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Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

The Rise of Spiritualism and the Occult

Eric Walsh

Age of Deception

The Dark Side of Hollywood

Dragon Song

Social Justice, Politics and Spiritualism

Alright, so this is 1 of the ones we've been waiting for.

At least I like this 1 and it is full of a lot of information.

If you have a notebook, you might want to take some notes.

And because it is long, we're going to jump right into this 1 and start right away.

The scripture reading for this 1 is taken from Ephesians chapter 5 and verse 11.

And it says, "...and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Our message, spiritualism and the dark side of Hollywood.

Father God, we thank you for this opportunity to study your Word.

Now Lord, as we go into this, we know the devil will not be happy, so I ask first and foremost by the power of the blood of Jesus Christ that you bind Satan, bind his angels, and cast them far from this place, Lord.

Let us not hold on to things we like or want but as we go through this Lord let us see what it is we need to give up for the cause of Christ this is our prayer in Jesus's precious and holy name Amen 1 of the most important simple verses of Scripture is Philippians 2.5.

Philippians 2.5 says, let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.

The great controversy really boils down to a war for your mind.

Now I'm going to go back and do some slides from what I did the seminars a couple years ago to set the stage for what we're gonna go into.

So Revelation chapter 7 and 1 says, and after these things I saw 4 angels standing on the 4 corners of the earth, holding the 4 winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree." I don't have time to get into this, but this is telling us that God literally holds back the full weight of the consequences of sin from reaching this earth.

Verse 2 says, And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God.

And he cried with a loud voice to the 4 angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea.

This fifth angel cries out and says, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads I'll talk a little bit about what the seal of the Living God is in a second because that sets us up for tomorrow's message and Friday's message But what is important is that you are sealed in your forehead, and it does not mean simply an imprint on the front of your head.

Revelation 22 and verse 4 says it this way, "...and they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads.

This says, The first verse, you have this mind in you that was also in Christ Jesus, which means have the character of Christ.

The second 1 says you're gonna be sealed with the seal of the living God, also speaks to character.

The third 1 says God's name will be written in their foreheads.

The war that is going on in the world, the great controversy, really boils down to a war for your mind, for your character, for a specific part of the brain called the frontal lobe of the brain.

We may remember this from a couple years ago.

This is the part of the brain that makes us human.

The part of the brain affected when you smoke marijuana or drink alcohol even when you drink caffeine.

This is the part of the brain affected when people get into pornography.

It is the part of the brain the devil wants to destroy.

It is the part of the brain even affected by, you know, processed foods.

It is literally the part of the brain the devil wants to get at.

And we are unique as humans because the frontal lobe of the human is 33% of his brain.

The next smartest animal is a chimpanzee.

The frontal lobe is only 10%, sorry, 13% of the chimpanzee's brain.

The other smart animal is the porpoise, and the porpoise's brain is only 13% frontal lobe as well.

As you look at this, you realize when the Bible says that we were created in the image of God and that his name is to go into our frontal lobe, you realize whatever functions the frontal lobe has are in large part what makes us created in God's image.

I want you to follow this because what Satan wants to do is to keep you from being restored to God's image.

So the front lobe does these things and 1 of the key things is that it is in charge of reasoning.

It is in charge of social and sexual behavior, as we will see when we talk about some of these things in the next couple days.

Come now and let us reason together, Says the Lord.

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.

Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as what?

The process of salvation is a process of reasoning.

It is the reasoning process that says, I am unworthy of God's mercy and grace.

It is the reasoning process that says, I cannot save myself.

And Hence, the frontal lobe of the brain must be sharp, because Satan will work to make you think you can save yourself.

He will work to make you think you do not need a Savior.

This is why the Bible over and over and over again says to be sober, to be vigilant, to watch.

Now, here's what Spirit of Prophets says.

What are you doing, brethren, in the great work of preparation?

Those who are uniting with the world are receiving the worldly mold and preparing for the mark of the beast.

I did not know this when I was a kid, but everything you do is preparing you for 1 thing or the other.

Either you're preparing to receive the seal of God or you're preparing to receive the mark of the beast.

Every television show, every song, even conversations, in general, are leaning you towards 1 or the other.

Now this frontal lobe that we talk about is if you lay out the body like the sanctuary and I've got to do a sermon on this because I get asked about it everywhere I go, but if you lay out the body like a sanctuary The mouth is like the entering into the courts and so you enter in the court with praises.

The stomach, the digestive system, would be like the brazen altar where sin is consumed or sin offering is consumed where no unclean things should be placed.

The brazen laver is like the circulatory system which washes us, like the blood of Christ, which washes us of our sin.

You go into the tabernacle and each of those things have their same symbolism.

But when you get to the most holy place, it is where sin is finally dealt with.

It is your frontal lobe in your human body.

This is where the Shekinah glory of God falls, and this is where we commune with God.

This is where he sits over the mercy seat.

That's why the 10 Commandments sit in there.

Your frontal lobe is like the most holy place and when you think about the Old Testament instruction on the priest and entering the most holy place how often could the priest enter the most holy place how often once a year could he just go in his blue jeans and his sandals he had to put on specific clothes What happened if the priest went in there and had not dealt with his own sin first?

If the holy place of the earthly sanctuary was so protected by God, How is it then that we just let any and everything into our physical, spiritual, most holy place?

If it was so guarded by God that death was the punishment, if you wandered in there when you weren't supposed to be, how careful ought we be as to what we allow into our most holy place, the front lobe of our mind.

Here's what Isaiah says, and then I'm gonna read a couple from Paul.

Isaiah 59 17 says, for he put on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation upon his head.

When speaking of the head, salvation, why?

Because Isaiah 1, 18, come let us reason together.

Again, even in Ephesians 6 17, when you speak about the armor of God, it says, and take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is what?

So you get 1 offensive weapon, that's God's Word.

But again, salvation is viewed like a helmet.

It's something that happens here, and this part must be protected.

Even in 1 Thessalonians 5, 8, it says, "'But let us who are of the day, ' what are we supposed to be?

I know it doesn't seem like a big deal sometimes, but this sobriety, this clearness of mind is going to be pivotal if we're going to survive the last days.

He says, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet, what does he say?

Why does he describe it now as the hope of salvation?

Because the hope of salvation causes you to believe and behave differently.

1 of the reasons I didn't get involved with drugs and gangs and all of the stuff that I saw going around me when I was a kid, I knew I wanted to grow up and be a physician.

I had the hope of being a physician and it protected me from a lot of behaviors.

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