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Greg Laurie - Angels and Demons

January 27, 2025 | S25:E23

Greg Laurie - Angels and Demons
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Angels and Demons | January 27, 2025
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  • Greg laurie: i believe we are seeing demonic things happening
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  • In our culture that are unprecedented.
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  • And it should not come as a surprise to us as followers of
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  • Jesus christ.
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  • We like to put everything in the political categories.
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  • This is much bigger than politics.
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  • This is much bigger than anything else.
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  • The bible says in the last days there would be satanically
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  • Energized times and we see it.
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  • ♪ this is the day. ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day. ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: so right now we're in the physical world, but there is a
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  • Spiritual world.
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  • Just as there is a visible world, there's an
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  • Invisible world.
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  • And that invisible world, that spiritual world, that
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  • Supernatural world is just as real as the world we are living
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  • In right now.
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  • And this is the world of god and satan, of angels and demons.
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  • There's a story in the old testament about elisha and his
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  • Servant gehazi, and they were being surrounded by enemy
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  • Forces, and gehazi was starting to freak out.
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  • Actually, elisha had fallen asleep, he was so confident in
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  • The lord.
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  • So, gehazi wakes him up and says, "master, we're gonna die.
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  • What are we gonna do?"
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  • And elisha, wiping the sleep from his eyes, actually says,
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  • "don't fear because those that are with us are more than those
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  • That are with them."
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  • Then elisha prays, "lord, open his eyes that he may see."
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  • And suddenly, gehazi got a glimpse into the invisible world
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  • And he saw the angels of the lord surrounding them.
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  • And imagine if we could see that right now.
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  • I think it'd freak us out a little bit if we could see it,
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  • But it is so real and we have angels around us.
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  • You say, "how do you know, greg?"
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  • Because the bible says, "the angel of the lord surrounds
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  • Those that fear him."
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  • So, there's a bunch of people in this room and watching that fear
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  • The lord right now.
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  • So, there are angels among us as well.
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  • Now, how many angels are there?
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  • Well, pretty much they're innumerable, thousands and
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  • Thousands and thousands.
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  • Most angels are holy, some are fallen.
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  • You find them in the old and new testament alike.
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  • They're mentioned directly or indirectly 300 times in the
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  • Bible, but there's a lot of misconception about angels, so i
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  • Wanna try to clear some of those up in our time as we look at
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  • Them together.
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  • First of all, i would point out that angels don't really draw
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  • Attention to themselves.
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  • Now, you know i've seen that there's a lot of books out about
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  • Angels and people talked about praying to angels and talking
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  • To angels.
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  • That's not encouraged in scripture.
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  • Angels are like god's secret agents.
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  • They operate behind the scenes.
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  • We don't know how many times in our lives that an angel has
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  • Stopped us from doing something, gotten us out of a tight
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  • Situation, protected us from harm, or perhaps even speaking
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  • Directly to us.
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  • I was having a conversation with my granddaughters a while ago
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  • And and one of them asked me, "papa, what do angels
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  • Look like?"
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  • And i said, "well, in the bible they appear as men."
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  • And they all said, "that's not fair, papa," you know.
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  • I'm sorry, that's the way the bible describes them.
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  • We often think of an angel as effeminate, but in reality in
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  • The bible, they're masculine.
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  • After jesus rose, we read in luke 24, two men in clothes that
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  • Gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
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  • And so, angels are created beings.
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  • And i bring this up because sometimes people say, "well,
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  • They've died and gone to be an angel and the lord needed
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  • Another angel in heaven."
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  • No, people don't become angels.
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  • Angels are angels created by god, but it does appear that
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  • They're eternal and never die.
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  • Speaking of those who have died and gone on to heaven, jesus
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  • Said in luke 20, "neither can they die anymore: for they are
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  • Equal now to the angels."
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  • So, angels have a special work that they do in the life of
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  • The christian.
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  • And here's some takeaway truths.
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  • I want to share seven takeaway truths about angels and demons.
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  • Number one, angels sometimes deliver us from
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  • Difficult situations.
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  • In acts chapter 5, we have the story of the apostles being
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  • Thrown into jail for preaching the gospel, and we read that the
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  • Angels sprung them from prison.
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  • And actually said to them, "go tell the people all about this
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  • New life."
