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All right, in this last session this evening,

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I want to speak on this subject, Father

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is the Watchman.

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We live in a world that is coming

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up with new inventions of entertainment almost daily.

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How does a godly family deal with all

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of this?

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In our last session, we saw the overwhelming

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blessing that it is when parents train and

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preserve the body and the soul of their

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children.

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In this session, I want to deal with

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some of the practical ways in which we

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can protect our children's minds and their bodies.

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I have some strong things to say, and

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I pray that God will give all of

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us open hearts, maybe to reconsider how we

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view certain things in this world around us.

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I have some very important issues that affect

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our children that I would like to take

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a look at.

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I realize that I can get a lot

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of criticism for what I'm going to say

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in this session.

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But what good if all we do is

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talk about it up here and never bring

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it down here where we all live every

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day and take a look at our world

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that we live in in light of the

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principles that are in the Word of God.

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Nehemiah was an overseer.

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He was the governor of Jerusalem during the

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time of the rebuilding after the captivity.

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When he heard that the wall of Jerusalem

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was still broken down and the gates had

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not been repaired, he was deeply burdened.

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I want us to read what he said.

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We can hear the burden of his heart

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in the words here in Nehemiah chapter one,

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verse three, and then also verse four.

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He heard from those who traveled back from

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Jerusalem that they were in great affliction and

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reproach.

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He heard that the wall of Jerusalem was

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broken down and the gates thereof are burned

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with fire.

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Nehemiah's response to this sad news was this.

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I sat down and wept and mourned certain

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days.

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And I fasted and prayed before the Lord

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God of heaven.

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That was Nehemiah's response when he heard that

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the wall of the city was still broken

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down and the gates were not there.

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God's people were living without any protection from

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their enemies.

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The walls of the city stopped the enemy

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from flooding in and overtaking the people.

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And the gates of the city were there

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so that with the help of a watchman

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who sat at the gate, no one could

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sneak in and destroy the city from within.

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Nehemiah was greatly burdened about this.

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I would like to use him as an

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illustration to focus on our responsibility to protect

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our homes.

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The Father is the one who has this

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task, number one.

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Father is Nehemiah.

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We are the Nehemiah in our house, brethren.

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He is the overseer.

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He is the one who is responsible for

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the spiritual welfare of his family.

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He is the one who builds a wall

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around his family by raising up basic biblical

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standards that the family should live by.

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He gives direction about activities, clothing, standards, music,

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and many other things.

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And as the family submits to his directives,

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these family standards become walls of protection around

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his family.

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Hallelujah.

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Not only is he concerned about the convictions

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of the home, the walls that is, but

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he is also responsible for the gates.

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The Father is the gatekeeper.

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We are supposed to stand at the gate

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of our household and make sure nothing gets

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through the gate that could slowly destroy the

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family from within.

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I have seen many sincere families who had

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many things right.

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I have seen many erode into worldliness simply

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because the Father was not a discerning gatekeeper.

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Have you ever seen a family like that?

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Let me see your hands.

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Going to the right church, wanting the right

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things, but for some reason, Dad just didn't

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have the spiritual grit that it took to

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say, No, we are not going to have

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this in here.

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This is a warning to each and every

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one of us fathers.

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Most of the time, when the father wakes

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up to what has happened, it is very

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hard to convince his already infected family of

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the danger of the things that they are

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doing that he allowed in through the gate.

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The key to the whole thing is to

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be a discerning, watchful father in the beginning.

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And as a father, you have that place

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in your home.

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Not that you have to wrestle for it

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every time a new cassette comes into the

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house.

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That is not what I mean.

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I mean, the groundwork is already laid and

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everybody understands.

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My Papa is the gatekeeper of this house

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and everything that comes through that door.

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He has every right to look at it,

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I say, with the eagle's eye and see

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if it is okay.

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There is a holy war going on over

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your children and I am sure you know

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that.

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John Bunyan wrote an allegory called, The Holy

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War.

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Have you read it?

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It is a story about the devil's attempt

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to conquer and control Mansoul, or the soul

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of man.

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In controlling Mansoul, he has control over man's

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being, thus having another servant for his evil

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uses.

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In this story, Mansoul is likened to a

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city with five gates.

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The enemy makes his way into the city

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through these gates.

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The gates represent man's five senses.

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Now, it is just a story, but it

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represents the realities of how Satan does indeed

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take control of man through these very gates.

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And we don't have to look very far

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to see how he is still employing ways

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and means to enter the souls of men

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through the same gates as that story which

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was written two hundred and some fifty years

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ago.

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My, if John Bunyan could look around today,

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he would have written the book way faster.

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That brings us again to the fathers.

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In this modern world, our families are in

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desperate need of gatekeepers.

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Who will, with loving scrutiny, check out everything

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that tries to get into the home through

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the gates?

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The gates are fine.

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The eyes, the ears, the nose, the mouth,

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the touch, and a discerning father will watch

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out for dangerous influences in all of these

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areas.

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Now, this is a very practical message, I

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know.

