1 00:00:48,569 --> 00:00:53,385 What I'm going to do this evening, lest you think it takes 2 00:00:48,569 --> 00:00:55,369 40 minutes to get to the question that 3 00:00:48,569 --> 00:00:57,853 I took 40 minutes to get to last 4 00:00:48,569 --> 00:00:59,965 week or two weeks ago, I'm going 5 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:01,885 to get to the question with brother 6 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:05,029 Tice with no explanation. We're going 7 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:07,269 to do three scenarios, no explanations. 8 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:10,749 And you'll see that it really is that 9 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:12,797 quick. It doesn't take long at all. 10 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:14,253 And then that's all we're going to 11 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:15,501 do with brother Tyce, and we'll get 12 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:17,837 into our notebook. Okay? And by the 13 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:19,165 way, we do have. If you didn't bring 14 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:20,837 the lessons from section three, I 15 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:22,911 do have some more back there supplement 16 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:25,895 as well, which, whoever's handing those 17 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:27,031 out, could you bring a supplement 18 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:29,831 to me? I left my. I don't think I brought 19 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:36,791 one and I'm going to need it. Okay, thank 20 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:39,311 you, sir. Just the supplement? Is 21 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:42,191 that it? Just the supplement? No, 22 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:43,779 I don't need that. I need the supplement. 23 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:49,985 Okay. Thank you. No, it's not. No, 24 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:51,909 it's a separate page down. There 25 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:54,905 you go. I'll get started here. Y'all 26 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:56,577 find one for me. We'll get started. All 27 00:00:48,569 --> 00:01:59,201 right. All right. So this is how 28 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:04,265 I do it. And as I said before, I don't. 29 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:06,153 I don't own the market on this. I 30 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:07,745 don't have a corner on the market. 31 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:10,705 If I'm not the end, all begin and end 32 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:12,193 all of this. This is the way I do 33 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:13,481 it. And hopefully it'll help. I got 34 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:14,513 it. Thank you, brother Clovis. I 35 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:25,891 got it. Thank you. Okay. Hello. I'm 36 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:29,099 looking for tice. Yes, it's him. 37 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:31,251 Oh, hey, Mister Rippy. Hey, my name is 38 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:32,979 James Stone. I'm from Heritage Baptist 39 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:35,019 Church, and we just want to welcome 40 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:37,199 you to the neighborhood with a gift. 41 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:39,675 Okay, well, thank you. Yeah, you're 42 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:41,139 welcome. You know, when we get these 43 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:43,723 names for the new move ins, we're 44 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:45,603 usually running about 30 days to 45 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:47,663 60 days behind. You guys are probably 46 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:50,271 already moved in by then. So is that 47 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:52,919 about right? Yeah, it's about right. 48 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:54,207 Okay. You've been here a month or 49 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:55,591 two. A month or two. Well, let me 50 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:56,895 ask you something, Mister Rippy. 51 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:58,295 In that month or two that you've been 52 00:00:48,569 --> 00:02:59,415 here, have you been able to find 53 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:01,139 a good church for your family yet? 54 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:03,623 You know, we've been busy a month or 55 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:05,119 two. We haven't had time to look. 56 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:07,431 Yeah, okay, well, I. Understandable. 57 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:09,655 Do you guys. But you believe in God, right? 58 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:13,585 Yes, sir, I believe. Awesome. Well, 59 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:14,961 let me ask you this. I'm sure that 60 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:16,121 you'd agree with me that sitting 61 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:17,641 in a building doesn't make a person a 62 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:20,753 Christian, right? Correct. Yeah. 63 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:22,073 Well, putting church aside, let me 64 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:23,353 just ask you this. What if something 65 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:25,281 were to happen to you? I mean, if you 66 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:27,417 died today, are you 100% sure that 67 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:30,089 you go to heaven? Okay, that's scenario 68 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:32,121 number one. You see how quickly it 69 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:34,145 doesn't take long at all? Scenario 70 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:35,297 number two. I've already given him 71 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:37,707 the bag. I'm asking him a question. 72 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:40,871 The same question. Now, in the couple 73 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:41,991 of months that you've been here, have 74 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:43,215 you been able to find a good church 75 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:45,695 for your family yet? You know, we're 76 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:48,095 visiting around. Okay, well, good. 77 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:49,575 Well, that tells me that you haven't 78 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:51,783 decided on one yet. So what I want 79 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:53,047 to do is I just want to extend an 80 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:54,759 open invitation to Heritage Baptist 81 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:55,847 church. I hope that you'll consider 82 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:57,719 giving us a try. We've been in town 83 00:00:48,569 --> 00:03:59,823 about 25 years. We're a staple almost 84 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:02,791 25 years. And we're, you know, we're 85 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:04,599 not gigantic that you'll get lost 86 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:05,983 in the crowd. We're small enough to 87 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:07,287 be a family, but large enough where 88 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:09,535 there's something for everyone. Okay, 89 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:12,175 but I'd be remiss if I didn't ask 90 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:13,351 you this. I'm glad you're going to 91 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:14,687 churches. Different churches. But 92 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:16,487 I'd be remiss if I didn't ask you 93 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:17,783 what? If something were to happen 94 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:19,799 to you if you died today, putting church 95 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:21,719 aside, if something were to happen 96 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:23,311 to you and you died, would you go to 97 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:26,127 heaven? Are you 100% certain? Okay, 98 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:27,639 scenario number two, it doesn't take 99 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:31,223 long. Scenario number three. Mister 100 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:32,599 Rippy, in the two months that you've 101 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:33,927 been here, have you been able to 102 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:35,047 find a good church home for your 103 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:38,439 family yet? I mean, we've been attending 104 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:41,099 that church down the road. Okay, 105 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:42,491 that's awesome. I'm glad that you're 106 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:43,811 attending somewhere. Hey, you know 107 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:44,979 what? We're not out trying to steal 108 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:46,635 folks from their church. I'm glad 109 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:47,955 that you're attending. I mean that 110 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:49,195 with all my heart. You need a good 111 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:51,035 place for your family. But I'd be 112 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:52,163 remiss, and I'm sure you'd agree 113 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:53,691 with me. I'd be remiss if I didn't at 114 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:55,851 least ask you. And, you know, sitting 115 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:57,227 in a church, as you, I'm sure you'd 116 00:00:48,569 --> 00:04:59,091 agree, doesn't guarantee that a person's 117 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:01,067 going to heaven, right? Yeah. So 118 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:02,035 what if something were to happen 119 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:03,767 to you? I mean, I'm glad you're going 120 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:04,967 to church, but what if something happened 121 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:07,247 if you died today? Are you 100% certain 122 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:09,419 that you go to heaven when you die? 123 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:11,607 Okay, that's scenario number three. 124 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:13,815 It does not take long, just a minute, 125 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:16,619 to get to it. Scenario number four. 126 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:20,631 Mister Rippie, if the two months 127 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:21,711 that you've been here and you've been 128 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:23,767 living in town in Hazlett, have you 129 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:25,407 been able to find a good church for 130 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:28,419 your family yet? I'm an atheist. 131 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:33,709 That is a lesson for the apologetics class. 