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Couple things before I really 
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The notes, First of all, has 
some of these very basic notes 

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right out there at the the 
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If you need one, go ahead and 
grab one. 

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We should have plenty. 
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somebody's not paying attention,
take their notes. 

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If they were really reading 
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down. 
So it'll be all right. 

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There's room for you to write 
other things. 

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This is not an exhaustive list 
of every scripture that we're 

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reading and going through, nor 
is it an exhaustive list of 

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everything we'll cover. 
And I am going to do my best to 

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speak a little quickly and go 
through it because at the end of

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tonight, second of all, we will 
be praying for some freedom and 

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deliverance. 
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have you ever been to a 
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And a lot of people said, yeah. 
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on Sunday. 
And I said, how many of you 

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thought it was a little bit 
louder and crazier than it had 

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to be? 
And almost everybody said, yeah,

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one of the things that the enemy
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Last week, we spent the entire 
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petitioning the Lord for that 
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believer with the authority that
you have given from Jesus, which

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is his authority resting upon 
and through you. 

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You don't need to beg the 
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The opening illustration, as we 
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they weren't even preaching in 
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They were preaching in the name 
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and even that was enough to work
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all of them. 
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authority goes, even if you 
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This is why sometimes, and I'll 
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This is why sometimes many of us
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run to the Lord and we've 
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Jesus. 
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petitioned him with the name of 
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help us, and he has. 
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there are some steps that we've 
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But just casually throwing out 
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believer still has power. 
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know how to use a firearm. 
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their finger. 
What are you doing when you see 

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that? 
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wouldn't you? 
There's a lot of power in the 

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name of Jesus. 
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That'll be where we start. 
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believers authority last week, I
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this is not an abstract church 
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It's not something that we talk 
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comprehend. 
It is a complete spiritual 

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reality and it is valid for 
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If you are in Christ, you have 
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with Him and you've already been
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Today was a little chilly in the
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I was dressed in for comfort and
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went home and I was going to 
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And then I thought, no, you know
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We're seated at that table with 
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charge. 
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I did it for you. 
You're welcome. 

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But I want you to know this 
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you just learn about. 
It is something that you have to

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use. 
It's not a truth that you agree 

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with. 
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believe you have authority in 
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Well, yes, I do. 
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You can't just agree. 
If you really do agree, you have

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to act it out. 
And agree is a word you're going

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to hear a whole lot tonight. 
The problem is many of us have 

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agreements with the enemy and 
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But it's almost like we're timid
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It's like there's some sort of 
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humility in us that says we 
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things He says about us. 
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the enemy says you're not good 
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they don't respect you, you 
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We agree so quickly. 
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you're chosen and you're seated 
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authority and I've given you 
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well, people in general, but not
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OK, so that leads us to tonight.
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make you feel spiritual. 
It is not made so that you can 

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feel better about yourself. 
It's really not even given to 

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you and made so that you can 
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It is made so that you can push 
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You want to feel safer in your 
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What good is authority if you 
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captives free. 
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especially believers, who are 
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they're heaven bound and they're
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oppression. 
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to revisit that. 
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Hollywood theatrical things. 
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but feel stuck and tormented. 
I'm talking about believers that

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are stuck in cycles of fear and 
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confusion and lust and 
bitterness or heaviness that 

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they can't explain. 
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influence of something spiritual
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influence of something 
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A lot of people today, and by 
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I've got a therapist, She's a 
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it's just their personality, 
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their trauma, or it's their 
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or maybe that this is just the 
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carry. 
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bear. 
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if it's not? 
What if you've just accepted it?

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I'm sorry, let me use a 
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What if you've agreed that 
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struggle is? 
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going to act like it is. 
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recommend highly enough, the 
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he says one of the greatest 
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remain hidden while still 
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So he is looking to set up a 
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sit in a visible throne. 
He's looking to set up a Kingdom

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that subjugates and dominates 
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And he could do that best if you
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So why would he run at you head 
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Why would he run at you face to 
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And the pitchfork is a dead 
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Until you recognize the open 
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life, until you start to 
recognize the subtle agreements 

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that you've made or the places 
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the enemy, you'll keep trying to
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emotional ways or intellectual 
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And the enemy is not moved by 
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You won't out reason him. 
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The demons know this word better
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They really don't have a lot of 
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So tonight we're going to talk 
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actually are out there. 
We're going to talk about how 

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they operate. 
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going to talk about how to cast 
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ourselves so that we can walk in
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paid for. 
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well, it says this is the longer
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It says after Jesus rose from 
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morning, the first person who 
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woman from whom he had cast out 
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She went to the disciples who 
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told them what had happened. 
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Jesus was alive and that she had
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her. 
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Jesus may appear and give you 
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Other people don't believe you. 
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It's fine. 
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Lord. 
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different form to two of his 
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from Jerusalem into the country.
I talked about them not long 

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ago. 
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others, but no one believed 
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You know, one of them didn't 
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As they were eating together, he
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unbelief because they refused to
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after he had been raised from 
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And then he told them, here are 
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Go into all the world and preach
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Anyone who believes and is 
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anyone who refuses to believe 
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These miraculous signs will 
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Here they are. 
They will cast out demons in my 

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name. 
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languages, maybe your 
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They will be able to handle 
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And if they drink anything 
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They will be able to place their
hands on the sick, and they will

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be healed. 
When the Lord Jesus had finished

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talking with them, he was taken 
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the place of honor at God's 
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It's that same seat where that 
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comes from. 
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went everywhere and preached, 
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them, confirming what they said 
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Jesus didn't say that these 
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the apostles. 
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accompany the seminary graduates
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charismatic elite leaders. 
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follow those who believe. 
Do you believe? 

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This may challenge you, but if 
you believe it, you don't get to

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pick and choose what parts of 
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The believers will cast out 
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They will speak in new tongues. 
They will heal the sick. 

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He said. 
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authority not because of who 
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they belong to. 
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of Jesus. 
This was normal in the early 

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church. 
And somewhere along the way, we 

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lost that expectation. 
We run into somebody who is 

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overwhelmed with attack and we 
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And let me tell you, it's a good
thing to involve your pastors or

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elders or small group leaders or
Alcoholics Anonymous or 

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therapists or all of these other
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Great tools, great resources. 
But I don't care how good the A 

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A class is, if your problem is a
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might need a A and something 
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When I have a headache, I don't 
take Pepto Bismol. 

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Some things are designed to 
treat one kind of attack, one 

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kind of symptom, and others are 
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So the first thing we're going 
to talk about is you need to 

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know what you're dealing with. 
Not all of the spirits are the 

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same. 
If we're going to walk in 

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authority, we need to know what 
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This will challenge some of us. 
But you can't cast out what 

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you're afraid to name, and you 
can't overcome what you refuse 

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to identify. 
When Jesus spoke of casting out 

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demons, he was speaking into a 
1st century Jewish context that 

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already believed in these 
spiritual beings. 

