3ABN On the Road

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01:01 It's my pleasure to introduce our speaker.
01:03 He really doesn't need a lot of introduction to Michigan;
01:07 in fact the Conference Secretary our Jim Mischief
01:09 was already putting pressure on him for Camp Meeting.
01:13 You like that idea, yeah we like that idea.
01:17 In the room over there just before we came in,
01:22 but we love this man, he is a director, speaker,
01:25 president of amazing facts, to doing the great work
01:29 for God. And we praise God for them;
01:33 we praise God for his preaching. You know,
01:35 it's not the man God raises up the man,
01:38 isn't that right? So, God raised him up. So,
01:41 Pastor Doug Batchelor as you come and speak to us,
01:45 We want to welcome you to the Michigan
01:48 Men of Faith, amen, poppet. Amen.
01:55 Thank you, very much Andrew Gallimore and
01:58 thank you; inviting us, it's a privilege to be here
02:02 with you. And there is, there is an energy when you
02:08 get into a room, where you got a thousand
02:09 men together. Something different about it,
02:13 I mean aside from the smell. you see, you have
02:15 got a lot of testosterone in the room,
02:18 but just as an energy that is unique and it's a
02:24 privilege to be here with you. I get to say things
02:28 in this kind of setting. I don't know always get to
02:30 say, yeah, I'm glad I'm a man and you might
02:41 be surprise someone would even say that,
02:44 but it's seems to me that in our culture today
02:49 that you must have to apologize for been a men
02:55 that fathers and men are sometimes portrait
02:59 as the wolves of the culture and there is a strong,
03:04 I think everyone would recognize feminist
03:06 movement and it seems like men are supposed
03:09 to be apologetic about being men.
03:13 And God made us the way we're and we were made
03:15 in his image. Amen. And God first made,
03:20 do you notice we say, AMEN, we don't say a women.
03:25 When that just came to me just now,
03:31 he made us in his image and you know,
03:34 told us to go forth and just to do, God, men are
03:37 created with his energy just desire to creates
03:42 and to subdue for adventure.
03:47 And sometimes we don't have fun and let's there
03:48 is an alimented danger involve and that might be
03:51 connected with the, the way that God first made us.
03:57 We all get to interesting quips and quotes that
04:00 are sent to this on the internet.
04:02 Most of from me after the lead, but some are,
04:05 who are saving, and somebody sent this to me.
04:08 So, bare with me a little bit because it actually
04:10 resonated with me, why we're glad we're men.
04:16 As supposed to you only other alternative.
04:20 Why we're glad we're men? Phone conversations
04:23 are over in 30 seconds. A five day vacation requires
04:30 only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars.
04:38 Dry cleaners and haircutters don't rob you blind.
04:43 You can go to the bathroom without a support group.
04:49 You never have to learn to spell a new last name.
04:54 You can leave a motel bed or made.
04:58 And kill your own food. I guess, I could lift that up.
05:02 You get extra credit for the slightest act of
05:04 thoughtfulness. What in plans just seem to take care
05:08 of themselves, if someone forgets to invite you
05:15 to something he or she can still be your friend?
05:19 Your underwear $10 for three pack. Everything
05:24 on your face stays that's original color. And you don't
05:30 ever have to shave below the neck. You can quietly
05:35 enjoy a car ride from the passenger seat.
05:40 Three pair of shoes and more than enough for all seasons.
05:45 You don't have to clean your apartment,
05:46 if the media readers coming over. Car mechanics
05:50 tell you the truth. You can quietly watch again
05:55 with your buddy for hours without ever wondering,
05:58 isn't matter me? Great hair and wrinkles only
06:06 add character, what interest $2000 took tuxedo
06:11 rental 75 bucks. You don't move much to
06:17 others deserts. You can drop by to see a friend
06:21 without having to bring a little gift,
06:25 if another guy shows up at the party and the same
06:27 outfit, outfit you might be lifelong friends.
06:35 Your polls can be trusted never to say by trapping
06:37 you. So, do you notice anything different?
06:44 You're not expected to know the names of more
06:46 than five colors. As got your men sort of think
06:50 like windows defaults setting is just got those 16 colors
06:54 and we read it, Mov, peach. You don't have to
07:00 stop and think about, which way to turn an
07:02 adorable. You almost never have struck problems
07:06 in public. You're unable to see wrinkles in your
07:10 clothes. I did a live program with John Lomacang,
07:15 the other dangerous before we went on the air,
07:17 I said you know, I'm thankful, I only had iron this
07:19 part of my shirt. And then he said, yeah me too.
07:35 The same hairstyle last for years.
07:45 Your belly usually hides your big hips. One
07:49 violet, one pair of shoes, one color all seasons.
07:53 You can do your nails with the pocket knives.
07:57 You can have freedom of choice concerning
07:59 growing a mustache. Christmas shopping can be
08:03 accomplished for 25 relatives on December 24th
08:06 and 45 minutes. There is more, but all stuff there,
08:11 that's just for little fun. Amen.
08:15 You know, we're, we're, we're gonna talk
08:16 about God's mighty men and I'm always encourage
08:21 by the stories of adventure, as I said,
08:25 the Lord created us to go forth to subdue with
08:28 the earth. And I just, I love the idea of exploits,
08:33 and encourage, and bravery.
08:36 And some of my favorite stories from history
08:38 are the stories of people like Louis and Clark
08:43 that just took off in this front tear and from
08:46 St. Louis, west they had no idea what to find,
08:49 they thought there might be a river that went all
08:51 the way to the pacific, there were no maps.
08:54 And just the courage and adventure of all those
08:56 men together and granted there was a one women
08:59 Sacagawea in their midst, but just the comradely
09:02 and the dependence and the trust of going across
09:06 this unexplored nation and they encountered.
09:08 They never knowing, if they comeback alive,
09:11 sort of a miracle story in that of the 40 plus men
09:15 that left only one die here in appendicitis.
09:19 And just you read about stories like this and some
09:21 of those stories are miracle in, in battle and courage
09:25 under fire. And then you read of the Bible about
09:28 David's mighty men. You know, I thought a good
09:31 place that start would be in the book of Ephesians.
09:34 God is looking for man of valor encourage today,
09:38 who will take a stand for the Jesus Christ,
09:42 who will be man of faith, who will take a stand
09:44 for the truth and be willing to fight that fighter faith.
