1 00:00:00,250 --> 00:00:03,470 I would like to speak today about one 2 00:00:03,470 --> 00:00:07,430 tool that Satan uses against us. 3 00:00:08,770 --> 00:00:11,190 It is a mighty, powerful tool. 4 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,240 It wears many masks. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,400 It's wrapped in many different ways. 6 00:00:25,630 --> 00:00:28,170 But he's used it throughout all eternity. 7 00:00:32,010 --> 00:00:33,490 And that's discontentment. 8 00:00:36,770 --> 00:00:40,020 So I'd like to read in Genesis 2, 9 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,470 verse 8. 10 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,360 Genesis 2, verse 8. 11 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:24,020 Down to verse 15. 12 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:28,920 And the Lord God took the man and 13 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:30,880 put him into the garden of Eden to 14 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,520 dress it and to keep it. 15 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,140 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 16 00:01:35,740 --> 00:01:37,780 Of every tree of the garden thou mayest 17 00:01:37,780 --> 00:01:38,500 freely eat. 18 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,780 But of the tree of the knowledge of 19 00:01:41,780 --> 00:01:43,860 good and evil thou shalt not eat of 20 00:01:43,860 --> 00:01:44,100 it. 21 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:46,700 For in a day that thou eatest thereof, 22 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:48,720 thou shalt surely die. 23 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,720 Chapter 3, verse 1. 24 00:01:53,740 --> 00:01:56,820 Now the serpent was more subtle than any 25 00:01:56,820 --> 00:01:58,880 beast of the field which the Lord God 26 00:01:58,880 --> 00:01:59,400 had made. 27 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:03,280 And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath 28 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,700 God said, Ye shall not eat of every 29 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:06,440 tree of the garden? 30 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,420 And the woman said unto the serpent, We 31 00:02:10,420 --> 00:02:12,120 may eat of the fruit of the trees 32 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:12,700 of the garden. 33 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:14,680 But of the fruit of the tree which 34 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,620 is in the midst of the garden, God 35 00:02:16,620 --> 00:02:20,560 has said, Ye shall not eat of it, 36 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,220 neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 37 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,020 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye 38 00:02:28,020 --> 00:02:31,100 shall not surely die, for God doth know 39 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:34,060 that in the day ye eat thereof, then 40 00:02:34,060 --> 00:02:36,320 your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall 41 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,920 be as God, or as the triune God, 42 00:02:39,380 --> 00:02:40,580 knowing good and evil. 43 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,820 And when the woman saw that the tree 44 00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:45,800 was good for food, and that it was 45 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,600 pleasant to the eyes, a tree to be 46 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,000 desired to make one wise, she took of 47 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,160 the fruit thereof and did eat, and gave 48 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,060 also unto her husband with her, and he 49 00:02:57,060 --> 00:02:57,520 did eat. 50 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,700 And the eyes of them both were opened, 51 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,360 and they knew that they were naked, and 52 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,860 they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves 53 00:03:05,860 --> 00:03:06,920 aprons. 54 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:16,160 Now, I've got three things that I'd like 55 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:16,900 to speak on. 56 00:03:23,210 --> 00:03:25,970 Distrust the virtue of God. 57 00:03:28,410 --> 00:03:29,170 Why? 58 00:03:30,090 --> 00:03:32,690 Because Eve was discontent with her perception. 59 00:03:34,770 --> 00:03:40,030 Then I'd like to speak how she discredited 60 00:03:40,030 --> 00:03:43,530 the value of God because she was discontent 61 00:03:43,530 --> 00:03:44,430 with her place. 62 00:03:47,210 --> 00:03:49,190 And then how she disregarded the vow of 63 00:03:49,190 --> 00:03:51,650 God or the word of God because she 64 00:03:51,650 --> 00:03:53,150 was discontent with the promise. 