Turn to Ephesians chapter 6. Hurry up, Rhino. Okay, sit down, Martha. She's cumbered about much serving, but Mary hath chosen the better part. I think she flipped me off. No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. Oh, thank you. Amen. Praise the Lord. No problem. Hopefully this one's just as good. Ephesians 6. And look at verse 11, it says, "...put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." And look down at verse 13, it says, "...wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day." And so there's a comparison there to be made. Both of them are talking about putting on the armor. One of them talks about to stand against the wiles of the devil, and the other one says to withstand in the evil day. And so what you have is you have a tempter who comes against you, and if you're familiar with scripture, he comes and he goes. He comes against Jesus Christ for a season, and then he leaves. He comes in there, and he'll deal with somebody for a while, and he'll mess them up. He does it with Job, and then he hits the road. And he'll just devastate something, and then he moves on. But what I'd like to show you today is how he tempts. And what are the wiles of the devil? What are his temptations? Turn to 1 John, chapter 2. Brother Tyler, can you ask the Lord to bless the Bible study, please? Amen. So here's the three temptations, and if you're going to square up with the devil, and I'm not telling you that you should go looking for a fight, but if you're going to eventually have to deal with him, you're going to need to know exactly how he's going to come against you, and you're going to find it right here. Verse 15, love not the world. Let's stop. We're commanded not to love the world. That doesn't mean you're not supposed to love people. It's talking about the world system. And you see that by actually looking at verse 16, he says, for all that is in the world. And notice there at the end it says, it's, what am I looking at? At the end of the verse, is not of the Father, but is of the world. We'll read the rest here in a minute. But it's referencing the world system and what's in the world. It's not talking about the people of the world. But the world system, according to Galatians 1, is evil. It's an evil world. Of course you're not supposed to love something that's evil. In 2 Peter 3, you'll find that the world's perishable. So why would you love something that's going to go away? Heaven and earth will pass away, the Bible says. 2 Timothy 3, 1-7, it shows you that the world is anti-God and anti-Bible. Why would you love that? And then John 17, Jesus Christ says it in verse 9, in verse 14, in verse 16, and in verse 25, the world's not even worth praying for. That's a wild thing. It's not even worth praying over the world. I'm not talking about the people, the system. And the reason you're not supposed to be praying over the world system is because according to Luke 4 and 1 Corinthians 4, it is controlled and operated by the devil. So should you be praying for the devil to get saved? No. It's a futile prayer. You already see how it ends. It's prophesied. And so what you're supposed to do is not supposed to pray for that stuff. And then what you'll find is that all that is in the world is this, verse 16, here's why it's so evil. And here are the temptations the devil brings to you. Verse 16, for all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father, but is of the world. So those three things, there's your three points of sin right there, there's the three temptations that the Lord is going to hit you with. Notice how it says it, all that is in the world, and you have got to get a hold of that thing, because what that means is that every sin imaginable, and there's trillions of them, can be packed somewhere into one of those three. It says all, all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. And what that means is it could be the sin of pride, it could be the sin of lying, it could be the sin of killing someone, stealing, lusting, addiction, no matter what sin it is, it is going to somehow fall into one of those three categories because it says all that is in the world. And so what you have to realize is that that's how the devil is going to hit you. I'll show it to you in a minute, but first look at Genesis 3. Let's start in Hebrews 4 though. Hebrews 4. And here's the testimony of Jesus Christ while He walked the earth. Hebrews 4.14. Hebrews 4.14. Seeing then that we have a great high priest that has passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but, watch, was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. That's what makes Jesus Christ the perfect Savior. because he's tempted in every way that you are, but he doesn't fall. That makes him the perfect savior, that makes him the perfect captain, makes him the perfect leader, because you can always look at him and see that he figured it out. Now, I remember reading this verse, and I remember being a younger man, and it would bother me, and I would think, how was Jesus Christ tempted in every way that I was? It doesn't say that. He wasn't tempted with social media. He was tempted with whatever sin you're tempted with within that social media. You see that? Whatever sin you're tempted with, it might be something that he never would have