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853. Bible Study: Recognizing the Enemy (the Devil) part 2 of 2 · Faith by annm2705

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This is a continuation. This is Part 2 of 2 and
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hopefully this is not going to be too long, but I wasn't able
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to. I cut the other one short
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because it was an hour and 20 minutes almost.
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So anyway, here we go with Part 2.
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As I was saying before is that it's really important for us to
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recognize the enemy. So this is a word search for the
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word devil and it's using the NIV version and the source is
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blueletterbible.org if you want to do this on your own and look
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at it. So I, I won't repeat some of the
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stories. I guess that I'll try to get
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through these quickly. There's 33 verses that we have
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to get through. So then Jesus was led by the
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Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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This is right after Jesus's baptism.
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He was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be
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tempted by the devil. Matthew chapter 4 verse one.
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That's where that's found. Matthew 4 verse 5.
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Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on
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the highest point of the temple. And, and then in verse 8 it says
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again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed
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him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
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And then in Matthew 411 it says then the devil left him and the
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angels came and attended to him. So there's a lot in those verses
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that talk about the devil. It just, it shows how each time
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he's tempting him, he's like at the highest point of the temple,
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he's showing him all the kingdoms of the world and then
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he finally leaves him. So each time the devil tempted
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him, Jesus responded with scripture.
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So that teaches us that if we know Scripture, we can respond
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to the temptations by from the devil.
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So the first thing that Satan said.
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So I'll, I'll just read this, this one Matthew chapter 4
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verses one through 11. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit
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into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil after
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fasting 40 days and 40 nights he was hungry.
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That's a long time. The tempter came to him and
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said, if you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become
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bread. And Jesus answered, it is
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written, man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word
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that comes from the mouth of God.
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So there's there's way more to that and he is responding with
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Scripture. That's in Deuteronomy chapter 8
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verse 3. That's what he is responding
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back to Satan on that. Then the devil took him to the
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holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
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If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written
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He will command His angels concerning you, and they will
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lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your
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foot against a stone. So the devil is actually using
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scripture against Jesus. Now he's he's smart there.
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It's he's referencing Psalm 91 verses 11 and 12, saying that to
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Jesus. And then Jesus replies back.
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There's like a scripture duel, you know, shoot out here.
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Jesus answered him. It is also written, do not put
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your God to the test. That's found in Deuteronomy 616.
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Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed
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him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
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All this I will give you. He said, if you will bow down
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and worship me. Jesus said to him, away from me
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Satan. For it is written, worship the
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Lord your God and serve him only.
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That's Deuteronomy 6 verse 13. Then the devil left him, and
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angels came and attended him. So what Satan said about the
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angels, that he will command his angels concerning you.
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They will lift you up in their hands so that you will not
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strike your foot against a stone God.
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Then you know the angels are coming to Jesus and the devil
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left him. What did Jesus do?
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He resisted the devil and the devil fled.
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So that's something else that is in Scripture that says just
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resist. So in Matthew 13, verse 39, and
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the enemy who sows them is the devil.
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The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are the
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angels. Now this is really interesting.
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This is about end times. And this is, I believe, about
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the wheat. Yeah, the well, some of them are
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called the weeds and the tares. But so, gosh, let's see.
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The best way to understand this is to probably read it the
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parable of the weeds. So I'll read that Jesus told
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them another parable. The Kingdom of heaven is like a
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man who sowed good seed in his field.
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While everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed the weeds
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among the wheat and went away. When the wheat sprouted and
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formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
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Sometimes these are called wheat and terrors.
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The owner's servants came to him and said, Sir, didn't you sow
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good seed in your field? Then where did all these weeds
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come from? An enemy did this, he replied.
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The servants asked him, Do you want us to go and pull them up?
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No, he answered, because while you are pulling the weeds, you
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may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the
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harvest. At that time, I will tell the
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harvesters, first collect the weeds and tie them in bunches to
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be burned, bind them, then gather the wheat and bring it
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into my barn. So this is telling us about when
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I believe. This is when Jesus returns on
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the clouds and his angels go out and gather his elect.
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That's what I believe. And I believe that Jesus, the
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ones who are prepared, will be protected in some manner in some
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place while the wrath of God occurs.