65 00:04:00,070 --> 00:04:01,610 Satan goes for the weak spot. 66 00:04:02,310 --> 00:04:04,950 In verse 1, he went for the serpent. 67 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:11,190 And in verse 2, for the woman. 68 00:04:12,370 --> 00:04:16,250 Now, Satan's goal also is to cause disorder 69 00:04:16,250 --> 00:04:18,450 amongst God's order. 70 00:04:21,650 --> 00:04:24,770 To cause disorder amongst God's order. 71 00:04:27,750 --> 00:04:29,390 From the text, it would seem that the 72 00:04:29,390 --> 00:04:31,070 woman didn't talk to God directly. 73 00:04:32,950 --> 00:04:34,970 At least not at this point. 74 00:04:39,410 --> 00:04:43,870 Not only that, but God placed man, the 75 00:04:43,870 --> 00:04:44,150 head. 76 00:04:46,050 --> 00:04:49,850 So Adam directly talked with God because he 77 00:04:49,850 --> 00:04:50,810 was placed at the head. 78 00:04:51,610 --> 00:04:52,790 And because he was placed at the head, 79 00:04:52,930 --> 00:04:53,930 Satan went straight to Eve. 80 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,120 He's very deceitful. 81 00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:10,470 Eve, because she did not talk directly to 82 00:05:10,470 --> 00:05:13,590 God, I would say in this sense makes 83 00:05:13,590 --> 00:05:14,470 her the weaker vessel. 84 00:05:17,170 --> 00:05:18,910 Not that women are weaker than men. 85 00:05:18,910 --> 00:05:27,040 But not only that, to cause disorder amidst 86 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:33,500 God's order because he placed Adam as the 87 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:33,760 head. 88 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,320 In verse 2, Satan asks a question, causing 89 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:40,860 Eve to doubt. 90 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,400 Though she doesn't realize it at this point. 91 00:05:48,930 --> 00:05:50,550 It put Eve on the defensive. 92 00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:55,490 It would have been better if Eve, Satan's 93 00:05:55,490 --> 00:05:58,510 asking these questions, or asked this question. 94 00:05:59,050 --> 00:06:00,910 It would have been better if Eve would 95 00:06:00,910 --> 00:06:03,330 have said, talk to God. 96 00:06:07,730 --> 00:06:09,150 But she was being deceived. 97 00:06:16,420 --> 00:06:17,980 But that's what she should have done. 98 00:06:26,430 --> 00:06:28,950 At this point, Eve didn't realize who she 99 00:06:28,950 --> 00:06:29,630 was dealing with. 100 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,680 I want you to notice how she answered. 101 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,380 We may eat of the trees of the 102 00:06:39,380 --> 00:06:39,740 garden. 103 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,680 But God said, thou mayest freely eat. 104 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,240 In other words, you can eat to your 105 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:51,940 heart's content. 106 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,560 Thou mayest freely eat. 107 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,280 There's already a shadow of doubt in Eve's 108 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:00,620 statement. 109 00:07:05,430 --> 00:07:08,390 Eve says, of the trees. 110 00:07:09,390 --> 00:07:12,090 But God said, of every tree. 111 00:07:14,090 --> 00:07:15,350 Of every tree. 112 00:07:18,210 --> 00:07:23,610 So Eve leaves out every and freely, leaving 113 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:25,870 an opening for Satan to cause discontent. 114 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,660 Thou mayest freely eat of every tree. 115 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,620 That was the emphasis of God. 116 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:38,460 Of every and freely. 117 00:07:44,570 --> 00:07:47,170 But Eve, as she's talking, she emphasizes the 118 00:07:47,170 --> 00:07:48,070 fruit of the trees. 119 00:07:49,950 --> 00:07:51,650 And Satan's getting awful excited. 120 00:07:52,950 --> 00:07:56,450 Because he sees the opening, opening, bigger and 121 00:07:56,450 --> 00:07:57,170 bigger and wider. 122 00:08:02,630 --> 00:08:05,770 God does not mention the fruit, because obviously 123 00:08:05,770 --> 00:08:07,030 it's the fruit that you would eat. 124 00:08:09,650 --> 00:08:11,970 Again, the emphasis is not on the fruit, 125 00:08:11,970 --> 00:08:16,310 but the result of eating the fruit of 126 00:08:16,310 --> 00:08:17,510 the tree of the knowledge of good and 127 00:08:17,510 --> 00:08:17,730 evil. 128 00:08:24,420 --> 00:08:26,920 So Eve is opening herself up further and 129 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:27,800 further for attack. 130 00:08:32,049 --> 00:08:36,070 God emphasizes the tree of life in the 131 00:08:36,070 --> 00:08:36,850 midst of the garden. 