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Jeff Schreve - The Adversary

August 3, 2025 | 28:44

Jeff Schreve - The Adversary
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From His Heart: Jeff Schreve | Jeff Schreve - The Adversary | August 3, 2025
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  • Pastor jeff schreve: in 1 peter chapter 5, the bible tells us,
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  • "your adversary, the devil prowls around like a roaring
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  • Lion seeking someone to devour."
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  • Hey, he's seeking you and he's seeking me.
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  • So, what must we do to overcome our nefarious foe from hell?
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  • Today we begin my new series, "this is war: overcoming the
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  • World, the flesh, and the devil."
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  • And to kick things off, we will look at our adversary,
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  • The devil.
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  • Jeff: so, today as we kick off this series about spiritual
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  • Warfare, we wanna look at the ringmaster.
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  • We wanna look at the leader of the evil band.
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  • We wanna look at the devil and satan.
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  • What does the bible say about him?
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  • 1 peter chapter 5, beginning in verse 8, "be of sober spirit,
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  • Be on the alert.
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  • Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring
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  • Lion, seeking someone to devour.
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  • But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same
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  • Experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your
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  • Brethren who are in the world.
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  • And after you have suffered for a little while, the god of all
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  • Grace, who called you to his eternal glory in christ will
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  • Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
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  • To him be dominion forever and ever.
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  • Amen."
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  • A question for this morning.
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  • What must you do to overcome the adversary from hell--this
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  • Infernal foe?
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  • Three essentials--essential number one, you must regard
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  • Your adversary.
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  • You must regard him and know that he is a formidable foe.
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  • And you have to respect the power.
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  • See, he is not to be taken lightly.
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  • The devil is not someone to laugh at.
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  • He's somebody you need to regard.
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  • And why do i say that?
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  • Because there are only three angels mentioned in scripture by
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  • Name, three angels.
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  • There's michael the archangel.
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  • There's gabriel who told zacharias, "i stand in the
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  • Presence of god," as he came to zacharias to tell him that,
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  • "your barren wife elizabeth is going to bear a son, john
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  • The baptist."
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  • Gabriel then went to mary and said, "you're gonna bear the
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  • Christ child."
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  • Gabriel's in the presence of god.
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  • Gabriel, it doesn't say specifically, but we can kind of
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  • Infer he's probably an archangel and then lucifer.
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  • Lucifer was the archangel.
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  • Ezekiel 28 says, "you were the anointed cherub who covers."
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  • He had--you were in the garden of god.
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  • He had a high position like michael, like gabriel.
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  • And as we know, he fell.
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  • He didn't want to be the worship leader in heaven, he wanted the
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  • Worship not to come through him but to come to him.
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  • And he fell and he said five times in isaiah 14, "i will, i
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  • Will, i will, i will, i will be like the most high god," and god
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  • Kicked him out of heaven.
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  • And lucifer, whose name means light-bearer, lucifer, the son
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  • Of the morning became satan, the father of the night.
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  • But he did not lose the power that god gave him.
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  • And it says in 2 peter chapter 2, talking about false teachers.
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  • It says, "daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they
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  • Revile angelic majesties, whereas angels who are greater
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  • In might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them
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  • Before the lord."
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  • Now, 2 peter chapter 2 and jude--jude's just one chapter.
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  • They're very similar.
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  • And jude talks about michael the archangel.
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  • He said, "when michael the archangel disputed and argued
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  • With the devil concerning the body of moses, he did not dare
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  • Bring against him a railing judgment."
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  • But he simply said, "the lord rebuke you.
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  • The lord rebuke you."
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  • He wasn't gonna stand up and say, "well, i'm michael
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  • The archangel.
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  • You get out of here, devil or i'm gonna, you know,
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  • Do whatever."
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  • I don't know what angels do, but "i'm gonna whip your behind."
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  • He didn't do that.
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  • He just said, "the lord rebuke you."
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  • And see, false teachers are all--they're rebuking jesus.
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  • "i rebuke you, satan, i do."
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  • Don't do that because you are--he is powerful.
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  • Angels are greater in might and power.
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  • We're not supposed to do that.
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  • We just turn them over to the lord.
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  • We just say, "the lord rebuke you."
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  • And this is amazing--zachariah chapter 3.
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  • This is what the scripture
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  • Says in verses 1 and 2: "then he showed me joshua the
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  • High priest standing before the angel of the lord."
