Hello, I am
Dwayne. And I am Lance.
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And we would like to welcome you
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to another episode of TKS,
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A True Knowledge of Self,
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where we get to know ourselves
from a biblical perspective.
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As we begin in this episode
continuing our conversation
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in trying to figure out
what is the nature of the war
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that we are in.
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We have identified
clearly and plainly
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that we are involved
in spiritual warfare.
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That's why we are talking about
the effects of hip-hop culture,
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pop-culture and
all these things,
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because we are involved in a war
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and this war is over our
minds who we are to worship
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and it has
eternal ramifications,
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so it does matter
what we listen to,
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what music we consume.
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It does matter how we worship.
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It does matter what
we eat, and how we dress,
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and how we conduct ourselves,
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because every area
of our lifestyle speaks
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to whether or not we
serve Christ or Satan.
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And Revelation 12
introduced us to this warfare
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and it showed that
there is a battle going on
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that started in heaven going on
between Michael and the Dragon.
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We know and we looked
at verses that highlight
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the fact that Michael is,
in fact, Jesus Christ our Lord,
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and that the Dragon is Satan
according to Revelation 12:9.
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And we saw the
exposure that Satan,
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the influence that
Satan had on this earth
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right there in the
garden in Genesis 3
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and how sin was introduced.
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And we identified something
that was very important.
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Dwayne, when we were
looking at Revelation 12,
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we noticed that
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there was a promise in verse 11.
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It says that they,
referring to God's people,
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that they overcame him
by the blood of the lamb,
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and by the word
of their testimony,
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and they love not their
lives even unto their death,
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so there is an overcoming
that needs to take place.
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We are not left in a
situation where God's solution
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for the sin problem is partial.
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It's complete.
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Yes. It's full.
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That is why Jesus had
to come and live the life
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and die the death
and do what He did
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because sin has cost so much.
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And so Jesus couldn't have come
and done a little bit of sin
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and been a perfect sacrifice.
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He had to come and not sin.
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He had to come and be
free from sin in order to be
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a legitimate, pure, and
acceptable holy sacrifice.
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And He did that so
that we don't have to,
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because we can't,
we couldn't, we failed,
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all have sinned and fall short.
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And you're gonna help
us understand some things,
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but we were shown that
the devil in this warfare
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that started in heaven,
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the devil was
cast down to the earth.
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And when he was
cast down to the earth,
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because he was not restricted
as to how he could impact God,
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he directed all of his
focus, all of his anger
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and his wrath to God's people,
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because we looked at Isaiah 63,
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and we saw that if God,
if God's people are hurt,
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it hurts the very
heart of God Himself.
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That's right.
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So Satan now is directing
his energy and his efforts
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to hurt those
according to Revelation 12:17,
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"Those that keep
the commandments of God
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and have the faith of Jesus."
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So if he can hurt them,
he knows he can hurt God,
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so this warfare didn't stop.
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That's right.
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This warfare is going to
come to an end very soon,
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and we might talk about that,
but this war is still going on.
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And the battle now
that is waging for the minds
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of all humanity is
intense, it's impacting,
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it's getting an access to
every area of human existence,
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and we want to go back,
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we talked about it a little bit,
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but we want to talk
more about God's solution.
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Even tough all
this stuff is happening
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and Satan has real
supernatural power,
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but his power has limitations,
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just like there
are human limitations.
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All created beings have
limitations, God does not.
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So does God have a
solution for the problem of sin,
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and does God have even a
practical solution that leads
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to and affects humanity,
so that we can be overcomers
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as Christ overcame.
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Absolutely.
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Now, one of the
things you stated earlier
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is that you said the
controversy continues
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between Christ and Satan
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and it's over the human
mind, and you said that.
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I believe that
for our viewers' sake
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that would require some
biblical substantiation,
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so what I wanted to
do was go to 1 Peter 5.
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All right.
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Because we saw
in Revelation 12:12,
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"Woe to the inhabitants
of the earth and of the sea
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because the devil has come down
unto you, having great wrath,
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because he knows that
he has but a short time."
