Satan’s Secret Weapon 07/01/2018: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:00 We’re going to tackle the subject of Satan’s secret weapon that destroys many that hear the gospel of Jesus Christ now we particularly [unclear] in this statement that it’s those that hear the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ it’s got nothing to do with those that haven’t heard it or aren’t hearing it got it now of course we need to know why Satan’s secret weapon can destroy many that hear the gospel we need to know how when and we need to know what that secret weapon is that a fair question ok we’ll go to Matthew 13. In Matthew 13 when anyone hears the word of the kingdom alright.

▶ 0:53 Somebody heard the word of the kingdom the gospel of Christ the gospel of the kingdom the gospel of Christ the gospel of God the father the gospel of righteousness the gospel of the apostles are all the same gospel. Amen. Now. They hear the word of the kingdom but does not understand it oh. The Devil comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart now what was sown in their heart the word of the kingdom you’re hearing it this morning but just because you hear it doesn’t mean much if you don’t train yourself to get understanding to listen to that word.

▶ 1:47 Satan is going to come to you and say there’s nothing that that preacher said today and that Bible you know I’m just here for the coffee cake so what happens alright Satan takes away what was sown in his heart we just finished a series on Satan you know fighting against God and Satan is one of the sources that influences us to fight against God here he has taken the word of God out of the minds of the people that heard it okay so what is the results they don’t believe and are saved that’s the result they don’t believe and get saved now.

▶ 2:32 From previous lessons we’ve learned we are saved from sin sins a violation of God’s word not the violation of what somebody else says is right it’s what God says is right it’s not the violation of what you think may be right and wrong it’s what God says is right and wrong and we’re saved from wrath both in this present life God can adjust us even a nation he can come [unclear] justice but there is a day of wrath coming where the whole earth is going to experience the wrath of God a supernatural manifestation of God and we are saved from the eternal lake of fire if you reject Jesus and you live in sin you are going to go to the lake of fire for eternity period there is no debate that is.

▶ 3:25 What the Bible says you may not like it but that’s the truth okay now if you want to go to the lake of fire just keep sinning you reject Christ and believe me the road to the lake of fire is wide and the gate is wide it’s happy to receive anybody [unclear] all right and we’re saved to do good remember even in Genesis God told Cain if you do good you’ll be accepted so goodness rightness is what God ordained from the very beginning all the way to the end of Revelation could that be an amen yeah. Now. Not only to do good but to obtain eternal life that is the goal that is the goal to get saved from sin wrath the lake of fire do good and obtain eternal life is the goal faith and belief is the process to the goal.

▶ 4:28 Faith and belief is not the goal and this is where many American Christians fall short they think because they believe they think because they’ve got in fact they’ll say my faith all right faith is not the goal. Belief is not the goal a Jehovah’s Witness came to my door this weekend and I said listen I won’t have nothing to do with Jehovah’s Witness you guys are so messed up it’s embarrassing and she goes well we do a lot of research I said you don’t do the research your leaders do the research and tell you they did the research and they’re all wrong Billy Gates did his research and he come up from his research that there is no God so what good is research it is right and truth [unclear] the final answer could that be an amen she said I appreciate your honesty I’ll see you later.

▶ 5:27 You see now. Faith and belief is the process to the goal for example me and my wife got married and we knew we had the information and knowledge that if we had sex we could conceive a baby and have a baby all right so we believed the knowledge that we had now in my sanctified imagination follow me. Our son James was born 22 inches seven and a quarter pound or something like that and you know we’re so glad to have a baby just like we believe now say a year goes by and somehow because of our lack of proper feeding proper exercise proper care James is still 22 inches and seven and a half pound 10 years later he’s still 22 inches and 7 1/2 pound you think people are going to be excited over you’ve got a baby you got a baby.

▶ 6:35 See the baby isn’t the goal. it’s the process the goal is a mature good adult young man. Amen that’s the goal the baby is just the process we’ve got to follow to get to the goal and honestly in America today many young people are messed up because the parents don’t know how to raise kids and young people are messed up because they don’t go to church and find out how they should be raised are you there. They get their advice from their peers you young people [unclear] in every generation [unclear] we have a tendency to be herders we follow the herd good or bad we want to be accepted you know we want yeah what we need to do is come out from the herd and be part of a herd that follows right amen.

