1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,200 Right, You just, you can just lie. 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,240 And what we got away with it, nobody ever know. 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:05,840 And we just go right on with our life. 4 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,320 And, you know, it's, it's one of those things that's very, very 5 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,320 important that we always make sure that we are telling the 6 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,080 truth. And there's a lot of different 7 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,880 things that he said there are #4 about the reasons why people 8 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,840 lie. It's caused by fear, It's caused 9 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:20,680 by hatred, It's caused by covetousness. 10 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:22,680 And I think the number one is it's probably caused by 11 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,640 selfishness and pride. We're trying to save face. 12 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,560 So if I've got to save face, I'll say whatever I have to say 13 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,920 to just get through this and make myself not look as bad. 14 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,760 And then we get to stand there for having your loins grid about 15 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,960 with truth and having on the breastplate of righteousness. 16 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,840 And that covers the heart. It's very important part of the 17 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,160 soldiers armor and you know just protecting our hearts and 18 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:49,720 protecting keep thy heart with all diligence. 19 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,400 The Bible says in Proverbs for out of it are the issues of 20 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,040 life. It's an important thing to 21 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,800 protect. Then we said in verse #15 and 22 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,640 your feet shod with the preparation of, of the gospel of 23 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,880 peace. And not only do we spend a lot 24 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,640 of time talking about that when we went through this, but also I 25 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,680 just preached a message on that on Sunday. 26 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,440 But it's important that we get the message of the gospel out. 27 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:18,320 Which brings us then to verse #17 actually it should be verse 28 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:23,280 #16 but above all, taking the shield of faith wherewith ye 29 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,680 shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 30 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,760 So three things that he mentions about this here that will that 31 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,360 we'll look at. But number one, it is a shield 32 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,480 of faith. And obviously it says that above 33 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,440 all, taking the shield of faith. But the important thing here is 34 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,360 that it's a shield and, and faith is that shield. 35 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,280 So there's a few things about that. 36 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,240 Number one, the devil attacks our faith with darts of 37 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,040 unbelief. And you would think, you know 38 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,040 that. OK, I, I, I know I'm saved. 39 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,760 I know I'm on my way to heaven. But there's, you know, maybe 40 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:54,400 you're one of these people as well, but there's a lot of 41 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,800 people that question that the devil is going to constantly 42 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,520 throw that unbelief back at you. Am I really saved? 43 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,040 Do I really know if did I really know what I was doing when I 44 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,320 accepted Christ as my Savior? The thing is, you go back, you 45 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,720 get it settled and it's settled. If you did what God said you 46 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,160 need to do, then let the devil throw those darts at you all the 47 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,960 time. It's that's why it's the shield 48 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,120 of faith. I have to believe that if I did 49 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,640 what God said I need to do in order to be saved, then He's 50 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:27,280 going to uphold his end of the bargain, right? 51 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,000 It doesn't rely on me. It doesn't. 52 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,440 It doesn't rely on me feeling saved or not saved, doesn't rely 53 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,840 on me being close to the Lord or not close to the Lord for my 54 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,560 salvation. If I did what God says I need to 55 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,560 do and I came to Him in repentance and faith, then He 56 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,600 saved me and He's going to take me to heaven. 57 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,120 And that's why when the devil throws those darts of unbelief 58 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:51,840 at us, we can stand against those things with the shield of 59 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,200 what? Faith. 60 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,720 I just have to have faith to believe that God's going to do 61 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,560 what he said he's going to do. So the diets, that the darts are 62 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,880 fiery, meaning they're cruel, hurtful, strong, persistent. 63 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,240 The devil attacks the believers faith in God. 64 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,880 He attacks God's character, as he did with Eve. 65 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,640 He wants to convince the believer that God doesn't love 66 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:12,320 him, that God will cast him away, that God won't forgive 67 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,520 him, that God won't answer his prayers, that God isn't 68 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,920 faithful, that God's promises aren't true, that it's not 69 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:19,080 possible, please God and live the Christian life. 70 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,800 That God is unreasonable, that he's a bully, that God just 71 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,720 wants to give us trouble. All right, all of those things 72 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,480 and, and, and maybe you haven't dealt with all of them that but 73 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,480 but chances are you've had at least one of them come along. 74 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,760 God doesn't really want to answer my prayers. 75 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,120 God doesn't really care about me. 76 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,120 He doesn't really see me right. I mean, those are those are 77 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,880 fiery darts of unbelief. John Bunyan in his 78 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,000 autobiography, he was the author of the Pilgrims progress. 79 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,480 He described his terrible battle with the devil's darts of 80 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,280 unbelief when he was a young Christian. 81 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,840 See, the devil also attacks God's word, just as he did with 82 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,640 Eve in the Garden of Eden. And I remember Pastor Andy 83 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,400 Almanza sharing his testimony. And I mean, I grew up with him. 84 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,840 I didn't know that he was dealing with this, but he 85 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,680 happened to read an article, I think in Time magazine. 86 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:11,600 That was, it was really a, it was an article about evolution. 87 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,680 And basically what it was, was, was extolling the, the virtues 88 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,519 of evolution and calling into question whether or not God 89 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:21,640 really created everything. Is it really possible for God to 90 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,400 have created everything? And basically saying it's much 91 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:26,960 more likely that evolution is true. 92 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,760 Well, here's a, here's a kid that grew up in church that that 93 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,080 was one of the good kids and always was. 94 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,040 And, you know, always seemed like he had really good 95 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,240 Christian character. Nobody ever would have thought 96 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,360 that Pastor Andy. I mean, he wasn't a pastor then, 97 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,640 but that Andy Almanza would be doubting whether or not God even 98 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,480 created the world, you know? But he said he read that article 99 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,040 and it really shook him. And he said for a long time, for 100 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,400 probably a year, he struggled with that is, is, is there 101 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,720 anything to this whole Christianity thing? 