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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church Podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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My name is Pastor Josh, and I
want to thank you for listening to

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this podcast.

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I hope that this podcast can
be a blessing to you and strengthen

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you in the word of God.

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Now come along.

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Let's look into the Bible and
see what God has for us here today.

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All right, let's go ahead and
get into our study tonight.

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As you know, we've been going
through a lot of the questions that

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have been coming in, and
certainly I've got a lot of those

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have come in so far, and I
don't know if I'll get to all of

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them, but I will try to do my best.

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And this series might be a
little bit longer than I was expecting,

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and so there might be a time
where I just cut it off.

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I mean, questions are open at
all points, but I might not have

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my whole sermon series for questions.

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I kind of go through
withdrawals, not preaching through

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a passage of like a book of
the Bible, but I'm going to do my

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best to go through this.

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But one of the things I will
say is that the topic that we're

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going to be discussing here
for the next few weeks is going to

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be a difficult topic because
we're going to be talking about something

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that isn't talked about a lot
in churches.

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Or there's really two errors
that we do when we talk about this

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topic we're going to talk
about tonight.

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Well, one, a church just
ignores this topic.

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Or number two, individuals
will overemphasize this topic and

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glorify this topic.

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And so what we're going to be
talking about here tonight is we're

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going to be studying who the
enemy is.

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And before I get any further
with this, I do want to make some

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clarifying statements before
we get into the study.

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I do want to make a statement
of that.

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Every single time somebody
sins, it doesn't mean that Satan

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is coming after you.

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There's a lot of people that
blame every single situation in their

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life to Satan, right?

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So it was the enemy.

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It was Satan.

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He was the one that made me
late for work today.

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And it might be that maybe it
was you that slept in, or it might

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have been your vehicle that
broke down that made you late.

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It necessarily wasn't seen.

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And so there's caution with
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the enemy, well, everything's
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So the Bible teaches us that
there are three different sources

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of temptation in this world
that leads us to sin.

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One, we would say is obviously Satan.

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We know that we're going to
talk about him.

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That's what the study is all about.

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Our enemy, who he is from
scripture, what he does, how he works,

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his background, his future,
all of those things we're going to

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look into.

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So that's one source,
admittedly, and the Bible will talk

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to us about that.

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There's another source that
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It says the world.

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It uses this phrase, the world.

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And the world is basically the
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this world, the marred world
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curse.

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So the world.

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Right, and the world systems.

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And then we don't want to talk
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Very often we like to blame
Satan and we like to blame the world

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for our struggles.

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But one of the other areas
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source of our temptation would
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my sinful nature.

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And so there are some things
in my life that I am drawn to because

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of my sinful nature.

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And the Bible tells us that.

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And so when we study Satan, we
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of the blame.

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Right.

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You know, you've heard the
phrase, the devil made me do it.

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The Bible says no.

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The book of James speaks of
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desires, and so we cannot
blame Satan for our sin.

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But the Bible does clearly
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And so I've had some people
push back over the years in ministry

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to say, pastor, there's two
areas I don't want you to talk about.

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Don't talk about hell and
don't talk about Satan.

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Okay?

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That's just.

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We don't need to talk about that.

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And I would say that's what
Satan would like us to do.

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Right?

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Jesus spoke about the enemy.

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Jesus spoke about hell.

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And so though we don't only
teach about those things, we do need

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to teach the full scope of scripture.

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And so I want us to go to a
few different passages that give

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us kind of an understanding of
why I think we should study the enemy.

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So the first one is in first
Peter, chapter five.

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And by the way, anytime I'm
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I want to do my best to point
you to as much scripture as I can.

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Okay?

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So it's not Pastor Josh's opinions.

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It's not something that we feel.

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It's what the Bible says.

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And we get into this topic of
Satan and, you know, you might hear

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the name Lucifer or the devil,
There's a lot of information that

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comes to us not from the
Bible, but from media.

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Okay, so media meaning tv,
movies, books.

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By the way, many of the
heresies taught around Satan and

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false teachings in regards to
Satan and sin and devil and hell

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comes from ancient books, old literature.

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Maybe you'll hear about some
of them when we talk about that.

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And maybe some of the names
that you're familiar with will pop

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up here.

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So the Bible warns us to stick
to scripture when it comes to these

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topics.

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And so let's stick to scripture.

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First Peter, chapter five,
verse number eight.

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Okay.

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This is a warning that follows
in context, the challenge to humble

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ourselves before God, cast our
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And then it says, be sober.

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Okay, Be sober.

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What does that word, sober, mean?

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It means serious, unhindered
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So we use it in context to,
you know, I'm not inebriated with

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alcohol or substance, so I'm sober.

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And that would make sense in
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But in general, it just means
not allowing outside sources to come

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in and infiltrate our minds.

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And so be seriously
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Be sober, be vigilant.

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We know what vigilant means.

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It means on guard, be ready.

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Why?

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Because your adversary, your
enemy, the devil.

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So the Bible identifies that
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And so though we are our own
enemies in some cases, the Bible

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very clearly says that Satan
is our enemy, your adversary, the

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devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about seeking whom he may

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devour.

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So the Bible teaches that
Satan is looking for opportunities

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to devour.

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And so Satan is a devourer.

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And we're going to talk more
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He's a deceiver, he's an accuser.

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We'll get into all these
elements and just transparently speaking,

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this is just going to be an
introductory lesson here tonight.

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This week has been difficult
with this because the more you study

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this kind of stuff, Satan
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So don't be afraid.

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Right?

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We're not afraid of the enemy.

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Why?

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Because the Bible says that if
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and he's the victor.

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If you have any hesitancies of
that, read Romans, chapter 8.

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It talks about how we're more
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Nothing can separate us from
the love of God, and so not even

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the enemy can separate us from
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And so what we're going to do
is we're going to go through this

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and we're going to be sober.

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We're going to be vigilant.

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Why?

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Because Satan is looking to devour.

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You would Say, well, that's
one verse, Pastor, you're proof texting.

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I'm glad you said that because
I've got other verses to go to.

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If you turn with me to Second
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We've been going through the
book of Second Corinthians on Sunday

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mornings, and we talked about
this very same topic in very brief

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fashion when we went through
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But in Second Corinthians,
chapter four, the Bible actually

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says that Satan, so we know
that he devours, he wants to eat

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up, he wants to destroy, so to
speak, he wants to destroy our lives,

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he wants to destroy our
church, he wants to destroy families,

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he wants to destroy marriages.

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He wants to destroy everything
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So Satan opposes God.

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We know that.

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And as Satan opposes God, he
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And if Satan opposes God and
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So if you are a child of God,
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It's not that he hates you.

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It's ultimately that he hates
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So he's trying to get to God
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And the Bible speaks of that.

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But it says in 2nd Corinthians 4.

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4 it says, and in context,
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hid to those that are lost.

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So the gospel not being
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and then it says, in whom?

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The God of this world.

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And the God of this world, in
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Satan.

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Now, some people right then
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My God is the God of this world.

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Well, the Bible speaks that Satan.

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Satan has allowed.

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Is allowed, I should say,
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this world right now.

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So one heresy that we need to
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people say Satan is in hell
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That is not the case.

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Satan is roaming about this world.

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And the Bible speaks of him
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the air.

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The Bible speaks of him being
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God, not the God of this
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in this earth.

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We know that.

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We know that through many
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One of the other ways that we
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Job.

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If you know the story of Job, right?

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And this is baffling for us.

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God and Satan have a
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And he says, have you
witnessed my servant Job?

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And Satan says, yes, I have.

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And God allows Satan to come.

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Come and do things to Job.

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And so we know that Satan has
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He's not locked in hell, not yet.

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We'll get to his future later
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So it says, in whom the God of
this world hath blinded the minds

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of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel

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of Christ, who is the image of
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And so Satan is trying to devour.

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But Satan is also trying to deceive.

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And we know that he is the
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And we could go through a
couple of other passages that speak

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to the fact that he's trying
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he's trying to lure.

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In the picture of Scripture is
the idea some of you might have gone

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fishing.

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And, you know, sometimes they
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it catching, because we don't
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But if you have the right
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And so what the Bible says is
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pull away from the truth of God.

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He's a deceiver.

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see that he has, as it says there,

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blinded the minds of those
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And so there's that passage of
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But then I want you to go to
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book of James.

