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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.21,0:00:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EARTH IS A BATTLEFIELD\Nwith Scott Christiansen
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.05,0:00:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN\NAuthor, {\i1}Planet In Distress{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.26,0:00:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have here, a handful of dirt--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.35,0:00:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a handful of soil actually.\NIt's alive, it smells alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.36,0:00:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've taken it from this park-- hopefully I'm\Nnot going to get in trouble for doing so--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.71,0:00:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the thing is, there's a\Nlot going on in this handful of soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.70,0:00:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including pitched war.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.50,0:00:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right. War.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.88,0:00:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a battle going on in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.31,0:00:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's hundreds of millions, \Nmaybe billions, of micro-organisms.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.38,0:00:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's predator and prey.\NSome of them, amazingly, are forming teams,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.71,0:00:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're engaging in\Nchemical and biological warfare,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.03,0:00:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one type of organism against another.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.40,0:00:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or they're engaging in fierce one-on-one\Nbattles, where the winner eats the loser.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.61,0:00:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In these fights, you can see\Nspecialized and sophisticated weapons.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.39,0:00:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see defenses, measures,\Ncounter-measures, tactics, responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.33,0:01:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going on in this handful of\Ndirt, frankly, is a hellish nightmare
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.29,0:01:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of conflict, struggle, and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.17,0:01:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the thing is, what goes on in this\Nhandful of soil is no different, really,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.61,0:01:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than what goes on throughout\Nall of the natural world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.28,0:01:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is representative of the relationships \Nof the creatures of the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.43,0:01:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the smallest right\Non up to the largest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.78,0:01:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the earth, in fact,\Nis a battleground.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.24,0:01:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everywhere,\Nwe're seeing predator and prey,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.76,0:01:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see conflict and fear, we see disease\Nand parasites, we see suffering and death,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.79,0:01:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for Christians, that's a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.19,0:01:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's a profound problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.33,0:01:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the Bible tells us\Nin Genesis chapter one
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.01,0:01:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how God created the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.96,0:01:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also tells us in Job 38:7,\Nthat when He created it, the angels sang.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.09,0:01:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from this, we conclude\Nthat it was so beautiful, so special,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.57,0:01:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it dazzled the angels.\NIt was so good in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.58,0:01:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God called it "very good"\Nat the conclusion of His creation work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.59,0:01:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the Bible tells us that God is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.02,0:02:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, the essence\Nof His character is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.28,0:02:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is also generous, He is supportive,\NHe is nurturing, He is protective of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.65,0:02:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more than anything else,\NHe is the very definition of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.03,0:02:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in John 3:16, the most\Nmemorized verse in the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.46,0:02:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bible says that God\Nprofoundly loves the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.20,0:02:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which includes humans,\Nand everything else He created--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.20,0:02:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're talking the world\Nthat He loved, not just mankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.62,0:02:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So taking all this into account,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.66,0:02:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's ask a critical\Nand fundamental question:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.72,0:02:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of world would God create?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.81,0:02:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If God's character\Nis the definition of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.07,0:02:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then really, He could create nothing\Nbut a loving, harmonious, elegant,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.33,0:02:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supportive, nurturing,\Namazing world, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.51,0:02:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A character of perfect love\Ncannot create something
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.25,0:02:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is contrary to its character.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.44,0:02:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what God created would\Nnecessarily reflect His character, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.34,0:02:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Further, we can understand that love,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.40,0:02:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or more broadly,\Nlet's call it "loving-kindness",
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.06,0:03:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be God's organizing principle\Nfor the operation of His earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.04,0:03:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, love,\Nor loving-kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.34,0:03:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would define how the world\Nfundamentally operates.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.38,0:03:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would define the\Nrelationships between creatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.44,0:03:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even define the\Noperation of the natural systems
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.44,0:03:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that support life on earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.54,0:03:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as our atmosphere, our hydrosphere,\Nour oceanic systems, our climate systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.04,0:03:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If God created a world that operated\Non a system that's contrary to love,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.54,0:03:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then logically, God would not be\Nwho the Bible says He is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.85,0:03:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if God created something\Nthat was contrary to His character,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.62,0:03:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the angels would not be dazzled by it\Nnor would they respond by singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.44,0:03:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would in fact,\Nrespond in shock and confusion instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.30,0:03:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the world doesn't operate\Non a system of loving-kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.74,0:03:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know that just\Nby looking all around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.79,0:03:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we look around us, we see\Nstruggle, we see fear, we see fighting,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.44,0:03:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.40,0:03:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see parasites and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.46,0:04:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world calls this system,\N"the survival of the fittest".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.18,0:04:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I look at everything going on,\NI see more than just individual struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.71,0:04:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The system that I see is,\Nin fact, an intentional system.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.01,0:04:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we examine it carefully,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.49,0:04:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see that the ultimate\Norganizing principle of this system,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.56,0:04:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.48,0:04:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is the exact opposite\Nof what the Bible says God's character is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.98,0:04:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here's our dilemma:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.31,0:04:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If God created the world as we observe it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.47,0:04:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the Bible is false,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.67,0:04:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God is a monster\Nwho is unworthy of our worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.67,0:04:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Full-stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.71,0:04:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's either that,\Nor He is who He says He is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.57,0:04:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Bible is true,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.88,0:04:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but something happened to change\Nthe organizing principle of the earth