132 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:37,337 That's not for tonight, but thank 133 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:38,709 you, brother. I appreciate that. 134 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:42,705 We can just set all this right here. 135 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:48,289 Thank you. So I wanted to do that 136 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:51,377 because I took such a long time a 137 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:55,099 couple of weeks ago going over, explaining 138 00:00:48,569 --> 00:05:57,731 everything. And while that is necessary, 139 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:00,483 I did want you to understand and see 140 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:03,371 that getting to that question is 141 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:04,515 that quick. They already know you're 142 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:06,131 there with the church, so no sense 143 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:07,755 beating around the bush. You just 144 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:09,083 get right to it. Amen. That's the 145 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:11,315 way I do it. So hopefully that'll 146 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:14,667 help you. All right, if you would. I didn't 147 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:17,195 get the. I didn't get the supplement. 148 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:19,401 This is the simple plan of salvation. 149 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:21,845 If you can please find the supplement for 150 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:23,461 me, that would. I'm sorry, I didn't 151 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:24,733 get that for myself. I should have 152 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:27,445 and I just didn't. The supplement. 153 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:29,365 I have a supplement there. If you guys don't. 154 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:30,669 How many of you do not have? That 155 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:32,301 says at the very top, supplement 156 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:38,325 to section three. Who needs that? Everybody 157 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:41,101 needs it. All right, we'll just. 158 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:42,693 You know what? Get it later. Get it later. 159 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:43,957 Don't worry about it, guys. You can 160 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:45,533 get it afterwards. It's a supplement. 161 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:47,157 I'll remind you to pick it up on your 162 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:50,941 way out. There'll be a few of these. 163 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:52,701 So when you come in, as you come in, 164 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:54,149 go ahead and check that back table 165 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:55,837 there and look for supplements to 166 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:57,125 add to these. I'll try to add some 167 00:00:48,569 --> 00:06:58,677 stuff here and there. All right? 168 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:00,117 Yeah, don't worry about it. Don't worry 169 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:01,061 about it. I'm just going to read 170 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:02,453 one or two things off of it and you can 171 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:03,797 get it later. I didn't plan on reading 172 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:05,709 it all anyway. All right, we're on 173 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:07,565 section three then. A brief view 174 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:11,447 of the doctrine of Satan. Now, again, 175 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:14,847 the goal is not to try to convince you 176 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:18,659 in this room of Satan's existence. 177 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:22,735 We already believe it. We believe that 178 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:25,647 Satan is real. What my purpose is 179 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:29,583 here today is to help you, to understand 180 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:31,739 and convince you, and to show you, 181 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:39,689 give you a worldly perspective. Satan, 182 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:45,301 why people are responding the way 183 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:47,365 they respond, why are they acting 184 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:49,941 the way that they act? Brother, tice, 185 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:52,973 Mister Ripe was pretty nice. And 186 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:54,733 the fact is most people are going 187 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:56,477 to be nice. Most of them are going to 188 00:00:48,569 --> 00:07:59,653 be very cordial at the door. Very 189 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:01,293 few people at the door are just plumb 190 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:05,383 ugly, very few. But you'll have varied 191 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:07,191 answers, varied responses, and you'll 192 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:08,367 have to come up with, you'll need 193 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:11,687 to know. But when you're talking to 194 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:12,895 your neighbor, when you're talking 195 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:15,215 to somebody at work, when you're talking 196 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:17,271 to some friends or family, they may 197 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:21,519 be very angry, venomous. Why? Why 198 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:22,751 in the world? And that's what I want 199 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:24,071 you to understand tonight. That's 200 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:26,103 why we're going to look at just a brief 201 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:28,159 view of the doctrine of Satan. This 202 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:32,271 is the angelology which includes 203 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:36,543 the doctrine of Satan. There is scarcely 204 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:38,255 a culture. I'll stick with my outline 205 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:39,191 tonight. I'm going to make sure we 206 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:40,455 get through this. There's scarcely 207 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:42,407 a culture, a tribe or society to be 208 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:44,599 found in the world which does not 209 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:47,471 have some concept or fear of an invisible 210 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:51,151 evil power. This has been attested 211 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:53,031 to by christian missionaries and secular 212 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:54,863 anthropologists alike. Witch doctors, 213 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:56,391 shrunken heads, voodoo dolls and 214 00:00:48,569 --> 00:08:58,973 totem poles all give dramatic evidence 215 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:01,329 of this universal fear. It's everywhere. 216 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:03,845 Just as we can say the same thing 217 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:05,637 about God, we say, just as we can 218 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:07,165 say that about God, we also say that 219 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:09,949 about Satan, about the devil, about 220 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:12,289 an evil influence, an evil power. 221 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:15,245 Now what I want to do is if you actually 222 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:16,557 have that, you don't have to go get 223 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:19,109 it, but I'm just going to read just 224 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:20,461 a couple of things here off of this 225 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:21,965 supplement. But it'd be worth you 226 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:28,793 picking up before you leave the present 227 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:31,753 position of Satan. And at the very 228 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:33,033 bottom, I have a couple of things 229 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:34,857 here. First of all, it is a position 230 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:40,429 of exaltation and honor. By the way, 231 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:43,369 these are excerpts from christian 232 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:46,589 theology angelology by eh. Bancroft. 233 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:50,089 It is a position of exaltation and honor. 234 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:52,137 According to Jude six nine, the position 235 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:54,741 of Satan is so exalted that even 236 00:00:48,569 --> 00:09:57,605 Michael the archangel will not bring 237 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:00,049 any railing judgment against him. 238 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:03,789 Secondly, it is a position of rulership 239 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:07,989 and authority. I think we downplay 240 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:09,637 Satan. We don't give him near enough 241 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:11,965 credit. It is a position of rulership 242 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:14,629 and authority. He is called the prince 243 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:19,567 of the power of the air. Satan is given 244 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:21,615 this title and is accredited with 245 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:24,879 possessing a kingdom indicating his 246 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:26,807 authority and power in relation to 247 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:28,303 the heavenly realms. And I have several 248 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:31,103 verses for you to look at in connection 249 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:33,039 with that. He is not only called 250 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:35,247 the prince of the power of the air, he 251 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:37,339 is called the prince of this world, 252 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:41,567 and as such, is the head of the present 253 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:46,017 godless world order and system. And 254 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:47,745 then finally, he is called the God 255 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:50,937 of this age. And by this title, he 256 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:53,881 is presented as the self constituted 257 00:00:48,569 --> 00:10:59,001 object of world worship. So you think he 258 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:04,113 doesn't play a small part? He is 259 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:11,139 the little God of this world. And 260 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:13,179 so much of what we do, even as christians, 261 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:15,683 but for sure what the majority of 262 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:17,563 the lost world does, I would say 263 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:19,803 100% of what the lost world does, 264 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:22,899 is dictated and orchestrated and choreographed 265 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:26,971 by Satan. And much of what christians 266 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:31,195 do is influenced by Satan. We think 267 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:33,079 just because we're saved, we're safe. 268 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:37,147 If we're not in brethren, if we're not 269 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:38,507 in Christ every day, if we're not 270 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:40,251 walking and living in the word abiding 271 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:41,347 in the word, and his word abiding 272 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:43,479 in, we have opened ourselves up to his 273 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:47,295 influence. No doubt about it. God 274 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:49,231 has given us an umbrella of protection, 275 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:52,487 an umbrella of blessing, and we choose 276 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:54,231 to go out from under that umbrella of 277 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:55,543 blessing and umbrella of protection 278 00:00:48,569 --> 00:11:57,375 and open ourselves up to the influence 279 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:03,087 of Satan. All right, now, I do want 280 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:04,647 you. I saw some folks just walk in. 281 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:06,719 Zach, if you guys don't have section 282 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:07,967 three, I've got section three on 283 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:09,535 the table there, and I am going. 