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I'm trying to just lay the
groundwork for you.

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If I'm going to fast for you,
write these verses down and refer

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back to them.

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There's so much that the Bible
talks about when it comes to just

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who Satan is.

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And we're going to try to get
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so to speak, and we'll address
that here in a few moments.

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But this was one last verse to
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of studying the enemy.

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So James, chapter four and
verse number seven, context is key.

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So if we're looking at verse
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read the verse before and read
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Now, sometimes context is
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You got to read the whole
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before.

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But it's good to know what's
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So I'll read verse seven, and
then I'll read verses six and eight,

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and then I'll try to explain
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So verse 7 says, Submit
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Resist the devil and he will
flee from you.

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So right there, the Bible
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Submit yourselves to God,
Resist the devil.

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And so when we submit
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to God the more we separate
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And so it's not just about
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people are like, well, I'm
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I'm going to be, you know, if
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to be a liar.

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Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.

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No, the Bible doesn't say that
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And that's our only focus, right?

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Some people say, I wake up in
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clearly here before that, submit

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yourselves therefore to God.

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And if you go to the verse
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grace, verse 6, wherefore he
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giveth grace to the humble.

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We cannot fight against the
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We cannot wake up in the
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and I'm going to do this in my
own strength.

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Look at me, look how powerful
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There have been many a person
throughout history that have tried

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to fight the enemy on their
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To do what?

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God resists the proud, but
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So we fight the enemy in humility.

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We resist the enemy in humility.

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So verse eight amplifies what
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Draw nigh or draw near to God
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Cleanse your hands, ye
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ye double minded.

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process of combating the
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rely on his strength.

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Like in anything, it's always
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And so that's what we do when
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It's not about glorifying
Satan, it's not about giving him

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all this credit.

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Satan is nothing.

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And the Bible says very
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of God.

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Okay, so I wanted to kind of
clarify some of those things for

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you before we even got started.

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So fighting against the enemy,
who is our enemy?

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The Bible says, as we already
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And anytime we go into battle,
and by the way, the Bible clearly

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teaches that we are in a
battle, we're going to study Ephesians

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chapter 6.

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Most of you know that passage
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But the Bible says that we are
to wear the armor of God in the midst

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of the battle.

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And so anytime we go to
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fighting against.

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And actually, let's just go
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this will be important to see.

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Ephesians chapter six.

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Let's look at Ephesians
chapter six and let's see what the

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Bible says when it comes to
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enemy.

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Why are we wearing the armor
of God?

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What's the point of wearing
the armor of God?

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Well, the Bible clearly gives
us the answer to that, and it is.

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And I'll kind of give you an
overview as we get there.

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It's the idea of fighting
against the enemy.

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Ephesians chapter 6, you can
see it there with me.

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Verse number 10.

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It says, finally my brethren,
be strong in the Lord and the power

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of his might.

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Put on the whole armor of God
that, that ye may be able to stand

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against the wiles of the devil.

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So we're in a battle and we're
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For we wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against principalities,

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against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world,

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against spiritual wickedness
in high places.

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And there's a lot of debate
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that Satan is the ringleader and

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there are many followers of that.

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And we'll talk more about that
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and things of that nature.

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So going on further, wherefore
an emphasis, anytime the Bible repeats

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something so close to itself,
there's emphasis.

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Verse 13, Wherefore take unto
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you may be able to stand in
the evil day.

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And having done all to stand.

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So again, it reminds us to put
the armor on the fight evil.

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And the Bible tells us that
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Later on in that passage of
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all of the armor of God.

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We're not going to get into
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But it says verse 16 and above
all, taking the shield of faith,

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wherewith ye shall be able to
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wicked.

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So it speaks of an attack from
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So all of that to say this, we
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Back in the day when I would
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So the closest thing that I
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person in a physical form was
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Like I love Baseball,
basketball is basketball.

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I played basketball.

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But football was a little bit
more combative, right?

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And so our coach would be
like, all right, we need to know

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who our enemy is.

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We had a coach on our team
that was all about scouting the other

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team.

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And, I mean, he would go film
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He would stand up in the
stands, he'd be filming, and he would

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bring back to us every single
player, their number, their tendencies.

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He'd say, number 71, right
before the play starts, he's going

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to move his foot here.

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If he moves his foot here,
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And we would be ready and we
were able to go into our games prepared

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and ready to know how the
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Okay?

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Their tendency is to go to the
left, so we know that they're going

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to come to the left.

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And of course, it wouldn't be
perfect, but we know that as scripture

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tells us to prepare, I think
it's wise to know how the enemy will

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attack and who our enemy is.

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And so I want to address a few things.

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According to scripture, Satan
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best way that I could phrase
it, as an angelic enemy of God.

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And we'll get into the depths
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Some people, like, what kind
of angel is Satan?

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We need to look at what
scripture says, okay?

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There's a lot of beliefs and
there's a lot of opinions about the

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type of angel Satan was, what
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And we'll look at two passages
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in Ezekiel, that speaks to that.

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But it's safe to say that he's
an angelic enemy of God, and therefore

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he's an opponent of God and
therefore opponent to those who follow

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God.

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And so at some point in time,
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I can't give you the year.

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But at some point in time,
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Lord.

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Now, the question would be, a
lot of people want to go into the

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why?

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Why did Satan rebel?

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Okay, the way that we could
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Now, again, we could go back
another step, and a lot of people

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will ask the question, why did
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this was going to happen?

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It's the same question as, why
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that we would sin?

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And I always go back to the
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me is love, right?

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With love, there is a choice.

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True love is a choice.

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And if everything is robotic
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set it this way, and people
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That's, I believe, an
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So I always use this example.

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Alicia and I are meeting a new
family of our church, and I go in,

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I say, okay, this is not how
we do things.

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Okay, you can ask her.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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You're going into this
meeting, you better act like you

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love me.

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You better be this way.

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And I'm threatening her.

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And under the table, I've got,
you know, I've got some, you know,

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like a knife to her.

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And I'm like, all right, you
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That, that.

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That wouldn't be love.

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That would be forced.

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Right?

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And so the concept for.

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For me would be, when there's
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there is also the opportunity
for someone to make the decision

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to the other side.

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And so in this case, Satan
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He chose pride.

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And so there was a fall.

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Now, some people say, where.

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Where does that come from in Scripture?

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And that's a good question.

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There's a lot of passages of
Scripture that allude to Satan's

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fall.

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And even in the Book of
Revelation, it speaks of Satan's

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fall, as well as his minions,
his enemy, or our enemies, what we

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would call the demons.

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But I want to go to a few
passages of Scripture that speak

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to Satan's fall.

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If you have your Bibles, turn
to Isaiah 14.

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So we're kind of getting to
this topic.

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And now if you.

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If you're a studier of
scripture, if you're a student of

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the word, Isaiah 14 is a
passage that people use as the history

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of Satan's fall.

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But there are other people
that say, no, this is not talking

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about Satan.

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This is strictly talking about
a king of Babylon.

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And if you truly read this for
what it is, yes, I believe there

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is a reference to a real king
of Babylon and his fall.

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But I also do believe that
scripture in many ways speaks in

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symbolic terms, in multiple ways.

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And so, for example, some of
you that were with us in the study

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of Genesis.

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I know I'm getting in the
weeds here, but don't let me lose

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00:21:13,724 --> 00:21:14,044
you.

483
00:21:14,132 --> 00:21:15,874
We talked about Melchizedek.

484
00:21:16,052 --> 00:21:17,942
There was the order of Melchizedek.

485
00:21:18,086 --> 00:21:21,462
There was a guy in the Old
Testament called Melchizedek, and

486
00:21:21,486 --> 00:21:25,990
it referenced this individual
that talked to Abraham, and he was

487
00:21:26,030 --> 00:21:27,846
a priest and king.

488
00:21:28,038 --> 00:21:31,094
And I truly believe that
Melchizedek was a real person.

489
00:21:31,262 --> 00:21:35,190
But also, Melchizedek is a
picture of Jesus, who is also our

490
00:21:35,230 --> 00:21:36,262
priest and king.

491
00:21:36,406 --> 00:21:39,158
And so you see how Scripture
can allude to two different things

492
00:21:39,214 --> 00:21:40,118
at the same time.