09:50 Now, you cannot fight the fighter faith without the
09:53 armor of God. So, I thought it would be appropriate
09:56 during this session together to take a look at that.
09:59 Ephesians chapter 6, verse 10. And he summarizing
10:05 everything each says, here in Ephesians probably
10:08 wrote this book as he would shame to a Roman soldiers.
10:11 So, they are right before him in the Roman soldier.
10:14 He had exhibit a, of what the armor might look like.
10:19 Finally brethren, Ephesians 6, verse 10.
10:23 Be strong in the Lord, some of you might workout at the
10:27 gym, but the Lord is inviting us to be strong in him.
10:34 And in the power of his might that's available to
10:36 every men here whether or not you take steroids,
10:39 you have a gym membership, you can all be strong
10:43 in the Lord, in the power of his might. And he adds,
10:49 put on the whole, emphasize underline the whole
10:53 armor of God that you might be able to stand against
10:58 the wiles of the devil. I share this afternoon,
11:02 I will talking at 2:30 about tips on resisting temptation.
11:06 We're all under a constant withering hale of temptation
11:11 the devil especially in this last generation is
11:14 attacking men, who should be the priest leaders
11:18 in their families in their churches.
11:20 And the devil is attacking men. And we need to know,
11:24 how to take a stand for Christ in the truth that
11:28 you might stand against the wiles of the devil,
11:32 for we don't wrestle against flesh and blood.
11:36 You know, the weapons are our warfare,
11:39 are not carnal weapons, but they're might bringing
11:42 down those strong roads. We're not wrestling
11:44 against flesh and blood. Sometimes I wish I
11:45 could just punch the devil on the nose, don't you? Amen.
11:49 But you can't fight him that way,
11:51 but you can punch him. You just got to know,
11:55 what the weapons are. For we don't wrestle against
11:58 flesh and blood, but against principalities against
12:02 powers, against the rumors of the darkness of this
12:04 age, against spiritual host of wickedness in the
12:09 heavenly places. Therefore take up again the whole
12:14 armor of God. Now, when I began to do my first
12:20 study on the armor of God, I just took
12:22 the word armor and began going through the Bible
12:24 and it's first that was little discouraged.
12:27 Because you know, when David went against
12:30 goliath, it made a big deal about talking about
12:33 goliath armor, but how much to that armor
12:35 help goliath. And then King Saul said to David,
12:38 you better not go against that giant without some
12:41 armoring, and he said, he will mine David tried arm
12:44 Saul's armor of course Saul was had a shoulders
12:46 tall and everybody else live is like extra large of this
12:49 did and fit like in picture David with Saul's armor army,
12:52 he is kind a looking like he pulled up his socks through
12:55 his eyes and peering up the nickel and he said,
12:59 I can't use this. And if he would aside,
13:02 so if that how is that gonna help my sermon on armor.
13:05 Then I read about Ahab's armor,
13:07 where he had a crack in his armor and a stray Ero,
13:10 struck of idolatry and he die. He said,
13:13 Lord I'm reading about armor and that's failing
13:16 everywhere and the works who had done,
13:19 that's the armor of men. It says;
13:21 take up the armor of God. Amen. David had the
13:25 armor of God, when he went against goliath.
13:27 He notice he said, you come against me goliath
13:30 and you have got the sword in the spear
13:31 in the shield and the helmet and it tells us about
13:34 his breastplate and his grieves and it explains
13:37 his armor and how much your weight
13:39 And David said, I come against you with the Lord.
13:41 David was armed with the armor of God?
13:46 Take up the whole armor of God that you might be
13:50 able to with stand in the evil day having done
13:54 all to stand, stand therefore. Now,
13:59 I want to stop again and emphasize something
14:01 that you probably have caught in verse 11.
14:05 That you might be able to stand. Verse 13,
14:08 to with stand, to stand, verse 14, stand.
14:14 What is God saying to men today? Stand,
14:19 stand your ground, so while when we curl up
14:22 and cover and run and God is looking for an army
14:26 of mighty men in these last days that will be
14:29 discourage or intimidated by the culture to cover
14:33 and to high, but stand up for what you believe,
14:38 whenever surrounded that with people, that
14:40 are telling us this nothing wrong with same sex
14:42 marriage, you can stand up and say, yes there is.
14:44 Amen. Oh! When people are telling us that you know,
14:49 it doesn't matter whether not God created
14:51 over millions of years and if you still believe
14:54 in creation world and your ignoramus believing
14:56 in fables. You can take a stand and say,
14:59 I believe the word of God, yes I do.
15:02 And there is a, a hale of intimidation coming from
15:06 the devil, that's trying to get men of God to cover
15:10 and be ashamed of what he says in his word,
15:12 do not be ashamed, but take a stand for what you
15:15 believe. Hold you head up, when someone ask you,
15:19 are you a Christian? You say, absolutely.
15:21 What kind of Christian? Well, I don't want to brag,
15:24 but I'm a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian.
15:28 Amen, amen. Stand therefore, there is a flood
15:34 coming in the last days, and if you're building your
15:36 house on the rock, it's for the purpose of standing
15:40 through that storm is coming. God wants people
15:43 to stand, he ever going, I went to an ocean
15:48 where they have got real waves nothing against
15:50 the great lakes, but I mean a like the pacific.
15:56 And you get off their own the beach in Hawaii
16:00 and it's fun sometimes to watch people,
16:02 when they're not paying attention,
16:03 they got some big waves and people out their playing
16:05 and their bodies surfing and the tourists that aren't used
16:06 to the power of the waves, and they get sometimes
16:09 slapped down into the sand and one of things
16:13 you have got to do is, when the waves coming in
16:16 you got to lean into it. You don't turn your back on it
16:21 and you can stand through it, but you got to be planted.
16:25 Well, that sort of, how it is in our culture today is,
16:27 there is wave after wave of propaganda that the devil
16:34 sending against the Christian church and against
16:36 Christians men, you got to take a stand and just
16:39 lean into it stand up for you believe and other
16:43 you don't locky down. Stand therefore having
16:47 good at your ways with truth, for sins he mentions
16:51 his truth. It's the truth that will set you free,
16:55 that's the belt of truth and it holds everything
16:59 else together. Now, some of you, you, you got
17:04 belt, so I just wonder shelf hands,
17:06 how many you have got a belt on today?
