July 21, 2025
Life is a Boot Camp: Are You Ready for the Cosmic War?
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Is Life Just a Test? Uncover the Hidden Truth About Your Soul’s Journey What if everything you’ve been taught about life is just the surface of a much deeper, spiritual story? Imagine this: what if your body is not the ultimate definition of who you are, but merely the uniform for a much bigger mission? A *metaphysical boot camp* where your soul is being trained for something far beyond this physical world. In this video, we dive into an ancient and profound idea: Earth is not just a planet—it’s a *testing ground*. And the Bible, often seen as a book of rules and religion, could be a *training manual* designed to prepare you for eternal consciousness and the war between Light and Darkness. - Earth as a *boot camp* for eternal consciousness - The Bible as a *coded training manual* for your soul - How trials and temptations are part of your spiritual training - Understanding the cosmic war between Light and Darkness - How to discern spiritual warfare in your daily life
00:00 - Introduction to the Metaphysical Boot Camp
01:11 - The Bible as a Training Manual
03:04 - Spiritual Training and Warfare
05:00 - The Cosmic Allegiance
07:12 - The Boot Camp Theory
11:21 - Protocol One: The Body as a Tool
15:04 - Biblical Examples of Protocol One
20:57 - Conclusion and Next Steps
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Welcome friend.
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Take a breath,
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and let's go on a journey.
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Not into the news
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or noise,
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but into the ancient unknown.
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What if,
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what if everything you've been taught about life is just the surface layer of a much deeper story?
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What if your body isn't the end all be all of your existence,
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but just a shell,
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the uniform,
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for a boot camp.
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Yeah.
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A metaphysical
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boot camp.
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And the Bible,
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not just a book of religion or rules, but a training manual for
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eternal consciousness.
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Let's step into that what if just for a while.
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Let's suppose
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that existence
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is divided in two forces,
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light and darkness,
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God and Satan,
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good and evil,
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and we are here as human beings
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are just recruits
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sent into physical bodies
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not for comfort,
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but for
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refinement.
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Earth isn't just a planet.
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It's the testing ground,
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the proving ground,
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the place where your thinking essence,
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call it soul, mind, or spirit,
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is being trained,
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forged,
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trained,
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and tested,
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not just in what you do,
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but in what you become.
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Now imagine
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this ancient manual we call the Bible is actually
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coded training instructions
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meant to prepare your soul for allegiance,
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resistance,
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endurance,
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and, eventually,
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the war to come.
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Let's open the manual.
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What does it say?
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James one twelve,
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blessed is the one who perseveres
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under trial, for they shall receive the crown of life.
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Sounds like a test, doesn't it?
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Deuteronomy
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eight two,
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to humble you and test you to know what was in your heart.
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That's boot camp language. It's not about comfort.
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It's
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about character formation.
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And then Paul,
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second Corinthians four sixteen through 18,
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though outwardly, we are wasting away,
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inwardly,
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we are being renewed.
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Your body isn't the point.
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Your inner life is.
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This is Plato's dualism meets
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Christian resurrection,
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training the soul
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to outlive the flesh.
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And what about warfare?
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Ephesians six eleven,
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put on the full armor of God,
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armor,
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sword,
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helmet.
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This is not casual spirituality.
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It's training.
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It's combat prep.
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Second Timothy two three,
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endure hardship is a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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There it is. Plain as day. We are spiritual
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soldiers
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training to recognize,
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resist
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and rally.
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So if this is a boot camp,
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what are we training?
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Let me list a few.
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Faith,
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trust unseen reality.
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Hebrews eleven one.
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Discipline.
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Control the flesh, first Corinthians nine twenty seven.
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Discernment.
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Spot the enemy's disguise,
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Hebrews five fourteen.
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Loyalty,
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allegiance to God, James four four.
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Love,
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weapon of light,
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one John four eight.
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Endurance,
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don't quit the test,
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Romans five three four.
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Humility.
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Stay teachable. Philippians two three.
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You see,
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boot camp isn't just a metaphor.