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And this happens at the 6th seal in the Book of Revelation.
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I think it's chapter 6 covers the seals.
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So this is the wheat and the tares.
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Now it's explained. Now later on in that chapter in
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verse 36, it's explained the parable of the weeds explained.
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Then he left the crowd and went into the house.
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His disciples came to him and said, explain to us the parable
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of the weeds in the field. He answered, the one who sowed
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the good seed is the son of man. He's referring to himself.
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The field is the world, and the seed stands for the people of
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the Kingdom. The weeds are the people of the
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even evil 1 and the enemy who sows them is the devil.
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The harvest is the end of the age and the harvesters are the
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angels. So again this is, you know, it
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tells us this is the end of the age.
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When this happens, the harvesters are angels and this
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goes back to the book of Genesis and I think chapter 3 where God
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as a result of the sin of Adam and Eve, he said I will create
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enmity speaking to Eve between your seed and his seed.
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He speaks to both Eve and Satan, the serpent and that there's but
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there's there's both of them. So Satan has evil ones.
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There are evil people here and I don't know how that happens
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other I mean, I don't know the the exact way that that happens
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if it's a spiritual significance or a physical one.
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And well, doesn't really matter, I guess.
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But there's obviously some that are sown by are some they're
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there by God and some that are there by the evil 1.
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So then he continues as the weeds are pulled up and burned
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in the fire. So it will be at the end of the
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age. The Son of Man, Jesus will send
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out his angels and they will weed out His Kingdom.
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Everything that causes sin and all who do evil, they will throw
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them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and
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gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine
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like the sun in the Kingdom of the Father.
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Whoever has ears, let them hear. So the devil's out sowing his
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seed. It's just to offset what God has
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done. So then Matthew 25, verse 41, it
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says, then he will say to those on his left, depart from me you
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who are cursed into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and
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his angels. So the devil has angels, there
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are evil angels, there are godly angels and there are evil ones.
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So this is sheep and the goats maybe?
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Or is that what he's talking? Yep, it's a sheep and the goats.
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So I'll read that parable to you.
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When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with
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him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
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All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate
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the people one from another. As a shepherd separates the
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sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his
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right and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those
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on the right, Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take your
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inheritance, the Kingdom prepared for you since the
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creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave
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me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me
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something to drink. I was a stranger and you invited
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me in. I needed clothes and you clothed
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me. I was sick and you looked after
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me. I was in prison and you came to
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visit me. Then the righteous will answer
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him. Lord, when did we see you hungry
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and feed? You are thirsty and give you
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something to drink. When did we see you as a
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stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
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When did we see you sick or in prison or go to visit you?
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The King will reply, Truly, I tell you, whatever you did for
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one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
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you did for me. So that's really interesting,
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the brothers and sisters that he's talking about, not just all
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people, but he's talking about other Christians, other
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believers, anybody who is in Christ.
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This is interesting. I didn't have this insight
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before. And this is people who are who
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are Christians like taking care of your brothers and sisters,
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your your Christians, any of them who are brothers and
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sisters of mine, you did for me. So when they have the Holy
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Spirit when they are in Christ. I think this is something that
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people get confused or haven't, you know, really understood this
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parable. And quite honestly, I didn't
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understand it until just right now.
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But what I'm reading is that this is talking about one of the
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least of these brothers and sisters of mine who are brothers
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and sisters of of Jesus. This if, if they don't have the
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Holy Spirit, are they a brother and sister?
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Are they a child of God yet? No.
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Then he will say to those on his left, Depart from me, you who
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are cursed into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and
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his angels. For I was hungry, and you gave
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me nothing to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me
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nothing to drink. I was a stranger, and you did
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not invite me in. I needed clothes and you did not
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clothe me. I was I was sick and in prison,
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and you did not look after me. They will also say, Lord, when
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did we see you hungry or thirsty or strange or needing clothes or
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sick, or in prison, and we did not help you.
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He will reply to Truly I tell you whatever you did not do for
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one of the least of these, you did not do for me.
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Then they will go away to an eternal punishment, but the
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righteous to eternal life. You know what's really
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interesting is that they call him Lord.
