House Calls

Spiritualism Pt. 1

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Participants: Pr. John Stanton, Pr. John Lomacang

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00:01 Hello friends grab your Bible and a friend
00:03 and sit back as we explore God's word
00:04 together on this edition of House Calls.
00:22 Welcome to another House Calls program,
00:23 where we begin our journey together our
00:25 excursion as it where through the word of God,
00:27 and you know it's a journey that we always
00:29 get something new and exciting one,
00:31 we take that journey together so welcome,
00:33 my name is John Lomacang and I have in the
00:35 studio with me my very good friend John Stanton.
00:39 It's good to be here John, with you in the studio
00:40 opening the word of God as we always do,
00:42 that's right. And you know its realty fun
00:44 because when we sit down for this program
00:47 we are not we don't have a whole script, that's right.
00:50 We don't know what the Lord is gonna to do
00:51 and so we know that each time though
00:53 we get together God does bless,
00:54 and we are looking forward to that today.
00:56 And in order for that to happen I think you should
00:58 have some prayer so that our listeners and
01:01 viewers could also follow us under the impression
01:03 of the Holy Spirit, let's do that. Dear Father in
01:05 Heaven, we are so thankful for the opportunity
01:07 yet again to study your word and we don't take
01:10 this lately, we ask for the power of your Holy Spirit
01:13 to lead us and guide us through it's pages,
01:15 the pages of your word so that we may understand
01:18 more fully your plan for us and the various teachings
01:21 and the things you want to let us know that are in it,
01:25 thank you so much for being here with us
01:26 today in Jesus name, amen, amen.
01:30 And friends as you know this also was a program
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02:01 but that makes the program lot of fun so
02:02 let's begin with a question, I want to John begin,
02:06 alright, this question if from David,
02:08 alright and I doesn't see where David is from here,
02:10 but he brings a pretty good question here.
02:12 He says on the recent show you were talking
02:16 about the Bride of Christ being the New Jerusalem,
02:19 and not the people, could it be both and he talks
02:25 about Revelation 21:9 and 10 talks about the
02:27 lamb's wife coming down out of heaven which
02:30 is the New Jerusalem, right. We know that text very well.
02:32 David you are absolutely right, it is both.
02:36 You know, I would say what is the city without
02:39 the people in it? Right. So the New Jerusalem
02:42 is the city full of God's people and so that's really
02:45 what is happening Jesus said in His promise
02:49 to return that He was going to prepare
02:50 a place for us, right. And that place is for us.
02:54 So, the church is described as the woman
02:58 in the Bible, the New Jerusalem is described
03:00 as the Bride. I think probably to be a little
03:04 more specific about why the bride is the New Jerusalem
03:07 and why we made that statement was because
03:09 in the context of time John at the end where the
03:12 New Jerusalem comes down which has God's people
03:15 in it, it is spoken of as the bride,
03:17 because it's the combination of the coming together
03:20 finally between Jesus and His people face to face.
03:24 And so that's one of the reasons why Revelation
03:25 speaks of the bride being the New Jerusalem,
03:27 but it is also people, it's also God's church because
03:30 they are the woman spoken of through the Bible
03:32 as well symbolically. And you know,
03:36 even add to that I think that sometimes that
03:39 misconception comes in when we try to apply
03:42 every application and scripture to mean that
03:45 in every instance the church represents the bride,
03:48 because you will find the Parable of the Ten Virgins
03:51 of the church there is spoken of as five wise
03:55 and five foolish, and they were preparing
03:59 to meet the bridegroom, and they were waiting
04:02 at the house of the bride see so you see clearly
04:05 in the Parable of the Ten Virgins those who
04:08 are wise were the ones waiting and they were
04:10 waiting and they had the holy spirit those
04:12 who were foolish didn't and so when the call was
04:14 made behold the bridegroom is coming go out
04:17 to meet them those who were without enough
04:20 oil didn't realize until then that they were not
04:23 sufficiently prepared for the coming of the Lord
04:26 and they were left out, they did not get an
04:28 opportunity to go to the wedding feast as it
04:30 were in Revelation. So, but what you have as John
04:34 just pointed out so wonderfully is that when
04:36 the Lord presents the kingdom,
04:38 when Jesus presents the kingdom to His father,
04:41 it is in fact the fulfillment of when
04:42 He said everyone that you've given to me
04:45 no one has been able to snatch them out
04:47 of my hand, and He is presenting to the Father.
04:51 Jesus being the first fruits,
04:52 he is presenting the harvest that's why you
04:55 find in the Bible there is a harvest spoken of,
04:58 He sends His angels forth to gather the harvest,
05:00 he gathers the wheat into his barn,
05:03 and so the barn there would be synonymous to the
05:06 wedding feast and we are the guest and what
05:09 would have wedding feast be without guest?
05:12 How wonderful will the kingdom be with the people
05:15 of God in it. So, therefore,
05:17 when Paul the Apostle says husbands love your
05:22 wives as Christ has loved the church and gave
05:25 himself for her in that comparison Christ
05:28 is referred to us the husband man and the church
05:30 is referred to as the wife or the bride.
05:33 So you have to put the full picture together,
05:35 but what a feast is going to be and so at the end
05:38 of the thousand years when the New Jerusalem
05:40 comes down John sees a picture there as a bride
05:43 adorned for her husband and when you look
05:46 at the Asian or the Ancient application of how
05:50 the bride in Asia was adorned even still today
05:52 if you look at some of the weddings in India
05:54 and some of the Asian countries the bride
05:56 is magnificently adorned as Jerusalem is described
06:00 under the book of the Revelation adorned
06:02 for her husband. John think about that all the
06:05 foundations of precious stones,
06:06 the streets of gold, the gates made of pearl
06:10 and that's the picture of the middle eastern
06:13 bride adorned for her husband.
06:16 Angie and I had a chance, so we were going to,
06:18 I forget where it was, but oh it was one of
06:21 Mark Finley's evangelistic series and after the
06:24 meeting that night it was in large auditorium,
06:26 we stayed by I think it was the ending of the meeting
06:28 so we stay little bit and in that same complex,
06:33 they were there was a wedding being hosted
06:36 an Indian wedding and that was the first time
06:39 I ever saw the Bible symbols really played out
06:42 [No Sound], because the bride was presented
06:46 at night and I thought we never had wedding's
06:49 that late at night and we were talking about
06:51 10 or 10:30 at night and then they had this big
06:53 carriage that was carrying the bride carried
06:56 by five or six guys you know sorry eight guys
07:00 and the bride was in there and when they opened
07:03 whey they removed the canopy and the curtains
07:05 this bride was adorned with I don't think there
07:09 was any precious stones that she didn't have worn.
