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War and Victory - Part 4 - The Mission of Man | Episode #366 | Encore Episode #037 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that he has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you miss a portion of today's broadcast or would like
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  Speaker 1: to recommend it to a friend, you can hear this
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  Speaker 1: program anytime online at Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now
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  Speaker 1: here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: In yesterday's segment of War and Victory the Christian by
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  Speaker 2: the Faith, we actually saw that Satan was cursed. His
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  Speaker 2: future in his complete lifespan would be changed because of
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  Speaker 2: what he did as he deceived man into disobedience and sin.
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  Speaker 2: But we also know that from what we read in
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  Speaker 2: Genesis three and verse fifteen that God provided a promise
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  Speaker 2: in his unlimited capacity. God made the promise to man
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  Speaker 2: that he would send a savior who would defeat the
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  Speaker 2: devil and restore man. To his purposed relationship with God,
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  Speaker 2: his creator. You see, friends, our creator, the god of
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  Speaker 2: the entire universe, made a provision for us so that
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  Speaker 2: we could once again have fellowship with him. Now, Satan
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  Speaker 2: did everything that he could to blot out God's promise
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  Speaker 2: from the mind of man. Continuing throughout history, he kept
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  Speaker 2: man in his bondage of sin. He used every unholy thought, actor,
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  Speaker 2: deed to bind man to himself, and at one point
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  Speaker 2: it would seem he actually won, because God brought a
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  Speaker 2: great flood and destroyed everything except one family belonging to
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  Speaker 2: a man named Noah. And Noah, according to Genesis chapter
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  Speaker 2: six and verses one through eight, Noah found grace in
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  Speaker 2: the eyes of the Lord. In order for God to
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  Speaker 2: keep his promise to man, he provided protection for the
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  Speaker 2: human race, even though their deeds became more and more sinful.
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  Speaker 2: He brought the law to a man named Moses to
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  Speaker 2: show the people what God truly expected of them. We
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  Speaker 2: find that account well defined in Exodus chapter twenty, verses
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  Speaker 2: one through seventeen. The people constantly broke the laws, and
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  Speaker 2: they made more laws of their own, but God still
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  Speaker 2: kept his promise. He made an example of one group
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  Speaker 2: of people called the Israelites, hoping that they would be
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  Speaker 2: true to His commandments. But in his mercy, he made
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  Speaker 2: a way for them to receive forgiveness and restoration of
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  Speaker 2: the relationship when they themselves were victims of sin. God
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  Speaker 2: instituted animal sacrifice for the temporary act of redemption from sin,
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  Speaker 2: and the priesthood continued the performance of these sacrificial rites.
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  Speaker 2: The slaying or blood sacrifice of various types of animals
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  Speaker 2: was then recognized by God as payment or covering for
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  Speaker 2: sins of the people. But this ritual was repeated over
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  Speaker 2: and over again, so that it served only to point
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  Speaker 2: the way to the promised more excellent sacrifice once and
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  Speaker 2: for all mankind. In Hebrews nine and Verses eleven and twelve,
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  Speaker 2: we find that God provided a sacrifice in his own son,
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  Speaker 2: and that sacrifice was not the same as bulls or
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  Speaker 2: goats or other animals that were offered for the covering
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  Speaker 2: of sin. That sacrifice only needed to come one time,
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  Speaker 2: and that payment was accepted for sin they believers followed.
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  Speaker 2: There were some people, a few of them, that believed
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  Speaker 2: God throughout history, and they knew he would keep his promise.
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  Speaker 2: These were called prophets they did everything that they could
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  Speaker 2: to be obedient and follow God's instruction. They became voices
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  Speaker 2: or warning examples to the rest of mankind. They proclaimed
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  Speaker 2: God's plan was perfect and that man had to come
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  Speaker 2: back to a relationship with him. And many times God
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  Speaker 2: must have just wanted to destroy all that he had
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  Speaker 2: created and started all over again, but man reminded him
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  Speaker 2: of his promise. Many men and women died, never realizing
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  Speaker 2: the promise, but looking forward to the time when the
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  Speaker 2: Savior would come. For these people died believing in God's promise.
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  Speaker 2: We find that written in Hebrews chapter eleven and verse thirteen,
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  Speaker 2: God finally fulfills his promise. Two thousand years ago. God
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  Speaker 2: kept his promise to man. He brought forth a savior,
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  Speaker 2: a child born to a virgin, a child who grew
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  Speaker 2: true into a man and experienced every temptation that Satan
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  Speaker 2: could place before him, yet without disobedience, without sin. This man,
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  Speaker 2: called Jesus, was man as God wanted man to be
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  Speaker 2: when he first created him. But he was also deity.