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So what is God's
counsel to us knowing
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that we are in this warfare now?
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It says in 1 Peter
5:8, "Be sober, be vigilant
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because your
adversary, the devil,
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as a roaring
lion, walketh about,
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seeking whom he may devour."
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So the Bible is very rationale.
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It's letting you
know, "Listen we know
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you didn't do
anything to start this war,
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but because of the
fact that Christ loves you,
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because of the fact that
He was willing to die for you,
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because of the
fact that you were made
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in the image of God,
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this has merited Satan's hatred,
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and therefore he comes after us,
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not so much that he is satisfied
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when he takes us
down, but he's satisfied
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as we mentioned in
the previous episode,
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that he is hurting
the heart of Christ
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because that's his aim.
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So the Bible says,
"Be sober, you know,
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be clear in your
mind, be vigilant.
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Don't be lazy, you
know, be very forthright,
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in knowing that I have an enemy
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and I have to
conduct myself accordingly."
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So the question is, well how?
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How can I be
vigilant? How can I be sober?
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And the Bible does not
leave us aloof to this question.
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In 1 Peter 1:13,
"Wherefore gird up
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the loins of your mind..."
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And then the next
two words, "Be sober,
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and hope to the
end for the grace
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that is to be brought unto you
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at the
Revelation of Jesus Christ."
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So the Bible lets
us know that a way
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that we can be sober is that
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we must gird up
the loins of our minds,
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or another term would be
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to guard well the
avenues of the soul.
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Be careful what you watch,
be careful what you taste,
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be careful what you smell,
be careful what you listen to,
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and be careful
of what you touch.
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These are all the avenues
by which things can get access
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to our minds, so God
wants us to understand,
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do not just indulge in something
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just because it
appeals to senses.
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That's what
happened in the beginning.
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Satan appealed to
the senses of Eve,
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and as he
appealed to her senses,
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he was able to deceive her.
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That was a lesson for us.
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So Satan wants
access to our mind
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because whoever has
the mind has the man.
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This is why Proverbs 23:7 says,
"As a man thinks in his mind,
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his heart, so is he."
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So what does God really want?
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He says, "My son..."
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Proverbs 23:26,
He says, "My son,
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give me thine heart or mind
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and let your
eyes observe my ways."
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Now we can understand
why the Bible is so replete
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about this idea
of give me your mind,
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give me your mind.
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What is the reason for this?
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It is because
what God wants to do
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is enable us to have
victory over the thing
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that broke up the relationship
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between himself and
humanity and that is sin.
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Yes.
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Sin is the
breaking of God's law.
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So God wants to have our mind
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so that He can
enable us to keep His law,
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and this is why
Romans 7:25 says,
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"We serve the law
of God with our minds."
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Yes.
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So Satan knows
this, God knows this.
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Humanity is typically
the one that's ignorant,
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and that's the reason why
God has to give education.
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The solution that He provided
to humanity that could bring
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about this education
is called the gospel.
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The gospel is designed to teach
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all of the wonderful
blessed truths of God's word,
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so that an individual
can know what God requires
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and then know how to access
it, and ultimately access it,
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and this is why the
gospel is imperative.
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This is why Jesus
gave the commission.
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"And this gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached
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in all the world for a
witness unto all nations
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and then the end shall come."
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Christ knows once My
people can receive the gospel,
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He says, "I know
that they can be a people
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prepared to meet their God."
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So everything is
hinging upon the gospel,
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and this is why we had to
put these programs together
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because there is a true gospel
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that leads to the
salvation God wants to give,
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but then there is false
gospels and we've been studying
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about the so
called gospel of hip-hop,
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as termed by
KRS-One and many others.
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We've been looking at
the gospels of hip-hop
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and we can truly say
according to Galatians 1:7,
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it is a perverted gospel.
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It is a false
gospel. It is deceptive.
