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00:02 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
00:05 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:09 >>MANY LEGENDS AND STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD TALK ABOUT 00:12 FLYING DRAGONS, AND SOME MAY EVEN CONTAIN A KERNEL OF TRUTH. 00:16 PALEONTOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THE FOSSILIZED BONES OF GIANT 00:20 FLYING REPTILES CALLED PTEROSAURS, OR WINGED LIZARDS. 00:25 THEY'VE GOT LONG, THIN BEAKS, BONEY CRESTS ON THEIR HEAD - THE 00:28 LARGEST PTEROSAURS WEIGHED OVER 500 POUNDS AND HAD A WING SPAN 00:32 OF NEARLY 40 FEET. THAT'S LIKE A SMALL CESSNA AIRPLANE. 00:36 PTEROSAURS HAD NECKS THAT WERE UP TO TEN FEET LONG AND THEIR 00:39 LEGS UP TO SEVEN FEET LONG. TO SOMEONE WATCHING FROM THE 00:42 GROUND, THE LEGS TRAILING BEHIND A FLYING PTEROSAUR MIGHT HAVE 00:47 LOOKED LIKE A FLYING DRAGON WITH A POINTED TAIL. 00:49 SOME PTEROSAURS MAY HAVE EVEN SURVIVED THE FLOOD. 00:53 IN THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C., THE GREEK HISTORIAN HERODOTUS WROTE 00:56 ABOUT WINGED SERPENTS IN ARABIA. FRIENDS, WE KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE 01:02 DRAGON THAT EXISTS TODAY, THE DRAGON IS ALSO 01:05 KNOWN AS THE DEVIL. WHILE SOME PEOPLE THINK HE'S 01:07 JUST A RELIGIOUS LEGEND, SCRIPTURE INSISTS THAT HE IS 01:11 VERY REAL AND DETERMINED TO DECEIVE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. 01:15 SO JOIN ME, TODAY, AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS ENEMY, THE 01:19 ONE THE BIBLE REVEALS TO BE THE NOTORIOUS DRAGON OF REVELATION. 01:28 >>I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER 01:30 THIS NOTORIOUS CHARACTER FROM MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA. 01:34 I DID A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN COLOMBIA, AND HE WAS SOMETHING 01:39 OF A HERO THERE-- PABLO ESCOBAR. 01:44 HE WAS THE LARGEST DRUG DEALER IN HISTORY. 01:50 AND, AT ONE TIME - MATTER OF FACT, I'VE GOT A FEW AMAZING 01:51 FACTS HERE - I DON'T WANT TO FORGET THEM, SO I'M GOING TO 01:54 READ SOME OF THESE THINGS TO YOU. 01:55 AT ONE TIME HE WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. 01:59 HE HAD, BACK THEN, 30 BILLION DOLLARS. 02:01 BY TODAY'S STANDARDS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER 50 BILLION 02:04 DOLLARS. IN THE 80S, THE DEMAND WAS SO 02:07 HIGH THAT, AT ONE POINT, PABLO ESCOBAR AND HIS MEDELLIN CARTEL, 02:12 SELLING MOSTLY COCAINE, WAS DELIVERING 15 TONS OF 02:15 COCAINE TO THE U.S. EACH DAY. 02:19 THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO AFRICAN ELEPHANTS - OF COCAINE. 02:23 DURING THIS ZENITH OF THE DRUG TRADE, HE WAS MAKING 60 MILLION 02:28 DOLLARS A DAY IN COCAINE --SELLING COCAINE. 02:33 IN FACT, I WAS READING THAT HE HAD SO MUCH CASH - HE SPENT OVER 02:38 TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH ON RUBBER BANDS TO BUNDLE THE CASH. 02:45 HE HAD SO MUCH CASH HOARDED AWAY IN TROPICAL BARNS THAT HE 02:51 FIGURED HE LOST 2 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO RATS THAT 02:55 NIBBLED AWAY - AND MOLD - MOLDING MONEY. 03:00 HE OWNED 5,000 ACRES OF LAND NEAR A SMALL COLOMBIAN TOWN 03:03 WHERE HE BUILT A LITTLE UTOPIA - 20-ROOM MANSION - WHERE HE'D 03:06 INVITE - HE'D JUST PAY AND HE'D HAVE GREAT MUSICIANS AND PEOPLE 03:08 FROM AROUND THE WORLD COMING. HE HAD HIS OWN BULL RING - HIS 03:11 OWN ZOO WITH HIPPOS, GIRAFFES, AND ELEPHANTS. IN ALL, IT'S SAID 03:17 THAT HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4,000 DEATHS, 03:21 INCLUDING JUDGES AND A COLOMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. 03:25 BUT HE WAS NEVER SATISFIED WITH ALL THAT MONEY AND THAT POWER. 03:29 HE WANTED TO BE LOVED BY THE PEOPLE. 03:31 HE WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE 03:33 THAT. AND HE STARTED GIVING MONEY TO 03:36 ALL THESE POOR VILLAGES AND FOR SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC WORKS. 03:40 HE COULDN'T SPEND HIS MONEY FAST ENOUGH. 