I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. And now for the Whistler's strange story, Dark Island. Dark Island was a fitting background for the grim scene just offshore. The waves on the beach all but drowned the staccato reports of gunfire, but the man crouched low in the tiny sailboat, could see the stabbing bursts of flame with each shot. Here the bullets sting into the water around him. Yes, it was a very fitting background, because the tiny island had once been the sole property of an underworld boss named Sid Stoffer, the huge old mansion he'd built was still standing. It had been a mute witness to many a shooting fray in years past. Now it was a hotel, a focal point of the little artist colony that had sprung up on Dark Island, a gay bohemian group, too preoccupied with their own activities to be aware of the excitement taking place in the nearby cold. But the man in the boat, Ernie Regan, was more than aware. Yes, Ernie, you maneuver the boat frantically, fighting your way toward shore, and then abruptly the firing ceases, doesn't it? And a half hour later, you're back at the boat dock, tying up, and very much relieved. Have a good cruise, Mr. Regan. Uh, yeah, fine, Sam. But give me a hand with a stern line, will you? Sure. Toss her over. Got it. Thanks, Sam. Oh, she's made fast. Mrs. Tenner was down to the dock looking for you. She's having a party there at a place. Want you to stop in and meet some folks? Oh, all right, thanks, Sam. I'll do just that. Good night. Good night, Mr. Regan. Strange isn't it, Ernie?  It's still in your mind, isn't it? As you stop by, and Mrs. Tenner immediately takes you in tow. Mr. Regan, I'm so glad you dropped in on us. Well, the regular islanders told me not to miss one of Mrs. Tenner's parties. This is just one of those impromptu things, Mr. Regan, but I guess practically everyone's here. Mr. Tenner? Yes, what? Oh, Julie, my dear. The dark things were running low on firewood. Oh, excuse me. Quite all right, my dear. I was just trying to talk Mr. Regan into joining us. Mr. Regan, Ms. Vincent. Ernie. Hello, Ernie. Not bashful, are you? Oh, it's not that. Then come along. You were asking me something, Julie, and firewood. Oh, yes, I'll see to it. You take Ernie on up to the party. All right. You one of the old timers on the island, Ernie? Hardly. I got here a day before yesterday. Vacation? Oh, sort of. You? Sort of. Mrs. Stee wasn't kidding. Practically everybody is here. They're all a lot of fun. You probably know most of them. A few. Hello, Regan. Hi, Summer. He's having fun. I was until Ames showed up. Ames? Yeah, over there. The one with the built-in sneer. He rides, doesn't he? Trash, strictly trash. Well, need another drink. Excuse me. Doesn't seem to care much for our Mr. Ames, does he? Not many do, I understand. Ames isn't a friendly type. He resents newcomers to the island. Oh, I better watch my step. I wouldn't worry about it. You feel like dancing? How about your drink? I can wait. The incident at the cliff isn't forgotten, is it, Ernie? But Julie helps to take your mind off at occasion. And as the party progresses, you manage to meet some of the islanders. And you wonder if one of them was responsible for the attempt on your life. Later, you find yourself in a small group seated near the fire. Julie, Mrs. Tenner, Summers and Winston Ames. The conversation suddenly veers to a subject of great interest to you. Yes, yes, I knew, Sid Stoffer. I saw the house up there being built back in 27, I think it was. What was he like, Mrs. Tenner? Not what you'd expect. Quiet, soft, spoken, cultured, interested in the art. A pose, perhaps, to cover up. No, I don't think so. Do you, Mr. Summers? No, he was genuinely interested, that's for sure. You knew Stoffer? Yes, I was a newspaper man in the old days. Stoffer took a liking to me for some reason or other. I got to know him pretty well. That what your novel is about, Summers? No, Ames, it isn't about Stoffer. Oh, well, then what is it about? You wouldn't understand. And if you could, you wouldn't like it. Philosophical, huh? Perhaps deep. Not very commercial. Yes, so let's just let it go with that, huh? Mr. Summers, I've heard a story about Stoffer. Well, there have been a lot of him, Julie. Do you think it's true that he actually buried over a quarter of a million dollars somewhere on this island? Hmph. Malaki. Ridiculous, I'd say. Why should he do that? What are banks for? Well, after all, a man in his position. No, he'd be a little afraid of bank accounts. Check up. Income tax, rap. Our friend Mr. Regan has a point there, Summers. No, the story that there's a quarter of a million bucks buried on this island is bunk. Just bunk. But it isn't.  And you know where the money is buried. Yes, that's what brought you to the island. And someone else, apparently.  It's almost two in the morning when you leave the party at Mrs. Tennis, start up the path toward your cottage.  