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And this is why we had
to go through all these,
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you know, episodes and lessons,
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and going back and
forth over the scripture.
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Now in the very last
moments of earth's history,
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God knew that prophetically
there were going to be events
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that were going to take place
and we looked at it in brief
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in the previous episode dealing
with the mark of the beast
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and all of these
different things, it's real.
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We don't have
time in this episode
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to succinctly identify
as I would have loved to,
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but I am thankful that
there are many, many ways
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that our viewers can come in
contact with this information
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as they continue
to watch the network,
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but what we can do is we
can highlight some points,
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and let's go to
Revelation 14 to do it.
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In Revelation 14, it's
the last gospel proclamation
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to be given to the
world before the Lord comes
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and I can prove that.
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In Revelation 14:6-12,
it gives a gospel message
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that is going to go
before all the world,
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and I am gonna show you,
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that this is the
last gospel message
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that is to be given.
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Here's what it says.
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It says in verse 6,
"And I saw another angel
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fly in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel
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to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth,
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to every nation, and
kindred, and tongue, and people,
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saying with a loud voice,
Fear God and give glory to Him,
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for the hour of His judgment
has come and worship Him
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that made heaven
and earth, and the sea,
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and the fountains of waters.
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And there followed
another angel, saying,
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Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city,
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because she made all
nations drink of the wine
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of the wrath of her fornication.
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And the third
angel followed them,
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saying with a loud voice,
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if any man worship
the beast and his image
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and receive his
mark in his forehead,
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or in his hand,
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the same shall drink of the wine
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of the wrath of God,
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which is poured out
without mixture into the cup
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of His indignation,
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and he shall be
tormented with fire
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and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels,
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and in the presence of the Lamb:
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And the smoke of their torment
ascendeth up for ever and ever,
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and they have no rest day
or night who worship the beast
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and his image, and whosoever
receiveth the mark of his name.
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Here is the
patience of the saints:
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Here are they that keep
the commandments of God,
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and the faith of Jesus."
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And so the Bible is revealing
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what is termed the
three angels' messages.
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It is the everlasting gospel.
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It is articulated
through these three messages,
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and it is through
these three angels' messages
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that God wants
to bring humanity,
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number one, a
message, number two,
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into an experience as
a result of that message,
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that will prepare
us to stay faithful
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when the rest of the
world would become unfaithful.
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So it's a warning?
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It's a warning,
but it's also a call,
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because in verses
9-11 of the third angel,
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it warns if you
receive the mark of the beast,
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this will happen to
you, but in verse 12 it says,
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well, here is the
patience of the saints.
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Here are they that
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus.
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So we need both, we
need to pay attention
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to the warning, but
we also have to make sure
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that we embrace the
experience, the call.
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Well, how do we know that
this is the last gospel message
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to be proclaimed
before the Lord comes?
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It's in verses 14 and 15
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right after these
three angels' messages
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are given to all the
world, to every nation,
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kindred, tongue and
people, as verse 6 showed,
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notice what happens next.
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In verse 14, it
says, "And I looked,
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and behold a white cloud,
and upon the cloud one sat like
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unto the Son of man,
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having on his
head a golden crown,
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and in his hand a sharp sickle.
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And another angel
came out of the temple,
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crying with a loud voice
to him that sat on the cloud,
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thrust in thy sickle, and reap:
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for the time is
come for thee to reap,
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for the harvest of
the earth is ripe."
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So notice that the
three angels' messages,
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when it is faithfully
given and faithfully received,
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it prepares a
harvest, and whenever you think
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of a harvest, you don't think
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of the beginning
of a planting season,
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you think of the end of it.
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Yeah. That was
my kind of question.
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What is the harvest?
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Exactly, so then if we think
really what is the harvest,
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remember what we
stated earlier Matthew 24:14,
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"And this gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached
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in all the world for a
witness unto all nations,
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and then the end shall come."
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Well, when you look at
this term harvest here,
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if you would have
compared with Matthew 13:39,
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here's what the
Bible says about it.
