1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Adler from the Rick Burgess Show. You 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,319 Speaker 1: are about to hear the premiere episode of Strange Encounters 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: with Rick Burgess. It's a brand new show and the 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: folks at Blaze Media wanted to give you a taste 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: of what's to come. Come along as we search for 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: the truth, hear stories from people with first hand experience, 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: and use the truth of the Bible to win the 8 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: spiritual war going on all around us. To hear future episodes, 9 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: you just need to subscribe to this brand new show 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: from Rick Burgess and the folks at Blaze Media. Just 11 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: search for Strange Encounters wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe. 12 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: And now here's the very first episode of Strange Encounters 13 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: with Rick Burgess. 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 2: Welcome to Strange Encounters. I'm your host, Rick Burgess. This 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 2: is our first episode. So let's talk about what this 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: podcast will be all about. Okay, first of all, I 17 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 2: want to clarify what the podcast is not. We are 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: not going to be talking about ghost We're not going 19 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: to be talking about Bigfoot. We're not going to be 20 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,839 Speaker 2: talking about space aliens from another planet. I know those 21 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 2: things are popular, and I know they get a lot 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 2: of views, but what I would like to talk about 23 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 2: is something that is supernatural. It is very serious and 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: it is very real. Angels and demons and a lot 25 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 2: of the things that people talk about when they talk 26 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 2: about space aliens, when they talk about I think I 27 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: thought I saw the ghost of a loved one. There's 28 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 2: some sort of ghost haunting this or haunting that I 29 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 2: believe that I, you know, saw some sort of monster 30 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 2: or creature. Most of this, I do believe that people 31 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 2: have experiences. Don't misunderstand me. I have talked to I 32 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: have seen interviews of very credible people, and I believe 33 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: that they're telling us the truth. Now, we first have 34 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: to weed out all the people that are just making 35 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: stuff up to get attention and know that they're out there. 36 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 2: I'm talking about people that have experienced something, and they've 37 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 2: experienced something that I do believe them that was supernatural. 38 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: That's really not the question. Do we encounter the supernatural? Well, 39 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: the answer is yes, But does that mean that we 40 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: are encountering space aliens, ghost, bigfoot monsters fill in the blank. 41 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you, I would say no. I 42 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: don't believe that any of those things are real. I 43 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 2: believe it all falls under what we know to be 44 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: true if you have a biblical worldview, and I do 45 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: and so do many others, is that it really isn't 46 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: up for debate whether the supernatural exists, because we know 47 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: that it does. So. I spent thirty one years hosting 48 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 2: a show called The Rick and Bubba Show. Thirty one 49 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: years that we did that. It was a wonderful run, 50 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: loved it. I'm currently hosting a daily show called The 51 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 2: Rick Burg Show. And I remember back when I was 52 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 2: doing The Rick and Bubba Show, we had a very 53 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 2: popular segment called the Thirteen Working Days of Horror, and 54 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: it was all in good fun that we would start out, 55 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 2: you know, talking about ghost stories, and then we would 56 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 2: send members of the team out to investigate those ghost stories. 57 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 2: And there's tons of shows that do that now and 58 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 2: they're very popular. But it didn't take long because I 59 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 2: was so new to the faith. I had not been 60 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: redeemed very long, so I didn't know much about spiritual warfare, 61 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,119 Speaker 2: and I thought, well, what's the harm. You know, we're 62 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: doing these things. Everybody seems to like them. We all 63 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,119 Speaker 2: like being scared fill in the blank. But I will 64 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 2: tell you that from the time I was a little boy. 65 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 2: I had a very strong, you know, a strong feeling 66 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: about horror movies and haunted houses. I didn't like them 67 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: at all. I sensed, even as a child that there 68 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: was something wrong with this, and there was an oppressive 69 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: spirit with it all, and I didn't want any part 70 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 2: of it. But as I grew up, I still didn't 71 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: care for it all that much. But I didn't take 72 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 2: it very serious. And this was one of those occasions, 73 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: and it became a very very popular series on that 74 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: show that I did for thirty one years. But as 75 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 2: I began to grow in my faith, I began to 76 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 2: be more and more uncomfortable with the thirteen working days 77 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 2: of horror Horror. It bothered me. I started being in 78 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 2: a dilemma on whether we should be doing this or not. 79 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 2: And the more I studied some of the things we'll 80 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 2: talk about today, the more I realized that what we 81 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 2: were doing was very, very dangerous. It was very dangerous. 82 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 2: Were we at times just telling ghost stories and there 83 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: really was nothing to it, sure, but things begin to 84 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 2: happen when, as you can guess, if you keep doing 85 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: it for multiple years, what happens you start pushing the envelope. 86 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 2: And we kept looking for stories and looking for experiences. 