I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend
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my life Removing pain
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Lord, let my word
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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, friends,
welcome to 3ABN Today Live.
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This is Thursday night
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here at 3ABN in West Frankfort
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and we have a
program for you tonight.
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If you have a mind,
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you've got to
watch this program,
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it's about the mind,
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how the mind can be influenced,
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how it is being influenced,
how it can be directed,
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how it is even
subliminally being directed.
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This is a program
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about the battle
for or of the mind.
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Both of those
categories can fit this program.
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And if you have young
people you know that their mind
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and your mind is not the same.
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And those of us
who are Christians,
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we know that our mind
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and God's mind is not
yet completely the same.
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He's moving us in the
direction where one day
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we will have the
mind of Christ completely.
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So this program is
going to challenge your mind,
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challenge your intellect,
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we're not going
to be psychologists
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because we're not
trained in that area.
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But we're going to be
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approaching the
topic of the mind,
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the battle of the
mind, the battle for the mind
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from experiential perspective,
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also from
scriptural perspectives.
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We're going to talk about sole,
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certain social situations
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that each one of us experiences
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whether in our families,
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in our
workplace, in our churches.
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Tonight, the mind is the topic.
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So, I hope you don't mind,
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hit record and stay with
us for the next two hours.
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Want to thank
you for your prayers
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and also your financial
support of this network
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that continues
going and growing,
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getting ready for
the coming of the Lord.
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Great blessing and thank you
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from our founder and president,
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Danny Shelton and all
of our administration.
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Yes, amen.
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And if you come to volunteer,
we surely appreciate it.
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If you send your
finances that completely helps,
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large or small,
it all gets together
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and in a chorus move
this ministry forward
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and we thank the Lord
for everything that you do.
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Now I like music and tonight,
one of my favorite singers,
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Pastor Wintley Phipps is
going to begin our program
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with a wonderful
song, "Coming Again."
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Why stand ye gazing there
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Up into the sky
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Be not discouraged
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For we have brought good news
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It's same Jesus
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Whom we do magnify
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Soon He will come again
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For all to glorify
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He is coming again
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He is coming again
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Son of the Father
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He is coming again
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On Calvary
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He claimed my destiny
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Lord, I humble myself
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To Thee
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Lord, I want to see your face
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Just help me be strong
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I know You will return
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I know it won't be long
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He is coming again
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He is coming again
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Son of the Father
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He is coming again
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On Calvary
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He claimed my destiny
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Lord, I humble myself
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To Thee
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Lift up the trumpet
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And loud let it ring
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Jesus is coming again
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Cheer up the pilgrims
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Be joyful and sing
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Jesus is coming again
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Coming again
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Coming again
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Jesus is coming again
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Coming again
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Coming again
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Jesus is coming again
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And...
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Wonderful way to
begin the program.
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Can we all say amen? Amen.
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Now you, you heard an amen
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from people that I
have not yet introduced.
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So I think the time is now
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to introduce our
panel for tonight.
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Good friends of mine
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and I would say
more like family.
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But as I reiterate a
few just joining us tonight
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the program is about the mind.
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The mind, someone once said
the mind is a terrible thing.
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Somebody else said the mind
is a terrible thing to waste.
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We're going to talk
about all those tonight,
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how the mind is
affected, how it is influenced,
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how it has been
shaped, how it can be shaped,
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how it can be a vessel for good
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and how it has
become a vessel for evil
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and what God's
intention is for the mind
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that He's
entrusted to each one of us.
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So tonight, let's
welcome our panelists,
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to my immediate
right is Shelley Quinn,
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my sister in Christ.
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Amen.
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Always good to have
you around, Shelley.
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Well, it's
always good to be here.
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I'm glad we
have the same father.
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Praise Lord. That's right.
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Christians, we are same
father different mother.
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That's correct. That's it.
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I think that would
be a good way to say.
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But I'm glad to
have you tonight.
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Thank you.
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And because
you're on the program,
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I know that your
mind is never empty.
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Let's hope. Let's hope it's not.
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I didn't sleep last night.
Let's hope it's not. Okay.
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Well, then today,
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I know the Lord will
give you whatever you need.
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Amen.
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And to
immediate right, Ryan Day.
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Good to have you here,
Ryan. Man, it's good to be here.
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I like your, I like
your quick off the cuff.
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Now, I took it for granted
that people that are watching
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and listening
to the program know
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who Shelley Quinn is,
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somebody who's probably watching
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or listening for the first time.
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I'm a child of
God, that's who I am.
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And also... Program
Development Manager.
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Programs, Program Development,
one of the hats you wear.
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One of the hats. Okay.
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Ryan, the song Bird of Israel...
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Oh, I don't know
about. Among many things.
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Sure, sure. So, I'm Ryan Day.
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I am the Assistant
to the General Manager
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of the 3ABN
Praise Him music network.
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That's a mouthful. Okay.
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And you enjoy music? Oh man.
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Music's my, that's,
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that's the one
string on my violin, man.
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Okay, I like that. I love music.
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I love to praise God with music.
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And you like
preaching in evangelism?
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Oh, absolutely. That's right.
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So, you, you're going
to trust the Lord tonight
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to give you what you need.
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Always.
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Okay, now we
prepare for the program.
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But we always trust the Lord
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to give us more
than we can ever imagine.
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I'm glad to have you
here. That's right. Amen.
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And my longtime
brother, my brother from...
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I know you're from one
of those Latino countries,
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I say, is it Puerto Rico?
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Dominican Republic?
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No, my wife is from Puerto Rico.
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I am from Dominican Republic.
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I knew that but
somehow, I had a mind freeze.
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Pastor John Dinzey, good
to have you here tonight.
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It's a blessing to me.
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And you are the
department leader of?
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The General
Manager of 3ABN Latino.
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That's right.
One of the fastest.
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Yeah, we call them LFA. LFA.
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One of the
fastest growing networks
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here at 3ABN and I tell you,
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he has a schedule and
almost every place he goes,
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I think 99% of all the places
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he goes are speak Spanish,
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some sort, and I appreciate
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when we joined
together in evangelism,
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we've done a
couple of evangelism
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together in Colombia.
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And hopefully, later this year,
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the Lord will open another door.
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And I'm hoping one day
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to be translated
more than one way,
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but we're glad to
have you all here tonight.
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And we're
talking about the mind.
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Ryan, I appreciate you.
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I was sorting through my
notes and trying to think
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of what can we talk
about on Thursday night,
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what can be a great topic,
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and Ryan dug in
the back of his pocket
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and gave me a
list to choose from,
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he said battle for the
mind, battle of the mind.
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I appreciate
that very much. Amen.
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I like to give
credit where credit is due,
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because each one of us is
a part of the same family.
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But tonight, we're
going to talk about the mind,
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and because it's the
battle of and for the mind,
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I think a good place
to begin is to talk about
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where the battle began.
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Sure.
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So I'll throw
that to any one of you
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that like to start,
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where did the
battle for the mind begin?
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Now, I'm the host
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but I'm also a
part of the panel,
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so, but I'm going
to try to be a host
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and not take
advantage of my position.
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Where did the battle begin?
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Sure, well, I
obviously the battle began
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before this world.
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Okay.
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And so, I guess I'll
get us kicked off here,
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there's a text that
comes to my mind all the time.
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And I'm sure
there's another text
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or two that you guys
are going to share that
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goes right along
with the same theme.
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But I want to take us
to Revelation Chapter 12.
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Let's go there,
Revelation Chapter 12.
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Revelation Chapter 12.
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And we're going to
read a couple of verses
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from this particular chapter.
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It kind of talks about this
war that broke out in heaven.
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And, of course, this
is during around the time
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or before Adam
and Eve were created
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and this world was created.
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And so, this is a heavenly
scene that is occurring.
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And so, we're in
Revelation Chapter 12.
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And I'm going to
start with verse 7,
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and we're going to
read through verse 9.
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So notice what
the Bible says here.
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It says, "And war
broke out in heaven.
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Michael and his
angels fought with the dragon
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and the dragon
and his angels fought,
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but they did not prevail."
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Amen on that.
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"Nor was a place found
for them in heaven any longer.
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So the great
dragon was cast out,
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that old serpent
called the devil and Satan,
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who," notice the word here,
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"deceives the whole world,
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he was cast out to the earth
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and his angels
were cast out with him."
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Now the reason why
I'm particularly starting
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with this chapter is
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it gives us a
little bit of insight
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if you do some digging,
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because it says here
and war broke out in heaven.
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That's right. What
kind of war is this?
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Many times we have
this kind of celestial,
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at least for me growing up
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when I would read this passage,
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I would get this twisted
Star Wars theme in my mind
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where Jesus is standing
there with His, you know,
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with standing
there and Satan walks in
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with his evil sword
and his evil challenge and,
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you know,
challenges Jesus to this battle
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but it's interesting what
is the nature of this war.
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The word for war
here in the Greek
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and I think this
is a very important
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talking about the mind
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because that's what
we're focusing on tonight.
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It says and war
broke out in heaven.
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What is the nature of this war?
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The word for war here
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in the original
Greek is the word polemos.
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Polemos.
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And this Greek
word coming from that is
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where we get our
English words such as politics.
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Politics, and
what is the nature,
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you heard people
talk about politicking
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or that person is
politicking or that person
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is involved in politics?
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What is the nature of politics?
Is it a very physical war?
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It's a mind
game. It's a mind game.
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In fact, politicians,
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how do they win
favor over the masses?
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They manipulate
thought and idea.
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And so, we're talking
about this battle for the mind
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and we're going to
get into many aspects this
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but this war that
broke out in heaven.
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It was a polemos. It was a war.
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And Satan was
actually able, as we read,
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continue to read
into this chapter
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from this chapter,
he was able to deceive
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one-third of the
angels in heaven.
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In fact, the word
here is in this passage,
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who deceives the whole
world, he is cast to the earth
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and his angels
were cast out with him,
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these angels that
were cast out with him
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had been deceived by him
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because he was able to
manipulate their thoughts,
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their ideas, their mind.
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He was able to
win over their mind.
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You know, it's
interesting that he,
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he deceived
one-third of the angels,
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but the passage later says,
who deceives the whole world.