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Now all sorts of movies come out
this time of year that are all 

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centered around entertainment 
and making you go to a movie so 

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they can give you an hour and a 
half of anxiety and fear. 

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Jokes on them, I have plenty of 
it all day. 

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I don't need to give them my 
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So it's not entertainment to 
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The Jews of his day believed 
that demons were disembodied 

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spirits that were malevolent 
beings that roamed the earth 

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looking to cause harm, 
especially to people who were 

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spiritually vulnerable. 
I've had chats with people 

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before where they say, well, 
when it says demons, don't you 

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think maybe it means mental 
illness or it means emotional 

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unsettledness or whatever? 
No, that's how we use the word 

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today, as a colloquialism or 
just something we say while I'm 

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battling my demons. 
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And I don't mean any disrespect 
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Hogue highlights this. 
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those that had mentally ill 
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he walked through the towns. 
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They were the ones that cried 
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are, son of God. 
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him. 
Don't cast us out. 

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Cast us into the pigs instead of
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think it's important to talk 
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The Jewish people then believed 
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trying to attach themselves to 
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sin, trauma, or idolatry. 
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they did not view demons and 
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it, the Bible tells us that 
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rebelled with Satan. 
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There's a bonus for you. 
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spiritual beings are not 
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demons, they still appear in 
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territorial and highly powerful.
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that, it's Daniel 10, where it 
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Persia. 
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Demons, however, appear to be 
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constant search of a host. 
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physical embodiment, often 
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beings, even animals. 
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pigs instead, they'd rather go 
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But the pigs couldn't even, they
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happening. 
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tell you this. 
A lot of scholars, especially in

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the Jewish and early Christian 
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are actually disembodied spirits
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Genesis 6, and here's why. 
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describes it, were the offspring
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heavenly beings. 
It's an uncomfortable story. 

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They're described as violent and
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including the Book of Enoch, 
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And I want to be clear on that, 
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something that all of the 
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put it on the same level of 
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Let me be very clear. 
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biblical framework as these 
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Paul quotes the Book of Enoch 
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So there's some validity in 
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And what they described there is
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the flood, that they're half 
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Spirits were left to wander the 
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as demons. 
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beings that are strategic, have 
certain rule and have certain 

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authority, and they're pulling 
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things, they're influencing 
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But now you also have these 
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looking for a host. 
They're looking for somewhere to

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land. 
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fight, right? 
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But we don't have just generic 
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They come in different ways and 
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explanation fully, what we do 
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Not all evil spirits operate the
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multiple examples of their 
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In Luke 11 verses 24 through 26,
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when This is why I think he's 
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When an evil spirit leaves a 
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searching for rest, but when it 
finds none it says I will return

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to the person I came from. 
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it's former home is all swept 
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Then the spirit finds seven 
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itself, and they all enter the 
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Couple pieces of food for 
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Mary Magdalene first want to see
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He had cast how many demons out 
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Ah y'all, we're listening. 
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place to land. 
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We'll talk a lot about that 
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about how to stay free once you 
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But when they come with that 
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don't want to be cast out into 
the, what did he say? 

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The wilderness. 
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talking about on Sunday. 
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scapegoat went to Azazel. 
It's rebellion and forbidden 

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knowledge. 
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that's where they thrive. 
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the wilderness into you and they
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All right, First Samuel 16, 
another place that I'm going to 

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read this. 
This is one of the scariest 

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things. 
This is said about two different

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people in Scripture and King 
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is one of them. 
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Lord had left Saul and the Lord 
sent a tormenting spirit that 

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filled him with depression and 
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That's an uncomfortable 
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Some of Saul's servants said to 
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A tormenting spirit from God is 
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Let us find a good musician to 
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tormenting spirit troubles you. 
He'll play soothing music and 

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you'll soon be well again. 
Isn't it interesting they didn't

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even try to see how to get rid 
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Like, you need some jams. 
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Find me someone who plays well 
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One of the servants said to 
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One of Jesse's sons from 
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player. 
Not only that, he's a brave 

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warrior, a man of war and has 
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He's also a fine looking young 
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I wonder if David wrote some of 
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So Saul sent messengers to Jesse
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the shepherd. 
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to Saul along with a young goat,
a donkey loaded with bread, and 

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a wine skin full of wine. 
So David went to Saul and began 

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serving him, and Saul loved 
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became his armor bearer. 
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asking, please let David remain 
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pleased with them. 
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Whenever the tormenting spirit 
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would play the harp and Saul 
would feel better and the 

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tormenting spirit would go away.
It's uncomfortable because right

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there in our English 
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that God sent a tormenting 
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And whether God sent it or 
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think opened the door to it? 
Saul. 

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Saul opened the door to it. 
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because God is sovereign. 
If you are feeling depressed and

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you listen to nothing but 
depressed music and you do 

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nothing but look at depressing 
things, you're inviting and 

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opening a door. 
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you could be like God. 
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Because of the doors that Saul 
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I'm assuming that God is the 
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bad choice. 
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you some categories here. 
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Oh, the book of Acts is so 
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This is Paul and Silas in 
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If you ever worked with kids 
ministry, you know a few songs 

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about them. 
Acts 16 starting in verse 16, it

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says one day as we were going 
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met a slave girl who had a 
spirit that enabled her to tell 

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the future. 
Some translations say a Python 

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spirit. 
She earned a lot of money for 

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her masters by telling fortunes.
She followed Paul and the rest 

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of us shouting. 
These men are servants of the 

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most high God and they've come 
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I don't know if that was meant 
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And this went on day after day 
until Paul got so exasperated 

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that he turned and he said to 
the demon within her, I command 

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you in the name of Jesus Christ 
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And instantly it left her. 
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the power in the name of Jesus 
because Paul wasn't even trying 

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to set her free. 
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Isn't that interesting? 
He listened to this afflicted 

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woman for days and we don't 
really know why until he 

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couldn't take it anymore. 
And he turned around and he's 

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like, in the name of Jesus, just
get out of her. 

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And it worked. 
Jesus, we know, Paul, I've heard

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of this, was a spirit of 
divination. 

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It's a counterfeit version of a 
prophetic gifting, and it was 

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accurate, but it was still 
demonic. 

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A demon has the ability to tell 
you that Jesus is in charge. 

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It is correct and it's still a 
demon. 

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This is a reminder that not 
everything supernatural is from 

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God. 
Even if it looks appealing at 

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the beginning, if it leads 
people into confusion or control

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or disunity or spiritual, 
spiritual bondage, it is not 

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something holy. 
It is from hell. 

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Now before I get to these 
biblical categories of evil 

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spirits, and I've got a lot of 
these listed for you right here,

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let me just tell you how many 
stories do you have here where 

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it seems like for hours Jesus 
was tarrying with a demon 

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possessed person? 
It's approximately 0. 

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And by approximately, I mean 
exactly. 

