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Michael Youssef | Michael Youssef - The Full Armor Of God | January 4, 2025
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- Dr. michael youssef: in mark 16:15 jesus said, "go into all
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- The world and preach the gospel to all creation."
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- Dr. youssef: in a day when so many preachers are saying that
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- We need to ditch the old testament, we need to give up
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- The old testament, i'm going to show you in this book how to
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- And so, i hope you're going to read that book and you're going
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- Dr. youssef: the full armor of god, it is not something that
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- You put on and you take off.
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- The armor of god is a permanent fixture.
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- It's god's continuous provision of his power for us.
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- You have the same armor in order to defeat your enemy every time.
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- Dr. youssef: i will be fulfilling a 12-year promise
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- Which most of you will not remember, but i do, that one day
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- I'm going to take my time and preach a detailed sermon series
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- On the armors of god from ephesians 6, beginning at
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- Verse 10.
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- Because these are very vital few verses, i have been thinking and
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- Praying about coming and doing at least four messages just in
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- Those few verses, because far from telling us sink or swim,
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- Far from telling us you're on your own, far from telling us
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- Muddle your way through the christian life, far from it, far
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- From it, he gives us all of the equipment that we need to ensure
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- That we have success and victory in our christian life.
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- He gives us all of the protective gear to ensure our
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- Victory in living worthy of that call of god.
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- He gives us all that armament that we need and he knew we need
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- To ensure our ability to live worthy of his calling.
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- Can i get a witness?
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- "finally, be strong in the lord and in the strength of his
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- Might," amen, why?
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- Because this is the one thing, my beloved brothers and sisters
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- In christ, is the one thing you cannot, you cannot, i cannot do
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- On our own, why?
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- Because our battle is not with human beings who may or may not
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- Be equal to us physically in our strength or in our intellectual
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- Ability or could be equal with us in the brain power or they
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- Can be equal with us in our strategic thinking.
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- No, no, no, no, no, no.
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- This is not a battle between two equals, for we are now matched
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- To that old, cunning, supernatural, evil forces of
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- Satan and his demons.
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- If we are to walk worthy of our calling, and as jonathan
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- Reminded us, worthy of the calling means that we walk in
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- Humility, not in pride; to walk in unity, not in squabbling over
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- Silly things; we walk in love, not in lust; to walk in light,
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- Not in darkness; to walk in the spirit, not in drunkenness; to
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- Walk in mutual submission and not in
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- Self-serving independence.
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- See, that's walking worthy of the calling.
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- These are not the things that you can do on your own.
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- In fact, you can take what i'm going to tell you to the bank.
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- I don't know which bank, but you can take it to any bank
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- You like.
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- The more you want to be effective for the lord, the more
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- Satan intensifies the attack.
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- Satan will heat up his war machine for those who want to
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- Grow stronger in their faith.
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- Can i get a witness?
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- Here's another thing that you can take to that same bank.
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- If you are a christian who is no longer struggling with the
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- World, the flesh, and the devil, you are either mired in sin and
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- You can't see it, or you have become complacent in your
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- Christian walk.
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- As believers, we are one with him.
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- His life is our life, his power is our power, his truth is our
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- Truth, his way is our way.
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- And here it comes, his strength is our strength.
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- Listen, our own strength is never enough.
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- Our own strength is totally, totally insufficient.
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- Our own strength is totally inadequate.
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- I know most of you have heard teaching on the armor of god.
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- The one thing that you must never miss, never miss about the
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- Armor of god, the full armor of god, it is not something that
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- You put on and you take off.
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- It is something that you put on and you keep it on.
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- Now, remind yourself that you've got it on.
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- It is not like in a, you know, sport uniform, you put on the
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- Sport uniform, you play the game, and then when the game is
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- Over, you take it off.
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- No, no, no, no, it's not like that at all.
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- The armor of god is a permanent fixture.
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- The armor of god is a lifelong companion.
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- The armor of god is god's continuous provision of his
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- Power for us and to us.
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- Now, most historians would say or speculate that paul, when he
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- Was writing these words in the prison, he was looking at the
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- Guard, the roman guard, who was standing guarding him and
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- Looking at his uniform and is writing about being inspired
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- By that.
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- Well, be it as it may, i don't like to argue with people,
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- Especially about things i don't understand.
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- But i believe that the holy spirit inspired the apostle paul
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- To write about god's full provision for his
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- Faithful children.
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- Verse 11 again, "put on the full armor of god, that you may be
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- Able to stand firm against the devil's scheme," his scheme,
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- Which tells us that he's crafty, he's cunning, he's deceptive.
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- No wonder many of the false teachers and preachers today
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- Have bought into the biggest deception of all, and that is
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- That satan does not exist.
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- They bought into it.
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- I mean, think about this.
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- That is his biggest deception.
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- It's working for him too.
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- See, when according to statistics, you know, and i
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- Think from 50% to 60% or more percentage of churchgoers
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- Believe that satan doesn't exist, it's working for him.
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- You see, that way he can roam freely, that way he can pounce
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- On unsuspecting believers.