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  Speaker 2: He was God. In fact, we call him the son
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  Speaker 2: of God. He defeated the enemy. Jesus, the son of God,
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  Speaker 2: knew his purpose on earth was to pay the price,
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  Speaker 2: be the sacrifice for the sins of man, and he
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  Speaker 2: did not live and die only to teach principles or
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  Speaker 2: to just be an example of holy living. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: he did encourage everyone to live holy lives, but his
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  Speaker 2: purpose was what we defined as he stated in First John,
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  Speaker 2: chapter three and verse eight. His purpose was to destroy
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  Speaker 2: the works of the devil. He lived, died, and was
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  Speaker 2: resurrected to pay the eternal price for man's sin, restore
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  Speaker 2: him to fellowship with God, his heavenly father, and to
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  Speaker 2: open the way for man to once again have dominion
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  Speaker 2: over his creation. Friends, this is the winning side. Let
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  Speaker 2: this fact really change your life. Jesus paid the price
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  Speaker 2: for your sins and mind and defeated Satan over two
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  Speaker 2: thousand years ago. If you believe this and you're willing
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  Speaker 2: to accept God's promise his son Jesus, then you are
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  Speaker 2: truly on the winning side of this battle. Do you
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  Speaker 2: want to know what God's purpose is for your life,
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  Speaker 2: then tell him so. That's right, Just tell him you
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  Speaker 2: don't want to be a victim of sin anymore, and
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  Speaker 2: that you want to live as he wants you to.
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  Speaker 2: Ask Jesus to come into your heart. If you haven't
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  Speaker 2: already made him lord of your life, do so. Now
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  Speaker 2: ask him to forgive you of your disobedience and to
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  Speaker 2: help you obey him from now on. Now trust him
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  Speaker 2: to do just that and stay on the winning side. Now,
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  Speaker 2: our mission in this warfare is to be his follower's
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  Speaker 2: part that we play in God's eternal plan. Even though
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  Speaker 2: nearly two thousand years have passed since God made his
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  Speaker 2: promise good to man, most of his beloved creation is
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  Speaker 2: unaware of this fact. Man is still constantly trying to
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  Speaker 2: find the answers to the world's ills or the works
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  Speaker 2: of the devil, but the enemy, Satan is still trying
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  Speaker 2: to keep them from realizing the truth. And this is
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  Speaker 2: the reason why we fight. This is the whole reason
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  Speaker 2: for the Christian fight of faith. Let me explain it
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  Speaker 2: using the following example. The United States entered into war
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  Speaker 2: with Japan after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor that
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  Speaker 2: was on December seventh of nineteen forty one. And that
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  Speaker 2: war was brought to a close with many many men, women,
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  Speaker 2: and loss of life. But it was brought to a
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  Speaker 2: close by the use of a terrible weapon called the
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  Speaker 2: atom bomb, and it was used on two of the
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  Speaker 2: Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August ninth of nineteen
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  Speaker 2: forty five. You see, then the war was over and
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  Speaker 2: the victor was the United States, but on many of
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  Speaker 2: the remote islands there were Japanese soldiers who did not know.
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  Speaker 2: They still thought the US was their enemy. Someone had
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  Speaker 2: to find them and tell them that the war was
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  Speaker 2: over and they did not have to fight the US anymore.
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  Speaker 2: So in the same manner, many confused loss people don't
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  Speaker 2: know that Satan has been beaten, and they continued to
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  Speaker 2: be victims of his conflicts. Someone has to tell them,
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  Speaker 2: someone has to show them, and that someone is you
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  Speaker 2: and I. Jesus told his followers that they were to
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  Speaker 2: go and preach the gospel, the good news that Satan
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  Speaker 2: was defeated and man could now regain fellowship with God
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  Speaker 2: through the blood of his son. And in Matthew twenty
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  Speaker 2: eight and verses eighteen through twenty we find what is
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  Speaker 2: referred to as the Great Commission. That all authority was
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  Speaker 2: given in heaven and in earth to Jesus, and he
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  Speaker 2: gave that authority to those who followed him, but for
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  Speaker 2: the purpose of being able to take the good news
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  Speaker 2: that Satan had been defeated and man could once again
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  Speaker 2: have fellowship with a holy God that actually gave us
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  Speaker 2: our marching orders so that we would become if you
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  Speaker 2: will be army of God. So this is our purpose,
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  Speaker 2: our mission in life. Many of those which are lost
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  Speaker 2: have to be free from the bondage of Satan. Man
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  Speaker 2: has been a victim far too long. So we Christians
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  Speaker 2: followers of Jesus have to be ready, willing and able
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  Speaker 2: to march forward against the enemy Satan and set the
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  Speaker 2: captives free.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: You see, we are a force, an army of God.
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  Speaker 2: He said that the gates of Hell could not stand
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  Speaker 2: against his Church. So the war between Satan and Jesus
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  Speaker 2: has already decided. Jesus won and Satan is condemned to
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  Speaker 2: a place of torment, burning with fire. For eternity, mankind
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  Speaker 2: needs to receive victory in Jesus, so we his followers
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  Speaker 2: called Christians, must them the good news. This means we
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  Speaker 2: have to fight to save the eternal lives of others.
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  Speaker 2: We are not alone in this fight of faith. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: himself leads us in claiming the victor's spoils the souls
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  Speaker 2: of man, and we follow his command. Now, Folks, when
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  Speaker 2: nations are countries, or people of the world go into combat,
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  Speaker 2: the battle is with man or man's desires or ideas.
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  Speaker 2: But when we go into spiritual combat, our fight is
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  Speaker 2: not with mankind but for him. We battle the spiritual
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  Speaker 2: forces which keep mankind from receiving and believing the truth.
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  Speaker 2: For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal of
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  Speaker 2: man's nature, but mighty through God to the pulling down
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  Speaker 2: of Satan's strongholds paraphrased from Second Corinthians, Chapter ten, verses
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  Speaker 2: three through five. And that is today's reflection on the word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Work with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K or Richard the Retired Team. This is Chuck
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  Speaker 1: Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition Reflections on
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  Speaker 1: the Word