1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:03,600 Wonderful to see all those who are able to be here tonight. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,800 As we continue our gospel meeting. 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:13,100 I don't know if you've heard the news today or not of goings-on 4 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:18,800 in the east coast where in excess of 30 individuals lost 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,200 their lives and tragic shooting in the school. 6 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:29,300 Those aren't the only deaths today, of course. 7 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:36,000 That have happened as a result of Senseless violence every day. 8 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:43,400 Every day, many individuals lose their lives, because someone 9 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:50,600 decides to take it. In this city in every city on 10 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:55,000 this day crimes, senseless crimes. 11 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,600 Violent crimes have been committed, four people were 12 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:06,900 hurt, things were taken. On this day. 13 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:14,000 Individuals decided to steal from the company which they 14 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,000 work. On this day. 15 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:26,600 Individuals have decided to lie. On this day, husbands have 16 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,900 decided to be unfaithful. Why? 17 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:35,200 Yes, I've decided to be unfaithful individuals, young 18 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,200 and old have decided to be immoral. 19 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:48,500 On this day. On every day. when we think 20 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:54,900 about, how many days, the Earth has existed, And compare that to 21 00:01:54,900 --> 00:02:00,900 how many days sin has happened. They're about the same, aren't 22 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:05,200 they? They're about the same. 23 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,600 We don't know how long it was in the Garden of Eden. 24 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,200 Before Adam and Eve sinned doesn't seem like it was long. 25 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,200 We don't know. How many days there have been 26 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,000 without sin? But it's not very many. 27 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:34,300 And there are none today. Satan is Alive and Well. 28 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:42,400 And his evil influence flourishes in far greater ways 29 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:48,100 than we like to think. This is a sermon that I preached 30 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:51,300 nearly everywhere I go because I need it. 31 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,000 And at the same time, this is one of those subjects that is 32 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:02,000 absolutely terrifying to me. This is not a happy sermon, it's 33 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,100 not intended to be, it's intended to be a sermon that 34 00:03:06,100 --> 00:03:11,600 makes me first and hopefully, everyone else that here's stop. 35 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:17,100 And think about the battle that is going on for our souls. 36 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:22,900 The relationship between God and Satan fascinating. 37 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,900 And one reason for this Fascination is because of the 38 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:31,200 two extremes that are represented there, there is no 39 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:36,700 greater good than God. We know that there's no greater 40 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:41,500 evil than Satan. We know that God is the giver 41 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:46,200 and bringer of light. Satan is the Prince of Darkness. 42 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,300 God is the creator. Satan The Destroyer God the 43 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:53,700 bread of life that nourishes and sustains Satan. 44 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:58,600 The Devourer likened to a roaring lion seeking a meal. 45 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:04,200 The contrast is obvious yet that contrast between good and evil 46 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:08,600 still forms a relationship that is part of our lives. 47 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,600 And I think we need to understand the relationship 48 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:16,300 between God and Satan. In order for us to be motivated 49 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:18,600 and better equipped to serve the Lord. 50 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:24,000 Lord and to avoid Satan snares. God's dealings with, Satan are 51 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,600 very difficult to understand how God could allow Satan to present 52 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,800 himself to Eve in the garden is beyond my understanding. 53 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:40,000 Yet, he did that. I just don't begin to comprehend 54 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,700 stuff like that. When we think of the 55 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:51,800 vulnerability of Adam and Eve. It must be something greater 56 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,700 than we ourselves are capable of fathoming. 57 00:04:56,900 --> 00:05:00,200 For all of the things that God has done there. 58 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,500 I mentioned earlier and I'll mention this, several times 59 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:07,100 throughout the meeting because this is an important concept 60 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:10,900 that gets lost in religions today, the concept of free will 61 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:16,100 Now, we choose whether or not to do this or that or the other, we 62 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:19,600 choose whether or not to serve the Lord, and when the Lord 63 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:25,500 created mankind, he gave us and he gives us free, will you see 64 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:29,700 no one ever forces anyone to serve the Lord? 65 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,100 No one ever forces anybody to do that we couldn't do that. 66 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:37,700 In fact in any given relationship, the only person we 67 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:42,600 can control is ourselves. and we kind of fool ourselves when we 68 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:47,600 think we control our children, We really only can control 69 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,700 ourselves and we can only hopefully, positively manipulate 70 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:53,300 our children. Now, by the, I don't see 71 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:58,600 manipulation as a bad word. I see that as a good word and I 72 00:05:58,608 --> 00:06:01,300 think it's fine to manipulate somebody as long as you tell 73 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:05,800 them, that's what you're doing. And I don't see that, that's a 74 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,600 problem at all. And so if I know how somebody 75 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,700 works personality wise and I say, look, I'm going to flatter 76 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:13,700 you because that's what I need to do, to get you to do 77 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:16,200 something for me. I think that's fine. 78 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:22,200 It's cold, hearted manipulation, and that's okay. but, you know, 79 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:27,800 What about manipulating people to do wrong? 