I'm so excited!
It's great!
Dear Emperor, we thank you for this morning.
We thank you, Lord, for the presence
of each and every one of us here at the board.
We ask, O God, that you bless
our service for this morning.
We ask, Lord, that you bless the future
and also the congregation of singing,
the reading of the word,
the preaching of the sermon, O God.
And I pray that you would also bless us
as we have fellowship this afternoon
and also going out and doing your first works, Lord.
I pray, Lord, that you would continue
to bless this church.
We ask forgiveness for all the sins
that we have done, O God.
We're asking all these things in Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
Alright, good morning, everybody.
Welcome to Verity Baptist Church.
Take out your bulletin here today.
We'll go through a couple announcements.
And our verse of the week is
Ezekiel 28, verse 15.
That was perfect in thy ways from the day that
thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
And that's a great verse there.
Many children and infants are welcome during the services.
We do have a mother-baby room back there
for your convenience as well as the ladies' comfort room.
The men's comfort room is up here in front.
Remember, no eating during the service.
Maintain a professional atmosphere.
And keep the children from running and making noise
during the church services.
First service is at 10 a.m.
Then we have a short break in our 1115 service.
Wednesday evening Bible study at 7 p.m.
Soul winning time is listed on Wednesdays at 4 p.m.
meeting here at the church building.
Then on Saturdays we have all-day soul winning
circle. Lunch is provided by church.
Sunday afternoon, of course, we do have
soul winning after lunch around 1.45.
And you're welcome to feel free to
stay around and fellowship after soul winning.
But we do close the building at 6 p.m.
Salvations and baptisms
are listed there for all of our churches
as well as Bible study fellowships.
And we have birthdays and anniversaries for the month of June.
On the next page, our Bible memorization challenge.
And today is the last day to quote
Matthew 2, verses 1 through 11.
Which I'll be preaching on in the second service.
And then for this next week,
it's Matthew 2, verses 12 through 23.
So 12 verses to memorize
if you want to get the prize.
And of course, ages 8 to 10 and below 8,
we still have the same memorization that we've had before.
Upcoming activities, we do have men's choir practice
here today. And then we have choir practice
next week. And then we have a soul winning
marathon in eight days
on June 12th.
And so it's Independence Day.
And so you have the freedom to do
whatever you want, right?
But I would encourage you to go soul winning
if you can. But anyways, that should be
fun. And obviously at this time of year
it gets very hot.
So if you're going soul winning on
especially if you're one of the Saturday soul winners
and you're going on Sunday, also on Monday, obviously
it's okay if you take a break,
drink lots of water. You don't have to do it all day.
We understand it is hot this time of year.
I thought it was very hot yesterday
when we went soul winning. We were like, man, just walking
to the park is rough.
But anyways, we do have soul winning marathon
in eight days on June 12th. Father's
Day is coming up in two weeks. So we do have
our Father's Day bowling event. So we do have a sign up
sheet back there. So if you can
sign up if you're planning to bowl.
And once again, anybody who gets
a perfect 300
you will get a prize.
Okay? I think that's
incredibly unlikely, but you know
you never know. You deserve a prize
if you get a 300.
But anyways, our monthly prayer meeting is in three
weeks. Current upcoming series we are in the alphabet
of Bible doctrines and
in the book of Matthew. Information on a group chat.
And then on the back there's a place for notes for the
sermons here today. So I forgot to put up the
poll on our group chat. The letter
S is Satan. I don't think anyone would have
guessed it. You would have said salvation or sanctification
or something that would be more
likely, but it's actually on Satan
or the devil is what we'll talk about here today.
But anyways, that's it for announcements. Well, brother Marlon, lead us
in another song.
For our next song
let's turn to hymn number 222.
Do, do, do, do
Sing a song
bounded by human
In
number 22
many
other prayers
Dining with
Jesus
by death
recognize
In
you with Jesus
God
divine
Looking to
Jesus
for the glory of
Christ
moment by moment
for
high and high
moment by moment
by
heavenly
star
moment by moment
by moment
by
Looking to
Jesus for the glory
of Christ
moment by
moment
for high
and high
Hear
her a trial
that she is
not there
Never
a burden
for me to
appear
Hear her a
sorrow that
she is not
there
moment by moment
my wonder
is here
moment by moment
by
heavenly
star
moment by moment
by moment
only to
Jesus the
glory of
Christ
moment by
Here
all are thinking
here
of God
Never
a burden
Here
all the
earth
moment by
moment
He brings
His love
moment by moment
by
heavenly
star
moment by moment
by moment
only to
Jesus the
glory of
Christ
moment by
moment
by
moment by
moment
by
moment by
light
because here's the thing It's not really hard to figure
out what Satan is going to do
because he does the same thing all the time
because it works
you know what worked
before the flood still works today
nothing
new under the sun
So we should not be ignorant
of Satan's devices we can look at what Satan did
in Genesis Chapter 3, we can study
that and think about that and what
we see is that woman Eve
too naive. We also probably see that her husband did not do a very good job of
passing on the information that he got from God. And we can learn from that. And
we can see that Adam just kind of follows after his wife, what his wife
says. And we can see the pattern of Satan all throughout the Bible or people like
Amnon had a friend that are doing Jonadab that are types of the devil. We
can look at what they do and realize, hey, I should not be ignorant of his devices.
