Andrew Wommack - The Word Became Flesh

December 25, 2024 | S24:E1225

Andrew Wommack shares how the Word of God transformed his life. He believes the same power will work for you. His teaching is profound, clear, and simple enough for a child. Find great teachings and healing testimonies of changed lives at: awmi.net

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Andrew Wommack: Gospel Truth | Andrew Wommack - The Word Became Flesh | December 25, 2024
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  • >> hello, this is andrew wommack
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  • And i just wanted to wish all of
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  • You a very merry christmas. you
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  • Know, this is a special time of
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  • The year, and sometimes it gets
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  • Overwhelmed and obscured by all
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  • Of the presents and the parties
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  • And everything else, but really,
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  • It is to celebrate the advent of
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  • The most important thing that
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  • Ever happened, and that's jesus
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  • Becoming a man. praise god for
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  • Jesus. praise god for jesus
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  • Loving us enough that he came
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  • And suffered for 33 years, being
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  • Limited to a physical body, and
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  • Then suffered on the cross for
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  • Our salvation, bore our
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  • Sicknesses. praise god for
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  • Jesus. man, i just rejoice at
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  • This time of the year. and i
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  • Wanted to wish you a very merry
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  • Christmas to you and all of your
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  • Family. and praise god. remember
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  • That jesus is the reason for the
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  • Season. god bless you.
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  • >> welcome to gospel truth with
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  • Andrew wommack, celebrating the
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  • Good news of jesus christ,
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  • Emmanuel, god with us. we
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  • Here at andrew wommack
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  • Ministries wantto wish you
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  • A very merry christmas
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  • And a blessed new year.
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  • >> welcome to our wednesday's
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  • Broadcast of the gospel truth.
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  • Today i'm continuing
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  • A series talking about
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  • The word became flesh.
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  • I tell you, this is one of
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  • My favorite things
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  • To talk about,
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  • And actually i'm taking truths
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  • That i teach from
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  • A lot of different series
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  • And i'm bringing them all
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  • To bear talking about
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  • The virgin birth of jesus.
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  • The virgin birth of jesus. this is something that i'm sure
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  • This is something that i'm sure that every person watching this
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  • That every person watching this program has heard about,
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  • Program has heard about, probably the vast majority of
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  • Probably the vast majority of you agree and accept it
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  • You agree and accept it and believe that it happened,
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  • And believe that it happened, but we don't give
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  • But we don't give a lot of thought to it,
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  • A lot of thought to it, and we just think,
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  • And we just think, well, god's god
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  • Well, god's god and he somehow or another
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  • And he somehow or another came into a physical body.
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  • Came into a physical body. i tell you, once you begin to
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  • I tell you, once you begin to understand how the virgin birth
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  • Understand how the virgin birth of jesus happens, then you get
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  • Of jesus happens, then you get a better understanding
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  • A better understanding of how we give birth
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  • Of how we give birth to the miracles
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  • To the miracles that god wants in our life.
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  • That god wants in our life. this has literally been one of
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  • This has literally been one of the most important things
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  • The most important things that god has ever sh...
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  • That god has ever sh... shown me, and it is
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  • Shown me, and it is a little bit detailed.
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  • A little bit detailed. i haven't actually got
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  • I haven't actually got into talking about
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  • Into talking about the virgin birth of jesus yet,
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  • The virgin birth of jesus yet, but you have to understand
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  • But you have to understand some things in order to
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  • Some things in order to fully appreciate this.
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  • Fully appreciate this. and so, this is my third day
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  • And so, this is my third day this week, i'm going to be
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  • This week, i'm going to be talking about this all this week
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  • Talking about this all this week and all next week.
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  • And all next week. we'll go into the christmas time
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  • We'll go into the christmas time talking about this,
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  • Talking about this, and if you can track with this
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  • And if you can track with this and understand it,
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  • And understand it, it will not only bless you
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  • It will not only bless you to see the wisdom,
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  • To see the wisdom, the perseverance of god,
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  • The perseverance of god, his love, the things
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  • His love, the things that he's gone through
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  • That he's gone through to manifest what we have today,
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  • To manifest what we have today, but it will also give you
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  • But it will also give you a lot of revelation about how
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  • A lot of revelation about how the kingdom of god works
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  • The kingdom of god works and about how you can
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  • And about how you can receive miracles for yourself.
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  • Receive miracles for yourself. so we've got
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  • Three different things
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  • That you can get.
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  • I've got two sets of dvds,
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  • One taken from television
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  • And one taken from
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  • A live service,
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  • And then we have the cds here,
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  • The audio portion only
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  • Taken from our tv,
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  • And i promise you,
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  • If you were to study this,
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  • It would really,
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  • Really help you.
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  • So we've already talked
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  • So we've already talked about a lot of things.
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  • About a lot of things. two of the questions
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  • Two of the questions that i was dealing with
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  • That i was dealing with i haven't fully explained it,
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  • I haven't fully explained it, but i've given some of
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  • But i've given some of the background on it.
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  • The background on it. one of those questions,
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  • One of those questions, since i was a little kid,
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  • Since i was a little kid, i wondered about why did
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  • I wondered about why did the lord wait 4,000 years before
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  • The lord wait 4,000 years before jesus came into this earth?
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  • Jesus came into this earth? what about the old testament
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  • What about the old testament people that suffered under
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  • People that suffered under an inferior covenant?
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  • An inferior covenant? they didn't have the benefits
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  • They didn't have the benefits that we have today.
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  • That we have today. why did god wait 4,000 years?
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  • Why did god wait 4,000 years? and a second question was,
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  • And a second question was, if god is god,
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  • If god is god, why did he have
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  • Why did he have to become a man?
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  • To become a man? why did he have to
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  • Why did he have to die on a cross?
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  • Die on a cross? why did he have to be
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  • Why did he have to be put to death
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  • Put to death and raised from the dead?
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  • And raised from the dead? why didn't god do things
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  • Why didn't god do things some other way?
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  • Some other way? and it really all comes back,
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  • And it really all comes back, i've covered a lot of things
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  • I've covered a lot of things already, but real quickly
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  • Already, but real quickly let me just say, it comes back
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  • Let me just say, it comes back to the integrity of god.
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  • To the integrity of god. god cannot lie,
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  • God cannot lie, and when god says something
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  • And when god says something out of his mouth, it becomes
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  • Out of his mouth, it becomes binding on him.
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  • Binding on him. he will not break his word.
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  • He will not break his word. the very fact that we still see
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  • The very fact that we still see the world in existence
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  • The world in existence and you and i still alive
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  • And you and i still alive is a testimony to the fact
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  • Is a testimony to the fact that god has never broken
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  • That god has never broken a promise to anybody.
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  • Hebrews, chapter 1, verse 3,
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  • Hebrews, chapter 1, verse 3, says he upholds all things
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  • Says he upholds all things by the word of his power,
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  • By the word of his power, and i already explained that
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  • And i already explained that in more detail,
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  • In more detail, but it literally means
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  • That every atom,
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  • That every atom, everything in the universe
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  • Everything in the universe is held together
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  • Is held together by the integrity of god.