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So something
happened in the beginning
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to the mind of Lucifer
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that affected the
minds of the angels,
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that affects the
minds of humanity.
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You know, it's some,
a thought just hit me.
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You said that he
was manipulative.
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That is one of the key,
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identifying
factors for a narcissist
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and when you think about it,
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Satan is the
original narcissist.
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I mean, he was up there.
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You know, let's
look at Isaiah 14.
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Are you? Sure, no, no, no.
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Just take that to
Isaiah 14 that thought where,
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here Satan is created
as most beautiful angel.
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He's got a set of
pipes he can sing.
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He's a covering cherub.
He's got a high position.
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And he then...
Isaiah 14, what verse?
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Isaiah 14 and we'll
begin with verse 12.
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Okay.
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Self-determination,
self-ambition,
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self-deception
set in and that says,
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how you were fallen from heaven.
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This is Isaiah 14.
Yeah, Isaiah 14:12.
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"How you were
fallen from heaven,
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O, Lucifer, son of the morning,
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how you were cut
down to the ground,
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you who weakened the nations,
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for you've said in your heart,
I will ascend into heaven.
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I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God.
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I will also sit on the
mount of the congregation,
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on the farthest
side of the earth,
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I will ascend above
the heights of the cloud.
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I will be like the Most High."
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So here is narcissism.
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I mean, he became prideful,
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which is I think
the root of all sin
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when you think
about it is pride.
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He was arrogant.
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He thought he
knew more than God,
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he wanted the glory due to God.
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And so, this is how the
Great Controversy began.
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Absolutely. Okay.
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I'd like to add
something to that
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because when you see this,
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the declarations that
Lucifer which turned into Satan,
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made you have here an indication
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that he is capable
of making up his mind
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what he wants to do.
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And this is one of
the things that God,
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our loving creator
gives to us that is,
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the capacity, the
ability, the freedom to choose.
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And he is choosing to depart
from the great principles,
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the great laws that the creator
of the universe has set up.
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And he chooses to go,
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the declarations build up.
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I am going to do this and
this and I'm going to be...
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Right, right. Absolutely.
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Above all. He
wanted to be above God.
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And in God's universe,
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the Bible says that God is love.
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I like to go to
Matthew Chapter 22
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and read a few verses
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because this is really gives
us a picture of God's universe
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and what His
universe based its life on.
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How the beings, the creatures
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because He gives
us freedom of choice.
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Now in Matthew 22:38,
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beginning in verse 36.
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Somebody asked him, "Teacher,
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which is the great
commandment in the law.
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And Jesus to him,
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'You shall love
the Lord your God
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with all your heart,
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with all your soul
and with all your mind."
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This is a choice.
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"This is the first
and great commandment,"
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Jesus says.
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And He said, "And
the second is like it:
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You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.
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And these two
commandments hang all the law
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and the prophets.'"
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So these two commandments
from which we understand
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are the Ten
Commandments are based on.
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That was God's universe.
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So when Satan,
Lucifer makes this decision,
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I will be like the Most High.
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He is not really saying that
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he wants to be
like the Most High,
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what he likes is
what the Most High has.
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Amen. Amen. That's right.
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And that's why he aspires,
he desires and he wants.
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That's right. That's right.
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What God is. That's right.
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But not what He really
is because the Bible says,
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God is love and
God does not hurt,
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does not harm.
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And Lucifer, he wanted it all.
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He wanted the
adoration, the praise.
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The power.
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And when he says, I
will be like the Most High,
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he say, I'm gonna take
the Most High out of the way.
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That's right. Yeah.
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And it's interesting
how he does that though.
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Because it's interesting
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you start
mentioning the characteristics,
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the attributes of God,
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that's exactly
where Lucifer takes this
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when he's cast to
the earth the Bible says,
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as we just read in
Revelation Chapter 12.
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When you get to
Genesis Chapter 3,
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you're not even three chapters
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into the opening
book of the Bible.
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And it's interesting
how this chapter begins,
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because, you know, we
know that God inspired Moses
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to write these words.
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And when Moses opens
this particular chapter,
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and I know that the
Bible wasn't broken up
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into chapter and
verses at that particular time
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but beginning this
conversation of the fall of man,
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God had inspired Moses
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to begin to list
the characteristics
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of this serpent,
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and it's
interesting how he says,
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now the serpent
was more cunning.
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I'm sorry, Genesis Chapter 3,
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and we're gonna read
verses 1 through 6 here.
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Genesis 3:1-6.
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And I may not read
every single verse,
00:20:04.80\00:20:06.27
but the opening verses
of Genesis Chapter 3 here.
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But the verse number 1,
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it's interesting,
right off the cuff,
00:20:10.51\00:20:11.84
he comes out, now the
serpent was more cunning
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than any beast or more subtle.
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I like that.
00:20:16.58\00:20:17.91
And so, when you read
that, you know what is,
00:20:17.95\00:20:19.28
what is God trying
to communicate to us
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in this opening scene
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where we're about
to see humanity fall,
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He's saying this the serpent,
00:20:23.72\00:20:26.72
the snake, this antagonistic
figure in the devil.
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He's cunning, he's
subtle in his approach.
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He's crafty, he's intelligent,
he's smart, he's deceptive.
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And then as you begin to
read through these verses here,
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he begins to have a conversation
00:20:42.10\00:20:43.44
with Eve as we know
00:20:43.47\00:20:45.01
and the very nature
of this conversation
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as you were just
bringing out, Brother John.
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He's causing Eve, you notice
00:20:50.68\00:20:52.08
how he doesn't
force himself and again,
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I go back to that war concept.
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There was war that
broke out in heaven.
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Satan would have
been ignorant to challenge
00:20:58.75\00:21:01.02
the creator of the
universe to a fight, you know,
00:21:01.06\00:21:03.32
to a physical fight
00:21:03.36\00:21:04.69
because he would
have lost that hands down.
00:21:04.73\00:21:06.76
But, but how does he fight God?
00:21:06.80\00:21:09.43
How does he fight
the kingdom of the Lord?
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Right here we see it.
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He doesn't, you know,
wrap himself around Eve,
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I'm being very literal,
00:21:15.54\00:21:16.87
he doesn't physically force her,
00:21:16.91\00:21:19.51
submit her into
following him or being deceived,
00:21:19.54\00:21:23.55
he deceives her, he
cunningly, craftily,
00:21:23.58\00:21:26.48
very deceptively deceives
her into questioning God,
00:21:26.51\00:21:29.72
who He is, His character
by, listen to these questions.
00:21:29.75\00:21:32.99
Has God indeed
said, we're in verse,
00:21:33.02\00:21:35.09
we're still in verse 1
here of Genesis Chapter 3.
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Genesis 3:1, it says,
and he said to the woman,
00:21:38.06\00:21:42.26
this cunning
serpent, has God indeed said,
00:21:42.30\00:21:45.13
you shall not eat of every
tree of the garden and almost,
00:21:45.17\00:21:47.97
it's almost like,
00:21:48.00\00:21:49.34
he's openly
challenging her to question God.
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Did God really
say that? How dare he?
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In other words,
00:21:54.28\00:21:55.61
there's almost an
implied accusation
00:21:55.64\00:21:57.05
against the character of
God here that God is unclear.
00:21:57.08\00:21:59.85
And remember
he's doing it subtly,
00:21:59.88\00:22:01.45
not arrogantly.
00:22:01.48\00:22:02.82
Absolutely. Has God?
00:22:02.85\00:22:04.45
Has He really? Did He? Did He?
00:22:04.49\00:22:06.39
You know, and he's
very subtle, very cunning.
00:22:06.42\00:22:09.16
Ellen White, she says
his footsteps are noiseless,
00:22:09.19\00:22:12.79
until he presents himself.
00:22:12.83\00:22:14.16
And so, go ahead, go ahead.
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No, no, you know,
00:22:15.56\00:22:16.90
just
highlighting the very nature
00:22:16.93\00:22:18.57
of this conversation
he's having with Eve,
00:22:18.60\00:22:20.80
talking about the
battle for the mind.
00:22:20.84\00:22:22.77
He was battling for Eve's mind.
00:22:22.80\00:22:25.37
And just to remind
us, Eve was perfect.
00:22:25.41\00:22:27.71
She had never sinned,
she had not known sin.
00:22:27.74\00:22:30.55
But he is trying to
manipulate the thoughts
00:22:30.58\00:22:33.01
and the ideas about
God's character in her mind.
00:22:33.05\00:22:35.85
You know, has God
indeed told you couldn't ever,
00:22:35.88\00:22:38.22
how unclear and unreasonable
00:22:38.25\00:22:39.92
and restrictive is God that
He would ask of such a thing.
00:22:39.95\00:22:43.56
So he's already
got the wheels turning
00:22:43.59\00:22:45.53
in Eve's mind. Oh, really?
00:22:45.56\00:22:46.90
That is, you know, I
had a minister say one time
00:22:46.93\00:22:48.86
if there was, if there
was 1000 trees in the garden.
00:22:48.90\00:22:51.70
God, was He really unreasonable
00:22:51.73\00:22:53.30
to say give her
999 yeses to one no?
00:22:53.34\00:22:57.44
You know, but the devil
00:22:57.47\00:22:58.81
is already planted the
seed of doubt in her mind.
00:22:58.84\00:23:01.41
And then of course, he
goes, you know goes on to say,
00:23:01.44\00:23:04.75
you know, you shall eat
of it, and you shall not die.
00:23:04.78\00:23:08.45
So you shall not
surely die after she says,
00:23:08.48\00:23:10.45
oh, the day that we eat
of it, we're going to die.
00:23:10.49\00:23:12.19
But verse 4, "You
will not surely die."
00:23:12.22\00:23:15.26
In other words, you
know, God's lying to you.
00:23:15.29\00:23:16.79
He's just, He's
dishonest, He's untrustworthy.
00:23:16.83\00:23:19.56
And then kind of the
home run hitter right here.
00:23:19.59\00:23:23.23
Verse 5 here, he says,
00:23:23.26\00:23:24.60
"For God knows that
in the day you eat of it,
00:23:24.63\00:23:26.33
your eyes will be open,
and you will be like God,
00:23:26.37\00:23:29.84
knowing good and evil."
