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00:07 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:12 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:19 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪ 00:27 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪ 00:34 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:46 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪-♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:11 >> HELLO, I'M SHELLEY QUINN. AND WE WELCOME YOU ONCE AGAIN TO 01:17 3ABN "TODAY LIVE," AND THIS IS LIVE. 01:20 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT OUR TOPIC IS GOING TO BE. 01:24 TONIGHT -- THE TITLE OF THIS PROGRAM IS ARMED FOR THE BATTLE, 01:28 AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 01:32 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET A PEN AND A PAPER AND YOU'LL WANT TO BE 01:38 TAKING DOWN SOME SCRIPTURE -REFERENCES, BECAUSE WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS SPIRITUAL WARFARE? 01:45 WHY THERE'S SPIRITUAL WARFARE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE 01:49 GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE RULES -- OF ENGAGEMENT AND HOW 01:55 TO REALLY LEARN TO RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU ARE IN A SPIRITUAL 01:59 BATTLE, AND HOW TO OVERCOME, NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER, BUT BY 02:07 THE HOLY SPIRIT.-LET ME READ -- BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS -- THIS 02:17 SCRIPTURE, EPHESIANS 6:12. AND PALL SAYS WE DO NOT WRESTLE 02:25 AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST 02:29 POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS AGE, -AGAINST SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF 02:37 WICKEDNESS AND THE HEAVENLY PLACES. 02:39 AND YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT, BUT WE ALL ARE IN A SPIRITUAL 02:44 BATTLE, AND IT'S A DAILY STRUGGLE. 02:48 LET ME INTRODUCE MY GUESTS WHO ARE MY BROTHERS IN CHRIST. 02:53 AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK BIBLE TALK TONIGHT. 02:56 I HAVE PASTOR RYAN DAY. >> GLAD TO BE HERE, ALWAYS. 03:01 >> YES, IT IS. AND THEN PASTOR KENNY SHELTON. 03:04 >> GOOD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 03:07 >> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, KENNY, AS I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU OVER 03:11 THE YEARS, I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE YOU AND YOUR WIFE SO MUCH. 03:15 YOU ARE A PRESSURE AND GODLY COUPLE. 03:19 AND RYAN I LOVE YOU, BECAUSE GOD PUTS THAT LOVE IN MY HEART. 03:26 >> WE'RE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER. 03:28 >> YES, WE ARE. THE THINGS I THINK WE NEED TO DO 03:32 FIRST IS I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE, 03:36 PRAYERS, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF 3ABN, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO 03:40 WHAT WE DO WITHOUT YOU, AND THIS HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK. 03:43 IT WAS A SHORT WEEK BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY, BUT IT WAS A BUSY 03:48 WEEK, AND WE JUST DID A NEW SERIES THAT WAS FANTASTIC.-BUT IT HAS BEEN A LONG WEEK IN A 03:56 WAY -- SHORT WEEK BUT IT SURE SEEMS LIKE IT HAS BEEN A LONG 04:00 WEEK TO ME. AND WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A 04:04 GOOD DEAL OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE. THIS NEW PROGRAM WAS ON ABORTION 04:09 AND RECOVERY FROM ABORTION, AND THOSE PEOPLE BEFORE THEY CAME TO 04:14 SHARE THEIR TESTIMONIES, THEY WENT THROUGH IT AS WELL. 04:20 BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN AS ALWAYS, WE LOVE MUSIC, WE KNOW YOU LOVE 04:30 MUSIC. THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM TENNESSEE, 04:33 AND THIS GROUP BEGAN IN 1998 WITH FIVE FRIENDS, AND I THINK 04:39 SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN REPLACED ALONG THE WAY, KEN IS STILL WITH 04:44 THEM. BUT THEY HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL 04:47 HARMONY. AND THESE FIVE LADIES, I 04:49 BELIEVE, ARE ALL FROM TENNESSEE. THEY'LL BE SINGING FOR US, LIFT 04:55 YOUR EYES. ♪ 05:12 ♪ THERE IS SOMEONE WHO SEES ♪ ♪ SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ♪ 05:17 ♪ ALL OF THE SACRIFICE AND STRUGGLE HEAR BELOW ♪ 05:24 ♪ WHEN THE FUTURE IS UNCLEAR ♪ ♪ AND THE ROAD AHEAD IS LONG ♪ 05:31 ♪ LOOK BEYOND THE DARKNESS HERE TO THE SOURCES IN THE CLOUDS ♪ 05:44 ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES UP TO THE HILLS ♪ 05:52 ♪ AND YOU WILL FIND THE SOURCE TO HELP ♪ 06:12 ♪ WHEN AN EVIL COMES INTO YOUR LIFE ♪ 06:18 ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES, LIFT YOUR EYES ♪ 06:39 ♪ HE KNOWS YOUR EVERY NEED ♪ ♪ AND SEES THE TEARS YOU CRY ♪ 06:44 ♪ HE IS YOUR COMFORT ♪ ♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ♪ 06:50 ♪ WHEN YOUR HEART IS FEELING LOW ♪ 06:54 ♪ IN A TIME OF GREAT DESPAIR ♪ ♪ SEE BEYOND THE PAIN YOU KNOW ♪ 07:05 ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES ♪ ♪ UNTO THE HILLS ♪ 07:18 ♪ AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR SOURCE OF HELP ♪ 07:25 ♪ LAY YOUR TRUST IN A MIGHTY GOD ♪ 07:32 ♪ FOR THERE IS NOBODY ELSE ♪ ♪ WHEN EVIL COMES INTO YOUR 07:42 LIFE ♪ ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES ♪ 07:46 ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU BEHOLD A SAVIOR 07:59 ABOVE ♪ ♪ HE WILL MAKE YOUR HEART SAFE ♪ 08:07 ♪ FIND STRENGTH IN HIM ♪ ♪ YOU WILL FIN STRENGTH IN 08:13 HIM ♪ ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES ABOVE ♪ 08:25 ♪ ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES UNTO THE 08:31 HILLS ♪ ♪ AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR SOURCE 08:40 OF HELP ♪ ♪ LAY YOUR TRUST IN ALL MIGHTY 08:47 GOD ♪ ♪ FOR THERE IS NOBODY ELSE ♪ 08:50 ♪ NOBODY ELSE ♪ ♪ WHEN EVIL COMES INTO YOUR 08:58 LIFE ♪ ♪ INTO YOUR LIFE ♪ 09:03 ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES, LIFT YOUR EYES ♪ 09:09 ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES ♪ ♪ LIFT YOUR EYES ♪ 09:34 >> THAT WAS MESSAGE OF MERCY FROM TENNESSEE. 