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- Don't ever forget, don't ever forget that satan was once the
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- Chief angel, the anointed cherub, the morning star who
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- Sparkled with beauty and power, reflecting the beauty of god
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- Until he tried to usurp the power of god and the throne of
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- God and got kicked out of heaven and out of the presence of god,
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- With him, third of the angelic being who followed him into
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- That deception.
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- But here's the sad part, here's the sad part about this
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- Deception that he doesn't exist.
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- Jesus did not only speak about satan, he spoke to satan.
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- You see, it's in the wilderness, when he tried--satan tried to
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- Tempt him.
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- The bible also has so many names for--to describe satan.
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- Listen carefully.
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- In ezekiel 28 he was the anointed cherub.
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- In luke 11:15 he's the ruler of demons.
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- In john 16:11 he is the ruler of this world system.
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- In 2 corinthians 4:4 he is the god of this world.
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- In ephesians 2:2 he is the prince of the power of the air.
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- Just to mention a few, i did not give you more references.
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- He's also identified as the great dragon, the roaring lion,
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- The accuser of the brethren, the spirit that is working in the
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- Sons of disobedience.
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- Fifty-two times in the scripture he's called satan, which means
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- An adversary.
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- Nonetheless, we are no--on our own, on our own we are no match
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- For him.
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- I know i got clobbered a few times when i thought that i was
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- Clever enough to do it.
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- I got clobbered, and that is why we're going to spend the next
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- Three messages looking in details at this equipment, why?
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- Each of these equipments that god has given us is very vital.
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- It's important to not just protect us, but give us victory.
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- Listen, these schemes or devices, methodia or methods,
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- Are not only directed at the faithful believers.
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- All of these schemes are designed not only to keep the
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- Blind blind, but they're also designed, young people, listen
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- To me, listen to me, they are designed to mislead and to bring
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- Doubt to the minds of the young believers.
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- Verse 12, "for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but
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- Against the rulers, powers," sometimes called authority,
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- Either way, "against the world forces of darkness, against the
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- Spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places."
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- Now, this verse alone needs several sermons, but please
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- Listen to me.
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- Paul calls it for what it is.
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- And i know some christian people don't like that word.
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- I remember debating with a dear brother, and he said, "oh, don't
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- Use that word, don't use that word."
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- But paul calls it for what it is, he calls it struggle.
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- I didn't call it that.
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- He said, "no, no, we're going to get--we just claim the victory
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- And the victory will be ours.
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- You know, this, and it's the power is in your tongue.
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- Whatever your tongue says, you're going to have the power."
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- I said, "imagine god in heaven, that every time i say something
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- Foolish with my tongue, god says, 'okay, you got" it.'
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- I don't understand that, i really don't, i'm confessing
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- To you.
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- He calls it for what it is,
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- It is a struggle.
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- And the word struggle here conveys, particularly in the
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- Greek, is that hand-to-hand combat, especially in wrestling.
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- But the difference is this.
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- You are dealing with a deceptive opponent, does not play
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- According to the rules.
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- These enemies will lie and cheat and deceive and destroy their
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- Foes, especially the church of jesus christ.
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- And that is why jesus specifically said that the gates
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- Of hell will not overcome it.
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- Paul makes sure that we understand that our struggle is
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- Not only against satan, but it's also against his subordinates,
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- Demons, rulers, powers, forces of darkness.
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- These are different ranks in the army of satan, different ranks.
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- Each of these ranks represents a particular category of demons
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- And their activities and their authorities.
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- Don't ever forget that while we as christians fight among each
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- Other, satan's army is united.
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- They don't squabble among themselves.
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- These enemy's forces are highly disciplined, they are highly
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- Motivated, they are highly organized, and they are
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- Extremely obedient to the chain of command.
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- Look at these ranks very quickly.
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- Rulers, they're linked to powers and authorities.
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- They're the high-ranking order of demons.
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- These are the colonels, the lieutenant colonels, and maybe 1
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- Or 2 star generals.
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- They are the ones who infiltrate various political systems and
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- Not just operating in these dark authoritarian systems like the
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- Ones i escaped from, but now they are operating in so-called
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- Western democracies.
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- Then there are spiritual forces of wickedness, those who are
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- Involved in the most vile immoralities and sexual
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- Perversions, the occult, satanic worship, et cetera.
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- The apostle paul warns us as to how sophisticated, how
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- Sophisticated and powerful our enemy is, and that is why we
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- Should never trivialize him, never trivialize him or trifle
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- With him.
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- But rather what we need to do is run to our commanding officer.
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- We run to the only one who could clobber satan.
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- We run to the only one who can shut him up and shut him down
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- For us.
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- We run to the only one who has
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- Given us the complete armor for
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- Us to defeat them and to have victory, run to the only one who
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- Is trustworthy source of protection and victory,
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- Even jesus.
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- The great news is this.
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- Listen carefully.
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- These armors, as we're going to be looking at them in details,
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- These equipments for victory, they're not given to pastors or
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- Church hierarchy or to well-known preachers.
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- No, no, no, no, no, no, they're given to every single believer,
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- Young or old.
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- Whether you're six or sixty, you have the same equipment, you
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- Have the same armor in order to defeat your enemy every time.