102 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:59,120 Or is this just all something that's designed to get us all, 103 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,240 you know, going in the same direction or get us all 104 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,280 believing something And, you know, and it's not really 105 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:06,680 anything to it. And he and he struggled with it 106 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,640 for so long. And he finally came down to, and 107 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,240 he said, all right, God, you've got to show yourself to me, 108 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,520 reveal yourself to me. If you're real, reveal yourself 109 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,040 through your word. And he started reading the 110 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,840 Bible. And the next thing you know, he 111 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:21,160 was very convinced that what he had, what he had been reading in 112 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,760 God's word all along, what he had been taught all along was 113 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,280 actually the truth. And that this was just basically 114 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,520 a fiery dart of unbelief that was thrown at him. 115 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,520 But you know, a lot of times what happens is just, it's just 116 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,960 a little tiny seed that's planted from something that you 117 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:39,200 read or something that you see or something that that you hear. 118 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,720 And that little seed starts to grow and grow and grow and grow 119 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,360 and grow. And then something happens in 120 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,080 your life that really makes you question, does God really even 121 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,320 care about me? Is this even real? 122 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,720 Right. But again, that's why that's why 123 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,280 the Bible says study to show thyself approved unto God, a 124 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:59,200 Workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the 125 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,800 word of truth. You need to know what you 126 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,360 believe and why you believe it, because what happens when the 127 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,680 devil comes along and he'll use people to do it too? 128 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:11,240 You end up at work and this guy is saying, oh, why is this even? 129 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,920 You know, how do you know that that's true or why do you 130 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:15,600 believe this or why do you do that? 131 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,960 And you don't know because you haven't studied God's word for 132 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,760 yourself. It can shake your faith, right? 133 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,000 It's the same exact thing that we're trying to do to other 134 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,200 people who are believing in things that are not in the word 135 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,920 of God, right? And it's just simple questions. 136 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,800 Hey, why do you think this is the case? 137 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:34,880 You know, people who have believed in evolution their 138 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,160 entire life or have always been taught that evolution is true, 139 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,600 it doesn't take much to shake their faith in it because they 140 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:41,680 don't even know why they believe it. 141 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,520 They've just, that's just what they've always been taught, 142 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,560 right? And the same thing is true with 143 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,720 somebody who is not grounded in God's Word. 144 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,680 If you're not studying God's Word, if you're not memorizing 145 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,920 God's Word, if you're not taking the time to really read it, 146 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,880 you're not going to be able to stand against the fiery darts of 147 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,040 the wicked. And that's exactly why it's 148 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,560 important for us to do that. You have to know what the Bible 149 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,160 says. You have to know what you 150 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,280 believe because the devil is going to come at you with these 151 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,360 these darts of unbelief. And it's that shield of faith 152 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,000 that is going to protect us from the devil's fiery darts. 153 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,880 The second thing, so it not only does the devil attack our faith 154 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,480 with darts of unbelief, but the devil attacks with fiery darts 155 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,960 of temptation. And again, we could, we could 156 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,720 spend a long time talking about this. 157 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,520 He gives 2 passages here, and you don't have to turn there 158 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,440 unless you want to. But in First Chronicles chapter 159 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:33,120 21 and verse #1 the Bible says very plainly that Satan provoked 160 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,360 David to number the people of Israel. 161 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,520 And obviously you see what happened as a result of that. 162 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,680 But it was Satan that provoked David to do that, and the Bible 163 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,040 names him. It doesn't say that David just 164 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,160 woke up 1 morning and decided against God's will that he was 165 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,160 going to number the people. The Bible says Satan provoked 166 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,200 him to do that. Acts chapter 5. 167 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,440 Does anybody know what Acts chapter 5 is about? 168 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,760 The story that we find there at the beginning of Acts chapter 5, 169 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,400 Ananias and Sapphira, That's right, right. 170 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,880 And, and in verse #3 Acts chapter 5 and verse #3 the Bible 171 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:09,640 says that Satan filled Ananias, his heart to lie to the Holy 172 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,200 Ghost, right? Satan did that. 173 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,080 It was a fiery dart that Satan threw at Ananias. 174 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,480 And he didn't have that shield of faith up. 175 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,760 And it hit him and he fell. He fell to it. 176 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,480 And the lie, he lied to the Holy Ghost. 177 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,480 And you see what happened to him, It caused his death, right? 178 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,280 So the devil is going to attack with fiery darts of temptation. 179 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,039 The devil attacks with fiery darts of suspicion. 180 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:35,000 In fact, let's turn over to 2nd Corinthians chapter 2. 181 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,760 Second Corinthians chapter 2. But he uses suspicion and 182 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,679 slander to get us to think badly toward other people, even toward 183 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,240 our own loving relatives and closest friends and most 184 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,560 esteemed church leaders. We must remember that Satan is 185 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:51,880 the accuser of the brethren. By the way, that's what the 186 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,440 Bible calls him, and that's why it's in quotation marks there in 187 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,080 Revelation chapter 12, the accuser of the brethren. 188 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,040 But it's actually a really good verse because Revelation chapter 189 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:04,400 12 is saying that the accuser of the brethren is cast down. 190 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,000 That's the, that's the whole, the whole phrase that's being 191 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,640 used there in Revelation chapter 12. 192 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,960 But he is the accuser of the brethren. 193 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,400 He's going to come to God and he's going to accuse us to God. 194 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,480 But the way a victory is to test suspicion with truth. 195 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,960 Don't believe something without evidence that it is true, 196 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,160 whether that thing is your own thought or something you hear or 197 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,320 read. We also get victory over the 198 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,080 devil's fiery darts of suspicion by keeping our hearts tender and 199 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,520 merciful toward others. Second Corinthians chapter 2 and 200 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:38,880 verse #10 to whom you forgive anything I forgive also for if I 201 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,400 forgave anything, to whom I forgave it for your sakes, 202 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,400 forgave I it in the person of Christ, lest Satan should get an 203 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,560 advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his devices. 