1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,520 I'm glad to be with you today. Don't you enjoy Sabbath? That's right. What would we do if 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:14,840 we didn't have a Sabbath? We'd work ourselves to death, wouldn't we? I think so. I'm glad 3 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:21,600 to be with you today. I don't have a sermon, but I have a talk. So if you want to listen, 4 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,160 that would be great. Let's see what we can come up with. Do you have your Bible? If you 5 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:31,560 have your Bible, I want to start with some texts, and we're going to research some of 6 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:41,640 these in order to start. So I think the first is in Psalms. I know it's a quick way to finding 7 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:47,040 Psalms. You just open your Bible up in the middle, and you're just about in Psalms. So 8 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:58,240 I'm going to read some of these, and it first starts out with Psalms 5, 5-12. Psalms 5-12. 9 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:05,920 For you, O Lord, will bless the righteous with favor. You will surround him as with 10 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:16,640 a shield, as with a shield. Okay. And then in Psalms three and verse three, we read, 11 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:26,240 For you, O Lord, are a shield for me, thy glory, the one who lifts up my head. Okay. 12 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:35,840 And then we're still in Psalms. We're going to go to Psalms 18 and verse 30. By my God, 13 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:45,100 I can leap over a wall. As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the Lord is proven. 14 00:01:45,100 --> 00:01:59,680 He is a shield to all who trust in him. And also in Psalms, Psalms 28 and verse seven, 15 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:07,380 the Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusteth in him and I am helped. Therefore, 16 00:02:07,380 --> 00:02:22,800 my heart greatly rejoices and with my song, I will praise him. And in Psalms 91, verse 17 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:30,080 four, he shall cover you with his feathers and under his wings, you shall take refuge. 18 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:42,640 His truth shall be your shield and buckler. Is there a theme today? I hope you got it. 19 00:02:42,640 --> 00:03:01,680 And in Proverbs, Proverbs 30 and verse five, Proverbs 30 and verse five, every word of 20 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:16,520 God is pure. He is a shield to those who put their trust in him. And in Isaiah, Isaiah 21 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:27,360 41 and verse 10, Isaiah 41 and verse 10, fear not for I am with you. Be not dismayed for 22 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:34,440 I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will uphold you. I will uphold you with 23 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:44,040 my righteous right hand. Then we're going to go all the way back into Ephesians and 24 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:51,160 Ephesians six and starting with verse 10. And we're going to go all the way through 25 00:03:51,160 --> 00:04:02,320 18 Ephesians six and starting with verse 10. Finally, my brothers, my brethren, be strong 26 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:08,700 in the Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may 27 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:14,660 be able to stand against the wiles of the devil, for we do not wrestle against flesh 28 00:04:14,660 --> 00:04:21,020 and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness 29 00:04:21,020 --> 00:04:28,480 of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up 30 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:35,200 the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done 31 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:43,160 all to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your wrists with truth, your waist with truth, 32 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:50,880 having put on the breastplate of righteousness and having shod your feet with the preparation 33 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:56,920 of the gospel of peace. Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be 34 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:04,120 able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one and take the helmet of salvation 35 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:10,160 and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, praying always with all prayer 36 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:17,800 and supplication for the spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication 37 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:27,080 for all the saints. And then last but not the least, actually there's two more, and 38 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:39,360 we find this in Philippians four and verse seven, Philippians four and verse seven. 39 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:45,680 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and 40 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:58,440 minds through Christ Jesus. And the last one, first Peter, first Peter five and verse eight, 41 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:04,680 first Peter five and verse eight. Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary, the devil 42 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:12,160 walks about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. I'm sure you've come across 43 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:19,280 these verses before, which are very interesting. But I want to emphasize something that we 44 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:26,720 just read in Ephesians, because it says, above all, taking the shield of faith with you will 45 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:34,560 be able to quench all the fiery darts. And here he's saying above all, above all. So 46 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:40,380 this is perhaps the most important. Above all, taking the shield of faith with which 47 00:06:40,380 --> 00:06:47,520 you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Interesting. Are we at 48 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:56,960 war? Say yes. We're at war. Maybe every day we battle. I think we do. I think we do. Every 49 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:04,720 day we battle. We're in war. I brought some things here with me. I want to thank my son 50 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:19,920 who collects memorabilia. So these are not. And all of these certain things in common. 