WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.667 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by Friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:04.938 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:08.375 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% announcer: Coming up. 00:00:08.375 --> 00:00:09.743 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Dr. Robert Jeffress: Our spirits hate a vacuum. 00:00:09.743 --> 00:00:12.746 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Somebody's going to control our lives and the direction of 00:00:12.746 --> 00:00:14.114 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% our life. 00:00:14.114 --> 00:00:17.317 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Any part of that cup that wasn't filled with the water could be 00:00:17.317 --> 00:00:20.420 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% filled with the Diet Coke, and it's the same way in our life in 00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:21.989 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% a practical way. 00:00:21.989 --> 00:00:24.558 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% announcer: Dr. Robert Jeffress teaches us how to fight the 00:00:24.558 --> 00:00:28.495 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% invisible war that Satan wages against followers of Christ by 00:00:28.495 --> 00:00:30.964 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% using "The divine defense." 00:00:30.964 --> 00:00:35.202 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Can Christians be possessed by the devil or by 00:00:35.202 --> 00:00:37.204 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% a demon? 00:00:37.204 --> 00:00:47.214 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:47.214 --> 00:00:54.054 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:54.054 --> 00:00:55.889 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robinson, 00:00:55.889 --> 00:00:57.457 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Blynda Lane is with me. 00:00:57.457 --> 00:00:58.926 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% Blynda Lane: Nice to be here today. 00:00:58.926 --> 00:01:00.394 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% Randy: We're in the middle of a conversation. 00:01:00.394 --> 00:01:01.728 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: Ooh, a good one. 00:01:01.728 --> 00:01:03.563 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Randy: It's been a great one, and if you missed any of the 00:01:03.563 --> 00:01:05.399 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% programs, you can go to LifeToday.org, but we're talking 00:01:05.399 --> 00:01:08.635 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% about "The Divine Defense" with Dr. Robert Jeffress. 00:01:08.635 --> 00:01:10.037 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% This is spiritual warfare. 00:01:10.037 --> 00:01:11.605 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Thank you for sticking around and doing another program 00:01:11.605 --> 00:01:12.973 align:start line:63% position:50% size:21% with us. 00:01:12.973 --> 00:01:14.308 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% Dr. Jeffress: Thanks for letting me. 00:01:14.308 --> 00:01:15.676 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Randy: Absolutely, and you know, we do this because this 00:01:15.676 --> 00:01:17.010 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% is important. 00:01:17.010 --> 00:01:21.581 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Now, there is a question that comes up, and I mean I kind of 00:01:21.581 --> 00:01:24.685 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% chuckle, but it could be a serious question for people. 00:01:24.685 --> 00:01:30.324 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% They ask can Christians be possessed by the devil or by a 00:01:30.324 --> 00:01:31.692 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% demon, what do you think? 00:01:31.692 --> 00:01:34.695 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Dr. Jeffress: And the answer would be a clear no on that one. 00:01:34.695 --> 00:01:37.230 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% And that's very, I think, clear in scripture. 00:01:37.230 --> 00:01:40.734 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Ephesians 1 talks about every true believer has been sealed 00:01:40.734 --> 00:01:46.039 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% with the Holy Spirit of God to mark us as God's own possession, 00:01:46.039 --> 00:01:48.775 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% and God doesn't like to share when it comes with 00:01:48.775 --> 00:01:50.143 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% his possessions. 00:01:50.143 --> 00:01:51.778 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% He's not about to share us with Satan. 00:01:51.778 --> 00:01:55.749 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% So I would say no believer can be possessed by the devil. 00:01:55.749 --> 00:01:59.553 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% But believers can be influenced by the devil, and we talked 00:01:59.553 --> 00:02:03.790 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% about it on the last show about Peter, when Peter said the Lord, 00:02:03.790 --> 00:02:06.093 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% "Oh, you don't have to be crucified, you don't have to go 00:02:06.093 --> 00:02:07.427 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% to the cross." 00:02:07.427 --> 00:02:08.795 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% And what did Jesus say? 00:02:08.795 --> 00:02:10.964 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% "Get thee behind me, Satan." 00:02:10.964 --> 00:02:14.334 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% He wasn't saying Peter was possessed by Satan, but Peter 00:02:14.334 --> 00:02:17.471 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% was allowing himself to be influenced by Satan's way 00:02:17.471 --> 00:02:18.805 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% of thinking. 00:02:18.805 --> 00:02:22.309 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% And here's what I would say to our audience, any part of your 00:02:22.309 --> 00:02:26.780 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% life that is not under God's control is under 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:28.115 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% Satan's control. 00:02:28.115 --> 00:02:29.516 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Our spirits hate a vacuum. 00:02:29.516 --> 00:02:32.686 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Somebody's going to control our lives and the direction of 00:02:32.686 --> 00:02:34.021 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% our life. 00:02:34.021 --> 00:02:36.289 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% You know, Paul wrote in Ephesians, "Be filled with the 00:02:36.289 --> 00:02:37.824 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Holy Spirit of God." 00:02:37.824 --> 00:02:42.529 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% That word fill refers to the sail of a ship that is filled up 00:02:42.529 --> 00:02:45.966 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% with wind and is directed by that wind. 00:02:45.966 --> 00:02:50.137 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% So, to be filled with the Spirit is to be directed by the Spirit 00:02:50.137 --> 00:02:51.471 align:start line:63% position:48% size:18% of God. 00:02:51.471 --> 00:02:54.307 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% But if we don't allow the spirit to direct us, there's another 00:02:54.307 --> 00:02:58.578 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% force at work that will direct us, and I illustrated that to my 00:02:58.578 --> 00:03:00.781 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% congregation a few weeks ago. 00:03:00.781 --> 00:03:06.486 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% I had two glasses on a table by the pulpit, and one glass was 00:03:06.486 --> 00:03:10.857 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% empty, and I poured water into it, and I poured it all the way 00:03:10.857 --> 00:03:12.225 align:start line:63% position:48% size:28% to the top. 00:03:12.225 --> 00:03:13.560 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I said, "Is this cup full?" 