07:11 Amazing, yeah, but then in front of her were
07:15 like the Ten Virgins, young Indian girls all
07:19 beautifully adorned, wonderfully dressed leading
07:22 the way and then the bridegroom came
07:26 in to meet the bride I thought, wow
07:29 that's the picture that Jesus show in the Bible.
07:31 So truly, he loves us as much as a husband
07:33 loves his bride and he is going to adorn us
07:36 with His righteousness like a bride
07:37 is adorned on her wedding day.
07:39 Yeah, you know, I like what you are saying
07:41 also about the interpretation thing,
07:42 you know, being taking one interpretation
07:45 and holding faster that throughout because
07:47 sometimes there is some various interpretations
07:49 of things, and even the Bible itself gives those
07:52 different kinds of even though maybe one symbol
07:56 a coupe of different things that it can mean one
07:58 of them is beast, right. You know I mean Daniel
08:01 7 says, in verse 17 that the great beast,
08:04 which are four or four kings then we read down
08:07 little further it says, a fourth beast shall be
08:09 fourth kingdom. So the king always has a kingdom
08:13 so we know those are connected, but a
08:14 beast can mean a king isolated or it can mean
08:18 a kingdom, that's right and we know that too
08:20 because even in Revelation itself you go there
08:22 when you talk about these several beasts
08:23 and all of the sudden you know in Revelation 12
08:27 it introduce a Fiery Red Dragon well what's
08:29 the dragon? A beast, it's a beast, yeah,
08:32 but that dragon we know a little bit later after
08:34 Revelation 12:3 it introduces that dragon,
08:36 it says in verse 9, that's the dragon was that
08:41 serpent of old called the Devil and Satan.
08:42 So he is the king, that's right, but he is the beast,
08:45 that's right. So, see those are some of things
08:47 that we can get caught up in,
08:50 so defining a symbol that we can't understand
08:52 maybe it's got a little bit of larger perspective
08:54 or meaning to it. So the context is the vital
08:57 importance, the application you make is always based
08:59 on the context and that's a good illustration
09:02 because Revelation we don't want take this
09:04 question about the Revelation but you
09:05 have opened a door there, which you should not
09:07 have but I am walking through,
09:09 I am walking through. In Revelation you have,
09:11 you have a beast, there are two beasts of
09:16 Revelation chapter 13 the first beast
09:17 and the second beast and when you see the beast
09:19 rising up out of the earth you see a rise of a king
09:23 and a kingdom talked about [No Sound]. I'll
09:27 leave it right there, but you know you are talking
09:29 about the third beast Revelation 17,
09:31 let's leave that for now, yeah I am leaving that
09:32 one alone for now. I have a question here;
09:35 it says good day sirs John and John,
09:38 blessings in the name of Jesus,
09:39 I just want to make a comment on the text you
09:43 were talking about on House Calls of Philippians 2:12,
09:46 Paul is here saying "work out your own salvation
09:50 with fear and trembling." Salvation is free,
09:54 it is not of our own as you've rightly said but
09:57 here he is saying workout your individual
10:00 relationship with God and he stresses the seriousness
10:02 of with fear and trembling for it is God which
10:05 worked in you both to will and to do of his
10:08 good pleasure. Thank you for that comment
10:10 and I think that what's you are pointing out
10:11 although you didn't ask a question I think what
10:14 you're pointing out is the word "workout."
10:17 True is salvation Ephesians 2 verse 8 and 9
10:21 for by grace are you saved through faith
10:22 and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God
10:25 not of works and he mentioned both,
10:27 but I think you are also familiar with the fact
10:29 that in James the Bible says, faith without works
10:33 is dead. Abraham showed his salvation
10:36 by his works and so James says you show me
10:39 your salvation, your faith without your works
10:42 and I'll show you my faith by my works,
10:45 but I think what is pointed out here when he says
10:47 work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
10:50 John, the Apostle in 1st John 3:3 adds his comment
10:54 to that and I believe this is what he meant,
10:56 and everyone who has this hope in him purifies
11:01 himself just as he is pure. Now you know we cannot
11:04 purify ourselves, can the Ethiopian change his skin?
11:08 Can the leopard change his spots?
11:10 How can we that are accustomed to do an Evil
11:12 and do Good? We can't do that.
11:14 And the Bible also says there is none that's good,
11:16 no not one even our righteousness
11:18 is as filthy rags. So this is not talking about self
11:21 purification what I believe it means is as the Lord
11:25 has made you pure see to it that you stand
11:29 in that purity, see to it that you maintain
11:32 that purity. In Revelation John says in this way
11:35 I blessed to see that "keeps his garment less
11:39 he walk naked and they see his shame."
11:41 So the Lord is saying we have a responsibility
11:44 that when the Lord establishes us in a
11:46 relationship with him we've got to maintain that
11:48 relationship, and you are married I am married
11:51 and you know that to be married means
11:53 that both have to work on relationship.
11:57 You can't say I am married and my husband knows it,
11:59 I am married my wife knows it,
12:00 and I don't have to do anything to maintain that
12:01 relationship. The ceremony is the beginning,
12:03 oh that's right. It is not the end result.
12:06 You know, the other thing part of that text
12:08 I think this really key here is that you see two
12:11 predominant words there that are very, very small.
12:14 You have the working out and you have the
12:16 working in, God does working us that's right.
12:20 We do the work to get things out of us,
12:22 so in other words that working out of our own
12:24 salvation is often an effort to make sure that
12:28 we remain pure by eliminating those things
12:30 and getting rid of those things that we've held unto.
12:35 So, in a way you could say the working out of our
12:37 salvation is a working out of own brand,
12:41 our own desire, it's our own inherited sinful tendencies
12:46 and allow God then as we've push those things
12:49 out to work in us, only that which he can do,
12:53 but we can't do it. So, work out, get rid of it,
12:56 let God work in, let his spirit work within us.
13:00 You know you have to empty something
13:01 in order for to be filled and the Lord says to us
13:04 you've got to give yourself as a willing vessel
13:07 so that you could allow me to empty you out,
13:10 so that I can fill you up, because I think of,
13:14 I think of bottle of water or glass of water,
13:19 if you just empty the glass and you don't fill it
13:22 up while flies could fly in it, ants could get into it,
13:27 bugs could get into it, but they are less likely
13:29 to even want to get into that,
13:31 if this water or something that has filled up
13:33 the content of the glass. And so just being empty
13:36 is not salvation, being emptied of sin
13:39 is not salvation, but being filled by the Holy Spirit
13:42 is where the salvation and the power to live
13:44 that Christian life comes from.
13:46 So yeah, we have to work that out because
13:48 you know work it out I mean, math problem
13:51 work it out, your difficult situation work it out,
13:53 the Lord puts into our hands the responsibility
13:56 of maintaining or walk with him,
13:58 and He says draw near to me that work it
14:00 and I'll draw near to you and so thank you
14:03 for that question. This question is from
14:05 Gale in Alaska. She says since they're referring
14:08 to the woman as the church in Genesis when
14:12 it says that I'll put enmity between you
14:14 and the woman and between your seed and her
14:17 seed or they talking about the church there too
14:20 or are they talking about Jesus and the church?