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  • Fast forward in acts chapter 12, simon peter is in prison after
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  • James has already been martyred under the direction of
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  • King herod.
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  • So, the church goes into prayer.
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  • The bible says constant prayer was offered to god for him by
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  • The church.
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  • So, the lord heard the prayer and dispatched an angel to the
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  • Prison where peter was.
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  • And peter was so deep in sleep, the angel had to smack him to
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  • Wake him up.
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  • Are you one of those deep sleepers?
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  • You know, some people, they sleep and they snore really
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  • Loud, and i think peter was like that, and the angel shaking him,
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  • Shake finally, you know, there's a, "what?"
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  • "it's time to go, peter," and the bible says the doors opened
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  • Automatically in the prison just like in the supermarket.
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  • These doors opened, then the next doors opened, and peter
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  • Walked out and realized he had been delivered by an angel.
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  • Number two, sometimes angels stop us, and other times, they
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  • Prompt us.
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  • So, it's entirely possible an angel has spoken to you, but you
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  • Didn't know it was an angel.
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  • For instance, god spoke to philip and said, "go to
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  • The desert."
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  • He didn't give him any more information, didn't tell him
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  • What he was supposed to do when he arrived in the desert, but as
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  • It turns out, there was a man from ethiopia, a foreign
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  • Dignitary that had gone to jerusalem searching for god, did
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  • Not find him there.
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  • But the lord knew that this man from ethiopia was really
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  • Searching for truth, so an angel dispatched philip, who then
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  • Brought the gospel to this man.
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  • But probably the--one of the best known stories about angels
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  • Is the story of balaam and his donkey.
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  • That's one of my favorite stories in the bible.
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  • So balaam, he was sort of like a prophet for hire.
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  • Instead of being a prophet of the lord, he was more like a
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  • P-r-o-f-i-t kind of prophet.
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  • And so, the enemies of israel came and said, "we wanna hire
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  • You to put a curse on the people of israel."
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  • God said to balaam, "you don't do that."
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  • Balaam thought, "no, i want the money.
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  • I'm gonna do it."
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  • So, he got on his donkey and he is on his way in disobedience to
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  • The lord, and the bible says an angel stood in front of
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  • The donkey.
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  • The funny thing is the donkey could see the angel, but
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  • Balaam couldn't.
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  • Who was the bigger jackass in this story?
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  • I don't know.
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  • So, the donkey stops.
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  • Balaam was like, "come on," he's starting to beat the donkey.
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  • Now, the donkey just crushes balaam's leg up against a wall.
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  • Balaam is beating this donkey over and over again and one of
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  • The strangest stories in the bible, we read the lord caused
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  • The donkey to speak.
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  • And the donkey said to balaam, "what have i done that causes
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  • You to beat me these three times?"
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  • Oh, that's amazing.
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  • What's even more amazing is without missing a beat, balaam
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  • Says, "because you're not doing what i want you to do."
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  • Like, wait, do you normally talk to your donkey?
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  • And then finally the angel of the lord appears and balaam
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  • Realizes what was happening all along.
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  • And so, the lord sends angels in our lives.
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  • Sometimes they stop us from doing the wrong thing.
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  • Sometimes they may guide us to do the right thing.
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  • And they're all around us.
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  • The bible tells us in hebrews 13:2, "don't forget to entertain
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  • Angels, for in doing so, you may--" excuse me, "don't forget
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  • To entertain strangers, for in doing so, you may have
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  • Entertained an angel without knowing it."
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  • So, there might have been some person you helped out and it
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  • Turns out they were an angel.
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  • So, that's something to keep in mind.
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  • There might be angels in this room right now.
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  • Are there any telltale signs like, you know, angel food cake
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  • On the floor or few loose feathers?
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  • No, no, probably not.
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  • Because they can appear as a man, as i said earlier.
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  • If an angel were to actually appear in this room right now,
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  • We would be tempted to fall down and worship it because there's
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  • Such majestic, incredible, beautiful creatures.
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  • In fact, an angel did appear to the apostle john.
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  • And he did that very thing he got down on his knees to worship
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  • The angel.
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  • The angel said, "don't worship me.
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  • Worship god."
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  • Sometimes the question comes up, do we have guardian angels?
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  • I think the answer is possibly.
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  • And in the case of children, i would say it's pretty true
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  • They do.