204 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:53,000 Now we, we pulled verse 11 out a lot and we use that lest Satan 205 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,040 should get an advantage of it. Well, what is he talking about? 206 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:56,760 If you look at it in the context, what's he talking 207 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,600 about? Slandering somebody else, right, 208 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:03,680 and not forgiving other people. Satan gets an advantage in that 209 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:06,000 way. So it's it makes perfect sense 210 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,040 to say that the devil attacks with fiery darts of suspicion. 211 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,880 Faith only comes by God's word. What is Romans 10/17? 212 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:18,360 So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God, 213 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,760 right? That's why the believer must 214 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:22,960 have an intimate relationship with the Bible. 215 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,400 Reading, studying, hearing, memorizing, meditating, all of 216 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,200 those things are so important. The better you know the Bible, 217 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,760 the better you can fight the devil's darts of unbelief. 218 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:34,560 That's how Jesus overcame the devil. 219 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:36,200 What do we find in Luke chapter 4? 220 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,720 The temptation of Jesus, right. How many times? 221 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:44,360 Three times. Jesus said what it is written. 222 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,640 It is written well. What does that mean? 223 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,440 He knew the Bible. He knew what the Bible said, and 224 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,000 he quoted from the Old Testament. 225 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,480 It is written, man shall not live by bread alone. 226 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,760 It is written right. He said it three different 227 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,680 times. And so the more you know the 228 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:03,200 Bible, the easier it is in the and the better equipped you are 229 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,760 to stand against the fiery darts of the devil. 230 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:10,000 So not only is it a shield of faith, and it sounds redundant 231 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,720 to say that, but it's important to note it is a shield of faith. 232 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,280 You have to use that faith as a shield. 233 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,200 But #2 it's a powerful shield. The shield of faith can quench 234 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,080 all of the devil's fiery darts. Isn't that what the Bible says 235 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,320 in Ephesians chapter 6? Above all, taking the shield of 236 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,880 faith, wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery 237 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,600 darts of the wicked. It's powerful because it stands 238 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:39,080 on God's infallible Word. Romans 10/17 So then faith 239 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,440 cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God, right? 240 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:44,600 It's a powerful shield. But then this is a very is a 241 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,760 very good point. The shield must be used. 242 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:55,280 What does it say in verse 16? Above all, taking the shield of 243 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,480 faith, right? It must be taken. 244 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:00,880 We're not supposed to be standing still and hiding. 245 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,360 We're to move out into the devil's territory and do hand to 246 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,000 hand combat with his minions and win victories for Christ. 247 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,600 That's what it means when it says taking the shield of faith, 248 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,720 right? It gives the the idea of picking 249 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,640 it up and going out to battle with it, right? 250 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,120 And that's that's what we're doing with the shield of faith. 251 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,960 We're going out, we're fighting, so it has to be used. 252 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,920 Then we come to verse #17 the Bible says in Ephesians chapter 253 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:28,480 6 and verse #17 and take the helmet of salvation, the helmet 254 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,920 of salvation. The helmet is is most important 255 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,640 because it protects the head or the mind. 256 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,960 Professional snipers are trained to shoot for the head because 257 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,560 it's the most effective point of attack, right? 258 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:41,920 You shoot somebody in the head, they're not probably going to 259 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,440 live very long after that, right? 260 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,920 You can get shot in the leg or the arm or, or a lot of other 261 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,960 places and still live, right, Get shot in the head, probably 262 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,720 not making it very, very far after that. 263 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,960 I mean, it's a possibility, I suppose, but it's a very, very 264 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,440 vulnerable place. And so the, the helmet of 265 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,640 salvation, the helmet is the believers know. 266 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:05,840 So salvation and the devil's fiercest attack is aimed at that 267 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,160 point. He wants to make us doubt our 268 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,040 salvation. God doesn't love you. 269 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,560 You're not secure in Christ. You're worthless. 270 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:14,520 God might cast you away if you're not careful. 271 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,360 God is tired of your sinning. The teaching that the born again 272 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,920 believer can lose his salvation weakens the helmet. 273 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,440 To put on his helmet properly, the believer must understand his 274 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,400 salvation. He must understand the great 275 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,720 price that was paid to assure that his salvation is full and 276 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,360 free. He must understand that his 277 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,760 salvation is a gift that is by God's grace. 278 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,120 He must understand what it means to be born again and must be 279 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,520 sure that he is. The better the believer 280 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,760 understands grace, faith, gift, justification, propitiation, 281 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,760 redemption, reconciliation, hope, the stronger is his 282 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,480 helmet. That's why we have dealt with 283 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,320 these things in this course and that's why I'm moving through 284 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,760 this pretty quickly because we have, we spent a long time 285 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,120 talking about eternal security, the fact that once you're saved, 286 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,120 you're always saved and you can know for sure that you're saved, 287 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,520 right? I had a conversation with 288 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,240 somebody just yesterday and I was, I was sharing the Gospel 289 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,440 with him and I said, you know a lot of people because he was, he 290 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,440 was coming from kind of a Catholic background. 291 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,000 I said, a lot of Catholics, when you ask them if they know for 292 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,080 sure if they're saved or not, they're going to say, well, I 293 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,080 hope so. Are you going to heaven? 294 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,320 Well, well, maybe I might, but they don't know until they get 295 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,520 to heaven and they stand before God and God judges them one way 296 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,560 or another. But the Bible very plainly says 297 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,720 in first John chapter 5 and verse 13 that ye may know that 298 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,480 you have eternal life. So if we know, if we can know 299 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,800 that we have eternal life, then obviously there's a way to get 300 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:36,840 there, right? And there is a plan of 301 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:38,440 salvation. And the Bible makes it very 302 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,200 clear what that is. And so you do again, you do what 303 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,960 God says about how to be saved, and you don't ever have to doubt 304 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,360 whether or not you're saved. And that's why that helmet of 305 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,200 salvation is such a such a vital part. 306 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,040 If the devil can come at you and make you doubt whether or not 307 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:56,680 you're saved, make you think that while I'm not worthy enough 308 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,400 to to be a Christian or I'm not worthy enough to go to heaven, 309 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,160 then he's going to you're going to be ineffective to fight 310 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,800 anything that the devil is going to bring against you, right? 