14:23 Okay, this is I know this can be a little bit
14:27 confusing this is where you got a symbol that
14:29 can refer to a couple of different things and
14:31 it's depends upon how you're looking at this.
14:34 But in Genesis 3:15, there is a clear reference
14:38 to Eve herself and her descendants,
14:42 because God is speaking to the serpent he is
14:44 pointing to the serpent and he said between
14:46 your seed and her seed and so this is clear
14:49 reference to those who are God's people not
14:51 just the church the New Testament Church,
14:54 but the woman refers to God's people even in
14:56 Old Testament times. So, he is pointing to Eve
15:02 and he is pointing to Satan saying your seed
15:04 and her seed so any descendant of Eve that
15:08 is faithful to the Lord is spoken of as a woman.
15:10 Now there is also a reference clearly
15:12 to Jesus here, because one of those seeds
15:15 is the seed which the new King James Version
15:18 capitalizes seed there because it's a reference
15:20 to Christ Himself being the seed of our salvation
15:23 and our hope, our greatest hope and so,
15:26 there is enmity, enmity there. Now,
15:28 if you look at Revelation 12 okay.
15:31 We're gonna find that the woman is spoken
15:33 of prior to the birth of Christ,
15:37 who is the seed in that context.
15:40 And it says here in verse 2 or verse 1 it talks
15:43 about the woman and then verse 2 it says,
15:45 being with child she cried out in labor and in pain
15:49 to give birth that introduces same there in
15:52 verse 3 and 4, and then it says she verse 5
15:56 she bore a male child who was to rule all nations
15:59 with a rod of iron and her child was caught up
16:02 to God and His throne, then the woman fled
16:06 into the wilderness. See right there in two verses
16:08 you've got the woman being Israel nationally
16:13 which you know was prior to the rejection
16:16 of the gospel and then it goes to verse 6
16:18 which is the woman the church of a New Testament,
16:21 right. So, that's the woman down through time
16:24 and I believe you can start with Adam and Eve
16:26 descendants and that how enmity was put
16:30 between them and the serpent,
16:32 and a reference clear reference to the church
16:35 of the Old Testament in Bible, in Christ time
16:39 where Christ is the seed. So you have a couple
16:41 of things there, and they are both correct.
16:43 Yeah, that's true. I think that the point is well made
16:48 I don't think I have to add too much for that but
16:50 I think it's Galatians 3:19, talks about Christ
16:54 as the seed of promise until the seed should come,
16:57 and the woman, she has had this constant
17:03 description in the Bible to represent the people
17:06 of God in some cases you looked at Genesis chapter 3
17:11 after these verse 14 when I'll put enmity between
17:14 you and the woman between your seed and
17:16 her seed and what the Lord in essence is saying
17:18 there is, there is gonna be a hatred between Satan
17:23 and the church, and the church and Satan.
17:26 In other words Satan should hate the things
17:28 the church does and the church should hate
17:31 the things that Satan does, there is gonna be
17:33 this uncomfortable, this discomfort enmity between
17:36 both of you and I'm gonna keep it that way.
17:38 You know what's nice about that when I talk about that
17:40 prophecy or even discover what that really meant
17:44 the Lord in the essence saying I'm gonna put
17:46 within your heart hatred for the things that Satan
17:51 wants to give you, and I'm gonna put and is already
17:54 in his heart a hatred for the things that Christ
17:57 has given to his church, right, that's why he came
18:00 after the woman in the garden.
18:03 He came after Eve in the garden,
18:05 actually she went to the tree, but that woman
18:08 being deceived the Lord said from now on
18:11 I'm gonna put this such a hatred between the two
18:14 of you that the church and Satan should never unite,
18:17 that's why when you have phrases like the church
18:19 of Satan this is most ridiculous term,
18:23 because he has never spoken of having a bride,
18:25 but he has spoken of as trying to take the
18:29 affections of the bride of Christ away from Christ,
18:32 and so to speak draw her affections away from
18:36 being a legend to her Lord that's why you find
18:39 in Revelation when you have another picture
18:41 of the woman in Revelation 17 she is referred
18:44 to as the whore the harlot of Babylon,
18:47 who prostitutes itself and causes the kings
18:50 of the earth to commit fornication that is to fall
18:53 into her unfaithfulness. We're gonna talk about
18:56 that more today in our program entitles
18:58 spiritualism, but that's true it makes a lot of
19:02 sense there. There is another question here,
19:04 the ram, this person didn't put the name but
19:09 the question is still is good one,
19:11 the ram that was caught in the bush took
19:14 the place of Isaac, can Isaac be seen as a type
19:17 of Christ though he was not slain if yes please explain,
19:22 if no please explain. In this sense,
19:24 I saw and many of us see Isaac is a type of Christ
19:27 because his father required of him complete
19:31 obedience and as the New Testament speaks
19:34 about Christ obedient even unto the death.
19:38 Isaac who is obviously a lot younger than his father
19:41 and I don't know if Abraham was yeah I
19:43 think that point he was past a hundreds years
19:45 old but Isaac who was a lot stronger than his father,
19:49 who was a lot younger than his father
19:52 at that point he had been submissive
19:54 to the desires of his father and so,
19:56 when Abraham got to the place of the sacrifice
20:00 Isaac laid down he didn't fire his father,
20:03 but he did ask the question which doesn't make
20:05 him the exact Christ so in one sense,
20:08 he was an example of the Christ being willing
20:12 to give his life as a sacrifice for humanity.
20:16 The other part he was the Christ says when
20:18 Genesis 22:18 makes the statement in your seed
20:22 all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
20:24 So you have Abraham, you have Isaac,
20:28 then you have Jacob, and when you continue
20:31 to follow that line all the way through Jesus
20:34 even identifies himself through the line Abraham,
20:37 Isaac, Jacob, and in that sense his lineage open the
20:42 way for the incarnation of Christ on this earth,
20:47 but the other thing is when Isaac was laying
20:51 on the altar to show that he is not the Christ
20:54 he asks his father, he says father where
20:55 is the sacrifice and he is lying there,
20:59 and then Abraham responded the Lord who
21:02 provide himself a lamb. Well you know we read
21:04 through that so quickly one of my favorite
21:07 teachers Dr. Leslie Hardy who taught at
21:10 Andrews University, who is a New Testament
21:12 I mean the Old Testament scholar and also he had
21:16 the I won't say to corner it, but very few people
21:17 had an understanding of the sanctuary as he did.
21:20 He said what the Hebrew actually meant was God
21:23 will provide himself dash a lamb.
