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Creflo Dollar - How To Recognize When You're In A Spiritual Battle

January 9, 2025 | 27:29

Creflo Dollar - How To Recognize When You're In A Spiritual Battle
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  • Creflo: today, we're gonna talk about how to recognize when
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  • You're in a spiritual battle.
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  • There's a devil loose.
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  • And sometimes there are things that are happening in your life,
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  • You just completely are unaware that you're under attack.
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  • Religion has made it out to be, well, if something bad happens
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  • To you, then you must be doing something wrong.
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  • No, there's a devil loose, and he wants to kill, steal,
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  • And destroy.
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  • And some people really don't wanna hear, you know, any kind
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  • Of teaching on the devil, but you need to be taught about the
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  • Devil because what he trying to do is make you--he trying to
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  • Make you think he don't exist and he ain't real.
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  • This ain't no exorcist movie, you understand?
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  • This is real deal.
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  • And i am telling you he's about to get his heinie handed to him.
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  • For he has no authority in this place and he has no authority
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  • In you.
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  • And you don't have to walk around with the devil all
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  • Your life.
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  • You just gotta be smart enough to know you got one.
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  • Somebody say, "how--what is this gonna be like?"
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  • Now, if you don't move too quick,
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  • I won't think you got one.
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  • But i want you to listen to this because we've been talking about
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  • The worthy walk.
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  • And there is one situation we have to cover and that is, the
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  • Enemy is gonna fight you every step of the way to stop you from
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  • Walking that worthy walk.
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  • You can be seated--let's go ahead and get started with this,
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  • This morning.
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  • Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 1.
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  • Now, this is not gonna be a spooky thing.
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  • We're gonna look at what the word says and examine what the
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  • Scriptures have to tell us.
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  • We certainly can't ignore these scriptures.
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  • We gotta check 'em out, see what they're talking about.
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  • Ephesians chapter 4, verse 1 and 2.
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  • He says, "i therefore, the prisoner of the lord,
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  • Beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation,"
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  • Or the calling, "wherewith you are called with
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  • All lowliness and meekness, and with the longsuffering
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  • Forbearing one another in love."
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  • Now, you'll notice verse 1 again, paul is speaking here and
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  • He says, "i therefore," now the therefore means, okay,
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  • Obviously, there's something that was mentioned in the
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  • Previous scriptures.
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  • Chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 to bring him up to verse--to
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  • Chapter 4, where he says, "therefore."
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  • So, what was the therefore part?
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  • Well, since god called you before the foundations of the
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  • World, that he saved you by his grace, that he was determined
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  • That before the world was ever created, he determined in his
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  • Mind and his heart that all believers would be adopted into
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  • The family.
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  • He determined that you were gonna be born with
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  • Undeserved privileges.
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  • He determined that you were gonna be holy and righteous
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  • And sanctified.
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  • And he determined all of that before the foundations of
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  • The world.
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  • You didn't do anything to earn all of these gifts.
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  • This was by the grace and the mercy of god that you were born
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  • With undeserved privilege, you are born as a royal.
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  • Just like those guys over in england, you're born as a royal.
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  • Somebody said, "well, where the money at?"
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  • Well, we'll get to that a little later.
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  • You're born as a royal.
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  • And there're certain privileges you didn't earn, you didn't work
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  • For, and you did not deserve, okay.
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  • Therefore, since you were born as sons and daughters of god,
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  • Since you were born with grace privileges and undeserved
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  • Privileges, since you were born holy and righteous and with no
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  • Fault and with perfection, since you were born that way, he
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  • Says, "i beseech you to go ahead and walk in line, go ahead and
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  • Add balance to what god has already done to his grace."
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  • He's already declared you are holy, so go ahead and walk
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  • Worthy of that.
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  • He'd already declared that you're righteous, so go ahead
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  • And walk worthy of that.
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  • In other words, allow--because of what he's done, allow your
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  • Life to be inspired by what he has done.
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  • And since he has done all of these things, go ahead and bring
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  • It up to the level of what god has already said.