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This is because with the proper 
authority, you don't waste time 

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with it. 
There are times that he asked 

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certain questions or things like
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He's Jesus. 
I wouldn't try to be exactly 

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like him. 
He's our model, but he's got 

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authority in a different realm. 
A lot of times they know they 

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have to leave, but we haven't 
fully exercised authority. 

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And so they wait and they make 
you suffer and they scare people

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and they make you leave. 
And the reality is anything 

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spiritual can be terrifying. 
The angels of the Lord, they 

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show up and every time they show
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And they were terrified. 
These are the good guys told the

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story. 
And within the last year, I'll 

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make it quick. 
But when I first started working

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here, I lived 3540 minutes away 
and I ran out of time on a lot 

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of work days. 
And I had to vacuum this place 

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for Sunday service because let 
me tell you something, Pastor 

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Marshall was going to know if it
wasn't vacuumed. 

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And so I was here at about two O
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and I could feel it. 
I could feel that there was 

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something holy that was coming. 
And I did not feel like it was 

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demonic. 
But I put that vacuum away. 

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I thought I'd take my chances 
with Pastor Marsh in the next 

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day. 
And I got in my car and I drove 

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down the, the road and that 
anxiety that started to well up,

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it started to subside. 
And I was so grateful. 

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And in the wake of that anxiety 
was a lot of regret feel like I 

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really missed out on something. 
I learned a lot from it. 

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And that's probably more 
important than having the the 

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cool experience. 
But I'll tell you what, Lord, as

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my witness, if I ever feel that 
again, I won't run. 

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All right, so the Bible doesn't 
give us a very neatly labeled 

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list, but it does give us enough
examples for us to recognize 

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recurring patterns. 
I've send you the favor of 

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putting some scriptures there 
next to these spirits so you can

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look them up on your own time 
and you can find how they 

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correlate. 
But first of all, here's some 

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different kinds of spirits 
because if you notice those 3 

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scriptures I read, they all 
operated differently. 

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Unclean spirits, Unclean 
spirits. 

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They're often linked to sexual 
sin, different forms of 

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perversion or addiction, or 
anything that defiles the body 

455
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,560
or mind. 
These are called unclean 

456
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,840
spirits. 
These are the kinds of spirits 

457
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,000
that degrade identity, and they 
isolate people into a system of 

458
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,160
shame. 
This is why our Conquer ministry

459
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,680
has been so beneficial to a lot 
of the guys at this church, 

460
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,040
because as long as you keep your
issues private, you'll suffer 

461
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,840
with them alone. 
And that's whether it's the 

462
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,560
issues they deal with and 
conquer or not. 

463
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,840
If you are isolated and you're 
riddled with shame, you're not 

464
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,840
set up for success and the Lord 
wants you to succeed. 

465
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,400
Tormenting spirits? 
Well, we just talked about that 

466
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,040
with King Saul. 
This is connected to fear, 

467
00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:03,240
anxiety, restlessness, or 
discouragement. 

468
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:05,880
You could see that in Saul's 
life. 

469
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,280
He was unstable throughout his 
entire kingship. 

470
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,240
He was always suspicious. 
He was always agitated. 

471
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,960
He liked that heart playing and 
that story I just read you. 

472
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,320
But if you keep reading, he 
starts throwing Spears at David 

473
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,520
while he's playing it. 
Why? 

474
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,200
Because sometimes we get so 
comfortable with our demons, we 

475
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,000
want to shut up whatever chases 
them away. 

476
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:33,040
How about a lying spirit? 
Don't know if I need to describe

477
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,760
what lying means, but they 
attack the truth. 

478
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,640
They twist our perception. 
They fuel false beliefs about 

479
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,960
God or about other people, or 
about yourself. 

480
00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:44,960
They always work in deception, 
accusation, confusion. 

481
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,760
It's a lot like the Leviathan 
spirit we were talking about. 

482
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,600
And it does say that sometimes 
that the Lord allows lying 

483
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,920
spirits into the mouths of 
people who don't honor and 

484
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:58,080
Revere Him. 
Religious spirits, that's a fun 

485
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,440
one. 
Religious spirits are hard to 

486
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,040
chase away because they seem 
holy. 

487
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,840
Religious spirits, they hide 
behind church language or church

488
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,680
traditions or legalism, and they
always distort grace. 

489
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,440
They create pride and stir up 
judgement and control in a 

490
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,920
spiritual environment. 
When this happens, you cannot 

491
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,160
get through to that person 
unless they have some humility 

492
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,920
because they'll say everything 
and it sounds right and it has a

493
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,600
form of godliness and it's 
lacking complete substance. 

494
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,680
And the last one that I'll just 
list there, we talked about it 

495
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,720
with the Python spirit is the 
spirit of divination. 

496
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,200
And this is important 
counterfeit spiritual gifts. 

497
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,560
These spirits can mimic the 
prophetic or offer false 

498
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,920
guidance through manipulation or
dreams or even peaceful 

499
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,920
feelings. 
All they have to do, if they've 

500
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:45,960
been, have you ever thought 
about this? 

501
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,280
All they have to do is afflict 
you with anxiety and fear long 

502
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,680
enough that you start saying, 
well, Lord, can I do this? 

503
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,760
And they'll stop afflicting you 
with fear long enough for you to

504
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,760
say it went away. 
I guess I'll do what I wanted. 

505
00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:03,160
Then it comes back. 
They never offer you lasting 

506
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:07,200
peace. 
One of the scariest stories I've

507
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,600
ever heard. 
And I'm not trying to be a fear 

508
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,320
monger about this. 
If y'all come on Sundays, this 

509
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,920
is not my normal brand, but I 
feel very heavily burdened to 

510
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,440
share these things with you. 
One of the scariest stories I've

511
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,960
ever heard was a pastor talking 
to his congregant and his 

512
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,440
congregant saying, hey, pastor, 
you've done a great job. 

513
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:27,560
But I meet with Jesus now Jesus 
comes and visits with me, so I'm

514
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,520
probably not going to be coming 
to church anymore. 

515
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,240
And he said, well, what does 
Jesus say? 

516
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:34,720
And she shared some of the 
stuff. 

517
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,080
And he said, well, the next time
Jesus comes to visit with you, 

518
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:42,160
ask him if he's Jesus, son of 
Mary of Nazareth, born of the 

519
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:43,920
Virgin Mary. 
Sorry, Jesus of Nazareth, born 

520
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,000
of the Virgin Mary. 
She showed up a couple weeks 

521
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:51,160
later and she said he showed up 
and I asked him, are you Jesus 

522
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,000
of Nazareth, born of the Virgin 
Mary? 

523
00:26:53,360 --> 00:27:01,240
And he said, I'm not that Jesus.
There are counterfeits out 

524
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:02,640
there. 
Even the devil himself 

525
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,680
masquerades himself as an Angel 
of light. 

526
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,960
So that being said, spiritual 
oppression is not the same as 

527
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,360
possession. 
I need you to understand this. 