03:42 AND THEY ALL LOVED HIM. THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A HERO - NOT 03:44 ALL - MANY PEOPLE LOVED HIM. HE RAN FOR CONGRESS AND 03:46 GOT ELECTED, BUT HE WASN'T SATISFIED. 03:50 HE WANTED MORE POWER AND HE WANTED MORE AND HE WANTED MORE 03:53 AND WHEN SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN POLITICS STARTED TO 03:55 INVESTIGATE HIM MORE CAREFULLY, HE HAD THEM KILLED. 04:02 AND HE HAD A SAYING, 'MONEY - SILVER - OR DO YOU WANT BULLETS 04:07 - LEAD?' AND HE GAVE EVERYBODY THE CHOICE. 04:10 HE SAYS, 'I'LL EITHER PAY YOU AND YOU CAN COOPERATE AND GO 04:12 ALONG WITH ME, OR YOU'RE DEAD.' AND WHEN JUDGES BEGAN TO 04:16 INVESTIGATE HIM OR PEOPLE WERE GOING TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM, 04:19 SUDDENLY THEY ENDED UP DYING. WHEN SOMEONE ELSE WAS RUNNING 04:23 AGAINST HIM, THEY WERE ASSASSINATED. 04:26 AND - 4,000 MURDERS - WASN'T HAPPY - MORE, MORE, MORE. 04:32 WELL, YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS US OF THE CHARACTER THAT PROBABLY 04:34 INSPIRED PEOPLE LIKE ESCOBAR - SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS LIKE 04:38 HITLER AND STALIN THAT JUST ARE - HAVE AN INSATIABLE DESIRE TO 04:43 BE THE GREATEST, TO HAVE MORE POWER, TO HAVE MORE MONEY. 04:47 AND IT REMINDS US ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THAT ARCH FIEND THAT 04:53 WE READ ABOUT IN THE BIBLE. DEALING WITH THE VILLAIN OF 04:57 REVELATION - IN FACT, HE'S THE VILLAIN OF THE WHOLE BIBLE - 05:00 BETTER KNOWN AS THE DEVIL. FIRST QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO 05:04 ASK TONIGHT IS, 'WITH WHOM DID SIN ORIGINATE? 05:08 YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS. 05:10 WHY IS THERE SIN IN THE WORLD? IF GOD MADE EVERYTHING 05:12 GOOD, WHY DO WE SIN? WHERE DID SIN COME FROM? 05:16 PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY, 'WHO HAD THE FIRST COLD?' 05:19 'WHO HAD THE FIRST CASE OF AIDS?' 05:22 WHERE DO THESE THINGS COME FROM? IT'S LIKE A MYSTERY. 05:24 WELL, THE BIBLE GIVES US THESE ANSWERS. 05:27 YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 12, VERSE 9 - IT REFERS TO HIM AS 05:31 "THAT OLD SERPENT, CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN." 05:35 AND SO, HERE HE IS CALLED 'THE SERPENT', HE'S CALLED 'THE 05:37 DEVIL,' HE CALLED 'SATAN,' AND HE'S ALSO CALLED 'THE DRAGON.' 05:41 AND SO, SATAN ORIGINATED, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NOT HERE ON 05:45 EARTH, BUT UP IN HEAVEN. THE BIBLE SAYS 'THE DEVIL 05:49 SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING.' SIN ORIGINATED WITH SATAN. 05:54 SATAN IS THAT ARCH FIEND. HE IS VERY REAL. 05:57 I BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY DOES GOD SEND GOOD ANGELS TO OUR 06:02 MEETINGS, I BELIEVE THE DEVIL TRIES TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO 06:05 DISTRACT AND KEEP PEOPLE FROM HEARING THE WORD. 06:07 THERE ARE BATTLES THAT ARE RAGING. 06:09 PAUL TALKS ABOUT US NOT WRESTLING AGAINST FLESH AND 06:12 BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS, 06:14 SPIRITUAL FORCES OF WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES. 06:17 THERE IS A GOD. THERE ARE GOOD ANGELS. 06:21 AND THERE IS A DEVIL - THERE IS AN EVIL POWER IN THE WORLD. 06:24 I THINK, AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN HISTORY, YOU'D HAVE 06:28 TO SAY THAT THERE IS EVIL. 06:30 YOU LOOK AT WHAT SOME TERRORISTS DO OR THEY PUT A PERSON IN A 06:33 CAGE AND DOUSE THEM WITH GASOLINE AND VIDEOTAPE AS THEY 06:36 SET THEM ON FIRE - THAT IS JUST INCARNATE EVIL. 06:41 ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE TURN TO GOD IS, THEY SAY, 'YOU 06:43 KNOW, I WASN'T SO SURE ABOUT GOD, BUT WHEN I BECAME CONVINCED 06:45 THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTE EVIL, THEN I THOUGHT, 'THERE MUST BE 06:49 GOOD. THERE MUST BE GOD.' >>AMEN. 06:52 >>AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE THE EVIDENCE FOR EVIL IN THE WORLD. 06:55 SO WHAT WAS SATAN'S NAME BEFORE HE SINNED? 