493
00:21:40,254 --> 00:21:43,692
I believe that Isaiah 14 is
talking about a real king of Babylon,

494
00:21:43,806 --> 00:21:46,624
but also Satan's fall and
connecting the two.

495
00:21:46,712 --> 00:21:49,500
And many scholars would agree
with me on that.

496
00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:51,472
So let's look at.

497
00:21:51,656 --> 00:21:53,660
Well, we can start in verse
number 12.

498
00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:59,152
Verse number 12 is kind of
where the main idea of Satan's fall

499
00:21:59,256 --> 00:21:59,952
comes in.

500
00:22:00,056 --> 00:22:02,220
You could read back and read
more about it.

501
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:04,400
But here's verse 12.

502
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:05,392
It says this.

503
00:22:05,576 --> 00:22:10,550
How art thou fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning?

504
00:22:11,090 --> 00:22:14,762
How art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations?

505
00:22:14,906 --> 00:22:18,394
For thou hast said in thine
heart, I will ascend into heaven.

506
00:22:18,522 --> 00:22:21,034
I will exalt my throne above
the stars of God.

507
00:22:21,162 --> 00:22:24,762
I will sit also upon the mount
of congregation, the sides of the

508
00:22:24,786 --> 00:22:25,210
north.

509
00:22:25,330 --> 00:22:27,594
I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds.

510
00:22:27,642 --> 00:22:29,990
I will be like the Most High.

511
00:22:30,770 --> 00:22:33,722
He goes on a little bit
further, verse 15, and we'll go down

512
00:22:33,746 --> 00:22:34,720
to verse 17.

513
00:22:34,890 --> 00:22:38,360
Yet thou shalt be brought down
to hell to the sides of the pit.

514
00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:42,676
They that see thee shall
narrowly look upon thee, consider

515
00:22:42,748 --> 00:22:47,172
thee saying, is this the man
that made the earth to tremble, that

516
00:22:47,196 --> 00:22:51,188
did shake kingdoms, that made
the world as a wilderness and destroyed

517
00:22:51,204 --> 00:22:54,596
the cities thereof, that
opened not the house of his prisoners?

518
00:22:54,628 --> 00:23:01,312
And so I believe, and we could
go further, but I believe that part

519
00:23:01,336 --> 00:23:05,904
of that passage is past and
part of that passage is going to

520
00:23:05,912 --> 00:23:06,416
be future.

521
00:23:06,488 --> 00:23:10,640
Satan's future of his fall,
his demise, ultimately the fall from

522
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,344
heaven, but then the demise
that he will face and the ultimate

523
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:15,660
victory that God has over him
in the end.

524
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,480
So you see there the picture
and you see what happened and why

525
00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:21,328
he was cast out.

526
00:23:21,384 --> 00:23:23,872
It says that obviously it was pride.

527
00:23:23,936 --> 00:23:24,592
Verse 14.

528
00:23:24,696 --> 00:23:27,060
I will be like the Most High,
I will be like God.

529
00:23:27,610 --> 00:23:29,602
And so that's scripture.

530
00:23:29,666 --> 00:23:29,986
Okay?

531
00:23:30,018 --> 00:23:32,482
That's not someone's
interpretation of Scripture from

532
00:23:32,506 --> 00:23:34,386
a movie dramatized.

533
00:23:34,498 --> 00:23:36,270
That's what the Bible says.

534
00:23:36,730 --> 00:23:40,066
Now, there have been a lot of
people that have elaborated on that

535
00:23:40,218 --> 00:23:43,250
and created conversations
between God and Satan.

536
00:23:43,410 --> 00:23:47,170
But that is a reference there
from Scripture that people will point

537
00:23:47,210 --> 00:23:48,546
to as Satan's fall.

538
00:23:48,618 --> 00:23:52,390
Okay, now I will take you to
another passage of scripture.

539
00:23:53,780 --> 00:23:55,676
Ezekiel, chapter 28.

540
00:23:55,828 --> 00:24:01,212
Ezekiel, chapter 28 is a
passage of Scripture that people

541
00:24:01,316 --> 00:24:08,156
use as a description of what
does Satan look like or his aspects

542
00:24:08,188 --> 00:24:09,080
of his.

543
00:24:09,540 --> 00:24:11,720
We would look like his
character, if you will.

544
00:24:12,900 --> 00:24:17,372
Now, his character is talked a
lot about in the New Testament, or

545
00:24:17,396 --> 00:24:19,080
the lack of his character, I
should say.

546
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:37,736
But Ezekiel, chapter 28, and
we'll look at well, oh, man, we could

547
00:24:37,808 --> 00:24:38,632
go all over the place.

548
00:24:38,656 --> 00:24:40,420
I don't want to take up too
much time here.

549
00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:42,664
I'll go to verse 13.

550
00:24:42,832 --> 00:24:44,100
Well, verse 12.

551
00:24:47,450 --> 00:24:50,722
Son of man, take up a
lamentation upon the king of Tyrus.

552
00:24:50,786 --> 00:24:53,858
Again, this is speaking of
Tyrus as king, But a lot of people

553
00:24:53,914 --> 00:24:58,962
use this as a comparison to a
parallel to Satan and say unto him,

554
00:24:58,986 --> 00:25:01,122
thus saith the Lord God, Thou
sealest up the sum of.

555
00:25:01,146 --> 00:25:01,714
Full of wisdom.

556
00:25:01,762 --> 00:25:05,282
Perfect in beauty thou has
been in Eden, the garden of God.

557
00:25:05,346 --> 00:25:07,458
Every precious stone was thy covering.

558
00:25:07,634 --> 00:25:09,922
So this is the passage of
scripture that a lot of people get

559
00:25:09,946 --> 00:25:11,496
when they say Satan's beautiful.

560
00:25:11,658 --> 00:25:12,364
The description.

561
00:25:12,412 --> 00:25:13,452
You ever heard someone say that?

562
00:25:13,476 --> 00:25:16,204
They're like, you know, Satan
was created by God and he had all

563
00:25:16,212 --> 00:25:17,788
these precious stones, and he was.

564
00:25:17,844 --> 00:25:18,524
He was beautiful.

565
00:25:18,572 --> 00:25:19,020
That's the.

566
00:25:19,060 --> 00:25:20,732
This is the passage of
scripture that they're getting this

567
00:25:20,756 --> 00:25:20,940
from.

568
00:25:20,980 --> 00:25:24,428
Okay, because it says in verse
12, beauty, right?

569
00:25:24,484 --> 00:25:27,468
Perfect in beauty, thou has
been in Eden, the garden of COVID

570
00:25:27,524 --> 00:25:28,956
Every precious stone was thy covering.

571
00:25:28,988 --> 00:25:32,604
The sardius topaz, the
diamond, the beryl, the onyx and

572
00:25:32,612 --> 00:25:37,228
the Jasper, the sapphire, the
emerald, the carbuncle and gold.

573
00:25:37,284 --> 00:25:40,772
The workmanship of thy tabrets
and of thy pipes was prepared in

574
00:25:40,796 --> 00:25:43,060
thee in the day that thou wast created.

575
00:25:43,220 --> 00:25:48,280
Okay, now maybe some of you
have heard that Satan was musical,

576
00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:50,244
that he had the musical talents.

577
00:25:50,292 --> 00:25:55,812
And we do know that that's the
passage of scripture that they get

578
00:25:55,836 --> 00:25:56,228
that from.

579
00:25:56,284 --> 00:26:00,132
By the way, thy tablets and
thy pipes was prepared indeed the

580
00:26:00,156 --> 00:26:02,692
day that thou was created by
the way.

581
00:26:02,716 --> 00:26:04,000
Let me just stop there.

582
00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:07,694
Another false teaching of
Satan is that he is equal with God.

583
00:26:07,742 --> 00:26:09,566
He's God's counterpart.

584
00:26:09,678 --> 00:26:11,182
No, Satan is created.

585
00:26:11,326 --> 00:26:16,270
It says right there, Satan is
a created being that, yes, God did

586
00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:19,134
create, but he is not equal
with God in his eternality.

587
00:26:19,262 --> 00:26:21,630
And I'm gonna pause there
because this is something that is

588
00:26:21,670 --> 00:26:25,902
very, very important in the
concept of Satan tempting us and

589
00:26:25,926 --> 00:26:27,050
coming after us.

590
00:26:27,830 --> 00:26:29,598
He is not omnipotent.