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  • The angel of the lord is a pre-incarnate visitation and
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  • Appearance of the lord jesus christ.
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  • "he was standing before the angel of the lord, and satan
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  • Standing in his right hand to accuse him.
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  • The lord said to satan, 'the lord rebuke you, satan!
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  • Indeed, the lord who has chosen israel rebuke you!'"
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  • The lord says the lord rebuke you.
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  • Now, if michael the archangel says, "the lord rebuke you," if
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  • The lord says to satan, "the lord rebuke you," we need to
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  • Learn from that and we need to not take the devil lightly.
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  • He is a formidable foe.
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  • And you always just turn him over to the lord.
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  • The lord rebuke you. the lord rebuke you.
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  • You don't put yourself in there like you're big, and bad,
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  • And tough.
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  • So, he is not to be taken lightly.
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  • Secondly, he's not to be forgotten carelessly.
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  • So, peter says in chapter 5, verse 8, "be of sober spirit; be
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  • On the alert."
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  • Don't fall asleep at the switch.
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  • This is red alert time.
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  • "be watchful; be vigilant," why?
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  • "because your adversary, the devil, prowls around like
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  • A roaring lion seeking someone to devour."
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  • He is out there, so you need to be on alert.
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  • You need to be vigilant.
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  • Secondly, you must recognize your adversary, recognize him.
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  • As the apostle paul said, "we're not ignorant of his schemes."
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  • So, we know how he operates.
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  • If you don't know how he operates, you're sitting duck.
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  • How does he work?
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  • What is it about him?
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  • Well, number one, he is a slanderer and a false accuser.
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  • The name satan literally means adversary.
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  • Your adversary, the devil.
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  • Your adversary whose name is satan, which means adversary.
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  • Interestingly, the name satan is used 18 times in the old
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  • Testament in three old testament books.
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  • It's used 36 times in the new testament in 12 new
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  • Testament books.
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  • Satan is a real being, he's a created being.
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  • And he is--compared to you and me, he is massively powerful.
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  • Compared to god, he is nothing.
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  • He's a created being.
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  • Don't ever get the idea that there's some kind of dualism
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  • In the earth.
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  • There's god over here, and there's satan over here, and
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  • They're both big time, you know, two--number one and number two
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  • Going at it for the super bowl.
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  • No, god could destroy the devil just like that and he will.
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  • When he comes back at the battle of armageddon, what does the
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  • Lord do to the antichrist?
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  • He takes him alive and the false prophet, and he throws them into
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  • The lake of fire.
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  • The dragon, the serpent, the devil of old who is called the
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  • Devil and satan, he's gonna take him at the end of the
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  • Millennial kingdom.
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  • He's going to take him and put him in the lake of fire and he's
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  • Going to be tormented forever, and ever, and ever.
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  • Don't get the idea that the devil is gonna be king of hell.
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  • He's not, he's going to burn in hell, but right now he's not
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  • In hell.
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  • Here we call him an infernal foe.
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  • He's from the fires of hell, but he's not there.
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  • He is free to roam about.
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  • And he is a slanderer and a false accuser.
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  • The word slanderer means to speak evil against.
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  • And revelation chapter 12, verse 10 tells us that the devil, he
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  • Never ceases--he comes before the throne of god day and night
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  • To accuse us before god.
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  • And we know about that.
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  • The devil will accuse you, he accuses me.
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  • And you know, you say, "well, how do you know when the devil
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  • Speaks to you?"
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  • Well, we're gonna see the devil's pretty slick.
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  • He doesn't speak to you in this guttural devil voice.
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  • He speaks to you in a voice that sounds a lot like your own.
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  • And it's hard to tell, you know, who is speaking and it's not to
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  • Your ears, you just kinda hear it on the inside, you know.
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  • "hey, you know you wanna sin, you know you wanna go do this.
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  • Go do this, it's okay, god will forgive you, god will
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  • Forgive you."
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  • And then you do it and he's like, "i can't
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  • Believe you did that.
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  • God's never gonna forgive you.
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  • How can you show your face again?
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  • How can you ever go back to church again?
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  • Look what you did."
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  • And he will accuse you, and accuse you, and accuse you to
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  • Get you to quit.
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  • He is a slanderer.
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  • He is a false accuser.
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  • Secondly, he's a liar and a deceiver.
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  • Jesus said in john chapter 8, verse 44, "you are of your
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  • Father, the devil and the desires of the devil you
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  • Wanna do."