09:37 IF YOU ARE JOINING US JUST A FEW MINUTES LATE, TONIGHT WE'RE 09:41 GOING TO DISCUSS SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 09:43 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO BE ARMED FOR THE BATTLE, AND 09:47 THIS IS A LIVE PROGRAM, SO WE WILL BE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS 09:50 AND YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS IN THE SECOND HOUR, YOU CAN EMAIL US AT 10:01 LIVE@3ABN.TV OR YOU CAN CALL US AT 618-627-4651, AND WE WILL BE 10:08 VERY EXCITED TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO ANSWER -- DO OUR BEST 10:15 ANYWAY -- TO ANSWER YOUR SPIRITUAL QUESTIONS. 10:18 ALL RIGHT, GUYS. I -- I FIRST HAVE TO JUST SAY 10:23 THIS, 1 PETER 5:8, YOUR ENEMY, YOUR ADVERSARY, THE DEVIL IS 10:30 ROAMING AROUND SEEMING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. 10:39 AND THE DEVIL IS NOT OMNI PRESENCE. 10:47 HE DOES HAVE AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE OF FALLEN ANGELS, BUT WE KNOW 10:54 THAT THAT IS WHAT -- WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO IS RUIN GOD'S 11:01 REPUTATION. >> YES. 11:02 >> SO KENNY, WHY -- IF SOMEBODY IS TUNING IN, AND THEY ARE 11:07 SAYING, WHAT DO THEY MEAN SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 11:11 HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT OR DEFINE IT. 11:16 >> IN MY MIND, FIRST OF ALL, YOU THINK SPIRITUAL. 11:21 I'M THINKING SUPERNATURAL. SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. 11:26 AND THERE ARE WARS GOING ON, AND THAT MEANS THERE IS GOING TO BE 11:30 A BATTLE. SO THERE ARE SPIRITUAL BATTLES 11:33 THAT ARE GOING ON. WE EXPERIENCE THEM EVERY DAY OF 11:36 OUR LIFE. AND SOME WORSE THAN OTHERS. 11:39 BUT I JUST WANT TO READ A COUPLE OF PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE, 11:43 BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE -- THEY DON'T BELIEVE THE ENEMY HAS COME 11:49 DOWN. IN REVELATION 12, A COUPLE OF 11:51 VERSES -- I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A HEADING AND YOU CAN JOT IT 11:55 DOWN AND READ IT, BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS CLEAR ON THIS 11:59 REVELATION 12:7, SIMPLY SAID THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN. 12:03 AND WE KNOW MICHAEL FOUGHT AND THE DRAGON WAS FOUGHT AND HIS 12:08 ANGELS, AND NEXT VERSE, THEY WERE CAST OUT. 12:12 SO WHERE WERE THEY CAST OUT TO? SO VERSE 10 SAYS I HEARD A LOUD 12:19 VOICE SAYING IN HEAVEN NOW COMES SALVATION STRENGTH AND THE 12:24 KINGDOM OF GOD. ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN IS CAST 12:29 DOWN. HE ACCUSES BEFORE OUR GOD DAY 12:31 AND NIGHT. SO FIRST OF ALL WAR IN HEAVEN, 12:36 THE ENEMY. THEY CAUGHT BACK BUT THEY WERE 12:38 CAST OUT TO THIS EARTH, AND THEY OVERCAME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE 12:42 LAMB, WE KNOW. LET'S SKIP TO REVELATION 12:12, 12:51 THEREFORE REJOICE YE HEAVENS AND YE WHO DWELL IN THEM. 12:56 IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT. 12:59 THERE WAS WAR, THE ENEMY WAS CAST OUT, BUT IT SAYS REJOICE 13:04 YOU HEAVENS. AND WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF 13:12 THE EARTH AND SEA, BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS COME DOWN WITH GREAT 13:17 WRATH. THE DEVIL IS A ROARING LION 13:23 SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. SO BEING CAST OUT TO THIS EARTH, 13:28 WE HAVE TO SAY WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH BECAUSE 13:32 THERE WILL BE SPIRITUAL WARFARE. THERE WILL BE BATTLES GOING ON, 13:37 BATTLES FOR THE MIND, BATTLES -- HE IS GOING TO TAKE 13:41 EVERYONE HE CAN DOWN. SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS THAT IS 13:46 SOMETHING THAT IS SUPER NATURAL THAT IS TAKING PLACE. 13:49 AND THE DEVIL IS REAL. HE IS ACTIVE. 13:51 HE IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. IN FACT WE'LL FIND AS WE SEARCH 13:56 THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE, EVEN AFTER THE THOUSAND YEARS, YOU 13:59 KNOW, THE DEVIL DOES WHAT? HE GOES OUT TO DECEIVE THE 14:07 NATIONS AGAIN. HE IS NOT A QUITTER. 14:10 SO WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE ENEMY, WHERE HE IS AT, HE BROKE 14:16 THE COMMANDMENTS, AND SO WE HAVE A BATTLE TO FIGHT. 14:20 AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS TONIGHT, IT'S WAY TOO BIG FOR ME. 14:23 THE ENEMY IS TOO BIG. I'M NOT GIVING HIM CREDIT. 14:27 WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE OUR ENEMY, RIGHT? 14:30 WHEN YOU HAVE WARFARE, I WAS TAUGHT WHEN I WAS IN THE 14:35 MILITARY, YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR ENEMY AND WHAT HE IS CAPABLE OF 14:39 AND WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO OR TRY TO DO. 14:43 THAT WAY YOU CAN PREPARE. AND IN OUR STUDY TONIGHT, WE'LL 14:48 BE PREPARING. THE ENEMY IS CAUSING A LOT OF 14:54 HAVOC IN THE WORLD TODAY, YOU KNOW THAT. 14:56 I KNOW THAT. >> SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS 14:59 QUESTION? WHO IS THE DEVIL? 15:02 DID GOD CREATE A DEVIL? >> HUM. 15:05 AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT 15:07 THE CONCEPT OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE ENEMY. 15:12 BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T BE A SPIRITUAL WARFARE WITHOUT THE 15:17 ADVERSARY. HE HAS MANY NAMES, MANY TITLES, 15:20 THE DEVIL, THE SERPENT, SATAN, WHICH IS AN ENGLISH WORD, IT'S A 15:32 TRANSIT WILL RATION FROM THE HEBREW WORD WHICH LITERALLY 15:36 MEANS ENEMY, ADVERSARY, ACCUSER, OPPONENT. 15:41 SO WHO IS HE THE ENEMY OF? WHO IS HE THE ADVERSARY OF? 15:46 AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT WOULD BE GOD AND HIS GOVERNMENT. 15:50 AND THIS SPIRITUAL WARFARE. >> WELL, WAIT, HANG ON. 15:54 WHO WAS THIS GUY? >> HE WAS AN ANGEL. 15:56 AND HE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CREATED ANGELS OF GOD. 16:01 AND HE -- YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, DID GOD CREATE A 16:06 DEVIL? THERE'S A SCRIPTURE IN THE 16:10 BIBLE, FOND IN EZEKIEL 28, AN THIS IS GOD ADDRESSING THIS 16:19 ANGEL, THIS LUCIFER CHARACTER, AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS HERE. 16:23 I'M GOING TO BEGIN READING IN VERSE 12. 