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The Hacker of Your Soul 0:03 Men, if you call every man your home for getting in, getting healthy, getting strong, and getting going, then we have a special ask for you. We need men like you to stand in the gap with us as we take back territory for0:15 God's kingdom with our new giving campaign. We're calling it the 12 for 12 giving campaign, and all it takes is 12 dollars a month for 12 months. Now your commitment and0:26 donation will help us reach our 20 city goal with our Dangerous Good Conference in 20 21. And we can't do this without your support. Now if you haven't noticed, every man is on the move and we've been able to build0:38 an army of strong men that are choosing Jesus over the world. You know why? That's because of people like you that help our ministry thrive, especially in these difficult times. So, will you0:50 join us and commit to donating 12 dollars for 12 months? Every dollar equals change, not only in the men, but also change for the women, children, and communities connected to these men. Thank you1:02 in advance for your support and God bless.1:12 Welcome to the men's global livestream. If you have a Bible, I want you to hold 2 spots. 1 in Genesis chapter 3 and the other spot in second Corinthians chapter 10. We're in part 4 of a series we've been1:24 doing called The Inner Man. And I wanna start today's session with a question. Have you ever had your identity stolen? Or maybe have you had your1:36 computer hacked? Or maybe you've had a ransom wear or malware attack, or maybe you've even been impersonated. You know, in today's digital world where we're completely1:47 reliant, on the Internet and Wi Fi, it's developed a whole new brand of criminal. They're called hackers. We see their work in data breaches, identity1:59 theft, ransomware and malware attacks, industrial sabotage. But in the end, there's 1 outcome. People are exploited, and typically, they lose money.2:11 And annually, between 15 and 20000000000 dollars is earned by these criminals who exploit people. In fact, I'm 1 of2:23 those victims. This last year, there was an email sent supposedly by me to the chief financial officer of Everyman2:34 Ministries, and it was requesting payment for an invoice for 16000 dollars for consulting. And I got I got a message from our CFO that2:46 said, why didn't you discuss this with me? And, you know, the tone was like, hey. We're supposed to talk about these things, and when you spend money and especially that much money and so forth,2:58 and it just wow. What happened? And then I realized when I looked at the email that I didn't write it. And there was some some signals, some red flags that3:10 went off in my head. The tone was off in the request. It was very distant and demanding. It was kinda using power language to get my CFO to do this quickly3:22 and urgently that I would never, use. And so what happened was is I called a cybersecurity friend and, shared it with him, and then I handed3:34 him control of my computer, and he start started looking through my computer and dialing through all of these levels in my computer and then he said this, there he is. I suppose it was a3:46 man, it could have been a woman, but my guy said, there he is. And what you could see was he was typing in code to get into my RSS feed to take over3:57 my email so he could impersonate me. And he had figured out that sometimes I request invoices that are paid, and he was trying to steal money from4:09 Everyman Ministries. And and so it was this subtle takeover, and thankfully, the cybersecurity, person, stopped it. And4:21 we solved the problem ongoing through what's called, and you might be familiar with this, I was new to it, double authentication. That means that, not only do you have to type in your password, but then you have to4:33 either answer a question, put in a bit of personal information. But there's 2 forms of authenticating that to get into your computer system,4:45 which the hacker doesn't know. And it was, and it was very successful. But here's the point, when you have an active threat and you4:56 recognize it, you gotta take active measures. Now hackers love what's called personally identifiable information, your social security number, your driver's license number, your passwords. Right? They're5:08 the most, valued. Now spiritually speaking, there is a hacker out there and there's very prized information5:21 about you that he would love to corrupt. And it's what we have been talking about in parts 1 and 2, that God fully accepts5:33 you. The quest of your soul to secure worth and significance, it's over when you're accepted by5:45 the ultimate source, which is God. You don't have to search for significance or meaning or worth once you know you're accepted by God. Not only that, you're not only accepted by him, you're fully loved by him, and you're5:56 fully identified with him. Now in the spiritual realm, the hacker of your soul is Satan, and that's what we're going to talk about6:08 today in part 4 of the inner man. In part 3, we were talking about how there's an interchange that we go through when we become secure and locked down in our inner man and the love of God.6:20 And that it starts this process of the inner man defeating the inner boy, and we start maturing on the inside. Why? Because we're securing God's love. In this6:32 session, we're gonna talk about not the interchange, but the inner challenge. Alright? Because we have an identity in Christ. We realize and internalize that God loves us, accepts us, and we're fully identified6:44 with his love and acceptance through