(188) There’s a Limit to Darkness

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You walk into a dark room and you flip on the light switch

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and you get illumination, you get light.

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You can see what's in the room.

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If you don't turn on the light

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and you walk into an unfamiliar room

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or a room that you're familiar with,

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but somebody moved the furniture, you are likely to trip.

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That's why we need the light.

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And that's why the light limits the darkness.

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So as we walk as children of light,

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we are working with our Father to limit that darkness.

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["The Star-Spangled Banner"]

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God promises in Joel 2, 28

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to pour out His Spirit on all humanity.

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Welcome to Global Outpouring,

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where we contend for that promised outpouring,

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we equip for that outpouring

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so that we may engage in that very outpouring.

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I'm Philip Buss.

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And I'm Sharon Buss.

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Welcome to the podcast today.

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We know from Isaiah 60

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that there is a time of darkness covering the earth

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and deep or gross darkness covering the people.

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But we have to know and we have to understand

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that darkness is limited.

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So the other morning, the Holy Spirit woke me up early

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before it was, before it was-

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Before the sun came up.

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Before the sun came up.

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I mean, it was still dark.

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That's my point.

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It was dark.

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It was really dark.

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And you know, it's winter time here in America,

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for those of you who are listening

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from the Southern hemisphere, you've got longer days.

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We've got shorter days right now.

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And it was very, very dark when I got up to pray

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and just have some quiet time with the Lord.

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Well, guess what?

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I fell asleep.

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And when I woke up, I noticed that the sky

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had started to get gray.

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It wasn't light yet, but it wasn't completely dark.

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And I heard in my spirit, there's a limit to darkness.

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And we need to understand that there is

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an absolute limit to darkness.

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And I did a little research online

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and learned that there are three stages of twilight.

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And I won't go into the details of those.

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If you want to look at that, you can Google it yourself.

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The three stages of twilight where, you know,

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there's a stage that you really can't make out anything much,

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but the blackness isn't as black out in the sky.

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And that's an astronomical twilight, I think they call it.

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And I forgot the names of the other two.

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Maybe I won't go looking for them.

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Google them.

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You can Google it yourself.

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I'm sorry, I didn't think to make notes on that.

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But then there's a part where you can see things,

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but you can't see color.

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And then there's a part where there's a lot of light,

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but the sun hasn't come up yet.

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And it's the same at sunset, you know,

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like when the sun first goes down,

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it's a great time for photography.

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There's just wonderful light.

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But my point is that when darkness comes,

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it only can be there for a limited time.

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And to get back to where darkness began,

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we learned from Dean Braxton that,

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this is something he learned when he was in heaven.

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He was in heaven for an hour and 45 minutes.

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And of course, in heaven, there's no time.

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So you can, it's like being there for eons.

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So he learned a lot while he was there.

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And one of the things that he learned was that,

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that when the enemy of our souls,

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who was, I suppose he was called Lucifer then,

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son of the morning, he was the cherub that covered.

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And he persuaded this one third of the host of heaven

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that they should follow him in rebellion.

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And what happened was in that moment

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when iniquity was found in them,

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that's what the scripture says,

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when iniquity was found in you,

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what God did was he sucked the light out of them.

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Yeah, that's what we've heard.

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Those that have been to heaven.

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Right.

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And so that's how darkness happened in the first place.

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There was no darkness ever anywhere in heaven.

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And we learned from 1 John 1.5,

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that God is light and in him, it's no darkness at all.

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Philip, what does it say in the passion translation?

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That says it really, really well.

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Yeah, this is 1 John chapter one, verse five.

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This is the life-giving message we heard him share,

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and it's still ringing in our ears.

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That's beautiful.

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We now repeat his words to you.

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God is pure light.

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You will never find even a trace of darkness in him.

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If we claim that we share life with him,

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but keep walking in the realm of darkness,

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we're fooling ourselves and not living the truth.

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But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him,

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we share unbroken fellowship with one another.

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And the blood of Jesus' son

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continually cleanses us from all sin.

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Wow.

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Continually.

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Continually.

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That means if you let some darkness in

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because of something you did or saw,

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the blood of Jesus is there for you.

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Absolutely.