80 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,200 Ever seen anybody do that prey on their vulnerabilities. 81 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:39,100 Set them up to watch them fall. You know, all of those things 82 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:43,600 can happen. How could God allow Eve, the 83 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:49,700 crown jewel of all creation to face Satan alone. 84 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:58,400 I was told the other night about a TV series that's on right now 85 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:04,500 on one of the channels that portrays animals in the wild and 86 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:11,000 how these helpless little infant animals, became the prey for an 87 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,900 animal to carry back to her Young. 88 00:07:15,900 --> 00:07:18,900 Hmm. Ones feeding on the other. 89 00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:24,500 Who's feeding on us? Satan wants to. 90 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,500 He wants to carry God's young to his nest. 91 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,400 God allows that. He allows us to be tested. 92 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:42,900 He allows us to be tempted. and if he allowed it with Adam and 93 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,900 Eve, what makes us think? We are exempt from that process. 94 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:53,900 We are not, we are not at all, he allowed it with job. 95 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:00,900 Job was a wonderful man. And how God could allow Satan to 96 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:02,700 put job through. So much misery. 97 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,800 Again, beyond my understanding, yet within the concept of free. 98 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,500 Will it becomes understandable but it's still very hard to read 99 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:16,500 about how God could allow Satan to kill Christ. 100 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,100 When we read the gospel accounts. 101 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:24,000 And look, when Jesus said this is the hour, when darkness 102 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,900 Reigns Satan was being allowed to have his way upon the Earth. 103 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:35,299 God allowed that Now he plunged the world into darkness so it 104 00:08:35,299 --> 00:08:37,500 would mourn. What mankind would not. 105 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:41,200 There are many miracles about the cross where God, displayed 106 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,000 his great August power. Such as when they all fell down 107 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,100 in the garden. When they came to get Jesus, 108 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:50,000 lots of Miracles. They're displaying the power of 109 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,300 God, but he still Let Jesus died. 110 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,900 He still let it happen. And how God could allow Satan to 111 00:08:58,900 --> 00:09:01,600 do. That is the best thing that ever 112 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,800 happened to us. You know that As God's people, 113 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,500 we know that and in a strange and very real way. 114 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:12,500 Satan is part of God's plan for mankind. 115 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:16,400 You see when God W Satan to be stopped forever. 116 00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:19,500 He will be. It's one of those things where 117 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:22,400 you look in the back of the book and it turns out okay. 118 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:25,700 Satan is going to be stopped, forever and forever. 119 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:29,500 God has a plan for that. He has a schedule for that but 120 00:09:29,500 --> 00:09:35,800 that time has not yet come Satan's origin clouded in 121 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:40,700 mystery, Isaiah 14:12 there. The Bible reads, how art thou 122 00:09:40,700 --> 00:09:43,500 fallen from Heaven o, Lucifer, son of the morning, how art thou 123 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:46,400 cut down to the ground, which didst weaken, the nation's, for 124 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,600 thou Hast, said in thine heart, I will Ascend into heaven, I 125 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,800 will exalt my throne above the stars of God. 126 00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:53,500 I will sit also upon the Mount of the congregation in the sides 127 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:55,700 of the north. I will Ascend above the heights 128 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:59,800 of the clouds. I will be like the most high. 129 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,800 Now that is referring to a ruler of Babel and but it is couched 130 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:11,000 in the language of the fall of Satan from his place as an angel 131 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:18,200 who was supposed to serve God. And so we see that Satan's fall 132 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:23,800 came about because he said I will exalt my throne above the 133 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:31,000 stars of God. I will be above you Satan Laird. 134 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,900 Well, we read of a warning concerning this in 2nd Peter 135 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:39,000 chapter 2. Second Peter chapter 2 and verse 136 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,900 4 where the Bible reads for if God spared, not the angels that 137 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:47,200 sinned, but cast them down to Hell and delivered them into 138 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:52,300 chains of Darkness to be reserved unto judgement. 139 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:59,300 God did not spare those angels when they said long long ago, 140 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:02,800 Angel saying. And what does that mean? 141 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,900 Means they also had free will and do have today. 142 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:10,900 Angels have free will even today we trust. 