06:58 AND WHERE WAS HE LIVING AT THAT TIME? 07:00 TWO OF THE PRINCIPLE PASSAGES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT TELL US 07:04 ABOUT THE DEVIL - YOU CAN FIND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM, OF COURSE, 07:06 IN GENESIS, BUT HE'S NOT CALLED BY NAME. 07:09 YOU GO TO ISAIAH 14 AND ISAIAH BEGINS WITH A PROPHECY ABOUT THE 07:14 KING OF BABYLON AND THEN HE TRANSITIONS INTO THE POWER 07:17 BEHIND THAT WICKED KING. "HOW YOU ARE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, 07:23 O LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING!" - THE WORD 'LUCIFER' - IT MEANS 07:25 'LIGHT BEARER' - IT'S REALLY A LATIN WORD. IN HEBREW IT'S MORE 07:28 LIKE 'HELIEL' - IT MEANS 'THE MORNING STAR' - "HOW YOU ARE CUT 07:31 DOWN TO THE GROUND, YOU WHO WEAKENED THE NATIONS! 07:34 FOR YOU SAID IN YOUR HEART, 'I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, I WILL 07:38 EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD; I WILL ALSO SIT ON THE 07:42 MOUNT OF THE CONGREGATION ON THE FARTHEST SIDES OF THE NORTH. 07:45 I WILL ASCEND ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS, I WILL BE LIKE 07:48 THE MOST HIGH.' YOU CAN TELL THAT HE HAD 'I' PROBLEMS. 07:52 (LAUGHTER) I, I, I - YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT PEOPLE IN MENTAL 07:57 INSTITUTIONS USE THE WORDS 'I,' 'ME,' 'MY,' 'MINE,' AND 'MYSELF' 08:02 FIVE TIMES MORE THAN PEOPLE THAT ARE REGARDED AS SANE. 08:06 SELFISHNESS WILL MAKE YOU CRAZY. 08:10 AND THE VERY IDEA THAT THE CREATURE COULD REBEL AGAINST THE 08:14 CREATOR, TO YOU AND I IT SOUNDS INSANE BUT, SOMEHOW, HE THOUGHT 08:17 HE COULD HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO OVERTHROW GOD. 08:20 AND, DON'T FORGET, LUCIFER WAS VERY POWERFUL - "YOU WERE THE 08:24 SEAL OF PERFECTION, FULL OF WISDOM AND PERFECT IN BEAUTY. 08:28 YOU WERE IN EDEN, THE GARDEN OF GOD; EVERY PRECIOUS STONE WAS 08:33 YOUR COVERING: THE SARDIUS, TOPAZ, AND DIAMOND, BERYL, ONYX, 08:37 AND JASPER," - HE WAS BEAUTIFULLY ADORNED - THE 08:39 HIGHEST OF GOD'S ANGELS - "THE SAPPHIRE, TURQUOISE, AND 08:42 EMERALD WITH GOLD. THE WORKMANSHIP OF YOUR TIMBRELS 08:45 AND PIPES" - THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTS - HE HAD A BEAUTIFUL 08:48 VOICE - INCREDIBLE MUSICAL TALENT. 08:51 AND THE DEVIL DOES USE MUSIC - "WAS PREPARED FOR YOU ON THE DAY 08:55 YOU WERE CREATED" - NOT BORN. PEOPLE ARE BORN. 08:57 ADAM WAS CREATED. ANGELS ARE CREATED, THEY'RE NOT BORN. 09:00 SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT A CREATED BEING THAT WAS IN THE GARDEN OF 09:04 GOD - "YOU ARE THE ANOINTED CHERUB" - NOW, IS THERE ANY 09:07 DOUBT WHO HE'S TALKING ABOUT? HE WAS A CHERUB. 09:10 HE WAS A SPECIAL, CHOSEN CHERUB - "THE ONE ABOVE ALL OTHERS, AN 09:14 ANGEL WHO COVERS; I ESTABLISHED YOU SO. 09:18 YOU WERE ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF GOD. 09:19 YOU WALKED BACK AND FORTH IN THE MIDST OF FIERY STONES. 09:23 YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS FROM THE DAY YOU WERE CREATED 09:27 TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU." SO, DID GOD MAKE A DEVIL? 09:36 EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT IS FROM GOD. 09:38 DID GOD MAKE A DEVIL? >>NO. 09:40 >>OR DID GOD MAKE A BEAUTIFUL ANGEL WHO DECIDED TO BE A DEVIL? 09:42 >>CORRECT. >>HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN 09:44 FAMILIES - WONDERFUL FAMILY - GOOD MOTHER, GOOD FATHER - HAVE 09:49 SEVERAL CHILDREN AND ONE OF THEM JUST TURNS INTO A WILD 09:52 CHILD AND CAN BE EVIL? AND YOU THINK - SAME FAMILY - 09:57 GOOD BROTHERS AND SISTERS, BUT THIS ONE MADE CHOICES. 