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Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Seminar: From Darkness to Light: Overcoming Sin and Addictions

Adam Patel

Rescuing “P.O.W’s” (Reaching People with Addictions)- Part 1

Taariq Patel

Rescuing “P.O.W’s” (Reaching People with Addictions)- Part 2

Virna Santos

Loving as Jesus Would

I didn't expect, I didn't know what to expect when my brother got up here, but it's always a blessing to hear him speak, because we go back, you know.

And I was laughing with him on the way up here, like, man, I just was thinking about the other day, how we used to get in our battle stations to get ready to do our drugs, you know?

And I remember the state of mind we were in, and I was laughing with him and the Lord, like man, who would have thought at that time that the Lord would have chose you and me to speak in front of God's people.

I just thought that was the most funniest thing and the most glorious thing at the same time.

I'm gonna ask that you pray for me as I pray and continue to ask the spirit of the Lord to be here.

What my brother talked about was very important.

He talked mainly about how to reach those who are in bondage and as well as who are the eligible candidates to be reached.

What I wanna talk about is equally important and the whole subject that I'm going to be discussing by the power of God today is how to overcome.

And when I say overcome I mean addictions period but in essence what I'm going to cover today is how to overcome anything that Satan throws at you.

To make it simple, to hopefully you can remember these 3 points on how to overcome sin and addiction.

It's a recipe that has never failed and it's biblical.

Anything that you put before God, anything that takes the place of God.

I'm gonna read something to you that kind of blew my mind.

It's found in the book that I may know him, page 322.

Anything that separates our affections from God and lessens our interest in eternal things is an idol.

Let me read it again, it's that profound.

A whole lot of things on this earth separates your affections from God.

A whole lot of things lessens your interest in eternal things.

And I guarantee you and I promise you and I feel pretty confident you agree with me that Addictions whatever you're addicted to it could be pornography.

It could be people it could be drugs alcohol cigarettes They all lessen your interests in eternal things So guess what?

I loved what the servant of the Lord spoke of for divine hour.

Because what I'm going to talk about, it goes right in tune.

What is an idol a symbol of in the Bible?

It's actually in a couple places in the Bible, but we'll go to 1 Corinthians chapter 10.

And when you get there, would you please say amen?

1 Corinthians chapter 10, beginning with verse 19.

1 Corinthians chapter 10, beginning with verse 19, amen?

The Bible says, 1 Corinthians chapter 10, verse 19, what say I then?

That the idol is anything, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to what everyone devils or demons and not to God and I would not that you should have fellowship with who An idol is a representation of demons Now let's let's rewind a little bit anything that separates your affections from God or lessens your interest in eternal things, cigarettes, drugs, weed, pornography, even movies.

I've been guilty, and I know this is true for me, I don't know about you.

Have you ever watched a movie that you know you shouldn't have watched, whether it be an action movie, and then you try to read a Bible after that.

We just read that idols are affiliated with what?

What Todd spoke of this morning was so profound.

Satan manifests himself in the United States in a different way than he does in other countries.

You know what a servant of the Lord says about the demoniac in Mark chapter 1, he was possessed with the devil.

She said that same spirit that was in that man was in the Pharisees.

He manifested himself 1 way wild and crazy, screaming and yelling.

The other way he was sophisticated and intelligent, a churchgoer and a law abider.

I submit to you today that if anyone is battling with addictions, there is a power behind the addiction that you're battling against.

Wait a minute, you might say, I've known people who's overcome drugs and cigarettes without Jesus.

In my experience and my brother's experience, Whenever someone overcomes an addiction supposedly without Jesus, that spirit of addiction is still there.

I remember when I stopped smoking cigarettes, you know what I picked up all of a sudden nonchalantly, I just picked up Pepsi cans and Coca-Cola cans and I was drinking coffee like crazy, didn't understand why.

And the Lord put this on my heart of what an addiction is.

An addiction is a visible manifestation of a spiritual bondage.

I had to write this down, the Holy Spirit gave it to me yesterday.

An Addiction is a visible manifestation of a spiritual bondage.

He just dropped it on me yesterday and I had to write it down.

There's a deeper spirit attached to it because what Satan doesn't want you to realize is that these drugs, these idols, really have spirits of evil attached to them and therefore you're bound with a supernatural power.

Being that addictions are affiliated with demonic activity, they're tools of Satan designed to separate your affections from God and lessen your interest in eternal things.

Being that it's a supernatural thing now, there is only 1 name under heaven, given amongst men, whereby we must be saved.

There's only 1 name that when mentioned, the host of darkness trembles.

But point number 1, here it is, of overcoming addictions or sin is that you have to want to be free.

Point number 1, you have to want to be free and you have to cry out to Jesus with all your heart and with all your soul.

I mentioned it this morning in Deuteronomy 4, verse 29.

But if thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

It's very important that we understand that when somebody's ready to overcome something, you have to cry out with all your heart.

The children of Israel were in bondage in Egypt.

Do you know why God decided to set them free?

Series

Seminar: From Darkness to Light: Overcoming Sin and Addictions

Rescuing “P.O.W’s” (Reaching People with Addictions)- Part 1

Transcript

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