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.46,0:04:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from loving-kindness, to selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.19,0:04:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this second choice is true,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.18,0:04:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it raises\Na whole slew of questions--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.72,0:04:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.32,0:04:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Including, "Why would an all powerful\NGod, allow His earth to be twisted
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.91,0:04:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perverted like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.65,0:04:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how is that consistent with a God that\Nthe Bible says has a character of love?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.47,0:05:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, these are really,\Ntruly important questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.77,0:05:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll begin to take them up,\Nin this series.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.10,0:05:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the course of doing so,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.02,0:05:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll eventually come back\Nto this handful of soil.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.64,0:05:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there's more that it can\Nteach us about the character of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.41,0:05:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the organizing principle of the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.29,0:05:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can in fact, teach us\Nsomething about ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.28,0:05:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN\NAuthor, {\i1}Planet In Distress{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.43,0:05:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I am in Fort Knox,\Noff of Bucksport, Maine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.81,0:05:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not the Fort Knox\Nwith all the gold in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.12,0:05:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What this fort has a lot of is big, huge\Ngranite blocks. It's a civil war era fort.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.57,0:05:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's got gun-ports all around\Nit, and the walls are so thick
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.82,0:05:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if I reach through those gun-ports,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.65,0:05:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't possibly touch \Nthe outside of the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.16,0:05:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's massive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.49,0:05:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, this fort is a fitting place to take\Nup our discussion, in this video series,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.82,0:06:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one of the central points in this\Nseries is that Earth is a battlefield.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.24,0:06:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, all the life forms on Earth--\Nfrom the micro-organisms in our soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.83,0:06:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way up to the massive blue whale--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.84,0:06:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,function within a framework,\Na paradigm if you will,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.04,0:06:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of predator and prey, struggle and fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.38,0:06:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while also dealing\Nwith disease, and parasites,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.69,0:06:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the constant threat of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.47,0:06:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a pitched war going on,\Nand what we're asking is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.51,0:06:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where is God in all of this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.38,0:06:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let's go back\Nto what I said a minute ago--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.66,0:06:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the earth is a battle field;\Na battlefield between opposing forces.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.63,0:06:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on this battlefield is playing\Nout a war that we can barely see,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.22,0:06:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a war between God and Satan.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.04,0:06:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To understand the earth, to\Nunderstand God, to understand our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.21,0:06:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we first have to understand\Nthis war, and our role in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.49,0:06:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everything, everything,\Neverything, that happens on Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.76,0:06:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens in the context of this great war.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.56,0:06:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This war, oddly enough, started in heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.90,0:06:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Satan was an angel,\Nthe highest ranking angel actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.53,0:06:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was then named Lucifer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.84,0:07:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We find that he had everything,\Nand functioned in a perfect universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.38,0:07:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also find that he wasn't satisfied.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.59,0:07:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted more.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.18,0:07:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible tells us that Lucifer\Nwas perfect in all his ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.57,0:07:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means his thoughts,\Nhis feelings, his behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.52,0:07:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So perfect in all his ways was he, that\Nright up until iniquity was found in him,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.33,0:07:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was he perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.72,0:07:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When iniquity was found in him,\Nhe began to be called Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.69,0:07:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means "adversary."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.01,0:07:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What iniquity was found in Satan?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.57,0:07:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.07,0:07:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lucifer decided he wanted to be like God;\Nhe wanted to be "like the Most High"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.79,0:07:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the way it's phrased in Isaiah 14:14.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.65,0:07:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can understand that Lucifer went\Nto work undermining God's character,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.22,0:07:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making accusations that God\Nwas not what He said He was.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.04,0:07:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By denying the essential\Ngoodness of God's character,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.04,0:07:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan attempted to erode trust toward God,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.78,0:07:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and incite rebellion against Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.50,0:07:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How else do you rise above God,\Nbut to bring Him down?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.83,0:07:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan's undermining was successful.\NWe understand from Revelation 12:4,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.50,0:08:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a third of the angels were\Ndeceived by this cunning plot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.55,0:08:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here's a thing\Nwhich fixates me a bit:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.67,0:08:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,logically, Satan could not have\Nrecruited angels to his side
