Thank you and welcome back.
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Those of you that were
a part of our first hour,
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if you're just joining us,
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we're talking
about the battle for,
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or the battle of the mind.
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And since every
one of us has a mind,
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this is an interesting program.
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We're disseminating information,
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both from the Bible,
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and we are not
professional psychologists,
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but we have had
enough experiences to know
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what works and
what doesn't work.
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And so we're limiting all
of our professional advice.
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We're not giving
any doctor advice.
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We're not
saying take medication,
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but we are approaching this
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from a very practical
and scriptural perspective
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to be able to lay
out in the second hour
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ways that we can
find the victorious path
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to having a healthy mind.
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Whatever your
age, wherever you live,
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whatever the
situation you may be in,
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somebody may be talking
or listening to the program
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that they are
dealing with depression.
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Some young person
may be trying to find
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meaning to life.
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Somebody may
say, I don't matter.
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No one cares about me.
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God doesn't love me.
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And all of these
thoughts are born
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and incubate in the mind.
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So we're going to
talk about from Scripture
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how to handle some of
these turbulent things,
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because at some point,
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every one of us had a tough day.
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But we don't want that tough day
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to turn into a
life of difficulty
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that will take you
down the wrong path.
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And once again,
we want to remind you
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that you can send
your questions in,
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you can call us
here at (618)-627-4651
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or you can email those questions
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to live@3abn.tv,
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and before we go to our music,
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I just want to remind
you who our guests are today,
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our family.
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Shelley Quinn, good
to have you here again.
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It's lovely to be here.
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And you were here
in the first hour.
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I'm glad you
stay for the second.
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Ryan Day, Pastor Ryan Day.
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Pastor John Dinzey.
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And if you're driving your car
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and you don't know
who these individuals are
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program, program director...
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Program Development Manager.
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Program Development Manager
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and you come up with
some really good ones.
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Praise the Lord.
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When one year goes to the
next and the year's closing out,
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Shelley says, here's
what's on the drawing board.
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And you do an excellent job.
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And, Ryan, musician,
pastor, evangelist, singer,
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appreciate all those gifts.
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Pastor Dinzey,
teacher, preacher,
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and the head of 3ABN Latino.
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But not a singer.
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Okay, not a singer.
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We're going to leave that alone.
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Okay, he's a husband of one wife
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and of two male children.
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But we're going to
begin our second hour
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with Pastor Wintley Phipps.
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He's a man that loves to sing.
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He smiles before he sings.
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He smiles while he sings,
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and he smiles
when he's done singing.
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And this song is
one to smile about.
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It's on the newest 3ABN project
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about the Three
Angels' Messages.
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It's called, "Glorious Church."
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Sit back and enjoy.
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Amen.
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The shining jewel
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Of the ancient world
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Babylon worshiped gods of stone
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Power and pride were evil twins
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That ruled her heart and throne
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She was likened to a harlot
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Fornication was in the wine
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That filled the cup
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From which she drank
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Sins of every kind
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The golden head
Of Daniel's vision
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Would topple, given time
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As would nations, kings
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And merchants
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Intoxicated by her wine
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The prophets tried to warn her
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Heed the writing on the wall
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Turn from her wicked ways
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Before the day
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The wrath of God would fall
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Oppressor of God's people
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Babylon, so powerful and strong
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She thought she was invincible
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But God
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Would prove her wrong
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An angel filled with glory
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Shall descend
With a shout proclaim
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"Babylon, the great is fallen."
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She will die in sin and shame
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Another voice from Heaven
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Will be heard across the earth
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To give a warning Loud and clear
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To those who claim to be
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God's Church
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Come out of her, My people
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Be not partakers of her sin
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For I'm coming back
For a glorious Church
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Undefiled and pure within
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To him who worships
Me In spirit and truth
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And is faithful to the end
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I will say, "Well done!
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A crown of life you've won
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Come sit and reign with Me
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Through all eternity"
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Thus saith the Lord!
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To him who worships Me
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In spirit and truth
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And is faithful to the end
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I will say, "Well done!
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A crown of life you've won
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Come sit and reign with Me
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Through all eternity"
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Thus saith the Lord!
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For Thine is the Kingdom
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And the power
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And the glory forever
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God's glorious Church
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Amen. Amen.
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Okay, you can get your
mind back on driving now.
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That was a powerful
song, can we get an amen?
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Praise God. Amen.
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Thank you, Pastor
Phipps, for that song
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God's Glorious Church.
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And just a side note,
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if you'd like to
find out more about the CD
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that has all the other songs
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from the Three
Angels' Messages Project,
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you can also call us
here at (618)-627-4651
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to find out more about that.
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But if you want to
email and ask questions,
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also that same number,
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as well as
emailing it live@3abn.tv.
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And we're continuing
on the topic of the battle
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of the mind or the
battle for the mind.
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Who'd like to
begin the second hour?
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We have a question
that came in, Miss Shelley?
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This is from Debbie,
and she's in Wisconsin.
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And she asked,
"Could Eve have repented?"
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We believe, and we
know, Eve did repent.
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God set up the
sacrificial system.
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And she trained up her sons.
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Of course we know.
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Abel chose to
follow that training.
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Cain did not, he killed Abel.
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And the interesting
thing in Genesis 3:15,
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when God talked
about a deliverer, he said,
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someone of your
seed, the woman's seed,
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he will crush the head.
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He's talking to the serpent,
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he said, he
will crush your head,
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you're going to bruise his heel,
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but he'll crush your head.
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So she expected her deliverer
to come from her loins,
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because he said it's
the woman's seed, right?
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And when you
look at the name Seth,
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her with a child,
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the son she had
after Cain killed Abel.
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If you look at the
name in the Hebrew,
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it indicates that she
thought Seth was her deliverer.
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She thought he was the Messiah.
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Okay, so God's
covenant promise of a Messiah
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came right after the sin.
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I like to add.
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There are a couple of scriptures
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that show evidence
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of her continued
relationship with the Lord.
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When Cain was born, she said,
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"I have gotten a
man from the Lord."
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When Seth was born.
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And then when Seth
was born, she says,
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and Adam knew his wife again
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and she bore a son
and named him Seth.
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And she says,
"For God has appointed
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another seed for
me instead of Abel,
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whom Cain killed."
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So she's continuing her
relationship with the Lord
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and she's expressing God
has done this, God has done,
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showing her gratefulness
to the Lord and His mercy.
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That's right.
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Can you imagine what
it must have been like,
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they had never sinned.
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I never really
thought about fact
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she never heard a lie.
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But they had never seen death,
flowers hadn't faded or fallen,
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they never seen any death.
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And for them to suddenly for God
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to have to sacrifice an animal,
for them to have skins to wear,
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as you know
which all was showing
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the righteousness of Christ,
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He was going to be the sacrifice
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and it's as we are
clothed in His righteousness
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that we are saved.
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But can you imagine
what that must have been like
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to know these little
lambs that they had named
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and everything
suddenly, wow, what an impact.
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So they knew the consequences,
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I mean, they got
kicked out of the garden.
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They knew the consequences
of their sin immediately.
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That's right.
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You know, for me, as
I look at that as well,
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I think we have lost something
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and that is the
sensibility to suffering
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and to some degree
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because when Adam and Eve saw
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that an animal had
to be killed for them
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to have their clothing,
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I think they wept, even
in the act of repentance,
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realizing that what,
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the Son of God
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is going to going to die for us?
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I think there was
this repentance that,
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that you weep.
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And there's this deep repentance
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that maybe some people
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that are
listening have experienced,
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you weep because you
know you have done wrong.
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But then again, there's the,
there's this weeping for joy
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that God is so good
that He is forgiving me.
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That's right
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Amen. Amen.
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I'm glad you brought that
up because the question came in
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earlier this week
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from pastoral
department that they sent to me.
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Someone had written in
and this is about Adam,
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about Eve and about Cain.
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And someone said,
well, the Bible doesn't say
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that Cain was Adam's son,
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it said he was a
seed of the evil one.
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While the seed
is not talking about
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in the sense of conception,
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because the Bible
says in Genesis 4:1,
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Genesis 4:1, "Now
Adam knew Eve his wife,
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and she conceived
and bore Cain, and said,
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'I have acquired a
man from the Lord.' "
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And Pastor Dinzey,
you brought that up
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in your reference a moment ago.
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So the conception of Cain
was the result of Adam and Eve,
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as a husband or
wife conceiving this son.
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And it was not,
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the devil didn't have
any relations with Eve
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to bring about Cain.
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That was a suggestion
that somebody was saying,
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well, there's proof
that Cain was not Adam's son.
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Here Genesis 4,
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just four
chapters into the book,
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it tells it very clear
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where Cain, how
he was conceived.
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And, you know, when you
look at the covenants of God,
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the word seed is a
covenant word as well
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because you look at
the covenant of God,
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it is the story of
the seed from Genesis 3:15
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all the way through to the end,
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so the seed of the woman,
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it was the God who is
going to come down here
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and become a man.
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And when it's talking
about the seed of the devil,
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this is because the way I say,
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we all have spiritual DNA
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after this cataclysmic fall,
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their DNA, their
spiritual DNA was messed up.
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They had the
devil's nature acquired.
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Now, in 2, 1 Peter 2:3 and 4.
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It says that God's given us
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exceedingly great
and precious promises
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so that when we partake of them,
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we partake of His divine nature.
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So we go from the
devil's nature choir
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back to the divine nature
choir as you get into the Word.
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And Romans
5:12, another passage.
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Pastor Dinzey,
before we turn there,
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only five seconds.
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Well, I look at this
you know, God is so good
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because it shows us that
Eve, through Eve entered sin.
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But consider this.
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When Eve,
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Adam really doesn't say much
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after, after sin goes in,
and Eve is the one talking.
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God has given me a man,
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God has
appointed me another one,
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Adam is just quiet.
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He's not saying anything,
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because God is trying to tell us
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that even though
through Eve entered sin,
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Eve repented.
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Right. That's right.
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And so, showing her relationship
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and I want to thank
the Lord for godly mothers.