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:14.895 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Everybody said yes. 00:03:14.895 --> 00:03:17.531 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I did it with a second cup but left a little bit of room in it, 00:03:17.531 --> 00:03:20.300 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and I said, "Is this cup full?" 00:03:20.300 --> 00:03:21.668 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% And they said no. 00:03:21.668 --> 00:03:25.605 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And then I took out some demon juice, Diet Coke, and poured it 00:03:25.605 --> 00:03:28.675 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% into the remaining part of that cup. 00:03:28.675 --> 00:03:32.212 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Any part of that cup that wasn't filled with the water could be 00:03:32.212 --> 00:03:35.315 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% filled with the Diet Coke, and it's the same way in our life in 00:03:35.315 --> 00:03:36.683 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% a practical way. 00:03:36.683 --> 00:03:40.187 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Randy: We're not just told to be filled but to overflow, right? 00:03:40.187 --> 00:03:41.555 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% So, how do we know? 00:03:41.555 --> 00:03:46.126 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% How do I know, since I can't be possessed, how do I know if I'm 00:03:46.126 --> 00:03:51.565 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% being under the influence or oppressed in any way by Satan? 00:03:51.565 --> 00:03:54.835 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Dr. Jeffress: Well, I think the clearest way is am I being asked 00:03:54.835 --> 00:03:59.973 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% to do anything that violates the clear teaching of God's Word? 00:03:59.973 --> 00:04:03.410 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And it's amazing how many Christians can say, well, I know 00:04:03.410 --> 00:04:07.280 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% the Bible says, but, and they have--they think they're the 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:11.418 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% exception of the world to the situation. 00:04:11.418 --> 00:04:14.821 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% I know the Bible says I shouldn't divorce, but I'm just 00:04:14.821 --> 00:04:18.291 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% not happy right now, and certainly God wants me to be 00:04:18.291 --> 00:04:19.960 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% happy and so forth and so forth. 00:04:19.960 --> 00:04:22.028 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% So I think that's the clearest way. 00:04:22.028 --> 00:04:26.533 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% I think, secondly, our conscience is a test. 00:04:26.533 --> 00:04:29.069 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% There may be some things that are right for other people to 00:04:29.069 --> 00:04:32.939 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% do, but we inherently know it's not okay for us, and when we 00:04:32.939 --> 00:04:37.577 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% violate that, I think we can know that influence is coming 00:04:37.577 --> 00:04:39.579 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% from other places than God. 00:04:39.579 --> 00:04:42.015 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Randy: You say that if we're asked to do something that 00:04:42.015 --> 00:04:45.619 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% violates scripture, we have to know scripture. 00:04:45.619 --> 00:04:46.953 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% Dr. Jeffress: Yeah, that's right. 00:04:46.953 --> 00:04:48.822 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Randy: And I think that's a problem for a lot of people. 00:04:48.822 --> 00:04:52.926 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I mean, that's what you talk about as the belt of truth, is 00:04:52.926 --> 00:04:54.261 align:start line:63% position:48% size:18% it not? 00:04:54.261 --> 00:04:57.030 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Dr. Jeffress: That's right, and it's the first piece of weaponry 00:04:57.030 --> 00:04:59.099 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% that Paul describes. 00:04:59.099 --> 00:05:02.135 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Remember where Paul was when he wrote this letter to the church 00:05:02.135 --> 00:05:07.774 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% at Ephesus, he was under house arrest, he was chained to a 00:05:07.774 --> 00:05:11.678 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% different Roman guard every 8 hours, and as Paul sat there and 00:05:11.678 --> 00:05:14.347 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% looked at that Roman guard, he said, you know, the same armor 00:05:14.347 --> 00:05:18.652 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% this Roman guard has to fight his battles, God has given us to 00:05:18.652 --> 00:05:20.153 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% fight our battles. 00:05:20.153 --> 00:05:22.756 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And the first thing he mentions is that belt of truth. 00:05:22.756 --> 00:05:24.724 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% We talked about it last time. 00:05:24.724 --> 00:05:28.061 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% He's talking about the power of God's Word. 00:05:28.061 --> 00:05:29.396 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% It's a strategy. 00:05:29.396 --> 00:05:33.066 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% The belt of truth means recognize and replace wrong 00:05:33.066 --> 00:05:36.269 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% thoughts with God's thoughts, and the only way you know God's 00:05:36.269 --> 00:05:38.138 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% thoughts is to know Scripture. 00:05:38.138 --> 00:05:41.608 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% And, you know, the Bible says, "Thy word have I hid hidden in 00:05:41.608 --> 00:05:45.145 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% my heart that I might not sin against God." 00:05:45.145 --> 00:05:48.582 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% God's Word is so important in spiritual warfare that it's 00:05:48.582 --> 00:05:54.387 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% illustrated with the first piece of armor, the belt, and it's 00:05:54.387 --> 00:05:57.724 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% illustrated in the last piece of armor, the sword of the Spirit, 00:05:57.724 --> 00:05:59.526 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% which is the Word of God. 00:05:59.526 --> 00:06:04.364 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% God's Word is twice as effective than any other defense God has 00:06:04.364 --> 00:06:05.732 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% given us against spiritual warfare. 00:06:05.732 --> 00:06:09.536 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Blynda: And not only that, but he uses an offensive weapon to 00:06:09.536 --> 00:06:10.904 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% describe it. 00:06:10.904 --> 00:06:12.939 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% Everything else is armor for us, but the sword is 00:06:12.939 --> 00:06:14.441 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% offensive weapon. 00:06:14.441 --> 00:06:18.178 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Dr. Jeffress: It is offensive, and understand there are two 00:06:18.178 --> 00:06:19.946 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% different swords in the Bible. 00:06:19.946 --> 00:06:23.783 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% There is the Roman broadsword, the one that the soldier would 00:06:23.783 --> 00:06:27.087 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% wear and come about flailing around and hopefully hitting 00:06:27.087 --> 00:06:30.023 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% somebody, but that's not the word that's used here. 00:06:30.023 --> 00:06:35.061 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% It's the makhaira, it was a 6-inch dagger that was used in 00:06:35.061 --> 00:06:36.763 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% hand-to-hand combat. 