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.69,0:08:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply by making a charge against God.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.12,0:08:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He couldn't just say, "God is bad",\Nand have angels follow him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.48,0:08:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So logically, Satan had to also\Noffer a better way (his words)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.17,0:08:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of organizing the universe\Nthan what God had put in place.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.24,0:08:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what was this competing system?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.77,0:08:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can find out\Nby following what Satan did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.78,0:08:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What Satan did was press his attacks,\Nand as we're told in Revelation 12:7,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.62,0:08:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,war broke out in heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.26,0:08:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ty Gibson has an excellent study on this\Nsubject, and he points out in this text,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.50,0:08:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the word translated\Nas "war", is "polemos" in Greek,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.67,0:08:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is related to the words\Nlike "polemic" and "politics".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.88,0:08:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the conflict wasn't primarily a war\Nof physical engagement or force of arms,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.42,0:08:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was mostly a political war, \Na propaganda campaign,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.18,0:08:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a character assassination scheme.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.64,0:09:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan waged his war by telling lies\Nabout the fundamental character of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.52,0:09:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by offering a different way.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.34,0:09:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking at Satan's rebellion,\Nin Ezekiel 28:16,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.80,0:09:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find that Lucifer was cast out\Nof heaven because he sinned.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.04,0:09:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1 John 3:4, we find that\NJohn defines sin as "lawlessness."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.48,0:09:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,\NSatan rebelled against God's law.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.83,0:09:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Romans 13:10,\NPaul defines God's law as love.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.69,0:09:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Satan made war on God's character.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.11,0:09:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my studies have lead me to understand \Nthat this war was not only on God,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.92,0:09:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he also made war on God's paradigm,\NHis organizing principle for the universe--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.66,0:09:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His organizing principle of love,\Nor more broadly, loving-kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.52,0:09:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way, Satan had to do this\Nbecause God's character of love
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.60,0:09:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was reflected\Nin everything He did in creation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.51,0:09:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're told in Revelation 12:9,\Nthat Satan and his angels,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.69,0:09:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they lost the war in heaven,\Nwere cast to the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.57,0:09:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, Satan deceived man into sinning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.35,0:10:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Satan overcame man,\Nhe took our dominion of the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.03,0:10:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and according to Corinthians 4:4,\Nhe's now the "god" of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.98,0:10:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's god with a lowercase 'g'.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.20,0:10:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As god of this world,\Nand as the former highest angel,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.30,0:10:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan had sufficient power,\Nand sufficient freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.50,0:10:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to twist creation, and put into place\Nhis own operating system,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.06,0:10:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his operating paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.92,0:10:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, Satan had a chance\Nto pit his claimed system, his paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.01,0:10:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against God's paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.84,0:10:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do we know\Nwhat Satan's paradigm is?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.80,0:10:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we only need to look\Nat what Satan did to the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.81,0:10:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking around us, we see fierce\Ncompetition, we see struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.67,0:10:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see fighting,\Nwe see predator, we see prey,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.82,0:10:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see disease, and suffering and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.16,0:10:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world calls it survival of the fittest\Nbut it is more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.36,0:10:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I conclude that it is\Nan intentionally designed system,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.92,0:10:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose organizing principle is selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.70,0:10:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we see all around us then,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.23,0:10:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the continuation\Non Earth of the rebellion
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.64,0:10:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Satan started in heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.80,0:10:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the one side,\Nwe have God and His system of love--
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.39,0:11:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the loving-kindness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.66,0:11:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other side is Satan,\Nand his system based on selfishness--
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.27,0:11:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the selfishness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.45,0:11:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the implications of a world\Nrun on the selfishness paradigm?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.98,0:11:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's what we'll take up\Nin the next video in this series,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.06,0:11:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we'll look at just how\Nbig a deal Satan's paradigm is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.46,0:11:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How it pervades everything,\Neverything, here on Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.81,0:11:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what that means for you and me,\Nat this point in prophetic history.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.71,0:11:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN\NAuthor, {\i1}Planet In Distress{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.80,0:11:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we are, in the Washington,\NNew Hampshire church,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.56,0:11:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is this charming old church\Nwith its beautiful acoustics.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.48,0:11:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a church where\NSabbath-keeping Adventists first met
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.48,0:11:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually it became the first\NSeventh-day Adventist Church,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.91,0:11:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very historic church.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.73,0:12:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This church hasn't changed\Nin many, many years.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.32,0:12:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It still doesn't have electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.03,0:12:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It hasn't changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.27,0:12:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can't say\Nthe same thing for creation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.73,0:12:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when God created the world,\Nit was a really, really different place
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.47,0:12:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the one we live in now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.28,0:12:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one thing, it didn't rain.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.31,0:12:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard for us\Nto imagine a world like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.72,0:12:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're told in Genesis 2:5 and 6
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.24,0:12:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a mist of sorts\Nwould rise up from the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.92,0:12:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it sounds similar\Nto hydroponic systems