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I say, Eve was a godly
mother, she showed her children,
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yes, men participate as well.
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But it's the mother that does
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a lot of the
fashioning of the mind
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leading the children,
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and Eve did a good job.
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Well, you know,
we're not going to see
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all of our children
making good decisions.
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Cain made a bad decision.
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But she had the
joy of knowing that,
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you know, not all
her children went bad.
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You know we have, she
had Abel, she had Seth
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and she had other children.
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And so I want to thank
the Lord for godly mothers.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And getting back in line,
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there was a question
that somebody asked...
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He was talking
about Romans 5:12.
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I don't know if you
still want to go there.
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Yeah, that's what I wanted.
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But the lady asked a question,
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asking me if I
could repeat the verse
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I referenced from Ezekiel.
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That was Ezekiel
28:15, Ezekiel 28:15,
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that was the
passage where it says,
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"He was perfect in the ways
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from the day you were created, "
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speaking about Lucifer,
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"till iniquity
was found in you."
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And so that, that
iniquity was not found,
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as I said, in His
garment or His arm,
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it was found in His mind.
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He yielded his thoughts,
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and that's one of
the biggest things
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that I want to
bring up the spiritual
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and you know,
Shelley, you and I, and Jill,
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and we are Romans.
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Absolutely. We love Romans.
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And I want to dive into that
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because this
book really brings out
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a whole lot about
what happens in the mind.
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And then we want
to wind up our program
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with giving some remedies.
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Sure.
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Some spiritual remedies,
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how can we train our mind
and going in another direction?
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I see Pastor
Dinzey's hand up there.
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Well, it's because
I don't want to leave.
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There may be
some people thinking
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that God created
a defective angel.
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You know, the Scripture
say that he was perfect
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in all his way,
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till iniquity was found in him.
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It doesn't mean
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that it was there
but it was hidden.
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It means that he
made a choice to sin,
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he made a choice to do evil.
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And the way
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it is expressed
there in the Hebrew
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is that it surface within him
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of his own making
of his own decision.
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He decided, he chose.
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It wasn't that God made
a defective angel and God,
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I don't want to add
that nobody in this world,
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Judas made his
decision to betray Christ.
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He wasn't,
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okay, this is the
one that we're going to,
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that's going to be
born and he is marked,
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he is going to be the one.
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He was not a defective person.
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He chose defective or
bad, he made bad decisions.
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So let me rephrase
that, he was defective,
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but his nature,
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he had that human nature
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that he allowed the
devil to beguile him again,
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Judas, speaking of him.
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Yeah, and you know that,
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there wasn't a
fallen nature in Adam.
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Can I point this one thing out?
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'Cause to me it's fascinating.
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What Lucifer sin
was self-determination.
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He wanted to,
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and isn't it
interesting that it is,
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you know, sometimes people talk
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about the tree of
the good and evil.
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It's the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil.
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God was saying you can
eat of all of these trees,
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but don't try to
decide for yourself
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what's good for you
or what's bad for you.
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I'm the Lord your
Creator. I love you.
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And I'm giving
you these parameters
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because it's good for
you take my word for it,
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it's good for you.
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And this is,
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so it was Eve's
self-determination,
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it was Adam's
self-determination.
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And that's where
everybody's heading today
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is they want to be in control.
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Nobody wants to be
humble and depend on the Lord.
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That's right.
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And I just want to
add one more thing.
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And that, you know,
you mentioned the tree.
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The tree was
not defected either.
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No. That's right.
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Because when God
created everything, He says,
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and everything,
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He saw that
everything was very good.
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So the tree was very good.
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It was perfect.
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It's just that
this tree was chosen
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by the Lord to
reveal faithfulness.
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You eat, you
have been unfaithful.
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If you do not eat,
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you have shown
yourself faithful.
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Right.
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They had to
choose. They had to choose.
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And I'm gonna throw it
to Ryan, just next here,
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but what a lot of
people don't understand
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is from the very beginning,
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not in Romans but
from the very beginning,
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Romans 6:23 was the truth,
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"The wages of sin is death."
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That was from
the very beginning,
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the gift of God is eternal life.
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And now I want to add something
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that may be going around
in your mind, and maybe not
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but a man was not
created immortally.
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Man was not
created with immortality.
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If he had immortality,
at the very beginning,
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he would not
have been able to die.
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The gift of God
was eternal life.
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If they had been obedient,
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they would have received
that gift in the beginning,
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but were disobedient,
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so they got death instead.
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Now, Ryan, I'm
going to throw it to you.
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We have some questions here,
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because you have something
you wanna share with us
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on this particular topic.
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Sure.
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You know, I want to bring us
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back to the
spiritual aspect of this,
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this mind conversation.
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Yes, that's right.
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Because a lot of
people are of the opinion
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and I say this respectfully,
00:21:51.51\00:21:53.01
but I talked to more
and more Christians today,
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who are of this opinion
that when you start talking
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about this mind manipulation
00:21:57.25\00:21:59.45
that, you know, the
controlling of the mind
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or the manipulating of the mind,
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the power over the mind.
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A lot of times
we have Christians
00:22:04.69\00:22:06.29
that have this
idea that think that
00:22:06.32\00:22:07.92
because I'm a
professed Christian,
00:22:07.96\00:22:10.16
well, that doesn't affect
me, because I'm a believer,
00:22:10.19\00:22:12.46
that doesn't affect me,
that's for those non-believers,
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that's for those
00:22:14.03\00:22:15.36
who don't necessarily
follow Christ or whatnot.
00:22:15.40\00:22:17.97
But we see in so
many different passages.
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In fact, I made a list here
00:22:20.67\00:22:22.00
and I don't have
enough time to read them all.
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But there's one
particular passage
00:22:23.81\00:22:25.14
that comes to mind
that I want to highlight
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how Paul
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who obviously
the author of Romans,
00:22:28.31\00:22:30.55
notice what he says here
in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4.
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I want to
highlight something here,
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2 Thessalonians 2:1-4,
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and there's just
a particular point
00:22:42.06\00:22:45.89
within this passage
00:22:45.93\00:22:47.26
that I want to
highlight and project.
00:22:47.30\00:22:48.63
But notice
00:22:48.66\00:22:50.00
what this
particular passage says.
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Again, that's 2
Thessalonians 2:1-4.
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Okay.
00:22:52.90\00:22:54.24
It says, "Now, brethren,
00:22:54.27\00:22:55.60
concerning the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ
00:22:55.64\00:22:57.14
and our gathering
together to Him, "
00:22:57.17\00:22:59.07
and I want to
pause and just remind,
00:22:59.11\00:23:00.68
the book of the first
and second Thessalonians.
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Obviously, these are letters.
00:23:03.78\00:23:06.08
These are epistles
that were written by Paul
00:23:06.11\00:23:08.02
to the church.
00:23:08.05\00:23:10.69
So these counsels he's
given is to the church.
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And so this is,
I'm trying to highlight
00:23:13.42\00:23:15.06
and amplify the importance
of us Christians, believers,
00:23:15.09\00:23:18.89
understanding the importance
of this battle of the mind
00:23:18.93\00:23:22.30
or battle for the mind.
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Because if you
think for one moment
00:23:23.80\00:23:25.17
that "Oh, I'm a believer now
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and well, the
devil is laid off of me
00:23:26.57\00:23:28.20
because he can't touch me."
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That's when he
mounts up. Very much wrong.
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Absolutely. So
notice what Paul says here.
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2 Thessalonians Chapter
2, beginning with verse 1.
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He says, "Concerning the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
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and our gathering
together unto Him,
00:23:38.81\00:23:40.72
we ask you,
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not to be soon shaken in," what?
00:23:42.12\00:23:45.15
"In mind".
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So who is this,
who is he speaking to?
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The Christian.
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He's speaking to the Christian,
he's speaking to the church,
00:23:49.29\00:23:50.63
so not to be soon
shaken in mind or troubled,
00:23:50.66\00:23:53.40
either by spirit or
by word or by letter,
00:23:53.43\00:23:55.93
as if it was from us,
00:23:55.96\00:23:57.30
or though the day
of Christ had come.
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So he's saying, "Look,
00:23:58.90\00:24:00.24
there's going to
be some possibilities
00:24:00.27\00:24:01.60
that there's going to be
some stuff floating around
00:24:01.64\00:24:04.11
saying Jesus has called me,
00:24:04.14\00:24:05.47
He's revealed
Himself, He's come.
00:24:05.51\00:24:06.84
But look, don't be
soon shaken in mind,
00:24:06.88\00:24:08.21
I just want to highlight that,
00:24:08.24\00:24:09.58
that can clearly communicates
00:24:09.61\00:24:12.01
that the devil is out
to deceive Christians.
00:24:12.05\00:24:13.98
Shake our mind.
00:24:14.02\00:24:15.35
He's wanting to
shake up our minds,
00:24:15.38\00:24:16.72
he's wanting us to
have troubled minds,
00:24:16.75\00:24:18.45
and he's doing it in
the form of deception.
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How do I know this?
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Notice the next part,
part of this passage, verse 3.
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Notice what he says,
"Let no one deceive you,
00:24:24.66\00:24:27.40
by any means, for that day,"
00:24:27.43\00:24:30.17
and of course that day,
00:24:30.20\00:24:31.53
speaking of the
second coming of Jesus,
00:24:31.57\00:24:33.37
"for that day will not come,"
00:24:33.40\00:24:36.44
so he's almost
speaking prophetically here,
00:24:36.47\00:24:38.94
"for that day
will not come unless, "
00:24:38.97\00:24:41.14
notice, "the
falling away comes first
00:24:41.18\00:24:44.98
and the man of sin is revealed.
00:24:45.01\00:24:46.35
And then he goes
through this description
00:24:46.38\00:24:48.02
of whom we believe to be this,
00:24:48.05\00:24:49.78
this central
leading Antichrist figure
00:24:49.82\00:24:52.15
in the last days, who's
00:24:52.19\00:24:53.52
going to pose himself above all
00:24:53.56\00:24:55.12
that is called
God that is worship
00:24:55.16\00:24:56.79
so that he sits as
God in the temple of God
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.49
showing himself that he is God.