143 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:16,000 And so when we read about them in Jude verse 6, we find the 144 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,500 Angels, which kept not their first estate but left their own 145 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:21,600 habitation. He hath reserved in Everlasting 146 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,300 chains, under Darkness unto the Judgment of that, great day. 147 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:31,500 And so Angels were created With a territory. 148 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:36,200 They were assigned a place a Dominion, a rule. 149 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,700 And then within that sphere, they had Authority or 150 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:45,000 responsibility, and they had a place where they were to stay 151 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:48,900 and as long as they stayed there, they were blessed. 152 00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:55,400 Now, when Jesus was created, when Jesus was born upon the 153 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,800 Earth, and when Jesus is explained, Jesus has always been 154 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,400 since Is God, but when the presence of Jesus was explained, 155 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,700 he is explained in the contextual setting of the 156 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:10,800 Angelic host, which was created and it says regarding him in 157 00:12:10,808 --> 00:12:15,900 Ephesians 1:21, that Jesus is far above all principality and 158 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:19,700 power and might and dominion and every name that is named not 159 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:23,200 only in this world but also in that which is to come and those 160 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:27,100 various names their principality power and might and Dominion are 161 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:30,000 different degrees of angels different degrees. 162 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:36,500 Use of authority of the Angelic, host different ranks within the 163 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:40,700 Angelic Army, if you will. And so there were certain, 164 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:46,100 Angels, long, long ago that evidently plotted among 165 00:12:46,100 --> 00:12:52,000 themselves and decided that they led by Satan. 166 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:57,100 We're going to usurp their Authority and overthrow the very 167 00:12:57,100 --> 00:13:00,800 Throne of God. One who would be an elder is 168 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:04,200 reminded of this. In first Timothy chapter 3 and 169 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:08,500 verse 6, where Paul told Timothy one who would be an elder is not 170 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:12,100 a novice lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the 171 00:13:12,108 --> 00:13:17,200 condemnation of the devil. Now it appears that that is what 172 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,600 happened with Satan, he was lifted up with pride. 173 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:28,800 And so whenever we see this referred to as a warning, it 174 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,300 means that one who would be an elder must be very, very 175 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:35,400 careful. Lest he also be condemned for 176 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,300 doing the very same thing that Satan did. 177 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:45,800 Now we might think that it was some huge huge sand, that would 178 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:51,500 cause Satan to fall from Heaven. And here we see that it was 179 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:55,800 something horribly common, the sin of pride. 180 00:13:56,700 --> 00:14:01,300 Can any of us? Say we have never ever, ever had 181 00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:05,700 just a little bit of pride in ourselves in our own abilities. 182 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,200 Hmm. Common everyday. 183 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:17,100 Ordinary sins that we are all very painfully painfully. 184 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:25,900 Capable of doing. There's this genius Society. 185 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:32,800 Men's, I believe it is. Some years ago in the Reader's 186 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:37,400 Digest, there was a test, you could take just to see whether 187 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:41,400 or not you might be considered for acceptance into that genius 188 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:46,600 Society. I took it I didn't score too 189 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,500 well. They didn't want me. 190 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,900 I've always considered myself far smarter than my wife. 191 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,300 She took that test. She did a lot better than I did. 192 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:08,100 Thank any Pride was involved if I remember that, 15 years later. 193 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:15,000 Hmm, anywhere where we get to think and we're just pretty 194 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,400 good. That's one of those areas where 195 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,000 we can really, really be brought down. 196 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:27,200 Any of those areas could get us. Not a novice, lest being lifted 197 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:31,900 up with pride. Common everyday, ordinary Pride. 198 00:15:32,300 --> 00:15:35,300 He fall into the condemnation of the devil. 199 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:41,100 What must heaven have been like, on that time, long, long ago, 200 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:46,400 when there was dissension between God's angels and the 201 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:50,600 Lord and his Angelic hosts that were faithful to him revelation 202 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:54,900 Evan says, there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels 203 00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:56,800 fought against the dragon and the dragon fought. 204 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,000 And his angels and prevailed. Not neither was their place, 205 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,400 found any more in heaven. And the Great Dragon was cast 206 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,200 out that old serpent called the devil, and Satan, which 207 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,500 deceiveth the whole world. He was cast out into the Earth, 208 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:13,400 and his angels were cast out with him. 209 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:19,300 Heaven is a place of Peace, you know, Heavens, a place of rest. 210 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:23,100 Heaven is a place of tranquility and here we find. 211 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:30,300 Heaven was a place of War when Satan decided that he was going 212 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:36,000 to take God's place. Now, this battle that took place 213 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:41,600 was something that God allowed, but the battle that happened was 214 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,500 between sorry was between. Mean. 215 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:54,100 Satan. And Michael the Archangel, the 216 00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:56,800 Lord allowed that battle to take place. 