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  • He's talking to those jewish leaders that didn't believe
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  • In him.
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  • Said he was a murderer from the beginning.
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  • And he was a liar from the beginning.
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  • He said, "whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own
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  • Nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
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  • And see, the devil is a master liar, he's a master deceiver.
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  • He's not just a good liar, he is the slickest liar that the world
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  • Has ever known.
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  • I mean, when the antichrist comes to power, he is going to
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  • Tell people things that sound so good and they're so rotten and
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  • So bad but he is going to spin it in such a way that you think
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  • That up is down, and white is black, and north is south.
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  • He just will turn you into a pretzel because he's able
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  • To do that.
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  • Now, here's the thing about the devil being a master liar.
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  • See, he doesn't normally come with just these outlandish lies.
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  • He comes to you and he comes to me with half truths.
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  • With things that have a little bit of truth in them, but
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  • They're off.
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  • Something's not quite right.
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  • Think about what he said to eve.
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  • Now, he comes with a blatant lie to eve in genesis chapter 3.
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  • And the serpent--as we read, "now, the serpent was more
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  • Crafty than any beast of the field which the lord god
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  • Had made."
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  • He begins this dialogue with eve.
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  • And he says, "indeed, has god said you shall not eat from any
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  • Tree of the garden?"
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  • And she said, "well, from any tree of the garden we may freely
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  • Eat, but from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, the
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  • Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, god has said you shall
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  • Not eat from it or touch it lest you die."
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  • And he says, "you surely shall not die.
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  • For god knows in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened
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  • And you will be like god, knowing good and evil."
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  • Now, what makes that so insidious is this.
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  • God wants you to be like him.
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  • But the devil was trying to get her to not need god.
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  • You'll be like god, so you won't need to depend upon god so that
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  • You can be god's equal.
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  • You and i are never gonna be god's equal, but the idea that
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  • God doesn't want us to be like him is a lie.
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  • He does want us to be like him.
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  • 1 john chapter 3, "see how great a love the father has bestowed
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  • Upon us that we should be called children of god and such we are.
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  • For this reason, the world does not know us because it did not
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  • Know him.
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  • Now, it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that
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  • When he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him
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  • As he is."
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  • God wants us to be like him.
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  • He doesn't want us to be separate and independent
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  • From him.
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  • So, the devil will take things, and he turns them, and he twists
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  • Them in just a little bit off, just a little bit off, why?
  • 00:13:35.850 --> 00:13:42.357
  • So that you go down a road that's just a little bit off.
  • 00:13:42.357 --> 00:13:45.126
  • The longer you go down a road that's just a little bit off
  • 00:13:45.126 --> 00:13:48.129
  • After several miles, you see, "hey, i'm way off course."
  • 00:13:48.129 --> 00:13:51.633
  • Now, 2 corinthians chapter 11 talks about the devil.
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  • And it says this about him.
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  • "for such men are false apostles, deceitful workers,
  • 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:02.911
  • Disguising themselves as apostles of christ."
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  • He's talking about preachers that are not of god.
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  • "no wonder, for even satan disguises himself as an angel
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  • Of light."
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  • You know, you ask yourself the question in genesis chapter 3,
  • 00:14:15.823 --> 00:14:19.594
  • "why did eve not recoil when the devil came to her?"
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  • I mean, the serpent--he comes as the serpent, but the
  • 00:14:25.266 --> 00:14:28.469
  • Serpent--revelation chapter 12, he's the serpent of old, he's
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  • The devil, and satan.
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  • Those are all just names for the same being.
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  • People say, "well, you believe--you christians are so
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  • Stupid, you believe in a talking snake."
  • 00:14:39.013 --> 00:14:41.683
  • No, i don't.
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  • I believe in a talking devil.
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  • And so, he comes to her.
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  • And the bible uses the term serpent.
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  • But he didn't come slithering up to her because one of the curses
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  • Is that the snake is going to slither on his belly all the
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  • Days of his life.
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  • He's gonna eat the dust.
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  • He comes to her as this shining, beautiful creature 'cause he
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  • Disguises himself as an angel of light.
  • 00:15:08.343 --> 00:15:12.513
  • He is a deceiver, he is a liar, and a deceiver.
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  • That's why when you hear the word of god preached, you need
  • 00:15:16.718 --> 00:15:21.923
  • To be a berean.
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  • Anything i tell you, check me out.
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  • Acts 17:11, "but these were more noble-minded than those
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  • In thessalonica."