87 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 2: And it didn't take very long for me to understand 88 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 2: that these men that we were sending out, who were 89 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 2: dear friends of ours and we'd worked with for years, 90 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 2: that we were sending them into very dangerous situations. And 91 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: I'm going to give you some of the facts behind 92 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 2: that today in scripture. Because I didn't even know the 93 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 2: spiritual condition of the members of our team that we 94 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 2: were sending out. Some of them I did know were 95 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 2: men of faith, but I didn't think they were very 96 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 2: mature in their faith. Then there were some that I 97 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 2: didn't even know if they had ever been redeemed before. 98 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 2: And as we started pushing on these investigations again, like 99 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 2: a lot of the popular shows you see now, they 100 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 2: started encountering things that could not be explained. I remember 101 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 2: one particular, we went in to do an investigation of 102 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 2: the ghost of an old site war This is where 103 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 2: they would keep people that were mentally ill, and they 104 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 2: shut it all down. And when they shut down this 105 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 2: high hospital, they just kind of walked out of the 106 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 2: hospital and left it as is. So there were you know, 107 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 2: office desk everywhere, there were chairs everywhere there, and they 108 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 2: were the phones that were pulled out of the wall. 109 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 2: The bell phones. You know that some of you are 110 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 2: so young you don't even know what I'm talking about. 111 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 2: But we had landline phones at one time, and they 112 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 2: had bells in them, and it would it would that's 113 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 2: where the ring would come from. Uh. And they were 114 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 2: they had been pulled out of the wall. They were 115 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 2: laying around in all these rooms. And as our guys 116 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 2: were investigating these ghosts of this mental hospital, the phones 117 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 2: started ringing, and they would ring at different parts of 118 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 2: the hospital. And when they would go to the floor 119 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 2: where they heard the rings, it would then start ringing 120 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 2: on another floor. Uh. And these things were happening, and 121 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 2: they could not be explained. Now. At the time, I 122 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 2: wasn't fully aware of what we were doing. But but 123 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 2: I believe now, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that 124 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 2: these men that we sent into this hospital were experiencing 125 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 2: demonic activity. And I came under so much conviction from 126 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit that we set down and I just 127 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 2: had to tell the guys. Into their credit. They all degree, 128 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: I mean agreed, some not as much as others, but 129 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 2: all of us finally agreed because I said, now, if 130 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: we're going to continue to do this. I can't be 131 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: part of it. We must stop doing this. I'm under 132 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 2: conviction because we are tampering with darkness, and we are 133 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 2: tampering with evil spirits. They are real and we should 134 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 2: not be doing this. We are placing these people and 135 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 2: our audience in danger. Now what do you mean by 136 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 2: you replacing the audience in danger? Well, I'll tell you why. 137 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 2: Because what happens when you're listening to something like this 138 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 2: and you're watching something like this, now you want to 139 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 2: go out and do it. And we were encouraging people 140 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 2: to go on ghost hunts or go after the fill 141 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: in the blank monster. A lot of it was just 142 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 2: fairy tales and it didn't mean anything, but there were 143 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 2: things that were quite real. And now here we are 144 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: with this platform, we're not only sending out people that 145 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 2: shouldn't be doing this. Now, we're encouraging total strangers to 146 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 2: go and do this. And I just couldn't. I just 147 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 2: could not do it any longer. So when I was 148 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: approached about doing this, I want to make it perfectly clear. 149 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 2: This is not me revisiting that. There might be some 150 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 2: pressure to do that, but I'm not going to do 151 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 2: that because it's dangerous. What I am going to do 152 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 2: is to be sure that we stay inside the realm 153 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 2: of spiritual warfare. Spiritual warfare between angels and demons is 154 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 2: extremely real, and it is going on. It's real. Simple. 155 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: Paul talks about this in his letter to the Ephesians 156 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 2: in Ephesians chapter six. Some of you may be familiar 157 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 2: with this. Some of you may be hearing this for 158 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 2: the very first time. It's not up to debate, up 159 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 2: to debate, because scripture says it very clear. Look here, 160 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 2: the apostle Paul. You might be familiar some of you 161 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 2: with the armor of God. These are those scriptures where 162 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 2: you put on the full armor of God. But you 163 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 2: may not know why we're supposed to put on the 164 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 2: full armor of God. You may not know why. Maybe 165 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 2: you've been thinking about, well, you know, it's persecutions. I 166 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: need to do better with my sin nature. Now, what 167 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 2: Paul's specifically talking about is you must be prepared for 168 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 2: spiritual war. That's his main point, and that's not my opinion. 169 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 2: He tells this this. Listen to this, he said. Finally, 170 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 2: this is in verse ten of chapter six of Ephesians. 171 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 2: Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of 172 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 2: his might, put on the whole armor of God, that 173 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 2: you may be able to stand against the schemes of 174 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 2: the death. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, 175 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 2: but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic 176 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 2: powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of 177 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 2: evil in the heavenly places. So how do I know 178 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 2: that demonic activity exists? How do I know that every 179 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 2: day I'm entering into a spiritual war? Because the scriptures 180 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 2: make that clear. I've said this on my day job 181 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 2: many times. I don't need Bigfoot. I don't need space 182 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 2: people from another planet. I don't need ghosts haunting some area. 183 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 2: I don't need to worry about bigfoot. I don't need 184 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 2: any of that. The scriptures tell me all I need 185 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 2: to know. When I know that spiritual forces are existing 186 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 2: in another dimension and are allowed to come into my dimension, 187 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 2: and I'm warned in scripture that there's demonic activity all 188 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 2: around me, and there are angels and demons waging war. 189 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 2: I got plenty on the table, and that's what this 190 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 2: podcast is going to take on. And we hope to 191 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 2: educate you because you know, some of you may have 192 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 2: seen the posts that I put out promoting episode one. 193 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 2: I fear that, especially in the Western Church, that this 194 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: topic is not a topic to obsess over. And we'll 195 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 2: talk about this, but it's also not a topic to ignore. 196 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 2: And I'm afraid that many times in the Western Church 197 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 2: that the local church, which I love the local church 198 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 2: because Christ loves the local church, that we don't talk 199 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 2: about these things. But yet we send people out of 200 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 2: our congregations out into a spiritual war that we have 201 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: not prepared them to fight. So there is a balance. 202 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 2: So I want to take that on. Yes, we're going 203 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 2: to delve into this going forward on strange encounters. Yes, 204 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 2: I'm going to share with you stories about encountering demons. 205 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 2: I'll share a brief one with you. Even on this episode. 206 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 2: We will be interviewing people, we will be talking about 207 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 2: these things. But I want to be real cautious here, 208 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 2: yellow flag waving. This is not to cause you to 209 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 2: obsess over the spiritual realm. We should not obsess over it. 210 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 2: That The goal is not to have you looking for 211 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 2: demons around every corner, looking for Satan around every turn, 212 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 2: you know, having people that can mislead you and say, 213 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 2: oh I can see the spiritual rem I've got some 214 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 2: sort of touch from God. Be careful of these people, okay. 215 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 2: It it's dangerous to ignore spiritual warfare, okay, but it's 216 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 2: also dangerous to obsess over it. That's not the intention either. 217 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 2: You don't want to bring any glory to Satan and 218 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 2: his demons by obsessing over them and having an unhealthy 219 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 2: obsession with seeking them. That's problematic too. The goal of 220 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 2: this podcast is to educate you on this so that 221 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 2: you're aware of what's going on and you will be 222 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 2: able to go into the battle prepared. Okay, that's our goal. 223 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 2: So let's look at one thing when you talk about Satan, 224 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 2: Satan's real You know, there's a question I get quite often, 225 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 2: why did God create the devil? Well, he didn't. God 226 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 2: created an angel called Lucifer. Lucifer was a beautiful angel, 227 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 2: a very high ranking angel that decided that being a 228 00:13:56,640 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 2: high ranking angel was not good enough for him and 229 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 2: he and he convinced a third of God's angels, all 230 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 2: created beings by God for an overthrow to take God's 231 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 2: throne from him. God will share his glory with no one, 232 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 2: And of course Lucifer was expelled from heaven or from 233 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 2: the presence of the Lord with a third of the demons, 234 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 2: and then of course the war started. But here's one 235 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 2: thing I want you to know about Lucifer is, and 236 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 2: I've already mentioned it once. Lucifer is a created being. Okay, 237 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 2: he is. This is not star wars, This is not 238 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 2: Ying and Yang that that that you know mystical Eastern religion. 239 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 2: It's not that at all. God created the angels, who 240 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 2: then became a third of them demons. He created Lucifer, 241 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 2: who then became the devil because he became our accuser, 242 00:14:54,440 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 2: he became Satan, but because he became our adversary. But 243 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 2: it is Lucifer that we're dealing with, the angel, created 244 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 2: being by God. Now why rick is that important? I'm 245 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 2: will tell you why that's important. He's not God, he's 246 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 2: not the dark version of God. He's not the Force. 247 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 2: He's a created being, which means there is a there's 248 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: there's a substantial gap between Lucifer and the God who 249 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 2: created him. Now, is he stronger than a human being? 250 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 2: You better believe it. We'll give you some examples of this. 251 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 2: Are there demons that went with Lucifer that are stronger 252 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 2: than some of the angels of God? Yes, not stronger 253 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 2: than all of them. Not stronger than than the Son 254 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 2: of God, and not stronger than God, the Father, the Son, 255 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 2: and the Holy Spirit, of course not. But I want 256 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 2: you to take comfort in that. And here here's here's why. 257 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 2: I know many times I've been guilty of this too, 258 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 2: that we will be in a situation and we throw 259 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 2: around these terms. I've done it. Okay, So I'm not 260 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 2: talking down to you or talking at you. I'm talking 261 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 2: with you and we'll say, well, I'll tell you, Satan's 262 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 2: really given me a hard time right now? Well, probably not. Okay, 263 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: let me just go ahead and say that because Lucifer 264 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 2: is not omniscient. Lucifer is not omnipotent. Lucifer is not omnipresent. 