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It says in Matthew 13:39,
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it tells us exactly
what the harvest represents.
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Jesus was unfolding
this parabolic language
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that He was teaching His people,
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as He was talking about
the wheat and the tares.
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And Jesus got to a
point where He was unfolding
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or decoding some of this
symbolic language in verse 39
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and here's what He says.
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"The enemy that
sowed them is the devil,
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the harvest is
the end of the world
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and the reapers are the angels."
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So the Bible shows
that the last gospel message
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to be proclaimed before
the world comes to an end
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is none other the
three angels' messages,
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and this is why God wants us
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to give this
message to the people,
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and as you saw
in that third angel,
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it's a warning not to
receive the mark of the beast.
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Now this is where it's
gonna take some serious looking
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at Bible prophecy,
and again because of time
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we can only do it
in very, very brief,
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but I think we
can establish a point.
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Let's go to
Revelation 13 and watch this
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because where does
hip-hop culture play a role
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and possibly preparing people
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to receive the
mark of the beast?
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Let's take a look. All right.
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Matthew, I'm
sorry, Revelation 13,
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the Bible says in Revelation 13,
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I'm gonna start at verse 11
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and then we're
gonna take it down.
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It says, "And I beheld
another beast coming up
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out of the earth,
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and he had two horns like a lamb
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and he spake as a dragon.
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And he exerciseth all the power
of the first beast before him,
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and causeth the earth and them
which dwell therein to worship
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the first beast whose
deadly wound was healed.
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And he doeth great
wonders, so that he maketh fire
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come down from
heaven on the earth
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in the sight of
men, and deceiveth them
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that dwell in the earth by
the means of those miracles
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which he had power to do
in the sight of the beast..."
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Now watch this, "Saying to
them that dwell on the earth,
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that they should
make an image to the beast
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which had the wound
by a sword, and did live.
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And he had power to give life
unto the image of the beast,
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that the image of the
beast should both speak,
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and cause that as
many as would not worship
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the image of the
beast should be killed.
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And he causeth all,
both small and great,
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rich and poor, free and bond,
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to receive a mark
in their right hand,
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or in their foreheads,
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and that no man
might buy or sell,
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save he that had the
mark, or the name of the beast,
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or the number of his name."
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Question. Which
one takes place first?
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The image of the beast,
or the mark of the beast?
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Ah, the image.
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So notice, the image of
the beast is set up first,
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and the image of the
beast is instrumental
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in getting people to
receive the mark of the beast.
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Correct.
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The three angels' messages,
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specifically the
third angel warns the people
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not to receive
the mark of the beast.
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So if the third angel's
message is gonna warn people,
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not to receive the mark,
then obviously these message
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also should warn
people about the things
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that lead to receiving the mark.
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Is that right? Right.
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So watch this.
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The image of the beast is set up
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and then the image
of the beast is used
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to push people to
receive the mark of the beast,
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and whoever gets
the mark of the beast
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will receive the wrath of God.
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Now if I love you,
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I don't want
you to receive that.
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So I'm obviously going sound
an alarm and warn you, right?
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Yes.
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Well, the Bible gives us
a picture of how we can know
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how these things
are gonna be played out.
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It's in Daniel 3.
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In Daniel 3, the Bible
shows something that prepare
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the people to bow to
the image of the beast
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in the days of Daniel.
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And I think we need to
pay a good close attention
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to this text of scripture.
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So notice what the Bible
says now as we look at Daniel 3,
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and we certainly
can't study all the verses,
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but we're gonna take a
look at a few verses here
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just for context.
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And here is what the Bible says.
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We're looking at Daniel 3.
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And now we've gonna go
ahead and start at Daniel 3,
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and let's go ahead
and start at verse 1.
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"Nebuchadnezzar the
king made an image of gold,
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whose height was
threescore cubits,
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and the breadth
thereof six cubits:
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He set it up in
the plain of Dura,
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in the province of Babylon."
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Well, let's pause right here.
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Nebuchadnezzar made
an image of gold, right?