51 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:24,600 And some of you probably recognize some of these things. I don't know. Some of you have 52 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:30,560 some of this at home. How many of you have some of this at home? Yours is still in your 53 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:38,040 closet by the way. Okay. All right. Very good. But we have different things. We have different 54 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:46,480 things. And as far as I know, and I'm not a historian, okay. But we have a helmet. World 55 00:07:46,480 --> 00:08:00,480 War I. World War I helmet. Wow. World War II helmet. Better shape, I think. Interesting. 56 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:10,840 And we have a full field dress. Wow. And there's a breastplate. There's shields up here. There's 57 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:17,880 a, this is a sword. That's interesting. I have a shield right here. Anybody recognize 58 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:26,760 this? Captain America. That's right. You know anything about Captain America? Well, if you 59 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:32,760 have a comic book collection, you probably know something about Captain America. Captain 60 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:40,600 America, you know, it started in the 1940s. Okay. Just before I was born actually. And 61 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:49,160 it was trying to, it was a good propaganda that we had, okay, to rally our troops, rally 62 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:56,300 our troops. And it really did. Captain America shield. Shields are important, aren't they? 63 00:08:56,300 --> 00:09:01,160 They really are. They really are. And it's interesting that some of you recognize those. 64 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:08,360 And you know, what are we shielding ourselves against? You know, Satan creates doubt about 65 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:16,400 God himself. He created doubt in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. The way we are 66 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:22,300 to stand against Satan's attack is to take the shield of faith. And we read some of those 67 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:28,960 scriptures today. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ and allow him to be our confidence. Now I 68 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:35,120 came across something that was interesting. These are some words from a pastor, not ours, 69 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:41,080 a pastor who said a lot of the Christians would have been a lot happier if Paul had 70 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:46,320 written a little bit differently. So listen carefully, see what he says. And he says, 71 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:54,640 Lay back and relax with a belt of evasion buckled loosely against your waist, with a 72 00:09:54,640 --> 00:10:01,920 breastplate of defensiveness in place and your feet fitted with the pluralism that offends 73 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:09,840 no one. In addition to all of that, of this, take up the shield of grudges with which you 74 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:21,120 can hold on, hold on tightly to hurt and to slights. Take the helmet of in entertainment 75 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:26,840 and the bull and the belligerent of the flesh, which is the word of anger and air what's 76 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:36,080 been done to you on all occasions with with all kinds of creditness. Wow. And complaints. 77 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:43,800 Wow. I'm glad Paul didn't write that way. Sometimes we may act that way. What are the 78 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:51,480 pieces of armor that we should wear? And in the midst of this war against Satan's attacks, 79 00:10:51,480 --> 00:11:02,440 we read that above all, above all, we should we should do what we should have those armaments. 80 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:08,660 Did you notice that the verse verse 16, it says above all, take the shield of faith. 81 00:11:08,660 --> 00:11:14,680 Faith is the key to our spiritual armor. We've got to have faith. The shield of faith will 82 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:23,040 quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. The fiery darts shields, you know, you know, 83 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:27,040 ever since we've been talking about war and people have been in war. I mean, they they 84 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:33,480 use shields. You know, how many of you ever played with a shield? Oh, come on. That's 85 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:39,160 right. Well, we didn't have shields like this. But you know what we had? We had garbage can 86 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:46,000 lids. Have you played with the garbage can lid as a shield? There we go. That's right. 87 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,800 Interesting. But it's supposed to be for the fiery darts. And you know, the Romans and 88 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:56,040 probably even before the Romans, what did they? Well, they had shields and to protect 89 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:01,400 themselves against the fiery darts, they would cover those shields with animal skins and 90 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:06,840 wet them down. And if a fiery dart or an arrow came, it might stick to the shield, but it 91 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:13,040 wouldn't catch on fire because it was wet. Okay, it was wet. Oh, now that's interesting, 92 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:19,360 isn't it? Now, shielding is very, very important. Now I have a little experiment that I thought 93 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:25,680 I would I would do for you this morning. I'll see what we got right here. I have a Oh, I 94 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:30,960 know it's already I need to plug this in. There we go. So we're gonna hang on. Let's 95 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:38,920 get all of this taken care of right here. And I'm going to plug this in. Here. See if 96 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:49,800 we can find a sign find some electricity here. Well, you know, that's not as easy as it looks. 97 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:59,800 Okay, all right. There we go. Well, how did I do that? Okay, I just disrupted the whole 98 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:09,080 system up here. That's okay. I have I have a light bulb. These are interesting light 99 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:15,440 bulbs also have a pair of safety glasses because I want to be safe. So we got all right. That's 100 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:20,520 okay. We can probably get by without all of that. This is a little light bulb. It's an 101 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:27,840 incandescent light bulb. And they they work pretty well, but they're very inefficient. 