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.00,0:12:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is pretty much\Nthe most ideal way of growing plants
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.39,0:12:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's currently known to man.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.40,0:12:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that wasn't the only difference.\NAnimals were created as vegetarians.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.74,0:12:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about that for a moment;\Nthey only ate plants. All of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.76,0:12:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says so in Genesis 1:29 and 30,\Nso yeah, according to Genesis 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.16,0:12:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the earth was a really,\Nreally different place.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.30,0:12:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These texts though,\Nare really a challenge to some people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.94,0:12:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists for instance,\Nor those with a scientific bent of mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.69,0:12:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most scientist who read these texts\Nwill respond by saying
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.41,0:13:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we just don't observe\Nin the world what the Bible describes.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.09,0:13:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, okay, fair enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.35,0:13:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's herbivores like\Nsheep, horses and elephants,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.70,0:13:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay, but dogs, birds, fish...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.43,0:13:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people will be quick to point out\Nthat most of these animals
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.40,0:13:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were designed to eat other animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.58,0:13:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,End of discussion.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.74,0:13:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, because there is a disparity\Nbetween what we see,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.86,0:13:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what the Bible says,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.44,0:13:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scientists are quick, and many\Npeople are quick, to dismiss the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.99,0:13:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Far too quick actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.49,0:13:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's a very\Ngood explanation for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.74,0:13:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible goes on to recount\Nhow sin entered the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.50,0:13:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how that changed the world, literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.24,0:13:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the consequence of sin\Nis disease, it's suffering, it's conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.42,0:13:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ultimately it's death.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.64,0:13:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's take this and think this through\Na little, on our own,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.00,0:13:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the place\Nto start thinking, this disparity,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.55,0:13:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the place to start thinking,\Nis with the character of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.10,0:14:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that the character of\NGod is complex. After all, He is God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.89,0:14:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we also know it's ultimately\Nsimple, because God is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.86,0:14:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's take a look at\Nwhat we know of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.98,0:14:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apply it to the\Noperation of His world.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.69,0:14:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doing that, we can say that\Nin God's world there's absolutely no fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.19,0:14:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no domination, no predation,\Nno suffering, no disease, no parasites.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.48,0:14:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would mean\Nthat animals eat plants and seeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.32,0:14:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the Bible says was originally the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.17,0:14:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would also mean that some plants,\Nand maybe even some animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.100,0:14:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would produce specialized\Nfood for other animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.01,0:14:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,\Nthey would produce a blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.08,0:14:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Filter feeders comes to mind:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.04,0:14:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,animals producing food for filter feeders.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.96,0:14:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But so far, we have only defined\NGod's world by what is absent--
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.75,0:14:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear and predation and such,\Nand not by what is present.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.92,0:14:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's add to our model,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.46,0:14:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to do that, we need to\Nagain turn to the character of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.95,0:14:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Based on what we know of God, we can say\Nthat His world would involve generosity,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.17,0:14:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mutual care.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.84,0:14:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sharing, if you will.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.49,0:15:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each life form would provide\Na blessing to other life forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.83,0:15:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially, to get to God's\Nworld you have to reverse
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.92,0:15:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of the world as we know it;\Na substantial part of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.28,0:15:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our world, which is\Nfundamentally based on selfishness,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.66,0:15:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most everything takes, takes--
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.40,0:15:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in a world without sin, in a world\Nbased on the character of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.89,0:15:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything would give.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.16,0:15:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now taking what we know\Nof the character of Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.27,0:15:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see that the current earth\Nfunctions more or less as a pyramid,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.10,0:15:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the bottom\Nof the pyramid giving the most,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.56,0:15:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the benefits flowing\Nto the top of the pyramid.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.88,0:15:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The powerful take and the powerless give.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.88,0:15:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see this model throughout\Nthe natural world, we see the food chain,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.26,0:15:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we also see it throughout\Nhuman society, human economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.44,0:15:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where every level of the pyramid\Ntakes from the levels below it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.32,0:15:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By applying what we know of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.06,0:15:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see that we\Ntake this model, and we invert it,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.28,0:15:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the pyramid is upside down.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.42,0:15:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where everything blesses\Nand gives to everything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.51,0:15:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where goodness flows\Nfrom the stronger to the weaker,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.42,0:16:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is to say God gives more\Nthan anything or anyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.13,0:16:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This model, this upside down\Npyramid, these blessings flowing,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.10,0:16:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is consistent with what we\Nknow of the character of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.34,0:16:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a world like this to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.15,0:16:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all life forms on it would have to\Nhave to be returned from their current