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It's a framework.
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The Bible teaches that
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judgment comes not just by action,
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but by essence.
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What kind of being have you become?
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We're not just training for self improvement.
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We're training for
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a cosmic
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allegiance.
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Matthew six twenty four, no one can serve two masters.
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Revelation three sixteen,
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because you are lukewarm,
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I will spit you out.
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There is no neutral ground in this war. You're either becoming aligned with a light
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or by default
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pulled by darkness.
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And in Revelation,
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that war reaches its climax.
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Revelation twelve seven, a war broke out in heaven.
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Angels fighting demons,
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souls tested,
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sorted,
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sealed.
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It's not fear, it's formation.
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If this is all a test, if your soul is in training,
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then suffering isn't random.
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Temptation
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isn't meaningless.
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Delay
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isn't punishment.
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They're all reps,
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all missions,
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all training.
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Next time you're facing anxiety,
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ask,
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what is this trying to train in me?
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Next time you're overwhelmed by temptation, say,
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this is resistance training.
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When you feel alone, say, this is allegiance
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conditioning.
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Who do I trust when the fall grows in?
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This isn't just religious talk. Philosophy gets close.
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Plato said, we live in a cave of illusions,
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but some souls are drawn toward the light. Those who are trained,
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awakened, can see the light, the truth, while others remain chained in illusion.
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Kierkegaard said, we must take a leap of faith, staking our soul on something eternal
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in a world of uncertainty.
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The individual
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must choose
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in anxiety
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and faith
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where to stake their eternal self.
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And Augustine saw all of life as a battle between two cities,
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the city of God and the city of man, as two opposing realms,
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the ultimate war between light and darkness.
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Which city are you training for?
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First Peter five eight.
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Be alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls like a roaring lion.
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The goal isn't to be scared.
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The goal is to be awake
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because your soul is in training,
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and the war is already underway.
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Are you training for the city of God? Or are you being lulled into apathy by the comforts
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of the camp?
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You don't need fear.
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You need focus.
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Earth is a boot camp,
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a proving ground for eternal consciousness.
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God and Satan are opposing generals.
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The body is a temporary housing for the thinking essence, your soul, your mind.
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The Bible is a training manual meant to help us develop discernment and allegiance
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before the great cosmic war.
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What are some Bible verses supporting the boot camp theory?
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One.
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Life is a test. James one twelve.
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Blessed is the one who perseveres
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under trial because having stood the test,
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that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
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This sounds like a literal test of one's inner essence, your thinking, and spiritual resilience.
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Deuteronomy two eight, to humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
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Again, the metaphor of boot camp is right here.
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God tests
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the inner disposition.
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Two,
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body versus spirit.
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Second Corinthians four sixteen to 18,
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Paul says outwardly
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we are wasting away, but inwardly
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we are being renewed.
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What is seen is temporary.
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What is unseen is eternal.
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This echoes Plato's dualism,
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the soul versus the body,
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where the soul is preparing for its true life
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beyond the physical.
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Romans seven twenty two to 23.
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Paul speaks of the war within
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the law of God in his mind versus the law of sin in his flesh.
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This could be likened to the training arena.
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Your consciousness
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is being forged in the crucible of opposing forces.
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Three,
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spiritual warfare,
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Ephesians six ten to 17,
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put on the full armor of God.
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This is literal
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training language,
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helmet of salvation,
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sword of the spirit,
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it screams boot camp for warriors of light.
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Second Timothy two
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three through four,
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endure hardship
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as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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Timothy is being told to think of himself as a soldier,
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training,
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discipline,
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allegiance.
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Four,
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allegiance matters.
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Matthew six twenty four.
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No one can serve two masters.
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In this great cosmic contest, you must choose a side. There is no neutral ground.
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Revelation three sixteen,
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because you're lukewarm,
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neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
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Lukewarm
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equals untrained,
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undisciplined,
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boot camp failures.
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So what would be valuable to know?
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Your true essence is being refined.
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Treat suffering,
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trials, and temptations as training grounds.