Christ. But that reality gets corrupted. That reality gets attacked with lies, and that's what we're6:56 gonna talk about today. So what we're gonna do is what we do normally in our sessions. We're gonna look at God's word. We're gonna get God's mind, and we're going to really stay in this space of spiritual7:08 warfare on the inner man. So we're going to start today kind of getting God's mind on our insides and then seeing how the hacker of our souls7:20 uses it. But let's start in Proverbs 29 verse 17 says this, as water reflects your face, so your mind shows what kind of7:32 person you are. So we're just reiterating from god's word that that our insides, and our inner journey is determinative. That that7:43 kinda, guides us. It's the real us is operating on the inside. I wanna follow that up with Proverbs 4 23, which says this, be careful what you think because your thoughts7:56 love your your thoughts run your life. Right? Your thoughts run your life. So between Proverbs 20 29 17 and Proverbs 4 23, what we see is this picture, alright, of8:08 our mind and our thoughts and our perceptions and how those thoughts and perceptions produce choices. They give us the momentum in our life. Or maybe in8:20 other words, we are what we think and we do what we think. Now here's the thing. God knows that. God tells us that. Satan knows8:31 that and he attacks it. Right? That's why when Jesus was describing our relationship with God, he said this in Matthew 22, love the Lord your God8:43 with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. Right? This is what we live out of. The spiritual battle that we face8:55 isn't outside of us. It's between our ears. It's how we think about God, about situations, about ourselves, about other people. Right? Now, God9:07 knows and wants us to have a relationship with him, and a strong relationship with God requires a strong mind. It requires your mind to relate to God. Now, if the hacker9:19 knows that, that's like your personally identifiable information that he knows. He knows that if he messes with your head about God's love, about God's9:30 acceptance, about God's ability, about God's person, about God's purposes, about God's life. If he can he can mess with you in that regard, then he knows that he can hack in to your9:42 inner man and get you doing things and thinking things that are out of alignment with his plan. In fact, we see that in Genesis chapter 3. Alright? We see Satan, the serpent,9:55 and he is hacking into Adam and Eve's mind. Says this, the serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. 1 day,10:07 he asked the woman, Did God really say you must not eat from the fruit of any of the trees in the garden? You won't die. The serpent replied to the woman,10:20 God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God knowing both good and evil. So what did the hacker of the soul do? Right? He got10:32 into Eve's head, and he got in there with a suggestion that creates the fear of missing out. Right? You you guys know that. Right? FOMO? The fear of10:43 missing out. He says, hey, he he he just doesn't want you to experience this awesome thing and gets her thinking about, wow, I'm missing10:55 out. Okay. That's a fear, but God's in control and God said not to eat of that. But now the fear hacks into the system through the lie, and now she's wondering.11:07 And, of course, we all know what the rest of the story is. Right? So she partakes of the the the the fruit of the tree that God forbid. She gets Adam into it.11:19 The fall happens, and now we have broken people and a broken planet. And now we have fear, entering the picture in human relationships11:31 and, and infecting humanity. And that's the condition that we're living in right now. So here's the thing you need to know about the hacker then and the hacker now based onSatan's Attack Strategy 11:42 scripture. Write this down. The hacker, Satan, knows thinking determines living. If he can get into your thinking, he can affect your11:54 living. Right? That's number 1. Right? Number 2, write this down. The hacker will attack thinking to compromise trusting. So Eve was told by12:06 God, hey, have at it. It's just you and Adam. You're naked. You're unashamed. Enjoy yourself, but just don't do that. Alright?12:18 And but Satan hacks into Eve's thinking, gets her doubting God's person, get gets her her doubting god's character, like12:30 he doesn't have her best interest in mind, and then she takes the bait of the lie. Now she's infected with fear. And in fear12:42 because she doesn't want to miss out, she disobeys God. So the hacker knows thinking determines living. The hacker will attack thinking to compromise trusting and then it's kind of like a12:54 domino effect. The hacker's goal, write this down, is to compromise trusting to foster fearing. Right? If if trust is13:06 compromised, fear can be cultivated. Wow. Eve, God doesn't have your best interest in mind. Why do you trust him? He I mean, he has this great thing out here for13:18 you and but he's not letting you do it. Alright? So now her trust in God is compromised, and now her fear is fostered and stoked. Alright?13:30 Now in this story and in our lives, the hacker wins when, write this down, fearing fuels replacing God. What does13:42 Eve do? Well, she asserts her own will, which goes against God's will. In other word, she becomes God. Now isn't it interesting that Satan was kicked out of heaven13:54 because he wanted to be like the most high. He wanted to be like God. So Satan lies to Eve to get her to assert her independence from God, just like he tried to, and take his place just like he14:05 tried to. And he makes a suggestion that she's missing out. She takes the bait. She believes the lie. It fosters fear. And now, guess who's God? Eve is. Can I just14:17 say that that scene in Genesis chapter 3 is the same attack that is being played out in my life and in your life right14:29 now? Alright? And we're going to unpack that, but let's write down our inner man fact for session 4. Write this down. Inner fear is universal, but inner corruption14:43 is optional. Now interfere is universal. 