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0:00 We are going to talk about pride. And the title of my message in the problem of pride part 1, it always ends poorly. It always ends poorly. So it is0:12 June, and this is the month where our country and the West, by and large, celebrates self. Paul the Apostle warned Timothy, the pastor of Ephesus in the first century, that0:23 in the last days there will come times of great difficulty, for men will be lovers of self. They will be boastful, proud, and arrogant. If you want any further proof0:35 that we are close to the return of Jesus Christ, turn on the television set for about 15 seconds. Scroll social media, listen to a celebrity pop singer attend a0:47 concert, or watch a Netflix documentary. This is our world, and we're going to talk about it. Sound good? I'm so glad that you said yes, but even if you had said yes, I was still going to talk0:59 about it. Even if you had said no, I was going to talk about it. Let's go to Isaiah chapter 14 as well. And if you don't have paper notes or if you're watching online, check out waterschurch dot guide. It looks like1:09 that. Or if you've come late and you don't have the message notes, that's all right. And you click on today's message, it will look like that. And we're going to talk about Isaiah chapter 14. Stand at every location for1:20 the reading of God's word. Here's what it says. Isaiah 14, verse 12. How you are fallen from heaven, O Deistar, son of dawn. How you are1:32 cut down to the ground, you who laid nations low. You said in your heart. Always understand that this comes from our hearts. You1:43 said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven above the stars of God. I will set my throne on high. I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north. I will ascend above1:55 the heights of the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High. But everybody say but. But. But you are brought down to Sheol, to2:07 the far reaches of the pit. Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you. Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook2:18 kingdoms, who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, and who did not let his prisoners go home? All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb.2:30 But you are cast out away from your grave like a loathed branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword who go down to the stones of the pit like a dead body trampled underfoot. You will not be joined2:42 with them in burial because you have destroyed your land. You have slain your people. This is God's word. Let's pray together. Father, thank you for the opportunity to2:54 hear your voice. May the words of my mouth and meditation of our hearts be pleasing in your sight. Help us, oh God, to have ears to hear, hearts to receive, and minds that are ready to be renewed3:06 in knowledge of Jesus, and help us, oh, Father, as we pray every time we're together to see Jesus. Him and Him only. In His mighty name we pray. Everybody said, amen. God bless you. Have a3:18 seat. If you are a fan of the deep end, nothing that I say will be news to you. If you are not a fan of the deep end, what's wrong with you?3:29 You're missing it, okay? And I don't frankly know how you're gonna get to heaven, to be honest with you. But we're gonna talk about pride because our world is talking about pride. I wanna think about the madness that3:40 we're in, the madness that we're in. The month of May ends on the last Monday with Memorial Day, A day where we memorialize the people3:52 who shed their blood to secure our freedoms. The people who stopped slavery in the south, Nazis in4:04 Normandy, communism in Korea. Their bodies were shot, stabbed, knived, blown up, exploded,4:15 fell out of the air, and otherwise greatly mistreated, and sometimes found no burial so that we could barbecue. And then4:27 in July, there's another day where we remember the signing of a document, the declaration of independence signed July fourth 17 76 in4:38 Philadelphia at Independence Hall. Signed by 55, some say 56 men who decided that people deserve to live free, that every man was made in the image of4:50 God, every woman was made in the image of God. And though our country has struggled at oftentimes to live up to the standards and the ideals of that document, we know that we have to suffer and try hard to live up to it5:00 because that is a value that comes not from our hearts, it comes from the heart of God. And those 55 and 56 men who signed that document, many of us are not aware of this, suffered terribly the moment5:12 they signed their name to that document. Many of them left houses, lost houses, lost homes, saw their children murdered, saw their properties destroyed. Some of them lost businesses.5:24 1 of them was a merchant seaman. He lost every single ship. It was down by the British Navy, and and some had been living as refugees for the entire