16:26 THE LORD SAYS YOU WERE THE ANOINTED CHERUB WHO COVERS. 16:32 I ESTABLISHED YOU. YOU WERE ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF 16:36 GOD. YOU WALKED BACK AND FORTH IN THE 16:40 MID-TS OF THE FIERY STONES. YOU WERE PERFECT IN THE DAYS YOU 16:44 WERE CREATED UNTIL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU. 16:48 SO HE WAS PERFECT IN ALL WAYS AT ONE POINT. 16:53 >> AND THAT'S SANCTUARY LANGUAGE. 16:55 >> ABSOLUTELY. FROM THE FIRST LINE, YOU WERE 16:59 THE ANOINTED CHERUB WHO COVERS, AND YOU WERE ON THE HOLY 17:06 MOUNTAIN OF GOD, YOU WALKED BACK AND FORTH IN THE MIDST OF THE 17:14 FIREY STONES, AND I BELIEVE MOSES AND THE ELDERS WERE 17:19 WALKING UP THE MUNTAIN AND THEY SAW GOD, AND THE BIBLE DESCRIBED 17:24 IT AS PROTRUDING AROUND HIS FEET WAS A PAVED WORK OF SAPPHIRE 17:31 STONE. IN REVELATION IT TALKS ABOUT 17:35 SAPPHIRE SEA OF GAS. REVELATION 15 DESCRIBES IT AS A 17:41 FIREY SEA OF GAS. AND THAT'S NO DOUBT THE 17:46 BEAUTIFUL WORK OF SAPPHIRE STONE AROUND THE FEET OF GOD. 17:49 AND THIS IS COMMUNICATING THAT SATAN IS NO FLY-BY-NIGHT ANGEL. 17:55 HE WAS LITERALLY IN THE VERY DIRECT PRESENCE OF GOD. 17:59 >> BECAUSE WE KNOW IN THE MODEL THAT GOD GAVE WHEN HE 18:03 SAID -- YOU KNOW, THAT YOU SHOULD BUILD THIS ACCORDING TO 18:06 THE MODEL THAT YOU WERE SHOWN, THAT THE SANCTUARY, THE CHERUBS 18:13 WERE IN THE HOLY OF HOLY. THERE WERE TWO COVERING CHERUBS, 18:19 SO HE WAS REALLY CLOE -- >> HE WAS ONE OF THOSE ANGELS, 18:25 YES. >> WE COULD SAY HE WAS FOURTH IN 18:27 POWER, RIGHT? >> SURE. 18:29 >> SO THAT'S HOW CLOSE HE WAS WITH GOD. 18:32 HE MADE HIM IN HIS IMAGE. >> ABSOLUTELY. 18:35 BUT IT STILL BEGS THE QUESTION. WHO WAS HE? 18:39 OBVIOUSLY HE WAS THIS VERY CLOSE COVERING CHERUB, BUT WHY 18:46 SPIRITUAL WARFARE? WHY DOES SPIRITUAL WARFARE 18:48 EXIST? AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE THIS 18:51 ULTIMATELY HEADING, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO A LOT OF 18:53 PROMISES IN THIS SEGMENT TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVE TO COVER 18:57 SOME OF THE ORIGINS, AND MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING THEMSELVES WHY 19:01 DO I HAVE ENDURE -- OR BE A PART OF THIS SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 19:07 AND WHEN YOU THINK OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE YOU THINK OF THE 19:10 NEGATIVE ASPECT TS OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 19:13 THE TRIALS AND HARDSHIPS THAT THE DEVIL BESTOWS UPON US AS A 19:24 PERSON, BECAUSE WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD. 19:29 REVELATION 12:17, IT SAYS HE HAS MADE WAR WITH THE REMNANT OF HER 19:34 SEED, THE WOMAN, WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE 19:41 WORD OF JESUS. BUT WHY IS HE WARRING AGAINST 19:45 THE PEOPLE? WHY SPIRITUAL WARFARE? 19:47 AND I THINK UL NAMENTLY -- IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE I -PERSONALLY SEE THIS, SHELLEY, 19:52 AND WE MAY WANT TO SPEND JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THIS. 19:56 YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE 20:00 ASKED ME, IN RELATIONSHIP TO SPIRITUAL WARFARE, YOU KNOW, WHY 20:04 DO I HAVE ENDUE THIS? WHY DOES IT ALWAYS SEEM LIKE A 20:08 GOOD PERSON LIKE MYSELF OR OTHER-GOOD PEOPLE HAVE TO ENDURE THIS WARFARE? 20:15 WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? 20:17 THERE IS A TEXT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ HERE. 20:20 AND THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT COMES FROM A PARABLE OF 20:26 JESUS. IT'S REALLY, REALLY A GOOD 20:29 PASSAGE. I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH VERSE 20:33 37 AND 38. NOTICE WHAT THIS PARABLE SAYS, 20:42 MATTHEW 13:24. ANOTHER PARABLE PUT FORTH 20:50 SAYING, A MAN HAS SOWED GOOD SEED IN HIS FEEL. 20:55 BUT WHILE MEN SLEPT, HIS ENEMY CAME AND SEWED TERRORS AMONG HIS 21:04 WHEAT.-AND WHEN IT BROUGHT FORTH FRUIT THEN APPEARED TH TEARS ALSO. 21:09 THE SERVANT CAME TO HIM AND SAID UNTO HIM, SIR, DIDTH THOU SOW 21:23 GOOD SEED? THEN WHERE DID THE TEARS COME 21:26 FROM? THERE IS AN IMPLIED QUESTION 21:28 HERE FROM THE PERSON ASKING THE QUESTION. 21:30 AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE SAYING DIDN'T YOU SOW THE GOOD 21:37 SEED? AND DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO 21:39 WITH THIS? AND I THINK AT SOME POINT WE 21:43 HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION, WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD 21:49 PEOPLE? DOES BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD 21:51 PEOPLE BECAUSE GOD HIMSELF IS MAKING THAT PARTICULAR 21:54 OCCURRENCE HAPPEN? BUT IT'S INTERESTING, NOTICE 21:57 WHAT JESUS RESPONDS WITH. IN VERSE 28, HE SAID UNTO THEM, 22:03 AN ENEMY HATH DONE THIS. IN OTHER WORDS GOD IS CLEARLY 22:08 COMMUNICATING THAT THE ENEMY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS BAD 22:13 STUFF THAT IS HAPPENING. AND THEN THIS IS THE EXPLANATION 22:18 OF THIS PARABLE. HE THAT SOWTH THE GOOD SEED IS 22:21 THE SON OF MAN, THE FIELD IS THE WORLD, THE GOOD SEED ARE THE 22:26 CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM, BUT THE TEARS ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE 22:30 WICKED ONE, THE ENEMY THAT SOWTH THEM IS THE DEVIL, THE HARVEST 22:35 IS THE END OF THE WORLD, AND THE-pREAPERS ARE THE ANGELS. SO WE CAN SEE THE ENEMY IS 22:41 RESPONSIBLE ULTIMATELY FOR THIS SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 22:43 >> AMEN. >> ABSOLUTELY. 22:45 >> I JUST WANTED TO BACK UP TO' SEEK WALL 28 WHEN IT WAS TALKING 22:54 ABOUT THIS COVERING CHERUB THAT WAS CREATED PERFECT. 