17:09 I see how many of you really needed to hold your
17:12 pants up? Would you dare raise your hands?
17:16 Pants are too bigger; your belly is too big.
17:19 I wear a my belt because I hang things are,
17:22 I got a belt pack right here, hung on my belt,
17:24 and we're not, not speaking in public of got a Swiss
17:26 army knife and sometimes I have got by keys
17:28 hang it off my belt and, and I have got my phone
17:31 hang it off my belt, you all know what I mean?
17:34 I have gotten sometimes to usually might seems
17:37 serves that tighten up right and I belt isn't really
17:39 hold my, my suit on, but sometimes
17:43 you needed to keep everything together.
17:45 For the soldier that belt held everything in place.
17:49 They had robes that they would wear,
17:51 but when they were fighting, they would good up
17:53 their robes into their belts, so they can run
17:56 without tripping, it kept everything in place
17:59 the sword was held in place, the sheave was on
18:03 the belt. And as one thing, if you got the Bible and,
18:06 and a lot of church has have the Bible,
18:08 but do they have the belt of truth.
18:11 This is what holds at all together,
18:12 it helps you know, what you believe and why
18:14 you believe it. We should be ready always to given
18:17 an answer to anyone, who asks,
18:18 why we believe, what we believe;
18:20 we ought to be grounded in the truth,
18:23 eluded in the truth, amen. So, that we're not blown
18:27 away. A belt can save your life. I remember one time,
18:34 I you felt me, heard me share this story before,
18:37 but it's serve the point. I was a Camp Pastor at
18:44 Summer Camp in Northern California they had a lake,
18:48 they would take the kids out skiing and I will tell you,
18:50 it's a, it's pretty rough when you're Pastor
18:53 and you got a take it's skiing all day along,
18:55 but one of the benefits was I was able to take
18:58 my kids out to the Summer Camp.
19:00 And they were trying to teach some of these
19:01 kids to ski barefoot. And so we took these bulk load
19:08 of kids out, and they had a boom,
19:11 they went off perpendicular from the
19:12 boat, here is the boat and hand this aluminum
19:15 boom that went off and, and you get going us
19:17 seen barefoot, it's not like just regular skiing.
19:20 You know, you got a big surface area of one
19:22 or two ski and you can pop up pretty quick,
19:25 but when your skiing would just your feet you
19:27 know, big feet like mine, you got to go about
19:28 40 miles an hour or it is not enough to placement
19:32 to support you. And so we get the boat up
19:35 and you have to have a glassy water to do this.
19:38 We will get the boat up and you get going about
19:40 35-40 miles an hours and that candidate would pull
19:46 one foot out and you will get it, you don't even
19:48 learn it, co-cruel down, just one toe curling down,
19:51 it catches the water and little flippy over.
19:53 And when you fall, at your skiing barefoot,
19:56 whether it's off the boom or of a big tale and rope.
19:59 And you fall going 38 miles an hour,
20:02 it's different than when you fall regular skiing speed.
20:05 You don't just fall under the water;
20:06 and you skip across the surface of the water
20:09 like a stone for while. And they actually give you
20:11 a vest to wear that is reinforced; son Michael broke
20:15 his ribs skiing barefoot, as he hit the water so hard.
20:20 So, we're gonna skiing, these kids around the lake
20:21 and some of them were getting in, some of marked
20:23 and finally this one boy, he was like 11, 12 years old
20:28 little bit shall be remember he had a bathing suit
20:31 that look like a checker flag on a race,
20:33 a racing flag you know, that he was wearing still
20:36 remember that. And he wanted to try and
20:39 we're little worry because he was a big boy,
20:41 but a little feet, it's what I thought this is gonna
20:45 be challenge, but he want to try, and courage
20:47 and so he got out there, we got the boat gone,
20:49 we want to go little bit faster you know,
20:51 make sure that he was able to get up,
20:54 and he got one foot down and he is going like this,
20:56 he said, I have got it, this is okay you know,
20:57 it's got the, see, see on the edge of the boat and some
20:59 try the other foot and he gets the other foot out
21:01 and he is, he is going, he is so happy and he looked
21:03 at up and smile right about them.
21:06 He called one of his toes and he just runs, and he skipped
21:10 across the water and spiel whole around the few times
21:13 and then disappeared beneath the surface.
21:15 As we turn the boat around came to pick them up
21:17 and he came up his little, little days. And we said,
21:20 you alright and he said, yeah, should do you want
21:24 to try it again? He said, no. And we said,
21:29 well hopping the boat? No. Do you want to try it again?
21:38 No. Do you want to get in? No. What's the problem?
21:43 He said, I can't find my suit. You know,
21:49 your bathing suit comes usually from the factory
21:51 with a little draw string, a little belt.
21:54 And that kind of holds everything in place and he
21:56 didn't really know what that was for, until too late.
21:59 So, we had give little safari through the legs,
22:01 see if we could find this suit form, but sometimes
22:05 it creates embarrassing moment.
22:09 And others have been embarrassed before because
22:11 they did not have the belt of truth and someone,
22:14 who say what about this verse? And I said,
22:17 I can't explain that verse, I don't know.
22:20 We have to know, what we believe specially the
22:22 foundational truths, principles and we ought
22:26 to be able to shrimp. Not everybody is a Pastor,
22:28 not everyone's a teacher, but every soldier of God,
22:31 every man of faith, ought to know, at least the primary
22:34 foundational pillar of what they believe and how
22:37 to defend those things. And be able to turn
22:40 in the word of God and say, this is the truth.
22:44 So, your sword is hanging on that belt of truth.
22:48 As you read on with it, on the implements of the
22:53 armor of God were to stand having the truth and it says,
22:57 the breastplate of righteousness.
23:01 Now, that breastplate was often made of little pieces
23:04 of male that were sound together like fish scales
23:09 that would especially protect the vital organs
23:12 in the front. And the front mine,
23:14 when I was sharing about this one day and he came
23:16 up later and he said, no Doug he realize that underneath
23:19 that breastplate, they never wear the breastplate
23:22 right on their bare skiing. It was always one
23:25 over a rope, when he would get hotten the sun
23:28 and burn them and get cold and shield them or
23:30 pinch them. And now that read in the Bible that sure
23:33 enough even the, the high priest when he wore
23:36 that that little breastplate with the 12 stones on it,
23:40 it was one over a robe. And so first you have the robe
23:45 of the Christ righteousness and then that breastplate,
23:49 it would cover the front and that would cover the vital
23:51 organs. So, that when you in come that,
23:55 it would protecting might get to cut on the armor
23:58 of the leg, but if you get too wounded in the torso,
24:02 it was all from fatal. You know, during the several
24:05 wars before they had discovered some of the basic
24:08 rules of sanitation develop by Joseph Lister.
