1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,100 Certainly is wonderful to be here with you today and we 2 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:07,000 appreciate the presence of all that have come to be with us. 3 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:10,900 And as always is the case, it is my privilege to be able to speak 4 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:14,600 concerning the word of God. We're continuing our lesson from 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,300 last time regarding the Christians Warfare and yes we 6 00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:21,900 are in a battle. We don't wrestle against flesh 7 00:00:21,900 --> 00:00:25,500 and blood as the great Apostle Paul would say, but we do have a 8 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:29,600 war and a battle that's going on every day that we live in 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,900 Christ. And I invite your attention to 10 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:35,100 these sixth chapter of the book of Ephesians and as an 11 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:37,500 introduction. We'll just read one verse there. 12 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:42,100 That's verse 12, Ephesians chapter 6, and verse 12. 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,800 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood. 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,400 But against principalities against Powers against the 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,200 rulers. Of the darkness of this age, 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:57,300 against spiritual hosts of wickedness, in Heavenly places 17 00:00:57,900 --> 00:01:00,700 as we continue our study today. This morning, we're going to 18 00:01:00,708 --> 00:01:03,200 talk a little bit more about the enemy. 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,200 We're going to talk about Satanism and the world of the 20 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,900 occult. And you remember last time we 21 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:13,100 talked about the idea of being in a spiritual battle. 22 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:17,800 By day, there's no reason why the child of God should ever 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,200 lose the battle. Those very encouraging things 24 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,300 that we talked about from God's word. 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,500 If a child of God would do three things, he would win the battle 26 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:30,300 over Satan. Number one, you got to prepare 27 00:01:30,300 --> 00:01:33,000 yourself for the battle. How do you do that? 28 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:36,500 Be a faithful member of the body of Christ that draws his 29 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:39,000 strength from the Lord and not your own. 30 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,200 That's number one. Number two, to win the battle 31 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,100 against the devil, you Got to put on the armor and number 32 00:01:45,100 --> 00:01:48,100 three. You got to identify the enemy 33 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,400 and resist him. And if we will do that, we can 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,400 defeat the Devil this morning though, I want to entitle our 35 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,900 remarks Satan's Army. He does have an army and that'll 36 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:02,300 be the last part of our lesson when we deal with that very 37 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:06,300 idea. The idea of the occult is on the 38 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:10,199 rise in our country. And believe it or not, many 39 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,400 young people are seeking their spiritual identity through 40 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,800 Satanism. In fact, Satanism has become an 41 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,900 issue of great concern. In our society today, it's a 42 00:02:20,908 --> 00:02:24,900 phenomena that has crossed the city limits and it's made its 43 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:27,300 way into the rural areas of our nation. 44 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,500 In fact, Satanism, as one man, put it is not just a big city 45 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:34,000 problem. It is not just a problem that 46 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,400 you find in our larger cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco 47 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,200 or new, York or other, great big cities. 48 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:45,800 It's something that is finally found their way all over the 49 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,600 land. In fact news wires carry story. 50 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,600 After story about young children that are kidnapped only to be 51 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,500 found later as victims of some bizarre ritualistic crime. 52 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:01,700 You know to help us gain a very balanced perspective of the 53 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:05,600 subject author c.s. Lewis wrote this wrote a book 54 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,100 entitled, the screwtape letters and by the way I didn't know 55 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:14,000 what screwtape meant so I looked it up screwtape actually is a 56 00:03:14,100 --> 00:03:18,500 fictitious name for the devil for Satan and so he wrote a book 57 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:23,500 called the screwtape letters and he said this regarding Satan and 58 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:26,700 his army. He said this and I quote there 59 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:31,700 are two equal and Asset errors into which our race can fall 60 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:34,900 about. The Devils one is to disbelieve 61 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:39,800 in their existence and the other is to believe and to feel an 62 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,300 unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally 63 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:49,300 pleased by both errors and hail a materialist or a magician with 64 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:54,100 the same delight and quote. Satanism challenges, the 65 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:57,300 Biblical, teaching regarding man's relationship with others. 66 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,900 The Bible would say that we esteem others better than 67 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:03,200 ourselves. In fact, we talked about the 68 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,200 idea of being in the body of Christ. 69 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,800 We are the family of God in First Corinthians chapter 12. 70 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,100 The Apostle Paul says we are all members of that body and when 71 00:04:13,100 --> 00:04:16,000 one would suffer, we all suffer with it. 72 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:21,700 When one rejoices we all Rejoice together and then in verse 27, 73 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:26,500 the first At the ins chapter 12, Paul said now you are the body 74 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:30,600 of Christ and members individually. 75 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,700 That's what the Bible says. Satanism is the opposite of that 76 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,800 Satanism esteem self over others. 77 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:44,400 A young Satanist, believe that a strong and the strong will 78 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:50,000 actually one day rule with Satan but then it gets worse. 79 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,800 It's very sad to me. As I Read this when someone is 80 00:04:54,800 --> 00:05:00,500 sufficiently involved in satanic activity, they make a pact with 81 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:04,600 Satan that in a future time they committed date in which they 82 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,400 will take their own life by Suicide. 83 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:11,800 Their belief is if they submit themselves to Satan by death, 84 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,400 then they'll come back in another life stronger and be 85 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,500 able to rule with the devil forever. 86 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,600 You know, something about statistics. 87 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:26,400 Statistics are outdated just about the time that they're read 88 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,400 or written the kind of like an iPhone or a computer. 