Ernie. Ernie. Oh, Julie. Thought you'd gone back to your cottage. I wanted to talk to you. Tell me, Ernie. How does it feel to be a free man again? Free man? Ten years in San Quentin is a long time, isn't it? What's on your mind, Julie? Like I said, I wanted to have a talk with you, Ernie. About what? A quarter of a million dollars, darling. Buried, somewhere on this island. I know it's here, and so do you. Wouldn't it be smarter if we worked together instead of working against one another? Quarter of a million dollars, Ernie. Yes, that's what brought you to Stoffers Island because you knew it was buried here. And now you learn that the attractive Julie Vinson is well aware of that fact, too. And you wonder why you're here. And you wonder if she's responsible for the attempt on your life earlier in the evening as you cruised off the island in a small boat searching out the cave where you're certain the money is hidden. Look, sweetheart, I don't follow this line of conversation. Don't you, Ernie? I had a boyfriend once. His name was Jim Corsi. Corsi?  I used to visit him frequently. And then he died six weeks ago. Pneumonia, they said. Jim Corsi was never what you might call robust. And prison finished him. He didn't have to take that rap, but he did. To save his old friend, Stoffer. They were very close. Were they? Very. That's how we know the money's buried on the island. Don't we, Ernie? Did the Corsi say it was? No. He was pretty certain of it. Only he didn't know just where it was. But he had a few ideas. Ideas he might have passed on to you. You heard what Summers said. The yarn about the money being buried on the island is bunk. Just bunk. And what are you doing here? I told you. Vacation. Oh, sure, sure. The funny thing, Jim Corsi never mentioned a girl named Julie to me. How about a girl named Agatha? Oh. Yeah. Agatha Julie, same girl. I sort of wanted to break off the old ties. Agatha Clark. Right? Right. So. Here we are, Ernie. What's the next move? Is it up to me, sweetheart? It is. But do think it over. I'll be down at the beach in the morning for a swim. Let me know what your answer is then. Good night, Ernie. There it is, Ernie. The cards on the table. Julie Vinson suggesting a partnership. A 50-50 split of the money. An attractive, exciting girl, isn't she? But you're not ready to accept her offer because you feel you can't trust her.  Perhaps the someone who tried to kill you. Yes. It could be a double cross, couldn't it? Julie working with someone else. Trying to find out who she was. Working with someone else. Trying to find out what you know, what your plans are. You think it over very carefully that night and decide what you must do. The following morning, down at the beach. Hello, Ernie. Morning, Julie. Have a good night's rest. Fine. Slept like a log. Nothing on your mind? No problem. Well, maybe one. Oh. I tried to kill me last night about half an hour before I got to Mrs. Tenner's. Where did it happen? Near the caves. Oh. So there's someone else on the island who knows about the money. Well, that rather complicates things, doesn't it? Yeah, sort of. You see, the cave can only be entered at low tide and only by an experienced swimmer. Our competition isn't an experienced swimmer. Neither am I, darling. That's why I need a partner. I don't. Is that your answer? No, no, no. I thought it over very carefully, Julie. I have decided we should team up. Hmm. I'm glad to hear that, Ernie. Very glad to hear that. What are your plans? I'm going to get into that cave tonight. The tide will be at its lowest at around eight o'clock. And summers is giving a party. What's the party got to do with it? I've got to hunch our competition is going to be there. And that's where you come in. What am I supposed to do? Create a little diversion. You pull a faint. Faint? Me? Really? It all happens a few minutes before eight o'clock. It'll give me a chance to slip away, unnoticed. The trap is set, isn't it, Ernie? Yes, you've tipped off, Julie, what your plans are. And you're certain she'll reveal those plans to whomever she's working with. That night at summer's party, Julie plays her part to perfection. And in the excitement, the confusion, you slip out the side door and hurry down the path toward the cliffs. And suddenly you veer off and wait in the darkness. Then you hear the footsteps. Hello, Ames. Oh. Mr. Regan. See you tonight. Oh. Mr. Regan. Seeking inspiration? Well, no, the party got frightfully dull. I thought I'd go for a walk. Cigarette? Yeah. Don't pet my enemies. Let go, short. Let go as soon as I get this. That's better. Thirty-eight, huh? Did no novelist win around carrying thirty-eight? Seems I've been double-crossed, hasn't it? Well, never trust a woman, Regan. You mean Julie? Of course. I've made a few mistakes in my lifetime, Regan, but the biggest I ever made was trusting Julie. And she'll double-cross you, too. She will, I tell you. Oh, look, Regan, why don't we play it smart? Meaning? We split the money, fifty-fifty. Leave Julie out of it. I intend to leave her out of it, Ames. Oh, good. Well, wait a minute.  What about those potshots you took at me while I was out in that boat? No, no. Sure, sure, I've thought about it, Julie, but, well, everybody these days is writing a historical novel. A very good one. Well, true, true, but I don't... Oh, hello, Regan. Summer, it's Julie. Hello, Ernie. Where you been? Outside. I was eating the air drum off that boy. Oh, you're telling me.  