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So maybe this is like a hypocritical Christian and he's
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is going to the the hypocritical Christians are the goats along
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with other evil ones, the ones who are not living out living as
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Christ or do not have Christ abiding in them.
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That is through the Holy Spirit becoming one in spirit with the
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Father and the Son. Very interesting.
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So then Luke talks about the 40 days being tempted by the devil.
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That was, you know, after his baptism and about the
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temptations the devil said to him, if you are the son of God,
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make this bread and took him to the high place and he led him to
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Jerusalem. And when he finished all this is
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an interesting Luke 4 verse 13. When the devil had finished all
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hit this temp tempting. He left him until an opportune
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time. Think about that too.
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If you recall, Jesus had fasted for 40 days and 40 nights.
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He was hungry. That's how it started out.
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And then the devil started tempting him.
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So when you are in that, you know, kind of that fleshly
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desperate mode, that's the opportune time.
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When you are weak, that's the opportune time for Satan to come
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and tempt you. That's another thing it says
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like be alert and of sober mind because the devil prowls looking
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for his next victim. So if we are, you know,
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consuming alcohol or drugs or something that's affecting our
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mind and our way of thinking, we're at that opportune time for
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Satan to do something to tempt us.
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Just the thought. And that's again, a way we can
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resist him and avoid it. If we know this going into it.
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We can choose not to become or we can choose to keep a sober
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mind, not let our mind be influenced because we could be
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weak, that we could be tempted and then we could do something
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we regret. Again, this is also just
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highlighting the way the devil works and to alert people.
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Don't do things that you know. You know this is where he's
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going to get you, so stay away from it.
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Luke 8, verse 12. Those along the path are the
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ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the
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word from their hearts so that they may not believe and be
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saved. So this is kind of sad.
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This is like the gospel news, and the seed is the word of God.
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And those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the
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devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts so that
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they may not believe and be saved.
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How does he do that? I don't know.
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I mean, he effects their heart in some way.
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I'm not really sure. But it's just how people can
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hear the word of God. But they can choose not to
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believe and then they're not saved.
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Or they can choose to believe and be saved, but look at the
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devil's even trying to get people not to believe in John
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chapter 6, verse 70, Jesus replied, have I not chosen you
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the 12 yet? One of you is the devil.
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So this kind of I think it was the prior podcast where I was
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talking about this, how Satan wanted to sift every single one
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of his disciples. But then how Jesus knew the end
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from the beginning. He came to have his life taken.
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He was like, you know, there's no greater love than to lay down
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one's life for another. That's what Jesus did for all of
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us, for all of mankind. And so Jesus knew that's why he
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was here. He willingly went to the cross.
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He I, this is my speculation that he remained silent because
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he didn't want to let the enemy know his plan.
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Because if the enemy knew that he was going to defeat death on
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the cross and bring atonement to all of mankind, then the enemy
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would not have killed Jesus. But because Jesus knew that was
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coming and he wasn't going to let the the devil know about it.
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But he also chose his disciples, the 12 And he said, yet one of
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you is a, is a devil. Jesus knew Judas's heart and I
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think it was the prior podcast we talked about Satan entered
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Judas, he possessed him. That was Jesus knew.
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He wasn't like, Oh my gosh, one of my disciples, you know, got
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overcome by Satan. He knew it.
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I mean, in fact, he told Peter same thing was going to happen,
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that Peter was going to deny him.
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And he also told all of his disciples that Satan has asked
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to sift each one of you. So all of those things, Jesus
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knew about it and he chose Judas.
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He needed somebody. It was Judas's will.
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He knew Judas's greed. He knew that Judas would do
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anything for money. He knew Judas wasn't sincere in
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his faith. And so he was.
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He let Judas's free will go ahead and he chose them.
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He's like, OK, come with me. You can be in my group and yet
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fully knowing that this guy was going to betray him.
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That's just very insightful when we read this in Scripture and
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find out these things. In John chapter 8, verse 44, you
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belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out
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your father's desires. He was a murderer from the
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beginning, not holding to the truth for there is no truth in
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him. When he lies, he speaks his
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native language for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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So this is, there's a lot here, but it's just describing, you
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know, it's letting us know about Satan.
