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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What a way to start
the special sacred hours,
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these sanctified
hours that God has set apart
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so He can come and
meet with His people.
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And we are so glad
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that you have
tuned in to worship
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with us to start it.
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My name is Chris Shelton,
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and I'm sitting
here with my husband,
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Pastor Kenny Shelton,
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and we would just
welcome our 3ABN viewers,
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our 3ABN family
together around the table
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as we study tonight.
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Tonight is going
to be the third part,
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and it is entitled
"Angels, Armor, and Promises."
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And if you haven't
heard about the angels
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or if you missed the second part
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where we
started about the armor,
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I encourage you to go to YouTube
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and just search that
name 3ABN Family Worship,
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you can search either,
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Pastor Kenny and Chris
Shelton or you can put in
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"Angels, Armor, and Promises."
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Today or tonight is
going to be the third part,
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but I'm looking
forward to either a fourth
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or maybe a fifth
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'cause I don't
think we're going to get
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to the promises,
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but you know, it's
been such a blessing.
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Yes, it has. Yes.
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It was a blessing to open
this up again this morning.
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There's so much information.
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And it just that more you study,
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the more that there is,
and the more that God wants
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to give to each
and everyone of us.
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And I want to welcome
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our 3ABN family, with us today.
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I'll go ahead and
introduce everybody.
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To my far right is Brother
J.D. I call him my buddy.
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Yeah, that's all right.
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But he's probably
everybody's buddy,
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but he is just
so good to be around
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and just so
encouraging all the time.
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And his lovely
wife is next to him.
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You probably need
no introduction either,
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but Sister Shelley Quinn,
and she's a blessing, too.
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If you haven't
got to know Shelley,
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you know, by
watching her programs
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or on camp meeting,
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you know,
anytime she's speaking,
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she is always a blessing.
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And another blessing is
to my left, Sister Mollie.
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Ooh!
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And more you get to know Mollie,
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the more you love her.
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That's all I can
say, you know so...
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Thank you, Lord.
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Amen. Amen.
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And I know you've had
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so many things
going on in your life.
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And before we start
the program, she says,
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"Just wherever God leads,
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it's in His
hands, in His careness."
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And, you know, that's
where we all want to be.
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And before I say anymore,
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I would like to
give a short synopsis,
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just going through Ephesians,
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but I think before we do that,
we should open with prayer.
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So would you open
with prayer with us?
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Absolutely. Okay.
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I invite you to pray
with us at home, too.
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Let's pray together.
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Most gracious, Heavenly
Father, we again we thank you
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for the
beginning hours of Sabbath.
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We thank you
for seeing us safely
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through another week.
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We thank you for the
blessings that you send our way,
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and especially, for
Calvary, thank you for Jesus.
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We pray as we study Your Words,
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we sit around this table
and there are those at home
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who are sitting
around their table right now,
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maybe on their couch,
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and we should invite
them to open the Word of God.
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Take a pen and a pencil,
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jot down things
that will be spoken
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that will touch
their heart and life
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and for a further study.
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Lord, we invite thy Holy Spirit
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now to accompany
everything that's said,
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everything that's
done that may magnify You,
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may bring honor
and glory to You,
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and You alone.
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Lord, help us to be reminded.
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We just stand
behind the cross of Calvary
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and the Jesus
is to be lifted up.
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You said, you know, He lifted up
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will draw all men and to me.
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So we pray the night
that you'll be lifted up,
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those who are viewing,
those who would listen,
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whatever it might be,
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we pray hearts and
lives will be touched,
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not just for this
moment, but for eternity.
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I'm just thank you
for this opportunity.
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Thank you for each one
who sits around this table
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and each one of you out there,
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will just give you
praise, honor, and glory
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to the king of kings
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and Lord of Lord
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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You know, we before
we begin the study on
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"Angels, Armor, and Promises,"
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I don't think that
I've ever spend quite
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as much time on
the armor of God.
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You know, I mean, we've
taught and thought about it
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and time's passed, but
just really not digging,
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not pulling together so much.
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And I love what God has done
with each and every one of you,
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how He's giving you other pieces
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that that kind of help
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this come
together and make a whole.
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And one thing that I'd
like for our viewers to know
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and all of us here
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is I feel like this
armor is such a precious gift.
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Oh, yeah. Amen.
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And as when I go
through Ephesians
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and I read it to you again,
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I hope you see
what I'm talking about.
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It is a gift that
God has given to us
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unto salvation and
to provide protection
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so that we can rightly be fit
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for this war, this warfare,
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this spiritual
warfare that we're in.
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And I think as we
read through these,
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the spiritual warfare
even becomes more clearer,
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and we need that.
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We need to
ascertain what is happening.
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We need to be praying
daily for the mind of Christ.
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Because this is what He had on,
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this is what
helped Him to go through,
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and we need to use
Him as our pattern.
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Amen, amen.
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So if you would,
turn in your Bibles
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with me to Ephesians 6,
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and I'm going to
read verses 10-18.
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Ephesians 6:10-18, and 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 love that, and I may stop it.
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Every sentence as
we're planning to...
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Oh, bless you. All right.
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Short synopsis, but
to be strong in the Lord.
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What a promise
because how often have
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we felt weak and
inadequate and nothing.
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Oh, yeah. Every day.
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But as we put on this armor,
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God says, "I
want you to be strong,
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I'm going to give you
power as you put on each piece."
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"Put on the whole armor
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that ye may be
able to stand against
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the wiles of the devil."
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Right there,
highlight it, underline it,
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do whatever you need to do
because without this armor,
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without every
essential piece of the armor,
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you will not be able to stand.
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If you don't have each piece on,
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Brother J.D.
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the enemy's
going to look at you,
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and he's going to say,
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"Oh, he's a little
weak in that breastplate,"
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and that's where
he begins to wedge.
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And I hope people
really will listen to that
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because the agents
of evil are out there,
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and I know our
habits, backward and forward,
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and I know what
our weak points are.
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Absolutely. So
you're exactly right.
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You need to be
protected from head to toe,
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and this is what
Paul's bringing out here.
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I think maybe it needs to
be part of our daily prayer.
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I mean, there's so many things
I know all of us pray about,
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but we need to be
praying about this every day.
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"For we wrestle not
with flesh and blood,
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but against
principalities, against powers,
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against rulers of the
darkness of this world..."
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Things that we don't see,
power we don't even understand.
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That's what we
wrestle against spiritually.
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"Against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
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Wherefore, take unto
you the whole armor."
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Not just the feet,
not just the sword,
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not just the shield
or of the breastplate,
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but the whole armor of God.
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"That ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day."
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And, you know, there's
been a lot of evil days
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since this was written.
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But in the time
that we're looking at,
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I'm thinking about
that great time of trouble.
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I'm thinking about, you
know, the seven last plagues,
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I'm thinking
about laws being passed
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such as the Sunday law,
and so when I read this,
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"We have to put
on the whole armor
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in order to
withstand that evil day."
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In order to withstand
the persecution amongst those
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who are
elevating truth over error.
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Having done all the
stand, verse 14 reads,
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"Stand therefore having
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your loins girt
about with truth..."
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Truth is so vitally important.
I can't go back and read.
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You know, just rehash
everything we've covered,
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but we're to worship God
and spirit and then truth.
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Not almost truth, but all truth.
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"And having on the
breastplate of righteousness."
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God's precious
gift, His righteousness.
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"And our feet shod
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with the preparation
of the gospel of peace.
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Above all..."
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And this is where we'll
be starting here tonight.
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"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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Amen? Yes.
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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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The armory of God is a Bible.
And our sword is the word.
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"Praying always with all power
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and supplication
in the Spirit..."
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Did you get that?
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"Praying always..."
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You know, I've been
doing some reading this week
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and it's only those
who are fervently praying,
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they're going
to make it through.
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That's right.
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A lot of us become
complacent, and we think,
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"Oh, it's not big
deal, doesn't really matter."
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There's going to come a time
where Jesus makes the command
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as it were to take
that angel from that person
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and give it to the one
that is fervently praying
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and anguishing in the spirit.
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"And watching
thereunto with all perseverance
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and
supplication for all saints."
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What a blessing?
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So, Sister Mollie, I'm
going to throw it to you.
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We're going to talk
about the shield of faith,
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and I know God has given you
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a lot of things about this armor
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that none of us have
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and so what do you think
about that shield of faith?
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Well, all we had looked
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at was each one of
these are weapons of warfare,
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and they are protective armor
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that we are to
use, and each in its...
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Given to us,
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the word speak to us
as though we are soldiers.
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Amen. Now let me
ask you something.
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Are you a
soldier? We are soldiers.
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Are we soldiers
in the army of God?
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We certainly should be.
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So each one of
these weapons of warfare,
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each one of these
pieces of the armor protect
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a certain area of the soldier.
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And this was the
terminology we should use
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so that you would
have a picture in your mind
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of where this
piece of armor should be.
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And so, what we just mentioned
was the shield of faith.
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Now what was the
purpose of the shield of faith?
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Whereby you may do what?
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Quench all the
fiery darts of the enemy.
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Now the Roman soldiers shield
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measured
approximately 2 feet by 4 feet
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and was made of wood,
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but it was covered with leather.
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So the shield, the
shield of faith covered...
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It's made of wood
covered with leather.
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Now in that day,
here's what soldier's did.
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They would take their
arrows, arrow, you know, arrows.
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That was their major weapon
of warfare, were the arrows,
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the offensive weapons,
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and they would
dip the tip in oil
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and light it on fire.
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Wow!
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You've seen the
movies, Ben-Hur and...
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And they would
shoot those arrows,
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and so what these...
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With the leather
covering the shield of faith,
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the wooden shield.
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When they would
shoot the flaming arrow
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into that leather,
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you know what
the leather would do?
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Quench the fire. Amen.
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It would keep the
soldiers from being burnt.
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And so see the parallel
here of the shield of faith
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and the actual piece
of physical equipment
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that the soldiers used.
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Now this is what I
think of that shield of faith.
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When they had
their shield of faith on,
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they had certainty
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that they were being protected.
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They had confidence
that that fire could not burn
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through that leather and
get to them and burn them.
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When we've got our
shield of faith up,
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what does that give us?
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It gives us
certainty, believer's certainty.
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We can have assurance
that we are being protected
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because we've got
on our shield of faith.
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But now what's height
was it? It was 4 foot by...
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Two. Two.
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Okay, so what came to mind is...
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2 by 4.
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If it's a 2 by 4, what
came to mind is you were saying
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that is if the
enemies coming at you
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from the front and
you've got it up there?
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But the thing about the
shield was it was maneuverable.
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That's right. Yes.
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It could be from any
direction, and that's what,
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you know, we just have
to have believing, saving,
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covering faith
in God's character,
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in His Word,
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His ability to perform His Word.