Let me give you a refill. How about you, Julie? Oh, no, no, this is fine. Okay, we're right back. You were gone a long time, darling. Did you... No. What happened? I was followed. Followed? Did you see who it was? Nope, didn't see anyone, as a matter of fact. Just had a feeling someone was tailing me. A little plan. That was smart, Ernie. Can't take any chances. I'll... I'll try again tomorrow night. As soon as I get the money, we'll take off or leave, or leave the island. I've always wanted to go to South America. Rio's a nice place, so they tell me. A quarter of a million dollars, darling. And just the two of us. You're not sorry we teamed up, are you? I'm not sorry at all, sweetheart. Hm. What time are you going to the cave tomorrow night? And what can I do to help? Around eight. You can run a boat with offshore. All right. We'll talk more about it in the morning. Right now, feel like dancing. If you don't mind, Ernie, I think I better go back to my cottage. I've quite a headache. Excitement. Nervousness, I guess. Sure, Julie, sure. So you'll walk Julie back to her cottage. An outside in the shadow of the rose covered arbor. A tender goodnight. Yes. And as you hold Julie close in your arms, you wish things could be different, don't you, Ernie?  Because you're certain she's just playing a part that she's been working with Ames. That it was she who tipped off Ames to follow you from the party. That she's only interested in the money and will do anything to get it. You want to tell her Ames is dead. His body now washed out to sea. You wish she'd confess she'd been working with Ames. Julie. Yes, darling. You know, when you call me darling, I almost believe you mean it. But you're not sure? Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is a lot of money. It's enough to... Cause a gal to stage a big romantic pitch to get her hands on some of it. You took the words right out of my mouth, baby. You know something, Ernie? Yeah. A few hours ago you would have had something. But that was a few hours ago. Meaning? The money doesn't mean so much anymore, darling. But I do. Don't you know? I guess I do. Anything else you want to say, Ernie? There isn't anything else, darling. At least for now.  You still have several hours to wait before the dawn tide when you can get the money. You feel bad about Julie. Wish she'd told you about her working with Ames. Then you could believe in her. But she didn't. Not even when you gave her a perfect opportunity. And you're almost certain she intends to double-cross you when it serves her purpose. Then you realize you can find out, make certain whether Julie is really with you or merely playing a part. Julie doesn't know Ames is dead, his body washed out to sea. Quickly you hurry outside and walk down the path toward Ames cottage. Inside the cottage you type a note to Julie on Ames stationery and sign it with Ames initials. W.A. In it you say Ames is getting the hidden Stoffer money at dawn tide. Ask her to meet him at a secluded spot near the pier at 3.30 next morning. Be ready to leave the island with him. Then you hurry to Julie's cottage and slip the note under Julie's door. She shows up. You'll know that all she wants is the Stoffer money. You'll decide then what to do about Julie. You start back toward your cottage. You hear them close by. Recognize Mrs. Tenner's voice. Summers, his party guests.  Regan, hello there. How nice. We're going out Angelico's boat for a couple of hours. Why don't you come along? Well, thanks. I was just on my way back to the cottage. I've got to catch a little sleep. No, no, really, thanks. I'll see you up early tomorrow. Okay, too bad you won't come along, Ernie. Must have a big day planned for tomorrow, huh? Yeah, big day, Summers. Real big day. Stoffer's Island. Usually quiet and peaceful. Not at all a reflection of its early days as a gangsta's hideaway was now vibrant and alive with excitement. Its present day residents clogged together, babbling nervously, wondering. Talking in hushed tones about the boats arriving one after another from the mainland. Police boats. Newspaper boats. Boats filled with a plain curious. Why? Because a killing had occurred. A killer had been apprehended and further. A confession was forthcoming. And it was all over. Only a few pertinent details to be cleaned up for the police and the press. Oh, come on, Sheriff. I need a good story. Well, it was a case of mistaken identity. And I got that straight from the killer. You mean this guy that was killed? The murderer thought he was somebody else. A guy named Winston Ames. Huh. Lucky break for Ames. Well, maybe. But maybe not. Ames is still missing. Nobody's seen him since yesterday. But the motive, Sheriff? The motive was Stoffer's money. Now, you boys know the story about a quarter of a million dollars that Stoffer was supposed to have hidden here. Oh, yeah. Well, according to the confession, this guy Ames got a tip from somebody as to where the money was hidden. He and his girlfriend, Julie Vinson, came here to get it. But apparently that tip was a phony. Oh, it's been a million phony tips about that, though. Well, a little later on, this guy Regan showed up. Now I'm beginning to get the picture. And Julie Vinson made a play for Regan to see if she could learn anything. But then she fell for Regan in a big way and decided to double-cross Ames.  