591
00:26:29,694 --> 00:26:31,812
Omnipotent is all powerful.

592
00:26:32,006 --> 00:26:34,940
Nothing in scripture says that
he is all powerful.

593
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,180
Nobody is all powerful outside
of God.

594
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,408
Now, is he powerful?

595
00:26:42,504 --> 00:26:43,432
Let me stop there.

596
00:26:43,536 --> 00:26:44,424
Is he powerful?

597
00:26:44,472 --> 00:26:44,936
Yes.

598
00:26:45,048 --> 00:26:46,888
He's more powerful than me.

599
00:26:47,024 --> 00:26:48,152
Far more powerful than me.

600
00:26:48,176 --> 00:26:50,888
And I would never be able to
go against him.

601
00:26:51,024 --> 00:26:53,420
And none of us could either in
our own strength.

602
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,304
He is not omnipresent.

603
00:26:55,352 --> 00:26:57,940
The Bible speaks of him being
at one place at a time.

604
00:26:58,290 --> 00:27:01,274
Omnipresent would be that
someone is everywhere.

605
00:27:01,322 --> 00:27:02,682
And we know that God is everywhere.

606
00:27:02,746 --> 00:27:03,754
Satan is not everywhere.

607
00:27:03,802 --> 00:27:07,754
He's limited and we could
point to a few different passages

608
00:27:07,802 --> 00:27:09,482
of scripture that talk about that.

609
00:27:09,666 --> 00:27:12,314
So some people think, well,
you know, Satan's everywhere and

610
00:27:12,322 --> 00:27:13,178
he's always looking.

611
00:27:13,314 --> 00:27:14,378
Satan is limited.

612
00:27:14,474 --> 00:27:17,562
I will say that he, I can't
describe this other than the fact

613
00:27:17,586 --> 00:27:19,738
that he travels a lot faster
than we can travel.

614
00:27:19,834 --> 00:27:22,362
So he can be a lot more places
than we can be just because of the

615
00:27:22,386 --> 00:27:25,012
ease of access of the prince,
of the power of the air.

616
00:27:25,146 --> 00:27:28,352
But number two, Satan, as
we're going to study later on in

617
00:27:28,376 --> 00:27:32,640
this study with fallen angels
and what we would call demons, he

618
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:33,408
has help.

619
00:27:33,544 --> 00:27:36,544
And we don't know the
numerical amount of the help that

620
00:27:36,552 --> 00:27:38,528
he has, but it's substantial.

621
00:27:38,624 --> 00:27:39,776
We'll talk more about that.

622
00:27:39,848 --> 00:27:43,248
Even when Jesus is casting out
the demons, it's legion.

623
00:27:43,424 --> 00:27:46,096
So there's more than four or five.

624
00:27:46,168 --> 00:27:47,100
There's a lot.

625
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,888
So again, just want to stop there.

626
00:27:49,944 --> 00:27:54,000
So he's not omnipotent, he's
not omnipresent, and he's not omniscient.

627
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,808
Omniscient means all knowing.

628
00:27:55,984 --> 00:27:57,200
Satan is limited.

629
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:58,096
Is he smart?

630
00:27:58,208 --> 00:27:58,688
Yes.

631
00:27:58,784 --> 00:27:59,536
Is he crafty?

632
00:27:59,568 --> 00:28:02,180
The Bible says very much so, yes.

633
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,448
Smarter than me, but not all knowing.

634
00:28:06,544 --> 00:28:08,480
Okay, so he doesn't know your thought.

635
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,632
And this is a whole debated
topic and this is something that

636
00:28:11,656 --> 00:28:12,784
I cannot prove.

637
00:28:12,912 --> 00:28:16,240
But I don't believe that Satan
can read your thoughts and get into

638
00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:20,160
your heart and, and indwell
us, especially as believers.

639
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,040
You cannot do that.

640
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,872
And the Bible says that the
Holy Spirit indwells us.

641
00:28:23,896 --> 00:28:27,744
Therefore the Holy Spirit and
Satan or a demon cannot indwell us.

642
00:28:27,832 --> 00:28:32,500
I believe that firmly he and
the demons can affect us, no doubt.

643
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:34,576
So I don't think he can read
our minds.

644
00:28:34,608 --> 00:28:36,352
And that's the other topic
that some people say.

645
00:28:36,376 --> 00:28:37,072
Well, can he hear us?

646
00:28:37,096 --> 00:28:38,300
Yes, he can hear us.

647
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,880
And we'll get into the whole time.

648
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,274
I had a question come in and
I'm getting ahead of myself is, well,

649
00:28:43,282 --> 00:28:45,066
then should we even pray out loud?

650
00:28:45,258 --> 00:28:46,042
We'll get to that.

651
00:28:46,066 --> 00:28:50,298
We'll talk more about prayer
and the concept of that, but don't

652
00:28:50,314 --> 00:28:50,762
worry about it.

653
00:28:50,786 --> 00:28:53,898
Yes, you can pray out loud and
I will get to that later on because

654
00:28:53,954 --> 00:28:56,510
God's more powerful than the enemy.

655
00:28:56,850 --> 00:28:59,722
But anyway, I digress with
that, but I just wanted to let you

656
00:28:59,746 --> 00:29:05,530
know that he is not all
powerful, omniscient or omnipresent.

657
00:29:05,610 --> 00:29:11,284
All right, so going back, that
was that idea of the musical nature

658
00:29:11,332 --> 00:29:14,260
in verse 13, verse 14, Thou
art the anointed cherub.

659
00:29:14,340 --> 00:29:17,828
So it references him being a cherub.

660
00:29:17,924 --> 00:29:21,300
And that's a specific type of
angel which is described in other

661
00:29:21,340 --> 00:29:23,284
places and you can read up
more on that.

662
00:29:23,372 --> 00:29:25,732
Don't want to take the whole
time in describing a cherub, but

663
00:29:25,756 --> 00:29:26,148
it's a.

664
00:29:26,204 --> 00:29:28,084
It's an angelic being.

665
00:29:28,252 --> 00:29:31,748
Thou art an anointed cherub
that covereth and have.

666
00:29:31,804 --> 00:29:33,380
And I've set thee so.

667
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,316
Thou wast upon the holy
mountain of God.

668
00:29:35,348 --> 00:29:38,138
Thou hast walked up and down
in the midst of the stones of fire.

669
00:29:38,244 --> 00:29:41,086
Thou wast perfect in thy ways
from the day that thou wast created

670
00:29:41,118 --> 00:29:45,966
till iniquity was found in
thee by the multitude of thy merchandise.

671
00:29:45,998 --> 00:29:48,158
They have filled the midst of
thee in violence.

672
00:29:48,254 --> 00:29:49,246
And thou hast sinned.

673
00:29:49,278 --> 00:29:52,286
Therefore I will cast thee as
profane out of the mountain of God

674
00:29:52,398 --> 00:29:53,246
and I will destroy thee.

675
00:29:53,278 --> 00:29:56,570
O covering cherub from the
midst of the stones of fire.

676
00:29:56,950 --> 00:30:04,090
And so it goes on and explains
more of what he did.

677
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,688
Defiled sanctuaries, verse 18,
verse 19.

678
00:30:07,824 --> 00:30:11,352
All they that know thee among
the people shall be astonished at

679
00:30:11,376 --> 00:30:12,040
thee.

680
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:17,740
So that speaks to the idea
that he can sway the masses.

681
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,980
Thou shalt be a terror and
never shalt thou be anymore.

682
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,144
So there's the Old Testament reference.

683
00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:29,432
Obviously there's other Old
Testament references, but those are

684
00:30:29,456 --> 00:30:32,440
the major two that we get a
lot of our basic understanding of

685
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,140
who Satan is and the
descriptions of him.

686
00:30:35,450 --> 00:30:39,954
And so I think that that
summarizes that I could elaborate.

687
00:30:40,002 --> 00:30:40,354
I don't.

688
00:30:40,402 --> 00:30:44,050
And by the way, through this,
we don't want to glorify evil because

689
00:30:44,090 --> 00:30:46,018
remember what I said at the
very beginning, there are people

690
00:30:46,074 --> 00:30:50,642
that will never emphasize
evil, Satan or the demons.

691
00:30:50,706 --> 00:30:52,994
And there will be other people
that overemphasize it.