00:24:58.53\00:24:59.93
We're not here to
talk about the Antichrist,
00:24:59.96\00:25:01.76
but I want to
highlight this part that says,
00:25:01.80\00:25:03.73
"For that day will not come
00:25:03.77\00:25:05.10
unless the
falling away comes first."
00:25:05.13\00:25:07.54
You want to talk
about mass mind manipulation
00:25:07.57\00:25:10.21
within the church.
00:25:10.24\00:25:11.57
This scripture talks about it
00:25:11.61\00:25:13.11
because when you look
at this word falling away
00:25:13.14\00:25:14.91
and when I was studying this,
00:25:14.94\00:25:16.61
the concept of falling away,
00:25:16.64\00:25:18.18
if you go to the original Greek,
00:25:18.21\00:25:19.75
it's an interesting Greek word
00:25:19.78\00:25:21.12
that might sound
familiar to us, apostasia.
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That's right. Apostasy.
00:25:24.25\00:25:25.59
Before we get our
English word apostasy.
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But when you look in
00:25:27.59\00:25:28.92
at the definition
of this apostasia,
00:25:28.96\00:25:32.29
it means a defection from truth.
00:25:32.33\00:25:36.16
Notice this, to divorce.
00:25:36.20\00:25:38.57
To divorce.
00:25:38.60\00:25:39.93
Now can you divorce yourself
00:25:39.97\00:25:42.14
from someone whom
you weren't married to?
00:25:42.17\00:25:44.71
No, no, you cannot.
00:25:44.74\00:25:46.07
So what this proves to us
as Paul is actually warning us
00:25:46.11\00:25:48.78
of this great controversy battle
00:25:48.81\00:25:50.98
between good and evil,
00:25:51.01\00:25:52.55
that Satan through
this Antichrist power,
00:25:52.58\00:25:55.32
through these
evil as you mentioned,
00:25:55.35\00:25:56.99
it is not a battle
against flesh and blood
00:25:57.02\00:25:58.55
but against spiritual wickedness
00:25:58.59\00:26:00.36
in high places and all these,
00:26:00.39\00:26:01.76
these spiritual principalities.
00:26:01.79\00:26:04.53
We see very clearly here
that through these means,
00:26:04.56\00:26:07.53
through these mediums,
00:26:07.56\00:26:09.53
Satan is going to
work to deceive people
00:26:09.56\00:26:12.47
into believing in the church,
00:26:12.50\00:26:14.50
that they know God,
when they really don't,
00:26:14.54\00:26:17.24
that they have a
relationship with Him,
00:26:17.27\00:26:19.24
that they're
married to Him, but really,
00:26:19.27\00:26:21.48
they've divorced
themselves from Him.
00:26:21.51\00:26:23.41
Now the reason
why I brought this up
00:26:23.45\00:26:24.78
is because I have found
a couple of quotes on this
00:26:24.81\00:26:26.78
and I have to read these
quotes because they're powerful.
00:26:26.82\00:26:28.18
Go and read those quotes.
00:26:28.22\00:26:29.55
This comes from the
SDA Bible Commentary,
00:26:29.58\00:26:32.95
volume six,
Manuscripts 17, from 1893,
00:26:32.99\00:26:36.39
notice this quote here,
very short, very simple.
00:26:36.42\00:26:38.43
"Satan cannot touch
the mind or intellect,
00:26:38.46\00:26:41.30
unless we yield it to him."
00:26:41.33\00:26:43.10
Okay, Romans 6:16.
00:26:43.13\00:26:44.53
But then if you
really want to amplify
00:26:44.57\00:26:46.23
the seriousness of this,
00:26:46.27\00:26:48.37
of this battle
between good and evil,
00:26:48.40\00:26:50.44
this mind, this
battle for the mind
00:26:50.47\00:26:53.07
and how serious this
is in the spiritual realm.
00:26:53.11\00:26:55.98
But there are powers to be
that are warring for your mind,
00:26:56.01\00:26:59.11
warring for your
heart, warring for you.
00:26:59.15\00:27:01.72
Manuscript 1:18, 19,
notice what this says,
00:27:01.75\00:27:05.15
"Either the evil angels,
00:27:05.19\00:27:07.66
or the angels of God
00:27:07.69\00:27:10.16
are controlling
the minds of men."
00:27:10.19\00:27:12.76
There's no straddling the fence.
00:27:12.79\00:27:14.53
You're either one or the other.
00:27:14.56\00:27:16.53
Our minds are given
to the control of God
00:27:16.56\00:27:18.67
or to the control of
the powers of darkness
00:27:18.70\00:27:21.10
and it will be well for us
00:27:21.14\00:27:23.00
to inquire where
we are standing today.
00:27:23.04\00:27:26.74
In other words,
some self-examination
00:27:26.78\00:27:28.64
needs to be done,
00:27:28.68\00:27:30.68
whether under
the bloodstain banner
00:27:30.71\00:27:32.91
of Prince Immanuel,
00:27:32.95\00:27:34.85
or under the black banner
of the powers of darkness.
00:27:34.88\00:27:37.32
What did John say?
00:27:37.35\00:27:38.69
Test the spirits
whether they are of God.
00:27:38.72\00:27:40.72
We are in a spiritual battle,
00:27:40.76\00:27:43.06
and the enemy is
warring for our minds.
00:27:43.09\00:27:45.86
If he can manipulate our minds
00:27:45.89\00:27:47.56
to be so far in
the opposite direction,
00:27:47.60\00:27:49.86
then the mind of Christ,
as you called it earlier,
00:27:49.90\00:27:52.13
let this mind be in you,
00:27:52.17\00:27:54.24
which was also in Christ Jesus.
00:27:54.27\00:27:56.14
We live in a world, Pastor John,
00:27:56.17\00:27:57.71
where today it seems
00:27:57.74\00:27:59.47
like the devil
has every distraction
00:27:59.51\00:28:01.58
at every corner.
00:28:01.61\00:28:02.94
And you expect
the outside world,
00:28:02.98\00:28:05.78
you expect those
outside the church
00:28:05.81\00:28:07.92
to be under this
oppressive power.
00:28:07.95\00:28:09.98
But when you step
inside God's Church,
00:28:10.02\00:28:12.59
we see it as
Revelation 12 tells us,
00:28:12.62\00:28:15.86
he is warring
against the saints.
00:28:15.89\00:28:17.79
He is, He is making
war against the remnant
00:28:17.83\00:28:21.46
who keep the commandments of God
00:28:21.50\00:28:22.83
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:28:22.86\00:28:24.63
So we need to be aware of this.
00:28:24.67\00:28:26.17
And we need to know how
do we fight against this.
00:28:26.20\00:28:29.64
And you know,
the distraction here,
00:28:29.67\00:28:31.51
I'm with Shelley
and then Pastor Dinzey,
00:28:31.54\00:28:34.01
it's the distraction is
in the form of a cacophony.
00:28:34.04\00:28:38.05
A cacophony is just,
00:28:38.08\00:28:39.55
if you throw a
whole bunch of cans
00:28:39.58\00:28:41.28
down the steps in a
subway, that's a cacophony.
00:28:41.32\00:28:44.65
You can't tell what is what,
it's just a whole lot of noise.
00:28:44.69\00:28:47.46
And the world is
becoming noisier and noisier
00:28:47.49\00:28:50.63
to distract the mind
from as is in days of Samuel.
00:28:50.66\00:28:55.76
Speak of your servant here.
00:28:55.80\00:28:57.13
How can you hear
00:28:57.17\00:28:58.50
in this
cacophony of media today?
00:28:58.53\00:29:00.54
There's a book I
want to talk about,
00:29:00.57\00:29:01.90
but I can't do it tonight.
00:29:01.94\00:29:03.27
We'll do a special
program later on that.
00:29:03.30\00:29:04.64
And Romans 6:16.
00:29:04.67\00:29:06.07
Pastor Dinzey is
going to cover real quick
00:29:06.11\00:29:07.61
and then I'm going to
throw it to you, Shelley,
00:29:07.64\00:29:08.98
because that that's
the key right there.
00:29:09.01\00:29:11.28
The passage that
we're going to read now,
00:29:11.31\00:29:13.18
Romans 6:16 is
the pivotal to me,
00:29:13.21\00:29:16.99
it's probably
00:29:17.02\00:29:18.35
one of the most important
verses in the entire Bible,
00:29:18.39\00:29:22.06
is in fact, this seesaw.
00:29:22.09\00:29:23.83
It tells you,
you're going to be on one.
00:29:23.86\00:29:25.73
There's no,
00:29:25.76\00:29:27.10
nobody rides the
seesaw in the middle.
00:29:27.13\00:29:29.16
Right. Okay.
00:29:29.20\00:29:30.53
You're on one side or the other.
00:29:30.57\00:29:31.90
That's right.
00:29:31.93\00:29:33.27
And have you ever
played the game before?
00:29:33.30\00:29:34.64
You know, you walk on the seesaw
00:29:34.67\00:29:36.00
until it starts tilting,
00:29:36.04\00:29:37.37
and then you're on
that side for good.
00:29:37.41\00:29:39.07
This passage is
powerful, Romans 6:16
00:29:39.11\00:29:41.78
and is all about the mind.
00:29:41.81\00:29:44.21
"Do you not know
00:29:44.25\00:29:46.82
that to whom you
present yourselves
00:29:46.85\00:29:50.42
slaves to obey,
00:29:50.45\00:29:51.79
you are that one's
slaves whom you obey,
00:29:51.82\00:29:54.29
whether of sin leading to death,
00:29:54.32\00:29:57.03
or of obedience
leading to righteousness?"
00:29:57.06\00:29:59.66
It's a question.
00:29:59.69\00:30:01.03
And you know,
00:30:01.06\00:30:02.70
now, we all have
to make this choice.
00:30:02.73\00:30:04.73
How many categories are
there? Two contentment masters.
00:30:04.77\00:30:07.44
And what do you do?