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Allegiance matters more than comfort.
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Boot camp is hard by design.
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The manual,
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the Bible, is coded in metaphor.
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Parables are tactical lessons in perception.
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Not everyone passes boot camp.
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There is judgment.
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There is selection
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and love is the passcode.
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Awareness is critical.
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Wakefulness is a recurring
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command in scripture.
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Be alert.
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So what if you have finally awakened and realize this is just boot camp for the coming war?
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And what if you found a protocol
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buried or coded in the Bible?
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What might it look like?
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Let's look at a possible framework for that protocol.
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Starting here, I'm going to suggest such a thing.
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Imagine you weren't born into peace, you were dropped into a simulation,
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a proving ground, a boot camp.
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You look into your Bible, and in the margins, you see the words like test,
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flesh versus spirit.
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This isn't it.
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The body you wear is not your home. It's your training uniform.
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You were trained to think comfort is victory. But what if every craving was just noise?
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Then you see some papers folded up inside.
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You open the first one and it says,
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protocol
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one.
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The body is a tool,
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not a temple.
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Practice sensory fasting for twenty four hours. No comfort, no escape, just training.
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Now you're curious,
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but suddenly, you feel the urge to go to the fridge, pick up your phone, and you start thinking,
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I'm bored.
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Just a little won't hurt.
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I deserve it.
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What screams
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when you silence the flesh?
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That voice
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isn't you.
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Now you look back at the paper and see,
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you don't fight the darkness with fists,
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you fight it with awareness.
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Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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The war has already begun.
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The only question is, are you training
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or being trained?
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Okay. So the protocol one is the body is a tool, not a temple.
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Most of us live as if the body is the boss,
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the loudest voice in the room.
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It wants comfort,
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ease, sugar, stimulation,
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validation.
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And we give it those things,
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not because they're evil, but because we're rarely trained to ask
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who's really in charge,
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my body or my mind,
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my body or my mind.
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In the modern world, comfort is not a luxury.
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It's a drug.
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You wake up and check your phone
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before your breath even slows.
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You drink coffee, not for joy, but to survive.
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You scroll not to learn, but to numb.
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Then at night, you overeat,
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overwatch,
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or overthink
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just to avoid
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stillness.
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Protocol one invites you to interrupt that pattern.
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Imagine waking up and resisting the urge to grab your phone.
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Instead, you sit in silence for five minutes,
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noticing how your body itches to be stimulated.
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That's the training ground.
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Or maybe you're at work, and normally you drown your stress and snacks are winning.
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But today, you pause,
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you drink water,
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you breathe,
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you whisper,
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I am not my craving.
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That's training.
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Or you turn down the TV at night, not to punish yourself, but to strengthen your mind's ability to sit with silence,
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to hear your soul.
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Even five minutes without a screen is warfare
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in a culture of distraction.
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This isn't about self denial,
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it's about
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soul command.
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Each time you say no
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to automatic comfort, you're saying yes
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to something deeper,
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alertness,
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sovereignty,
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readiness.
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Because the real war isn't in this world.
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It's in whether or not your thinking essence, your soul, your mind knows how to lead when the body screams.
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Let's look at 20 biblical
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examples of protocol one.
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The body is a tool, not a temple.
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One,
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Jesus fasting forty days in the wilderness.
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Matthew four one through 11.
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Jesus denies his physical hunger to strengthen
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spiritual
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clarity,
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resisting temptation when his body is weakest.
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Two. Daniel's food discipline.
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Daniel one eight through 16.
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Daniel refuses the king's rich food and wine,
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choosing vegetables and water so as not to defile his body or soul.
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Three.
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Paul buffets his body.
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First Corinthians
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nine twenty seven.
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I discipline my body and make it my slaves so that
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I myself will not be disqualified.
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Four,
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Moses forty day fast on Mount Sinai.
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Exodus thirty four twenty eight. No food or water.
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Complete denial of bodily needs during spiritual encounter with God.
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Five.
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The rich man and Lazarus.