365 times in the Bible, you'll see do not fear or fear not. Alright? You don't say14:55 don't be afraid or fear not if there isn't fear already in there. Alright? So interfere is universal. Human beings have fears about the future, about a lot of things. Right?15:07 But the Bible says, we don't have to be corrupted like Eve was and deceived. That corruption is optional. We we can15:18 turn to God. We can trust God. We can rely on his awareness of our lives. We can rely on his love, his acceptance, his ability to redeem15:31 and to repurpose things. We don't have to get corrupted. We don't have to become afraid, and we don't have to become insecure. You get corrupted when you start listening to the lie and becoming afraid. That is15:42 the first sign that your inner man is corrupted. So what does the Bible say? We gotta fight, with the weapons that we have to prevent15:55 that corruption. So corruption is optional, which means that we gotta fight. We're not powerless. Look at what the Bible says in second Corinthians chapter 10 about spiritual battle, the mind, and, fighting16:07 thoughts that that that seek to compromise trust and belief in God. Says this, the weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to16:19 demolish strongholds. We listen, me and you, this is our job. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. And16:31 we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. So what you have is a theater of battle. The theater of battle is in your mind. There are patterns of thinking16:43 that the hacker wants to embed in your mind that get you distant and separated from God. Right? And the Bible says that when the thought, the lie,16:55 the pattern of thinking comes, we don't play nickel poker with those things because they're attacking yours and my relationship with God.17:07 You dads out there, you love your kids? Would you defend against that? Anyone who would seek to attack your relationship with your kids?17:19 Well, if you would, just think about your relationship with God. What's the most important thing in our lives, man? It's our relationship with Jesus. And just as I would rise up to defend my17:31 daughters in our relationship. Man, my relationship with Jesus is worth defending. Right? So that's what the Bible says. Your relationship with Jesus is17:43 under constant attack, and the attack is is bad thinking. It's arguments. It's persuasive suggestions.17:55 It's pretensions or assertions. Right? When the Bible says we demolish arguments in every pretension. A pretension is the same as an assertion. It's a claim just like Satan claimed and18:07 asserted that, Eve, you're missing out. You're blowing it. God doesn't care about you. He's preventing you from having fun and experiencing all this great stuff, and that was a lie. That was an argument18:19 and pretension that set itself up against Eve having a strong relationship with God. And so in that moment, she didn't reject18:30 it. She accepted it. The Bible says here in second Corinthians 10 that when that moment comes and there's a suggestion and it's gonna come that, hey, you're missing out.18:42 God's holding out on you. He doesn't love you. This has gone on too long. Whatever the lie is, it's trying to put a wedge between you and God so18:54 that space can be made through fear to sin. We're supposed to take that captive thought and make it obedient to Christ. Now there's our solution. I want you to think about this like a19:05 customs, station in an airport. So you land in a foreign country, you gotta go through customs because you're not a resident of that country. So then you have to go through there's a little person in the booth and you19:16 have your passport documentation, and that person waves you over and then, you know, looks at your passport, validates your picture that that you're from that country, runs it through the system. What's she19:28 doing? She's assessing you before she lets you into that country. And then she might ask you, so, mister Locke, where why are you here? And what are you doing? And where are you staying? And when she's satisfied that you19:40 aren't a threat to that country, she takes out her little stamp and she stamps it and says, you know, Welcome to our country. Right? That is how we're supposed to19:51 manage our mind. Not all thoughts are equal. When the Bible says that we are to love God with our mind, alright, that means we're supposed to manage it like a custom20:03 station. We're supposed to assess thoughts that come into our mind. Not just not just free willy, let them in, you know, no borders, no protection. Our mind is valuable. We do what20:15 we think, and, we are what we think. That's where the battle's fought. So we have to have a an assessment infrastructure on the inside. We're like, no, that20:27 thought, that's not from God. We have to love God with our mind, which means we have to love God with our thoughts, which means we have to examine thoughts. And if 1 of those thoughts is from the hacker or20:39 the terrorist of your soul, we need to take it captive, arrest it, walk it right back out and kick it out. Not