revolutionary war, and many5:36 of them died penniless just to make sure that you and I could barbecue again. And between those 2 great days that that set our country apart5:48 with a memorial to sacrifice and selflessness and giving up oneself for others, Modern America has turned6:00 the 30 days between them into a narcissistic exposition of the human endeavor of confused sexuality. This is our world,6:14 and we've got to talk about it. If you're here for the first time, I make no apologies. You came to the right church. Some Christians and pastors who I've6:25 met with wonder why I talk about these things from the pulpit. I literally did have a conversation with pastors in this community last year. They said, no, that's not kingdom business. Oh, yes, it is.6:38 If our world is talking about it, preachers have got to talk about it. For heaven's sakes, Elon Musk, does not even know Jesus,6:51 is more bold than pastors in the pulpits of America. And it's time for the church to speak up and speak out because we have got a7:03 divine appointment from heaven to bear witness to his truth. It's not my idea. It's not my philosophy. It's7:15 god's. So, if the world talks about it at Waters Church, we'll talk about it and if you're in this building or 1 of our locations and you're already offended, quick reminder, you came to see7:26 us. We didn't come to see you. And this is a Christian church. What did you expect? This is not a church where7:38 we water down scripture to appease itching, tingling ears. We are not a mainline church on the main street of United States countries and cities and towns that are7:50 beholden to the Wall Street money of of of the Episcopalians or the liberal philosophies of the United Methodist. We are a Christian church devoted to Jesus Christ. He's king. He's lord. He's8:02 god. He's in charge. We're not a Catholic church that's baptized in sacraments and ritual. We're not a feel good, seeker sensitive church trying to attract crowds and sell religious goods. We are the church of8:14 Jesus Christ, and we're supposed to be hated and rejected, and we're supposed to stand for what He died for. And we will. And then some of you are struggling8:25 in the area of sexuality, and your sin is serious and is an offense to a holy and righteous God, and you need to repent, as we all do.8:37 Raise your hand if you're a repenting person. That's me. My hand's up. I'm wrong. He's right. That's where a relationship with God starts. It doesn't start with feeling.8:51 It doesn't start with you. It starts with him. And it offends, and it hurts, and it cuts. But ultimately, it cuts only to heal.9:03 So let's talk about the problem with pride. It always ends poorly. How we got here, number 1 in your notes, write this down, a coordinated agenda. This is not a mistaken happenstance. This is not human9:15 the human experience just molding itself into what you see today. This confusion was this confusion was programmed. This was assigned. How we9:27 got here was strategically positioned to people that you need to know of. Harry Hay we'll put them up here on the screen Harry Hay on the left,9:39 and on the right is Terry Bean. These are 2 white men, which at some point, our America is going to wake up and realize that this whole movement is just an attempt for white people to claim minority status.9:52 Harry Hay was the founder of the now sacred ideology that sexuality was a struggle for human rights, civil liberties.10:04 He was a communist, and he was the first to frame the homosexual agenda as a struggle for civil liberties in the 1940s. He marched and stood for an organization called NAMBLA. NAMBLA stands for North I kid you not North10:16 American Man Boy Love Association. I don't think I need to explain much more than that. He held near and dear to this philosophy until the early '80s, and the10:28 pride movement decided that he was inconvenient to be associated with, but he still stands for it to this day. Always ask yourself, what does the plus stand for in the LGBTQIA 2 s plus? How10:39 many letters are they going to abduct from the alphabet before we say something? The person to the right is Terry Bean. Terry Bean is the founder of the most profitable10:50 political organization in America. It's called the Human Rights Campaign. Every time you see a bumper sticker with a little equal sign on it, that's what the Human Rights Campaign11:02 is. It is the most powerful pro LGBTQIA lobbying organization in America. In 2014, Terry Bean was arrested and charged with the rape of a11:14 minor, a 14 year old boy. His charges were dropped and the minor disappeared after he paid 200000 dollars in hush money to keep it quiet.11:26 These are the people who founded and started this movement. Please do not be fooled at the glamorous facade that Hollywood and the media and our president put on this movement.11:38 In the 1960s, America you can take that down. America, experienced a