▶ 7:39 Nothing wrong with being a herder if you’re in the right herd [unclear] so understanding the gospel of Jesus Christ is a necessity to reach the goal according to this parable is that a true statement. Understanding is a requirement. Do you understand who God is do you understand who Jesus is do you understand why the Bible was written do you understand what the Holy Ghost [unclear] do you understand what sin and the lake of fire really mean. and you’re required to understand and you cannot blame your rabbi your pastor your priest it is your responsibility to get into the Bible and find out for yourself could that be an amen.

▶ 8:45 So. How difficult is it to understand the Bible everywhere I go [unclear] I [unclear] understand this book. We act like it was written in some kind of heavenly language that nobody can interpret but let me show you how easy it is to understand the gospel of Jesus Christ are you with me are you interested okay I’m gonna give you the simple answer to the whole Bible that big thick book alright in just a few minutes. first [unclear] the Bible says in 2nd Corinthians 11:3 don’t turn away from the simplicity of Christ the gospel is really simple okay it’s not difficult humans make it difficult because we want the Bible to line up to our ideas you see and so we go to the Bible to get the Bible to line up of what we’re thinking or what somebody’s told us to think now I have one plus one all right this is how I teach fractions in school 1+1 ok how many bananas do I have one how many bananas do I have one.

▶ 10:08 how many bananas do I have. Ok 1+1. Duh. this is how easy it is to learn the Bible now I have one banana how many bananas I have one orange how many oranges. 1+1 is I have how many bananas I have how many oranges. How many do I have. One of each or better said I have two fruit. you see you cannot add unlike fractions and neither can evolution come up with unlike animals.

▶ 11:04 everything has to stay in its kind if I mix this with a tangerine what will I get a tango. [unclear] is a tangerine and a grapefruit all right I have a tango when I married my wife Rebecca I married a tango.. Mango tango. My point is this just like you cannot get you can’t put a [unclear] on a horse and call it a cow it’s still a horse all right you can’t cut off a cow’s head and put it on a horse and call it a cow it’s still a what horse the dna the sexual parts and all that tells you what it is it is a horse.

▶ 12:02 In the scriptures you’ve got to know how to apply one area to another area. All right and when the two different areas God is talking about you got to be able to make them a common factor before you can get the understanding. Matthew 22:35 a lawyer come to test Jesus and this is what people do all the time they want to try to trick you [unclear] they’ve got problems [unclear] Bible the book of myths and Jesus was just a good man and all this stuff all right they come to test Jesus and they said master or teacher what is the great commandment in the law the most important the first in rank commandment in the word what is it [unclear] tricky Jesus said love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul with all your mind and all your strength didn’t even go to the ten commandments okay all your heart is the inner mind the inner will and the inner morals the soul is the spirit the wind the spirit you have a spirit within you and that spirit has a mind it has emotions it has a will and has a standard of morality that you if you listen to it would be called your conscience are you there that inner spirit would be challenging you when you do wrong if you listen to it and then he

▶ 13:33 says with all your mind or your intellect your brains got to be engaged. And with all your strength all your ability now if you have the ability to get up in the morning and go to work or get up in the morning and feed your baby or take care of whatever then you have the ability to get up in the morning and read the Bible and pray. Are you there. See if you have the ability to go to work to provide for your home and keep your home safe and secure then you have the ability to go to church and work in the kingdom of God to keep it safe and secure. That natural ability that you use to function in life is the same natural ability you use to serve God are you there you see if you’ve got the ability to learn physics and chemistry and how to cut hair and style hair or whatever you choose to do then you got the ability to read the Bible and fashion your life into a productive Christian but the problem is Americans don’t use their god-given ability or capabilities.