284 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:11,581 I'm trying my. You got it. Great. I am 285 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:13,045 trying my best to go right over this, 286 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:15,285 so I at least want you to have that 287 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:16,397 much in your hand. All right, so 288 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:17,789 let's look at this, then. Number 289 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:20,037 one, the existence of Satan. First of 290 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:22,645 all, his existence is doubted by 291 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:25,445 the world. His existence is doubted 292 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:27,437 by the world. And as shown by the typical 293 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:29,229 cartoon concept, most of the world 294 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:31,445 today pictures the devil as a medieval 295 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:33,133 and mythical two horn, fork tail, 296 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:35,445 impish creature dressed in red flannel 297 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:37,301 underwear busily pitching coal into 298 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:40,291 the furnace of hell. It's a caricature. 299 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:44,795 It's laughable. It's laughable. And 300 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:46,291 comedians, I'm telling all myself 301 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:47,715 here, but as a kid, I watched Flip 302 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:48,979 Wilson. Y'all remember Flip Wilson 303 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:51,675 show? He. He popularized that. The 304 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:53,715 devil made me do it, and everybody 305 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:57,195 laughed. But how true is it? It's 306 00:00:48,569 --> 00:12:58,835 absolutely true. The devil did make 307 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:00,803 us do it. Or at least he influenced 308 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:02,747 us to do it. No one makes us do anything 309 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:07,325 we choose, but we have downplayed the 310 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:09,141 Underwood ham devil. That's what's 311 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:15,525 in the mind of most people. I didn't 312 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:17,525 come up with this quote. I don't know 313 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:20,509 who said it, or I would have given credit, 314 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:24,309 but it said, it is but a short step 315 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:26,885 from mockery of Satan to mockery 316 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:31,799 of the savior. And I'll say this in passing 317 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:33,167 real quick, I don't want to make 318 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:35,199 anybody mad, but I am going to say 319 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:38,239 it. And no matter. There are no little 320 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:41,167 ones in here, right? Okay, folks, 321 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:45,287 if we lie about Saint Nick, what's to 322 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:46,543 make our kids think we're not lying 323 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:52,495 about Jesus and the devil? I just 324 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:53,703 believe in telling them the truth. 325 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:55,899 My kids have never sat on Santa's lap, 326 00:00:48,569 --> 00:13:58,845 never, because we tell them the truth. 327 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:00,077 And I just think, I don't want them 328 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:01,925 to think I'm lying about Jesus once 329 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:03,221 they find out I've lied about that 330 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:07,645 other thing. So look at number two. 331 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:10,141 So the existence of Satan, it's doubted 332 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:11,781 by the word. His existence is doubted 333 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:13,765 by the world, as shown by the denial 334 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:16,925 from liberal and conservative pulpits 335 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:21,277 alike. Conservative pulpits. Look 336 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:23,711 at this survey that I got from the Barna 337 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:25,751 group. A new nationwide survey of 338 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:28,471 adults spiritual beliefs conducted 339 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:30,655 by the Barna group suggests that Americans 340 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:32,607 who consider themselves to be Christian 341 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:34,975 have a diverse set of beliefs. And that's 342 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:38,819 true. I mean, Christian is a wide, 343 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:42,599 it's a huge, the parameters are huge. 344 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:44,503 And what falls under Christian? All 345 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:46,647 kinds of stuff. And so our beliefs 346 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:50,361 are varied, and so we have a diverse 347 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:52,017 set of beliefs. But many of those beliefs 348 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:54,113 are contradictory or at least inconsistent. 349 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:56,121 Four out of ten christians look at this 350 00:00:48,569 --> 00:14:59,073 now. I don't know. You know, you 351 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:01,089 can give some credence to Barna's 352 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:03,913 surveys. These are legitimate surveys. 353 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:05,385 The Barna group, they've been around 354 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:07,145 doing this for years. Four out of 355 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:09,441 ten christians, 40%, strongly agreed 356 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:11,049 that Satan is not a living being, 357 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:16,171 but a symbol of evil. He's not real. 358 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:17,771 He's just an influence, just a symbol 359 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:19,779 of evil. An additional two out of ten 360 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:21,755 christians, 19%, said they agree 361 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:24,027 somewhat with that perspective. A 362 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:25,403 minority of christians indicated 363 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:27,459 that they believe Satan is real by disagreeing 364 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:29,467 with that, with the statement. And 365 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:31,795 then one quarter, 26%, disagreed 366 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:34,707 strongly, and about one 10th disagreed 367 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:38,571 somewhat. The remaining 8% weren't 368 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:40,115 sure what they believe about the existence 369 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:43,183 of Satan. That was just a few short 370 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:47,151 years ago. And, but I tell you what, 371 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:48,919 I think that a lot of those christians 372 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:52,175 who had doubts, I think they're, as they 373 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:54,939 see Satan, ramping up his efforts, 374 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:57,071 intensifying his efforts. I think 375 00:00:48,569 --> 00:15:59,351 Satan knows his time is short, and 376 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:00,719 I believe that he is intensifying 377 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:02,791 his efforts all over the world, not just 378 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:04,231 in America. But, boy, we are seeing 379 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:06,179 it. He is throwing it in our face. 380 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:09,089 And you, as a child of God, your 381 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:11,545 voice is stifled. You just have no 382 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:14,169 voice anymore. We have to be collective. 383 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:16,225 If we're going to get heard. But God 384 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:18,465 didn't call us here to save America, 385 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:20,041 although I'm an american and I wish 386 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:21,593 we could save it, that's not what 387 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:22,977 he called us here for. He called us 388 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:24,753 here to win people to Jesus Christ 389 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:27,225 and he'll do the saving. And so that's 390 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:28,945 what we have to do. No matter how 391 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:30,793 evil it gets, no matter how dark 392 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:32,265 the time, we just need to be the light 393 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:34,271 that shines in the darkness. The 394 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:35,511 darker the night, the brighter the 395 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:37,599 light. Amen. And we're the candle. 