revolution. Although it was not a progressive revolution, it was a regressive revolution. It's called the sexual revolution. Revolutions introduce11:50 something new. This 1 introduced something old, sexual deviancy. What everybody considers progress is actually regress, for ancient cultures have always held to these standards.12:02 The ancient Greeks believed that homosexual activity between a man and a boy was a rite of passage. It was a way of coming of age. The ancient Romans, the father of the house was literally in charge of the rule of law in12:14 his home, had the right to sodomize his slaves, even his own children, and other young people within his community at free will. The Persians, the Babylonians, the12:26 Chaldeans, and other ancient cultures all practiced and accepted these practices. Ask yourself 1 simple question. Where are those cultures now? This is not progress, this is12:37 regress. And in the 1960s, a monumental event took place at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York. A gay nightclub, the Stonewall12:49 Inn, had been accused of many crimes, including the prostitution of 14 year old boys. The term chicken hawk was popular at this inn and referred to13:01 men who sought sexual encounters with male boys. If you've ever heard the term winner winner chicken dinner, it's referring to that very act. The police raided the Stonewall Inn on13:12 a anonymous tip. When they tried to enter the Stonewall Inn, the homosexuals in the Inn fought back through stones, and a riot and fire broke out. I want you to remember13:24 that the movement was instigated with a rejection of civil authority. The movement was instigated with a rejection of civil authority. A year later, New York City13:36 became the first city in America to host a pride parade. Within a few years, 2500 similar events spread across the country. In13:48 coordination with that riot and spurred on by its movement throughout the 1970s, 2 Harvard graduates wrote a paper which they published and it eventually became a book called After the14:00 Ball. We can put that up here. After the Ball is a program on how America will conquer its fear and hatred of gaze in the '90s. It was written by Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen. Marshall Kirk, by the way, died alone in14:11 his apartment and was found days later. He suffered with depression, loneliness, anxiety, and severe migraines. The 7 point plan from the book is very simple. It's what you've seen for the last 40 years in our country.14:23 Desensitization, that means just flood the marketplace with homosexual imaging, endless messaging, jamming, that is a shaming of opponents, including Christians or biblical believers, accusing religious people of14:34 bigotry, portraying LGBT persons as victims, attract present attract presentation of LGBT people in the media and accrue political power and corporate money. And ladies and gentlemen, they have strategically and14:45 emphatically accomplished their mission. In the 1990s, calls for same sex unions started in Hawaii and then also in Massachusetts. And14:56 unfortunately, our home state became the first state to legalize same sex marriage statewide. I could go into details about how the political maneuvering made that happen, how many laws15:08 and protocols in our state house and legislator Supreme Court were broken to make sure that that happened because they knew it was not popular and the population of the state would15:20 have voted it down. But they made several key choices and several key movements to break protocol and get it passed by the Supreme Court.15:32 What began as Pride Day at the end of June in the 1960s ended up becoming Pride Month. President Bill Clinton issued a proclamation on June 11, 19 99 that pride would no longer just be a single day.15:44 No, it would last for the entire month of June. Ironically, this proclamation of a month long celebration of sexual deviancy was signed by a president who was always a fan of it himself. In the15:56 2000s, Barack Obama ran for president for his first term, saying the following, quote, I believe marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now for me, as a Christian, as a sacred union, God is in the mix. That16:07 was 2008. And 3 years later, when he stuck his finger in the wind and measured the political winds, he changed his mind and decided that he was going to run on a pro gay marriage agenda.16:20 And 3 years into his second term, the White House was washed in the gay pride flag colors as the Supreme Court made a civil right across the land of homosexual unions.16:33 That is how we got here. And for the first time in 2009 15, I I want you to think about the imagery here. No other flag has ever16:45 draped the White House, nor would any other flag ever drape the White House. Today, you can step on,16:57 desecrate, and burn the American flag and never face criminal prosecution. But if you harm or desecrate the pride