10:02 AND GOD IS A GOOD FATHER. >>AMEN. 10:04 >>AND YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, 'WELL, MAYBE THE LORD MADE A 10:06 MISTAKE, HUH?' NUMBER 3, WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN 10:10 OF LUCIFER AND WHAT WAS HIS POSITION? WE'RE GOING TO 10:13 ELABORATE A LITTLE MORE ON WHAT I TOUCHED ON. 10:15 IT SAYS "YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS FROM THE DAY YOU WERE 10:18 CREATED, TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU." 10:21 THE ANGELS ARE THE HIGHEST ORDER OF GOD. 10:23 THEY ARE THE MINISTERING SPIRITS OF GOD. 10:25 THE BIBLE EVEN SAYS, 'MAN IS MADE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS.' 10:28 LUCIFER WAS THE HIGHEST OF THE ANGELS AND, IF THESE ARE THE 10:32 MINISTERING SPIRITS OF GOD, THAT MEANS LUCIFER MAY HAVE BEEN ONE 10:35 OF THE EARLIEST CREATIONS OF GOD - THE LEADER OF THE ANGELS - 10:40 INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL - BIG, POWERFUL. 10:43 DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE DEVIL. 10:46 AT ONE POINT, GOD RELEASED HIS PROTECTION FROM JOB AND HE TOLD 10:50 THE DEVIL, 'ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO LET YOU AFFLICT HIM.' THE 10:53 BIBLE SAYS THE DEVIL BROUGHT FIRE DOWN FROM HEAVEN. 10:57 THE DEVIL SENT A HURR - SENT A TORNADO TO KILL HIS CHILDREN 11:00 WHEN A HOUSE COLLAPSED. ALL THESE CALAMITIES CAME. 11:03 SATAN HAD INCREDIBLE POWER OVER THESE FORCES. 11:06 I DON'T WANT TO GLORIFY THE POWER OF THE DEVIL, BUT YOU NEED 11:08 TO ALSO UNDERSTAND YOUR ENEMY, AND SO JUST TO BE AWARE OF THESE 11:12 THINGS. YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS FROM THE DAY YOU WERE 11:16 CREATED UNTIL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU. YOU WERE THE ANOINTED 11:20 CHERUB WHO COVERS" - THE COVERING CHERUB - 11:24 "I ESTABLISHED YOU." SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY 11:27 ABOUT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IS 11:31 A SYMBOL FOR THE THRONE OF GOD. AND, THERE ON THE ARK, 11:35 THERE WERE TWO CREATURES. WHAT WERE THEY? 11:37 >>CHERUBS. >>ANGELS - CHERUBS - 11:40 WELL, TWO OF THEM. THERE WERE CALLED COVERING CHERUBS. 11:44 IF YOU READ IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 6, IT TALKS ABOUT THE THRONE OF GOD 11:49 AND, BY THE THRONE OF GOD, ARE THESE TWO SERAPHIM - THESE TWO 11:52 ANGELS - AND THEY CRY 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY' AND THEY'VE GOT SIX 11:54 WINGS AND WITH TWO WINGS THEY COVER THEIR FACE AND TWO THEY 11:57 COVER THEIR FEET, AND TWO THEY - THEY FLY AND THEY'RE THE RIGHT 12:01 AND LEFT-HAND POSITION OF GOD ALMIGHTY - THE MOST HIGHLY 12:05 REGARDED POSITION ARE THESE TWO ANGELS. 12:07 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER NOTICED, WHEN THE POPE SITS ON 12:11 HIS THRONE - HE HAS A THRONE THERE IN ST. PETER'S AND, EVERY 12:13 NOW AND THEN, HE'LL SIT ON HIS THRONE - THAT THERE ARE TWO 12:16 ANGELS ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT. 12:17 HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER SEEN THAT BEFORE? 12:19 THAT HARKENS FROM THAT CHAPTER THERE IN THE BIBLE WHERE IT 12:23 TALKS ABOUT ISAIAH. LUCIFER HAD THE HIGHEST POSITION 12:27 RIGHT AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD AND HE FELL. 12:33 Doug: Don't go anywhere, friends. 12:34 We're coming back in just a moment to complete 12:36 today's presentation. 12:37 Have you ever wondered before if God is loving, if God is good, 12:42 why would He make a devil? 12:44 Well, we have a special study guide we'd like to send you for 12:46 free by the same title, "Did God Create a Devil?" 12:50 In this beautifully illustrated and scripture-filled resource, 12:53 we'll address the very important questions regarding the origin 12:56 of evil. 12:58 Where did the devil come from? 12:59 Why did Lucifer rebel? 13:01 How did he turn into Satan and the devil? 13:03 And more importantly, how can you have victory over 13:06 his temptations? 13:07 To get your free copy, call the phone number on your screen and 13:10 ask for offer number 107 or visit the web address. 13:14 And after you read this incredible resource, make sure 13:17 and share it with a friend. 13:18 Well, let's get back now to today's presentation and learn 13:21 some more amazing facts from the Word of God. 13:25 >>NOW WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE 13:26 WAS A GOOD AND A COOPERATIVE AND A LOVING ANGEL. 