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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The World of Demons | November 2, 2025
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- From the pulpit
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- Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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- This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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- Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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- And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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- Demons are mentioned throughout the bible,
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- From the false gods of the old testament
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- To the new testament encounters with christ.
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- Yet many christians
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- Either dismiss demons as ancient superstitions
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- Or they obsess over them in unhealthy ways.
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- The truth is demons are neither fairytales
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- Nor the comic book characters portrayed in popular culture.
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- They're real spiritual beings
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- With personalities, intelligence,
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- And a specific agenda.
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- My message is titled "the world of demons"
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- On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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- Let me ask you a question.
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- Have you ever felt an inexplicable weight
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- Of oppression falling on your shoulders?
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- For no logical reason, you start feeling depressed
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- And there's nothing you can do to shake that feeling.
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- Or have you ever been
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- In an argument with another person that started escalating,
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- Getting tenser and more tense, hotter and hotter?
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- You said things you shouldn't have said
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- You could never take back.
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- It's almost like there was a third-party,
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- Invisible party in the room motivating that argument,
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- Trying to keep it out of the right boundaries.
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- You've just felt like somebody
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- Was egging you on in that argument.
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- Or maybe here's a sensation you've had.
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- Have you ever been having a great day getting things done,
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- Checking things off your to-do list
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- When suddenly out of nowhere a fear came into your mind?
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- A what if.
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- And no matter how hard you tried,
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- You couldn't rid yourself of that fear.
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- Or maybe you've been in this situation.
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- Out of nowhere, a temptation comes in front of you
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- That if you didn't know better,
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- You would think god had designed it
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- Because it was the perfect enticement,
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- Offering exactly what you felt like you needed
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- At that very moment.
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- If you've had any of those experiences before,
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- If you've ever found yourself in those situations before,
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- You have come face to face with the world of demons.
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- "now, wait a minute, robert,
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- Aren't you kind of over the top in saying that?
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- I mean, depression, anxiety, arguments, temptation,
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- Aren't those all the result
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- Of our natural fallen desire that pull us towards sin?"
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- Well, partly that's true, but not completely.
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- Last time we saw in the temptation equation, james 1:14,
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- "each person is tempted when he is carried away."
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- That means to be drawn with an inward power.
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- We're carried away to sin, but it doesn't stop there.
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- We are carried away and enticed.
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- That word means hooked.
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- It's a fishing term just like a fisherman puts
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- The right bait in front of a hungry fish causing it to bite,
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- Not knowing there's a hook in the middle of the bait
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- That will destroy it.
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- Somebody on the outside is taking advantage
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- Of our inward desire towards sin,
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- And he dangles the right piece of bait at the right time.
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- Who is that adversary who is tempting us,
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- Who is enticing us?
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- Well, up to this point, we've labeled him as satan,
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- Our adversary the devil.
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- But remember, satan is not god's opposite.
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- We think he is.
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- He's not.
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- He's not omniscient.
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- He doesn't know everything.
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- He's not omnipotent,
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- He's not all powerful,
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- And he's not omnipresent.
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- Satan cannot be more than one place at a time,
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- And so it's not just satan
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- Who's dangling the bait in front of you.
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- He can only be fishing out of one pond at a time.
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- He has a multitude of minions we call demons
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- Who are doing his work,
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- And today we're going to look at
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- What the bible teaches about the world of demons.
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- What does the bible tell us about demons?
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- First of all, let's talk about the existence of demons.
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- I know some people roll their eyes
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- When you talk about demons.
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- They think of demons the way they do as satan.
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- They've seen him caricatured
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- With the red suit and the pitchfork
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- Stabbing people in the backside.
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- They think the same way of demons.
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- They're portrayed in secular culture as comic book figures,
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- Little creatures that sit on our shoulders
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- Whispering sweet temptations into our ear.
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- Or we trivialize demons.
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- We talk about a person's inner demons,
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- As if demons were nothing more than our weaknesses.
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- But as our friend chuck swindoll says,
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- "demons are neither funny nor phony."
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- They are real forces that we need to understand
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- If we're going to win in spiritual warfare.
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- One of the most basic passages about demons
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- Is ephesians 6:11-12.
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- It's been the basis for our series.
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- Paul says, "put on the full armor of god
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- So that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes,
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- The methods of the devil."
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- Now get this.
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- Verse 12, "for our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
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- But it's against the rulers, against the powers,
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- Against the world forces of this darkness."
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- Notice the plural nature of these words.
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- Our struggle isn't against the ruler, singular,
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- Or power or force.
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- It's plural: rulers, powers, forces.
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- This is a reference to satan and his demons.
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- If satan is the brain of the operation of evil,
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- Then demons are the brawn that he uses
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- To fulfill his mission.
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- So what do we need to know about demons?
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- Well, let's turn to god's word.
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- First of all, let's look at demons in the old testament.
