{"id":4987,"date":"2018-04-06T00:03:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T00:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2018-03-12T06:41:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T06:41:29","slug":"another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-25\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Spiritual Hierarchy &#038; Authority, Part 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=WordSection1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#747474'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>Spiritual Hierarchy &amp; Authority, Part 25<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>April 6, 2018<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;\nmso-themeshade:128'>We\u2019re coming close to the completion of this series.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We should be able to wrap this up in the next\ntwo or three weeks, after which I want to spend some time sharing with you a\nrevelation of the Spirit of Poverty.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>This spirit is so pervasive in the body of Christ, and \u2013 for the most\npart \u2013 so unrecognized.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Today, however,\nlet\u2019s finish our discussion on the seven letters, the overcoming processes\ndescribed, and the release of authority that comes to the overcomer.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nseventh letter, written to the Ekklesia in Laodicea, identifies a struggle we\nhave all seen.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Their battle was with the\nSpirit of the Canaanites.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They had\novercome the other six spirits, and had come into a place of extraordinary blessing\nand prosperity.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In the midst of this\ngreat blessing, they fell into a series of traps laid for them by the Spirit of\nthe Canaanites.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'>\n<span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>When individuals experience prolonged\nstruggles and battles in the realm of the spirit, there is a weariness which\nlays hold of them.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It taps them at the\ncore of their very being.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In that place\nof weariness, there is a tendency -- when one experiences great victories, and\nwhen the blessings of the Lord begin to be outwardly bestowed and manifested --\nto just sit back and relax, to feel like they have &quot;arrived,&quot; to feel\nlike it is okay to quit battling for a while.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nis at this point that this particular spirit steps in to deceive God's people\n-- and particularly, the Bride -- into believing that they need to &quot;cash\nin&quot; on some of the revelations they have received and the talents which\nhave been given to them, and to utilize the place of authority they have to\nbenefit their physical well-being -- in other words, to enjoy a few\n&quot;creature comforts.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nis a lie!<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It happens with the Throne of God before\nyou!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>....Except that you are oblivious\nto that throne.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>People\nbecome tempted to sell, or to merchandise, the word of the Lord, the blessings\nand revelations, the truths received in exchange for money, for recognition,\nfor esteem, for power -- or for whatever their long-subdued flesh screams out\nfor.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They quit fighting.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They stop with the revelation they have\nalready received.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They become content\nwith the wonderful growth they have already experienced.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And they become lukewarm.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Because\nthis is such a crucial and determining place, the Lord drew an astounding\npicture for them -- one they could not possibly miss.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Ekklesia in Laodicea was well aware of\nJesus' parable of the ten virgins.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They\nwere well aware of the significance of the readied virgins entering the bride\nchamber with the Bridegroom, the door being shut, and the foolish virgins\nreturning to knock on the door wanting to come in.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They clearly understood that the foolish\nvirgins were excluded from being a part of the Bride.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Within\nthis framework of understanding, then, Jesus says to this Ekklesia,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Revelation 3:20<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;Behold I\nstand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I\nwill come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Thus,\nHe was putting them in the bridal chamber, and showing Himself as being the\nrejected Bridegroom, standing outside on their wedding night.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>There was no way they could miss the\nsignificance of this picture.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They were <b>not<\/b>\nworthy of being in the bride chamber.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It\nwas a startling way of expressing His love and desire for them.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>His promise, therefore, to those who overcame\nthe Spirit of the Canaanites was,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><b><u>Revelation 3:20,21 NASB<\/u><\/b>: <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;He\nwho overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, even as I\nalso overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Now\ndo you get it?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The progression -- from\nthe first letter to the seventh -- begins with the Tree of Life, and ends with\nthe Throne.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Notice\nthat Jesus clearly states, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;I also overcame, and sat\ndown with My Father on His throne.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#9B2D1F'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Everything\nthat was written in the seven letters to the seven Ekklesias was a picture of\nwhat Jesus overcame.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I obviously don't\nhave room in a study like this to demonstrate for you each of the successive\nareas in which He overcame, but consider for a moment the temptation by Satan\nimmediately following His forty days of fasting in the wilderness.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Each\narea of temptation was a challenge to that which had been established in Him.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We have discussed this in prior letters, but\nonce again, listen to what Satan said as he approached Jesus.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;If you are the Son of God, command that these stones\nbecome bread.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>OK!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Now hold on!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><b>IF<\/b> you are the Son of God?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>What's with this IF?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Not six\nweeks before, Jesus had been baptized by John in the Jordan River.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>When He came out of the water, the Spirit of\nGod had descended upon Him in the form of a dove.