528
00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:16,800
A believer cannot be possessed 
because the Holy Spirit does not

529
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,760
share his home. 
But believers can absolutely be 

530
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,160
influenced. 
Spirits can attach to places 

531
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,720
that you agree with them. 
They dwell in the shadows of 

532
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,640
unconfessed sin or unforgiveness
or bitterness or lies or trauma.

533
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,480
And they thrive when you assume 
that what you're dealing with is

534
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,760
just an emotion, or just how I 
am, or just life. 

535
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,800
So how do you know if an 
influence from something demonic

536
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:46,240
is present in your life? 
Well, it often shows up as one 

537
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,040
of these things, and I'm sorry 
in advance. 

538
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,960
Cyclical patterns, if you just 
can't seem to break it, and it's

539
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,640
always the same thing that comes
back. 

540
00:27:54,480 --> 00:28:00,360
It's demonic influence and 
oppression, heaviness or fog 

541
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:03,240
that you can't explain. 
That spirit of weightiness that 

542
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:04,680
comes around you. 
Remember when we talked about 

543
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,480
Belial on a Sunday and you 
exchange that spirit of 

544
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,120
heaviness for a garment of 
praise? 

545
00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:12,280
That fog or that heaviness that 
you can't shake. 

546
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,400
I was struggling with that today
and had to have somebody speak 

547
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,800
life into me. 
Sudden emotional swings that 

548
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,640
don't match the situation. 
Why did that make me mad? 

549
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,000
That's nothing. 
That should make me angry. 

550
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,680
And by the way, sometimes we 
just have bad days. 

551
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,760
There are also mental things. 
I understand that. 

552
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,760
I'm just giving you some things 
that could be signs of it. 

553
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,240
Spiritual resistance during 
prayer, worship or scripture. 

554
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,680
Remember talking to somebody who
was heavily afflicted and going 

555
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,760
through a real rough time and I 
said, I'm so sorry. 

556
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,800
I said, can I pray with you? 
And they said I'd rather you 

557
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,720
don't right now. 
Well, I am going to pray for 

558
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:47,640
you. 
I'm just going to do it from 

559
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,800
over here out of your swinging 
range. 

560
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:56,120
But most of us won't say that. 
But be honest with yourself. 

561
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:57,800
You don't have to say it out 
loud if you don't want to, 

562
00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,400
although it might heal the 
person next to you. 

563
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,440
Have you ever needed prayer and 
had somebody offer you prayer 

564
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,200
and you said yes, but you didn't
want it? 

565
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,680
It's an attack. 
It's an attack. 

566
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,760
Ongoing. 
Tormenting thoughts, dreams, 

567
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,560
intrusive ideas. 
These are things when you 

568
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,680
constantly worry about something
dramatic, traumatic, dangerous, 

569
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,280
violent happening. 
You're constantly tormented with

570
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:26,840
things that are statistically 
not going to happen and last, 

571
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,720
irrational fear, shame, or rage 
that seems to take over. 

572
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,520
This is when you struggle in a 
way that you wouldn't counsel 

573
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,520
anybody that you love in the 
same way. 

574
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:36,440
Well, I can't really get over 
this. 

575
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:38,560
I deserve this because I did 
blah, blah, blah in my life. 

576
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,080
Oh, so if your daughter was 
struggling with that, you would 

577
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,360
tell them, well, you probably 
just deserve. 

578
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,920
Well, no, not her. 
Irrational. 

579
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,200
I'm sorry to say it, but when 
any of these things become 

580
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,640
normal, it's time to ask if 
something spiritual is trying to

581
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,440
stay hidden. 
In 2011, it was my first trip to

582
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,120
Guatemala. 
I wasn't even ordained. 

583
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,040
I was just an assistant. 
I was there with a Deacon of the

584
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,440
church and the current youth 
pastor and like 12 teenagers. 

585
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,600
I had no idea what I'd signed up
for, and it was really cool. 

586
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,320
It was the first time I 
administered in the Spirit. 

587
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,120
I prayed in tongues in front of 
people. 

588
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,680
There were a lot of really cool 
things that happened on that 

589
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,200
trip, but I'll never forget we 
were in this. 

590
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,040
We were in this place that was a
little more violent. 

591
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,000
It was a little dangerous. 
If you've ever been to Guatemala

592
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,360
on one of those trips, that's a 
place called Zone 5. 

593
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,760
Zone 5 is, it's a little rough. 
It's a little rough. 

594
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:29,840
And we're in there and we're 
ministering. 

595
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,800
And as we're ministering, and of
course it's our first trip in 

596
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,280
over a decade of teenagers going
or something like that. 

597
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,200
So it's been a long time. 
We're teens and teen workers. 

598
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,120
We don't exactly know what we're
doing, but there's a lot of 

599
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,560
power in that name of Jesus. 
And this one guy, he starts like

600
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,880
convulsing. 
I won't do it here, but I want 

601
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,000
you to think about a cat when 
they're getting ready to throw 

602
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,680
up. 
You see it now, don't you? 

603
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,120
OK, he starts convulsing like 
this and he's not really 

604
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,760
throwing up, but it's like he's 
trying to and he's trying to 

605
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,200
curse the things that we're 
saying. 

606
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,400
And the youth pastor says, we're
going to go. 

607
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,640
We're going to leave this guy 
with the pastors of this church 

608
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:06,920
and we're going to let them 
handle it. 

609
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:07,920
And we're going to take you 
kids. 

610
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,120
Hey, who wants ice cream, Right.
So we leave. 

611
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,240
And as we're walking out, says, 
you know who that guy is? 

612
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,520
And I said, no, who is that? 
I said, that's the son-in-law of

613
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,920
the pastor. 
Oh, OK. 

614
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:24,720
Nobody is immune to being 
intact. 

615
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,200
The more you love the Lord, the 
more that you want to push back 

616
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,720
the darkness. 
He's going to come against you. 

617
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:31,760
But the more that you know the 
Lord, the more that you're going

618
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,840
to realize this authority. 
You have to shove it right back 

619
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,800
at Him. 
Yes, I'm giving you spiritual 

620
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:39,600
permission to shove it. 
Tell the Lord, tell, tell the 

621
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,960
enemy you can take this back. 
I saw that happen. 

622
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,120
Another thing that happened to 
me on one of my last trips to 

623
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,760
Guatemala a couple times ago. 
It was, it was the first time I 

624
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:51,040
read through that book 
Liberated. 

625
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,280
I've shared this before, but 
man, I don't want to read 

626
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,280
through those prayers or 
whatever, but I'm sitting there 

627
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,000
by myself and realizing that 
I've come into agreement with 

628
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,320
fear, with insecurity. 
I've had a flawed view of 

629
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,120
myself. 
And if you have a flawed view of

630
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,000
yourself, you may think that's 
just a you issue. 