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And I know I wouldn't get one here,

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but I'm sure I might get a rotten

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tomato somewhere for what I'm going to say

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tonight.

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But I know I wouldn't get a rotten

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tomato in here.

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This is a good crowd.

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Here's the question that I propose before we

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get real practical.

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What is the world?

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This is a question that every evangelical needs

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to re-ask himself.

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We have lost a clear, unquestionable definition of

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what the world is.

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It seems that Bunyan's Vanity Fair now dwells

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in the church.

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And it is time for an examination.

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And that's what I'm pleading for.

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Forty million American Christians, in quote, profess to

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believe in the doctrine of separation from the

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world.

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Yet, recent polls indicate that there is no

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difference at all in the way Christians live

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and the rest of the people around them.

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In some issues, we are worse than the

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world, i.e., divorce.

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It is time to evaluate where we truly

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are going.

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That is my plea.

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We all believe in separation, but very few

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are separated.

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That makes us hearers of the Word, but

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not doers.

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The world is under judgment, dear brothers and

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sisters.

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It is reserved on the fire already.

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It is a sinking ship, and everyone is

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dancing while it is slowly going down.

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Just like they did on the Titanic.

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I mean, they got that crushing blow.

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The ship shook this way and that way.

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Somebody said, we're taking in water.

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There was a big ball going on when

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they got the shock.

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And the people just said, oh, don't worry

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about it.

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Nothing can sink this ship.

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And they kept right on dancing while the

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ship began to slowly sink.

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What a picture of the evangelical world in

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our land.

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I know this probably sounds pretty strong, but

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somebody needs to blow the trumpet.

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And I'm going to blow it tonight.

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I may not have a lot of volume

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to blow it, but I'm going to blow

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it anyway.

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I have observed through these last 20 years

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that when parents get serious about raising their

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children in the nurture and admonition of the

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Lord, then suddenly they take a fresh look

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at what is coming in the gates of

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their home.

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How many of you could give that testimony

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by raising your hands?

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Isn't that right?

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All of a sudden I get aware that

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things that are coming into my home just

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might affect my children.

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Well, my desire is to fan the flames

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of this new desire that is in your

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heart already.

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I want to encourage you.

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Many have allowed a host of evil teachers

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to gather their children around them and teach

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them the ways of the heathen.

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And it's time that it stopped.

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To some, I probably sound like I'm coming

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from another planet, but that's OK.

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A godly seed is the issue.

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Turn with me to the book of Psalms

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now.

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We want to read a few verses in

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the book of Psalms.

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Psalm 101 is where we're looking.

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I have written the title above this psalm.

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I call it the Father's Psalm.

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Reading verse 2 through 4 and 6 through

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7.

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I will behave myself wisely in a perfect

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way.

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Oh, when wilt thou come unto me?

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I will walk within my house with a

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perfect heart.

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I will set no wicked thing before mine

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eyes.

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I hate the work of them that turn

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aside.

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It shall not leave to me.

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Verse 6.

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Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of

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the land, that they may dwell with me.

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He that walketh in a perfect way, he

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shall serve me.

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He that worketh this seat shall not dwell

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within my house.

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He that telleth lies shall not tarry in

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my sight.

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That's what David said about his house.

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Let us look at some of these real

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issues.

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Please, please, just consider this evening.

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The television, for one.

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A whole sermon could be given about the

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evil character of this teacher.

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He has slain his hundreds of thousands.

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No single influence has destroyed more lives than

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him.

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The positive advertisement proclaims the negative reality quite

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clearly.

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We bring the world into your home.

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The television is full of those who turn

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aside from the Lord.

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And David said he'll have nothing to do

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with them.

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How can we set our children down before

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them who turn aside from the Lord?

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It is a wicked thing that we have

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set before our eyes.

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Through the eye gate, our children are inflamed

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with passions that plague them all the rest

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of their days.

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Most of those who stand before the cameras

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are filled with lies and deceit.

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If we place their opinions and values next

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to the word of God, they're antichrist.

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Why would we want to sit before them?

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We are warned not to walk in the

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counsel of the ungodly.

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And the television is full of it.

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The television is Satan's number one tool to

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train the next generation in his evil ways.

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America is drunk on this thing.

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She stumbles on in silly ignorance, drinking at

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its fountain, laughing at its utter foolishness, not

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knowing that the serpent is in there.

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God's people should not be there with them.

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And our precious children should not be allowed

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to sit at the feet of this wicked

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teacher and bow at its altar.

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Some years ago, I heard a sermon by

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Billy Graham about television.

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He preached it in 1953.

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Man, did he smoke.

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But in the middle of his sermon, in

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1953, he paid his respect to the television.

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Now, in 1953, the television was OK, in

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parentheses.

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People were looking at it and saying, nothing

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wrong with the television.

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Nice little this, nice little that.

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You know, everything's OK.

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But there were a few prophets around in

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1953 saying, no, no, no.

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Stay away from it.

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Billy Graham was one of those.

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He prophesied in 1953 the dangers of the

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television.