been touched with that specific area, or excuse me, that specific sin, but he has, it's the point of the sin. That's how the word, the Bible puts it out, but was in all points. You're tempted in the same point. And so he's living back there in a time before TV and internet and all kinds of stuff, but the key is paying attention to the words. And so you cross-reference Hebrews 15 with 1 John 2.16, all that is in the world. What are the points? He was tempted in the lust of the flesh. Satan comes up and says, turn that stone into bread. That's the lust of the flesh. And then it says, the Bible says, the lust of the eyes. So Satan takes him up into a high thing apart, and he looks out over all the kingdoms and says, you can have all of it. He was lusted. He could have lusted after it. He didn't. And then he says, It says, well, cast yourself off, they'll catch you. And that's a pride of life, pride that they would do it. He was tempted in all points, right in that moment. Lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. He's hit with all three right there. And that brings us to Genesis chapter 3, and the very first time that Satan raises his ugly head, his temptation to Eve hits all three of those points. Genesis chapter 3. Now the world of course hates Genesis chapter 3 more than almost any chapter in the Bible. And it's probably the most debated and most hated chapter by intellectuals. And they think they're smarter than God and they're smarter than the Bible. And the truth is they hate the idea that Genesis chapter 3 was a real event that took place in history. They hate the idea that you have to make it a myth. You've got to take the Jordan Peterson approach and say that it's beyond truth. It's not actual truth, it's beyond truth. Well, then it's pointless and useless. And what you have in John 3 is this idea that God created everything and it was good, and then God set up some boundaries and some rules for mankind, and then Satan shows up, tempts man with sin, they choose sin over God, and then the whole world's damned and cursed because of sin. An intellectual goes, I don't want it to be that simple. It's got to be more complicated than that. It's actually quite simple. And what's really interesting is right here at the beginning of the Bible, you're about to see it, you'll find those three things found in 1 John 2. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. And you're going to see that the first time that man sins, he gets hit with each of those things. Genesis 3.1, Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden. He does not talk to the man. Because he's a dishonorable predator. And he goes after the weaker vessel. And he deceives the woman. And before we go any further in the passage, let's just discuss a few things about man's sin here. We'll just take a few minutes to look over this thing. First thing I want to show you is this. In studying the Bible, you'll find over and over again, when God's glorified and lifted up, The devil shows up in the next chapter. It happens without fail. And it's why I warn people, well, if you've done something for the Lord that pleases Him, look out. I preached on the devil this morning, I'm preaching on him now, and I took my salad over and had it with my sick wife, and she goes, we need to pray this week. You've been talking real bad about the devil. And I was like, well, that's true. I've been putting him down, which lifts him up, and that's true, that's right. And so what you have to pay attention to is that he hates God, and he hates God being glorified. And as soon as he sees God receiving glory, he'll show up and try to steal that glory away. Look back in Genesis 1, look at verse 4. Genesis 1-4, God saw the light that it was good. Verse 10, God called the dry land earth and the gathering together of the waters called the seas and God saw that it was good. Verse 21, God created great whales. That's not Leviathan, amen, that's a whale. And every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind, and God saw that it was good. End of verse 25. And God saw that it was good. You'll see that thing, he's pronouncing some things good. That means he's getting glory out of it. He's saying this is right, this is good. Chapter 2, look at verse 18. The Lord God saw it is not good that the man should be alone. So what does He do? He makes Adam a wife over just the next few verses. Look at verse 24 and 25. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh, and they are both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. So it was a good thing. So what happens in chapter 3 verse 1? The serpent shows up and he's more subtle and he's He's always interested in taking away God's glory. We don't have to turn to these. I've shown them to you before. But in 1 Chronicles chapter 20, it's a real short chapter there. It's only about eight verses, I think. And David's been at war, and he's fighting these inbred giants, and he has a great victory. And chapter 20 wraps up, and in chapter 21, verse 1, it says Satan stands up. Just as soon as he can. As soon as he can get away in there to try to steal God's glory, he shows up. And Job, you have the same thing. Job chapter 1, here's Job, a perfect and upright man, one that fears God and eschews evil. And the angels, the sons of God, come