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He wants to kill. He doesn't speak the truth and
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he lies. And so this is telling us who he
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is. I mean, there's more in this,
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but I'm not going to go through all of that because we're just
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focusing on one topic and I don't want this to get too long.
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Here's John 13, verse 2. The evening meal was in progress
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and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon
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Iscariot, to betray Jesus. So first he prompted him.
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It's kind of like how sin works. And then when Judas like took
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the bait, Satan had more access. And I forgot which gospel says
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it, but the other gospel we read in last podcast said the devil
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entered him. So he was possessed by the
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devil. And and I went back to the
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original Greek word. So it wasn't just like a, you
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know, it's it's what was written in the Greek that he actually
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entered Judas. So here it said he prompted him.
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So I wonder what that word prompted translates in Greek.
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Devin had already put in into his heart.
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The son of to betray him. So yeah, the English NASB, it
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says the devil having already put into the heart of Judas to
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betray him. So I guess that it's just a
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restated word that he, you know, he affected his heart and made
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him want to follow through with his thoughts.
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Acts 1038 How how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
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Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and
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healing all who were under the power of the devil because God
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was with him. I think this is interesting
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because the power of all who were under the power of the
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devil, he was healing all those who are under the power of the
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devil. So does that mean that those who
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need healing have the devil affecting them in that way?
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You know what happened to the beginning, like so the you know
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what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in
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Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed
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Jesus with the Holy Spirit and power and how he went around
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doing good and healing all who were under the power of the
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devil because God was with him. So he was casting out devils and
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he was healing people. So he was, I guess, spiritually
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and physically healing people who were under the power of the
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devil. In Acts 13, verse 10 says you
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are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is
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right. You are full of all kinds of
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deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting
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the right ways of the Lord? And so this was Paul.
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Oh gosh, this is, I don't know what his name is, Elimus the
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sorcerer, for that's what his name means.
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This is Acts 13 verse 8. Opposed them and tried to turn
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the proconsul from faith. Then Saul, who was also named
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Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at
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Ilymus and said, you are a child of the devil and an enemy of
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everything that is right. You are full of all kinds of
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deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting
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the right ways of the Lord? Now the the hand of the Lord is
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against you, you are going to be blind for a time, not even able
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to see the light of the sun. Immediately mist and darkness
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came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lean
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him by the hand. When the proconsul saw what saw
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what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the
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teaching about the Lord. So this is about all of their
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things in the book of act that happened.
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Ephesians 427 and do not give the devil a foothold.
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This is about anger. It says in your anger do not
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sin. Do not let the sun go down while
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you were still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
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So anger is another way that the devil gets access to us in First
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Timothy 36. He must not be a recent convert
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or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgement as
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the devil. Well, I think the devil had
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pride. And so this is talking about,
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it's giving all the qualities of overseers and deacons in a
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church. And it's talking about he can't
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be a recent convert or he may become conceited.
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I guess if he gets put into a position of a high position that
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he might get conceited and then pride would take over and then
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he would have the same judgment as the devil.
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He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so
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that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's
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trap. In the same way, deacons are to
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be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine and
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not pursuing dishonest gain. They must keep hold of deep
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truths of the faith with a clear conscience.
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They must first be tested, and then, if there's nothing against
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them, let them serve as deacons. In the same way, the women are
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to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers, but temperate
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and trustworthy and everything. A Deacon must be faithful to his
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wife and must manage his children and his household well.
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Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great
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assurance in their faith in Jesus, in Christ Jesus.
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So they can't just have anybody being involved with the church.
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I mean, that's good practice to put in there to make sure people
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are living out their Christian walk if they're, especially if
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they're on the visible by other people.
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Because a lot of damage can be done when people call themselves
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Christians and they're in places of power and leadership, but yet
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they don't live Christian lives. They're hypocritical because
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those people are looked up to by attendees of the church or new
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people coming to the church, and if they see that, that can
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affect a lot of people. So it's wise to be selective
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with who is running your church or has a high position within a
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church. In Second Timothy 2, chapter 26,
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it says. And that they will come to their
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senses and escape from the trap of the devil who has taken them
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captive to do his will. That's interesting.