631
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,320
You can't see anybody else 
clearly when you have a flawed 

632
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,120
version of yourself, because the
flawed version of yourself that 

633
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,560
you look at becomes the filter 
through which you look at other 

634
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,760
people. 
And now comparison comes in. 

635
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,280
And when there's comparison, 
you're never good enough. 

636
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,080
Statistically, you're not the 
best in the world. 

637
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,200
I don't know what you do. 
You sing. 

638
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,280
Thank you. 
For those on our worship team, 

639
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,040
none of you are the best singer 
in the world. 

640
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,600
Statistically, I am not the best
preacher in the world. 

641
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:41,440
None of us are probably the best
parent in the world according to

642
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:45,640
our standards. 
But was that ever the goal? 

643
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,480
Was that ever what the Lord gave
to you? 

644
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:53,160
There are whole denominations of
Christian like cults that 

645
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,840
attempt to get into the top 
numbers so that they can attain 

646
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,440
their spot in the new heaven and
not the new earth, because the 

647
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:01,800
new earth is going to be really 
nice. 

648
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,880
But the new heaven chef's kiss, 
that's where you want to go. 

649
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,560
You were never called to be the 
best. 

650
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:15,920
You serve the best. 
You were called to be obedient. 

651
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,800
So why do these spirits afflict 
you so much? 

652
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,680
Well, evil spirits don't get 
tired. 

653
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:26,400
They don't get distracted. 
They don't have family dinners 

654
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,400
that they're going to get into a
fight with their uncle over. 

655
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,200
They don't have vacations, they 
don't take time off. 

656
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,520
These beings, whether they're 
fallen angels, demons, something

657
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,440
else, they all have one 
objective, which is to oppose 

658
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,480
the will of God and to torment 
anything that bears his image 

659
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:45,640
and his name, and that's you. 
So fallen angels, these 

660
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,040
high-ranking spiritual beings 
that rebelled against God, 

661
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,760
they're deploying a lot of plans
and they've got big plans for 

662
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,640
this planet. 
The demons, little more selfish,

663
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,240
a little more short sighted, but
they're still afflicting us. 

664
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,520
And I want you to know that they
don't know everything. 

665
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,240
You think that's a common 
question? 

666
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,720
I get. 
Do do you think they know all of

667
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:08,080
my deepest fears and everything?
I think no, But they do listen 

668
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,920
and they do watch. 
They're really great. 

669
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,120
The way that some of us could 
list every single person who's 

670
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,360
ever been on The Bachelor and 
who they turned down and who 

671
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,159
they didn't turn down. 
They're listening. 

672
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:23,800
They study behavior. 
They watch your patterns. 

673
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,199
They observe your reactions. 
If every time you're rejected 

674
00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:31,239
you spiral into despair, guess 
what door they keep knocking on?

675
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:37,080
If they know that fear paralyzes
you when money gets tight, guess

676
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:38,840
what pressure point they start 
pushing? 

677
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,000
And if shame always makes you 
withdraw from the people who 

678
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,239
could help you and from God 
himself, then guess what? 

679
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,320
Isolation becomes their 
playground with you. 

680
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,679
But this is the good news. 
The more you understand their 

681
00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:53,520
tactics, the less power they 
have. 

682
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,240
Ephesians 6 doesn't say run from
the enemy. 

683
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:03,040
It says to stand. 
So the enemy wants to remain 

684
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,920
hidden, but once he's exposed, 
you're no longer at his mercy. 

685
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,440
And you'll notice cycles that 
don't make sense shouldn't line 

686
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,400
up with your life. 
You've got oppression that won't

687
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,160
lift, emotions that don't feel 
right. 

688
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,880
Take it to prayer. 
Ask the Holy Spirit for 

689
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,880
discernment. 
If it's spiritual, confront it 

690
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,000
with spiritual authority. 
OK, the second thing you got to 

691
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,360
do is to break the agreement. 
You may say, well, I would never

692
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,720
agree with the demons. 
Well, probably not on purpose, 

693
00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:35,440
although I do know stories. 
I know story of one person who 

694
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:40,800
actually invited invited demons 
into her life when she was about

695
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:44,440
12 or 13 years old. 
And by the time this is these 

696
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,840
are scary stories, man. 
And by the time she was about 

697
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,240
17, she had all sorts of 
self-image issues and all of 

698
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:51,800
this. 
She had actually developed an 

699
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,480
eating disorder too. 
And she remembers one time that 

700
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,960
she was trying to eat something 
and she felt like somebody was 

701
00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,480
squeezing her neck and saying 
you deserve to starve. 

702
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:04,840
So I'm just telling you that 
these spiritual attacks, they 

703
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,040
overlap with our own issues that
we already have. 

704
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,760
They double down on it and hide 
behind them. 

705
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:12,520
So obviously, she needed 
therapy. 

706
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,760
She needed other things. 
Praise God, she got free. 

707
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:19,760
She's serving in ministry today.
But Rodney Hogue puts it plainly

708
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,040
in that book. 
He says this. 

709
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,120
This quote is so good. 
You can't change what you're 

710
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,560
unwilling to confront. 
And you can't confront what 

711
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:32,640
you've agreed to protect. 
You can't change what you're 

712
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,040
unwilling to confront. 
And you can't confront what 

713
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,680
you've agreed to protect. 
If you have needed prayer for 

714
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:41,960
something and you have said I 
will ask for prayer for 95% of 

715
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,840
my issue, but this part I can't 
confess. 

716
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,440
This part I can't ask for help 
for. 

717
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,520
You're protecting it. 
It's called an agreement. 

718
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,480
As long as you justify it, 
defend it, minimize it, you're 

719
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,840
still in agreement. 
And whatever you're in agreement

720
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,240
with, you've given a measure of 
authority in your life. 

721
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,440
Evil spirits stay where they are
welcome. 

722
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,560
They don't have more power than 
Jesus, but Jesus shared his 

723
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,680
authority with you, and if you 
let them squat in that house 

724
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,800
that he built for you, that's 
not his fault. 

725
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,880
James, 47, says humble 
yourselves before God. 

726
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,600
Resist the devil and he'll flee 
from you. 

727
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,520
But you can't resist what you're
agreeing with. 

728
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,840
You can try to humble yourself 
to the Lord and say you're 

729
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:31,080
resisting the enemy, but even if
that five, 1% of your issue, 

730
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:32,800
you're letting it in, you're in 
agreement. 

731
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:37,560
So there's two key parts. 
There's really four that that 

732
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,960
are going to be helpful to you. 
But the two parts that most 

733
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,800
people don't realize they need 
to do, it's not just enough to 

734
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:47,080
repent or it's not just enough 
to rebuke the enemy or renounce 

735
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:48,120
him. 
You have to repent. 

736
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,000
That's what I meant. 
A lot of people don't realize 

737
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,520
that that's actually part of the
battle. 

738
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,000
You have to repent because you 
gave them access. 

739
00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:59,840
Rebuking the enemy is rebuking 
them in his name. 