Because we see enough in the Word of God to know what Satan is going to do and we
should know how to handle it. The Bible says in 1 Peter 5 verse 8, it says,
Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about seeking whom he may devour. The Bible says Satan is seeking whom he
may devour. You know what that's saying? There are certain people Satan can
devour and certain people that Satan cannot devour. Look, a lion doesn't
usually attack an elephant. You say, why? Because the elephant will just stomp on
him, right? Probably the elephant is going to win. I mean a lion, as
far as I know, doesn't really attack the rhinoceros. You say, why? Because that's
probably someone that he can't devour. But there are plenty of animals that
a lion can devour. You know, Satan is the same way. I mean there's certain people
that he cannot devour or destroy. The Bible tells us to resist the devil. Now here's
the thing, when Satan is trying to get you to mess up and destroy your life or
he has the fallen angels underneath him that are doing the same, if you resist
the devil, the Bible says he's going to flee. It does not mean that he's never
going to come back, but the idea is that Satan cannot be everywhere all at the same
time with all power. So basically, if he tries to harm your life and you resist
it, he's going to move on to somebody else because he says, I can't do anything to
this person. We talk to people at Soul Winning all the time and they say, man,
yeah, you know, I'm going to be at church on Sunday. I'm sure many of you heard
this this week. Somebody told you they're going to be here at church. And here's the
thing, I don't think all those people are lying when they say it. But in reality,
what they mean is, I will be at church unless something comes up. If that's the
attitude you take, something will always come up. Man, I'm going to read the Bible
every morning unless something comes up. Oh, so you're never going to read the
Bible. I'm going to go to Soul Winning every week unless something comes up.
So you're never going to go Soul Winning. Because if you give an opt-out option and
then Satan's like, okay, I'll just give you that option. Because I realize you're
not going to be in church, you're not going to go to Soul Winning, you're not
going to read the Bible if I give you that option. You must have the attitude, I
will do it no matter what. Look, I understand things like sickness come up.
I'm not saying nothing ever comes up. I'm just saying you must have the attitude in
life. I'm not going to let an obstacle stop me from doing what's right. I mean,
look, if you took this mentality to your job, man, I'm going to go to work unless
something comes up. It's like, man, there's something far more entertaining,
right? I mean, it's the NBA Finals. I need like three weeks off, you know. It's like
you're going to fail in life. You must have the attitude, I'm going to do it no
matter what comes up. Go to, actually, verse 9, whom resist steadfast in the
faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that
are in the world. Go to Revelation 12, Revelation 12, Revelation chapter 12.
Point number 1, Satan is created. Point 2, he has limited ability. Point 3,
there's an initial rejection. Point 4, we see the ministry or objective or goal of
the devil. What is he trying to accomplish? Point 5, we see a final
rejection, a final rejection. And it says here in Revelation 12, verse 7, and there
was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon
fought his angels and prevailed not. Neither was their place found any more
in heaven. Now, here's the thing. There's already an initial rejection that took
place. We saw that. However, Satan still has access to heaven. And in fact,
according to Revelation 12, Satan has access to heaven today, right? Because it's
in Revelation 12, their place is found no more in heaven, okay? The Bible says in
Revelation 12, verse 8, and prevailed not. Neither was their place found any more
in heaven. Verse 9, and the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the
devil, and Satan was deceived of the whole world. He was cast out into the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,
now has come salvation and strength in the kingdom of our God and the power of
Christ, for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before
our God day and night. And what we're seeing here about the devil is he
accused the brethren day and night. That's one of the big things that he does.
Now since Satan is not everywhere at once, oftentimes there'll be other fallen
angels that are partaking in this. And of course there's a lot of people that they
kind of play the part on the devil, whether they're reprobates or not, just
accusing other people, being filled full of gossip, and things like this. And
whether they realize it or not, you're not doing God's work, right? You're
actually helping out the devil with what his mission is. Verse number 11, and they
overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of their testimony, and they
loved not their lives under the death. Therefore rejoice ye heavens, and ye that
dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea, for the devil
has come down on you, having great wrath, because he knoweth he hath, that he hath
but a short time. You see, this world, is it getting godlier or more sinful today?