132 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,140 Eve, again, emphasizes the fruit of the tree 133 00:08:50,140 --> 00:08:51,460 of the knowledge of good and evil. 134 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,260 But doesn't mention the name of the tree, 135 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:54,200 but the fruit. 136 00:08:56,460 --> 00:08:58,920 See, Satan's getting her focus upon the food. 137 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,800 The temporal, rather than the result. 138 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,080 And the lasting effects. 139 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,340 Upon eating. 140 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,620 These are her thoughts. 141 00:09:13,560 --> 00:09:14,460 She doesn't realize it. 142 00:09:19,110 --> 00:09:21,250 She mentions it as being in the midst. 143 00:09:22,550 --> 00:09:24,730 But God is emphasizing the tree of life 144 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:25,510 being in the midst. 145 00:09:27,030 --> 00:09:29,670 The tree of life represents Christ in our 146 00:09:29,670 --> 00:09:30,050 midst. 147 00:09:31,990 --> 00:09:35,010 Satan has her focused on something fleeting of 148 00:09:35,010 --> 00:09:35,470 this earth. 149 00:09:50,950 --> 00:09:54,980 But listen to what Eve says. 150 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:00,340 Lest ye die. 151 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,960 I don't know why Eve says to not 152 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:05,440 touch it. 153 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,200 There's many reasons that people can come up 154 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,340 with why she said that, but I don't 155 00:10:12,340 --> 00:10:13,820 know why she said it, because God did 156 00:10:13,820 --> 00:10:14,480 not say that. 157 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:17,820 But in a moment we'll see that it 158 00:10:17,820 --> 00:10:19,300 reinforces the attack of Satan. 159 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,400 Eve uses the word lest, meaning peradventure, or 160 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:26,820 possibly you could die. 161 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:34,920 I don't know why Eve used a less 162 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,820 forceful, serious word than God, but it was 163 00:10:37,820 --> 00:10:39,260 playing right into Satan's hands. 164 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:49,160 I'm sure by this time, Satan had an 165 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:53,140 evil smile tasting the victory that was coming. 166 00:10:58,500 --> 00:10:59,800 What was that victory? 167 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,360 To cause disorder in God's order? 168 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,020 But it was something more serious than that. 169 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:12,140 He was going to commit murder. 170 00:11:15,860 --> 00:11:18,240 Thou shalt surely die. 171 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,160 In verse 4, Satan then uses God's language, 172 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:29,560 except he adds one word. 173 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:36,040 Thou shalt not surely die. 174 00:11:36,940 --> 00:11:38,920 Of which Eve should have picked up on. 175 00:11:39,660 --> 00:11:41,700 But instead it causes her further doubt. 176 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:44,040 There it is. 177 00:11:47,020 --> 00:11:48,300 The first lie. 178 00:11:49,860 --> 00:11:51,220 The very first lie. 179 00:11:52,460 --> 00:11:54,120 And man has been falling for these lies 180 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:54,700 ever since. 181 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:01,560 They surely did die. 182 00:12:03,260 --> 00:12:05,260 Spiritually, immediately after eating. 183 00:12:07,180 --> 00:12:08,620 And physically, eventually. 184 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:11,860 So they did die. 185 00:12:16,540 --> 00:12:18,660 Discredit the value of God, discontent with their 186 00:12:18,660 --> 00:12:19,040 place. 187 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:26,780 Satan baits her with his deceitful question, then 188 00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:28,320 uses their answers against her. 189 00:12:29,620 --> 00:12:31,740 As well as twisting the word of God. 190 00:12:32,420 --> 00:12:33,460 Just a little bit. 191 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,700 It's amazing how one word can change the 192 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:39,160 whole meaning. 193 00:12:42,260 --> 00:12:42,980 And that's what he did. 194 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:44,540 One word to change the whole meaning. 195 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,620 Satan in verse 5 says, For God doth 196 00:12:54,620 --> 00:12:57,720 know that in a day ye ate thereof. 