265 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 2: Unlike God, Lucifer cannot be in multiple places all at 266 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 2: the same time. Lucifer, in order to come after you 267 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 2: and me, has to leave wherever he is and come 268 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 2: to where we are and not be there anymore. I'm 269 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 2: just gonna say I like to think that, you know, 270 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 2: I'm devoted to my Lord and Savior. I want to 271 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 2: be about his business. I want to have impact for 272 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 2: the Kingdom of God. But I don't quite think that 273 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 2: I rank Lucifer coming after me. Now his demon's coming 274 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 2: after me. Sure, but Lucifer, I just find it unlikely 275 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 2: that he's going to leave some of the places where 276 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 2: he's battling right now and say, well, I've got to 277 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 2: go find Rick Burgess, you know, on whatever street he 278 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 2: lives on, because that guy is so devoted to God 279 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 2: that he's really hurt me. Probably not Now, a third 280 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 2: of the angels being demons, yes, I've experienced them. I 281 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 2: have not a lot, but it has happened, and we'll 282 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 2: talk about that through in future episodes. Okay, But James 283 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 2: tells us in The Powerful Book of James, he kind 284 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 2: of gives us a little bit of a Hey, let 285 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 2: me give you some clarity. Maybe come down from you 286 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 2: thinking that you're so impactful for the Kingdom of God 287 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 2: that Lucifer has decided that he's coming after you. James says, 288 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 2: most of the problems we get into, really it's just 289 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 2: our sin nature. I mean, when I get up and 290 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 2: pray every day, I do pray against these cosmic forces 291 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 2: that God would put a protective headge around me and 292 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 2: around my family and around our business and around my friends. 293 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 2: I do all that, Sure, but the prayer that I 294 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 2: probably pray. That's the most important, as I pray to 295 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 2: God protect me against my biggest enemy, myself, my sin nature. 296 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 2: James talks about this, and he says, but each person 297 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 2: is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his 298 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 2: own desire. Then desire, when it is conceived, gives birth 299 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 2: to sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, brings 300 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 2: forth death. So I'm headed down this road of sin, 301 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 2: James says, not because Lucifer Satan, the devil is tempting you, 302 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: Not because God's tempting you, Not because the demons are 303 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 2: tempting you. Most of us find ourselves on a bad 304 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 2: road simply because of our own wicked desires. So I 305 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 2: hope that brings you some peace, and you're going to 306 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 2: see some of the things that we talk about about. 307 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 2: The We're not sitting here like sitting ducks every day. 308 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 2: Oh no, you know what's going to happen to me. 309 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 2: I'm at the mercy of whatever the demons or Lucifer 310 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 2: wants to do today. Now, if you have not been redeemed, 311 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 2: if you're not under the authority of Jesus Christ, do 312 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 2: you have something to fear? Yes, yes you do, because 313 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 2: you don't have the protection. You're not under the authority 314 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 2: of Christ. You are a sitting duck. You are easy pickings. 315 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 2: I don't think you're going to rank Lucifer as I said, 316 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 2: but for those demons, because and I'm going to show 317 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 2: you an example of that before we're done today. How 318 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 2: important that is. So now let's talk about who's in control. 319 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 2: I mean, can can Lucifer? Can the demons just do 320 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 2: whatever they want to do whenever they want to do 321 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 2: it to a person who is redeemed? The answer is no, 322 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 2: that they can't. Now one of these things, you know, 323 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 2: this part of the Bible seems to bother people more 324 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 2: than it comforts people. But I hope today it'll comfort you. 325 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 2: It's the Book of Job. We're currently doing the Book 326 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 2: of Job in a Wednesday Bible study. You can also 327 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 2: find on our website, Rick burgesshow dot com. We do 328 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 2: it every Wednesday. We're in Job. Now. I want you 329 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 2: to see this moment when we learn something else about 330 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: demons and Lucifer. Okay, this is in chapter one of 331 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 2: the Book of Job and it starts in verse six. Now, 332 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 2: there was a day when the sons of God, that's 333 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 2: the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and 334 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 2: Satan Lucifer also came among them. The Lord said to Satan, 335 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 2: underline that Satan hasn't said anything. The Lord says to Satan, 336 00:20:55,040 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 2: from where have you come? So can Satan, Lucifer, the 337 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 2: devil and his demons? Can they move around the earth? 338 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 2: The answer is yes. Satan answered the Lord and said, 339 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 2: from going to and fro on the earth, and from 340 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 2: walking up and down on it. So yes, they are 341 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 2: among us here on earth. Scripture tells us that. And 342 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: the Lord said to Satan. The Lord said to Satan, 343 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 2: Satan doesn't bring up Job. The Lord said to Satan, 344 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 2: have you considered my servant Job. There is none like 345 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 2: him on earth? A blameless and upright man. That doesn't 346 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 2: mean sinless. It just means he had no sin, that 347 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 2: he had not repented of, who fears God and turns 348 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 2: away from evil. Then Satan answered the Lord and said, 349 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 2: does Job fear God for no reason? Have you not 350 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 2: put a hedge around him? That's what I was talking about. 