24:12 A person might survive been hit in the arm or in the leg,
24:15 but if they got hit in the head or in the torso,
24:19 it was typically considered to be fatal right away because
24:22 of the vital organs, I mean infection and they
24:24 didn't have ways of dealing with it.
24:25 There was nothing in the breastplate to protect
24:28 the back because you're not supposed to expose your
24:32 back to the enemy. The Bible says, resist the devil
24:36 and he will flay from you. You know, there is a fantastic
24:40 story about David's mighty men that you find in
24:42 the Bible. And the one of the character is goes
24:44 by the name of Eleazar and you can find him in
24:49 second Samuel chapter 23, verse 14.
24:54 Actually I want to go to Second Samuel 23, verse 9.
24:59 Speaking about David and these three might men
25:01 that were his sort of his special honor guard,
25:06 sort of like Jesus is son of David and Peter,
25:08 James, and John. And after him, was the son of Dodo,
25:13 he Ahohite. Oh! Its kind a chapter 1, I want to
25:16 say that, I would you like to see my dad Dodo.
25:18 It means something different.
25:20 Now, one of the three might men with David,
25:24 when they define the Philistines, were gathered
25:27 together to battle and the men of Israel were
25:30 gone away. So, here is this battle with the Philistines
25:32 and David, they define the Philistines armies
25:36 and they sort of challenge. them in the Philistines
25:38 must have themselves and they would charge the men
25:40 of Israel, but the rest of the soldiers were treated,
25:45 but David did not retreat. You know,
25:47 David went right in the battle and fought with his men.
25:50 And that's one reason the soldier of Alexander
25:52 the great was so loyal and he conquered so successfully
25:55 during those 12 years. He marched his army
25:58 22,000 miles. And conquer the world is can see
26:01 would lead them into battle and he was often wounded
26:04 sometimes he received what we're, they thought
26:07 modal verbs. He will be the first one over a wall.
26:12 And they do anything for Alexander and David
26:14 soldiers were that way too. So, when some of the
26:16 men were treated, Eleazar stay there with David,
26:22 and they were fighting over a high piece of ground,
26:24 it was a barley field. Let me finish reading this to you,
26:27 just to give you the, the background here.
26:30 And the men of Israel had gone away. And he arose,
26:33 and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary,
26:37 and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD
26:41 wrought a great victory that day; and the people
26:43 returned after him only despoil that the story is
26:46 in two places in the Bible. Let me read it you, in
26:48 a first chronicles 11 and12. First chronicles 11 and 12
26:54 and after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo,
26:55 the Ahohite, who was one of the three mightiest.
26:59 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the
27:02 Philistines were gathered together to battle,
27:04 and there was a parcel of ground full of barley;
27:07 and the people fled from before the Philistines.
27:10 And they David and Eleazar set themselves in the midst
27:15 of that parcel, and delivered it, and they slew the
27:19 Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great
27:22 deliverance. So, let me we heard what we just read
27:24 in these two passages. There is a battle with the
27:28 Philistines between David and his mighty men his
27:31 soldiers, it could have been back one,
27:33 when he only had that 600 soldiers. And the Philistines,
27:37 the army seen to big and they are trying to fight
27:40 and defend this field of barley; it's a type for the
27:43 word of God is a grain. And the soldiers all flow
27:47 back and retreated, but Eleazar said,
27:50 as long as David is here I'm not going anywhere.
27:54 He is my captain and if he is not afraid, I'm not afraid.
27:57 And so as they got these breastplates on and the
27:59 only place expose is the back, I anticipate they
28:04 fought back to back. And it says, that the Lord
28:08 gave them a great deliverance and
28:09 the only thing I can picture is, they just began
28:12 to circle and swing their swords and hold up your
28:14 shields, just like a mowing sieve. And they were
28:18 just mowing down the Philistines until the
28:20 Philistines realize that God was lift them and they
28:23 thought so longer, so hard that Eleazar could not
28:27 let go with his hand cleave onto resort,
28:29 he could not let go with the sword. True story,
28:34 man name Henry Dempsey, pilot on a small computer
28:37 jet was flying by up state New York.
28:41 After take off and he heard a noise in the back
28:43 and he got up, turned over the controls to his co-pilot.
28:46 And went into the back to find out, what the noise,
28:48 right about then they hit a bump, he felt against
28:52 the entrance door and that's what the problem was,
28:55 he did not been totally shut and he was stuck down.
28:59 Pilot, co-pilot now here is all these air rushing
29:02 through and he sees the lighting coming on,
29:04 that says, that the, the doors open and looks
29:08 back and he doesn't see the captain radios and
29:11 that hoping that he fell over the water that
29:12 there were flying over that, you might be found
29:16 calling from emergency help, he lands and after
29:19 he lands, he didn't found out that the captain
29:22 was not sucked all the way out. His torso
29:24 dropped out of the plane and with one handy
29:27 got a hold of this chain covered by vinyl that
29:29 let down the steps. And he held on with his feet
29:34 still inside the plane 200 mile an hour winds
29:37 blowing against him, landed with his head,
29:40 one foot off the ground, when the emergency
29:45 people came, they said, it took several minutes
29:49 on the news to get him to let go of the chain
29:52 that could not try his hand the off of the chain.
29:58 You know, the over riding the motorcycle a long distance
29:59 on a cold day, and he can't opened up your hand.
30:04 He cleaves unto his sword. Now, what is the sword
30:07 is symbol for? Word of God, we're gonna get
30:10 to that in just a minute. Don't let go, amen.
30:14 And the Lord wrote a great victory that day,
30:18 the reason they were able to fight the enemies
30:19 because they had that breastplate of righteousness
30:22 that was there out front protecting those vital
30:25 organs and we need the same. You know,
30:30 it mentions this, by the way in the Book of Job,
30:34 chapter 29:14, it says, I put on righteousness
30:38 and it clothed me. And Aaron used to wear this
30:44 breastplate of judgment on his heart.