692
00:30:53,002 --> 00:30:54,322
And it's all they talk about.

693
00:30:54,426 --> 00:30:57,730
And it's almost like there's
an excitement to the evil.

694
00:30:57,810 --> 00:31:00,098
And we don't want to do that
either, but we want to just clarify

695
00:31:00,114 --> 00:31:01,826
and talk about what the word
of God says.

696
00:31:01,978 --> 00:31:06,162
So we also know that Satan's
first appearance in scripture is

697
00:31:06,186 --> 00:31:07,186
in the book of Genesis.

698
00:31:07,218 --> 00:31:12,930
And we know that Genesis
chapter one, God created the world

699
00:31:12,970 --> 00:31:13,570
and it was good.

700
00:31:13,610 --> 00:31:17,714
And then shortly after, we
know that Satan tempts Eve, Adam

701
00:31:17,762 --> 00:31:18,738
and Eve sinned.

702
00:31:18,834 --> 00:31:22,466
And the Bible talks all about
that in Genesis chapter three.

703
00:31:22,618 --> 00:31:26,482
So let's go to Genesis chapter
three, kind of just trying to get

704
00:31:26,506 --> 00:31:27,560
this piece by piece.

705
00:31:27,690 --> 00:31:31,852
I know looking at the clock,
there's no chance I am going to get

706
00:31:31,876 --> 00:31:34,252
to all the information that I
have here.

707
00:31:34,436 --> 00:31:37,052
So this might be a two, three
part series.

708
00:31:37,236 --> 00:31:40,460
And by the way, it won't only
be about our enemy, it will also

709
00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:44,572
be about how we interact with
evil, how we don't interact with

710
00:31:44,596 --> 00:31:51,040
evil and how we can coach
other people towards the truth.

711
00:31:51,940 --> 00:31:55,632
Because if you're dealing with
an unsaved person, there's going

712
00:31:55,656 --> 00:31:58,624
to be a lot of misconceptions
about this kind of stuff.

713
00:31:58,752 --> 00:32:00,912
And even if you're dealing
with a saved person, if they've been

714
00:32:00,936 --> 00:32:05,168
taught the wrong things about
this, there can be some real hindrances

715
00:32:05,264 --> 00:32:07,008
to spiritual growth because of
these things.

716
00:32:07,064 --> 00:32:10,416
So going back to Genesis
chapter three, we know what happened.

717
00:32:10,448 --> 00:32:11,808
Satan comes and tempts Eve.

718
00:32:11,904 --> 00:32:17,440
But I want us to walk through
this process because I think that

719
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:21,008
a lot of times we think that
Satan is recreating these new things

720
00:32:21,064 --> 00:32:21,660
today.

721
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:28,696
And though Satan is using
modern tools and modern culture,

722
00:32:28,888 --> 00:32:32,088
it's the same lie from the
very beginning.

723
00:32:32,184 --> 00:32:35,912
The same thing that he brought
to Eve and Adam in the garden is

724
00:32:35,936 --> 00:32:37,656
the same thing that he's doing today.

725
00:32:37,808 --> 00:32:42,660
And I want us to kind of break
down Genesis chapter three and see

726
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,220
what his MO Is.

727
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,462
What does Satan want us to do?

728
00:32:48,616 --> 00:32:51,350
Let's look at it here in verse.

729
00:32:51,850 --> 00:32:53,266
We'll start in verse number one.

730
00:32:53,338 --> 00:32:53,842
Okay.

731
00:32:53,906 --> 00:32:56,994
And we'll go from verse number
one to verse number 15, and then

732
00:32:57,002 --> 00:32:57,490
we'll be done.

733
00:32:57,530 --> 00:32:58,230
Okay.

734
00:32:58,570 --> 00:33:01,522
It says now the serpent was
more subtle than any beast in the

735
00:33:01,546 --> 00:33:03,602
field, which the Lord God hath made.

736
00:33:03,626 --> 00:33:08,722
And he said unto the woman,
yea, hath God said, you could stop

737
00:33:08,746 --> 00:33:08,882
there.

738
00:33:08,906 --> 00:33:11,270
That's what he's questioning God.

739
00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:13,624
He's questioning what God has said.

740
00:33:13,762 --> 00:33:15,372
He's questioning the Word.

741
00:33:15,516 --> 00:33:19,612
So where Satan attacks is
Satan's okay with everyone going

742
00:33:19,636 --> 00:33:20,400
to church.

743
00:33:20,820 --> 00:33:25,100
Satan is okay with everyone
claiming to be religious.

744
00:33:25,260 --> 00:33:29,340
Satan is okay with big
buildings and big programs.

745
00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:31,820
What Satan attacks is the word
of God.

746
00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:35,724
That is what is the foundation
to the Gospel.

747
00:33:35,772 --> 00:33:38,940
It's what's the foundation to
how we teach the truth.

748
00:33:39,020 --> 00:33:39,378
And so.

749
00:33:39,404 --> 00:33:40,406
So he wants to attack the Word.

750
00:33:40,438 --> 00:33:41,734
And that's what he does from
the very beginning.

751
00:33:41,782 --> 00:33:43,526
He questions what God said.

752
00:33:43,678 --> 00:33:43,942
Right.

753
00:33:43,966 --> 00:33:46,534
They didn't have the 66 books
of the Bible back then.

754
00:33:46,622 --> 00:33:50,198
Adam and Eve, all they had was
what God told them.

755
00:33:50,254 --> 00:33:52,290
And so he's questioning what
God tells them.

756
00:33:52,670 --> 00:33:56,310
So he says, hath God said, ye
shall not eat of the tree of every

757
00:33:56,350 --> 00:33:57,590
tree of the garden?

758
00:33:57,750 --> 00:33:59,958
And the woman said unto the
serpent, we may eat of the fruit

759
00:33:59,974 --> 00:34:03,062
of the trees of the garden,
but of the fruit of the tree which

760
00:34:03,086 --> 00:34:05,654
is in the midst of the garden,
God hath said, ye shall not eat of

761
00:34:05,662 --> 00:34:08,280
it, neither shall ye touch of
it, lest ye die.

762
00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:12,292
And there's a lot that we
could talk about there, but basically,

763
00:34:12,356 --> 00:34:13,684
Eve takes it Too far.

764
00:34:13,772 --> 00:34:17,924
And the concept of she infuses
something there that God had said,

765
00:34:18,012 --> 00:34:19,200
just don't eat of it.

766
00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:21,956
But yet Satan is going to
twist things here.

767
00:34:22,028 --> 00:34:24,920
And the serpent said unto the
woman, ye shall not surely die.

768
00:34:25,820 --> 00:34:27,000
So he lies.

769
00:34:27,420 --> 00:34:31,948
So everything based in Satan's
tactics is a lie.

770
00:34:32,084 --> 00:34:34,880
And he wants to undermine the
word of God by lies.

771
00:34:35,460 --> 00:34:37,708
So take it to today, okay?

772
00:34:37,804 --> 00:34:40,284
This thing that you're going
to do is not a sin.

773
00:34:40,332 --> 00:34:41,340
You can justify it.

774
00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:43,356
God said this, but he didn't
really mean that.

775
00:34:43,428 --> 00:34:43,996
He's wrong.

776
00:34:44,028 --> 00:34:45,468
He doesn't want you to enjoy yourself.

777
00:34:45,564 --> 00:34:47,708
And so that's why people sin, right?

778
00:34:47,764 --> 00:34:50,028
There's that enticement, verse 5.

779
00:34:50,084 --> 00:34:52,972
For God doth know that in the
day ye eat thereof.

780
00:34:53,036 --> 00:34:55,212
This is in part of character
of Satan.

781
00:34:55,356 --> 00:34:58,956
Then your eyes shall be open
and ye shall be as gods, knowing

782
00:34:58,988 --> 00:34:59,920
good and evil.

783
00:35:00,340 --> 00:35:04,428
So he says, hey, you know,
you'll be like God, you be your own

784
00:35:04,484 --> 00:35:05,100
God.

785
00:35:05,260 --> 00:35:05,948
Okay?

786
00:35:06,044 --> 00:35:09,052
So there's a word that starts
with an H that isn't talked about

787
00:35:09,076 --> 00:35:12,300
a lot today, but we should
talk about it more and it's called

788
00:35:12,340 --> 00:35:13,200
humanism.