00:06:36.763 --> 00:06:39.666 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% And that means when the devil is up close and you're in a 00:06:39.666 --> 00:06:43.703 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% struggle with the devil, you need to know God's word well 00:06:43.703 --> 00:06:47.774 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% enough to use it skillfully to know exactly what verse to bring 00:06:47.774 --> 00:06:50.176 align:start line:58% position:50% size:41% to mind, not for Satan's benefit. 00:06:50.176 --> 00:06:53.113 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% As we said last time, Satan isn't afraid of the Word of God. 00:06:53.113 --> 00:06:55.849 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% He knows the Word of God better than most Christians. 00:06:55.849 --> 00:07:00.053 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% The reason we call to mind scripture is for our resolve, to 00:07:00.053 --> 00:07:03.223 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% give us the strength we need to say no to the evil one. 00:07:03.223 --> 00:07:06.026 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Blynda: And it's almost too late if you're in the battle. 00:07:06.026 --> 00:07:08.561 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Dr. Jeffress: Yeah, Satan, would you hold off just a moment while 00:07:08.561 --> 00:07:09.896 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I look through my Bible? 00:07:09.896 --> 00:07:11.631 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% I know there's a verse in here somewhere. 00:07:11.631 --> 00:07:16.303 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Blynda: Right, yeah, you also talk about there's six of 00:07:16.303 --> 00:07:18.738 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% them, of this armor, we talked about the belt and the 00:07:18.738 --> 00:07:21.508 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% sword, but there's a helmet of salvation, and there's the 00:07:21.508 --> 00:07:25.512 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% breastplate of righteousness and the foot--you call them the 00:07:25.512 --> 00:07:26.846 align:start line:63% position:48% size:28% soul shoes. 00:07:26.846 --> 00:07:28.214 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% Talk about that. 00:07:28.214 --> 00:07:32.352 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Dr. Jeffress: Yeah, well, people stumble over that passage when 00:07:32.352 --> 00:07:35.055 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Paul says have your feet shod with the preparation of the 00:07:35.055 --> 00:07:36.389 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% gospel of peace. 00:07:36.389 --> 00:07:39.125 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Why did he talk about your feet shod or horses, or what is he 00:07:39.125 --> 00:07:40.460 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% talking about? 00:07:40.460 --> 00:07:41.828 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% He's talking about the Roman boot. 00:07:41.828 --> 00:07:46.199 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Boots were instrumental for any soldier, because they kept him 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:47.567 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% to the ground. 00:07:47.567 --> 00:07:50.270 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% They kept him with the traction he needed in 00:07:50.270 --> 00:07:51.671 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% hand-to-hand combat. 00:07:51.671 --> 00:07:55.208 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% It allowed him to stand firm no matter what was assaulting him. 00:07:55.208 --> 00:07:56.543 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% Blynda: Like there was a tread or something. 00:07:56.543 --> 00:07:59.145 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Dr. Jeffress: Yeah, there's tread that helped gain traction. 00:07:59.145 --> 00:08:02.582 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% What is it that helps gain traction in our spiritual life? 00:08:02.582 --> 00:08:05.485 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% It's when we're involved in sharing the gospel. 00:08:05.485 --> 00:08:09.289 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Paul was quoting Isaiah, "How beautiful are the feet of those 00:08:09.289 --> 00:08:12.359 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% whose feet are shod with the gospel of peace." 00:08:12.359 --> 00:08:15.428 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Here's what Paul is saying, when you make God's business your 00:08:15.428 --> 00:08:19.799 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% business, when your primary aim in life is to win as many people 00:08:19.799 --> 00:08:23.870 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% to faith in Christ as possible, it gives you stability in times 00:08:23.870 --> 00:08:25.472 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% of uncertainty. 00:08:25.472 --> 00:08:28.775 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% It keeps you from giving into temptation. 00:08:28.775 --> 00:08:32.278 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% I mean, I think all the time, you know, if I'm tempted in a 00:08:32.278 --> 00:08:37.283 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% certain way, I think if I indulge in this and it became 00:08:37.283 --> 00:08:40.820 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% known, what would that do to the people I've influenced through 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:42.622 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% the years for the gospel? 00:08:42.622 --> 00:08:45.859 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I mean, I think first of all, what would it do to my own wife, 00:08:45.859 --> 00:08:48.461 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% but then I think what would it do not just to my children and 00:08:48.461 --> 00:08:52.098 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% my grandchildren, but what effect would it have on the 00:08:52.098 --> 00:08:54.934 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% people I've witnessed to for Christ? 00:08:54.934 --> 00:08:58.071 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% You know, I don't think most pastors or most lay people who 00:08:58.071 --> 00:09:01.541 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% fall into adultery wake up one day and say, you know, I think 00:09:01.541 --> 00:09:05.945 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I'll destroy my marriage today or I'll destroy my ministry. 00:09:05.945 --> 00:09:09.282 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I don't think most people want to do that, but they end up 00:09:09.282 --> 00:09:10.617 align:start line:63% position:48% size:28% doing that. 00:09:10.617 --> 00:09:13.653 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% But when you make God's business your business, it gives you the 00:09:13.653 --> 00:09:15.522 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% strength to say no to the enemy. 00:09:15.522 --> 00:09:18.725 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Blynda: But it also goes to talk about that slow fade. 00:09:18.725 --> 00:09:23.029 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% A believer can fall into Satan's trap without fully knowing it 00:09:23.029 --> 00:09:26.666 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% until they're a little too far away from the truth that 00:09:26.666 --> 00:09:28.034 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% they know. 00:09:28.034 --> 00:09:30.603 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% How can you keep yourself from that slow fade? 00:09:30.603 --> 00:09:33.940 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And how can you be aware of when the slow fade is happening? 00:09:33.940 --> 00:09:36.576 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Dr. Jeffress: Well, I think part of it is putting on the 00:09:36.576 --> 00:09:40.346 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% breastplate of righteousness, which is one of the pieces of 00:09:40.346 --> 00:09:41.748 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% armor Paul talks about. 