Well welcome back, and we
are having a really blessed time
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here at West Frankfort,
IL, at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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And we're so happy that
each one of you could be here
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with us. And I just hope that
you... if you're within driving
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distance and you can
join us for the weekend
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come right along.
This place is going to be
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packed out Sabbath.
We're looking to see if we can
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find a few extra chairs, in
fact, maybe to put over here.
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And we're just having
a really wonderful time
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in the Lord as we study
about the second coming.
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And it's so encouraging
as we look at all the things
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the Bible says
about Jesus coming again.
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And tonight we're
going to appreciate
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Pastor John Lomacang's message
on the signs of His coming.
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We see certain signs
that are just unmistakable
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that Christ is coming soon.
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Pastor John is the pastor
of the Thompsonville SDA church
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that meets here in
the Worship Center.
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And he has been
ordained for over twenty years.
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We all know that he's a well-
known Christian recording artist
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and has many CDs
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with all of the
beautiful music that John has.
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He sang with the
Heritage Singers for years.
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Amazing Facts; It Is Written.
He has been all over the world.
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Thirty-one countries John
has traveled sharing the gospel
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of Jesus Christ.
He also is the host of
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A Sharper Focus here
every Wednesday night
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and he's co-host
of 3ABN's House Calls,
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which is one of our
more popular programs.
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And so we're going
to have Pastor John come
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and speak to us.
But before he does
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our good friend Tim
Parton is going to sing for us
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and play God's Been Good.
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Lately I've been looking back
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along this winding road
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to the old familiar markers
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of all the mercies I have known.
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I know it may sound simple
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but it's more than a cliché
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for there's no
better way to tell you
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than to say:
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God's been good
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in my life.
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And I feel blessed
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beyond my wildest dreams
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when I go to sleep each night.
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And though I've had
my share of hard times
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I wouldn't
change them if I could
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for through it all
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God's been good.
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The times replay and I can see
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that I've cried
some bitter tears.
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But I felt His arms around me
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as I faced my greatest fears.
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You see, I've had
more gains than losses
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and I've known
more joy than hurt
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as His grace rolls down upon me
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so undeserved.
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For God's been good
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in my life,
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and I feel so blessed
beyond my wildest dreams
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when I go to sleep each night.
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And though I've had
my share of hard times
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I wouldn't
change them if I could
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for through it all
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my God's been good.
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For you see, God
has been my Father,
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my Savior, and my Friend.
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And His love was my beginning
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and His love will be my end.
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Now I could spend forever
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trying to tell you everything
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He is
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but the best way
that I can say it
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is simply this -
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I'm sure that you agree -
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God's been good
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in my life.
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And I feel so blessed
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beyond my wildest dreams
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when I go to sleep each night.
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And though I've had
my share of hard times
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I wouldn't
change them if I could
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for through it all
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God's been
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so good...
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He's been so good.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Tim.
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Amen to that song? Amen!
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Let us pray.
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Lord, we need to know
that in these last days
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we serve a God who
is good all the time.
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You've spoken to our hearts,
You've anointed our lips.
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And Lord, I ask you
now to do what You do best:
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and that is to
speak to Your people
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and prepare our
hearts for Your soon return.
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In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
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They've given me the
message The Signs of His Return
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but I'd like to
give it a subtitle.
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I refer to it as: The Not
So Often Considered Signs.
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I'd like to begin with a
scripture in the book of Matthew
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chapter 24. If you
don't have your Bibles,
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it will appear on the screen.
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The not-so-often-considered
signs. Matthew chapter 24
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beginning with verse 32.
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The Bible says:
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We are living in the generation
that will be judged not for
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the decline of its real estate
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but for the
decline of its moral state.
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We are living at a time
where the agenda of a nation
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has become the
corruption of its inhabitants.
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We have arrived at an hour
where the only thing of lesser
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value than the dollar
is the value of human life.
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The reason is the
world has blinded itself
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to the evidence of
Christ's soon return.
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Tonight based on what I see I
know that Jesus is soon to come.
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Can you say amen to that? Amen!
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The evidences
are clear around us.
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And so tonight I could
summarize the message by saying
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the five
not-so-often-considered signs
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of the second coming of Jesus.
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Sign number one: the
rejection of evidence.
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Now here in southern Illinois we
know that the summer is coming
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because the
evidence is abundant.