More sinful. I don't think anyone could debate that. It's getting worse and worse
and worse. It will never get better. It's always going to get worse. In my opinion,
Satan is not in any rush for the end times to start. You say, why? Because as
more and more people join the sides of the devil, and there's more sin in the
world, it's good for Satan. But eventually he's going to be cast out, and he knoweth
that he hath but a short time. That's the event that's going to kick off the Great
Tribulation. It's like, okay, now I know. It's like, it's time. I got to get to work,
and we're going to have the biggest persecution we've ever seen. Go to
Revelation 20. Revelation 20. Revelation 20. And so point number one, Satan is
created. Point number two, he has limited ability. Point three, there's an initial
rejection. Point four, we see the ministry or the objective of the devil. Point five,
we see a final rejection. And point six, lastly, he will be cast into hell for all
eternity. Now, there's kind of two stages of this. Notice what it says in
Revelation 20, verse one. And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the
key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on
the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan. You say, well, how do you
know Satan is the devil? Well, Revelation chapter 20, verse two, right? Which
is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. So it's going to take
place if Satan is going to be thrown in to hell for a thousand years, and he's
bound up. So here's an example of an angel beating him up, right? An angel
throws him in hell, and it's like, you can't get out. Now, whether that means he
was created more powerful than Satan, or whether or not God is just giving him
power, either way, there's no match between the devil and God. Because he's
thrown in hell, and he can't get out. You say, brother Stuckey, I thought that Satan
created hell. It's like, where did you read that in the Bible? That's not what the
Bible teaches. Yeah, people will say, well, you know what, I'd rather be in hell
than heaven. I want to be with all my friends. It's like, all right, go for it.
But here's the problem you got. People in hell, because people get this idea
about hell. Well, you know what, hell is just, you know, you're drinking and
fornicating and doing drugs and listening to rock music. It's so great.
That's not what hell is like, my friend. Satan did not create hell, right? I mean,
Satan is going to burn in hell more than anyone that has ever existed, right?
You know, somebody at a church in Pampanga, they showed me a video recently
where there's this old singer named Freddie Mercury. Who knows Freddie
Mercury? Who knows the band Queen, right? And there's this clip where he says,
you know what, I'd rather go to hell than heaven, because that's where all my
friends are. Well, when you died of AIDS, because you're a homo, that's exactly
what took place, right? He died, he was a homosexual, he died of AIDS, and that's
where he went for all eternity. You got exactly what you wanted. And you know
what, he's probably right with all of his friends. I mean, who names a rock band
Queen? By the way, this is a bit of a rabbit trail, because I used to listen to
a lot of rock music, but let me help you out. The song We Are The Champions is a
gay anthem. We will keep on fighting to the end. It's not a sports song. It is a
gay anthem. And you know what, as we're going on to these other sports songs, so
the song YMCA, it is a pedophilia song. I'm not just throwing out an accusation.
Look at the words. It's like you men will have lots of fun. There's lots of boys
there it says in the song. It was sung by a gay group, the Village People, okay? And
I get it. We hear the same songs at sporting events in the U.S. too. We are
the champions in YMCA, because it was, you might not realize this, in the U.S. it
was known that kids were getting molested at the YMCA, because it was like a
babysitting service. You drop off the kids, and the song is a gay anthem by a
gay group. It ain't Freddie Mercury, right? But hell is not a place of sin and
fun. By the way, living a sinful life doesn't make people happy. People that
live a sinful life, they're not more happy than the average person. They're
actually miserable. It destroys your life. But hell is not a place where you
just party and drink and fornicate and do all the sin. No, hell is a punishment
where you burn for all eternity. And Satan is thrown into hell. The Bible says
he's cast in the bottomless pit. Go down to verse number, verse number, let's see,
verse 7. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his
first prison. So he's there for a thousand years, and it says, and shall go
out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and
Magog, to gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the
sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth and encompassed the camp of the
saints about and the beloved city, and the fire came down from God out of
heaven and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast in the lake
of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are. So by the way,
beast and the false prophet are thrown in before the devil, and they don't burn
up. They are still there. Why? Because hell is eternal. And it says, and shall be
tormented day and night forever and ever. Good luck being a Jehovah's Witness or
Seventh-day Adventist when you read that verse, where they believe hell is
annihilation. No, it's not annihilation. That's what people like to think, because
they want a shorter punishment. That's not the way it is, my friend. Go to Isaiah 14,
and we'll close up. Isaiah 14. Isaiah 14. Isaiah chapter 14. And we looked at this
earlier, but notice what it says in verse 15. This is looking toward the future,
what's going to happen to the devil when he's cast into hell. Yet thou shalt be
brought down to hell to the sides of the pit, referring to the bottomless pit.