740
00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:03,480
Repenting is saying God, I gave 
him a copy of the key. 

741
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:08,360
Can you change the locks again? 
OK, so they're both important. 

742
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,480
Let me just unpack that. 
Repentance removes the legal 

743
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,040
right. 
So when you confess your sin or 

744
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,840
you surrender these wounds that 
you've been nursing and you stop

745
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:19,520
covering the lies that you've 
been carrying, you break the 

746
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,960
enemy's legal access. 
He no longer has the right to be

747
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:27,120
where he was. 
But renouncing severs the 

748
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,440
invitation. 
It is the breakup. 

749
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,360
Renouncing means you say out 
loud and in faith that you're 

750
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,200
cutting ties with whatever is 
not from God. 

751
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,440
That includes lies you've 
believed, spirits you've 

752
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,040
entertained, and covenants, 
intentional or unintentional, 

753
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:43,920
that are not of the Lord that 
you've made. 

754
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,560
And that includes soul ties. 
And I want to talk about this 

755
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,240
today because that can be 
controversial to some people. 

756
00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:51,920
The term soul tie is not in the 
Bible. 

757
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,440
There is a time where you see 
David and Jonathan and it talks 

758
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,280
about how the love that they had
for one another. 

759
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,320
He said that the Lord knit their
souls together. 

760
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,880
A soul tie is just a term to 
describe if you have a deep 

761
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,400
commitment, covenantal 
relationship with someone and 

762
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,160
they are not always bad, they 
can be very good. 

763
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:12,560
The best that you could have in 
an earthly rub would be a good 

764
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,880
marriage, but you can have it 
with friends, you can have it 

765
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:17,960
with mentors, you can have it, 
but you need to be careful where

766
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,440
you have it because they get a 
measure of authority in your 

767
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,400
life. 
When a soul tie is ungodly, it 

768
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:27,520
creates a channel for influence.
You may have also ended the 

769
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,040
relationship with somebody that 
you made a soul tie with, but if

770
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,920
the soul tie is still there, 
their voice will linger in your 

771
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,720
life and the spirits will make 
sure of it. 

772
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:39,840
Their rejection will shape your 
identity, their anger will stir 

773
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,280
up your shame, and their sin 
will still feel like it's your 

774
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:47,920
responsibility when it's not. 
These are spiritual agreements 

775
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:49,880
that have to be broken. 
Let me just read 2 scriptures 

776
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,440
for you before I move on with 
this 2nd Corinthians chapter 10.

777
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,640
Second Corinthians chapter 10, 
verses 3 through 5 says we are 

778
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,040
human, but we don't wage war as 
humans do. 

779
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,200
We use God's mighty weapons, not
worldly weapons, to knock down 

780
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,920
the strongholds of human 
reasoning and to destroy false 

781
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,840
arguments. 
We destroy every proud obstacle 

782
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,120
that keeps people from knowing 
God. 

783
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,000
We capture their rebellious 
thoughts and teach them to obey 

784
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,160
Christ. 
So we use this method when we're

785
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:22,840
battling against people, right? 
Guess what you're made out of? 

786
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,320
Have you ever read that verse 
and thought as you're working 

787
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:33,840
through your issues that you 
would use God's way to knock 

788
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,800
down the strongholds of your 
reasoning and your false 

789
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,800
arguments? 
You can do it. 

790
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:43,880
In Acts 19 verses 17 through 20,
we see a really cool moment of 

791
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:48,400
renouncing. 
And since I read it so much last

792
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,800
week and then referred to it at 
the beginning tonight, the seven

793
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:56,240
sons of Skiva, of course, that's
where the demon says Jesus. 

794
00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:58,440
We know Paul I've heard of, but 
who are you? 

795
00:40:58,840 --> 00:40:59,720
Beats him. 
He runs. 

796
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,640
They all run away naked, Naked 
and afraid. 

797
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:06,880
That's a show, right? 
I wonder if that's where it came

798
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:07,680
from. 
Just kidding. 

799
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:11,840
Here's what happened next. 
The story of what happened 

800
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,200
spread quickly all through 
Ephesus. 

801
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,160
I bet it did to Jews and Greeks 
alike. 

802
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:21,600
A solemn fear descended on the 
city, and the name of the Lord 

803
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:25,120
Jesus was greatly honored. 
Many who became believers 

804
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:26,760
confessed their sinful 
practices. 

805
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,200
A number of them who had been 
practicing sorcery brought their

806
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,240
incantation books and burned 
them at a public bonfire. 

807
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:36,520
The value of the books was 
several $1,000,000 So the 

808
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,040
message about the Lord spread 
widely and had a powerful 

809
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,400
effect. 
There's power of agreement being

810
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,520
broken. 
I do want to say this real 

811
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,120
quick. 
I've also seen this happen in 

812
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,000
the last couple years. 
There are some churches, some 

813
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,840
bigger ones out and maybe the 
other East Coast states. 

814
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,560
I want to say where? 
But who? 

815
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,520
Sometimes they'll say, hey, 
we're celebrating Jesus by 

816
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,960
having everybody bring all of 
their demonic stuff here. 

817
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:04,120
And when I see like the videos, 
it's like like Disney backpacks 

818
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,360
and you know, different things 
like this. 

819
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:10,200
It's like whatever, like Disney 
or Harry Potter or whatever 

820
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,040
stuff they have. 
Listen, get discernment with the

821
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,080
Lord with what media you allow 
in your life. 

822
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,160
I'm not going to get up here and
preach to you about your media. 

823
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,720
Y'all are grown adults. 
Get with the Lord about what 

824
00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,840
you're allowed in your house. 
The point of this story is not 

825
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,800
that there was power in burning 
the items. 

826
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,480
The point in the story is that 
they had broken their covenant 

827
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,200
with things and they were 
burning the bridge back to them.

828
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,640
So a lot of times people are 
like, oh, bring this in and it's

829
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,680
great for media coverage, great 
for news coverage. 

830
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,360
There's nothing worse than a 
church that loves the spotlight.

831
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,320
And so everybody said, come in 
here, burn this stuff. 

832
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,280
You know we're going to. 
It's a bonfire for Jesus. 

833
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,320
Don't inhale, though, because a 
lot of this stuff is filled with

834
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:52,080
bad chemicals. 
It's not the burning of it, it's

835
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,640
the heart behind it. 
And maybe you don't have 

836
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,440
physical things that you need to
burn, but you need to burn the 

837
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,600
bridge back to who you were if 
you want freedom. 

838
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,800
Here's your simple pattern. 
You don't cast out the flesh, 

839
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,280
you crucify it. 
You don't counsel the demons and

840
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:09,560
reason with them. 
You evict them. 

841
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:15,040
Here's your 4 Rs. 
You start by repenting. 

842
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:17,840
You renounce that you were ever 
there. 

843
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:22,760
This is in your note sheet. 
You rebuke the enemy then, and 

844
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,040
then you replace what you just 
evicted. 