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  • By the integrity of god. if god was to ever lie
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  • If god was to ever lie or break his word,
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  • Or break his word, the universe would
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  • The universe would self-destruct.
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  • Self-destruct. and so, i went through
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  • And so, i went through genesis, chapter 1,
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  • Genesis, chapter 1, and showed how that god spoke
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  • And showed how that god spoke things into existence.
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  • Things into existence. words are the creative force,
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  • Words are the creative force, and everything that was created
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  • And everything that was created by words will respond to words,
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  • By words will respond to words, and when god said unto
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  • Adam and eve in genesis 1:28,
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  • Adam and eve in genesis 1:28, you have dominion and you rule
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  • You have dominion and you rule and subdue this earth,
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  • He bound himself by that.
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  • He bound himself by that. and when they chose
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  • And when they chose to use this power and authority
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  • To use this power and authority that god gave them contrary
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  • That god gave them contrary to what god intended,
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  • To what god intended, he told them not to eat of
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  • He told them not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of
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  • The tree of the knowledge of good and evil and yet
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  • Good and evil and yet they chose to do it,
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  • They chose to do it, and when they did that
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  • And when they did that god didn't like the results
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  • God didn't like the results that came, but he would have
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  • That came, but he would have been unjust to come down here
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  • Been unjust to come down here and just wipe out the devil
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  • And just wipe out the devil and say, stop, do-over,
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  • And say, stop, do-over, i'm changing everything.
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  • I'm changing everything. he would have violated
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  • He would have violated his own word.
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  • His own word. he told them, it's yours.
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  • He told them, it's yours. the earth is yours.
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  • Psalms 115, verse 16,
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  • Psalms 115, verse 16, the heavens, even the heavens of
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  • The heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, are the lord's:
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  • The heavens, are the lord's: but the earth hath he given
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  • But the earth hath he given to the sons of men.
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  • So god would have broke his word
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  • So god would have broke his word if he had have done that.
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  • If he had have done that. so god was bound
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  • So god was bound by his own integrity,
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  • By his own integrity, and because of that it took
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  • And because of that it took 4,000 years for god to create
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  • 4,000 years for god to create the body that jesus would
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  • The body that jesus would come and inhabit.
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  • Come and inhabit. now some people think,
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  • Now some people think, what are you saying there?
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  • What are you saying there? well, how did he create
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  • Well, how did he create the first body?
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  • The first body? he spoke it into existence.
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  • He said, let us make man
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  • He said, let us make man in our own image,
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  • We say that god reached down
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  • We say that god reached down and scooped up some dirt
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  • And scooped up some dirt and we do those things
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  • And we do those things symbolically, and there's...
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  • Symbolically, and there's... that's okay if you understand
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  • That's okay if you understand it's only an analogy,
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  • It's only an analogy, but literally speaking,
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  • But literally speaking, god did not use his hands.
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  • God did not use his hands. he didn't do something
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  • He didn't do something like that.
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  • Like that. he spoke the body of adam
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  • He spoke the body of adam into existence,
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  • And then he blew into that body
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  • And then he blew into that body the breath of life
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  • The breath of life and man became a living soul
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  • And man became a living soul is what it says right here
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  • Is what it says right here in genesis, chapter 2.
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  • So god created the original adam
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  • So god created the original adam by words, and when it came time
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  • By words, and when it came time to create the second adam,
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  • To create the second adam, that's the terminology
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  • That's the terminology that's applied to jesus
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  • That's applied to jesus in 1 corinthians, chapter 15,
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  • In 1 corinthians, chapter 15, when it came time
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  • When it came time to create the second adam,
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  • To create the second adam, he had to create him
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  • He had to create him by words again,
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  • By words again, but this time it was different.
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  • But this time it was different. when god created
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  • When god created the heavens and the earth,
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  • The heavens and the earth, there was no lucifer.
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  • There was no lucifer. there was no devil
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  • There was no devil that was resisting him.
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  • That was resisting him. he was absolutely in control,
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  • He was absolutely in control, there was zero resistance,
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  • There was zero resistance, and i could probably spend
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  • And i could probably spend a day or two talking about this.
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  • A day or two talking about this. i'll just say it, but i believe
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  • I'll just say it, but i believe that god thought
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  • That god thought creation through for eons.
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  • Creation through for eons. it could have been hundreds,
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  • It could have been hundreds, thousands of years,
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  • Thousands of years, or maybe because he's god
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  • Or maybe because he's god it didn't take him very long
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  • It didn't take him very long to think it through,
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  • To think it through, but he thought through creation,
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  • But he thought through creation, not only the original creation.
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  • Not only the original creation. but knowing that man
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  • But knowing that man would eventually sin,
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  • Would eventually sin, he thought through
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  • He thought through the fallen creation, and it is
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  • The fallen creation, and it is just absolutely miraculous
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  • Just absolutely miraculous how creation functions.
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  • How creation functions. this is one of the things
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  • This is one of the things that i have a problem with
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  • That i have a problem with about all of the tree huggers
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  • About all of the tree huggers that are thinking that the earth
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  • That are thinking that the earth is so fragile and that we're
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  • Is so fragile and that we're destroying everything.
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  • Destroying everything. that's not true.
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  • That's not true. god anticipated everything
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  • God anticipated everything that we would ever do.
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  • That we would ever do. he said clearly in his word
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  • He said clearly in his word how this world
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  • How this world is going to be destroyed.
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  • Is going to be destroyed. it's not through pollution.
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  • It's not through pollution. it's not through global warming,
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  • It's not through global warming, climate change.
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  • Climate change. it's going to be,
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  • It's going to be, god is going to send a fire
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  • God is going to send a fire and it will burn up everything
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  • And it will burn up everything and he'll create
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  • And he'll create a new heaven
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  • A new heaven and a new earth.
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  • And a new earth. so anyway,
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  • So anyway, see i believe that god
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  • See i believe that god thought through all of this,
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  • Thought through all of this, and when he said,
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  • And when he said, let there be dry land,
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  • Let there be dry land, let there be animals,
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  • Let there be animals, let there be trees and stuff,
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  • Let there be trees and stuff, he had thought
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  • He had thought all of this through,
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  • All of this through, and when he said it,
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  • And when he said it, it came to pass.
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  • It came to pass. but after the fall
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  • But after the fall of adam and eve,
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  • Of adam and eve, they turned the control
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  • They turned the control and the dominion of
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  • And the dominion of this earth over to satan.
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  • This earth over to satan. somebody says,
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  • Somebody says, where do you get that from?
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  • Where do you get that from? right here in genesis,
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  • Right here in genesis, chapter 3,
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  • Chapter 3, it recounts the sin
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  • It recounts the sin of adam and eve,
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  • And in genesis,
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  • And in genesis, chapter 3, verse 1,
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  • Chapter 3, verse 1, now the serpent was more subtil
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  • Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field
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  • Than any beast of the field which the lord god had made.