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- Please hear me right, i'm getting ready to come to
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- The end.
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- No christian, no christian believer who could say i am
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- Hopelessly under the attack and under the--
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- Subjected to demonic forces.
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- It is impossible, you cannot say that.
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- You cannot say that.
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- But if you are continuously confessing, continuously
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- Repenting, continuously ungrieving the holy spirit,
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- Because we grieve him when we deliberately sin, but when we
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- Ungrieve him, you can always avail yourself again and again
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- To the power of god.
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- So, you cannot say, "well, i am under--" no, no, no, no, no, no.
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- Your commanding general will not allow this to happen if you come
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- To him.
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- Oh, beloved, let me emphasize.
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- When satan attacks you, do not engage in the battle
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- By yourself.
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- Did i make that clear?
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- Well, the four of you.
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- Run to your commanding officer.
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- Report your commanding officer.
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- Let your commanding officer take over.
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- Verse 13, "therefore, take up the full armor of god, that you
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- May be able to resist in the evil day, and having done
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- Everything, to stand."
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- Having traveled the world over, seen the church in a variety of
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- Conditions, i see particularly in the west that there are so
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- Many members of the churches who are defecting, who
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- Are defecting.
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- Or at least they're draft dodgers.
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- You know what i mean?
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- I remember the days of vietnam, the draft dodgers.
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- And there's a certain peace comes out from draft dodging.
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- I remember reading about those who went to canada, you know, to
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- Get away from the draft dodging--draft during the
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- Vietnam war.
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- These defectors who refused to
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- Fight, they're not interested in
- 00:22:41.442 --> 00:22:43.377
- The armor.
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- They're really not, why?
- 00:22:44.712 --> 00:22:47.081
- Because they're not engaged in the battle, they're not engaged
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- In the war.
- 00:22:49.383 --> 00:22:51.752
- But for the true soldier of christ's army, they know the
- 00:22:51.752 --> 00:22:59.093
- Thrill of victory that comes from putting on
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- The full armor of god.
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- Oh, beloved, you have only one responsibility,
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- One responsibility.
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- See, that's why while i tell you all the truth about the enemy,
- 00:23:11.238 --> 00:23:15.443
- We only have one responsibility, and that is to put on the
- 00:23:15.443 --> 00:23:19.780
- Uniform, to put on the whole armor of god.
- 00:23:19.780 --> 00:23:23.350
- What a deal!
- 00:23:23.350 --> 00:23:24.685
- I know a good deal when i see one.
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- This is a great deal.
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- This is to say nothing of the rewards that are prepared for us
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- In heaven when we see jesus face to face.
- 00:23:32.726 --> 00:23:39.166
- I can testify to you, to the glory of god, that the greatest
- 00:23:39.166 --> 00:23:48.542
- Joy comes in the greatest victory, and the greatest
- 00:23:48.542 --> 00:23:54.381
- Victory comes from the greatest battle.
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- And i've been through several of them, but they cannot be won
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- Without the full armor of god.
- 00:24:04.558 --> 00:24:06.460
- Can i get a witness?
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- So, i'm going to leave you with this.
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- The greater the battle, the greater the victory.
- 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:15.870
- The greater the victory, the greater the joy, amen.
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- ♪♪♪
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- Dr. youssef: in the book "how to read the bible," i wanted to
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- Show everyone that the bible is one unit
- 00:24:36.757 --> 00:24:40.561
- From genesis to revelation.
- 00:24:40.561 --> 00:24:42.997
- The body of believers, they are slowly but surely becoming
- 00:24:42.997 --> 00:24:47.568
- Doubtful about the word of god.
- 00:24:47.568 --> 00:24:50.671
- You know, when you figure out that 18% of christians, that's
- 00:24:50.671 --> 00:24:54.108
- The christians, i'm not saying the non-believers, 18% of them
- 00:24:54.108 --> 00:24:57.745
- Read the bible on a regular basis, that breaks my heart.
- 00:24:57.745 --> 00:25:01.015
- Some preachers even are moving away from the old testament.
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- Some are saying we need to be unhitched from the old
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- Testament, that we can't trust the old testament.
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- People in the pew, they take what the preacher says, and
- 00:25:12.826 --> 00:25:15.663
- They're always quoting the preacher, quoting the preacher.
- 00:25:15.663 --> 00:25:17.698
- I tell people don't quote me, quote the bible.
- 00:25:17.698 --> 00:25:20.067
- That's the word of god.
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- You need to read it, you need to study it, and you need to apply
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- It to your life, because it is a power for living.
- 00:25:24.772 --> 00:25:28.275
- The reason i worked for 50 years to write this book is because i
- 00:25:28.275 --> 00:25:31.779
- Want to make it so simple that a freshman in college or a
- 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:36.917
- Freshman even in seminary, before they go in and delve deep
- 00:25:36.917 --> 00:25:41.288
- Into the word of god and the commentaries and their critics
- 00:25:41.288 --> 00:25:44.258
- And this and that and the other thing, you read that book, it
- 00:25:44.258 --> 00:25:47.294
- Builds a foundation on which you stand.
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- You will be blessed as you read and study this book as an aid to
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- Help you.
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