30:47 And so this was a very vital piece of, of defense,
30:52 through it we can resist the devil. Christ said,
30:55 get thee behind me saved. You don't turn your
30:57 back on the enemy else stab you in the back.
31:00 So, in the armor of God, you have got the belt
31:01 of shoes, you got the breastplate of righteousness
31:05 and having Shaun your feet with the preparation
31:08 of the gospel of peace. Shoes are extremely
31:12 important in the water. We have one daughter
31:16 that was in the army Sherry and our son Daniel
31:19 was in the Marines. Whenever he would come
31:21 home and he showed me, he still has his Marine
31:23 Issued boots and you know, they are well
31:24 made because, especially they found that
31:27 during the Vietnam War. They told those soldiers,
31:30 if you don't take care of your feet,
31:32 you become useless as a soldier, and all kinds
31:34 of problems were jangled rodent
31:36 and they would often take their boots
31:37 out and dry them and take care of their shoes,
31:39 take care of their feet. Remember a friend of mine;
31:43 Bob Hoffman lived up, in the mountains.
31:47 He lived in the Canyon. Where I lived,
31:49 but he moved their, after I moved away up.
31:51 He, he build the cabin of drift would up and that
31:53 desert Canyon lived their ten years.
31:55 Went back to this of the cave one day
31:59 and, and Bob told me a story that he was
32:01 crossing towards the creek, this is a creek out
32:04 in these vast desert mountain wilderness,
32:08 Cactus, burning rocks everywhere,
32:10 it was the hot summer day, but there was some
32:12 had been a rain storm and the creek was swollen.
32:15 We didn't want to get his boots wet and so
32:16 I took off his boots and the socks.
32:18 He stuck his socks in his boots, he tied his laces
32:20 together through them over a shoulder,
32:22 and he went across the creek. And crossing
32:25 the creek through the swollen waters,
32:26 he slipped recover caught himself,
32:30 but his boots fell off his shoulders.
32:32 And now here was out in this burning desert
32:36 with no shoes, no socks. And he describes,
32:41 how dangerous it was, trying to walk over these
32:44 burning hot rocks with cactus everywhere
32:48 with no shoes. I know, exactly what he was talking
32:50 about, if fighting the battle, you need good traction.
32:56 I remember one time, when I was a kid
32:58 growing up, as a little scrappy, a little guy.
33:02 And one reason I got into a few fights is because
33:06 my brother, I went to the same school of my
33:07 brother. My brother fought and had cystic
33:10 fibrosis. And he looked a little different because
33:13 he had flaming red hair and very fair skin.
33:18 And he was abused about my side, even though
33:20 he was my older brother and the kids in his class,
33:23 used to tease him all the time. He used to
33:24 make me so mad because they didn't know,
33:27 how he is struggle with his disease.
33:29 He is to sleeping attendant night,
33:32 he had to get these treatments and he had all
33:34 kinds of problems and operations and,
33:37 and he would get the school, my father named him
33:38 Falcon. You already problems, when your last
33:41 name Batchelor, but the name he could
33:43 Falcon Batchelor. And they used to play with his name
33:47 and call him terrible things and call him turkey,
33:49 and bird brained and all kinds of things,
33:50 when I was in gym one day. As my brother's
33:53 class was leaving and my class was arriving and
33:57 some kids were teasing him. And there just
34:04 indignation came up within me. And I took off
34:08 after one of the kids in the gym in his class,
34:11 who had been making fun my brother just swinging
34:14 and we got into a fight, but I, it happen right after
34:17 I taken off my dress shoes as I was preparing
34:20 to change into my gym clothes and I had my socks
34:24 on and they have just waxed the gym floor.
34:29 And so, we had seen like this. And so there
34:32 I'm trying to box and fight with this guy.
34:34 Now, I'm slide, now all over the place,
34:36 it was absolutely ridiculous. And so while I'm fighting
34:39 with this kid, we're tussling and reaching down
34:42 with one hand and I'm trying to take off my socks
34:45 because at least, if I could get my foot on the
34:48 ground, I get a little bit attraction and when I got
34:50 my socks off and I got my feet on the ground,
34:52 I got some traction then I was able to win.
34:57 You can't fight without traction. By the way,
35:00 if you don't have some traction, you know,
35:02 I'm talking about those old Waffle Stomper Shoes.
35:06 The terrible about brining in the mud that
35:08 they're nice, when you have in the mud,
35:10 if you have on slippery trained, nice that traction
35:13 in your shoes, give a drive off road with slip tires.
35:19 You know, if you don't have good shoes you
35:20 back slide. That's one reason, we need these
35:23 gospel shoes, amen, and we need them synched up.
35:28 So, that we have good foot, footing.
35:31 How beautiful upon the mountain,
35:32 mountains are the feet of those who preach the
35:35 gospel. And occasionally we got to take those
35:40 shoes off, Jesus wash our feet. Amen,
35:42 but you want to have good traction,
35:45 when you're fighting those battles and having those
35:49 Gospel shoes, having your feet sharp with the
35:53 preparation of the Gospel of peace and above all,
35:57 taking the shield of faith with which her able
36:00 to quench all the fiery darks of the wicked one.
36:05 Now, the purpose of the shield and sometimes
36:07 what they do, is they, they would a beat down
36:09 metal thin strips of metal and they would put
36:11 it over a peace of wood, maybe it was covered
36:14 with leather and some metal, metal grading
36:16 and it was usually just about raise higher, a
36:20 little higher the idea being you wanted to be able
36:23 to quench behind it, if there was a hail of Arrows
36:26 coming down and protect yourselves against the
36:28 arrows, that's what Paul is referring to the fiery
36:32 dark. Sometimes they used to light their arrows
36:34 and send flaming arrows, and the shield was
36:39 there because it would provide some insulation
36:42 between you and the arrows, you don't want them
36:44 to actually touch you and we need the shield
36:48 of faith to keep a barrier between us and those
36:52 flaming arrows of temptation that the Devil
36:55 is constantly firing on us. Now, when you got a
36:59 fiery dark, darks aren't very big are they?
37:03 Sparks aren't very big, matches aren't very big,
37:06 but once it hit something it ignites. So, the ideas,
37:10 you want to stop them with your shield before
37:13 they hit anything and ignite anything.