00:23:29.87\00:23:31.21
Now there's an implied
accusation in that statement.
00:23:31.24\00:23:33.07
Right.
00:23:33.11\00:23:34.44
In other words, if you
disobey, you'll be better off.
00:23:34.48\00:23:36.01
Exactly.
00:23:36.04\00:23:37.38
You're better
off without God. Why?
00:23:37.41\00:23:38.75
Because God is, He's selfish,
He's looking out for Himself.
00:23:38.78\00:23:41.45
And so, let's go
ahead and summarize
00:23:41.48\00:23:42.82
what we've talked
about so far, a battle began.
00:23:42.85\00:23:45.72
It wasn't a physical battle,
00:23:45.75\00:23:47.09
it was an intellectual battle,
it was a political battle.
00:23:47.12\00:23:49.69
And that's why
today politics is probably
00:23:49.72\00:23:52.23
and I'm going to
say this in reality,
00:23:52.26\00:23:53.96
politics uses in many ways,
00:23:54.00\00:23:56.06
some of the same platforms
00:23:56.10\00:23:57.97
and tactics that the Lucifer
used in the very beginning.
00:23:58.00\00:24:00.60
Oh, absolutely.
00:24:00.64\00:24:01.97
Many of us, many of you may have
00:24:02.00\00:24:03.34
heard about George
William Frederick Hegel,
00:24:03.37\00:24:06.81
the Hegelian
dialectic, what he's known for.
00:24:06.84\00:24:09.44
And this is what's
used in politics today.
00:24:09.48\00:24:12.35
And let me just
introduce that briefly
00:24:12.38\00:24:13.78
because the question would
be, how do people get you to do
00:24:13.82\00:24:16.69
what you don't want to
do without you knowing that
00:24:16.72\00:24:19.52
that's what you're
going to end up doing?
00:24:19.55\00:24:21.29
This is the Hegelian dialect.
00:24:21.32\00:24:23.06
George William Frederick Hegel,
he was known as a 20th century,
00:24:23.09\00:24:28.13
very, very psychologically.
00:24:28.16\00:24:31.20
I'm gonna use the word
loosely here, very keen,
00:24:31.23\00:24:34.47
and he came up with a concept
called the Hegelian dialect,
00:24:34.50\00:24:38.54
which, in, I'll
show you how it works.
00:24:38.57\00:24:41.51
He starts out with thesis,
00:24:41.54\00:24:43.48
then it goes to antithesis,
then creates synthesis.
00:24:43.51\00:24:47.98
Now let's think
about that for a moment.
00:24:48.02\00:24:49.35
And I'll use the
example, say, Shelley,
00:24:49.38\00:24:51.05
and I'll use one of
the things that are really,
00:24:51.09\00:24:53.42
I want to kind of stimulate
the viewers and listeners.
00:24:53.46\00:24:56.19
Say, I talked about gun control.
00:24:56.22\00:24:58.09
That's a big issue
today in the political world.
00:24:58.13\00:25:00.93
I'm not talking
about which side I'm on,
00:25:00.96\00:25:02.30
but I say to Shelley,
Oh, I'm so sad that you lost
00:25:02.33\00:25:04.40
one of your
children in Sandy Hook.
00:25:04.43\00:25:06.53
And I'm going to do everything
I can to modify the gun laws
00:25:06.57\00:25:09.90
so that that will
never happen again.
00:25:09.94\00:25:11.51
Okay, so I go to the
gentleman from Arkansas.
00:25:11.54\00:25:14.94
You know, Ryan, I
fully support your right
00:25:14.98\00:25:17.28
to bear arms
00:25:17.31\00:25:18.65
and to own whatever
kind of weapon you'd like.
00:25:18.68\00:25:20.58
And so, in the selection,
00:25:20.62\00:25:21.95
I will do
everything I can to maintain
00:25:21.98\00:25:23.79
your second amendment right.
00:25:23.82\00:25:25.15
Right, right. That's thesis.
00:25:25.19\00:25:27.56
That's antithesis.
00:25:27.59\00:25:29.32
And what I create is synthesis
00:25:29.36\00:25:31.19
because you both are
going to vote for me.
00:25:31.23\00:25:34.30
And I didn't ask you
to. Playing both sides.
00:25:34.33\00:25:36.20
I didn't ask you to, I
play both sides without
00:25:36.23\00:25:38.33
even letting you
know, I told you.
00:25:38.37\00:25:39.97
I didn't tell
her what I told you.
00:25:40.00\00:25:41.37
And I didn't tell
you what I told her.
00:25:41.40\00:25:43.24
But that's the concept so
that the devil came to Eve
00:25:43.27\00:25:47.11
and he made these suggestions,
00:25:47.14\00:25:49.24
the thesis was do you
think you can really trust God?
00:25:49.28\00:25:55.18
The antithesis
was if you trust me,
00:25:55.22\00:25:58.29
you'll be a lot better off.
00:25:58.32\00:25:59.92
And the synthesis was,
00:25:59.95\00:26:02.36
she joined him
unknowingly in his rebellion
00:26:02.39\00:26:06.36
because she didn't sin,
00:26:06.39\00:26:07.73
she was beguiled the
Bible says right, Pastor Dinzey?
00:26:07.76\00:26:10.00
She was beguiled. Okay.
00:26:10.03\00:26:11.37
You know, I like to
point out a few things
00:26:11.40\00:26:13.84
that are interesting here to me.
00:26:13.87\00:26:15.54
And that is one even though
00:26:15.57\00:26:19.84
the story reveals to us
00:26:19.87\00:26:22.71
something
terrible that happened,
00:26:22.74\00:26:24.65
I can also see
some good things here
00:26:24.68\00:26:27.18
and they may shock
you but notice the aspect
00:26:27.22\00:26:32.02
here of what I'm about to share.
00:26:32.05\00:26:35.86
Satan did not force
Eve to eat of the fruit.
00:26:35.89\00:26:40.86
No, he didn't.
00:26:40.90\00:26:42.23
So, Satan cannot
force us to do anything,
00:26:42.26\00:26:45.87
we have God's protection,
so that he doesn't do that.
00:26:45.90\00:26:49.14
But he has to, like
you said beguile her,
00:26:49.17\00:26:52.74
fool her, deceive her
into making a decision.
00:26:52.77\00:26:56.31
Okay.
00:26:56.34\00:26:57.95
The mind, with her mind,
so that she is entrapped,
00:26:57.98\00:27:03.89
and now she is
part of his rebellion.
00:27:03.92\00:27:08.12
Like you just pointed out,
00:27:08.16\00:27:09.49
notice the verse
in Genesis Chapter 3.
00:27:09.52\00:27:12.93
Genesis Chapter 3,
what verse? Verse 6.
00:27:12.96\00:27:14.86
Okay.
00:27:14.90\00:27:16.23
After she was said,
oh, you're not going to die
00:27:16.26\00:27:19.03
if you eat this, God knows that
00:27:19.07\00:27:21.34
when you eat of
this, you're going to be
00:27:21.37\00:27:23.64
as God knowing good and evil.
00:27:23.67\00:27:25.54
And by the way...
And so, verse 6...
00:27:25.57\00:27:27.08
And by the way,
the Hebrew there is,
00:27:27.11\00:27:28.44
I'm sure you're
not going to die.
00:27:28.48\00:27:30.01
He left no room in her
mind because he even said,
00:27:30.05\00:27:32.15
I'm not sure
you're going to die.
00:27:32.18\00:27:33.52
Well, I'm sure that
you're not going to die.
00:27:33.55\00:27:35.02
He said to her,
you're not going to die.
00:27:35.05\00:27:36.69
I'm sure you're not gonna die,
00:27:36.72\00:27:38.05
that's the way
that Hebrews reads it.
00:27:38.09\00:27:39.42
In other words,
there's no risk at all.
00:27:39.45\00:27:40.92
And you ever hear
those no risk sale,
00:27:40.96\00:27:42.82
no risk warranty,
00:27:42.86\00:27:44.19
no risk purchase but keep going.
00:27:44.23\00:27:46.09
So he removed the risk.
00:27:46.13\00:27:47.46
You may have heard this before
00:27:47.50\00:27:48.83
but Eve had never
heard a lie before.
00:27:48.86\00:27:51.77
So when the devil is
saying these things to her,
00:27:51.80\00:27:54.67
since she never heard a lie,
00:27:54.70\00:27:56.04
she doesn't know how to deal
with this that she's hearing.
00:27:56.07\00:27:59.07
There's a conflict in her mind,
00:27:59.11\00:28:00.91
God said this and this
serpent is saying that.
00:28:00.94\00:28:03.91
There's a conflict in
her mind who do I believe,
00:28:03.95\00:28:06.85
but this person,
00:28:06.88\00:28:08.22
this snake serpent is telling me
00:28:08.25\00:28:12.15
something that I'm going to
benefit from because notice,
00:28:12.19\00:28:14.62
notice her response.
00:28:14.66\00:28:17.89
So when the woman saw,
00:28:17.93\00:28:20.13
there's an analytical
situation going on here.
00:28:20.16\00:28:24.07
So when the woman saw that
00:28:24.10\00:28:26.37
the tree was one, good for food,
00:28:26.40\00:28:29.57
that it was pleasant to the eyes
00:28:29.60\00:28:31.51
and a tree, desirable,
00:28:31.54\00:28:34.81
desirable to make one wise
or I'm going to go higher now.
00:28:34.84\00:28:39.48
What did she do? She
took the fruit and ate.
00:28:39.51\00:28:41.92
She took of the
fruit, and decision
00:28:41.95\00:28:44.59
and confirmation and mind,
00:28:44.62\00:28:48.46
the mind gave in
to the deception.
00:28:48.49\00:28:51.19
She also, now she
now becomes an accomplice
00:28:51.23\00:28:54.23
because the next verse,
she also, what she wants,
00:28:54.26\00:28:58.70
she took off the fruit and ate,
00:28:58.73\00:29:00.07
she also gave to
her husband with her.
00:29:00.10\00:29:04.04
And then it doesn't give
us much details about Adam
00:29:04.07\00:29:06.78
and what he will,
any discussion they had.