00:09:41.748 --> 00:09:45.485 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% You know, a breastplate was that molded piece of metal that 00:09:45.485 --> 00:09:51.324 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% protected the vital organs, your heart, your lungs, and so forth. 00:09:51.324 --> 00:09:55.462 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% He says we have a breastplate, it's called righteousness. 00:09:55.462 --> 00:10:00.166 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Righteousness in the Bible is not only referring to our right 00:10:00.166 --> 00:10:03.436 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% standing with God we receive when we trust in Christ as our 00:10:03.436 --> 00:10:07.740 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% savior, that's a judicial righteousness, but he's talking 00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:12.178 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% about the ethical righteousness, righteous living, and this is a 00:10:12.178 --> 00:10:15.315 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% great strategy for deterring the evil one. 00:10:15.315 --> 00:10:19.352 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I call it the strategy of obey what you know to be true. 00:10:19.352 --> 00:10:22.822 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% If you will obey what you know to be true, then it will keep 00:10:22.822 --> 00:10:24.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% you from being deceived. 00:10:24.557 --> 00:10:28.895 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% You know, obedience protects you against the consequences of sin. 00:10:28.895 --> 00:10:31.631 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% It'll protect you from the discipline of God. 00:10:31.631 --> 00:10:34.000 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I don't know about you all, but I've been through times of 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:36.703 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% discipline by God, it's not pleasant. 00:10:36.703 --> 00:10:39.205 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% It's something you say I'll never do again if I get a 00:10:39.205 --> 00:10:42.575 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% chance, but obedience to God protects you from that, and 00:10:42.575 --> 00:10:46.279 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% obedience protects you from the loss of your heavenly rewards. 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:49.148 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% I don't think you can lose your salvation, but I think you can 00:10:49.148 --> 00:10:53.186 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% lose the rewards from your salvation that Paul promises to 00:10:53.186 --> 00:10:55.288 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% those who obey Christ. 00:10:55.288 --> 00:10:59.158 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% So, I think this habit of obeying God can keep you from 00:10:59.158 --> 00:11:01.694 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% going down that road of disobedience. 00:11:01.694 --> 00:11:06.599 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Like C.S. Lewis said, the road to hell is a gradual one. 00:11:06.599 --> 00:11:10.937 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Just the slight dip, not the sudden turning and so forth. 00:11:10.937 --> 00:11:12.405 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Randy: Yeah, yeah, I mean, you know, you talk about the 00:11:12.405 --> 00:11:15.975 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% rewards, when Paul talks about our future judgment, it's not 00:11:15.975 --> 00:11:18.011 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% the same as sort of the Old Testament judgment to 00:11:18.011 --> 00:11:21.581 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% destruction, but it talks about the, you know, the silver and 00:11:21.581 --> 00:11:25.418 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% the gold versus the wood and the dross and stuff and how it'll be 00:11:25.418 --> 00:11:27.820 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% purged, which part of that's a blessing. 00:11:27.820 --> 00:11:31.057 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% I'd like to get rid of the things that, you know, the 00:11:31.057 --> 00:11:33.092 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% mistakes I've made. 00:11:33.092 --> 00:11:35.428 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But it says there will be loss. 00:11:35.428 --> 00:11:36.763 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Dr. Jeffress: Yes. 00:11:36.763 --> 00:11:38.131 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% Randy: Yeah, so there is this loss. 00:11:38.131 --> 00:11:41.901 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% The good news is all that's left is the silver, gold, what's the 00:11:41.901 --> 00:11:44.504 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% other one, precious stones or something, right? 00:11:44.504 --> 00:11:48.942 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% That's what I want left, but how much will there be? 00:11:48.942 --> 00:11:50.410 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% That's why I lay up treasure in heaven. 00:11:50.410 --> 00:11:52.645 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Dr. Jeffress: We're getting to the heart of spiritual warfare. 00:11:52.645 --> 00:11:54.948 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Why do I wanna succeed in this? 00:11:54.948 --> 00:11:58.151 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Not only to please my savior, but how we live out here on 00:11:58.151 --> 00:12:00.286 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% earth determines the kind of heaven we're going 00:12:00.286 --> 00:12:01.654 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% to experience. 00:12:01.654 --> 00:12:04.891 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Rewards in heaven are real, for we must all appear before the 00:12:04.891 --> 00:12:08.628 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% judgment seat of Christ that each one of us may be rewarded 00:12:08.628 --> 00:12:09.963 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% for what we've done. 00:12:09.963 --> 00:12:11.331 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Randy: That's it. 00:12:11.331 --> 00:12:13.066 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Dr. Jeffress: And you said in 1 Corinthians 3, Paul says if we 00:12:13.066 --> 00:12:17.370 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% don't survive that judgment, we'll be saved, but our lives 00:12:17.370 --> 00:12:20.640 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% will be rendered as non-consequential, and they'll 00:12:20.640 --> 00:12:22.008 align:start line:63% position:50% size:21% be lost. 00:12:22.008 --> 00:12:23.343 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And people challenge me on that. 00:12:23.343 --> 00:12:26.813 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% They say, Pastor, how can we be in heaven rejoicing if we 00:12:26.813 --> 00:12:28.147 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% feel loss? 00:12:28.147 --> 00:12:29.515 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I use this illustration. 00:12:29.515 --> 00:12:32.986 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I say just imagine your insurance agent tries to get you 00:12:32.986 --> 00:12:36.823 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% to increase your home insurance and you say no, then one night 00:12:36.823 --> 00:12:41.094 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% you awaken, you smell smoke, you gather up your mate, you get 00:12:41.094 --> 00:12:44.364 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% your children, you crash down the door and get outside, you 00:12:44.364 --> 00:12:47.700 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% turn around, and you see your home being destroyed by fire. 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:50.236 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% What emotion do you feel at that moment? 