to present themselves before God and His throne, and the devil just kind of tags along. And the Lord looks past those angels of God and says, hey, buddy, what you been up to? Oh, just walking up and down the earth and to and fro and all this. And he says, you consider, Job, And he goes, ah, he serves you for naught. If you'd let me touch him. Here's a man that's doing right, living right. It says that he's literally sacrificing things for the potential of his children's sin. All those things getting given God glory. And he goes, go ahead and touch him. Leaves immediately, goes and puts his hand on him. just as soon as he can. How does that chapter end? It ends with Job losing everything except his nagging wife, and his wife is nagging him, as nagging wives do, she's nagging him, and he turns around and he says, you shut your mouth, that's Tyler version, amen, and he says, he goes, God gives and God takes away, what's he say? Blessed be the name of the Lord. Chapter 2, here comes the devil. and he's walking right now. Again, as soon as God got glory, he shows up. And that's how that works. You'll find it in Matthew chapter 3. Here's Jesus Christ getting baptized. He goes down into the water. He comes up. The Holy Spirit descends like a dove. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Chapter 4, immediately he's led into the spirit to be tempted of the devil. Immediately. That's how that goes. And then you'll find it again. Actually, let me show you this one. Look at Revelation chapter 20. I'll show you how strong it is. You can find it. There's more places than this. I'm skipping some of these for time's sake. But in Revelation chapter 20, you've got Satan has just been defeated. And you've got a thousand year reign of Jesus Christ starting, which is still in the future to happen. Revelation 20 verse 1, And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil. And Satan inbound him a thousand years. And look at verse 7, And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. And he goes out. And you know what that means? Listen to me. He's gonna sit down there for a thousand years, and the only thought he has is, when I get out of here, I'm gonna steal his glory. And that's all he does. Just as soon as I can, I'm gonna come up and I'm gonna prove that I'm the man and he's not. And so what you need to know is if you're gonna serve the Lord the Bible way, and you're gonna try to live a life that glorifies God, and just bet your bottom dollar the devil's gonna come after you. And that means He might come after you spiritually. He might come against you monetarily. He might come against you physically. He might try to mess you up with sin. He will do something because He says, well, there's somebody giving God glory and I can't have that. Look at Mark chapter 4. All I'm trying to do this evening or afternoon is warn you. Mark 4 and look at verse 14. Verse 414, the sower soweth the word, and these are they by the wayside where the word is sown. Do you know what happens when the gospel gets preached? God gets glory. Somebody's up there preaching the gospel, preaching and the gospel's going out. You know what the gospel is? Jesus Christ died for you, you put your faith in him, he'll save your soul from hell, you put all your... it's all glory to God, right? Watch. These are they by the wayside when the word is sown, but when they have heard, Satan cometh... how quickly? just as soon as he's allowed, immediately. And taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. So that devil, just as soon as he can, just as soon as he has an opening, he'll come in. All right, go back to Genesis 1, or Genesis 3, excuse me. Genesis 3, verse 1. And you'll notice something else about the passage. Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God hath made, and said unto the women, first word out of his mouth, yea, hath God said, yea. He starts positive. Yea means yes. The Bible talks about your communication being what? Yea or nay? That's just another word for yes or no. So here in Genesis 3, it almost doesn't fit. Yes, hath God said this? That's what he's saying. But he's just letting himself slip a little bit there and letting you show that he's still positive. And I know I talked about that last week, so I won't press that thing, but that's a seductive spirit, always staying positive, always trying to make you feel good about the decision you're gonna make. And so he shows up with that seductive spirit. And then notice what he always does. First question mark, I'm pretty sure it's the first, maybe that's the first question mark in the Bible. Yea, if God said you shall not eat of every tree of the garden, it's a questioning spirit. You'll notice that he does that all through the Bible. In fact, I don't want to forget. I want to look at this because I think this is right. I think Job chapter 1, the first thing he says to the Lord about Job is a question. I should have wrote this down, sorry. Job chapter 1. The Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? There is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil. He's asked a question. Ready? Then Satan answered the Lord and said, Doth Job fear God for naught? He answered a question with a question. That's how he works. It's a questioning thing. Well, why does it have