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But that's what struck me
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is that that shield is something
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that they held in their hand,
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and we have to have
faith in every area.
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We may have faith
in a certain area.
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Let's say that
someone has accepted Christ
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as their Savior, and
they've got that faith,
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and there's nobody can
take that away from them,
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but it comes to
the Sabbath, oops,
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their shield of faith
hasn't turned them in.
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You see what I'm
saying? Absolutely.
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And so, you've
got to, as you said,
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"The devil's going to come at us
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from any direction he can."
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So that's what's beautiful
about that shield of faith.
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You know, something
that I see in this also,
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when we're in prayer,
and we've got our shield,
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you know, your
back could be exposed.
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So I'm thinking, you know,
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how one could put
1,000, two can put 10,000.
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So Shelley and I are in prayer,
we are praying for something.
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We stand back to back.
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We've got the
shield on both sides of us.
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And we can go into our prayer
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because, you know,
that's how the soldiers did.
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They battled back to back.
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And so our warfare is in prayer,
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you know, we go
deeply into prayer
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and fight those
spiritual battles.
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And so, we need to
have a prayer partner
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where one can put a
1,000 and two can put 10,000.
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You know, on those...
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When they fought
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these battles many
times, each person...
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Our faith is different, right?
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Each person in
their walk experiences
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some faith a little here,
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maybe something little
less, but before the battle,
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there was always the...
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Each person had
a duty to perform.
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Right.
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And again, we're
talking about this shield of...
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So usually, when the
arrows were flying in,
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and you're
talking about it on fire,
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remember, a lot of
times, what they would do
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when you had
the shield up there,
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they would arch
those arrows on fire
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and they would come
down on top of them.
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It still strikes them
on the head or whatever.
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So you had different warriors,
they would take their shield,
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you know, have
the outer perimeter.
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Each one would
have theirs, like this,
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that would protect the ones,
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and the next row, up
there, they would take theirs
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and go a little bit
higher and slant it.
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The next people
would do, you know, so on.
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So each one has specific duty.
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And if there was an
opening, somebody got hurt.
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So each one has
specific job to do.
00:16:16.44\00:16:18.61
So it's kind of
like the spiritual part
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of these fiery darts
we're talking about here.
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It's to stop fiery dart...
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On fire, comes
and hits that shield
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you were talking about here.
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And in spiritual,
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that stops sin
before it finds root in us.
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Yeah. That's good.
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Say the sin, that's fiery dart.
00:16:34.86\00:16:37.56
And how does
that fiery darts come?
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You know, in a
bit different thing,
00:16:40.10\00:16:41.50
we talk about fiery
temptations, you know.
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We talk about that...
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It can be discouragement.
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It can be impatient. Trials.
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Trials, tribulation, jealousy,
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anger, envy, pride. Doubt.
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Doubt, all of these
are those fiery darts
00:16:56.58\00:16:58.78
that the envy has
aimed at us. Yes. Yes.
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'Cause he knows, you mentioned,
well, he knows us very well.
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And he knows
what makes us maybe,
00:17:05.15\00:17:07.76
you know...
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I like this because
we're tested sometimes
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on these things.
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And usually, if
a husband and wife,
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if they're not in the
Lord and really geared up here
00:17:13.66\00:17:16.56
and usually one of them
knows what upsets the other one,
00:17:16.60\00:17:19.10
they'll let them
have it in that one area.
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And the other would hit back
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and then
everything, you know, explodes.
00:17:22.30\00:17:24.11
So through that all,
we can become stronger.
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Because it's
through tests and trials,
00:17:28.38\00:17:30.08
and I always like to say
those little trials of God...
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You know, or a
character to be perfected.
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Amen. So praise God for that.
00:17:35.12\00:17:36.58
But what you're speaking of
is how badly we need each other.
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Oh, yes. Amen. Yes.
00:17:39.75\00:17:41.09
Oh, that the
body needs the body.
00:17:41.12\00:17:43.36
And you mentioned too,
you know, going in together,
00:17:43.39\00:17:45.96
and I almost got
spiritual goosebumps
00:17:45.99\00:17:47.93
'cause I was
thinking about Christ
00:17:47.96\00:17:49.40
sending the people out 2 by 2,
00:17:49.43\00:17:52.53
and also we're two or three are
gathered together in His name,
00:17:52.57\00:17:55.87
there He is in the midst.
00:17:55.90\00:17:57.41
You know, but it
takes the whole body
00:17:57.44\00:17:59.01
as you were talking
the whole body of Christ,
00:17:59.04\00:18:01.48
and you also said
00:18:01.51\00:18:02.84
where did these
fiery darts come from.
00:18:02.88\00:18:04.85
And I've been
doing a lot of reading
00:18:04.88\00:18:06.21
about, you know,
the time hat we're in,
00:18:06.25\00:18:09.32
and what the straight
testimony is all about.
00:18:09.35\00:18:14.36
And see the faith, we
need the shield of faith
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because I mentioned
in our last program,
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it's not even distinguishing
truth from error always,
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it's truth from almost truth.
00:18:24.93\00:18:26.67
Oh, yeah.
00:18:26.70\00:18:28.04
So we have to be so grounded
in the truth in our faith,
00:18:28.07\00:18:32.84
and we are exercising
that faith, you talked about
00:18:32.87\00:18:35.14
moving it side to side.
00:18:35.18\00:18:36.71
We're exercising the faith.
00:18:36.75\00:18:39.65
And it sometimes
it's the little things,
00:18:39.68\00:18:42.15
you know, things that
many people may not even think
00:18:42.18\00:18:45.42
or anything to
really worry about,
00:18:45.45\00:18:48.82
but I've read in
Spirit of Prophecy
00:18:48.86\00:18:51.09
that many types
it's those little things
00:18:51.13\00:18:53.76
that cause us to stumble
00:18:53.80\00:18:56.36
and then our shield is let
down and the enemy comes in,
00:18:56.40\00:18:59.10
and we won't be able to stay in.
00:18:59.13\00:19:00.87
So the little principles
00:19:00.90\00:19:03.47
when we're going
and we're witnessing,
00:19:03.51\00:19:05.14
say with other
people of other faiths,
00:19:05.17\00:19:07.84
and they come and they say,
00:19:07.88\00:19:09.44
"Well, yeah, well,
you believe in this,
00:19:09.48\00:19:10.85
but I believe it's this
because dah-dah-dah-dah.
00:19:10.88\00:19:13.11
And you may be thinking,
"Huh, what was all right?
00:19:13.15\00:19:17.12
You know, it sure seemed right."
00:19:17.15\00:19:18.95
Well, I remember reading..."
00:19:18.99\00:19:21.09
You begin to waver
00:19:21.12\00:19:22.82
and that shield of
faith begins to move.
00:19:22.86\00:19:25.66
So that's why it's so important
that we are strong in the faith
00:19:25.69\00:19:30.20
that no matter...
00:19:30.23\00:19:31.57
We're coming to a time
00:19:31.60\00:19:32.93
you cannot believe what you see,
00:19:32.97\00:19:35.77
what you hear,
maybe even what you smell.
00:19:35.80\00:19:39.57
You know, you think of
Christ in the wilderness
00:19:39.61\00:19:41.28
and then turning
the stones to bread.
00:19:41.31\00:19:43.71
What if he could smell
that? He was so hungry.
00:19:43.75\00:19:46.95
You see, so we have to
00:19:46.98\00:19:48.65
no matter
what's going around us,
00:19:48.68\00:19:50.22
no matter what
laws are being passed,
00:19:50.25\00:19:53.19
we have to have
faith in the truth,
00:19:53.22\00:19:56.02
and it's that
faith of that small group
00:19:56.06\00:19:59.66
that's going to
help to see them through,
00:19:59.69\00:20:02.86
and then they'll
receive the latter rain.
00:20:02.90\00:20:05.57
Isn't that
beautiful? It is beautiful.
00:20:05.60\00:20:08.00
Go ahead.
00:20:08.04\00:20:09.40
And, you know, it says
now what we just read here,
00:20:09.44\00:20:11.31
this word just jumped out at me.
00:20:11.34\00:20:14.21
"Above all, taking
the shield of faith,"
00:20:14.24\00:20:16.64
in other words,
00:20:16.68\00:20:18.01
this is Paul talking
to his people, you know.
00:20:18.05\00:20:20.85
Listen, position yourself
because the day is coming
00:20:20.88\00:20:24.42
whenever we need
to count on this,
00:20:24.45\00:20:26.92
it goes, "Wherein ye
shall be able to quench all..."
00:20:26.96\00:20:30.53
Yes. Fiery darts.
00:20:30.56\00:20:31.89
"All of them." All
of them. Praise God.
00:20:31.93\00:20:33.50
Yeah. Amen.
00:20:33.53\00:20:34.86
So yes, we're going to
be attacked on all the side,
00:20:34.90\00:20:36.80
but yet the cause of
the faith that you have,
00:20:36.83\00:20:39.97
Lord increased my faith. Yes.
00:20:40.00\00:20:42.04
And that shield is
there to protect you from all.
00:20:42.07\00:20:46.14
And, you know, there's...
00:20:46.17\00:20:47.74
Thank you, Lord, we'll
bring everything to you.
00:20:47.78\00:20:49.61
Thank you, Lord,
00:20:49.64\00:20:50.98
for the shield
that You've given us
00:20:51.01\00:20:52.65
so that we can
combat against all.
00:20:52.68\00:20:55.25
The other thing you
just brought to my mind too
00:20:55.28\00:20:57.72
that I read in
preparation for this was
00:20:57.75\00:21:00.29
it takes the faith,
00:21:00.32\00:21:02.42
it takes us using the
faith and having the faith
00:21:02.46\00:21:05.43
for God to even be
able to send His angels.
00:21:05.46\00:21:08.40
Amen. Around us to help us.
00:21:08.43\00:21:10.33
So we have to have faith first.
00:21:10.37\00:21:12.60
You know, the
thought that struck me
00:21:12.63\00:21:13.97
when you were speaking,
00:21:14.00\00:21:15.40
Hebrews 11:6, you
all can say this with me,
00:21:15.44\00:21:18.47
"Without faith, it is
impossible to please Him."
00:21:18.51\00:21:21.84
Because when we come to Him,
00:21:21.88\00:21:23.51
we must believe that He is
00:21:23.55\00:21:25.48
and that He is a
rewarder of those
00:21:25.51\00:21:27.58
who earnestly seek Him.
00:21:27.62\00:21:29.08
I remember
getting to that scripture
00:21:29.12\00:21:32.25
when I was not
quite a mature Christian.
00:21:32.29\00:21:36.12
And the way in which I
study is when I read something,
00:21:36.16\00:21:38.89
and I don't understand
it, I just say, "God, what?"
00:21:38.93\00:21:41.56
So it was like, "What
do you mean without faith,
00:21:41.60\00:21:43.80
it's impossible to please You?"
