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June 18, 2021 2:00 am
The first fall was the worst, making way for every fall thereafter. In the message "The Cosmic Crash; The Eternal Burn," Skip considers how Lucifer became Satan.
This teaching is from the series Crash & Burn.
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Everywhere around us, people making choices happens every day. Some people make great choices.
We want to emulate them, but other people's likely make a mess out of their lives by the choices that they make. But even those people provide for us opportunities to see what is the end result of the choices that they have made, by the way, Paul the apostle said that we ought to do that with biblical character. First Corinthians 10. He talks about the failure of the children of Israel in the wilderness and he says all of these things happen to them as examples and were written for our admonition.
Winston Churchill once that all men make mistakes but only wise men learn from them today on connect with Skip Skip begins a series called crash and burn about people in the Bible who made some mistakes in the encouraging truths that their lives reveal to you before we begin, we invite you to catch Skip Sunday message live at nine and 11 AM at live.Calvary NM.church. That's 9:11 AM@live.Calvary NM.church. Now we want to let you know about a resource that will help you grow stronger in your faith look like if God party of the Old Testament shows that the Jewish calendar anchored with regular mandatory holidays and celebrations in the book of Esther says that God wants his variance, light and gladness joy and honor at such time, like your family celebrations. This insight from Skip Heitzig sake that one of our own regular holidays.
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I don't even want to rip it all out and start again. And he also noticed that he was missing his pack of cigarettes, so he thought.
Okay I'm not gonna rip it up. I'm just gonna fix it so it goes over the lump with a hammer and hammer sit down nice and flat right this fix it meant to walk away from us or goes out to his truck into things happen. Number one he finds the cigarettes on the dashboard of the truck number to the lady of the house shouts out to the workers is have you seen my parakeet now.
I can't tell you if that was a second pack of cigarettes or that was a parakeet underneath the carpet.
All I know is that I would rather read about that mistake then make a mistake and that is what this series is going to be all about crash and burn to read about mistakes that have been made in biblical history people in the Bible who made wrong choices and within a learn. Hopefully not by making them but by reading about it in the learning from this past week I was reading an article about a young businessman who makes a habit of studying successful entrepreneurs and he said this what I search for our mistakes which set them back in years so that I can identify if I have begun down a similar path and make adjustments to avoid a similar fate.
So what we want to do is look out people in the Bible who have made choices and see the end Road and the mistake that they made so that we don't make it everywhere around us, people are making choices happens every day. Some people make great choices. We want to emulate them, but other people frankly make a mess out of their lives by the choices that they make. But even those people provide for us opportunities to see what is the end result of the choices that they have made, by the way, Paul the apostle said that we ought to do that with biblical characters in first Corinthians 10. He talks about the failure of the children of Israel in the wilderness and he says all of these things happen to them as examples and were written for our admonition so if you are tempted to have sex out of marriage. You may want to read about David in the Bible or Sampson in the Bible. What happened to them. If you are inclined to just party your life away and make it all about gaining material wealth.
It would be good for you to study Solomons own journal in the book of Ecclesiastes to get wisdom. If you struggle with jealousy and envy you might want to check out Genesis chapter 4. And what happened to Kane in the Bible, or if you struggle with greed go to the book of Joshua and look at what happened to Aiken. All of these are examples. It's wise to learn good lessons from bad examples, by the way, you know, when you read the Bible.
One of the most striking features is how honest it is about the heroes that are written about it tells you all about their failures as well as their good points, all about how they fall and make mistakes, even the heroes have flaws and by the way, not everybody written in the Bible is a hero years ago when we used to have our annual fall Fest right around this time around Halloween, we provide an alternative for kids and make a big party out of it would always tell kids dress up like a biblical character and it always gave me pause what they're going to end up dressing like because after all, Satan is a biblical character really wouldn't bode well to have a bunch of kids running around church with demon customs, but that is a biblical character and that's the character we want to look at today in the book of Isaiah is Satan and his crash and burn because what happened to him provides the basis for all of the other subsequent people who have crashed and burned throughout history. By the way, when Satan fell, Jesus was there to witness it. You know, he said that in Luke chapter 10. He said I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. So in Isaiah 14 we want to trace the biography. A biographical sketch of where Satan was what happened to them what his end is going to be and what caused it so we want to begin in Isaiah 14, to draw your attention to verse 12. Were we find out that Satan's dwelling was in heaven. Verse 12. How are you fallen from heaven all Lucifer, son of the morning how you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations for US said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the most high, yet you shall be brought down to hell or she old to the lowest depths of the pit, those who see you will gaze at you and consider you saying is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms who made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities who did not open the house of his prisoners. I do need to give you a little bit of the back story of this chapter without reading it all because of time. The chapter opens up with Isaiah addressing the ruler the earthly ruler of the kingdom of Babylon, who would be judged. What interesting about that is that when he wrote this to the king of Babel in Babel, and wasn't even on the radar screen. Historical it wouldn't even rise as a nation of any substance for some time, but Isaiah anticipates that one day it would rise, it would be a world governing power.
