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[560.68 --> 562.28] that you need to waste money
[562.28 --> 564.14] when he could help form
[564.14 --> 565.42] a whole society
[565.42 --> 567.68] that builds on the lie
[567.68 --> 568.70] that we will experience
[568.70 --> 569.88] our deepest satisfaction
[569.88 --> 570.82] through purchasing
[570.82 --> 572.08] and accumulation?
[572.08 --> 575.38] Why would Satan whisper
[575.38 --> 576.02] in your ear
[576.02 --> 577.06] words of vanity
[577.06 --> 578.10] when he can help shape
[578.10 --> 579.18] a whole society
[579.18 --> 580.06] and industry
[580.06 --> 581.42] around self-worship
[581.42 --> 582.74] and self-love?
[583.70 --> 584.80] Why would Satan whisper
[584.80 --> 585.72] words in your ears
[585.72 --> 587.10] about anger and revenge
[587.10 --> 588.20] when he can help form
[588.20 --> 589.32] a whole society
[589.32 --> 591.44] that is increasingly tribalized,
[591.80 --> 592.18] polarized,
[592.60 --> 593.50] where we are invited
[593.50 --> 594.30] by social media
[594.30 --> 595.36] to hate those
[595.36 --> 596.46] whom we disagree with?
[597.60 --> 598.54] Could it be that
[598.54 --> 599.90] some of his best work
[599.90 --> 602.52] is just part of our normal society?
[603.52 --> 604.74] Is that resonating with you?
[606.28 --> 607.36] And if this is true,
[607.44 --> 607.80] by the way,
[607.88 --> 608.22] this is,
[608.36 --> 609.28] I find this a bit chilling,
[609.70 --> 610.30] but if that's true,
[610.36 --> 611.20] then spiritual warfare
[611.20 --> 612.54] is not just praying
[612.54 --> 613.80] through the specific attacks
[613.80 --> 614.54] that you might have
[614.54 --> 615.46] from demonic activity,
[615.62 --> 616.50] although that's true.
[617.00 --> 618.24] Spiritual warfare happens
[618.24 --> 619.40] when you open your phone
[619.40 --> 620.64] and you're scrolling the internet.
[621.34 --> 622.44] Spiritual warfare happens
[622.44 --> 623.14] when you're messaging
[623.14 --> 623.82] with your friends
[623.82 --> 624.68] through social media.
[625.20 --> 626.40] Spiritual warfare happens
[626.40 --> 627.68] when you step into the cubicle
[627.68 --> 629.00] or you open your laptop
[629.00 --> 630.28] and you're looking at your stocks
[630.28 --> 631.38] and your ETFs.
[632.60 --> 633.84] Spiritual warfare happens
[633.84 --> 635.24] when you walk through the mall.
[636.34 --> 638.06] And I have a particular disdain
[638.06 --> 638.52] for the mall.
[638.68 --> 639.78] I don't know if I've talked about that
[639.78 --> 640.40] behind the pulpit,
[640.80 --> 641.70] but if you ever walk
[641.70 --> 642.88] with your kids through a mall,
[643.06 --> 644.32] that's when you really feel it.
[644.64 --> 645.68] You look at the ads,
[645.82 --> 648.16] all the very carefully crafted ads,
[648.26 --> 649.48] all the explicit materials
[649.48 --> 649.94] on the wall
[649.94 --> 650.86] that are just luring you
[650.86 --> 651.62] into purchasing
[651.62 --> 653.14] as a hope of somehow
[653.14 --> 654.24] finding satisfaction.
[655.30 --> 656.06] Spiritual warfare
[656.06 --> 658.70] is in every section
[658.70 --> 659.70] of society.
[661.24 --> 663.06] And some of Satan's best work
[663.06 --> 665.90] is normalizing sin.
[667.08 --> 667.94] This is a conversation
[667.94 --> 668.66] for another day,
[668.74 --> 669.32] but I've been sort of
[669.32 --> 670.16] working out this week
[670.16 --> 671.06] that some of the things
[671.06 --> 671.84] that I struggle with
[671.84 --> 673.04] are how the insidiousness
[673.04 --> 673.76] of some sin
[673.76 --> 675.46] is repackaged
[675.46 --> 676.42] in Canadian society
[676.42 --> 677.06] as empowerment,
[677.42 --> 678.46] as the good life,
[678.68 --> 679.66] as enjoying the way
[679.66 --> 680.28] you want to live.
[680.30 --> 680.56] And you're like,
[680.62 --> 680.98] wait a minute,
[681.36 --> 682.22] when I read the scripture,
[682.34 --> 683.88] this is like terrible stuff
[683.88 --> 684.94] that's going to wreck relationship,
[684.94 --> 686.12] but when I walk through the mall
[686.12 --> 687.28] or I'm browsing on the internet,
[687.50 --> 689.38] these things are being celebrated.
[690.54 --> 692.00] That's the insidiousness
[692.00 --> 693.38] of Satan's lies.