▶ 14:57 Especially this generation they want everything done for them. Alleluia. Now. To make things clear in John 14:23 Jesus said if you love me you’ll keep my words so how do I love God by keeping his word by learning his word and keeping it okay that’s simple the second Jesus said the second law is love your neighbor as yourself neighbors those close by you there’s no one closer than your spouse your parents are your children and then the neighbors next door and then the community then the state then the nation and we’re to love them and then he says this tremendous statement on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets in the other gospel it says it sums up or is the law and the prophets so if you know to love God and to love your neighbor you just learn the whole Bible in 10 minutes oh.

▶ 16:18 It’s so difficult it was that difficult so when I’m doing things to hurt others and myself I am violating the two commandments that the whole Bible is built on isn’t that right. It’s that simple so. don’t tell me you go to Ezekiel or you go to Leviticus [unclear] to understand the thing [unclear] if you’re looking for good if you’re looking for love if you’re looking for God if you’re looking how to live in this life you will find it in every book of the Bible if you’re looking for a reason to be stupid and ignorant and confused then you will be but you go to a book you got to know why it’s written the purposes [unclear] what it’s trying to explain and then you will learn amen.

▶ 17:12 see you don’t go to a book [unclear] how to build skyscrapers to be a doctor do you right. Now. Romans 13:10 if there be any civil law It is briefly understood in this law you shall love your neighbor as yourself and then he gives the Bible definition God’s definition of love is totally different than Webster’s dictionary or whatever dictionary and your understanding God’s definition of love is love works no harm to their neighbor they don’t do anything to hurt their neighbor verbally financially physically. Therefore love is the fulfilling of the law if there be any law any law in the Bible it’s summed up [unclear] treat others like God would treat them are

▶ 18:15 You there. now this includes the ten commandments in the ten commandments you have four that’s directed to God God is a spirit so there are spiritual laws I am the Lord thy God the Lord thy God is one Lord and thou shalt have no other gods before me thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image in heaven and in earth or below the earth or in the sea okay the third one thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain so many Christians use profanity it amazes me brings an embarrassment to Christ and it comes from a hard source comes from a hard spirit are you there not an innocent thing at all and the whole world’s using profanity so we throw it out [unclear] how cool I can use four letter words yeah none of them have any intelligence.

▶ 19:21 there’s no intelligence in any of those words and when you put God with them that is really bad are you with me see this is a third commandment. I shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain it also means that I don’t do anything that would bring aspersion upon his name God is a holy God a righteous God therefore I will live my life to keep his name good. Amen the fourth one is remember the Sabbath day [unclear] six days you shall do your work the seventh day you cannot work but you shall reverence my sanctuary it’s a day of rest and it’s a day set aside to go to the house of God and assemble with the people of God and worship him and learn of him and be encouraged in him.

▶ 20:16 Most Americans don’t do that everybody calls himself Christians. Everybody thinks they know the Bible but this sums up the Bible. Are you there amen it’s that simple this is a simple thing listen my dad was a good man I never knew my dad leading one soul to Christ I don’t remember him ever even [unclear] he never preached he never taught Sunday school I never seen him emotionally expressive but my dad had a name in the community of a good man and if you were Bill Kincer’s boy people treated you royally why because of my dad he got the basic understanding of the Bible do good live good treat people right don’t harm yourself don’t harm your family don’t harm people he got it are you with me and everybody had a high respect for my dad.

▶ 21:25 Alleluia and what did I say that because we want to you know we want to go to ministries that have flamboyant speakers and all the rest and we just blindly believe what they say without going to the Bible and really getting the basics of the Bible and following it and this is the basics of the Bible on loving God and loving your neighbor and loving yourself is the total book is that right yes. Now. Bible simplicity through the Bible we understand how to love God love others and love ourselves and how not to harm God others and ourselves by doing good and right is that a correct statement it’s that simple that’s what it is that’s why it’s called the good book if you read it and apply it you’re going to be a good person.

▶ 22:18 Now. Simplicity of the gospel continued John 20:30. And John 21:25 many other signs okay. The book is also a supernatural book. It’s the only book on earth that tells you how the spirit world works. Many other signs many other supernatural things Jesus did which are not written in the book supernatural things are things human can’t do Jesus walked on water humans can’t walk on water Jesus rose from the dead and raised up people from the dead humans cannot do that once they’re dead they’re dead only God God the spirit world is supernatural higher than the physical world you young people understand that the spirit world has a higher power than the natural world and all the schools and universities that are trying to tell you that the natural understanding will solve all of our problems and it won’t because the spiritual world is higher.