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And he said this America, the television will

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destroy the devotional life of the American Christian.

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That's what he said.

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Guess what?

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He was on target with that prophecy.

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I personally believe that this issue is urgent

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and it calls for strong measures.

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Dear fathers, I plead with you, take that

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thing and hew it in pieces before the

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Lord and your family.

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Don't sell it.

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You may say, look, the thing costs $500.

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Listen, the lesson that you will give your

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children if you take a sledgehammer to that

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thing and hew it to pieces in Jesus

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name is worth $10,000.

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Smash it to pieces.

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What about movies and drama?

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Hollywood is like the troubled sea that cannot

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rest.

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Its waters cast up mire and dirt continually.

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I accept this evil teacher by itself because

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I feel it reaches far beyond the television

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in these days that we live in.

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The theaters, the videos, and now the DVDs

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are all shouting for the attention of our

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children.

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And for the most part, they have gotten

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what they're crying for.

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This form of media is deception with a

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capital D, brothers and sisters.

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It is all fake.

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It is all unreality.

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Hurting people, put on false faces and act

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like they are enjoying the blessings of life

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when in reality they are dying on the

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inside and contemplating suicide.

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Why would we want to sit our precious

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sons and daughters down before these hypocrites?

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There is also a desensitizing of the conscience

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about sin that takes place when you sit

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your family and you in front of that

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stuff.

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To watch people sin on television has a

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dulling effect on you.

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To watch it on a movie, it does

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the same thing.

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After you watch so many murders, then murder

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isn't so bad anymore.

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It has a desensitizing effect upon you.

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My children have never watched movies.

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If I sat them down to view one

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of these bloody movies, they would sit in

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utter shock because they've never seen it.

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I would never do such a thing.

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The thing that makes a movie so interesting,

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listen to this, is the drama.

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Drama is the use of extreme emotions to

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make a story grip the audience.

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Anger must become wrath.

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Love must be manifested in deep lust.

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Disagreements must become a slugging fight or it

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just isn't very good.

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The flesh is never satisfied with what it

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sees, so the movies move on to rape,

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murder and witchcraft.

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Where will this all end?

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I tell you, it will end in utter

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destruction of this land we're living in.

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When will America realize they are training their

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own terrorists of destruction by these means?

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We Christians must bail out of this sinking

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ship and have a burning in the backyard

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in Jesus' name if you have any of

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that junk around.

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What about the modern toys?

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One courageous man wrote a book some time

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ago called Turmoil in the Toy Box.

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I don't know his name, but he was

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a courageous man.

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It never hit the bestseller list and it

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probably offended many people, but the man was

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right on in his evaluation of toys, right

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on.

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Toys are not innocent child's play.

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That is a devil's lie.

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The devil wants you to think that that's

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what it is, but they are not innocent

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child's play.

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Play has always been practice and meditation for

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future living.

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We all know this.

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If we stop and think about it, that's

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the way it is.

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When the hearts were right, the toys were

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baby dolls and tractors and real life followed

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right along accordingly.

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But it's not that way anymore.

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The times have changed.

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The functions of toys is still the same.

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The children in America are still practicing and

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meditating for future conduct.

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But what kind of toys are they playing

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with in these days?

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The baby doll has become a Barbie doll

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who wears many skirts and paints her face.

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She has a figure that is impossible to

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match, but the girls are trying with every

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means they can to try to match it.

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And that's where bulimia and anorexia come from.

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The tractor has been replaced with a hot

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rod that peels down the street and is

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the pride of every young man's dream.

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These are the first fruits of destruction.

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We have gone way beyond these to utterly

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evil demonic toys.

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How many rows in the toy store today

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is just a big long row of demons?

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You can now practice witchcraft and prepare for

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deep satanic rituals by purchasing Dungeons and Dragons

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on the toy shelf, by the way.

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The stuffed toys have been replaced with these

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gruesome looking creatures from the underworld of the

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damned.

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Brothers and sisters, Satan is behind every bit

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of it.

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Every bit of it.

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Just like he's made Halloween look like a

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big party when in actuality it's the devil's

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high day and human sacrifices are being made

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on that day while the children are foolishly

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going out looking like demons.

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My heart hurts when I think how many

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children are ignorantly playing with these evil teachers.

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I have only listed a few.

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There are many, many more.

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But I just plead with parents.

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Consider toys our practice for future living.

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What are your children practicing for?

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That is a good question to answer.

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What about the world of thrills?

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Have you looked in the dictionary for the

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definition of this word thrill?

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It is very revealing and it helps me

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to understand why there's never enough.

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A thrill is a sharp, shivering sensation running

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through the body.

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It means to give a rush of pleasure

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to penetrate the body with intense sensations.

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That's what the word thrill means.

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The whole idea of more and more thrills

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is central in all of its roots.

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Worldly men are working overtime to come up

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with another thrill that is a little higher

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than the last one.

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And the masses are running after them as

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fast as the new ones come out.

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There's never enough.

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The thrill is never enough.

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200 miles an hour is not fast enough.