00:21:43.83\00:21:45.63
Because, to me, at
that time, it was like,
00:21:45.67\00:21:48.60
"You know what it's
like to be down here?
00:21:48.64\00:21:51.67
Jesus, you walked this earth,
00:21:51.71\00:21:53.44
you can see how we could doubt."
00:21:53.48\00:21:55.58
And where He took me...
00:21:55.61\00:21:57.81
And this is what I just wanted
to share with you at home.
00:21:57.85\00:22:01.45
The reason faith is so important
00:22:01.48\00:22:04.62
and believing in His
Word as you're saying.
00:22:04.65\00:22:06.76
You know,
there's that faith to...
00:22:06.79\00:22:10.23
I believe the
foundation of faith is trust,
00:22:10.26\00:22:13.40
but the reason that
we need to trust in Him,
00:22:13.43\00:22:17.17
and 1 John 5:10 is
where the Lord took me,
00:22:17.20\00:22:20.40
I'm just going to read
you the whole scripture,
00:22:20.44\00:22:22.80
but I'm going to
focus on the B part.
00:22:22.84\00:22:25.67
When it says, we cannot
please God without faith,
00:22:25.71\00:22:28.28
it says, "He who
believes in the Son of God
00:22:28.31\00:22:31.11
has the witness in himself.
00:22:31.15\00:22:33.21
He who does not believe
God has made Him a liar..."
00:22:33.25\00:22:39.32
Oh! That's pretty heavy.
00:22:39.35\00:22:40.69
Yes. Now that's heavy.
00:22:40.72\00:22:42.42
Amen, and
that's true. It's true.
00:22:42.46\00:22:43.79
So if we don't
accept the Word of God...
00:22:43.83\00:22:47.63
And I tell you, Chris,
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.36
'cause you were
talking about the whole truth.
00:22:49.40\00:22:52.17
There is...
00:22:52.20\00:22:53.84
I heard this saying once,
00:22:53.87\00:22:55.20
and it always
stuck with me, that...
00:22:55.24\00:22:57.87
We'll see if it's stuck with me.
00:22:57.91\00:23:01.71
"Preconceived opinions
00:23:01.74\00:23:05.11
effectively insulate
the mind against truth."
00:23:05.15\00:23:09.68
So you start talking to
someone as I was brought up...
00:23:09.72\00:23:15.12
That commandments
were nailed to the cross,
00:23:15.16\00:23:18.49
you start talking to someone
00:23:18.53\00:23:19.93
who hasn't spend
considerable time
00:23:19.96\00:23:22.63
in the scripture
studying it for themselves,
00:23:22.66\00:23:24.97
putting aside
everything they've been taught,
00:23:25.00\00:23:27.60
and you try to convince them
of the beauty of the Sabbath,
00:23:27.64\00:23:30.34
and they're
going to laugh you off.
00:23:30.37\00:23:31.91
And they're not
going to have faith,
00:23:31.94\00:23:34.41
but that's why it's so important
00:23:34.44\00:23:36.04
to get into the word
and make certain that
00:23:36.08\00:23:39.41
everything we're holding dear
00:23:39.45\00:23:42.55
as our belief system is
the entire counsel of God.
00:23:42.58\00:23:48.09
You know, one thing
that always impressed me
00:23:48.12\00:23:51.29
about your
relationship with the Lord is
00:23:51.33\00:23:54.16
whenever you decided
that this is the path
00:23:54.20\00:23:57.07
that you're going to follow
00:23:57.10\00:23:58.77
through the aid
of the Holy Spirit.
00:23:58.80\00:24:00.27
Okay, you have your
shield up, you know, and says,
00:24:00.30\00:24:03.10
"Listen, Shelley, forget
what you think that you know
00:24:03.14\00:24:06.41
and let me guide you." Amen.
00:24:06.44\00:24:09.24
And so, I think that's a
word for a lot of people.
00:24:09.28\00:24:11.51
Yes, it is. It is.
00:24:11.55\00:24:12.88
And we do have
preconceived ideas.
00:24:12.91\00:24:14.32
What's our legitimate
that we're born, you know,
00:24:14.35\00:24:16.75
I mean, that's
leadership at home.
00:24:16.79\00:24:18.85
And lots of times,
00:24:18.89\00:24:20.22
people are
ignorant for no fault.
00:24:20.26\00:24:23.49
You know, they just...
00:24:23.53\00:24:25.09
But, boy, if you're a seeker,
00:24:25.13\00:24:27.23
you're going to
start turning the pages.
00:24:27.26\00:24:29.16
I've had to change my...
00:24:29.20\00:24:30.53
I don't know,
anybody hear of it.
00:24:30.57\00:24:31.90
I had to change my little
preconceived ideas at time
00:24:31.93\00:24:34.84
or even the way you
were raised or what you heard
00:24:34.87\00:24:37.14
and what you thought was...
00:24:37.17\00:24:38.57
The truth until you
got to really studying
00:24:38.61\00:24:40.98
and the Holy
Spirit begin to work.
00:24:41.01\00:24:42.64
I heard one man say
one time, talking about,
00:24:42.68\00:24:45.51
when thinking in terms of
00:24:45.55\00:24:47.55
how the Holy Spirit leads
and guides isn't all truth.
00:24:47.58\00:24:50.49
He said the problem
with Paul's writings
00:24:50.52\00:24:53.05
is the way that he wrote them.
00:24:53.09\00:24:54.42
If he just write
them simple and plain
00:24:54.46\00:24:56.62
like some of the
other Bible writers,
00:24:56.66\00:24:58.03
I can understand it,
00:24:58.06\00:24:59.46
and then I could have
explained to other people,
00:24:59.49\00:25:00.83
but he didn't write it
the way he's supposed to.
00:25:00.86\00:25:02.76
Well, we
understand all scriptures
00:25:02.80\00:25:04.43
getting by inspiration
from God, the Holy Spirit.
00:25:04.47\00:25:06.07
So it's not how he wrote down.
00:25:06.10\00:25:08.67
We need spiritual things
are spiritually discerned,
00:25:08.70\00:25:12.17
so we need the
Holy Spirit to help us,
00:25:12.21\00:25:13.68
so you're talking
about here when we come to...
00:25:13.71\00:25:15.94
And I've done it myself.
00:25:15.98\00:25:17.31
I come to it a lot
of times that passage,
00:25:17.35\00:25:18.81
and I say, you know, "I
just can't quite get this."
00:25:18.85\00:25:21.92
I know what other people
might be able to get it right,
00:25:21.95\00:25:23.49
but I can't get it,
00:25:23.52\00:25:24.85
so, Lord, I want to
know what the truth is."
00:25:24.89\00:25:27.69
And if it demands a change,
00:25:27.72\00:25:29.09
then help me to make that change
00:25:29.12\00:25:30.99
because the pride business,
00:25:31.03\00:25:32.66
or I'm right all the
times, or we have a...
00:25:32.69\00:25:35.90
Truth is progress
even onward and so on.
00:25:35.93\00:25:37.93
I think we're going to
have to changing the molding
00:25:37.97\00:25:39.83
as the Holy Spirit
guides and directs us.
00:25:39.87\00:25:41.60
I'm a believer in that.
00:25:41.64\00:25:42.97
The good news is I have
a lot of Paul's writings.
00:25:43.00\00:25:46.98
He certainly is hitting home
00:25:47.01\00:25:48.34
right here in
the Ephesians 6:10-18
00:25:48.38\00:25:50.78
because we can...
00:25:50.81\00:25:52.41
At least I can see the picture.
00:25:52.45\00:25:53.78
And if I can see the picture,
00:25:53.82\00:25:55.68
I think that most
people see the picture.
00:25:55.72\00:25:57.69
Amen.
00:25:57.72\00:25:59.05
You know that one interesting
00:25:59.09\00:26:00.56
because when Paul
was writing this, right?
00:26:00.59\00:26:02.72
What was he really addressing?
00:26:02.76\00:26:04.99
He was really
addressing the church
00:26:05.03\00:26:07.00
and the issues that were going
in the church at this time.
00:26:07.03\00:26:10.23
How we need to have unity,
00:26:10.27\00:26:11.70
how we need to be talking
about shoulder to shoulder
00:26:11.73\00:26:13.67
using the shield,
00:26:13.70\00:26:15.04
you hold here and one over here,
00:26:15.07\00:26:16.40
but together...
00:26:16.44\00:26:17.77
And he's saying,
00:26:17.81\00:26:19.14
"If we're going to
have unity in the church,
00:26:19.17\00:26:20.51
and in the truth,
and in the doctrines,
00:26:20.54\00:26:21.88
and the teachings, we
had to be able to cover,
00:26:21.91\00:26:23.24
pray for one another,
work for one another."
00:26:23.28\00:26:25.25
We said, "First of all,
00:26:25.28\00:26:26.61
it's not going
to happen at church
00:26:26.65\00:26:27.98
unless we put
the whole armor on.
00:26:28.02\00:26:30.12
If we have an arm,
00:26:30.15\00:26:31.49
then something
good's going to happen."
00:26:31.52\00:26:32.85
And the beautiful thing is
00:26:32.89\00:26:34.22
as you're studying
each piece of the armor,
00:26:34.26\00:26:35.76
it's going to deal
with our character.
00:26:35.79\00:26:37.86
And our
characters will be changed.
00:26:37.89\00:26:39.56
You know, if nothing
else, I hope that your family,
00:26:39.59\00:26:42.86
our family at home,
00:26:42.90\00:26:44.27
you will begin to dig deeper.
00:26:44.30\00:26:46.40
You know, sometimes in...
00:26:46.43\00:26:47.77
Maybe not you guys,
00:26:47.80\00:26:49.14
but at least for
me, it's overwhelming.
00:26:49.17\00:26:51.44
And I look back, I think,
"Boy, if I could just remember,
00:26:51.47\00:26:53.98
recall everything I've
studied I might know something."
00:26:54.01\00:26:58.38
But you know this...
Isn't it interesting?
00:26:58.41\00:27:00.75
And I'm sure you found this,
00:27:00.78\00:27:02.12
it's like you
will study something,
00:27:02.15\00:27:03.59
and then it can be a hot
topic for you for a while
00:27:03.62\00:27:06.39
and then you're
kind of forget it.
00:27:06.42\00:27:07.89
But then, later on,
00:27:07.92\00:27:09.59
you are studying
something completely different,
00:27:09.62\00:27:12.69
and the Lord
reminds you of what you are.
00:27:12.73\00:27:15.30
He brings it to our memories
00:27:15.33\00:27:17.47
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:27:17.50\00:27:19.03
So it's always in there.
00:27:19.07\00:27:21.20
He can't put...
00:27:21.24\00:27:22.70
He can't bring it to mind
if you haven't done your best.
00:27:22.74\00:27:24.57
That's true. That's right.