351 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 2: And his house and all that he has on every side. 352 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 2: You have blessed the work of his hands, and his 353 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 2: possessions have increased in the land but stretch out your 354 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 2: hand and touch all that he has, and he will 355 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 2: curse you to your faith. Listen verse twelve, and the 356 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 2: Lord said to Satan, behold, all that he has is 357 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 2: in your hand, only against him. Do not stretch out 358 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 2: your hand. So Satan went out from the presence of 359 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 2: the Lord, who sets the boundaries for what Lucifer could 360 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 2: and could not do the Lord, God Almighty. He couldn't 361 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 2: do anything that the Lord did not allow him to do. Now, 362 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 2: if you want to get that's a whole nother discussion 363 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 2: on why God allowed him to do it. I can 364 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 2: certainly go down that road, but for this podcast, that's 365 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 2: been explained in the Bible study. I'm happy to answer 366 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 2: that for you. But right now, the purpose of these 367 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 2: scriptures is to show you that Lucifer and his demons 368 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 2: have to appear before the Lord. The Lord sets the 369 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 2: boundaries on what they can and cannot do to the redeemed, 370 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 2: not to the lost, but to the redeemed. God sets 371 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 2: the boundaries. Now, a lot of times we focus too much. Well, 372 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 2: I don't like the fact that God was allowing anything, 373 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 2: but don't miss the fact that it has to be 374 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 2: allowed that are to bring you peace. Okay, that are 375 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 2: to bring you peace. So we know that Lucifer is 376 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 2: not omnipotent, he's not omniscient, he's not omnipresent. We also 377 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 2: know that the Lord God Almighty sets the boundaries for 378 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 2: what he can and he can't do. We also know 379 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 2: that most of the trouble we get into is because 380 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 2: of our own sin nature, not because we're under attack 381 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:38,679 Speaker 2: from Satan and his demons. Okay, we got that. So 382 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,479 Speaker 2: what are some things that we need to do that 383 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 2: would prepare us for the spiritual battle. Well, let's go 384 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 2: back to the beginning. Let's go back when all of 385 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 2: mankind fail because of a deception from Lucifer himself appearing 386 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 2: to the woman as a serpent. Let's go back to 387 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 2: the fall, Genesis chapter three. This is crucial, okay, And 388 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 2: Genesis chapter three we're learning. We're educating ourselves on how 389 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 2: Lucifer and his demons, how do the enemies of God work? Okay, 390 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 2: So we look here and we see that the serpent 391 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 2: Lucifer has now approached the woman and the serpent. This 392 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 2: is chapter three. And now the serpent was more crafty 393 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 2: than any other beast of the field that the Lord 394 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 2: God had made. He said to the woman, did God 395 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 2: actually say you shall not eat of any tree in 396 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 2: the garden? Now that that's that strategy that you need 397 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 2: to know. What what what the adversary and the demons 398 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 2: are going to test is how well we know the 399 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 2: promises of God? Do we really know what God said? Lucifer, 400 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 2: if you rank him, probably won't, but his demons follow 401 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 2: his instruction. The demonic forces that will come against you 402 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,479 Speaker 2: always are going to take the gamble that you and 403 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 2: I don't really know what God said, so they can 404 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 2: deceive us with false prophets, false teachers, false theology, because 405 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 2: we don't know any better. What would you agree with 406 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 2: me that it is impossible to discern false teaching if 407 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 2: you don't know pure teaching. I would yes. So so 408 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 2: many times we do foolish things that allow these demonic 409 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 2: forces to come into our homes, which we're going to 410 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 2: cover on future episodes about spiritual house cleaning, come into 411 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 2: our lives. The reason why they're coming into our lives 412 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 2: is because they've been invited. And how were they invited? 413 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 2: Because we did not know the scriptures well enough to 414 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,959 Speaker 2: recognize when we were being deceived by a person that 415 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 2: was sent to us by a pastor that was sent 416 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 2: to us by a praise song that we shouldn't have 417 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 2: been singing. And before we know it, we're under deception 418 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 2: because we don't know the genuine article. Now, years and 419 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 2: years ago, had a great opportunity to interview someone in 420 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 2: Secret Service. Now, Secret Service also is in the counterfeit industry. 421 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 2: You know, they go, that's who you sin if there's 422 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 2: a counterfeit ring running false currency. Well, when they're training 423 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 2: the Secret Service to recognize the genuine article, they never 424 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 2: show them examples of counterfeit money. They never see those 425 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 2: those very wildly. What they do is they make sure 426 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 2: that they're familiar with the genuine article. They're so familiar 427 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 2: with the genuine article that they recognize the counterfeit immediately 428 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 2: because they know the original, they know the standard that. Well, 429 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 2: I'm going to just ask you, do you know the 430 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 2: word of God and do you know the promises of 431 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 2: God to the point that you can you can call 432 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 2: on them when you're being deceived or you're under attack. Well, 433 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 2: i will tell you from the very beginning, the demons 434 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 2: and Lucifer have been using the is that what God 435 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 2: really said? And they've been quite successful. With it because 436 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 2: too many times the person they're attacking doesn't know the answer. 