getting in. Why? Because if we keep it in, then we're gonna20:51 dive in this. And you see how spiritual battle starts in the mind. So remember my story about how there were some red flags,21:02 that that my computer system and, a software program had been compromised. There were some red flags. You know, there was there was emails being taken over. There were there's21:14 a tone of message. That's what happens when your computer system, or a software system is compromised. There the the the tone of the email was wrong in my case, or, you know,21:26 you might be compromised with an attack, and you see these unfamiliar pop ups, or the the speed of your computer slows down, or you see funny windows, but it lets you know that21:38 these red flags let you know, hey, something's up. Right? And when it comes to you in your inner man, alright, god's presence and your security in God's21:50 presence, God's love, and your inner security and confidence and peace and worth in God's love can be corrupted by a lie that you believe.22:02 And then here's what happens. Just like Eve believed the lie and started behaving out of the lie, we believe a lie about God, his love,22:14 his presence, his purpose, his promises, and we start acting out of character. There's some red flags that that kinda we start behaving differently. Why? Because we're not living in and out of22:26 God's love and presence in our lives. We're living in and out of fear. Right? And we're doing whatever it takes, right, to resolve the fear, which might even22:38 be sin or might even be sinning because we gotta resolve the fear that's rooted in the lie, and we become inwardly corrupted and that produces outward signs.Red Flags of a Hacked Inner Man 22:50 And so I wanna walk through just some some red flags and, that that that are assigned to us that our inner security and God's love has been hacked.23:02 And the first 1, the first red flag I wanna mention, this is this is very common. Worry starts controlling your spirit. Alright. And now this is an easy 1 to dismiss. Right? Because all23:14 people worry. We worry about a lot of things. We worry about our kids. We worry about the future. We worry about the job. We worry about who's in the White House. We worry we worry about a lot of things. But the23:22 distinction I want to make is that abiding anxiety, constant worry. Alright? You know what that's a signal of? It's a23:33 signal that the future in your mind, right, needs to be under your control. And, good luck with that. Your shoulders aren't big23:45 enough to take on the future. And yet, you're acting like you can carry it. You're acting like that needs to be under control. You need things to be predictable. You need,23:57 things to you need to know beforehand, and there is a an abiding anxiety and a constant worry. You know anybody like that? Could be yourself, could be a friend, could be24:09 a spouse. But here's the lie. If worry controls your spirit, the lie that you're believing is that, you know, God's ability, God's love, God's wisdom, you know,24:21 it's good for a lot of things, but just not this 1 thing, Or just not for my future. I I have to take control of that. Man, that's anxiety producing because you can't control the future.24:33 Most people who suffer from anxiety are trying to know the future and control the future. So to avoid pain. And while that's human, it's not healthy, and that's a red24:45 flag because God is in control. And he loves you. And he's wise, and he's able. So if you've gone from that place of24:57 knowing and internalizing that to abiding anxiety and and constant worry, you've been hacked. Right? That's red flag number 1. Red flag25:09 number 2 is restlessness controls your actions. Alright? So it's almost like red flag number 1 about worry, kinda dominoes, and then you get restless.25:21 And that that restlessness starts controlling your anger. You can't can't get comfortable with yourself, with your life, with your circumstances. And you suffer from what I call the longing and living gap.25:33 Alright? You long for comfort and constancy and stability, but you live in a world of temporary. You live in a state of temporary with with everyone and25:45 and everything. It's hard for you to be just grateful and content and at rest. And when you're when25:57 you can't be grateful or if it's difficult to be grateful, if you can't be content and it's or it's difficult to be content, here's what happens. It makes getting26:09 closer to others really hard. And when you're restless, you you end things early, you prematurely bail out, you don't stay26:21 with things. You're because why? Because you're always wondering what's what's gonna happen next. And someone who's always wondering what's gonna happen next or what what shoes gonna drop or what's the next step or what26:32 are we gonna do, you know, next. You can't be present. That destroys relationships. And so restlessness kills gratitude and contentment, which means26:44 by default that it's fostering ingratitude and discontentment. And and an ungrateful and discontent person is a horrible person to be26:56 in relationship with. So that's red flag number 2, restlessness. Alright? Red flag number 3 is what I call vacillation. Right? There's a big word that sabotages your relationships. Let me27:08 explain and you'll you'll get it. Alright? A person who's a vacillator, they act like they don't need others and then confusingly, they act like they can't live without them. Right? You27:20 ever meet someone or know someone like that? Alright. They don't need anybody and they demand distance, and then they really need