The ruler would be cast out and would be judged.
Then we get to verse 12 and verse 12 there is a shift there is a changed.
It clearly changes in scope and it becomes conspicuous even to the most casual reader as you read you go how something is changed here so verse 12.
How are you fallen from heaven Lucifer, now Isaiah's gaze goes beyond a king who ruled on earth. To some, being who fell from heaven and notice he's called Lucifer the word Lucifer means light bearer or shining one of your Bible student that immediately causes you to think of a passage in Genesis chapter 3 where the jet Genesis passage opens up and says now the serpent was more cunning than any of the beasts of the field which the Lord God had made. And I work. Serpent is an unfortunate translation of the Hebrew word Naha – which literally means shining one now the shining one translated serpent was more cunning than all the other piece of the field which the Lord God had made. I'm bringing this to your attention so that you know that before Satan became the prince of darkness. He was the angel of light. He was the light bearer. He was son of the morning some terrific angelic being, dwelling in heaven I've discovered over the years that people make many mistakes but choose significant equal but opposite mistakes regarding Satan.
Mistake number one is that he doesn't exist at all. Mistake number two is they become obsessed with him and others are at opposite end of the mistake spectrum, but I discovered a lot of people make those first of all there is denial. Most people don't even believe there is a double.
Most people around us in the world just scoff at the idea, saying he's a mythological character.
It's ridiculous to think that one actually exists, but you know you you can have a more powerful enemy than one.
You don't even know was there as part of his strategy. Satan would love for you to see Genesis 3 as pure myth. He would love you to think of him as purely mythological, rather than being a sophisticated, knowledgeable, resourceful, being with the huge organization aimed at your destruction. That's what the Bible describes him as, but that sounds so medieval, so antiquated. I began reading a book this week by George Barna. It's his newest book called America at the crossroads he looks at the belief system of America and he said and I quote, barely 1/4 of Americans believe Satan is a living entity. A similar proportion believes that Satan is merely the symbol of evil, the other half of the public are not sure what to make of the idea of the devil.
Overall, Satan is not a being or a spiritual concept that most Americans take seriously." However, did you know Jesus took Satan very seriously very seriously when the Bible speaks of the devil or Satan. It always calls and I he him never in it. It always describes personality to this being such mistake number one denial of his actual existence. Mistake number two is to overreact to be obsessed with them. An unhealthy fascination with the devil and even to think of Satan as the opposite of God, which is ludicrous.
That's what he would love you to think as well. He is not the opposite of God. God created him and God is going to undo him in the end, but some become so obsessed that they even fancy themselves getting together and taking authority over the powers and principalities. The are fond of having meetings, seminars, I: Satan fasts where they get together and they identify in take power over the prince of this city and the power of that country and they even talk directly to the devil in these meetings and I never thought it's good policy to pray to the devil. I'd rather talk to God about the devil than to talk to the devil about God, but they love to do this. I think it's important that you simply understand in this series crash and burn that he fell from the height of heaven itself. Why is that important because no matter how close you are to God that's never a guarantee that you will make bad choices matter how close you walk with the Lord you are still capable of making a poor or a series of poor choices, so his dwelling was in heaven. Then let's follow his biography.
What happened to him. His dwelling was in heaven. But his domain is on the earth. Verse 12. How are you fallen from heaven, oh Lucifer, son of the morning. Notice what it says. After that how you are cut down to the ground. See the word ground is the Hebrew word parents which literally means the earth.
That is why modern translations will say you are cut down to the earth. I heard he mentioned that Jesus said in Luke chapter 10 I saw Satan fall like lightning. This instantaneous he was kicked out.
I saw him fall like lightning from heaven.
Question is worthy fall from heaven to the answer is earth he fell from heaven to the domain of the earth.