102 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:33,080 They're inefficient. Now we have LED lights, okay, that are more efficient because this 103 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:39,320 gives off more heat than light. Okay, it's a 40 watt light bulb. Have you ever wondered 104 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:43,960 what that 40 watt watt meant? Do you think we get 40 watts of light out of a 40 watt 105 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:51,640 light bulb? Say no, we don't. That's how much energy it takes to operate a 40 watt light 106 00:13:51,640 --> 00:14:00,440 bulb. It takes 40 watts of energy. So this light bulb will work only if it's shielded. 107 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:08,200 That filament has to be shielded. If it's not shielded, then the filament will burn 108 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:14,520 out. The modern day filaments that we have are some of them are made out of tungsten 109 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:20,480 and other materials. Some of those filaments can get over two to 3000 degrees hot. It's 110 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:28,200 really, really, really hot. Well, let's see what would happen if we got rid of the shield. 111 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:33,720 Would it burn out? Oh, well, that's what we're gonna that's what we're about ready to see. 112 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:39,720 Let's see what we got. In fact, in the in the near future, it's going to be a little 113 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:48,120 difficult for us to buy incandescent light bulbs because they are inefficient. Okay, 114 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:53,240 for one. So I'm going to take this light bulb. I have my safety glasses on. Okay, I have 115 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:59,720 a little steel plate right here because I'm going to break it and I need something hard 116 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:05,240 so that this will this will break. So I'm going to put this have a towel up here. I'm 117 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:09,920 gonna lay that towel on top of that right here. And I have a rubber hammer. I'm just 118 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:14,000 going to hit the light bulb with the rubber hammer and it should break. Let's see if it's 119 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:20,360 going to break. Let's check this out. Whoa, did that sound like a broke? I don't know. 120 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:27,240 No. Okay, we're gonna have to hit it harder. Okay, let's try this again. No, I don't think 121 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:35,040 so. Same sound. Oh, that was it. Did you hear the difference? Okay, good. Your ears are 122 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:43,600 working. Let's see what we got. Oh, and you know what? I can see the filament and it doesn't 123 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:54,760 look like it broke. Okay, now, so there's no shielding inside of that glass was a gas 124 00:15:54,760 --> 00:16:01,800 and that gas was an inert gas. Sometimes they could use helium, they can use argon, they 125 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:08,360 can use nitrogen, which is an inert gas. It doesn't combine chemically with anything else 126 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:16,200 and that shields that filament from the oxygen in the air. So what what could we what could 127 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,840 we do now? What could we do now? If I turn it on, what's going to happen? It's going 128 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:26,720 to burn out. Okay, but we don't want it to burn out. So what I'm going to do is we're 129 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:33,080 going to shield it by using another gas, we're going to we're going to use some nitrogen 130 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:39,080 gas. And I happen to have some liquid nitrogen here, and of course, some liquid nitrogen 131 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:47,200 in that beaker in that Erlenmeyer flask. And the liquid nitrogen is a liquid and, and it's 132 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:51,120 boiling away inside of right here, we can't keep it from boiling away. But when I pour 133 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:57,840 it into the flask, it's going to produce going to change from a liquid into an air gas. Okay, 134 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:03,680 so we ought to be able to get a lot of nitrogen gas, okay, not liquid, but air gas coming 135 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:10,560 out of the flask. Then I'm going to put this down inside and turn the switch on. And we 136 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:17,240 hope the light bulb will still stay on as long as it shielded as long as it shielded. 137 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:22,240 Okay, so let's check this out. All right, safety glasses on. Pour this in here, we're 138 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:30,960 going to make a little cloud. Let's go keep going. There we go. So we're going to cool 139 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:40,560 the flask down gently. Okay, so we don't get it to crack. Although these are flask guard, 140 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:49,200 they're built to take temperatures, temperature changes. Let's pour a little more in there. 