00:30:07.47\00:30:08.80
You have a choice.
You have the choice.
00:30:08.84\00:30:10.64
You know what's the
words that are used there?
00:30:10.67\00:30:13.21
Do you not know to
whom you yield or present.
00:30:13.24\00:30:17.01
The moment you yield.
00:30:17.05\00:30:18.68
That's right.
00:30:18.71\00:30:20.05
Somebody is in control,
00:30:20.08\00:30:21.42
leading, leading to
obedience to righteousness,
00:30:21.45\00:30:27.16
obedience to
righteous or sin to death.
00:30:27.19\00:30:30.06
Somebody is leading,
you're never leading.
00:30:30.09\00:30:31.66
The moment you yield,
00:30:31.69\00:30:33.16
the moment you take that thought
00:30:33.19\00:30:34.66
and that action
00:30:34.70\00:30:36.03
and you move in
one way or the other,
00:30:36.06\00:30:38.07
you're no longer leading.
00:30:38.10\00:30:39.43
That's right.
00:30:39.47\00:30:40.80
Shelley or Pastor Dinzey,
you might amplify that further.
00:30:40.84\00:30:43.54
You can go ahead.
00:30:43.57\00:30:44.91
Well, I was just gonna say,
00:30:44.94\00:30:48.14
yielding is the,
00:30:48.18\00:30:52.11
this is where it's all
at because Jeremiah 17:9,
00:30:52.15\00:30:55.32
I believe it says
00:30:55.35\00:30:56.69
that the heart is
desperately wicked
00:30:56.72\00:30:59.45
and nobody really
knows their heart.
00:30:59.49\00:31:01.82
So Proverbs 4:23 says
00:31:01.86\00:31:04.39
that you've got
to guard your heart.
00:31:04.43\00:31:05.96
And remember, heart and
mind are the same thing.
00:31:05.99\00:31:09.40
You guard your heart
00:31:09.43\00:31:10.77
because out of it
flows the issues of life.
00:31:10.80\00:31:12.83
That's right.
00:31:12.87\00:31:14.20
I took when I
went back to college,
00:31:14.24\00:31:16.34
I thought I was going to
work on a master's degree in IT.
00:31:16.37\00:31:21.44
And I was taking
four different...
00:31:21.48\00:31:23.55
Information Technology? Yes.
00:31:23.58\00:31:24.91
And I was taking
00:31:24.95\00:31:26.28
four different
programming languages
00:31:26.31\00:31:27.65
in one semester,
00:31:27.68\00:31:29.02
which never, I
wouldn't advise to anyone to do.
00:31:29.05\00:31:32.19
But what happened
was, I soon learned GIGO,
00:31:32.22\00:31:38.39
Garbage In Garbage Out.
00:31:38.43\00:31:40.96
And so, here's the thing
00:31:41.00\00:31:42.83
when the Bible says
to guard your heart,
00:31:42.86\00:31:46.43
there are toxic books,
00:31:46.47\00:31:48.70
there's toxic
television programs,
00:31:48.74\00:31:51.37
toxic movies, toxic
relationships, you...
00:31:51.41\00:31:55.81
Toxic internet.
00:31:55.84\00:31:57.98
Yeah, and so
what you've got to do,
00:31:58.01\00:31:59.88
our toxic music.
00:31:59.91\00:32:02.08
You have to guard
your mind in Psalm 103,
00:32:02.12\00:32:07.56
excuse me, Psalm 101:3.
00:32:07.59\00:32:11.69
The Psalmist says,
00:32:11.73\00:32:13.06
"I will set nor base a
wicked thing before my eyes.
00:32:13.09\00:32:17.93
I hate the work of them
00:32:17.97\00:32:20.00
who turn aside
from the right path.
00:32:20.04\00:32:23.27
It shall not grasp hold of me."
00:32:23.30\00:32:25.71
So, when you
think about Romans 6:16,
00:32:25.74\00:32:29.14
one of my favorite verses
because it does show there,
00:32:29.18\00:32:33.35
you're going to be a slave,
00:32:33.38\00:32:34.98
either to sin or
to righteousness.
00:32:35.02\00:32:37.59
There's two contending masters,
00:32:37.62\00:32:39.75
you really
don't have the choice.
00:32:39.79\00:32:41.36
You're either going...
00:32:41.39\00:32:42.72
Oh, that's all you have.
00:32:42.76\00:32:44.16
Okay, I like that. Yeah.
00:32:44.19\00:32:45.79
That's all you have,
00:32:45.83\00:32:47.16
when you choose
one or the other.
00:32:47.20\00:32:48.53
You're either going
to surrender to Christ
00:32:48.56\00:32:50.57
or you going to
surrender to the devil.
00:32:50.60\00:32:52.40
That's right. Wheat or tares.
00:32:52.43\00:32:54.34
There's no third
category. That's right.
00:32:54.37\00:32:55.94
And that's, you see the
right action of the will
00:32:55.97\00:32:57.91
and I want to bring this back
00:32:57.94\00:32:59.31
and I'll throw
it back to my panel
00:32:59.34\00:33:01.64
here in a moment,
00:33:01.68\00:33:03.01
you have a desire
and a desire says okay.
00:33:03.04\00:33:07.15
Okay.
00:33:07.18\00:33:08.52
And that's a daily choice,
00:33:08.55\00:33:10.09
that's a moment
by moment choice.
00:33:10.12\00:33:12.05
Once that desire
goes into an action,
00:33:12.09\00:33:16.86
okay, this is the one I want.
00:33:16.89\00:33:19.09
You know, years ago,
there was a guy who said,
00:33:19.13\00:33:21.30
the blue pill or the red
pill, one way or the other,
00:33:21.33\00:33:24.23
you're gone down,
you're going down.
00:33:24.27\00:33:25.60
One way or other,
00:33:25.63\00:33:26.97
you're going
right or going left.
00:33:27.00\00:33:28.34
There's no third category.
00:33:28.37\00:33:29.70
There's east and west,
00:33:29.74\00:33:31.07
you don't drive
on the yellow line.
00:33:31.11\00:33:32.77
And so you got to recognize,
00:33:32.81\00:33:34.14
your choice is going to put you
in one direction or the other.
00:33:34.18\00:33:36.75
And once it's there,
00:33:36.78\00:33:38.11
and now it goes
00:33:38.15\00:33:41.55
to Romans 7:17,
00:33:41.58\00:33:43.42
"It is no longer I who do
it, but sin that dwells in me."
00:33:43.45\00:33:48.02
So that 6:16 bad choice,
it gives life to Romans 7:17,
00:33:48.06\00:33:52.16
"It is no longer I who do
it, but sin that dwells in me."
00:33:52.19\00:33:55.70
Pastor Dinzey?
00:33:55.73\00:33:57.07
Yes, I'd like to share
this because you know...
00:33:57.10\00:33:58.93
We have some questions here
00:33:58.97\00:34:00.30
I want to get to
before the program.
00:34:00.34\00:34:02.00
It's going to say it
in better words and again
00:34:02.04\00:34:04.14
and this is from a book
called Acts of the Apostles,
00:34:04.17\00:34:07.44
page 482 and 83.
00:34:07.48\00:34:09.51
It says, "God wishes us to have
the mastery of over ourselves,
00:34:09.54\00:34:14.85
but He cannot help us without,
00:34:14.88\00:34:17.19
without our
consent and cooperation.
00:34:17.22\00:34:20.32
That's the key.
00:34:20.36\00:34:21.69
The Divine Spirit
works through the powers
00:34:21.72\00:34:24.49
and faculties given to man,
00:34:24.53\00:34:26.86
of ourselves we
are not able to bring
00:34:26.90\00:34:29.06
the purposes and
desires and inclinations
00:34:29.10\00:34:31.60
into harmony
with the will of God.
00:34:31.63\00:34:35.07
But if we are
willing to be made willing,
00:34:35.10\00:34:39.04
the Savior will
accomplish this for us,
00:34:39.07\00:34:42.14
casting down imaginations
00:34:42.18\00:34:43.85
and every high
thing that exalted itself
00:34:43.88\00:34:46.85
against the knowledge of
God and bringing into captivity,
00:34:46.88\00:34:49.45
every thought, to
the obedience of Christ."
00:34:49.48\00:34:52.92
And that's quoting
2 Corinthians 10:5,
00:34:52.95\00:34:55.76
which we talked about earlier.
00:34:55.79\00:34:57.13
So there's this,
00:34:57.16\00:34:58.49
we have to give
our consent for good,
00:34:58.53\00:35:01.86
or our consent for evil.
00:35:01.90\00:35:03.23
That's right.
00:35:03.26\00:35:04.60
And if we consent
for good, Christ comes in
00:35:04.63\00:35:07.57
and accomplishes
the marvelous thing
00:35:07.60\00:35:09.50
that He wants to do
00:35:09.54\00:35:10.91
and that is to make
us a marvelous person.
00:35:10.94\00:35:12.87
You know, I
always, always appreciate
00:35:12.91\00:35:14.28
when I get
notices from friends on,
00:35:14.31\00:35:17.08
I got an email from
a friend the other day,
00:35:17.11\00:35:19.31
and they said, "If
you get this email,
00:35:19.35\00:35:21.55
do not click on it."
00:35:21.58\00:35:25.19
It's like Jesus saying to
Adam and Eve, do not touch it.
00:35:25.22\00:35:29.49
They said, "It unleashes a worm
00:35:29.52\00:35:32.99
in your infrastructure
of your computer,"
00:35:33.03\00:35:36.73
and you have to pay
00:35:36.77\00:35:40.20
for that
company to release that.
00:35:40.24\00:35:42.47
We live in a wicked world.
00:35:42.50\00:35:43.97
Now that I just need to say,
00:35:44.01\00:35:46.14
that's more
likely to happen in a PC,
00:35:46.17\00:35:48.58
sharing the Mac.
00:35:48.61\00:35:49.94
That's right.
00:35:49.98\00:35:51.31
I just had to say that.
00:35:51.35\00:35:53.05
I forget... Who have Mac's nod.