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  • And the reason i say this is because jesus said in matthew
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  • 18:10, "don't look down on these little ones.
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  • For i tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of
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  • My father in heaven."
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  • Their angels, so it would appear little ones have their own
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  • Special angels, but maybe we have an angel too assigned
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  • To us.
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  • Maybe we've worn out one or two over our lifetime.
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  • You know, going back to that story of peter when he was
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  • Delivered from prison, he goes over to a house where the
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  • Christians are praying.
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  • He knocks on the door.
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  • A girl named rhoda answers, there standing before is an
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  • Answered prayer: simon peter out of prison.
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  • And she goes, i think she shut the door in his face, and then
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  • She goes back to where the apostles are praying and says,
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  • "peter is standing at the door."
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  • And one of them says, "it's just his angel."
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  • Oh, okay.
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  • Well, if it was his angel, wouldn't you answer the door?
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  • I mean, if an angel knocked at my door, i'd open the door
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  • For sure.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: angels, they're actively involved in the life of
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  • The believer.
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  • You could call them god's secret agents or maybe god's
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  • Navy seals.
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  • You know, the navy seals, they go around the world and they do
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  • These amazing operations.
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  • A lot of times we don't even know they were there, but they
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  • Get the job done.
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  • Angels are the same.
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  • They do the bidding of god.
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  • The bible says that they protect us.
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  • The bible says the angel of the lord encamps round about those
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  • That fear him.
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  • That means if you're a believer, you have angels watching
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  • Over you.
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  • Now, do christians have guardian angels?
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  • I don't know.
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  • There is a reference in scripture where jesus spoke of
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  • The children's angels, their angels, he said.
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  • So, maybe kids have guardian angels.
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  • Some kids need guardian angels, but if we have personalized
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  • Angels or not, this much we know, angels are involved in our
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  • Lives protecting us.
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  • Also, they're ministering to us.
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  • We read that they're ministering spirits sent to minister to
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  • Those or the heirs of salvation.
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  • That's us.
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  • And finally, they escort us.
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  • Because one day when our life on earth is done, the angels
  • 00:11:37.099 --> 00:11:40.602
  • Will escort us to glory.
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  • So, they protect us until god is done with us.
  • 00:11:42.204 --> 00:11:45.441
  • And then when our work is completed in this world, we're
  • 00:11:45.441 --> 00:11:49.278
  • Escorted into god's glory by angelic beings.
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  • So, it's so great to know that the lord has us covered and we
  • 00:11:52.981 --> 00:11:57.386
  • Have angels all around us.
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  • Greg: this message is titled, "angels and demons."
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  • Now, let's talk for a few moments about demons.
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  • What the heck are they and where do they come from?
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  • Well, demons are fallen angels.
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  • Satan, also known as lucifer, the son of the morning, was once
  • 00:12:16.004 --> 00:12:20.275
  • A--once a high ranking angel.
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  • In fact, he's one of three angels named in scripture.
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  • The others are michael the archangel who seems to be angel
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  • Numero uno, number one; and then there's gabriel, also a high
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  • Ranking angel; and then there's lucifer, once a high ranking
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  • Angel, now a fallen angel, and he led a rebellion among the
  • 00:12:38.560 --> 00:12:44.366
  • Angels and 1/3 of them defected and followed him.
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  • Now they're fallen angels, also known as demons.
  • 00:12:48.003 --> 00:12:51.673
  • So, the bad news is 1/3 of the angels defected.
  • 00:12:51.673 --> 00:12:55.944
  • The good news is 2/3 are still on our side, so we're
  • 00:12:55.944 --> 00:12:58.814
  • Good there.
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  • But--so this is where the devil came from.
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  • You know, i think sometimes we think satan comes from hell.
  • 00:13:02.184 --> 00:13:06.321
  • The reality is satan came from heaven.
  • 00:13:06.321 --> 00:13:08.991
  • Because he was a high ranking angel that rebelled against god.
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  • Satan is not in hell right now.
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  • Satan is going to hell one day.
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  • He does not rule from hell.
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  • Hell rather is his destination.
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  • Jesus said that hell was prepared for the devil and his
  • 00:13:21.570 --> 00:13:26.375
  • Angels, and this rebellion happened because according to
  • 00:13:26.375 --> 00:13:30.012
  • Luke 14, excuse me, isaiah 14, satan wanted the top job.