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So it was 1 John 1.5 through seven

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in the passion translation.

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Yeah.

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So the thing that is in my heart for us to talk about today

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is the fact that darkness is limited.

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And a lot of the limitation

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has to do with our interaction with our Father who is light.

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Remember, Jesus said, I am the light of the world.

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And then he said to his disciples,

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you are the light of the world.

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So we are his disciples.

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So as we work with him, as we let him work with us, really,

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as we yield to his pressure, as we've talked about before,

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as we as the clay, yield to the pressure of the potter

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and let him work out those impurities out of us

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and work his spirit into us

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where we're no longer walking in the flesh.

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We're not moved by the things that move our flesh.

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We're not easily offended.

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His love pours through us.

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His love is shed abroad in our hearts.

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And his love like 1 Corinthians 13 expresses,

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we're not easily offended and we're loving one another.

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And that love is the light.

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Yes, I love you.

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Because God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

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And Jesus came into the world to be the light of the world

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and to deliver us from the darkness.

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You know, it's interesting to me that what it says

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in 2 Corinthians 4, 4, it's talking about the God

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of this world has blinded the minds of them

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that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel

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of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them.

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In other words, it's not that God is trying to keep people

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from seeing the light.

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There is an enemy who is darkness itself.

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And he is trying to keep people in darkness.

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But our father has sent us into this world

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and everybody else who has a belly button

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has been sent into this world to be a light to the world.

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And the enemy of our souls is continuously trying

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to keep us from getting there.

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But we are here imploring you to flow with your father

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in intimate relationship, flow with Jesus.

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Let him wash you.

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If you made a big stupid mistake this morning,

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wash it in the blood of Jesus right now

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and move on in the light because you are a limiter

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of the darkness.

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Yes, amen.

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Because in God is no darkness at all

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and he's living inside of you

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if you've asked him to come and do so

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and you are inside of him.

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That's what the Bible says.

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So let's just look for a moment at what God said

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about darkness and about light in Genesis chapter one.

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And I'm reading from the Amplified Classic.

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It says, in the beginning, God prepared, formed,

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fashioned and created the heavens and the earth.

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The earth was without form and an empty waste

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and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep.

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The spirit of God was moving, hovering,

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brooding over the face of the waters.

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And God said, let there be light.

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Yes.

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And there was light.

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And there was.

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And God saw that the light was good,

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suitable, pleasant, and he approved it.

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And God separated the light from the darkness.

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Now this is before he created the sun and the moon,

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the stars, okay?

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That's what's astounding.

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And he called the light, God called the light day

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and the darkness he called night.

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And there was evening and there was morning the first day.

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And then, sorry, I'm thinking King James

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because that's how I grew up, okay?

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But in verse four, it says that God saw the light

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that it was good.

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Yeah.

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He didn't say the darkness was good.

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He only said the light was good.

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If God said it's good, that's good.

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Yeah, but he didn't say that the darkness was good.

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He said that and he separated the light from the darkness

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and he called the light day and the darkness

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he called night, he didn't say the night was good.

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He didn't really say the day was good.

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He just said the light was good.

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Okay.

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Okay, so the light limits the darkness.

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You walk into a dark room and you flip on the light switch

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and you get illumination, you get light,

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you can see what's in the room.

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If you don't turn on the light

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and you walk into an unfamiliar room

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or a room that you're familiar with,

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but somebody moved the furniture, you are likely to trip.

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That's why we need the light.

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And that's why the light limits the darkness.

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So as we walk as children of light,

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we are working with our Father to limit that darkness.

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Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah, yes, amen.

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So continuing in Genesis 1,

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when you go down to verse 16,

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it says, God made the two great lights,

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the greater light, the sun, to rule the day,

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and the lesser light, the moon, to rule the night.

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He also made the stars,

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and God set them in the expanse of the heavens

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to give light unto the earth,

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to rule over the day and over the night,

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and to separate the light from the darkness.

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And God saw that it was good, fitting, pleasant,

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and he approved it.

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He approved adding lights to the darkness.

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Yes, that's great.

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And I just think that if that whole darkness

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that's out there is the chains of darkness

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that where it says that these angels that left their first

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estate were put into chains of darkness.