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>An audible voice of the Father had been heard\nspeaking out of the heavens, saying,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;This is My Beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>This\nis precisely the same question that was thrown at Adam and Eve, that is to say,\n&quot;Hath God said?&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Yes!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Absolutely!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Without question!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>So\nhow did Jesus respond?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Matthew 4:1-11<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;It is\nwritten, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word which proceeds\nout of the mouth of God.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>His\nanswer was two-edged.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>First, He dealt\nwith the fact that the demands of the flesh for sustenance are not the criteria\nby which we live.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Secondly, He answered\nto the question of whether He was the Son of God.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Father had spoken audibly out of heaven\nin the presence of many witnesses, who heard Him say<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>,\n&quot;This is My Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.&quot;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Those words proceeded out of His mouth.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Though Jesus knew that He was the Son, and it\nwas certainly engraved in His spirit, it was not necessary for Him to rely\nstrictly on what He knew within because the same word in His spirit had\nproceeded -- audibly -- out of the mouth of God, The Father.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>His overcoming, therefore, began with the\n&quot;Word of His testimony.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Step\ntwo followed as Satan took Him into the city of Jerusalem and had Him stand on\na pinnacle of the temple.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Once again, he\nsaid, &quot;IF you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,\n&quot;He will give His angels charge concerning you;&quot; and, &quot;On their\nhands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Whoa!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Here we go again!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Never mind the fact that Jesus has just testified\nto the fact that God has said He is The Son, Satan is going to hit Him up by a\ndifferent method.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Bible is the Word\nof God -- right?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>So let's quote some\nscriptures in order to support this challenge.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>In fact, let's quote from Moses, the Lawgiver, in the Psalms (Psalm\n91:11,12).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This is the word of God isn't\nit?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>As\na matter of fact -- <b>NO!<\/b><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Bible\nconsists of words which God has spoken, and things which He has done, but it is\nnot a substitute for Him!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>John later\ntestified of Jesus,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>John 1:1<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;In the\nbeginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus,\ntherefore, was the Word<\/span><\/u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The issue at\nhand was <b>not<\/b> what He had said, but what He was <u>saying<\/u> -- and it <b>wasn't<\/b>\nto jump off the pinnacle of the temple.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Quoting scriptures to get people to disobey and\/or disregard that which\nthe Lord<b> is<\/b> saying has always been one of the primary tactics of\nSatan.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus' response hit directly at\nthe heart of this tactic,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;On the other hand, it is written, You shall not put the\nLord your God to the test.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Get\nit?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The temptation began with, &quot;IF\nyou are the Son of God....&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>No\namount of scripture quoting was going to get Jesus to put the IF to the test.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He was and is the Son of God, Period!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>End of Statement!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Exclamation Mark!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Then Jesus quoted a scripture in return (from\nDeuteronomy 6:16) to demonstrate that which God was saying,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>For\nJesus to have acted on the basis of written scriptures in response to Satan's\ntemptation would have been to submit Himself, as Adam and Eve had done, to the\nTree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>His response to Satan restated in the most emphatic of terms that which\nthe Father had said: namely, that He <b>was<\/b> The Son of God; that as the Son\nof God, <b>He <\/b>was God, and therefore Satan was in violation of that which\nwas both spoken and written,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>In\nso stating, He also testified to the fact that He, Jesus Christ, was &quot;the\nLord <b>your<\/b> God&quot; as far as Satan was concerned.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In other words, He was the Lord God <i>over<\/i>\nSatan, and Satan was as much subject to Him as he was to The Father.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Consider\nhow Jesus has overcome up to this point.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>He\nhas overcome the undoubted screams of His natural flesh to be fed.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The feeding was certainly justified.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He had completed the full forty days of\nfasting.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It would have been\n&quot;good&quot; for Him to eat at that point.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>The temptation of Satan was not to get Him to do anything out of the\nordinary in terms of feeding Himself.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>The timing was wrong, however.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>So\nwas the methodology.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The point was not\nwhether Jesus had the ability to turn the rocks into bread.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The point was in proving His divinity as the\nSon of God in order to feed His flesh.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>The point was in responding to a suggestion from Satan.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus was overcoming both His flesh (The Fear\nof Death), and the need to prove His Divine nature (The Fear of Man) so as to\nimpress Satan with His great power.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Overcoming\nthe second temptation reinforced His authority over The Fear of Death and the\nFear of Man.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It also established the\nbasis for His throne as the preeminent throne, with absolute authority over\nSatan.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The specific scriptures which\nSatan quoted, however, were addressing The Fear of Evil.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Satan's suggestion was that He could commit a\nrash act under the premise that Angels were in full charge of the situation,\nand that He had nothing to fear by stepping off the pinnacle of the temple.