00:27:24.61\00:27:25.94
We've got to do
our part, family.
00:27:25.97\00:27:27.44
We have to get out.
00:27:27.48\00:27:28.81
And what a gift,
00:27:28.84\00:27:30.18
even the spirit
of prophecy books
00:27:30.21\00:27:31.55
that we have for
the Adventist Church.
00:27:31.58\00:27:33.15
If you're not an
Adventist, call and get some,
00:27:33.18\00:27:34.98
we've got some wonderful books,
we'd love to share with you.
00:27:35.02\00:27:37.62
But what a gift,
00:27:37.65\00:27:38.99
they're always bringing
us back to the Word of God
00:27:39.02\00:27:41.69
and helping it to become clear.
00:27:41.72\00:27:43.89
God cannot put in what we
haven't done for ourselves.
00:27:43.93\00:27:47.70
We do our part,
00:27:47.73\00:27:49.06
He's going to
come and do the rest.
00:27:49.10\00:27:50.43
Isn't that
beautiful? Yes, it is.
00:27:50.47\00:27:51.97
And the bottom line
on this shield of faith
00:27:52.00\00:27:54.74
is 1 John 5:4. Okay.
00:27:54.77\00:27:56.30
Where he said that,
"Whatever is born of God
00:27:56.34\00:27:59.64
has overcome the world.
00:27:59.67\00:28:01.34
And this is the victory
00:28:01.38\00:28:04.78
that has overcome
the world, our faith."
00:28:04.81\00:28:08.85
And that's how we
become overcomers.
00:28:08.88\00:28:12.12
You know, we've all mentioned,
I think the importance,
00:28:12.15\00:28:15.92
the vital
importance of having faith...
00:28:15.96\00:28:20.00
So I'm just thinking
of those that are saying,
00:28:20.03\00:28:23.13
"But I don't have faith."
00:28:23.16\00:28:25.23
So let's go to
how simple this is.
00:28:25.27\00:28:29.67
How does faith... How
did we get the faith...
00:28:29.70\00:28:31.84
Romans 10:17.
00:28:31.87\00:28:33.88
Faith comes by the Word of God.
00:28:33.91\00:28:35.54
Hearing and
hearing about the word.
00:28:35.58\00:28:36.91
Hearing and hearing
about the Word of God.
00:28:36.95\00:28:39.05
So you want your faith to grow.
00:28:39.08\00:28:42.38
Do you know
your faith will grow?
00:28:42.42\00:28:44.29
Amen. How does your faith grow?
00:28:44.32\00:28:46.32
By getting into God's Word.
00:28:46.35\00:28:48.62
And remember those
preconceived notions
00:28:48.66\00:28:51.79
Shelley was talking
about, going into something,
00:28:51.83\00:28:54.76
and you've already
got your mind made up,
00:28:54.80\00:28:56.40
and you may not even
know your mind's made up,
00:28:56.43\00:28:58.87
but because you've
heard it this way forever.
00:28:58.90\00:29:01.17
Who's this?
00:29:01.20\00:29:02.70
Abnormal is normal,
00:29:02.74\00:29:04.07
if that's how
you've ever been known.
00:29:04.11\00:29:06.34
Yeah, that's true.
00:29:06.37\00:29:07.71
And so we go into God...
00:29:07.74\00:29:09.74
When you open up God's work...
00:29:09.78\00:29:11.11
And, Kenny, you
heard on this beautifully.
00:29:11.15\00:29:13.48
When you go into God's Word,
you stop reading, studying.
00:29:13.52\00:29:17.52
Oh, God, search me
if there is era in me
00:29:17.55\00:29:21.76
through this word
00:29:21.79\00:29:23.12
because the entrance
of God's Word gives light,
00:29:23.16\00:29:25.49
understanding to the simple.
00:29:25.53\00:29:27.33
So, Father, as I
am reading this word,
00:29:27.36\00:29:29.86
show me the era of my way
00:29:29.90\00:29:32.37
as faith enters into
my heart, reveal my era."
00:29:32.40\00:29:36.17
And oh, God, where there is era,
00:29:36.20\00:29:37.87
I give you
permission to root it out
00:29:37.91\00:29:40.91
and to line me up with
the truth of Your Word,
00:29:40.94\00:29:43.75
and it all starts
with what, spending time...
00:29:43.78\00:29:47.05
I think it doesn't matter
00:29:47.08\00:29:49.88
what area of God's
Word you're studying
00:29:49.92\00:29:51.99
and looking into,
00:29:52.02\00:29:53.36
the Word of God is your
foundation and your basis.
00:29:53.39\00:29:56.26
And you always simultaneously
invite the Holy Spirit
00:29:56.29\00:30:00.03
and to be your God.
00:30:00.06\00:30:01.40
Yes, always.
00:30:01.43\00:30:02.76
And I think that
that's very important.
00:30:02.80\00:30:04.97
This is part of faith.
00:30:05.00\00:30:06.77
Lord, assist me here.
00:30:06.80\00:30:08.14
I give the Holy Spirit
permission to be in charge,
00:30:08.17\00:30:11.07
now you're stepping out in
faith because it may not...
00:30:11.11\00:30:14.04
You may have ideas of your own,
00:30:14.08\00:30:16.14
but yet you're giving Him
permission to work in you.
00:30:16.18\00:30:20.18
And you may
think that you've got
00:30:20.22\00:30:21.65
to read volumes of God's Word,
you know, God would rather,
00:30:21.68\00:30:25.65
you walk in the
truth of one scripture
00:30:25.69\00:30:29.69
than for you to
read three chapters
00:30:29.72\00:30:31.73
and not do any of it.
00:30:31.76\00:30:33.26
So just spend...
00:30:33.29\00:30:35.96
Don't try to start out
with reading the whole chapter,
00:30:36.00\00:30:39.60
start out reading
small portions of it,
00:30:39.63\00:30:41.97
and asking God to enlighten you,
00:30:42.00\00:30:44.14
and show you what this means.
00:30:44.17\00:30:46.07
Then walk in the light of that.
00:30:46.11\00:30:47.88
I was just
thinking when you said that
00:30:47.91\00:30:49.24
though in 2016 at
the ASI Convention,
00:30:49.28\00:30:54.32
the gentlemen who had...
00:30:54.35\00:30:55.68
He had some kind of...
00:30:55.72\00:30:57.05
Well, substitute for ice cream,
00:30:59.82\00:31:02.09
but he had been an atheist
00:31:02.12\00:31:04.46
and his friend was a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:31:04.49\00:31:07.96
And he got so
upset with his friend
00:31:08.00\00:31:12.40
constantly talking to
him about the Word of God
00:31:12.43\00:31:16.10
that what he did
was this guy said,
00:31:16.14\00:31:19.24
"I'm going to get a Bible,
00:31:19.27\00:31:20.81
I'm going to
sit down and read it
00:31:20.84\00:31:22.64
so I can argue against him."
00:31:22.68\00:31:24.88
And he sat down and read it
00:31:24.91\00:31:26.25
from cover to cover and
gave his heart to the Lord.
00:31:26.28\00:31:29.42
And he is so active
in church now, preaching,
00:31:29.45\00:31:33.52
and seeing the
Word of God is alive
00:31:33.56\00:31:35.96
and the power in this
word, it has such power.
00:31:35.99\00:31:39.09
Yes. Amen.
00:31:39.13\00:31:40.46
It's the only book that can
change lives the way it does.
00:31:40.50\00:31:43.37
And the problem that I see
even with the shield of faith
00:31:43.40\00:31:47.37
is that many
people become complacent.
00:31:47.40\00:31:50.34
And they are in churches
00:31:50.37\00:31:52.27
and they think all we have to do
00:31:52.31\00:31:53.91
is have faith in
Christ as our Lord and Savior,
00:31:53.94\00:31:57.95
except Him and
they go no further.
00:31:57.98\00:32:00.18
But that is beautiful
00:32:00.22\00:32:01.88
because you've
never seen our position
00:32:01.92\00:32:05.22
until you begin to
share the truth with people.
00:32:05.25\00:32:06.86
Yeah, unless the fact.
00:32:06.89\00:32:08.22
And the old enemy
begins to wear his ugly hat,
00:32:08.26\00:32:10.96
but, you know,
if you have apathy,
00:32:10.99\00:32:13.46
if you really don't
have a desire to study,
00:32:13.50\00:32:16.06
one thing I learned years ago
00:32:16.10\00:32:17.47
is that if we don't
have it, we ask for it.
00:32:17.50\00:32:19.87
You know, and the Holy
Spirit will give us that desire.
00:32:19.90\00:32:22.77
Ask him to wake you up earlier
00:32:22.80\00:32:25.14
so, you know, a
lot of times we think,
00:32:25.17\00:32:26.61
"Well, I've got the kids,
I've got this, I've got that."
00:32:26.64\00:32:29.24
What if you had another hour?
00:32:29.28\00:32:31.31
Even if you start out...
00:32:31.35\00:32:32.68
Or even 15 minutes. Yes.
00:32:32.71\00:32:34.38
Sometimes if people think,
"Oh, I've got to do all this,"
00:32:34.42\00:32:38.49
it's just
discouraging to start with,
00:32:38.52\00:32:40.96
but that just
start where you can.
00:32:40.99\00:32:43.02
Or do what,
00:32:43.06\00:32:44.69
somebody who's
sitting at this table
00:32:44.73\00:32:46.13
told me that she did, Chris.
00:32:46.16\00:32:47.76
And that is...
00:32:47.80\00:32:49.13
Sometimes you don't have
time to read, get it on audio.
00:32:49.16\00:32:50.90
Oh, yes. Audio verse.
00:32:50.93\00:32:52.73
Just, you know, you can be
driving the children to school
00:32:52.77\00:32:55.50
and listening to the
Bible or as you drive to work
00:32:55.54\00:32:59.27
you are listening to the Bible.
00:32:59.31\00:33:00.64
So you can get the audios of it.
00:33:00.68\00:33:03.48
Well, you're
exercising, and people say,
00:33:03.51\00:33:04.91
"I can't exercise, I
can't stay, and I can do."
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.55
You can do both.
00:33:06.58\00:33:07.92
Yes. Yes.
00:33:07.95\00:33:09.28
By listening or watching,
you know, as you're doing
00:33:09.32\00:33:10.65
your lyrical,
whatever it might be.
00:33:10.69\00:33:12.02
So there is a way to do it.
00:33:12.05\00:33:13.39
But if person is
not wanting to receive,
00:33:13.42\00:33:16.69
they can really
put up some opposition.
00:33:16.73\00:33:18.76
I'm talking about study...
00:33:18.79\00:33:20.13
I remember
studying with a guy one time
00:33:20.16\00:33:21.50
that came over to the house
00:33:21.53\00:33:22.86
and studying and he
want to know any issues.