89 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,400 So keeping that in mind, I don't know how up to date. 90 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,700 These are but these are statistics that I did find 91 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:38,300 regarding Satanism. I'm not talking about suicide 92 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:40,800 for any other reason. I'm just talking about young 93 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,400 people taking their own life for the devil. 14 young, people 94 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,600 every single day. Take their own life. 95 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,300 Market friends. Satan is after our youth, Satan 96 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:58,100 is after our youth Satanism offers its Allure through 97 00:05:58,100 --> 00:06:03,100 youthful things in society, like sinful things, like fornication 98 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:06,300 and drugs, Now, let me ask you this. 99 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,400 What is the picture in your mind of the profile of a Satanist? 100 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,400 I got to admit something to you my profile and sometimes we 101 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,800 stereotype, we shouldn't do that but sometimes we do that I did 102 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,800 that. I had a picture. 103 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,400 When I started studying this out, I had a picture in my mind 104 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,400 of a young Satanist and I had a picture of this a very dark 105 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,000 person, may be a person that didn't have any friends. 106 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,400 I don't know who lot about it, but maybe they were Gothic. 107 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,800 Maybe they were the black all the time, the deep dark kind of 108 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,200 person. Maybe they were people that just 109 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,300 kind of give you the creeps, that's not the profile of a 110 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:51,500 young Satanist. These are statistics listen to 111 00:06:51,508 --> 00:06:54,800 this. The profile has emerged and they 112 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,900 are generally get this from a white middle to upper middle 113 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:03,000 class family that fall into that category. 114 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,900 In most cases, they do well in school, they're bright, but 115 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:10,800 oftentimes, they're bored and unchallenged to meet their 116 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,600 potential. You know, my grandfather, Frank 117 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,200 brancato. The one I was named after used 118 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:19,600 to say all the time, my dad quoted him and it was this Idle 119 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,800 Hands are tools for the devil. And then he would say. 120 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:26,200 And an idle mind is his Workshop. 121 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,800 I don't miss is very dangerous. You can have the brightest of 122 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,500 bright kids and have idle time of unproductive time and get in 123 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:37,700 trouble. Idle Hands are tools for the 124 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:40,800 devil. I don't mind our his Workshop. 125 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,600 I think that's why my dad just worked us like slaves as kids. 126 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:47,800 There's another great influence on young people today, you know 127 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,000 what it is. It's music. 128 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:54,200 It's music. Music has always been at the 129 00:07:54,200 --> 00:08:00,400 center of the youth culture now Let me just say, I am not 130 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,700 preaching against modern music. I was young too, I get that. 131 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,400 I'm not preaching against modern music. 132 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:11,100 What I'm saying is be very careful about the lyrics of 133 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:15,100 whatever it is that you're listening to if the lyrics 134 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:18,600 promote violent and sinful Behavior be. 135 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,200 Very careful. It will have an impact on you. 136 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:26,700 You might say no, not me. Yeah, you You ever hear about a 137 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:30,100 man called The Night Stalker. His name is Richard Ramirez of 138 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:32,799 Los Angeles, California. You know he did. 139 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:35,700 He believe that Satan would make him invisible Invincible? 140 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:41,500 Police said he was a serial killer police said that this 141 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:46,700 brutal style of his rapes and the 16 murders that he committed 142 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:53,200 resembled the lyrics of the song Night Prowler on AC/DC's LP 143 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:58,600 Highway to Hell. In addition to that along with 144 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:03,300 this fascination with AC/DC, he used cocaine and PCP in 145 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:07,400 conjunction with a deep interest in satanic worship. 146 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:10,800 Believing that Satan would protect him and on, and on it 147 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,900 goes, you know, Satanism is a growing concern, obviously in 148 00:09:14,900 --> 00:09:18,000 our culture, and with this growth comes, a great deal of 149 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,300 confusion and lack of understanding it. 150 00:09:20,300 --> 00:09:23,300 Because of that, I want to notice the following with you. 151 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:29,800 There is a difference between Between a cult and the Occult. 152 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,900 The first thing I want to notice with you is the definition of a 153 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:37,600 cult. A cult is a group or of people 154 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:43,500 polarized around an individual, with a Magnetic Personality, who 155 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:47,400 deviates from Orthodox Christianity by distorting, the 156 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,700 central message of the Bible by additional Revelation, or by 157 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:55,600 introducing their personal understanding of, Primary 158 00:09:55,600 --> 00:10:00,900 biblical doctrines such as the person of Jesus Christ, Heaven, 159 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:07,500 hell, salvation and atonement. That is the definition of a 160 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:12,400 cult. But what about the occult? 161 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:18,500 The occult is simply defined as follows it is secret or hidden 162 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:21,300 knowledge. It's the knowledge that is 163 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:24,400 discerned. Get this not by the five senses 164 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:29,600 and therefore it is super naturally received through the 165 00:10:29,608 --> 00:10:34,400 practice of divination. Now simply put its knowledge 166 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:39,700 received by some Supernatural involvement or connection. 167 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:43,100 Now what does divination mean the word divination? 168 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,400 means the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or 169 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:52,700 Unknown by Supernatural means All right. 170 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:55,800 What does the Bible say? And by the way, I don't have 171 00:10:55,800 --> 00:11:00,000 every scripture on here you taking notes, write them down. 172 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,800 We're going to cover a lot of scripture going to back up, 173 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,300 everything we say with the word of God was God, thinking about 174 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:07,400 all this stuff, Deuteronomy, 18 beginning in verse 10. 175 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,400 It's what God thinks about all that stuff. 