311 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,640 Because if you don't even know if you're saved, then then how 312 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,040 can you stand against the fiery darts when he comes at you with 313 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,200 this doubt or that doubt? Or how can you, you know, how 314 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,400 can you share the gospel with somebody else if you don't even 315 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,560 know for sure if you're saved yourself, right? 316 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,240 I mean, if, if you don't have that helmet of salvation or you 317 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,160 don't have that nailed down and you're not wearing that, when 318 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,880 you go out into battle against the devil, he's going to get you 319 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,360 in a lot of other ways too. So it's a very, very important 320 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,000 piece of the armor. And then in the second-half of 321 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,200 that verse, he says, and the sword of the Spirit, which is 322 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,320 the word of God. Turn over to Hebrews chapter 4. 323 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,080 Maybe you know this verse, maybe you don't. 324 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,400 Does anybody know it off the top of their head? 325 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:49,440 Hebrews chapter 4 and verse #12 sharper than any 2 edged sword, 326 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,800 piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and 327 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,240 of the joints in Morrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and 328 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,440 intents of the heart, right? The word of God is quick and 329 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,520 powerful and sharp. That's, that's the word of God, 330 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,640 that's the sword of the spirit. And it's, it's, it's obviously 331 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,960 it's referred to that here in Ephesians chapter 6, the spirit, 332 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,960 the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, right? 333 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:16,120 We, we, we read that there, but then we also read it there in 334 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,240 Hebrews Charter 4. But the sword is an offensive 335 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,480 weapon, right? You're not using your sword to 336 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,000 defend, right? You're using the sword to 337 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,200 attack. That's exactly what the Bible 338 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,640 is. This again reminds us that we 339 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,640 are to move forward against the enemy, rather than merely 340 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,320 standing still and remaining in a defensive posture. 341 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,320 So the sword must be sharp. The Spirit of God gave a 342 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:42,720 perfectly sharp sword in the Masoretic Hebrew Old Testament 343 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,760 and the received Greek New Testament. 344 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:49,680 Now our King James Bible is translated from those two texts 345 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,200 the Masoretic Hebrew Old Testament the Mazzarites. 346 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,600 OK, and this is I don't I don't have time to get into a very 347 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,240 deep discussion about the word of God and our translation of 348 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,440 the Bible. But the Mazzarites were a group 349 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:09,319 of Jews whose responsibility it was to make sure that the, the 350 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:13,760 original transcripts, if you will, the original copies of 351 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:18,440 God's Word were preserved. And so the Masoretic Text was 352 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:22,839 the text that that everybody used to base their copies on. 353 00:17:22,839 --> 00:17:25,280 OK, we didn't have, we didn't have a computer where you could 354 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,160 print it out, make sure it's right, and then print as many 355 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,960 copies of it as you wanted, right? 356 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:34,720 You didn't have a printing press until the 1400s with Johann 357 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,080 Gutenberg. And that's one of the first 358 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,440 things that they started printing was, was copies of the 359 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,120 Bible, right? But all the way back then, they 360 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:43,640 didn't have that. And So what you had was faithful 361 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:48,080 scribes who would, who would take the the Masoretic text and 362 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,320 make a copy from that. And then they would take it back 363 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,280 to wherever they came from. And then they would use the copy 364 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,480 that they had to ensure that they were giving faithful copies 365 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,640 of the text. And then every so often they 366 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,400 would take one of those copies of copies of copies and bring it 367 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,680 back to the matter Masoretic text and make sure that they 368 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,480 hadn't made mistakes that were that we're giving them a corrupt 369 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,000 translation of God's word, right? 370 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,560 So when we talk about the Masoretic Hebrew Old Testament, 371 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:17,600 it is the preserved word of God, right in Hebrew. 372 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,920 But we have that translation and that's what the King James Bible 373 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,880 Bible translators use to make their translation of God's word. 374 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,680 And then of course, the received New Testament. 375 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:31,160 So we must have the sharpest possible translation in our 376 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,520 various tongues. A weak translation of the Bible 377 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,280 is a sword, but it's dull and it's not as powerful and as 378 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,120 effective as it should be, right? 379 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:41,840 And in the English language, the sharpest sword in is the King 380 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,520 James Bible, which is translated from the right Hebrew and Greek 381 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,920 text, and which is translated literally and carefully and 382 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,000 beautifully. Now, I'll say this as well. 383 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,120 It's just as important to use a translation that is faithful to 384 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:57,600 the original text in other languages as well. 385 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,320 Now for us, we, I don't know if there's anybody that speaks 386 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,800 well, I guess there's a few that speak other languages that could 387 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,280 read a different copy of the Bible and know if the Bible in 388 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,680 that language was faithful to the King James or not. 389 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,640 I'll be honest with you. Like what Brother Nitin does 390 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,000 there in Marathi, they have the Marathi language and what he 391 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:21,880 does is he knows English, so he reads it in the Marathi language 392 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,440 because that's all they have as far as the Bible. 393 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:29,440 And then he interprets it or, or maybe I should say exposits it. 394 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,040 He gives the expository explanation of that passage 395 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,120 based on what he knows from the King James Bible. 396 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,480 And they're using the best translation that is available to 397 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:39,680 them today. There's not very many 398 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,960 translations, period, but they're using the best 1. 399 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,080 And I think that's, you know, especially, especially for some 400 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:49,040 of these languages who maybe had one person who did the best that 401 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:52,480 they could to translate the Bible, you know, God's Word into 402 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,440 that, that native language. And they're still, I mean, 403 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,920 they're still, they're still hundreds and hundreds of 404 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,800 languages out there that don't even have any portion of, of 405 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,000 God's Word. And so there are some people, 406 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,080 some missionaries who go to these fields and they're, and 407 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,480 they're burdened so much by the fact that these people don't 408 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,360 have God's word, that they just do the best that they can. 409 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:11,240 And they're not going back to Hebrew and Greek because they 410 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,880 don't know Hebrew and Greek. They're going to the King James. 