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So opponents, let's see. The Lord's OK And the Lord's
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servant must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone,
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able to teach and not resentful. Opponents must be gently
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instructed in the hope that God will grant them repentance,
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leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will
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come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil who
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has taken them captive to do his will.
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There's probably a little bit more that needs to be read about
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this. Let's see, this is about dealing
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with false teachers is the topic of this.
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Maybe we should just read it's verse.
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It starts dealing with false teachers starts in verse 14 from
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second Timothy chapter 2, and it goes through 26.
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So I'll read that whole thing. Keep reminding God's people of
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these things. Warn them before God against
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quarreling about words. It is no value and only ruins
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those who listen. Do your best to present yourself
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to God as one approved a worker who does not need to be ashamed
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and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will
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become more and more ungodly. Their teaching will spread like
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gangrene. Among them are Himenaeus and
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Philetus. I think those are the people
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that yeah, well, he says, who have departed from the truth.
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They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and
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they destroy the faith of some. Nevertheless, God's solid
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foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription.
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The Lord knows those who are his, and everyone who confesses
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the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness repentance.
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In a large house there are articles not only of gold and
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silver, but also wood and clay. Some are for special purposes
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and some are for common use. Those who cleanse themselves
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from the latter will be instruments for special
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purposes, made holy, useful to the Master, and prepared to do
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any good work. Flee the evil desires of youth
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and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with
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those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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Do not have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments
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because you know, they produce quarrels and the Lord's servant
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must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able
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to teach, not resentful opponents must be gently
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instructed in the hope that God will grant them repentance,
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leading them to a knowledge of the truth and that they will
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come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil who
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has taken them captive to do his will.
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So this is I guess supporting that until we have the Holy
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Spirit, until our eyes are opened that we are a captive of
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the devil doesn't say that we chose him.
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But until we choose Christ, we because of the Adam and Eve,
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really, I guess that's what it goes back to.
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Because of original sin, we've separated our, we are separated
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from God and we have to choose God.
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We have to choose him. When we get a choice, we have to
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repent of our wickedness and receive the Holy Spirit.
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And until then we are under the power of the devil, not a
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willing power, but he's taken us captive and we don't even know
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it until somebody opens our eyes about it.
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And that's what this is saying here about the devil that he is.
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You know, when you're talking about what it says about the
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devil there, he has taken them captive to do his will.
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So people who are, they're operating when they don't have
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the Holy Spirit, they're operating under the will of the
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devil. He's influencing them.
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The devil can influence. We've already seen how he did it
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with the apostles and he does it with people in the church.
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So just because somebody calls themselves a Christian doesn't
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mean the devil can't influence them.
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However, if we have the Holy Spirit, that is our glass, that
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is our guard, that is our protection.
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So it's our relationship with God that protects us.
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So let's see, where are we now? Hebrews 214 Since the the
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children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity,
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so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds
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the power of death, that is the devil.
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So isn't that interesting that Jesus, another thing about him
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becoming human or coming as a human?
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He had to because flesh and blood, It's kind of like, I
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don't know, the atoning sacrifice without the shedding
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of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins.
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So Jesus had to be a human who died, but he had to be perfect.
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He had to be unblemished so that he could be used in that purpose
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for all of us, to lay down his life for all of us.
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And he did this to break the power of him who holds the power
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of death, that is the devil, and free those who all their lives
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were held in slavery by their fear of death.
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Isn't that interesting? When we have a fear of death,
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Could that be that we don't really know Christ because those
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who know Christ will not have a fear of death?
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I mean, I'm sure at the time it's, it's just natural instinct
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to fear death and to preserve life.
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And I, I don't say that you just don't have any regard at all for
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that. That's not what I'm saying.
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But what I am saying is that people view death, death
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differently. Those who know Christ.
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I mean, sure, we might miss someone who has passed on, but
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when we know Christ and we know about the Kingdom of God and we
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know where we're going to be in the end because of Christ, then
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we don't view death the same. We still miss a person, but if
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they are also saved, then we know that we will be with them
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in the Kingdom of God and that this is only temporary and that
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that's how some people can have peace.