396 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:39,895 We're the light of the world. While 397 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:41,567 we as Bible believing christians, 398 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:44,015 we don't doubt the existence of Satan, we 399 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:46,823 must allow these facts that I just 400 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:48,223 read to you, we must allow these 401 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:50,767 facts regarding society's view of 402 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:52,935 the devil to help give us a proper 403 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:54,495 perspective when dealing with the 404 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:56,967 lost. It's easy, I'm telling you. 405 00:00:48,569 --> 00:16:58,527 If we don't have the proper attitude 406 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:00,135 and the proper perspective, the proper 407 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:01,937 mental attitude, when we go out and, 408 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:03,197 or when we even talk to someone, 409 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:05,189 many times you're not even prepared. Someone 410 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:06,765 just comes up to you and the Holy 411 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:08,637 Spirit says, talk to them or you 412 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:10,309 hand them and people just lash out 413 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:12,421 at you. And sometimes you're not 414 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:13,933 even prepared to deal with that. 415 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:15,997 And that's why it's important that we 416 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:19,009 understand. Where's that coming from? 417 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:21,445 I can tell you where it's coming 418 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:24,933 from. It's coming from Satan. It is absolutely, 419 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:27,733 positively coming from Satan. Because 420 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:29,525 how many of you would say amen to 421 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:32,649 this fact? If they only knew Jesus, 422 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:40,569 if they only knew him, they wouldn't 423 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:42,949 try to run from him, they wouldn't try to 424 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:44,325 tear him down, they wouldn't try 425 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:47,129 to dismiss him. If they only knew him, 426 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:50,605 if he only knew how much God loves 427 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:53,365 them. That's why we know that this 428 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:55,077 is all of Satan. Second Corinthians 429 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:57,141 four three four says, if our gospel be 430 00:00:48,569 --> 00:17:59,195 hidden, it is hid to them that are 431 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:01,675 lost, in whom the God of this world 432 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:04,275 hath blinded the minds of them who 433 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:06,267 believe not, lest the light of the 434 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:07,707 glorious gospel of Christ, who is 435 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:09,251 the image of God, should shine unto 436 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:10,587 them. I'm not going to spend a lot 437 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:11,883 of time here, but do you remember, 438 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:15,339 you know, the trichotomy of man, of saved 439 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:17,659 man, is spirit, soul and body. We 440 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:19,995 have the spirit and our mind can 441 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:21,467 draw from the spirit the things that 442 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:23,279 the spirit of God is giving to us 443 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:26,495 through the spirit of God. Lost man 444 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:28,855 doesn't have that. He doesn't have 445 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:30,487 that. He doesn't have things from 446 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:31,855 the spirit of God to draw from his 447 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:33,479 spirit is dead within him. He doesn't 448 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:35,215 have that communication to God. What 449 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:36,935 he's got is communication from Satan. 450 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:39,591 And he's drawing on that. That's 451 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:42,671 why he says the devil has blinded his 452 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:46,399 mind. He doesn't have a spirit like 453 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:48,775 we do. He doesn't have that born 454 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:50,375 again spirit, that revived spirit, 455 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:54,557 that regenerated spirit, only we do. And 456 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:55,893 so we have to understand that. We 457 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:57,189 have to put that, take that into 458 00:00:48,569 --> 00:18:58,541 perspective when we're dealing with 459 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:00,701 people who are ugly and mean and 460 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:02,901 they can be and it's not. And sometimes 461 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:04,341 you just want to lash out back. I've 462 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:06,357 done that and I've walked away, say, 463 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:07,717 well, let him go. He just, that's 464 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:08,805 where he wants to go. Let him go 465 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:10,717 then. If that's the way he's attitude 466 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:11,837 he's going to have, I can have it, 467 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:13,565 too. I've done that. It's stupid, 468 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:14,821 but I've done it. I'm sorry. Shouldn't 469 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:17,461 use that word. It's not a good thing. 470 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:19,235 It's ugly. I don't have to be as ugly 471 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:21,659 as they are. And we shouldn't be, right, 472 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:24,867 we shouldn't be, but it's easy. But 473 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:27,747 if we can just take this and allow 474 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:29,931 it to influence us as we go out and 475 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:31,755 realize when people are lashing out, 476 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:35,331 it's Satan. It's Satan. Because if 477 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:36,723 they knew God, they wouldn't do that. 478 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:38,179 All right. Letter B. His existence 479 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:41,555 is declared by the Bible. His existence 480 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:44,485 is declared by the Bible. The devil 481 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:46,429 is mentioned in seven Old Testament 482 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:50,333 books. Genesis one chronicles job twelve 483 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:53,661 times. In job, psalms, Isaiah, Ezekiel, 484 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:55,845 and Zechariah. And then he's found 485 00:00:48,569 --> 00:19:58,181 in 19 New Testament books and is referred 486 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:00,169 to by every New Testament writer. 487 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:06,405 And I have the books there for you. He's 488 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:07,781 mentioned by the Lord Jesus Christ 489 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:11,535 15 times. Okay, so his existence is 490 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:13,539 declared by the Bible. He's real. 491 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:15,639 And there's going to be a lot of people 492 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:16,647 tell you he's not real. It's just 493 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:19,375 an influence. And Jehovah's witnesses 494 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:22,671 do not believe Satan is real. And of course, 495 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:23,951 you telling them that he's in the 496 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:26,247 Bible, it doesn't. Your words are 497 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:28,659 lost. You're just pearls before swine. 498 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:33,727 But it's there. It's there. All right. 499 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:35,359 Number two, the methods of Satan. 500 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:38,575 First of all, he is subtle. S u b 501 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:41,255 t l e. He is subtle. Genesis, chapter 502 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:42,599 three, verse one. Now, the serpent 503 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:45,431 was more subtle than any beast of the 504 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:48,343 field which the Lord God had made. 505 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:49,895 And two corinthians eleven says, 506 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:52,431 and no marvel for Satan. Himself is transformed 507 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:53,839 into an angel of light. Therefore, 508 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:56,815 it is no great thing if his ministers also 509 00:00:48,569 --> 00:20:58,743 be transformed as the ministers of 510 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:01,151 righteousness, whose end shall be, 511 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:03,031 according to their work, transformed 512 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:06,263 as ministers of righteousness. Now, 513 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:07,983 I'm saying this, and this isn't lost 514 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:10,143 on you, me saying that Satan's not going 515 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:11,431 to come to us. He's not going to 516 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:13,287 show himself as some evil, impish 517 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:15,871 creature. He's not going to do that. 518 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:17,391 He's not going to come to you, because 519 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:21,375 obviously, as christians, we'll run 520 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:23,375 away from that. We won't have anything 521 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:26,551 to do with it. No. He comes to us 522 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:29,551 as Disneyland characters, Disney 523 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:33,495 movies. You can go ahead and say 524 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:36,823 amen right there. It's okay. Because 525 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:38,735 I'm telling you, he uses the media. 526 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:41,655 He uses. And some people are just locked 527 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:43,807 on the news. And I'm telling you 528 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:45,831 that that is so liberally biased. 529 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:48,359 And if you just watch news night after 530 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:50,099 night after night, you're being fed 531 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:54,519 garbage that the devil is feeding 532 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:56,947 you. I say you. I'm talking about. You 533 00:00:48,569 --> 00:21:59,875 know what I'm saying? Just. He's 534 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:02,115 gonna. He's going to not even show 535 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:03,811 up. He's just going to work as a 536 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:06,599 minister of light, minister of righteousness. 