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<v Speaker 1>Today on Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warren, we continue

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<v Speaker 1>in our riveting journey through the series The Invisible War.

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<v Speaker 1>In it will explore the unseen world of good and

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<v Speaker 1>evil and see how it impacts our day to day existence.

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<v Speaker 1>Join us for eye opening biblical insights into the spiritual

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<v Speaker 1>dimensions that influence our lives in ways we never imagined.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part two of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called winning the Battle inside Me.

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<v Speaker 2>The fourth thing that happens when I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>to fight the battle, then I keep losing. And long

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<v Speaker 2>comes number four, self condemnation. And oh, some of you

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<v Speaker 2>have gotten really good at this. You're a pro at

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<v Speaker 2>putting yourself down. You're a pro at condemning yourself. And

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<v Speaker 2>because you keep stumbling in the same area over and

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<v Speaker 2>over and over, I still lose my temper. I still

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<v Speaker 2>say them being things, I still have those thoughts. I

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<v Speaker 2>still and you start going, I'm no good, I'm worthless,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm junk. Why should I call myself a Christian? God

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<v Speaker 2>must hate me, God's mad at me, blah blah blah

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<v Speaker 2>blah and all those other things. And you start condemning yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>That's an inevitable sign that you're in this spiritual battle.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse eighteen, Paul says, I know I'm rotten inside as

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<v Speaker 2>far as my old sinful nature is concerned. Now, who

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<v Speaker 2>told him that? He's telling himself that he said, he's

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<v Speaker 2>putting himself down. He's condemning himself. And that is a

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<v Speaker 2>mark of when you have habitual areas that you keep

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<v Speaker 2>falling in over and over. I want to keep how

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<v Speaker 2>many resolutions have you made that you didn't keep? A lot?

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<v Speaker 2>And then you start putting yourself down and do the

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<v Speaker 2>self condemnation. That leads to number five frustration. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is a mark of a Christian trying to live on

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<v Speaker 2>their own powers at a God's power, you get frustrated.

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<v Speaker 2>Says this. In the next verse, verse eighteen, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter which way I turn, I can't make myself

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<v Speaker 2>do right. I want to, but I can't. When I

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<v Speaker 2>want to do good, I don't. And when I try

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<v Speaker 2>not to do wrong, I do it anyway. Now, if

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing what I don't want to do, it's plain

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<v Speaker 2>where the trouble is. Sin has me in its evil grasp.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the Bible calls this the law of sin, and

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<v Speaker 2>the law of sin is the spiritual counterpart to the

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<v Speaker 2>physical law of gravity. They both pull you down. Gravity

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<v Speaker 2>pulls you down, Gravity loads you down. Gravity actually ages

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<v Speaker 2>you because it's wearing on your body. And as I

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<v Speaker 2>said last week, if you're down there and I'm up here,

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<v Speaker 2>it's always easier for you to pull me down than

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<v Speaker 2>for me to pull you up. This is the law

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<v Speaker 2>of gravity in the physical realm, and in the spiritual

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<v Speaker 2>realm it is the law of sin, which means it's

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<v Speaker 2>always easier to be pulled down and do the wrong

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<v Speaker 2>thing then it is to be pulled up and do

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<v Speaker 2>the right thing. Happens all the time, and that law

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<v Speaker 2>is trying to keep you down. Now, let's say I

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<v Speaker 2>want to ignore the law of gravity, and I say

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to fly. I'm going to be the first

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<v Speaker 2>human being to fly. So I go out and I

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<v Speaker 2>start flapping my wings, you know, my hands up and down.

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<v Speaker 2>I can flap as hard as I want, as long

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<v Speaker 2>as I want. I'm never getting off the ground. Why,

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<v Speaker 2>because the law of gravity is stronger than my human

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<v Speaker 2>ability to fly. The same is true in a spiritual realm.

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<v Speaker 2>When I try to do the right thing simply by

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<v Speaker 2>willpower I'm just flapping my wings. I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 2>get off the ground. I may get off the ground

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<v Speaker 2>for a week or two weeks or three weeks or

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<v Speaker 2>a month, and then after a while, I'm going off

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<v Speaker 2>the Daniel plan, or I'm going back to my smoking,

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<v Speaker 2>or I'm going back to my pornography, or I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>back to yelling at the kids. And when I try

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<v Speaker 2>to change by willpower, I pretty soon get tired and

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<v Speaker 2>I give up and I stop flapping. You're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to beat the law gravity physically, and you're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to beat the law of sin spiritually. It's going to

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<v Speaker 2>cause frustration in your life. And Paul says, I am

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<v Speaker 2>so frustrated. Let me read you a great theological piece