to be that way? Why do you have to be so strict? Why do you have to do that? Why can't you do that? Is it really that big a deal? It's always a question. I'm pretty sure. Sorry. Like I said, this is just interesting to me now, so I'm going to look. Excuse me while I have a little personal Bible study right here real quick. I think it's Luke chapter 4. I think he does the same thing with Jesus Christ, but it's not the first question. No, it's not quite what I thought it was. Anyway, it doesn't matter, but it's a questioning thing. All right, back in Genesis 3 and verse 2. So he's questioning God's word and he casts doubt on it. That's how he's going to get him to sin. And then verse 2, the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden. Now, I want you to know something just real quick. This is just a side note, but she subtracts from God's word. If you look back at Genesis 2.15, look what God actually said. She's quoting God, but she misquotes him. She omits a part of the passage, verse 15. And the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden, commanded the man saying, of every tree of the garden now mayest freely eat. And over in verse two, she said, may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden. And she takes out freely. Now, this is just free. This isn't about the three points and all this stuff, but what it looks like, and I could be wrong, but what it looks like is she is showing some hidden dissatisfaction in her heart towards God. Because you have all these trees you can eat from, but you just can't eat that one. She can freely eat, but when she's put the task on it, she goes, yeah, we can eat them. but she takes out freely. When she quotes it back to Satan, she says, yeah, we can eat all this, but she takes out freely. And it looks like a hidden gripe in her heart. And you can see it even stronger in verse 3. But of the fruit of the tree, which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. He never said that. He never says, neither shall you touch it. So not only does she take something out, she then puts something else in as a hidden gripe. We can't even touch it, that's what he said. He didn't say that. Verse, we don't have to look at that there. Let's see, look at verse four. And here we get into the crux of it. The serpent said to the woman, you shall not surely die. For God doth know that in the days ye thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Okay, well, notice it's all positive. Some of it's true, by the way. Half true. He's missing up some of it. But he paints it all positive, and he doesn't show any of the negative outcomes that come with the sins he's about to commit. And that's how the devil works. The devil's never going to sit there. He never puts a beer in front of you and he says, now if you follow this path to the bitter end, you're going to lose your family, you're going to die in a car wreck, and you're going to kill a family with you. No, no, no. No, but doesn't it taste good? Doesn't it take the edge off? See that? It's just the positive of it. It'll never take you down to the bitter end of the thing. I heard a brother, a good friend of mine, he was struggling with some sin, and he said that's how he actually finally got some victory over it. He said, I had to stop myself before I would sin, and he said, I would take myself to the bitter end. You know what that means you have to do? Take yourself past the pleasure of the sin you're committing. Because the Bible says there's pleasure in sin for a season. You wouldn't sin if it wasn't pleasurable. There wasn't some enjoyment in it. But what you do is you just stop at the pleasure and don't consider the rest. And he said, I'd have to push myself past the joy or whatever it was of that sin to the bitter end of how much I would hate myself for doing it. That's what you have to do with sin. But Satan stops you right there at the pleasure, doesn't he? Just stay right there. Aren't you enjoying yourself? Isn't this good? That's how it goes. Now, sin is normally in steps. I'm going to give you this, and I won't be much longer, but sin is normally through steps. Normally, you don't just sin, believe it or not. Most of the time, there are steps to it. The first step of sin is the presentation of sin. Sin is presented to you, and you're tempted with it. Isn't that right? Something happens there where you're at the company Christmas party. Somebody sits a drink down there in front of you, and you know in your heart you've been telling yourself, and the Lord's been putting it on your heart not to touch that thing anymore. And then someone just brings it to you. I know this is your favorite, man. You've earned it this year. Go ahead and have a sip. Just looks like a thing of horse urine sitting there, and smells like it too. There's something about that thing, right? Isn't that right? I almost said horse piss, but I didn't, okay? I've been working on it. That's a Bible word. Anyway, I always do. Katie's always like, Tyler, what are you doing? Anyway, the presentation of sin is not the sin itself, and this is important. The temptation, being tempted to sin is not a sin. Jesus Christ was tempted and he never sinned. Some people will get to that part and be like, oh, they'll feel guilt because they felt tempted. That's not