845
00:43:25,720 --> 00:43:27,920
You repent of sin or agreement 
with the enemy. 

846
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:32,160
You renounce it by name. 
You break its power off and you 

847
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:36,640
rebuke any spirit attached to it
and command it to go, and then 

848
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:38,680
you replace that lie with truth 
from God's Word. 

849
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:42,360
That is the single reason why 
many believers fall back into 

850
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,640
oppression because we hear that 
and we know it. 

851
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,920
We hear it like what I just said
to you was you should read your 

852
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:51,280
Bible. 
If you read your Bible everyday,

853
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:55,160
then you'll grow, grow, grow. 
That's not what I'm saying. 

854
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,160
When you're in this word, it's 
not your checklist. 

855
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,560
When you're in this word, when 
you're in your prayer closet, 

856
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,360
this is not the time where 
you're like, all right, well, I 

857
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:10,120
spent like I was going to do 20 
minutes. 18 is close. 

858
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,920
It's not where you try and check
this off so that you've honored 

859
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:18,240
God by tolerating him. 
This book is power. 

860
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:24,240
And if we believed it, we would 
eat this bread every day, every 

861
00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:29,000
meal, multiple times. 
Once you get rid of something, 

862
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,520
you better get in this to find 
what you need to replace it 

863
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:33,800
with. 
Why? 

864
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,800
Because otherwise that thing 
that you got rid of goes into 

865
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:41,680
the desert, find 7 more, even 
more wicked than itself, and 

866
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,480
comes back and says, let's give 
it a go. 

867
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,120
And now you're fighting more 
than one of them. 

868
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,880
It's important that you replace 
it and you fill that gap with 

869
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:56,400
the Holy Spirit. 
You don't have to be a satanic 

870
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,520
high priest to be in bondage, 
but some people are. 

871
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,200
Anybody know the name John 
Ramirez? 

872
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:06,920
He was raised in the Bronx. 
He grew up in a home filled with

873
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:09,320
witchcraft. 
His father was a satanic priest.

874
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:13,120
And by the age of 8, John 
Ramirez had dedicated himself to

875
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,640
the dark spirits. 
He did not just dabble in it. 

876
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:20,520
He was fully immersed. 
He performed rituals and cast 

877
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:22,840
spells and spoke directly to 
demons. 

878
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,000
And at one point he said Satan 
was like a father to him. 

879
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:30,000
He had a spiritual rank in the 
demonic realm, and he thought he

880
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,480
was in control. 
But behind all of this, he was 

881
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,400
so broken. 
He was chasing things right? 

882
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:38,560
So he lived in constant torment,
fear and rage and nightmares. 

883
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,000
And he always felt isolated, 
Shocker. 

884
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,920
The enemy always offers you 
influence, but he'll never offer

885
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:48,080
you peace. 
And one night he had a dream 

886
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:51,160
where he was dragged to hell. 
You can look up his story. 

887
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:55,840
He literally was dragged to hell
in his dream and he says he felt

888
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:59,120
the flames, he saw faces, he 
heard the screams. 

889
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,400
And in the middle of that 
nightmare, he called on a name 

890
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:05,280
that he had not spoken in years.
Any guesses? 

891
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:10,080
And Jesus showed up. 
Can you imagine that? 

892
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:12,800
How many of us feel like, well, 
I will call on Jesus once I 

893
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,400
start acting right, once I start
living right, once I start doing

894
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,040
the right thing? 
If this brother can get dragged 

895
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,920
to hell in a dream and speak the
name of Jesus for the first time

896
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:24,560
and God only knows how long and 
Jesus shows up, there's nothing 

897
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,920
that would stop him from rushing
to your side if you genuinely 

898
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:30,320
called upon him. 
So he woke up radically changed.

899
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,800
And it didn't end there. 
He didn't just go to church and 

900
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:35,240
sing a few songs. 
He renounced every spirit he had

901
00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:38,680
partnered with, broke the soul 
ties that he had tied with other

902
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,600
people, threw away every single 
occult item, and he shut the 

903
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,640
doors that had been open. 
And this is his quote there, he 

904
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:50,240
said, he said, now I'm known in 
heaven and hell knows I've 

905
00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:53,760
switched sides. 
You remember that you get a 

906
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,240
reputation in the spiritual now 
that's intense. 

907
00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:58,600
But most of us were like, that's
a great story, pastor. 

908
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:05,680
But thank goodness I was never a
priest for Satan from a young 

909
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,360
age. 
Jackie Hill Perry wrestled with 

910
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,680
rejection and father wounds and 
confusion, and she had a lot of 

911
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:14,880
questions about her identity and
she embraced alternative 

912
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,600
lifestyles and she was very 
rebellious in all of this. 

913
00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:21,200
But the underlying thing was 
because she had agreements, she 

914
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,560
didn't feel like she fit in 
anywhere else. 

915
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,480
And so she would find where she 
would fit in and she found 

916
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,040
different subcultures that she 
could adopt and find her 

917
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,920
identity in it. 
A lot of people tried to 

918
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:35,920
minister to her for a lot of 
what were visible sins or 

919
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:39,480
whatever, but for her, it wasn't
until she was able to rewrite 

920
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:43,160
her identity, the Holy Spirit 
began to pursue her. 

921
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,160
And he didn't start by telling 
her to change her behavior. 

922
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,520
He started by changing her mind 
and her heart, how she spoke, 

923
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:51,200
her relationships, who she was 
around. 

924
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,880
And so I share that because 
that's a very mundane story that

925
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:58,480
somebody who's just dealing with
what feels like every everyday 

926
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:04,080
temptations. 
And so every believer can live 

927
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:05,920
under the weight of agreements 
that they didn't even know that 

928
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,360
they had. 
I hope that I put this here. 

929
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,920
I think I did. 
I didn't, but you might want to 

930
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:16,200
write it down. 
Here are come of the most a 

931
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:17,920
couple of the most common 
agreements. 

932
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:20,880
There are some here, but here 
are here are some of the most 

933
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:22,680
common agreements that 
Christians fall into. 

934
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:27,400
Yeah. 
So part of it is I'll give you 

935
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:29,920
some examples. 
Fear can be an agreement like 

936
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,920
this. 
I'll never be safe, or I can't 

937
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:36,360
trust anyone, or if I don't stay
in control, everything will fall

938
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:39,200
apart. 
That is a foothold to tormenting

939
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:43,360
spirits. 
OK, how about rejection? 

940
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,040
Things like this? 
I'm not enough. 

941
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:47,840
I'll always be overlooked. 
People only love me when I 

942
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:52,040
perform. 
These open the door to shame and

943
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:54,640
self hatred. 
This is something I had to 

944
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:59,200
repent for years ago. 
Lust and compromise. 

945
00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:01,840
We say things like this to 
defend ourselves. 

946
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,560
It's not hurting anyone. 
I can handle this. 

