You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
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… the three little pigs of technology pig number one pig one pride pride the pig of pride scroll through any social media platform, you're going to see pride. I think about Isaiah chapter 14, verses 13 through 14. This is a writing about what Lucifer was trying to do in the heavenlies. You see, before Lucifer became the devil, he was in charge of worship in heaven. He tried to usurp God. So we see the sin of pride. And as I read what he was thinking, it sounds like some of the posts I've read before. Laughter. You said in your heart, I will ascend to the heavens. I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit in throne on the Mount of Assembly of the utmost heights of Mount Zephon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will make myself like the most high. Pride, pride. Pride is the forerunner, the precursor of all sin. So before I sin, I'm always going to deal with pride. Does that make sense? Pride is the forerunner of all sin. The ride of pride. Oh, that girl's on an ego trip. That guy's on an ego trip. …
… that led, that ingratitude led to the next step, which was independence from God. We find Lucifer's declaration of independence in Isaiah 14 verses 13 and 14. God explains why it is that he cast Lucifer out of heaven. And verse 13 says, but you Lucifer said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven and I will raise my throne above the stars of God. And I will sit in the Mount of the assembly in the recesses of the north, and I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, and I will make myself like the most high. Do you hear that over and over again? I will, I will, I will, I will. No thought of God whatsoever. And for that reason, you know the rest of the story, God cast Lucifer out of heaven. He is now named Satan. And ever since that time that he was cast out of heaven, Satan has been trying to create a rival shadow empire against God. And do you know what the basis of Satan's empire is? Here's the purpose statement of Satan's kingdom. Life apart from God is both possible and it's preferable. That's the basis of Satan's kingdom. I don't need God. I can live life on my own. When you understand where pride comes from, that it was the basis of the first sin that led to the satanic rebellion against God, you understand why it is that of all the things God hates most in our lives, he hates pride. …
… how you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations. for you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will also sit in the mount of the congregation on the further sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will be like the most high. Yet you shall be brought down to hell to the lowest depths of the pit. And they'll gaze and they'll wonder. And they'll say, is this the one is this the one that shook the nations? I'm summing the last part up. So I want to talk to you for a few moments about what happens when we worship and when we don't worship. The devil has not always been a devil. He used to be Lucifer, the anointed cherub. There came a day in heaven when he chose to be transformed into the devil. Thank you. You have to understand that when we've been set free by the blood of Jesus Christ, there is a requirement upon our life as a Christian to worship God. …
… This is what Lucifer said. I will ascend into heaven. I will be, or I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Third, I will also sit on the mount of the congregation of the farthest sides of the north. Verse 14, number four, I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. Number five, the fifth one, I will be like the most high God. wow remember Jesus all you need to do is bow down and worship me verse 15 yet you shall be brought down to Sheol to the lowest depths of the pit those who see you will gaze at you and consider you saying is this the man who made the earth to tremble who shook kingdoms who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities who did not open the house of his prisoners. Who are we talking about? Lucifer, Satan. Have you ever seen this before? Have you ever read this before? Is it awesome? It lets you into something. It's like, oh my gosh, hell is going to get excited because the one that got them down into hell in the first place, they're going to see him eventually get down and be condemned to hell itself. …
… Here we go. For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farther sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will be like the most high. And God said, you will be brought down to Sheol to the lowest depths of the pit. Because pride always comes before a fall and the haughty spirit before destruction. So this is the so-called five I wills of Satan. It's how he turned into Satan. And he's been tempting us to follow in his footsteps ever since. Why? Because misery loves company. You ever been at a pool party and sense you were about to be thrown in the pool? First desire is don't get thrown in the pool. Hold on to a fence. Hold on to a chair. Whatever you got to do. But at a certain point, you realize I'm going in this pool. Now your tactic changes. …