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  • Which the lord god had made. and he said unto the woman,
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  • And he said unto the woman, yea, hath god said,
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  • Yea, hath god said, ye shall not eat of
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  • Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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  • You know, there is so much
  • 00:08:54.290 --> 00:08:55.124
  • You know, there is so much in these scriptures.
  • 00:08:55.191 --> 00:08:56.959
  • In these scriptures. i have meditated on genesis 3,
  • 00:08:57.026 --> 00:08:59.195
  • I have meditated on genesis 3, thousands of hours,
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  • Thousands of hours, and i could take nearly
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  • And i could take nearly every word in this
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  • Every word in this and just share things
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  • And just share things that god has shown me
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  • That god has shown me for a long period of time.
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  • For a long period of time. but anyway,
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  • But anyway, the point is that when
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  • The point is that when adam and eve yielded
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  • Adam and eve yielded to this temptation
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  • To this temptation and disobeyed god, although
  • 00:09:13.476 --> 00:09:15.578
  • And disobeyed god, although romans, chapter 6, verse 16,
  • 00:09:15.645 --> 00:09:17.580
  • Romans, chapter 6, verse 16, wasn't written yet,
  • 00:09:17.647 --> 00:09:19.448
  • Wasn't written yet, it was still true.
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  • It was still true. you know, all the bible is,
  • 00:09:21.717 --> 00:09:23.019
  • You know, all the bible is, is just who god is
  • 00:09:23.085 --> 00:09:25.087
  • Is just who god is and the way god is
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  • And the way god is and the way he's dealt with
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  • And the way he's dealt with mankind written down
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  • Mankind written down for us to understand,
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  • For us to understand, but these truths,
  • 00:09:31.093 --> 00:09:32.828
  • But these truths, they existed long before
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  • They existed long before they were written.
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  • They were written. so even though
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  • So even though romans 6:16, wasn't written yet
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  • Romans 6:16, wasn't written yet that truth was in...it...
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  • That truth was in...it... it was established,
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  • It was established, and i believe
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  • And i believe that satan knew about it.
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  • And it says in romans 6:16,
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  • And it says in romans 6:16, know ye not,
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  • Know ye not, that to whom ye yield
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  • That to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,
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  • Yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are
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  • His servants ye are to whom ye obey;
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  • To whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death,
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  • Whether of sin unto death, or of obedience
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  • Or of obedience unto righteousness?
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  • That is saying
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  • That is saying that whoever you yield to,
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  • That whoever you yield to, whoever you obey, you give them
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  • Whoever you obey, you give them dominion over you.
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  • Dominion over you. so when adam and eve
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  • So when adam and eve quit obeying god
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  • Quit obeying god and they obeyed satan
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  • And they obeyed satan and they ate of
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  • And they ate of the forbidden fruit,
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  • The forbidden fruit, they took the power
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  • They took the power and the authority
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  • And the authority that had been given unto them
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  • That had been given unto them and they gave it to satan.
  • 00:10:17.673 --> 00:10:19.542
  • And they gave it to satan. by yielding to him
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  • By yielding to him they became his servant.
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  • They became his servant. you know, the scripture calls
  • 00:10:22.244 --> 00:10:22.912
  • You know, the scripture calls satan the god of this world;
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  • Satan the god of this world; not the god of the universe.
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  • Not the god of the universe. he's just the god of this world,
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  • He's just the god of this world, and in psalms, chapter 82,
  • 00:10:30.052 --> 00:10:31.987
  • And in psalms, chapter 82, i believe it is, verse 6,
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  • Jesus quoted this
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  • Jesus quoted this in the new testament
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  • In the new testament when he was being criticized,
  • 00:10:35.491 --> 00:10:36.592
  • When he was being criticized, and he says, didn't it say
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  • And he says, didn't it say in your law that i...you know,
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  • In your law that i...you know, that i have called you gods,
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  • That i have called you gods, and he was referring to mankind.
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  • It says there that we are gods.
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  • It says there that we are gods. not with a capital g,
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  • Not with a capital g, not divine, but authority,
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  • Not divine, but authority, ruling with a small g.
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  • Ruling with a small g. we were gods over this earth,
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  • We were gods over this earth, and when we took our
  • 00:10:54.910 --> 00:10:56.345
  • And when we took our authority and dominion
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  • Authority and dominion and obeyed the devil,
  • 00:10:57.713 --> 00:10:59.148
  • And obeyed the devil, we made him the god of
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  • We made him the god of this earth, we yielded to him.
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  • This earth, we yielded to him. now the reason
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  • Now the reason that this is so significant
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  • That this is so significant and the reason i've introduced
  • 00:11:05.688 --> 00:11:07.089
  • And the reason i've introduced all of this is to say that satan
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  • All of this is to say that satan can't do anything to you without
  • 00:11:10.493 --> 00:11:13.262
  • Can't do anything to you without your consent and cooperation
  • 00:11:13.329 --> 00:11:15.965
  • Your consent and cooperation because authority over
  • 00:11:16.031 --> 00:11:17.900
  • Because authority over this earth was given to people,
  • 00:11:17.967 --> 00:11:20.636
  • This earth was given to people, physical human beings.
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  • Physical human beings. man, the bible says
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  • Man, the bible says in hebrews, chapter 1, verse 14,
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  • In hebrews, chapter 1, verse 14, talking about the angels,
  • 00:11:27.910 --> 00:11:29.178
  • Talking about the angels, there's a number of verses there
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  • There's a number of verses there talking about how, you know,
  • 00:11:30.546 --> 00:11:32.715
  • Talking about how, you know, jesus is greater than an angel,
  • 00:11:32.782 --> 00:11:34.884
  • And then in verse 14, it says,
  • 00:11:34.950 --> 00:11:36.685
  • And then in verse 14, it says, aren't they all,
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  • Aren't they all, all of the angels are,
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  • All of the angels are, ministering spirits,
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  • Ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those
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  • Sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation?
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  • That scripture says
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  • That scripture says that the job of angels
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  • That the job of angels is to minister for us.
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  • Is to minister for us. now i...i can't say that
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  • Now i...i can't say that that's the only job
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  • That's the only job that they have,
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  • That they have, but that's the only one
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  • But that's the only one that's...that's completely
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  • That's...that's completely explained
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  • In scripture.
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  • In scripture. they are ministering spirits
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  • They are ministering spirits sent forth to minister
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  • Sent forth to minister for those who shall be;
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  • For those who shall be; not only those who are,
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  • Not only those who are, but those who shall be
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  • But those who shall be heirs of salvation.
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  • See, this gives you
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  • See, this gives you some understanding too
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  • Some understanding too about how that maybe
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  • About how that maybe before you made
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  • Before you made a commitment to the lord
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  • A commitment to the lord and before you turned your life
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  • And before you turned your life over to the lord
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  • Over to the lord god saved your life.
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  • God saved your life. i was just talking to
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  • I was just talking to a good friend of mine,
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  • A good friend of mine, duane sheriff.