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<v Speaker 2>by Arnold LaBelle. Now, actually he's not a theologian. He's

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<v Speaker 2>a children's book writer. And when my kids were little,

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<v Speaker 2>if you've ever had preschoolers, you probably know the series

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<v Speaker 2>of books called Frog and Toad Together. And I used

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<v Speaker 2>to read into my kids, and one of my favorite

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<v Speaker 2>stories to my kids was this story called cookies. Frog

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<v Speaker 2>and Toad. Toad bake some cookies. These cookies smell really good,

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<v Speaker 2>said Toad, and he ate one and they tasted even better,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, So Toad ran over to Frog's house. Frog

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<v Speaker 2>Frog cried, Toad, taste these cookies that I've made. Frog

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<v Speaker 2>ate one of the cookies. These are the best cookies

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<v Speaker 2>I have ever eaten, said Frog. So Frog and Toad

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<v Speaker 2>ate many many cookies, one after another. You know, toad,

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<v Speaker 2>said Frog, with his mouthful. I think we should stop eating.

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<v Speaker 2>We will soon be sick. You are right, said toad.

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<v Speaker 2>Let us eat one last cookie and then we will stop.

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<v Speaker 2>So Frog and Toad ate one last cookie. But there

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<v Speaker 2>were very many cookies still left in the bowl. Frog

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<v Speaker 2>said toad. Let us eat one very last cookie and

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<v Speaker 2>then we will stop eating cookies. Frog and Toad ate

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<v Speaker 2>one very last cookie. We must stop eating, cried Toad

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<v Speaker 2>as he ate another. Yes, said Frog, reaching for a cookie.

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<v Speaker 2>We need willpower. What is willpower, asked toad. Frog said

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<v Speaker 2>willpower is trying hard not to do something that you

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<v Speaker 2>really want to do. You mean, like trying not to

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<v Speaker 2>eat all these cookies, asked toad. Right, said Frog. So

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<v Speaker 2>Frog put the cookies in a box there, said Frog.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we will not eat any more cookies, but we

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<v Speaker 2>can open the box, said toad. This is true, So

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<v Speaker 2>Frog tied some string around the box. There. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>now we will not eat anymore cookies. Toad said, but

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<v Speaker 2>we can cut the string and open the box. That

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<v Speaker 2>is true, said frog.

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<v Speaker 1>So Frog got a ladder.

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<v Speaker 2>They put the box up high on a shelf there,

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<v Speaker 2>said Frog, Now we will not eat any more cookies.

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<v Speaker 2>But Toad said, we can climb the ladder and take

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<v Speaker 2>the box down from the shelf and cut the string

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<v Speaker 2>and opened the box. That is true, said frog. So

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<v Speaker 2>Frog climbed up the ladder and he took the box

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<v Speaker 2>down from the shelf, and he cut the string, and

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<v Speaker 2>he opened the box. And Frog took the box outside

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<v Speaker 2>and threw all of the cookies out, and he shouted

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<v Speaker 2>in a loud voice, Hey birds, Hey birds, here are

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<v Speaker 2>free cookies. Birds came from everywhere. They picked up all

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<v Speaker 2>the cookies in their beaks, and they flew away. Now

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<v Speaker 2>we have no more cookies, said Frog. But we have

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<v Speaker 2>lots and lots of willpower. You may keep it all.

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<v Speaker 2>Frog said toad. I'm going home now to bake a cake.

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<v Speaker 2>The great theology of Frog and Toad. Now, how many

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<v Speaker 2>times have you played Frog and toad with something you thought,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna do it? Anymore. I'm not gonna do

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<v Speaker 2>it anymore. I'm not gonna do anymore, and then you

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<v Speaker 2>do it. This is the frustration, and it always leads

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<v Speaker 2>to number six, which is discouragement and despair. Paul gets

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<v Speaker 2>so discouraged from this war going on inside him, and

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<v Speaker 2>he says, it seems to be a fact of life.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, I'm giving up on This seems to

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<v Speaker 2>be a fact of life that when I want to

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<v Speaker 2>do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>And in my mind, notice this is a mental battle.

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<v Speaker 2>The battle's going on in your mind. In my mind,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be God's willing servant, but instead I

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<v Speaker 2>find myself still enslaved to sin. He staid, I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like giving up. I'm in a battle and I'm losing,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm feeling hopeless, and it causes these six things

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. Now. Next, Paul discusses not the cost

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<v Speaker 2>of the battle, but the cause. And what is the

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<v Speaker 2>cause of this battle that's going on in you? You

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<v Speaker 2>write this down? The reason is I have two natures.

