<TITLE>01. Par 1-3</TITLE>53-1205, The Resurrection, American Legion Hall, West Palm Beach, FL, 110 min
L-1 Thank you, Brother Vayle. Good evening, friends. Good afternoon, rather. I seldom have the... The service, it's always evening, so I get used to saying that.
We are very happy to be here in the arena this afternoon. Every time I look across there and see those things, them rings, I just think of how many--what a difference when I used to go out and box in them myself, and now, I'm out fighting the devil, just giving it to him with all I got.
And you know, there was one way that I found out in boxing, something I learned, was the technique of--of defense. You got to have a defense. And so that's a good thing. And the best defense that we have is the Blood of Jesus Christ, isn't it? Just say, "It's THUS SAITH THE LORD. Satan, here it's written." That--that does it.
Do you know the Word of God will defeat Satan, anywhere, any time, night or day, any place, the written Word? And Jesus defeated Satan by the written Word, showing that it could be done. That brings it to the--the baby Christian. No matter how small, how little, whatevermore, you can say, "It is written."

L-2 When Satan come to Jesus, our Lord, and he said to Him, "If (That's the question mark.)--if Thou be the Son of God make these stones bread here. You can do it if You're the Son of God."
And now, He said that, "It is written." He never used His power, He said, "It's written." It was written twice in the Bible, I believe, in--over in the Old Testament and in the Psalms. And that--that, "Man shall not live by bread alone, by every word proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
Then again taken Him and said, "If You'll fall down here or jump off this temple, why..." He knowed... Why, if He'd have done that without God telling Him to do it, it'd--it'd killed Him wouldn't it? Sure He would. He was just a man. So He had to do what God told Him do.
Now, if God told Him to get up there and jump off the temple by what... How did Jesus work with the Father? By what? Visions. That's what He said, "I do nothing except the Father shows Me." So the Father hadn't showed Him, and He knowed better than to jump off of it, didn't He? That's right. So then He didn't do it.

L-3 And then he took Him upon the pinnacle of the temple, and then he taken him from there upon a mountain. And here's what shocks we people. And He showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. Just think of that. In other words, He just opened up, and He saw all the kingdoms of the world: United States, Russia, Great Britain, all of them. He said, "These are mine," Satan did. Jesus knowed they was his. He said, "And I'll give them to You if You'll fall down and worship me." See?
But Jesus knew in the millennium He was going to fall heir to them anyhow. What's just a few years to wait? See? Why, He knew it was going to be His anyhow. So He said, "It's written: 'Thou shall worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve.'"
So Satan got enough of that when He just kept pouring the Word onto him, just pouring the Word to him. That settled it. But did you ever think now, that these nations are Satan's? (What about that, doctor?)
They're... The Bible says that they're controlled by Satan. That's the reason we have wars. But over in Revelation said, "Ye... Rejoice ye heavens and earth, for the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ." Is that right?


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