217 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:04,300 Now the Lord's Angel Wong and Satan, and his followers lost 218 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:10,400 and they have never been forgiven for that defection. 219 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:14,900 There is no Plan of Salvation for Angels, that's revealed in 220 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:18,000 the word of God and we trust, there's not one we trust, 221 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,000 there's not want it all. Now, the angels that remain, I 222 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 mentioned that they have free will. 223 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,500 How careful are they to keep their appropriate and proper 224 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:30,300 place? Let's look at Jude verse 9 and 225 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:34,100 we can see a hint of that. It says There Michael the 226 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:37,400 Archangel when contending with the devil, he disputed about the 227 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,100 body of Moses, Durst not bring against him a railing. 228 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:44,500 Nation but said the Lord rebuke thee. 229 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:47,000 Remember what happened with Moses? 230 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,600 He committed a sin and he was not allowed into the promised 231 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:57,200 land, but the Lord allowed him to see the promised land from 232 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,700 the mountain. He could see what it was going 233 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:03,100 to be like and then he died and the Lord buried him. 234 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:08,800 And we are told that no man will know the place of Moses burial 235 00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:14,800 Somewhere in Time. Satan's influence was such that 236 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,700 he wanted the body of Moses discovered. 237 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:25,900 Now, those who operate in the Unseen realm can see others in 238 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:32,100 the Unseen Realm, We're the ones that can't God can see Satan and 239 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:36,000 Satan's angels, and it would appear that Satan and his angels 240 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,100 can see God. And His angels, were the ones 241 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:44,200 that are left out here. And so, the Lord dispatch 242 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,600 Michael, the Archangel to have some type of a spiritual 243 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:53,700 confrontation with Satan, some type of a battle between good 244 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:57,200 and evil. What is it stake at stake? 245 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,800 Here is the Ability of the truth of God's word. 246 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,400 Because if the body of Moses has ever discovered, it means god is 247 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:10,800 a liar because God said you will not discover Moses body. 248 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,700 That's a guarantee. Satan said, oh yeah, I'll show 249 00:19:15,700 --> 00:19:20,300 you the Lord said, no, I'll show you now. 250 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:22,600 Does anybody know where Moses body is today? 251 00:19:22,700 --> 00:19:24,900 Now, people are still conjecturing about it. 252 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:28,200 You know, every year about Easter time somebody Throw 253 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:33,400 something out to somehow lend out about the truth of God's 254 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,000 word. But the fact is, we do not know 255 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,200 where Moses was buried. Neither are we going to And when 256 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,000 people say they're going to disprove the word of God, 257 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,300 they're going to have to get up a lot earlier than Satan because 258 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:49,700 he tried and he couldn't do it. Neither can anybody living 259 00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:52,000 today? The word of God is true? 260 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,800 It is real. We could depend upon it and we 261 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,100 can trust and depend upon what it says. 262 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:05,900 Now Michael the Archangel is confronting, Satan over the body 263 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:08,900 of Moses, over the place of the burial of the body of Moses. 264 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,600 It says there, he Durst not bring against him, a railing 265 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:16,700 accusation. He didn't stand before Satan and 266 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:20,000 say as the Archangel of God I rebuke you. 267 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:25,100 It is as though he stood to one side and said to Satan the Lord 268 00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:29,800 rebuke you Who was Michael the Archangel, he was only a 269 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:35,600 messenger of the truth. He was not trying to be anybody 270 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,600 except a messenger, a servant of God. 271 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:44,600 I think there's a lesson for all of us to learn there. 272 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Who are we to tell anybody anything? 273 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:54,100 We're nobody, you know, but we can be a messenger of God to 274 00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:57,500 tell someone, the Lord's message, whether it's a positive 275 00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:00,200 message, or even a message of rebuke. 276 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:05,300 But we never stand before anybody and say, big, I rebuke 277 00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:09,000 little you. That's not our place, we never 278 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,500 do that. So why was Mark Michael the 279 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:14,600 Archangel? So very, very careful. 