21:27 He was the lamb being provided,
21:30 so when he saw the ram in the thicket,
21:31 he was the one that was being provided,
21:33 he wasn't looking for a ram to replace him,
21:38 but he was providing himself as the sacrifice,
21:42 but Isaac, yes in a lot of particular
21:45 is a type of Christ, but only in some particulars
21:48 by the way you will find that in many
21:50 Old Testament prophets, you find that in many
21:53 Old Testament teachers for example Elisha, he was
21:57 the type of Christ, Isaiah type of Christ,
22:02 Moses clearly, Moses leading the people out of
22:04 bondage, his statement blot me out, okay,
22:06 or brought the people out there,
22:07 there you go blot me out, interceder, intersession,
22:10 yeah. So, you see clearly is the lot of language
22:12 in the Old Testament and the Lord intense
22:14 for those picture words, those word pictures
22:16 to be there so that we could understand better
22:18 what is the work was going to be when he came.
22:20 Do you have anything else that we could through
22:21 for the next 3 minutes? Not for three minutes, okay.
22:28 I don't know maybe you have a quick question
22:29 there too. Well let's see what we have here I think
22:32 I may come up with one okay here we have one.
22:35 What is your explanation of what Jesus meant
22:39 with the word sword to His disciples in Luke 22
22:42 verse 36 to 38? Let's look at that very quickly
22:46 that's the very interesting passage because
22:49 we know that the person maybe eluting to the idea
22:52 that Jesus is a non-violent Jesus.
22:55 He is a non-violent Lord. Why would he say
22:58 to the disciples? If you don't have swords sell
23:01 your garments and buy one.
23:04 Well, you will notice in this the word sword
23:07 there didn't mean a long, long sword it meant
23:09 like a short roman sword which we would term
23:13 nowadays a knife, but not a little pen knife
23:17 but something that has some size to it that they
23:19 would put a little sheet or small holster
23:22 on their side. What was meant by that was
23:25 in the days of Christ that was not an uncommon
23:28 thing for Romans and Roman citizens to have
23:30 a sword and many of them believe that in their
23:33 journey they need it protection.
23:34 Well, you will also discover that Jesus was
23:37 in essence saying to them get a knife because
23:40 you may have to kill somebody along the way
23:41 to Jerusalem, he didn't believe in that because
23:43 you remember when the air of one of the Roman
23:46 soldiers was cut off Jesus rebuked his disciples
23:51 for doing that he says put away your sword.
23:54 Notice, that meant he had one put away your sword,
23:57 he had one Jesus was in essence saying make
24:00 it visible so that people will think you will use it,
24:03 but you're gonna use it, but the thing that throws
24:06 us into a tizzy here and I think what the person
24:08 was meaning is, so then should be buy
24:11 a weapon and let people see it but not use it,
24:15 it's taking the verse literally,
24:17 it's taking the verse literally, but you will
24:19 also make the statement as Revelation 13 says,
24:23 he who kills with the sword must be killed with the
24:27 sword, what was even greater than the physical
24:29 sword was Jesus saying to them,
24:31 you pay special attention on your garments,
24:35 but what you need is the sword and Paul
24:36 the apostle made it very clear in Ephesians 4
24:39 and Ephesians 5, that the sword,
24:41 the sword of the spirit is the word of God
24:44 and what was the instrument that they use in
24:47 New Testament times to bring about thousands
24:49 of conversions, they use the sword of the spirit
24:52 which is the word of God, and finally in the
24:56 Book of Acts you don't see one example
24:58 of violence on the part of the disciples,
25:01 right, but you see the converse where there was
25:03 a lot of violence perpetuated against them
25:05 but you saw no instance where the disciples
25:07 decided to take their swords out and defend
25:09 themselves against the Romans or anybody
25:11 who sought to do them any harm.
25:14 So Jesus was not saying let's be violent in our
25:18 approach to the Gospel and which is amazing
25:20 to me nowadays John because there is so many
25:22 Christians had so pro-gun. I'm having a hard time
25:25 thinking that you know Christians can surround
25:27 themselves with so many guns and they say
25:30 while we are peaceful nonviolent but as like
25:34 they are getting ready for revolution, it seems
25:36 opposite to what Jesus talks about in his word.
25:38 You know, I also think that this passage here
25:40 is speaking to a great degree spiritually because
25:43 if you remember when Jesus first send his
25:45 disciples out he told them to go out without any
25:49 money you know without their nap sack and without,
25:52 without sandals and he asks them here in
25:56 verse 35 did you like anything and they
25:58 said nothing. So he was trying to teach dependents
26:01 now he is saying, go out, take the things that you
26:04 need but know that you're totally dependent
26:07 upon me for everything, that's right.
26:09 And so that's, that's the principle of what
26:10 we have here in this highly figurative it is not meant
26:14 to be taken literally as into by guns as you say.
26:18 And that's what lot of Christians nowadays
26:19 they said that they were referred to be
26:21 noncombatants in the military they prefer to go
26:24 into some role maybe emetic or whatever
26:27 noncombatant life taking role in the military.
26:30 However, you will discover that there those
26:34 who would be under possible persecution
26:37 John chapter 16 verse 1 to 3 and Jesus says
26:40 those who killed you will do so because
26:43 they are thinking that they are doing service
26:45 to God but they will do this to you because
26:47 they haven't known Jesus and they haven't
26:49 known the father. So we serve a very nonviolent
26:52 Lord and that's the picture of the kingdom of
26:55 God, the prince of peace not the prince of violence,
26:58 amen. Well thank you for your questions
27:01 and your comments, we always enjoy being able
27:04 to answer those hopefully we didn't do violence
27:06 in any of our answers, but if you have anymore
27:08 questions or comments you like to sent
27:10 to us here at 3abn send them to
27:12 housecalls@3abn.org, that's housecalls@3abn.org
27:18 and we will try our best to answer them.
27:20 We're gonna open the door today and I used
27:22 that word figuratively because you will discover
27:25 in our topic the door has been opened.
27:27 We're gonna talk about spiritualism today,
27:30 we talked about Revelation in some particular
27:33 areas we talked about the kings and the beasts
27:36 of Revelation and we used the phrase
27:38 I think a number of programs ago the great
27:41 controversy. Well there is an aspect to the great
27:43 controversy that many people are unaware of,
27:45 and it is the word spiritualism.
27:48 What is spiritualism? How does it work?
27:50 How could we avoid it? When do we know
27:53 and how do we know that we maybe in danger
27:56 of being influenced by it, our church is infected
27:59 by it, and how do we know it's being used on us
28:03 and so you have to keep in mind that we are
28:07 in a controversy against an enemy who uses
28:10 deception as his greatest element and
28:13 spiritualism has it's part to play in deceiving
28:16 humanity and deceiving the world into thinking
28:19 that they are doing right when in fact they are
28:20 doing wrong. John what I would like to do,
28:23 you may I think you're gonna let's say
28:25 something before I turn the page.