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In fact, I think about Erica Kirk because what she says, what
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I've seen, at least it really truly see seems like she
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believes what she says. And the only way there are
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people who are talking about her that saying, Oh well, she's not
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handling Charlie's death appropriately because of what
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she's doing. But perhaps it's because she
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really knows God because she really she has that comfort and
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knowing that this is only for a time and that she will be
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reunited with her husband in God's Kingdom.
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They surely I saw the fruit of the spirit in the way that they
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lived and the way that they spoke, the way they, you know,
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at least everything I saw. So I have not seen anything that
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didn't show that. So, and I'm just going to think
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the best of people until I'm proven otherwise.
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But I just think of her as an example.
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I mean, just what I've seen of her and what she said has shows
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evidence of God's Spirit working within her.
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A lot of times when people forgive murderers, they only do
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that through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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People are of worldly people are always astounded by the fact
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because they aren't as mature in their faith probably and so they
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don't quite get it. And that person seems like an
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odd person because the way they handle things.
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But the way I see how she's responding is that unless she's
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completely faking at all, which I don't think she is, I'm giving
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her the benefit of the doubt. She is reacting as a true
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believer would react. She knows the future and anyway
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she doesn't have that fear of death or that view of death like
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the world, does she? She knows God.
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So then in let's see, OK, I forgot where I was.
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Submit yourself. I don't know where I was.
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OK, James 4 verse 7. Submit yourselves to God, then
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submit yourselves then to God. Resist the devil and he will
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flee from you. So I've said this a few times,
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didn't remember where it was from, but the book of James.
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So resist the devil and he will flee from you.
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We talked about that before. I've talked about this.
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This is Peter first. Peter 58.
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Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy, the devil, prowls
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around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
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We've talked about that and first John chapter 3, verse 8,
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the one who does what is sinful is of the devil because the
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devil has been sinning from the beginning.
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The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the
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devil's work. So this verse, I think a lot of
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Christians need to hear this one.
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Well, let's start with verse 7. We probably need to read the
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whole thing here. I I think I will because this is
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so important because I think a lot of Christians don't know
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this or don't remind themselves of this.
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So it says first John 3 verse one see what great love the
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Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of
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God and that is what we are. The reason the world does not
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know us is that it did not know Him.
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Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what will
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we be and what we will be has not yet been made known.
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But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like Him,
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for we shall see Him as He is. All who have this hope in him
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purify themselves just as He is pure.
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So there's a distinguishing factor in a true Christian and a
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false Christian or a hypocrite. Is someone purifying themselves?
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They're not perfect, but are they purifying themselves?
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Are you seeing a change? That's evidence of the Holy
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Spirit working in a person's life.
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Verse 4, Everyone who sins breaks the law.
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In fact, sin is lawlessness, but you know that he appeared so
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that he might take away our sins and in him is no sin.
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So Jesus appeared so he would take away our sins and in him.
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So if we are in Christ, there is no sin.
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No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.
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This is this is something that I just, I mean, some people I just
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love to say we are saved by grace and thank God for grace
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and which I agree with. That's all true.
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But what some people say it like is that they can just keep on
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sinning, that they're not concerned about their sin and
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and it seems like they have unrepentant sin in their life
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and they're just saying you're just forgetting about grace.
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Grace covers it all. I know there's a lot of people
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who think that grace is going to cover their sin when they
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haven't turned away from what God said is wrong, but they just
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keep throwing out grace. And to me that's a hypocritical
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Christian and people should be aware of that.
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So that does affect people who are seeking the Lord and then
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they're seeing people who are hypocrites and it is concerning.
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But like first, John 36 says, no one who lives in him keeps on
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sinning. No one who continues to sin has
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either seen him or known him. So that's saying you don't know
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Jesus, right? So then it says, dear children,
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do not let anyone lead you astray.
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The one who does what is righteous, just as He is right.
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The one who does what is right is right is righteous, just as
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he is righteous. The one who does what is sinful
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is of the devil because the devil has been sinning from the
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beginning. The reason the Son of God
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appeared was to destroy the devil's work.
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No one who is born of God or born again will continue to sin
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because God's seed remains in them.