176 00:11:11,300 --> 00:11:13,300 There shall not be found among you. 177 00:11:13,300 --> 00:11:19,800 Anyone who practices witchcraft or a soothsayer or one who 178 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:27,200 interprets Omens or Sorcerer or one who conjures spells or get 179 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,800 this? She's got her own show or a 180 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:35,400 medium or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead for all. 181 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,100 These things are an Abomination to the Lord because of these 182 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:45,100 Abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. 183 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:51,600 Leviticus 19 and 26. Leviticus chapter 19. 184 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,100 Verse 26. Watch this. 185 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,000 You shall not eat anything with the blood and we get that, we 186 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,600 get that, we understand about that. 187 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:03,100 Look at the next part, nor shall you practice divination or 188 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:05,800 soothsaying. And again, it's the idea of 189 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:11,400 trying to acquire knowledge or future knowledge of something. 190 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,400 It's to acquire anything in the future through. 191 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:22,100 Supernatural forces. What's God, think about all 192 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:25,900 this? you know, sometimes we tell our 193 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:31,800 kids, Sometimes we tell our kids don't do this. 194 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:38,700 And if you do this, you will have that as a consequence. 195 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,700 And sometimes kids go ahead and do it anyway, kind of like old 196 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:48,100 enough to know better young enough to do it anyway and they 197 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:52,600 do it anyway and when confronted with the consequence, it is 198 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,500 almost as if they stand there and say you were serious about 199 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:59,600 that. How serious is God about what he 200 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,800 just said in Deuteronomy and Leviticus? 201 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:06,000 And you remember the life of King Saul and just bear with me, 202 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,700 I'm going to be very brief about this. 203 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,200 We know the life of King saw the very first king, we know that, 204 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:16,100 we know God rejected him because he deviated from what God Said. 205 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:18,200 God said, Go destroy the amalekites. 206 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,800 He didn't do it. He left a gag and all the 207 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,600 animals and he's going to sacrifice it. 208 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,900 Samuel said it's better to obey them to sacrifice and we know 209 00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:28,300 the story. What did Samuel say? 210 00:13:28,500 --> 00:13:32,500 He said, because you have done this thing, God has rejected. 211 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,800 Acted you as King and King, David would be the anointed of 212 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,900 God and he would follow suit when Saul died, right? 213 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:43,000 We get that. Do you remember when Jonathan 214 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,100 and David became really good friends? 215 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,800 And you remember how we talked about the idea that when 216 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:52,500 Jonathan died, he died with Saul, he died with his brothers. 217 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:55,700 They all died together and David mourn, their passing. 218 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,000 And David said, oh, how the mighty are Fallen. 219 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,300 He wrote that beautiful thing, he talks about his friendship 220 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:07,800 with Jonathan. You want to find out why Saul 221 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,600 died? This is why he died. 222 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,000 First Chronicles, chapter 10. Beginning in verse 13. 223 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:24,000 This is why he died. So solve died number one for his 224 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,400 unfaithfulness, which he had committed against the Lord, 225 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,500 because he did not keep the word, the Lord, that's when he 226 00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:37,500 goes back to the amalekites. But there's more watch this and 227 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:44,600 also because he consulted a medium for guidance but he did 228 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:49,500 not inquire of the Lord. Therefore he Capital H God did 229 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:55,900 what it says, God killed him. And turn the kingdom over to 230 00:14:55,900 --> 00:14:57,400 David. The son of Jesse. 231 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,900 Did you get that? God said don't do it. 232 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,000 Don't do that. God said, don't do that. 233 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:15,700 He did that and got killed me. Leviticus 20 and 6. 234 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:20,200 Here's talking about the person that turns to a medium Leviticus 235 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:24,300 20 and 6 and the person who turns to mediums or familiar 236 00:15:24,300 --> 00:15:27,800 spirits to prostitute himself with them. 237 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:33,100 I will set my face against that person and cast him off from his 238 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,300 people. That's a person that turns to a 239 00:15:35,308 --> 00:15:36,800 medium. Here's the person. 240 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,700 Now that is a medium Leviticus 20 and 27. 241 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:48,500 A man or a woman who is a medium or who has familiar Spirit, 242 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:51,900 shall surely be put to death, they shall Stone them with 243 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:55,400 stones. Their blood shall be upon them. 244 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,400 So is it wrong to be a part of that? 245 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,000 It sure is. God has always been against 246 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,900 that. Here's another form of the 247 00:16:02,900 --> 00:16:07,100 occult here it is. It is the idea of Witchcraft 248 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,600 witchcraft is the use of scripturally forbidden 249 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:14,100 Supernatural powers to manipulate. 250 00:16:14,300 --> 00:16:18,900 People and events, commonly known as The Craft of the wise 251 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:23,200 or Wicca, the worship of Nature and feminine energies. 252 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,300 It's all encapsulated under Mother Nature, witchcraft is 253 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:31,300 manifested in two opposing views, white magic, and black 254 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:34,300 magic, or Witchcraft. And by the way, Deuteronomy 255 00:16:34,300 --> 00:16:39,300 we've already read, in terms of Witchcraft is condemned by God. 256 00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:43,100 In Deuteronomy 18 and verse 10. Now, sometimes people say, well, 257 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:45,300 if it's white magic, It's okay. The only thing. 258 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:49,300 It's bad is black magic. What's the difference? 259 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:56,200 White magic is the use of Supernatural power to manipulate 260 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,600 a person or an event to bring about good. 261 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,800 It's the practice of divination. There's that word again, God 262 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,500 condemned that Gods against that is used to bring about positive 263 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:11,000 results, such as knowledge, healing Etc. 264 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,099 And most people that are involved in this will say this 265 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:17,800 is really good. Because after all it's to 266 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:23,800 achieve that, which is good. What's the difference between 267 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,700 white magic in Black Magic? Black Magic is the use of 268 00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:31,600 Supernatural power to manipulate a person or an event to bring 269 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,900 about evil or destruction. It's the manipulation and is 270 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:40,400 achieved by the use of rituals and casting out spells. 