197 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,760 Verse 6, Eve, when a woman saw that 198 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,180 the tree was good for food. 199 00:13:07,170 --> 00:13:08,530 You see what he was doing? 200 00:13:08,770 --> 00:13:09,950 The day ye ate thereof. 201 00:13:10,130 --> 00:13:12,890 So then she was thinking, the tree is 202 00:13:12,890 --> 00:13:13,610 good for food. 203 00:13:15,910 --> 00:13:18,050 But God in chapter 2 and verse 9, 204 00:13:19,150 --> 00:13:21,190 said all the trees were good for food. 205 00:13:21,190 --> 00:13:22,930 All the trees. 206 00:13:24,030 --> 00:13:25,990 Not just this one, all the trees. 207 00:13:30,790 --> 00:13:33,990 Satan in verse 5 says, Then your eyes 208 00:13:33,990 --> 00:13:35,090 shall be opened. 209 00:13:36,890 --> 00:13:38,070 As if it's a good thing. 210 00:13:41,380 --> 00:13:43,540 Eve singled out the tree in verse 6. 211 00:13:44,140 --> 00:13:45,040 She got tunnel vision. 212 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:48,120 And saw that it was pleasant to the 213 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:48,580 eyes. 214 00:13:50,180 --> 00:13:52,180 But again I take you back to chapter 215 00:13:52,180 --> 00:13:53,080 2 and verse 9. 216 00:13:55,620 --> 00:13:58,140 God says all the trees are pleasant to 217 00:13:58,140 --> 00:13:59,640 the eyes or to the sight. 218 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:01,380 All the trees. 219 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,800 In verse 5, Satan tells her, Ye shall 220 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,320 be as God, or as the triune God, 221 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:11,700 knowing good and evil. 222 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,260 As if it's a good thing. 223 00:14:14,780 --> 00:14:16,720 But he wraps it up in a pleasing 224 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,000 wrapper, like a lollipop or something. 225 00:14:23,950 --> 00:14:27,150 He makes Eve feel that God is withholding 226 00:14:27,150 --> 00:14:28,770 something from her. 227 00:14:36,690 --> 00:14:37,130 Verse 6. 228 00:14:39,570 --> 00:14:44,390 Eve says, A tree to be desired, or 229 00:14:44,390 --> 00:14:45,050 lust after. 230 00:14:45,730 --> 00:14:48,310 To make one wise. 231 00:14:49,190 --> 00:14:49,570 Bam. 232 00:14:52,420 --> 00:14:53,640 There it is. 233 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,420 Just as Satan wanted and planned. 234 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,780 Lifting herself up to be equal with God. 235 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:08,100 Do we ever do this? 236 00:15:15,250 --> 00:15:17,870 He got her focus and thinking off God 237 00:15:17,870 --> 00:15:18,850 and off God's word. 238 00:15:19,930 --> 00:15:21,010 And onto herself. 239 00:15:21,570 --> 00:15:22,670 And her own desires. 240 00:15:24,650 --> 00:15:25,890 Her own thinking. 241 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:31,800 Aimed right at pride. 242 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:33,600 And humanism. 243 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:34,220 Humanism. 244 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,040 And humanism is still Satan's tool. 245 00:15:40,460 --> 00:15:42,940 And it's in many, many different forms. 246 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:46,340 And different wrappers. 247 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,760 As we're slowly starting to see in the 248 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:52,860 day and age we live in. 249 00:15:54,140 --> 00:15:55,240 The deceit. 250 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,680 Whitaker Chambers was a man who worked for 251 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:07,600 the Soviet Union. 252 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,020 As a spy in America. 253 00:16:10,740 --> 00:16:12,220 In the 30s. 254 00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:13,840 And the 40s. 255 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:17,740 And then he turned. 256 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,960 And was on the United States side. 257 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,280 And he blew the whistle on all the 258 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:25,680 people. 259 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:28,060 That the communists planted. 260 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:29,960 In the government. 261 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,680 And he said, humanism. 262 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,440 Is the second oldest religion known to man. 263 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,880 It goes all the way back to Eve. 264 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:55,860 She got her focus off the big picture. 