280 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,100 Because angels have free will. He didn't want to make a 281 00:21:18,108 --> 00:21:21,300 mistake. He didn't want to be lost. 282 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:27,600 Trying to do the Lord's will. And so there may be something 283 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:31,900 for all of us to learn and take heart from that particular 284 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:34,100 battle. Not the only place that a 285 00:21:34,108 --> 00:21:37,500 similar battle is referred to Zechariah Chapter 3 verses 1 and 286 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:39,100 2. He showed me Joshua, the high 287 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:41,500 priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing 288 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,200 at the right hand to resist him. And the Lord said through the 289 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,400 angel and to Satan the Lord rebuke thee. 290 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:52,800 O sated We can see some things that God has allowed Satan to do 291 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,800 in the Garden of Eden. We do know that Satan was 292 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,300 allowed to use an animal for his devices. 293 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,200 He used a serpent there and in the form of a serpent. 294 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:10,000 He came before Eve and he said some things to her and he asked 295 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,900 her a religious question. Now, not everybody that asks 296 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:17,100 you, a religious question is religious and righteous sir. 297 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:19,200 Satan certainly was isn't ye hath. 298 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,600 God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the Garden. 299 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:24,300 It is the serpent who was more subtle than any beast of the 300 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:26,800 field. Satan acting through the 301 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,200 serpent. The animal saying, these things, 302 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,900 and before we are very hard on Eve, let us think about this for 303 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:38,400 just a moment where we in the Garden of Eden and it was just 304 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:43,400 the two Adam and Eve of us. And an animal came up and 305 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,600 started talking to us. You think we wouldn't answer 306 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,400 back? Think about it. 307 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,300 We wouldn't be curious about that. 308 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,900 I think we would, I think we'd answer back. 309 00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:59,500 I think we'd be curious. I think we'd see that animals as 310 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:01,900 a really smart animal. I think we'd say Hi Neighbor. 311 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,700 Are you doing? I think we would get involved in 312 00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:09,100 this, that's what he did. So let's not look at Eve and 313 00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:11,200 say, well, she did something I wouldn't have done. 314 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,200 Oh yes. We would have, we would have 315 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:18,500 Well, she answered the serpent on her own that got her into 316 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:23,000 trouble because she had a helper that she didn't use got her into 317 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:28,400 big trouble. And so Satan lied told her she 318 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:33,700 wouldn't die as God had said. And then she saw the tree in a 319 00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:36,200 different light took of the fruit. 320 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,400 Did he gave to her husband? He did eat. 321 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:43,800 And then they were punished by the Lord. 322 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,000 The woman said, the serpent beguiled me and I did eat lord. 323 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,900 It's not my fault. It's the serpent. 324 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:53,100 It's that serpent. Who made the serpent. 325 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,700 Lord, you did. It's your fault. 326 00:23:56,100 --> 00:24:01,500 Adam said the woman thou gavest to be with me, she's the one 327 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:03,800 that gave this to me. In other words, this woman you 328 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:05,500 made. Lord, she did it. 329 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,100 It's your fault, both of them. Basically, tried to blame the 330 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:14,000 Lord for their own actions, and the Lord didn't know, he didn't 331 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,600 buy that at all. But here's what happened to the 332 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,700 serpent. Verse 14 of Genesis 3 because 333 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:21,900 thou Hast done this Thou Art, cursed above, all cattle, and 334 00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:24,900 above every beast of the field upon thy belly, shalt, thou go 335 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:27,100 and dust shalt, thou eat. The days of thy life. 336 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,500 Now, wait a minute. Don't snakes crawl on the 337 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:32,000 ground. Yeah, they do now. 338 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:39,500 But they didn't then. And so Somewhere In Time the 339 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:44,500 animal that now crawls on its belly like a snake was an 340 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:49,400 upright animal. And God said to the animal, your 341 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,700 punishment is to crawl on the ground. 342 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:58,900 One of these days, somebody looking through Rock remains of 343 00:24:58,900 --> 00:25:02,700 animals, are going to see something like a walking snake 344 00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:05,900 and they're going to say see here's a missing link somewhere 345 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:09,700 and Bible students are going to say no, this may just be the 346 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:12,500 skeleton of a snake before the fall. 347 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:16,800 Snakes were upright, but they're not now. 348 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:24,000 Verse 15 is directed to Satan. I will put enmity between the 349 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,400 woman and between between thee and the woman and between thy 350 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,600 seed, and her seed, it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt 351 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,200 bruise his heel. This is Genesis 3:15, the first, 352 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,300 Messianic prophecy, the first Prophecy of the Messiah, the 353 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:41,800 first prophecy of Christ, this is where God is saying one of 354 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,600 these days. Satan, you're going to have a 355 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:53,200 battle and you're going to lose And so for everyone, that was 356 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:58,300 ever born Satan, then wondered, is this the one? 357 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,700 As every boy, child was born, is he the one that's going to 358 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:06,800 battle me and I'm going to lose for every girl, child that was 359 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,100 born. Is she going to Bear the wrong? 