271 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:45,400 And by the way, that's also the kind of magic that is used of 272 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,800 sacrifices to. It's the one that's connected to 273 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:54,300 satanic activity. It's the idea of giving in to 274 00:17:54,300 --> 00:17:57,600 all of your cravings and all of your desires. 275 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,200 Satanism. Unlike witchcraft Satanism is 276 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,000 the worship of Satan formerly known as Lucifer and the 277 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,700 practice of black magic Satanism is a reaction against the 278 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:16,700 Christian church and the word of God in particular, Satanism 279 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:21,300 promote to do what you want attitude, and ultimately the 280 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:25,600 worship of your self. Now. 281 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:30,000 I put it on this morning. I don't know why I didn't stay 282 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,600 on there. I guess I didn't save it. 283 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,800 I didn't mean to, but I want to talk about the Church of Satan. 284 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,100 There actually is a Church of Satan. 285 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:46,200 It was formed in 1966, its founder is a man named Anton 286 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:53,000 zandor LaVey, he established the very first satanic church called 287 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,400 The Church of Satan. He became the author in 1969. 288 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,700 It was published the Satanic Bible. 289 00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:06,200 And by the way, the Satanic Bible is the greatest largest 290 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,800 sense or largest source of satanic activity. 291 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:14,700 Rituals and satanic practice that young people draw their 292 00:19:14,700 --> 00:19:20,100 information from Somebody might say nobody buys the Satanic 293 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:23,700 Bible, never even seen it. Did you know that the Satanic 294 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:26,800 Bible go into a bookstore when these days go into a large book 295 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,700 stores and large secular bookstore and you will find that 296 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:33,600 it is on the Shelf. How many people have bought 297 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,300 that? How many copies have been sold? 298 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:40,100 600,000 copies have been sold of the Satanic Bible. 299 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,200 All right. What about categories of 300 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:50,000 involvement? Categories of involvement. 301 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,400 Anyone that's involved in any aspect of satanic worship or 302 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,500 satanic idea or Satanism, or the occult will fall into one of 303 00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:01,100 four categories. Number one, the 304 00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:05,000 multi-generational international organization, that's another 305 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,800 words, part of the great, big International broadcasting of 306 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,400 Satan. It is full-fledged Church of 307 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:20,500 Satan on an international scale. Next national organizations. 308 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,800 That's the same thing. But limited to nationally 309 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:31,200 recognized organizations, thirdly independent, self-styled 310 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,400 people, I guess this would be called, I guess if you want to 311 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:38,000 try to give it a name. I guess you could probably call 312 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,100 it. I don't know non-denominational 313 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,800 satanists. Yeah, I really like the 314 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,200 individual that decides how they're going to do it, how 315 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,500 they're going to honor the devil. 316 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:51,800 I'm going to tell you something, I don't know what what you know, 317 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,900 or who you've known in your life, but to my knowledge unless 318 00:20:54,900 --> 00:20:57,500 they totally kept it hidden. I don't know anybody. 319 00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:59,500 That's part of the multi-generational international 320 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:03,500 organization of Satan. I don't I don't know anybody 321 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:06,500 that's part of the National Organization of Satan either to 322 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,900 my knowledge and to my knowledge. 323 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:12,200 I don't know anybody that's an independent self-styled 324 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,000 Satanist, I don't know. But I'm going to tell you 325 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,700 something. I've known some people that fall 326 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:20,900 into the next one, and so have you, here it is. 327 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:28,200 The individual dabbler. The individual dabbler. 328 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,800 In fact, the greatest increase in involvement is among this 329 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,400 group, The dabbler the dabbler, and here's the profile. 330 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,800 Again, get this the dabbler in most cases is from a middle to 331 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:45,400 upper-middle Caucasian home. And often times they use 332 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:50,100 alcohol, they use drugs and other forms of controlled 333 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:53,900 substances. Okay, and we might look at that 334 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:56,400 and say well yeah but we're not into the devil. 335 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,600 You know, what else? Falls into this category of a 336 00:21:59,608 --> 00:22:01,800 dabbler? There it is. 337 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,500 This is also a dabbler those, that consult. 338 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:13,600 Mediums, psychics horoscopes fortune, tellers Ouija boards, 339 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:20,000 all manner of, tear it cards, that falls under the category of 340 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,800 the individual dabbler. And by the way, I didn't make 341 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,900 that up that came from the people that consider themselves 342 00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:30,600 as experts on the field of satanic activity. 343 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:36,100 Most people are falling under the category of an individual 344 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:42,700 dabbler. You remember when I said that 345 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:47,100 Satan's, after our young folks, and when I said that, I'm going 346 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:48,900 to tell you something as a parent. 347 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:52,500 I know it as a parent. You know, it as a grandparent, 348 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:56,800 many of you know it Satan is after our young people today. 349 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,800 And the fight and the war is tougher than it has ever been 350 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,800 and it's only going to get tougher. 351 00:23:06,100 --> 00:23:09,200 Now, I did say, we don't have to lose the battle and that is 352 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,000 true. But the battle is difficult to 353 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,100 battle is Raging and it is before her young people. 