00:33:22.90\00:33:24.73
So we began to discuss
that issue and so anyway,
00:33:24.77\00:33:27.97
but turned to the Word of God
00:33:28.00\00:33:29.34
and was reading
some passages there.
00:33:29.37\00:33:30.71
He just started to
getting more aggravated,
00:33:30.74\00:33:33.01
you know, and so I
kind of backed down,
00:33:33.04\00:33:34.88
backed away a little bit,
00:33:34.91\00:33:36.24
then he'd ask another question,
I'd go back into the Word.
00:33:36.28\00:33:38.75
Finally, he just...
00:33:38.78\00:33:40.12
He wasn't willing
and ready to receive yet,
00:33:40.15\00:33:42.35
but yet, he was
still asking like,
00:33:42.38\00:33:43.79
"Well, just keep
showing me, keep showing me."
00:33:43.82\00:33:45.75
Well, the end
result, he walked over to me,
00:33:45.79\00:33:49.39
he reached down
00:33:49.42\00:33:50.76
'cause I was
pointing there to the passage.
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.43
He took that Bible
00:33:52.46\00:33:54.33
and he ripped that
page of the Bible out,
00:33:54.36\00:33:56.56
he watered it up and
hit me in the face with it.
00:33:56.60\00:33:58.80
Oh, my... Well, I had to pray.
00:33:58.83\00:34:00.44
Oh, yeah.
00:34:00.47\00:34:01.80
I had to pray for
patience right then and there
00:34:01.84\00:34:03.17
because my first
instinct is we'll see,
00:34:03.20\00:34:05.71
you know, somebody
not with me out there,
00:34:05.74\00:34:07.98
but that's, you
know, these are the things
00:34:08.01\00:34:09.94
we're talking about
the fiery darts, right?
00:34:09.98\00:34:12.01
We're talking about
here one can be patience,
00:34:12.05\00:34:14.15
one can be anger, you
know, whatever it might be.
00:34:14.18\00:34:17.42
But that was a trying time
00:34:17.45\00:34:20.06
because you were
trying to give God the Word,
00:34:20.09\00:34:22.22
you know, and the Word of God.
00:34:22.26\00:34:24.49
And, you know, they wanted to...
00:34:24.53\00:34:25.86
And first of all, that hurt.
00:34:25.89\00:34:28.16
That hurt because I
realized it was the Word of God
00:34:28.20\00:34:30.87
and how could
anybody tear that page up.
00:34:30.90\00:34:34.24
Like most of her when your Bible
00:34:34.27\00:34:36.30
and you go
through it a little bit
00:34:36.34\00:34:37.94
and it gets worn,
never throw it away,
00:34:37.97\00:34:40.64
you never burn it.
00:34:40.68\00:34:42.01
Always close it up
nicely and set it up there
00:34:42.04\00:34:43.88
and keep all the
bibles by the grace of God
00:34:43.91\00:34:46.68
because it's so
special and so holy.
00:34:46.72\00:34:49.65
And so to do that, first of all,
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.12
and then they didn't
really want to hear it.
00:34:51.15\00:34:53.29
So, you know, but, you know,
00:34:53.32\00:34:54.66
the time had changed
that the person changed.
00:34:54.69\00:34:57.66
You know, and the person
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.03
actually became
the pastor later on.
00:34:59.06\00:35:00.40
So it was good that
just sit in the seat and...
00:35:00.43\00:35:04.83
My Uncle Bentwood say,
00:35:04.87\00:35:06.20
"You bite your tongue, you know,
00:35:06.23\00:35:07.74
and say nothing
and ask God to do
00:35:07.77\00:35:09.57
what needs to be done
00:35:09.60\00:35:10.94
because that ain't right there."
00:35:10.97\00:35:12.31
So those tests will
come, but it's all right
00:35:12.34\00:35:14.11
because Holy Spirit is
going to be there to help us.
00:35:14.14\00:35:15.94
So you can be blessed
sometimes by biting your tongue?
00:35:15.98\00:35:19.18
Exactly.
00:35:19.21\00:35:20.55
It was a time in
which we do that.
00:35:20.58\00:35:22.65
But the armor, right,
we talked about this part.
00:35:22.68\00:35:24.89
We have to have the armor on
00:35:24.92\00:35:26.39
because there
have been one piece
00:35:26.42\00:35:27.76
that maybe it was not on,
00:35:27.79\00:35:29.16
that piece that would have been,
00:35:29.19\00:35:30.53
that would have
been the loose part
00:35:30.56\00:35:31.89
right there then
it could really been
00:35:31.93\00:35:33.53
where it shouldn't have been.
00:35:33.56\00:35:34.90
That's many
years ago, but still...
00:35:34.93\00:35:36.26
We need to move on to
this Holy Spirit, but...
00:35:36.30\00:35:37.63
Okay, honey.
00:35:37.67\00:35:39.00
Before we do, just one
little-bitty last thing
00:35:39.03\00:35:40.64
I want to just finish up
00:35:40.67\00:35:42.00
'cause I mentioned about
having faith in Jesus Christ.
00:35:42.04\00:35:45.44
But we need to have
faith in His teaching,
00:35:45.47\00:35:48.34
in the Word of God,
00:35:48.38\00:35:49.71
in His principles that we
stand firm on those principles.
00:35:49.74\00:35:53.62
And sometimes, a principle
is something that we think,
00:35:53.65\00:35:56.15
"Oh, that could be a
gray area or whatever."
00:35:56.18\00:35:57.99
You know what I'm saying?
00:35:58.02\00:35:59.35
But we have to
learn to have faith
00:35:59.39\00:36:01.09
and unwavering
trust in His Word.
00:36:01.12\00:36:04.13
Amen.
00:36:04.16\00:36:05.49
So it's just beautiful,
00:36:05.53\00:36:07.26
this armor that He has given us.
00:36:07.30\00:36:08.73
'Cause how many
soldiers, by the way.
00:36:08.76\00:36:11.50
What if we sent our men
and our women into battle
00:36:11.53\00:36:15.10
without their armor on,
without the necessary means?
00:36:15.14\00:36:19.81
And like it or not, even people
00:36:19.84\00:36:21.64
who don't realize they
are in a spiritual warfare,
00:36:21.68\00:36:23.95
one day they will.
00:36:23.98\00:36:25.81
And it will be too late.
00:36:25.85\00:36:27.18
Well, I wasn't in the military,
00:36:27.22\00:36:29.65
it wasn't because
I didn't want to be,
00:36:29.68\00:36:31.22
it's just because of I
think it's God's grace.
00:36:31.25\00:36:33.99
I flunked my physical.
00:36:34.02\00:36:35.49
And I was a hunk of a man
at that particular time so...
00:36:35.52\00:36:39.13
The God flunked him on purpose.
00:36:39.16\00:36:40.70
Someday I'm going to find out
00:36:40.73\00:36:42.40
when I'm certain
at the feet of Jesus,
00:36:42.43\00:36:43.87
how come that I was given a 4F?
00:36:43.90\00:36:48.20
But that's neither here
nor there, the point is,
00:36:48.24\00:36:50.61
I don't imagine very
many people went to Vietnam
00:36:50.64\00:36:53.24
during my time without a helmet.
00:36:53.27\00:36:55.88
That's right.
00:36:55.91\00:36:57.25
And now you were in the service.
00:36:57.28\00:36:58.61
Yes. I guess you had a helmet.
00:36:58.65\00:36:59.98
Absolutely. Yeah.
00:37:00.02\00:37:01.35
I may not think that goes.
00:37:01.38\00:37:02.72
And so here,
we've covered our body,
00:37:02.75\00:37:04.32
we've gone from our feet,
00:37:04.35\00:37:05.89
we've gone to our
waist, we've gone to our chest.
00:37:05.92\00:37:09.22
Now we're getting
up around our head,
00:37:09.26\00:37:11.79
you know, and
that's where we think
00:37:11.83\00:37:13.70
and that's where our will is,
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.26
our
determination, our priorities.
00:37:15.30\00:37:18.50
So what do we have? Yeah.
00:37:18.53\00:37:20.27
But, you know,
when we think about
00:37:20.30\00:37:21.64
what you are talking
about here even in the world,
00:37:21.67\00:37:23.97
things around us.
00:37:24.01\00:37:25.34
I mean, what do you do
00:37:25.37\00:37:26.71
if you are just
playing football?
00:37:26.74\00:37:28.08
There are certain
things that have to protect
00:37:28.11\00:37:29.74
and right now they're
looking at the brain, you know,
00:37:29.78\00:37:32.61
that first thing
you get that helmet on
00:37:32.65\00:37:34.85
then you have your shoulder pads
00:37:34.88\00:37:36.22
and things to kind of
protect your chest and shoulders
00:37:36.25\00:37:37.95
and those things
that can be hurt.
00:37:37.99\00:37:39.59
You look at baseball,
00:37:39.62\00:37:41.12
you look at the baseball player,
00:37:41.16\00:37:42.49
the catcher.
00:37:42.52\00:37:43.86
For instance, he has
a solid hat on over one,
00:37:43.89\00:37:46.76
he puts the mask over his face,
00:37:46.80\00:37:48.60
takes care of his eyes,
his nose, his mouth, his ears,
00:37:48.63\00:37:50.60
and so on and so forth,
chest protector and so on.
00:37:50.63\00:37:53.30
They also have...
00:37:53.34\00:37:54.67
Getting down here
toward the feet, don't they?
00:37:54.70\00:37:56.30
You know, for
the knees and so on,
00:37:56.34\00:37:57.84
and it goes all the way
down and goes on to his shoes.
00:37:57.87\00:38:00.71
So when he squats down,
00:38:00.74\00:38:02.38
he is really fully
protected and most catchers
00:38:02.41\00:38:04.41
whichever the right handed...
00:38:04.45\00:38:05.78
Whatever they have a
glove in the left hand,
00:38:05.81\00:38:07.22
they will reach out.
00:38:07.25\00:38:08.58
You'll notice so
many times that hand here,
00:38:08.62\00:38:10.02
this is the only
thing it's not protected,
00:38:10.05\00:38:11.39
we basically...
00:38:11.42\00:38:12.75
They will take
that one arm sometimes
00:38:12.79\00:38:14.12
and they will put it
back behind them right here
00:38:14.16\00:38:16.19
because they are realizing
00:38:16.22\00:38:17.56
that needs to be
protected too 'cause...
00:38:17.59\00:38:18.93
Oh, absolutely.
00:38:18.96\00:38:20.36
You know, we
shouldn't fight this protection.
00:38:20.40\00:38:22.33
No.
00:38:22.36\00:38:23.70
This is spiritual
we're talking about here.
00:38:23.73\00:38:25.30
They realized...
00:38:25.33\00:38:26.67
The world realizes the
importance of protection
00:38:26.70\00:38:28.97
and what you're doing.