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  • He's the ultimate disgruntled employee.
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  • He wanted to be the boss man.
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  • He wanted to run everything.
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  • He said, "i will be like god.
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  • I will ascend on high."
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  • God says, "you're done, you're out of here."
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  • And he lost his high ranking position.
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  • He wasn't satisfied with worshiping god.
  • 00:13:50.132 --> 00:13:52.701
  • He himself wanted to be worshiped.
  • 00:13:52.701 --> 00:13:55.037
  • However, though the devil lost his once exalted position, he
  • 00:13:55.037 --> 00:13:59.508
  • Still has access to heaven and the throne of god where he seeks
  • 00:13:59.508 --> 00:14:04.413
  • To accuse us before the lord.
  • 00:14:04.413 --> 00:14:07.015
  • The bible tells the story of the angels of the lord appearing
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  • Before god in the book of job, and the lord notices
  • 00:14:10.686 --> 00:14:14.523
  • Lucifer's there.
  • 00:14:14.523 --> 00:14:15.891
  • He says, "where have you been?"
  • 00:14:15.891 --> 00:14:17.226
  • And satan says, "i've just been going back and forth across the
  • 00:14:17.226 --> 00:14:21.230
  • Earth watching everything that's going on."
  • 00:14:21.230 --> 00:14:24.132
  • And that pretty much sums up the devil.
  • 00:14:24.132 --> 00:14:27.002
  • He's always looking for trouble.
  • 00:14:27.002 --> 00:14:29.137
  • Like a hungry lion looking for prey, he's looking for someone
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  • To pounce on.
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  • He never takes a vacation.
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  • He never takes a break.
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  • If he's beaten, he rises again.
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  • If he enters--if he doesn't get in the front door, he'll come in
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  • The back door or he'll climb down through the ceiling or
  • 00:14:43.418 --> 00:14:46.221
  • Burrow up from the floor.
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  • He'll always look for a way in, and he's looking for those who
  • 00:14:48.123 --> 00:14:51.426
  • Are vulnerable and weak.
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  • I saw a nature video the other day of some antelope sparring,
  • 00:14:53.495 --> 00:14:57.199
  • Fighting with each other out there in africa.
  • 00:14:57.199 --> 00:15:00.969
  • And what they didn't notice when they were fighting with each
  • 00:15:00.969 --> 00:15:03.038
  • Other was there was a lion in the long grass creeping up on
  • 00:15:03.038 --> 00:15:06.675
  • Them and he pounced and had antelope for lunch.
  • 00:15:06.675 --> 00:15:10.812
  • The moral of that story is sometimes as christians we're so
  • 00:15:10.812 --> 00:15:14.383
  • Busy fighting with each other we forget who the real enemy is.
  • 00:15:14.383 --> 00:15:19.888
  • And the real enemy is the devil who wants to divide us.
  • 00:15:19.888 --> 00:15:23.425
  • So, satan is not only like a lion, he can also be like a
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  • Hippo, you know, hippos are kind of funny looking animals,
  • 00:15:26.628 --> 00:15:31.133
  • Aren't they?
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  • When i was a kid, my only point of reference to the hippo was
  • 00:15:32.501 --> 00:15:35.103
  • The ones on the jungle cruise at disneyland, and of course
  • 00:15:35.103 --> 00:15:38.273
  • They're not real, but then i went to africa and i saw hippos
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  • In the wild.
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  • And they told me be careful, hippos attack at night.
  • 00:15:43.946 --> 00:15:46.982
  • I thought, "those things wouldn't move fast," but i
  • 00:15:46.982 --> 00:15:49.785
  • Looked through my little opening of my tent and those hippos are
  • 00:15:49.785 --> 00:15:53.722
  • Fast on land.
  • 00:15:53.722 --> 00:15:55.557
  • And they kill more people than any other animal in lion--in
  • 00:15:55.557 --> 00:16:00.996
  • Africa including lions or alligators, or anything else.
  • 00:16:00.996 --> 00:16:06.168
  • But sometimes they--we may think, "oh, the hippo won't
  • 00:16:06.168 --> 00:16:08.737
  • Hurt me."