  • 00:15:28.763 --> 00:15:30.398
  • They're hearing paul preach.
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  • "and they received the word with great eagerness, examining the
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  • Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so."
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  • Hey, don't just take anybody's word for it, you go back to the
  • 00:15:40.641 --> 00:15:44.045
  • Scripture, you examine it to make sure it is right.
  • 00:15:44.045 --> 00:15:48.082
  • Now, we have lots of people who claim to be representatives and
  • 00:15:48.082 --> 00:15:54.322
  • Prophets for god, speakers for god so to speak, and they're not
  • 00:15:54.322 --> 00:15:57.925
  • Speaking according to the word of the lord.
  • 00:15:57.925 --> 00:16:01.262
  • And so, we need to be careful with that.
  • 00:16:01.262 --> 00:16:04.365
  • The devil, he has his imposters.
  • 00:16:04.365 --> 00:16:09.203
  • And they may look good, they may be very nice seminary
  • 00:16:09.203 --> 00:16:15.777
  • Professors, college professors, pastors, trusted friend.
  • 00:16:15.777 --> 00:16:23.284
  • You go back to the word.
  • 00:16:23.284 --> 00:16:24.652
  • "is this guy telling me what the bible says?"
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  • He's a liar, and a deceiver, and he's a devourer, and
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  • A destroyer.
  • 00:16:30.925 --> 00:16:33.528
  • "be of sober spirit; be on the alert.
  • 00:16:33.528 --> 00:16:36.497
  • Your adversary, the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
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  • Seeking someone to devour."
  • 00:16:42.437 --> 00:16:45.173
  • That's how the bible compares him--a roaring lion.
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  • He's a devourer.
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  • He's a destroyer.
  • 00:16:52.447 --> 00:16:55.283
  • Some people think that, "you know, the devil is just--well,
  • 00:16:55.283 --> 00:16:57.752
  • He's just a--he's just some kind of representation of evil."
  • 00:16:57.752 --> 00:17:01.255
  • No, he's a created being, he's a real being.
  • 00:17:01.255 --> 00:17:05.460
  • And let's face it, most of us don't deal with the devil,
  • 00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:08.896
  • Satan head-on.
  • 00:17:08.896 --> 00:17:10.465
  • But the devil has his minions.
  • 00:17:10.465 --> 00:17:13.234
  • You know, when he fell from heaven, he took a third of the
  • 00:17:13.234 --> 00:17:15.870
  • Angels with him.
  • 00:17:15.870 --> 00:17:17.205
  • We don't know how many angels there are, but we know that
  • 00:17:17.205 --> 00:17:20.308
  • There are two thirds that are holy angels and one third that
  • 00:17:20.308 --> 00:17:23.911
  • Are dark demonic angels.
  • 00:17:23.911 --> 00:17:25.913
  • But the devil has his team.
  • 00:17:25.913 --> 00:17:28.549
  • And so, if they--it may may not be satan who's coming after you
  • 00:17:28.549 --> 00:17:32.620
  • Directly, but it's his team and his team--they fall in line,
  • 00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:36.691
  • They do the same things.
  • 00:17:36.691 --> 00:17:38.793
  • And they come to devour and to destroy.
  • 00:17:38.793 --> 00:17:44.632
  • Quinn had mentioned john 10:10, "the thief comes only to steal,
  • 00:17:44.632 --> 00:17:48.302
  • And kill, and destroy."
  • 00:17:48.302 --> 00:17:51.305
  • The the devil didn't come to mess with you, he came to
  • 00:17:51.305 --> 00:17:55.776
  • Massacre you.
  • 00:17:55.776 --> 00:17:57.411
  • He didn't come to play, he came to pounce, and rip you apart,
  • 00:17:57.411 --> 00:18:01.182
  • And destroy your marriage, and destroy your family, and get
  • 00:18:01.182 --> 00:18:04.385
  • After your kids and your grandkids, and steal your joy
  • 00:18:04.385 --> 00:18:08.156
  • And steal your peace, and kill your testimony for jesus christ.
  • 00:18:08.156 --> 00:18:12.627
  • You know, he doesn't stop working just because you become
  • 00:18:12.627 --> 00:18:15.096
  • A christian.
  • 00:18:15.096 --> 00:18:16.464
  • He is a death dealer.
  • 00:18:16.464 --> 00:18:19.100
  • You must recognize your adversary.