Oh, no, no. Her original idea was just to skip with Regan. Then last night she got a note apparently written by Ames, telling her Ames was picking up the money early this morning and asking her to meet him and skip with him. Well, how come she shot Regan? Well, it was still pitch dark at 3.30 this morning, of course. And when Regan showed up at the same time and the same place that the note said Ames would be, Julie Vinson naturally figured Regan was Ames and let him have it. Featured in tonight's story were Bill Foreman as The Whistler, Lamont Johnson, Jean Bates, Tom Brown, Gloria Anne Simpson, Britt Wood, and Larry Dobkin. The Whistler was produced by George W. Allen, directed by Robert Hafter with story by Adrian Jondo, music by Wilbur Hatch and was transmitted overseas by the Armed Forces Radio Service. The Whistler was entirely fictional and all characters portrayed on The Whistler are also fictional. Any similarity of names or resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Remember to tune in at this same time next Sunday when the signal oil comes


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What do Satanists believe? Do they worship a god? Do they have their own set of standards and morals? The answers may surprise you. Today we're going to be reacting and responding to a video by Anthony Padilla, where he spends a day with Satanists. Let's respond to this video from a biblical perspective. As always, this is going to be fun. How long have you been Satanist? Four years. 17 years. 20 years.  Let me see. Wait a minute. This guy. We've seen this guy before on this channel. Do you guys remember that video I did a while back? I think it was a Jubilee reaction video. This guy had a starring role on that where he was all dressed up in his suit and his, you know, mustache as he's doing right now. This guy is very interesting. I'm interested to see hear more from him. So let's just keep going. Years. 20 years. Can you define what Satanism is to you? The value of Satanism that I identify with centers on rethinking and rebellion. I mean, even in a biblical sense, Satan presented himself as a snake to even offered kind of the fruit of knowledge or the ability to be human instead of strictly enslaved to God in this kind of bliss. It's interesting because look, she paints humans that are kind of in perfect relationship with God as somehow slaves like that was a negative thing. Oh man, they really couldn't do what they wanted to do and they couldn't, they didn't have the knowledge that Satan was going to allow them to have if they simply ate the fruit. The sad fact is, is that she's got this story completely backwards. It's that actually now because of our sin, we are enslaved to our sinful nature. We can't go against that kind of sin that we are all born into through Adam.  We were made very good like perfect, right? That was our optimal and initial design created in the image of God. So we weren't unlocking this human like this more to become more human. We are actually becoming less of what God designed us to be and in turn are enslaved to sin. So it's actually the opposite of what she's saying here. Putting the framework of being a negative, but I think it's actually been something that has been quite, we have put in the frame or the ability to be human instead of strictly enslaved to God in this kind of bliss. It's interesting we have put in the framework of being a negative, but I think it's actually been something that has been quite liberating. It's very natural to desire things that bring us pleasure, you know, the idea that... Interesting there, she's equating what is natural with what is good in her worldview, right? That's not a presupposition that the Bible puts forward. Actually, it says that often what our desires are and where our flesh will lead us is not towards what is good, it actually is what to what is evil because of our sinful flesh. And that's why we need Jesus, His transformation that we can encounter to actually change our nature, to change our desires. That we should refrain from that certainly should be up to us to decide. It is an atheistic religion where we don't believe in God or gods or demons or angels. For the most part there are some who do, but for the most part we do not. We do, however, view ourselves as a God in our own world. We are the creator of our own by nature of things been given the ability to create and to think for ourselves. And then therefore we become our own deity, our own God. So instead of kind of worshiping Satan, these folks just worship themselves, which they really take on as a badge of honor. But it's actually a breaking of one of the fundamental commandments in the Bible. You shall have no other gods before me, God speaking of himself. You shall have no other gods before him. And so these people obviously are, you know, putting themselves forward as God. And I guess they think that's a good thing. Well, let's let's hear more. If everyone views themselves as their own God, then yes, it's selfish to an extent. But then I like how he acknowledges that there.  