00:12:50.236 --> 00:12:54.273 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Certainly joy that you escaped the flames, the fire, but a loss 00:12:54.273 --> 00:12:57.844 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% as you realize that everything you've had is being burned up. 00:12:57.844 --> 00:13:01.180 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% And I think there'll be that mixture of joy and a sense of 00:13:01.180 --> 00:13:04.550 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% loss in heaven for some people, joy that we're in the presence 00:13:04.550 --> 00:13:08.488 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% of Christ, that we've escaped the flames of hell, but a loss 00:13:08.488 --> 00:13:12.392 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% as we see what could have been ours if we've been more obedient 00:13:12.392 --> 00:13:13.726 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% and faithful to Christ. 00:13:13.726 --> 00:13:16.029 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: And fought this good fight that we're talking about. 00:13:16.029 --> 00:13:17.363 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Dr. Jeffress: Yeah. 00:13:17.363 --> 00:13:20.233 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Blynda: In the last episode, we talked about the role that in 00:13:20.233 --> 00:13:25.304 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% the garden doubt played, because Satan came and tempted even, and 00:13:25.304 --> 00:13:28.474 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% it was that first question that you said was even asked. 00:13:28.474 --> 00:13:31.844 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% How does the shield of faith help us in our own doubts that 00:13:31.844 --> 00:13:35.982 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% we have about God or that we have just in life? 00:13:35.982 --> 00:13:38.284 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I mean, I know there's viewers that are watching that have been 00:13:38.284 --> 00:13:40.586 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% hit with some really tough things, and it shakes their 00:13:40.586 --> 00:13:44.157 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% whole understanding of who God is or what they thought their 00:13:44.157 --> 00:13:45.792 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% life was gonna be like. 00:13:45.792 --> 00:13:49.362 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% How do they put that shield of faith on so that the enemy can't 00:13:49.362 --> 00:13:50.863 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% come and torment their mind? 00:13:50.863 --> 00:13:55.101 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Dr. Jeffress: Well, the strategy behind the shield of faith is 00:13:55.101 --> 00:13:59.072 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% moving forward in spite of your doubts, moving forward in what 00:13:59.072 --> 00:14:01.507 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% you know God wants us to do. 00:14:01.507 --> 00:14:05.144 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% You know, that's what faith is, it's--faith is believing that 00:14:05.144 --> 00:14:08.981 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% God will do what he has promised to do. 00:14:08.981 --> 00:14:13.453 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% And a lot of people today misconstrue that. 00:14:13.453 --> 00:14:17.390 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% They think faith is just kind of a positive thinking. 00:14:17.390 --> 00:14:20.727 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% If I claim something, and I really want it, and I believe 00:14:20.727 --> 00:14:24.831 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% hard enough and long enough that God will do it, he has to do it. 00:14:24.831 --> 00:14:26.566 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% It's like "The Little Engine That Could." 00:14:26.566 --> 00:14:28.034 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% Have you ever read that to your children? 00:14:28.034 --> 00:14:29.902 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% You know, that little engine going up the hill? 00:14:29.902 --> 00:14:32.772 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. 00:14:32.772 --> 00:14:34.507 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% They think that's what faith and praying is. 00:14:34.507 --> 00:14:37.143 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% Oh, I think God will, I think God will. 00:14:37.143 --> 00:14:40.346 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% If you can just conjure up that positive thinking, then God will 00:14:40.346 --> 00:14:41.681 align:start line:63% position:50% size:16% do it. 00:14:41.681 --> 00:14:43.049 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% That's not faith, that's presumption. 00:14:43.049 --> 00:14:46.552 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Faith is not the assurance God will do what we want him to do, 00:14:46.552 --> 00:14:50.189 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% it's the assurance that he will do what he's promised to do and 00:14:50.189 --> 00:14:51.791 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% acting accordingly. 00:14:51.791 --> 00:14:54.093 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% God said to Noah, "I'm gonna send a flood." 00:14:54.093 --> 00:14:58.498 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Noah built an ark, and you find that in Scripture where people 00:14:58.498 --> 00:15:01.167 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% responding to what God has promised to do. 00:15:01.167 --> 00:15:05.838 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% So, I would say, you know, real faith, believing that God will 00:15:05.838 --> 00:15:09.675 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% do what he's promised to do means moving forward in spite of 00:15:09.675 --> 00:15:11.577 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% the doubts you may have. 00:15:11.577 --> 00:15:14.046 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Blynda: I love that, because faith always requires action. 00:15:14.046 --> 00:15:15.615 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% Dr. Jeffress: Always requires action. 00:15:15.615 --> 00:15:18.084 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: Yeah, and you know faith that's just a hope in something 00:15:18.084 --> 00:15:20.286 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% unseen is not real. 00:15:20.286 --> 00:15:24.657 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Scripture says there's substance and evidence to the faith, which 00:15:24.657 --> 00:15:27.660 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% I think a lot of it is the action and the fighting of 00:15:27.660 --> 00:15:28.995 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% the fight. 00:15:28.995 --> 00:15:30.496 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% And you also talk about the helmet of salvation, which we 00:15:30.496 --> 00:15:33.533 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% talked about, and the sword of the spirit which we've hit on. 00:15:33.533 --> 00:15:37.036 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I have a question, though, for you, because you know, we can 00:15:37.036 --> 00:15:40.606 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% hear the sermon, and you've delivered a great series of 00:15:40.606 --> 00:15:42.008 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% sermons on this very recently. 00:15:42.008 --> 00:15:45.778 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Of course, we got the book "The Divine Defense," but if I don't 00:15:45.778 --> 00:15:50.516 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% fight, do I just automatically lose, or do I just not win? 00:15:50.516 --> 00:15:53.986 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Like, if I sit on the sidelines in this whole spiritual battle, 00:15:53.986 --> 00:15:55.855 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% what do you think's gonna happen? 00:15:55.855 --> 00:15:58.124 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Dr. Jeffress: I don't think there are any sidelines. 00:15:58.124 --> 00:16:01.828 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I think we are fooling ourselves if we think, you know, I mean, 00:16:01.828 --> 00:16:05.331 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% I'm a lover, not a fighter, and so forth. 00:16:05.331 --> 00:16:08.601 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% I think, as I said, you become spiritual roadkill. 