flag, you will face the full extent of the law17:10 and be labeled a hateful bigot. This is how we got here. Now point number 2, where are we? A self obsessed religious17:21 idolatry. The 1960s also brought about a move to remove God from public education. Public education, which had been founded on the principles of the Judeo Christian philosophy17:33 that we need to educate the masses. Ironically, public education also started here in Massachusetts, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. I don't know if you knew that. But a legislator from Massachusetts17:45 state legislature in 16 57 wrote up a law called that great old diluter Satan law. The great old diluter Satan law was the first law on the books in this country to establish17:57 education as a civil right for all of our children. Public education was born in this state. The reason why they called it the old diluter Satan act is because the legislator at that time knew that Satan is18:09 Satan expertly operated the in the in the deception of the young. And so if we're going to keep our young from being deceived, we need to pass laws to make sure that they learn how to study the18:20 Bible, the truth of God's word. In the 1700s, Harvard University was founded for what? The raising up of ministers to spread the gospel of Jesus18:32 Christ around the country. The same is true of Yale and Princeton and Dartmouth. In fact, if you read the mottos of these colleges across the Ivy Leagues, every single motto comes from the18:44 Bible. Dartmouth's Dartmouth's motto to this day is a voice crying in the wilderness, the words of John the Baptist. Today, they are a byword compared to what these these universities18:55 have become, institutions to reeducate and reprogram our children, not into the Christian religion, but into the religion of self love. This is where we are. It's a self obsessed19:07 religious ideology. And what was argued as a matter of personal privacy, that's what the argument was. Personal privacy. What does my homosexual marriage have to do with you? It will never infringe upon your19:19 rights. Those were the arguments I've been preaching and pastoring through the entire movement of the last 25 years. We only want our rights. We want to live quietly. We want19:31 personal rights and personal opportunity. And we will not step on your toes. How the tables have turned. What started as an argument for personal privacy has19:43 now turned into a litmus test for social acceptance and professional advancement. Step on the toes of the powerful LGBT elite in this country and you're canceled, harassed online, held back from promotion, and19:54 forced to apologize. Just consider the story of the relief pitcher from the Toronto Blue Jays this week. Here's a poor guy who barely made the team, was called up from AAA.20:06 Later in life, finally, after years and years of work, he was finally called up to the big leagues to get his shot. And unfortunately, he made the fatal mistake of liking20:19 a post that questioned pride. He didn't post it himself. He didn't say I hate homosexuals. He didn't say this whole movement is full of20:30 garbage. He just liked someone else's video. Liked it. He was called back into the offices of the Toronto Blue Jays, and he was told the program that he would step out20:42 onto the field of play. And if he ever hoped to see the field again, he would apologize profusely and say what we've heard so many times before. I have educated myself. I have learned new things and20:54 grown to appreciate how my words may have caused harm to certain members of the community, and I stand with them in support of their rights. These videos look like hostage situations, do they not?21:07 Consider the story of the Los Angeles Dodgers who disinvited a drag queen group called the Sisters of a Perpetual Indulgence, a group that repeatedly mocks the Catholic church and the21:18 Catholic faith, a group that publicly dances in streets of America around a crucifix, a sexual pole dance around a crucifix in our21:30 country. And this now is considered, according to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a civil rights movement, a bold and valuable part of the Los Angeles community. I wonder21:42 what the 4000000 Catholics think in Los Angeles County. After disinviting them and being shamed by the powerful elites of the LGBTQ squad, the LA Dodgers reneged and reinvited the21:54 sisters of perpetual indulgences and issued a statement saying as such, countless celebrities, sports stars have to apologize for right liking the wrong tweet, posting the wrong thing,22:06 or standing on God's truth on biblical marriage. Again and again and again, all of this programming picks on the weak, not the strong. They don't go after the star pitcher. They go after22:18 the relief pitcher who's barely in the major leagues. That's the definition of a bully. When you only pick out the weak members of society to shame