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The old rides at the amusement park are

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not good enough.

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The rush is gone.

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They must have another one.

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They must get a higher one.

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They must have a faster one.

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Now they tie a rubber band around their

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waist and jump off the side of a

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mountain.

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The rush they get is the feeling they

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get from free fall, thinking that they might

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land on the rocks below.

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They call that a rush.

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I tell you that's utter perversion.

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But that's the way it's going.

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We watch over the thrill level of our

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children.

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I used to go home in the summertime,

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you know, to visit family.

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And all the relatives would get out there

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with my children and say, Hey, can Daniel

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ride the motorcycle with us?

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And I said, No, absolutely not.

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He likes his bicycle.

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Bless God.

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We watch over the thrill level of our

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children.

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Oddly enough, the children still get a thrill

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out of going to McDonald's for a meal

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together.

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Bless God.

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00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:30,860
But you know what?

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If you let that thing just keep getting

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higher and higher and higher.

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What's McDonald's?

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00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,060
Who needs that?

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I want the next latest thing.

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Let me go up and climb the highest

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mountain.

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00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,580
Let me go skiing up in Alaska on

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the highest mountains where you fall off over

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a cliff and land 30 feet down below

554
00:24:47,860 --> 00:24:48,880
and keep on going.

555
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:49,960
It's ridiculous.

556
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,200
The world of thrills.

557
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,100
What about computer games?

558
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,400
I have much caution about these innocent games.

559
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,260
More cautions are coming about these innocent games

560
00:25:02,260 --> 00:25:03,260
all the time.

561
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,060
It's being raised by the secular community in

562
00:25:06,060 --> 00:25:08,080
the last couple of years because of all

563
00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:09,340
the high school shootings.

564
00:25:10,260 --> 00:25:12,920
Even the secular media is raising questions about

565
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,220
the connection between the practice of these games

566
00:25:16,220 --> 00:25:18,860
and youth walking down the halls in the

567
00:25:18,860 --> 00:25:21,540
school shooting their classmates with real guns.

568
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,300
Because of progress, these games are getting more

569
00:25:26,300 --> 00:25:27,640
realistic all the time.

570
00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:30,080
You actually feel like you are in the

571
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,980
game standing before your enemy when you blow

572
00:25:32,980 --> 00:25:34,140
his brains out.

573
00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:37,240
The blood flies everywhere when you shoot.

574
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:39,640
You say, well, we don't go for things

575
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:40,240
like that.

576
00:25:41,060 --> 00:25:41,680
We're Christian.

577
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:43,500
Well, OK, and I'm glad.

578
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:45,560
I'm glad you don't go for things like

579
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:45,840
that.

580
00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:47,440
But who wants to be a part of

581
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:47,940
any of it?

582
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:48,420
Seriously?

583
00:25:48,420 --> 00:25:52,920
Remember, your children are practicing for real life.

584
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:54,940
Is this what you want them to do

585
00:25:54,940 --> 00:25:55,580
in real life?

586
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:56,720
Hmm.

587
00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,120
I don't want mine to mess around with

588
00:25:59,120 --> 00:25:59,860
a game of golf.

589
00:26:00,180 --> 00:26:01,040
Bless God.

590
00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:02,760
I'd rather they go soul winning than go

591
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,440
golfing on Saturday afternoon.

592
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:05,260
Bless God.

593
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,680
The golf games gave way to the killing

594
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,320
games long ago, and both are a waste

595
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:12,220
of precious time.

596
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,100
How about reading material?

597
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,600
Most children are avid readers.

598
00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:18,680
Aren't they?

599
00:26:19,140 --> 00:26:20,660
How many of you have children like that?

600
00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:22,500
I mean, give them something to read.

601
00:26:22,940 --> 00:26:24,040
They're just like, hmm.

602
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:25,680
They just eat them up as fast as

603
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:26,760
you can come up with a new one

604
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,140
that you think is OK for them to

605
00:26:28,140 --> 00:26:28,500
read.

606
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,100
It seems like they can never get enough

607
00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:32,020
books to read.

608
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,960
This presents a real challenge to parents.

609
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,240
But it's one that we need to take

610
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,820
seriously and not just let them read whatever

611
00:26:39,820 --> 00:26:40,800
they get their hands on.

612
00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:43,860
I reserve the right in my house.

613
00:26:43,940 --> 00:26:45,840
And everybody knows that I have that right

614
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,620
to pick up any book, any time and

615
00:26:47,620 --> 00:26:49,320
look it over and check it out and

616
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:50,940
say, I don't like this book.

617
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,200
Let's set this one aside.

618
00:26:52,420 --> 00:26:55,300
OK, Papa, when you're choosing books, I would

619
00:26:55,300 --> 00:26:57,440
encourage you to stick to the true, the

620
00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,860
real and stay away from the imaginary.

621
00:27:00,220 --> 00:27:04,000
We are being overrun with Christian novels and

622
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,360
the church is eating up this material by

623
00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:07,100
the millions.

624
00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:09,400
They all have a story of romance in

625
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,100
them and they are mostly read by ladies

626
00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:12,780
and girls.