00:16:08.601 --> 00:16:12.605 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% You know, God loves us and has a wonderful plan for our life. 00:16:12.605 --> 00:16:16.042 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% The bad news is Satan hates us and has a horrible plan for 00:16:16.042 --> 00:16:17.376 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% our life. 00:16:17.376 --> 00:16:19.545 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% Randy: Okay, so I decide I'm gonna fight. 00:16:19.545 --> 00:16:20.913 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Dr. Jeffress: Yes. 00:16:20.913 --> 00:16:23.249 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% Randy: Is there any guarantee that I'll win? 00:16:23.249 --> 00:16:25.985 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Dr. Jeffress: I think there is a short-term win and a 00:16:25.985 --> 00:16:27.553 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% long-term win. 00:16:27.553 --> 00:16:31.390 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% I love this story Neil Anderson tells about when he was growing 00:16:31.390 --> 00:16:32.725 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% up on a farm. 00:16:32.725 --> 00:16:35.094 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% He used to go and visit his neighbor's farm, he was a little 00:16:35.094 --> 00:16:38.464 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% kid, and there was this little dog that would chase him around, 00:16:38.464 --> 00:16:42.835 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% and everybody else would enjoy watching Neil being chased by 00:16:42.835 --> 00:16:46.639 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% this little dog, and he said finally he realized one day when 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:49.876 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% he found himself jumping up on a pickup to escape this little 00:16:49.876 --> 00:16:55.214 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% mutt, he said, you know, this dog has no influence over me, 00:16:55.214 --> 00:16:56.549 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% you know? 00:16:56.549 --> 00:16:59.285 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% I stand--I run, and everybody else stands firm. 00:16:59.285 --> 00:17:01.554 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Guess who the dog runs after. 00:17:01.554 --> 00:17:06.659 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% And so one day he took a rock, slung it at the dog, he stood 00:17:06.659 --> 00:17:10.263 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% his ground, the dog ran off, and that was the end of it. 00:17:10.263 --> 00:17:12.098 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% And he said it's the same way with Satan. 00:17:12.098 --> 00:17:16.202 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% The way you win against Satan is not out-yelling him or 00:17:16.202 --> 00:17:19.605 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% out-muscling him, you out-truth him. 00:17:19.605 --> 00:17:21.707 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You act according to the truth. 00:17:21.707 --> 00:17:25.711 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And just as that mutt had no more control over Neil than Neil 00:17:25.711 --> 00:17:29.982 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% allowed him to have, the truth is Satan has no more power over 00:17:29.982 --> 00:17:33.219 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% your life than you choose to allow him to have. 00:17:33.219 --> 00:17:35.721 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% You don't have to wait till you get to heaven to have 00:17:35.721 --> 00:17:37.156 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% spiritual victory. 00:17:37.156 --> 00:17:42.295 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% If there is any truth in Romans 6:7 and 8, it's this truth, sin 00:17:42.295 --> 00:17:45.898 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% has no more power over us than we choose to allow us to have. 00:17:45.898 --> 00:17:50.636 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% The Holy Spirit, the life-giving spirit of God that raised Jesus 00:17:50.636 --> 00:17:54.240 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% from the dead is present in your life right now if you're a 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:58.311 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% believer to give you the power you need to say no to the evil 00:17:58.311 --> 00:18:00.279 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% one and yes to God. 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:02.748 align:start line:58% position:50% size:41% Randy: Yeah, and having done all. 00:18:02.748 --> 00:18:04.517 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Dr. Jeffress: Stand firm. 00:18:04.517 --> 00:18:06.152 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% Randy: There you go, I knew you'd know that one. 00:18:06.152 --> 00:18:09.322 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% All right, well, if you want a little help standing firm, you 00:18:09.322 --> 00:18:14.794 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% can get "The Divine Defense" today if you will stand with us 00:18:14.794 --> 00:18:17.763 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in a beautiful outreach of hope. 00:18:17.763 --> 00:18:19.799 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Watch this, and you'll see how. 00:18:22.501 --> 00:18:24.570 align:start line:79% position:50% size:50% announcer: Each day, women in this region 00:18:24.570 --> 00:18:27.974 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% of South Asia walk for miles, spending hours 00:18:27.974 --> 00:18:32.745 align:start line:79% position:48% size:48% to provide water for their families. 00:18:32.745 --> 00:18:36.782 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% Amariti, a single mom, travels in this boat to collect water 00:18:36.782 --> 00:18:40.453 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% from the middle of the lake. 00:18:40.453 --> 00:18:44.390 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% She says the water here is cleaner and does not smell as 00:18:44.390 --> 00:18:47.193 align:start line:79% position:48% size:48% bad as the water close to the shore. 00:18:47.193 --> 00:18:51.597 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% But the reality is, the distance is no guarantee the water 00:18:51.597 --> 00:18:53.599 align:start line:85% position:50% size:21% is safe. 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:55.601 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:19:01.507 --> 00:19:05.444 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% announcer: This is Varju, a grandmother several times over. 00:19:05.444 --> 00:19:09.915 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% She will make four to five trips each day, walking these steep, 00:19:09.915 --> 00:19:14.487 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% rocky hills for more than two miles to collect her water from 00:19:14.487 --> 00:19:17.323 align:start line:85% position:50% size:35% this open pit. 00:19:17.323 --> 00:19:21.427 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% The daily trip not only takes a toll on her physically, but the 00:19:21.427 --> 00:19:24.830 align:start line:79% position:47% size:58% water makes her and her grandchildren sick. 00:19:25.998 --> 00:19:28.000 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:19:40.346 --> 00:19:44.350 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% announcer: For Janku to meet her family's needs for just one day, 00:19:44.350 --> 00:19:48.287 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% she must go morning, noon, and evening to this stream to 00:19:48.287 --> 00:19:49.722 align:start line:85% position:50% size:45% collect her water. 00:19:49.722 --> 00:19:52.391 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% She pours it through this cloth in an effort to strain 00:19:52.391 --> 00:19:56.295 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% out the impurities, but even with her best efforts, 00:19:56.295 --> 00:19:59.065 align:start line:85% position:50% size:75% this water often turns deadly. 