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.83,0:16:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twisted and perverted states,\Nback to their original created states.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.70,0:16:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, plants would have\Nto be returned to their original state.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.84,0:16:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, everything would have to\Nbe returned to its original state,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.63,0:16:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is exactly what God\Nsays He'll do in Revelation 21:1,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.72,0:16:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the earth is created new\Nwithout any trace or stain of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.89,0:16:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we'll see, is a complete\Nelimination of the selfishness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.61,0:16:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There won't be one thing that just takes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.88,0:16:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we will is a pure expression\Nof the loving-kindness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.01,0:16:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The result of that is given in Isaiah 11:9,\Nwhere it says, referring to the new Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.60,0:16:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They will not hurt or destroy\Nin all my holy mountain."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.63,0:16:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An Earth that isn't a battlefield?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.72,0:17:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, to me that just sounds\Nreally, really good. I mean really good.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.27,0:17:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, we'll look\Nat the selfishness paradigm
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.35,0:17:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as reflected in our lives, our work,\Nour play, our money, our egos--
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.57,0:17:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to look at all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.74,0:17:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll briefly explore\Nsome of the truly critical questions
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.61,0:17:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how Christians relate to a world\Nthat operates on the selfishness paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.34,0:17:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including this question: "How can\NChristians live out the character of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.77,0:17:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and constantly give,\Nin a world that only wants to take?"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.94,0:17:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN\NAuthor, {\i1}Planet In Distress{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.97,0:17:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we look at the world, and its\Nselfishness-based systems of operation,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.72,0:17:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's one thing that\Nwe need to keep in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.46,0:17:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's this:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.82,0:17:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Selfishness is the ultimate\Nexpression of unsustainability.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.19,0:17:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is because, by its very nature,\Nselfishness collapses in on itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.02,0:17:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the things that the world relentlessly\Npursues: wealth, power, status,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.71,0:18:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fame, domination-- those will\Nall come to nothing in the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.48,0:18:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precisely because they are\Nthe very definition of selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.31,0:18:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, selfishness is self-defeating.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.03,0:18:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This probably puts the plainest face on\Nthe folly of man's rebellion though sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.09,0:18:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This world will end,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.18,0:18:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and judging by the fulfillment of\Nprophecy that we see all around us,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.64,0:18:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to end soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.02,0:18:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what you see behind me, this\Ntown, the things around me, the trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.48,0:18:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around us, that's going to end.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.48,0:18:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And judging by the fulfillment of prophecy\Nthat we see all around us,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.75,0:18:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to end soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.97,0:18:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, about a hundred and fifty years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.92,0:18:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were Seventh-day\NAdventists that were meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.38,0:18:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The "Adventist" part comes\Nfrom people who believed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.01,0:18:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus was returning very soon,\Nand the Seventh-day part
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.06,0:18:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes from people who believe\Nin the fourth commandment:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.49,0:18:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worshiping God on the seventh day,\Nthe Sabbath, as He commands.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.11,0:18:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was about a\Nhundred and fifty years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.03,0:18:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they understood that there was\Nwork that urgently needed to be done,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.74,0:18:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.69,0:18:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They understood that we are\Nall warriors for one side or another,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.35,0:18:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we're also\Nthe stakes in this battle.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.86,0:19:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The battle they saw building,\Nis now nearing its culmination.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.18,0:19:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That being the case,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.44,0:19:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we live in a time when there are\Nthings that urgently need to be done,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.44,0:19:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we live in a time when\Nwe need to see things clearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.06,0:19:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's dig a little deeper.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.58,0:19:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at the systems of the\Nworld today, through the clarifying lens
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.76,0:19:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the selfishness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.47,0:19:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're going to start with an easy one.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.22,0:19:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.54,0:19:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, capitalism is the\Nfinancial organizing system
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.09,0:19:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost universally employed\Nthroughout the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.51,0:19:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, quite interestingly,\Nit actually requires selfishness to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.70,0:19:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The system requires that everyone\Nact in their own self-interest,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.20,0:19:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that the actions and reactions be\Npredictable, and based on this expectation.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.89,0:19:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Capitalism rewards those who try\Nhardest to grasp and hold resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.44,0:19:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, capitalism itself\Nisn't really good or bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.13,0:19:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we're going to put things\Nin either a loving-kindness paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.54,0:19:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a selfishness paradigm (in other words,\Nhow the earth operates) then clearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.80,0:19:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capitalism belongs in\Nthe selfishness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.86,0:19:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let's try another\None: our political system.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.05,0:20:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, particularly as practiced here\Nin America, it's been said that politics
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.19,0:20:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the process that we use\Nto decide who gets what.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.78,0:20:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps you'll agree that\Nthe system as it currently exists
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.66,0:20:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is less about competent\Nadministration of our civil institutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.14,0:20:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more about a fierce\Ncompetition for power and resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.97,0:20:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to see any loving-\Nkindness in this system, so clearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.68,0:20:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can put this in the\Nselfishness paradigm category.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.09,0:20:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ultimately, all of society's\Nsystems can be evaluated