360 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:12,300 Who will battle me? And I will lose. 361 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:20,300 And so one after another Satan viciously attacked every boy and 362 00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:23,900 girl who was ever born. Just as soon as they could 363 00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:28,400 recognize the difference between right and wrong and just like 364 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,300 dominoes. Knows we all fell. 365 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,200 All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 366 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:41,600 We don't need to inherit sin as some religions, would say we do 367 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,100 from Adam that's foreign to the Bible. 368 00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:48,000 We don't need to inherit anyone's in, we will have enough 369 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,400 of our own thank you because of our own actions. 370 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:57,900 And that's true of every one of us who have ever lived except 371 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:03,200 for Jesus Christ. He's different than us and all 372 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,800 we can thank God for that. Look at the intelligence, God, 373 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:11,900 allow Satan By inspiration were told about The Wiles of the 374 00:27:11,900 --> 00:27:15,900 devil and Ephesians 6 verse 11. The word Wiles means a cunning 375 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:21,600 craft a device, a strategy. So Satan has a plan for everyone 376 00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:25,100 Revelation, 20 verse 10. Tells us that Satan is a 377 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:27,600 deceiver. He's a Seducer. 378 00:27:27,700 --> 00:27:32,300 He's out to lead us astray. It takes a plan. 379 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,700 It takes a plan to be the deceiver. 380 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,700 Second Corinthians 2 verse 11. Let's say And should get an 381 00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:42,900 advantage of us for. We are not ignorant of his 382 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:50,100 devices so that which Satan does is well, thought out and long 383 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:56,000 considered how to get us to fall like him. 384 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:59,400 First, Peter 5 verse 8, be sober be vigilant because your 385 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,800 adversary, the devil as a roaring lion walketh about 386 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,400 seeking whom. He may devour the word devour is 387 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,900 from Qatar which means down and Pinot. 388 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:12,000 Which means to drink. He wants to drink us down. 389 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:15,600 He wants to consume Our lives. Our thoughts, our bodies, our 390 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:21,300 souls for all of eternity. He wants us to be lost like him 391 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:27,300 wherever we are prideful. Satan is gleeful wherever we are 392 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:30,300 weak. He knows where ever, we are 393 00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:34,200 struggling. He knows where we have given in 394 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,700 to Temptation in the past. He knows. 395 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,400 He knows so much about us not that he can read minds. 396 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:48,600 I don't believe. But that he never gives up. 397 00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:53,400 And he has a sense of urgency as though. 398 00:28:53,400 --> 00:29:00,200 Time were short to Everyday, bombard us with everything, he 399 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:08,100 possibly can to get us to fall. And then when people do fall, he 400 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:13,200 doesn't even quit thin because he wants them to stay down and 401 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,100 never get up. Never rise above that. 402 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:20,200 But with all the things that Satan does know and with all of 403 00:29:20,208 --> 00:29:23,500 the intelligence that he does have, there are still some 404 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:28,800 things that Satan did not know and does not know. 405 00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:33,800 Satan did not know what God's plan was for mankind. 406 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:38,400 You see God can keep a secret. Psalm 78. 407 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:42,700 Verse 2 is quoted in Matthew 13, 35, that it might be fulfilled, 408 00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:45,100 which was spoken by the prophet. I will open my mouth in 409 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:48,800 Parables, I will utter things which have been kept secret from 410 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:54,100 the foundation of the world. You see God has had Secrets. 411 00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:57,400 He he's really good about keeping the secret, you know, in 412 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,500 the office where I work. There's some folks. 413 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,600 It can really keep a secret and then there's some folks that 414 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,500 just can't. They just can't do it. 415 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:09,000 You can tell them now, don't tell this and they mean well, 416 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,700 but they just turn around and it just blurts out God's. 417 00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:15,700 Not like that. If he's going to keep a secret, 418 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:20,300 it is kept. His lips are sealed until the 419 00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:24,400 appropriate time. I think there's an element in 420 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:30,500 which God kept the agony of the cross, a secret from Christ. 421 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:32,800 At least the depths of that Agony to me. 422 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,800 There's always been an element of surprise in Jesus Christ from 423 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,400 the cross, Matthew 27:46, when he said my God, my God. 424 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,500 Why hast Thou forsaken? Me? 425 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:47,400 It's almost as though it was better, it was greater it was 426 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,900 more horrible more in depth than what he knew. 427 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,700 God keeps things secret such as the passing away of the End of 428 00:30:57,700 --> 00:31:01,200 the Age knoweth. No man, no, not the angels of 429 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:06,600 heaven, but my father only Matthew 24 verse 36. 