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  • Duane sheriff. he's a pastor
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  • He's a pastor and a board member,
  • 00:12:24.967 --> 00:12:26.101
  • And a board member, and his brother was killed
  • 00:12:26.168 --> 00:12:27.603
  • And his brother was killed in an automobile accident,
  • 00:12:27.670 --> 00:12:29.839
  • In an automobile accident, and it was a traumatic
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  • And it was a traumatic experience for duane,
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  • Experience for duane, and duane was supposed to be
  • 00:12:32.107 --> 00:12:34.143
  • And duane was supposed to be in that car, but he wasn't.
  • 00:12:34.210 --> 00:12:37.046
  • In that car, but he wasn't. he just for whatever reason
  • 00:12:37.112 --> 00:12:38.814
  • He just for whatever reason chose not to go,
  • 00:12:38.881 --> 00:12:39.982
  • Chose not to go, but typically he would have been
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  • But typically he would have been with his brother.
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  • With his brother. he would have been there.
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  • He would have been there. they were doing
  • 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:44.153
  • They were doing something special,
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  • Something special, and yet for whatever reason,
  • 00:12:45.721 --> 00:12:47.056
  • And yet for whatever reason, he just decided not to go,
  • 00:12:47.122 --> 00:12:49.558
  • He just decided not to go, and god saved his life.
  • 00:12:49.625 --> 00:12:50.726
  • And god saved his life. i believe that god, ev...
  • 00:12:50.793 --> 00:12:51.594
  • I believe that god, ev... even before he was born again,
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  • Even before he was born again, knew that duane was receptive.
  • 00:12:53.729 --> 00:12:56.365
  • Knew that duane was receptive. he was seeking the lord,
  • 00:12:56.432 --> 00:12:57.499
  • He was seeking the lord, but he hadn't really
  • 00:12:57.566 --> 00:12:58.500
  • But he hadn't really submitted himself
  • 00:12:58.567 --> 00:12:59.435
  • Submitted himself to the lord at that time,
  • 00:12:59.501 --> 00:13:00.836
  • To the lord at that time, and angels literally
  • 00:13:00.903 --> 00:13:03.138
  • And angels literally encouraged him not to go.
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  • Encouraged him not to go. and i think that when we
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  • And i think that when we get to heaven,
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  • Get to heaven, this is going to be one of
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  • This is going to be one of the things that's
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  • The things that's going to be so awesome.
  • 00:13:08.644 --> 00:13:09.445
  • Going to be so awesome. we will sit there, and...
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  • The scripture says
  • 00:13:10.312 --> 00:13:11.113
  • The scripture says in 1 corinthians 13,
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  • In 1 corinthians 13, that we will know all things,
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  • That we will know all things, even as also we are known,
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  • And we're going to look back
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  • And we're going to look back and see that god
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  • And see that god saved our bacon.
  • 00:13:19.388 --> 00:13:21.290
  • Saved our bacon. as bad as things may be
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  • As bad as things may be for some of us,
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  • For some of us, it could have been much,
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  • It could have been much, much worse.
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  • The bible says in john 10:10,
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  • The bible says in john 10:10, that satan, the...the thief
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  • That satan, the...the thief comes not, but for to steal,
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  • Comes not, but for to steal, to kill, and to destroy
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  • If it was just up to the devil,
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  • If it was just up to the devil, he would make every person;
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  • He would make every person; we would be miserable.
  • 00:13:37.539 --> 00:13:38.874
  • We would be miserable. we would all be killing
  • 00:13:38.941 --> 00:13:40.276
  • We would all be killing each other.
  • 00:13:40.342 --> 00:13:40.776
  • Each other. there would be total adultery,
  • 00:13:40.843 --> 00:13:42.344
  • There would be total adultery, ther would be total mayhem
  • 00:13:42.411 --> 00:13:43.879
  • Ther would be total mayhem all the time.
  • 00:13:43.946 --> 00:13:45.514
  • All the time. as bad as things are
  • 00:13:45.581 --> 00:13:47.283
  • As bad as things are they aren't as bad
  • 00:13:47.349 --> 00:13:48.150
  • They aren't as bad as they could be
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  • As they could be because of people that are
  • 00:13:50.185 --> 00:13:51.654
  • Because of people that are responding to the lord
  • 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:53.088
  • Responding to the lord and the intervention of angels
  • 00:13:53.155 --> 00:13:54.790
  • And the intervention of angels and god saving our life,
  • 00:13:54.857 --> 00:13:56.558
  • And god saving our life, things like this.
  • 00:13:56.625 --> 00:13:57.359
  • Things like this. but this is really significant
  • 00:13:57.426 --> 00:13:58.794
  • But this is really significant that you understand,
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  • That you understand, when satan came
  • 00:13:59.595 --> 00:14:00.562
  • When satan came to adam and eve,
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  • It says, now the serpent
  • 00:14:01.563 --> 00:14:02.765
  • It says, now the serpent was more subtil
  • 00:14:02.831 --> 00:14:04.166
  • Was more subtil than any beast of the field,
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  • Than any beast of the field, over in
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  • 2 corinthians, chapter 11,
  • 00:14:06.502 --> 00:14:08.470
  • 2 corinthians, chapter 11, it specifically says
  • 00:14:08.537 --> 00:14:09.838
  • It specifically says that it was satan
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  • That it was satan that was tempting eve
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  • That was tempting eve through this serpent.
  • 00:14:12.808 --> 00:14:14.076
  • Through this serpent. also in john, chapter 8,
  • 00:14:14.143 --> 00:14:16.211
  • Also in john, chapter 8, verse 44, jesus said
  • 00:14:16.278 --> 00:14:18.047
  • Verse 44, jesus said that satan is the father
  • 00:14:18.113 --> 00:14:19.448
  • That satan is the father of all lies.
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  • Of all lies. this is a total lie
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  • This is a total lie spoken by this serpent,
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  • Spoken by this serpent, and so we know
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  • And so we know that satan was behind this.
  • 00:14:24.687 --> 00:14:26.221
  • That satan was behind this. why did satan choose a serpent?
  • 00:14:26.288 --> 00:14:29.591
  • Why did satan choose a serpent? why didn't he choose an elephant
  • 00:14:29.658 --> 00:14:31.126
  • Why didn't he choose an elephant or something or a...
  • 00:14:31.193 --> 00:14:32.261
  • Or something or a... a lion to come along
  • 00:14:32.328 --> 00:14:33.362
  • A lion to come along and intimidate adam and eve
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  • And intimidate adam and eve and force them to obey?
  • 00:14:35.397 --> 00:14:38.067
  • And force them to obey? it's because he had no power.
  • 00:14:38.133 --> 00:14:39.868
  • It's because he had no power. he was a ministering spirit
  • 00:14:39.935 --> 00:14:42.004
  • He was a ministering spirit sent forth to minister
  • 00:14:42.071 --> 00:14:43.238
  • Sent forth to minister for those who shall be
  • 00:14:43.305 --> 00:14:45.607
  • For those who shall be heirs of salvation.