354 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:21,000 Young people are recruited to being under the influence of the 355 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,900 Devil by a combination of the following. 356 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:32,000 Number one. Free drugs and the sinful Act of 357 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,700 fornication. And by the way, I'm going to 358 00:23:34,708 --> 00:23:37,300 call it that it didn't say that it was the s word. 359 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:39,200 I can't say, I really have a hard time say that from the 360 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,100 pulpit, okay? But sometimes people say, well, 361 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:46,100 all that is, is just an expression between two people 362 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:50,900 that love each other. No, it's fornication, and it's a 363 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:54,500 sin. And the devil is after our kids 364 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:57,600 through drugs and the sin of fornication. 365 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:04,900 How about companionship? How about camaraderie, by the 366 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:08,900 way, power is another one. And I mean individual power, 367 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:12,200 what does the Bible say? Don't think of yourself more 368 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,000 highly than you ought to think. Thanks, so merly, don't be 369 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:22,400 conceited. Let another man praise thee and 370 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,700 not with thine own mouth. A stranger not with thine own 371 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:26,100 lips. That's what the Bible says. 372 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,200 Do you know what the idea of power is here? 373 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:33,300 It's the idea that Satan can attract people and tell them how 374 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:36,000 powerful and great they are. In other words, you got to have 375 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:41,100 a higher level of steam. How about money? 376 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:45,500 Money. You know the Bible doesn't say 377 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:48,300 that money is the root of all evil people. 378 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:51,200 Misquote that all over the place that's not what it says. 379 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:55,900 It says the love of money is the root of all evil. 380 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:02,100 Satan Works through those means. Now I'm going to, I'm going to 381 00:25:02,108 --> 00:25:04,200 put the next one up and I'm just going to tell you. 382 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,300 This is a real problem. In our world today. 383 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,300 And what I read in the last couple of weeks studying this 384 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:16,700 out, what I read is it's one of the number one things that the 385 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:19,200 devil is using to try to get young people. 386 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,700 You know what it is. Pornography. 387 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:30,400 It is a serious problem. It is a tool of the devil. 388 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:36,300 Look at all this gratification companionship power money, all 389 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:39,900 the things to attract to your senses and given to them. 390 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,500 So what the devil wants. And finally Personal choice. 391 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,600 These are Satan's recruiting tools. 392 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:54,300 So what is Satan's goal in all this Make no mistake about it. 393 00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:59,000 Satan's goal is to deceive Man, by blinding him, to the truth of 394 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,100 the gospel and receive worship to himself. 395 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:07,700 That's what the devil does. And by the way, if the picture 396 00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:12,400 of the devil, is some guy with horns and the ugly looking 397 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,100 creature, if that's really, the way the Devil comes out us. 398 00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:18,000 He wouldn't get anybody. We'd all run. 399 00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:23,000 He gets us through that. He gets us through. 400 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:27,600 Like he got Eve now. Shall not surely die. 401 00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:30,600 God, just doesn't want you to be like him. 402 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,700 You gotta what? You got? 403 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:36,800 Have a better esteem. You got to have a little more 404 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,500 power. Oh, you deserve it. 405 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,900 You deserve it. Give in to the gratification to 406 00:26:42,900 --> 00:26:45,400 the flesh. You know why you're deserving of 407 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:52,300 it. But it has always been a ploy by 408 00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:55,000 the devil to get that to get people to worship him. 409 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,600 I'm going to notice some scriptures with you. 410 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,700 Okay, write them down. If you take notes, Matthew 49, 411 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:01,600 let's go all the way back to the greatest one that ever lived. 412 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,700 Let's go back to the Lord and he's being tempted by the devil. 413 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:07,900 And the Bible says and he said to him, all these things, I will 414 00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:10,600 give to you now. He talks about all the kingdoms 415 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,800 of the world. Now, why could Satan say that 416 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,700 about the kingdoms of the world? What did we establish last time? 417 00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:23,100 Say Satan is the god, small G, the god of the world. 418 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,800 He is the prince of the power of Darkness. 419 00:27:25,900 --> 00:27:28,900 He is the prince and the power of this world. 420 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,700 All that is in the Bible. So Satan takes Jesus up to a 421 00:27:33,708 --> 00:27:36,900 high mountain and the Pinnacle and all of that and he looks out 422 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:39,800 over all the kingdoms of the world and he said you can have 423 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,300 it all just fall down and worship me. 424 00:27:45,900 --> 00:27:50,000 How about 2nd Corinthians 4? Beginning in verse 3. 425 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,900 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those 426 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:57,000 that are perishing, that's the new King James. 427 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,100 The King James says, if our gospel be hid, it is hid to 428 00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:05,600 them, that are lost whose Minds. The God, small G of this age has 429 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,600 blinded who do not believe lest the light of the Gospel of the 430 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,100 glory of Christ, who is in the image of God should shine on 431 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:16,800 them. Here's another one Revelation, 432 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,400 12 and 9, we talked about this last time. 433 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:26,000 Now in Revelation, he's called the Dragon And he has a tail. 434 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:30,700 And Revelation 12 and 9. It says solve, the dragon was 435 00:28:30,700 --> 00:28:34,400 cast out. That Serpent of old, called the 436 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,100 devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. 437 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,300 He was cast to the Earth and his angels were cast out with him. 438 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:44,600 In other words, Satan was in heaven. 439 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,600 He was Lucifer. We know that we talked about 440 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,500 that last time, he's the dragon and he took a third of the host 441 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:55,200 of heaven with him. How do I know that Isaiah 14? 442 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:59,600 Beginning in verse 12, how are the mighty, fallen from Heaven 443 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,600 o, Lucifer, that's the devil. Son of the morning. 