789
00:35:13,540 --> 00:35:17,132
Humanism was the first lie
that you can be God.

790
00:35:17,276 --> 00:35:18,780
We are our own gods.

791
00:35:18,940 --> 00:35:20,668
You are in charge of your life.

792
00:35:20,804 --> 00:35:25,100
And so Satan was telling Eve
there and by extension Adam is be

793
00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:26,000
your own God.

794
00:35:26,310 --> 00:35:28,126
Isn't that what we're hearing today?

795
00:35:28,278 --> 00:35:29,502
Be your own God.

796
00:35:29,646 --> 00:35:34,414
If you actually look at people
that claim to be Satanist, okay,

797
00:35:34,542 --> 00:35:39,726
a lot of Satanists don't even
actually believe in a real satanic

798
00:35:39,838 --> 00:35:41,326
creature or being.

799
00:35:41,478 --> 00:35:44,462
They just believe that it's a
teaching, that you do what you want

800
00:35:44,486 --> 00:35:46,078
to do, you're your own God.

801
00:35:46,254 --> 00:35:53,048
Now, I wouldn't encourage you
to go deep into the depths of their

802
00:35:53,184 --> 00:35:56,888
teachings, but what I will say
is that the core of what we call

803
00:35:56,944 --> 00:35:59,960
modern Satanism is humanism, okay?

804
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:04,536
And you can see humanism tied
to every other element of life.

805
00:36:04,688 --> 00:36:05,608
Okay?

806
00:36:05,784 --> 00:36:07,336
So think about it.

807
00:36:07,408 --> 00:36:09,580
Everything in the world is all
about humans.

808
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:11,192
Starts with the.

809
00:36:11,376 --> 00:36:13,880
You ever heard about the
Enlightenment period back in the

810
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,048
1700s?

811
00:36:15,224 --> 00:36:16,552
Do some research on that.

812
00:36:16,656 --> 00:36:19,716
It was before we needed God,
now we don't need God.

813
00:36:19,848 --> 00:36:23,676
We can explain things through
science, we can explain things through

814
00:36:23,748 --> 00:36:25,820
reason, we can explain things
through evidence.

815
00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:27,740
And so therefore now we don't
need God.

816
00:36:27,820 --> 00:36:30,492
And it was a big lie that was
told and spread.

817
00:36:30,556 --> 00:36:33,612
And obviously to this day
there are people that say, well,

818
00:36:33,636 --> 00:36:34,316
we don't need God.

819
00:36:34,348 --> 00:36:36,000
And that was Satan's original lie.

820
00:36:36,580 --> 00:36:40,380
We could go further into that
if you want to know more about that.

821
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:41,772
I can talk more about humanism.

822
00:36:41,836 --> 00:36:42,412
So verse six.

823
00:36:42,436 --> 00:36:45,052
And when the woman saw that
the tree was good for food, so she

824
00:36:45,076 --> 00:36:47,340
saw that it was attractive,
she saw that it was going to be good.

825
00:36:47,460 --> 00:36:49,596
She believed that it was going
to be good and that was pleasant

826
00:36:49,628 --> 00:36:50,508
to the eyes.

827
00:36:50,684 --> 00:36:53,052
And a tree to be desired, to
make one wise.

828
00:36:53,196 --> 00:36:57,132
Lust of the flesh, lust of the
eyes, pride of life, okay?

829
00:36:57,196 --> 00:36:59,308
The New Testament says those
are the three areas.

830
00:36:59,444 --> 00:37:02,396
Lust of the flesh, lust of the
eyes, pride of life.

831
00:37:02,548 --> 00:37:08,480
So she says, it's pleasant to
the eyes, it's going to make me wise,

832
00:37:09,140 --> 00:37:12,748
it was good for food, it makes
me feel good, it looks good, it's

833
00:37:12,764 --> 00:37:13,960
going to lift me up.

834
00:37:15,130 --> 00:37:16,674
Same old story, okay?

835
00:37:16,802 --> 00:37:19,282
She took of the fruit thereof
and did eat and gave also to her

836
00:37:19,306 --> 00:37:21,010
husband with her, and he did eat.

837
00:37:21,170 --> 00:37:25,522
Now, so the big question is,
well, whose fault was it, Adam or

838
00:37:25,546 --> 00:37:26,150
Eve?

839
00:37:27,930 --> 00:37:30,550
We'll get into this when we're
studying the book of Romans.

840
00:37:31,050 --> 00:37:34,450
The Bible says as by one man,
sin entered the world.

841
00:37:34,570 --> 00:37:36,710
So actually Adam is the one
that's guilty.

842
00:37:37,210 --> 00:37:41,276
Now, Eve sins, but the
responsibility in Romans chapter

843
00:37:41,308 --> 00:37:42,348
five goes to Adam.

844
00:37:42,444 --> 00:37:45,836
And then we know that through
one man, salvation comes in Jesus

845
00:37:45,868 --> 00:37:46,060
Christ.

846
00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:48,560
And that's why Jesus is
sometimes called the second Adam.

847
00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:53,292
So anyway, don't get on a
rabbit trail there, but anyway, he

848
00:37:53,316 --> 00:37:55,436
goes, okay, eat it.

849
00:37:55,508 --> 00:37:56,524
They eat it.

850
00:37:56,692 --> 00:37:57,388
Verse 7.

851
00:37:57,444 --> 00:37:59,612
And the eyes of them were both
open and they knew that they were

852
00:37:59,636 --> 00:38:01,308
naked and sewed fig leaves together.

853
00:38:01,364 --> 00:38:04,320
So they try to make their own
way and made aprons.

854
00:38:05,470 --> 00:38:10,838
Obviously God confronts them
and you guys know the story, so we're

855
00:38:10,854 --> 00:38:13,410
not going to go into that part
of it, but God confronts them.

856
00:38:13,950 --> 00:38:19,542
Ultimately they recognize that
they sin and they confess and they

857
00:38:19,566 --> 00:38:20,630
try to hide for a little bit.

858
00:38:20,670 --> 00:38:26,330
And then ultimately God is
going to extend the curse.

859
00:38:27,230 --> 00:38:32,144
But verse 13, I do think this
is verse 12, actually, this is interesting.

860
00:38:32,192 --> 00:38:35,376
The man said unto the woman,
and the man said, the woman, whom

861
00:38:35,408 --> 00:38:38,352
thou gavest to me to be with me.

862
00:38:38,376 --> 00:38:41,392
So Adam blames Eve.

863
00:38:41,536 --> 00:38:42,336
It's the classic.

864
00:38:42,368 --> 00:38:45,664
The husband blames the wife
for the sin she gave him me of the

865
00:38:45,672 --> 00:38:46,368
tree, and I did eat.

866
00:38:46,384 --> 00:38:49,488
And the Lord God said unto the
woman, what is this that thou hast

867
00:38:49,504 --> 00:38:49,632
done?

868
00:38:49,656 --> 00:38:51,584
And the woman said, the
serpent beguiled me and I did eat.

869
00:38:51,632 --> 00:38:54,912
So she can't blame her
husband, but she then blames the

870
00:38:54,936 --> 00:38:55,392
serpent.

871
00:38:55,456 --> 00:38:56,334
So it's.

872
00:38:56,412 --> 00:39:01,082
It's the classic idea of
passing along the blame where we

873
00:39:01,106 --> 00:39:02,218
started at the very beginning.

874
00:39:02,314 --> 00:39:04,218
Can't blame someone else for
our sin.

875
00:39:04,314 --> 00:39:06,474
We can't blame Satan for our sin.

876
00:39:06,602 --> 00:39:07,722
It's on us.

877
00:39:07,906 --> 00:39:11,802
Verse 14 and we'll get to
verse 15 and that'll be it for the

878
00:39:11,826 --> 00:39:12,346
night.

879
00:39:12,498 --> 00:39:15,594
And the Lord God said unto the
serpent, because thou hast done this,

880
00:39:15,682 --> 00:39:18,074
thou art cursed above all
cattle and above every beast of the

881
00:39:18,082 --> 00:39:18,202
field.

882
00:39:18,226 --> 00:39:21,402
Upon thy belly shalt thou go,
and thus shalt thou eat all the days

883
00:39:21,426 --> 00:39:22,298
of thy life.

884
00:39:22,434 --> 00:39:24,510
So there's the curse against Satan.

