BEWARE OF THE TROJAN HORSE There Is Always …...The Trojan Horse is a story from the Trojan War...

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BEWARE OF THE TROJAN HORSE There Is Always A Story Within A Story

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BEWARE OF

THE TROJAN

HORSE

There Is Always A

Story Within A

Story

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The Trojan Horse is a story from the Trojan

War about the subterfuge that the Greeks used to

enter the independent city of Troy and win the

war. In the canonical version, after a fruitless 10-

year siege, the Greeks constructed a huge

wooden horse, and hid a select force of men inside

including Odysseus.

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The Trojan Horse

The Greeks pretended to sail away, and the

Trojans pulled the horse into their city as a victory

trophy. That night the Greek force crept out of the

horse and opened the gates for the rest of the

Greek army, which had sailed back under cover of

night. The Greeks entered and destroyed the city

of Troy, ending the war.

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BEWARE OF

THE TROJAN

HORSE

Socialism lies wait

in the belly of the

horse

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John 10:10 (NASB) 10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and

destroy; I came that they may have life, and have

it abundantly.

The only way that satan can get what

Christ gave to give for us to become

complacent and give it away.

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1 Peter 5:8 (NASB) 8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your

adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring

lion, seeking someone to devour.

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BEWARE OF THE

TROJAN HORSE

The horse changed

their focus, turning

their back on the very

thing that would

destroy them, and it is

changing ours.

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The Major Issues Facing America:

• Immigration

• Deportation

• Abortion

• Child Abduction

• Sex Trafficking

• The President

• The Media

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1 Peter 5:8 (NASB) 8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your

adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring

lion, seeking someone to devour.

We can’t allow the conditions and

mindsets of this world to move us

where we become complacent and

loose our focus.

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Exodus 14:13-17 (NIV) 13 Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid.

Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the

LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you

see today you will never see again. 14 The LORD

will fight for you; you need only to be still."

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Exodus 14:13-17 (NIV) 15 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Why are you

crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. 16 Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over

the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites

can go through the sea on dry ground. 17 I will……….

God has done His part it is now up to us to

do ours.

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Not a worldly fight

Spiritual fight

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HORSE

Our independence

is found in God

and God alone, not

some political

party.

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There are 90

Muslims that are

running for public

office.

Their inspiration is

to insulate their

Muslim faith.

What a mission field

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The most frequently asked question concerning the

condition of America, “What are we to do?”

2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV) 7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but

a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

Matthew 10:16 (NASB) 16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of

wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as

doves.

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Romans 13:1-3 (NASB) 3 For rulers are not a cause of fear for good

behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear

of authority? Do what is good and you will have

praise from the same;

Even though our political system and

leaders are corrupt we need to pray for

them.

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Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,

but against the rulers, against the authorities,

against the powers of this dark world and against

the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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Romans 12:2 (NASB) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be

transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that

you may prove what the will of God is, that which

is good and acceptable and perfect.

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We live in a democratic society, we can’t

change the condition of this world thru

hateful words or actions, but thur love

and prayer and doing our part to put God

back into our system: not just for us but

our children and their children.

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Deuteronomy 5:32-33 (NASB) 32 "So you shall observe to do just as the LORD

your God has commanded you; you shall not

turn aside to the right or to the left. 33 "You shall

walk in all the way which the LORD your God

has commanded you, that you may live and that

it may be well with you, and that you may

prolong your days in the land which you will

possess.

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2 Chronicles 7:14-15 (NIV) 14 if my people, who are called by my name,

will humble themselves and pray and seek my

face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I

hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and

will heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be

open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered

in this place.

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THE TROJAN

HORSE

God told Moses to

stop complaining

to Him and tell the

people to go!

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