  • 00:16:08.737 --> 00:16:10.105
  • I read a story about an african farmer, south african farmer who
  • 00:16:10.105 --> 00:16:13.875
  • Had a hippo as a pet.
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  • He adopted him as a 6-month-old calf and named him humphrey,
  • 00:16:15.644 --> 00:16:20.282
  • Humphrey the hippo.
  • 00:16:20.282 --> 00:16:22.050
  • And he said in an article where they interviewed him, he said,
  • 00:16:22.050 --> 00:16:25.454
  • "humphrey is like a son to me.
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  • He's just like a human."
  • 00:16:27.255 --> 00:16:29.057
  • He went on to say, "you know, people think that you can only
  • 00:16:29.057 --> 00:16:31.827
  • Have a relationship with a dog or a cat or a domestic animal,"
  • 00:16:31.827 --> 00:16:34.997
  • He says, "but i have a relationship with the most
  • 00:16:34.997 --> 00:16:37.699
  • Dangerous animal in africa."
  • 00:16:37.699 --> 00:16:40.769
  • Famous last words.
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  • Little baby humphrey got bigger and killed his owner.
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  • Takeaway truth: don't keep hippos as pets and don't make
  • 00:16:48.744 --> 00:16:53.015
  • Deals with the devil.
  • 00:16:53.015 --> 00:16:54.983
  • Here's another point, the devil is not alone.
  • 00:16:54.983 --> 00:16:58.253
  • As i already mentioned, he has a well organized network of demon
  • 00:16:58.253 --> 00:17:02.491
  • Powers that do his bidding.
  • 00:17:02.491 --> 00:17:05.794
  • In matthew 12:24, jesus refers to satan as beelzebub, the
  • 00:17:05.794 --> 00:17:10.832
  • Prince of the demons.
  • 00:17:10.832 --> 00:17:12.567
  • Then in matthew 25:41, jesus speaks of the devil and
  • 00:17:12.567 --> 00:17:16.538
  • His angels.
  • 00:17:16.538 --> 00:17:18.006
  • Then revelation 12:7, the dragon, also known as satan, and
  • 00:17:18.006 --> 00:17:22.077
  • His angels.
  • 00:17:22.077 --> 00:17:23.412
  • And finally, jesus says that hell is the future dwelling
  • 00:17:23.412 --> 00:17:26.381
  • Place of the devil and his angels.
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  • Listen to this, the purpose of the devil and demons seems to
  • 00:17:28.650 --> 00:17:32.988
  • Be twofold.
  • 00:17:32.988 --> 00:17:34.456
  • Number one, they want to hinder the purposes of god, and number
  • 00:17:34.456 --> 00:17:38.126
  • Two, they want to extend the power of satan.
  • 00:17:38.126 --> 00:17:41.530
  • Hinder god's purposes, extend satan's reach.
  • 00:17:41.530 --> 00:17:46.334
  • So, whenever we undertake any kind of an outreach program and
  • 00:17:46.334 --> 00:17:51.606
  • Wanna reach people for christ, any time you want to reach a
  • 00:17:51.606 --> 00:17:55.043
  • Loved one or a neighbor or a coworker or anyone else and tell
  • 00:17:55.043 --> 00:17:58.980
  • Them about jesus, expect satanic opposition.
  • 00:17:58.980 --> 00:18:03.618
  • Satan hates evangelism.
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  • He hates it when we share the gospel.
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  • Why?
  • 00:18:08.256 --> 00:18:09.624
  • Because when we share the gospel we take new grounds.
  • 00:18:09.624 --> 00:18:13.295
  • We reach new people and satan wants to stop that.
  • 00:18:13.295 --> 00:18:17.265
  • He's gonna oppose it and he wants to extend his
  • 00:18:17.265 --> 00:18:20.202
  • Own influence.
  • 00:18:20.202 --> 00:18:21.636
  • So, what are the tactics of the devil?
  • 00:18:21.636 --> 00:18:24.473
  • Let's read about that now.
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  • Turn to revelation chapter 12 and i'm gonna read verses 7
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  • To 12.