265 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:56,840 The goodness of God. 266 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:57,880 The integrity of God. 267 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,140 The insincerity of God. 268 00:17:03,119 --> 00:17:04,819 He got Eve, as I said. 269 00:17:04,819 --> 00:17:08,200 To feel as if God was withholding something 270 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:08,800 from her. 271 00:17:14,069 --> 00:17:16,290 Even Satan did not mention wisdom. 272 00:17:18,670 --> 00:17:21,510 He just suggested God was keeping something from 273 00:17:21,510 --> 00:17:21,710 her. 274 00:17:22,329 --> 00:17:24,190 And let her mind do the rest. 275 00:17:31,580 --> 00:17:36,900 I think everyone here has been the, I 276 00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:37,920 guess, victim of it. 277 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,980 Somebody suggests something to you. 278 00:17:42,980 --> 00:17:45,600 And the next thing you know, your mind 279 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:46,500 starts running wild. 280 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,880 And it's gotten bigger than it ever was. 281 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:50,920 Or it is. 282 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:52,400 It's not realistic. 283 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,440 Because you let your mind wander. 284 00:17:55,780 --> 00:17:57,160 You let your mind get the best of 285 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:57,320 you. 286 00:17:58,520 --> 00:17:59,360 That's what Eve did. 287 00:18:06,310 --> 00:18:07,790 To make one wise. 288 00:18:09,730 --> 00:18:12,450 You know, there's a difference between knowledge and 289 00:18:12,450 --> 00:18:13,450 understanding and wisdom. 290 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:17,570 There's a big difference. 291 00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:23,590 God told her not to eat of the 292 00:18:23,590 --> 00:18:25,370 tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 293 00:18:28,950 --> 00:18:30,610 She would know what good and evil was, 294 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:34,250 but wouldn't have the power to withstand it. 295 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:40,880 She disregarded the vow of God. 296 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:42,200 Discontent with the promise. 297 00:18:45,910 --> 00:18:48,110 She took of the fruit she did eat. 298 00:18:49,310 --> 00:18:51,090 And I think it's interesting that it says, 299 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:56,530 And she gave unto her husband with her. 300 00:18:58,990 --> 00:19:00,230 And he did eat. 301 00:19:01,990 --> 00:19:05,270 I believe Adam was there at least part 302 00:19:05,270 --> 00:19:05,750 of the time. 303 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:09,860 And he did nothing. 304 00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:15,040 Making his sins so much greater. 305 00:19:17,220 --> 00:19:20,000 No wonder the brethren say Adam sinned with 306 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:20,660 his eyes open. 307 00:19:26,340 --> 00:19:28,440 You know, thus today we have men and 308 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,900 women reversing roles in more than one way. 309 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:33,900 And I think you know what I'm talking 310 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:34,200 about. 311 00:19:38,580 --> 00:19:40,880 It is always unwise to be out of 312 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,060 the mind and will of God. 313 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,100 It doesn't matter if the woman is smarter. 314 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,300 Doesn't matter whether she's better at it. 315 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,020 If you're out of the mind of God, 316 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,340 it will bring failure. 317 00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:11,420 In this day 318 00:20:11,420 --> 00:20:14,220 and age, and there's many things I could 319 00:20:14,220 --> 00:20:17,100 talk about, but we'll just leave it at 320 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:17,980 this day and age. 321 00:20:18,740 --> 00:20:20,740 Women have become the head of the household 322 00:20:20,740 --> 00:20:21,920 amongst other things. 323 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,940 And you know, we wonder why there's so 324 00:20:33,940 --> 00:20:34,740 much divorce. 325 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:41,200 Because God's order has been replaced with man's 326 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:41,460 order. 327 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,920 Exactly as Satan is planning it. 328 00:20:49,140 --> 00:20:52,000 We wonder why there's so much discontentment in 329 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:52,440 the world. 330 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:00,680 There is so much depression. 