885
00:39:25,010 --> 00:39:29,882
And then here's the ultimate thing.

886
00:39:29,986 --> 00:39:33,226
And I will put enmity between
thee and the woman and between thy

887
00:39:33,258 --> 00:39:34,430
seed and her seed.

888
00:39:35,010 --> 00:39:37,630
And so there's a reference to
her seed.

889
00:39:38,210 --> 00:39:41,802
This is what's called the
proto evangelium, you would say.

890
00:39:41,826 --> 00:39:42,250
What is that?

891
00:39:42,290 --> 00:39:45,386
It's Proto Evangelion, first gospel.

892
00:39:45,498 --> 00:39:45,866
Okay.

893
00:39:45,898 --> 00:39:48,836
This is the first mention of
the gospel in all of the Bible.

894
00:39:48,948 --> 00:39:50,452
Genesis, chapter three.

895
00:39:50,556 --> 00:39:52,964
Some people say gospel isn't
mentioned all the way until, like,

896
00:39:53,052 --> 00:39:54,148
the New Testament, right?

897
00:39:54,204 --> 00:39:55,908
No, all the way from Genesis.

898
00:39:56,004 --> 00:39:56,772
And so what does it say?

899
00:39:56,796 --> 00:39:57,908
The seed of the woman.

900
00:39:58,044 --> 00:39:59,236
Who's the seed of the woman?

901
00:39:59,308 --> 00:39:59,924
Jesus.

902
00:40:00,052 --> 00:40:01,972
Okay, Seed of the woman.

903
00:40:02,156 --> 00:40:08,292
It says here that Satan will
bruise his heel, but ultimately the

904
00:40:08,316 --> 00:40:11,828
seed of the woman, Jesus would
bruise his head, which meant death.

905
00:40:11,964 --> 00:40:15,314
And so it's Jesus who is going
to be the conquering element of sin.

906
00:40:15,452 --> 00:40:16,950
Jesus is the one who's going
to pay the price.

907
00:40:16,990 --> 00:40:18,614
Jesus is the one who's going
to conquer Satan.

908
00:40:18,662 --> 00:40:20,774
So the beginning of Satan is pride.

909
00:40:20,822 --> 00:40:22,566
The end of Satan is destruction.

910
00:40:22,678 --> 00:40:24,054
God is going to defeat him.

911
00:40:24,142 --> 00:40:25,062
So we end with that.

912
00:40:25,086 --> 00:40:26,054
We end with that today.

913
00:40:26,142 --> 00:40:28,262
Satan is a defeated foe already.

914
00:40:28,446 --> 00:40:29,890
He's fighting hard.

915
00:40:30,430 --> 00:40:33,542
I believe he thinks that he
can change the script.

916
00:40:33,686 --> 00:40:36,230
I believe he thinks he can
cause chaos in this world, which

917
00:40:36,270 --> 00:40:38,710
he can, but he can't change
his outcome.

918
00:40:38,790 --> 00:40:42,626
The outcome was set from the
very beginning that he would be defeated.

919
00:40:42,738 --> 00:40:44,338
Now some would argue why.

920
00:40:44,474 --> 00:40:48,510
Why has God allowed Satan to
do what he's doing for so long?

921
00:40:48,810 --> 00:40:51,074
And the only answer that I can give.

922
00:40:51,162 --> 00:40:53,190
I could give you the true answer.

923
00:40:53,850 --> 00:40:55,870
The truest answer is, I don't know.

924
00:40:56,330 --> 00:41:00,082
But if we wanted to extend
ourselves to try to understand the

925
00:41:00,106 --> 00:41:04,146
concept of why, we could say
that God is long suffering, he's

926
00:41:04,178 --> 00:41:07,122
patient, and he wants as many
people as he can to come to him in

927
00:41:07,146 --> 00:41:07,546
love.

928
00:41:07,658 --> 00:41:10,938
And so therefore he's
extending this period of time for

929
00:41:10,994 --> 00:41:12,362
those to come to him.

930
00:41:12,546 --> 00:41:13,562
When will that run out?

931
00:41:13,586 --> 00:41:14,186
I don't know.

932
00:41:14,258 --> 00:41:17,850
The Bible says that that
ultimately could be any day.

933
00:41:17,890 --> 00:41:20,154
But what I can say as a
believer is this.

934
00:41:20,242 --> 00:41:23,402
I'm thankful that the victory
is already done.

935
00:41:23,586 --> 00:41:24,874
It was foretold here.

936
00:41:24,962 --> 00:41:26,670
It was finished at the cross.

937
00:41:27,170 --> 00:41:31,034
Jesus conquered death through
the resurrection and the rest is

938
00:41:31,122 --> 00:41:32,426
we're on the winning side.

939
00:41:32,578 --> 00:41:37,546
And so I don't want us to
study this, this aspect of scripture

940
00:41:37,658 --> 00:41:39,306
by saying, oh, it's like a defeatist.

941
00:41:39,338 --> 00:41:41,258
Satan is so powerful and we
can't defeat him.

942
00:41:41,314 --> 00:41:43,434
The Bible says that God has
already done the defeat.

943
00:41:43,482 --> 00:41:45,882
Like in Romans chapter 8.

944
00:41:45,906 --> 00:41:48,250
If you want, you want some
homework, read Romans chapter 8 before

945
00:41:48,290 --> 00:41:48,810
we go any further.

946
00:41:48,850 --> 00:41:51,146
In this, it says we are more
than conquerors.

947
00:41:51,178 --> 00:41:52,550
The Greek word for that.

948
00:41:52,850 --> 00:41:55,310
Sometimes the Greek jumps off
the page.

949
00:41:55,810 --> 00:41:59,306
It says in the King James, it
says more than conquerors.

950
00:41:59,338 --> 00:42:00,986
Which I like that, more than conquerors.

951
00:42:01,018 --> 00:42:03,934
But in the Greek it actually
has the idea of like super conquerors.

952
00:42:04,122 --> 00:42:06,678
Like we are super conquerors
in Christ.

953
00:42:06,814 --> 00:42:08,650
We're more than conquerors.

954
00:42:09,310 --> 00:42:13,126
If you think of a conqueror,
someone has defeated a foe and they're

955
00:42:13,158 --> 00:42:16,182
winning and they get all the
spoils of the war, all the blessings

956
00:42:16,246 --> 00:42:17,110
of that victory.

957
00:42:17,190 --> 00:42:20,022
The Bible says we're more than
that in Christ Jesus.

958
00:42:20,166 --> 00:42:22,262
And so there's nothing that
can separate us from the love of

959
00:42:22,286 --> 00:42:22,822
God.

960
00:42:22,966 --> 00:42:26,726
And it gives a long list of
things that people think might separate

961
00:42:26,758 --> 00:42:27,846
them from the love of God.

962
00:42:27,958 --> 00:42:29,814
But nothing can separate us
from the love of God.

963
00:42:29,862 --> 00:42:31,612
Therefore, the victory is in Jesus.

964
00:42:31,726 --> 00:42:33,280
We sing that song, Victory in Jesus.

965
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,952
It's not just because it makes
sense, like it's a cool song and

966
00:42:35,976 --> 00:42:36,848
it rhymes.

967
00:42:36,944 --> 00:42:39,200
No, it's the truth.

968
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:40,384
It's a theological truth.

969
00:42:40,432 --> 00:42:43,312
So when we're studying Satan,
we're studying a defeated foe.

970
00:42:43,376 --> 00:42:45,840
But yet at the same time, the
Bible says to be cautious of him

971
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:49,488
because he can, he can devour.

972
00:42:49,664 --> 00:42:53,696
And if you're not saved, or if
you know people that are not saved,

973
00:42:53,808 --> 00:42:55,296
Satan is wanting to take their soul.

974
00:42:55,328 --> 00:42:57,500
He's wanting to take their
eternal destination.

975
00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,812
He's trying to take as many
people as he can with him in his

976
00:42:59,836 --> 00:43:00,484
defeat.

977
00:43:00,612 --> 00:43:02,564
But then some people say,
well, I'm saved.

978
00:43:02,612 --> 00:43:05,972
He can't take my soul, he
can't take my eternal destination.

979
00:43:06,116 --> 00:43:09,120
But what I will say is that
he's trying to destroy your life.