537 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:13,279 So he beguiled Eve through a serpent 538 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:17,571 who didn't crawl on its belly. At 539 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:22,195 first, I kind of wondered what kind 540 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:25,939 of animal it looked like. Stood upright, 541 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:29,427 maybe. Well, here's one thing. It 542 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:32,439 spoke, and it didn't freak her out. 543 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:35,163 I mean, if an animal spoke to you 544 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:38,875 today, wouldn't you run? I don't 545 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:41,475 pretend to understand that she communicated 546 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:50,893 with an animal somehow. And he beguiled 547 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:53,109 Eve through a serpent. He used something 548 00:00:48,569 --> 00:22:55,381 harmless, something that she looked 549 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:00,901 at as familiar and harmless. When he 550 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:04,837 went to accuse job, he waited until 551 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:06,989 the sons of God appeared before God, 552 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:11,869 and he came among them. He sowed 553 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:13,421 tares among the wheats under the 554 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:15,315 COVID of darkness, under the COVID 555 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:18,251 of night. And when he betrayed Christ 556 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:24,239 in the garden, he used a friend, Judas. 557 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:27,499 This is how Satan works. Through 558 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:29,771 subtlety. Through subtlety. That's 559 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:34,363 why we have to be circumspect. Be sober, 560 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:36,411 be vigilant. Because your adversary, 561 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:39,331 the devil, walketh about seeking whom 562 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:46,605 he may devour. He's subtle, number one. 563 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:48,325 Under that, he cast doubt on God's 564 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:49,605 word. Now, you knew that was coming. 565 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:51,725 That's what he does. He casts doubt 566 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:54,325 on God's word. Genesis three, one 567 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:56,069 says, and he said unto the woman, 568 00:00:48,569 --> 00:23:59,541 yea, hath God said. Hath God said, you 569 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:01,221 shall not eat of every tree of the 570 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:06,573 garden, one of the most widely used 571 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:08,429 arguments when we're trying to witness 572 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:10,769 to people is, oh, the Bible is just 573 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:16,469 written by men. Or that's your interpretation. 574 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:19,097 That's just your interpretation. 575 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:21,849 People want to throw doubt on God's word. They doubt 576 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:23,909 God's word. That's Satan working. 577 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:27,753 That's one of his main tools, is casting 578 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:29,097 doubt. He's been doing it since the 579 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:30,761 garden of Eden, and it worked. What 580 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:32,269 makes us think he's going to quit 581 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:34,801 if it works? You and I, we believe in 582 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:35,849 that. Hey, if something's working, 583 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:38,561 don't talk. Right. If it ain't broke, don't 584 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:41,145 fix it. And Satan's been using it 585 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:43,689 ever since. Number two, cast doubt. 586 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:45,745 He cast doubt on God's character and 587 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:48,961 his goodness. Chapter three, verse 588 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:50,521 four and five. The serpent said unto 589 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:52,385 the woman, ye shall not surely die, 590 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:54,241 for God doth know that in the day 591 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:55,793 that ye eat thereof, then your eyes 592 00:00:48,569 --> 00:24:57,105 shall be opened and ye shall be as 593 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:00,425 gods, knowing good as evil. He hadn't 594 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:01,617 stopped doing that either. People 595 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:03,017 always want to cast doubt on God's 596 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:04,425 character. If God's such. If he's 597 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:07,089 such a good and loving and kind God, 598 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:08,691 how can all of this. What are they 599 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:10,427 doing? They're casting doubt on God's 600 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:11,619 character. They're attacking God's 601 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:14,187 character. If he's so good, if he's 602 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:16,315 so loving, if he's so kind, where's 603 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:18,795 that coming from? That's coming from 604 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:22,171 Satan. That's not just. That's not 605 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:23,731 just somebody coming, saying that 606 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:25,675 from a broken heart. I'm not saying 607 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:27,259 there's not a broken heart involved, 608 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:29,763 but I'm saying that broken heart will 609 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:31,483 break down your defenses. It'll break 610 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:35,413 down your resistance. And many times 611 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:36,869 with a broken heart, we don't think 612 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:40,997 straight. We're vulnerable, and we 613 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:44,133 let Satan in. Well, if God was so 614 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:47,485 good, if God was so loving, if God 615 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:49,381 is so kind, does that sound like 616 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:51,677 a good Christian who's walking in the 617 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:54,421 will of God? No, it does sound like 618 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:55,557 someone who's lost. And we'll hear 619 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:57,125 that a lot. I'll promise you, you'll 620 00:00:48,569 --> 00:25:59,975 hear that a lot. Well, if God's so 621 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:01,247 loving, and that's another one, by 622 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:02,567 the way, that's another subject for 623 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:08,847 our, for our apologetics class. Wouldn't 624 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:09,887 you like to be able to answer that? 625 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:11,071 It's a hard one to answer, isn't 626 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:13,479 it? It's hard. Well, if God's so loving, 627 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:14,719 why do you allow all this to happen 628 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:16,619 over in Tennessee and North Carolina? 629 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:19,495 Man, I don't have an answer for that. 630 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:21,783 Not one that'll satisfy anyone. I 631 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:23,423 can give you a biblical answer, but 632 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:25,013 anyway, that's for another class. 633 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:27,257 So God's doubt, or he casts doubt on 634 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:28,625 God's character and his goodness. 635 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:31,949 And then letter B. He schemes. He schemes. 636 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:34,681 He schemes. All right, now, I'm not 637 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:35,881 telling you anything you don't already 638 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:37,345 know, but once again, what I'm trying 639 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:39,409 to get you to do is understand how 640 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:41,161 this affects the lost person when 641 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:42,433 you're trying to give them the gospel. 642 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:44,709 Listen, Satan doesn't want them saved. 643 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:47,825 You're saved. He doesn't want you 644 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:49,265 leading others to Christ, and so 645 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:50,729 he's going to be working in them. 646 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:52,005 And that's what you have to understand, 647 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:54,197 where they're coming from, when they lash 648 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:56,061 out or when they're resisting. This 649 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:58,701 is Satan working. He schemes. Don't 650 00:00:48,569 --> 00:26:59,797 forget that. He's going to be working 651 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:03,533 against you. Ephesians 611 says, 652 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:05,437 put on the whole armor of God that you 653 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:06,917 may be able to stand against the 654 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:11,805 wiles of the devil. Trickery. Trickery. 655 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:13,149 Against the trickery. He's going 656 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:15,317 to try to trick you up. And then let 657 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:18,325 her see. He plans. He plans. Two 658 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:20,045 Corinthians 211. Lest Satan should 659 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:22,709 get an advantage of us, for we are not 660 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:27,215 ignorant of his devices. We are not 661 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:31,511 ignorant of his devices. I do love 662 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:33,271 to do word studies. And as I looked 663 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:36,139 up that word devices, it brought into 664 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:38,895 it implied we're not ignorant of 665 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:40,823 his mind, of his thoughts, of his 666 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:44,247 purpose. He plans. He thinks things 667 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:48,711 through. And then letter D, by the 668 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:50,365 way, most of us, I wish that we could. 669 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:52,825 I wish we could claim that and say 670 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:54,969 it as often and with as much assurance 671 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:56,641 as Paul said it. We are not ignorant 672 00:00:48,569 --> 00:27:59,081 of his devices. I'm afraid I'm way too ignorant 673 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:01,585 of his devices at times. Way too 674 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:03,545 ignorant. I don't give him near enough 675 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:06,321 credit or enough blame. I guess I 676 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:09,705 should say whatever. And then letter 677 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:13,713 D. He deceives. He deceives. Revelation 678 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:15,393 twelve nine. And the great dragon 679 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:17,999 was cast out, that old serpenthenne called 680 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:20,247 the devil. And Satan. Watch this. 681 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:23,179 Which deceiveth the whole world. 