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In the very same way I
know that Jesus is coming
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because the
evidence is abundant.
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One of the signs that the
apostle Peter made very clear
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about the days in which we
live - the days just before
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the coming of Jesus - he
said: "Consider the temperature
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of the climate. " If
the people of God are
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students of the Word, it
is impossible to miss the idea
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that we are living in the last
days. Can you say amen to that?
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Amen. Peter
said in the last days
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people really would not
believe that Jesus is coming.
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Notice his words in II
Peter chapter 3 verses 3-4.
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He says:
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Now you know if
you've been around
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half as long as I have, you
know that things have changed.
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Can you say amen to that?
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Amen. I'm in the 50's...
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I'm still the speed
limit in some states.
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Not in Arkansas.
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My wife and I just
got back from Arkansas.
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It's seventy-five
miles an hour there.
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Oh would they get that
kind of wisdom in Illinois!
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But I'm still the
speed limit in some states.
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But if you look at the
temperature and the horizon
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of the society in which we live,
if you look at what's happening
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on the daily news broadcast,
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if you listen to the news that
comes across our screen from
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night to night and read your
Bible and study the newspaper,
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if you simply daily
take the temperature of the
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world around us,
everyone knows that this world
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cannot last longer than it has.
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It cannot sustain
itself. Like one of my favorite
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preachers said: "The world
is like an old pair of jeans
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that's been tearing on one
section and tearing on the other
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and pretty soon you can't
stitch it together any more.
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You just have
to throw it away! "
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Well this world is
beyond stitching together.
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God is going to give us a
new heaven and a new earth.
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Amen!
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But Peter made it clear
the reason why the world is
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the way it is... He
said: "They willingly forget
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that Jesus is coming again. "
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How can you forget
when 24 hours a day
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3ABN is dedicated to
proclaiming to the world
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an undiluted three
angels' messages...
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but I didn't stop yet...
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one that will
counteract the counterfeit.
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Can you say amen to that? Amen!
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Because Jesus hasn't returned
yet does not mean that He's not
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coming. The writer of
Hebrews says these words
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and I commit them to my
memory when I look at how bad
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things get. You know, some-
times you look at the news...
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And my wife and I, when
we stand there and look at
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the six o'clock news
or sometimes just before
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we go to bed we turn to CNN.
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Now some of our
members don't have television.
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That's their choice, but
I need to remain informed.
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I need to know when I come
to church on Sabbath morning
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that I'm aware of the
condition of the world
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so I can inform those
who may have been at ease
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in Jerusalem. But the
writer of Hebrews says this
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about the coming
of Jesus. He says:
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The good news tonight
is Jesus is not cancelling
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His second coming.
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But just like 9/11, the world
is comforted with false reports.
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Jeremiah the prophet in
Jeremiah 6 and verse 14 says:
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There is no peace.
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The pope is trying to
get peace around the world.
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He's busy traveling to
different countries and
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different denominations.
He recently had a meeting with
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the Jews and the Muslims
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talking about the areas
that they have in common
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trying to find a way
for mutual respect to exist
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between the denominations.
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But the only platform of unity
I'm going to say tonight is
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Jesus and His truth.
Can you say amen to that?
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Amen. I could have
mutual respect for your position
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as another Christian, but
the only platform by which
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we can be honestly unified
is by a "Thus saith the Lord. "
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But this pope is busy.
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And if you're not aware of
it this is one of the only popes
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that we've had - as a matter
of fact, I believe it's the only
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one we've had -
that is a Jesuit.
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And all you've got to do is read
the Jesuit oath to know that
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he may appear to be
lamb-like on the exterior
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but if you listen to what he's
saying, the dragon is reflecting
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every now and then through
the things that he is saying.
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Apparently there seems
to be statements of peace,
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but when you say that you're
not really openly condemning
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the condition of Christians
that enter into the ministry -
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and you'll understand what
I mean in just a few moments -
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when you appear and say
that it doesn't really matter
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what you believe but we're going
to all go to heaven anyhow,
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you know that
that's not from God's Word.
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What do you say?
Amen. And so this man that
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as they said on CNN, they
said: "We may not agree with his
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doctrinal position but
we just love him so much. "
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I've heard the best way to kick
down a door is with a feather.
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And he's doing a
very effective job.