437 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 2: So make sure that you know the answer if you 438 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 2: we always make sure that we're experts on so many things. 439 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 2: You better make sure that you're an expert. This is 440 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,959 Speaker 2: a warning on the word of God because the demons 441 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 2: and Lucifer are hoping and they're betting that you don't. 442 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 2: So let's turn to Second Corinthians, chapter eleven. This is 443 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 2: important too on deception because so many times these demons 444 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 2: will present themselves as angels of light. We have to 445 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 2: know the difference. It has happened so many times when 446 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,400 Speaker 2: somebody you're going with, this person seems like they're okay. Well, 447 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,640 Speaker 2: why is that important? Because demons that this goes back 448 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 2: to this ghost thing. Demons love to pretend to be 449 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 2: your grandmama that died and you're sure went on to glory, 450 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 2: And what they want you to do is to think 451 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 2: that your grandmother has come back to you. Are your mama, 452 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 2: are your daddy, or you're your child. You know, I 453 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 2: have a child that is in heaven, and it certainly 454 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 2: would mean a lot to me if somehow I thought 455 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 2: I could visit my child again, and I will one day. 456 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 2: But you know, a demon would love to convince me 457 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,479 Speaker 2: that I could now through some person that claims they 458 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 2: can conjure him up or I thought I saw him 459 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 2: in our home or something like that. When these things, 460 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 2: if these things are happening to you, these are not 461 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 2: your relatives, these are not angels, these are demons. It's 462 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 2: all about deception. And you're sitting there going with they 463 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 2: don't look like a scary mom. They look like my grandmama. 464 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 2: They look like me, mam. Well that's what they're hoping, 465 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 2: you think, Okay, and you'll say, well, what if it's 466 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 2: an angel, an angel, this is important Episode one. Let's 467 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 2: get this on the record. An angel throughout scripture will 468 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 2: always identify themselves. They'll always tell them tell you they're 469 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 2: from the Lord, and then they move into why they 470 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 2: came to see you. Okay. You never find an angel 471 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 2: appearing like some kind of mist, you know, saying I'm 472 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 2: your grandmother, I'm your mama, I'm this person, this friend 473 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 2: of yours, I'm real mysterious. I moved through the room. 474 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 2: And see, that's all chaos, that's all attempt to fear 475 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 2: and intrigue in the supernatural with no clear understanding of 476 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 2: what they're doing and why they are there. I don't 477 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 2: care how wonderful they may seem, Paul warns us in 478 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 2: chapter eleven. And he warns us in verse fourteen when 479 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 2: he goes on to say that that we need to 480 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 2: understand that many times they will appear to us as 481 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 2: angels of light. He and here he's talking about false prophets. 482 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 2: In thirteen, he says, for such men are false apostles, 483 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 2: deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ fourteen And 484 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 2: no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel 485 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 2: of light, so it is no surprise if his servants 486 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 2: also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Therein will correspond 487 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 2: to their deeds. He said, Look, false teachers always appear 488 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 2: like they're wonderful human beings, and they always act like that, 489 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 2: their apostles from Christ and teachers of Jesus. And he said, 490 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 2: no wonder because Satan is who really sent them, and 491 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 2: Lucifer always he's been known to present himself and his 492 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 2: servants do the same thing as angels of light. We 493 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 2: did an interview with a guide man. Anytime you hear 494 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 2: these things. Oh, I've got somebody. Angels have been appearing 495 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 2: to this god. Oh, we can't wait to hear from him. 496 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 2: And I'm going to tell you many times. Well, every 497 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 2: time that I've ever dealt with I go to these 498 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 2: verses and usually tell the person. You may think you're 499 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 2: talking to angels, but you're not. You may think you're 500 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 2: talking to space people, but you're not. You may think 501 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 2: you're talking to a ghost, but you're not. You're talking 502 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,000 Speaker 2: to demons, because this is exactly how they work. But 503 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 2: if I can't recognize that, if I don't know, I 504 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 2: can't recognize this if I don't know. Okay, so you 505 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 2: start thinking to yourself, well, I think about the story 506 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 2: of Job. Is there anything after that where I can 507 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 2: see that there's demons or Lucifer once again being used 508 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 2: by God to test those that he loves and loves him. Yes, 509 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 2: the apostle Paul staying in Second Corinthians, if you go 510 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 2: over to a Second Corinthians chapter twelve, you may read 511 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 2: something that you go, I, I don't know about that. 512 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 2: That's a little that's a little alarming. It has to 513 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 2: do with Paul and the thorn in his flesh. You 514 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 2: may have heard of this before. Paul's been talking about 515 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 2: all the things he suffered because of his devotion to Christ, which, 516 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 2: by the way, we're allowed. And so he says this 517 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 2: verse seven of chapter twelve Second Corinthians, So to keep 518 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 2: me from becoming conceited. So there's the why to keep 519 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 2: me from becoming conceited. Because of the surpassing greatness of 520 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 2: the revelation, he was allowed to see the third heaven. 