947
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:08,560
God knows I'm trying. 
These agreements tolerate 

948
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:12,600
unclean spirits and keep us 
bound in cycles where you won't 

949
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,880
get help because you'll start to
feel like you get free until it 

950
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:21,720
comes right back in anger and 
bitterness where somebody has 

951
00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:24,480
genuinely wronged you and you 
say they don't deserve 

952
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:27,040
forgiveness or I'll never get 
over what they did. 

953
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:30,760
I want you to know, believers, 
unforgiveness is one of the most

954
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:32,640
common invitations for 
oppression. 

955
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,840
It has become a bumper sticker. 
But when they say you don't 

956
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:40,880
forgive them necessarily for 
them, you do it for you. 

957
00:49:41,720 --> 00:49:42,960
Really, you just do it for 
humanity. 

958
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:44,720
You do it for both of you. 
You both need it. 

959
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:50,920
And the last one would be this. 
It would be religious 

960
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:54,000
performance. 
If I work harder, maybe God will

961
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:57,640
bless me. 
The reason that's dangerous is 

962
00:49:57,640 --> 00:49:59,920
because the other side of the 
coin is if I mess up, he'll 

963
00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:03,040
leave me. 
And that empowers a religious 

964
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:05,480
spirit which will twist the 
grace that you've been given 

965
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:09,640
into a feeling of guilt. 
So if you're ready to break an 

966
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,120
agreement with fear, if you're 
tired of the same cycles, if you

967
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,320
want to reclaim your peace or 
your purity or your identity, I 

968
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:16,560
want to give you a chance 
tonight. 

969
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:20,880
I want to start with the 
scripture from Isaiah that Jesus

970
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:22,680
read when he unveiled that 
scroll. 

971
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:25,840
So we move into a time of ultra 
ministry. 

972
00:50:25,840 --> 00:50:28,320
Jed, when I'm done with this, if
you just put on some music in 

973
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:31,680
the background, Holy Spirit 
likes music. 

974
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:36,080
So I don't think the Holy Spirit
cares, but it makes us less 

975
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:40,800
self-conscious. 
Jesus said this in Luke 418. 

976
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,880
The Spirit of the Lord is upon 
me, for He's anointed me to 

977
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:48,000
bring good news to the poor. 
He sent me to proclaim that 

978
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:50,280
captives will be released and 
the blind will see and the 

979
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:54,280
oppressed will be set free. 
You can be set free. 

980
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:58,200
And more than that, the Spirit 
of the Lord is upon you and has 

981
00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:02,120
anointed you to bring good news,
to proclaim that other people 

982
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:04,120
can be free. 
But before you can ever help 

983
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:05,680
them, you're going to have to 
get free yourself. 

984
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:11,480
So I want to start with just, I 
don't know, maybe 30 seconds of 

985
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:15,240
silence. 
Serious. 

986
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:17,880
I want to start by asking the 
Holy Spirit 1 simple question. 

987
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:19,240
And here's what we'll be silent 
for. 

988
00:51:19,240 --> 00:51:21,080
And let the Holy Spirit speak to
us. 

989
00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:25,520
Lord, is there any area in my 
life where I've opened a door? 

990
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:27,520
And before we go to silence, let
me just say this. 

991
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:30,560
You may already know some open 
doors, but for the next 30 

992
00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,720
seconds we're just going to be 
quiet and let the Spirit speak 

993
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:36,840
to us. 
Holy Spirit, are there any doors

994
00:51:36,840 --> 00:52:08,080
that we have opened? 
OK. 

995
00:52:09,720 --> 00:52:11,480
The other thing is something we 
don't often do here. 

996
00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:15,640
If I went to a very liturgical 
church, you may hear them say 

997
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:20,840
the Lord be with you and you 
would say, and also with you, we

998
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:22,440
know what to say and you read 
from it. 

999
00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:27,720
I have a public prayer that I 
put there in the notes that you 

1000
00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:30,600
have. 
And the reason I have it is 

1001
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:32,840
because even though I'm 
generally not a personal fan of 

1002
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:36,080
this, because it always starts 
with a lot of energy and it 

1003
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:41,840
always ends with why don't you 
say it like you mean it? 

1004
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:47,480
I want heaven and hell to hear 
that together and united. 

1005
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:51,160
This is something that we mean 
and I'll say it with you. 

1006
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:55,680
Y'all find that prayer? 
Here we go. 

1007
00:52:56,640 --> 00:53:00,080
Jesus, I submit every part of my
life to you. 

1008
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:04,520
I repent for the ways that I've 
opened doors, knowingly or 

1009
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:07,520
unknowingly. 
I renounce every agreement I've 

1010
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:12,760
made with fear, lust, pride, 
shame, or anything unclean. 

1011
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:16,760
I break partnership with the 
enemy and close every door. 

1012
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:20,720
In the name of Jesus, I command 
every spirit that does not 

1013
00:53:20,720 --> 00:53:25,000
belong to him to leave now. 
I receive your peace, your 

1014
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,520
presence, and the power of the 
Holy Spirit. 

1015
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:30,960
Amen. 
We're going to give the Holy 

1016
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:34,600
Spirit some time to move. 
If you have kids, you're good. 

1017
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:36,840
You got 1520 minutes before you 
got to go and get them. 

1018
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:39,280
Plus Jared is just dying for 
extra time with them, so it'd be

1019
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:43,520
great. 
All right, if you would like to 

1020
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:46,520
pray with somebody, there's 
plenty of people here that would

1021
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:47,880
be more than happy to pray with 
you. 

1022
00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:50,840
If you have some experience in 
praying for people, for freedom 

1023
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:52,240
and you're willing to pray with 
people. 

1024
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:55,120
I didn't ask anybody in advance 
intentionally, if you're 

1025
00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:57,040
comfortable with it. 
We just come up to the front. 

1026
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:00,320
If you're comfortable praying 
with people, I'm comfortable 

1027
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:01,960
praying with people, and I'll be
down there in a second. 

1028
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:07,320
But I want you to know, just 
like I sat in that bunk in 

1029
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:13,320
Guatemala by myself and repented
and renounced and set myself up 

1030
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:16,560
in the Lord for freedom, you can
do this too. 

1031
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:20,280
But there's a lot of power when 
you pray it with somebody. 

1032
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:22,120
So if you need somebody to help 
you through it, we got some 

1033
00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:23,400
people here that'll help you 
through it. 

1034
00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:26,200
If you just want to pray with 
somebody so that they can be a 

1035
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:28,320
part of it and be a witness to 
what the Lord is doing in you. 

1036
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:31,560
Last week we prayed for people 
to accept the authority they've 

1037
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:33,720
been given. 
And this week we're letting go 

1038
00:54:33,720 --> 00:54:36,200
of things we've held onto for 
way too long. 

1039
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:40,600
So at this point, we'll cut the 
live stream if we haven't yet. 

1040
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:43,200
Jed, you can play some music and
thank you for being here.