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Yes.
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In Daniel 2 if
you look at verse 38,
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Daniel was
speaking to Nebuchadnezzar
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and he said, "Thou
art this head of gold."
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Okay?
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So Daniel was
letting Nebuchadnezzar know
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that you're at the head of gold,
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you're this nation, this power,
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so Nebuchadnezzar is
now making an image of gold.
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This is an image that's
in dedication to himself,
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but we would do
to well to understand
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what this image is
that's being set up.
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In order to do it successfully,
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let's take a real
quick look at Daniel 7.
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Real quick.
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Keep your finger on
Daniel 3, and viewers you keep
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your fingers on
Daniel 3 as well,
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and let's go to Daniel 7.
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Just take a look real quick,
and let's notice something
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in Daniel 7.
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In Daniel 7, Daniel had
a vision of these beasts,
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you know, all these beasts,
he saw a lion, he saw a bear,
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he saw a leopard, then he
saw this beast that was so ugly,
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he couldn't even associate
it to any animal on earth.
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Well, here it is that
when you get to these visions
00:18:05.15\00:18:08.55
that Daniel saw, they
were actually in harmony
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with the same visions
Daniel saw in Daniel 2.
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You know, Daniel
saw these elements,
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now he is seeing beasts,
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but they
represent the same thing.
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Well, here it is
that in Daniel 7,
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if you look at verse 24,
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here is what, I am
sorry verse 17 actually,
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in verse 17, here's
what the Bible says,
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"These great beasts,
which are four, are four kings,
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which shall arise
out of the earth."
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And the first beast representing
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none other than Babylon,
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the second
beast was Medo-Persia,
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the third beast was Greece,
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and the fourth beast
was none other than Rome.
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Okay, so when
you think of Babylon,
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can we associate it to a beast?
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Yes. Yes.
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Who was the king of
Babylon? His name was?
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Nebuchadnezzar.
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All right, and Nebuchadnezzar,
going back to Daniel 3 now,
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let's look at it
again in Daniel 3:1.
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It says,
"Nebuchadnezzar, the king,
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made an image of gold,
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whose height was
threescore cubits
00:19:02.77\00:19:05.11
and the breadth
thereof six cubits,
00:19:05.14\00:19:06.68
he set it up in
the plain of Dura,
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in the province of Babylon."
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Nebuchadnezzar made an
image that represented himself,
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"Thou art the head of gold."
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Babylon is also
referred to as a beast,
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so what
Nebuchadnezzar was erecting
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was an image of the beast.
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Yes. You follow?
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So notice this.
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There is an image of the
beast that's being set up.
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The goal was to get
everybody to bow down
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to the image of the beast,
00:19:28.80\00:19:30.27
but let's notice
what was instrumental
00:19:30.30\00:19:34.44
in playing a part to
prepare the people to bow down
00:19:34.47\00:19:38.44
to the image of the beast.
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Notice what it says
in verse 2 and onward.
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"Then Nebuchadnezzar, the
king, sent to gather together
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the princes, the governors,
and the captains, the judges,
00:19:45.25\00:19:48.22
the treasurers, the
counselors, the sheriffs,
00:19:48.25\00:19:50.35
and all the
rulers of the provinces,
00:19:50.39\00:19:52.32
to come to the
dedication of the image
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which Nebuchadnezzar
the king, had set up."
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So notice, he is
trying to bring everybody
00:19:56.96\00:19:58.49
in from all over.
00:19:58.53\00:19:59.89
"Then the princes, the
governors, and captains,
00:19:59.93\00:20:02.06
the judges, the treasurers,
the counselors, the sheriffs,
00:20:02.10\00:20:04.33
and all the
rulers of the provinces,
00:20:04.37\00:20:06.27
were gathered together
unto the dedication of the image
00:20:06.30\00:20:09.80
that Nebuchadnezzar the
king, had set up and they stood
00:20:09.84\00:20:12.71
before the image that
Nebuchadnezzar had set up."