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.61,0:20:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in comparison to the selfishness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.46,0:20:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But interestingly, so can also\Nmost of our individual actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.75,0:20:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we drive, to pick something at random.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.52,0:20:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we selfish in our driving,\Nor do we express loving-kindness?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.84,0:20:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about our conversations?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.32,0:20:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we engage others in order\Nto be able talk about ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.89,0:20:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or are we actually interested in\Nthe other person, and ask after them?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.86,0:20:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about parenting?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.52,0:20:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a parent-- an overworked\Nparent, a tired parent--
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.84,0:20:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if a parent treats\Na child dismissively,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.14,0:20:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to avoid longer interactions,\Nand tries dominating them
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.86,0:21:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of taking time\Nand energy to engage with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.66,0:21:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what paradigm does that belong in?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.90,0:21:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about relationship\Ndynamics between married people?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.42,0:21:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems every action,\Nevery thought, whether large or small,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.33,0:21:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can fit into one\Nor the other of these two systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.61,0:21:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question then, is whether we\Nare intentional, steadily intentional,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.11,0:21:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about recognizing this divide,\Nand increasingly living our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.11,0:21:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the loving-kindness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.40,0:21:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we do that, we'll be trying to be givers\Nof blessings in a world that only takes.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.38,0:21:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one can do that,\Nat least not for very long.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.76,0:21:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how can it be done?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.28,0:21:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, by fixing our eyes on Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.78,0:21:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By making our relationship with\NHim our most important goal,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.77,0:21:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our most valuable possession.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.12,0:21:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ultimately, we must be so close to Christ,\Nthat He gives blessings through us.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.73,0:21:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how we can give and give\Nin a world that only wants to take,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.01,0:21:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is Christ working with us\Nand through us, who does the giving.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.78,0:21:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's who He is, that's what He does.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.56,0:21:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How different from the rest of\Nthe world are we going to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.02,0:22:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're truly trying to live within\Nthe loving-kindness paradigm?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.64,0:22:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to be really, really\Ndifferent, that's the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.12,0:22:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll truly be a peculiar people in\Ncomparison to the majority of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.53,0:22:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then how else can we be an example?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.02,0:22:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are not different as\Na result of what we believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.63,0:22:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then what's the use of believing?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.53,0:22:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, Christianity is not some\Nmere sprinkling of pixie dust
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.37,0:22:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top of what the world\Ndoes and calling it God's way.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.19,0:22:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ultimately, we are or will be,\Nof one paradigm or another.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.85,0:22:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to be either sheep,\Nor we're going to be goats.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.34,0:22:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, we either have Christ's loving-\Nkindness, or we have Satan's selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.76,0:22:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the conclusion, there's no middle path,\Nthere's no lukewarm response.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.85,0:22:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this light, the implications\Nof a hard look at our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.74,0:22:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the selfishness paradigm,\Nare truly significant, maybe revolutionary.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.51,0:22:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The message is aimed at us from\Nall sides that we should be chasing
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.56,0:22:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the world is chasing.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.92,0:22:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some even say that the pursuit of wealth\Nis a Christian right and duty,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.25,0:22:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and success is proof of God's blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.15,0:22:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.32,0:22:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ was emphatic that His\Nkingdom was not of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.08,0:23:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact, that is what\Nwe're going to be looking at
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.69,0:23:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next in this series:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.46,0:23:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the contest between Christ's paradigm\Nand Satan's paradigm in the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.18,0:23:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we see both of those\Nat work in the world today,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.64,0:23:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the challenge of being in\Nthe world, but not of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.69,0:23:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN\NAuthor, {\i1}Planet In Distress{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.14,0:23:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sitting beside the Sabbath\NTrail, which is this really cool trail,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.70,0:23:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that starts and ends at the Washington\NSeventh-day Adventist Church,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.61,0:23:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Washington, New Hampshire,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.06,0:23:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the first\NSeventh-day Adventist church,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.31,0:23:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the oldest Seventh-day Adventist church.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.81,0:23:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a trail\Nthat winds through the woods
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.23,0:23:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for about a mile,\Nit's got twenty-two separate stops on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.21,0:23:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of which has a part
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.94,0:23:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in tracing the Sabbath through the Bible,\Nthrough the ages.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.94,0:23:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ever get a chance to visit,\NI highly recommend it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.34,0:23:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For our purposes,\Nthis trail is an ideal spot to continue