13:29 AND, IF YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN HIM BACK THEN, YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED 13:32 HIM BECAUSE EVERYTHING GOD MAKES IS GOOD. 13:35 THE BIBLE SAYS 'EVERY GOOD GIFT' - IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOD'S 13:38 INTENTIONS ARE, LOOK IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. 13:40 WHEN GOD MADE THIS WORLD - EVERY DAY, WHEN HE CREATES SOMETHING, 13:42 WHAT DOES HE DECLARE? >>IT'S GOOD. 13:44 >>IT'S ALWAYS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD. 13:46 IT WAS GOOD, GOOD, VERY GOOD. IT WAS A PARADISE. 13:49 AND, DO YOU THINK HE HAD LESS GOING ON IN HEAVEN? 13:52 EVERYTHING GOD MADE WAS GOOD. THERE WAS PERFECT HARMONY. 13:55 HOW LONG DID THAT LAST? I DON'T KNOW. 13:57 LUCIFER MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR MILLIONS OF 14:01 YEARS - NO WAY OF KNOWING RIGHT NOW. 14:03 BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED. HE BECAME DISSATISFIED. 14:07 HE BEGAN TO BE JEALOUS OF THE HONOR AND THE WORSHIP AND 14:11 ADORATION THAT JESUS RECEIVED FROM THE OTHER CREATURES - 14:15 CHRIST, BEFORE HIS INCARNATION - AND HE WANTED THAT POSITION. 14:19 AND HE BEGAN TO RESENT THAT GOD WAS WORSHIPED. 14:23 HE STARTED TO RESENT THAT GOD HAD RULES AND LAWS. 14:26 HE STARTED THINKING, 'WE SHOULDN'T - WE'RE INTELLIGENT 14:28 ANGELS, WE DON'T NEED GOD TELLING US WHAT TO DO. 14:30 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER. 14:33 WHY CAN'T I HAVE THE POWER TO CREATE?' 14:35 HE MAY HAVE RESENTED WHEN GOD WAS MAKING THE WORLD BECAUSE, 14:38 YOU KNOW, HUMANS CAN PROCREATE IN THEIR OWN IMAGE. 14:41 WE'RE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. GOD CREATES IN HIS OWN IMAGE; WE 14:44 CREATE, THROUGH AN ACT OF LOVE, IN OUR OWN IMAGE. 14:47 ANGELS CAN'T DO THAT. YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID ANGELS 14:49 DON'T MARRY AND THEY CAN'T PROCREATE. AND SO, HE BEGAN TO 14:54 RESENT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE POWER OF GOD. 14:57 AND HE STARTED TO WANT THE POSITION OF CHRIST. 15:00 AND HE BEGAN TO START A CAMPAIGN TO TAKE THAT. 15:04 NOW, WHILE - I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME. 15:10 JUST FOR A MOMENT I WANT YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND JUST PICTURE 15:13 - WHAT WOULD THE DEVIL LOOK LIKE? 15:14 NOW, DON'T THINK TOO LONG ABOUT THAT. 15:16 (LAUGHTER) WHAT DID YOU SEE? 15:20 HOW MANY OF YOU SAW A CHARACTER WITH A GOATEE? 15:24 ANY OF YOU PICTURE A CHARACTER THAT HAD RED? RED LEOTARDS? 15:29 ANYONE, WHEN - HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN IMAGES OF THE DEVIL? 15:32 HORNS? PITCHFORK? BAT WINGS? 15:37 HE'S NOT BATMAN BUT HE'S GOT BAT WINGS. 15:41 DO THESE IMAGES COME FROM THE BIBLE? 15:45 NOW THE DEVIL'S HAPPY - YOU KNOW, YOU BUY A CAN OF RED DEVIL 15:48 PAINT OR YOU GET DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE AND IT'S ALWAYS GOT THE 15:51 TYPICAL, TRADITIONAL CARTOON CHARACTER OF WHAT THE DEVIL 15:54 LOOKS LIKE, BUT SATAN ISN'T A JOKE, HE'S VERY REAL. 15:57 HE'S DELIGHTED TO HAVE PEOPLE THINK THAT HE LOOKS LIKE THIS 16:00 MYTHICAL, COMICAL CHARACTER. IN REALITY, DOES 16:04 SATAN LOOK LIKE THAT? OR DOES THE BIBLE SAY SATAN, HIMSELF, 16:07 CAN BE TRANSFORMED FROM AN ANGEL OF LIGHT? HE'S BEAUTIFUL. 16:11 >>INTO. >>YEAH, INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT - 16:14 THAT'S 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 16:17 SO WHAT LED HIM TO SIN? YOU READ, AGAIN, IN EZEKIEL 16:22 28:17, "YOUR HEART WAS LIFTED UP BECAUSE OF YOUR BEAUTY. 16:27 YOU CORRUPTED YOUR WISDOM FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SPLENDOR. 16:30 FOR YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART, 'I WILL ASCEND INTO 16:33 HEAVEN...I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.'" HIS POWER - YOU EVER 16:36 HEAR THE EXPRESSION 'POWER CORRUPTS. 16:38 ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY'? 