411 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,280 They're translating it from the, from the English version into 412 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,280 this language. And sometimes mistakes are made 413 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,440 in the process. They're getting the best thing 414 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,640 that they have. But then when you have a group 415 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,520 that can actually go back and, and faithfully translate it 416 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,080 really from Hebrew, Greek and the King James, it gives you the 417 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,080 best translation. So in Spanish is a great example 418 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,280 of that. There's a nineteen O 9 version 419 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,720 of Spanish. There's a 1960 version of 420 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,400 Spanish. And by the way, the 1960 version 421 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,840 of the Spanish Bible is very similar to our NIV. 422 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,200 It's not a faithful translation. It's got a lot of errors in it. 423 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,040 The nineteen O 9 is closer to the King James Bible. 424 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,600 But there's a guy by the name of Umberto Gomez that just, I say 425 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:59,880 just, I think he finished his translation in 2008, but he, 426 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:05,440 it's called the RVG, the Reyna Valera Gomez think it was 427 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,320 finished in 2008 somewhere right around there. 428 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:13,240 But he, he translated that using the Hebrew Masoretic text, using 429 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,680 the received Greek text and using the King James Version of 430 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:22,120 the Bible. And there was a lot of Spanish 431 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:26,480 language speakers, I guess you could say, who were faithful to 432 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,480 the King James version of the Bible that actually used that 433 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,800 and, and collaborated with, he collaborated with a lot of 434 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,280 people. He had, he had a lot of 435 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,560 different people that were looking at these translations 436 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,760 with him, looking at his translation with him and, and 437 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,600 every suggestion that they made, he went back and he was, he was 438 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,640 very faithful to the text. Exactly the same way that the 439 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,600 King James Bible translators translated our Bible into 440 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,280 English. But it's a very definitive 441 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,120 translation. It, it, it keeps the, the beauty 442 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:58,720 of the Spanish language and it keeps the beauty of the King 443 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:03,240 James Bible at the same time. And by the way, so many people, 444 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:11,200 in fact, Dean Bergan with the, it's the Dean Bergan Society. 445 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,200 Dean, Dean Bergan has been dead for a long time. 446 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,240 But DA wait, who was a very, very staunch defender of the 447 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,720 King James Bible, his group Bible for today highly, highly 448 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:26,800 recommends the the RVG chick publications that you know all 449 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,400 the all the chick tracks that they have in Spanish. 450 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,520 They have been going back and redoing all of theirs and using 451 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:39,880 the, the, the RVG in their Spanish translations of the 452 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:41,480 chick track, the chick publications. 453 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,240 So a lot of people that really highly respect this and feel 454 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,200 that it's very faithful to the originals. 455 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,200 And I think it's just as important. 456 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,600 You know, I mean, obviously most of us, in fact, really none of 457 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,200 us speak Spanish. I don't think there's anybody in 458 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,520 here that really speaks Spanish other than, you know, close. 459 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,600 You know, I know some Spanish and I can, I can listen to a 460 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,040 conversation and kind of tell what's going on, but I can't 461 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,680 read the Spanish version of the Bible and say this is wrong. 462 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,960 You know, so I have to, I have to do my research and, and get 463 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,560 to the bottom of, you know, how to figure out the best way 464 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:14,480 possible. I want something as going to be 465 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,520 as faithful to the originals as possible. 466 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,640 And this one is a very, very good translation. 467 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,400 So if we ever end up doing something like that, that's what 468 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,920 we're going to go with. In fact, I, I bought a copy of 469 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,560 the RVG so that I would have it in the Spanish language if it 470 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,000 ever, you know, if we ever needed it for some reason, I 471 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,160 could share that with somebody and, and give them that. 472 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,280 But you know, yes, it's newer, but it's a lot more faithful to 473 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:41,640 the original Greek and Hebrew and to the King James Version of 474 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,440 the Bible. So it's important that we have a 475 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,280 Bible that is translated from the right Hebrew and Greek text. 476 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,680 By the way, again, I don't, I don't want to take a long time 477 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,960 to go back and, and talk about why the other versions of the 478 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,400 Bible are not faithful to the originals. 479 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:03,320 But when you go back to the, the NIV, the ESV, the NASV, and 480 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,840 really every other alphabet soup of translation, I mean, there's 481 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,280 so many of them out there now and they're coming up with new 482 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,640 ones every month it seems like that they're putting out. 483 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,440 But almost all of them, almost all of them, maybe with the 484 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,520 exception of like the new King James, even though that was, 485 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,360 that was not 100% done from the same text that the King James 486 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:25,640 Bible was translated from. It's a little bit closer to the 487 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,560 originals, but a lot of those other ones are translated from 488 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,480 the Westcott and Hort text. And you've probably heard that 489 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,520 before. Well, Bishop Wescott and Bishop 490 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,080 Hort, they were two guys who were, I mean, they lived in the 491 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:42,360 1800s and they, they came to the conclusion that the, that the 492 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:46,760 text that they were using were good translations because they 493 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,640 were the oldest translations. And now that even that has been 494 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,080 called into question by quite a few different people, whether 495 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,480 they were actually the oldest or not. 496 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,160 But oldest doesn't always mean best, right? 