2. The Systems Change The Evil Remains the Same

3. Ephesians 6:10  Evil rulers & authorities of the unseen realm  Mighty powers in this dark world  Evil spirits in the heavenly places.

4. Other Explanations? Good ‘Needs’ Evil “Evil” Doesn’t Exist We’re evolving

5.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…” Mark 3:22 (NASB) The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul…”

6.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…”  Wasted lives. John 8:44 the devil… He was a murderer from the beginning.

7.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…”  Wasted lives.  Based on lies. John 8:44 (NASB) “…Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of the lie.

8.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…”  Wasted lives.  Based on lies. Revelation 9:11 Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Greek, Apollyon — the Destroyer. Destroyer: lay waste, ruin; make chaotic, desolate… Creator: to give life, design, originate; to invest…

9.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…”  The System: a history of garbage dumps.

10.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…”  The System: a history of garbage dumps.  Expendable Human Life

11.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…”  The System: a history of garbage dumps.  Expendable Human Life  We cannot correct the problem  We merely rearrange the problems. The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain…Brief and powerless is mans life -- Bertrand Russell

12.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…”  The System: a history of garbage dumps.  Enslaved Within Darkened Minds Ephesians 2:1-2 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

13.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…”  The System: a history of garbage dumps.  Enslaved Within Darkened Minds  Victims of Lies and More Lies 2 Corinthians 4:4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe…

14.  “Lord of the garbage dumps…”  The System: a history of garbage dumps.  Enslaved Within Darkened Minds  But Jesus Came to Deliver Us Colossians 1:13 (NASB) For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 1 John 3:8 The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

15.  The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness! Acts 26:18 …open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

16.  The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness!  Life with a future! Acts 26:18 …open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

17.  The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness!  Life with a future!  Set apart from the garbage dump! Acts 26:18 (NASB) …that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

18.  The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness!  Christian: You Have Been Delivered!  From a long history of emptiness. 1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

19.  The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness!  Christian: You Have Been Delivered!  From a long history of emptiness.  From frustration and darkness. Ephesians 4:17-18 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding,

20.  The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness!  Christian: You Have Been Delivered!  There Is No Neutral Ground. Matthew 12:30 "He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

21.  The Beginning of Freedom: Forgiveness!  Christian: You Have Been Delivered!  There Is No Neutral Ground.  Jesus is Plundering. Matthew 12:29-30 “…he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. "He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters. ‘Plundering’ “Gather with Me…” “Summing up all things” (1:10)

22. Scattering  The Selfish Realm  The most divisive force  My life, my will…  My tribe, my world… Gathering Matthew 12:30 “he who does not gather with Me scatters.”

23. Scattering  The Selfish Realm  The most divisive force  My life, my will…  My tribe, my world…  It Means Emptiness…  A great garbage heap…  ‘The Lord of the Flies’  “Gehenna” is hell Gathering Matthew 12:30 “he who does not gather with Me scatters.”

24. Scattering  The Selfish Realm  The most divisive force  My life, my will…  My tribe, my world…  It Means Emptiness…  A great garbage heap…  ‘The Lord of the Flies’  “Gehenna” is hell Gathering  The Spiritual Struggle  Releasing prisoners.  Healing broken lives.  Remove divisions, racism...  Restore love, families... Ephesians 6:10-11 Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Stand firm against the schemes… Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers…

25. Scattering  The Selfish Realm  The most divisive force  My life, my will…  My tribe, my world…  It Means Emptiness…  A great garbage heap…  ‘The Lord of the Flies’  “Gehenna” is hell Gathering  The Spiritual Struggle  Releasing prisoners.  Healing broken lives.  Remove divisions, racism...  Restore love, families...  It Means Prevailing  The power of the cross  Their testimony  Their sacrifice Revelation 12:10 (NASB) Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

26. ScatteringGathering  James 4:6 Therefore it says, "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble."  James 4:7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

27. ScatteringGathering  James 4:6 Therefore it says, "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble."  James 4:7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

28. ScatteringGathering

30.  1 Samuel 2:9 (NASB) "He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail.  2 Chronicles 14:11 (NASB) Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, "Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.”

31.  1 John 5:5 (NASB) Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?  Revelation 12:11 (NASB) "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

32. Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons. 1 Timothy 4:1 (NLT) “Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. Matthew 24:11-12 (NASB) “Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. Matthew 24:11-12 (NASB) 2 Timothy 3:1-7 (NASB) But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money…ungrateful, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power;… …always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Post- Modern World Dogma From the Unseen Realm Lovers of Money Lovers of Pleasure Moral Confusion No Clear Truth