  • 00:14:45.674 --> 00:14:47.076
  • Heirs of salvation. he was there to serve
  • 00:14:47.142 --> 00:14:48.610
  • He was there to serve adam and eve.
  • 00:14:48.677 --> 00:14:49.311
  • Adam and eve. he had no power to force them
  • 00:14:49.378 --> 00:14:51.347
  • He had no power to force them to do anything.
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  • To do anything. i tell you,
  • 00:14:53.215 --> 00:14:53.482
  • I tell you, this is another mistake.
  • 00:14:53.549 --> 00:14:54.783
  • This is another mistake. you know, we i've used
  • 00:14:54.850 --> 00:14:55.651
  • You know, we i've used that verse a number of times,
  • 00:14:55.718 --> 00:14:57.086
  • That verse a number of times, mark 7:13, the traditions
  • 00:14:57.152 --> 00:14:59.321
  • Mark 7:13, the traditions and doctrines of men
  • 00:14:59.388 --> 00:15:00.489
  • And doctrines of men make the word of god
  • 00:15:00.556 --> 00:15:01.256
  • Make the word of god of no effect.
  • 00:15:01.323 --> 00:15:02.691
  • Of no effect. we have a lot of
  • 00:15:02.758 --> 00:15:03.258
  • We have a lot of religious traditions,
  • 00:15:03.325 --> 00:15:05.260
  • Religious traditions, and a lot of christian people,
  • 00:15:05.327 --> 00:15:08.497
  • And a lot of christian people, or at least religious people,
  • 00:15:08.564 --> 00:15:10.632
  • Or at least religious people, will sit there and blame
  • 00:15:10.699 --> 00:15:11.700
  • Will sit there and blame the devil for everything.
  • 00:15:11.767 --> 00:15:13.268
  • The devil for everything. you know, flip wilson
  • 00:15:13.335 --> 00:15:14.169
  • You know, flip wilson made it popular, saying,
  • 00:15:14.236 --> 00:15:15.671
  • Made it popular, saying, the devil made me do it,
  • 00:15:15.738 --> 00:15:17.373
  • The devil made me do it, and people want to blame
  • 00:15:17.439 --> 00:15:18.273
  • And people want to blame the devil for everything.
  • 00:15:18.340 --> 00:15:21.210
  • The devil for everything. and i'm not here
  • 00:15:21.276 --> 00:15:23.212
  • And i'm not here to defend the devil.
  • 00:15:23.278 --> 00:15:24.146
  • To defend the devil. i hate him.
  • 00:15:24.213 --> 00:15:25.114
  • I hate him. i'm...i'm willing to slander him
  • 00:15:25.180 --> 00:15:28.017
  • I'm...i'm willing to slander him and to do anything i can
  • 00:15:28.083 --> 00:15:30.085
  • And to do anything i can to hurt him, but i believe
  • 00:15:30.152 --> 00:15:32.888
  • To hurt him, but i believe that sometimes the devil
  • 00:15:32.955 --> 00:15:33.856
  • That sometimes the devil looks at us and he's
  • 00:15:33.922 --> 00:15:34.757
  • Looks at us and he's actually taking notes.
  • 00:15:34.823 --> 00:15:36.392
  • Actually taking notes. we are doing a great job of
  • 00:15:36.458 --> 00:15:38.293
  • We are doing a great job of destroying our own lives.
  • 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:40.095
  • Destroying our own lives. the truth is satan can't do
  • 00:15:40.162 --> 00:15:41.764
  • The truth is satan can't do anything without our consent
  • 00:15:41.830 --> 00:15:43.399
  • Anything without our consent and cooperation.
  • 00:15:43.465 --> 00:15:44.299
  • And cooperation. that's the reason
  • 00:15:44.366 --> 00:15:45.067
  • That's the reason that he had to come through
  • 00:15:45.134 --> 00:15:46.301
  • That he had to come through the most subtle, the most sly,
  • 00:15:46.368 --> 00:15:48.404
  • The most subtle, the most sly, cunning, deceptive animal
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  • Cunning, deceptive animal that god had created.
  • 00:15:51.106 --> 00:15:53.409
  • That god had created. now that's important
  • 00:15:53.475 --> 00:15:55.310
  • Now that's important because if you think
  • 00:15:55.377 --> 00:15:56.178
  • Because if you think that satan can
  • 00:15:56.245 --> 00:15:56.712
  • That satan can somehow or another
  • 00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:57.379
  • Somehow or another just overpower you
  • 00:15:57.446 --> 00:15:58.714
  • Just overpower you and force you into doing things,
  • 00:15:58.781 --> 00:16:00.883
  • And force you into doing things, well then you're only going
  • 00:16:00.949 --> 00:16:01.750
  • Well then you're only going to resist to a degree,
  • 00:16:01.817 --> 00:16:03.185
  • To resist to a degree, and then after a while
  • 00:16:03.252 --> 00:16:03.986
  • And then after a while you'll give in because after all
  • 00:16:04.053 --> 00:16:05.554
  • You'll give in because after all he's the devil,
  • 00:16:05.621 --> 00:16:06.455
  • He's the devil, the devil made me do it.
  • 00:16:06.522 --> 00:16:07.923
  • The devil made me do it. but once you understand
  • 00:16:07.990 --> 00:16:09.124
  • But once you understand that the devil,
  • 00:16:09.191 --> 00:16:10.492
  • That the devil, he's not a physical human being.
  • 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:12.728
  • He's not a physical human being. everything we know
  • 00:16:12.795 --> 00:16:13.562
  • Everything we know from scripture, he's a spirit.
  • 00:16:13.629 --> 00:16:15.864
  • From scripture, he's a spirit. jesus cast demons out of people.
  • 00:16:15.931 --> 00:16:18.200
  • Jesus cast demons out of people. they were spirits.
  • 00:16:18.267 --> 00:16:20.169
  • They were spirits. they don't have a physical body.
  • 00:16:20.235 --> 00:16:21.637
  • They don't have a physical body. satan didn't have
  • 00:16:21.703 --> 00:16:22.805
  • Satan didn't have a physical body.
  • 00:16:22.871 --> 00:16:24.139
  • A physical body. satan had no authority
  • 00:16:24.206 --> 00:16:26.175
  • Satan had no authority in this earth whatsoever.
  • 00:16:26.241 --> 00:16:28.410
  • In this earth whatsoever. that's the reason he had to come
  • 00:16:28.477 --> 00:16:30.512
  • That's the reason he had to come and get adam and eve to submit
  • 00:16:30.579 --> 00:16:32.948
  • And get adam and eve to submit to him through trickery,
  • 00:16:33.015 --> 00:16:34.683
  • To him through trickery, through deception.
  • 00:16:34.750 --> 00:16:36.051
  • Through deception. over in 1 timothy, chapter 2,
  • 00:16:36.118 --> 00:16:37.853
  • Over in 1 timothy, chapter 2, it says that the woman
  • 00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:38.854
  • It says that the woman was deceived.