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<v Speaker 2>You actually have two natures inside of you. You have

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<v Speaker 2>your old nature which you were born with, and you

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<v Speaker 2>have the new nature that was given to you when

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<v Speaker 2>you trusted in Christ, when you were born again, when

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<v Speaker 2>you became a believer. And this new nature wants to

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<v Speaker 2>do the right thing. But you still have the old

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<v Speaker 2>nature inside of you. And these two natures are in

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<v Speaker 2>constant conflict with each other. And that's the cause of

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<v Speaker 2>the battle. You have two natures, not one, two natures

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<v Speaker 2>inside of you. In verse twenty one, Paul says this,

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<v Speaker 2>I love to do God's will so far as my

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<v Speaker 2>new nature is concerned. But there's something else deep within me,

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<v Speaker 2>my lower nature. That's my old nature. The Bible often

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<v Speaker 2>calls it my flesh, or it calls it my carnal self,

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<v Speaker 2>or calls it the old man. These are synonyms for

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<v Speaker 2>the old nature. There's something else deep within me, my

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<v Speaker 2>lower nature, that is at war with my mind and

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<v Speaker 2>wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin.

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<v Speaker 2>That is still within me now, even though I'm a Christian,

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<v Speaker 2>my old nature is still alive. And I hate to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you this, but you're going to live with it

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of your life. You don't get rid of

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<v Speaker 2>your old nature until you go to heaven. When you

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<v Speaker 2>became a foller of Christ, he gave you a new

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<v Speaker 2>nature and a new ability to do the right thing.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's at war with the old you. And sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>you feel like I feel like there's two means inside

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<v Speaker 2>of me. I heard about an old Indian chief who

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<v Speaker 2>was a Christian, and he was trying to explain this

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<v Speaker 2>war between the new natures to his son, and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like two dogs in my mind in battle together.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a good dog and there's a bad dog, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're fighting it out. And the young son said, well, Dad,

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<v Speaker 2>which one wins? He said, whichever dog I feed the most.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's going to be true in your life, whether

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<v Speaker 2>you feed your old nature or feed your new nature.

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<v Speaker 2>But even though I'm a believer and I've walked with

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord for in a long time, I still have

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<v Speaker 2>my old nature in me, which wants to be prideful,

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<v Speaker 2>which wants to be self centered, which wants to gossip,

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<v Speaker 2>to lie or steal or make myself better or you know,

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<v Speaker 2>exaggerate or whatever. That old nature is still there, and

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<v Speaker 2>the lust and the gossip and the lie and all

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<v Speaker 2>that stuff there. Now, let me tell you why the

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<v Speaker 2>problem is your problem. Because willpower is not enough to

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<v Speaker 2>defeat your old nature. And if you think that you

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<v Speaker 2>can change simply by wanting to change or by learning

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<v Speaker 2>about change. It ain't gonna happen. It'll happen for a

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<v Speaker 2>little while, but then you're gonna get tired and you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna stop flapping. Knowing what to do is not enough

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<v Speaker 2>to change you. If it was, I would never have

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<v Speaker 2>to repeat a sermon topic. You'd get it, you'd change

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<v Speaker 2>in that area, and then we just go on to

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<v Speaker 2>something else. But just because you know the right thing

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<v Speaker 2>to do does not mean you do it. The next

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<v Speaker 2>verse says this, so you see how it is. Paul says,

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<v Speaker 2>my new life tells me to do right, but my

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<v Speaker 2>old nature that still inside me loves to sin. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>what a terrible predicament. I'm in circle. That phrase terrible

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<v Speaker 2>predicament in the original Greek, it literally means the exhaustion

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<v Speaker 2>you're fatigued, you're frustrated, you feel like a failure. Paul's

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<v Speaker 2>This is not a pretty picture. Roman is the picture

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<v Speaker 2>of a defeated struggling Christian. And finally he falls on

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<v Speaker 2>his face and out of exhaustion, and Paul goes, what's

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<v Speaker 2>the cure? And then he tells us, and he says

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<v Speaker 2>God's battle plan for victory, and he tells us what

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<v Speaker 2>and we're going to cover all of that next week.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can't share it all one week because it's

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<v Speaker 2>things initially, and then we'll cover all of the material

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<v Speaker 2>next week. The first thing I need to do God's

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<v Speaker 2>battle plan for winning the battle inside me is I

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<v Speaker 2>must deepen my understanding of Christ. Now you already know Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you've got to deepen your understanding of Christ and

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<v Speaker 2>what He did for you on the Cross. Now we're

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<v Speaker 2>not talking about being an unbeliever here, you're a believer.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul is a believer here. Jesus is already in you.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, that's why you have this battle. If you

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<v Speaker 2>do whatever you please and do the wrong thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't even care about it. So a non believer

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<v Speaker 2>there you don't have the good nature battling with the