22:58 WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? IT SAYS HOW YOU ARE FALLEN FROM 23:03 HEAVEN, OH LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING, HOW YOU WERE CUT DOWN 23:09 TO THE GROUND, YOU WHO HAVE WEAKENED THE NATIONS, YOU NOW 23:14 HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART -- THIS IS THAT COVERING CHERUB THAT WAS 23:19 RIGHT THERE NEXT TO GOD. YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART, I 23:26 WILLTH SIN INTO HEAVEN. I WILL EXALT MY THROWN ABOVE THE 23:31 STARS OF GOD. I WILL ALSO SIT ON THE MOUNT OF 23:36 THE CONGREGATION. ON THE FARTHEST SIDES OF THE 23:44 NORTH. I WILL ASCEND LIKE THE HEIGHTS 23:48 OF THE CLOUDS. I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.-NOW WE SEE HERE THAT WHAT 23:54 HAPPENED IS YOU HAVE GOT SOMEONE -- A CREATED BEING THAT 23:59 WANTS TO BE LIKE GOD. HE WANTS THE WORSHIP THAT IS 24:04 ONLY DUE TO THE GOD HEAD, AND SO SUDDENLY, YOU HAVE GOT SOMEBODY 24:09 THAT THIS IS WHAT STARTED -- PRIDE. 24:15 PRIDE IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. THAT'S THE ORIGINAL -- REALLY, 24:19 THAT'S THE ORIGINAL SIN, AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, PRIDE IS 24:22 THE OPPOSITE OF HUMILITY. JESUS CAME TO EARTH AND WAS 24:28 TOTALLY HUMBLED. HE TOTALLY RELIED ON HIS FATHER. 24:32 AND THAT'S WHY IN PHILLIPIANS 2:5 IT SAYS LET THIS MIND BE IN 24:38 YOU THAT WAS IN CHRIST JESUS. WE ARE HUMBLE ENOUGH, AND HERE 24:42 YOU HAE GOT A BEING THAT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE OF CHRIST AND 24:48 THE -- THE OTHER SINNERED LOVE OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE 24:54 SPIRIT, WHO IS SAYING, I WANT WHAT THEY GOT. 24:57 PRIDE ENTERED UP. THIS IS HERE HE TRICKED A THIRD 25:01 OF THE ANGELS, AND THIS IS WHERE EVIL BEGAN. 25:05 GOD DID NOT CREATE A DEVIL, BUT DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THAT 25:09 THE DEVIL IS NOT REAL, AND DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THAT NOT 25:13 ONLY DOES HE WANT TO DESTROY GOD'S IMAGE, BUT HE WANTS TO 25:18 DESTROY YOU. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE, ISN'T 25:20 IT? >> YEAH. 25:21 >> THAT'S TRUE. >> YOU KNOW, THE ONE YOU WERE 25:25 TALKING ABOUT A WHILE AGO ABOUT THE SEED. 25:27 EVERY SEED THAT IS SEWN PRODUCES A HARVEST. 25:33 EVERY WORD THAT COMES OUT PRODUCES SOME KIND OF A HARVEST. 25:37 IT MIGHT BE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THE THINGS THAT WE SAY AND DO, 25:41 THERE IS GOING TO BE A HARVEST, SO WE HAVE TO REALIZE IN THIS 25:45 WORLD HERE -- SINCE WE'RE IN A BATTLE -- I CALL IT BATTLE 25:55 ROYAL. THE ENEMY IS GOING TO DEFEAT US 25:58 BY DECEPTION. WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH -- AND 26:01 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BATTLE, IT'S ALL ABOUT DECEPTION. 26:05 AND I LOOK AROUND IN THE WORLD TODAY, AND ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU 26:08 SEE IS ALMOST LIKE IT'S NOT REAL. 26:11 IT'S DECEPTION. IT'S DECEIVING. 26:14 IT'S ALLURING -- THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO LURE US INTO THE TRAP 26:19 THAT HE HAS SET BEFORE US, THROUGH OUR EYES, AND EARS, AND 26:24 TONGUE. HE MIGHT SLEEP AT NIGHT, BUT THE 26:27 DEVIL DOESN'T SLEEP. HE IS BUSY LAYING A SNARE FOR US 26:36 THE NEXT DAY. BECAUSE HE IS STUDYING US AS WE 26:40 SHOULD BE STUDYING. WE SHOULD BE STUDYING ABOUT THE 26:43 MIND AND HOW OUR MINDS SHOULD BE BY THE GRACE OF GOD, BECAUSE THE 26:48 ENEMY IS GOING TO DO WHAT? THERE ARE TWO POWERS, RIGHT? 26:53 FIGHTING FOR THE MIND, A EVIL. PRAISE GOD FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. 26:58 THE ENEMY IS FIGHTING FOR THE MIND.-THE MIND CAN BE CONTAMINATED BY 27:04 THE THINGS WE TAKE INTO OUR BODY, AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT 27:08 WE SEE IN THE WORLD THAT WE DEAL WITH HERE. 27:12 SO HE WANTS TO CONTROL YOU, CONTROL ME THROUGH THE MIND. 27:16 AND LITTLE THOUGHTS COME IN YOUR MIND SOMETIMES, AND YOU'LL 27:20 THINK, WELL, IT'S ME. AND SOMEBODY SAID HOW ARE WE 27:25 GOING TO KNOW? THIS COULD BE A LONG SUBJECT 27:30 MATTER? BUT SHORTEN IT DOWN. 27:32 IF IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH THE WORD OF GOD YOU CAN BE 27:36 GUARANTEED THAT IT IS NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT AT ALL. 27:41 THE ENEMY IS ALWAYS TAKING US DOWN THE WRONG PATH, MAKING US 27:45 THINK THAT MAYBE IT'S OKAY. OUR EYES BECOME DARKENED. 27:50 SIN HAS DARKENED OUR PERCEPTION OF WHAT IS IN THE WORLD. 27:56 WE SEE THROUGH WHAT A GLASS -- >> DIMLY. 27:58 >> DIMLY, DARKLY NOW. AND ONE OF THESE DAYS WE ARE 28:03 GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE CLEAR. OUR CHILDREN -- YOU KNOW, 28:08 WATCHING OUR CHILDREN AND WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE VIEWING, WHAT 28:11 THEY ARE LOOKING AT, WHAT THEY ARE -- ON THE COMPUTER, WHATEVER 28:15 IT MIGHT BE, BECAUSE IT IS IN THE EARLIEST YEARS OF THEIR LIFE 28:20 THAT THE ENEMY BEGINS TO WORK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEIR MINDS 28:28 ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE. YOU CAN BEND THE TWIG. 28:34 IT'S HARD TO BEND AN OLD OAK TREE. 28:43 ENOCH, WHAT DID HE DO IN HIS MIND WAS EDUCATED TO THING ON 28:48 GODLY THINGS. SOMETIMES WE'RE EDUCATING OUR 28:51 MIND ON THINGS OF THIS WORLD, BECAUSE IT LOOKS GOOD, TASTES 28:55 GOOD, THINK IT'S GOOD, WHATEVER. SOMEBODY SAID -- I 28:59 MENTIONED -- THE GRASS IS GREENER WHERE YOU WATER IT. 29:03 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? [ LAUGHTER ] 29:05 >> YES. SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH 29:07 WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING. THE MIND -- NOTICE THIS -- YOUR 29:12 MIND CAN BE HYPNOTIZED BY SEDUCING INFLUENCES. 29:17 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 29:23 THE ENEMY USES HYPNOSIS. WHAT DID HE DO WITH EVE? 29:29 MAYBE WHEN SHE COME BY, YOU KNOW? 29:31 AND HE BEGAN TO USE HYPNOTIC TRANSOR IN A SENSE HYPNOTIZE 29:39 HER, AND HE HYPNOTIZES US, SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, THE BATTLE 29:48 IS IN THE MIND. >> LET ME ASK YOU TIS QUESTION, 29:52 IF THERE IS THIS GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GOOD AND 29:58 EVIL, WHAT IS -- WHY IS THERE THE CONTROVERSY. 