00:29:06.81\00:29:10.15
He simply says he also ate,
he also made a decision to eat.
00:29:10.18\00:29:14.78
And so, we have here a
process of decision making,
00:29:14.82\00:29:18.65
mind control, in a sense,
00:29:18.69\00:29:20.72
because that's what
Satan tries to do with us,
00:29:20.76\00:29:23.16
hey, would you like to eat this?
00:29:23.19\00:29:25.19
Would you like to do that?
00:29:25.23\00:29:26.73
How about trying to do this
00:29:26.76\00:29:28.50
and what he wants to do
00:29:28.53\00:29:29.93
is lead us to making a decision,
00:29:29.96\00:29:33.03
so that he can take us
00:29:33.07\00:29:34.44
from this step to
this step to this step
00:29:34.47\00:29:36.47
until we are in a
situation that is,
00:29:36.50\00:29:41.84
we are suffering,
00:29:41.88\00:29:43.21
we are in a
situation where we are trapped.
00:29:43.24\00:29:47.25
And unless we cry
out to God for help,
00:29:47.28\00:29:50.49
we will be a slave to
the devil as long as we live.
00:29:50.52\00:29:54.49
Amen. Okay.
00:29:54.52\00:29:55.86
I was just gonna say,
00:29:55.89\00:29:57.23
you know, it's
interesting to me.
00:29:57.26\00:29:58.83
Jesus said that
Satan is the liar,
00:29:58.86\00:30:02.90
was a liar from the beginning.
00:30:02.93\00:30:04.27
He is father of all lies.
00:30:04.30\00:30:07.04
And what you see though,
00:30:07.07\00:30:09.50
is he is quoting, I
mean, there's like 80% truth
00:30:09.54\00:30:15.38
and 20% error in here.
00:30:15.41\00:30:17.88
So, deceit often comes through
00:30:17.91\00:30:21.42
a distortion of
the truth, deceit.
00:30:21.45\00:30:25.55
It's pretty hard to be deceived.
00:30:25.59\00:30:27.69
If he had come in and said,
00:30:27.72\00:30:29.49
hey, you know,
God's really a bad guy.
00:30:29.52\00:30:32.93
I mean, she would have been,
00:30:32.96\00:30:34.30
no, I know, he walked, we
walk in the garden together.
00:30:34.33\00:30:36.83
Yeah, we walk all the time.
00:30:36.87\00:30:38.20
So, what you see is that
he brings in enough truth,
00:30:38.23\00:30:43.20
and then he distorts it
00:30:43.24\00:30:44.97
to misrepresent
the character of God.
00:30:45.01\00:30:47.84
And this is the
battle for the mind.
00:30:47.88\00:30:51.35
This is what you know
we are in a vicious battle.
00:30:51.38\00:30:55.48
The Bible says we don't
fight against flesh and blood,
00:30:55.52\00:31:00.29
but we're fighting against
the evil powers of darkness,
00:31:00.32\00:31:04.63
these
principalities, and it says.
00:31:04.66\00:31:06.76
And where are they?
00:31:06.80\00:31:08.33
In the heavenly
place, high places.
00:31:08.36\00:31:11.60
So, in 1 Peter 5:8.
00:31:11.63\00:31:15.84
Peter says,
"Beware because your enemy,
00:31:15.87\00:31:20.98
the devil, the
accuser of the brethren
00:31:21.01\00:31:23.38
is like a roaring lion
seeking whom he may devour."
00:31:23.41\00:31:27.48
Now that gives you
one picture of the devil.
00:31:27.52\00:31:29.88
Ah, but think about this.
00:31:29.92\00:31:32.49
A lion is rather stealthy
00:31:32.52\00:31:34.49
and he's always going
after somebody that looks weak
00:31:34.52\00:31:37.33
or he can cut out of the crowd.
00:31:37.36\00:31:39.59
But then Paul turns around
00:31:39.63\00:31:41.30
and in 1 or 2 Corinthians 11:14.
00:31:41.33\00:31:44.93
He says, Satan masquerades
as an angel of light.
00:31:44.97\00:31:50.91
So, we've got, you know,
00:31:50.94\00:31:53.04
I don't care if it
is an astrophysicist
00:31:53.07\00:31:56.58
or a scientist or whomever,
00:31:56.61\00:31:59.68
we've got all of these
people who come forward
00:31:59.71\00:32:03.69
and there's enough
truth in what they say.
00:32:03.72\00:32:06.02
I mean, Satan, there's,
00:32:06.05\00:32:07.39
he's trying to set up
a stronghold in our mind.
00:32:07.42\00:32:10.49
And in this the
way he does it is just
00:32:10.53\00:32:14.56
through bending the truth
00:32:14.60\00:32:17.10
because we won't
accept an outright lie.
00:32:17.13\00:32:19.40
Well, he is, he is
doing the same thing today.
00:32:19.43\00:32:23.81
He was telling Eve,
has God said you cannot eat
00:32:23.84\00:32:27.74
from every tree of the garden.
00:32:27.78\00:32:29.54
God is limiting you,
you're not benefiting
00:32:29.58\00:32:32.41
from everything
that you can have.
00:32:32.45\00:32:34.98
And he does the
same thing to you.
00:32:35.02\00:32:36.75
Oh, you're a
Christian, and some people say,
00:32:36.79\00:32:39.29
oh, that's too bad,
00:32:39.32\00:32:40.66
you're not really enjoying life.
00:32:40.69\00:32:42.02
But when we understand
00:32:42.06\00:32:43.83
that the Bible says in
the presence of the Lord,
00:32:43.86\00:32:45.86
there's fullness of joy.
00:32:45.89\00:32:48.76
There's delight
beyond your understanding.
00:32:48.80\00:32:52.13
You're going to follow the Lord.
00:32:52.17\00:32:53.60
The Bible says in Psalms 34,
00:32:53.64\00:32:55.30
"Oh, taste and see
that the Lord is good."
00:32:55.34\00:32:58.77
And a lot of people
out there are deceived,
00:32:58.81\00:33:00.78
they think they
are enjoying life,
00:33:00.81\00:33:02.74
they think they have it good,
00:33:02.78\00:33:04.51
but they haven't tasted
and seen that the Lord is good.
00:33:04.55\00:33:07.22
Let me insert
some scriptures here.
00:33:07.25\00:33:09.32
And I appreciate
what's going on here.
00:33:09.35\00:33:11.05
It's really showing us
that we're not in a battle that
00:33:11.09\00:33:13.52
we can prepare for without
an intellect higher than ours.
00:33:13.56\00:33:17.23
Because we're not, as you said,
00:33:17.26\00:33:18.69
Shelley, we're not wrestling
against flesh and blood.
00:33:18.73\00:33:21.33
So we can't pit
ourselves against an angel
00:33:21.36\00:33:24.37
that has been around
for six plus thousand years,
00:33:24.40\00:33:27.10
or probably longer
than that if we consider
00:33:27.14\00:33:28.97
before the earth was developed.
00:33:29.00\00:33:30.77
But when you think
about it, there is a,
00:33:30.81\00:33:32.94
the arty use and
I go back to this,
00:33:32.97\00:33:35.74
because today in our world,
00:33:35.78\00:33:37.11
what happens is people are
being deceived unknowingly.
00:33:37.15\00:33:40.68
And I want to kind of bring it
00:33:40.72\00:33:42.05
to the
contemporary setting today.
00:33:42.08\00:33:43.62
I don't think that let me not,
00:33:43.65\00:33:45.72
let me rephrase
that people wouldn't do
00:33:45.75\00:33:47.82
what they do if they
considered the end result,
00:33:47.86\00:33:52.13
but the end
result is always hidden.
00:33:52.16\00:33:54.40
That's why, that's why
David the Psalmist says,
00:33:54.43\00:33:56.53
there is a way that
seemeth right to a man,
00:33:56.56\00:33:59.73
but the end thereof
are the ways of death.
00:33:59.77\00:34:01.50
So it seems right.
00:34:01.54\00:34:03.51
But the words of
Christ were vitally important,
00:34:03.54\00:34:06.54
he says, which have you decided
00:34:06.57\00:34:08.38
to build a project
didn't count ahead of time,
00:34:08.41\00:34:11.88
your resources to see
00:34:11.91\00:34:13.28
if this is what you really
want the end result to be.
00:34:13.31\00:34:16.15
And so, let's go
back to the Eve situation
00:34:16.18\00:34:17.85
because this is where,
00:34:17.89\00:34:19.22
this is where
deception comes in,
00:34:19.25\00:34:20.59
and there are a lot of
people I want to use this segue.
00:34:20.62\00:34:24.16
There are some very
intellectual people in jail.
00:34:24.19\00:34:27.40
That's true. There's
smart people in jail.
00:34:27.43\00:34:29.76
You know why?
00:34:29.80\00:34:31.13
Because they never
thought they would get caught.
00:34:31.17\00:34:34.30
Because they were always,
00:34:34.34\00:34:35.70
they thought one
step ahead of the law.
00:34:35.74\00:34:38.21
But listen to this,
00:34:38.24\00:34:39.57
I'm gonna go to this
passage in 2 Corinthians 11:3,
00:34:39.61\00:34:43.01
because what happens
today in our contemporary world,
00:34:43.04\00:34:46.75
and I want to read a
quote in the moment here from,
00:34:46.78\00:34:49.15
by the way, before I read this,
00:34:49.18\00:34:50.52
I want to just insert
some housekeeping in here.
00:34:50.55\00:34:53.46
In the second hour,
00:34:53.49\00:34:54.92
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00:34:54.96\00:34:56.99
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00:34:57.03\00:34:58.86
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00:34:58.89\00:35:01.26
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00:35:01.30\00:35:06.23
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00:35:06.27\00:35:07.67
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00:35:07.70\00:35:13.71
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00:35:13.74\00:35:15.08
because we're laying
the foundation to talk about
00:35:15.11\00:35:17.58
how the mind is
being manipulated today.
00:35:17.61\00:35:19.75
And we think that,
00:35:19.78\00:35:21.12
we think of the
country in which we live.
00:35:21.15\00:35:23.69
What rules?
00:35:23.72\00:35:25.05
Capitalism, the almighty dollar.