28:27 Well you know spiritualism goes way,
28:28 way back and we find spiritualism initially
28:31 in the garden where the serpent was talking
28:34 with Eve and there is this you know
28:37 we use the word channeling today,
28:39 right you know speaking of that,
28:40 but you know the voices if it was coming
28:42 through that serpent and Eve you know
28:45 clearly was deceived by that, and so he used
28:47 deception way back when through communication
28:53 with Eve who was one of God's children
28:55 unto this very day, I think the one of the
28:58 biggest things we find with the word spiritualism
29:00 is and it's definition, is that it is Satan's way
29:04 of practicing deception by either by some
29:08 way of communicating with people,
29:12 whether that be direct communication like
29:13 a channeling thing into séance or whether
29:16 it would be through you know cards or pamphlets
29:19 and other things that he has that he uses through
29:21 those who are into that kind of thing or whether
29:26 it would be even deception as far as God's
29:28 word because I believe the Satan twists
29:30 the words of God as he did in the garden saying
29:33 didn't God's say right, that's right,
29:35 that's what he said he refereed to God that
29:36 when he met with Jesus during he temptation
29:38 was you know, trying to quote scripture
29:41 and didn't really quoted exactly correct
29:43 and that's kind of Satan's things so the underlying
29:46 foundation is deception, but the other aspect
29:49 of spiritualism is communication, that's right.
29:52 And there is got to be a communication element
29:54 for that deception and so spiritualism is as
29:56 we talk about it communicating or trying
29:58 to reach God's people in many ways with his
30:02 deception in the things that he is trying to
30:05 accomplish setting him up for his great
30:07 appearance in the very last day the combination
30:09 of that spiritualism, that's right.
30:12 That's why I want to begin with this very important
30:15 text because when you look at the enfolding
30:17 of spiritualism it has a birth place and this is an
30:21 amazing thing that I'm gonna go to this text
30:23 to talk about birth place of spiritualism
30:26 and not gonna say it's heaven I'm gonna say
30:29 it's well let's not let me not jump the gun go
30:32 with me to Isaiah chapter 14, let's look at the
30:35 birth of spiritualism. Isaiah chapter 14 and
30:39 beginning with verse 12, there was a controversy
30:43 that began and the Lord addresses it in such
30:46 a wonderful way He uses word pictures here
30:48 to describe how this controversies?
30:51 How the seed of this controversy was planted
30:53 and how we've come down today to define
30:56 this word spiritualism. And by the way,
30:59 let me just do this very quickly spiritualism
31:01 in it's definition in many different dictionaries
31:05 go in different directions, but spiritualism
31:07 is the appeal to a God or deity outside of the
31:12 supreme God or person setting themselves up
31:17 to be a deity or supreme God and but you will
31:20 discover that they are many more tentacles
31:23 that flow off of that beast,
31:25 if I could use the octopus as an example today.
31:28 The core of that is the, well let me read for you,
31:34 Isaiah 14 verse 12, I am trying to explain
31:37 what I can just going to read it, is this,
31:39 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,
31:43 son of the morning! First of all you have to keep
31:46 in mind that spiritualism was started with an angel,
31:50 it wasn't started with an earthly,
31:51 it was started with an angel and he was called
31:53 the son of the morning or the morning star
31:56 that's why Revelation so significant when
31:58 it talks about stars, the stars that had fallen.
32:00 In Luke 10:18 Jesus saw a Satan like lightening
32:03 fall from heaven, He continues,
32:06 He says how are you cut down to the ground
32:08 you who weakened the nations.
32:11 So, once again you see that at the core base
32:16 of understanding how spiritualism began the
32:18 purpose of it was to weaken not to strengthen,
32:21 but to weaken the nations and then you find
32:25 where the core of it is. Verse 13
32:28 of Isaiah chapter 14, for you have set in your heart
32:32 the birth place of spiritualism was in the
32:35 of Satan in the heart heart of adversary,
32:38 in the heart of one who was an angel at one time
32:41 and he made some claims, and the one that
32:43 I want to focus on primarily is at the end
32:46 of verse 14, I will be like the most high.
32:51 And John you talked about this a moment ago
32:53 in the Garden of Eden when Satan said to Eve
32:56 if you disobeyed God you will be like God.
33:00 See he instantly began to put into impact,
33:02 he instantly began to try out that thing he said
33:05 I would be like the most high and he said not
33:06 Eve if you disobey God you will be like God,
33:09 knowing good and evil, and so at the very core of
33:12 spiritualism you find the replacement of the deity
33:16 the true deity God the Father the supreme ruler
33:20 of the entire universe, Satan intending to
33:24 replace of that. But, I want to build on that but
33:28 I'm gonna give you a chance to just register right
33:29 here. Well, we are kind of going back in forth
33:31 between that in Genesis right when we are talking
33:34 about the foundations here of spiritualism
33:36 what he tries to use clearly, he is trying to
33:39 replace the worship of God with the worship
33:41 of himself that's right, and whether that be
33:43 the adoration, whether that be just an
33:46 acknowledgement of his existence,
33:47 whether they know it's him or not,
33:49 but any attention given to him that's what the
33:51 Devil wants, he wants attention. And so
33:54 how can spiritualism operate in a realm
33:58 that is not Biblical in a Non-Biblical or secular
34:03 world view, but we see that everywhere don't we,
34:05 we see you know deception and stuff happening
34:08 through mediums and sorceries and witchcraft
34:11 and other tings like that they don't know
34:13 where it's coming from, but you know
34:14 what if you ask them they know it's real.
34:16 Oh they know it; there is no doubt that is not real so
34:19 they know that. So that's one realm in the realm
34:23 of a Biblical world view those who have a view
34:25 of God and understand his existence he attacks
34:29 them especially through what even using the word
34:33 in another things and we see that demonstrated
34:35 in the garden where he knew that Eve knew
34:38 God quite well, and all he could do was work
34:42 to try and turn the words of God around
34:45 so maybe she might fall underneath his power.
34:49 Now I think, the other part of that is you know
34:51 we talked about he said didn't God say you know
34:54 he alludes to you, you will be like God we talked
34:58 about those aspects, but the other part
34:59 is he said you will not surely die.
35:03 So his other foundation there,
35:06 then with spiritualism is the realm of the dead.