30:03 I MEAN, WE SAID, SATAN WANTS THE WORSHIP OF GOD. 30:09 HE HAS BEEN KICKED OUT, BUT WHAT IS HIS PURPOSE IN ATTACKING US? 30:15 IT'S ALL ABOUT DISCREDITING GOD, ISN'T IT? 30:18 >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION 30:21 KIND OF SEGUEING FROM WHERE HE JUST LEFT OFF, THE ENEMY IS THE 30:29 ULTIMATE DECEIVER. >> HE WAS ABLE TO DECEIVER A 30:33 THIRD OF THE ANGELS. >> PERFECT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD 30:36 NEVER SEEN SIN. WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE STRIVING TO 30:39 BE. WE'RE STRIVING TO BE PERFECT 30:43 LIKE CHRIST WAS PERFECT. SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION -- I 30:48 WANT TO GO BACK TO A SCRIPTURE. REVOLUTION 12:7, AND THERE WAS 30:53 WAR IN HEAVEN -- SO THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION OF SPIRITUAL 30:56 WARFARE, I MEAN IT GOES WELL BEYOND -- I MEAN 30:59 IT'S -- IT'S -- ETERNITY PAST. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU 31:04 KNOW, BEFORE POTENTIALLY THERE WAS AN ADAM OR EVE IN THIS 31:08 WORLD, SO THIS HAD BEEN BOILING PERHAPS IN THE HEART OF LUCIFER 31:13 FOR SOMETIME, A JEALOUSY, A PRIDE, A SELFISHNESS, BUT IT 31:20 LEAD TO THIS GREAT WAR IN HEAVEN. 31:22 AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN AND MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT 31:26 AGAINST THE DRAGON, AND THE DRAGON FOUGHT AND HIS ANGELS. 31:32 I HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS OVER AND OVER. 31:35 I THOUGHT IF I COULD FOR A MOMENT PUT MYSELF IN LUCIFER'S 31:40 SHOES. LUCIFER IS MUCH MORE POWERFUL 31:43 THAN ME, BUT NONETHELESS HE IS STILL A CREATED BEING. 31:48 WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO CHALLENGE GOD IN A 31:55 FIGHT? >> SOMEONE WHO IS SELF DECEIVED. 32:10 >> WELL, BEAR WITH ME. HE DESIRES WORSHIP AT THE STERN 32:17 OF THIS GREAT CONTROVERSY BATTLE, IT'S ALL ABOUT WARSHIP. 32:23 I HEARD A MINISTER SPEAK ON THIS, AND I THOUGHT I'M GOING TO 32:27 RESEARCH JUST TO SEE IF IT'S THE CASE. 32:30 I DID A RESEARCH ON THE VERY NATURE OF THIS WAR IN HEAVEN. 32:36 SO, AGAIN, I CAN'T IMAGINE SATAN THINKING HE HAS THE POWER TO 32:42 CHALLENGE JESUS OR GOD THE FATHER TO A FIGHT. 32:46 THAT'S A LOSING BATTLE AND IT HADN'T EVEN BEGUN. 32:49 BUT NONETHELESS THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF TENSION OR ARGUMENT OR 32:54 FIGHTING GOING ON. THE WORD FOR WAR IN THE ORIGINAL 32:58 GREEK IS THE WORLD POLEMOS. I LOOKED THAT UP, AND IT'S WHERE 33:06 WE GET OUR ENGLISH WORE, POLEMIC. 33:11 WHAT IS THAT? >> POLITICS. 33:14 >> IT'S AN ARGUMENT. IT'S AN INTENSE ARGUMENT. 33:18 AND IT'S WHERE WE DERIVE OUR ENGLISH WORD, WHICH IS POLITICS. 33:24 WHAT IS AT THE VERY HEART AND GOAL OF A POLITICIAN? 33:27 THEY WANT TO MANIPULATE WORDS AND THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO WIN 33:32 PEOPLE OVER TO THEIR SIDE OR TO THEIR FAVOR. 33:35 IN THIS CASE, I THINK THE VERY NATURE -- NOT THAT THERE WASN'T 33:42 A PHYSICAL ELEMENT TO THE WAR IN HEAVEN, BUT AT THEVERY HEART, I 33:47 BELIEVE, WHAT WAS REALLY THE CASE WAS THERE WAS A WAR OF 33:51 THOUGHT, A WAR OF IDEA. AND THIS IS WHAT COMES INTO 33:57 ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION. WILL YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION ONE 33:59 MORE TIME SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENT OF YOUR QUESTION. 34:02 I THINK YOU WERE ASKING -- >> I FORGOT BECAUSE I'M 34:06 LISTENING TO YOU. >> WHY WOULD SATAN LAUNCH US 34:10 INTO THIS WARFARE IN THE FIRST PLACE? 34:13 I THINK IT'S BASICALLY WITHIN THE VERY REALITY OF THE WAR 34:17 ITSELF, WHICH IS HE WANTS TO DISCREDIT GOD. 34:20 HE WANTS TO CAUSE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, THA, OF COURSE, 34:24 THE FALLEN ANGELS, WHICH, AGAIN, ONE THIRD OF THE ANGELS 34:29 ULTIMATELY FOLLOWED HIM. AND NOW THAT WAR HAS TRANSCENDED 34:33 ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE ON EARTH, HE IS TRYING TO DISCREDIT GOD. 34:37 HE WANTS US TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMAGE OF GOD OR TO BELIEVE THAT 34:42 GOD IS SOMEONE THAT HE IS NOT. LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE. 34:45 NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 34:52 THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE WOULD BE JOB.-JOB ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN 35:04 PRE-MOSES. MAYBE EVEN AROUND NOAH'S TIME. 35:08 SO THAT'S WAY AT THE BEGINNING. GOD DESCRIBED JOB AS A PERFECT 35:13 MAN. HE WAS AN OH -- OH BEADANT MAN. 35:24 AND HE SHOWS UP AT THIS HEAVENLY COUNSEL, AND GOD SEES HIM THERE,-AND IF YOU READ INTO THIS, GOD 35:34 IS LOOKING AND SAYING WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 35:37 AND WHO INVITED YOU TO THIS MEETING? 35:40 AND SATAN'S RESPONSE IS -- OH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN DOWN ON 35:46 EARTH, YOU KNOW, JUST WALKING TO AND FRO AND DOING MY THING, YOU 35:51 KNOW, EARTH WHERE I RESIDE, AND EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T SAY IT IN 35:56 THAT PARTICULAR PASSAGE, JESUS DOES CONFIRM THAT THIS WORLD 36:00 PRIOR TO THE CROSS WAS THE WOLD OF SATAN. 36:03 SATAN OWNED THS WORLD. IT WAS HIS WORLD. 36:06 >> THE KEYS BASICALLY WERE HANDED OVER WHEN ADAM AND EVE 36:10 SINNED. THEY RELINQUISHED THEIR CONTROL. 36:13 >> ABSOLUTELY. SO WHEN YOU READ THAT STORY, 36:15 EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NOT A LOT OF DETAIL IN THE OPENING CHAPTER 36:20 THERE, IT'S INTERESTING -- IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE IS BRAGGING. 