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I really feel like I haven't held this in front

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of our brother, Dean Braxton,

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to see if that's really, if I've got that or not.

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But I really think that God put those stars even out there

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in the expanse of space to kind of keep an eye

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on the darkness out there,

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and to remind them of what they've lost,

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because they're forever losers.

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They've lost it.

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They gave up their first estate and they've lost it.

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And so our father is trying to help us become lights

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in the darkness in this season of time that we're living in,

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like Isaiah 60 that says that there's darkness on the earth.

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Yeah, and gross darkness.

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Gross, dark, deep, deep darkness.

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The minds of people that have been blinded.

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It's just, it's astounding to me how so many of them

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can't even reason.

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They can't think for themselves.

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They've been told what to think.

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Sounds like communism.

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Well, yeah.

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That's what we saw when we were over there.

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After 70 years of communism in the Eastern block,

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take a generation and a half to get out of that mindset.

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Right, right.

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It only takes a generation really to go

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from light to darkness or from darkness to light.

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Darkness to light, that's good.

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We have a choice.

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Yeah, and it's like reflection.

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Like the moon reflects the light of the sun.

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And so you can function in full moon a lot of times.

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If it's bright enough.

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It's bright enough to even cast a shadow.

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Yeah, and I remember we were in Zimbabwe.

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We were in Chippinga.

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And that was where, for those of you,

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are you familiar with Reese Howells?

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He had a Bible school there.

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And he had a Bible school.

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He had a mission.

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He had a Bible school in Wales.

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And the Lord gave them direction how to pray

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during World War II when England was being,

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London was being bombed while they had Bible school.

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And some days they pray, they'd fast.

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And he did all that.

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So we're in his mission.

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And we got one night there.

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We kind of got there.

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It was dark.

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And we found the church that was there.

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The roof had been blown off.

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And it was the Rhodesian Civil War.

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But all the walls were still standing.

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So we pitched the tent about where

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we thought the pulpit might be.

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And I remember getting up in the night.

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And it was so bright, the stars.

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It was just so brilliant, that African sky.

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It was dry.

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And it was so bright.

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I thought, it's just amazing.

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There is no other light but that.

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And people are the same way.

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And when I was studying this yesterday morning,

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this is what came to me.

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You can reflect someone's light

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or absorb their darkness in the spirit.

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Wow.

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Yeah.

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That's tremendous.

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And it will manifest in the natural.

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Yes.

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So it's like who you hang with.

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If you hang with dark people,

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I mean, it's one thing if you're working in eight to five

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or whatever your hours are on a job,

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there's people there that are just gonna

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rub your skin raw.

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You know?

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But it's in your off time.

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What do you do in your time with your friends?

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What kind of friends do you have?

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Are they light or are they dark?

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Wow.

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I mean, God can put you amongst dark ones,

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but it's just like, no one.

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But you better be strong with your light.

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You have to be.

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Your light's gotta be very strong

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or their darkness will overwhelm you.

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Yeah, that can be.

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That can be.

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I thought I just, that was a freebie.

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That's tremendous, Philip.

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As I was studying for this,

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I learned that in these different kinds of light,

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there is a time, and I think it's that astronomical twilight,

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that if you have like a crescent moon or a half moon,

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the side of the moon that is dark,

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it can be seen by earth light.

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Okay, yeah.

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In other words, the reflection of the sun off of the earth

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will allow you to see some of the dark side of the moon,

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which you don't normally see.

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So I thought that was interesting too,

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when you're talking about reflected light.

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What are we with?

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Who are we with?

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What kind of influence is coming onto us

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and what kind of influence are we?

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Yeah.

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We know someone that's Stephanie Sherman,

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I believe is who it was.

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And one of her favorite places to go was Starbucks

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because she's an interpreter of dreams.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And she says, I have a mission field, I walk in here,

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and they come up to me, and all the new-agers and that,

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and unbelievers, and she interprets their dreams.

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The Holy Spirit just gives them,

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this is what your dream's about,

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and she's getting them saved.

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Beautiful.

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But she's got the strength to do that.

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Starbucks, okay.

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But a bar is another story.