00:20:12.74\00:20:15.21
Now watch verses 4 and 5.
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"Then an herald cried
aloud, 'To you it is commanded,
00:20:17.68\00:20:22.18
O people,
nations, and languages,
00:20:22.22\00:20:25.15
that at what time you hear
the sound of the cornet, flute,
00:20:25.19\00:20:30.83
harp, sackbut,
psaltery, dulcimer,
00:20:30.86\00:20:34.16
and all kinds of
musick, ye fall down and worship
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the golden image
00:20:39.43\00:20:40.77
that Nebuchadnezzar
the king hath setup.
00:20:40.80\00:20:43.81
And whoso falleth not down
and worship shall the same hour
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be cast into the midst of
a burning fiery furnace."'
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Notice, whoever did not bow down
00:20:52.91\00:20:55.05
to the image of the
beast would be killed.
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Yes.
00:20:56.82\00:20:58.15
The Bible said in Revelation 13,
00:20:58.19\00:20:59.52
whosoever would not take
or acknowledge or pay homage
00:20:59.55\00:21:02.19
to the image of the
beast should be killed.
00:21:02.22\00:21:05.16
What was it that
medicated the mind of the people
00:21:05.19\00:21:08.06
and prepared
their mind to bow down?
00:21:08.10\00:21:09.86
It was music, and the
same way that Satan used music
00:21:09.90\00:21:16.07
to prepare the
people's minds to bow down
00:21:16.10\00:21:18.61
to the image of the beast.
00:21:18.64\00:21:19.97
So it is that Satan
is going to use music
00:21:20.01\00:21:22.71
to prepare
people's minds to bow down
00:21:22.74\00:21:25.01
to the image of the
beasts in these last days.
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It is in this
context that we can see that
00:21:27.38\00:21:30.19
hip-hop culture
and hip-hop music
00:21:30.22\00:21:32.49
can play a role
in preparing people
00:21:32.52\00:21:36.62
to bow down to the image
of the beast shall be set up
00:21:36.66\00:21:39.96
because hip-hop culture
is a culture of lawlessness.
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Yes. We've studied that.
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We've looked at that.
00:21:45.90\00:21:47.24
It's a culture that
promotes and advocates
00:21:47.27\00:21:48.70
and makes look good sin.
00:21:48.74\00:21:50.97
It is for these
reasons that God wanted us
00:21:51.01\00:21:53.41
to prophetically
deal with this issue.
00:21:53.44\00:21:55.91
It is not that hip-hop
solely is encased in prophecy,
00:21:55.94\00:21:59.81
but it fits as one of the
tools that the devil will use
00:21:59.85\00:22:03.35
in Bible prophecy
to prepare the people
00:22:03.39\00:22:05.99
to turn their backs on God
00:22:06.02\00:22:07.72
and to bow down to
the image of the beast.
00:22:07.76\00:22:10.03
So what we are not saying
00:22:10.06\00:22:11.39
is that hip-hop is
the image of the beast.
00:22:11.43\00:22:14.00
Definitely not.
00:22:14.03\00:22:15.36
But it does play a role
and is going to continue
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to play role as
we near the close.
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That's right.
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And we've to
understand as we associated
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all these things historically
that hip-hop is not isolated.
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It's not something, you
know, any secular music,
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whether it's
hip-hop, or whether it's jazz,
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or whether it's rock 'n'
roll, or whether, whatever it is
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Even classical.
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Classical, if it is not
holding up to the standard
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that God outlines,
and if it is exalting
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the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the eyes,
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the pride of life,
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if it is exalting self or
exalting anything above God,
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it is going to
be used as a medium,
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it is going to be used
as a tool as you stated,
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to gather people
from every nation
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because, you know,
there are so many statements,
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and we don't have time
to put up these video clips,
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but people can
go out and research,
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that principle of unity
that exists in hip-hop culture.