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Luke sixteen
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nineteen through 31.
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The rich man lived for his bodily comfort.
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In death, his soul faced torment.
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Lazarus,
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denied in the body was lifted in eternity.
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Six
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Esau sells his birthright for food.
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Genesis twenty five twenty nine to 34.
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Esau gives up his spiritual inheritance
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just to satisfy hunger,
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tragic obedience to the flesh.
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Seven,
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Jesus,
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the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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Matthew twenty six forty one,
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even the disciples in their tired bodies
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failed to stay awake in the most critical hour.
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Eight,
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Samson and Delia,
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Judges 16.
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Samson's downfall
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wasn't strength.
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It was indulgence of the body lust
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over discipline of purpose.
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Nine, Job suffering,
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its spiritual resolve.
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Job two nine through 10.
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Though his body is afflicted and his wife says to curse God and die,
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Job holds the line.
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10,
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Jesus,
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do not worry about your body.
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Matthew six twenty five through 34,
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instructs not to worry about food, drink, or clothes.
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These are secondary
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to seeking the kingdom.
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11.
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Stephen's martyrdom,
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acts seven fifty four through 60.
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As stones break his body, his face shines with glory, his mind fixed on heaven, not pain.
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12.
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The Israelites crave meat over manna.
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Numbers 11.
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The people long for meat craving slavery
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over spiritual growth.
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God calls it rebellion.
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13.
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Paul's thorn in the flesh.
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Second Corinthians
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twelve seven through 10. Rather than heal his physical weakness,
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Paul accepts it, knowing power is perfected in weakness.
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14.
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David fast for repentance.
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Psalms thirty five thirteen.
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I humbled my soul with fasting.
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He brings the body into submission
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during spiritual need.
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15,
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the woman who anoints Jesus,
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Luke seven thirty six through 50.
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She pushes past shame,
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pride and social scorn to physically bow and wash his feet with her tears.
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Her body acts in service
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of her soul.
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16,
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Jesus washing the disciples' feet.
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John thirteen one through 17.
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The Lord of all becomes the lowest of servants.
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His body becomes a tool of love and humility,
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not dominance.
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17,
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Joseph
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resisting Potiphar's wife,
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Genesis 39.
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Though tempted bodily,
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Joseph pleased sexual sin, not because he couldn't feel it, but because he wouldn't follow it.
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18.
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And at the prophetess fasting in the temple.
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Luke two thirty six through 38.
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An elderly widow who devoted her entire life to fasting and prayer.
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Her body aged, but her soul sharpened.
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19.
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Romans twelve one.
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Present your bodies as a living sacrifice.
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Paul calls us to treat our entire
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physical life as an act of spiritual
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worship.
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20.
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Hebrews 11, the faithful who denied comfort
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Hebrews eleven thirty five to 38.
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They wandered in deserts and mountains,
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living in caves,
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the world was not worthy of them. They chose discomfort
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to remain faithful.
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Thank you for joining me in this thought experiment.
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Next time, we'll explore what this boot camp looks like in real time,
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spiritual drills,
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discernment exercises,
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and how to know when you're leveling up.
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Until then,
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keep your armor on, stay alert, and remember, the light is watching.
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I'm Merrill, and this is Battlegram.
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Take a breath,
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and let's go on a journey.
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Not into the news
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or noise,
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but into the ancient unknown.
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What if,
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what if everything you've been taught about life is just the surface layer of a much deeper story?
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What if your body isn't the end all be all of your existence,
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but just a shell,
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the uniform,
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for a boot camp.
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Yeah.
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A metaphysical
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boot camp.
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And the Bible,
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not just a book of religion or rules, but a training manual for
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eternal consciousness.
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Let's step into that what if just for a while.
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Let's suppose
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that existence
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is divided in two forces,
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light and darkness,
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God and Satan,
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good and evil,
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and we are here as human beings
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are just recruits
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sent into physical bodies
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not for comfort,
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but for
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refinement.
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Earth isn't just a planet.