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  • Since you're righteous, he said, "go ahead and live righteous.
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  • Go ahead and do the things you're supposed to do."
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  • And so, in--we took--we've been looking at five conditions for
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  • The worthy walk.
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  • The first one was--is not expressed in action nor deed,
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  • But it was a state of mind and heart.
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  • So, the first one was all about receiving what he has done,
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  • Believing you have received it, and then begin to stand on it.
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  • The second condition of life worthy of the high calling of
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  • God is growth and development of the spiritual life.
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  • And so, god's wanting us to grow and develop.
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  • He doesn't want us to stay baby christians all of our lives.
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  • He wants to take the old man off and put the new man on and to
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  • Walk worthy of this calling.
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  • You're not walking worthy of the calling so you can get god to do
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  • Something for you.
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  • You're not walking worthy of the call so that, you know, you can
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  • Get god to be good to you.
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  • No, god was good to you first and god's given you all that
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  • Came through his grace first.
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  • You're not doing this to get god to do something, god did it
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  • First so that you will inspire to do it because of what he did.
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  • See, church and religion has always, you know, taught us,
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  • "well, you got to do this in order for god to do that.
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  • And if you want god to be good to you, you gotta be good."
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  • No, no, no, no, god was good before you decided to be good
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  • And god's not good to you because you're good, god's good
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  • To you because he's good.
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  • You follow what i'm saying?
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  • So, you have to change your thinking around a little
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  • Bit there.
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  • Number three, we talked about another characteristics of the
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  • Walk worthy of the calling is to be followers of god as dear
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  • Children and walking in love and walking in the light.
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  • Number four, we talked about the relationship with other people
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  • To be worthy of the calling.
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  • Should be as though they actually were between the
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  • Believer and his lord.
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  • And so, we're at number five today.
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  • The final, finally, praise god.
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  • The worthy walk is said to be a conflict with satan.
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  • This worthy walk is said to be a conflict with satan and the evil
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  • Spiritual forces of darkness of this world.
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  • For this conflict, the believer must be, "girt about
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  • With truth."
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  • Now, for this conflict, you've got to know truth.
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  • There is a devil loose.
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  • There are spiritual demonic forces loose and have been
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  • Assigned to your life.
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  • There are board meetings that they have to come up with
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  • Strategy of how to take you down and take you out.
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  • And for some reason, we don't--we have to recognize what
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  • The bible has to say about this.
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  • So, let's begin in ephesians chapter 6 in the nlt.
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  • Ephesians chapter 6, verses 12 through 18.
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  • Ephesians 6:12 through 18.
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  • And let's lay the foundation here.
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  • Now, i'm not gonna be, you know, talking spooky stuff today.
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  • I'm gonna you some things to recognize when you're
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  • Under attack.
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  • Some stuff that happens in life.
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  • And life, a lot of times brings a lot of things that if you
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  • Don't know what the word says, life will get the best of you.
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  • Now, we're gonna see if we can bring you out of the situation
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  • That you may be in today.
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  • All right, look what he says, "for we are not fighting
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  • Against flesh and blood enemies."
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  • So, born again people, our fight is not against shaquita and them
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  • At work that ain't speaking to you.
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  • That's just not what you're dealing with, you are not gonna
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  • Allow yourself to get involved in somebody's drama, okay.
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  • "for we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but we
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  • Are fighting against evil rulers and authorities of the
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  • Unseen world."
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  • There is an unseen world that runs concurrently to this
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  • Physical seeing world.
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  • Just like this physical world is operating right now and you have
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  • A body to function in this physical world, at the very same
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  • Time, there is a spiritual world operating with spiritual laws at
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  • The very same time.
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  • You don't have access with your physical senses into that
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  • Spiritual world.
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  • In fact, when you die, you watch and see you and you'll know i'm
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  • Telling the truth when this happened and you won't be able
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  • To come back and tell me it was true, but when you die
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  • It's--you're not--it's gonna--you're gonna hardly
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  • Notice that it happened.