444 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:04,400 How you are cut down to the ground. 445 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,600 You are weakened the nation's for you have said, in your 446 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,800 heart, this is why, by the way, he was kicked out of heaven, I 447 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,800 will Ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the 448 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,600 stars of God. I will also sit on the Mount of 449 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,900 the congregation on the farthest sides of the north. 450 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,000 I will Ascend above the heights of the clouds. 451 00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:25,400 It's I will be like the most high. 452 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,600 That's the reason. Satan was cast out. 453 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:32,700 He said I'm gonna be like the most high, who's the most high. 454 00:29:34,300 --> 00:29:38,600 That's God. God said, get out. 455 00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:45,900 And Satan Lucifer and going to get to that a little bit, his 456 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:48,900 army was kicked out of heaven, all right. 457 00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:52,100 In fact, it says, you shall be brought down to sheol by the 458 00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:55,800 way, that's a work for hell. You'll be cast down to sheol to 459 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,900 the lowest depths of the pit, and that's where he is today. 460 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,700 He is in Tartarus waiting. What waiting the resurrection 461 00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:05,500 waiting, the Judgment. When he will be cast into the 462 00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:08,700 Lake of Fire. The place that was created for 463 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:14,000 the devil and those Joe's. All right. 464 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,000 On a practical level. On a practical level. 465 00:30:21,300 --> 00:30:23,700 And by the way, if Satan can do this he's got a stronghold in 466 00:30:23,700 --> 00:30:28,100 your life. If he can do this, Satan desires 467 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:33,500 to alter an individual's values. Turn them against themselves. 468 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:40,100 Turn them against their beliefs. Turn them against their family. 469 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:45,300 Turn them against God. And even turn them against 470 00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:49,500 Society. If the devil offering all of 471 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:52,600 that stuff can get people to do that, he's got a strong, hold in 472 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:57,000 their life, he's got them. All right, that's Lucifer that 473 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,300 Satan, but he's got an army. Let's meet them. 474 00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:07,600 Now in Ephesians chapter 6, and verse 12, for we do not wrestle 475 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,300 against flesh and blood, but with against principalities 476 00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:13,200 against Powers against the rulers of Darkness of this age 477 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,800 against spiritual hosts of wickedness in Heavenly places. 478 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,600 Remember this. From last time, the word wrestle 479 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,100 literally is translated from a word that means hand-to-hand 480 00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:26,400 combat until the death. We're not just talking about two 481 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,300 guys going on a mat in those jumpsuits that they wear and 482 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:31,800 wrestle around and pin the other one we're talking about 483 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,900 something that is always to the death. 484 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:37,100 That's what that means. And what Paul is saying is we 485 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:41,300 don't fight to the death against what against flesh and blood. 486 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,800 We don't fight people, we don't take other people's lives, but 487 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:49,200 we are in a battle, we wrestle against principalities against 488 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:53,700 Powers against the rulers of Darkness of this age and against 489 00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:57,300 spiritual hosts of wickedness. Wickedness in the Heavenly 490 00:31:57,500 --> 00:32:01,000 places. All right, so the first one is 491 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:06,100 principalities. so since we don't fight against flesh and 492 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:12,300 blood, It has to be referring to political distinctions among 493 00:32:12,300 --> 00:32:16,200 spiritual creatures. Principalities powers. 494 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:20,200 And rulers is talking about, just that spiritual political 495 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,100 distinctions among those creatures specifically, the 496 00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:27,800 Angels, or demons that were cast out of Heaven, those Wicked 497 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:34,000 angels with Satan or Lucifer. Now, the word principalities 498 00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:37,500 refers to the same corrupted Angelic off. 499 00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:40,500 This as mentioned in the book of Jude. 500 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:47,100 Look at Jude verse 6. You know, first I'm going to 501 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,200 read the first part in the King James in the new King James, 502 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,400 another translation, and the angels who did not keep their 503 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,500 proper domain. That's the new King James. 504 00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:59,100 The King James says, and the angels, who did not keep their 505 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:03,100 first estate, another translation, renders it like 506 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:04,300 this. And that's what the passage 507 00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:07,000 actually means in his referring to angels. 508 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:11,300 That did not keep their positions of authority. 509 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:14,400 That's what's being described here. 510 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:19,300 We're talking about political distinctions among Angelic 511 00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:23,600 demonic beings, and principalities appears to be the 512 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,300 head. The top of that you got Satan or 513 00:33:26,300 --> 00:33:29,300 Lucifer and then you have principalities. 514 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:33,200 Then it goes on to say, he has reserved in Everlasting, chains 515 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,500 under Darkness for the Judgment of that great day. 516 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:41,000 Now, very, very very, very important message that that's 517 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:45,200 found in the book of Colossians. It's about this, we're talking 518 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:49,700 about those things that have a tremendous amount of power. 519 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:55,100 What all of the powers that were talking about every one of them, 520 00:33:55,700 --> 00:34:00,300 they are all inferior to Jesus Christ for two reasons. 521 00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:05,100 I just love encouraging passages in the Bible, you read about all 522 00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:07,800 the bad stuff and then here's a here's a ray of Hope, watch 523 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:13,900 this, the first reason is because Christ created them, so 524 00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:17,199 it doesn't make any difference. What happens, he is always going 525 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:20,699 to be superior to them because number one, he created them. 526 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,500 Do you remember when the Bible says Jesus? 527 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,800 He was made a little lower than the Angels. 528 00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:29,500 You know what that means? That means so he could die 529 00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:34,400 angels Don't Die. But at no time, was Jesus ever 530 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:38,500 subordinate to or inferior to these demonic beings? 