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By letting his agenda be known,
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by sweet soft tones... But
you've got to read the Bible
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to understand that
God made it very clear
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that the last kingdom
that will reign on this earth
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is the kingdom of Rome.
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The Bible says it
will trample down and break
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the residue under its feet.
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Rome is serious about its
prophetic place in history.
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Its nature has not changed.
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And tonight I'm going to
preach a very unpopular message.
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But I believe that God's
people that are listening to the
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message, God's people in
other denominations need to hear
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the truth of God's Word so
that they can be aware that
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Jesus IS coming and
that prophecy IS sure. Amen!
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In the book Evangelism page 704
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Ellen White says this. She says:
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That's happening even right
now. Can you say amen to that?
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Amen. I mean, if you travel
around the world as my wife
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and I... Pastor Jim Gilley,
bless his heart, he had my old
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bio. It's not been 31
countries, it's 52 now.
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And we have been to places
where people say they don't even
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hear sermons about the
second coming of Jesus any more.
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I remember standing up and
hearing an aged preacher say...
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He said: "I can't think of a
day, I can't think of the last
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time that I heard a sermon
about the second coming of Jesus
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preached from the pulpit
of the church that I attend. "
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And I would wish to say that
was a different denomination
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but unfortunately it
was an Adventist church.
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It is too late for us to adopt
the gospel of another movement.
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We've been called to preach
an undiluted end-times message.
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What do you say? Amen!
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A lot of people
want to be liked.
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God has not called
preachers to be liked.
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God has called us to give
the trumpet a certain sound.
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And I have said a number
of times and I reiterate this
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again tonight: I'm going to
make sure that when Jesus comes
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I've preached what
I've found in His Word
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so that the only blood
that I have to answer for
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is my own blood. Can
you say amen to that?
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Amen! I said to somebody once
before: "I'm going to say it
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so clear that your blood
will not be on my head. "
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But if you look at the world
today, the conditions of our
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world are parallel to
those of the days of Noah.
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This world is ripe for
the second coming of Jesus!
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Notice the commentary from
Genesis chapter 6 and verse 11.
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The Bible talks about that
day, the world that existed
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just before Jesus destroyed
the world. The Bible says:
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Pastor John Bradshaw talked
about the two 12-year-old girls
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that were so caught up in this
fictitious world of Slenderman
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that they tried to take the
life of one of their friends.
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Sometimes you've got to turn the
news off because it's so bad.
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It's so sad that you've got
to go back to the Word of God
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to find that there is still some
good news in these last days.
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But I was moved by the
story. I saw the video.
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I couldn't help. They talked
about this on CNN about this
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young man - this 22-year-old
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sent abroad for a college
student - that methodically
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planned a shooting
spree because he was rejected
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by young ladies.
He said and I quote:
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"If I had it in my
power, I would stop at nothing
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to reduce every one of
you to mountains of skulls
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and rivers of blood. "
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That's the kind of
world we live in. Genesis 6:5
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makes it clear that the world
that we live in is just like
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the world in Noah's day.
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The commentary says:
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Even got to watch... you've got
to be careful what you watch.
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Shows nowadays... they
teach you how to be vengeful.
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Shows like Revenge.
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God says: "Vengeance is Mine. "
00:20:01.35\00:20:04.34
You can't watch a show like that
and not start becoming vengeful.
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Can you say amen to that? Amen.
00:20:07.47\00:20:08.88
You can't watch some of these
shows like... they call it the
00:20:09.08\00:20:11.93
"New Normal" or
"Modern Family. "
00:20:12.03\00:20:14.05
You cannot watch what the
producers that are motivated by
00:20:14.15\00:20:17.55
a Satanic power from
beneath are producing and expect
00:20:17.65\00:20:20.45
your mind to be prepared
for the second coming of Christ.
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In Conflict and Courage
Ellen White says we are living
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in an age... in an
evil age. She says:
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Then Paul the apostle
gives us also a snapshot
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of the gathering storm.
He says, and this is amazing.
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When I read this
I thought to myself
00:20:52.07\00:20:54.04
if Paul the
apostle was alive today
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he would be amazed at how
accurate the Spirit of God
00:20:57.06\00:20:59.66
gave him a description of
the days in which we live.
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This is amazingly accurate
about the condition of our world
00:21:02.73\00:21:06.01
today. And it says to us
00:21:06.11\00:21:09.60
that the only way that
you can be unprepared for
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the coming of Christ is
if you ignore the evidence.