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It's the testing ground,
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the proving ground,
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the place where your thinking essence,
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call it soul, mind, or spirit,
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is being trained,
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forged,
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trained,
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and tested,
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not just in what you do,
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but in what you become.
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Now imagine
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this ancient manual we call the Bible is actually
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coded training instructions
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meant to prepare your soul for allegiance,
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resistance,
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endurance,
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and, eventually,
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the war to come.
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Let's open the manual.
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What does it say?
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James one twelve,
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blessed is the one who perseveres
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under trial, for they shall receive the crown of life.
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Sounds like a test, doesn't it?
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Deuteronomy
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eight two,
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to humble you and test you to know what was in your heart.
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That's boot camp language. It's not about comfort.
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It's
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about character formation.
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And then Paul,
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second Corinthians four sixteen through 18,
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though outwardly, we are wasting away,
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inwardly,
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we are being renewed.
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Your body isn't the point.
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Your inner life is.
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This is Plato's dualism meets
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Christian resurrection,
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training the soul
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to outlive the flesh.
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And what about warfare?
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Ephesians six eleven,
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put on the full armor of God,
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armor,
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sword,
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helmet.
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This is not casual spirituality.
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endure hardship is a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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There it is. Plain as day. We are spiritual
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training to recognize,
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and rally.
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So if this is a boot camp,
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what are we training?
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Let me list a few.
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Faith,
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trust unseen reality.
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Hebrews eleven one.
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Discipline.
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Control the flesh, first Corinthians nine twenty seven.
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Spot the enemy's disguise,
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Hebrews five fourteen.
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Loyalty,
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allegiance to God, James four four.
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weapon of light,
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one John four eight.
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don't quit the test,
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Stay teachable. Philippians two three.
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You see,
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boot camp isn't just a metaphor.
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It's a framework.
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The Bible teaches that
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judgment comes not just by action,
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but by essence.
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What kind of being have you become?
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We're not just training for self improvement.
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a cosmic
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allegiance.
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Matthew six twenty four, no one can serve two masters.
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Revelation three sixteen,
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because you are lukewarm,
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I will spit you out.
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There is no neutral ground in this war. You're either becoming aligned with a light
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or by default
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pulled by darkness.
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that war reaches its climax.
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Revelation twelve seven, a war broke out in heaven.
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Angels fighting demons,
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souls tested,
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It's not fear, it's formation.
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then suffering isn't random.
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isn't punishment.
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They're all reps,
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all missions,
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all training.
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Next time you're facing anxiety,
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what is this trying to train in me?
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Next time you're overwhelmed by temptation, say,
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this is resistance training.
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When you feel alone, say, this is allegiance
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conditioning.
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Who do I trust when the fall grows in?
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This isn't just religious talk. Philosophy gets close.
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Plato said, we live in a cave of illusions,
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but some souls are drawn toward the light. Those who are trained,
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awakened, can see the light, the truth, while others remain chained in illusion.
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Kierkegaard said, we must take a leap of faith, staking our soul on something eternal
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in a world of uncertainty.
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must choose
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in anxiety
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and faith
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where to stake their eternal self.
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And Augustine saw all of life as a battle between two cities,
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the city of God and the city of man, as two opposing realms,
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the ultimate war between light and darkness.
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Which city are you training for?
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First Peter five eight.
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Be alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls like a roaring lion.
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The goal isn't to be scared.
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The goal is to be awake
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because your soul is in training,
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and the war is already underway.
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Are you training for the city of God? Or are you being lulled into apathy by the comforts
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of the camp?
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You don't need fear.
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Earth is a boot camp,
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a proving ground for eternal consciousness.
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God and Satan are opposing generals.
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The body is a temporary housing for the thinking essence, your soul, your mind.
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The Bible is a training manual meant to help us develop discernment and allegiance
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before the great cosmic war.
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What are some Bible verses supporting the boot camp theory?
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One.
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Life is a test. James one twelve.
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Blessed is the one who perseveres
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under trial because having stood the test,
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that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
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This sounds like a literal test of one's inner essence, your thinking, and spiritual resilience.