37:17 Don't get anywhere in near those areas of
37:19 temptation. I will talk little bit more about that later
37:23 today, but the way you operated in a practical
37:26 way with the shield of faith is you avoid
37:29 those places in those situations, stay away from
37:32 them hold that shield up. Well, you know,
37:35 you're gonna be tempted. We got a problem with
37:38 alcohol; don't push your card up and down the wine
37:41 section of the market, amen. Just go all the way
37:45 around, if you have too if your problem is ice cream
37:49 don't pick that job at Baskin Robbins and they
37:51 just pray for strength. So, often we you know,
37:56 we put ourselves in these situations where we're
37:59 tempted and we need to have that, that shield of faith.
38:04 You know in other way that, that shield of faith
38:07 operates in a practical sense, it's through faith
38:12 we get the victory, if you believe that Christ
38:17 is with you, that is a shield amen. How often did
38:22 God soldiers go often to battle and they won't
38:24 afraid because they believed the Lord was
38:27 with them. Matter of fact, you and Jesus are
38:31 always a majority. The story we just read about
38:34 Eleazar, Eleazar and David, you know David never
38:38 lost the battle. Eleazar and David, he said if David
38:43 is with me oh when this is the guy that kills the giant.
38:48 You and Jesus will not lose that battle. You know,
38:51 how many times in the Bible, it says that God
38:53 is our shield. The word shield appears about 45 times
38:56 in scripture. And if you know, the Christ is with you,
38:59 you, if you're walking with the Lord and you're
39:01 in the will of God and you're faith of God's presence,
39:04 he sent an army of angels to protect you.
39:08 They'll encamp around you. God becomes a shield
39:10 and fortress for you. And you know you can go
39:15 through life with lot more peace and confidence.
39:17 I don't ring my hands and fear from day-to-day
39:21 I travel all over the place and matter of fact;
39:23 we flew in here this morning and not only is Dwight
39:28 a good pilot, but I trust the Lord and you don't
39:33 want to attempt God, but if you live by faith
39:35 and you know, that you're following the Lord
39:38 then hey, it's like John Wesley said, or rather
39:41 George Woodfield, he said I'm a mortal until my work
39:44 is done; if you're living by faith and you're
39:47 not tempting God then you're immortal until
39:50 your work is done and when God said that your
39:52 work is done; you don't want to live a minute
39:54 longer anyway do you, do you? You won't do,
39:58 hey, this likes nothing compared to
40:00 what God's got prepare for us, Amen.
40:01 Amen. And so you fight that fighter faith that
40:05 you're fighting a long side the Lord. The helmet
40:08 of salvation is a next thing it's mentioned here.
40:12 And take the helmet of salvation.
40:16 Now, the helmets are really important because
40:21 you got your brain and you need to protect it.
40:26 You know, I was really surprise when I was in,
40:29 I don't know what the laws are in Michigan,
40:31 but I was in Southern Illinois couple of days ago,
40:34 and we saw these guys riding down the street
40:35 on their motorcycles at 90 miles an hour.
40:38 No helmet on, my wife used to work in a hospital,
40:41 they called them donor cycles. And because
40:45 people often had irreparable head injury,
40:48 but the other organs maybe could be used. California,
40:51 now you've got wear a helmet. What's a law here
40:53 in Michigan, you have to gotta wear a helmet.
40:56 I know, it's not a fashion statement and you know
40:59 the Harley riders is kind of chase that,
41:00 and so they trying wear the little bitty helmets
41:02 and look like you know, looks like a monastic head
41:06 or something, but I don't know how much it protects,
41:14 but the idea is you want that protection.
41:17 There is a story in the Bible about one of the first
41:18 kings of Israel was the name of Elimelech,
41:22 Abimelech rather and, and he went to fight against
41:25 the city and he took off his helmet and a lady through
41:28 walk off the wall and bunked upon the nogany died.
41:32 How was at the David was able to find and open in
41:35 with Goliath, when Goliath saw the David was coming
41:37 out and he had a stick, he was indignant,
41:41 he push back his helmet or deviser of his helmet that
41:44 exposes his forehead and David said,
41:45 Bingo I was looking for a target. So, you want
41:51 to protect, by the way, you know, on your head,
41:53 you have got seven secret openings.
42:00 You got two eyes and two ears and two nostrils
42:03 and one mouth. These seven sacred places
42:08 and I think that you have to protect what goes in,
42:16 but ought to be careful, what you're looking at.
42:20 Make a covenant with your eyes. I know others
42:21 will be talking at length about this during our day
42:24 together. Ought to be protecting and deciding
42:28 what you listen too. You know, we're all constantly
42:34 being bombarded with visual images just driving
42:38 down the road, walking through the Airport,
42:40 no matter where you are? There are so many
42:42 messages that are constantly assaulting our senses.
42:48 Then as a Christian you need to pray that God
42:49 is gonna put a helmet of heaven's atmosphere
42:52 around your head. I kind of like to think of it is
42:55 something like what the astronauts were.
42:57 Well it's not only protecting you, but it creates
43:00 its own atmosphere, its own pressure.
43:03 Not only that will knows astronauts are doing the space
43:05 walk around the shuttle that helmet is you notice
43:08 devisers got this coding on it, because
43:10 they're being bombarded with the radiation from
43:13 the Sun without the protection of our atmosphere
43:16 and it can do terrible damage. And so they have
43:18 got all kinds of protection in that helmet.
43:19 That's kind of like, what I picture. Paul was today,
43:22 he said put on the astronaut helmet of salvation,
43:26 because you need that whole atmosphere around
43:28 your head. There is so much that were expose
43:32 to these days. Need to pray that God will help us,
43:35 be careful what we look at. What we listen to.
43:39 And you know you're constantly being attacked
43:43 by the Devil and his man of faith you need to be
43:46 aware of it. One reason, we need ongoing revival
43:49 it's, it's like you got a plug in your, your phone
43:52 and your computer all the time even if you're not
43:55 using that the battery was slowly drain, won't it?
43:58 And you just got to know, I got a plug it down.