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.46,0:24:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our look at the selfishness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.49,0:24:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to wait to see a pure expression\Nof the loving-kindness paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.98,0:24:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's paradigm--\Nwe won't see that until heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.44,0:24:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today, even though Satan\Nhas twisted things around severely,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.36,0:24:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, as master designer of\Nthe earth, can still be seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.18,0:24:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The author Ellen White, in\Nthe book {\i1}Desire of Ages{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.95,0:24:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talks about how there's\Nboth good and evil in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.46,0:24:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can see God in nature still.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.84,0:24:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the only thing that is,\Nor can completely be evil,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.78,0:24:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the hearts of those humans\Nwho decide to be wholly evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.43,0:24:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is what she says\Non page twenty of her book:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.71,0:24:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she says, "Now sin\Nhas marred God's perfect work,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.59,0:24:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet that handwriting remains.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.37,0:24:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even now, all created things\Ndeclare the glory of His excellence.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.09,0:24:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing, save the selfish\Nheart of man, that lives unto itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.11,0:24:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No bird that cleaves the air, nor\Nanimal that moves upon the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.80,0:24:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ministers to some other life.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.80,0:24:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no leaf of the forest, or lowly\Nblade of grass but has its ministry.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.95,0:25:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every tree and shrub and leaf\Npours forth that element of life
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.75,0:25:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without which neither\Nman nor animal could live.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.02,0:25:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And man and animal, in turn, minister to\Nthe life of the tree and shrub and leaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.08,0:25:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The flowers breathe fragrance and unfold\Ntheir beauty in blessing to the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.94,0:25:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sun sheds its light\Nto gladden a thousand worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.40,0:25:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ocean, itself the source\Nof all of our springs and fountains,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.22,0:25:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,receives the streams\Nfrom every land, but takes to give.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.96,0:25:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mists ascending from its bosom\Nfall in showers to water the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.66,0:25:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it may bring forth and bud."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.18,0:25:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we can even\Nstill see God in His earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.94,0:25:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can see Him, even in the soil,\Nif you'll remember video number one.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.48,0:25:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The soil is full of micro-organisms, there\Nare probably literally billions of them
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.50,0:25:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a handful.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.92,0:25:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while there is war\Ngoing on in our soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.89,0:25:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and war going on at\Nevery level all around us,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.13,0:25:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so also is there a little cooperation,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.40,0:25:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little sharing,\Na little passing of blessings.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.72,0:26:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see a little bit of that\Nparadigm-- God's paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.26,0:26:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see bacteria capturing nitrogen\Nfrom the air to make it available to plants
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.10,0:26:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who then provide the bacteria\Nwith nutrients, and fungus in the soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.50,0:26:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the filaments of fungus\Ncycle nutrients and enhance plant life.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.41,0:26:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plants provide food to the fungus;\Nsymbiotic relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.08,0:26:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even though the tapestry\Nof creation is tattered and faded,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.08,0:26:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can still catch a glimpse\Nof God's paradigm in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.76,0:26:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in catching this glimpse,\Nwe can better understand
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.99,0:26:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He wants us to return\Nto a much, much better world
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.48,0:26:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the one that we now live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.18,0:26:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, for now we're here, in the midst\Nof this war between Christ and Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.72,0:26:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this pitched battle, which started in\Nheaven and will soon end, praise the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.93,0:26:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.10,0:26:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this war has been\Nraging without pause.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.19,0:26:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're going to look\Nat a couple of the skirmishes
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.27,0:26:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between these paradigms we've been\Ntalking about, as recorded in the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.82,0:26:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll start with the temptation\Nof Adam and Eve, in the garden of Eden,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.59,0:26:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Genesis 3:3 and 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.91,0:27:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan cleverly offered to Adam\Nand Eve an alternate paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.28,0:27:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disguised though it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.10,0:27:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To this first couple,\Nwho had everything, he offered more.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.38,0:27:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told them that God was a liar.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.44,0:27:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he told them that by disobeying Him,\Nthey would receive the amazing thing
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.40,0:27:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was keeping from them,\Nand that they would become like gods,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.55,0:27:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing good and evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.24,0:27:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they fell for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.35,0:27:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were ashamed,\Nthey were appalled,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.30,0:27:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were incredibly\Nsorrowful as a result.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.49,0:27:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God then pronounced a broad-ranging\Ncurse in Genesis 3:14 through 19.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.86,0:27:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But within that curse\Nis something very, very interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.31,0:27:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He put enmity between us and Satan.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.83,0:27:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read this to say, in part, that God\Ngave us the ability to resist Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.01,0:27:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had just conquered us.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.93,0:27:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our friend in Maine, Arnet Mathers,\Nwho has studied this deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.25,0:27:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he concludes that\NSatan didn't see that coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.05,0:27:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That our ability to resist him after\Nhe conquered us, was a surprise to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.00,0:27:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That perspective gives us a sense\Nof just how dynamic this war was,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.19,0:27:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.97,0:28:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, going to the book of Job,\Nwe see Satan claiming that Job serves God
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.49,0:28:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only through selfishness,\Nand asserting that Job follows God
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.45,0:28:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only because God\Nhas blessed him, and protected him.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.09,0:28:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Note that Satan is accusing God
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.27,0:28:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of employing the selfishness paradigm\Nto get followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.76,0:28:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow!