  • 00:18:30.245 --> 00:18:33.315
  • "and war broke out in heaven: michael," that would be michael
  • 00:18:33.315 --> 00:18:36.751
  • The archangel, "and his angels fought with the dragon; and the
  • 00:18:36.751 --> 00:18:39.488
  • Dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor
  • 00:18:39.488 --> 00:18:42.858
  • Was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
  • 00:18:42.858 --> 00:18:45.694
  • So the great dragon," that's satan, "was cast out, that
  • 00:18:45.694 --> 00:18:49.164
  • Serpent of old, called the devil and satan, who deceives the
  • 00:18:49.164 --> 00:18:52.601
  • Whole world was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast
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  • Out with him.
  • 00:18:55.871 --> 00:18:57.239
  • Then i heard a loud voice saying in heaven, 'now salvation, and
  • 00:18:57.239 --> 00:19:00.275
  • Strength, and the kingdom of our god and the power of his christ
  • 00:19:00.275 --> 00:19:03.778
  • Have come, for the accuser of the brethren,'" underline
  • 00:19:03.778 --> 00:19:07.549
  • That phrase.
  • 00:19:07.549 --> 00:19:08.884
  • "the accuser of the brethren, who accused them before our god
  • 00:19:08.884 --> 00:19:12.020
  • Day and night, has been cast down."
  • 00:19:12.020 --> 00:19:14.189
  • Listen to this, "they overcame him," underline these words, "by
  • 00:19:14.189 --> 00:19:17.859
  • The blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony, and
  • 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:21.630
  • They love not their lives to the death.
  • 00:19:21.630 --> 00:19:24.166
  • Therefore rejoice, o heavens, and you who dwell in them!
  • 00:19:24.166 --> 00:19:27.536
  • Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea!
  • 00:19:27.536 --> 00:19:30.272
  • For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because
  • 00:19:30.272 --> 00:19:33.742
  • He knows he has a short time."
  • 00:19:33.742 --> 00:19:37.512
  • Wow, we learned a lot about our adversary here.
  • 00:19:37.512 --> 00:19:41.449
  • The devil doesn't want us to know these things.
  • 00:19:41.449 --> 00:19:44.352
  • Number one, he doesn't want us to know his days are numbered.
  • 00:19:44.352 --> 00:19:49.457
  • His days are numbered.
  • 00:19:49.457 --> 00:19:51.326
  • I believe we are seeing demonic things happening in our culture
  • 00:19:51.326 --> 00:19:55.363
  • That are unprecedented.
  • 00:19:55.363 --> 00:19:57.832
  • And it should not come as a surprise to us as followers
  • 00:19:57.832 --> 00:20:00.569
  • Of jesus christ.
  • 00:20:00.635 --> 00:20:00.902
  • We like to put everything in the political categories.
  • 00:20:01.970 --> 00:20:05.106
  • This is much bigger than politics.
  • 00:20:05.106 --> 00:20:07.609
  • This is much bigger than anything else.
  • 00:20:07.609 --> 00:20:09.644
  • The bible says in the last days there would be satanically
  • 00:20:09.644 --> 00:20:12.681
  • Energized times and we see it.
  • 00:20:12.681 --> 00:20:15.684
  • I think what is happening in the drug culture today, so many
  • 00:20:15.684 --> 00:20:19.554
  • Lives being destroyed through drugs.
  • 00:20:19.554 --> 00:20:22.557
  • You see big cities in america that look like a
  • 00:20:22.557 --> 00:20:26.194
  • Zombie apocalypse.
  • 00:20:26.194 --> 00:20:28.496
  • People strung out, living on the streets, or lives just going
  • 00:20:28.496 --> 00:20:32.701
  • To ruin.
  • 00:20:32.701 --> 00:20:34.035
  • You see the rise of violent crime.
  • 00:20:34.035 --> 00:20:36.338
  • And then you see the aggressive marketing to children of a gay
  • 00:20:36.338 --> 00:20:39.975
  • And trans lifestyle by a lot of mainstream stores like target
  • 00:20:39.975 --> 00:20:44.779
  • And kohl's and even walmart.
  • 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:47.349
  • And they though they've lost billions of dollars in doing
  • 00:20:47.349 --> 00:20:50.652
  • This, they continue to do it.
  • 00:20:50.652 --> 00:20:52.854
  • And i think there's almost like a deception that is happening in
  • 00:20:52.854 --> 00:20:56.157
  • The minds of people.
  • 00:20:56.157 --> 00:20:57.726
  • The bible speaks of nonbelievers being blinded by the god of this
  • 00:20:57.726 --> 00:21:01.796
  • World, that would be satan.