36:25 AND NOW GOD CHALLENGES HIM AND SAYS YOU THINK THAT THE ENTIRE 36:30 WORLD IS YOURS, BUT WHAT ABOUT MY MAN JOB? 36:35 MY MAN JOB? YOU KNOW, HE IS A GOOD MAN. 36:37 HE IS A GOOD-FEARING MAN. WHAT ABOUT HIM? 36:41 AND NOW COMES THE CHALLENGE. AND THE CHALLENGE IS, YEAH, BUT 36:46 HE ONLY FOLLOWS YOU AND RESPECTS YOU AND WORSHIPS YOU AND FEARS 36:52 YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND HIM. 36:56 NOW THERE'SEN A IMPLIED ACCUSATION THERE AGAINST THE 37:03 VERY CHARACTER OF JESUS AND GOD, AND THAT IS, YOU IN AND OF 37:08 YOURSELF, GOD ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE WORSHIPPED FOR WHO YOU ARE. 37:13 I THINK BACK TO THE BEGINNING PROBABLY WHEN THIS WAR BROKE 37:18 OUT, THOSE ANGELS HAD TO HAVE COME TO A POINT WHERE THEY 37:22 BELIEVED IN WHAT SATAN WAS SAYING ABOUT GOD WASN'T TRUE, SO 37:27 NOW HE'S CHALLENGING GOD. IN OTHER WORDS HE IS PUTTING 37:32 GOD'S CHARACTER ON THE STAND, AND HE IS SAYING, YOU ARE NOT 37:36 WORTHY TO BE WORSHIPPED FOR WHO YOU ARE, YOU HAVE BUY YOUR LOVE, 37:42 AND GIV HIM ALL OF THIS GOOD STUFF, BUT AS SOON AS YOU TAKE 37:45 THAT HEDGE OF PROTECTION AWAY, HE IS GOING TO TURN ON YOU LIKE 37:50 CRAZY. SO WHAT WE SEE IS A GREAT 37:55 EXAMPLE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE AT ITS HIGHEST IN THE STORY OF JOB. 38:00 AND AS WE KNOW JOB WENT THROUGH IT ALL BUT HE DID NOT GIVE UP 38:04 ON GOD, AND ULTIMATELY GOD'S CHARACTER WAS VINDICATED THROUGH 38:10 JOB'S FAITH. >> AMEN. 38:12 >> UH-HUH. >> ABSOLUTELY. 38:13 >> AMEN. SO LET'S BRING THIS DOWN, 38:17 BECAUSE WE CAN GIVE BIBLICAL EXAMPLES, AND JOB IS AN 38:21 EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, BUT IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT EXTREME. 38:26 SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE THAT -- WE DON'T ALL GO THROUGH 38:30 JOB EXPERIENCES. >> SURE. 38:32 SURE. >> BUT I'M GOING TO TELL ON 38:34 MYSELF -- >> GO ON. 38:35 >> I THINK I HAVE TOLD THIS. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR, THERE WAS 38:39 A TIME THAT I WENT -- ABOUT FIVE MONTHS WITHOUT A DAY OFF, AND I 38:44 WAS JUST GO, GO, GOING IN MINISTRY, AND SUDDENLY ONE DAY I 38:48 WOKE UP, AND IT WAS LIKE -- IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO GET INTO THE 38:55 WORD OF GOD. IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO PRAY. 38:58 AND I WENT THROUGH THIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS, IT WAS KIND OF 39:01 LIKE, WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME LORD? 39:04 >> YEAH. >> WHAT IS GOING ON? 39:06 BECAUSE I LOVE TO GET INTO THE WORD OF GOD, AND AFTER ABOUT A 39:11 WEEK OF THIS, ONE NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, I BROKE UP, 39:15 AND IT WAS JUST CLEAR AS A BELL. I'M IN A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. 39:20 >> UH-HUH. >> SEE, YOU MAY HAVE HAD AN 39:32 ARGUMENT WITH YOUR SPOUSE TONIGHT, AND YOU ARE STRUGGLING 39:35 AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES. THE DEVL IS HERE TO DESTROY. 39:42 SO LET'S GET THIS DOWN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME GOOD 39:50 EXAMPLES, RIGHT HERE ON EARTH? WHAT IS SPIRITUAL WARFARE? 39:54 WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE? 39:58 HERE ON EARTH? >> YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY 40:01 BELIEVE AS -- AS -- EVERY DAY THAT WE GET UP, AND THAT WE ARE 40:05 DETERMINED BY THE GRACE OF GOD -- I'LL GIVE A LITTLE 40:12 ILLUSTRATION. I MAY HAVE GIVEN THIS BEFORE, 40:14 BUT YEARS AGO, AS I TALK ABOUT CONVERSION -- I HAVE OFTEN SAID 40:21 I BELONGED TO THE CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS, BUT I WASN'T 40:27 CONVERTED. AND WHEN CONVERSION CAME, MY 40:28 LIFE CHANGED. AND THE CHANGE BEGAN THAT I 40:32 WANTED TO GET INTO THE WORD, AND I WANTED TO STUDY. 40:36 AND I WAS STILL IN CONSTRUCTION TO I WORKED 8, 10 HOURS A DAY, 40:41 BUT I KNEW I NEEDED TO GET MY STUDY IN, BUT I WANTED TO. 40:46 AND I THOUGHT I'LL JUST GET UP AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING, AND I'LL 40:52 SPEND THAT HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF, AND I WENT TO THE BASEMENT 40:58 AND I SAID THIS WILL BE MY TIME. SO THE ENEMY KNEW THAT. 41:03 HE WASN'T AGGRAVATED BEFORE. HE WAS PATTING ME ON THE HEAD 41:08 SAYING GO RIGHT ON, KENNY. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE 41:12 CONVERTED, WHERE A REAL CHANGE TAKES PLACE. 41:14 SO I WENT DOWN THERE AND I BEGAN TO STUDY. 41:17 AND MY SON WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, AND HIS ROOM WAS 41:22 UPSTAIRS AND COULDN'T POSSIBLY HEAR ME, BECAUSE I WOULD SNEAK 41:26 DOWN THE STAIRS SO I WOULDN'T WAKE ANYBODY. 41:29 AND I THOUGHT THIS IS WONDERFUL, AND HE GETS UP, YOU KNOW, 5:00.-HE DIDN'T DO THAT. 41:35 HE CAME DOWN AND SAT RIGHT IN THE CORNER. 41:40 AND I THOUGHT WELL, IF HE IS QUIET, I'LL GO AHEAD. 41:47 AND THEN THERE WAS SHUFFLING, SO I TOOK HIM BACK TO BED. 41:54 AND THE NEXT DAY I DID THE SAME THING. 41:58 AND SO I THOUGHT I'LL BEAT THIS LITTLE MAN, I'LL GET UP AT 4:00. 42:05 HERE COMES THE LITTLE MAN IN THE DOOR. 42:10 THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THE WORD -- 42:14 >> DISTRACT YOU. >> DISTRACT ME. 42:17 AND I SAID COME ON, SON, WE GOT TO GO BACK IN BED. 42:22 I'LL FOOL THE BOY. I'LL GET UP AT 3:00. 42:26 I GOT UP AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING, AND LO AND BEHOLD IF THAT LITTLE 42:32 MAN DIDN'T COME INTO THE ROOM AT 3:00. 42:35 THE DEVIL WAS FURIOUS, WORKING THROUGH INDIVIDUALS -- HE IS A 42:40 BAD BOY, DA, DA, DA. SO I SAID JEREMY ONE OF US IS 42:44 GOING TO WIN THIS BATTLE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ME. 42:48 SO I SAID DON'T GET UP ANYMORE, JUST STAY IN YOUR BED AND SLEEP 42:53 SO DAD CAN DO SOME STUDIES. NEXT MORNING HE WAS THERE AGAIN. 43:00 SO I SPANKED HIM, AND HE NEVER DID IT AGAIN. 43:04 SO I'M SAYING, YOU HAVE TO ENDURE. 43:07 HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS -- NOT THAT I'M A SAINT, 43:11 BUT YOU HAVE TO ENDURE FOR A SEASON. 43:14 AND THE SEASON WAS I REALIZED WHEN THAT CHANGE COMES, YOU ARE 43:19 GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD AND DOING THINGS FOR GOD AND YOU ARE 43:22 GOING TO BE EXCITED. YOU WANT TO SPENDING THAT TIME. 43:26 THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I FELT LIKE I READ THE WORLD, AND IT 43:30 WAS ALMOST LIKE MY FEET WEREN'T ON THE GROUND AT TIMES. 43:33 THE BATTLE WAS GOING ON. AND YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN 43:38 MANY TIMES WHEN I OPENED THE WORD OF GOD, THE PHONE WOULD 43:42 RING. I WOULD GET UP, HELLO, NOBODY 43:45 THERE. I WOULD START TO READ AGAIN. 