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.26,0:28:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God responds by saying that He\Nwill remove His protection from Job.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.70,0:28:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually, Satan takes\Neverything from Job except his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.78,0:28:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even though Job regrets his\Nbeing born, he does not curse God.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.12,0:28:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan and his paradigm\Nwere defeated, soundly,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.77,0:28:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God restored to Job what he had lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.91,0:28:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Bible's ultimate hand to hand\Ncombat between Christ and Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.75,0:28:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ultimate clash of paradigms?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.61,0:28:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're going\Nto look at next in this series.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.62,0:28:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's fascinating.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.38,0:28:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Join me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.51,0:29:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN\NAuthor, {\i1}Planet In Distress{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.09,0:29:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I am,\Nsitting in front of the graveyard
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.43,0:29:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Washington, New Hampshire\NSeventh-day Adventist church.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.20,0:29:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, a graveyard is a burial ground that's\Nnext to a church, attached to a church.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.10,0:29:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cemetery is a burial ground\Nthat is not attached to a church.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.90,0:29:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm definitely sitting in\Nfront of a graveyard here.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.51,0:29:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what a place this will be,\Nwhat a tumultuous place this will be,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.67,0:29:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the resurrection,\Nwhere people come out
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.11,0:29:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely joyous when Christ comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.83,0:29:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for that reason, this is a good\Nplace for us to conclude our discussion.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.10,0:29:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to talk about\Nthe limits of life, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.17,0:29:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emergency room physicians have a saying\Nto remember the limits of human endurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.22,0:29:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it goes something like this,\N"Three minutes without oxygen,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.64,0:29:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three days without water,\Nthirty days without food."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.17,0:29:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a memorable saying,\Nbut it's not quite accurate.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.67,0:30:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The absolute limit of human endurance\Nwithout food is right about forty days.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.52,0:30:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we look at Matthew 4:1 through 11,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.100,0:30:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're told that Christ was led\Nby the Spirit into the wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.98,0:30:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where He fasted for forty days.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.08,0:30:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we know He was at the absolute, outer\Nedge of life, he was profoundly weakened.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.41,0:30:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, we also know that\NHe was closer than ever to His Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.11,0:30:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.28,0:30:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is in this state of weakness and\Nstrength, that Satan joins battle with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.41,0:30:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At stake is the universe. Literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.08,0:30:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan pushes his paradigm:
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.44,0:30:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get or take what we want or need,\Npursuing our desires
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.24,0:30:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the expense of those who\Nare weaker-- that's his model.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.87,0:30:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan came at Christ three times\Nin the desert, when He was so weak.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.40,0:30:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, he tempted with food.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.67,0:30:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was an overwhelming temptation\Nsince Christ's body was at the very edge
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.39,0:30:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the eat or die stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.43,0:30:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it didn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.89,0:30:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ responded with a quote from\NScripture, so Satan tempted Him
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.72,0:30:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with something far more insidious.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.87,0:31:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He cast doubt on whether God\Nreally loved, and would care for Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.60,0:31:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He implied the necessity of selfishness,\Nand in watching out for ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.14,0:31:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This temptation, too,\NChrist met by quoting Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.01,0:31:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then came the third\Nand the final temptation.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.72,0:31:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fiercest clash of these two paradigms.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.08,0:31:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan showed Christ the results\Nof his earthly paradigms:
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.54,0:31:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mighty kingdoms, the striving people,\Nthe struggling that had built great societies,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.08,0:31:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accumulated great wealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.61,0:31:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said Christ could have it all\Nif only He would worship Satan.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.71,0:31:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,\Nif only He would acknowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.17,0:31:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Satan's paradigm\Nwas superior, and worth having;
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.08,0:31:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if only He would acknowledge\Nthat Satan's way was better.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.88,0:31:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, praise God.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.25,0:31:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ did not succumb.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.13,0:31:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Satan and his paradigm\Ndid not prevail.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.47,0:31:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The war rages on now in its final battle,\Nwith you and I as the warriors,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.52,0:31:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on one side or the other, and\Nwith us also as the prize in the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.74,0:32:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible's very clear in regard\Nto what places us on one side or another,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.10,0:32:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to add one more indication.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.51,0:32:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is whether or not
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.84,0:32:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we fundamentally want to operate\Nunder a loving-kindness paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.18,0:32:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a selfishness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.69,0:32:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether or not our hearts pull us to give,\Nand love, or to take, and control.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.47,0:32:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This war started out as a charge\Nagainst the character of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.86,0:32:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an assertion that\Nthere was a better way.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.50,0:32:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It remains a war, over just those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.42,0:32:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so here's the question for you:
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.74,0:32:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does your heart naturally pull you\Ntoward a loving-kindness paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.69,0:32:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you give, where you bless,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.68,0:32:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you nourish,\Nand where Christ gives through you?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.69,0:32:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or does your heart naturally pull\Nyou toward a selfishness paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.24,0:32:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you take, where you accumulate,\Nwhere you control?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.76,0:32:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you still conflicted-- some mixture\Nof the two, somewhere in the middle?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.66,0:32:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, we will\Nall be one or the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.64,0:32:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you are fighting\Nthe pull of the world, the good news is
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.64,0:33:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have to fight alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.14,0:33:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact the battle, and the war,\Nhave already been won for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.38,0:33:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus was God made into human flesh,\Nto overcome the principle of selfishness
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.00,0:33:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in real life experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.18,0:33:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While on earth,\NHe battled every temptation we battle,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.10,0:33:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He remained sinless.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.89,0:33:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then on the cross, He became sin\Nfor us to put to death in our hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.59,0:33:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the root of all sin-- the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.01,0:33:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through His victory on the cross,\Nthe war with Satan was won.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.07,0:33:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if the final battle of the war\Nis not yet concluded, the war is won.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.74,0:33:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Scott Christiansen, and I hope\Nyou have enjoyed this video series.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.30,0:33:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope it gives you\Nsomething to think about.