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Going in and have two or three beers with the guys,

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you know, you're not gonna function.

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And I remember doing my Wilder Days

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after at the Steel Company, it was a Friday,

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we're at a bar on the north side of Chicago,

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and there's something I never did that much, you know?

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And my best friend sitting across the table from me says,

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I forget what the conversation was,

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he says, nah, I don't believe the Bible,

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that's a bunch of fairy tales.

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You know, I had a beer in me,

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and I stood up, I had my bottle of Stroze,

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or whatever it was, and I was going to nail him with it.

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You know, and he looked at me, he says,

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you know better than that.

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And I knew that he's a blue belt in karate.

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I sat down, but I'm defending the Bible

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even though I've had one too many.

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Yeah, one is one too many.

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So back to this idea of, that's all right,

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that was a funny story.

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In Luke 11 verse 33, Jesus is saying, no man,

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when he is lighted a candle, puts it in a secret place,

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neither under a bushel, you know, a basket,

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but on a candlestick, that they which come in

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may see the light.

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The light of the body is the eye.

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Therefore, when your eye is single,

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your whole body is also full of light,

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but when your eye is evil, your body is full of darkness.

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Take heed therefore, that the light which is in you

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be not darkness.

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If the whole body therefore be full of light,

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having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light

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as when the bright shining of a candle gives you light.

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So who are we looking at?

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If we're keeping Jesus, who is the light of the world

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in our sights, it's going to cause us to be light.

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It's going to cause us to be that kind of people

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that will draw people out of darkness.

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There are people all around us that are questioning.

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They realize that they are not what they need to be,

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that they're realizing that they're missing something.

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And if you are carrying that piece

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of the Prince of Peace inside of you,

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you are affecting the atmosphere.

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You are changing the atmosphere from dark to light.

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And even if your light is small,

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even if your light is a candle,

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it's better in a dark room to have a candle

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than no light at all.

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If the power goes out here,

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once in a while the power goes out, you light a candle.

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And you can get around, you can do what you've gotta do.

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It's not as convenient and it's a little hard to read,

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but you can get around, you can maneuver,

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you can do what you need to do.

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And that's what God is calling us to be is light

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in this world to limit the darkness.

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That's good.

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Hallelujah.

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So I just wanna share as I was meditating on this

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the other morning about limiting the darkness,

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about there's a limit to darkness,

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I was reminded of a word that I had received in my journal

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quite a few years ago.

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And so I went back and looked for it.

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Eventually I found it in the little devotional

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that I put together out of some of the writings

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from my journal, which is,

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it's called In Quietness and Confidence,

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Keys to Overcoming.

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And by the way, that's on sale for Christmas

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through the end of the year.

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It's very good.

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I mean, for the cost of buying a fancy card,

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you can give someone a book that'll change their life.

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Amen, amen.

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So this one is called The Dawn Comes Slowly.

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And it was something that came to me

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in one of those early morning devotional times

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as I was watching this changing of the darkness to light.

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So I'm just gonna read what the Lord gave me.

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The dawn comes slowly.

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In the time of darkest of night, ever so slowly,

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the horizon begins to lighten.

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Sometimes a dark red line appears

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that gradually lightens to orange,

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giving way to the light of day.

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Sometimes it is painted magnificently

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with hues of purple, pink, scarlet, orange, and gold.

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Sometimes it simply lightens to a dreary gray,

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but it always comes slowly.

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This is the norm for Revelation as well.

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You don't have any idea of the depth of the darkness

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in which mankind is steeped.

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But I am the morning star, Revelation 22 16.

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My light appears near your horizon

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to give you hope that the day will soon be coming.

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I am also the day spring, dawn, sunrise from on high,

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Luke 178.

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I am the light that slowly dispels the darkness.

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I am that spirit of prophecy

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that Peter refers to in 2 Peter 1 19.

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We have also a more sure word of prophecy

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whereunto you do well that you take heed

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as unto a light that shines in a dark place

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until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts.

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Beautiful.

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I am the day break that causes the shadows to flee away

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in Song of Solomon 2 17 and 4 6.

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I am the son of righteousness that was prophesied

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to arise with healing in my wings, Malachi 4 2.