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Notice what he says...
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II Timothy
chapter 3 verses 1 to 5:
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Lord have mercy
for the parents today.
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I've got to pause
here and just say something
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and we'll bring the slide back.
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I was in Wal-Mart one
day and I was watching a kid
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really take his mother to task.
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And it appeared as though
she did not want to embarrass
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her kid in public. And I thought
"My mother was different. "
00:22:02.32\00:22:06.78
Come on, you know
what I'm talking about.
00:22:09.98\00:22:11.44
My mother was different.
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She'd embarrass you in public
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and then embarrass
you back home in private.
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Come on say amen. Amen!
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I was raised in the day where
the neighbor would whip you.
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Tell your mother. She
would whip you and then
00:22:21.76\00:22:23.46
she would say: "Wait till papa
come home and he'll whip you. "
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I went to school
when... I don't want to say this
00:22:26.38\00:22:29.32
too much, but Yvonne Lewis -
Dr. Yvonne Lewis - her father
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was my principal.
And I can tell you, he
00:22:32.90\00:22:36.02
knows how to swing
a really good whip.
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Whenever I visit with
him in the care home there
00:22:39.51\00:22:41.81
in West Frankfort... I
remember one day when he saw me
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said: "Lomacang, " he
said: "I want you to know I own
00:22:44.89\00:22:47.17
some of that success. "
00:22:47.27\00:22:48.87
Unashamedly he said that.
00:22:52.11\00:22:54.10
But I never forget the
day when Mr. Hodge called me.
00:22:54.80\00:22:57.27
He said it so
nicely. He said to me
00:22:57.47\00:22:59.45
'cause I don't know what I
did. I think I brought the wrong
00:22:59.65\00:23:03.17
book report to school or
I put the wrong cover on it
00:23:03.38\00:23:06.29
and he said... He didn't
say "I'm going to whip you... "
00:23:06.39\00:23:08.07
he said: "Lomacang,
we've got to talk. "
00:23:08.17\00:23:10.22
And he didn't say a
word. The whip said it all!
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But the problem with our world
today is that our modern culture
00:23:14.06\00:23:18.87
has taken the ability
to discipline our children
00:23:18.97\00:23:22.52
out of our hands. And I'm
not talking about child abuse.
00:23:22.62\00:23:26.14
I'm talking about
balanced discipline.
00:23:26.24\00:23:28.56
I'm talking about... When I
was raised I remember very well
00:23:28.66\00:23:31.21
I disobeyed my mother,
and she taught me well.
00:23:31.31\00:23:34.01
And I've discovered that punish-
ment works a whole lot better
00:23:34.41\00:23:37.64
than sometimes a spanking does.
00:23:37.84\00:23:39.38
I said what I
should not have said to her
00:23:39.78\00:23:41.83
and when my birthday
came I sat in my bedroom
00:23:41.93\00:23:43.96
and I watched all
the kids in the kitchen
00:23:44.06\00:23:45.94
blowing out my candles
eating my birthday cake.
00:23:46.14\00:23:48.87
And nowadays children will
take their parents to task.
00:23:53.27\00:23:56.90
Nowadays you hit a child
they'll call the police on you.
00:23:57.30\00:24:00.46
They walk around
with their lawyer's card
00:24:00.97\00:24:02.85
in their top
pocket. I remember my sister
00:24:02.95\00:24:04.82
and her daughter one day.
Her daughter was getting on her.
00:24:04.92\00:24:07.12
She's up in her 30's now,
but one day her daughter was
00:24:07.32\00:24:09.15
getting beside herself.
And she said: "If you hit me,
00:24:09.25\00:24:11.41
I'll call the police. "
She said: "No, I'll call them
00:24:11.51\00:24:13.10
for you. " She
forgot that her mother
00:24:13.20\00:24:15.90
works for the police department.
00:24:16.00\00:24:17.65
So she did, she called
the police and she said:
00:24:19.32\00:24:21.08
"Now I want you to tell her
that if she starts mouthing off
00:24:21.18\00:24:23.86
in this apartment
I'm going to kick her out
00:24:23.96\00:24:25.36
and I'll have y'all come and
get her to move her stuff out. "
00:24:25.46\00:24:27.72
Well, she's still
with her mom to this day.