627
00:27:13,260 --> 00:27:14,320
Interesting, isn't it?

628
00:27:14,620 --> 00:27:16,840
I feel these books are dangerous for our

629
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,020
daughters and our wives to read.

630
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,100
They present an unreal, fuzzy kind of love

631
00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,560
affair that is not true in real life.

632
00:27:25,180 --> 00:27:27,800
A girl's lust for romance is stimulated by

633
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:28,900
reading these books.

634
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,880
I have heard of dozens of cases where

635
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,040
girls read till three o'clock in the

636
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,420
morning to finish the end of the story.

637
00:27:37,820 --> 00:27:39,180
And get up at six o'clock, skip

638
00:27:39,180 --> 00:27:40,920
devotions and go off to the rest of

639
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:41,940
the things in life.

640
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,140
What is drawing them to stay up till

641
00:27:45,140 --> 00:27:46,080
three o'clock in the morning?

642
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,460
Is it the spirit of God brooding over

643
00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:49,000
the book?

644
00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:50,580
Absolutely not.

645
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,360
It is nothing but emotion and flesh.

646
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:55,620
Burn them.

647
00:27:55,620 --> 00:27:57,800
Let us read the Bible till three o

648
00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:58,620
'clock in the morning.

649
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:00,800
Amen.

650
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:02,620
I am a fanatic.

651
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,880
Our daughters get an unrealistic idea about what

652
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:08,600
love is.

653
00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:11,180
And then they get disappointed with their marriage

654
00:28:11,180 --> 00:28:12,900
because it isn't like what they read in

655
00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:13,340
the book.

656
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,700
Dear fathers, guard the hearts and keep the

657
00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:20,100
hearts of your daughters for one man.

658
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,120
The mystery thrillers have given way to the

659
00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:25,140
end time thrillers.

660
00:28:25,220 --> 00:28:26,900
And now all the boys also have something

661
00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:29,720
to captivate their receptive minds till three o

662
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:30,740
'clock in the morning on.

663
00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:33,600
Stay away from it, my dear brothers and

664
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:33,920
sisters.

665
00:28:34,220 --> 00:28:35,620
Stay away from it.

666
00:28:35,940 --> 00:28:38,520
It has nothing good in it.

667
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:39,800
It is a waste.

668
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:42,140
What about the Internet?

669
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,440
We have Internet in our house.

670
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,360
The Internet is fast becoming a tool for

671
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,260
every kind of business activity that you can

672
00:28:50,260 --> 00:28:50,660
imagine.

673
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,100
While we do use the Internet, it is

674
00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:55,640
very limited and no one is allowed to

675
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,060
log on without someone else in the room.

676
00:28:58,860 --> 00:29:00,940
The children are not allowed at all to

677
00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:01,500
log on.

678
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,540
We use it occasionally to gather information about

679
00:29:04,540 --> 00:29:06,900
a subject or a product of interest.

680
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,480
The first issue I see when I look

681
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,680
at the use of the Internet is T

682
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,640
-I-M-E.

683
00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:17,340
I mean, I've got so many things that

684
00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:18,140
I want to do.

685
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,500
How could you waste your time in front

686
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:21,740
of one of those things?

687
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,640
But the main issue is the filth that

688
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,340
is available to those who go looking for

689
00:29:28,340 --> 00:29:28,580
it.

690
00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:31,740
It has been the greatest curse to American

691
00:29:31,740 --> 00:29:34,580
men that you can ever find.

692
00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:38,160
It has revealed the low level of spiritual

693
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,060
strength that Christian men have in this land.

694
00:29:41,060 --> 00:29:43,300
Someone said, what are we going to do?

695
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,100
Look at what's happening to all our Christian

696
00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:45,480
men.

697
00:29:45,740 --> 00:29:48,560
I say, it's just revealing where they've been

698
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,080
at all along.

699
00:29:50,940 --> 00:29:54,320
No fire of God burning in their soul.

700
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,660
They live in the flesh, so they get

701
00:29:56,660 --> 00:29:59,760
trapped by every hook that the devil throws

702
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:00,100
out.

703
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,760
Every fleshly hook that he throws, they get

704
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:03,360
caught by.

705
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,560
There are dangers to our children, and they're

706
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:07,380
very obvious.

707
00:30:07,380 --> 00:30:10,700
I would encourage you, there are options available

708
00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:13,120
that protect you and your family from this

709
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:13,540
evil.

710
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,080
Don't wait until you've had a tragedy to

711
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:17,180
do something about it.

712
00:30:17,460 --> 00:30:18,160
Do it now.

713
00:30:18,660 --> 00:30:21,620
And if you can't handle it, smash it.

714
00:30:22,980 --> 00:30:25,100
And do it before your children, by the

715
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:25,300
way.

716
00:30:25,620 --> 00:30:26,860
It's good lessons for them.

717
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,300
What about Christian rock music?