43:51 THE PHONE WOULD RING, AND NO ONE WAS THERE. 43:54 AND THAT HAPPENED WITH THE DOORBELL A COUPLE OF TIMES. 43:58 NO ONE THERE. AND IT'S NO GOING TO HAPPEN BUT 44:02 BY THE GRACE OF GOD. SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO CORRECT 44:06 THE ISSUES, WHATEVER THEY MIGHT BE. 44:09 TO ME THAT'S SPIRITUAL WARFARE USING THE PEOPLE WE LOVE TO KEEP 44:13 US FROM DOING THE RIGHT THING. BUT NOT -- I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO 44:18 THE RIGHT THING. >> YOU MENTIONED WAR -- KINDS OF 44:23 WARFARE. I'M THINKING OF -- YOU KNOW, 44:24 WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A WAR OR WARFARE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE 44:30 TWO DIFFERENT SIDE. THE ENEMY IN THIS CASE IS TRYING 44:33 TO DISTRACT US OR LEAD US IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF 44:39 RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE IS TRYING TO ECLIPSE THE 44:41 LIGHT OF JESUS IN OUR MINDS. >> AMEN. 44:44 >> AND I THINK THE DEVIL HAS PREPARED AND ON THE READY AT ALL 44:49 TIMES, A CERTAIN TYPE OF WARFARE TACTIC, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE 44:53 ARE IN OUR WORK WITH GOD. FOR EXAMPLE, HAVING TRAVELLED 44:57 THE NATION AND PARTS OF CANADA, AND PREACHED THE GOSPEL OVER THE 45:02 LAST FEW YEARS, IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO SEE -- YOU KNOW, 45:05 PEOPLE -- WE MIGHT CALL THEM BABY'S IN CHRIST, BUT PEOPLE WHO 45:11 ARE GIVING THEIR LIVES TO JESS, AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED AND 45:15 THRILLED BY THE TRUTH THAT IS BEGINNING TO TRANSFORM THEIR 45:19 LIFE. AND YOU CAN SEE IT. 45:20 AND IN THE END WHEN THEY MAKE THAT DECISION, I WANT TO BURY MY 45:26 OLD LIFE IN THE WATER GRAVE OF BAPTISM. 45:29 THEY COME UP RENEWED AND EXCITED. 45:31 AND REVELATIONS TALKS ABOUT THAT FIRST LOVE, THAT BURNING FIRE, 45:36 THAT YOU ARE JUST SO EXCITED. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THAT THE 45:42 HONEYMOON PHASE, BECAUSE YOU ARE READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD NOW. 45:47 WELL THE DEVIL HAS -- HE HAS T 45:52 TACTICS THAT HE CAN USE THAT HE IS USED TO ATTACK SOMEONE WHO IS 45:59 A BABE IN CHRIST. AND HE IS GOING TO ATTACK THAT 46:03 PERSON WHO MAY NOT BE FULLY 100% GROUNDED IN THE WORLD. 46:10 THEN YOU HAVE THOSE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE MORE COMFORTABLE AND 46:14 SETTLED IN THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD, WELL, THE DEVIL HAS 46:20 TACTICS FOR HIM TOO. I CAN'T TELL THEM THERE IS NOT A 46:24 GOD, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE IS A GOD, I CAN'T TELL THEM THEY 46:28 SHOULDN'T KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY SHOULD 46:32 KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. SO NOW HE HAS A DIFFERENT 46:35 TACTIC. AND IT MAY BE A DISTRACTION OF 46:38 SOME KIND. WE LIVE IN A AGE TODAY, WHERE 46:44 TECHNOLOGY IS BOOMING AND DESTROYING HOMES, AND HERE I AM 46:49 HOLDING A TECHNOLOGY DEVICE. AND IT'S NOT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS 46:53 EVIL, BUT YOU CAN POTENTIALLY MISUSE AND ABUSE IT. 47:01 WHATEVER IT IS, THE DEVIL KNOWS HOW TO DISTRACT SOMEONE. 47:14 AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE -- WE HAVE SEEN THIS 47:19 RECENTLY EVEN HERE AT 3ABN, THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO SEEM 47:23 TO BE PILLARS IN OUR CHURCH. WE SEE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN 47:28 OUR FAITH, AND IT'S LIKE, OH, MAN, THAT BROTHER OR SISTER IS A 47:36 TRUE SAINT OF GOD. I THINK OF BROTHER STEVE 47:41 WAHLBERG. HE IS ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS AND 47:44 A WONDERFUL MINISTER OF GOD, AND I THINK OF WHAT HE HAS GONE 47:49 THROUGH, TALK ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 47:51 >> LET'S EXPLAIN THAT JUST A SEC, BECAUSE IT WAS -- STEVE A 47:56 PERSON WHO HAS SUCH ZEAL FOR GOD, AND ONE DAY HE JUST WOKE UP 48:01 SO DEPRESSED THAT HE COULD HARDLY FUNCTION. 48:06 >> IT ATTACKED HIS PHYSICAL BODY. 48:09 >> PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, THE WHOLE SMEAR. 48:13 AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO 48:18 GOES THROUGH AN ACUTE OR CHRONIC -- PARTICULARLY A 48:22 CHRONIC ILLNESS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN SICK FOR A LONG 48:24 PERIOD OF TIME, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU MENTALLY? 48:28 EMOTIONALLY? AND WHEN YOU GET EMOTIONALLY AND 48:32 MENTALLY DOWN, THE DEVIL NOT ONLY USES DISTRACTIONS, HE USES 48:37 LIES, HE USES PEOPLE TO GOSSIP ABOUT YOU. 48:41 HE USES ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT GOD WON'T USE IN THE WARFARE. 48:48 BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO A CERTAIN POINT, THE NEXT THING 48:51 THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS A SPIRITUAL DEPRESSION, AND 48:55 IT -- SOMETIMES IT'S A NATURAL DISEASE, THAT IT ISN'T THE DEVIL 49:00 NECESSARILY -- LIKE WITH STEVE'S I BELIEVE THAT WAS A 49:03 SUPERNATURAL EVENT, WHAT HAPPENED. 49:06 BUT IT'S -- IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO HAVE ON OUR RADAR 49:14 TO RECOGNIZE THAT SATAN AND HIS UNHOLY ALLIANCE -- 49:19 >> UH-HUH. >> ARE OUT TO DESTROY US. 49:22 TO DESTROY OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD. 49:26 TO DESTROY FAMILIES. YOU THINK OF THE DRUGS. 49:31 THIS IS SPIRITUAL WARFARE. ALL OF THE STREET DRUGS, THE 49:34 MUSIC, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE PART OF THE DEVIL'S -- IT'S 49:40 WHAT HE HAS GOT IN HIS ARMORY. >> YEAH, SEE, WE ARE 49:46 FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE ENEMY EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES. 49:51 EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVE, WE ARE FACE-TO-FACE WITH SOME ASPECT OF 49:56 THIS WORLD. I THINK 2 CORINTHIANS 15, IT 50:02 TALKS ABOUT MINISTERING SPIRITS. THE ENEMY HAS HIS WAY, BUT HE 50:08 ALSO HAS HIS HELPERS, AND THE WORD MINISTER IN GREEK HAS TO DO 50:13 WITH RUNNING ERRANTS FOR. THAT'S INTERESTING. 