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- There are really very few references
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- To demons in the old testament,
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- But when they are mentioned,
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- They're mentioned in terms of false gods.
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- Look at deuteronomy 32:17 talking about the israelites.
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- "they sacrificed to demons who were not god,
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- To gods whom they had not known,
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- New gods who came lately
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- Whom your fathers did not dread."
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- When the israelites started worshiping
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- Asherah, baal, moloch,
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- They really thought they were worshiping alternative gods.
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- They didn't realize behind those false gods
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- Were real demons.
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- And let me say this as clearly as i can.
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- Behind every false religion in the world today is a demon.
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- Demons inspire false religions.
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- The majority of references to demons
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- Are found in the new testament.
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- Every writer of the new testament,
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- With the exception of the author of hebrews,
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- Every writer talks about demons.
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- James talks about demons.
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- He's writing to jewish christians
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- And he said in james 2:19,
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- "you believe that god is one you do well.
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- The demons also believe and shudder."
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- That greek word shudder means
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- For the hair on your neck to stand up.
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- That's what it's a reference to.
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- Why did he say that?
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- These jewish christians thought
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- That just by believing the right set of facts,
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- Theologically, they could be a christian.
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- If you just believe the right things in your head
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- That makes you a christian.
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- James said, "no demons believe all the right things.
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- Demons are very orthodox in their theology."
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- You know, the most basic doctrine of judaism
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- Was the oneness of god.
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- Deuteronomy 6, "behold israel, hear o' israel,
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- The lord your god is one god."
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- And so these jewish christians thought,
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- Well, we're saved because we believe that.
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- James says, "you believe god is one.
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- Congratulations, the demons believe that as well,
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- And they're terrified at it."
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- Why did christ coming stir up so much demonic activity?
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- Well, just think about it.
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- The invasion of the son of god to the planet earth,
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- Which satan believed belonged to him,
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- Represented a threat to satan and his kingdom.
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- Satan and the demons wanted
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- To do everything they could to prevent the son of god
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- From accomplishing his plan of redemption.
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- And so they unloaded their arsenal
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- Of spiritual attacks against the son of god.
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- And you find many references to jesus dealing with demons.
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- Well, where do they come from?
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- Where did demons come from?
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- There is no bible verse
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- That tells us explicitly from where demons came.
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- And so people have come up with different ideas.
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- I think the most logical explanation of demons
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- Is that they are angels who chose to follow satan, lucifer,
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- In his initial rebellion against god
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- Described in ezekiel 28 and isaiah 14.
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- I say apparently, because again,
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- There's no scripture that says demons are fallen angels.
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- Now, i know some of you bible scholars out there,
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- You're just chomping at the bit.
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- "pastor, have you forgotten revelation 12:9?"
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- No, i haven't forgotten it at all.
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- This is where we get the idea that demons are fallen angels.
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- John says, "and the great dragon," that is satan,
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- "was thrown down the serpent of old
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- Who is called the devil and satan
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- Who deceives the whole world.
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- He was thrown down to earth
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- And his angels were thrown down with him."
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- Now, remember john wrote this in about 90 ad,
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- And it's very true that he possibly could be referencing
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- The fall of lucifer here before genesis 1:1
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- When lucifer fell.
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- Maybe he's telling us a group of his helpers, angels,
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- Chose to follow him in the rebellion,
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- But the context of revelation 12
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- Isn't something that had already happened.
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- John was looking forward to the midpoint in the tribulation.
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- That's the context of revelation 12.
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- When there is a war of some kind in heaven
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- That goes on after the first 3.5 years of the tribulation,
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- And satan is cast out of heaven to earth.
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- And revelation 12:4 says,
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- "and he swept a third of the stars of the angels with him."
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- You think, "well, what is satan doing in heaven?"
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- Well, the bible says that's his major place
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- Of residence right now.
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- Revelation 12:10 tells us that he is accusing the brethren,
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- You and me, before god, day and night.
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- That's where he was in job 1.
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- When he was making his case against job to god,
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- He was in heaven.
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- So maybe what happens is
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- He gets his temporary access card to heaven thrown away,
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- And he is cast out of heaven.
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- We can't be dogmatic about it,
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- But what we can say for sure is this.
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- Satan has a group of helpers.
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- They are referred to as his angels, revelation 12:9.
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- These same helpers are also called demons in the bible.
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- In matthew 12:24, it says,
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- "when the pharisees heard this,
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- They said, 'this man'", talking about jesus,
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- "'cast out demons only by beelzebul,
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- The ruler of the demons.'"
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- Think of it this way.
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- Not all angels are demons,
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- But all demons were at one time angels.
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- And so we know, although we can't pinpoint exactly,
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- That there are a legion of spiritual beings
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- Who help satan accomplish his purpose.
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- Now, let's talk about the personality of demons
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- For just a moment.
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- These are not just forces or ideas.
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- These are real people
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- Or beings when we talk about demons.
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- Turn to luke 8 for a moment, beginning with verse 27.