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There is a belief that
hip-hop culture rising up
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was a divine
institution that was brought
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about cosmically to
bring this universal unity,
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this idea of out of
many one university,
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and so they look
at it as a solution
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to the world's
problems where, you know,
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hip-hop is the only
place where you can have people
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from every nation,
kindred, ethnicity,
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people, tongue come together
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in an environment of nonviolence
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and sharing this
expression and all this,
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so they see it as something
more than it is, however,
00:23:44.22\00:23:47.16
there is a little bit of
truth to what they are saying
00:23:47.19\00:23:49.26
because it is going to feed in,
00:23:49.29\00:23:51.29
and it is going
to be used as a tool,
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to gather together people
from every nation, kindred,
00:23:53.26\00:23:55.76
tongue, and people to instead
of worshipping the true God,
00:23:55.80\00:24:00.14
they're going to be worshipping
the beast and his image.
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That's right.
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And it's because of
this that we need the call.
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You see in the
three angels' messages,
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you don't just see
warnings, but you see a call.
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There is an
institute called Babylon,
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that people need to come out of
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because it's a
place of confusion.
00:24:14.35\00:24:15.95
When I looked at all
these several churches
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that were up there,
00:24:17.65\00:24:18.99
and they are
actually from the leadership,
00:24:19.02\00:24:20.99
from the heads of the
church, encouraging people
00:24:21.02\00:24:23.63
to participate in a
culture and in a form of music
00:24:23.66\00:24:27.23
and lifestyle
that is totally adverse
00:24:27.26\00:24:30.03
to the Word of God.
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This clearly is
something that can be applicable
00:24:31.43\00:24:33.37
to the idea of
Babylon, a place of confusion,
00:24:33.40\00:24:36.50
where there is not
the truth being lifted up,
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but it is the points
and the characteristics
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and even the very music
00:24:40.94\00:24:42.34
that is inspired
of satanic origin.
00:24:42.38\00:24:44.35
It's for these reasons
that that second angel's message
00:24:44.38\00:24:47.02
has to be given
with the clarion cry
00:24:47.05\00:24:49.18
to let the people
know come out of that,
00:24:49.22\00:24:50.72
you got to come
out of that confusion,
00:24:50.75\00:24:52.49
but you have to enter
into a place, a remnant,
00:24:52.52\00:24:55.42
a church, an environment,
a group and body of people,
00:24:55.46\00:24:58.66
that are preaching the
truth as it is in Jesus,
00:24:58.69\00:25:01.00
and letting the Word
of God get the final say
00:25:01.03\00:25:03.13
rather than our own feelings.
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And this is why the
call of the third angel,
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here is the
patience of the saints,
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.30
here are they that
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus.
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Well, the commandments
of the God is clear.
00:25:15.24\00:25:17.05
We've been looking
all throughout the Bible
00:25:17.08\00:25:18.45
and we see the
sin problem started
00:25:18.48\00:25:20.18
when mankind violated
the very commandments of God,
00:25:20.22\00:25:23.08
the Ten Commandments,
and when that was violated,
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.99
this is how sin
came into the world,
00:25:26.02\00:25:28.19
and it is only
those who are empowered
00:25:28.22\00:25:30.49
through the indwelling Christ
00:25:30.53\00:25:31.99
that as they keep
God's commandments,
00:25:32.03\00:25:34.53
they can get sin
out of this world,
00:25:34.56\00:25:36.73
out of their lives,
00:25:36.77\00:25:38.10
and they can be
reunited with the Lord.
00:25:38.13\00:25:39.97
But they need something
called the faith of Jesus,
00:25:40.00\00:25:42.67
and the question is what is it?
00:25:42.70\00:25:44.11
And it says in Galatians
2:16 "Knowing that a man
00:25:44.14\00:25:48.41
is not justified by
the works of the law,
00:25:48.44\00:25:50.88
but by the
faith of Jesus Christ,
00:25:50.91\00:25:53.45
even we have
believed in Jesus Christ,
00:25:53.48\00:25:55.58
that we might be justified
by the faith of Christ,
00:25:55.62\00:25:58.85
and not by the works of the law:
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for by the works of the law
shall no flesh be justified."