  • 00:21:01.796 --> 00:21:03.565
  • 2 timothy 2:26 says, "pray that nonbelievers will come to their
  • 00:21:03.565 --> 00:21:07.969
  • Senses and escape from satan's trap, for their being held
  • 00:21:07.969 --> 00:21:11.473
  • Captive by him to do whatever he wants them to do."
  • 00:21:11.473 --> 00:21:15.944
  • See, this is not just political or ideological, this
  • 00:21:15.944 --> 00:21:19.080
  • Is spiritual.
  • 00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:20.849
  • I read an article where the man who was a primary designer of a
  • 00:21:20.849 --> 00:21:24.352
  • Lot of this merchandise describes himself as a satanist.
  • 00:21:24.352 --> 00:21:29.324
  • And on his shirts and bags he uses phrases like, "too queer
  • 00:21:29.324 --> 00:21:32.727
  • For here," "satan respects pronouns," etcetera.
  • 00:21:32.727 --> 00:21:36.231
  • And he said in this interview, "for me, satan is hope,
  • 00:21:36.231 --> 00:21:39.000
  • Compassion, equality, and love."
  • 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:41.636
  • So naturally he says, "satan respects pronouns.
  • 00:21:41.636 --> 00:21:44.706
  • He loves all lgbt+ people."
  • 00:21:44.706 --> 00:21:49.210
  • Wrong.
  • 00:21:49.210 --> 00:21:50.578
  • Satan doesn't love anyone.
  • 00:21:50.578 --> 00:21:51.980
  • Satan hates.
  • 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.982
  • Satan wants to destroy.
  • 00:21:53.982 --> 00:21:56.251
  • Jesus summed it up perfectly when he said in john 10:10, "the
  • 00:21:56.251 --> 00:21:59.587
  • Thief," speaking of the devil, "comes only to steal, kill,
  • 00:21:59.587 --> 00:22:03.458
  • And destroy."
  • 00:22:03.458 --> 00:22:04.793
  • But in contrast, christ said, "i have come that you might have
  • 00:22:04.793 --> 00:22:07.729
  • Life and that more abundantly."
  • 00:22:07.729 --> 00:22:10.699
  • Yes we see things that make no sense, like what about
  • 00:22:10.699 --> 00:22:13.101
  • The dodgers having the sisters of perpetual indulgence:
  • 00:22:13.101 --> 00:22:17.839
  • A group of people dressing up as nuns and mocking the
  • 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:21.176
  • Crucifixion of jesus christ-- what is going on in the minds of
  • 00:22:21.176 --> 00:22:24.979
  • These people right now?
  • 00:22:24.979 --> 00:22:26.848
  • Listen, satan hates you.
  • 00:22:26.848 --> 00:22:28.983
  • God loves you.
  • 00:22:28.983 --> 00:22:30.318
  • Satan wants to destroy you.
  • 00:22:30.318 --> 00:22:32.120
  • God wants to restore you.
  • 00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:34.389
  • Satan wants to drag you to hell.
  • 00:22:34.389 --> 00:22:37.625
  • God wants you to join him in heaven.
  • 00:22:37.625 --> 00:22:40.662
  • So, we wanna take advantage of opportunities to get the gospel
  • 00:22:40.662 --> 00:22:45.200
  • Out because here's what it comes down to: when lives change,
  • 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:48.837
  • Culture changes.
  • 00:22:48.837 --> 00:22:50.638
  • You can try all day long to change culture.
  • 00:22:50.638 --> 00:22:52.907
  • If we just elect this person, if we just change that law.
  • 00:22:52.907 --> 00:22:55.443
  • Those things can help and they have their place but ultimately
  • 00:22:55.443 --> 00:22:58.513
  • The way to change culture is to change people one heart at a
  • 00:22:58.513 --> 00:23:02.984
  • Time because the heart of the matter is the matter of
  • 00:23:02.984 --> 00:23:05.754
  • The heart.
  • 00:23:05.754 --> 00:23:09.290
  • A closing thought about the devil and his demons and
  • 00:23:09.290 --> 00:23:12.360
  • His strategy.
  • 00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:14.095
  • I'm sure you've all heard of c.s. lewis.
  • 00:23:14.095 --> 00:23:16.998
  • If you haven't, you ought to read the books he's written.
