
And I have inner peace based
on God's message of redemption.
00:53:23.63\00:53:28.34
So I think that
that's part of it
00:53:28.37\00:53:30.24
as well is that
we to shod our feet
00:53:30.27\00:53:35.41
with the preparation
of the gospel of peace,
00:53:35.44\00:53:38.48
the gospel of peace
to me is Jesus Christ.
00:53:38.51\00:53:41.75
It's redemption in Him.
00:53:41.78\00:53:44.02
And if we have a
secure footing there,
00:53:44.05\00:53:47.42
we've got the
traction to go out and share
00:53:47.46\00:53:51.49
with the rest of the
world what it's all about.
00:53:51.53\00:53:54.03
It's hope to the hopeless.
It's love to the loveless.
00:53:54.06\00:53:59.57
It's a Father to the Fatherless.
00:53:59.60\00:54:02.04
It's all those beautiful,
00:54:02.07\00:54:03.61
beautiful things
that you just described.
00:54:03.64\00:54:05.17
I love it.
00:54:05.21\00:54:06.54
That's what we as God's children
00:54:06.57\00:54:08.51
as we're suited
up in this armor,
00:54:08.54\00:54:10.55
as we're drawing from the armor,
00:54:10.58\00:54:12.41
we ought to give to
our fellow neighbors.
00:54:12.45\00:54:14.68
And first of all,
00:54:14.72\00:54:16.05
He encrypts us and
then we give it away.
00:54:16.08\00:54:19.15
I love that.
00:54:19.19\00:54:20.52
Brother JD, our
movements must be sure.
00:54:20.56\00:54:22.62
Yeah, and that is
the thing this morning,
00:54:22.66\00:54:24.43
we're reading in Maranatha
00:54:24.46\00:54:25.79
for our devotional and pastoral.
00:54:25.83\00:54:27.80
And so this
morning it was saying,
00:54:27.83\00:54:30.33
"That the time will come
00:54:30.37\00:54:31.70
when you need to
have those cleats in there
00:54:31.73\00:54:34.20
and know who you are in Jesus
because in these last days,
00:54:34.24\00:54:37.51
you're going to be
called on your position.
00:54:37.54\00:54:39.17
Yes.
00:54:39.21\00:54:40.54
And so, you
know, there is a time
00:54:40.58\00:54:41.94
when you need to search me
00:54:41.98\00:54:44.58
O, Lord, equip me so
that you are prepared.
00:54:44.61\00:54:48.78
We're in those times. Yes.
00:54:48.82\00:54:50.92
And there is that lukewarmness
that we're talking about.
00:54:50.95\00:54:54.29
And so steadiness of
foot is very, very important.
00:54:54.32\00:54:56.79
Absolutely.
00:54:56.83\00:54:58.16
And Jesus tells
us, "Come unto me,
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all ye that labor
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and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest."
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Which is fantastic
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because many people are afraid
of not knowing all the answers.
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That's a fact. It is.
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I want to just comment
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'cause I know we don't have time
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to cover another verse,
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so let me put this comment
that I've been reserving.
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You mentioned earlier
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that the devil is the
accuser of the brethren
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and obviously that
is what the Bible says.
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But what occurred
to me as you said that
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is it's just not
that the devil is up there
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accusing me or accusing you,
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but guess what he does, He
accuses us in our own mind.
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Oh, He does.
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You're not
worthy, you're not this.
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He passes, he tries
to put condemnation on us
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so that it's
kind of like you feel,
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"Oh, how could
God forgive me again?"
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Amen. That's right.
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You know, so the
accuser of the brethren,
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I just want you
to think about this.
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The accuser of
the brethren tries
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to keep you from praying.
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He tries to keep you from
putting on this full armor
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because it's like
you messed up again.
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You're no good. Yes.
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And that's when you
don't feel like praying
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when you need to.
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That's when he's got that wedge
that he's trying wedge in...
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The subtlety. That subtlety...
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Yes, through your
arm I've been there.
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I've shed many a tears,
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I've been there
thinking there was no hope.
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I think we need
to take that shield,
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talk about our
faith, the darts are coming.
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But you know what
shield by itself is useless
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unless you use it properly
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as you see that
fiery dart coming
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that the Holy Spirit reveals it.
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You've got to move that
shield for where it's coming.
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In a battle, what
happened in the big battle?
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The men got
around and they shielded,
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they put their shields up,
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they were like two
and a half by four feet
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and they shield it all
the way around themselves,
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and then those in the
middle took their shield
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and put it up over their heads,
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but they had something
that nothing could get in
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and that's what we
need today by grace of God.
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That's like unity
and that's alliance.
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Oh, we didn't even
get to the snippet, right?
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We may have to have a
part three and four and five
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'cause there is so many.
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You guys have been
absolutely wonderful.
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Thank you. I have been blessed.
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My heart has been touching.
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I pray that
your heart is touched
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and I pray that we
have encouraged you to go
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to the armory of God
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and feed upon His
Word each and every day.
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Feed upon His
Word before you feed
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that physical food take
part in that spiritual food.
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Just a short prayer,
shall we, Brother JD?
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Would you close out?
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Father, as we come
to the end of this,
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we thank You
for the Sabbath day.
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We thank You, Lord,
that we can sit here
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and that we can share the
food that You've given us, Lord.
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We just pray
that all be blessed.
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Take care of each
and everyone of us,
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we ask this in
the name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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