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God wants to make it clear,
it is not our understanding
00:26:03.93\00:26:07.23
of right doing
that can make us right.
00:26:07.26\00:26:09.16
We are saved by
grace through faith.
00:26:09.20\00:26:11.80
But what happens when a
man and when a woman is saved
00:26:11.83\00:26:14.54
by grace through faith?
00:26:14.57\00:26:16.54
The Bible goes on to
tell us in Ephesians 2,
00:26:16.57\00:26:18.84
"Unto good works."
00:26:18.87\00:26:20.74
So it is not that I
work to merit salvation,
00:26:20.78\00:26:23.55
which is the false theology.
00:26:23.58\00:26:25.85
The true theology
is, is that I recognize
00:26:25.88\00:26:28.68
there is something that I need
00:26:28.72\00:26:30.05
that I can't do
in and of myself,
00:26:30.09\00:26:31.75
that only God can do in
me, for me, and through me.
00:26:31.79\00:26:35.72
And it is through this
concept that when I receive
00:26:35.76\00:26:37.99
Christ my righteousness,
I can be justified,
00:26:38.03\00:26:41.00
and I can be empowered
now to live a sanctified life,
00:26:41.03\00:26:44.23
the holy life that
Christ Himself lived.
00:26:44.27\00:26:46.70
And this is what
is available to you,
00:26:46.74\00:26:48.90
to me and to our viewers,
00:26:48.94\00:26:51.74
My brothers and my sisters,
my hope and my prayer is that
00:26:51.77\00:26:54.08
we will take heed,
that you will study
00:26:54.11\00:26:56.14
those blessed
heralds of the first, second,
00:26:56.18\00:26:58.31
and third angel's message.
00:26:58.35\00:26:59.75
That you will
look at it carefully,
00:26:59.78\00:27:01.55
decode the
symbols and understand
00:27:01.58\00:27:03.52
what God requires of us
and may our lives be found
00:27:03.55\00:27:06.76
to be in harmony
with these truths.
00:27:06.79\00:27:09.39
Because the gospel
that is not practical
00:27:09.42\00:27:12.83
is a worthless gospel.
00:27:12.86\00:27:14.56
You don't want lip service,
the world is filled with that.
00:27:14.60\00:27:17.37
What we want is power,
real power, gospel power,
00:27:17.40\00:27:21.07
the kind of power that
ultimately brings salvation
00:27:21.10\00:27:23.94
as the Apostle Paul
says in Romans 1:16,
00:27:23.97\00:27:26.71
"I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ,
00:27:26.74\00:27:28.84
for it is the power
of God unto salvation."
00:27:28.88\00:27:32.15
And with Jesus, you can
have victory over anything
00:27:32.18\00:27:35.95
that is holding you down.
00:27:35.98\00:27:37.39
You can have victory
over the most debasing sins,
00:27:37.42\00:27:40.26
and God can do it
because it's no longer
00:27:40.29\00:27:42.52
you seeking to
do it of yourself,
00:27:42.56\00:27:44.39
but now it is Christ in you.
00:27:44.43\00:27:46.19
The hope of glory
that it not only bids you,
00:27:46.23\00:27:48.86
but he also enables you to do it
00:27:48.90\00:27:51.00
whatever he has
called you to do.
00:27:51.03\00:27:52.60
My hope and my prayer is
that you will find the blessings
00:27:52.63\00:27:55.24
that the Lord has
given unto us today
00:27:55.27\00:27:56.91
through deeper study and prayer.
00:27:56.94\00:27:58.61
And until the next time we meet,
00:27:58.64\00:28:00.34
remember Proverbs 2:6 that says,
00:28:00.38\00:28:02.91
"It is the Lord
that gives wisdom,
00:28:02.94\00:28:04.38
and out of His
mouth comes knowledge
00:28:04.41\00:28:06.45
and understanding."
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God bless you.
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