00:38:29.00\00:38:30.34
And what I'm thinking
about real quick right now.
00:38:30.37\00:38:32.41
I wonder when
did Paul write this.
00:38:32.44\00:38:37.18
I mean, baseball is a
relatively modern game,
00:38:37.21\00:38:40.25
football is a modern game,
00:38:40.28\00:38:41.62
but yet they were doing
the same thing way back then.
00:38:41.65\00:38:44.55
Amen.
00:38:44.59\00:38:45.92
So it's not new,
it's just that, hey,
00:38:45.95\00:38:47.96
we've got to protect...
00:38:47.99\00:38:49.32
It made common
sense then a common sense.
00:38:49.36\00:38:50.69
It does.
00:38:50.73\00:38:52.06
And I'm glad you brought me back
00:38:52.09\00:38:53.43
'cause I skipped
the helmet of salvation
00:38:53.46\00:38:54.80
what I said last time.
00:38:54.83\00:38:56.16
And you over there thinking,
00:38:56.20\00:38:57.53
"Yes, I went to the
sword of the spirit."
00:38:57.57\00:38:58.90
But the helmet of
salvation, we need that helmet,
00:38:58.93\00:39:01.87
we need our minds protect us,
somebody give me some thoughts.
00:39:01.90\00:39:04.27
Is that verse 17? Yes, verse 17.
00:39:04.31\00:39:07.28
Somebody give me some thoughts
on the helmet of protection.
00:39:07.31\00:39:09.84
I mean, the helmet of salvation.
00:39:09.88\00:39:12.65
To me, the helmet of salvation
00:39:12.68\00:39:14.25
is the blessed
assurance of our salvation.
00:39:14.28\00:39:17.49
That's what protects our mind.
00:39:17.52\00:39:18.85
And I'm not talking
once saved always saved.
00:39:18.89\00:39:21.42
I mean, we can
walk away from the Lord,
00:39:21.46\00:39:23.22
but let me give you
00:39:23.26\00:39:24.96
if you are in
Christ, you are saved.
00:39:24.99\00:39:28.80
Salvation doesn't belong to you,
00:39:28.83\00:39:32.50
it belongs Jesus and to God,
00:39:32.53\00:39:35.44
and both the Old and
the New Testament say this,
00:39:35.47\00:39:38.17
but let me give you
a promise to hold onto.
00:39:38.21\00:39:41.08
It's 1st John,
00:39:41.11\00:39:42.44
and we were
just there when we...
00:39:42.48\00:39:44.15
I'm going to begin back
where I was in verse 10.
00:39:44.18\00:39:47.22
First John 5:10,
00:39:47.25\00:39:49.38
"He who believes
in the Son of God
00:39:49.42\00:39:51.02
has the witness in himself.
00:39:51.05\00:39:52.99
He who does not
believe God has made him a liar
00:39:53.02\00:39:57.09
because he has not
believed the testimony
00:39:57.13\00:39:59.83
that God has given of His Son.
00:39:59.86\00:40:02.66
This is the
testimony, verse 11 says.
00:40:02.70\00:40:05.73
"That God has
given us eternal life
00:40:05.77\00:40:09.70
and this life is in His Son,
00:40:09.74\00:40:12.44
He who has the Son, has life,
00:40:12.47\00:40:15.94
He who does not
have the Son of God,
00:40:15.98\00:40:18.35
does not have life."
00:40:18.38\00:40:19.71
To me, the
helmet of a salvation...
00:40:19.75\00:40:22.28
Boy, as the Lord...
00:40:22.32\00:40:24.29
The Lord had me spend
about three weeks on this.
00:40:24.32\00:40:27.49
Oh, beautiful.
00:40:27.52\00:40:28.86
Once and I'm talking
like six to eight hours a day.
00:40:28.89\00:40:31.93
And when I really got
to that point because...
00:40:31.96\00:40:36.13
And, Mollie, you know this.
00:40:36.16\00:40:38.57
I grew up in a
dysfunctional family
00:40:38.60\00:40:41.70
that kind of demanded I
was perfect to be loved.
00:40:41.74\00:40:44.61
So I became very
performance oriented.
00:40:44.64\00:40:47.38
If I thought you
wanted me to do this,
00:40:47.41\00:40:49.24
I mean I'm always
trying to please everybody
00:40:49.28\00:40:51.88
and that was my
relationship with the Lord.
00:40:51.91\00:40:54.45
And because that
was my relationship...
00:40:54.48\00:40:56.85
Because I felt like
God couldn't love me
00:40:56.89\00:40:59.45
unless I was perfect.
00:40:59.49\00:41:01.12
I finally gave up one
day 'cause nobody's perfect.
00:41:01.16\00:41:04.19
And I walked away from the
Lord for a couple of years.
00:41:04.23\00:41:07.56
So here is the point.
00:41:07.60\00:41:11.23
When God took me even though
00:41:11.27\00:41:13.13
I felt like I
was a good Christian,
00:41:13.17\00:41:14.64
it wasn't until that
time that my mind had
00:41:14.67\00:41:18.81
that assurance, that
helmet of salvation on,
00:41:18.84\00:41:23.04
that's what changed me.
00:41:23.08\00:41:25.41
That's what
made it easy to obey,
00:41:25.45\00:41:28.45
easy to submit to the Lord,
00:41:28.48\00:41:31.25
easy to yield to the
leading of His Spirit.
00:41:31.29\00:41:36.46
Isn't that funny?
00:41:36.49\00:41:37.89
I mean, we don't
obey to be saved,
00:41:37.93\00:41:40.50
we obey because we are saved.
00:41:40.53\00:41:43.47
And when you
recognize you are a child of God
00:41:43.50\00:41:46.27
and you have that
helmet of salvation,
00:41:46.30\00:41:48.14
that assurance, then
it makes you want to obey.
00:41:48.17\00:41:52.04
Amen. That's true,
good. That's my thought.
00:41:52.07\00:41:55.11
What it says here, you
know, I mean I'm trying to...
00:41:55.14\00:41:56.95
I'm in between here, it
is the hope of salvation
00:41:56.98\00:42:00.02
because that's what we have
whenever we have the helmet.
00:42:00.05\00:42:02.92
Okay, here we got the
seat of intelligence up here
00:42:02.95\00:42:05.95
and so now we're
thinking, we've decided,
00:42:05.99\00:42:09.06
"Okay, I choose Jesus to serve,
00:42:09.09\00:42:11.09
I want to avoid sin to
the best of my ability.
00:42:11.13\00:42:14.30
And I want to be
living in Jesus."
00:42:14.33\00:42:16.83
And so, He says, "Be sober,"
00:42:16.87\00:42:19.37
That's part of
living with Jesus.
00:42:19.40\00:42:21.70
In other words
be calm, you know.
00:42:21.74\00:42:26.31
Be serious
about what you believe
00:42:26.34\00:42:28.88
so, you know, be determined,
be purposeful, and everything.
00:42:28.91\00:42:32.41
And so that is
the hope of salvation.
00:42:32.45\00:42:35.75
Yes.
00:42:35.78\00:42:37.12
And the helmet is
there to protect that
00:42:37.15\00:42:38.49
because of that
decision that you are making...
00:42:38.52\00:42:40.76
Amen. Amen.
00:42:40.79\00:42:42.82
I like the helmet of
salvation because, you know,
00:42:42.86\00:42:45.69
we've read that we can have
the atmosphere of heaven here.
00:42:45.73\00:42:49.23
And to me, as I was studying
about the helmet of salvation,
00:42:49.26\00:42:51.97
that's what it does.
00:42:52.00\00:42:53.77
I was trying to find
where this little quote is AG,
00:42:53.80\00:42:57.51
who can tell me
what AG stands for?
00:42:57.54\00:42:59.57
I have
forgotten, AG, which book?
00:42:59.61\00:43:02.24
Nobody knows? It's AG 34.
00:43:02.28\00:43:04.38
So if you want to look it up.
00:43:04.41\00:43:05.78
I'm not sure which
book that is right now.
00:43:05.81\00:43:07.98
But listen to this
quote... Amazing Grace.
00:43:08.02\00:43:09.88
Amazing Grace? Okay, thank you.
00:43:09.92\00:43:12.22
"God bids us fill our mind
00:43:12.25\00:43:14.29
with great
thoughts, pure thoughts."
00:43:14.32\00:43:17.33
So we have a choice, you know,
I can remember years ago...
00:43:17.36\00:43:23.06
Easy now. Yeah.
00:43:23.10\00:43:25.03
You know, my
first... We can't do it all.
00:43:25.07\00:43:27.17
My first thought was
not to turn on gospel music,
00:43:27.20\00:43:30.57
you know, I like the
contemporary, rock music,
00:43:30.61\00:43:33.78
that type of thing.
00:43:33.81\00:43:35.31
But when God began
to convict me on it,
00:43:35.34\00:43:39.11
I would turn to something
that sounded very similar
00:43:39.15\00:43:42.42
that might talk about Him.
00:43:42.45\00:43:44.09
But it still sounded like rock
00:43:44.12\00:43:45.69
and He just gently
brought me out of all of that.
00:43:45.72\00:43:49.12
But we have a choice, you know,
what we are going to dwell on.
00:43:49.16\00:43:52.69
We have a choice what channel
we turn on in our home...
00:43:52.73\00:43:56.80
Oh, yes. Sure.
00:43:56.83\00:43:58.17
What we hear.
00:43:58.20\00:43:59.53
You know, I didn't even
think about till I had...
00:43:59.57\00:44:01.00
We had our
grandson with us last week.
00:44:01.04\00:44:03.51
And it was Sunday
00:44:03.54\00:44:05.64
and we were going to
watch a little bit of
00:44:05.67\00:44:07.08
just the morning news.
00:44:07.11\00:44:09.34
And I didn't
realize how bad it was,
00:44:09.38\00:44:10.75
I had to turn it off.
00:44:10.78\00:44:12.11
I thought his ears didn't
need to hear what they were...
00:44:12.15\00:44:14.15
I mean our world
is really changing.
00:44:14.18\00:44:17.05
So we have a lot of
decisions moment by moment,
00:44:17.09\00:44:20.69
day by day to make
00:44:20.72\00:44:22.26
when it comes
to filling our mind
00:44:22.29\00:44:23.93
with great
thoughts, pure thoughts.
00:44:23.96\00:44:25.79
"He desires us to meditate
upon His love and mercy."
00:44:25.83\00:44:29.96
Isn't that beautiful?
00:44:30.00\00:44:31.33
"Meditate upon that to
study His wonderful work
00:44:31.37\00:44:34.44
and the great
plan of redemption.
00:44:34.47\00:44:37.44
Then clear, still clear
will be our perception of truth,
00:44:37.47\00:44:41.54
higher, holier our desire
00:44:41.58\00:44:43.48
for purity of heart
and clearness of thoughts."