141 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:54,560 That's a nice cloud. You know what that the name of that cloud is? Anybody know the names 142 00:17:54,560 --> 00:18:05,080 of clouds? What is it? I heard it. Who said fog? Yes. All right, Julie. All right. It's 143 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:13,880 fog. So we've got some fog in here. The reason why we're making a cloud is there's a lot 144 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:20,960 of water molecules in the air that we can't normally see. And so that's what's happening 145 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:28,760 those water molecules in the air are condensing to form that cloud. Shall we try it? That's 146 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,760 right. I'm going to set this down in here. I have an on off switch right here. Let's 147 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:47,240 check this. Oh, I just broke it. No, no, no, I didn't. Oh, yes, I did. Oh, no. Well, I 148 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:53,240 think it is broken. Let's check it out. Oh, it is broken. Okay. All right. So what I'm 149 00:18:53,240 --> 00:19:01,280 going to do is I'm going to try to do this again a little more carefully. Are you all 150 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:11,120 in a hurry? Okay. All right. Let's try this one more time. All right. I only brought three 151 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:16,780 bulbs with me, so it's got to work. All right. Let's try this again. I'm going to put this 152 00:19:16,780 --> 00:19:26,200 inside of here. The filaments are so so thin, so fine that sometimes they're hard to see. 153 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:33,320 Now this doesn't want to screw in. How come it's screwing in at an angle? Oh, but it still 154 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:38,560 works. All right. Very good. All right. Let's set this down here. Let's hit it with a hammer 155 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:48,000 again. Oh, I heard that. It has that sound. See what we got. Okay. I think we're good. 156 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:55,480 I'm going to set it in there very carefully. Okay. Set this over here. All right. Here 157 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:03,480 we go. Let's try this. All right. See if we can be a little more accurate. Are you ready? 158 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:13,800 Let's put it down in here. Okay. There we go. Okay. It's working. Look at that. The 159 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:20,620 filament is shielded and the light still works. Now I'm going to take it out. What's going 160 00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:25,160 to happen? All right. Let's try it. Here we go. On the count. Three, two, one. Here we 161 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:32,120 go. Three, two, one. And let's take it out. And it burnt out. I didn't turn it off. It 162 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:41,320 just burnt out. Wow. Is that amazing? That's amazing. Well, that's what happens if we don't 163 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:49,680 have a shield with a filament. If you and I don't have a shield against Satan's attacks, 164 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:55,960 he can get the better of us. So what are we to use? What is the shield of faith? What 165 00:20:55,960 --> 00:21:01,920 is that? Have you ever wondered? The shield of faith is the word of God. That's what the 166 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:08,760 shield of faith really is. The sword of the spirit is the only offensive weapon that we 167 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:13,920 have. We use the word of God against the devil. Now, if you look at all the things that I 168 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:20,320 have on this table, the only offensive thing that I have over here that would be a weapon 169 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:27,120 would be the sword, would be the sword. That's the only offensive weapon that I have on that 170 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:33,880 on that table. That's interesting. We need an offensive weapon, don't we? Oh, I do. I 171 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:40,480 certainly do. We find the scripture that deals with the issues that Satan is trying to destroy 172 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:46,640 us. So we look to the scriptures. We look for the scripture that deals with the issues 173 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:55,060 that Satan is trying to destroy you and me. So maybe you can think back a little bit. 174 00:21:55,060 --> 00:22:01,480 Maybe it was yesterday. Maybe it was this morning. Maybe. What is the devil trying to 175 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:07,040 get you with? You know, the devil tries to get us all differently. Why? Because we're 176 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:13,480 different, aren't we? We really, really are. We're much different. We're very much different. 177 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:22,680 So the only thing that we have to ward ourselves against the attack of the devil is the word 178 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:32,840 of God. It's the word of God. Now, when Jesus was tempted by Satan, what? Oh, oh, we got 179 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:39,640 these back, don't we? OK, this is great. Let's check this out. The armor of God. Wow. Look 180 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:47,040 at the fiery darts. Wow. They could sure destroy us. But if we have a shield, we have a shield. 181 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:52,240 We have the word of God. That's the shield. It says above all, above all, the shield of 182 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:57,560 God, the word of God. That's that's for our protection. Wow. That's what I want. That's 183 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:02,800 what I want. So when the devil tries to tempt me, I should go be able to go into his word, 184 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:07,400 go back into your memory, all the memory text that you have memorized and then claim that 185 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:13,920 claim that say no. When Jesus was tempted by by the devil, he said what it says. It 186 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:21,740 is written. It is written. And that's what we should do as well. It's written. We should 187 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:28,560 the word. The sword of God is the shield. The shield of God is the sword. The sword is the 188 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:38,080 word of God, the word of God. How interesting is that? Well, the Holy Bible, that's that's 189 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:46,200 our that's our shield. It's the word. The word. It says in the beginning was the word 190 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:53,520 and the word was with God and the word was God and all things was created by him and 191 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:58,640 all things were created through him and nothing was made that was made that was that he didn't 192 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:05,880 make. Wow. Think about the light bulb. Think about what happens when we take the shield 193 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:11,640 away. It burns out. We've got to keep that shield. We've got to keep the word of God 194 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:18,840 in our mind on our hearts and he will protect us. That's the only that's the only defense 195 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:26,520 we have. That is our defense and God has made it available for us. And I sure am glad. I 196 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:42,360 sure am glad.