▶ 23:28 Alleluia all right the world itself could not contain the books the Bible says if everything was written there was no room in the world you wouldn’t have any room to live on earth it would be full of books that’s how many supernatural things Jesus did things beyond men’s capabilities now [unclear] chapter 20 verse 31 these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ the messiah that you might believe that Jesus is the son of God. He was God in the flesh and that believing you might have what eternal life life is the goal belief is the process [unclear]. Amen got it now and you get this life through his name no other name Muhammad can’t do it for you Joseph Smith can’t do it for you Joel Osteen can’t do it for you I can’t do it for you your mom and dad can’t do it for you only Jesus can bring you into eternal life and keep you that is that a good amen now.

▶ 24:48 In John 3:18 they that believe not on the Lord Jesus Christ are condemned already because they have not believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and they won’t come to the light because their deeds are evil. Why people reject Christ is that what they want to do wrong that’s the bottom line if they want to do right they have no problem with Christ. they want to live wrong and they can blame the churches or hypocrites [unclear] or they can blame [unclear] a blaming generation I mean [unclear] we blame everything the Democrats blame the Republicans Republicans blaming the Democrats the liberals blaming the conservatives conservatives blaming the liberals you know the Baptists blame the Catholics the Catholics blame the Protestants and everybody’s blaming. But we got to come to the light and this is why I’m not a Democrat a liberal a conservative or Republican I’m a [unclear].

▶ 25:56 Because all these people they have some good values and in the middle of those [unclear] good values they come up with something that’s ridiculous I can’t accept that so I unite with them in the areas I can unite with but I am going to stand for truth and right how many think that’s a good idea and I going to stand for truth and right from the understanding of truth and right that I have not what somebody is trying to bully me into doing but what I have learned from God’s word quickened it to me bore witness to me I’m gonna stand on that for the rest of my life. Their deeds are evil that’s why they reject Christ the Muslims reject Christ. The humanists reject Christ the atheists reject Christ a lot of people reject Christ and the bottom line is because they have evil in their heart they want to do harm they don’t want to change and then they blame everything in the world.

▶ 27:07 all the time saying I’m a believer in God isn’t that right do the devils believe in God yeah are they going to heaven no. Do they fear and tremble yeah. humans don’t believe in God and they are proud of it. Are you there. John 17:3 this is eternal life that you may know the only true God and Jesus Christ listen. The simplicity the gospel this is eternal life we got eternal life through believing the process okay through Christ eternal life is you may know you may understand the only true God and understand Jesus Christ.

▶ 28:07 Amen. And that word know has an intimate relationship to it too not only can understand them but I have a relationship with them see Rebecca understands me she tells me all the time I’ve been married to you all these years I don’t understand [unclear] what you’re going to do. But we also have a relationship and the two make a great marriage and a great life are you with me. and [unclear] oh yeah. First John 2:3 we know that we know Jesus because we keep his commandments now read it this way I read it this way we understand that we understand Jesus because we keep his commandments.

▶ 29:03 Do you keep his commandments. If you don’t keep his commandments then what’s lacking. Understanding and if you don’t understand who’s the problem. Is it God is it Jesus is it the Holy Ghost is it your mom your dad your wife your husband no the problem is you you’re too doggone lazy. To seek the word and seek God and be a possessor of it could that be an amen we want to go to church in America and have a nice music group entertaining us and a great flamboyant motivational speaker telling us we’re great when we’re not great isn’t that right we don’t want to go to church and be told this is the way walk ye in it oh.