44:01 You need personal revival and devotions on a regular
44:04 basis to counteract that. I see in my life and I really
44:10 worry sometimes because, I give you an example,
44:13 what I'm talking about you know I travel a lot in often
44:17 rent cars. I was going to meeting in Southern
44:20 California. And there was actually an AMEN Conference
44:24 down in Southern California and I got my rental car
44:27 and I was late, my plane was delayed and
44:30 I'm trying to get there because I need to speak
44:31 that night. And I, you know, hoping the car
44:34 and you do always get a new rental car, if you
44:36 done this before you kind a looking around
44:37 the figure, where everything is and one time
44:41 you know, I never driving a previous before just
44:44 a side note. And I was, I thought well it might be
44:47 interesting a Hopten and think boater like a computer
44:52 and I couldn't figure out where anything
44:53 it was and it didn't even sound like a car.
44:56 And I though you know, it's distracted that I get,
44:58 I have, I just got out of the thing, I thought I'm
45:00 gonna kill myself. So, I still never have driven one,
45:03 but so I get in this car and, I, I go around to,
45:08 where you check out you know, you putting
45:10 on your seat belt and looking for my credit card
45:11 to give them as you checking out with your car.
45:14 And finally I,I said can I have a map and they
45:16 give me a map and as you know, in the car
45:18 five minutes waiting to get out of the rental car
45:21 parking lot, and finally get on the on the road
45:23 and find out where inner state Tennis and then
45:26 I sort of settle down because I know my way
45:27 and for the first time in the six to eight minutes
45:30 I had been in that car. I realize the radio was on,
45:33 when I got in? And it was playing the most
45:36 awful worthily rap diabolical rocky music.
45:45 I mean, it was like exhibit of the worse thing,
45:47 I would have felt terrible, if I had made a pocket
45:49 call during that time. You know, what pocket call is?
45:52 Three accidentally bump yourself on it, and dials
45:54 the last number. I didn't know, what that was my
45:58 son call maybe other day he said dad I got a
45:59 pocket call from you. So, what is the mean,
46:02 well I call him in that bump my phone, he was
46:03 hearing me conversant with some body else,
46:06 but if someone had heard me in my car,
46:08 if he said Doug Batchelor and then he picked up the
46:10 phone and they heard the music.
46:15 He wants to rule at me. What scared me was,
46:20 I was listening to it and I was totally unconscious,
46:25 because I was so used to hearing it in the stores
46:28 and everywhere you go these days. Sometimes
46:30 we be at Mexican restaurant or call somebody
46:32 and though person will say, Doug, where are you?
46:35 Because I had in the background,
46:36 you're hearing and you going and you know,
46:39 I'm sorry I'm here at Chipola and that's you know
46:42 What, can't even get a veggie bridle without
46:45 having to listen to that these days.
46:48 So, you know what I'm saying. It's everywhere
46:50 around us. You want to protect, what goes in your
46:55 mouth and what comes out that helmet of salvation.
46:59 And even you nostrils, do you know for a couple
47:02 of years after I quit smoking, it was so bad for me.
47:06 Someone else would be smoking, I tell,
47:09 I'm gonna smoke that I follow people up the street.
47:15 And when they would exhale and I like to kind a go,
47:18 as I'm not smoking Lord. I find that was under
47:22 conviction you can't do that Doug. She gotta protect
47:25 everything, but we need that helmet of salvation.
47:31 All the time, but the Devil will get through
47:33 to our minds. You're the some total of what
47:38 comes into your mind over the course of your life.
47:40 Amen, amen. The words are come out your mouth,
47:44 that's what you've taken in. And it can change
47:46 you so you have got to choose what goes in and
47:49 feast on the word, clean cleave onto your sword.
47:57 Having the helmet of Salvation and the sword
48:00 of the Spirit that is the word of God. Now,
48:06 Hebrews chapter 4, the word of God is quick and
48:09 powerful and sharper than any two edge sword.
48:12 When you're talking about these implements of war
48:14 in this arsenal, the only one that is really the offense
48:19 weapon, everything else is defensive,
48:20 the shield is defensive. I suppose you get probably
48:23 during knock person down with your shield.
48:24 The helmet, the breastplate, the shoes are all
48:27 pretty much defensive in nature,
48:29 but there is no question that the sword while being
48:31 defensive is also an offense weapon meaning
48:34 you go forth with it and you conquer for Christ.
48:37 It's not enough for us to read our Bible,
48:39 so we can defend our faith. We're also supposed
48:42 to be going forth for Christ conquering, when Jesus
48:46 appears in Revelation as the word of God,
48:49 he is got what coming out of his mouth.
48:53 A two edge sword, why two edges? Because
48:56 it's a dwell nature to the word of God, it's called
48:59 well all the New and the Old Testament.
49:02 The law and the prophets, its Moses and Elijah,
49:10 the two witnesses, this two edge sword,
49:15 we must fill our mind, by the way, it's dwell in nature
49:18 because it that gives you perspective like your
49:21 two eyes, gives you balance. And so we need
49:24 to fortify our minds with the truth of God's word.
49:27 Not only so we can defend what we believe,
49:29 but we need to prepare it to share it.
49:31 And when the Devil comes to us with temptation,
49:34 what did Jesus used to attack the Devil.
49:40 He said, it is written, it is written, it is written,
49:44 and he finally was able to defeat the Devil
49:46 and send him running, because he have the word
49:50 of God. And by the way, does it say that Jesus,
49:54 when he was tempted by the Devil is at just a
49:56 moment Lucifer I got to get my, my Knapsack
49:58 out here and some where in the bag I've got
50:01 a scroll, and see if I can find the reference,
50:05 let me get my laptop out and Laptops are great
50:08 for study, but I found that, what's happened for me.
50:11 as the more-and-more I've dependent on my computer
50:13 to study the word of God. I used to know,
50:15 exactly where to turning my pages and now
50:18 I still remember the words of it's getting the little
50:20 harder to find it actually in the book.
50:23 The Lord wants us to have these things in our mind.
50:26 So, we're prepared, to share what we believe.
50:30 You know, that maybe just think of a story.