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As the day gets brighter and brighter,

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the darkness loses its grip.

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The form that was so unclear in the darkness

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or even completely hidden in obscurity

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is revealed in the light of day.

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You hardly even perceive the gradual appearing

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of the noonday sun once it is truly light.

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It takes hours to arrive.

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The enemy of your soul wrestles to keep you

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in as much darkness as he can muster.

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But I have called you out of darkness

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into my marvelous light, 1 Peter 2 9.

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In me is life and the life is the light of men.

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John 1 4.

529
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,840
Most experience revelation slowly,

530
00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,800
but because of the gross darkness that is upon the people,

531
00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:04,480
I need to arise upon you and let my glory be seen upon you.

532
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,440
Isaiah 62 and 3.

533
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,320
So that the Gentiles, the unbelievers will be drawn to me.

534
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,720
Most revelation comes slowly.

535
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:16,480
But now in this era of the electric light,

536
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,760
you can understand sudden revelation

537
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,880
as though throwing a switch.

538
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,080
Instantly the darkness disappears

539
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,160
in the brightness of light.

540
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:29,520
I'm appearing to many Muslims, many pagans, many Jews.

541
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,520
And in that instant, suddenly,

542
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,920
they suddenly know who I am.

543
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,640
That is how Saul of Tarsus met me

544
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,340
on the road to Damascus, Acts 9.

545
00:24:39,340 --> 00:24:42,120
As it was on the night of my birth,

546
00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:44,400
the shepherds sat in darkness

547
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,480
when my messenger angel brought the word of my advent.

548
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,840
And suddenly a multitude of my heavenly host

549
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,640
lit the blackness with their praises.

550
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,960
So shall it be when my people arise

551
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,360
with the high praises of God in their mouth

552
00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:02,660
and the two-edged sword of my word in their hands.

553
00:25:02,660 --> 00:25:04,560
They will pierce the darkness,

554
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,760
even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,

555
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,000
executing my vengeance upon the darkness

556
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,320
that has kept them bound and those around them.

557
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,200
Psalm 149, six to eight in Hebrews 412.

558
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,920
They will bind the demonic kings with chains

559
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,720
and the demonic nobles with fetters of iron.

560
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,480
My people perish for lack of knowledge.

561
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,060
They don't see me.

562
00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:30,000
The light of the world and the giver of life.

563
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,440
You don't know how much you are missing.

564
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,020
Seek my face.

565
00:25:35,020 --> 00:25:36,440
Seek my face.

566
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:37,520
Seek my face.

567
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,400
The light of my countenance will deliver you from darkness

568
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,040
to the degree that you seek my face.

569
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,680
That's beautiful.

570
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,080
And I was looking in Psalm 30,

571
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,960
and this is a Psalm of David,

572
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,800
the title, it's the dedication of the house of David

573
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,560
when he built his house.

574
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:57,920
This is before the temples built.

575
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,360
That wasn't the plannings yet.

576
00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:02,440
Yeah, Solomon built that.

577
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,800
In verse four, sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his,

578
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,240
and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

579
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,640
For his anger endureth but a moment,

580
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,800
and his favor is life.

581
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,040
Weeping may endure for a night,

582
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,920
but joy cometh in the morning.

583
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:19,760
Beautiful.

584
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,680
And when you were just reading there about the darkness,

585
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,200
you know, the dawn, you know, joy cometh in the morning.

586
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,040
Yep.

587
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,600
You know, it's just like we're not meant to go through

588
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,440
these trials.

589
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:31,400
Not forever.

590
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:32,520
Not forever.

591
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,200
Seems like it, you know, many times.

592
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,000
But it's building endurance in us.

593
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,720
And sometimes trials are transitioned.

594
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,440
Ooh, that's a good word.

595
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:43,680
That's not fun either.

596
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,760
No, it's not fun, but it's necessary.

597
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:47,600
Yeah.

598
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,280
You know, how do you gain rank in the military?

599
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,880
You start as a buck private

600
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,320
and you have your hair shaved off.

601
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,080
Right, and you go through training

602
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,520
and then you pass that training and you get a rank

603
00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,360
and then you go through more training and you go through.