531 00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:46,699 Never Number one, why he created them Colossians 1:16 for by him? 532 00:34:46,699 --> 00:34:49,699 All things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, 533 00:34:49,699 --> 00:34:52,699 visible and invisible, whether Thrones, or dominions, or 534 00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:56,500 principalities or powers, or that, all things were created 535 00:34:56,500 --> 00:35:02,000 through him and for him, okay? In addition to that, though, 536 00:35:03,500 --> 00:35:09,400 Jesus will always be superior. Because of the victory over 537 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,800 them. At the cross. 538 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,300 That passage in Hebrews last week. 539 00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:20,300 It doesn't matter, whatever happens. 540 00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:25,100 He will always be superior. Because he created them. 541 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:32,200 And he whipped him at the cross. You want to talk about a weapon? 542 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:39,000 The Lord was Victorious. Over the devil at the cross. 543 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,400 Colossians 2:15, having disarmed. 544 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:45,900 And by the way, this is what he did to them. 545 00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:47,700 Having we're talking about, we're talking about 546 00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:51,300 principalities having disarmed, principalities and Powers. 547 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,600 He made a public spectacle of them. 548 00:35:55,000 --> 00:36:00,100 Triumphing over them. Now, because of that because of 549 00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:04,100 that, he is exalted to God's right hand looking unto Jesus, 550 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:06,700 the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy, that was 551 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:11,000 set before him, endured the cross, despising, the shame and 552 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,900 is set down on the right hand of the Throne of God, he's above 553 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:18,500 them all. He whipped him at the cross. 554 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:25,100 Ephesians, 1 verses, 20, and 21. Which he worked in Christ when 555 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:29,500 he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in 556 00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:34,100 the Heavenly places far above principality, here it is again 557 00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:40,100 and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not 558 00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:43,200 only in this age, but the one that is to come. 559 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,900 Now, here's some great news. What some great news, here's 560 00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:50,400 some great news. Because of the victory that 561 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,900 Christ had over the devil at the cross. 562 00:36:55,300 --> 00:37:00,900 The child of God, shares in that same Victory when you are 563 00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:06,000 baptized into Christ, Romans 6. When you are baptized into 564 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,400 Christ and you contact the blood of Jesus, guess what happened, 565 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:13,900 you've become Victorious over the devil to, how do I know 566 00:37:13,900 --> 00:37:17,000 that? Ephesians 2 and 6. 567 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:23,000 Watch this and raised us up together and made us to sit 568 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,200 together in the Heavenly places in Christ. 569 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:31,400 Jesus Revelation 1 in 6 and he has made us Kings and Priests to 570 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,100 his God and Father to him be glory and Dominion forever and 571 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,500 ever, amen! We share the same Victory and 572 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:42,500 not great. And finally, along this line. 573 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:49,900 Not only. Not only did the devil's lose 574 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:53,400 and Jesus was Victorious over them at the cross, but there's 575 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:58,100 more guess what? Not only were they disarm but 576 00:37:58,107 --> 00:37:59,600 you know what? Now they got to sit back and 577 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,700 watch the parade. They got a weapon and now they 578 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:04,500 got to watch the parade. What is that? 579 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:06,300 I'm talking about the evil Powers. 580 00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:10,000 Observing God's wisdom. That's manifested through the 581 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:14,400 church. Ephesians 3 and 10 to the 582 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,800 intent. That now, the manifold wisdom of 583 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:24,300 God, might be made known by the church to who principalities and 584 00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:31,100 powers in The Heavenly places. The Lords over all of them and 585 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:34,000 now they're sitting back and they're watching the wisdom of 586 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:39,900 God today through the church. I'm just gonna spend, it's just 587 00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:42,800 a second on this one. It seems to me, it's just a 588 00:38:42,808 --> 00:38:47,300 lower step down of the political distinctions among them, but 589 00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:50,700 it's the same kind of thing and it's called Powers strong. 590 00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:54,600 Said it refers to another Angelic position of authority. 591 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,000 So if it's another Angelic position of authority, it's not 592 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,300 the same as principalities. And by the way, if you read in 593 00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:03,900 the New Testament about principalities Powers, it's 594 00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:06,700 always in that order. So that seems to me that 595 00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:09,800 principalities is higher. Then a power, but it's the same 596 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,800 thing. Another political distinction 597 00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:18,800 among them Romans 8:38-39 for I am persuaded that. 598 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,400 Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor 599 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:26,200 powers nor things present, nor things to come nor height nor 600 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:30,200 depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate 601 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:35,100 us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our lord, 602 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,100 Rulers of Darkness. That's another one. 603 00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:46,200 Rulers of Darkness of this age. So principalities powers and 604 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:51,200 rulers of Darkness of this age. This phrase, identify spiritual 605 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,200 rulers, who act on behalf of Satan to bring the world under 606 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,800 his control. Remember Satan is the God of 607 00:39:57,808 --> 00:40:00,400 this world. Second Corinthians 4:4 says, 608 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:05,900 whose Minds the God of this age has blinded, who do not believe 609 00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:09,200 lest the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is in 610 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:13,700 the image of God should Shine On Them John 12. 611 00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:17,700 And 31 says that Satan is the ruler of this world, but make no 612 00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:19,800 mistake about it. We need to be aware of his 613 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,000 devices. Why? 614 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:24,600 Because the Bible says he often even would disguise himself as 615 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:28,800 an angel of Light, second Corinthians, 11 and 14. 