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  • Because the physical world came from the spiritual world.
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  • It was the spiritual, unseen world first and then the
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  • Physical seen world was born out of that spirit world.
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  • My god!
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  • So, the spirit world gave birth to the physical world.
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  • Hmm.
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  • You are a spirit, you possess a soul, your mind, your will, and
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  • Your emotions, your thinker, your feeler, your chooser.
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  • And you live in an earth suit so you can comprehend physical
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  • Matter called a body.
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  • When you die, your spirit and soul will separate from your
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  • House, move out your house.
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  • Because you're no longer in your house, it falls.
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  • You're not there to sustain it.
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  • But you're in a spiritual world, surrounded by spiritual matter,
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  • And now that you're out of the physical body and back in the
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  • Spiritual world, there is spiritual matter that you can
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  • Now comprehend just like there was physical matter while you
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  • Were in the body you could comprehend.
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  • So, when you pass on, you're gonna see all of the wonders of
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  • This spiritual matter world, mmm.
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  • And the things that are unseen are eternal, but the things that
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  • Are seen are temporary.
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  • Everything that existed thousands of years ago existed
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  • Back then, but it's temporary.
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  • Everything in this physical world is temporary.
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  • Glory be to god!
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  • And there's a spiritual world that awaits you.
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  • And i have not yet settled this but god and i have been talking
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  • About this over the last year, there is something more to this
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  • Coming in this physical world than meets the eye.
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  • What--why we just--listen, since we going back to the spirit
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  • World, why we had to leave it in the first place to come in the
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  • Physical world and get a body since we got a spiritual body?
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  • Why--what you doing?
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  • I think like that, what you doing?
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  • One day i'm a--i get born and i get a body.
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  • Goo goo, ga ga, i grow up, and then life comes at everybody.
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  • Life comes at everybody.
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  • And there's a way to do it.
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  • It's like, okay, god says, "i'm gonna give you some word and i'm
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  • Gonna show you how to get through the life."
  • 00:13:56.782 --> 00:13:59.451
  • And he says, "even if you're born again, the godly will
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  • Suffer persecution."
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  • I'm like, "well, why be born again if i'm still subject
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  • For persecution?"
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  • Because there's something that's got to happen with you while
  • 00:14:10.529 --> 00:14:12.865
  • You're in this physical world.
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  • "they that live godly shall."
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  • Why?
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  • Well, we've learned to get yourself in a place where you
  • 00:14:22.741 --> 00:14:26.712
  • Dismiss that dependence on self and start depending on god more.
  • 00:14:26.712 --> 00:14:32.885
  • And life will get you to a point where you might spend 50 years
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  • Saying, "i don't need god, i don't
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  • Need god, i don't need god."
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  • Bam! "i need jesus."
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  • And i don't have the answer.
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  • I know that one day we're gonna step into the spiritual world
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  • And we'll understand it better like the old folks said, "by
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  • And by."
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  • Well, i won't understand it right now, but there's certain
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  • Things i'm not gonna know right now.
  • 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:12.291
  • What is he getting us ready for?
  • 00:15:12.291 --> 00:15:15.527
  • Why now do we see nebulas and the glory of space that we've
  • 00:15:15.527 --> 00:15:22.001
  • Never seen before?
  • 00:15:22.001 --> 00:15:23.535
  • And we are on earth, we are like a speck in a galaxy surrounded
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  • By millions of galaxies.
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  • And there are better planets equipped to sustain our physical
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  • Life than the one we're living in right now.
  • 00:15:37.483 --> 00:15:39.818
  • Why you got all that out there?
  • 00:15:39.818 --> 00:15:42.354
  • You know, you're too brilliant, too awesome, too magnificent to
  • 00:15:42.354 --> 00:15:46.025
  • Make just one earth.
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  • I don't know what's going on here.
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  • I ain't never thought we were the only one in the universe.
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  • Are you serious?
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  • A spec, and yet god said in his word, "what is man that thou art
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  • Mindful of him?