682 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:26,191 You know, the Lord didn't just put that 683 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:28,759 in there to fulfill her, which deceiveth 684 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:31,615 the whole world. He was cast out 685 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:33,031 into the earth, and his angels were 686 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:37,439 cast out with him. You know, only 687 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:41,967 when watching a magic show do I enjoy 688 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:46,289 being deceived. Lie to me all you 689 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:47,825 want to when you're doing a magic 690 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:51,769 show, but none of us enjoy being 691 00:00:48,569 --> 00:28:58,457 lied to otherwise. And Satan is the father 692 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:02,953 of lies. Everything that he says 693 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:09,309 is a lie. Everything. There's no truth 694 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:12,647 in him, that's our enemy. That's 695 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:15,423 the one we go to battle with every day. 696 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:16,967 And anytime that we're trying to 697 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:18,495 win someone to the Lord, anytime 698 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:20,671 we're trying to share the gospel with someone, 699 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:27,419 he is fighting against us. He deceives. 700 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:32,631 He's a master of deception. And what 701 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:35,791 is painfully obvious to us when we 702 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:37,095 are trying to witness, when you're 703 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:38,127 trying to witness, you're going to 704 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:39,095 see things and you're going to go, 705 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:41,119 man, that's of the devil. These are 706 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:43,279 what's painfully obvious to us is 707 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:44,703 tactics of the devil and the lives 708 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:46,855 of the lost. It's completely lost on 709 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:50,391 them. And you can't really just come 710 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:51,487 out and say, well, you know, you're 711 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:52,871 just being influenced by Satan. You 712 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:55,735 can't say that. You can't say that 713 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:56,911 when you're witnessing to him, but 714 00:00:48,569 --> 00:29:58,871 you just have to know it. You have 715 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:01,095 to understand that what you're up 716 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:02,783 against, that's why we have to be 717 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:04,719 filled with the spirit. I'm so glad 718 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:05,967 I'm going to talk about this at the 719 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:08,015 end, but I'm so glad that I know 720 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:11,151 Jesus said, and lo, I am with you 721 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:13,287 always, even unto the end of the 722 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:17,719 earth. And that promise was attached 723 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:21,631 to our going. He said, go and lo, I'll 724 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:28,765 be with you. They're so unbelievably 725 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:32,061 blind. I mean, you think about what's going 726 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:35,949 on today. Homosexuality. I mean, 727 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:40,085 it's demonic anyway. It is purely demonic. 728 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:42,709 Homosexuality is demonic. It is. 729 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:45,837 It is. The mind is confused. The word 730 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:47,765 of God tells us that they're confused 731 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:50,661 in their mind. But I'm telling you, 732 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:52,669 Satan has taken that thing to a whole 733 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:58,095 new level here in America. And if 734 00:00:48,569 --> 00:30:59,727 we thought homosexuality in and of 735 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:00,991 itself was demonic, what do we think 736 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:05,271 about gender dysphoria? I mean, don't 737 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:07,199 you just sit back sometimes and say, 738 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:10,779 how, how can they even think that? 739 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:14,095 And I'm convinced. I'm convinced 740 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:17,607 that these people, many people, I watched 741 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:21,497 some YouTube videos and just, I don't 742 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:22,889 even know why. Sometimes I look at 743 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:24,953 it, I'm like, do they really believe 744 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:26,737 that? And I'm convinced they do believe 745 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:28,249 that. There are some people that 746 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:31,761 actually do believe that trans women, 747 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:34,713 which are really men, can menstruate 748 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:38,913 and get pregnant. They believe that that 749 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:44,009 is satanic to the nth degree. I mean, 750 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:47,351 he's truly, he has truly messed up 751 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:53,539 their mind. So they are beyond deceived. 752 00:00:48,569 --> 00:31:58,671 I looked up the word deceiveth right 753 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:01,271 there. Revelation twelve nine, the 754 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:02,775 great dragon was cast out, that old 755 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:04,071 serpent called the devil and satan, 756 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:06,047 which deceiveth the whole world. 757 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:09,379 The word deceiveth, it's used 39 times 758 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:12,359 in the Bible, in the New Testament. 759 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:15,099 39 times. But it's. It's not translated. Deceit 760 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:17,715 every time. And it would be worth 761 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:19,759 a study for you. It's interesting. 762 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:26,451 It's also used the word err, gone astray, deceived 763 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:29,851 and out of the way. Those words are 764 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:32,131 translated from the one word that 765 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:34,035 we also get the word deceived from. 766 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:36,731 And it means to cause, to go astray, 767 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:39,971 to cause, to wonder, to be out of the 768 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:42,701 way. And then it says, from safety, 769 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:45,277 from truth, from virtue. It means 770 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:51,589 to seduce. To seduce. And he's a master 771 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:54,933 at it. All right, number two, regarding 772 00:00:48,569 --> 00:32:59,517 his end, regarding his end, he is 773 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:02,885 a deceiver. He deceives regarding 774 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:04,933 his existence. And then number two, regarding 775 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:06,925 his end, revelation, chapter 20, 776 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:08,285 verse ten, the devil that deceived 777 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:11,319 them was cast into the lake of fire and 778 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:12,847 brimstone, where the beast and the 779 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:14,895 false prophet are and shall be tormented 780 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:18,219 day and night, forever and ever. 781 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:20,983 Oh, come on. That was worth a big amen 782 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:23,007 right there. I can't wait, brother. 783 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:25,375 I mean, you know, to watch our arch 784 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:27,615 enemy, to watch our. The one who's 785 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:30,767 been casting doubt about God in our 786 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:33,367 ears and deceiving the whole world 787 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:35,071 and the one who's been the accuser 788 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:38,491 of the brethren for centuries, for millennial, 789 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:41,091 for millennium, and. And then he's 790 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:42,955 finally going to get his. You know, 791 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:44,691 we cheer. We watch a movie and we 792 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:47,091 cheer when the obvious bad guy finally 793 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:48,467 gets it. I mean, have you ever watched 794 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:49,411 the movie? And you say, man, I can't 795 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:50,851 wait till he gets his, because you 796 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:53,347 know it's coming, right? You know 797 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:55,107 it's coming. You say, man, I'll be 798 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:57,571 so glad when he gets his brother. 799 00:00:48,569 --> 00:33:59,075 I don't understand everything that's 800 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:00,491 involved. When the Lord says he's 801 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:01,731 going to, Satan will land at our 802 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:03,787 feet shortly. I'm sure it has to 803 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:06,811 do with authority. Feet, authority, 804 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:09,651 Satan. I'm sure it does, but I like to picture 805 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:11,611 it differently. That's just me. Give 806 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:14,931 me this little bit of pleasure. I 807 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:16,411 like to see the Lord putting Satan 808 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:17,899 at my feet and saying, go ahead, James, 809 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:23,611 have at it. I can't wait. I got loved 810 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:26,563 ones that are in hell that he has 811 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:29,445 deceived. I've got brothers and sisters 812 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:32,649 in Christ who are not fit for ministry 813 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:36,085 because he has deceived them or they 814 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:41,077 gave in. He's tricked them. I've 815 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:44,009 got brothers and sisters in Christ who 816 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:47,889 I just want to give the devil a stomp, 817 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:51,333 but he doesn't want people to believe 818 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:53,613 that. What he wants to do, and I 819 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:54,437 don't know if you've ever been there. 