  • 00:16:38.921 --> 00:16:39.822
  • Was deceived. adam wasn't deceived.
  • 00:16:39.888 --> 00:16:41.256
  • Adam wasn't deceived. he knew what was going on,
  • 00:16:41.323 --> 00:16:42.391
  • He knew what was going on, but he chose to be with
  • 00:16:42.458 --> 00:16:43.459
  • But he chose to be with the woman even though
  • 00:16:43.525 --> 00:16:45.227
  • The woman even though it meant disobeying god,
  • 00:16:45.294 --> 00:16:46.328
  • It meant disobeying god, but it says that the woman
  • 00:16:46.395 --> 00:16:47.396
  • But it says that the woman was deceived.
  • 00:16:47.463 --> 00:16:49.064
  • Was deceived. satan came a...
  • 00:16:49.131 --> 00:16:50.666
  • Satan came a... with deception, not with force,
  • 00:16:50.732 --> 00:16:53.268
  • With deception, not with force, not with power.
  • 00:16:53.335 --> 00:16:54.403
  • Not with power. you could even turn over
  • 00:16:54.470 --> 00:16:55.437
  • You could even turn over to the example of the man
  • 00:16:55.504 --> 00:16:56.905
  • To the example of the man in the bible called
  • 00:16:56.972 --> 00:16:57.773
  • In the bible called the gadarene demoniac.
  • 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.641
  • The gadarene demoniac. jesus met him and he was
  • 00:16:59.708 --> 00:17:01.176
  • Jesus met him and he was living in the tombs,
  • 00:17:01.243 --> 00:17:02.611
  • Living in the tombs, and he wouldn't
  • 00:17:02.678 --> 00:17:03.045
  • And he wouldn't wear any clothes.
  • 00:17:03.112 --> 00:17:04.480
  • Wear any clothes. he had supernatural strength.
  • 00:17:04.546 --> 00:17:06.115
  • He had supernatural strength. he would cut himself.
  • 00:17:06.181 --> 00:17:07.216
  • He would cut himself. he was suicidal.
  • 00:17:07.282 --> 00:17:10.252
  • He was suicidal. i tell you,
  • 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.886
  • I tell you, people who are
  • 00:17:10.953 --> 00:17:11.920
  • People who are doing those things
  • 00:17:11.987 --> 00:17:12.754
  • Doing those things are demon possessed.
  • 00:17:12.821 --> 00:17:14.289
  • Are demon possessed. there are people today
  • 00:17:14.356 --> 00:17:15.190
  • There are people today that don't wear
  • 00:17:15.257 --> 00:17:15.958
  • That don't wear hardly any clothes
  • 00:17:16.024 --> 00:17:17.493
  • Hardly any clothes because it's demonic.
  • 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:19.895
  • Because it's demonic. man, they're exposing themself.
  • 00:17:19.962 --> 00:17:21.330
  • Man, they're exposing themself. that's what this
  • 00:17:21.396 --> 00:17:21.864
  • That's what this demon possessed man did.
  • 00:17:21.930 --> 00:17:23.365
  • Demon possessed man did. there's people that are
  • 00:17:23.432 --> 00:17:23.932
  • There's people that are cutting themself.
  • 00:17:23.999 --> 00:17:24.800
  • Cutting themself. it's demonic behind this.
  • 00:17:24.867 --> 00:17:26.869
  • It's demonic behind this. people are sitting here
  • 00:17:26.935 --> 00:17:27.569
  • People are sitting here talking about mental health,
  • 00:17:27.636 --> 00:17:29.938
  • Talking about mental health, and that's become the buzz word
  • 00:17:30.005 --> 00:17:31.440
  • And that's become the buzz word that we use today
  • 00:17:31.507 --> 00:17:32.741
  • That we use today to describe somebody
  • 00:17:32.808 --> 00:17:33.942
  • To describe somebody who's unstable and stuff,
  • 00:17:34.009 --> 00:17:35.310
  • Who's unstable and stuff, but i guarantee you,
  • 00:17:35.377 --> 00:17:35.878
  • But i guarantee you, satan is behind
  • 00:17:35.944 --> 00:17:36.778
  • Satan is behind a lot of this stuff.
  • 00:17:36.845 --> 00:17:38.380
  • A lot of this stuff. so anyway, satan came,
  • 00:17:38.447 --> 00:17:39.948
  • So anyway, satan came, and he couldn't force them.
  • 00:17:40.015 --> 00:17:41.683
  • And he couldn't force them. he had to get them to obey,
  • 00:17:41.750 --> 00:17:43.185
  • He had to get them to obey, even this gadarene demoniac.
  • 00:17:43.252 --> 00:17:45.087
  • Even this gadarene demoniac. see, i was using him
  • 00:17:45.154 --> 00:17:46.088
  • See, i was using him as an example, that he had
  • 00:17:46.155 --> 00:17:47.990
  • As an example, that he had a legion of demons.
  • 00:17:48.056 --> 00:17:50.359
  • Jesus asked this...
  • 00:17:50.425 --> 00:17:51.493
  • Jesus asked this... he was talking to the demons,
  • 00:17:51.560 --> 00:17:52.895
  • He was talking to the demons, not to the man,
  • 00:17:52.961 --> 00:17:53.795
  • Not to the man, but to the demons
  • 00:17:53.862 --> 00:17:54.796
  • But to the demons that were inside of this man,
  • 00:17:54.863 --> 00:17:55.964
  • That were inside of this man, and he says,
  • 00:17:56.031 --> 00:17:56.265
  • And he says, what's your name,
  • 00:17:56.331 --> 00:17:57.065
  • What's your name, and they said,
  • 00:17:57.132 --> 00:17:57.533
  • And they said, legion: for we are many.
  • 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:00.369
  • Legion: for we are many. the word, legion,
  • 00:18:00.435 --> 00:18:01.537
  • Is referring to a roman legion.
  • 00:18:01.603 --> 00:18:03.805
  • Is referring to a roman legion. there were 6,000 people
  • 00:18:03.872 --> 00:18:05.207
  • There were 6,000 people in a roman legion.
  • 00:18:05.274 --> 00:18:06.308
  • In a roman legion. so apparently there were
  • 00:18:06.375 --> 00:18:07.709
  • So apparently there were 6,000 demons inside of this man,
  • 00:18:07.776 --> 00:18:11.013
  • 6,000 demons inside of this man, and yet my point is,
  • 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:12.347
  • And yet my point is, that even though
  • 00:18:12.414 --> 00:18:13.348
  • That even though this man had 6,000 demons,
  • 00:18:13.415 --> 00:18:17.286
  • This man had 6,000 demons, he ran and fell at the feet of
  • 00:18:17.352 --> 00:18:19.421
  • He ran and fell at the feet of jesus and worshiped him,
  • 00:18:19.488 --> 00:18:21.857
  • Jesus and worshiped him, a demon possessed man.