Notice this in verse 16. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and
consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did
shake kingdoms? Because here's the thing. I mean, today people look at Satan. They
say, He's so powerful. How can he be beaten? And yet when he's cast into hell,
it's like, Is this the man? Very unimpressive. It's like, What? This is the
guy that deceived the whole world? And here's the reality. As Bible-believing
Christians, we are very easily deceived. We are very easily led into sin. And
here's the thing. You can't blame the devil when you screw up your life. Well,
you know what? I've been a drunk for 10 years. The devil made me do it. No, he
didn't. It's like, Man, you know, the devil's really been fighting me. No, he's
not omnipresent, so he's probably wasting zero time on you. No offense. I'm not
Job, nor do I think I will ever become as good as Job. And as far as I know, no
offense, but I don't think any of us are. Quite honestly, in my opinion, I
seriously doubt the devil's wasted any time on me personally. Right? Obviously,
there's fallen angels, and who knows? I could be wrong, but I'm just saying, I
just feel like he has bigger fish to fry. But here's the thing. What the
Bible says is, It's our own lust, according to the book of James. Don't
blame the devil. Certainly don't blame God, according to James 1, but don't blame
the devil either. I mean, every man is drawn away of his own lust and
enticed. It's like, Man, Brother Stuckey, Man, I know I want to read the Bible
every morning, but the devil's just fighting me. It's like, No, you're just
lazy. This word lazy, that is the issue. The devil is not in your house, like,
fighting against you. Oh, you can't do it. It's just called laziness. Or, Man,
Brother Stuckey, I mean, I know I shouldn't do this sin or this sin. The
devil's been fighting me. No, no, that's your own lust. It's your own lust that's
causing you to do that. I mean, look upon Satan. I mean, is this the man? Look, I'm
not sitting here saying Satan has no power, because obviously he does. I'm just
saying there is no comparison to God. And if you are saved, God will help you fight
against sin. You've got to make your own free will choice, though. You're indwelt
with the Spirit of God, and you are, you mean, you have power. I mean, God has
power, and he can pray to God and ask for help. You can overcome temptations. When
you give in, it's your own sinful flesh. It's your own laziness. It's your
own pride. It's your own bitterness. It's your own envy. It's your own problems in
life. Any one of us can wake up and read the Bible and pray, but we don't do it.
But it's not because of the devil. It's because of us. I'm not saying Satan has no
power. I mean, obviously we see him having some power that God allows him to have.
But here's the thing. As a Bible-believing Christian, I mean, if you, obviously,
we're never going to be perfect. We're going to sin. But I'll tell you what.
If you're serving God, God can help you overcome the sins and problems in your
life. And when you mess up, it's not Satan's fault. It's actually your fault.
It's your own flesh, your own lust. It's you that needs to become stronger
spiritually. Let's close in the Word of prayer. Your Heavenly Father, thank you
for allowing us to be here today and just getting to see this topic in the Word of
God. Help us to understand about who Satan is and what power he does have and what
he does not have, some misconceptions about hell and various different things,
God. And help us to fight against sin in our life. Help us to fight against it and
pray to you and do everything we can to overcome the sins and the problems in our
lives, God. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Amen. Let's take our hymn books and turn to hymn number 21. For our last song,
let's sing a song. Jesus, I am to sing.
In number 21, let's sing the song, Jesus, I am resting.
Many on the first. Jesus, I am resting, resting in the oil of the world.
I am finding out the greatness of my loving heart.
Thou hast made me gaze upon me, and the beauty fills my soul.
Far by thy good-scoring power, thou hast made me rule all the roads.
Jesus, I am resting, resting in the oil of the world.
I am finding out the greatness of my loving heart.
I am standing, resting in the Lord. Jesus, I am holding as the Lord.
In thy love's so crucial kingdom satisfies my heart.
Satisfied, it's me that's holding me to him.
It's where we need it more. I step around it, pass it on.
He is loving all the gurus. I am resting, resting in the oil of the world.
I am finding out the greatness of my loving heart.
Far by thy good-scoring power, thou hast made me rule all the roads.
I am standing, resting, resting in the oil of the world.
I am finding out the greatness of my loving heart.
Amen.
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