35:11 To use and employ spiritualism is a tool
35:15 he has got to convince especially those who are
35:19 God's people but even more just you know
35:22 the world in general he is got to convince them
35:24 that when you die you are not really dead because
35:28 if Satan would appear to someone and say you know
35:31 I am Satan, I am the deceiver of the world
35:34 I have something to say to you,
35:35 are people gonna listen? No, but if he appears
35:40 as a Familiar Spirit then that opens up or breaks
35:45 down the barriers, it opens up a door for someone to
35:48 say well this is my loved one or this is someone
35:50 that I'm familiar with, this is something that
35:52 I can understand and then they listen and
35:54 communicate with that and so that's the other
35:56 foundation of spiritualism John I know you have a lot
35:58 to say, oh no, probably do even a program
36:00 on the issue of death, but familiar spirit there
36:05 is reason for that word given to spirits in that
36:09 realm using that deception to reach the world.
36:12 And that's why when Jesus talks about
36:15 John's vision that was given in Revelation,
36:17 he mentioned it very clear he says,
36:21 Revelation 12 in verse 9 speaking about
36:23 this how art thou fallen from heaven when
36:26 Satan fell, he brought one-third of the angels
36:29 with him so you have to keep in mind that very core
36:32 of spiritualism, it's an angelic,
36:34 it's an anglican attack. It is angels that were ones
36:38 in a divine realm. It's angels that were once in
36:41 the presence of holiness, so they understand better
36:44 than us the strength that they have at
36:48 their disposal but we are the ones who are if
36:50 we are not protected and that's the word
36:53 I would like to use here, if we are not protected
36:54 then we become instant subjects and instant
36:57 victims of spiritualism, but the Bible points
37:00 out once again what this art is, and the claims made
37:03 by Satan let's look at this spiritualistic father
37:07 or the person who brought spiritualism
37:10 into existence the devil himself.
37:12 Revelation 12 and 9 says, so the great dragon
37:15 was cast out, that serpent of old,
37:18 called the Devil and Satan,
37:20 who deceives the whole world.
37:23 He was cast to the earth and his angels were cast
37:26 out with him. John, I guess it's been a while now.
37:33 You know we are getting older but
37:34 don't tell anybody. Sometimes you say the
37:36 other day and you know I like for example
37:38 I thought that in 1994 I heard that date yesterday
37:42 in 1994, so that wasn't too long ago and somebody
37:44 said that was, that was 14 years ago 1994
37:47 was 14 years ago anyway that's not the topic
37:50 but I just had to make a side bar on that
37:51 times does fly, but when you look at
37:54 what's happening in our world today,
37:55 the generation that we are now in seems
37:59 to be enamored by things that are things
38:02 that are unexplainable. The unexplainable
38:06 phenomenon, the mysterious things that
38:10 are happening in someone's homes and people's
38:14 homes the light that seems to go on and off
38:16 without anybody turning the switch on and off
38:18 and the bulbs that being replaced and it continues
38:20 happening there is nothing wrong with the lamp
38:21 and they put a new lamp and the light keeps
38:23 going on and off and somebody says once well
38:26 when you look at when you look at that light
38:28 it's sending a decoded message, Moscode,
38:30 but nobody is manipulating the lamp, yeah.
38:33 So this must be a spiritualistic force,
38:34 even UFOs, UFO, even the UFO programs out
38:37 these days or they are on everyday just about, but
38:39 people failed to realize that behind all of this
38:42 is as an enemy who has gone so far as in this
38:47 way we are heading with the program who
38:49 has gone so far as even in stilling into his
38:52 arsenal ministers and even the patterns
38:57 of Christianity, that's right. Let's go
39:00 with the text and then we would bounce
39:01 this back and forth here. 2nd Corinthians
39:04 chapter 11 and verse 13,
39:06 very powerful text because lot of times people
39:09 say well, he can't be lying to me he is a minister.
39:14 Well, the Bible has a different approach
39:16 to that. 2nd Corinthians chapter 11 verse 13
39:21 and verse 14, you got that John read that
39:24 for us and, then you know I read away
39:27 something there, verse 13, yeah it says, for
39:30 such our false apostles, deceitful workers,
39:35 transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
39:38 Okay before you got to the verse so you find
39:39 transforming, another word what they are and
39:44 what they look like, a two different things,
39:46 two different things. What they look like ministers
39:48 for Christ apostles for Christ, right.
39:51 And no wonder verse 14, for Satan himself
39:54 transforms himself into an angel of light,
39:58 therefore it is no great thing if his ministers
40:02 also transform themselves in the ministers
40:05 of righteousness whose end will be according
40:08 to their works. You know John one of the first
40:10 things I think about you know,
40:12 when I think things like that are miracle
40:15 working ministers. I don't say that there aren't
40:20 miracles today, okay we know miracles happen
40:22 still, but you know some have said how
40:26 do you know whether or not a miracle is of God?
40:31 How do you know if someone really is of God
40:33 and the Bible is pretty clear of how you know
40:37 somebody is from God or if not,
40:39 and if you can find that text if you would like
40:43 to allow the testimony but as we think about
40:47 that God's ministers lift up his word, right,
40:52 they focus on his word because the word
40:53 is the truth about God and so let no one
40:57 anybody that tries to break down the word
40:59 to say well you know it's stories that are old
41:02 or you know it may not be exactly accurate
41:05 it's been you know handed down for so many
41:06 thousands of years or anybody that tries to break
41:09 down God's word is really a minister of
41:13 unrighteousness, of unrighteousness that's
41:14 right. Is the minister that is working on the side
41:17 of deception to break down the word of God
41:20 and his truth? And, so anyway we,
41:24 as we see this battle shape up this great
41:27 controversy you've already mentioned that
41:28 shape up clearly the battle this coming from
41:31 the enemy of spiritualism has entered the church,
41:36 and the church is it doesn't recognize
41:39 it to a great degree the church of large Chrisendom,
41:42 doesn't realize the deception the death
41:44 of the deception upon which it is being levied
41:47 upon them, when we read the text when you just
41:50 read that text in 2nd Corinthians 11 verse 13,
41:53 14 or 12 to 14 I believe it was.
41:57 One thing I wonder just bring it to this picture
42:00 right now is that Paul was correct when he says
42:04 "we wrestle not against flesh and blood",
42:09 but against principalities, against powers,
42:11 against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
42:15 against spiritual wickedness and some of the
42:18 translations says in heavenly places what
42:20 it meant is in high places and when you look
42:23 at that in the Old Testament comparison
42:25 just put that phrase high places.
42:27 You will discover that high places met that
42:30 in the mountains and in the groves where the altars
42:32 of God were, the altars of God were either torn
42:35 down or right next to the altars of God
42:39 where false altars built, right next to the altars
42:43 of God false, by the church of the dead,
42:45 by the people of the God, by the ones that God
42:47 had called they built by those altars of God false
42:51 altars either to Malico or Baal or to Ashtoreth
42:55 or to you name it the Gods of the Old Testament,
42:59 false Gods of the Old Testament and they led
43:02 people into this spiritualistic worship,
43:03 but it was worship and so when you look
43:07 at that text that we just read there don't be
43:09 surprise for Satan transforms himself into an
43:12 angel of light I can help to think about all these
43:14 many accounts where people said.