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They cannot go on sinning because they have been born of
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God. This is how we know who the
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children of God are and who the children of the devil are.
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Anyone who does not do what is right is not God's child, nor is
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anyone who does not love their brother and sister.
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Those are some really sobering words for all of us.
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And I think it's something that the churches just don't often
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teach. So makes me want to speak about
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it more because I don't want to see people perish.
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Honestly, that's the reason why because you go out, you get like
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this feel good message from churches and it's not preparing
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you to meet Jesus. And so us people have to pick up
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the gap that the church is failing on to to have, I mean,
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to point out the scripture that is not being talked about in
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church. So 1 John 310 this is how we
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know OK, I already read that Jude verse or Jude chapter one
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verse 9. But even the Angel Archangel
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Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of
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Moses, did not dare to condemn him for slander, but said the
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Lord rebuke you. So I guess that's something that
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we can learn. It's not by our power, it's
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through the Lord. The Lord will deal with Satan.
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So we always have to pray in the name of Jesus about Jesus has
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the authority and we don't need to try because it would probably
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not end well if we on our own tried to go against the devil.
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In fact, there were some people who, there's a story, I think in
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the book of Acts where these people saw what was happening
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about casting out demons. And so they decided they were
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going to go through the motions the same way the disciples of
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Jesus were doing it. Obviously they had the disciples
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had the power of the Holy Spirit with them.
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But these priests are somebody, I think they were like some
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official kind of people went out and were trying to do the same
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thing. And the demon spoke back and
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said, I know Paul and I know I don't remember the exact words,
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but he said, I know them, but who are you?
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And so then the demons attacked this guy and it says something
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like they stripped him naked and he ran out of the place like he
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fled the place. So we need to not think we are
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greater than what we are, but realize that any kind of power
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that we receive from God is through the name of Jesus,
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through the Holy Spirit. And it's only in the name and
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the authority of Jesus. It's not by our our own works,
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but it's through God. And I think that's important to
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know too. Revelation 2, verse 10.
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Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer.
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I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test
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you, and you will suffer persecution for 10 days.
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Be faithful, even to the point of death.
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I will give you life as your victor's crown.
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So that's a really harsh reality because it's in the Bible and
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it's a warning to church. I forgot which church it was a
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warning to. I'm going to go back to look at
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that. It's the Church of Smyrna.
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I know your afflictions and poverty, yet you are rich.
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I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews but
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are not, but they are the synagogue of the Satan.
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Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer.
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I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test
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you, and you will suffer persecution for 10 days.
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Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you
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life as your victor's crown. Whoever's ears, let them hear
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what the Spirit says to all the churches.
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The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second
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death. The second death is the burning
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lake of sulfur. And so we may have persecution.
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Some people will, it's, it's very clear that some people will
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have this persecution. And, and Jesus was telling John,
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and this is this message that he gave John was to the churches.
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And so it's two Christians that you need to know this and some
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of the Christians, maybe it's, I don't know, only God knows who
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is going to go through this. But we need to just know that,
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you know, getting put in prison is going to test us.
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And there may be persecution for 10 days.
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Would be interesting if somebody got into prison but they got out
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in 10 days, then you would know that was the devil that did
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that. But it says be faithful even to
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the point of death. Now that's a serious requirement
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and I will give you life. But then again, we have to know
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like that is death is a transition.
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It's a transition into the presence of God.
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So don't fear death. Know what comes after that
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transition. Revelation 12 verse 9 The great
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dragon was hurled down the ancient serpent called the Devil
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or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.
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He was hurled to earth and his angels with them.
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We talked about that before. Revelation 12/12 Therefore
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rejoice you heavens, and you who dwell in them, but woe to the
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earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you.
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He is filled with fury because he knows that his time is short.
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When the Satan gets cast out of heaven of the heavenly realms,
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God's presence and can't go back there anymore, then he certainly
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does some destruction. I don't know when I mean like he
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has always gone back and forth between heaven and earth.
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We see that from the book of Job.