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  • That thou visiteth him?"
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  • Ain't even supposed to be going to all them places i'm going to,
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  • It ain't--
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  • But something getting ready to happen.
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  • He says, "we're not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies,
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  • But against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world.
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  • We're fighting against mighty powers in the dark world, in
  • 00:16:33.772 --> 00:16:38.177
  • This dark world.
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  • And heaven--evil spirits in heavenly places."
  • 00:16:40.946 --> 00:16:46.885
  • "evil spirits in heavenly places."
  • 00:16:46.885 --> 00:16:49.388
  • There are demonic forces that are in chains, not just in hell,
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  • But in heavenly places.
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  • Chains, certain things they can't do to a man while we're in
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  • This physical body.
  • 00:17:05.170 --> 00:17:07.906
  • But he says, "there's a fight going on."
  • 00:17:07.906 --> 00:17:10.742
  • Get that, there's a fight.
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  • He says, "you are going to be fighting wicked spirits in
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  • Heavenly places, rulers of the darkness."
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  • He lists there--read this in the king james.
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  • Most people have the king james.
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  • He lists here four classes of demonic forces.
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  • When you see people jumping out of buildings and saying, "life
  • 00:17:30.729 --> 00:17:33.565
  • Is overrated," that is demonic influence.
  • 00:17:33.565 --> 00:17:39.738
  • "for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
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  • Principalities," that's one class, "against powers," that's
  • 00:17:42.174 --> 00:17:45.177
  • Another class of demonic forces, "against rulers of the darkness
  • 00:17:45.177 --> 00:17:48.213
  • Of this world, and against spiritual wickedness in
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  • High places."
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  • That's another class.
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  • All right, go back to the nlt.
  • 00:17:54.753 --> 00:17:57.189
  • "therefore," since you are not aware that you're in a fight,
  • 00:17:57.189 --> 00:18:02.361
  • "put on every piece of god's armor so you will be able to
  • 00:18:02.361 --> 00:18:05.597
  • Resist the enemy in the time of evil."
  • 00:18:05.597 --> 00:18:08.867
  • Everybody gonna have their time of evil.
  • 00:18:08.867 --> 00:18:14.873
  • "then after the battle, you will still be standing firm."
  • 00:18:14.873 --> 00:18:19.578
  • He didn't say that the battle is gonna be over, he says, "after
  • 00:18:19.578 --> 00:18:22.514
  • This battle, you'll still be standing firm if you put on
  • 00:18:22.514 --> 00:18:25.951
  • Every piece of god's armor," which is his word and everything
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  • He's made available to you.
  • 00:18:29.454 --> 00:18:30.822
  • The next verse.
  • 00:18:30.822 --> 00:18:32.157
  • "stand your ground."
  • 00:18:32.157 --> 00:18:34.259
  • Wow!
  • 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:36.562
  • "stand your ground."
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  • I'm the righteousness of god.
  • 00:18:40.732 --> 00:18:42.534
  • Now there's a fight coming.
  • 00:18:42.534 --> 00:18:45.604
  • And there's an enemy coming.
  • 00:18:45.604 --> 00:18:47.973
  • The battle takes place, well, let me finish, i'm getting ahead
  • 00:18:47.973 --> 00:18:51.510
  • Of myself.
  • 00:18:51.510 --> 00:18:52.844
  • "stand your ground, put on the belt of truth and the body armor
  • 00:18:52.844 --> 00:18:57.616
  • Of god's righteousness."
  • 00:18:57.616 --> 00:18:59.351
  • 15, "for shoes, put on the peace that comes from the good news so
  • 00:18:59.351 --> 00:19:06.558
  • That you will be fully prepared."
  • 00:19:06.558 --> 00:19:08.193
  • Now, notice what he said, "for shoes, put on peace."
  • 00:19:08.193 --> 00:19:12.064
  • Next verse.
  • 00:19:12.064 --> 00:19:13.799
  • "in addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to
  • 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:17.936
  • Stop the fiery arrows of the devil."