sin. The next part is where you start getting closer to it, but it's not sin either. The first point is presentation. The second point is illumination. Illumination about the sin is not sin either. Listen to me. There is no way to act good or bad until you know the consequences of your actions and the moral implications of it. So you're looking at that drink, and if you didn't know what it was and took a drink, you wouldn't be sinning. See that? I could sip that drink in front of a kid, they'd take a sip and go like this. They didn't sin, they didn't know there was no illumination. Illumination is when you go, wait, I know what that is. I remember one time, this shows how I was raised clean. I was over in Scotland and I went up to a, it was like 10 in the morning. I was at a coffee shop and I was just trying to find something real quick and get something different. I said, yeah, I'll have an Irish coffee. And the lady goes, I don't think we can serve those yet, sir. And I looked at my buddy, and I was like, oh, that has alcohol. All right, never mind. In fact, she would have handed that thing to me. I took a sip and went like that. There wasn't any sin. I didn't have any illumination on it. Do you see that thing? And that'll show you the real difference between an adult and a child. And that's what we call the age of accountability. is when that child doesn't understand and can't weigh the consequences of sin, the Lord doesn't hold it against the child. He won't judge that child like an adult. So that young child doesn't die and go to hell like some of these hard-nosed, stinking Calvinists say, because they don't have the illumination yet. Okay? So a man is sitting there. And he's presented with sin and he looks at the thing and he starts to weigh out what it is and what it's not. And that leads you to the third part. And this isn't the sin yet, but technically you start sinning right here. It's the debate stage. You've got presentation, illumination, and then this is the debate. And that's where the sinner starts, in his own mind, he starts going between the conscience and flesh. And he starts thinking between the Lord and himself and what's right and wrong. And he starts to weigh the possible outcomes. And that's where you start getting into sin right there. Where you start going, well, I might be able to get away with it. Well, maybe no one will catch it. And that's when it actually starts. You say, yeah, but I haven't done this in yet. It doesn't matter. The Bible says this, as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. The Bible says the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it? So it starts in the heart. It starts in the debate stage and right there the Lord can start counting that thing as you had something wrong in your heart. It was a sin in your heart. That's where you have to catch it. So that's where 1 Corinthians 10.13 becomes so important. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man. But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that you may be able to bear it." So he gives you that. You're sitting there looking that temptation right in the eyes, and as soon as you start to debate, you gotta go, alright Lord, how do I get out of this thing? I'm sorry, I even started debating. The illumination has come to me that this thing is wrong. And if I take one step closer, I'm going to fall. So I need your help out right now. And you've got to start praying. And then, of course, the fourth and the final one is the action. That's finally doing the sin. But the sin starts back at the debate stage. So that's where you try to catch it right there, and that's where that old saying, if it's doubtful, it's dirty, comes into play. And I'm pretty sure there's an old, pretty sure, not even maybe an old, the boys listen to a Patch the Pirate song, where if there's any doubt, don't do it. So if there's something in your mind where you, something is telling you, hey, hold on, something seems off about this. Then stop right there. Something in your conscience or the Holy Spirit or something is sitting there saying, this next step is going to be a problem. Well, then if it's doubtful, it's dirty. And the old saying is, it's better to be safe than sorry. And the old saying is this, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The ounce of prevention, yeah, but I don't want to be prevented. I want to do what I want. Yeah, but the cure is a lot more. It takes a lot longer and it's a lot harder. Isn't it easier to wash your hands than it is to get rid of the flu? But I wanna wash my hands, I'm in a hurry. Yeah, but this part right here, oh, almost like a little bit of that word in you. That ounce of prevention is going to help you down the road. You don't require such an intense cure. It takes a lot more time, and it hurts, and you have those body aches and stuff for all this time. I just want to stay clean, OK? There's some simple things there to consider. And then lastly, you'll actually see the temptations right here, verse 6. Oh, I turned away because I was making an illustration. 