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But at some point he is kicked out of heaven and is brought
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down to the earth. And I don't know there's, that's
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debatable with Bible biblical scholars on when that actually
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happens. And I, I'm not really sure that
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I feel that I understand. I kind of feel like it's the
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midpoint of the, the final week that Daniel talks about that he
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comes down. And there's also a part, I think
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it's in Revelation 12 where it talks about the stars falling
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from the sky. It which makes me think that it
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could perhaps be at the 6th seal in the Book of Revelation that
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Satan is cast out of heaven. And then at that point there is
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also like the wrath of God and there's that 3 1/2 years of, of
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really of the, the great tribulation and the wrath of
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God. But some of this we're only
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going to know in hindsight. So that's the best that I can
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conclude from what I've read so far.
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A Revelation 20, verse two, He seized the dragon, that ancient
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serpent who is the devil or Satan and bound him for 1000
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years. We talked about that in the
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prior one. This is the Angel, which may be
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Jesus, who has the keys to the abyss.
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And that's where Satan is bound for 1000 years.
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And then Revelation 20, verse 10.
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And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of
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burning sulfur where the beast and the false prophet had been
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thrown. They will be tormented day and
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night forever and ever. So that's the final placement of
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the devil. He gets thrown into the lake of
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burning sulfur. After that thousand years, he
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tries to rebel against God and is defeated.
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And that is the final placement of Satan.
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And Satan has read scripture. He knows scripture, he knows
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where his end is. And he's just trying to probably
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do as much destruction before he goes to where he's told to.
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I mean, where, where he has to go.
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And that's why it says, you know, when he's been hurled down
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to the earth, he was, he's furious.
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He has a lot of fury because he knows he doesn't have a whole
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lot of time left. And he's been going on since
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eternity affecting the earth and having some sort of reigning
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power over the earth. And it's all going to be taken
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away from him. And he, I mean, this is another
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one of you. You reap what you sow So Satan
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is trying to separate and destroy people.
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But look, in the end, what's going to happen to him is he's
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going to be destroyed. So we should, that's another
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thing to remember is just remember that we reap what we
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sow And, and it's so important to know God and to stay in the
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word. So that concludes the word
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searches for the word search for devil this time.
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So that's the end of Part 2 and the next recording is going to
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be back in the book of Ezekiel. But I just felt like these
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things when we talked about Tyre, we need to and how it
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really seems like he's talking about the king over Tyre is
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Satan. I really believe that and that
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we should recognize how Satan works, how Satan operates with
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the purpose in our minds that we can avoid some of this.
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And the way we ultimately avoid it is through the Holy Spirit,
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which is through Jesus. Jesus.
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There's power in the name of Jesus when we believe Jesus,
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when we accept His gift to us, His death on the cross, that he
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broke the power of death, and that He is free to give the Holy
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Spirit to whomever he wants. And so I haven't.
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By receiving the Holy Spirit, we become born again.
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There will be a changed life in a person when the Holy Spirit
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starts working in a person's life.
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And if no one has ever changed their life or gotten closer to
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God or starts reflecting God more than it, you really need to
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pray to God and and there should be some assurances.
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There are there's fruit of the Spirit that shows you know how
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the spirit working in somebody's life changes their life.
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That's found in Galatians chapter 5.
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There are also gifts of the Spirit and those are things that
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I forgot which Corinthians it's in.
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But you can probably search gifts of the Spirit and find it
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in Scripture because that will tell you also ways that you can
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recognize if somebody has the Holy Spirit, because when the
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Holy Spirit comes to a person, they will be given gifts as the
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Spirit decides, as the Spirit determines, the Holy Spirit
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determines. We don't choose, but the Holy
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Spirit decides what gift he wants to give each person.
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And that's the way it is. I mean, you can pray for more,
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but and he may give it, but he's also probably going to look at
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are we ready for other gifts are not.
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So anyway, that is just put your faith and trust and belief in
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Jesus and reconcile with God through repentance.
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Ask God for the whole ask Jesus for the Holy Spirit so that you
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can begin to have a transformed life and get rid of sin.
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Because if you try to do it on your own, that's not the way it
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works, will just fail and probably get frustrated with it.
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But with the Holy Spirit says you know, God makes the
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impossible possible and it's only the power of God that will
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do that. So if you haven't subscribed,
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