50:16 >> RIGHT. >> INTERESTING BECAUSE -- WHEN I 50:19 HAVE READ THAT ABOUT THE ANGELS ARE MINISTERING SPIRITS -- I 50:23 NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT -- I'M THINKING OF GOD'S PERFECT 50:28 ANGELS, BUT I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT SATAN, THEY ARER RAND 50:34 RUNNERS. >> AND ANOTHER WORD IN THE GREEK 50:37 IS ATTENDANTS. NAY ARE TO DO SERVICE FOR HIM. 50:41 BUT IT ALSO CAN BE A TEACHER. IT ALSO CAN MEAN PASTOR. 50:45 SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL, THAT'S WHY WE TRY THE SPIRITS TO 50:51 SEE. >> AMEN. 50:52 >> BECAUSE THE ENEMY WILL USE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING HE CAN, 51:00 HE'LL USE ME, HE'LL USE YOU IF WE ALLOW THAT. 51:05 >> UH-HUH. >> AND WHEN I SEE SOME OF THESE 51:09 THINGS HAPPEN -- YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN ACTS 8, WAS IT 51:14 SIMON -- YEAH, THIS -- VERSE 9 -- THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN 51:21 CALLED SIMON WHOSE TIME IN THE CITY USED SORCERY. 51:26 AND BEWITCHED THE PEOPLE GIVING OUT THAT HIMSELF WAS SOME GREAT 51:30 ONE. SO HE WAS BEWITCHING THEM, THE 51:33 ENEMY WAS USING THEM. TO WHOM THEY ALL GAVE HEED FROM 51:37 THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST SAYING THIS MAN IS THE GREAT POWER OF 51:42 GOD. HE WAS USING WHAT? 51:44 SORCERY. THE ENEMY WAS USING HIM. 51:47 AND -- AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF, BECAUSE 51:50 SOMETIMES WE'LL THINK -- OH, YOU KNOW, GOD IS -- WORKING THROUGH 51:55 THIS PERSON AND THAT PERSON, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO TRY THE 51:58 SPIRITS, BUT HERE WE FIND OUT, IT SAYS HERE, HE WAS USING 52:04 BEWITCHING POWERS, AND THE PEOPLE WERE SO FOOLED BECAUSE HE 52:08 WAS SO GOOD AT WHAT HE WAS DOING. 52:11 THIS HAS TO BE THE POWER OF GOD. IT'S NOT THE POWER OF GOD 52:17 WORKING. >> IT'S TRUE. 52:18 >> BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SAID THIS IS THE POWER OF GOD. 52:22 THIS HAS TO BE EXPOSED. AND ONLY THE WORD CAN EXPOSE 52:26 WHICH POWER IS THE GOOD OR IS IT EVIL? 52:30 SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THAT PART. 52:33 >> THAT'S RIGHT. LUKE 31 AND 32, AND THE LORD 52:40 SAYS, SIMON, SIMON, BEHOLD, SATAN HAS DESIRE TO HAVE YOU, 52:47 THAT HE MAY SIFT YOU AS WHEAT. AND HE SAYS, BUT I HAVE PRAYED 52:52 FOR THEE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT 52:55 HE SAYS I HAVE PRAYED FOR THE, THAT THY FAITH -- 53:08 >> GO ON. >> HE WASN'T CONVERTED AT THIS 53:12 POINT. AND HE SAYS WHEN YOU ARE 53:15 CONVERTED, STRENGTHEN YOUR BRETHREN, AND IN THIS NEXT TEXT 53:19 THAT I READ -- I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE TOPIC. 53:23 IT'S A POWERFUL TOPIC BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH REAL ISSUES THAT 53:28 WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW IN OUR TIME. 53:32 WHEN I READ THIS NEXT TEXT, BECAUSE I HAVE READ IT MANY 53:38 TIMES, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT GOD HIMSELF MAY NOT CAUSE THE 53:43 SPIRITUAL WARFARE HIMSELF, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES HE MAY ALLOW IT 53:46 TO HAPPEN FOR CERTAIN REASONS. AND NOTICE WHAT PAUL SAYS ABOUT 53:51 HIMSELF IN 2 CORINTHIANS, UNLESS I SHOULD BE EXALTED ABOVE 54:00 MEASURE, THERE WAS GIVEN TO ME A THROWN IN THE FLESH, AN THEN 54:05 NOTICE THIS, THE MESSENGER OF SATAN TO BUFFET ME, LEST I 54:13 SHOULD BE EXALTED ABOVE PLEASURE. 54:16 AND WHAT PAUL IS ADDRESSING IS THE IDEA BASICALLY THAT WE ALL 54:20 KNOW PAUL WAS A VERY EDUCATED MAN. 54:24 AND WE RUN INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY INTELLECTUALLY SMART, 54:31 SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT OF PRIDE OR ARROGANCE WILL COME WITH 54:35 THAT. AND I THINK GOD WILL ALLOW US TO 54:43 EXPERIENCE CERTAIN THINGS TO KEEP US HUMBLE. 54:47 NOT THAT HE DOES IT HIMSELF. BUT HE ALLOWS THINGS TO HAPPEN. 54:50 AND IN THIS CASE PAUL, TO ALLOW ME TO BE BEATEN LEST I WILL 54:59 EXALTED ABOVE MEASURE. >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES-IS 1 CORE CORINTHIANS 12:13. 55:15 PAUL SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS 12:13, NO TEMPTATION HAS 55:26 OVERTAKEN YOU, EXCEPT WHAT IS UNCOMMON TO MAN, BUT GOD IS 55:31 FAITHFUL. HE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO BE 55:35 TEMPTED BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE ABLE, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, 55:41 DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THAT PAUL -- I HEAR PEOPLE SAY 55:45 SOMETIMES GOD'S NOT GOING TO PUT TOO MUCH ON YOU, IF YOU ARE 55:50 FEELING OVERWHELMED. THIS ISN'T GOD. 55:52 NO, HE IS TALKING ABOUT TEMPTATION HERE. 55:57 BECAUSE IN 2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-11, PAUL TALKS ABOUT HE WAS BURDENED 56:09 BEYOND MEASURE. HE WAS OVERWHELMED. 56:11 THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO DIE, BUT THEN HE SAID THIS -- IF 56:15 I CAN FIND IT -- HE SAID -- WHERE DID HE SAY THIS? 56:25 EVEN FOR OUR LIVES -- YES, WE HAVE THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN 56:32 OURSELVES THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRUST IN OURSELVES, BUT IN GOD 56:36 WHO RAISES THE DEAD. >> YES. 56:38 >> SO AS -- AS YOU SAID, RYAN, I THINK SOMETIMES GOD ALLOWS 56:43 THINGS FOR OUR BENEFIT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 56:45 >> HE ALLOWS HER FAITH TO BE TESTED FOR OUR BENEFIT, AND 56:52 SOMETIMES WE CAN BE TOTALLY OVERWHELMED, BUT WHAT GOD IS 56:56 TRYING TO DO IS SAY, MY PLAN OF SALVATION IS TOTAL DEPENDANCE. 57:01 YOU CAN TRUST ME. YOU CAN TURN TO ME. 57:04 AND I HAVE HEARD THAT STORY SO OFTEN, WHERE PEPLE WHO HAVE 57:08 GOTTEN TO THAT POINT, AS YOU SAID, KENNY, IN THE CHURCH FOR 57:13 YEARS NOT CONVERTED, BUT GOD ALLOWS THINGS TO HAPPEN, AND ALL 57:17 OF A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE GOT IT. >> IT IS GOD'S LITTLE WORKMEN TO 57:27 PERFECT -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 57:29 OKAY. 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