00:35:53.08\00:35:54.88
That's right.
00:35:54.92\00:35:56.28
We have some questions here.
00:35:56.32\00:35:57.65
I'm going to throw back to Ryan.
00:35:57.69\00:35:59.02
You have some things
that you want to share.
00:35:59.05\00:36:00.39
Yeah, sure, absolutely.
Let's hear the question.
00:36:00.42\00:36:02.46
Somebody, I guess a
comment, Alana, the Bible says,
00:36:02.49\00:36:09.06
"Let this mind be in you,
as it was in Christ Jesus."
00:36:09.10\00:36:14.00
Do we understand this to mean,
00:36:14.04\00:36:16.50
man has the ability to
choose to be like Christ,
00:36:16.54\00:36:21.71
or control the
will to do what's right?
00:36:21.74\00:36:24.78
Oh, can I
answer that real quick?
00:36:24.81\00:36:26.45
Please.
00:36:26.48\00:36:27.82
All we have is a
choice. That's right.
00:36:27.85\00:36:29.82
Joshua 24:15.
00:36:29.85\00:36:31.29
And this is not
just to the Israelites,
00:36:31.32\00:36:32.85
every day you wake up,
00:36:32.89\00:36:34.26
choose you this day
whom you will serve.
00:36:34.29\00:36:37.89
When you choose who you serve,
00:36:37.93\00:36:39.83
this is powerful.
00:36:39.86\00:36:41.20
Write it down, hit record.
00:36:41.23\00:36:43.20
You cannot choose what to do.
00:36:43.23\00:36:44.93
You can only
choose who to serve,
00:36:44.97\00:36:47.14
and they choose what to do.
00:36:47.17\00:36:48.50
Yeah, could I make a comment?
Sure you can, Miss Shelley.
00:36:48.54\00:36:51.41
The Lord has shown
me something recently.
00:36:51.44\00:36:53.91
Okay.
00:36:53.94\00:36:55.28
Is that there are
two levels of surrender.
00:36:55.31\00:36:58.88
Okay.
00:36:58.91\00:37:00.25
There is a general
surrender where you said,
00:37:00.28\00:37:03.08
"Yes, I accept
Christ as my Savior."
00:37:03.12\00:37:07.09
And I'm still
going in that direction.
00:37:07.12\00:37:11.19
But there is that
moment by moment surrender.
00:37:11.23\00:37:13.36
And I'm speaking
from personal experience
00:37:13.40\00:37:15.30
because I was
going through a week
00:37:15.33\00:37:16.97
that after kids camp,
00:37:17.00\00:37:18.47
I think I was on
the edge of burnout.
00:37:18.50\00:37:20.47
I was going through this thing
00:37:20.50\00:37:22.37
where it was like
00:37:22.40\00:37:23.74
at the end of
the day I was going,
00:37:23.77\00:37:25.11
Lord, was I really
surrendered to you,
00:37:25.14\00:37:26.74
because He's
still, devotional prayer,
00:37:26.78\00:37:29.58
but through the
day, He was, I wasn't.
00:37:29.61\00:37:33.45
I didn't have
that divine awareness
00:37:33.48\00:37:34.85
of His presence,
00:37:34.88\00:37:36.22
and God showed me this.
00:37:36.25\00:37:37.59
So I think that
when He's talking
00:37:37.62\00:37:40.46
about having the mind of Christ,
00:37:40.49\00:37:42.62
yes, you've got
to make that choice.
00:37:42.66\00:37:45.09
But in Romans 12:2
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.20
that we looked at
earlier about renewing the mind.
00:37:47.23\00:37:50.03
The only way you
can renew your mind
00:37:50.07\00:37:52.33
is if it's
saturated in the Word of God.
00:37:52.37\00:37:55.34
So when Paul said
00:37:55.37\00:37:56.84
that we have the mind of Christ,
00:37:56.87\00:38:00.08
by being in the Word of God
00:38:00.11\00:38:02.71
and being
filled with His spirit,
00:38:02.74\00:38:05.31
we can
understand God's thoughts.
00:38:05.35\00:38:07.98
He does have a
plan for our life.
00:38:08.02\00:38:10.02
He makes it clear.
00:38:10.05\00:38:11.92
But you have to be in the Word.
00:38:11.95\00:38:15.49
That's right.
00:38:15.52\00:38:17.13
I'm glad you said
that because the Bible,
00:38:17.16\00:38:19.29
the Bible tells us that
the Word of God is a lamp
00:38:19.33\00:38:22.50
to our feet and a
light to our path.
00:38:22.53\00:38:25.57
And the devil
tries really, really hard
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.77
to keep us from
reading the scriptures,
00:38:28.80\00:38:31.57
because he knows
00:38:31.61\00:38:32.94
it has a
transforming power in our lives.
00:38:32.97\00:38:37.01
So there are thousands of things
00:38:37.05\00:38:39.71
that draw our attention.
00:38:39.75\00:38:41.08
Call us to do this or
look at that and read this,
00:38:41.12\00:38:43.72
read that or watch this
and hear that to keep us away.
00:38:43.75\00:38:48.39
And even people,
he even uses people.
00:38:48.42\00:38:50.43
Hey, come on over, you
know, we're going to do this,
00:38:50.46\00:38:52.09
we're going to do that.
00:38:52.13\00:38:53.46
Let's go do it. Come on.
00:38:53.50\00:38:54.83
Don't be a party,
whatever they call.
00:38:54.86\00:38:57.23
And so he has thousands of ways
00:38:57.27\00:39:00.87
to distract us,
00:39:00.90\00:39:02.24
but we need to make a commitment
00:39:02.27\00:39:04.71
to spend time with the Lord
00:39:04.74\00:39:06.37
and that's why I'm going to read
00:39:06.41\00:39:07.74
Proverbs 4:23,
00:39:07.78\00:39:09.58
"Keep your heart
with all diligence,
00:39:09.61\00:39:12.68
for out of it
springs the issues of life."
00:39:12.71\00:39:16.12
Proverbs what again? 4:23.
00:39:16.15\00:39:17.99
Chapter 4, verse 23.
00:39:18.02\00:39:19.75
Proverbs 4:23, Ryan
and then we're going to...
00:39:19.79\00:39:24.13
Now we're going to transition
after that to the remedies.
00:39:24.16\00:39:26.90
We've been given some of
them already, like Romans 12:2,
00:39:26.93\00:39:29.10
and these passages
Shelley brought up.
00:39:29.13\00:39:30.63
Absolutely.
00:39:30.67\00:39:32.00
In fact, what I have to
speak on here really quickly
00:39:32.03\00:39:34.14
is going to help
us transition nicely
00:39:34.17\00:39:36.04
into those remedies.
00:39:36.07\00:39:38.11
You know pastor, I've,
00:39:38.14\00:39:40.61
I don't stay I don't
get on Facebook much,
00:39:40.64\00:39:42.31
I don't get on
social media much,
00:39:42.34\00:39:44.21
but I'm baffled
00:39:44.25\00:39:45.88
by how many
people I hear these days.
00:39:45.91\00:39:50.69
They get on social media
00:39:50.72\00:39:52.19
or they kind of hear
through the grapevine
00:39:52.22\00:39:54.19
or you just run
into someone you know,
00:39:54.22\00:39:55.96
whether it's a
friend, family member,
00:39:55.99\00:39:57.43
or an acquaintance
00:39:57.46\00:39:58.79
and it seems like
00:39:58.83\00:40:00.16
more and more and
more and more these days,
00:40:00.20\00:40:01.53
we're hearing of people
00:40:01.56\00:40:02.90
who are not
obviously suffering so much
00:40:02.93\00:40:05.90
from the spiritual aspect
that we've been talking about.
00:40:05.93\00:40:08.70
Obviously, we all have,
we've all been deceived,
00:40:08.74\00:40:10.91
we've all sinned,
we've all been manipulated,
00:40:10.94\00:40:13.24
our mind has been
manipulated by the enemy,
00:40:13.27\00:40:15.14
per se, spiritually.
00:40:15.18\00:40:16.98
But, you know,
this thing can even go
00:40:17.01\00:40:19.35
as far as being very physical.
00:40:19.38\00:40:21.85
And I'm seeing
more and more these days
00:40:21.88\00:40:23.99
of people calling
out crying out for help,
00:40:24.02\00:40:27.59
because they're
suffering from things like,
00:40:27.62\00:40:29.46
you know, mental disability,
such as anxiety and depression,
00:40:29.49\00:40:33.16
and many of these other aspects,
00:40:33.19\00:40:34.53
and I just wanted to just
touch on that a little bit,
00:40:34.56\00:40:35.90
because I know,
00:40:35.93\00:40:37.27
there may be someone
watching at home tonight,
00:40:37.30\00:40:39.33
that is saying, you know what,
00:40:39.37\00:40:40.70
talking about the
battle of the mind,
00:40:40.74\00:40:42.80
you know, I have a real battle
in my mind each and every day.
00:40:42.84\00:40:45.61
And if you know of someone
00:40:45.64\00:40:46.98
who suffers from
anxiety or depression,
00:40:47.01\00:40:48.54
they know how powerful,
of how powerful this is.
00:40:48.58\00:40:52.55
I just want to
say for the record,
00:40:52.58\00:40:53.92
my wife is probably
watching this program right now.
00:40:53.95\00:40:56.18
And, you know, I
have to give her credit
00:40:56.22\00:40:58.05
where credit is due
00:40:58.09\00:40:59.42
because when I was
coming up with these,
00:40:59.45\00:41:00.79
when you would ask
us for some suggestions,
00:41:00.82\00:41:03.06
she was the one that
suggested this topic.
00:41:03.09\00:41:05.29
And I sit at the table
with her this afternoon
00:41:05.33\00:41:08.76
before we done this program
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.63
and I just kind
of interviewed her.
00:41:10.67\00:41:12.33
And the reason why I did is
because if you know my wife,
00:41:12.37\00:41:14.30
she has been open about
this and told people about this,
00:41:14.34\00:41:16.60
but she has a
history of suffering
00:41:16.64\00:41:18.27
from severe anxiety.