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- "and when jesus had come out onto the land,
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- He was met by a man from the city
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- Who was possessed with demons
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- And who had not put on any clothing for a long time
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- And was not living in the house, but in the tombs.
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- Seeing jesus, he cried out and fell before him
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- And said in a voice,
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- 'what business do we have each other, jesus,
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- Son of the most high god?
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- I beg you, do not torment me.'
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- And there was a herd of many swine
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- Feeding there on the mountain,
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- And the demons implored jesus
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- To permit them to enter the swine.
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- And he gave them permission
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- And the demons came out of the man and entered the swine,
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- And the herd rushed down the steep bank
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- Into the lake and was drowned."
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- Somebody said,
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- "this is the first instance of deviled ham in history."
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- I don't know if that's true or not,
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- But this story raises a lot of questions, doesn't it?
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- I mean, who was this man
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- Who was possessed by a multiplicity of demons?
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- Who was he?
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- What had he done
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- To make his life open to demonic possession?
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- Can christians today be possessed by demons?
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- Can they be influenced by demons?
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- Those are all great questions
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- That we're going to answer next time,
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- But let me just say this about
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- What this passage reveals about the personality of demons.
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- Demons are actual beings.
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- They're not just ideas.
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- They're not inanimate objects.
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- Think about it.
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- For something to be a being,
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- It has to possess, first of all, intelligence.
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- Demons have intelligence.
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- This pulpit has no intelligence.
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- It's never had a thought in its life.
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- But demons are filled with intelligence.
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- They're aware of what was going on around them.
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- They were able to recognize jesus as the son of god.
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- Secondly, demons experience emotion.
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- This pulpit has never had any emotion.
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- It's never been happy or sad.
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- Demons were fearful
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- That jesus would send them into the abyss,
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- A temporary place of punishment for demons.
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- They had emotions.
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- Thirdly, demons have a will.
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- This pulpit never wakes up in the morning
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- And plans what it's going to do for the day.
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- But beings have a will and the demons had a will.
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- They did not want to go into the abyss.
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- They came up with an alternative plan for jesus
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- To send them into the swine,
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- And they submitted themselves ultimately to god's plan.
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- And finally, demons have names.
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- The chief demon in this man, luke 8:30,
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- Was a man named legion.
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- That was taken from a military term.
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- A legion was 6,000 roman soldiers.
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- To be an actual being,
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- You have to have a mind, will, and emotion and a name.
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- Now, the most important thing about demons,
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- What is the work of demons?
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- What do they exist to do?
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- Well, that's easy.
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- They are here to do satan's will.
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- Matthew 12:24 talks about the devil and his demons.
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- Temporarily, they are under the control of satan
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- To fulfill his twofold objective.
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- Remember satan's goal, first of all, toward unbelievers.
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- Satan has one desire.
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- For those of you here are watching
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- Who are not yet christians,
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- He wants to blind and bind you
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- So that you can never trust in jesus to be your savior.
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- He wants to keep you in his servitude.
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- He wants to make sure
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- You are never released from spiritual slavery.
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- He wants to take you to hell when you die.
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- That is his goal for you.
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- How does he accomplish that goal?
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- The primary way is through false religion.
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- Remember, we saw that in the old testament
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- Behind every false religion there is a true demon.
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- And that's true today.
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- It doesn't matter whether the false god
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- Is named baal, asherah, or moloch,
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- Or if it's called buddha or allah,
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- They are all demonic deceptions
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- To keep people from the truth.
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- I want you to turn over to galatians 1:8 for just a minute.
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- Paul exposes the satanic plan and the methodology
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- Satan and his demons used to accomplish it.
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- Galatians 1:8, paul said,
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- "but even if we or an angel from heaven
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- Should preach to you a gospel that is contrary
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- To what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed."
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- That greek word accursed, anathema, eternally damned.
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- "if anybody preached a religion different than we preach,"
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- Paul said, "a gospel that we preach."
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- What was the gospel that paul preached?
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- That salvation was by faith in god's grace alone.
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- That was the gospel message that paul proclaimed.
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- And he said, "any deviation from that is of the devil."
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- That's his plan for unbelievers.
- 00:21:29.344 --> 00:21:30.846
- But did you know demons have a plan for you as well?
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- They know they can't rob you of eternal life.
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- They know they can't have your soul forever in hell,
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- But they want to steal from you
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- God's privileges in this life.
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- They want to steal your joy, your peace, your contentment,
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- Your family, your reputation, your witness for christ,
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- And they've got a plan to do just that.
- 00:21:53.635 --> 00:21:56.338
- And it's a plan we're going to look at next time
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- When we talk about what the demons want to do to you.
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- Demons are real,
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- And they have a destructive agenda for your life.
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- Than any spiritual enemy you'll ever encounter.
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- I want to share an inspiring testimony from gary in maine.
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- Remember, satan can't be more than one place at a time.
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