430 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:12,300 Satan could not know of God's plan about the church, First 431 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:17,400 Corinthians chapter 2, verses 7 and 8, but we speak the wisdom 432 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:22,400 of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God 433 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,500 ordained before. For the world unto our Glory, 434 00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:27,600 which none of the princes of this world knew for had they 435 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,600 known it. They would not have crucified 436 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:36,700 the Lord Of Glory. You see had had evil men known 437 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,900 what killing Christ would bring about, they wouldn't have done 438 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,700 that. They would have worked hard to 439 00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:46,300 keep him alive because it was because of his death that we 440 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:48,600 have his burial and his resurrection. 441 00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:53,400 Proving him to have power over death, hell and the grave. 442 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:58,300 They were ever more giving us, the sure hope of our own 443 00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:03,400 Resurrection from the dead and our own Eternal reward upon 444 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:08,600 God's blessings in our life. All this is that great mystery. 445 00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:13,900 That mystery that dominates. The Bible that is revealed in 446 00:32:13,900 --> 00:32:19,100 the New Testament times. You see the death of Christ. 447 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:26,200 Epitomizes the evil of Satan and the righteousness of God, all at 448 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:32,500 the same time and the Lord used that evil, which he allowed to 449 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:37,600 bring about his plan. Satan did not know that he was 450 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:41,700 shocked. He was surprised when the first 451 00:32:41,700 --> 00:32:47,000 day of the week came and Jesus walked out of that tomb, We're 452 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:52,400 not told what he said, we have no idea, but can't you just 453 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:57,500 imagine him saying, oh, now what have I done? 454 00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:05,000 You see, that was the bruising of Satan's head when Jesus 455 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:09,300 walked out of that tomb alive, Satan Was Defeated forever, 456 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:14,200 more, and he knew it and there was absolutely nothing that he 457 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:18,700 could do to take that away. Way, all he can do. 458 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:25,800 Now is try to prevent everybody from believing in the Jesus of 459 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:29,600 the empty tomb. That's all he can do is to try 460 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,800 to get us everyone of us throughout the whole world to 461 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:39,000 turn their back on God and his word and the things of the word 462 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:44,500 of God, God raised him from the dead acts, 13 and verse 30, and 463 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:49,500 by death death is destroyed. Hebrews 2:14 through 18, and it 464 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:53,000 is the power of God that raised Jesus from the dead Ephesians 465 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,900 1:18, through 23, Satan did not know that. 466 00:33:57,900 --> 00:33:59,600 That is what was going to happen. 467 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:04,700 He did not know that the church was how God was going to 468 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:09,100 manifest himself through the lives of people that loved and 469 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:12,600 will serve him. Satan did not know that and so 470 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:16,400 he remains horribly angry about the church. 471 00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:20,500 Church and when Paul appeared before, King Agrippa to tell 472 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:22,900 about the purpose of the preaching of the gospel of 473 00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:24,500 Christ. The New American Standard 474 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:28,699 Version says of Acts 26 verse 18 to open their eyes so that they 475 00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:32,800 may turn from Darkness to light and from the Dominion of Satan 476 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:37,400 to God in order that they may receive forgiveness of sins and 477 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,699 an inheritance. Among those who have been 478 00:34:39,699 --> 00:34:44,800 Sanctified by faith in me or when we do what is necessary to 479 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,900 have forgiveness of our sins. Once we are in the Dominion of 480 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:52,900 God and when we have not done, what is necessary to have the 481 00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:57,300 Forgiveness of our sins, then we are in darkness and we are in 482 00:34:57,300 --> 00:35:02,300 the Dominion of Satan, and there is no middle ground for anyone. 483 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:06,900 Oh, there are those innocence those children who do not know 484 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:10,000 the difference between right and wrong, who are in and part of 485 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,400 the kingdom of God, even though they are not in or part of the 486 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,700 church. But all, when we know the 487 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:19,700 difference between In right and wrong, we choose that which is 488 00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:22,600 wrong. Then we are saying to Satan, we 489 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:26,600 are on your side, we are with you in nailing Christ to the 490 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,000 cross. And again, we don't look upon 491 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,200 that with pride because as our brother prayed, we are all weak 492 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:38,300 and we have all made mistakes and when we look to our sinful 493 00:35:38,300 --> 00:35:42,500 past every one of us held the hammer that drove the nails that 494 00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:46,000 put Christ on the cross, every one of us did that. 495 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,900 And so we don't look at others who have sinned in their lives 496 00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:54,100 with pride, because we are simply standing on this, the 497 00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:56,400 Lord side because we know what to do. 498 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,600 And we are willing to do it to be forgiven. 