3 verse 6, And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that's lust of the flesh, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, that's lust of the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, that's pride of life. She's hit with all three points in the very first time she ever sins. The very first time that sin is committed here, as far as we can tell, I mean, you may be able to count verse 2 and 3, by the way, that she actually sinned back there by omitting God's Word, but she might not have known. But you'll see that the temptation is presented, and He hits her with all three, and they're all positive. For one, it says, I want you to notice something. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, listen to me, that's true. It was good for food, but it was wrong to eat. And there's a difference. The reason I'm pointing that out is sometimes somebody will look at something and say, yeah, but this is a good thing. Doesn't matter, is it right? Do you know that some guys have a job somewhere, and someone else will pray about getting a job there, and the Lord says, no, it's right for them, but it's wrong for this person? Yeah, but it's a good job. Yeah, but it's wrong for you. And there's gonna be things in your life and you're gonna look at that thing and you're gonna try to square that thing up and you're like, yeah, but it looks good. The question is not if it's good or bad. The question is, is it right or wrong? Is this right for me or not? And that's something you have to weigh out. But anyway, you see all three of those things and so that's how the devil hits you. And of course, what you'll see is that Christ was tempted in the same. Matthew chapter four and we'll be done. And I already said it this morning, so I'm not going to beat a dead horse. But Jesus Christ is sitting there tempted in the same points. Hebrews 4, verse 15. Same points like as we are, yet without sin. And the only way to get around that thing is to hit it with God's words. So you have Matthew 4, verse 3. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Now wouldn't he be able to look at that thing and say, I can turn that into bread and it would be good for food? It'd be good, but it'd be wrong. See it? You don't think Jesus Christ can make bread? He made enough for 5,000 men to eat. That was good for food. Yeah, but this time it's wrong. This time he's supposed to be fasting, he's supposed to be leaning on the Spirit. He's not supposed to eat today. But he answered and said, it is written, man shall not live by bread alone. What does he do? He resists the big old cat. That cat's coming against him. And on a day when he was probably pretty hungry, by the way, he's been fasting 40 days, and he looks at that big old cat and says, you know what the Bible says? And that's how you're going to have to get over sin. If there's a sin in your life and it's gonna fall into one of these three categories, lust of the flesh, that's something you wanna indulge in, lust of the eyes, that's something that you want, or pride of life, some kind of spiritual sin. Pride of life is broad, it has to do with self-righteousness and all that stuff. And whatever sin you have, whatever snares you, the only thing that's gonna help you is figuring out God's word and finding the verses on it. And I said it during that, I wish I'd have saved it now, but I'll just say it again. If there's a sin, you say, I can't get over drinking, that's a lust of the flesh. You've got an addiction. Your flesh is addicted to it. If you've got a problem with lying, that could probably fall into pride of life. You've got some kind of sin that you're struggling with, you're going to have to find some scripture on it. Memorize that thing. Why? Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way. by taking heed thereto according to thy word. And I quoted this a few weeks ago. I remember I was reading it. I'd never thought of it before, where the Bible says he hid God word in his heart, not his mind. And what you're gonna have to do is apply that thing to your heart, not just the head knowledge. You know what those kids do when they get up there and quote those verses? They haven't applied it to their heart yet. They got the first step done. They get up there and stick that thing in their brain, and what we're hoping, the whole point of it isn't to show off our kids to the visitors, God forbid. What it is, is to get that kid to have Scripture, and Scripture, and Scripture, and for years of their life to be putting that thing to memory. Why? So that someday, wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? Oh, by taking heed to that. by taking that thing that's been in his head and shoving it down into his heart. And then you go, oh wait, I remember that verse. I've been struggling with this, or I've been struggling with that, and I've had a verse stuck in there for all these years, and now I can go grab that thing and it'll help me get through. That's what you need. And what you'll find, what I think is interesting, is you have the Eternal Word, capital W-O-R-D, the Eternal Word, going to the Old Testament and not making new scripture. You notice that? That's a powerful, simple thing. He's sitting there and He could just say anything and it would have ended up being Scripture. And He's making an illustration to you, an example to you that you're going to need to go to these words if you're going to be able to get past that big old cat. Are there any questions about that or anything? Alright.