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Deuteronomy two eight, to humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
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God tests
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the inner disposition.
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Two,
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body versus spirit.
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we are wasting away, but inwardly
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we are being renewed.
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What is seen is temporary.
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What is unseen is eternal.
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the soul versus the body,
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where the soul is preparing for its true life
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beyond the physical.
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Romans seven twenty two to 23.
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Paul speaks of the war within
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the law of God in his mind versus the law of sin in his flesh.
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This could be likened to the training arena.
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Your consciousness
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is being forged in the crucible of opposing forces.
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Three,
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spiritual warfare,
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Ephesians six ten to 17,
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put on the full armor of God.
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training language,
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helmet of salvation,
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sword of the spirit,
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it screams boot camp for warriors of light.
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three through four,
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endure hardship
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as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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training,
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discipline,
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allegiance matters.
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Matthew six twenty four.
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No one can serve two masters.
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In this great cosmic contest, you must choose a side. There is no neutral ground.
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because you're lukewarm,
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neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
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equals untrained,
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boot camp failures.
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So what would be valuable to know?
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Your true essence is being refined.
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Treat suffering,
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trials, and temptations as training grounds.
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Allegiance matters more than comfort.
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Boot camp is hard by design.
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The manual,
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the Bible, is coded in metaphor.
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Parables are tactical lessons in perception.
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Not everyone passes boot camp.
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There is judgment.
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There is selection
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and love is the passcode.
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Awareness is critical.
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Wakefulness is a recurring
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command in scripture.
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So what if you have finally awakened and realize this is just boot camp for the coming war?
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And what if you found a protocol
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buried or coded in the Bible?
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What might it look like?
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Let's look at a possible framework for that protocol.
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Starting here, I'm going to suggest such a thing.
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Imagine you weren't born into peace, you were dropped into a simulation,
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a proving ground, a boot camp.
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You look into your Bible, and in the margins, you see the words like test,
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flesh versus spirit.
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This isn't it.
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The body you wear is not your home. It's your training uniform.
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You were trained to think comfort is victory. But what if every craving was just noise?
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Then you see some papers folded up inside.
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You open the first one and it says,
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protocol
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The body is a tool,
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not a temple.
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Practice sensory fasting for twenty four hours. No comfort, no escape, just training.
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but suddenly, you feel the urge to go to the fridge, pick up your phone, and you start thinking,
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I deserve it.
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when you silence the flesh?
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That voice
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isn't you.
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Now you look back at the paper and see,
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you don't fight the darkness with fists,
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you fight it with awareness.
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Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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The war has already begun.
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The only question is, are you training
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or being trained?
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Okay. So the protocol one is the body is a tool, not a temple.
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the loudest voice in the room.
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ease, sugar, stimulation,
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validation.
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not because they're evil, but because we're rarely trained to ask
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who's really in charge,
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my body or my mind,
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my body or my mind.
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In the modern world, comfort is not a luxury.
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It's a drug.
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before your breath even slows.
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You drink coffee, not for joy, but to survive.
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You scroll not to learn, but to numb.
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overwatch,
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just to avoid
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stillness.
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Protocol one invites you to interrupt that pattern.
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Imagine waking up and resisting the urge to grab your phone.
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Instead, you sit in silence for five minutes,
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noticing how your body itches to be stimulated.
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That's the training ground.
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Or maybe you're at work, and normally you drown your stress and snacks are winning.
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you drink water,
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you breathe,
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you whisper,
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I am not my craving.
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That's training.
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Or you turn down the TV at night, not to punish yourself, but to strengthen your mind's ability to sit with silence,
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to hear your soul.
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Even five minutes without a screen is warfare
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in a culture of distraction.
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This isn't about self denial,
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it's about
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soul command.
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Each time you say no
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to automatic comfort, you're saying yes
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to something deeper,
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alertness,
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sovereignty,
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readiness.
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Because the real war isn't in this world.
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It's in whether or not your thinking essence, your soul, your mind knows how to lead when the body screams.