He is called the God of this world so the rebellion that began in heaven moved to the theater of the earth and you and I happen to be in the crosshairs of that invisible war that war. By the way, is described in Revelation 12 briefly describe by saying so the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him back.
It says one third of all the angelic hosts of heaven went with Satan in that great rebellion, and they become known in the Bible is demons and this bothers some people.
This bothers Christians who think like a lot of demons against me whole third of all the angels are now demons man I got so many enemies what you fail to realize is the meaning of that passage. One third fell 2/3 are left there outnumbered 2 to 1 there outnumbered to the one you've got God the Holy Spirit living in you and you have at your disposal dispatch for your protection and God's purposes and will two thirds of the holy angels regarding his people in the Bible says you are guarded by the so Satan is fallen from heaven's domain is the earth, but interestingly he still seems to have some sort of access to heaven.
Even to this day. In Job chapter 1, we are told that there came a day when the sons of God. That's an Old Testament rendering for angels, the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan was among them. And God said to Satan, from where you come in.
He said, from going to and fro on the earth, so his domain is the air skews me is kicked out of heaven, but he has some sort of access to heaven. This there's this accountability had been presented before the Lord. So what is he doing here was he do.
He runs it is called the god of this age of the God of this world. When I say he runs the world.
I don't mean that he runs the world in the sense that God runs the world course. He is sovereign God is sovereign over all the earth is the Lord. However, he runs the world system. The Bible talks about the world by putting quotes around it. Meeting the evil system that includes all the unregenerate people he works through them to enact his will on the earth.
He has an affect the entire world in his lab. Did you know that first John chapter 5 says we are of God, little children, and the whole world lies under this sway, or in the lap of the wicked one or does he do exactly what he has for principal targets and I'm only gonna mention them because of time just for principal targets and you're not number one or two. Don't flatter yourself, his principal target has always been and still is the Lord Jesus Christ number two holy angels is always the battle in the heavenly realms. We get insights into it in books like Daniel etc. Zechariah the holy angels that do more. Revelation chapter 12 against Satan and his minions, so Jesus Christ holy angels number three the nation of Israel, God's covenant land that he will enact his plan through throughout history, and number four believers. You and I are a part of that realm and what is he doing less well we could do several studies on that currently but one of the things he does besides tempt you.
Besides use the world and your flesh is. He accuses you before God is called the accuser of the brethren. Revelation chapter 12, who accuses them before God day and night you saying Satan accuses me before God. What is he challenges the truth he's got the dirt on you. He knows what you think what you do.
He he knows you. He studied and the thing is, all the accusations he brings.
I think are accurate when he fails to understand, however, is the power of the blood of Jesus Christ which cleanses a man or woman from all sin. So all those accusations may be right, but he fails to see the judicial sentence that is been passed in your behalf, but he accuses you before God day and night and I daresay you've heard some of those accusations in your own little head.
You call yourself a Christian, you should be a church were you doing here answer I'm here with all the other sinners. We all need God, but he tries to accuse you and make you feel so bad and so guilty and so unworthy and of course the answer is I am guilty I am unworthy. Thank you Lord for saving me.
Thank you for the blood of Jesus Christ Who was dwelling is in heaven's domain is the earth now. I did mention this and I'm in a have you turn if you're daring enough to Ezekiel chapter 28 is the corollary to what we just read in Isaiah 14 is in Ezekiel 28 and is returning there, let me say to you that Ezekiel does exactly the same thing. Isaiah does Ezekiel begins with an earthly ruler of his day. In this case, the Prince of Tyre tires on the seacoast of Lebanon, ancient Phoenicia of that time and he addresses this earthly ruler and assess straightforward polemic of verbal attack against the, the Prince of Tyre and we know that was was a guy named Ito about all the second who was puffed up with pride and judgment is pronounced against him. But then again there's a shift in the text and it Ezekiel chapter 28 verse 11 it says. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me saying Son of Man take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre. Now I want to talk about somebody even more powerful than the earthly ruler of the Phoenician empire, the king of Tyre, and say to him, thus says the Lord God, you were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
Now who is he addressing well doesn't sorta sound like it's the Prince of Tyre didn't sound like it's teachable all the second with this language to the next verse you were in Eden, the garden of God. Okay, so was a doctor who was in the middle of the population is pretty limited right is Adam and Eve and signing one of the serpent, Lucifer, Satan, that's the message from the serious crash and burn your script to share how you can keep these messages coming your way to connect you and others to God's word.
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