820 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:55,461 I've been there many times where 821 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:56,965 I've heard people say, well, I'll just 822 00:00:48,569 --> 00:34:59,417 reign in hell with the devil. We'll 823 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:00,665 just have a party with all my friends. 824 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:01,553 You've heard that. And I don't know 825 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:04,921 if they truly believe that, but they 826 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:06,481 said it with conviction and I've 827 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:08,785 heard it a lot. Well, when I go, 828 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:10,185 I'll just go to hell with the devil. 829 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:12,137 We'll have us a good time, you know, 830 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:13,969 truly get them one on one, maybe. 831 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:15,049 I don't know if they truly believe 832 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:17,233 that or not, but there are a lot of people 833 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:18,473 do believe that the devil is going 834 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:21,009 to reign in hell and all of his followers 835 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:23,201 will reign and party with him. As 836 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:24,729 I said, he's a personification of 837 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:26,711 deception. It's not going to happen. 838 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:28,391 He is going to spend eternity in a lake 839 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:31,703 of fire along with the false prophet 840 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:34,579 and the beast, the unholy Trinity. 841 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:37,199 All right, number three, the makeup of 842 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:40,431 Satan. The makeup of Satan. So one 843 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:42,919 final thought on this subject. Consider 844 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:45,471 how to answer those who suggest the 845 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:48,087 devil is not real, but only an impersonal 846 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:52,459 influence that is Jehovah's Witness. 847 00:00:48,569 --> 00:35:58,727 You will if you decide some of you are 848 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:00,071 already doing it, many of you are 849 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:01,247 already doing it, and many of you 850 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:03,095 have already gone out and you've 851 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:04,655 witnessed to people, and you may 852 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:05,951 have, let me just show by a show 853 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:08,447 of hands, how many of you have ever 854 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:09,871 gone head to head with the Jehovah 855 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:12,031 Witness regarding the gospel you've 856 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:14,499 tried to witness? And lots. Lots. 857 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:17,599 I'd whole lot rather witness to a mormonization. 858 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:20,969 Whole lot rather. Because most Mormons 859 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:22,777 have no clue what they believe. I 860 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:24,353 mean, they've got the Bible. They 861 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:25,697 don't give it much credence. Everything 862 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:26,921 supersedes the Bible. But they do 863 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:28,217 have the Holy Bible, the book of 864 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:29,345 Mormon, the doctrine of covenants, 865 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:30,841 the pearl of great price. They can't 866 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:32,321 keep up with it. They have no clue what 867 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:35,249 they believe. I mean, that's even 868 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:37,641 true in Utah. My wife, we spent a 869 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:40,025 month in Utah and we went door knocking 870 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:43,033 almost every day. And most of them, 871 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:44,265 they'll come to the door with a beer 872 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:45,177 in their hand or something, they'll 873 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:46,915 say, yeah, well, I'm a Jack Mormon. 874 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:48,687 You know what that means? Same as us 875 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:50,599 saying, well, I'm a backslidden Baptist. 876 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:53,359 Same thing, I'm a Jack Mormon. They 877 00:00:48,569 --> 00:36:56,231 have no clue what they believe. There's 878 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:01,099 a few that do, but a Jehovah's Witness, 879 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:04,543 that's a whole different story. They 880 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:08,607 are indoctrinated. If they say they're 881 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:09,959 a Jehovah's Witness. Nobody just 882 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:11,471 says that just to line up with the 883 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:14,257 denomination. If they say they're 884 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:15,529 a Jehovah's Witness, I'll guarantee 885 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:19,473 you they know what they believe and they're 886 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:23,001 hard to witness to. But greater is 887 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:24,457 he that is in you than he that is 888 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:26,785 in the world. Truth will always over. 889 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:29,993 We just have to be persistent. Persistent 890 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:31,185 and just stick with the truth and 891 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:32,889 know the truth because they're going 892 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:34,369 to tell you, Jesus, never, look, 893 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:36,229 how is Jesus going to pray to himself? 894 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:41,971 He never claimed to be God. There is 895 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:43,907 no such thing as. Do you know where 896 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:46,239 to go in the Bible to refute that? 897 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:48,459 Better yet, can you take them in 898 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:50,643 their Bible? Because what they have 899 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:54,171 is a perverted King James version. 900 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:56,571 They have a twisted King James version 901 00:00:48,569 --> 00:37:58,883 that they have perverted. They don't have 902 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:02,243 any. They don't have any historical 903 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:03,707 document. And what's the word I'm 904 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:04,787 looking for? Not historical. What's 905 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:09,269 it the King James is written from and 906 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:12,269 derived from manuscripts. Historical 907 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:14,325 manuscripts. They have none. They 908 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:15,669 have none for the new. It's called 909 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:20,797 the. Is it the New World translation? 910 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:21,957 That's what theirs is called. Yeah, the 911 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:23,709 New World translation. They have. 912 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:26,285 It's the King James twisted and left 913 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:27,733 stuff out. That's it. They have no 914 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:30,245 historical manuscripts that they 915 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:33,509 have translated that from. So anyway, 916 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:37,993 so the Jehovah's Witness is going 917 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:41,065 to be. They're going to be one of those 918 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:43,257 who say that Satan is not real. He's 919 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:46,017 just an impersonal influence. So 920 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:48,377 the Bible, though, the Bible attributes 921 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:51,073 to him, to Satan, these characteristics 922 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:54,969 that we as human beings also share. Letter A, 923 00:00:48,569 --> 00:38:57,917 intellectual faculties. The mind. 924 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:00,565 The mind. Ezekiel 28, verse twelve says, 925 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:02,053 son of man, take up a lamentation 926 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:04,749 upon the king of Tyrus and say unto him, thus 927 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:06,405 saith the Lord God. By the way, God 928 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:08,565 is speaking to a king here. But this 929 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:11,021 prophecy reaches beyond the king 930 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:13,021 of Tyrus and is speaking directly to 931 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:14,965 Satan. He says, thus saith the Lord 932 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:17,549 God, thou sealest up the sum full 933 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:22,941 of wisdom, perfect in beauty. And that's 934 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:24,261 not a reach. All you have to do is 935 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:25,733 go to Ezekiel 28 and look at it. 936 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:27,157 And it's obvious that he's talking 937 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:31,399 to. To Satan. So the Bible attributes 938 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:38,123 the mind to Satan. Letter B, volitional or 939 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:40,395 decision making faculties. The will. 940 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:42,915 The will. Isaiah, chapter 14. Once 941 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:45,483 again, for thou hast said in thine 942 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:48,675 heart, I will ascend into heaven, 943 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:51,299 I will exalt my throne above the stars 944 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:53,603 of God. I will sit also upon the 945 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:54,867 mount of the congregation in the 946 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:57,083 sides of the north. I will ascendental 947 00:00:48,569 --> 00:39:58,367 above the heights of the clouds. 948 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:02,499 I will be like the most high. He makes decisions. 