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examples of protocol one.
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The body is a tool, not a temple.
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Jesus fasting forty days in the wilderness.
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Matthew four one through 11.
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Jesus denies his physical hunger to strengthen
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clarity,
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resisting temptation when his body is weakest.
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Daniel one eight through 16.
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Daniel refuses the king's rich food and wine,
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choosing vegetables and water so as not to defile his body or soul.
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Three.
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Paul buffets his body.
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First Corinthians
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nine twenty seven.
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I discipline my body and make it my slaves so that
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I myself will not be disqualified.
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Four,
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Moses forty day fast on Mount Sinai.
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Exodus thirty four twenty eight. No food or water.
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Complete denial of bodily needs during spiritual encounter with God.
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Five.
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The rich man and Lazarus.
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Luke sixteen
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nineteen through 31.
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The rich man lived for his bodily comfort.
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In death, his soul faced torment.
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Lazarus,
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denied in the body was lifted in eternity.
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Six
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Esau sells his birthright for food.
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Genesis twenty five twenty nine to 34.
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Esau gives up his spiritual inheritance
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just to satisfy hunger,
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tragic obedience to the flesh.
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Seven,
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Jesus,
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the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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Matthew twenty six forty one,
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even the disciples in their tired bodies
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failed to stay awake in the most critical hour.
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Eight,
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Samson and Delia,
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Judges 16.
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Samson's downfall
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wasn't strength.
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It was indulgence of the body lust
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over discipline of purpose.
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Nine, Job suffering,
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its spiritual resolve.
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Job two nine through 10.
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Though his body is afflicted and his wife says to curse God and die,
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Job holds the line.
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10,
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Jesus,
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do not worry about your body.
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Matthew six twenty five through 34,
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instructs not to worry about food, drink, or clothes.
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These are secondary
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to seeking the kingdom.
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11.
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Stephen's martyrdom,
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acts seven fifty four through 60.
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As stones break his body, his face shines with glory, his mind fixed on heaven, not pain.
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12.
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The Israelites crave meat over manna.
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Numbers 11.
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The people long for meat craving slavery
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over spiritual growth.
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God calls it rebellion.
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13.
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Paul's thorn in the flesh.
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Second Corinthians
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twelve seven through 10. Rather than heal his physical weakness,
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Paul accepts it, knowing power is perfected in weakness.
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14.
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David fast for repentance.
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Psalms thirty five thirteen.
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I humbled my soul with fasting.
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He brings the body into submission
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during spiritual need.
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15,
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the woman who anoints Jesus,
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Luke seven thirty six through 50.
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She pushes past shame,
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pride and social scorn to physically bow and wash his feet with her tears.
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Her body acts in service
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of her soul.
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16,
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Jesus washing the disciples' feet.
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John thirteen one through 17.
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The Lord of all becomes the lowest of servants.
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His body becomes a tool of love and humility,
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not dominance.
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17,
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Joseph
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resisting Potiphar's wife,
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Genesis 39.
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Though tempted bodily,
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Joseph pleased sexual sin, not because he couldn't feel it, but because he wouldn't follow it.
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18.
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And at the prophetess fasting in the temple.
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Luke two thirty six through 38.
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An elderly widow who devoted her entire life to fasting and prayer.
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Her body aged, but her soul sharpened.
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19.
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Romans twelve one.
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Present your bodies as a living sacrifice.
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Paul calls us to treat our entire
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physical life as an act of spiritual
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worship.
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20.
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Hebrews 11, the faithful who denied comfort
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Hebrews eleven thirty five to 38.
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They wandered in deserts and mountains,
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living in caves,
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the world was not worthy of them. They chose discomfort
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to remain faithful.
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Thank you for joining me in this thought experiment.
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Next time, we'll explore what this boot camp looks like in real time,
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spiritual drills,
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discernment exercises,
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and how to know when you're leveling up.
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Until then,
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keep your armor on, stay alert, and remember, the light is watching.
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I'm Merrill, and this is Battlegram.