521 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 2: A thorn was given me in the flesh. Listen to this, 522 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 2: a messenger of Satan to harass me. Here comes the 523 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 2: why to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I 524 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 2: pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me, 525 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 2: but he the Lord, said to me, my grace is 526 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 2: sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 527 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 2: Now again, I know that may trouble you, but I 528 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 2: wanted to bring you peace. Because here's what's happening. Paul 529 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 2: is being humbled, and the Lord has decided that this 530 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,959 Speaker 2: thorn in his flesh, whatever it was, was allowed because 531 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 2: he could get Paul to where he wanted him to be. 532 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 2: And he was even willing, just like Job, to use 533 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 2: a messenger of Satan to accomplish his goal of keeping 534 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 2: the Apostle Paul humble so that the Apostle Paul would 535 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 2: be more dependent on him, thus becoming more powerful by 536 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 2: being weaker and being totally dependent on Jesus once again, 537 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 2: Satan and his demons are simply tools that God uses 538 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 2: when he wants to. But he is completely in control 539 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 2: for the redeemed, for the redeemed, And I know that. 540 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 2: You say, well, I don't like the thought of God 541 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 2: sicking them on me for for lack of a better term, 542 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,720 Speaker 2: but remember, he's gonna always be part of it. He's 543 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 2: in control. It's like I don't like the I don't 544 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 2: want to think about a pit bull getting after me. 545 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 2: And the guy comes in and he's got a pit 546 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 2: bull on the chain. Well, I don't want this pit 547 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 2: bull here at all. I understand that, But isn't it 548 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 2: great to see if somebody's got him on the chain. 549 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,879 Speaker 2: So unless that person lets out enough chain, he can't 550 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 2: get you. He might be barking at you, he might 551 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 2: be scaring you, but unless the owner lets loose of 552 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 2: the chain, he can't kill you. Well, that's the way 553 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 2: you got to see the spiritual realm for those that 554 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,799 Speaker 2: are redeemed. Are demons real? Yes? Is Loocier for real? 555 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 2: You better believe it. Are angels real? Yes, Well, we 556 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 2: talk more about them, we will, But today I want 557 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 2: to establish that this spiritual warfare is real. It should 558 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 2: not be ignored, it should not be obsessed over. But 559 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 2: you got to know how it works. That's what this 560 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:19,160 Speaker 2: podcast is all about. Okay. So to kind of get 561 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,239 Speaker 2: us down to the end of our first episode, I 562 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,200 Speaker 2: want you to go to Acts nineteen because this is 563 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 2: a warning that I want to leave with you until 564 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,799 Speaker 2: the next time we're together. Everything I've been telling you 565 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:33,840 Speaker 2: today only applies to the redeemed. If you are not redeemed, 566 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,360 Speaker 2: if you are not under the authority of Jesus Christ, 567 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,719 Speaker 2: then this spiritual warfare that's going on is something you 568 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,840 Speaker 2: should be gravely concerned about. So in Acts chapter nineteen, 569 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 2: we see something very very interesting involving these sons of 570 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 2: a very well known Pharisee. He had seven sons, the 571 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 2: apostle Paul had been doing miracles, and they were jealous 572 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 2: of Paul. He had been casting out demons, and we're 573 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,839 Speaker 2: going to talk about that in future episodes. You're gonna 574 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 2: hear me interview people that have cast out demons. Okay, 575 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 2: that's coming. But in this case they wanted to also 576 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 2: cast out demons. Okay, so this is verse thirteen of 577 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 2: chapter nineteen. Now they are jealous of Paul. That's their 578 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 2: whole motivation. Okay. So in verse thirteen, the scriptures tell us, 579 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 2: then some of the Jewish exorcists undertook to evoke the 580 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,680 Speaker 2: name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, 581 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:37,440 Speaker 2: I call on you by the name of Jesus, who 582 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 2: Paul proclaims seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Skiva. 583 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 2: We're doing this. But when they called on an evil 584 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 2: spirit to come out of a man Verse fifteen should 585 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 2: be very troubling to anybody that is listening to this 586 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:58,600 Speaker 2: or watching this that is not redeemed. Listen, but the 587 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:05,279 Speaker 2: evil spirit answer these men, Jesus, I know this is 588 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 2: an evil spirit, a demon. Jesus I know, and Paul 589 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:14,319 Speaker 2: I recognize demotion for Paul, but he makes it. But 590 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 2: who are you? Let me tell you, whoever is listening 591 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 2: to this and watching this, you don't want to hear 592 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 2: that these evil spirits recognized Jesus because they used his name. 593 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 2: They recognized Paul because he belonged to Jesus. He did 594 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:39,840 Speaker 2: not recognize them, or it didn't recognize them. Now what 595 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,120 Speaker 2: happened next? Rick Well and the man in whom the 596 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:48,719 Speaker 2: evil spirit had possessed leaped on them, mastered all of them, 597 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,640 Speaker 2: overpowered them so that they fled out of the house, 598 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:58,319 Speaker 2: naked and wounded. They used the name of Jesus. Why 599 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 2: didn't it work? It didn't work. I'm gonna say that again. 