00:35:25.09\00:35:27.29
And the bottom line
is, let me use an example
00:35:27.32\00:35:29.62
before I read
the scripture here,
00:35:29.66\00:35:30.99
because this
happens all the time.
00:35:31.03\00:35:33.19
And we're going to
read 2 Corinthians 11:3,
00:35:33.23\00:35:35.36
this happens all the time.
00:35:35.40\00:35:37.50
For example, a guy
will go into a store
00:35:37.53\00:35:38.87
and he'll see a television
that's 1800 dollars last week,
00:35:38.90\00:35:42.74
and the price was
slashed 50% and so you know,
00:35:42.77\00:35:47.34
buy one, get the
second one half off.
00:35:47.38\00:35:49.54
They say, wow,
what a better deal.
00:35:49.58\00:35:51.28
And the next week,
00:35:51.31\00:35:52.65
it's the price
is slashed in half.
00:35:52.68\00:35:54.68
So, he says you know I need two
00:35:54.72\00:35:57.32
and he ends up paying
00:35:57.35\00:35:58.69
the same price of
two weeks earlier,
00:35:58.72\00:36:01.19
I'll get one for my living room,
00:36:01.22\00:36:02.59
one for the basement.
00:36:02.62\00:36:04.09
And he hasn't really counted
00:36:04.13\00:36:05.86
the cost
because when you go out,
00:36:05.89\00:36:07.23
as one person told me
says, when you go to buy a car,
00:36:07.26\00:36:10.67
understand that you
begin with the salesperson,
00:36:10.70\00:36:13.13
but when you sit down
in front of the person
00:36:13.17\00:36:15.27
ready to sign the
contract, you are now sitting
00:36:15.30\00:36:17.64
in front of the
most skillful person
00:36:17.67\00:36:21.81
that exists in the
company, because his or her job
00:36:21.84\00:36:24.88
is to get as much
out of you as possible.
00:36:24.91\00:36:27.85
I think you might need
that seven-year warranty
00:36:27.88\00:36:29.98
bumper to bumper is
only covered for one year.
00:36:30.02\00:36:32.45
And, but what if
the radio breaks down
00:36:32.49\00:36:33.86
about 11 months after
00:36:33.89\00:36:35.22
or a year and a half afterwards?
00:36:35.26\00:36:36.79
You'll have to pay X amount.
00:36:36.83\00:36:38.16
So, you know, if
you only pay like
00:36:38.19\00:36:40.13
$80 a month for
the next seven years,
00:36:40.16\00:36:43.87
it'll be a whole lot
less than replacing the radio.
00:36:43.90\00:36:45.57
So what happens instead
of your six-year payment
00:36:45.60\00:36:47.60
or your five-year payment,
you have a seven-year payment.
00:36:47.64\00:36:50.77
How do I know,
don't ask me. Okay.
00:36:50.81\00:36:54.21
But you never think
about it when you think,
00:36:54.24\00:36:57.05
oh, great deal and
what happens is they get you
00:36:57.08\00:36:59.95
and this is what,
this is what Lucifer did,
00:36:59.98\00:37:02.15
he got her to fall in love
00:37:02.18\00:37:04.09
with what he was
presenting to her.
00:37:04.12\00:37:05.95
You see, the whole art
00:37:05.99\00:37:07.32
of the Hegelian
dialect is to get you away
00:37:07.36\00:37:09.59
from the liability
and get you to think that
00:37:09.62\00:37:13.40
what I'm
focusing on is the asset.
00:37:13.43\00:37:16.16
I don't want you
to see the liability,
00:37:16.20\00:37:17.57
but I want you to
focus on the asset.
00:37:17.60\00:37:18.93
So when Pastor Dinzey read,
00:37:18.97\00:37:20.37
you know, the
tree was desirable.
00:37:20.40\00:37:23.61
It always begins with desire.
00:37:23.64\00:37:25.57
So let's look at this.
00:37:25.61\00:37:26.94
Let's go to James 1. I
said 2 Corinthians 11:3.
00:37:26.98\00:37:30.11
Let's start there.
00:37:30.15\00:37:31.48
2 Corinthians 11:3,
00:37:31.51\00:37:32.95
since I hadn't
introduced any scriptures yet.
00:37:32.98\00:37:35.75
And notice how the
Apostle Paul talked about
00:37:35.78\00:37:38.45
what happened to Eve.
00:37:38.49\00:37:40.06
He says, but I
fear less somehow,
00:37:40.09\00:37:43.83
as the serpent
deceived Eve by his what?
00:37:43.86\00:37:47.80
Craftiness.
Craftiness, this was cleverly.
00:37:47.83\00:37:50.50
So when people sit down
and think about a sales pitch
00:37:50.53\00:37:53.10
or sales campaign
00:37:53.13\00:37:54.47
or political
slogan, it's crafted.
00:37:54.50\00:37:57.01
They are sitting
down with the great minds.
00:37:57.04\00:37:59.41
You can see a lot and
say absolutely nothing.
00:37:59.44\00:38:02.74
You can make apps
and many politicians
00:38:02.78\00:38:05.21
don't make
promises because promises
00:38:05.25\00:38:07.02
hold your feet to the fire.
00:38:07.05\00:38:08.38
They get you enthusiastic,
they build it up, you know,
00:38:08.42\00:38:11.05
whatever the slogan is.
00:38:11.09\00:38:13.52
And before you know
it, you're shouting,
00:38:13.56\00:38:15.29
and this person
is great is working.
00:38:15.32\00:38:17.03
I have made no promises,
00:38:17.06\00:38:18.39
nobody could say I
even broken my promises.
00:38:18.43\00:38:20.76
I've made none, craftiness.
00:38:20.80\00:38:23.23
And notice how
the comparison is.
00:38:23.26\00:38:25.03
He compares it to how Christ is.
00:38:25.07\00:38:27.64
But I fear less somehow,
00:38:27.67\00:38:29.00
as the serpent
deceived Eve by his craftiness.
00:38:29.04\00:38:32.57
So your minds
may be what happens?
00:38:32.61\00:38:34.38
Corrupted.
00:38:34.41\00:38:35.74
That's what
happened to the minds,
00:38:35.78\00:38:37.11
it gets corrupted.
00:38:37.15\00:38:38.48
Today, our minds get corrupted,
and what is being sacrificed?
00:38:38.51\00:38:41.35
Corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Christ.
00:38:41.38\00:38:44.42
See, Christ lets you
know at the very beginning,
00:38:44.45\00:38:46.92
this is what it's going to be.
00:38:46.96\00:38:48.69
What does he say?
00:38:48.72\00:38:50.06
Now, there's a
way that seems right
00:38:50.09\00:38:51.43
but the end is
the way of the death.
00:38:51.46\00:38:52.99
The simplicity of Christ
is the wages of sin is what?
00:38:53.03\00:38:55.76
Death. Death.
00:38:55.80\00:38:57.13
Simple to the point. But
let's, let's finish that.
00:38:57.17\00:38:58.50
Okay.
00:38:58.53\00:38:59.87
But the gift of
God is eternal life
00:38:59.90\00:39:01.34
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
00:39:01.37\00:39:03.14
The Lord tells you
in the very beginning,
00:39:03.17\00:39:04.51
this is how it's got,
00:39:04.54\00:39:05.87
this is what's going
to happen at the very end.
00:39:05.91\00:39:07.38
And in the music industry,
in the entertainment industry,
00:39:07.41\00:39:10.05
in the industry of gadgetry,
00:39:10.08\00:39:15.72
$250 off right
now, but that's only,
00:39:15.75\00:39:18.62
I remember going to a car dealer
00:39:18.65\00:39:19.99
and they said, we
were looking at a car,
00:39:20.02\00:39:21.76
and we said, well, they said,
00:39:21.79\00:39:23.22
when would you
like to get a car?
00:39:23.26\00:39:24.96
When would you like
to get a new vehicle?
00:39:24.99\00:39:26.33
I said, well, in
a couple of months.
00:39:26.36\00:39:27.70
They said, well,
we have a special
00:39:27.73\00:39:29.06
that's lasting
just till next week.
00:39:29.10\00:39:32.23
And my wife and
I, we always say,
00:39:32.27\00:39:34.47
this is what
always pops the bubble.
00:39:34.50\00:39:37.37
We say, well, we
never make any purchases
00:39:37.41\00:39:39.54
before we go home
and pray about it.
00:39:39.57\00:39:41.64
You know, not a salesperson
00:39:41.68\00:39:43.18
I've ever met has been qualified
00:39:43.21\00:39:44.65
to come back on now.
00:39:44.68\00:39:46.58
That's a hint.
00:39:46.61\00:39:48.05
So here's my point,
00:39:48.08\00:39:49.42
before you make any
decisions about anything,
00:39:49.45\00:39:51.52
learn to pray, Father, is
this what You want me to do?
00:39:51.55\00:39:54.29
If Eve stopped right
there and said, wait a minute,
00:39:54.32\00:39:56.22
wait a minute, I
gotta pray about this.
00:39:56.26\00:39:58.56
I'll be back. Let
me talk to my Lord.
00:39:58.59\00:40:00.03
Let me go talk to the Lord.
Adam and I will discuss this.
00:40:00.06\00:40:04.90
And, but in so, I
want to, I want to take,
00:40:04.93\00:40:08.40
and this sounds crazy.
00:40:08.44\00:40:09.77
I'm not taking the...
00:40:09.80\00:40:11.14
I'm not taking
Satan off the hook.
00:40:11.17\00:40:13.64
But I have to
address a question.
00:40:13.68\00:40:15.98
The tree didn't come to Eve.
00:40:16.01\00:40:17.95
Eve went to the tree.
00:40:17.98\00:40:20.32
Look at James 1:14, 15.
00:40:20.35\00:40:23.02
The tree didn't come to her.
00:40:23.05\00:40:24.79
In many cases,
00:40:24.82\00:40:26.15
the mind ends up
in the wrong place
00:40:26.19\00:40:27.69
because we go where
we should not have gone.
00:40:27.72\00:40:30.36
Not because
something came after us.