331 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:03,560 There are so many psychological problems in the 332 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:03,820 world. 333 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:09,040 And I think the majority of them would 334 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,980 be solved if people would accept God and 335 00:21:11,980 --> 00:21:13,520 His way and His order. 336 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,140 The majority of them would go away. 337 00:21:17,140 --> 00:21:27,480 Not only that, there's 338 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,020 something that's gotten real popular amongst man, or 339 00:21:32,020 --> 00:21:33,360 amongst the evangelicals. 340 00:21:34,180 --> 00:21:35,720 And that's interfaith dialogue. 341 00:21:36,780 --> 00:21:39,060 They're doing interfaith dialogue with the Muslims. 342 00:21:44,630 --> 00:21:46,810 The problem with this is it's not debate. 343 00:21:46,910 --> 00:21:48,710 There's a difference between debate and dialogue. 344 00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:52,670 Debating, you can tell the other person that 345 00:21:52,670 --> 00:21:53,950 they're wrong, and you can tell them why 346 00:21:53,950 --> 00:21:54,470 they're wrong. 347 00:21:55,470 --> 00:21:58,750 But the dialogue, one of the rules is 348 00:21:58,750 --> 00:21:59,950 you can't tell them they're wrong. 349 00:22:00,410 --> 00:22:01,750 Only what you agree with. 350 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,460 You see, Satan and Eve had interfaith dialogue, 351 00:22:07,780 --> 00:22:08,460 so to speak. 352 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,460 And Eve would tell you how wise it 353 00:22:10,460 --> 00:22:12,580 is, how unwise it is. 354 00:22:13,180 --> 00:22:14,480 It cost her everything. 355 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,080 She was duped. 356 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,980 It will take you away from God. 357 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,060 You know, Satan can't take our faith away. 358 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:30,280 Thank God. 359 00:22:32,220 --> 00:22:34,380 But he wants us to question God. 360 00:22:35,580 --> 00:22:38,340 He wants us to compromise our faith. 361 00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:51,010 You know, if we compromise our faith, if 362 00:22:51,010 --> 00:22:54,490 we question God, it leaves us open for 363 00:22:54,490 --> 00:22:54,910 attack. 364 00:22:56,730 --> 00:22:58,630 For Satan to make us of none effect. 365 00:22:59,250 --> 00:23:00,790 To set us up on a shelf. 366 00:23:01,730 --> 00:23:03,230 As I said, he can't take our faith 367 00:23:03,230 --> 00:23:04,410 away, but he can put us up on 368 00:23:04,410 --> 00:23:04,770 a shelf. 369 00:23:07,770 --> 00:23:09,190 I'm talking from experience. 370 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,440 And it can happen easily. 371 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:17,900 Sometimes it takes a while. 372 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,220 But it's funny when it happens and you 373 00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:22,980 can look back. 374 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,320 And looking back, they say you've got 20 375 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:26,940 -20 vision. 376 00:23:28,860 --> 00:23:30,700 And you can see how it all happened. 377 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,560 My friend, you don't want that to happen. 378 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,000 You ever wonder why the Lord in Matthew 379 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,980 4, verses 4, 7, and 10, when dealing 380 00:23:47,980 --> 00:23:49,940 with Satan, did not just tell him, I 381 00:23:49,940 --> 00:23:52,000 rebuke thee, Satan, get thee behind me. 382 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,980 Or he didn't just tell him, just go 383 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:55,280 away. 384 00:23:57,780 --> 00:23:59,100 Why didn't he do that? 385 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:03,900 Instead he used the Word of God. 386 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:07,800 The Lord was demonstrating using the Word of 387 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:08,880 God properly. 388 00:24:09,660 --> 00:24:10,660 As Eve should have. 389 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:15,480 Showing us the power of the Word of 390 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:15,820 God. 391 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,620 And that we can absolutely depend upon the 392 00:24:18,620 --> 00:24:19,180 Word of God. 393 00:24:25,180 --> 00:24:27,460 You know, Eve at first, though misquoting it, 394 00:24:27,580 --> 00:24:28,600 uses the Word of God. 395 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,560 But as I said, let her mind wander. 