616 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,600 Okay, here's some more great news. 617 00:40:32,700 --> 00:40:34,000 And I'm almost finished a with me. 618 00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:41,300 Here's some more great news. We have been transferred if 619 00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:46,800 you're Christian. From the domain of darkness and 620 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:50,100 you have been brought to and inserted in the Kingdom of 621 00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:53,400 God's, dear son, if you're a member of the church, if you're 622 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,500 a faithful Christian, if you're baptized into Christ, have 623 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:59,400 clothed yourself with Christ, you are part of his body. 624 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:05,400 I'm going to tell you something, if you would proactively, keep 625 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:09,200 the devil out of your life. In the way that the word of God 626 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:12,000 says, to do that. He cannot have a stronghold in 627 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:17,600 your life and I'm going to tell you something else, it's not by 628 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:21,700 your own strength. It's by the strength and the 629 00:41:21,700 --> 00:41:24,100 promise of the lord, it's his strength. 630 00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:26,600 I'm going to tell you, you can't beat the devil on your own. 631 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,200 You cannot. You can't. 632 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,700 So, we have to resist him and stay away from him. 633 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,400 The rulers of Darkness, the powers in the principalities and 634 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:41,200 Lucifer himself has no power over you if you will not allow 635 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,500 it. One final thing. 636 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,100 What about spiritual wickedness? What's that talking about? 637 00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:53,400 You know, the phrase is better translated against the spiritual 638 00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:58,800 forces of wickedness. Now, I'm going to tell you, we 639 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,900 don't know all the forces are powers that this phrase is 640 00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:04,700 talking about and I'm going to tell you something, I read some 641 00:42:04,700 --> 00:42:08,300 spooky stuff. I read some pretty. 642 00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:12,100 Pretty spooky stuff that I can't explain. 643 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:13,400 I'll just tell you that right now. 644 00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:18,300 There's some stuff that goes on out there that I cannot explain. 645 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,400 I don't even have an X place. I thought I would, as I went in, 646 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,300 I thought by the time I got out, the end of this, I would have 647 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:27,500 every single explanation about spiritual wickedness and I do 648 00:42:27,500 --> 00:42:35,100 not I don't all I know. Is we better be like the 649 00:42:35,100 --> 00:42:38,200 Ephesians But what does that mean? 650 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,800 Do you remember in Acts? 19 really briefly, do you 651 00:42:41,808 --> 00:42:46,800 remember in Acts 19 about those at Ephesus when they believed 652 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,600 they confess? The Bible says about what that 653 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:53,000 they were guilty of Witchcraft. They were guilty of divination. 654 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:57,200 They were guilty of all that stuff, you know what they did? 655 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,500 They realized because they were Christians. 656 00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:02,200 Now, they got to get rid of all of that. 657 00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:05,300 They have to get rid of all the spiritual wickedness that's 658 00:43:05,300 --> 00:43:06,900 found in their life. You know what? 659 00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:11,900 Did the Bible says they brought all their books of Witchcraft 660 00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:19,900 and burned them. Wonder how much it cost? 661 00:43:21,500 --> 00:43:23,100 Remember how much the Lord was sold for? 662 00:43:24,900 --> 00:43:27,700 the Lamb of God, the greatest one that ever lived, 30 pieces 663 00:43:27,700 --> 00:43:32,200 of silver, the price of slate, Do you know how much this is? 664 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,000 The impact it had on the Ephesians. 665 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,800 They knew how awful it is for Christian to be involved in that 666 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:38,100 kind of stuff. You know what they did. 667 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,100 They burned it all. You know I'm going to cost the 668 00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:48,900 Bible says 50 thousand pieces of silver. 50,000 pieces of silver. 669 00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:54,800 That's what you need to do. Get rid of anything, if you have 670 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:58,200 it. That has anything to do with the 671 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:02,300 occult. Stay away from false prophets. 672 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:08,000 Psychics, mediums channelers divination, or those who have 673 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:12,000 Consulting familiar spirits of the Dead, trying to consult the 674 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,400 dead. Isaiah 819 Sorcerers are those 675 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,600 that practice? Witchcraft, second chronicles, 676 00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:20,900 thirty three, and six Ouija boards tared card to Palm 677 00:44:20,900 --> 00:44:25,800 readers Tea, Leaf, readers astrologers, horoscopes Crystal 678 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:29,700 healing Transcendental Meditation, Astro flying. 679 00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:35,500 Elsa p gnosticism and many other forms of Satanism, paganism 680 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:41,100 idolatry, and those who practice New Age religion, get rid of it, 681 00:44:41,100 --> 00:44:44,900 have nothing to do with it. Don't be one of those individual 682 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,800 dabblers. Finally this one final thought 683 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:54,200 he says in Heavenly places at the end of the passage and 684 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:58,300 what's that talking about? That term is signifying the 685 00:44:58,300 --> 00:45:02,900 realm of reality. T that reaches beyond the Earth 686 00:45:02,900 --> 00:45:05,400 that which is Earthly in nature. In fact, I think the New 687 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:08,000 American Standard just says the have been leaves. 688 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:12,500 It's talking about a world that is separate from this world. 689 00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:16,600 Now, in that spiritual World, there is a battle going on 690 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:20,600 between Good and Evil. For your soul. 691 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:24,400 But, you know, I'll tell you something, we don't have to 692 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,100 lose. Prepare yourself. 693 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:30,900 Be a faithful member of the body of Christ. 694 00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:34,900 Draw your strength from the Lord and not yourself and you can 695 00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:37,000 whip the devil to because, guess what? 696 00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:40,100 We have Victorious optimism. As Jesus is Victorious. 697 00:45:40,100 --> 00:45:41,500 Over them. So, are we why? 698 00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:46,000 Because of the cross, Number two, got to put on the armor. 699 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:51,100 Got to put the armor on and number 3, understand who the 700 00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:53,300 enemy is and resist him. And you know what James? 701 00:45:53,300 --> 00:45:56,200 4:7 says submit yourselves therefore to God resist the 702 00:45:56,200 --> 00:46:02,500 devil and he will flee from you. We thank you for listening to 703 00:46:02,500 --> 00:46:07,300 our podcast, put on by the Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. 704 00:46:07,300 --> 00:46:10,800 Road in Bakersfield, if you would like any additional 705 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:14,100 information, or you would like to receive a free Bible 706 00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:19,600 correspondence, course by mail. 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