00:44:43.51\00:44:46.65
So see there are steps there,
all of this armor is steps,
00:44:46.68\00:44:50.22
putting on that helmet
00:44:50.25\00:44:52.12
is a step of an
atmosphere of heaven.
00:44:52.15\00:44:54.59
Amen.
00:44:54.62\00:44:55.96
"The so dwelling and the
pure atmosphere of holy thought
00:44:55.99\00:44:59.79
will be transformed
by communion with God."
00:44:59.83\00:45:04.53
You will be transformed as
you commune with your Savior
00:45:04.57\00:45:08.27
through the study
of the scriptures.
00:45:08.30\00:45:10.97
Isn't that beautiful?
00:45:11.01\00:45:12.34
And that's where that
helmet of salvation comes in.
00:45:12.37\00:45:15.14
You know, a lot
of these things...
00:45:15.18\00:45:16.51
You mentioned
you left the church.
00:45:16.54\00:45:19.71
There were a group of
books that I put down for years,
00:45:19.75\00:45:22.85
I thought this is overwhelming,
00:45:22.88\00:45:24.49
I can't take it
anymore, it's too much.
00:45:24.52\00:45:27.16
It's too cutting but
when you begin to allow God
00:45:27.19\00:45:30.23
and His love to come in
and you spend time with Him,
00:45:30.26\00:45:33.96
and you begin to put
that helmet of salvation on,
00:45:34.00\00:45:37.07
then you...
00:45:37.10\00:45:38.43
"Oh okay, I wish I
had got this sooner.
00:45:38.47\00:45:40.47
Now I see why You
say, what You say.
00:45:40.50\00:45:44.74
Now I see why You've
given the counsel You've given."
00:45:44.77\00:45:48.01
But it took a long
time because God's Word,
00:45:48.04\00:45:51.05
Jesus Christ's
amenity with this world.
00:45:51.08\00:45:54.32
And, you know, by nature
we are part of this world,
00:45:54.35\00:45:57.45
you know, the
things we grew up with,
00:45:57.49\00:45:59.42
my atmosphere was not anything
to do with going to church.
00:45:59.45\00:46:03.09
And my mom would send me
00:46:03.12\00:46:04.46
to vacation
Bible school sometimes.
00:46:04.49\00:46:07.03
But that was about
it, you know, we...
00:46:07.06\00:46:09.06
My mom had several restaurants
00:46:09.10\00:46:11.50
'cause she had left the church
00:46:11.53\00:46:13.00
and every one of
those restaurants
00:46:13.03\00:46:14.70
was connected to a tavern.
00:46:14.74\00:46:16.84
So we were in and
out of the tavern,
00:46:16.87\00:46:18.27
she is staying in the taverns,
00:46:18.31\00:46:19.77
she was asked to sing
on Hee Haw at one time
00:46:19.81\00:46:22.08
but that was
when she was beginning
00:46:22.11\00:46:23.48
to transition back to the Lord.
00:46:23.51\00:46:25.95
So she turned that down.
00:46:25.98\00:46:27.48
But, you know, we were
dancing on the dance floors
00:46:27.52\00:46:30.82
and, you know, I've
even, when I came to live
00:46:30.85\00:46:33.22
with my
grandparents in Marion, Illinois
00:46:33.25\00:46:35.09
and started going to church
00:46:35.12\00:46:36.46
and understanding a
little bit more about it,
00:46:36.49\00:46:38.83
I didn't see anything wrong
with dancing for a long time.
00:46:38.86\00:46:42.23
And maybe, you know,
00:46:42.26\00:46:44.07
you talk about Jewish
dancing or David dancing,
00:46:44.10\00:46:46.40
that's a little different
than the dancing the world does.
00:46:46.43\00:46:48.77
So let me clarify that
for some of you to say,
00:46:48.80\00:46:51.21
"Oh, I did,
nobody says it's sin."
00:46:51.24\00:46:53.04
It's the type of
dancing that we were doing.
00:46:53.07\00:46:55.64
And finally, I
think it was a pastor
00:46:55.68\00:46:57.65
that gave me a
brochure from another church,
00:46:57.68\00:47:00.68
you know, and I read that.
00:47:00.72\00:47:02.05
But as we begin to study,
00:47:02.08\00:47:03.99
and that's our
part again is studying.
00:47:04.02\00:47:05.89
Studying. Amen.
00:47:05.92\00:47:07.26
Then God begins to...
make that so much clear.
00:47:07.29\00:47:09.19
I think that Kenny
hit right on the head,
00:47:09.22\00:47:11.03
it is the progressive wall.
00:47:11.06\00:47:12.39
It is a progressive wall.
00:47:12.43\00:47:13.76
This is what
sanctification is about.
00:47:13.80\00:47:15.13
Revelation, step by step.
00:47:15.16\00:47:16.50
I think that what you
were saying a while ago
00:47:16.53\00:47:18.73
about being saved,
00:47:18.77\00:47:21.44
you know, in Adventism,
I've had to try to learn this.
00:47:21.47\00:47:24.07
And so I want to encourage
some of you who fight this,
00:47:24.11\00:47:26.94
we grew up but you never
used the term, you'd say...
00:47:26.98\00:47:32.08
Because we
realized that we have life
00:47:32.11\00:47:33.92
then we could change
it so on and so forth.
00:47:33.95\00:47:35.92
But yes, scripture indicates
00:47:35.95\00:47:37.85
that we can know
that we are saved.
00:47:37.89\00:47:40.56
And, but, yeah, we are
careful, we don't use that.
00:47:40.59\00:47:43.56
We don't use Holy
Spirit, we don't use Holy Ghost,
00:47:43.59\00:47:45.99
you know, we don't...
00:47:46.03\00:47:47.36
We...
00:47:47.40\00:47:48.73
Well, that must
be certain circles
00:47:48.76\00:47:50.10
'cause Ellen White
certainly used it a lot.
00:47:50.13\00:47:51.47
Yes, she did.
00:47:51.50\00:47:52.83
So when I say scripture,
00:47:52.87\00:47:54.20
definitely points
out we should know.
00:47:54.24\00:47:55.57
Ellen White simply says in the
Spirit of Prophecy, she says,
00:47:55.60\00:47:57.84
"If you don't know
that you are saved,
00:47:57.87\00:48:00.28
you get down on your knees,
and you stay down on your knees
00:48:00.31\00:48:02.94
and you pray until you
know that you've been saved."
00:48:02.98\00:48:05.21
Amen.
00:48:05.25\00:48:06.58
I thought, man, that's
enough to kind of settle for me.
00:48:06.61\00:48:09.35
But you don't go around
and actually bragging about it,
00:48:09.38\00:48:11.22
"Oh, I am a..."
00:48:11.25\00:48:12.59
Life still goes on,
we are still challenged,
00:48:12.62\00:48:14.09
we still have to be
obedient to God's Word.
00:48:14.12\00:48:15.46
Every day.
00:48:15.49\00:48:16.83
Still life is sanctification...
00:48:16.86\00:48:18.19
Oh, we know,
it's not once saved,
00:48:18.23\00:48:19.56
always saved.
00:48:19.59\00:48:20.93
Go ahead. Oh, I have got
a comment that I want to...
00:48:20.96\00:48:22.30
And, you know, you still
got to get up in the morning
00:48:22.33\00:48:24.07
and put your shoes on,
put the chains on everything
00:48:24.10\00:48:28.17
because you are
putting your armor on.
00:48:28.20\00:48:29.54
That's right.
00:48:29.57\00:48:30.91
Guard yourself up,
00:48:30.94\00:48:32.27
put your
breastplate on, you know.
00:48:32.31\00:48:33.64
Good point,
that's great. Everyday.
00:48:33.68\00:48:35.01
Yes.
00:48:35.04\00:48:36.38
Could I add one of
my favorite scriptures
00:48:36.41\00:48:37.75
on the assurance of salvation?
00:48:37.78\00:48:39.11
Sure. Absolutely.
00:48:39.15\00:48:40.48
And I think right
know this has become...
00:48:40.52\00:48:43.52
I always am saying
one of my favorites,
00:48:43.55\00:48:45.29
one of my
favorites, one of my favorites
00:48:45.32\00:48:46.79
but this has become my favorite.
00:48:46.82\00:48:49.36
And that's Hebrews 7:22.
00:48:49.39\00:48:52.53
And it says in Hebrews 7:22,
00:48:52.56\00:48:55.80
"By so much more,
00:48:55.83\00:48:57.47
Jesus has become a
surety of a better covenant."
00:48:57.50\00:49:00.57
Amen. Yes. Oh, absolutely.
00:49:00.60\00:49:02.57
I looked up that word surety
00:49:02.60\00:49:05.81
and all of a
sudden that scripture
00:49:05.84\00:49:08.98
just, to me this is
like a neon blinking sign.
00:49:09.01\00:49:13.95
Christ... Mercy.
00:49:13.98\00:49:16.22
We are so
accustomed to thinking of Him
00:49:16.25\00:49:18.69
as our substitute on the cross.
00:49:18.72\00:49:21.02
Yes, He died,
He took my penalty.
00:49:21.06\00:49:24.03
He took my punishment. Yes.
00:49:24.06\00:49:26.13
But this word "surety",
00:49:26.16\00:49:27.76
He is more than our
substitute, He is our surety.
00:49:27.80\00:49:30.83
That means He is
our guarantor. Amen.
00:49:30.87\00:49:34.40
Jesus is the guaranteed,
00:49:34.44\00:49:37.37
the guarantor of
the new covenant.
00:49:37.41\00:49:40.84
But, get it this way,
00:49:40.88\00:49:43.31
He's the
guarantor from heaven to us
00:49:43.35\00:49:46.18
and us to heaven.
00:49:46.21\00:49:47.68
He is our
guarantor from God because...
00:49:47.72\00:49:51.19
What does 2
Corinthians 1:20 say,
00:49:51.22\00:49:53.56
"All of God's promises
are yes and amen in Christ."
00:49:53.59\00:49:58.89
When you are in Christ,
00:49:58.93\00:50:00.26
all of God's
promises belong to you.
00:50:00.30\00:50:02.36
He is the guarantor.
00:50:02.40\00:50:03.83
If you are in Christ,
00:50:03.87\00:50:05.20
every single
promise in this Bible
00:50:05.23\00:50:07.14
belongs to you
00:50:07.17\00:50:08.50
and every command is a promise
00:50:08.54\00:50:10.24
of what God will do
00:50:10.27\00:50:11.61
as He works in you to will
and to do His good pleasure.
00:50:11.64\00:50:15.28
But then get this,
00:50:15.31\00:50:17.61
He is also
00:50:17.65\00:50:20.65
our guarantor to God.
00:50:20.68\00:50:24.75
Yes.