396 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:33,820 And the results are devastating. 397 00:24:41,260 --> 00:24:43,640 Eve should have never been on her own 398 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:44,420 in this situation. 399 00:24:46,580 --> 00:24:48,660 She should have never taken on Satan alone. 400 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:53,060 We are no match for Satan. 401 00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:55,060 No match. 402 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,940 I don't care how well you think you're 403 00:24:57,940 --> 00:24:58,280 studied. 404 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:00,960 Or maybe you are studied. 405 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,920 The person who is the best studied in 406 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,300 this room is no match for Satan. 407 00:25:12,250 --> 00:25:14,770 If you think you're being under attack, you 408 00:25:14,770 --> 00:25:16,270 need to immediately go to God. 409 00:25:19,410 --> 00:25:21,230 The one who can save us. 410 00:25:22,510 --> 00:25:24,090 The one who can rebuke him. 411 00:25:28,070 --> 00:25:31,230 We could ask, why did God put the 412 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:32,570 tree of the knowledge of good and evil 413 00:25:32,570 --> 00:25:33,170 in the garden? 414 00:25:34,830 --> 00:25:36,390 Why did he even put that there? 415 00:25:40,710 --> 00:25:43,290 I believe God, because God gave us a 416 00:25:43,290 --> 00:25:43,770 free will. 417 00:25:44,350 --> 00:25:45,890 And apart from this one tree, there was 418 00:25:45,890 --> 00:25:49,230 nothing to test our obedience to that free 419 00:25:49,230 --> 00:25:49,490 will. 420 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:55,680 Now maybe I'm wrong. 421 00:25:57,060 --> 00:25:58,700 But I think that's one of the reasons. 422 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:02,800 We're always tested. 423 00:26:05,450 --> 00:26:08,550 Always tested for our faith. 424 00:26:09,070 --> 00:26:10,010 To test our obedience. 425 00:26:10,730 --> 00:26:12,470 To test our dependence upon God. 426 00:26:15,490 --> 00:26:20,610 And sometimes when we're tested, we wonder why. 427 00:26:27,890 --> 00:26:31,690 But Nathan was speaking last night on Romans. 428 00:26:32,890 --> 00:26:36,030 And one of the things that he said 429 00:26:36,030 --> 00:26:42,030 was, not directly maybe, but... 430 00:26:42,030 --> 00:26:45,170 We are tried, and it's always for our 431 00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:45,450 good. 432 00:26:51,730 --> 00:26:53,670 He may allow Satan to attack us. 433 00:26:54,330 --> 00:26:56,190 But he has a purpose in it. 434 00:26:56,510 --> 00:26:58,510 For our dependence upon him. 435 00:27:04,460 --> 00:27:07,080 Satan uses the same tactics all through history. 436 00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:11,080 And it takes on many masks and wrappers, 437 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:11,720 as I've said. 438 00:27:12,780 --> 00:27:14,900 Always to cause discontentment. 439 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,260 To cause us to sin. 440 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,180 He even used this tactic on the Lord 441 00:27:21,180 --> 00:27:21,920 in Matthew 4. 442 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,000 The same tactic. 443 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,620 Paul could say, I have learned. 444 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:32,940 Underline learned. 445 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,940 In whatsoever state I am, therewith to be 446 00:27:37,940 --> 00:27:38,420 content. 447 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:40,020 Philippians 4 and 11. 448 00:27:42,860 --> 00:27:44,700 This didn't come easy for Paul. 449 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,080 For it says, I have learned. 450 00:27:47,620 --> 00:27:48,920 Meaning it took time. 451 00:27:52,090 --> 00:27:54,230 We know that Paul went through many trials. 452 00:27:54,650 --> 00:27:55,870 And many tribulations. 453 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,620 And he says, I have learned. 454 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,360 Whatsoever state I am in. 455 00:28:05,180 --> 00:28:07,000 Therewith to be content. 456 00:28:10,510 --> 00:28:12,490 Because he knows that one of the tools 457 00:28:12,490 --> 00:28:13,050 of Satan. 458 00:28:13,310 --> 00:28:14,630 The main tool of Satan. 459 00:28:15,530 --> 00:28:19,510 Is to cause discontentment amongst God's people. 460 00:28:20,690 --> 00:28:23,630 He said, I have learned to be content. 461 00:28:26,030 --> 00:28:28,510 May we strive for this. 462 00:28:29,070 --> 00:28:30,470 May this be our experience. 463 00:28:31,530 --> 00:28:35,010 That we as Paul can say, in whatsoever 464 00:28:35,010 --> 00:28:36,330 state I am in. 465 00:28:36,730 --> 00:28:39,490 Therewith to be content. 466 00:28:40,290 --> 00:28:41,270 May the Lord bless us all.