00:20:00.066 --> 00:20:02.068 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:20:10.209 --> 00:20:14.046 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% announcer: Thousands of women like Amariti, Varju, and Janku 00:20:14.046 --> 00:20:18.084 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% have spent their entire lives striving to collect the cleanest 00:20:18.084 --> 00:20:20.753 align:start line:85% position:48% size:38% water they can. 00:20:20.753 --> 00:20:24.256 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% The reality is, they are bringing diseased water to their 00:20:24.256 --> 00:20:28.360 align:start line:79% position:47% size:53% families because they have no other choice. 00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:32.631 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% But the good news is we can give them a choice, by drilling water 00:20:32.631 --> 00:20:35.101 align:start line:85% position:50% size:61% wells in their villages. 00:20:35.101 --> 00:20:39.305 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% Once the fresh, clean water is tapped with a hand pump, people 00:20:39.305 --> 00:20:42.641 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% can be freed from the hardships of spending hours 00:20:42.641 --> 00:20:44.310 align:start line:85% position:48% size:43% collecting water. 00:20:44.310 --> 00:20:49.515 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% And more importantly, waterborne illnesses and disease will be a 00:20:49.515 --> 00:20:51.517 align:start line:85% position:50% size:45% thing of the past. 00:20:55.121 --> 00:20:59.992 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% Randy: Yes, we give them a choice, but that we 00:20:59.992 --> 00:21:01.927 align:start line:85% position:48% size:33% involves you. 00:21:01.927 --> 00:21:06.632 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% You give them that choice, the choice of whatever water supply 00:21:06.632 --> 00:21:11.737 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% is available, which may or may not make you sick, and for the 00:21:11.737 --> 00:21:15.908 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% young especially, may or may not kill you. 00:21:15.908 --> 00:21:17.843 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% You give them that choice. 00:21:17.843 --> 00:21:20.212 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% You could give them clean drinking water. 00:21:20.212 --> 00:21:23.916 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% An average well costs about $4800, and that's because we go 00:21:23.916 --> 00:21:27.720 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% in some very difficult places and we drill very deep, and we 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:32.358 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% encase that thing so that it's gonna last for a lifetime. 00:21:32.358 --> 00:21:33.692 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% We do it right. 00:21:33.692 --> 00:21:35.261 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% We give them water for life. 00:21:35.261 --> 00:21:37.863 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% You may not be able to drill an entire well by yourself, 00:21:37.863 --> 00:21:39.365 align:start line:10% position:48% size:33% I understand. 00:21:39.365 --> 00:21:43.035 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Your gift of $48 would actually provide clean drinking water for 00:21:43.035 --> 00:21:45.804 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% life for ten people on average. 00:21:45.804 --> 00:21:49.642 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% A gift of $144 would provide that for 30 people. 00:21:49.642 --> 00:21:53.712 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% So when you think about those faces you just saw, and the 00:21:53.712 --> 00:21:58.184 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% other faces around the world where people are suffering, 00:21:58.184 --> 00:22:02.821 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% people are hurting, where they've lost loved ones or 00:22:02.821 --> 00:22:08.561 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% they're facing sickness as a child, know that you can give 00:22:08.561 --> 00:22:12.631 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% them the gift of life. 00:22:12.631 --> 00:22:15.334 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% You know, Blynda, we've been doing this for many years now. 00:22:15.334 --> 00:22:20.406 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I think the numbers are around like 9500 wells throughout the 00:22:20.406 --> 00:22:24.210 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% history, and yet there is still such great need. 00:22:24.210 --> 00:22:29.982 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And you know, the Bible talks about not growing weary of doing 00:22:29.982 --> 00:22:33.752 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% good, and that's where I draw excitement and energy and go, 00:22:33.752 --> 00:22:35.087 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% "You know what? 00:22:35.087 --> 00:22:36.422 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% We can do good." 00:22:36.422 --> 00:22:39.024 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% And not just a good work but a God work, because we always go 00:22:39.024 --> 00:22:40.359 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% with the gospel. 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:41.727 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% It's a privilege. 00:22:41.727 --> 00:22:43.696 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Blynda: It is a privilege, and you know, I think about the mom 00:22:43.696 --> 00:22:48.100 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% who--as a mom, I make so many decisions every day to keep my 00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:50.736 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% kids safe, to keep my kids healthy. 00:22:50.736 --> 00:22:52.071 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% What can I do? 00:22:52.071 --> 00:22:56.542 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And I watch a mom who rows her boat to the middle of a lake or 00:22:56.542 --> 00:23:01.480 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% a pond so she can possibly make the safest choice for her child, 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:06.118 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% and I just want to encourage you, today you have the choice 00:23:06.118 --> 00:23:11.390 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% that you can help link arms with us to help those moms who are 00:23:11.390 --> 00:23:14.059 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% trying to make the best decision, the decision can be 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:15.394 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% made for them. 00:23:15.394 --> 00:23:19.098 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% That mom can now go to the safe place to get safe water, and 00:23:19.098 --> 00:23:22.901 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% that can be because of you and because of what we do together 00:23:22.901 --> 00:23:25.804 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% to give clean water to them for life. 00:23:25.804 --> 00:23:28.807 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% No amount is too small. 00:23:28.807 --> 00:23:31.644 align:start line:58% position:50% size:41% Every gift means so much to them. 00:23:31.644 --> 00:23:34.013 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: Yeah, and you know, it's really a matter, I think, of 00:23:34.013 --> 00:23:38.584 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% obedience, where God is giving us this opportunity, and if he's 00:23:38.584 --> 00:23:43.422 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% speaking to you right now, do it as an act of obedience, and do 00:23:43.422 --> 00:23:44.757 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% what he says. 00:23:44.757 --> 00:23:47.593 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% And you'll be blessed and you will have joy, and you will 00:23:47.593 --> 00:23:51.263 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% bless someone else and bring them joy. 00:23:51.263 --> 00:23:55.000 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% You can put a smile on the face of someone today. 