But you know, here, just here, keep hearing from me. Everyone takes care of everybody else because we are all our own God. So they treat themselves with the respect of a God while also treating everyone around them with the respect of a God as well. When they deserve it. Okay, I love that. He's like, you know, Anthony Padilla here, the interviewer. He's like, okay, so, you know, how do we stop from just becoming these like savages where we can do whatever we want because we are God. And how do we stop from just kind of people creating mayhem? Because that would be a bad thing if a lot of people had that perspective that I am God and you are my subjects.  It's because we are all gods in effect. And he's like, only if we deserve it here. Like, okay, well, you know, how do you know? And I think that's what he's going to ask him here actually next. That's the caveat. Well, how do they decide who deserves it? Well, there are sets of ideals. So basically it is, if you've ever read the Tenants of Satanism, it's very humanistic.  Interesting the language he uses here. Often people that are kind of anti-Christianity or anti, you know, even anti-religion, they'll try to not use the word morals or morality because that, you know, attributes something to be objective in a way like there is some, but there are ideals that we can all look towards. So there's ideals in Satanism that is, don't be a substitute for that word because I'm going to bleep it out.  Maybe that's a little bit less offensive.  Okay, it's like, that's fine. I'm glad that you have that morality, but where do you get that from? He never, you know, he never actually expounds on that. It's just kind of there. It's just kind of like a group of people got together and they're like, you know what, we're sick and tired of all the rules.  So let's put forward just like a couple of general principles and we're going to see some, their version of the Ten Commandments. But you know, you can't get away with the need of a belief system to have some sort of morality because otherwise you just kind of devolve into meaninglessness. And ultimately that's what atheism presents us with. It presents us with no objective morality, simply opinions of stardust and other stardust.   You're just primordial oozed, evolved over millions of years. So what does it really matter? I feel like I've been living by that idea my whole life. Have I always, have I been a Satanist?  That's kind of the thing. And even religious people, when you ask them, well, do you agree with this? Do you agree with this? And they'll go, yeah, actually, that makes perfect sense. Yeah, that makes a great sense. Yeah, I agree with that. Congratulations. You agree with the Tenants of Satan. Well, the funny thing is here is he's actually stealing from the Christian worldview. We're not stealing from Satanism. We're saying, yeah, yeah, that sounds okay. That sounds good in kind of a broad sense, just because all of a sudden Satanists are like, hey, well, we need to have some sort of standard of morality. Ultimately, it all comes back to God and God's word and the conscience that he has put within us. It's not atheism. It's not this atheistic sense of, well, we should help preserve other people and do what is best for general humanity.  That's not a fundamental tenet of atheism. Atheism says that we are primordial ooze that has evolved over millions of years, that we are stardust bumping into stardust, that we are chemical reactions with no intrinsic meaning, dignity or worth. You can find no morality in that belief system. Throw them up on the screen right now. Just do a little quiz and let us know how many of these you agree with. Okay, let's go through these here just real quick. So one should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason. Okay, so it looks like here their foundation is reason. Well, how do you know that your reasoning is valid? How do you know that your logic usage is valid in an atheistic worldview? Logic and reason, they don't exist because they're immaterial, right? Similar to truth. Truth, something that is true or false. That can't, you can't actually quantify that in an atheistic worldview because look, who's to say what is quote unquote true or wrong or an inconsistency. All these things are metaphysical and the atheistic worldview can't account for these things. The struggle for injustice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions. It's a nice idea. I mean, somebody just made this up, so that's fine. Okay, I don't want to go through all these. They're just not that interesting. But this one here, beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care to never distort scientific facts to fit one's own beliefs. So there's a certain sense of integrity that is called upon for Satanists to follow. It's interesting how science has been touted as the God of our age. It really is. At the same time though, scientists of old, so many of the most famous scientists used the tool of science and exploration and the