00:41:18.31\00:41:20.78
And when you're
dealing with someone that is,
00:41:20.81\00:41:22.81
that has that or
struggle with that
00:41:22.84\00:41:24.21
or you're someone
watching this program.
00:41:24.25\00:41:26.15
And that's you, I.
00:41:26.18\00:41:27.52
You might be saying,
I suffer from anxiety.
00:41:27.55\00:41:29.55
You know, it's a
battle of the mind
00:41:29.58\00:41:31.82
constantly every single day.
00:41:31.85\00:41:33.86
And these people truly do.
00:41:33.89\00:41:36.52
I know my wife,
she wants victory.
00:41:36.56\00:41:38.46
She wants victory.
00:41:38.49\00:41:39.83
And it seems like
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.20
sometimes it
doesn't come the way
00:41:41.23\00:41:42.56
that they would
expect it to come.
00:41:42.60\00:41:44.33
I want to read this quote,
00:41:44.37\00:41:45.70
and then I want to
share some scriptures
00:41:45.73\00:41:47.07
and maybe just some council
00:41:47.10\00:41:48.60
for those who are
dealing with anxiety,
00:41:48.64\00:41:50.97
that there is hope,
00:41:51.01\00:41:52.34
but it's not you know,
just like anything else.
00:41:52.37\00:41:54.28
There is hope in Christ
00:41:54.31\00:41:56.34
and that this is something
that you can have victory over.
00:41:56.38\00:42:00.45
But notice this quote
here and this is powerful.
00:42:00.48\00:42:02.48
This is Councils
on Health, page 325.
00:42:02.52\00:42:05.95
"So Satan is the
originator of disease.
00:42:05.99\00:42:09.99
And the physician is warring,"
00:42:10.03\00:42:12.13
speaking of
Christ as the physician,
00:42:12.16\00:42:13.66
"He's warring against
His power and His work.
00:42:13.70\00:42:17.27
Sickness of the mind
prevails everywhere."
00:42:17.30\00:42:22.27
And then notice this,
"Nine-tenths of the diseases
00:42:22.30\00:42:24.87
from which men suffer,
00:42:24.91\00:42:26.57
have their foundation here."
00:42:26.61\00:42:28.14
We're going to talk
about how powerful the mind is.
00:42:28.18\00:42:30.38
Nine-tenths of all
diseases originate in the mind.
00:42:30.41\00:42:35.52
And I want to add to that
00:42:35.55\00:42:36.89
some of those diseases
are not really diseases,
00:42:36.92\00:42:39.72
but they are
formulated in the mind.
00:42:39.75\00:42:43.22
I heard a doctor once
said, if you tell a child,
00:42:43.26\00:42:45.93
if you're outside,
you're going to catch a cold.
00:42:45.96\00:42:47.93
You know that child is expecting
00:42:47.96\00:42:49.30
to catch a cold.
00:42:49.33\00:42:50.67
Because cold air
doesn't give you a cold,
00:42:50.70\00:42:53.37
but the mind starts to switch.
00:42:53.40\00:42:55.37
If that were the case,
00:42:55.40\00:42:56.74
people that are part
of the polar bear club,
00:42:56.77\00:42:58.11
they'd all die of pneumonia
00:42:58.14\00:43:00.51
but they don't think that
way in their minds therefore,
00:43:00.54\00:43:03.04
the expectation as a
man thinketh so is he.
00:43:03.08\00:43:05.98
Okay, so I wanna
give you a chance...
00:43:06.01\00:43:07.88
Could I reiterate real quick
00:43:07.92\00:43:09.25
'cause they're in
the thought real quick,
00:43:09.28\00:43:11.22
about
nine-tenths of the diseases
00:43:11.25\00:43:13.42
are in the mind,
00:43:13.46\00:43:14.79
think about this,
00:43:14.82\00:43:16.16
my doctor repeatedly
tells me 85% of our diseases
00:43:16.19\00:43:19.29
are caused by inflammation.
00:43:19.33\00:43:21.90
And I mean, inflammation
is one of our real enemies
00:43:21.93\00:43:27.14
and worry, anxiety
causes inflammation.
00:43:27.17\00:43:33.91
Stress and anxiety
causes inflammation.
00:43:33.94\00:43:38.05
So that was just
kind of an interesting.
00:43:38.08\00:43:39.51
Absolutely, you know,
00:43:39.55\00:43:40.88
and I just want to just
real quickly add to this
00:43:40.92\00:43:43.55
you know that I
have heard people
00:43:43.59\00:43:46.42
you know, complain and
really cry out about this,
00:43:46.45\00:43:49.02
you know, I want
victory over this
00:43:49.06\00:43:50.59
but it seems like you know,
God is not giving me victory.
00:43:50.63\00:43:54.26
Something like
this can easily become
00:43:54.30\00:43:55.96
pointing the finger at God,
00:43:56.00\00:43:57.33
Lord, You're allowing
00:43:57.37\00:43:58.70
or You're the one
that gave this to me.
00:43:58.73\00:44:00.67
And I think back of the parable
of the wheat and the tares
00:44:00.70\00:44:03.10
where it says the
master sowed the good seed.
00:44:03.14\00:44:05.64
If you read in there He says,
00:44:05.67\00:44:07.01
you know, they come to
the master and they say,
00:44:07.04\00:44:08.38
"Did you not sow good seed?"
00:44:08.41\00:44:09.91
Almost as if
there's an accusation
00:44:09.94\00:44:11.28
against God there,
00:44:11.31\00:44:12.65
you know, did you sow
all this bad seed, too,
00:44:12.68\00:44:14.08
but now he says, an
enemy has done this.
00:44:14.12\00:44:16.75
God does not cause anyone
to have anxiety or depression,
00:44:16.79\00:44:20.56
He's not warring
in a negative way.
00:44:20.59\00:44:22.79
In your mind, He's
trying to save your mind.
00:44:22.82\00:44:25.09
He's trying to save you.
00:44:25.13\00:44:26.59
But I think of scriptures
like Philippians 4:6 and 7,
00:44:26.63\00:44:30.90
and also verse 8, it says,
00:44:30.93\00:44:32.97
"Be anxious for
nothing, but in everything,"
00:44:33.00\00:44:36.81
and again, this is
Philippians 4:6 and 7.
00:44:36.84\00:44:38.81
Yeah.
00:44:38.84\00:44:40.18
That's the remedy,
00:44:40.21\00:44:41.54
one of the
remedies is coming up now.
00:44:41.58\00:44:42.91
Absolutely.
Philippians 4:6 and 7.
00:44:42.94\00:44:44.58
And we're also
going to read verse 8.
00:44:44.61\00:44:46.18
It says, "Be
anxious for nothing,
00:44:46.21\00:44:48.12
but in everything by
prayer and supplication,
00:44:48.15\00:44:50.82
with thanksgiving,
00:44:50.85\00:44:53.12
let your requests
be made known to God,
00:44:53.15\00:44:56.02
and the peace of God,
00:44:56.06\00:44:57.56
which surpasses
all understanding,
00:44:57.59\00:45:00.20
will guard your
hearts and minds,"
00:45:00.23\00:45:03.33
there it is,
"through Christ Jesus."
00:45:03.37\00:45:05.27
And I love verse 8 says,
00:45:05.30\00:45:06.63
"Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things..."
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.00
And this is a key, I'm
going to say slow it down
00:45:08.04\00:45:09.97
because this is a remedy.
00:45:10.01\00:45:11.57
This is a
remedy. This is the key.
00:45:11.61\00:45:13.17
And I don't know
00:45:13.21\00:45:14.54
some people who are
struggling for this,
00:45:14.58\00:45:15.91
it's like, oh,
these are just words.
00:45:15.94\00:45:17.91
But I think sometimes you
know, there's that trust aspect.
00:45:17.95\00:45:20.28
They go back to Proverbs 3:5,
00:45:20.32\00:45:22.32
you know, "Trust in the
Lord with all your heart
00:45:22.35\00:45:23.92
and lean not on
your own understanding.
00:45:23.95\00:45:25.59
When we really put
trust in God's Word,
00:45:25.62\00:45:28.09
He has given us the power.
00:45:28.12\00:45:29.46
Verse 8 says, there
in Philippians Chapter 4,
00:45:29.49\00:45:32.33
"Finally, Brethren,
whatsoever things are true,
00:45:32.36\00:45:36.03
whatsoever things are noble,
whatsoever things are just,
00:45:36.06\00:45:40.64
whatsoever things are pure.
00:45:40.67\00:45:42.94
How can you expect
your mind to be healed
00:45:42.97\00:45:44.87
if you know
you're constantly being,
00:45:44.91\00:45:48.51
you know, looking
at or listening to
00:45:48.54\00:45:50.11
or focusing on impure
thoughts or impure things?
00:45:50.15\00:45:53.95
He goes on to say
whatsoever things are lovely,
00:45:53.98\00:45:57.39
whatsoever things
are of good report.
00:45:57.42\00:45:59.49
If there is any virtue,
00:45:59.52\00:46:01.32
if there is
anything praiseworthy,
00:46:01.36\00:46:03.53
meditate on these things.
00:46:03.56\00:46:05.43
And I just want to
say in closing here
00:46:05.46\00:46:06.80
as we're going to start
00:46:06.83\00:46:08.16
kind of
transitioning into remedies
00:46:08.20\00:46:09.53
on how to and
that is the remedy,
00:46:09.56\00:46:11.27
in and of itself
that is the remedy,
00:46:11.30\00:46:12.70
that is the ultimate remedy.
00:46:12.73\00:46:14.44
But, you know, in my wife,
if she was here, she would say,
00:46:14.47\00:46:17.67
you know, maybe say
something along the lines of,
00:46:17.71\00:46:20.44
you know, people who
are struggling from this,
00:46:20.48\00:46:22.04
it's, sometimes it can be
00:46:22.08\00:46:23.41
that it's people
take on themselves.
00:46:23.45\00:46:25.35
The mentality of
this is all my fault.
00:46:25.38\00:46:27.42
You know, it's my
fault that I'm here.
