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[695.30 --> 697.16] And now the news gets worse, |
[697.20 --> 697.50] by the way, |
[697.54 --> 698.12] in Ephesians 6. |
[698.18 --> 698.72] If this is sort of |
[698.72 --> 699.84] feeling pretty heavy for you |
[699.84 --> 700.94] and it's feeling close to home, |
[701.02 --> 701.90] which I hope it does, |
[702.38 --> 703.16] it gets worse |
[703.16 --> 704.36] because what Paul wants you |
[704.36 --> 705.44] to know unequivocally |
[705.44 --> 706.72] is that you and me |
[706.72 --> 707.72] in our own strength |
[707.72 --> 709.00] cannot fight |
[709.00 --> 710.78] this kind of spiritual work, |
[711.10 --> 712.72] this kind of force of darkness |
[712.72 --> 713.34] and the powers |
[713.34 --> 714.14] and the principalities |
[714.14 --> 714.80] that come at us, |
[714.92 --> 715.72] not just personally |
[715.72 --> 717.10] through spiritual attack, |
[717.34 --> 718.38] but systemically |
[718.38 --> 719.70] in the normalizing of sin |
[719.70 --> 720.42] in our society |
[720.42 --> 721.36] and all the temptation |
[721.36 --> 722.16] that comes with it. |
[724.14 --> 726.74] Satan is a very smart person, |
[727.32 --> 728.38] a being, I should say. |
[728.82 --> 729.44] He's been around |
[729.44 --> 730.80] a lot longer than you and me. |
[731.10 --> 732.76] He understands how God is working. |
[732.88 --> 734.52] He understands the plan of God. |
[734.74 --> 736.06] He understands the work of Jesus. |
[736.22 --> 737.08] And isn't it interesting, |
[737.20 --> 738.72] as Pastor Jonathan mentioned last week, |
[739.10 --> 740.62] Satan knows the scriptures. |
[742.12 --> 742.96] You ever thought about that? |
[742.96 --> 744.78] He probably knows the scriptures |
[744.78 --> 746.28] a whole lot better than us. |
[746.72 --> 748.00] And his tempting power, |
[748.36 --> 749.58] the ways he works insidiously |
[749.58 --> 750.34] in society, |
[750.54 --> 752.72] we do not have the strength |
[752.72 --> 754.60] to battle that on our own. |
[756.06 --> 757.64] And once that hits you, |
[757.70 --> 758.88] I hope you start to see |
[758.88 --> 760.44] how Ephesians 6 is good news. |
[761.72 --> 763.08] Because what Paul says |
[763.08 --> 763.68] in the beginning, |
[763.80 --> 764.82] and then he works it at the end, |
[764.88 --> 765.02] is, |
[765.26 --> 765.80] hey church, |
[766.74 --> 767.84] you can stand. |
[767.84 --> 771.24] You now have the ability |
[771.24 --> 773.46] to resist the fiery arrows of Satan. |
[773.70 --> 774.48] You have the ability |
[774.48 --> 775.42] to stand against |
[775.42 --> 777.12] what might be normalized in society, |
[777.12 --> 778.32] but you know is sin |
[778.32 --> 779.44] because of Jesus. |
[780.22 --> 781.18] Can I read the beginning |
[781.18 --> 782.92] and then how Paul works this out |
[782.92 --> 783.46] in the end? |
[783.56 --> 784.24] Listen to what he says |
[784.24 --> 784.78] in verse 10. |
[785.16 --> 785.48] Finally, |
[785.62 --> 787.44] be strong in the Lord |
[787.44 --> 789.96] and in his mighty power. |
[790.40 --> 792.04] Put on the full armor of God |
[792.04 --> 794.02] so that you can take your stand |
[794.02 --> 796.08] against the devil's schemes. |
[798.26 --> 799.22] Good news, church. |
[799.80 --> 800.74] There is a power |
[800.74 --> 801.60] greater than Satan. |
[802.30 --> 803.88] There is a man stronger, |
[804.08 --> 805.04] as the scriptures put it, |
[805.12 --> 805.98] than the man who comes |
[805.98 --> 807.08] in to plunder and kill |
[807.08 --> 807.60] and destroy, |
[807.70 --> 808.34] and that is Jesus. |
[809.08 --> 810.00] There is an authority |
[810.00 --> 811.16] higher than the forces |
[811.16 --> 813.00] of evil and demonic realms, |
[813.36 --> 814.46] and that is our Lord |
[814.46 --> 815.00] and Savior, |
[815.20 --> 815.86] Jesus Christ, |
[815.96 --> 817.90] who rules supreme. |
[819.58 --> 821.56] A very moving story for me |
[821.56 --> 823.06] is I was working |
[823.06 --> 824.00] through the book of Mark |
[824.00 --> 824.38] with a number |
[824.38 --> 825.50] of international students. |
[826.28 --> 826.82] Many of them |
[826.82 --> 827.86] were sort of just figuring out |
[827.86 --> 828.40] reading the Bible |
[828.40 --> 829.26] for the first time, |
[829.80 --> 830.50] and one of them, |
[830.58 --> 831.44] as we were reading through Mark, |
[831.50 --> 833.36] was noticing over and over again |
[833.36 --> 834.82] how whenever Jesus encounters, |
[835.06 --> 835.46] first of all, |
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