scientific method in order to explore God's creation, to explore what he has done. It's just interesting how this method of exploring God's creation has been twisted into an idol on its own. People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused. Why? I'm my own God. I could do what I want. Like, what? These principles are like, okay, nice. But it's like, ultimately, if your main understanding of what Satanism is is that you are your own God, why should you care about other people? Really, like I'm just saying, there's some inconsistencies here. Is Satanism a religion or an anti-religion? It has all the defining features of a religion. So it has like a set of shared ritual practices, a community, an aesthetic, certainly a very long history. It's all of those things minus the God element, minus the supernatural element. Satan means opponent, opponent of. Even up into the New Testament, if someone was called Satan, it meant you're my opponent. So is Satanism an anti-religion? At its core, absolutely it is an anti-religion religion. Okay, so, you know, at least they're acknowledging it here. But believe me, it's not a good thing to be in opposition to the Almighty God. That's not a place that we want to stay for very long. Like, when we recognize our sin before God, that is a scary thing to understand God's wrath and His judgment. And we're going to talk about that a little bit later. But it's not something that we want to toy around with this idea of being in opposition to God. That's a scary and frightening thing. I'm hoping that these people come to repentance and faith, that they get themselves out of this literally demonic religion and actually find a renewed and restored relationship with God through Jesus. And instead, like, this rebellion and this outright denial of God's authority in our world and in their lives, it's not good. So it's not good. I keep saying that, but it's not. Do you believe in a literal Satan guy with the horns, with the wings that's buff and red, or more so, what Satan represents? I worship the idea of what Satan represents. I don't believe that there's, you know, a big guy with, like, red skin and wings and all of that.  I do not believe in a... Notice again that little caveat. It's like, do whatever you want. But maybe not some things. Why not? Well, we don't really know. Just probably don't. Like, you know, there's no foundation for that little asterisk of what they can do and what you can't do. Can you murder someone? No, no, no, no. Can you lie? Well, maybe sometimes. Can you cheat? Well, only if it's in good fun. It's like they're just making this stuff up as they go, which they are. And the reason I say that is to point us back to God's law, his unchanging law, and also our conscience. God has laid his law on our hearts so that we can know right from wrong. The Bible talks about the law being a mirror to show us our own sin. If we refuse to acknowledge that that mirror is there, that that mirror is actually kind of blurry, that they, you know, it's not really conclusive what that mirror is actually showing, then we can continue on in our sin. But we need to recognize that mirror is clear, that we all do have a knowledge of our own sin, and we need to turn from it and turn to Christ. Literal Satanists. Now, there are people who claim to be Satanists that worship a literal devil. I believe that if you worship a literal devil, that you are literally a devil worship or not a Satanist, because you don't follow the tenets of Satan. I don't believe that I worship anything. I mean, I worship myself. Who's defined? Yeah, okay. Well, at least there's a little bit of an honesty there.  You can't have two masters here and you need to give up the one to serve the other. And when you're a slave to God, there is so much freedom, because we're actually stepping into who we were made to be in right relationship with God, and he changes our desires, and he actually points us on the path of righteousness, on this path of sanctification, where we are indwelt with the Holy Spirit, now walking with Jesus, growing more and more like him every day. I was a member of a Wesleyan church, and I grew up within a Lutheran church. It was sinful to have, you know, lust, thoughts of lust or envy. And like, I just remember feeling like, oh, like so awful about myself and being like, why do I have no self-control? And the reason why those kinds of guidelines are there is so that you do feel ashamed and that you do act in accordance to those who you must seek forgiveness from. Interesting. There needs to be a distinction here. It's not like the church, quote unquote, is pushing, unless they're kind of a legalistic church that are pushing extra things on to you that are not scriptural. Okay, taking that out of the question. But if they're just preaching the Bible, right, and you feel bad about yourself, well, that is kind of a natural progression of what the law shows us. It shows us that we don't measure up. When we look at how amazing and glorious Jesus is, it shows us that we're not good people. When we look at the Israelites in the Old Testament and they keep on failing and doing pretty much the