00:46:27.45\00:46:28.95
And I know that we do
play a certain part in this,
00:46:28.98\00:46:31.79
but the enemy is
attacking God's people.
00:46:31.82\00:46:33.62
That's right. He
is attacking the mind.
00:46:33.66\00:46:35.59
And I promise
you, you have a Savior,
00:46:35.62\00:46:37.99
you have a God of God
00:46:38.03\00:46:39.53
who is more
powerful than any power,
00:46:39.56\00:46:42.03
than anything
00:46:42.06\00:46:43.47
that the devil can throw at you.
00:46:43.50\00:46:44.90
And you know, while
you may be going through
00:46:44.93\00:46:46.84
what appears to
be a dark valley,
00:46:46.87\00:46:49.27
He will bring you
to that mountaintop.
00:46:49.30\00:46:50.97
If you trust in Him,
He will give you victory.
00:46:51.01\00:46:54.34
Persevere, the Bible says,
00:46:54.38\00:46:55.71
those who persevere to
the end shall be saved.
00:46:55.74\00:46:58.41
But then we've
got to read verse 9,
00:46:58.45\00:47:01.22
Philippians 4:9 because...
00:47:01.25\00:47:04.82
That's the capstone.
00:47:04.85\00:47:07.06
That is the capstone to me,
00:47:07.09\00:47:09.02
is that He tells us to meditate
on these wonderful things.
00:47:09.06\00:47:13.60
But then verse 9, he says,
00:47:13.63\00:47:15.30
"The things which you
learned and received and heard,
00:47:15.33\00:47:20.00
and saw in me,
00:47:20.04\00:47:21.37
these do and a God of
peace will be with you."
00:47:21.40\00:47:25.41
Let me tell you something,
00:47:25.44\00:47:26.81
whatever we
practice is what we believe.
00:47:26.84\00:47:28.94
That's right.
00:47:28.98\00:47:30.31
You know, if we say
we believe something,
00:47:30.35\00:47:32.81
but we don't practice it,
00:47:32.85\00:47:34.22
then we've got a
mental assent to the belief,
00:47:34.25\00:47:37.49
but we don't really believe it.
00:47:37.52\00:47:39.19
And I just want
to encourage people.
00:47:39.22\00:47:41.99
I am so excited
00:47:42.02\00:47:44.83
that our God is a
covenant keeping God.
00:47:44.86\00:47:48.83
He keeps all of His promises.
00:47:48.86\00:47:51.53
And you know, He
tells us in Isaiah 58,
00:47:51.57\00:47:54.30
or excuse me,
Isaiah 55:8, He says,
00:47:54.34\00:47:57.11
"Hey, my ways are
higher than your ways.
00:47:57.14\00:48:00.61
My thoughts are
higher than your thoughts."
00:48:00.64\00:48:03.38
And that's why I
think Proverbs tells us
00:48:03.41\00:48:05.71
to trust in the Lord
with all of our heart,
00:48:05.75\00:48:08.45
lean not on our
own understanding
00:48:08.48\00:48:10.32
because we can't understand.
00:48:10.35\00:48:11.85
But then God says in
Isaiah 55:11, He says,
00:48:11.89\00:48:16.59
He's talking about
how the rain comes down
00:48:16.62\00:48:19.46
and make everything blossom.
00:48:19.49\00:48:21.23
He says, "So shall
it be with my word,
00:48:21.26\00:48:24.80
for my word accomplishes
00:48:24.83\00:48:27.20
every purpose
for which I sent it."
00:48:27.24\00:48:29.70
So if you realize
00:48:29.74\00:48:31.34
and 2 Corinthians
1:20 is telling us
00:48:31.37\00:48:34.44
that all of God's promises
are yes and amen in Christ.
00:48:34.48\00:48:38.18
You've got to get into the Word.
00:48:38.21\00:48:40.48
Pray those back to God,
00:48:40.52\00:48:42.58
pray His promises
as a petition to God
00:48:42.62\00:48:45.95
knowing that you are
returning His Word to Him
00:48:45.99\00:48:47.79
and He won't turn it away.
00:48:47.82\00:48:49.16
Pastor Dinzey,
then we got to get
00:48:49.19\00:48:50.53
these questions answers.
00:48:50.56\00:48:51.89
Oh, yes. Okay.
00:48:51.93\00:48:53.26
The Bible is full of nuggets,
beautiful treasures and Psalms
00:48:53.29\00:48:55.70
is a wonderful place to go.
00:48:55.73\00:48:57.57
I'm going to
share from Psalms 16:11,
00:48:57.60\00:49:00.94
"You will show
me the path of life
00:49:00.97\00:49:03.17
in your presence
is fullness of joy,
00:49:03.20\00:49:06.27
at your right hand are
pleasures forevermore."
00:49:06.31\00:49:09.18
So as we spend
time with the Lord,
00:49:09.21\00:49:11.21
He's going to lift
us up from the darkness
00:49:11.25\00:49:13.95
and anxiety
00:49:13.98\00:49:15.82
and depend on Him
because in Psalm 46:1, it says,
00:49:15.85\00:49:19.05
God is our refuge and strength,
00:49:19.09\00:49:21.52
a present help
in time of trouble.
00:49:21.56\00:49:24.03
That's right. Amen.
00:49:24.06\00:49:25.39
And Philippians 2:13,
00:49:25.43\00:49:26.76
"Remember, for it
is God who works in you
00:49:26.80\00:49:29.33
both to will
00:49:29.36\00:49:30.70
and to do of His good pleasure."
00:49:30.73\00:49:32.23
As Shelley said,
get the Word in you.
00:49:32.27\00:49:34.37
When the Word is in you,
00:49:34.40\00:49:35.74
it's going to produce
what God intends for it.
00:49:35.77\00:49:37.91
As Ryan said,
you got to meditate,
00:49:37.94\00:49:40.18
meditate and focus
on the right things.
00:49:40.21\00:49:42.44
So many people want
results without doing the work.
00:49:42.48\00:49:45.41
Now salvation is
the work of Christ,
00:49:45.45\00:49:47.75
but molding in making choices
00:49:47.78\00:49:49.75
is the work that
He has given to us.
00:49:49.78\00:49:51.29
When the Bible
says in Philippians,
00:49:51.32\00:49:53.46
I think it's 2:12,
00:49:53.49\00:49:54.82
"Work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling."
00:49:54.86\00:49:57.63
Okay, but it goes on,
00:49:57.66\00:49:58.99
"For it is God
who works in you."
00:49:59.03\00:50:00.63
As one person said,
00:50:00.66\00:50:02.00
when you get the bread together,
00:50:02.03\00:50:03.37
when you make a
cake, you got to work in,
00:50:03.40\00:50:05.13
you got to work
out what was worked in.
00:50:05.17\00:50:07.14
And so the Lord has given
you all the tools you need
00:50:07.17\00:50:09.74
and we could
say, I can't make it
00:50:09.77\00:50:11.24
or we can say I can do
all things through Christ
00:50:11.27\00:50:14.14
that strengthens me.
00:50:14.18\00:50:15.61
Very quick questions here.
00:50:15.64\00:50:17.21
And so quickly, the
remedies are, focus,
00:50:17.25\00:50:20.25
get God's Word in you.
00:50:20.28\00:50:21.92
Meditate differently.
00:50:21.95\00:50:23.62
Choose, make conscious choices
about what you're focusing,
00:50:23.65\00:50:28.12
what you're thinking,
what is true, what is not true,
00:50:28.16\00:50:31.63
because the devil lies to you.
00:50:31.66\00:50:32.99
If it's not true,
don't meditate on it.
00:50:33.03\00:50:34.90
If it's not, just
don't meditate on it.
00:50:34.93\00:50:37.23
If it's not pure,
don't meditate on it,
00:50:37.27\00:50:39.50
because what you meditate
on as a man thinketh so is he.
00:50:39.53\00:50:43.54
And pray without ceasing.
And pray without ceasing.
00:50:43.57\00:50:45.67
And pray for the
Holy Spirit daily.
00:50:45.71\00:50:49.31
That's right.
00:50:49.34\00:50:50.68
We need, we're leaky vessels,
00:50:50.71\00:50:52.38
so we need to be
filled day by day.
00:50:52.41\00:50:54.62
Real quick, real quick question.
00:50:54.65\00:50:57.05
We need to fortify our
minds with the Word of God.
00:50:57.09\00:50:58.95
We just said that
00:50:58.99\00:51:00.32
and the battle
as the battle rages,
00:51:00.36\00:51:01.76
let us ask God
00:51:01.79\00:51:03.12
to fill our minds
with godly thoughts.
00:51:03.16\00:51:04.96
We just read that
Philippians 4:8 and 9,
00:51:04.99\00:51:07.40
Philippians 4:8 and 9.
00:51:07.43\00:51:09.76
"If someone is
trying to overcome
00:51:09.80\00:51:11.23
an addiction by praying,
00:51:11.27\00:51:12.90
but still is
struggling with that addiction,
00:51:12.93\00:51:15.77
like nicotine,
00:51:15.80\00:51:17.14
and it feels like
00:51:17.17\00:51:18.51
one's prayers for trying to quit
00:51:18.54\00:51:19.87
hits the ceiling every time,
00:51:19.91\00:51:21.24
what else can one do to overcome
00:51:21.28\00:51:22.68
in God's strength if
they are still struggling?
00:51:22.71\00:51:25.65
Now, I want to make
a recommendation here.
00:51:25.68\00:51:28.78
I think that in some cases,
00:51:28.82\00:51:30.29
you need to seek medical advice.
00:51:30.32\00:51:31.89
Absolutely.
00:51:31.92\00:51:33.25
We can't give you
the cure by saying,
00:51:33.29\00:51:34.62
for some people like my mom,
00:51:34.66\00:51:36.42
she prayed and
immediately was delivered
00:51:36.46\00:51:39.43
from three packs
of cigarettes a day,
00:51:39.46\00:51:41.66
and alcoholism.