00:40:30.39\00:40:32.16
The bar doesn't come
to us, we go to the bar,
00:40:32.19\00:40:35.66
everything that we often,
00:40:35.70\00:40:37.03
we always end up
where we should never be
00:40:37.07\00:40:39.57
because something happens.
00:40:39.60\00:40:40.94
Here is the formula.
00:40:40.97\00:40:42.37
James 1:14, 15.
00:40:42.40\00:40:45.57
But each one is tempted
00:40:45.61\00:40:49.38
when he is drawn
away by his own, what?
00:40:49.41\00:40:52.45
Desire. Desires and what else?
00:40:52.48\00:40:54.22
Enticed. Whoo,
that tree looks good.
00:40:54.25\00:40:58.82
It looks delicious,
00:40:58.85\00:41:00.99
it's pleasant to the eyes and...
00:41:01.02\00:41:02.82
Look at it right
through... I can use my wisdom.
00:41:02.86\00:41:05.93
Right. Right. I'll
be better off before.
00:41:05.96\00:41:08.53
And then it says,
but this is the key.
00:41:08.56\00:41:10.70
Then when desire has conceived,
it gives birth to what?
00:41:10.73\00:41:15.90
Sin.
00:41:15.94\00:41:17.27
And sin when it is full
grown brings forth what?
00:41:17.31\00:41:21.11
Death. Brings forth death.
00:41:21.14\00:41:23.24
So the minds of many,
we're going to transition here
00:41:23.28\00:41:24.61
because I wanna
talk about the impact
00:41:24.65\00:41:25.98
and why we have so many issues
in the society we're living.
00:41:26.01\00:41:28.22
That's leaning on the mind.
00:41:28.25\00:41:30.79
Why are young people
having issues with their mind?
00:41:30.82\00:41:33.39
Why are young people
more dealing with depression?
00:41:33.42\00:41:37.13
Why are there...
00:41:37.16\00:41:38.49
Why are they more suicidal?
00:41:38.53\00:41:40.60
What's happening to the
minds of our young people?
00:41:40.63\00:41:43.37
Why are they not joyful like
00:41:43.40\00:41:45.23
we were when we were growing up
00:41:45.27\00:41:46.63
outside riding our
bikes, they're being captured.
00:41:46.67\00:41:49.00
There's something that
we're going to talk about,
00:41:49.04\00:41:50.67
but notice what happens here.
00:41:50.71\00:41:52.11
The mind is affected.
00:41:52.14\00:41:53.98
When we give way,
00:41:54.01\00:41:56.68
when we give way
or when we give life
00:41:56.71\00:41:59.88
to our desires.
00:41:59.91\00:42:01.35
Now desire is not a bad thing.
00:42:01.38\00:42:03.92
But it's what you do next.
00:42:03.95\00:42:05.59
Desire and then the wrong action
00:42:05.62\00:42:08.29
of the will brings
that thought to life
00:42:08.32\00:42:11.56
and the action follows.
00:42:11.59\00:42:12.99
And I do think,
00:42:13.03\00:42:14.66
because we don't want
to let Satan off the hook,
00:42:14.70\00:42:16.90
in my mind the battle
00:42:16.93\00:42:19.33
for the mind is, was caught.
00:42:19.37\00:42:23.71
I mean, even for the third
of the angels that came down,
00:42:23.74\00:42:26.68
there was a
misrepresentation of God
00:42:26.71\00:42:30.71
and distortion of
His truth, His word.
00:42:30.75\00:42:35.08
So what creates the desire
00:42:35.12\00:42:37.62
is that somebody
thinks I'm depressed.
00:42:37.65\00:42:41.19
If I take a little
cocaine, maybe, you know,
00:42:41.22\00:42:44.76
I'm going to be
the life of the party,
00:42:44.79\00:42:46.13
I'm going to feel good.
00:42:46.16\00:42:47.50
So, there's always a
distortion of the truth.
00:42:47.53\00:42:49.56
It's always Satan's
element because that's, I mean,
00:42:49.60\00:42:53.23
he's fighting a vicious
battle to destroy the church,
00:42:53.27\00:42:57.97
to destroy God's work.
00:42:58.01\00:43:00.24
And that's where everything else
00:43:00.28\00:43:02.44
that you're bringing in.
00:43:02.48\00:43:04.55
This is what creates the desire
00:43:04.58\00:43:06.48
is what created a
desire for her, for Eve.
00:43:06.51\00:43:10.35
It was a lie.
00:43:10.39\00:43:12.49
And this is what it's
all based on is a lie.
00:43:12.52\00:43:14.26
Based on a lie.
00:43:14.29\00:43:15.62
Pastor Dinzey,
00:43:15.66\00:43:16.99
I see you leaning forward there.
00:43:17.03\00:43:18.36
Well, you know
it, when we look at
00:43:18.39\00:43:20.26
as we continue to look at Eve,
00:43:20.30\00:43:22.46
and the way Satan deceived her,
00:43:22.50\00:43:26.50
it doesn't totally take
Eve completely off the hook.
00:43:26.53\00:43:30.97
Because Eve
analyzed the decision,
00:43:31.01\00:43:34.34
she doubted God's
love, God's goodness,
00:43:34.38\00:43:37.08
and she made a
decision to eat of the fruit
00:43:37.11\00:43:41.08
even when God had told her
00:43:41.12\00:43:43.28
you are going to surely die.
00:43:43.32\00:43:45.62
She believed the
lie. So she was deceived.
00:43:45.65\00:43:48.92
Adam, on the other hand,
00:43:48.96\00:43:52.16
he was not
deceived in the sense that
00:43:52.19\00:43:55.13
Eve was deceived.
00:43:55.16\00:43:56.67
He chose to eat of the
fruit knowing the consequences
00:43:56.70\00:44:01.74
because he was not promised,
00:44:01.77\00:44:03.81
you're going to be as
God knowing good and evil.
00:44:03.84\00:44:06.11
And some people think
that Adam was there sitting,
00:44:06.14\00:44:09.58
just standing there listening
00:44:09.61\00:44:11.91
and waiting and
not saying anything.
00:44:11.95\00:44:13.98
But the serpent addressed Eve
00:44:14.02\00:44:16.89
because she was
the only one there.
00:44:16.92\00:44:18.79
And Eve went to Adam
and now she enticed him,
00:44:18.82\00:44:23.79
she didn't give him
flowery words and tell,
00:44:23.83\00:44:27.30
hey, you're going to be
as God knowing good and evil.
00:44:27.33\00:44:29.80
You know, it's interesting
how the devil presented Eve,
00:44:29.83\00:44:34.97
sin or evil as something
good, something to be desired,
00:44:35.00\00:44:39.04
something you're
going to benefit from.
00:44:39.07\00:44:41.28
And this is the same
way it is painted today.
00:44:41.31\00:44:43.91
You read a text that
says that sin when it is...
00:44:43.95\00:44:50.35
Fully grown. Full grown.
00:44:50.39\00:44:52.49
What does it,
what does it yield?
00:44:52.52\00:44:53.89
Death.
00:44:53.92\00:44:55.26
You know, we don't
see, we don't think of death
00:44:55.29\00:44:57.69
when we are
being enticed to sin.
00:44:57.73\00:45:00.26
We are thinking about
what am I going to get?
00:45:00.30\00:45:02.20
How good is it going to feel?
00:45:02.23\00:45:03.57
What is it going to taste like?
00:45:03.60\00:45:05.10
We don't think, okay,
00:45:05.13\00:45:06.47
the results of this
is going to be death.
00:45:06.50\00:45:09.07
And that's something
we need to keep in mind
00:45:09.10\00:45:11.21
because the
wages of sin is death.
00:45:11.24\00:45:13.91
And Christ offers the
answer, He paid for our sins.
00:45:13.94\00:45:19.55
And I just want to
add one quick thing.
00:45:19.58\00:45:20.92
Let's get back to
your point is that Adam
00:45:20.95\00:45:24.42
also followed his desire,
00:45:24.45\00:45:26.19
his desire was to be with Eve,
00:45:26.22\00:45:28.16
he wanted to, you know,
he didn't want to lose her.
00:45:28.19\00:45:31.13
So that shows you
00:45:31.16\00:45:32.53
there's a sort of
peer pressure there.
00:45:32.56\00:45:34.66
You know, when, and that happens
00:45:34.70\00:45:36.63
so often with couples,
00:45:36.67\00:45:38.27
where especially young couples
00:45:38.30\00:45:40.00
that you see one
takes the wrong step
00:45:40.04\00:45:43.30
and the other one may
know this isn't really right
00:45:43.34\00:45:46.64
but I want to be with them.
00:45:46.68\00:45:49.34
And so, it's
still following that,
00:45:49.38\00:45:51.68
the force of desire.
00:45:51.71\00:45:53.05
This peer pressure
thing has caused so much harm
00:45:53.08\00:45:56.52
to people and people,
00:45:56.55\00:45:58.09
we need to be able
to decide for ourselves,
00:45:58.12\00:46:01.12
because there are consequences.
00:46:01.16\00:46:03.06
And because we
want to look good,
00:46:03.09\00:46:06.33
be part of the crowd.
00:46:06.36\00:46:07.70
Sometimes young people make
00:46:07.73\00:46:09.93
some horrible,
horrible decisions
00:46:09.96\00:46:12.53
that affect their whole life.
00:46:12.57\00:46:14.90
And we want to
appeal to the young people
00:46:14.94\00:46:19.67
listening today
to make decisions,
00:46:19.71\00:46:22.71
not for this life
but for eternal life.
00:46:22.74\00:46:24.98
You know, Pastor Dinzey,
00:46:25.01\00:46:26.35
I'm discovering that
it used to be limited
00:46:26.38\00:46:28.68
just to young
people but I tell you,
00:46:28.72\00:46:30.25
the spectrum has increased.
00:46:30.29\00:46:31.62
I was driving down the road
00:46:31.65\00:46:33.15
the other day and you know,
00:46:33.19\00:46:35.69
this new generation, the
generation of expression,
00:46:35.72\00:46:38.03
the earring in the ear,
the nose ring in the ear.
00:46:38.06\00:46:40.56
I mean, nose ring in the nose.
00:46:40.60\00:46:42.06
And I was driving past a
guy, and I glanced to my right.