50:32 You've all heard of Sam Houston, Houston Texas
50:34 was named after him. He had a son Sam Houston
50:37 Junior and during the Civil War the battle of Shiloh,
50:43 he was actually struck by one of these little
50:47 mini balls, I called them then don't let the word mini
50:51 deceive you, they were really powerful and knock
50:54 the man down flat just like you were hit with the
50:56 sledge hammer and he was shock at the back,
51:01 knock down and when he finally recovered
51:05 his senses, he realized that he was alive,
51:09 he didn't know how to battle he was wounded
51:10 because you know, frequently when you're shocked
51:12 you don't even know because you're so shocked
51:15 by the initial force, a friend came and pulled off
51:20 his knapsack, and the bullet had struck the Bible
51:25 that his mother had given him, a little Bible
51:28 in his knapsack and it is stopped right on Psalm
51:33 70 verse 5. Other word of God is a shield
51:42 and the word of God is our defense,
51:45 interesting story, amen. Amen. And so,
51:47 if the word of God must be hidden and,
51:49 now the seven things that are mention
51:51 among the implements in the armor of God.
51:54 And the seventh one is prayer, prayer that
51:59 represents your relationship, your moral of the
52:03 troops. Having that encouragement of an ongoing
52:07 relationship you know, if we cannot see or commander
52:11 going before us, the troops can become
52:13 them moralize. What happen, when the army,
52:16 what outlet by Joshua, when they couldn't see
52:18 Moses with his hands lifted up, it receding,
52:21 they start to getting discourage, but as long
52:24 as I could see their captain on the hill with his hand
52:26 stretched out, they were victorious?
52:30 I remember reading during the World War II,
52:33 how Isan however knowing that it was gonna
52:35 be a bloody day, D-day. He went out there in England
52:39 and he visited with a troops and he prayed for him.
52:43 And knowing some of the might not comeback,
52:45 but the Moral was very high, as they went out;
52:47 of course Europe is free because of that day.
52:52 And so we need to have a relationship of prayer.
52:54 Notice what Paul says, always praying with all prayer
52:58 and supplication in the Spirit being a watchful to this
53:00 in with all perseverance supplication for all saints.
53:07 all! all! all! When do you think soldiers pray for most?
53:13 When they're in Boot Camp, or before they
53:15 activated on the front lines. And when you know,
53:20 you're getting to engage the enemy,
53:23 how sincerely do you pray them? I remember
53:28 my son; he had one relationship with the Lord,
53:31 when he was in Boot Camp. He had another
53:33 relationship with the Lord, when he was in a rack.
53:38 And they entered hostel territory.
53:43 We're living right now friends on the front lines,
53:46 we need to be living with all prayer,
53:49 we need to have peace that our commander
53:50 is with us and have that kind of relationship with the
53:52 Lord, but we know, that we're in God's hands,
53:55 Amen. Amen. You know, I'm looking at clock
53:58 and I've actually got through most of my points here,
54:01 but I want to share a story within,
54:02 I'm gonna read this to you, it's a true story.
54:08 Speaking about God's Mighty Men. On July 9th,
54:12 1755 during the French and Indian Wars.
54:16 A force of 1500 British soldiers were embellish
54:19 in the open by a small force of French and Indian
54:22 fighters, who are shooting from the woods.
54:26 The British soldiers they are the one,
54:28 who were embellished, trained for European
54:31 War made easy targets. Shoulder-to-shoulder
54:33 in the bright red uniforms and their officers were
54:36 even more exposed on horse back,
54:38 high above the men on the ground making
54:40 perfect targets. The slaughter continued for
54:43 two hours and as nearly 70 percent of the British
54:47 soldiers were cut down, there it was decimated
54:50 out of 1500. One-by-one, the chief's marksmen
54:55 shot the British officers from their horses,
54:58 until only officer remained, amazingly round
55:02 after round was anger this one man,
55:04 twice the young little tennis horse will shot out
55:06 from under him. Twice he grabbed another horse,
55:09 10, 15, 20 rounds were fired by the sharp shooters,
55:13 especially at this officer. Still the officer remained
55:17 unhurt, the native warriors stared in disbelief,
55:20 the riffle sell the myths.
55:21 The chief realize that a mighty power must be
55:24 shielding his men and he commanded his soldiers stop
55:27 firing. This one is under the special protection
55:30 of the great spirit he said, eventually the
55:33 Lieutenant Colonel gathered the remaining troops
55:35 and he led them to safety that evening as the
55:39 last of the wounded men will be in care for,
55:42 the officer noted in armchair in his court,
55:45 it was a bullet hole, he rolled up the sleeve and
55:48 looked at his arm directly under the hole,
55:49 there was no mark on his skin.
55:52 Amaze he took off his court and upon examination
55:54 he found three more holes where bullets
55:57 had passed through his court, but stopped,
55:59 before they reached his body. Nine days after the
56:02 battle, the young Lieutenant Colonel wrote his
56:05 brother, by the all powerful dispensations of
56:09 Providence, I have been protected beyond all human
56:12 probabilities or expectation, for I had four bullets
56:15 through my court, two horses shot from
56:18 under me, and yet escaped unhurt.
56:21 Although death was leveling my companions on every
56:24 side the 23 year old officer went onto become
56:28 the commander and chief of the United States Army,
56:31 the first president of the United States.
56:34 During the years that followed upon his long career
56:36 this man George Washington was never once
56:38 wounded in battle. Washington also escape
56:42 flying bullets on four other occasions and survived
56:45 contracting diphtheria, malaria, small pox,
56:48 and tuberculosis. The Bible says, if thousand
56:52 may fall at your side, 10,000 at your right hand,
56:55 but it will not come now onto you.
56:59 One day, during the revolutionary war of farmer
57:01 was going through the woods, and he saw an officer
57:06 while he heard a voice on the woods.
57:09 And he crept up and you know, he didn't know,
57:11 where there is a Britisher ,or whoever
57:12 it was and he saw that was an officer on his knees
57:15 praying. He didn't interrupt and went back home.
57:19 And said to his wife Millie, we're gonna win this war.
57:22 She said, how do you know? He said,
57:24 I just saw a George Washington kneeling
57:26 praying in the woods. God's is going to answer
57:30 those prayers, I know we're gonna win this war,
57:34 but you know, our commander and chief has
57:35 prayed for his troops. Amen. And we're gonna
57:39 win this war. Amen. And if you going to battle,
57:41 trusting in your commander you will not lose,
57:45 a thousand may fall at your side and 10,000
57:47 around you, but you can stand, if you're wearing
57:49 the armor of God friends. How many of you
57:52 would like to say, I would like to be a man of faith.
57:54 I would like to fight in that army.
57:56 Junior and during the Civil War the battle of Shiloh,


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