and22:29 humiliate them. And Christian, I am asking you not to be fooled, not to be dismayed, and not to be silenced and22:41 not to feel ashamed. The devil's tactic is shame. But Jesus' tactic is boldness and courage and confidence because you22:53 know he has washed away your shame. He has made you new. He has made you holy in his name. Consequently, the23:05 American values that we now celebrate are no longer self sacrifice or duty and service. Those values have been tossed on the bin of history.23:18 Today's American values are about self acceptance, self love, self promotion, self celebration, and affirmation. Is it any wonder when we have these new values as23:30 America that our military has a recruitment problem? The United States military is suffering a 25 percent decline in recruitment. It's going to come to the time pretty23:42 soon where we will no longer have a military to put on the field of battle, and our geopolitical enemies want nothing more than for that to happen. We are also suffering a birthing rate collapse as young23:53 people forego marriage, and a growing number of their percentage identify as LGBTQ, probably just to go along with the crowd. Our country exhibits a national health crisis,24:06 a teen suicide rate that is through the roof, and the breakdown of the nuclear family. And while most nations want nothing to do with this new American morality, It does24:18 not stop the federal government, particularly our president, from running from country to country to promote these values in lands where they do not want them. Ironically, the very same people who have a problem with the24:29 colonization of this country in the 15 hundreds have no problem with colonizing other countries in the establishment of the pride doctrines of our country today. It's amazing how the tables turn so24:41 quickly when power is grabbed. But this is where we are. This is how we got here. And now let's talk about what God says. Point number 3, pride24:53 ends poorly. What the world wants is for you to be silent and shamed, and what God wants is for you to be knowledgeable and changed.25:05 And today, I wanna tell you that this pride thing is the original sin. Pride is the original sin. The first sinner was not Eve. Can we give the lady a break?25:18 The first sinner was Lucifer. The original sin was self love. And Isaiah chapter 14 epitomizes25:30 the fall of Satan. Jesus said, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. What was he talking about? He was talking about what Isaiah specifies in chapter 14.25:42 Verse 12, how you are fallen from heaven, O daystar, son of the morning or son of the dawn. And some translations say morning star. We'll get to that in just a moment. How you are25:54 cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low. Now, every commentator, most commentators believe that this passage has dual meaning. And many times in prophetic literature in the Old Testament and26:06 in the New Testament, you have to understand that there are dual meanings to prophetic scripture. Oftentimes, it is referring to a human king or a human experience or a human event in the time of the prophecy, but most26:17 often as well is referring to a cosmic event on the cosmic calendar that's beyond our history. And so Isaiah 14 is not just talking about the ancient king of Babylon, perhaps26:29 Nebuchadnezzar or 1 of his, 1 of his, followers. It's also referring to the original king of self glory, Lucifer. Now the scripture calls him26:41 here, day star, son of the morning. That is a reference to Venus. The word, day star in the Latin is Lucifer. That's where we get the name Lucifer from. Lucifer in Latin means light26:53 bringer. Now Venus' star, we'll put this here up on the screen here, is the brightest star that you will see in the morning. It's down there on the bottom. Every morning and every evening, you will see Venus shining27:03 brightest in the sky for about 5 to 6 months of the year. For about 5 to 6 months of the year, it is invisible, and 5 to 6 months of the year, it is very visible, and it's always called the morning star. In the ancient27:14 world, they believed there were 2 stars, the morning star and the evening star. And then cosmology and science found out they were the same planet, and the planet's name is Venus. Now Venus has an interesting27:26 little trajectory around our planet. We'll get to that in a moment. But understand that when we discover through science and technology and telescopes, Venus is not a star. That is it is not a light producing star. It is27:38 a light reflecting planet. This is how God ordained Lucifer to be. And the thing about the planet Venus, which is kind of interesting, is that if you wake up in the morning early before27:50 the sun rises, you will see Venus in the east. And Venus is always the predecessor to the sun. And the amazing thing about Venus, this is just how it works out cosmology cosmologically is, is28:02 