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>There\nis another, even greater, aspect of Jesus' overcoming in this temptation,\nhowever.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Do you see where the temptation\noccurred?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>On the pinnacle of the\ntemple.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Satan was prophesying falsely,\nusing &quot;the temple&quot; as a religious symbol.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The idea being promoted was this:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&quot;This\nis the temple (the church).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This is the\nhouse of God.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This is the place of God's\npresence.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Submit to me here, and you\nwill be safe.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>So long as your act is\nattached in some way to the temple\/church, you can do anything you want.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>There is safety in the structure.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nwas the manipulative lie later promoted under the doctrine of the\nNicolaitans.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It made system and\nstructure to be God in place of a personal relationship, and justified any and\nall acts associated with the structure.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus'\novercoming of this temptation, therefore, went beyond <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewScotch'>the Fear of Death, The Fear of\nMan, or The Fear of Evil; He also overcame the master spirits of rebellion,\ncontrol, witchcraft, false prophecy, divination -- and all that was represented\nin the Spirit of the Amorites and the Spirit of the Perizzites.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewScotch'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewScotch'>Satan's\ntemptation of Jesus still had one final effort.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>This time Jesus was taken into a very high mountain and given a view of\nall the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewScotch'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewScotch'>Consider\nthat Jesus had overcome everything of the Enemy's tactics up to this point.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewScotch'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewScotch'>Satan\nnow says, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;All these things will I give you, if you will fall down\nand worship me.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#9B2D1F'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Talk\nabout blatant!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>At first glance, it seems\nludicrous that Satan would use a frontal approach with such transparent bribery\nin view of his previous failures and rebuffs.<span style='color:black'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>But\nwait!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Stop for a moment and consider\nonce again the Ekklesia in Laodicea.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He\ndid <b>exactly <\/b>the same thing with them.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Here they are, having overcome all the wiles of the Enemy, having\nreceived the invitation to the wedding, having been made a part of the Bride,\nhaving been given a crown.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Having\nreached this stage, however, they are weary and fatigued from the\nstruggles.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>For them, the blessing of the\nLord has begun to bring some physical benefits -- our society today would call\nit &quot;prosperity.&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In\nstep-by-step fashion, the Serpent comes with his artifice and says,\n&quot;You're tired.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>You don't have to\nwait until some far off future date to enjoy the benefits of your victories.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\u201cYou\ncan cash in on the esteem you have received.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Make compromises with the Roman Emperor.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>He'll cut you some slack -- I guarantee it!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Then you can parlay your favor with him to\ngain prominent positions in the politics of Laodicea; and then use those\npositions to provide gainful employment for your Christian brothers and\nsisters.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>You can have a \u2018Christian\nCity!\u2019&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>And\nthus did Satan sell the Ekklesia in Laodicea a bill of goods.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He laid before them &quot;the kingdoms of\nthis world, and their glory.&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This\nis precisely how it all happened.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They\nbought into it hook, line and sinker.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>And in the process stopped fighting Satan.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And stood still spiritually.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And became rich in this world's goods.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And lost their place of intimacy with the\nLord.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And gave up the real Throne for a\nvery artificial and temporary throne and place of power.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>For those of you\nwho\u2019ve participated during the past three years in our Monday night Healing\nPrayer Conference Call, this is just a reminder that the calls have resumed on\na once-a-month basis, the first Monday of each month.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you have a need for healing, or you have\nfriends in need of healing, here is the number to call: <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 775-7035.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>The Access Code is: <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>323859#.<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>For Canadians who have\ndifficulty getting in to this number, you can call <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(559) 546-1400<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>If\nsomeone answers and asks what your original call-in number was, you can give\nthem the 712 number and access code.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>At the same time, in\ncase you are missing out on real fellowship in an environment of Ekklesia, our\nSunday worship gatherings are available by conference call \u2013 usually at about\n10:45AM Pacific.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That conference number\nis <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, and the access code is <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>308640#.<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are now making these\ngatherings available by Skype.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you\nwish to participate by video on Skype, my Skype ID is <span class=SpellE>regner.capener<\/span>.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you miss the live voice call, you can dial\n<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4169<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, enter the same access code and listen in\nlater.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The video call, of course, is not\nrecorded \u2013 not yet, anyway.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal 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