600 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 2: It did not work. Why when Paul used the name 601 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 2: of Jesus it worked. Why because the apostle Paul belonged 602 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 2: to Jesus. The apostle Paul was redeemed, so the power 603 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:25,479 Speaker 2: of the name of Jesus was available to Paul. These 604 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:30,360 Speaker 2: other pretenders just wanted to see a show. They wanted 605 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 2: to go play games with evil spirits. They wanted to 606 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,440 Speaker 2: play games with demons. They wanted some notoriety that they 607 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:41,880 Speaker 2: were able to cast out demons. So they thought that 608 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:45,040 Speaker 2: they would just do what Paul had done. That they 609 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:49,279 Speaker 2: would roll up against an evil spirit. They would say 610 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,920 Speaker 2: to that evil spirit, in the name of Jesus, that 611 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 2: Paul calls upon come out of this man. But they 612 00:38:55,760 --> 00:39:00,240 Speaker 2: got a much different result. The reason why the evil 613 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 2: spirit did not leave the man. Not only did it 614 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 2: not leave, it inhabited the body of a man, which 615 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:14,359 Speaker 2: is real. This does happen, and it jumped on seven men, 616 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:18,919 Speaker 2: seven grown men. And these trust me. These demons when 617 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:23,920 Speaker 2: they possess somebody, they have magnificent strength, okay, and they 618 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,160 Speaker 2: have rankings just like the angels do. Some are stronger 619 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 2: than others. And strip these seven guysnaked. Now why do 620 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,400 Speaker 2: they strip people neked? Have you ever noticed that? You know? 621 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:40,680 Speaker 2: Anytime someone is deranged, and many times they are just 622 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:44,319 Speaker 2: possessed of a demon. Mental illness is real. I'm not 623 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,560 Speaker 2: saying it's not, but in many cases this is just demonic. 624 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,799 Speaker 2: When you see the evil of the world today, why 625 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,840 Speaker 2: did this person slaughter all these innocent people in cold blood? 626 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 2: Because they're likely possessed with the demon. This is evil, 627 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 2: is what it is. Okay. All they do is destroyed, murder, 628 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,600 Speaker 2: kill still, and so you'll see a lot of times 629 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,400 Speaker 2: when someone is possessed of a demon, or they've allowed 630 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,040 Speaker 2: a demon in through allow themselves, their mind to be 631 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,680 Speaker 2: altered by drugs or alcohol, whatever the case may be, 632 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,560 Speaker 2: and they've opened themselves up to demonic forces. What happens 633 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:19,239 Speaker 2: a lot. They strip themselves naked, These demons strip these 634 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:24,400 Speaker 2: guys naked. Why because of the original fall in the garden. See, 635 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,600 Speaker 2: you know that at one time, the original man and 636 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,640 Speaker 2: woman that God created, they were naked and unashamed. But 637 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,759 Speaker 2: when sin came into the garden, what happened. Clothe ourselves, 638 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 2: hide our shame. And what these demons are doing is 639 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:42,239 Speaker 2: they're trying to present you as shameful and naked right 640 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:46,440 Speaker 2: before God. You see that all the time. It is 641 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,439 Speaker 2: a trait to look for if you want to see 642 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:51,520 Speaker 2: demonic forces. Did the people strip themselves naked? Are they 643 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:55,040 Speaker 2: running around naked? And usually it has to do with that. 644 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:58,000 Speaker 2: They're once again taking what God called pure and they're 645 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:03,279 Speaker 2: exploiting the fall of mankind. And how naked this now 646 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:07,120 Speaker 2: is something to be ashamed of. It's not something that 647 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,279 Speaker 2: we're comfortable with anymore because of our sin. And they're 648 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:14,120 Speaker 2: revealing that again. They're accusing here you are naked before God. 649 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:21,160 Speaker 2: So the name of Jesus had no power in the 650 00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:25,840 Speaker 2: hands of these sons because they didn't belong to Jesus. 651 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 2: If you don't belong to Jesus, you can shout Jesus's 652 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,319 Speaker 2: name in your house all you want to when it's 653 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,800 Speaker 2: under demonic attack, and it's not going to accomplish anything 654 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,480 Speaker 2: because you don't belong to Jesus. These demons will look 655 00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,040 Speaker 2: at you when you're hollering that out when you've waited 656 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,600 Speaker 2: too late and they've over they've taken over your home 657 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,640 Speaker 2: or taken over your life, or they've taken over your children, 658 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,240 Speaker 2: or they've taken over your marriage, and you'll start shouting Jesus, Jesus, 659 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,919 Speaker 2: in the name of Jesus, leave my family along, leave 660 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,919 Speaker 2: us alone. And if you don't belong to Jesus, those 661 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:04,359 Speaker 2: demons are going to say, Jesus, we know, but who 662 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:08,680 Speaker 2: are you. You don't belong to Jesus and they're not 663 00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:14,360 Speaker 2: going anywhere. So if we're going to prepare for this battle, 664 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:21,279 Speaker 2: we must prepare ourselves by first making sure that we 665 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:26,920 Speaker 2: belong to Jesus, because without the protection of Jesus, you 666 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,600 Speaker 2: are sending yourself out day after day into a spiritual 667 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:37,759 Speaker 2: battle that you cannot win. And it's real. I mean, 668 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:42,440 Speaker 2: if you could see the cosmic war that is going 669 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:46,440 Speaker 2: on around you on a daily basis, if God allowed 670 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:51,359 Speaker 2: you to see it, you could not handle it. I 671 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:57,480 Speaker 2: could not handle it. So are there supernatural forces all 672 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:02,920 Speaker 2: around us? The answer is yes. Is it Bigfoot, is 673 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:09,520 Speaker 2: it space aliens? Is it ghost? No? But that didn't 674 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:13,680 Speaker 2: make it any less real. So I hope that you'll 675 00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:17,000 Speaker 2: go on this journey with us on episodes that are 676 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:24,320 Speaker 2: still to come, and become educated and understand the seriousness 677 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 2: of these strange encounters. 678 00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:35,640 Speaker 1: You just heard the premiere episode of Strange Encounters with 679 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,719 Speaker 1: Rick Burgess. To hear future episodes, you just need to 680 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,480 Speaker 1: subscribe to this brand new show from Rick Burgess and 681 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:44,760 Speaker 1: the folks at Blaze Media. 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