  • 00:23:16.998 --> 00:23:19.367
  • A very prolific, incredible author, and he had an
  • 00:23:19.367 --> 00:23:23.571
  • Amazing imagination.
  • 00:23:23.571 --> 00:23:25.306
  • Of course, he wrote "the chronicles of narnia," and
  • 00:23:25.306 --> 00:23:28.676
  • Other books that have been used by god to bring people to faith,
  • 00:23:28.676 --> 00:23:31.479
  • But lewis wrote a very unusual book called, "the
  • 00:23:31.479 --> 00:23:34.349
  • Screwtape letters."
  • 00:23:34.349 --> 00:23:36.217
  • And basically this is a book where c.s.
  • 00:23:36.217 --> 00:23:39.187
  • Lewis tried to put himself in the shoes of the devil and the
  • 00:23:39.187 --> 00:23:43.425
  • Demons, and the strategies they used to deceive people.
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  • So, here's what lewis writes in "the screwtape letters."
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  • And i quote, "there is a legend about satan and his imps," that
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  • Would be his demons, "planning their strategy for attacking the
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  • World that's hearing the message of salvation.
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  • One of the demons says to the devil, 'i've got the
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  • Plan, master.
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  • When i get on earth, i'll take charge of people's thinking, and
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  • I'll tell them there's no heaven.'
  • 00:24:07.882 --> 00:24:10.185
  • The devil says, 'they'll never believe that.
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  • The book of truth is full of messages about the hope of
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  • Heaven through sins forgiven.
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  • They won't believe that.
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  • They know there's a glory yet future.'
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  • Another demon on the other side of the room says, 'i've got
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  • The plan.
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  • I'll tell them there's no hell.'
  • 00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.968
  • 'no good,' the devil says.
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  • 'jesus, while he was on this earth, talked more about hell
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  • Than heaven.
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  • They know in their heart that the wrong will have to be taken
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  • Care of in some way.'
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  • Then one brilliant little imp stood up and said that, 'i know
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  • The answer.
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  • I'll tell them there's no hurry.'"
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  • Lewis concludes, "and he's the one satan chose," right?
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  • There's no hurry.
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  • Devil comes and says, "there's no hurry.
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  • You've got all the time in the world, man.
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  • Live it up, sow your wild oats.
  • 00:24:56.331 --> 00:24:59.300
  • Do whatever you want with whomever you want and just have
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  • A great time.
  • 00:25:02.670 --> 00:25:04.038
  • And, you know, when you're really old, you can turn
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  • To god."
  • 00:25:06.007 --> 00:25:07.342
  • Knowing that the odds of that happening are pretty low because
  • 00:25:07.342 --> 00:25:10.778
  • You might become so hardened in your sin you won't want to turn
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  • To god when you're older.
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  • There's no hurry, but there is a hurry because the bible says
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  • Today is a day of salvation.
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  • The devil says tomorrow.
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  • The holy spirit says now, today.
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  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:25:27.896 --> 00:25:32.734
  • Greg: there are so many things to be worried about right now,
  • 00:25:36.971 --> 00:25:39.240
  • Aren't there?
  • 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.575
  • The worrying about terrorism, worry about your personal
  • 00:25:40.575 --> 00:25:43.444
  • Safety, violent crime, the economy, the list goes on.
  • 00:25:43.444 --> 00:25:47.348
  • Here's what the bible says, "don't worry about anything.
  • 00:25:47.348 --> 00:25:51.119
  • Pray about everything."
  • 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:53.454
  • Turn your panic into prayer.
  • 00:25:53.454 --> 00:25:56.558
  • Jesus said, "come unto me, all of you that are laboring and are
  • 00:25:56.558 --> 00:25:59.661
  • Heavy laden, i will give you rest."
  • 00:25:59.661 --> 00:26:02.196
  • Give your burdens, give your problems over to god and let him
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  • Give you his peace in your heart.
  • 00:26:06.834 --> 00:26:11.072
  • Let me send for you at no charge what i call a new believer's
  • 00:26:11.072 --> 00:26:15.076
  • Bible to help you grow in a relationship with god and learn
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  • How to turn your panic into prayer and your worry
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  • Into worship.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Inheritance for their children's children.
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  • God encourages all of us as christians to manage our money
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