980
00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:14,340
If he can get you to allow
yourself to be destroyed in your

981
00:43:14,460 --> 00:43:16,628
Christian walk, you're not
going to affect anybody else.

982
00:43:16,644 --> 00:43:18,480
And he says, okay, that's a
one off.

983
00:43:18,860 --> 00:43:20,580
I'll cut my losses there.

984
00:43:20,700 --> 00:43:22,760
But they're not going to
affect anybody else.

985
00:43:23,190 --> 00:43:26,382
The more you fight for the
truth, the more he's going to come

986
00:43:26,406 --> 00:43:26,926
against.

987
00:43:27,078 --> 00:43:29,822
And I will say this as a
believer, that's not something to

988
00:43:29,846 --> 00:43:33,662
fear, that's something to
embrace and say, that's okay, I got

989
00:43:33,686 --> 00:43:34,910
the victor on my side.

990
00:43:35,030 --> 00:43:40,542
And so when we speak Of Satan,
we speak of someone who can greatly

991
00:43:40,606 --> 00:43:42,290
affect the church.

992
00:43:43,670 --> 00:43:48,262
He can come in the midst of
the church and he can allow.

993
00:43:48,406 --> 00:43:49,462
He can plant seeds.

994
00:43:49,526 --> 00:43:51,814
And the Bible speaks of it as
seeds of discord.

995
00:43:51,942 --> 00:43:53,610
He can plant division.

996
00:43:54,750 --> 00:43:55,942
Jesus prayer.

997
00:43:56,006 --> 00:43:59,222
In John, chapter 17, it says
high priestly prayer.

998
00:43:59,366 --> 00:44:02,050
He prayed Jesus, Jesus heart.

999
00:44:03,390 --> 00:44:05,318
We say we want Jesus will, right?

1000
00:44:05,454 --> 00:44:07,590
We want God's will, Jesus heart.

1001
00:44:07,630 --> 00:44:10,890
He prayed to the Father and
said, I want them to have unity.

1002
00:44:11,230 --> 00:44:12,150
Unity.

1003
00:44:12,310 --> 00:44:13,868
Don't be against each other.

1004
00:44:14,054 --> 00:44:18,608
And so if that's what Satan's
or that's what Jesus heart is, Satan's

1005
00:44:18,624 --> 00:44:20,576
heart is the exact opposite.

1006
00:44:20,768 --> 00:44:24,496
He wants to do everything he
can to not have unity in the church.

1007
00:44:24,688 --> 00:44:25,712
So he'll do anything he can.

1008
00:44:25,736 --> 00:44:26,944
He doesn't play by the rules.

1009
00:44:27,072 --> 00:44:29,472
We're going to talk about next
week how he's the accuser of the

1010
00:44:29,496 --> 00:44:29,920
brethren.

1011
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:30,880
What does that mean?

1012
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,288
We're going to talk about that.

1013
00:44:32,424 --> 00:44:34,144
We're going to talk about how
he's the father of lies.

1014
00:44:34,192 --> 00:44:37,040
We're going to talk about how he's.

1015
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,512
And it speaks of a couple
different things that he does.

1016
00:44:40,696 --> 00:44:44,192
But we're going to go and
we're going to move to Matthew chapter

1017
00:44:44,256 --> 00:44:44,912
four.

1018
00:44:45,096 --> 00:44:48,020
And if you know anything about
Matthew chapter four, that's Jesus

1019
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:50,864
temptation, right?

1020
00:44:51,032 --> 00:44:55,152
And it's very interesting to
study how Satan goes after Jesus.

1021
00:44:55,296 --> 00:44:58,032
And obviously we know that
Jesus is the perfect example for

1022
00:44:58,056 --> 00:44:58,288
us.

1023
00:44:58,344 --> 00:45:03,584
And so he's giving us the
tools how to fight against the enemy.

1024
00:45:03,712 --> 00:45:06,260
And I think it would be very,
very helpful.

1025
00:45:06,750 --> 00:45:09,158
So the answer to the question,
who is Satan?

1026
00:45:09,254 --> 00:45:13,430
He's a created angelic being
in rebellion against God fell because

1027
00:45:13,470 --> 00:45:14,246
of his pride.

1028
00:45:14,358 --> 00:45:16,010
He wanted to be like God.

1029
00:45:16,750 --> 00:45:20,374
And we saw the description of him.

1030
00:45:20,542 --> 00:45:24,294
He's not a red guy with horns
and a pitchfork.

1031
00:45:24,422 --> 00:45:28,406
That comes from other sources
we could talk about.

1032
00:45:28,478 --> 00:45:30,406
He's not the king of hell.

1033
00:45:30,598 --> 00:45:32,278
He's not living in hell and
ruling hell.

1034
00:45:32,294 --> 00:45:33,460
He didn't create hell.

1035
00:45:33,630 --> 00:45:34,872
That was something else.

1036
00:45:34,936 --> 00:45:38,424
Through a guy named Milton who
wrote a book about him kind of ruling

1037
00:45:38,472 --> 00:45:39,048
the dead.

1038
00:45:39,144 --> 00:45:41,140
That's not who he is.

1039
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,264
He's not the guy that you see
on TV shows.

1040
00:45:44,312 --> 00:45:45,272
That's real.

1041
00:45:45,456 --> 00:45:46,136
Whatever.

1042
00:45:46,248 --> 00:45:48,180
That's not who Satan is.

1043
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,696
We have to go off of what
Scripture says.

1044
00:45:50,768 --> 00:45:53,580
So same thing with God.

1045
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:58,750
Don't take your beliefs in God from.

1046
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:00,738
Well, this is what I saw on
this TV show.

1047
00:46:00,794 --> 00:46:03,346
Like, okay, it might be true
or it might not be true.

1048
00:46:03,458 --> 00:46:05,058
And I know people.

1049
00:46:05,194 --> 00:46:07,282
Pastor, are you against us
watching TV shows?

1050
00:46:07,346 --> 00:46:09,058
No, I'm not against you
watching Christian TV shows.

1051
00:46:09,074 --> 00:46:09,586
But I just.

1052
00:46:09,658 --> 00:46:10,930
I'M just like, be careful.

1053
00:46:11,010 --> 00:46:14,482
Please be careful not to get
your theology from that, allow that

1054
00:46:14,506 --> 00:46:16,722
to drive you to scripture to
read what the Bible says.

1055
00:46:16,826 --> 00:46:19,522
So I will never tell you
something about Satan that is not

1056
00:46:19,546 --> 00:46:20,034
in scripture.

1057
00:46:20,082 --> 00:46:22,274
So I wanted to take you to
that Isaiah 14 passage.

1058
00:46:22,322 --> 00:46:24,098
That's where people get their ideas.

1059
00:46:24,274 --> 00:46:28,796
Ezekiel, Genesis, and we'll
get more to Revelation and we'll

1060
00:46:28,828 --> 00:46:33,260
talk more about how his end
will be and some, some of the last

1061
00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:36,172
ditch things that he will try
before the end.

1062
00:46:36,356 --> 00:46:40,188
And but, but as I'm studying
here this evening, I realize that

1063
00:46:40,244 --> 00:46:43,020
this is too long and so I'm
gonna have to cut it off in like

1064
00:46:43,060 --> 00:46:44,204
two or three different sections.

1065
00:46:44,252 --> 00:46:45,276
But all right.

1066
00:46:45,428 --> 00:46:48,412
Anyway, if you have any more
questions, follow up questions for

1067
00:46:48,436 --> 00:46:51,430
me, you can ask them.

1068
00:46:51,470 --> 00:46:53,730
I don't know if I'll have the
answer, but I'll try my best.

1069
00:46:54,910 --> 00:46:57,542
Thank you again for listening
to the Middletown Baptist Church

1070
00:46:57,606 --> 00:46:58,342
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1071
00:46:58,486 --> 00:47:01,090
I hope that this sermon has
been a blessing for you.

1072
00:47:01,390 --> 00:47:03,686
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1073
00:47:03,718 --> 00:47:07,382
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1074
00:47:07,526 --> 00:47:10,250
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1075
00:47:10,750 --> 00:47:16,012
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1076
00:47:16,166 --> 00:47:17,984
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1077
00:47:18,112 --> 00:47:22,740
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1078
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:24,240
Thank you so much.

1079
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:25,184
God Bless.

1080
00:47:25,312 --> 00:47:26,360
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