never directly overhead. It's always off to the horizon, either in the morning or in the evening. And every day, it rises to give precedence to the 1 who rises up after it, the sun who takes precedence in the sky.28:13 This was the original purpose of Lucifer, to herald the coming king, to proclaim the glories of the 1 who rules and reigns over the sky and over the cosmos. That was his28:25 calling. That was what he was created for, and that was his purpose. But he wanted more. He was unwilling to accept his place, and I want you to write this down in your nose in28:37 pride. The light bearer became or wanted to become the light owner. Now this is why, by the way, Lucifer often uses in our day of deception stars and celebrities, people28:49 who need the spotlight, want the spotlight, seek the spotlight, and then hope to get a star on a road in Hollywood, on the sidewalk. This has29:01 been his quest from before time began. Lucifer was so desirous of glory and selfish ambition that when Jesus the son actually showed29:13 up on the planet, if you will remember 1 of his first temptations to Jesus is in Matthew chapter 4 verse 8, the devil took him up to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he29:23 said to them, all these I will give to you if you will, what? Worship me. That is his heart. That has always been his heart. And that is why he uses, to this day,29:35 people who need the praise and approval and affirmation of people. To follow Lucifer is to follow the course of never ending29:47 lust for the love of the crowds. That is his heart. And through the fall, unfortunately, human beings are easily29:58 susceptible to its ambition. I've got 3 points about pride, and then we're done. Letter a, pride's ambition is self promotion. This is what Venus exhibits for us.30:10 This is what Lucifer exhibits for us. In verse 13, you said in your heart, will ascend above the stars of of God. I will set my throne on high. I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north. I will30:21 ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will make myself like the most high. Now ironically, there are 5 I will statements in that passage. All 5 of them have to do with what?30:32 Elevation. I will ascend. I will set my throne on high on the mount of the assembly, above the height, on the most I will make myself like the most high. Every 1 of them going up. Exaltation.30:44 Now what's interesting about Venus is because Venus is the second planet from our sun, its orbit around the sun is smaller than ours. This is really amazing.30:56 If you follow the trajectory of Venus from Earth's rotation, from Earth's perspective, not from above the solar system, but from our planet, you will see31:08 that its rotation and parallax coordination with our planet operates like this. We'll put this video up on the screen. This is Venus following a trajectory on the31:19 outside going around the sun at the same time the Earth is rotating around the sun, and you will notice that in the center of Venus' rotation around the sun, it creates a 5 pointed star, and some of you are familiar31:31 with that. It is called a pentagram. Literally, Venus in the sky is a 5 pointed star, and the pentagram has become a symbol of the occult, stars in31:43 Hollywood, the Baha'i religion, and the ancient gods, Ishtar in Babylon and Marduk. What I'm trying to tell you is that what scripture bears witness to is that the truth of God's word is also written into the nature of31:54 creation that we see the 5 I wills, the 5 points of Satan. His plan is mapped out in the cosmos through the planet Venus. This is all written into the32:05 fabric of the universe to remind us that there are greater truths that we have got to come to know if we are going to be sane. And what we have to realize about pride is that pride is32:17 not just sin, pride is demonic. It is satanic. James chapter 5 chapter 3 verse 14 says, if you have32:29 bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and32:41 demonic. What is demonic? Selfish ambition. This is why scripture says in Philippians, do nothing from selfish ambition, but32:52 in humility consider others better than yourself. Now some people will say, contrary to what I'm talking about, pastor, what pride means in this context33:04 is just confidence, self assurance, affirmation of one's being, but I can tell you again that those all have you in the center. And you are not made to33:15 worship you. And oh, how often We do. Pride comes naturally. Self33:27 worship comes instinctually. And every single 1 of us is guilty of it, every single 1, including me. And I will prove to you that you are hooked on33:39 pride. I will prove to you that you celebrate you more often than anybody else. How many of you have ever participated in a group photo? Just raise your hands if you would.33:51 Be honest now, this is no time to lie, you're in church for heaven's sakes. And how many of you will