718
00:30:30,180 --> 00:30:33,480
When Balaam could not curse Israel because of

719
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,680
God's blessing on them, he taught of another

720
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,740
way to curse Israel indirectly.

721
00:30:39,460 --> 00:30:42,300
He counseled Balak to destroy them from the

722
00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:42,800
inside.

723
00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,840
He sent sensual women down into the camp

724
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,140
of Israel, and the rest is history.

725
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,540
This is the story that I think of

726
00:30:50,540 --> 00:30:53,980
when I consider the destructive influence that wrong

727
00:30:53,980 --> 00:30:55,880
music has had on our youth.

728
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,880
That would be sad enough, but it has

729
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,360
now reached over into the Christian realm, and

730
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,440
now the church is dancing to the world's

731
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,240
music with some sanctified words thrown in.

732
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,260
Even the subtitle that I have used is

733
00:31:09,260 --> 00:31:10,200
a misnomer.

734
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:11,880
Christian rock?

735
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:16,180
That's like Christian gambling and Christian beer.

736
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:17,920
They don't go together.

737
00:31:18,260 --> 00:31:20,300
At least not yet.

738
00:31:20,580 --> 00:31:22,880
But probably they're on the way.

739
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:24,260
Amen?

740
00:31:25,180 --> 00:31:27,480
Somehow they'll figure out a way to sanctify

741
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,240
gambling and beer too.

742
00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:32,260
Those two words do not go together.

743
00:31:32,860 --> 00:31:35,460
I want to encourage you fathers to stand

744
00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:37,860
at the gate and check out the music

745
00:31:37,860 --> 00:31:39,740
that your children are listening to.

746
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,240
Listen to this.

747
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,740
We spoke about authority earlier.

748
00:31:44,260 --> 00:31:46,080
Here is where the rubber meets the road,

749
00:31:46,220 --> 00:31:46,440
men.

750
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,680
Sit down with your family and get a

751
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,360
clear understanding from all that are there that

752
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,000
it is okay for Papa to check out

753
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,340
the music, and he can throw away any

754
00:31:59,340 --> 00:32:01,960
that he wants to, and we will bless

755
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,340
him and thank him for it.

756
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,720
I would encourage you fathers, gain that piece

757
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,920
of ground in your home, and don't let

758
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:10,760
go of it.

759
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,920
There is so much stuff coming out, and

760
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,620
it comes out so fast, somebody has to

761
00:32:17,620 --> 00:32:18,260
watch over it.

762
00:32:18,460 --> 00:32:19,220
And guess what?

763
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,560
You are the gatekeeper at your house.

764
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,900
Every time we have a youth Bible school,

765
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,360
scores of youth get right with God and

766
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,180
their dads about their worldly music.

767
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,520
Let's head them off at the pass, men.

768
00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:35,100
Why send them to the Bible school where

769
00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:37,700
some hot preacher gets them all fired up

770
00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:39,720
and they get right with God in the

771
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,540
midst of the atmosphere, then they go home

772
00:32:41,540 --> 00:32:43,420
and say, Dad, this is what I've been

773
00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:43,720
doing.

774
00:32:44,020 --> 00:32:45,000
Would you please forgive me?

775
00:32:45,140 --> 00:32:47,400
You head them off at the pass, Dad.

776
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,460
Sit down, have a family meeting, and discuss

777
00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:51,400
these things.

778
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,740
Lastly, and there are others, but I'm just

779
00:32:54,740 --> 00:32:55,500
giving you a few.

780
00:32:56,380 --> 00:32:57,640
Silly Bible stories.

781
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,880
Some time back, maybe 20 years or so,

782
00:33:01,380 --> 00:33:03,620
it came into the minds of Christian educators

783
00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:06,160
that children learn better if the material is

784
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:06,500
funny.

785
00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:08,120
I wonder where they got that.

786
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,700
There is that foolishness again that we talked

787
00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:11,660
about the other evening.

788
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,080
Now even the Christians are playing on the

789
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,260
foolish mind of a child and thinking they're

790
00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:18,320
going to teach them with foolishness.

791
00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:20,940
Well, the children really did sit up and

792
00:33:20,940 --> 00:33:23,560
listen as they laughed their way through the

793
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:24,300
Bible story.

794
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,400
From there they went to the silly puppets,

795
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,920
which really made everybody laugh, but now it's

796
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:30,600
the norm.

797
00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:32,380
That's the only way you can learn the

798
00:33:32,380 --> 00:33:34,440
Bible, is with a silly little puppet up

799
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,560
there dancing around in front of the children.

800
00:33:37,260 --> 00:33:37,920
Hmm.

801
00:33:39,340 --> 00:33:42,180
Most material for the little ones is full

802
00:33:42,180 --> 00:33:45,480
of this nonsense method of teaching.

803
00:33:45,820 --> 00:33:48,240
Can I give it such a strong name?

804
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,960
Nonsense method of teaching.

805
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,040
Moses is a funny little man with a

806
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,620
big round nose, with eyes that look like

807
00:33:57,620 --> 00:33:59,180
precious moment babies.

808
00:33:59,180 --> 00:34:00,480
Please, please.