00:46:42.10\00:46:45.90
Oh, I'd say he
was older than I am,
00:46:45.93\00:46:48.47
probably maybe in his mid-70s.
00:46:48.50\00:46:50.81
Very respectful gentleman,
00:46:50.84\00:46:52.71
and not judging his life at all.
00:46:52.74\00:46:55.11
But I thought I didn't expect
00:46:55.14\00:46:56.85
to see an earring
in his ear at that age.
00:46:56.88\00:46:59.95
And I thought to
myself, is he trying to catch up
00:46:59.98\00:47:02.28
with this generation
00:47:02.32\00:47:03.65
because surely when he was born,
00:47:03.69\00:47:05.52
I could gauge based
on how old he looked.
00:47:05.55\00:47:07.82
That was not a
thing in his generation.
00:47:07.86\00:47:09.96
And some people
are being manipulated
00:47:09.99\00:47:11.86
to try to merge or fit
in, or become a part of.
00:47:11.89\00:47:16.36
And so, there's a law,
I want to introduce this,
00:47:16.40\00:47:18.77
as we catapult this passage,
00:47:18.80\00:47:20.70
there's a law,
the mind has a law.
00:47:20.74\00:47:23.74
And when we
understand the law of the mind,
00:47:23.77\00:47:26.11
you know, this book Mind,
Character and Personality.
00:47:26.14\00:47:29.34
My wife and I read
that book periodically.
00:47:29.38\00:47:31.85
It's deep, it's by Ellen White.
00:47:31.88\00:47:33.82
And I could tell
that nobody without,
00:47:33.85\00:47:36.35
you have to be
inspired to write such depths.
00:47:36.38\00:47:39.55
But look at the law of the mind.
00:47:39.59\00:47:41.89
I think we have
to all understand
00:47:41.92\00:47:43.26
there's a law.
00:47:43.29\00:47:44.63
Why do we do what we do?
00:47:44.66\00:47:45.99
Let's look at
the law of the mind.
00:47:46.03\00:47:47.66
Proverbs 23:7.
00:47:47.70\00:47:50.13
Proverbs 23:7, there is a law,
00:47:50.17\00:47:53.67
not the law of my mind,
00:47:53.70\00:47:57.01
but there's a law
that governs my mind.
00:47:57.04\00:48:00.34
When this, the mind
operates based on this law,
00:48:00.38\00:48:03.35
our life becomes
based on this law.
00:48:03.38\00:48:06.21
Look at this.
00:48:06.25\00:48:07.58
Shelley, just the beginning
of that verse, Proverbs 23:7.
00:48:07.62\00:48:11.42
"For as he thinks in
his heart, so is he."
00:48:11.45\00:48:15.12
Okay, so notice.
00:48:15.16\00:48:16.49
And let's point
out that in the Bible,
00:48:16.52\00:48:18.09
heart and mind are
basically synonymous.
00:48:18.13\00:48:21.33
In 90% of the time,
00:48:21.36\00:48:23.67
very
interchangeable very clearly.
00:48:23.70\00:48:25.40
So what is happening here
is a person is what he thinks.
00:48:25.43\00:48:29.84
I had a sermon called, I
began the sermon by saying,
00:48:29.87\00:48:32.87
you are not what
you think you are,
00:48:32.91\00:48:34.88
but you are what you think.
00:48:34.91\00:48:37.81
See, and that's important.
00:48:37.85\00:48:39.38
We are not what we think we are,
00:48:39.41\00:48:41.28
but we are what we think
00:48:41.32\00:48:43.12
because this unbreakable
law here is for as he thinks,
00:48:43.15\00:48:47.86
so is he.
00:48:47.89\00:48:49.22
So let's look at all.
00:48:49.26\00:48:50.59
Let's look at where
all the battle began.
00:48:50.63\00:48:51.96
You read that passage? Sure.
00:48:51.99\00:48:53.33
Where do you say
the battle began?
00:48:53.36\00:48:54.70
In the mind. To be in his mind.
00:48:54.73\00:48:56.06
Lucifer began with the thought
and we missed that passage.
00:48:56.10\00:48:58.40
Could we go to that
passage in Ezekiel 28:15?
00:48:58.43\00:49:02.17
We get there
first, read it for me.
00:49:02.20\00:49:04.01
And I want to remind you
as they turn to the passage,
00:49:04.04\00:49:05.74
the second hour
00:49:05.77\00:49:07.11
we're going to
entertain your questions.
00:49:07.14\00:49:08.48
If you want to send them in,
00:49:08.51\00:49:09.84
you can email
them at live@3abn.tv.
00:49:09.88\00:49:13.28
Or if you want to call them in,
00:49:13.31\00:49:15.98
you can call 618-627-4651.
00:49:16.02\00:49:19.42
Now, that reciprocal principle,
00:49:19.45\00:49:21.19
as you think that's
who you are, it's there.
00:49:21.22\00:49:24.16
And people might say,
00:49:24.19\00:49:26.19
the postal worker,
why did he do that?
00:49:26.23\00:49:29.73
He was thinking
about it. That's right.
00:49:29.76\00:49:31.40
So what you're
saying in a bottom line
00:49:31.43\00:49:33.84
is thoughts impact
the course of your life?
00:49:33.87\00:49:38.17
That's right. Definitely.
00:49:38.21\00:49:39.54
Okay. Okay.
00:49:39.57\00:49:40.91
So the passage, Ezekiel
28:15, you have it, Ryan?
00:49:40.94\00:49:42.81
Absolutely.
00:49:42.84\00:49:44.18
It says, speaking of Lucifer,
"You were perfect in your ways
00:49:44.21\00:49:47.15
from the day you were created
00:49:47.18\00:49:48.75
till iniquity was found in you."
00:49:48.78\00:49:51.02
Okay. It wasn't
found in his arm.
00:49:51.05\00:49:52.95
It wasn't found in
his back pocket or in his
00:49:52.99\00:49:55.12
or in the garment
that he was wearing.
00:49:55.16\00:49:57.26
It was found where?
00:49:57.29\00:49:58.63
In his mind, it
always begins in the mind.
00:49:58.66\00:50:00.70
And if you look at the
world we live in today,
00:50:00.73\00:50:02.60
everything is
designed to impact the mind.
00:50:02.63\00:50:05.53
That's right.
You are a musician.
00:50:05.57\00:50:08.50
You used to be a disc jockey.
00:50:08.54\00:50:10.37
I used to be a disc jockey.
00:50:10.41\00:50:12.27
Is there a battle
in the world today
00:50:12.31\00:50:14.04
between the music
world of Christianity
00:50:14.08\00:50:16.44
and the music
world of the world?
00:50:16.48\00:50:17.81
Oh, absolutely.
00:50:17.85\00:50:19.18
I mean, I know we said
00:50:19.21\00:50:20.55
we were going to get
into this eventually.
00:50:20.58\00:50:21.92
But you know,
people don't realize,
00:50:21.95\00:50:23.65
you know, Jesus says,
00:50:23.69\00:50:25.02
the lamp of the body is the eye.
00:50:25.05\00:50:27.02
I think it was the Psalmist
00:50:27.06\00:50:29.96
that wrote take
heed what you hear,
00:50:29.99\00:50:31.69
or it was Jesus said
take heed what you hear.
00:50:31.73\00:50:34.56
And so you know, what we look at
00:50:34.60\00:50:36.80
and what we listen to, you know,
00:50:36.83\00:50:38.33
that optical nerve that
goes from the eye to the,
00:50:38.37\00:50:40.64
it's connected directly
to the mind, to the brain,
00:50:40.67\00:50:42.97
and that that ear tube that goes
00:50:43.00\00:50:44.47
from the ear all the way
in, it's connected to the brain
00:50:44.51\00:50:47.24
and so we don't realize
00:50:47.28\00:50:48.61
how powerful of an
influence the things
00:50:48.64\00:50:50.55
that we behold the
things that we listen to,
00:50:50.58\00:50:52.95
and how much it begins to shape
00:50:52.98\00:50:55.08
and mold our thinking,
our attitude, our character.
00:50:55.12\00:50:57.89
Okay, so you heed,
00:50:57.92\00:50:59.25
so do you see
the Hegelian dialect
00:50:59.29\00:51:00.62
working here in music now.
00:51:00.66\00:51:01.99
Oh, of course.
00:51:02.02\00:51:03.36
Because there was
a time when there was
00:51:03.39\00:51:04.73
a clear distinction
between Christian music
00:51:04.76\00:51:06.09
and worldly music.
00:51:06.13\00:51:07.46
One day I went to Apple, Apple,
00:51:07.50\00:51:09.43
iTunes and I was looking
00:51:09.46\00:51:11.53
at different
styles of Christian music
00:51:11.57\00:51:13.17
because I did a
series on unclean spirits.
00:51:13.20\00:51:15.67
And I saw Christian now,
Ryan, you could appreciate this.
00:51:15.70\00:51:20.38
I saw Christian
rap, Christian rock,
00:51:20.41\00:51:23.85
Christian acid rock,
00:51:23.88\00:51:25.91
Christian blues, and I thought,
wait a minute, wait a minute,
00:51:25.95\00:51:28.88
how did that happen?
00:51:28.92\00:51:30.25
Thesis,
antithesis, and synthesis.
00:51:30.29\00:51:33.69
But it's a gradual thing.
00:51:33.72\00:51:35.16
It doesn't happen overnight.
00:51:35.19\00:51:36.52
So this generation today,
00:51:36.56\00:51:38.06
if they want to
look up Christian music,
00:51:38.09\00:51:39.46
we say it's Christian music.
00:51:39.49\00:51:42.36
And you know, they say,
well as Christian words,
00:51:42.40\00:51:45.40
and today in
many Christian songs,
00:51:45.43\00:51:47.24
it's He, Him, You, it
doesn't even mention Jesus.
00:51:47.27\00:51:51.17
So, Shelley, I
may throw it to you
00:51:51.21\00:51:53.38
or Pastor
Dinzey, which one of you?
00:51:53.41\00:51:56.11
You know, I was thinking that
deception comes in many forms.
00:51:56.14\00:52:01.92
It does.
00:52:01.95\00:52:03.28
And we have this
interesting thing
00:52:03.32\00:52:08.19
that Jesus says
concerning the serpent.