497 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:02,880 Something that gets used all the time breaks down quicker than 498 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,360 something that just sits on a shelf and never gets used. 499 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,840 Right. So they found these manuscripts 500 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,720 in an, in a monastery. In fact, they've, they've found 501 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,520 a bunch of them were actually found in the trash pile. 502 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,800 They would, they would, you know, they would go through and 503 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,600 clean things out and they would burn, you know, use paper to 504 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,640 burn the wood. I mean, back in the 1800s, they 505 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,920 didn't have heat, so they would use obviously they had 506 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,520 fireplaces and everything else. And these guys were visiting 507 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,440 this monastery, and they actually found these old 508 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,800 manuscripts in the pile that was set to be burned or thrown out. 509 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,960 And they started reading through them and they said, wow, this is 510 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,800 an older translation. This is an older version of what 511 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,120 we have now. So these obviously have to be a 512 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:45,880 better translation. And so they took it and they 513 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,200 started using it. The reason it was in the trash 514 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,440 is because they didn't even consider them to be faithful 515 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,840 enough translations or faithful enough copies of the original 516 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,760 translation to even keep. And now these guys take it and 517 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,480 they say, wow, these are older. And so they start translating 518 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:01,960 from it. But what you have to understand 519 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,000 about Wescott and Horde is that both of these guys were very, 520 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,440 very, very strong Bible critics. They had gotten their education 521 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,840 from Germany, which in the 1800s, late 1800s especially, 522 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,920 but even into the early 1900s, it was called, it was, it was 523 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,440 what's known as higher criticism. 524 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,960 And a lot of it was coming out of Germany. 525 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,240 But these, these educational institutions that that were 526 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,280 supposedly Christian education institutions were very, very 527 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:30,880 highly questioning the Bible and questioning the miracles in the 528 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,080 Bible and questioning whether the characters in the Bible were 529 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,080 even real people, you know, David. 530 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,000 And and that was one of them. I mean, of all people, the 531 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,400 question David is just a figment of your imagination. 532 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,000 And we don't see not a figment of your imagination, but just 533 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,160 say a like a like a fairy tale type figure. 534 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:52,160 We don't see anything in the, in the archaeological record that 535 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,040 there ever was a David that existed. 536 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,400 And so this is just stories that were made-up and Noah's ark. 537 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,240 Everybody has a story about Noah's ark in their culture. 538 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:01,880 And so these are just made-up stories. 539 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,200 And, and these are the guys Westcott Horton and, and 540 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,560 hundreds of others that were, that were all part of this at 541 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,120 the same time that were questioning whether or not the 542 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:14,800 Bible is even real literature or if it was or not literature, but 543 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,960 real, you know, real words from God or if it was just literature 544 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,120 that was written to be entertaining and so on, right. 545 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,080 So these guys find this and they're the ones that are 546 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:27,880 translating these, these, you know, these versions of the 547 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:32,080 Bible, if you will, And that's where a lot of those versions 548 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,600 got their start. And so you have either the 549 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,880 Textus Receptus, which is the received text that it's 550 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,720 translated from, which is what our King James Bible comes from, 551 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,160 or you have the Westcott and Hort text, which is what all of 552 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:45,920 these modern translations are coming from. 553 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,120 So you can dig into it a lot deeper. 554 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:51,840 In fact, I believe that the book that that we've been 555 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,120 recommending for the last couple months has has a good bit of 556 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:57,680 that information in it. And and that's one of the 557 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,360 reasons why I like that book so well is because it's pure words 558 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:03,960 is the name of the book. But it's why I like it so well 559 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,600 is because it explains a lot of those things. 560 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,960 You start getting into this stuff, it gets really, really 561 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,960 deep and and it starts getting way above your head and you have 562 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,880 to really be concentrating on what you're reading to try to 563 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,920 understand what you they're talking about and everything 564 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,600 else. This is written in a very easy 565 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,120 to understand way that will explain a lot of those things 566 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:21,880 for you and help you to understand. 567 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:23,960 This is why we use the King James Version of the Bible. 568 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,880 It's not just a preferred version. 569 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,520 It's not just we like the way it's worded better or we've had 570 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,080 this for a long time. So we're, we're keeping it, you 571 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,600 know, no, it is translated from the, the, the original 572 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,400 manuscripts that were faithful to what was written from the 573 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,400 very, very beginning. And many of them are the oldest. 574 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,800 Not all of them are. And so because of that, you 575 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,600 know, some have gone back and said, well, these are the 576 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,920 oldest, so they're better. Not always the case. 577 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,760 In fact, it's not the case. But anyway, so all that to say 578 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,560 that the sword must be sharp. And when you're using a version 579 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,600 of the Bible, can somebody get saved from a version of the 580 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,920 Bible other than the King James Version of the Bible? 581 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,960 Well, probably, right, because it still has God's word in it. 582 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,520 It's just not a sharp sword. And when you try to fight with a 583 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,480 dull sword, you're still going to do some damage, but you're 584 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,840 not going to you're not going to slay the enemy. 585 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,040 And, you know, a lot of these versions have Bible verses that 586 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,760 are missing. They have passages that are 587 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,160 completely taken out. You know, and some of it says, 588 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,080 well, the, you know, a lot of them have notes in there that 589 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,440 say, well, the, the most reliable manuscripts take this 590 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,320 portion of the Scripture out. You know, even if they do decide 591 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,600 to put it in there, but, you know, go to one of these new 592 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,200 versions and and look at Mark chapter 16. 593 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,280 The whole second-half of that chapter is gone. 594 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,200 It's just not even there. All the original manuscripts 595 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:50,400 don't include this, right? I mean Romans chapter 8 where it 596 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:56,120 talks about the Ethiopian eunuch and you know, he says see here's 597 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:57,480 water. What doth hindered me from being 598 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,840 baptized? Verse 37 says if thou believe 599 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:01,680 this with all thine heart, thou mayest. 600 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,440 And he said, I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 601 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,280 God. I'm paraphrasing. 602 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,280 And so they went down into the water, the two of them, and he 603 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,960 baptized him. That whole verse is missing. 