809
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,840
Instead of a prophet, a fiery prophet who

810
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,159
stood for God in the midst of hard

811
00:34:07,159 --> 00:34:07,840
times.

812
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,280
Where are they going with all this stuff?

813
00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:12,520
Do you really think this is the way

814
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,000
to pass on the faith to the next

815
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:14,600
generation?

816
00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:16,960
I hardly think so.

817
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,540
Now they have put these things in animated

818
00:34:20,540 --> 00:34:23,840
cartoons and added silly voices to go along

819
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:24,159
with it.

820
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,880
You really have to distort the prophet Moses

821
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:27,580
to do that.

822
00:34:27,580 --> 00:34:32,100
These creative educators have now come up with

823
00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:33,960
the greatest perversion of them all.

824
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:35,980
King David is a cucumber.

825
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:37,920
Can you believe it?

826
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,520
He's a cucumber playing his harp.

827
00:34:41,159 --> 00:34:43,980
I tell you, it makes my heart hurt

828
00:34:43,980 --> 00:34:46,600
to think that they're doing stuff like that

829
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,719
and nobody has a sensitive conscience at all.

830
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,780
You mean it's okay for David, the prophet

831
00:34:52,780 --> 00:34:57,120
David, the psalmist David, that powerful man, that

832
00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,160
giant killer, it's okay for David to be

833
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:01,340
a singing cucumber?

834
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,060
That's the veggie tales, you know.

835
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:06,400
Maybe you don't know what those are.

836
00:35:06,860 --> 00:35:08,140
I hope you don't, bless God.

837
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:10,060
But that's what it is.

838
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:11,260
That's what it is.

839
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,580
This whole thing is the devil's device to

840
00:35:14,580 --> 00:35:16,500
water down the Word of God and his

841
00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:17,960
testimony to the next generation.

842
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,720
I guarantee you, that's what it is.

843
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:22,340
He's out after them.

844
00:35:22,340 --> 00:35:25,860
I feel this is a poor choice for

845
00:35:25,860 --> 00:35:28,220
babysitters and even poorer choice for teachers.

846
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:29,020
What do you think?

847
00:35:29,820 --> 00:35:32,380
Let's have an old-fashioned house cleaning.

848
00:35:32,660 --> 00:35:32,780
Amen?

849
00:35:34,060 --> 00:35:37,040
This is what we have invited into our

850
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:37,540
homes.

851
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:38,760
All this stuff.

852
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,180
It's time to have a house cleaning.

853
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:43,820
We've invited these things into our home to

854
00:35:43,820 --> 00:35:46,880
entertain our children while we do better things.

855
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,160
I'm deeply burdened about all of this.

856
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,840
Most of this has happened because the fathers

857
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:54,780
have not been watching at the gates.

858
00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:58,180
Many fathers do not even know that they're

859
00:35:58,180 --> 00:36:00,000
the ones that are responsible to deal with

860
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:00,860
all these things.

861
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,380
Dear fathers, how are the walls and the

862
00:36:04,380 --> 00:36:05,620
gates of your home?

863
00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:07,320
Are they broken down?

864
00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:10,780
Have you directed your family with holy standards?

865
00:36:11,660 --> 00:36:13,920
I pray that God will give you the

866
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,260
strength and courage to cleanse your home of

867
00:36:16,260 --> 00:36:18,020
anything that defile it.

868
00:36:18,020 --> 00:36:21,260
It's time to have an old-fashioned house

869
00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:21,760
cleaning.

870
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,320
Oh, your children will never forget it.

871
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,980
I remember back there.

872
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,660
I remember what that dad got all excited

873
00:36:31,660 --> 00:36:31,880
in.

874
00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:33,140
He went through the house.

875
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,260
And when he got done, we had a

876
00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:36,640
pile of this and we had a pile

877
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:37,000
of this.

878
00:36:37,100 --> 00:36:39,260
And he got out the sledgehammer and took

879
00:36:39,260 --> 00:36:41,220
care of these and started a fire and

880
00:36:41,220 --> 00:36:41,980
took care of these.

881
00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:43,740
And all of these went to the garbage

882
00:36:43,740 --> 00:36:44,180
dump.

883
00:36:44,180 --> 00:36:46,380
Oh, what a blessed memory in the hearts

884
00:36:46,380 --> 00:36:48,480
and lives of children to look back to

885
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,980
a day when dad finally got on fire

886
00:36:50,980 --> 00:36:53,420
for God and destroyed all the junk that

887
00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:55,860
was in the house, defiling the children.

888
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,640
By the way, if William Booth were standing

889
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,100
up here right now, he'd say it a

890
00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:02,840
whole lot stronger than what I have.

891
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,320
I guarantee it.

892
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:06,780
Have you ever read any of his writings

893
00:37:06,780 --> 00:37:07,700
about entertainment?

894
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:10,120
I'll close with this.

895
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:13,040
A dear friend of mine got convicted by

896
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,180
God about his television set.