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:59.004 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% So we ask that you join us in Water for Life. 00:23:59.004 --> 00:24:02.675 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Go online, go to the phone, make the best gift that you can. 00:24:04.276 --> 00:24:07.713 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Every day thousands of lives are lost to waterborne 00:24:07.713 --> 00:24:10.649 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% disease, and nearly half of those are children under the age 00:24:10.649 --> 00:24:11.984 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% of five. 00:24:11.984 --> 00:24:15.321 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through mission Water for Life, you can give mothers hope and 00:24:15.321 --> 00:24:19.591 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% children a future, as we provide clean, fresh drinking water, 00:24:19.591 --> 00:24:21.927 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% free from the fear of death. 00:24:21.927 --> 00:24:25.998 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With your gift today, you can help drill and establish 350 00:24:25.998 --> 00:24:27.766 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% water wells this year. 00:24:27.766 --> 00:24:31.203 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift of $24 will help provide clean water for 00:24:31.203 --> 00:24:32.538 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% five children. 00:24:32.538 --> 00:24:35.140 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% A gift of $48 will help provide for ten. 00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:39.878 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% And $144 will help provide life-giving water for 30 people 00:24:39.878 --> 00:24:41.213 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% for a lifetime. 00:24:41.213 --> 00:24:45.250 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With a gift of any amount, we'll send you "Discovering the Joy of 00:24:45.250 --> 00:24:46.618 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Reading God's Word." 00:24:46.618 --> 00:24:50.289 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Whether you've read the Bible for years or are just beginning, 00:24:50.289 --> 00:24:53.759 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% this book invites you to experience Scripture in a fresh, 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:55.160 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% more intimate way. 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:59.431 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, you may request "A Life of 00:24:59.431 --> 00:25:02.868 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Compassion" coffee table book, capturing LIFE Outreach's heart 00:25:02.868 --> 00:25:04.236 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% for the world. 00:25:04.236 --> 00:25:08.107 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Each page pairs timeless Bible verses with vivid mission field 00:25:08.107 --> 00:25:12.711 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% photography, making God's Word visible in action. 00:25:12.711 --> 00:25:17.116 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1200 to help provide water 00:25:17.116 --> 00:25:22.521 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% for 250 people, or a gift of $4800 to help sponsor a 00:25:22.521 --> 00:25:23.856 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% complete well. 00:25:23.856 --> 00:25:27.960 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% And request Life's beautiful 2026 bronze sculpture, The 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:29.361 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% Good Shepherd. 00:25:29.361 --> 00:25:32.831 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:25:34.867 --> 00:25:36.902 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Randy: You can give life today. 00:25:36.902 --> 00:25:39.004 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Join us with Water for Life. 00:25:39.004 --> 00:25:41.540 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Go online, go to the phone, make the best gift you can. 00:25:41.540 --> 00:25:44.343 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Request "The Divine Defense." 00:25:44.343 --> 00:25:46.645 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% This will help you in every spiritual battle. 00:25:46.645 --> 00:25:48.881 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% And I don't know, Dr. Jeffress-- by the way, thank you for 00:25:48.881 --> 00:25:50.215 align:start line:10% position:48% size:28% being here. 00:25:50.215 --> 00:25:51.583 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% Dr. Jeffress: Thanks for having me. 00:25:51.583 --> 00:25:53.819 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: But if there's like just one thing I need to know to win 00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:56.989 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% a spiritual battle, what's the most important thing? 00:25:56.989 --> 00:25:59.625 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Dr. Jeffress: Without doubt, the most important thing you can do 00:25:59.625 --> 00:26:04.463 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% today to destroy Satan's plan to destroy your life is to receive 00:26:04.463 --> 00:26:07.032 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Jesus Christ as your savior. 00:26:07.032 --> 00:26:11.437 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% When you become a Christian, that drives a stake through the 00:26:11.437 --> 00:26:15.407 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% heart of Satan's plan for your life to take you to be his 00:26:15.407 --> 00:26:19.311 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% captive, not only in this world but in eternity to come. 00:26:19.311 --> 00:26:21.847 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% So I would say to anyone watching today, if you don't 00:26:21.847 --> 00:26:24.850 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% know Christ as savior, trust in him. 00:26:24.850 --> 00:26:29.455 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Confess your sins to God, admit that you need his forgiveness, 00:26:29.455 --> 00:26:33.792 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% and then believe with all of your heart that Jesus died for 00:26:33.792 --> 00:26:37.863 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% you, that he took the punishment you and I deserve for our sins. 00:26:37.863 --> 00:26:41.333 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Remember, the scripture says whoever calls on the name of the 00:26:41.333 --> 00:26:43.402 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Lord will be saved. 00:26:43.402 --> 00:26:45.003 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% Blynda: Amen, thank you for being with us. 00:26:45.003 --> 00:26:48.574 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And anyone watching, if you feel that tug on your heart to make 00:26:48.574 --> 00:26:51.844 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% that call, you want to pray with someone for that prayer of 00:26:51.844 --> 00:26:54.947 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% salvation, the number on your screen, call that number 00:26:54.947 --> 00:26:56.315 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% right now. 00:26:56.315 --> 00:26:59.485 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% The most important decision of your life could happen right at 00:26:59.485 --> 00:27:00.819 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% this moment. 00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:02.654 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% Dr. Jeffress, thank you for being with us. 00:27:02.654 --> 00:27:03.989 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% Dr. Jeffress: Great to be with you. 00:27:03.989 --> 00:27:05.324 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% Thanks for having me. 00:27:05.324 --> 00:27:06.692 align:start line:53% position:50% size:70% Randy: Absolutely, and thank all of you for being here. 00:27:06.692 --> 00:27:09.361 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% If you missed the other program, again, LifeToday.org, we'll see 00:27:09.361 --> 00:27:11.363 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% you again next time. 00:27:11.363 --> 00:27:21.373 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:21.373 --> 00:27:31.383 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:31.383 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