  • 00:18:21.924 --> 00:18:23.258
  • A demon possessed man. he might not could have
  • 00:18:23.325 --> 00:18:24.126
  • He might not could have gotten free on his own,
  • 00:18:24.193 --> 00:18:26.195
  • Gotten free on his own, but he could at least run
  • 00:18:26.261 --> 00:18:27.996
  • But he could at least run and throw himself
  • 00:18:28.063 --> 00:18:28.764
  • And throw himself on the mercy of jesus.
  • 00:18:28.830 --> 00:18:30.632
  • On the mercy of jesus. so anybody watching this who is
  • 00:18:30.699 --> 00:18:32.234
  • So anybody watching this who is using satan as an excuse to,
  • 00:18:32.301 --> 00:18:34.436
  • Using satan as an excuse to, i can't help it,
  • 00:18:34.503 --> 00:18:35.871
  • I can't help it, i've just...i'm addicted,
  • 00:18:35.938 --> 00:18:37.272
  • I've just...i'm addicted, i've got these pro...
  • 00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:38.040
  • I've got these pro... i can't control this,
  • 00:18:38.106 --> 00:18:40.509
  • I can't control this, that's a lie.
  • 00:18:40.576 --> 00:18:41.777
  • That's a lie. and one of the reasons
  • 00:18:41.843 --> 00:18:42.711
  • And one of the reasons that you are bound
  • 00:18:42.778 --> 00:18:44.146
  • That you are bound is because you don't understand
  • 00:18:44.213 --> 00:18:46.381
  • Is because you don't understand that satan can't do anything
  • 00:18:46.448 --> 00:18:48.016
  • That satan can't do anything to you without your consent
  • 00:18:48.083 --> 00:18:49.484
  • To you without your consent and cooperation.
  • 00:18:49.551 --> 00:18:51.420
  • And cooperation. you know, again,
  • 00:18:51.486 --> 00:18:52.187
  • You know, again, religion has magnified
  • 00:18:52.254 --> 00:18:54.790
  • Religion has magnified the power of the devil.
  • 00:18:54.856 --> 00:18:55.591
  • The power of the devil. i believe one of the reasons
  • 00:18:55.657 --> 00:18:56.491
  • I believe one of the reasons they do it is because it's...
  • 00:18:56.558 --> 00:18:57.926
  • They do it is because it's... he's a scapegoat.
  • 00:18:57.993 --> 00:18:59.428
  • He's a scapegoat. they don't have to
  • 00:18:59.494 --> 00:19:00.529
  • They don't have to accept responsibility.
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  • Accept responsibility. you don't understand,
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  • You don't understand, i was abused when i was a child,
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  • I was abused when i was a child, and so because i was
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  • And so because i was sexually abused
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  • Sexually abused or because this happened
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  • Or because this happened or because that happened,
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  • Or because that happened, i can't help it.
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  • I can't help it. it's just who i am.
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  • It's just who i am. that's not true.
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  • That's not true. you may have had pressures
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  • You may have had pressures on you that i didn't have,
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  • On you that i didn't have, but the truth is
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  • But the truth is satan can't do anything to you
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  • Satan can't do anything to you without your consent
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  • Without your consent and cooperation,
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  • And cooperation, and you can see it right here.
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  • And you can see it right here. he didn't come
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  • He didn't come and force them.
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  • And force them. he didn't overpower them.
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  • He didn't overpower them. he came through the most subtle,
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  • He came through the most subtle, sly animal, and tempted them
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  • Sly animal, and tempted them and got them to yield.
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  • And got them to yield. and when they yielded
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  • And when they yielded to this demonic power,
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  • To this demonic power, they...boy,
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  • They...boy, i'm going to say something here
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  • I'm going to say something here and i...i hope you don't
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  • And i...i hope you don't turn the tv set off.
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  • Turn the tv set off. this is going to just cause
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  • This is going to just cause some people to freak out.
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  • Some people to freak out. but you know what,
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  • But you know what, when they yielded to satan,
  • 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:54.349
  • When they yielded to satan, they created satan.
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  • They created satan. god created lucifer.
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  • God created lucifer. lucifer over in
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  • Lucifer over in isaiah chapter 14,
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  • Isaiah chapter 14, was the anointed cherub
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  • Was the anointed cherub that covered over things.
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  • That covered over things. he was a godly angel.
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  • He was a godly angel. god did not create evil.
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  • God did not create evil. god didn't create the devil.
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  • God didn't create the devil. he created lucifer,
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  • He created lucifer, who was a godly angel,
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  • Who was a godly angel, and i could spend a lot of time
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  • And i could spend a lot of time turning over to
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  • Turning over to ezekiel, chapter 28,
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  • Ezekiel, chapter 28, and isaiah, chapter 14,
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  • And isaiah, chapter 14, that gives you some insight
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  • That gives you some insight into what he was like
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  • Into what he was like and why he rebelled at god,
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  • And why he rebelled at god, but he was a godly angel.
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  • But he was a godly angel. actually, it says over in
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  • Actually, it says over in ezekiel, chapter 28,
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  • Ezekiel, chapter 28, that he had tabrets
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  • That he had tabrets and musical instruments in him.
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  • And musical instruments in him. now, i don't know exactly
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  • Now, i don't know exactly what that means, but it implies
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  • What that means, but it implies that he not only could play
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  • That he not only could play some musical instrument,
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  • Some musical instrument, but he was musical.
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  • But he was musical. his body somehow or another
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  • His body somehow or another could make these sounds.
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  • Could make these sounds. he was probably
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  • He was probably the worship leader
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  • The worship leader in heaven.
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  • In heaven. god created him for godly,
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  • God created him for godly, good purposes.
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  • Good purposes. but his rebellion right here,
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  • But his rebellion right here, it was when man yielded to him.
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  • It was when man yielded to him. they took the authority
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  • They took the authority that god had given us.
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  • That god had given us. we were created to be
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  • We were created to be gods over this earth.
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  • Gods over this earth. not capital g, but authority,
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  • Not capital g, but authority, power, and god gave
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  • Power, and god gave this authority and power to us,
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  • This authority and power to us, and when we yielded to
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  • And when we yielded to satan's lies and deceptions,
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  • Satan's lies and deceptions, we became obedient unto him.
  • 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:20.335
  • We became obedient unto him. it says in romans 6:16,
  • 00:21:20.402 --> 00:21:22.003
  • It says in romans 6:16, that you became his servant.
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  • That you became his servant. that made him the master.
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  • That made him the master. we took the authority
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  • We took the authority that god had given us,
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  • That god had given us, and we empowered the devil.
  • 00:21:28.043 --> 00:21:30.112
  • And we empowered the devil. we are the ones
  • 00:21:30.178 --> 00:21:30.912
  • We are the ones that created satan.
  • 00:21:30.979 --> 00:21:33.448
  • That created satan. god created lucifer,
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  • God created lucifer, a pure, godly crea...creation,
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  • A pure, godly crea...creation, being, but when he came
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  • Being, but when he came and tempted adam and eve
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  • And tempted adam and eve and then they yielded to him,
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  • And then they yielded to him, we are the ones
  • 00:21:43.592 --> 00:21:44.960
  • We are the ones that created the devil.