▶ 30:04 that church preaches hate [unclear] that’s hate speech. That’s a lie of the liberals. Luke 24:44 Jesus said all things must be fulfilled written in the law of Moses the prophets and the Psalms concerning me so the whole Bible not only tells you to love God and love your neighbor how to behave on earth and how to behave between you and God but it also tells you about Jesus Christ the messiah the whole Bible. Then he opened their understanding that they might understand the scriptures if you say you don’t understand Jesus has opened our understanding. That’s what he came for and if we don’t understand we are believing preachers that aren’t preaching the gospel because we’re too lazy to go to the book and confirm they’re telling us the truth this was the difference [unclear] people keep saying what made you different all through my life they go you know well [unclear] you come from another mold [unclear] no I didn’t believe everything I was told I went to the book to find out if they were telling me the truth that’s what made the difference and when.

▶ 31:27 They weren’t telling me the truth I rejected it are you there. And. That can make the difference in your life and now we know the whole book is to what love God. Keep his commandment love our neighbor and love ourselves by what doing no harm to our neighbour or no harm to ourselves when I take drugs does that hurt me yes when I have sex outside of marriage does that hurt me yeah. 50% of Americans have or have had a sexually transmitted disease and one out of four young people have them. That hurt you and some of these things are incurable and some lead to death.

▶ 32:22 80 thousand people die every year in America from drugs and alcohol is that harmful yes. Preventable deaths preventable accidents by just not drinking and not taking drugs it’s preventable. [unclear] and it’s that simple to understand this is hurting me if I go out on my wife Rebecca does that hurt her does that hurt my kids absolutely does it hurt people I’m around my mom my dad absolutely. Therefore it is not right to do so I’m not going to do it amen I don’t have to know the posts in the tabernacle and [unclear] in the tabernacle I don’t have to know what Ezekiel’s talking about when he talks about that foursquare I don’t have to know I know that they’re telling me to be good and to believe in Jesus and to have eternal life I may [unclear] understand where it’s at in there but I know it’s in there Bible simplicity then explains the supernatural spirit world God Jesus Satan demons angels supernatural things that are done the humans can’t do eternal life or the eternal lake of fire and right.

▶ 33:50 Behavior that’s what the book is gonna tell me those two commandments wraps it up so now you can go home today and say I understand the Bible I. Know what that whole books about on these two hang all the law there are four different kinds of laws in the Bible this is why I brought the orange in a bananas. You see there are different areas of the law but they have the same denominator. God. Understand. And when you have the same denominator you can add and subtract it will work in an equation there are first of all shadow laws [unclear] shadow will lead you to the real thing there are laws like lambs that were slain the blood was sacrificed that was a shadow law that Jesus would die on the cross for the sins in the world he said it’s an example you don’t go to hell if you didn’t sacrifice a lamb.

▶ 35:02 But you will if you reject Christ are you with me that’s shadow laws. then there are civil laws thou shalt not steal thou shalt not kill and so forth that is when I hurt my neighbor it is a civil law civil laws also have a punishment. if I rape somebody or I kill somebody or rob somebody I have to be punished I have to be properly punished and corrected so I will change and so the young people growing up will not follow that lifestyle. That’s the Bible and when America does not punish criminals they’re not giving our young generation the fortitude to avoid evil. Just a slap on the hand no problem yeah I get three slaps before they really gonna do anything and then that’s not much maybe a year in jail.

▶ 36:05 If you really had the right punishment for the right crime America would be a fairly righteous nation and our young people growing up would have a reason to follow right and not wrong. Hallelujah. civil laws okay and then there are spiritual laws let my prayer come before thee as incense [unclear] the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth but you have not because you ask not see [unclear] that is a spiritual thing it has nothing to do with human understanding God just said if you pray and ask me according to my will I will hear you that is a spiritual law if you confess your sin and repent from your sin turn from your sin I.

▶ 37:02 Will forgive that sin I will cleanse that sin and cleanse all unrighteousness from you that is a spiritual law if I do this God will do that amen and then there’s wise laws wise laws that’s like the wise man stores up for the future the fool spends everything he’s gone now you don’t go to hell for spending everything you got and The civil authorities aren’t gonna arrest you for spending all your money it is a wise law it’s just when a bad day comes or a bad season comes you got nothing to back up you got no backup what I wanted to show you is all the laws in God the common denominator is God created them and they can be added and subtracted and understood in the Bible got it you just got to know when you’re looking at the shadow law and a wise law and you got to know the difference.