  • 00:18:19.100 --> 00:18:20.935
  • And then thirdly, you must resist your adversary.
  • 00:18:20.935 --> 00:18:25.306
  • You regard him, he's very powerful.
  • 00:18:25.306 --> 00:18:27.441
  • You recognize him, how he works.
  • 00:18:27.441 --> 00:18:30.444
  • And you resist your adversary.
  • 00:18:30.444 --> 00:18:34.148
  • So, he says in verse 9, "but resist him firm in your faith
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  • Knowing that the same experiences of suffering are
  • 00:18:40.922 --> 00:18:43.024
  • Being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world."
  • 00:18:43.024 --> 00:18:47.195
  • Resist him, stand firm against him.
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  • You stand up to him.
  • 00:18:50.164 --> 00:18:51.766
  • Yes, he's a roaring lion, yes he has power, "but greater is he
  • 00:18:51.766 --> 00:18:55.870
  • Who is in you than he was in the world."
  • 00:18:55.870 --> 00:18:58.272
  • And we flee youthful lust, but we resist the devil.
  • 00:18:58.272 --> 00:19:02.410
  • And the bible says, "resist the devil and he will flee
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  • From you."
  • 00:19:07.048 --> 00:19:09.617
  • James chapter 4, verse 7, "submit therefore to god,"
  • 00:19:09.617 --> 00:19:14.255
  • Really key.
  • 00:19:14.255 --> 00:19:15.756
  • "resist the devil and he will flee from you."
  • 00:19:15.756 --> 00:19:19.860
  • Now, you can't win--you can't walk in victory, if you are
  • 00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:26.734
  • Not--if you are doing these following three things.
  • 00:19:26.734 --> 00:19:30.871
  • Number one, you can't win if you're not submitted to god.
  • 00:19:30.871 --> 00:19:35.243
  • It's just not gonna happen 'cause you don't have what
  • 00:19:35.243 --> 00:19:37.678
  • It takes.
  • 00:19:37.678 --> 00:19:39.013
  • I don't have what it takes.
  • 00:19:39.013 --> 00:19:40.381
  • The apostle paul didn't have what it took.
  • 00:19:40.381 --> 00:19:42.183
  • We only have what it takes in the lord.
  • 00:19:42.183 --> 00:19:45.052
  • Ephesians 6, "finally be strong in the lord and in the strength
  • 00:19:45.052 --> 00:19:47.855
  • Of his might."
  • 00:19:47.855 --> 00:19:49.824
  • It's not your might, it's his might.
  • 00:19:49.824 --> 00:19:52.460
  • So, we submit therefore to god.
  • 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:54.428
  • As peter says, "humble yourself, therefore under the mighty hand
  • 00:19:54.428 --> 00:19:57.898
  • Of god that he may exalt you at the proper time."
  • 00:19:57.898 --> 00:20:00.368
  • We have to be humbled before the lord.
  • 00:20:00.368 --> 00:20:02.069
  • We have to be submitted before the lord.
  • 00:20:02.069 --> 00:20:04.805
  • And unless we are, we're not going to be able to stand.
  • 00:20:04.805 --> 00:20:09.844
  • Acts chapter 19 tells a unique story, very interesting story
  • 00:20:09.844 --> 00:20:15.016
  • About the seven sons of a jewish exorcist named sceva.
  • 00:20:15.016 --> 00:20:18.919
  • Seven sons of sceva.
  • 00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:20.554
  • And they were dealing with a demon possessed man.
  • 00:20:20.554 --> 00:20:23.891
  • And they said this, "i adjure you by jesus whom paul preaches,
  • 00:20:23.891 --> 00:20:30.431
  • Come out of this man."
  • 00:20:30.431 --> 00:20:32.133
  • And the demon possessed man--the demon was speaking through
  • 00:20:32.133 --> 00:20:35.002
  • This man.
  • 00:20:35.002 --> 00:20:36.337
  • He says this, "i recognize jesus, and i know about paul,
  • 00:20:36.337 --> 00:20:40.875
  • But who are you?"
  • 00:20:40.875 --> 00:20:42.810
  • And then the bible says, "the demon inside this man--the man,
  • 00:20:42.810 --> 00:20:47.515
  • Empowered by the demon, leaped on the seven sons sceva
  • 00:20:47.515 --> 00:20:51.385
  • Violently, and they left the house."
  • 00:20:51.385 --> 00:20:54.822
  • Seven--one on seven.