43:16 Well I died and I went toward the light
43:24 and when you follow the account just that they
43:25 give you know my soul left my body they say
43:29 and this is not scriptural but I went toward
43:31 the light, I embarrassed by the light it was the book
43:34 that was written, and all these phenomenon
43:36 and what is amazing to me is many years ago
43:39 and I am talking 20 or more years ago
43:41 you didn't have that kind of phenomenon
43:43 talked about but it seems to it about 20 years ago
43:45 or sooner it just seems to have mushroomed
43:48 into all these programs talking about dying and
43:52 going towards the light, embraced by the light,
43:54 angels in the outfield, touched by an angel and
43:58 then all of the sudden people were saying
44:00 well I want to have him came back and we had
44:02 a talk with an angel and it was Jesus and
44:04 I saw him but he send me back and I am thinking
44:07 Satan is working so much of his art of deception
44:11 that some of them have come back with messages
44:13 that contradict, strongly contradict the Bible
44:18 and they say but the Lord told me I know
44:20 this is here in Bible but the Lord told me and
44:22 that's the angel of light that thing appear to me.
44:25 You know, and just a quick reference to some
44:28 of the deception there of that we know
44:29 that prior to, well 1st Corinthians 15 towards
44:33 the end of that chapter it says that we will
44:35 have a change that comes that our moral bodies
44:37 will put on immortality and from that point
44:41 on we will be righteous you know in God side
44:43 now prior to that time we know that God dwells
44:46 in unapproachable light. So we cannot approach
44:50 God prior to that time which is the resurrection
44:54 at the end of 1st Corinthians 15 right
44:56 around verse 51 to 55, and so when we hear stories
45:00 or when we hear people tell us story well I went,
45:02 I had this clear you know picture of going
45:06 towards the light that God call me into the light.
45:08 You know, I say right then they contradicts
45:11 the scriptures which says that God dwells
45:12 an unapproachable light, especially time the time
45:15 prior to when our change actually occurs,
45:18 that's right in 1st Corinthians 15,
45:20 and all this comes together and I mentioned
45:22 this text earlier I read a piece of it but
45:25 its Isaiah speaking of the light Isaiah 8 verse 20,
45:31 says to the Law and to the testimony that is
45:34 the law which was often spoke of as the first
45:38 five books of the Old Testament which was the
45:41 Pentateuch, okay that law and the testimony
45:44 also of the prophets okay the prophets of God
45:47 that we find in the books throughout the scriptures
45:50 as well, if they don't it says if they don't speak
45:53 according to this word that's the word of God
45:55 it is because there is no light in them.
46:01 So anyone that speaks or say something contrary
46:04 to God's word, he is a minister of unrighteousness,
46:08 there are the ones that are working the error
46:10 in opposition to the true light of the Gospel.
46:15 And when Jesus gave when this text was given
46:17 by the Lord here in Isaiah 8 verse 20, I was
46:20 amazed that the context was just as powerful
46:23 in the protection against spiritualism.
46:26 You see the law of God is also a protection against
46:28 spiritualism because verse 19 was talking
46:31 about that very working art of spiritualism.
46:34 Let me read it to you, and when they say to you
46:37 this is in Isaiah 8 verse 19 and when they say
46:39 to you seek those who are mediums and wizards,
46:45 who whisper and murder should not a people
46:49 seek their God, should they seek the dead
46:52 on behalf of the living, that's right,
46:55 you see and that's why when this text was given
46:57 it was given us a protection against being drawn
47:00 and by spiritualism being drawn and by séances
47:04 or contacting the dead or conjuring up spirits,
47:09 familiar spirits as it where, which we get the
47:11 word family, where people sometimes say I know
47:14 my mom and dad die but I went to see a
47:16 spirit today and I saw my mom and she gave
47:22 me a message, oh, that's not your mother
47:23 that's a familiar spirit, that's right.
47:24 And that's what the Bible was saying here,
47:26 don't go after people that wizards,
47:30 which is a witch, a male witch or mediums
47:34 a medium is a person that says they are between
47:36 you and the dead that person of the middle
47:39 that's why they called the medium they are between
47:41 the living they say in the dead or now if your mom
47:45 or your dad who has died is not talking to you
47:48 then who is sending messages, that's right.
47:52 Now John what about this question?
47:53 Answer this and then go on, okay.
47:55 They sometimes say well nobody could have
47:58 known that but my mother what your answer
48:00 to that? Well I mean how easier it is it
48:02 for the devil and his angels who know every
48:04 word that you've ever said in your lifetime,
48:07 you ever experience you've had to know exactly
48:10 how to use it. Exactly, ammunition,
48:12 it's just so easy for them to reproduce that.
48:14 Now, but I think what is even more amazing
48:16 of this verse in Isaiah you talked about you know
48:19 the mediums and spirits and that kind of thing
48:22 what is common to all of them is the light,
48:25 there is they are going to the light or they saw
48:27 a light or there is a shadow of light around the
48:29 person that they see in the sands or there
48:32 is a light that appeared to them
48:33 and here it says there is no light in them.
48:37 I think the first no light in them is trying
48:40 to tell us more than just no light of God,
48:42 it saying that these people are saying I went
48:45 to the light and this verse is saying no, no,
48:48 no, no, no there was no light of God there,
48:50 that's right, that's a very good application.
48:52 I never saw that in that way their before,
48:54 but it's pretty clear, because they went to get
48:56 light but there is no light in them,
48:58 there you go they went to get knowledge
49:01 but there is no knowledge in them,
49:02 by the way they goes back to the tree
49:04 of the knowledge of good and evil and
49:05 knowledge that God never intended for us to have.
49:07 You don't have to have the knowledge
49:09 of let me just use an application you don't have
49:11 to get drunk in order to appreciate not
49:13 getting drunk, you don't have to be an alcoholic
49:16 or smoke or drink or take drugs or do anything
49:19 elicit to say oh I appreciate not doing that.
49:22 Matter of fact, sometimes we glorify that so much
49:25 of people that have been delivered from that we
49:27 almost make those who never done it appears
49:29 though that they well you miss something
49:30 or I really appreciate been a Christian because
49:33 I used to be so bad, you don't have to go to the
49:35 tree of the knowledge of evil in order to
49:37 appreciate the knowledge of good or the light
49:40 of God. And when you say that, this light that
49:44 they say they have I don't want to run
49:46 past that statement of the fact that you talked
49:48 about Jesus dwells in an unapproachable light,
49:51 I want to actually read the text because somebody
49:54 watching this program may have themselves
49:57 either heard about it or may have said themselves
50:02 I thought I was dead, I saw this great light.