opposite of what God commands them to do, we're supposed to say, hey, look, that's pretty much me, right? That's my rebellion. And yet Jesus, the ultimate Messiah, has come to bring me back into right relationship with God. I started to not sit with me very well. I'd been reading the Bible and it held onto it. And I was like, but it doesn't make sense. And I don't believe like this. And I went, you know what? I don't believe in the Bible. And I'm more than just, I'm not atheist. I am an extreme anti-theist. I'm a Satanist. I don't really talk to my family anymore. My father, I could never forgive him. He was a very cruel person and he got angry one day and he drowned my brother in the bathtub. Oh my God. When my mother came in, he grabbed her and drowned her. He even grabbed my dog and drowned that in the bathtub too. He was angry because we had not gone to church that day and he was so angry that he decided that he would drown my family. And I'm actually lying about that because I'm talking about... If that were a true story, you could not. You would not be expected to forgive such a monster. You would not be expected to forgive. I'd say, did that man go to prison? Is that man serving life? Is that man being... That man is God in the Old Testament as to God not being able to find not one righteous person accepting for Noah and his family.  Okay, okay. So let's think back to what he just said there. He explained a certain story where a father drowned his whole family. And Anthony Padilla, the interviewer's response is like, wow, something bad should happen to that guy. That was absolutely messed up. And so he is actually demonstrating a certain level of justice and judgment on that person's actions. So when we look at the Old Testament, what was going on there? What was going on was child sacrifice, right? There was so much of that going on. Evil worship of pagan gods. There was just debauchery to the greatest extent that this world had ever seen. And so God, looking down in judgment, injustice is going to carry out this act of flooding the world. And so it's like it's not like justice and judgment are foreign to us. It's just we always see God is, or hear about God is this loving, nice, fluffy guy. It's like, no, God has standards. God has morality and he commands of us to follow him and what he has ordained. Ultimately, God is the standard of what is good and what right and wrong. So who are we to say that something is unjust? At the same time, though, he did provide a way out for Noah and his family. He actually helped Noah miraculously in a weird way build this Ark and preserve this family and so that they would be safe. And he told Noah to put pitch on the Ark to act as a seal and a covering so that no water would get in. That word pitch in Hebrew is also the word that we use for atonement. So it's this atonement that God sealed the Ark with that we also understand Jesus' atonement for our sins. He was the seal. He was the covering for us, for our own sin so that we wouldn't experience the wrath and judgment of God. So even in God's justice and his judgment, he was merciful. Like they weren't worshiping him. God is love. I hear that all the time. But to me, love is not telling your children to commit genocide. Love is not telling your children to sacrifice their own children. The concept of hell did not exist prior to the creation of Jesus. I do not like being threatened with eternal damnation. I don't consider that love. Okay, so this guy was presented an idol, basically a false Jesus, a Jesus that is simply, and a God that is simply warm and fluffy and nice and squishy, but he has no real foundation to him, no holiness, no truth, no justice. But God does possess those things. He does. And that is the reason that hell does exist is because when we compare ourselves to other people, our sin doesn't look that bad. But when we compare ourselves to God, we understand that we have fallen infinitely short of God's goodness. And because God is just, he has to punish sin. And hell is that place where people will be punished for all eternity. And Satan and his demons will be punished. But God gave us a way out through Jesus. And that's the good news of the Gospel, that when we trust in Jesus, put our faith in him, repent for our sin, and trust in that sacrifice, Jesus will forgive us and he'll make us new. He'll give us a restored relationship with himself. And in that, we find this newness of life and joy and not a burden of trying to measure up and be a good person. But now there's so much freedom in following Christ. He didn't stay dead. He rose again.  Satan, it was never a match with him. And Satan, they weren't two guys battling it out and God just kind of won at the last second. It was like, no, this was God's plan from all along. And what we need to do is swallow our pride and stop rebelling against God and stop treating ourselves like we are God and humble ourselves. James says that God gives his law to the proud but grace to the humble. And we need to ask God for that humility so that we may receive that grace. Thank you so much for watching, guys. 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