499 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:04,600 And the Lord be praised that we have had his word revealed 500 00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:08,700 taught to us. Satan does not know. 501 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,800 Whether or not we will be his or gods in eternity. 502 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:18,900 You see just because we obey the gospel does not mean he ever 503 00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:23,700 gives up. He just keeps working on us in 504 00:36:23,700 --> 00:36:28,400 Luke. 22 Jesus has a little conversation with Simon Peter 505 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,600 and he says they're he revealed something of what was going on 506 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:38,900 in the Unseen Realm. He says Simon behold. 507 00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:44,000 Satan has desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat. 508 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:48,100 You remember, how wheat was sifted in those days? 509 00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:54,400 It would be thrown up into the breeze and the chaff would be 510 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:58,200 blown away in the heavier week would settle back to the ground. 511 00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:01,900 And so it was, Jesus is saying to Simon. 512 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:05,900 Peter Satan wants to throw you up in the air and see. 513 00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:11,100 What You're Made Of. He wants to toss you around, you 514 00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:15,900 know, that's reminiscent of a long time before when Satan 515 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:19,300 appeared before God. And God said, have you 516 00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:23,700 considered my servant job and in my very loose translation. 517 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:28,200 Satan said, let me at him, Let me at him. 518 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:36,000 Satan was asking God, it appears in Luke 22 for permission to go 519 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,300 after Simon, Peter. Listen to what Jesus said. 520 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:46,300 He didn't stop it, but verse 32 says Jesus words, but I have 521 00:37:46,300 --> 00:37:50,900 prayed for thee that thy faith, fail not. 522 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:56,400 And when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren, If you 523 00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:02,700 ever wonder what to pray for. Pray for each other. 524 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,100 Pray for folks in this congregation and the surrounding 525 00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:13,000 congregations by name. You see, we never know when the 526 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:17,600 person we're praying for is being sifted like we did in 527 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:22,900 their life, we never know. God won't stop those 528 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:24,900 Temptations. We know that he didn't even 529 00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:27,600 stop. Simon Peters temptation, but he 530 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:31,200 said I've prayed for you that thy faith, fail, not. 531 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:36,000 And so we leaned upon the mercy and the grace of God, we beg for 532 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,200 his providential care to lead us, not in passive, temptation, 533 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,900 but to Deliver Us from Evil. And what do we want? 534 00:38:44,900 --> 00:38:48,400 We want the strength to get through the Temptations that 535 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:52,900 we're going to be faced with today, just today. 536 00:38:53,800 --> 00:39:00,100 And sometimes we will never know when our prayer to God on behalf 537 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:05,100 of a dear brother, or sister is just what they needed to help 538 00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:08,500 them through the day. Don't ever wonder what to pray 539 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:10,800 for. Pray for each other. 540 00:39:11,300 --> 00:39:15,600 Pray for ourselves. You see here's God's promise to 541 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,700 us. God still are Satan. 542 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:20,800 Rather still incites people to evil First. 543 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,100 Corinthians 7 verse 5. He's able to disguise himself as 544 00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:27,100 an angel of Light. Second Corinthians 11:14, he 545 00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:30,300 continues to hinder. Christians first Thessalonians, 546 00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:34,300 2 18, He Still The Prince of the power of the air Ephesians 2 547 00:39:34,300 --> 00:39:38,100 verse 2 but if we resist the devil, he will. 548 00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:41,800 Flee James 4 verse 7. Resist the devil and he will 549 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,600 flee from you. And we are told submit 550 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:50,900 yourselves, then to God. Lest there be any confusion when 551 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:58,400 Saint happens in our lives. It is our fault James 1:13. 552 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,400 Let no, man say when he is, tempted, I am tempted of God. 553 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,600 For God cannot be tempted with evil. 554 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,000 Neither tempteth. He any man, but every man is 555 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,900 tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed, 556 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,300 then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin and sin. 557 00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:17,300 When it is finished, bringeth forth, death. 558 00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:23,100 Do not are my beloved Brethren. So where does this end and began 559 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:28,300 with us? We can't blame anybody else for 560 00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:35,400 our trespasses, only ourselves. And so, what do we need to do? 561 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:42,100 We need to as a fission for verse. 27 says, neither give 562 00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:45,900 place to the devil. We need to fill our lives with 563 00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:49,300 those things that are good. Doing our very best with one 564 00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:52,400 another's. Help to do those things that are 565 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,200 right? 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