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<v Speaker 2>old nature. They just got the old nature says, do

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you want to do. So the fact that you've

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<v Speaker 2>got Jesus in you is what's causing the battle. But

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<v Speaker 2>want to be resident in your life. He wants to

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<v Speaker 2>be president in your life. He doesn't want to just

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<v Speaker 2>take up space. He wants to be in charge. He

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<v Speaker 2>wants to be the Lord of your life. What does

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<v Speaker 2>that mean? The lord? It means he's the CEO, he's

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<v Speaker 2>the boss. He's calling the shots, he's the chairman of

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<v Speaker 2>the board. He wants you to put a sign over

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<v Speaker 2>you that says under new management. That's what it means

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<v Speaker 2>to have Jesus as the president of your life and

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<v Speaker 2>under new management. But the first step is I have

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<v Speaker 2>to deepen my understanding of Jesus Christ. He's in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>but I got to know more about him. Roman seven,

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<v Speaker 2>verse twenty four and twenty five who will free me

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<v Speaker 2>that is dominated by sin? Thank God? The answer is

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<v Speaker 2>through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Now I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>circle the phrase dominated by sin. This is an amazing

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<v Speaker 2>phrase here in the original Greek, it is literally, who

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<v Speaker 2>will free me from this body of death? This body

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<v Speaker 2>of the punishments for murdering somebody was sometimes they would

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<v Speaker 2>and you had to walk around with that person until

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<v Speaker 2>they decayed and fell off. And instead of putting you

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<v Speaker 2>in jail, they would chain the person you murdered and

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<v Speaker 2>each morning and the stench is unbearable, and wherever you

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<v Speaker 2>go you have to drag that body with you. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the phrase Paul is using here in the Greek when

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<v Speaker 2>he says, Who's gonna free me from this body? Of

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<v Speaker 2>death that's keeping its stinking. Now I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>notice on that phrase circle the word who. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>who will free me? He doesn't say what, because the

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<v Speaker 2>answer to the battle in you is not a principle.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a program, it's not a pill, it's a person.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Jesus Christ. He doesn't say, what will free me

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<v Speaker 2>from all these hang ups I've got in my life?

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<v Speaker 2>He says, who will free me? The answer is that

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<v Speaker 2>only God can free you. Jesus Christ, who will free

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<v Speaker 2>me from this decaying life I've got. Paul says, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of my rope. He's been talking now

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<v Speaker 2>for verse ACTI verse I'm at the end of my rope.

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<v Speaker 2>And at the end of his rope he gets a

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<v Speaker 2>flash of hope and he says, oh, I got it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank God. He just blurts it out, thank God. The

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<v Speaker 2>answer is in what Jesus did. He says. The answer

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<v Speaker 2>is through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Now it's not enough

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<v Speaker 2>just to say Jesus is the answer to all your problems.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to know how How is he the answer

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<v Speaker 2>to all my problems? So you're going to have to

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<v Speaker 2>come back next week for that because I can't go

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<v Speaker 2>through the eight reasons, the things that Jesus did for

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<v Speaker 2>you that are in Romans chapter eight. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>go on that, but the first thing you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>do is you've got to learn to deepen my understanding

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<v Speaker 2>of Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Home. We're so happy

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<v Speaker 1>you've chosen to study along with us today. Why is

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<v Speaker 1>everything in life so hard? Why does the right thing

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<v Speaker 1>often feel like a battle. It's because every day there's

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<v Speaker 1>a spiritual war raging all around you. Here's Pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you more. You know, we all face temptations

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<v Speaker 1>every day. It's a spiritual battle that takes place inside us,

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<v Speaker 1>and it makes us vulnerable, particularly if we don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how to fight it. To overcome temptation is absolutely essential

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<v Speaker 1>that you know the tactics that Satan uses.

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<v Speaker 2>To trip us up. And it's vital to learn the

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<v Speaker 2>biblical defenses that God gives us. He has told us

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<v Speaker 2>in his Word how to handle and how to manage

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<v Speaker 2>the attacks of Satan. Now, in order to help you

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<v Speaker 2>learn how to respond to the predictable patterns that Satan

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<v Speaker 2>uses to tempt you, I've created a study kit called

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<v Speaker 2>the Invisible War Winning the Battle of Temptation. This kit,

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<v Speaker 2>The Invisible War Winning the Battle of Temptation includes a

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<v Speaker 2>will help you learn how to overcome and defeat temptation

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. You really need this. In the series,

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<v Speaker 2>I will teach you the three kinds of temptation, God's

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<v Speaker 2>antidote to temptation, and even how to avoid temptation in

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<v Speaker 2>the first place. It is a steady guide that you

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