00:52:08.22\00:52:10.56
He doesn't say that
about any other animal.
00:52:10.59\00:52:12.66
So the serpent
00:52:12.69\00:52:14.03
is a fitting
symbol for the devil.
00:52:14.06\00:52:15.66
He says to the disciples,
00:52:15.70\00:52:17.67
be wise as serpents
and harmless as doves.
00:52:17.70\00:52:22.17
So, earlier you,
I think it was you,
00:52:22.20\00:52:26.04
you were talking
about or Shelley,
00:52:26.07\00:52:29.24
we really are not a
match for the devil.
00:52:29.28\00:52:31.91
Our minds are not
where his mind is,
00:52:31.95\00:52:34.88
he was in, I
think is in Ezekiel,
00:52:34.92\00:52:38.05
it says when he was
created, he was perfect in...
00:52:38.09\00:52:43.66
All his wisdom. Wisdom.
00:52:43.69\00:52:45.06
No, full of
wisdom. Full of wisdom.
00:52:45.09\00:52:47.76
So we are really not a match
00:52:47.80\00:52:49.33
for him to match wits
with wits, as we would say.
00:52:49.36\00:52:54.24
We really need the Lord to
be able to face the trials,
00:52:54.27\00:52:58.61
the temptations.
00:52:58.64\00:53:00.68
And I want to say something
here before this hour is over,
00:53:00.71\00:53:02.74
because some people may,
may have to go for some reason.
00:53:02.78\00:53:05.81
We said earlier
that we have been
00:53:05.85\00:53:07.98
given a great privilege
00:53:08.02\00:53:09.42
and that is the
freedom of choice.
00:53:09.45\00:53:12.29
And even though
you may have made
00:53:12.32\00:53:13.66
some bad decisions, you
can make some good ones.
00:53:13.69\00:53:15.89
That's right.
00:53:15.92\00:53:17.26
And the first good one
00:53:17.29\00:53:18.63
you can make is to come to Jesus
00:53:18.66\00:53:20.00
and ask Him to help you
to come into your heart,
00:53:20.03\00:53:22.73
cleanse you from your sins,
00:53:22.76\00:53:24.10
and the bad habits
that we have formed,
00:53:24.13\00:53:26.84
that our minds
have chosen to do.
00:53:26.87\00:53:30.27
And we have formed habits
00:53:30.31\00:53:31.64
and they're
these neural pathways
00:53:31.67\00:53:33.11
in our minds that it seems like
00:53:33.14\00:53:35.21
we do things automatically,
00:53:35.24\00:53:39.65
by cooperating with God,
00:53:39.68\00:53:41.55
you can put a stop
to these bad habits,
00:53:41.58\00:53:44.42
because with God,
all things are possible.
00:53:44.45\00:53:47.39
That's right.
00:53:47.42\00:53:48.76
And to add to that since
00:53:48.79\00:53:50.13
this is the closing of the hour.
00:53:50.16\00:53:51.49
Great point. Is 2
Corinthians 10:3-5.
00:53:51.53\00:53:54.86
Okay, let's look at that.
00:53:54.90\00:53:56.23
2 Corinthians 10:3-5,
00:53:56.26\00:54:00.37
because we don't want to,
00:54:00.40\00:54:01.74
if you do have to leave us,
00:54:01.77\00:54:03.10
we don't want to leave
this on a negative note.
00:54:03.14\00:54:05.44
Paul writes in 2
Corinthians 10:3-5,
00:54:05.47\00:54:09.08
"Though we walk in the flesh,
00:54:09.11\00:54:11.18
and we're living in the flesh,
00:54:11.21\00:54:13.08
we do not war
according to the flesh,
00:54:13.11\00:54:16.12
for the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal,
00:54:16.15\00:54:19.45
but they are mighty in God
for pulling down strongholds."
00:54:19.49\00:54:23.53
So where are the
strongholds? Right here.
00:54:23.56\00:54:25.89
That's right. And
you know, sometimes...
00:54:25.93\00:54:28.40
Where's that text again?
It's 2 Corinthians 10:3-5.
00:54:28.43\00:54:34.04
And then he says,
casting down arguments,
00:54:34.07\00:54:36.87
and every high
thing that exalts itself
00:54:36.91\00:54:41.11
against the knowledge of God.
00:54:41.14\00:54:44.85
So, and then he says,
bringing every thought
00:54:44.88\00:54:48.65
into captivity to
the obedience of Christ.
00:54:48.68\00:54:51.75
So, if you think about this,
00:54:51.79\00:54:53.89
if you've got an
attitude of anger
00:54:53.92\00:54:56.46
and resentment, and bitterness,
00:54:56.49\00:54:57.83
and unforgiveness or
perhaps fear, and anxiety,
00:54:57.86\00:55:02.33
and worry, these
are not scriptural.
00:55:02.36\00:55:07.57
And God's got, you
know, sometimes people,
00:55:07.60\00:55:11.47
I meet people and
I know you do too,
00:55:11.51\00:55:13.54
when you're out ministering,
00:55:13.58\00:55:14.91
where they're saying,
you know, I'm so unworthy,
00:55:14.94\00:55:17.31
God can't love me.
00:55:17.35\00:55:19.25
He died for you, God came down
00:55:19.28\00:55:22.65
and became a man
and He died for you.
00:55:22.68\00:55:25.02
So, as we go through this,
00:55:25.05\00:55:26.65
we're not just going to be
00:55:26.69\00:55:28.02
talking about the
battle for the mind,
00:55:28.06\00:55:32.13
because
sometimes it's been planted
00:55:32.16\00:55:33.60
by maybe it's a parent
00:55:33.63\00:55:35.10
who's told you you're unworthy.
00:55:35.13\00:55:36.46
But that battle, God
does give us warfare.
00:55:36.50\00:55:42.04
He equips us so
that we can overcome
00:55:42.07\00:55:45.74
and pull down those strongholds.
00:55:45.77\00:55:47.18
Amen. That's
right. Powerful scripture.
00:55:47.21\00:55:49.24
Let this mind be a new
which is also in Christ Jesus.
00:55:49.28\00:55:52.71
I want to segue
into the second hour
00:55:52.75\00:55:54.28
with this passage, Romans 12.
00:55:54.32\00:55:56.45
Let's look at Romans 12,
because we're not talking about
00:55:56.48\00:55:59.22
the hopelessness
of the human mind.
00:55:59.25\00:56:01.09
But Romans Chapter 12,
00:56:01.12\00:56:02.46
whichever one of
you have it first.
00:56:02.49\00:56:03.83
You have it, Ryan? I have.
00:56:03.86\00:56:05.19
Romans 12:1.
00:56:05.23\00:56:06.56
All right, Romans 12:1
says, "I beseech you therefore,
00:56:06.59\00:56:08.50
brethren, by the mercies of God,
00:56:08.53\00:56:10.07
that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice,
00:56:10.10\00:56:12.97
holy, acceptable to God,
00:56:13.00\00:56:14.54
which is your
reasonable service,"
00:56:14.57\00:56:15.90
and then verse 2.
00:56:15.94\00:56:17.27
Okay. This is how you do it.
00:56:17.31\00:56:18.64
Now, this is how you are
00:56:18.67\00:56:20.01
able to take
the physical aspects
00:56:20.04\00:56:21.84
that you are
supposed to be in control.
00:56:21.88\00:56:23.85
You can't control
it until you do it,
00:56:23.88\00:56:25.38
verse 2 says.
00:56:25.41\00:56:27.05
Verse 2 says, "And do not
be conformed to this world,
00:56:27.08\00:56:30.05
but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind
00:56:30.09\00:56:34.62
that you may prove
00:56:34.66\00:56:35.99
what is that
good and acceptable,
00:56:36.02\00:56:37.63
and perfect will of God.
00:56:37.66\00:56:38.99
That's right.
00:56:39.03\00:56:40.36
So the will of God can
be revealed in the life
00:56:40.40\00:56:42.13
whose mind is
guided by the Lord.
00:56:42.16\00:56:43.70
That's right.
00:56:43.73\00:56:45.07
If it's saturated
with the Word of God.
00:56:45.10\00:56:47.04
You have to replace
00:56:47.07\00:56:48.74
those negative
thoughts with truth.
00:56:48.77\00:56:52.14
One person once
said, you might be poor,
00:56:52.17\00:56:54.98
your shoes might be broken
00:56:55.01\00:56:56.68
but don't forget
your mind is a palace.
00:56:56.71\00:56:59.45
You have to decide
what to put into it.
00:56:59.48\00:57:01.65
Don't think of your
mind as a garbage dump
00:57:01.68\00:57:03.92
because the world has made us
00:57:03.95\00:57:05.29
think our mind
is a garbage dump.
00:57:05.32\00:57:07.32
And we don't
want to fill our minds
00:57:07.36\00:57:08.69
with the things
00:57:08.72\00:57:10.06
that will end up
taking us to the place
00:57:10.09\00:57:11.43
where garbage is formed.
00:57:11.46\00:57:12.89
I want to remind you
once again in the second hour,
00:57:12.93\00:57:15.13
hold on to that
thought, Pastor Dinzey.
00:57:15.16\00:57:16.50
I'll hold on to it. I see you.
00:57:16.53\00:57:17.87
In the second hour,
00:57:17.90\00:57:19.23
we're going to
take your questions
00:57:19.27\00:57:20.60
618-627-4651,
00:57:20.64\00:57:22.94
or email them at live@3abn.tv
00:57:22.97\00:57:25.77
We're talking about the
mind, everyone has a mind.
00:57:25.81\00:57:28.48
It could be a mind
for good or for evil,
00:57:28.51\00:57:30.55
it could be a place
where the Lord is praised
00:57:30.58\00:57:32.81
or where the enemy
finds a seat of comfort.
00:57:32.85\00:57:35.68
So young person, older
person gather together,
00:57:35.72\00:57:38.62
the second hour
is going to bring us
00:57:38.65\00:57:40.86
and this topic to
another dimension.
00:57:40.89\00:57:42.86
Don't go away.
00:57:42.89\00:57:44.23
We'll be right back.
00:57:44.26\00:57:45.59