897
00:37:15,420 --> 00:37:18,420
He realized this thing is not good for

898
00:37:18,420 --> 00:37:19,140
my family.

899
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:20,540
We're hooked on it.

900
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:22,120
Everybody sits in front of it.

901
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,700
Nobody talks to each other.

902
00:37:24,060 --> 00:37:25,060
We come home from work.

903
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,060
We come home from school.

904
00:37:26,380 --> 00:37:27,380
Everybody sits down.

905
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,060
They eat their meal in front of it.

906
00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:30,040
They don't communicate.

907
00:37:30,460 --> 00:37:31,840
There they are glued to the TV.

908
00:37:32,420 --> 00:37:34,160
They had this cable TV stuff, too.

909
00:37:34,260 --> 00:37:36,360
You know, he had a big dish outside

910
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:37,680
in his front yard.

911
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,240
You know, back when they had big ones,

912
00:37:39,620 --> 00:37:42,640
huge discs sitting out there, sticking up on

913
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,120
a six-by-six post.

914
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:46,420
He came home from work for an evening

915
00:37:46,420 --> 00:37:48,640
with a backhoe and a chainsaw.

916
00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:51,160
And backed up there in the front, bless

917
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,300
God, I mean, all the neighbors were looking.

918
00:37:53,700 --> 00:37:55,160
Hey, I wonder what Graham's doing.

919
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,260
He's got a backhoe out there.

920
00:37:58,300 --> 00:37:59,180
I wonder what he's building.

921
00:37:59,660 --> 00:37:59,960
Ring!

922
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:01,900
He gets the old chainsaw going, you know,

923
00:38:02,060 --> 00:38:03,220
gets down there on that post.

924
00:38:04,820 --> 00:38:05,260
Boom!

925
00:38:05,820 --> 00:38:09,120
Down goes the cable, whatever that satellite dish

926
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:09,360
is.

927
00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,300
And then after that, he gets the old

928
00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:13,740
little backhoe and starts digging himself a hole

929
00:38:13,740 --> 00:38:15,540
right in the middle of his front yard.

930
00:38:15,820 --> 00:38:16,940
All the neighbors are watching.

931
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,140
What in the world is that guy doing

932
00:38:19,140 --> 00:38:19,660
out there?

933
00:38:19,860 --> 00:38:21,520
After he dug the hole, he laid the

934
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,300
big dish right in the hole, filled it

935
00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:25,380
up with water, made a fish pond out

936
00:38:25,380 --> 00:38:26,360
of it, bless God.

937
00:38:27,700 --> 00:38:29,140
He did it in front of the whole

938
00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:29,640
neighborhood.

939
00:38:30,820 --> 00:38:33,600
Now that's taking a stand for God, amen?

940
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:38,100
It's about time we quit being ashamed of

941
00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:39,120
being Christians.

942
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,260
And I want to encourage you dads, rise

943
00:38:43,260 --> 00:38:45,120
up and take the lead, and you dear

944
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,580
moms, stand beside your man.

945
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,060
Don't you make a fuss if he wants

946
00:38:50,060 --> 00:38:52,180
to break something, even if he breaks the

947
00:38:52,180 --> 00:38:52,780
wrong thing.

948
00:38:53,020 --> 00:38:55,000
Thank God he wants to break something.

949
00:38:56,740 --> 00:38:57,300
Amen?

950
00:38:58,500 --> 00:38:59,480
Let's pray.

951
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,820
Oh God, we plead with you tonight, Father.

952
00:39:06,060 --> 00:39:09,260
Make us men on fire, dear God.

953
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,300
Give us some holy grit, dear Lord.

954
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,500
Oh, help us to watch over our children,

955
00:39:15,780 --> 00:39:16,080
God.

956
00:39:16,820 --> 00:39:21,000
How many times us ministers say, we're the

957
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:21,580
dads.

958
00:39:22,180 --> 00:39:23,940
Why'd the dads do something?

959
00:39:24,580 --> 00:39:27,200
Oh God, would you wake us dads up,

960
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:27,580
Lord?

961
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:29,660
Would you wake us up, God?

962
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:31,620
Help us to look around us and see

963
00:39:31,620 --> 00:39:32,740
what's happening, Father.

964
00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:36,440
Give us spiritual eyes, Lord, in this lazy,

965
00:39:37,060 --> 00:39:40,720
sloppy Christianity that we have grown up in,

966
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:41,780
dear God, I pray.

967
00:39:42,420 --> 00:39:45,420
Give us fathers and mothers spiritual eyes to

968
00:39:45,420 --> 00:39:48,060
protect our children for the sake of the

969
00:39:48,060 --> 00:39:49,960
God who wants to dwell in them someday.

970
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,580
Let us preserve their minds and their hearts,

971
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:54,960
their souls and their wills for the day

972
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,800
when you will come and dwell in them.

973
00:39:57,260 --> 00:40:00,700
I pray this, oh God, in Jesus Christ's

974
00:40:00,700 --> 00:40:02,100
name I ask it.

975
00:40:02,660 --> 00:40:02,960
Amen.