  • 00:21:45.026 --> 00:21:46.395
  • That created the devil. now, this has a lot of
  • 00:21:46.461 --> 00:21:47.529
  • Now, this has a lot of applications, but one of them is
  • 00:21:47.596 --> 00:21:50.665
  • Applications, but one of them is that satan can't do anything
  • 00:21:50.732 --> 00:21:52.567
  • That satan can't do anything because he's not
  • 00:21:52.634 --> 00:21:53.135
  • Because he's not a physical human being
  • 00:21:53.201 --> 00:21:54.369
  • A physical human being without our consent and control.
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  • Without our consent and control. he has to have
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  • He has to have some physical body
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  • Some physical body to inhabit to exert
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  • To inhabit to exert any influence whatsoever.
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  • Any influence whatsoever. this is the reason that
  • 00:22:03.044 --> 00:22:04.045
  • This is the reason that that man, the gadarene demoniac,
  • 00:22:04.112 --> 00:22:05.747
  • That man, the gadarene demoniac, when jesus cast
  • 00:22:05.814 --> 00:22:06.748
  • When jesus cast those demons out,
  • 00:22:06.815 --> 00:22:07.949
  • Those demons out, those demons cried out and said,
  • 00:22:08.016 --> 00:22:09.151
  • Those demons cried out and said, don't let us go into the deep,
  • 00:22:09.217 --> 00:22:11.286
  • Don't let us go into the deep, cast us into these swine
  • 00:22:11.353 --> 00:22:12.988
  • Cast us into these swine over here, and jesus
  • 00:22:13.054 --> 00:22:14.423
  • Over here, and jesus cast them into the swine.
  • 00:22:14.489 --> 00:22:16.291
  • Cast them into the swine. and when the swine
  • 00:22:16.358 --> 00:22:17.292
  • And when the swine became demon possessed,
  • 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.860
  • Became demon possessed, they ran down a steep pace...
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  • They ran down a steep pace... place and choked themself
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  • Place and choked themself in the sea and they all died.
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  • In the sea and they all died. people brag
  • 00:22:24.633 --> 00:22:25.734
  • People brag when they get demons.
  • 00:22:25.801 --> 00:22:26.835
  • When they get demons. they...they become rock stars
  • 00:22:26.902 --> 00:22:28.970
  • They...they become rock stars and movie stars
  • 00:22:29.037 --> 00:22:30.005
  • And movie stars and they brag about
  • 00:22:30.071 --> 00:22:31.072
  • And they brag about their perversions and stuff.
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  • Their perversions and stuff. man, pigs, when they get
  • 00:22:32.808 --> 00:22:34.443
  • Man, pigs, when they get demon possessed,
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  • Demon possessed, they commit suicide.
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  • They commit suicide. in that sense,
  • 00:22:36.711 --> 00:22:37.479
  • In that sense, pigs have a lot more integrity
  • 00:22:37.546 --> 00:22:39.080
  • Pigs have a lot more integrity than some people.
  • 00:22:39.147 --> 00:22:41.082
  • Than some people. but the point is
  • 00:22:41.149 --> 00:22:42.284
  • But the point is that those demons would have
  • 00:22:42.350 --> 00:22:43.718
  • That those demons would have had zero power if they hadn't
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  • Had zero power if they hadn't have entered into the pig.
  • 00:22:45.921 --> 00:22:47.155
  • Have entered into the pig. so even a pig has more authority
  • 00:22:47.222 --> 00:22:48.924
  • So even a pig has more authority than the devil.
  • 00:22:48.990 --> 00:22:49.891
  • Than the devil. did you know a frog has
  • 00:22:49.958 --> 00:22:51.159
  • Did you know a frog has more authority than the devil.
  • 00:22:51.226 --> 00:22:52.694
  • More authority than the devil. slime has more authority
  • 00:22:52.761 --> 00:22:54.196
  • Slime has more authority than the devil
  • 00:22:54.262 --> 00:22:55.096
  • Than the devil because it's physical.
  • 00:22:55.163 --> 00:22:56.832
  • Because it's physical. this is the reason
  • 00:22:56.898 --> 00:22:57.532
  • This is the reason that satan wants to inhabit
  • 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:59.067
  • That satan wants to inhabit something physical.
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  • Something physical. it prefers a person,
  • 00:23:00.368 --> 00:23:01.736
  • It prefers a person, but it'll take a pig
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  • But it'll take a pig if it can't get a person.
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  • If it can't get a person. satan is powerless without
  • 00:23:04.973 --> 00:23:06.675
  • Satan is powerless without something with a physical body,
  • 00:23:06.741 --> 00:23:09.578
  • Something with a physical body, which is what gives us authority
  • 00:23:09.644 --> 00:23:11.313
  • Which is what gives us authority in this life, yielding to them.
  • 00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:14.049
  • In this life, yielding to them. therefore, if you refuse
  • 00:23:14.115 --> 00:23:16.084
  • Therefore, if you refuse to yield to the devil
  • 00:23:16.151 --> 00:23:17.552
  • To yield to the devil through his lies
  • 00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.787
  • Through his lies and through his deception,
  • 00:23:18.854 --> 00:23:20.121
  • And through his deception, if you don't cooperate with him
  • 00:23:20.188 --> 00:23:22.057
  • If you don't cooperate with him through your words
  • 00:23:22.123 --> 00:23:23.058
  • Through your words and through your actions,
  • 00:23:23.124 --> 00:23:24.626
  • And through your actions, satan is powerless against you.
  • 00:23:24.693 --> 00:23:27.329
  • Satan is powerless against you. you do not have to be afraid of
  • 00:23:27.395 --> 00:23:29.698
  • You do not have to be afraid of the devil if you understand
  • 00:23:29.764 --> 00:23:31.199
  • The devil if you understand the things that we're
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  • The things that we're talking about.
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  • >> bud and i agree and we just
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  • Speak your healing into gina,
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  • That she recovers 100%, that
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  • There is no brain damage,
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  • There's no loss of any mobility
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  • Or anything. so do we
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  • Think it's just as if this
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  • Had never happened.
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  • >> gina recovered at a
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  • Supernatural pace and today she
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  • Is healthy and completely whole.
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  • She knows that it's only through
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  • Andrew's teachings that she was
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  • Able to receive the healing
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  • Jesus had already provided.
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  • >> i want to thank andrew and
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  • Jamie for his teachings. you
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  • Have no idea how strong we've
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  • Been in our lives, our family's
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  • Lives, our friends' lives.
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  • >> hello, i'm andrew wommack,
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  • And i want to let you know that
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  • We are now broadcasting in
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  • Spanish on tbn station enlace
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  • And it is a broadcast that i've
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  • Been giving in 22 years in
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  • English, but this is our first
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  • Foray into the spanish network
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  • And i really believe it's going
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  • To make a difference. we'll be
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  • Broadcasting at 3:30 pm eastern
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  • Time, monday through
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  • Friday on tbn enlance.
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