604
00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,840
And you get humiliated along the way.

605
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,480
Those things happen.

606
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,640
But it's part of gaining rank as you succeed,

607
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,680
as you choose to overcome, as you keep your attitude right,

608
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,400
you get rank.

609
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:12,760
And you get higher and higher.

610
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,000
And in this case, in the Spirit,

611
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,240
you get lighter and lighter

612
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,960
and your light becomes greater and greater.

613
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,920
Not because you're becoming greater.

614
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,720
It's usually because you're becoming more and more humble.

615
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:29,040
The more we command our flesh and get it underneath us,

616
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,880
the more the light of the Spirit

617
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,920
will be able to shine through us.

618
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:33,760
Amen.

619
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,600
So, you know, Jesus taught his disciples to pray.

620
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,800
And part of that prayer is, your kingdom come.

621
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,840
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

622
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,360
That is what we're, it's like a command.

623
00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:53,160
We're commanding, we're imploring heaven to help us.

624
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:57,440
We're imploring our father to help us to enact on earth

625
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,000
the way life is in heaven.

626
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,680
And if you see in Revelation chapter 21 verse 33,

627
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,120
it says, the city had no need of the sun,

628
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:06,640
neither of the moon to shine in it

629
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,440
for the glory of God did lighten it

630
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,480
and the lamb is the light thereof.

631
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,800
And Revelation 22, five says,

632
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,840
and there shall be no night there.

633
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,320
We're talking about heaven.

634
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,840
And they need no candle, neither light of the sun

635
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,000
for the Lord God gives them light

636
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,360
and they shall reign forever and ever.

637
00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:26,160
It's the Lord that is our light

638
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,040
and there is no darkness in heaven.

639
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:29,880
Yeah.

640
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,400
Darkness was kicked out.

641
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,600
Darkness happened because the light was taken out of them.

642
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,400
They were shoved out into this outer darkness.

643
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:42,400
And our job is to shine as the light of men in these days

644
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,640
because we're filled with his light.

645
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,080
And the more we push our flesh down

646
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,040
to let his spirit be seen,

647
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,440
the more we're going to light the darkness around us.

648
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:53,280
Yeah.

649
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,680
In Acts chapter 26, and this is Saul

650
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,200
before his name was changed to Paul.

651
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,000
You know, he was going to Damascus

652
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:07,480
and he's on his way to take prisoners in Damascus

653
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:08,920
on the orders of the high priests

654
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,000
and bring them back to Jerusalem.

655
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,160
And that's when the light of God shone on him.

656
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:16,560
And he fell down.

657
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:17,960
He wasn't riding on a horse.

658
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,600
You know, there's nothing in scripture

659
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,280
says Paul was on a horse.

660
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:22,400
Study it out.

661
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,160
He was walking and he fell down

662
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,400
under the light and the voice.

663
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,000
You know, the voice of the Lord spoke

664
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,440
and everybody around him heard the voice.

665
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:32,640
You know, they didn't see the light,

666
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:33,600
but they heard the voice,

667
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,080
but it was targeted just on him.

668
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,000
And the Lord spoke to him and says,

669
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,760
and this is verse 17,

670
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:44,520
I will rescue you from the persecution of your own people

671
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,800
and from the hostility of the other nations

672
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,880
that I will send you to.

673
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,960
And you will open their eyes to their true condition

674
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,960
so that they may turn from darkness to the light

675
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,240
and from the power of Satan to the power of God

676
00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,840
by placing their faith in me,

677
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,920
they will receive the total forgiveness of sins

678
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,360
and be made holy,

679
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,640
taking hold of the inheritance that I gave to my children.

680
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,560
And so this was Paul's,

681
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,680
that this was his command, you know,

682
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,680
and he ended up being the apostle to the Gentiles,

683
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:19,520
even though he was one of the numbered students

684
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,120
trained under Gamaliel.

685
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,800
You know, so he was a high caliber

686
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,480
and he's flat on his face.

687
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,200
He's met the Lord Jesus Christ

688
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,000
and all of a sudden he's getting his job description.

689
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:31,840
Beautiful.

690
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:33,640
What would be going through your mind?