you and they demand closeness. You know, it's that whole I love you, but I hate27:31 you type dynamic going on. It's like, it's like 1 of those oscillating fans, you know, the fans that that go across the room, and it it hits its limit, and then it turns27:43 the other direction. But here's 1 problem about oscillating or vacillating, fans that are actually people who are needing you and not needing you, loving you and hating you, and wanna be close but27:55 but need their space. You know? You know, you can't get close to a person like that. Right? And here's where it's rooted. Fear of abandonment28:08 and rejection. That creates the dynamic of pushing people you want close to you far away, and that is a red flag. Right? That's why that's how I know that that28:19 God's acceptance of you, God's love for you, you identifying with his love and acceptance, permanent acceptance, has been attacked. Alright? That28:31 you can't you can't rest in that. And because you can't rest in that, you start acting that out and, you become what I call a vacillator. And vacillators, always28:43 sabotage their relationships. Alright? Being needed by someone and being a threat at the same time, you know what that's called? Dysfunctional. Okay?28:56 And that's a red flag. Alright? Number 4, red flag is you avoid conflict and you're always trying to please people. Alright? When your29:07 soul has been hacked and you, your security and God's love has been corrupted. Right? Your insides, can't tolerate disagreement. Why? Because29:19 you're insecure on the inside. Right? You're not sure how you're coming across. Alright? You wanna rock the boat, and so you please people and you behave apologetically and you you keep the peace and but here's the29:31 problem. When you're a pleaser and a conflict avoider, do the problems go away because you please people and avoided the conflict? No. It piles up,29:43 right, a bunch of unresolved issues, you know, and that's a red flag because those unresolved issues will pile up and store up and feed negative emotions29:55 and and resentment inside, and that is the devil's playground when you are all all filled with negative emotions that are are unexpressed.30:07 Okay? So that's red flag number 4. Red flag number 5 is you have a public private split and this is exactly how it sounds. In public, you're 1 person, you have an image, you have a perception30:19 that you've carefully crafted and cultivated, and people think about you a certain way, usually in a good way, but privately, you're another person that you would30:30 be horrified for the public to know about you. Right? You ever know somebody like that? I think we're all like that to30:42 a certain degree, but sometimes the the degree of difference is stark, and it's dark. And it's driven by the hacker of your soul that you're afraid.30:55 And if people really knew you, they wouldn't accept you. So you gotta act 1 way in public, and then you act another way in private. When God has fully accepted you just as you are and is working with you31:07 and loves you and wants to love you out of that miserable public private split. A lot of times we become so split that the wall that we31:18 build between our image and our private reality is so high. We feel like we can never get back over to be authentic and transparent about our private struggles. Not true. Don't buy31:30 the lie. Alright? Red flag number 6 is what I call outbursts you regret. Alright? So think about it. When you have,31:43 either a public private split or you're a conflict avoider and you have all these internal pressures and and and splits and negative emotions connected to them.31:54 Alright? You don't you don't talk about necessarily how you're feeling because you don't want to ruin the image. You don't want to cause disagreement, but you feel a32:06 lot of hurt. It's like you're a sensitive person. You're like a bruise that's hiding under a a thing of clothing and and, man, the bruise has gotten softer and more sensitive and softer and more sensitive,32:18 and God help the person that bumps into you, and out it comes. Right? There's outbursts that you regret. And I know that I'm talking to some men right now32:30 where that's you. And you're realizing for the first time where that is coming from. Your soul has been hacked. You've believed lie. You're living32:42 out of fear versus living in God's acceptance and love, and you're taking on 1 of these personas. And then lastly, the last red flag is perceptions32:53 trump reality. How do you know that your soul has been hacked and your security and God's love has been corrupted? Well, it's more important that people see you in a certain way33:06 than accept you as you are. Flaws and all, that is a definite sign that your soul has been hacked.33:18 So what do we do? Alright? So there's a a hacker. There is a strategy that he has to to attack that personally identifiable information33:30 about you spiritually. The most prized being that your worth and your significance and, your peace is in God's love. He has to attack that. He has to33:42 correct that. And when he does, he can get us living in and out of the lie versus living in and out of God's love. Now, what's the33:54 solution? Well, it's a daily 1, and it involves a couple of things. Check out your notes. It involves booting up, authenticating, and locking that hacker outShow more In this video 0:00 The Hacker of Your Soul11:40 Satan's Attack Strategy22:50 Red Flags of a Hacked Inner Man34:04 Reboot: Lock Out the Hacker DailyComments No comments yet. Start the conversation.
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