  • 00:19:17.936 --> 00:19:19.871
  • The fiery arrows of the devil will be all of the suggestions
  • 00:19:19.871 --> 00:19:24.476
  • He makes to your mind to try to get you to believe it so he can
  • 00:19:24.476 --> 00:19:27.879
  • Take you down.
  • 00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:30.048
  • And when you hold up the word of god like a shield, the truth of
  • 00:19:30.048 --> 00:19:33.352
  • God saying, "that's a lie, that's a lie, that's a lie."
  • 00:19:33.352 --> 00:19:39.424
  • Next verse.
  • 00:19:39.424 --> 00:19:41.193
  • "put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of
  • 00:19:41.193 --> 00:19:44.296
  • The spirit, which is," what, "the word of god."
  • 00:19:44.296 --> 00:19:46.832
  • In verse 18, he said, "pray in the spirit at all times and on
  • 00:19:46.832 --> 00:19:51.103
  • Every occasion.
  • 00:19:51.103 --> 00:19:52.471
  • Stay alert be persistent in your prayers for all
  • 00:19:52.471 --> 00:19:56.475
  • Believers everywhere."
  • 00:19:56.475 --> 00:19:58.043
  • He said, "this thing is gonna be so aggressive, we need to start
  • 00:19:58.043 --> 00:20:01.947
  • Praying for each other everywhere.
  • 00:20:01.947 --> 00:20:06.918
  • Not fighting each other.
  • 00:20:06.918 --> 00:20:08.520
  • Not debating with each other.
  • 00:20:08.520 --> 00:20:10.222
  • Because everybody is going to be under attack."
  • 00:20:10.222 --> 00:20:15.227
  • Now, let me show you how this attack takes place here, just
  • 00:20:15.227 --> 00:20:18.530
  • For a moment here.
  • 00:20:18.530 --> 00:20:19.898
  • Here's the first thing i want you to write down, the mind is
  • 00:20:19.898 --> 00:20:22.734
  • The battlefield in this spiritual warfare.
  • 00:20:22.734 --> 00:20:25.904
  • The mind is the battlefield in the spiritual warfare.
  • 00:20:25.904 --> 00:20:30.008
  • Your mind consists of--it is your mind, your will,
  • 00:20:30.008 --> 00:20:37.015
  • Your emotions.
  • 00:20:37.015 --> 00:20:38.350
  • It is your thinker, your chooser, and your feeler.
  • 00:20:38.350 --> 00:20:45.123
  • That's what the battle is gonna take place, every time.
  • 00:20:45.123 --> 00:20:47.793
  • It's gonna take place with your thinker, your chooser,
  • 00:20:47.793 --> 00:20:50.929
  • Your feeler.
  • 00:20:50.929 --> 00:20:52.698
  • And since your mind is so powerful, there are certain
  • 00:20:52.698 --> 00:20:55.634
  • Things that can come from your mind and it can also infect your
  • 00:20:55.634 --> 00:20:59.104
  • Physical body to kill you.
  • 00:20:59.104 --> 00:21:02.607
  • Satan operates--that's where the battle is.
  • 00:21:02.607 --> 00:21:05.243
  • Every single time, that's where the battle is.
  • 00:21:05.243 --> 00:21:08.080
  • Something happens in life, right here.
  • 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:11.183
  • "oh lord, what we gonna do?"
  • 00:21:11.183 --> 00:21:12.684
  • Something went on in life?
  • 00:21:12.684 --> 00:21:14.019
  • "oh god, i'm fearful."
  • 00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:15.620
  • Something happened?
  • 00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.955
  • "oh, why did that happen?"
  • 00:21:16.955 --> 00:21:18.523
  • You know, you can go to the doctor and the doctor can make a
  • 00:21:18.523 --> 00:21:20.392
  • Mistake and tell you you dying and you will start gathering all
  • 00:21:20.392 --> 00:21:22.994
  • The symptoms.