16:41 AND NOT ONLY DOES POWER CORRUPT, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE 16:44 BLESSED WITH MONEY, THEY CAN BE CORRUPTED BY IT. 16:48 SOME PEOPLE ARE BLESSED WITH POPULARITY. 16:50 SOME PEOPLE ARE BLESSED WITH HANDSOME OR BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE 16:55 AND THEY CAN BECOME PREOCCUPIED. THE DEVIL, BECAUSE HE RECEIVED 16:59 SO MUCH PRAISE AND SO MUCH ADORATION FROM THE OTHER ANGELS, 17:03 HE BEGAN TO WANT IT ALL. HE STARTED TO RESENT 17:06 THAT JESUS WAS ABOVE HIM. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. 17:10 A KID WILL BE HAPPY IF YOU TAKE THEM TO BASKIN ROBBINS 31 17:14 FLAVORS AND YOU GET THEM A DOUBLE SCOOP OF ICE CREAM. 17:17 THEY'RE HAPPY UNTIL YOU GIVE THEIR BROTHER OR SISTER A TRIPLE 17:20 SCOOP. (LAUGHTER) ISN'T THAT RIGHT? WHAT'S WRONG WITH US? 17:26 THERE'S SOMETHING - THIS JEALOUSY - THIS RESENTMENT - AND 17:29 HE BEGAN TO COVET THE POSITION OF GOD. 17:31 "FOR YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART: 'I WILL ASCEND INTO 17:34 HEAVEN...I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.'" - 'I WANT TO BE GOD.' 17:39 AND SO, HE BEGAN A CAMPAIGN. HE REALIZED HE HAD TO WORK 17:43 SUBTLY AND HE BEGAN TO CIRCULATE AMONG THE OTHER UNFALLEN 17:45 ANGELS IN HEAVEN. WELL, NONE OF THEM WERE 17:47 FALLEN AT THAT POINT. AND HE BEGAN TO CREATE 17:50 INNUENDO AND DOUBTS ABOUT GOD. AND, YOU KNOW, 'WE DON'T 17:53 NEED GOD TELLING US. WE SHOULD ALL BE OUR OWN GODS. 17:56 AND HE SHOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO CREATE. 17:58 AND WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO GOD, WHY DOESN'T HE GIVE US MORE GLORY? 18:01 AND WHY DON'T WE GET WORSHIPPED BY THE OTHER UNFALLEN WORLDS?' 18:04 AND LUCIFER BEGAN TO JUST SOW SEEDS OF QUESTIONS AND DOUBT. 18:09 AND HE IS THE MASTER AT IT. HE WAS BRILLIANT. 18:13 HE HAD SUPERNATURAL INTELLIGENCE THAT YOU AND I CANNOT EVEN 18:16 COMPREHEND AND HE BEGAN TO BEND ALL OF HIS ENERGIES TO SEE IF HE 18:21 COULD - HE THOUGHT, 'IF I COULD GET ALL OF THE POWER OF THESE 18:23 BILLIONS OF ANGELS ON MY SIDE, WE COULD EVEN OVERTHROW GOD.' 18:29 I KNOW, IT SOUNDS CRAZY TO US, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE DID. 18:32 HE BEGAN A REBELLION IN HEAVEN AND ONE-THIRD OF THE ANGELS 18:36 STARTED LISTENING TO HIM. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN READ THERE IN 18:39 PROVERBS CHAPTER 6, VERSES 16 THROUGH 19, IT SAYS, "THESE SIX 18:44 THINGS THE LORD HATES, YES, SEVEN ARE AN ABOMINATION TO HIM; 18:49 A PROUD LOOK," - FIRST - "A LYING TONGUE,' - THE DEVIL 18:52 STARTED WITH PRIDE - "A LYING TONGUE, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT 18:57 BLOOD, A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED PLANS, FEET THAT ARE 19:01 SWIFT IN RUNNING TO EVIL, A FALSE WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES, 19:05 AND ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN." NOTICE THE PART THAT 19:10 HE MENTIONS WITH - THE SEVENTH - 'ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG 19:14 BRETHREN.' WHAT DID LUCIFER DO? HE STARTED WITH PRIDE AND ENDED 19:17 UP SOWING DISCORD IN HEAVEN. IT FINALLY TURNED INTO AN OPEN 19:21 REBELLION AND THEY WERE FINALLY CAST OUT. 19:24 NOW, BEFORE I GET TO THAT PART, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, 19:28 'PASTOR DOUG,' - ALRIGHT, LET'S ASK THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION: 19:34 'IF GOD'S IN CHARGE - IF GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL, WHY WOULD HE PUT 19:38 UP WITH THAT? IF SOMETHING - IF LUCIFER 19:41 STARTED TO MISBEHAVE LIKE THAT THEN, OBVIOUSLY, GOD DID 19:45 SOMETHING WRONG IN THE PROGRAMMING - THERE 19:47 WAS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM. GOD GOT THE WIRING WRONG. 19:52 THERE WAS A DEFECT SOMEWHERE IN LUCIFER. 19:55 IF THERE WAS NO DEFECT HE NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE THAT. 19:57 WHY WOULD GOD MAKE AN ANGEL THAT EVEN COULD BECOME A DEVIL? 