604 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,040 It's gone. It's not even in those modern 605 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,200 versions. And there's a lot of other 606 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,160 verses that are missing too. First John 513, first John, what 607 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:23,400 is it, 51757? There you go. 608 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,040 And these that there are three that bear witness in heaven, the 609 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,520 Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost. 610 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,280 And these three are one that verse is gone. 611 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,120 It's missing. That's about the clearest verse 612 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,200 you can get for the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, God, 613 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:36,800 the Holy Spirit. And these three are one. 614 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:44,200 You know that that you can, you can combat basically the entire 615 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,720 Mormon doctrine with that one verse because they don't believe 616 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:52,960 that God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one. 617 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,000 They believe that they're, they're distinct deities. 618 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,240 They believe that they're all deities who have made it to 619 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,760 godhood. One verse is enough. 620 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,720 If you have a sharp sword, you can stab a hole right through 621 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,480 the middle of that argument. The Father, the Son and the Holy 622 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,480 Ghost and these three are one. How do you deny that, right? 623 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,120 But if you don't even have it in your Bible, you're using a dull 624 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:15,920 sword. And you can't use that as as 625 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,000 something that's going to poke a hole in a Mormon argument, 626 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,760 right? So a lot of other things that we 627 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,680 can say about it, but #3 and this is important, then the 628 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,480 sword must be skillfully used. Can you imagine trying to go out 629 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,680 against a trained sword fighter if you don't know how to use the 630 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,560 sword? You'd be cut to pieces. 631 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,280 And again, that's, that's what happens with many, many people, 632 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,160 right? And then go out knocking on 633 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,560 doors. And I'm going to, I'm going to 634 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,600 tell somebody who, that what they believe is wrong and what I 635 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,120 believe is right from God's word. 636 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,920 And they start cutting you up to pieces and you have no way to 637 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,920 answer their argument because you don't know what God's word 638 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,480 says about this and that and the other thing, right? 639 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:52,480 So we must learn how to use the word of God skillfully. 640 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,720 Second Timothy chapter 2 and verse 15. 641 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,520 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a Workman that needeth 642 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:05,120 not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth, 643 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,560 right? Hebrews chapter 5 and verse 12 644 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,440 through 14, same thing. But we must remember that the 645 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,040 sword belongs to the Holy Spirit. 646 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,720 It's the Spirit who enables us to interpret the Scripture. 647 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,800 All right. If we study the Bible in our own 648 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,320 ability, we will not interpret it correctly. 649 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,520 We must study the Bible in fellowship with the Spirit and 650 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,640 trust Him to lead us and He will, right? 651 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,480 And, and, and, and I can't remember exactly where the 652 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,920 passage is, but the Bible says, don't think about what you're 653 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,920 going to say before you get out there, right? 654 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,520 You go out there and you do it. You're faithful to what God? 655 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,200 If you study God's word and you know God's word and you have his 656 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,840 word memorized, I'll be honest with you. 657 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:44,280 I've had it happen 1000 times when somebody asked me a 658 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,920 question and initially I kind of panic a little bit because I'm 659 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,040 like, oh man, how do you answer this? 660 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,080 And you start to answer the question and God just brings one 661 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,360 verse after another to your mind. 662 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,800 It's, it's the Holy Spirit that's doing that. 663 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,520 But he's not going to bring it to your mind if you don't know 664 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,360 it, right? He's not going to bring it to 665 00:32:58,360 --> 00:32:59,600 your mind if you've never studied it. 666 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,960 He's not going to bring it to your mind if you've never read 667 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,200 that passage before, right? So you have to be able to 668 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,640 skillfully handle God's word. And how do you do that? 669 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:12,040 Only by using it, right? Only by practicing with it. 670 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:13,760 That's how you get good with a sword. 671 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,000 And then I don't want to take a long time on this because we've 672 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,760 already spent a whole lesson. I think we think we split it 673 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,440 into two lessons. But praying Ephesians chapter 6, 674 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,840 back there in verse #18 praying always with all prayer and 675 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,720 supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all 676 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,960 perseverance and supplication for All Saints. 677 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,600 And for me that utterance may be given unto me, that I might open 678 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,680 my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the Gospel for 679 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,400 which I am an ambassador in bonds, that therein I may speak 680 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,040 boldly as I ought to speak. And again, some great verses 681 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:53,640 that that just remind us of the necessity for us to get out 682 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,360 there and share the message of the gospel with everybody that 683 00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,480 we can, but praying always with all prayer and supplication. 684 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,160 So prayer is an important part of our spiritual armor. 685 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,360 It's the covering protection. So we must pray always. 686 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,520 That means to pray throughout the day, right? 687 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,080 And the Bible says in First Thessalonians, pray without 688 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,320 ceasing. What does that mean? 689 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,400 It means everything we do all the way throughout the day. 690 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,679 We ought to be having a constant conversation with God, right? 691 00:34:18,679 --> 00:34:20,719 We ought to be in constant contact with him. 692 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,639 Everything that comes up, God brings somebody to your mind, 693 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:26,199 you pray for him. You, you go into a situation 694 00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:28,520 where somebody's asking you a question and you're asking God 695 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,960 for wisdom. It's just, it's just a constant 696 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,560 conversation with God. And really that ought not to be 697 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:34,880 something that's hard for us to do. 698 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,320 It really shouldn't. And I suppose maybe if you're 699 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:42,080 not in the habit of doing it, you, you, you got to have music 700 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,480 playing constantly or you got to be listening to something 701 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:49,679 constantly and you know, every, every dead second is filled with 702 00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:52,320 some kind of noise. Then maybe you're not going to 703 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,920 be in the, in the habit of doing that and you're not going to 704 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,600 pray often. But, and everything we do ought 705 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,400 to be done with prayer. We must pray in the Spirit. 