  • 00:21:22.994 --> 00:21:28.500
  • I learned that most people that were diagnosed with cancer end
  • 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:30.635
  • Up dying from something else because of the fear.
  • 00:21:30.635 --> 00:21:35.407
  • It's in the mind.
  • 00:21:35.407 --> 00:21:37.309
  • It's in the mind, right here.
  • 00:21:37.309 --> 00:21:39.945
  • What are these spirits whispering to you?
  • 00:21:39.945 --> 00:21:44.516
  • The most powerful weapon, the most powerful weapon in this
  • 00:21:44.516 --> 00:21:49.855
  • Fight for those spirits, is suggestion.
  • 00:21:49.855 --> 00:21:54.326
  • What can he suggest to you that sounds true but not?
  • 00:21:54.326 --> 00:22:01.266
  • And it happens all the time.
  • 00:22:01.266 --> 00:22:03.034
  • And christian folks, we still don't--we still aren't happy
  • 00:22:03.034 --> 00:22:05.470
  • Because the world's teaching us that, "well, now that ain't the
  • 00:22:05.470 --> 00:22:08.240
  • Day and that there ain't no devil, that's just you."
  • 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:12.944
  • So, now listen to this, let me ask you at least five
  • 00:22:12.944 --> 00:22:16.415
  • Questions here.
  • 00:22:16.415 --> 00:22:18.784
  • And just think now, are you experiencing sudden and extreme
  • 00:22:18.784 --> 00:22:22.921
  • Onslaughts of various troubles, losses, and trials?
  • 00:22:22.921 --> 00:22:29.327
  • Are you having attacks of physical danger, illnesses,
  • 00:22:29.327 --> 00:22:34.099
  • Life-threatening losses?
  • 00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:37.636
  • Have you noticed increased temptation luring towards sin
  • 00:22:37.636 --> 00:22:42.340
  • And wrong choices?
  • 00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:45.644
  • Are you experiencing feelings of overwhelming despair, darkness,
  • 00:22:45.644 --> 00:22:51.149
  • Hopelessness, and fear?
  • 00:22:51.149 --> 00:22:54.953
  • And finally, do you have deep confusion, feelings of
  • 00:22:54.953 --> 00:23:00.225
  • Condemnation, guilt, suicidal ideations--
  • 00:23:00.225 --> 00:23:05.964
  • Spiritual awareness?
  • 00:23:05.964 --> 00:23:09.234
  • If so, then you may be in the midst of an engaging
  • 00:23:09.234 --> 00:23:14.739
  • Spiritual battle.
  • 00:23:14.739 --> 00:23:18.643
  • Now, here's what we're gonna do this morning.
  • 00:23:18.643 --> 00:23:22.681
  • Let's identify the signs.
  • 00:23:22.681 --> 00:23:26.718
  • What are some signs that you might wanna look at to say,
  • 00:23:26.718 --> 00:23:31.690
  • "mmm, the devil trying to start something."
  • 00:23:31.690 --> 00:23:37.095
  • It's gonna be right here now.
  • 00:23:37.095 --> 00:23:39.331
  • And forget all that, you know,
  • 00:23:39.331 --> 00:23:41.399
  • The plate moved across the table.
  • 00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.734
  • I mean, i can do that, you know.
  • 00:23:42.734 --> 00:23:45.203
  • What's--the napkin went up in the air.
  • 00:23:45.203 --> 00:23:49.007
  • I do that too, i mean, don't do nothing i can do.
  • 00:23:49.007 --> 00:23:55.747
  • Number one, the first sign or one of the signs you should look
  • 00:23:59.951 --> 00:24:05.290
  • At: fatigue, fatigue.
  • 00:24:05.290 --> 00:24:11.029
  • Now, i know that physically we run off energy and stuff and you
  • 00:24:11.029 --> 00:24:18.570
  • Know, everybody gets tired.
  • 00:24:18.570 --> 00:24:19.905
  • I'm not talking about that, i'm talking about soul, a
  • 00:24:19.905 --> 00:24:22.641
  • Tired soul.
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