willingly confess that the measurement of the value of that group photo is on34:03 how you look in the photo? If you look good, it's a fabulous picture. People could be vomiting next to you, and you34:15 think it's just a work of art. But if you look bad, oh, that's a terrible picture. Take that down. Dislike. Please remove.34:28 This is the problem with the human heart. This is what we all struggle with, and at the at the at the root of every other sin is pride.34:41 The marriage partner that breaks their vows and quest of satisfaction in the arms of another believes they deserve it. Pride.34:54 The person who steals and cheats thinks they've earned it. Pride. The person who just wants to escape and drugs and alcohol instead of dealing with their35:06 problems and taking responsibility. Pride. At the root of every other sin is the satanic origin in our human heart that apart from God, we will35:18 be destined to destroy ourselves with is pride. But there came a man from God who was sent to save us from this trap and prison of pride. His name was Jesus.35:30 And he wasn't born to glorious parents or in the halls of power. He was born in a cave in Bethlehem. He was raised for 30 years in the backwoods wilderness of Nazareth. And when he finally showed up, he35:42 came to serve and to seek and to give his life as a ransom for many. And he said in the Garden of Gethsemane before he faced the cross, not my will, father, but what your will be35:54 done in my life. I don't want what I want. I want what you want. And this is what Jesus came to save us from. Because letter b in your nose is simple. Pride's end is self destruction.36:07 Pride comes before a fall, a haughty spirit before destruction. This is scripture. This is culture's blindness. What does36:19 scripture say about the king of Babylon and Lucifer in verse 15 of Isaiah chapter 14? You are brought down to Sheol, that's hell. That's the place of the dead. You wanted to go to the far reaches of the north, but God36:30 says you're going down to the far reaches of the pit. And then he says, those who see you will stare at you and ponder. They'll be shocked. I say, is this the man who made the earth tremble, shook kingdoms? Is this36:42 the 1 who was so powerful and prominent, who exhibited such excellence and glory and grace. This is the 1 who destroyed whoever he wanted to destroy, overthrew36:54 cities, who did not let his prisoners go home. Isn't this the 1 that took captive people? Now what you have to understand about Isaiah chapter 14 in the context of the text is a funeral lament.37:07 Go back up with me. It's in your notes there to verse 9. This is where Isaiah begins. He says, Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come. In other words, the place of the dead is stirred up to meet you, king37:18 of Babylon or Lucifer, when you come. In other words, your end is death. And then it says, it rouses the shades to greet you all who were leaders of the earth. It raises from their thrones all who were37:30 kings of the nations. In other words, when Satan, when Lucifer meets his final end, the dead kings and the dead powerful people that came before him will all rise to meet him, thinking that they are going to meet37:39 somebody who is powerful and glorious. But ladies and gentlemen, death is the great end to all of that. And the 1 who is so glorious in life will be shamed in death. In verse 10,37:51 it says this, all of them will answer and say to you, you too have become as weak as we. All your power and glory in this life cannot save you or protect you in the life to come. And that is true not just for38:03 Lucifer and not just for the king of Babylon. That is true for me and for you. It doesn't matter what height that you grab in this life. It doesn't matter how many people celebrate you or like you, young people.38:15 It doesn't matter how much prominence that you get in the company, mother or father or single person. It doesn't matter what this world says about you. The only thing that ultimately matters is what38:26 God has done for you in Jesus Christ, his son. And you can have the praise of the population and still end up in spiritual poverty in the life to38:38 come. You have become as weak as we, they say. You have become like us. Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps. Maggots are laid as a bed beneath you and worms your covers.38:51 Do you realize how foolish and insane it is to celebrate you? Do you realize how foolish and insane it is to find affirmation in who you are? It's insanity.39:03 Because here's the reality about you. 3 realities about you. Number 1, you will change. You don't have to write these down, but thank you for trying and if you want to, go ahead. You will change, you are39:15 flawed, and that's why you try to change, and eventually you die. So when you're celebrating you, you're just celebrating warm food.Show more
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