00:50:24.79\00:50:26.32
As we partake up this covenant,
00:50:26.35\00:50:29.19
as we become part
of the new covenant
00:50:29.22\00:50:31.39
saved by His blood,
00:50:31.43\00:50:33.46
He is guaranteeing to God
00:50:33.50\00:50:35.80
that He is going to work in us
00:50:35.83\00:50:37.90
to will and to do
His good pleasure.
00:50:37.93\00:50:41.04
Amen.
00:50:41.07\00:50:42.40
So He is...
00:50:42.44\00:50:43.97
Both directions,
00:50:44.01\00:50:45.57
He is the
guarantee, He is the surety.
00:50:45.61\00:50:48.88
And for me, even today...
00:50:48.91\00:50:51.48
Because I did grow up,
00:50:51.51\00:50:52.85
and Mollie and I
have discussed this
00:50:52.88\00:50:54.22
so much in the past.
00:50:54.25\00:50:55.72
I grew up with that being
00:50:55.75\00:50:58.42
hammered in my head
over and over again.
00:50:58.45\00:51:01.06
I was in a New Testament church
00:51:01.09\00:51:02.52
but you had to be
perfect to be loved,
00:51:02.56\00:51:03.99
you had to be
perfect to be loved,
00:51:04.03\00:51:05.36
you had to be
perfect for God to love you.
00:51:05.39\00:51:08.26
And rules without relationship
result in rebellion.
00:51:08.30\00:51:13.23
As you get to that
point where you're just like,
00:51:13.27\00:51:15.40
like you said, "This
is too much, I don't...
00:51:15.44\00:51:18.51
You know, all right, God.
00:51:18.54\00:51:19.87
Yeah, I can't
please You. Bye-bye."
00:51:19.91\00:51:23.21
But when you know
what He has given you,
00:51:23.24\00:51:26.75
it changes your heart.
00:51:26.78\00:51:28.78
When your mind, you
know, the helmet of salvation,
00:51:28.82\00:51:32.45
when salvation is in your mind,
it just puts that armor on you.
00:51:32.49\00:51:37.56
That that... Yes.
00:51:37.59\00:51:38.99
It makes you...
00:51:39.03\00:51:40.36
And they had to
put their helmet on
00:51:40.40\00:51:42.66
before they picked up
their shield of faith.
00:51:42.70\00:51:46.03
Amen.
00:51:46.07\00:51:47.40
So that's where
it all begins from.
00:51:47.44\00:51:48.77
Amen.
00:51:48.80\00:51:50.14
And that's a wonderful segue
to the last piece of the armor.
00:51:50.17\00:51:54.71
That a wonderful...
00:51:54.74\00:51:56.08
And we, sadly I wasn't watching
the time as I should have,
00:51:56.11\00:52:00.08
but the sword of the Spirit...
00:52:00.12\00:52:02.35
Oh, that's good.
00:52:02.38\00:52:03.72
The sword of the
Spirit which, you know,
00:52:03.75\00:52:05.12
Ephesians says,
is the Word of God.
00:52:05.15\00:52:08.12
The Word of God and that's
what you were talking about
00:52:08.16\00:52:10.56
is the Word of God,
00:52:10.59\00:52:11.93
every promise in the Word of God
00:52:11.96\00:52:13.83
belongs to His
children in Christ
00:52:13.86\00:52:16.33
because He is our surety.
00:52:16.36\00:52:18.20
And, you know, I look at
00:52:18.23\00:52:19.57
when He was
praying for the disciples
00:52:19.60\00:52:21.20
and those coming after Him,
00:52:21.24\00:52:23.67
it wasn't until just
recently that I looked at
00:52:23.71\00:52:27.08
those scriptures
and I thought wow,
00:52:27.11\00:52:28.88
He was praying for us.
00:52:28.91\00:52:31.61
Amen.
00:52:31.65\00:52:32.98
He was praying for
you, He was praying for me,
00:52:33.01\00:52:35.08
He was praying for us.
00:52:35.12\00:52:36.69
Amen. Absolutely.
00:52:36.72\00:52:38.65
That God would keep us
00:52:38.69\00:52:41.49
keep us covered in this armor,
00:52:41.52\00:52:46.06
keep us covered, surrounded
by the atmosphere of heaven.
00:52:46.09\00:52:50.40
Isn't that beautiful?
00:52:50.43\00:52:51.77
He is our
surety, He didn't fail,
00:52:51.80\00:52:53.37
He is the second Adam,
00:52:53.40\00:52:55.34
and He showed us
the way to salvation.
00:52:55.37\00:52:58.41
Isn't it funny...
00:52:58.44\00:52:59.77
To think about it's not
funny but it's just interesting
00:52:59.81\00:53:02.01
we talked about the
armor is all defense, isn't it?
00:53:02.04\00:53:04.78
Yes.
00:53:04.81\00:53:06.15
And what is the
other? It's the placement.
00:53:06.18\00:53:07.52
You take it by the
sword, it's what...
00:53:07.55\00:53:08.88
Isn't it, it's defense
00:53:08.92\00:53:10.29
and offense works through there.
00:53:10.32\00:53:12.42
And that's very interesting
and then we have a prayer
00:53:12.45\00:53:14.52
that works in there,
you know, if we look at it,
00:53:14.56\00:53:16.83
it's not a weapon as it were.
00:53:16.86\00:53:19.76
Think about what really
prayer is when it's intermingled
00:53:19.79\00:53:22.20
with what we are
talking about here,
00:53:22.23\00:53:23.93
it's the spiritual manner
00:53:23.97\00:53:25.33
in which we have the
whole armor of God on.
00:53:25.37\00:53:29.34
So we have a whole armor of
God and then we begin to pray.
00:53:29.37\00:53:31.91
So all this I see is
just essential that we needed,
00:53:31.94\00:53:34.81
by the grace of
God we can pray for,
00:53:34.84\00:53:36.51
we put it on because soon as
you say armor, I think battle.
00:53:36.54\00:53:40.68
That's the first thing
that comes to my mind every time
00:53:40.72\00:53:42.52
is we're in a warfare
and it's a battle time.
00:53:42.55\00:53:45.49
It is a battle time.
00:53:45.52\00:53:46.86
You know, when you
look at the Word here
00:53:46.89\00:53:48.62
when it says to take
up the sword of the Spirit
00:53:48.66\00:53:52.33
which is the Word of God.
00:53:52.36\00:53:54.50
This is one of eight times
00:53:54.53\00:53:57.87
that the Greek
for Word is rhema.
00:53:57.90\00:54:02.00
When it's talking about...
00:54:02.04\00:54:04.81
Every word is
inspired, then it's the Logos.
00:54:04.84\00:54:10.15
Everything is
Logos, Jesus is the Logos,
00:54:10.18\00:54:12.65
it's the entire counsel of God.
00:54:12.68\00:54:14.78
But when He comes and says
that the sword of the Spirit,
00:54:14.82\00:54:18.15
it's the rhema word of God.
00:54:18.19\00:54:19.52
This is the word that you
have hidden in your heart,
00:54:19.55\00:54:23.49
this is the word that you
are putting into practice,
00:54:23.53\00:54:28.53
and it's got to be hidden
in that heart so you can...
00:54:28.56\00:54:31.17
This is that sword just
when like when Jesus said,
00:54:31.20\00:54:34.67
"It is written."
00:54:34.70\00:54:36.04
You know, just a... Yes. Yes.
00:54:36.07\00:54:38.81
With the sword, this is the...
00:54:38.84\00:54:41.54
But it has to be the
Word that's in your heart
00:54:41.58\00:54:44.85
and that's when it's your sword.
00:54:44.88\00:54:47.08
If it's just sitting
in the Bible, it's not...
00:54:47.12\00:54:50.39
I mean I'm not saying
that the Word's not powerful
00:54:50.42\00:54:52.62
but if you are
not familiar with it,
00:54:52.65\00:54:55.09
it's not gonna do any good.
00:54:55.12\00:54:56.56
So that sword as you said
is too edged, too mouth...
00:54:56.59\00:55:00.30
Double mouth.
00:55:00.33\00:55:01.66
Double mouth,
that's kind of interesting
00:55:01.70\00:55:03.06
and even in one translation.
00:55:03.10\00:55:04.67
The lexicon gives that sword
and it represents the sword
00:55:04.70\00:55:08.64
that was put in Garden of Eden.
00:55:08.67\00:55:11.21
Yes. Right.
00:55:11.24\00:55:12.57
When Adam and Eve were dispelled
00:55:12.61\00:55:13.94
from the Garden of Eden,
that same kind of a sword
00:55:13.98\00:55:15.64
that was there in
front protecting it.
00:55:15.68\00:55:17.21
That's kind of
interesting, it is.
00:55:17.25\00:55:18.98
Let me just
explain what you said
00:55:19.01\00:55:20.35
'cause we were going of
a previous conversation.
00:55:20.38\00:55:22.85
It says that
the Word of the God,
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the Word of God is sharper
than any two edged sword.
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And in the Greek,
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that word two
edged is double mouth.
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So the way I look at it
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is the first edge
of His word struck
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when He spoke it.
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But the second edge
strikes when I speak it,
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when I pray it back to Him.
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When I'm
confessing it over my life
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or as you do, Mollie,
over your children's lives.
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You know, that's very powerful.
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Anyway you strike,
you strike it this way
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'cause it only
comes back this way,
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you know, little
cuts in our life, yes
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Amen.
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I thought of your book
when I was reading about
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the sword of the
Spirit, I thought oh,
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that is right up Shelley's ally
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'cause she has done so much
with that, that's beautiful.
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Sister Mollie, you have
been awful quite over there.
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We just have a minute
or so less, I know you...
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Well, with the sword
does absolutely no good
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said here on the page.
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Somebody mentioned it earlier,
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you have to hide
it in your heart.
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And then when you are
in that place of battle,
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that word will
come out of your heart.
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Boy, you've experienced that.
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Yes. Many times, many times.
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And I think probably
everybody at this table
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we have all experienced that
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at one time or
another, absolutely.
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You want to pray,
Pastor Kenny, you want to pray?
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I heard you just
say we need to pray.
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Amen. Well, yeah.
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How about JD?
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Just pray as you
always, we're closing.
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Father, we just want to
thank You so much, Lord,
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that we have this
time to spend in Your Word.
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We come in Your name, Lord,
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the name that's
above all names, Lord.
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And, Father, we do,
we are very fortunate
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to have the freedom today
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to be able to open
up Your Word at anytime.
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And, Father, as we put
on Your the whole armor,
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Lord, and that we
get to participate
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by having the
sword of the Spirit
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in our hands available to us
that we can share with others.
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So I just ask Lord
to be with everyone
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that's involved in
our life and everyone Lord
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that are in
involved in Your eyes.
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And, Father, they
call up on Your name
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that You will be there
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to assist them in
their time of need.
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We love You and we
thank You in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you for joining
us. See you next time.
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