  • 00:20:54.822 --> 00:20:56.457
  • "they left the house wounded and naked."
  • 00:20:56.457 --> 00:21:00.628
  • He ripped their clothes, he ripped their flesh.
  • 00:21:00.628 --> 00:21:03.331
  • They were wounded and they were naked.
  • 00:21:03.331 --> 00:21:05.566
  • One guy versus seven guys.
  • 00:21:05.566 --> 00:21:07.368
  • What does that tell you?
  • 00:21:07.368 --> 00:21:08.736
  • You and i are no match for the demonic in and of ourselves.
  • 00:21:08.736 --> 00:21:15.276
  • You submit to god, and then you resist the devil, and he will
  • 00:21:15.276 --> 00:21:19.613
  • Flee from you.
  • 00:21:19.613 --> 00:21:20.948
  • Secondly, you can't win if you're not using your resources.
  • 00:21:20.948 --> 00:21:27.521
  • You have to use the resources god has given you.
  • 00:21:27.521 --> 00:21:30.691
  • Ephesians 6, "finally, be strong in the lord and in the strength
  • 00:21:30.691 --> 00:21:33.294
  • Of his might.
  • 00:21:33.294 --> 00:21:34.628
  • Put on the full armor of god that you may be able to stand
  • 00:21:34.628 --> 00:21:38.232
  • Firm against the schemes of the devil--against the methods."
  • 00:21:38.232 --> 00:21:41.802
  • The greek word for schemes there is "methodia."
  • 00:21:41.802 --> 00:21:44.338
  • "against the methods,"--'cause the devil's very methodical--"
  • 00:21:44.338 --> 00:21:47.541
  • Of the devil."
  • 00:21:47.541 --> 00:21:48.876
  • And then he says, "for our struggle is not against flesh
  • 00:21:48.876 --> 00:21:50.644
  • And blood, but against the rulers, against the powers,
  • 00:21:50.644 --> 00:21:52.580
  • Against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual
  • 00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:55.416
  • Forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
  • 00:21:55.416 --> 00:21:58.152
  • Therefore, take up the full armor of god that you may be
  • 00:21:58.152 --> 00:22:00.254
  • Able to stand firm in the evil day.
  • 00:22:00.254 --> 00:22:01.822
  • And having done everything to resist in the evil day and
  • 00:22:01.822 --> 00:22:05.459
  • Having done everything to stand firm, stand firm, therefore."
  • 00:22:05.459 --> 00:22:08.262
  • He says it over, and over, and over.
  • 00:22:08.262 --> 00:22:10.064
  • "stand firm, therefore, having girded your loins with truth."
  • 00:22:10.064 --> 00:22:14.301
  • We put on the belt of truth.
  • 00:22:14.301 --> 00:22:16.404
  • "and having put on the breastplate of righteousness."
  • 00:22:16.404 --> 00:22:19.306
  • Not your righteousness, not my righteousness, the
  • 00:22:19.306 --> 00:22:21.575
  • Lord's righteousness.
  • 00:22:21.575 --> 00:22:22.943
  • "having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel
  • 00:22:22.943 --> 00:22:25.980
  • Of peace.
  • 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.348
  • And then he says this, "in addition to all, taking the
  • 00:22:27.348 --> 00:22:30.050
  • Shield of faith with which we will be able to extinguish all
  • 00:22:30.050 --> 00:22:33.821
  • The flaming missiles of the evil one.
  • 00:22:33.821 --> 00:22:35.890
  • And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
  • 00:22:35.890 --> 00:22:38.426
  • Spirit, which is the word of god."
  • 00:22:38.426 --> 00:22:42.263
  • You have to employ your resources.
  • 00:22:42.263 --> 00:22:46.434
  • No soldier goes into battle and leaves his armor behind, leaves
  • 00:22:46.434 --> 00:22:49.603
  • His shield behind, leaves his sword behind.
  • 00:22:49.603 --> 00:22:51.439
  • That would be suicide.
  • 00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:53.240
  • And we best not do that either.
  • 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:55.709
  • You can't win if you're not using your resources.
  • 00:22:55.709 --> 00:22:58.279
  • And then lastly, you can't win if you're not all in for jesus.
  • 00:22:58.279 --> 00:23:04.919
  • If you're riding the fence, you're not going to win.
  • 00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:08.122
  • You just can't.