706 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,200 That means to be under the Spirit's control, to follow his 707 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,960 guidance, not to not grieve him. The Bible says in John that the 708 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,440 Holy Spirit will tell us what to, what to pray for. 709 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:14,240 We know not what to pray for as we all, but the Spirit itself 710 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,280 maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be 711 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,040 uttered. That's the Holy Spirit, That's, 712 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,160 that's, that's praying in under the Holy Spirit's control, 713 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:27,720 praying for things that that that he is pleased with. 714 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:31,640 When we pray right? That's why we pray in Jesus 715 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:32,800 name. We say that often. 716 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,720 I and I pray all these things in Jesus name. 717 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:37,640 What is it? Why do we pray in Jesus name? 718 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:43,000 It's because I'm going to to to Jesus, I'm going to God in that 719 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,640 way. And all of these things, I'm 720 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,240 praying in the name of Jesus Christ because I believe all of 721 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:49,920 these things are things that he can take to the Father on my 722 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,240 behalf, right? He is a mediator. 723 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:57,400 There's 111 mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, 724 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,480 right. So we pray to and, and, and 725 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,960 Jesus takes those things to God the Father on our behalf. 726 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,680 And we pray those things in Jesus name because those are 727 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,200 things that he can take to the father. 728 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,760 Well, if you're praying for things that you ought not to be 729 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,760 praying for or praying, you know, outside of the will of 730 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,080 God, those are not. That's not praying in the spirit 731 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,800 #3 we must pray with watching an intercession for others. 732 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,760 It's an important part of spiritual protection for 733 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,040 ourselves and for others. We must pray perseveringly 734 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,800 without growing faint and quitting. 735 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,280 That's one of the most important principles of effective prayer. 736 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:34,760 And #5 we must pray with plain requests. 737 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,480 Intercessory prayer is asking for specific things, right? 738 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,680 Well, if I pray specifically and God doesn't answer it, then I'm 739 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,320 going to know that God didn't answer my prayer, right? 740 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,720 Pray specifically, ask God for specific things, praying always 741 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:53,400 with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching 742 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:57,160 thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for All Saints, 743 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,360 right? That's that's the distinguishing 744 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:03,320 things in prayer. What's prayer and supplication? 745 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,080 He's not saying pray with all prayer and prayer, right? 746 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,080 So there's a difference between prayer and supplication in the 747 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,640 Spirit watching thereunto with all perseverance and 748 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,360 supplication for All Saints. There's and again, I don't have 749 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,120 time to go into a lot of those things tonight. 750 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:19,680 We've already talked about some of those things. 751 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:24,200 But you know, it's it's it's an important part of our armor or 752 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:25,840 he wouldn't have mentioned it there right. 753 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,040 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit. 754 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,160 So the armor of God, something very, very important for us to 755 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,720 understand if we are going to fight against the devil, right? 756 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:40,480 And so many Christians just run out there and like Samson, 757 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,040 right? They just think that this is 758 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:45,520 what I've always done, so I'm going to do it again and 759 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,000 everything's going to be fine. And the devil just chews you up 760 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,520 and spits you out and you wonder what happened, right? 761 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,160 Because you're not, you don't have the armor of God. 762 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,760 Put on the whole armor of God. He says in verse #11 that you 763 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,840 may be able to stand against the Wiles of the devil. 764 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,840 So what happens when you you run out there and you've got the 765 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,400 feet shod with the preparation of the gospel peace, and you got 766 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,840 the, the breastplate of righteousness and the helmet of 767 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,080 salvation and, and the sword of the Spirit, and you run out 768 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:14,120 there with no sword, right? I mean, maybe you can protect 769 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,720 yourself from getting attacked, but you're not going to do much 770 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,560 on the offensive side of things, right? 771 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,680 Why are you even out there? If you don't have the sword of 772 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,320 the Spirit and using those, the word of God, then what's the 773 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,240 point? Or you have those other things, 774 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:29,840 but you don't have your head protected or you're not, you're 775 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:33,000 not wearing a shield or you have no breastplate of righteousness, 776 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,280 right? I mean, that's why the Bible 777 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:39,120 says put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to 778 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,280 stand against the Wiles of the devil. 779 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,320 Because we don't wrestle against flesh and blood. 780 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,680 We wrestle against principalities, against powers, 781 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,000 against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against 782 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,720 spiritual wickedness in high places. 783 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,640 He says it again, Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God 784 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:55,560 that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and 785 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,800 having done all the stand think it's important to have the whole 786 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,400 armor of God said it twice in three verses, right. 787 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,360 Put on the whole armor of God. Hopefully that's a little bit 788 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,840 more, you know, a little bit of an explanation of what those 789 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,880 things are. But we'll move into the next 790 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:13,040 lesson next week. But we'll probably do some 791 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:14,440 questions over these next week too. 792 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,000 By the way, I'm going to take the you know, I didn't do the 793 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,560 questions off of the first part because it was only a small 794 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,120 section of it. But we'll do we'll do some 795 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,200 questions next week over all of that, and then we'll move on to 796 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,960 talking about the church next week. 797 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:30,840 All right, let's pray. Father, again, we thank you so 798 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,880 much for your goodness to us. Thank you for an opportunity we 799 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:36,560 have to discuss the the importance of the armor of God. 800 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,000 May you help us all to have the armor on. 801 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,600 May you help us all to use it in a way that's skillful. 802 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,320 May you help us to to know how to handle the sword of the 803 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:46,800 Spirit, which is the word of God. 804 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,480 And may you help us to be on the offensive against this this this 805 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,480 dark and wicked world. And may you help us to win 806 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,200 victories in the name of Jesus Christ. 807 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,400 Thank you again for all you do for us in Jesus name, Amen.