50:05 And we can go toward that light until we are made
50:07 immortal that's what you are talking about,
50:10 yeah, but here is the text 1st Corinthians,
50:13 First Timothy 6 and verse 16 and it's speaks about
50:16 God it says who only has immortality dwelling
50:21 in the light which no man can approach unto
50:27 whom no man has seen nor can see,
50:32 get that again, dwelling in an unapproachable
50:35 light which no man can approach,
50:38 whom no man has seen nor can see.
50:43 So if you are saying a light and you are saying
50:45 you've been embraced by God and he sent
50:48 you back I must on the word of God say that,
50:51 that's not the light of Jesus because mortals
50:55 cannot approach in immortal light,
50:59 because only God has immortality.
51:00 We will be consumed by that flame which Lord is,
51:04 that's right, that's right. It would be so bright;
51:05 you couldn't not approach it, right and this is
51:09 God's word really wants to protect us from this
51:13 and so we read in 1st John 4 verse 1 beloved
51:16 do not believe every spirit, but do what John
51:20 test or try the spirits, whether they are of God,
51:26 because many false prophets have gone out
51:27 into the world. You see, false prophets
51:30 and false teachings and these ministers of
51:33 unrighteousness have come into the church have
51:35 gone out into the world and they are teaching
51:37 these things that are not right,
51:38 and so God's word says don't believe everything
51:41 you hear test it, that's right,
51:44 test the spirits that they say they are communicating
51:47 with or even test the things that they are
51:50 teaching you by the word of God, because
51:53 if you don't you could fall into that hypnotism
51:58 or hypnotic spiritualistic kind of thing
52:01 that we are talking about we don't understand,
52:03 I wish people could understand how
52:05 strong this is. The children nowadays
52:08 I feel badly for many of the children nowadays
52:11 because what turn them to cartoon there
52:14 is so much, I want to open the door we may
52:17 do this on one of the programs coming up
52:18 kind of just go down the list of some of the things
52:20 that children should be aware of,
52:22 because in thumbing to television I had the
52:25 occasion to stop at one of those channels
52:27 you know I don't know if it was Nickelodeon or what,
52:29 I don't know I don't want to label the channel
52:31 because there are some good things but I notice
52:33 how evil some of the shows are you know Gargoyles
52:37 and Demons and these contorted creatures
52:40 that kids are trying to look at as role models
52:43 and they want to be the superhero but when
52:45 we were being raised you know we had, okay,
52:48 mine we had Iron Man and we had Incredible Hulk
52:52 they are really fallen to a category of righteous
52:55 heroes, that's right, but nowadays it's become
52:58 so demonic and further yet.
53:00 This demonic and you see there is something behind
53:04 that and I believe Revelation puts this from
53:08 right on the button when it reads as follows.
53:11 And go with me to Revelation chapter 16,
53:14 and the reason I am doing this when we talked
53:16 about the Babylon what makes the Babylon
53:22 this is so much a part of it Revelation chapter 16
53:25 and verse 13 and verse 14, I saw and I saw
53:32 three unclean spirits like frogs,
53:35 remember you said try the spirits,
53:37 because lot of people say I am under the influence
53:39 of the spirit my question is I don't doubt
53:41 that but which one, okay. And it says I saw three
53:46 unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth
53:49 of the dragon, we know who that is Satan.
53:53 Out of the mouth of the beast in this context
53:57 is talking about the beast rising above the earth
53:59 and out of the mouth of the false prophet,
54:01 so you find a three full union.
54:04 Spiritualism is very much a part of that look
54:08 at verse 14 for they unitedly are the spirits
54:13 of demons performing signs or working miracles
54:17 as the King James version says which go out
54:20 to the kings of the earth and of the whole world
54:23 to gather them to the battle of that great day
54:25 of God almighty. So Satan is pulling the world
54:28 together down this path of demons
54:32 and he is going to the leaders, he is
54:35 going to the people and he is getting them ready
54:37 for this final battle, he is getting them
54:41 ready for his final battle and by the way
54:44 he is not battling against Era, he is battling
54:47 against truth, and so what do you think about
54:51 that John? Well, Jude go one book before
54:54 that okay Jude just one chapter there verses 3
54:58 and 4 says beloved well I was very diligent
55:01 to write to you concerning our common salvation
55:04 I found it necessary, necessary what is
55:08 that word? Oh, absolutely important,
55:10 absolutely important, she is got to deliver
55:12 this message. He says it's necessary
55:14 to write you, exhorting you to contend earnestly
55:17 for the faith which was once for all delivered
55:19 to the saints. Now why look at verse 4,
55:23 for certain men have crept in unnoticed,
55:27 who long ago were marked out for this condemnation
55:30 ungodly man who turn the grace of our God
55:34 into lewdness and deny the only Lord God
55:37 and our lord Jesus Christ.
55:38 I think the new international version says
55:43 the immortal for this condemnation they turned
55:45 the grace of God into licentiousness or being
55:48 a license of immorality, and so what they are doing
55:52 when they get in, he is trying to teach the
55:55 church things that are not true,
55:57 things that are immoral. Now not blatantly
56:00 immoral, it would be hard for pastor to have
56:02 success coming into the church saying,
56:04 you can have adultery, you can have sex
56:06 with anybody you want to, you can't really
56:08 you are not having to get lay with that, right,
56:09 but you want to come in and you might be suggesting
56:12 or teaching something's that might take people
56:15 a step closer to spiritualism or the realm
56:18 that opens the door for spiritualism
56:21 to work it's best, that's right.
56:22 As we, as we identified this foundation of spiritualism
56:26 we have to give it some definition here.
56:29 First of all spiritualism is self exaltation
56:31 that's how the controversy between good
56:34 and evil began, Satan saw to exalt himself,
56:36 any system or any person exalting themselves
56:39 or what they have above God is laying
56:42 a foundation for spiritualism.
56:44 The father of spiritualism is the devil,
56:45 the dragon, the serpent, you give whatever
56:48 title you would like to have to that.
56:51 What is the basis spiritualism, the immortality
56:54 of man's nature and we're gonna unfold
56:56 some more as we go on but what do you think
56:58 John this is a good topic? Yeah, I think it's one
57:01 that we need to do, we needed to do for a while
57:04 because it's so prevalent today and if it so
57:07 prevalent today that we know that the Devil
57:08 is gonna work through this right down
57:10 at the end of time, we need to make sure that
57:12 people know about it. And, you will see how much
57:14 the deception is existing today and we're gonna
57:17 even open the doors to show you how
57:19 it's existing in the Christian church.
57:22 So, stay tune to house calls continued
57:25 to pray that when the Lord comes you
57:27 won't be a part of those who are deceived
57:29 you will be ready to meet he Lord,
57:31 have Him in your life and begin today.
57:33 isting today and we're gonna
57:34 even open the doors to show you how
57:35 it's existing in the Christian church.
57:36 So, stay tune to house calls continued
57:37 to pray that when the Lord comes you


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