  • 00:23:08.122 --> 00:23:09.457
  • You know, you might be a christian, and you're just kind
  • 00:23:09.457 --> 00:23:13.294
  • Of, you know, going about your christian life, you got one foot
  • 00:23:13.294 --> 00:23:17.765
  • In the church and one foot in the world, and you're just kind
  • 00:23:17.765 --> 00:23:20.334
  • Of riding the fence.
  • 00:23:20.334 --> 00:23:22.069
  • And you're kind of a chameleon, you know.
  • 00:23:22.069 --> 00:23:23.904
  • You can get along with the church crowd, you know, the
  • 00:23:23.904 --> 00:23:26.674
  • Buzzwords, and things like that.
  • 00:23:26.674 --> 00:23:28.042
  • But then on monday through the week you can get along with the
  • 00:23:28.042 --> 00:23:31.679
  • World's crowd, the devil's crowd.
  • 00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:34.181
  • Listen, you're not gonna win that way.
  • 00:23:34.181 --> 00:23:37.017
  • You're not gonna win riding the fence 'cause the devil owns
  • 00:23:37.017 --> 00:23:39.153
  • The fence.
  • 00:23:39.153 --> 00:23:40.488
  • He owns the fence.
  • 00:23:40.488 --> 00:23:42.690
  • And this is what the lord says, "you wanna overcome the devil?"
  • 00:23:42.690 --> 00:23:45.426
  • Revelation chapter 12, verse 11.
  • 00:23:45.426 --> 00:23:48.996
  • Revelation 12:11 says this, "and they overcame him,"--the him is
  • 00:23:49.063 --> 00:23:52.867
  • The devil, "because of the blood of the lamb and because of the
  • 00:23:52.867 --> 00:23:56.070
  • Word of their testimony, and they did not love their life
  • 00:23:56.070 --> 00:24:00.140
  • Even when faced with death."
  • 00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:02.376
  • That's how you overcome the devil.
  • 00:24:02.376 --> 00:24:04.979
  • Calvary, the blood of the lamb.
  • 00:24:04.979 --> 00:24:09.016
  • Confession, because of the word of their testimony.
  • 00:24:09.016 --> 00:24:13.454
  • Commitment, they did not love their life even when faced
  • 00:24:13.454 --> 00:24:16.857
  • With death.
  • 00:24:16.857 --> 00:24:18.792
  • You're not gonna win, unless you're all in for the one who
  • 00:24:18.792 --> 00:24:22.730
  • Died for you in agony and blood.
  • 00:24:22.730 --> 00:24:25.165
  • Listen, there's a choice in this war with the devil.
  • 00:24:25.165 --> 00:24:28.702
  • You can be a conqueror through jesus christ or you can be
  • 00:24:28.702 --> 00:24:31.872
  • A casualty.
  • 00:24:31.872 --> 00:24:33.807
  • And the choice is yours.
  • 00:24:33.807 --> 00:24:38.212
  • Jeff: every single day, people around the world are battling
  • 00:24:38.212 --> 00:24:41.649
  • Powerful enemies they can't even see--temptation, fear, shame,
  • 00:24:41.649 --> 00:24:47.121
  • Confusion, addiction.
  • 00:24:47.121 --> 00:24:49.423
  • Families are under pressure, kids and teens are bombarded
  • 00:24:49.423 --> 00:24:52.893
  • With lies, marriages are strained, and the faith of many
  • 00:24:52.893 --> 00:24:57.264
  • Is weakening.
  • 00:24:57.264 --> 00:24:58.632
  • It is spiritual warfare.
  • 00:24:58.632 --> 00:25:00.668
  • And it's raging all around us.
  • 00:25:00.668 --> 00:25:02.803
  • That's why this month on from his heart, we're airing my new
  • 00:25:02.803 --> 00:25:05.472
  • Six-message series, "this is war: overcoming the world, the
  • 00:25:05.472 --> 00:25:10.010
  • Flesh, and the devil."
  • 00:25:10.010 --> 00:25:11.946
  • Now, in this series you'll discover how to break free from
  • 00:25:11.946 --> 00:25:14.548
  • Destructive patterns, how to tear down strongholds and fight
  • 00:25:14.548 --> 00:25:19.153
  • The good fight of faith all the way to the finish line.
  • 00:25:19.153 --> 00:25:23.123
  • This resource is my gift of thanks for your support of any
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  • Amount this month.
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  • I can't save myself.
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  • Now listen, if you'll pray that kind of prayer and mean it, the
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