949 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:05,899 He has decision making faculties. 950 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:09,999 And then letter c. Affections or feelings. 951 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:12,335 Emotion. He has emotions. He has 952 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:13,975 affections or feelings. One Peter 953 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:15,695 five eight. Be sober, be vigilant. 954 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:19,543 Because your adversary, your adversary 955 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:21,887 the devil as a roaring lion walketh 956 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:23,247 about seeking human, may devour. 957 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:24,935 An adversary is somebody who doesn't 958 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:28,825 like you, constantly angry at you, wants 959 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:32,829 to see you destroyed. That's an emotional 960 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:38,345 state of mind. Revelation, chapter 961 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:39,969 twelve, verse twelve. Therefore rejoice, 962 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:41,809 ye heavens and ye that dwell in them. 963 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:43,425 Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, 964 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:46,041 and of the seal and of the sea. I'm 965 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:47,833 sorry, for the devil is come down 966 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:50,833 unto you having great wrath, because 967 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:52,337 he knoweth that he hath but a short 968 00:00:48,569 --> 00:40:59,283 time. So this is just a brief and 969 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:01,947 superficial study of Satan. We didn't 970 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:04,083 do a lot, but just a brief and superficial 971 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:05,883 study of Satan is enough for us to 972 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:08,731 realize the magnitude of his wickedness. 973 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:11,227 I didn't even do it justice. I knew 974 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:12,731 our time is limited. But this isn't 975 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:14,667 to be a complete study on Satan, 976 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:17,851 just enough to get us to understand that 977 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:20,517 he is wholly corrupt and evil. He 978 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:23,245 is completely devoid of good. And 979 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:25,117 this is why, rather than lash out 980 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:26,925 at people who are venomous toward 981 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:29,373 the gospel in Jesus Christ and who want 982 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:31,557 to take it out on us as soul winners, 983 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:33,901 we should be heartbroken at the depth 984 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:36,309 of their blindness and angry at the 985 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:45,469 scope of Satan's reach. So while 986 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:50,671 we are undeniably battling Satan within 987 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:54,459 his own domain and on his own battleground, 988 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:57,799 we have the promise of God from Matthew 989 00:00:48,569 --> 00:41:59,207 28. And I already said it, so I got 990 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:00,431 a little bit ahead of myself. Go 991 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:02,407 ye therefore, and teach all nations 992 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:04,711 in regards to soul winning, in regards 993 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:06,455 to witnessing, in regards to trying 994 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:08,279 to win our loved ones to Christ, Jesus 995 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:11,471 said, all power is given unto me 996 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:13,905 in heaven and in earth. He said, 997 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:16,953 all power is mine. I'm giving it to you. 998 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:19,849 Go ye, therefore. Go ye therefore, 999 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:21,881 and teach all nations, baptizing them 1000 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:23,305 in the name of the Father and the Son 1001 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:24,945 and the Holy Ghost, teaching them 1002 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:27,001 to observe all things that I have commanded 1003 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:32,185 you. And lo, I am with you always, 1004 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:33,873 even unto the end of the earth, end of 1005 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:36,241 the world. Greater is he that is 1006 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:37,849 in you first, John four four, than 1007 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:40,445 he that is in the world. Now, if 1008 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:44,773 we stop and commiserate about Satan 1009 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:50,933 for long, we'll get scared and we'll 1010 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:53,765 never witness to anybody. And I think 1011 00:00:48,569 --> 00:42:55,749 that more people are going to hell 1012 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:01,685 because christians fear, man, what 1013 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:03,109 they going to think? How they going 1014 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:06,165 to please, I want to reiterate this 1015 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:15,005 fact. When you go out and knock doors, 1016 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:16,037 if you come out with this, if you 1017 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:18,649 do these new move in bags, well, 1018 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:24,689 I've only had one person ever refuse it. 1019 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:27,301 But if you go out, even if you don't 1020 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:28,477 do new moving bags, whatever you 1021 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:31,557 do, I promise you, anybody in here 1022 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:33,709 who's done this can say amen to this 1023 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:37,437 too. I know you can. 98, 99% of the 1024 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:39,941 people are going to be kind. They 1025 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:42,917 are. They're just kind. Even if they 1026 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:43,877 don't want anything to do with it, 1027 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:45,605 they'll say, ah, no thank you, or 1028 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:47,605 they may not be super kind, they 1029 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:50,869 just may not be ugly and just open 1030 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:53,405 the door. Oh, church, close the door. 1031 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:57,693 I can handle that. Jesus died on 1032 00:00:48,569 --> 00:43:59,061 the cross for me. I can, I can take 1033 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:01,167 a shut door in my face. I think I 1034 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:06,031 can handle that. But when we go out, 1035 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:09,499 I understand and I do, I get it. 1036 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:12,551 It's scary. It's scary for some people 1037 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:14,975 to go to a door and they have no 1038 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:17,255 idea who's behind it. They have no 1039 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:18,927 idea what's going to show up behind 1040 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:21,735 that door. I understand that. I do. 1041 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:23,871 I promise I do. And this I understand 1042 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:26,031 too. Not everybody can go. Not everybody 1043 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:27,695 can go out and knocking doors. I understand 1044 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:30,729 that. And for those of you who can't 1045 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:34,889 go pray, please pray. Pray, pray. 1046 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:38,389 We need prayer. We need prayer. And 1047 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:43,849 so anyway, as I said, this wasn't designed 1048 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:46,297 to be a class on. By the way, let 1049 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:47,393 me say one more time, if we were 1050 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:48,889 in a classroom, in a smaller setting, 1051 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:51,065 questions would have been absolutely 1052 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:53,345 welcome. It's not conducive in this 1053 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:56,131 setting, but in the class we'll definitely 1054 00:00:48,569 --> 00:44:58,251 take questions and discussions. It'll 1055 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:01,531 be awesome. But this wasn't designed 1056 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:03,795 to give you a full doctrine of Satan 1057 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:05,075 and a full view of the doctrine saying, 1058 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:06,267 this is to give you an overview of 1059 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:07,779 the doctrine of Satan, but get us 1060 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:09,747 to understand where they are coming 1061 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:11,571 from when they lash out, when they 1062 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:14,659 won't accept Christ. Even when people 1063 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:16,339 are sitting in church and the preacher's 1064 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:17,779 preaching and he preaches simplicity 1065 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:19,723 of Jesus Christ and you're like, why 1066 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:22,059 won't they move? They're grabbing. 1067 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:26,527 Now you know why? It's Satan. It is Satan 1068 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:27,999 working in their heart and in their 1069 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:30,311 mind. He's blinding their minds. 1070 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:32,419 Amen. All right, that's it for tonight. 1071 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:35,007 I'd like to have a, let's go ahead and 1072 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:36,351 have an invitation. All right. Yeah, 1073 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:39,631 let's have an invitation. I know 1074 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:41,391 that when we're doing this in a class 1075 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:43,295 session, it is instructional and 1076 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:45,983 invitations won't be there unless 1077 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:47,441 we feel the Holy Spirit saying, let's 1078 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:49,825 pray. But tonight in a church setting, 1079 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:51,017 let's do it. Let's all stand together 1080 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:53,229 and we'll have a verse of invitation. 1081 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:56,841 Look at that. 753. Good night. I should 1082 00:00:48,569 --> 00:45:57,209 get a raise.