20:00 WHY DIDN'T HE JUST TAKE A DIFFERENT PATTERN OFF THE WALL 20:03 AND SAY, 'I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE THAT WILL NEVER BECOME A DEVIL' 20:05 - AND YOU AND I WOULDN'T HAVE ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN 20:07 THE WORLD TODAY OR IN OUR LIVES. LORD, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?' 20:11 DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE? >>NO. 20:17 >>COULD GOD HAVE MADE LUCIFER WHERE HE NEVER REBELLED? 20:20 YES. WHY DIDN'T HE? BECAUSE GOD GIVES ALL OF 20:26 HIS CREATURES FREEDOM. THE GREATEST PROOF THAT GOD IS 20:28 A GOD OF LOVE IS THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE CREATURES 20:32 CHOSE NOT TO LOVE HIM. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PARENTS? 20:38 DID YOU KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU HAD CHILDREN THERE WAS A RISK THAT 20:41 YOUR CHILDREN MIGHT NOT ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOU? 20:44 >>YES. >>AND YOU STILL HAD THEM, RIGHT? 20:49 LET ME SEE IF - HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED? 20:53 DID ANY OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN BECAUSE YOU WANTED LOVE? 20:57 YOU GOT A SURPRISE, DIDN'T YOU? 20:58 SOME OF YOU HAD CHILDREN BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO LOVE. 21:01 YOU KNOW, I JUST - I ALWAYS LAUGH WHEN I SEE THESE YOUNG 21:03 COUPLES AND THE GIRL GETS THAT LOOK IN HER EYES AND SHE SAYS, 21:06 'I WANT A BABY.' (LAUGHTER) IT JUST TOTALLY IS LIKE - THEY 21:12 DON'T REALIZE THEY DON'T STAY THAT WAY, YOU KNOW? 21:14 IT REMIND ME OF WHEN MY KIDS SAY, 'I WANT A PUPPY.' IT'LL BE 21:17 A PUPPY FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND THEN THEY GET TO A BIG DOG. 21:20 BUT WE HAVE OUR FAMILIES, WE GET OUR PETS, WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE 21:24 WANT LOVE. WE WANT TO BE LOVED. 21:26 BUT THERE'S A RISK WHEN YOU WANT LOVE. 21:28 NOW, I WANT LOVE, JUST LIKE YOU. I WILL ADMIT I LIKE TO BE LIKED 21:32 MORE THAN I LIKE TO BE DISLIKED. AND I FIGURED OUT A WAY 21:36 WHERE I CAN GET MORE LOVE. IT CAME WITH MY SMART PHONE. 21:45 >>(PASTOR DOUG'S RECORDED VOICE) 'GOOD EVENING, PASTOR DOUG. 21:48 >>GOOD EVENING, SMART PHONE. >>'HOW ARE YOU DOING 21:50 THIS FINE EVENING?' >>I'M DOING FINE, HOW ARE YOU? 21:53 >>'WELL, MY BATTERIES ARE ALMOST FULLY CHARGED, SO I GUESS YOU 21:56 COULD SAY I'M FINE.' >>WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 21:59 >>'PASTOR DOUG, I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.' 22:01 >>YES, SMART PHONE? >>'I JUST HAVEN'T TOLD YOU 22:04 LATELY HOW WONDERFUL YOU TRULY ARE. (LAUGHTER) 22:07 WOW, YOU EVEN BORDER ON MAGNIFICENT. 22:10 MATTER OF FACT, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, YOU'RE HANDSOME, 22:14 YOU'RE TALL, YOU'RE SMART. I LOVE YOU, DOUG. 22:19 I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, I REALLY LOVE YOU. 22:22 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU. 22:26 I JUST ADORE YOU. YOU ARE SO CUTE. I LOVE YOU, DOUG. 22:30 I LOVE YOU, DOUG.' (LAUGHTER) >>I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PATENT 22:34 THAT AND MAKE A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT? (LAUGHTER) IT'S 22:37 JUST EVERYONE WANTS LOVE, THERE YOU'VE GOT IT. I'VE GOT A SMART 22:40 PHONE THAT SAYS IT LOVES ME. WHY WON'T THIS WORK? IS THAT LOVE? 22:46 >>NO. >>BECAUSE I MADE IT SAY 22:48 IT LOVES ME. IT DOESN'T LOVE ME. 22:52 SO, COULD GOD PRE-PROGRAM LUCIFER TO SAY, 'I LOVE YOU, 22:56 GOD. I LOVE YOU, GOD. I LOVE YOU GOD.'? SURE. 22:58 WOULD IT HAVE BEEN LOVE? >>NO. 23:00 >>THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO MAKE HIS CREATURES FREE ILLUSTRATES 23:04 THAT THERE'S A CHOICE THAT SOME MIGHT CHOOSE NOT TO LOVE HIM. 23:09 AND HE DIDN'T COMPLETELY OBLITERATE LUCIFER AS SOON AS HE 23:12 REBELLED BECAUSE THEN THE OTHER CREATURES IN THE UNIVERSE WOULD 23:15 HAVE LISTENED TO GOD OUT OF FEAR INSTEAD OF OUT OF LOVE. 23:18 GOD WANTS US TO OBEY HIM BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM, AMEN? 23:21 >>AMEN. >>SO WHAT HAPPENED AS A 23:23 CONSEQUENCE OF LUCIFER'S REBELLION IN HEAVEN? 