00:51:41.70\00:51:43.03
Never went back for
the rest of her life,
00:51:43.06\00:51:45.33
but not everybody is that place.
00:51:45.37\00:51:46.97
Some people need the patch,
00:51:47.00\00:51:48.50
some people need
medical direction
00:51:48.54\00:51:50.21
and I would strongly recommend
find a medical physician,
00:51:50.24\00:51:53.48
somebody that can help
you break some of those habits
00:51:53.51\00:51:55.58
in your life
00:51:55.61\00:51:56.95
that are keeping
those things there.
00:51:56.98\00:51:58.71
But I also would recommend
that you claim this promise,
00:51:58.75\00:52:02.85
Psalm 129:4 says,
00:52:02.88\00:52:06.55
"The Lord is righteous,
He has cut me in pieces,
00:52:06.59\00:52:12.63
the chords of the wicked."
00:52:12.66\00:52:14.60
There's another
version that says,
00:52:14.63\00:52:15.96
"He's cut me free from
the chords of the wicked."
00:52:16.00\00:52:18.63
So I think part of it is
our attitude of believing
00:52:18.67\00:52:24.01
that all of God's
promises are yes and amen,
00:52:24.04\00:52:26.88
that we are new
creations in Christ Jesus,
00:52:26.91\00:52:29.78
and that He will strengthen us,
00:52:29.81\00:52:31.75
He will work in
us to will and to do,
00:52:31.78\00:52:35.48
sometimes He changes our will,
00:52:35.52\00:52:38.09
always He has to
change our will first.
00:52:38.12\00:52:40.56
But He doesn't force us to act.
00:52:40.59\00:52:44.09
What He does is has to take
00:52:44.13\00:52:46.23
as soon as we are changed
in the way we're thinking,
00:52:46.26\00:52:49.60
He lines our
thinking up with His.
00:52:49.63\00:52:51.77
Then He says,
00:52:51.80\00:52:53.13
"Take a step of
faith and when you do,
00:52:53.17\00:52:54.90
the power of the
Holy Spirit shows up
00:52:54.94\00:52:57.71
and He works in you to do."
00:52:57.74\00:52:59.51
That's right.
00:52:59.54\00:53:00.88
And I got to get
these questions in it.
00:53:00.91\00:53:03.58
If Eve was the
only one that sinned
00:53:03.61\00:53:06.58
and if Adam chose not to sin,
00:53:06.61\00:53:08.18
would Jesus have
still come to die
00:53:08.22\00:53:10.05
for just Eve
00:53:10.09\00:53:11.42
or would the Lord
have given Adam a new wife?
00:53:11.45\00:53:14.06
I think the Lord
has to answer that one.
00:53:14.09\00:53:15.92
Because we could
say one or the other.
00:53:15.96\00:53:17.53
He's capable of doing both.
00:53:17.56\00:53:19.23
But we know that
the beguilement was Eve,
00:53:19.26\00:53:20.83
the deception there,
00:53:20.86\00:53:22.20
but Adam opened the door
00:53:22.23\00:53:23.57
to bring that
sin into the world.
00:53:23.60\00:53:24.93
Romans 5:12.
00:53:24.97\00:53:26.37
Very quick question, did Eve,
00:53:26.40\00:53:28.00
a lot of questions
about Eve and Adam,
00:53:28.04\00:53:29.90
and I think we answered
most of them all together.
00:53:29.94\00:53:32.57
But I want to go to,
00:53:32.61\00:53:34.24
I think one of the
capstone scriptures.
00:53:34.28\00:53:36.04
Let's go to Isaiah 61,
00:53:36.08\00:53:38.48
because we talked
about the remedies
00:53:38.51\00:53:40.05
and we'll have after
this just a few moments
00:53:40.08\00:53:42.28
to do closing thoughts.
00:53:42.32\00:53:44.62
Because this
program, I tell you,
00:53:44.65\00:53:46.76
I didn't know is
going to go so fast.
00:53:46.79\00:53:49.19
Who came up with the idea
00:53:49.22\00:53:50.56
that was only
going to be two hours.
00:53:50.59\00:53:52.73
This is an
administrative decision.
00:53:52.76\00:53:54.10
I've got a capstone,
I hope we can get into.
00:53:54.13\00:53:55.90
Okay, real quick, Isaiah 61.
00:53:55.93\00:53:57.83
This is what the
Lord has promised to do
00:53:57.87\00:53:59.43
for all of us in every
capacity that burdens us.
00:53:59.47\00:54:03.20
"The Spirit of the
Lord God is upon me,
00:54:03.24\00:54:05.47
"this is Isaiah 61,
00:54:05.51\00:54:07.08
and this is what Jesus said,
00:54:07.11\00:54:09.08
"because the
Lord has anointed me
00:54:09.11\00:54:10.75
to preach good
tidings to the poor,
00:54:10.78\00:54:13.42
not people that are
materialistically poor,
00:54:13.45\00:54:15.52
but spiritually poor,
00:54:15.55\00:54:16.89
he has sent me to
heal the broken hearted
00:54:16.92\00:54:19.59
to proclaim
liberty to the captives,
00:54:19.62\00:54:22.09
and the opening of the
prison to those who are bound.
00:54:22.12\00:54:25.76
To proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord
00:54:25.79\00:54:28.03
and the day of
vengeance of our God,
00:54:28.06\00:54:30.03
to comfort all who mourn."
00:54:30.07\00:54:31.83
These are all things
that happen in the mind too.
00:54:31.87\00:54:34.24
"To console those
who mourn in Zion,
00:54:34.27\00:54:36.30
to give them beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy for mourning,
00:54:36.34\00:54:39.77
the garment of praise
for the spirit of heaviness,
00:54:39.81\00:54:42.14
that they may be called
the trees of righteousness,
00:54:42.18\00:54:44.75
the planting of the Lord,
that he may be glorified."
00:54:44.78\00:54:48.18
All these things,
00:54:48.22\00:54:49.55
the majority of this
list starts in the mind
00:54:49.58\00:54:52.45
manifest themselves in the life,
00:54:52.49\00:54:54.56
but the Lord can deliver
us from every one of them.
00:54:54.59\00:54:56.79
Closing thoughts, Shelley.
00:54:56.83\00:54:58.16
Closing thought, I've
got to get to Ephesians 6.
00:54:58.19\00:55:00.26
You go forth.
00:55:00.30\00:55:01.96
I'm not going to read it all,
00:55:02.00\00:55:03.33
but if you want to
look it up at home,
00:55:03.37\00:55:04.70
it's Ephesians 6:12-18.
00:55:04.73\00:55:07.24
And he says
00:55:07.27\00:55:08.77
that we don't struggle
against flesh and blood.
00:55:08.80\00:55:12.41
But he says, "Put on
the whole armor of God.
00:55:12.44\00:55:16.18
You've got to put
on the belt of truth,"
00:55:16.21\00:55:18.11
which is God's Word,
00:55:18.15\00:55:19.88
"the breastplate
of righteousness, "
00:55:19.91\00:55:21.52
which is Christ,
00:55:21.55\00:55:23.02
"pick up that shield of faith
00:55:23.05\00:55:24.49
because without
faith, you can't please Him.
00:55:24.52\00:55:26.76
And then the helmet of salvation
00:55:26.79\00:55:28.92
that you have
assurance of salvation,
00:55:28.96\00:55:31.26
pick up the
sword of the Spirit, "
00:55:31.29\00:55:32.93
which is the Word of God,
00:55:32.96\00:55:34.86
and that's the
only way you can do
00:55:34.90\00:55:37.47
spiritual warfare
00:55:37.50\00:55:38.93
is with that sword of the Spirit
00:55:38.97\00:55:41.20
to deal what Paul says.
00:55:41.24\00:55:42.60
Pastor Dinzey?
00:55:42.64\00:55:44.31
I will read from
Isaiah 55:6 and 7,
00:55:44.34\00:55:47.31
"Seek the Lord
while He may be found,
00:55:47.34\00:55:49.68
call upon Him while He is near.
00:55:49.71\00:55:53.18
Let the wicked forsake His way
00:55:53.21\00:55:54.72
and the
unrighteous man his thoughts.
00:55:54.75\00:55:56.72
Let him return unto the Lord
and He will have mercy on him,
00:55:56.75\00:56:00.19
and to our God for he
will abundantly pardon."
00:56:00.22\00:56:03.43
A wonderful promise.
00:56:03.46\00:56:04.79
Amen. Ryan?
00:56:04.83\00:56:06.16
I, you know
closing all this talk,
00:56:06.19\00:56:08.83
perfect Colossians
3:1 and 2, it says,
00:56:08.86\00:56:12.17
"If then you were
raised with Christ,
00:56:12.20\00:56:14.34
seek those
things which are above,
00:56:14.37\00:56:17.11
where Christ is sitting
at the right hand of God.
00:56:17.14\00:56:21.71
Set your mind on things above,
00:56:21.74\00:56:26.21
not on the things of the earth."
00:56:26.25\00:56:27.58
We focused on the earth
and not on Christ, we lose.
00:56:27.62\00:56:30.39
But if we look to
the uplifted Savior,
00:56:30.42\00:56:33.02
we will win every time.
00:56:33.05\00:56:34.39
The difference
between an eagle and a buzzard
00:56:34.42\00:56:36.16
is a buzzard always
is picking dead things.
00:56:36.19\00:56:39.73
An eagle seeks to
fly to higher heights.
00:56:39.76\00:56:42.63
You can be an eagle in Christ.
00:56:42.66\00:56:44.97
We're not going to be ethereal
or this is not just an idea,
00:56:45.00\00:56:49.04
but we can all
find freedom in Christ.
00:56:49.07\00:56:51.84
May the mind of
Christ be your mind
00:56:51.87\00:56:54.58
and maybe the wholeness
that He wants to give to you
00:56:54.61\00:56:57.45
be the
experience that you possess.
00:56:57.48\00:56:59.41
May God bless you
until we see you again,
00:56:59.45\00:57:02.42
have faith in Christ.
00:57:02.45\00:57:04.42
Amen.
00:57:04.45\00:57:05.79