691
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,240
You knew nothing about Jesus,

692
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,160
you fall flat on your face

693
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:38,760
and the one you persecuted,

694
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,280
if you're a Hindu or Muslim

695
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,080
and you're persecuting Christians or people,

696
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,120
you know, the light of God shines on you,

697
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,200
it blinds you,

698
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,880
you fall down because of the power of God.

699
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,360
What's going through your mind?

700
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,680
Everything you were taught is false

701
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,040
and you've come face to face with eternal light.

702
00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:58,880
Amen.

703
00:30:58,880 --> 00:30:59,720
Wow.

704
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:00,560
Amen.

705
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:05,160
And that is what God wants to do all around us.

706
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,000
Yes.

707
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,480
All the time.

708
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,520
To rescue people from this satanic darkness,

709
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,160
this satanic blindness that is upon the people

710
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,360
and to rescue them, to be that light,

711
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,120
to limit the darkness

712
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:25,120
so that the darkness cannot have what it's trying to have

713
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,120
because our Father is ready for us

714
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,000
to be ready for the outpouring

715
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,160
that he's going to give on all flesh

716
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,640
and we need to be ready

717
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,280
to help people come into the kingdom,

718
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,800
to help people come out of this darkness,

719
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,880
to contend for the light to shine upon them.

720
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,560
You know, we keep hearing these wonderful stories

721
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,120
about, in particular, about Muslims

722
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:50,880
because we've been praying a lot for the Muslims

723
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,360
to have those kind of dreams and visions of Jesus

724
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,440
that will turn them around and it's happening

725
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,320
because God is answering our prayers.

726
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,840
So be one of those prayers

727
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,840
that will be praying for the light to shine

728
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,120
on the people around you, the people that offend you,

729
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:14,240
the people that annoy you, become their intercessor.

730
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,960
Become their intercessor that the places

731
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:17,920
where they have darkness,

732
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,960
even if you're talking about brothers and sisters

733
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,680
and the Lord, the places where they have darkness,

734
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,440
you know, we all have places in us

735
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,680
that we can't see ourselves.

736
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,880
They're blind spots, blind.

737
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,560
Remember, blind means dark.

738
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:31,720
You can't see it.

739
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,400
You don't even know that you have some of these things.

740
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,200
Become the intercessor for that person

741
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,560
that is annoying you or that is persecuting you

742
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:44,600
or that just is in darkness, the people around you.

743
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,360
And then reach out and pray for the people

744
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,920
that are out there that need this light of Jesus Christ.

745
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,560
There's so much darkness in the world,

746
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,680
but the Lord will arise upon you.

747
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,960
We know that this promise is for Israel,

748
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,920
but we who are Gentiles have been grafted in

749
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:03,080
to that promise.

750
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,160
And so we can also be those who will arise and shine.

751
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,120
And we pray for those who are not yet believers

752
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:10,640
out of Israel, Lord.

753
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,800
And we pray for those who are even in India.

754
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,720
I'm thinking about the terrible persecution

755
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,120
that's going on in India towards the Christians.

756
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,760
Lord, we're asking you to shine your light in these Hindus,

757
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,120
Lord, shine your light.

758
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,760
Show them yourself in visions and in dreams, Lord.

759
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,560
Show them, Father, and move upon your body,

760
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,320
your people in India, your people in Israel,

761
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,440
your people in Palestine, your people in Timbuktu, Father,

762
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:41,160
in Africa, in Asia, in Europe, Lord, in America,

763
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,720
in North America, South America, Australia,

764
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,760
all the nations of the world, Lord.

765
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,800
We're asking you to shine upon your people.

766
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,880
Shine in your people.

767
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:55,880
Cause your people to arise, to be that glorious church

768
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,600
without spot, without wrinkle,

769
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,120
that mature bride who has made herself ready.

770
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,840
Lord, the mature bride who is going to be interceding

771
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:07,480
for those around her, Lord.

772
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:11,360
Father, we're asking you to cause your light to shine in us

773
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,880
and through us to transform the darkness of this world

774
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,080
into your glorious light.

775
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,320
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.

776
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:22,160
Amen.

777
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,120
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778
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,800
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