23:27 FINALLY IT BROKE OUT INTO A WAR. 23:29 AND THE WORDS 'WAR IN HEAVEN,' THEY'RE A PARADOX, BUT THAT'S 23:33 WHAT IT SAYS IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12, VERSE 7, "AND WAR 23:37 BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN: MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT WITH THE 23:39 DRAGON:" - A DRAGON'S A SYMBOLIC NAME FOR WHO? 23:42 THE DEVIL - "AND THE DRAGON...FOUGHT," - AGAINST 23:45 MICHAEL - AND IT SAYS, "BUT THEY DID NOT PREVAIL." 23:49 THEY WERE, ULTIMATELY, CAST OUT. BUT WHERE DID THEY 23:52 GO FROM THERE? WHERE IS SATAN'S PRESENT 23:55 HEADQUARTERS AS HE CONTINUES HIS REBELLION AGAINST GOD? 23:59 WHERE DID THE DEVIL GO AS HIS BEACHHEAD? AND YOU KNOW - 24:02 >>EARTH. >>YEAH, HE CAME DOWN HERE. 24:04 I JUST PROBABLY OUGHT TO PAUSE HERE AND ASK WHAT WAS USED IN 24:07 THAT BATTLE? WHAT DO ANGELS USE? DO THEY USE GUNS? 24:10 I MEAN, WE TRIED TO ILLUSTRATE THIS IN A FINAL EVENTS DVD - OR 24:14 COSMIC CONFLICT DVD - ANY OF YOU EVER SEE THAT? 24:16 >>YES. >>AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO 24:18 AND SO THE PRODUCER GOT SOME LIGHT SABERS. 24:19 WE DIDN'T KNOW - WHAT DO YOU ANGELS USE? 24:21 (LAUGHTER) THERE WAS, ACTUALLY, A VERSE IN THE BIBLE WHERE IT 24:23 TALKS ABOUT AN ANGEL OVER JERUSALEM WITH A SWORD AND SO WE 24:26 SAID THE ONLY WEAPONS WE EVER SEE THESE ANGELS WITH ARE 24:28 SWORDS. SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 24:30 BUT I DOUBT THEY USED WEAPONS LIKE WE DO HERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE 24:33 SPIRITUAL CREATURES. BUT THERE WAS SOME 24:35 TREMENDOUS CONFLICT. AND, FINALLY, THEY WERE EVICTED 24:38 - EXPELLED - FROM HEAVEN. SO, WHERE DID HE GO? 24:43 HE WENT ALL THROUGH THE UNIVERSE, PROBABLY, TRYING TO 24:45 FIND OTHERS HE COULD RECRUIT TO JOIN HIM, UNTIL HE CAME TO THIS 24:48 WORLD AND HE FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE. 24:50 AND YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 12:4, "HIS TAIL DREW A THIRD OF 24:54 THE STARS" - WHO DO THOSE STARS REPRESENT? 24:57 >>ANGELS. >>THE ANGELS THAT JOINED 24:59 HIM IN HIS REBELLION. OUT OF ALL THE ANGELS, WHAT 25:01 PERCENT JOINED LUCIFER? >>ONE-THIRD. 25:04 >>ONE-THIRD. THAT'S A LOT. IF GOD'S GOT GOOD 25:08 ANGELS THAT GUARD US. THE DEVIL PROBABLY HAS 25:10 DEMONS THAT TEMPT US. SOME OF YOU MAYBE READ C.S. 25:13 LEWIS' BOOK THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT THE 25:16 WAY THAT THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS TRYING TO WORK AND CONNIVE TO 25:19 BRING ABOUT PEOPLE'S DOWNFALL AND HOW GOD INTERVENES TO SAVE. 25:23 HE CAST THEM TO THE EARTH. SO HE CAME DOWN HERE. 25:26 AND, AGAIN, YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 12, VERSE 9, "SO THAT 25:30 GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, THAT SERPENT OF OLD, CALLED THE DEVIL 25:33 AND SATAN, WHO DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD." 25:36 SATAN CLAIMS THIS WORLD IS HIS. "HE WAS CAST TO THE EARTH AND 25:39 HIS ANGELS WERE CAST OUT WITH HIM." 25:41 THERE'S NO QUESTION - SATAN - AND HE'S NOT DOWN UNDER THE 25:44 EARTH SOMEWHERE. REMEMBER, WHEN THE DEVIL CAME 25:47 BEFORE THIS HEAVENLY ASSEMBLY, IN THE BOOK OF JOB, GOD SAYS 25:51 TO SATAN, 'WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?' 25:52 - GOD KNEW, BUT HE'S ASKING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OTHER 25:54 ATTENDEES AT THIS CONVENTION. AND HE SAYS, 'I'VE COME FROM THE 25:58 EARTH, FROM WALKING UP AND DOWN AND BACK AND FORTH IN THE EARTH. 26:01 IT'S MY DOMAIN.' HE'S SAYING, 26:03 'I SURVEY IT.' SO SATAN HAS SET UP HIS HEADQUARTERS HERE. 26:07 CHRIST REFERS TO HIM AS THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD. 26:10 EVEN THE - JESUS - AND SATAN ONCE CLAIMED HE COULD OFFER THE 26:13 WORLD TO JESUS BECAUSE HE CLAIMS IT AS HIS. 26:14 HE DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD. MOST OF THE WORLD 26:17 DOESN'T ACCEPT CHRIST. BROAD IS THE WAY THAT 26:19 LEADS TO DESTRUCTION. 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