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The Bible says
"disobedient to parents. "
00:24:32.23\00:24:34.21
We cannot underestimate
that. Children are disobedient
00:24:34.41\00:24:37.80
in so many
avenues. It's amazing today
00:24:38.00\00:24:40.13
that people that don't raise
children are saying that the
00:24:40.63\00:24:44.24
only thing you need
to do is counsel a child.
00:24:44.34\00:24:46.23
But the Bible says the rod of
correction will drive all that
00:24:46.43\00:24:48.66
disobedience far from them.
00:24:48.76\00:24:50.35
Not only that... unthankful.
Go back to the slide.
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The only assurance we
have in these last days
00:25:26.65\00:25:29.18
I would say is
unwavering faith in Jesus.
00:25:29.38\00:25:33.23
You've got to look at the signs;
you can't ignore the signs.
00:25:34.62\00:25:37.29
The signs are as thick around
us... As God's messenger says
00:25:37.95\00:25:41.13
"they are everywhere. "
All you've got to do is open
00:25:41.33\00:25:44.17
your eyes. And based
on the signs I know that
00:25:44.27\00:25:46.96
Jesus is soon to come.
00:25:47.17\00:25:48.86
That's sign number one,
but look at sign number two.
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In Luke chapter 17
beginning with verse 28
00:25:56.80\00:25:59.29
notice what the Bible
says to us in these last days.
00:25:59.39\00:26:02.99
It says:
00:26:03.49\00:26:04.54
I don't want to be a bearer
of bad news, but I want to say
00:26:30.59\00:26:32.77
based on what I see
another destruction is coming.
00:26:32.88\00:26:35.45
Can I... can I talk tonight?
00:26:35.95\00:26:38.71
Can I be clear? Yes.
00:26:39.01\00:26:40.67
The human heart has been
immoral since the fall of man
00:26:41.58\00:26:44.98
BUT we live in a world today
that exalts sexual depravity.
00:26:45.18\00:26:51.05
Can I be clear tonight?
00:26:51.91\00:26:53.32
One of the signs that we are
living in the time of the end
00:26:53.72\00:26:55.99
is modern society
applauds things that animals
00:26:56.09\00:27:00.93
that we call dumb won't do.
00:27:01.13\00:27:03.21
You told me to be
clear... I'm going to be clear.
00:27:05.52\00:27:07.16
Luke 17 verse 30 talks
about this condition. Says:
00:27:08.81\00:27:12.00
I had to get this text
amplified, and I began to do
00:27:18.48\00:27:21.75
some research to find
out how this applies...
00:27:21.85\00:27:24.05
how the church has been
affected in the last days
00:27:24.25\00:27:26.31
by the condition of
the city that Lot lived in,
00:27:26.61\00:27:29.27
the city of Sodom. We are
living not in a city of Sodom
00:27:29.37\00:27:33.03
we are living in
a WORLD of Sodom.
00:27:33.24\00:27:34.97
And it's becoming increasingly
illegal to speak against it.
00:27:35.47\00:27:39.22
I told my good friend
John Dinzey - who's the head of
00:27:39.72\00:27:42.31
3ABN Latino - I said to him
one day at fellowship luncheon
00:27:42.61\00:27:45.87
I said: "Now John, you want
to share a jail cell with me? "
00:27:45.97\00:27:50.85
And he looked and said: "Huh? "
00:27:52.22\00:27:54.75
"What do you mean? " And I
said: "When it becomes illegal
00:27:56.03\00:27:59.60
to preach the truth I'm still
going to preach the truth. "
00:27:59.70\00:28:01.89
I guess you don't
want me to do that.
00:28:05.47\00:28:07.00
Because it's illegal in
some countries to speak against
00:28:07.30\00:28:11.98
immorality. It's illegal in
some places that are getting
00:28:12.18\00:28:15.59
very close to us to
speak against all these sexual
00:28:15.69\00:28:19.95
immoralities that are
beginning to wrap our globe
00:28:20.15\00:28:23.06
in a dark
curtain of the last days.
00:28:23.26\00:28:25.93
But I was not aware of how much
the church has been affected
00:28:26.97\00:28:29.58
by it. Listen to this:
00:28:29.68\00:28:31.28
In the United States the
Evangelical Lutheran church
00:28:31.48\00:28:36.12
and the Episcopal
church have both approved rules
00:28:36.32\00:28:40.13
to ordain openly
gay and lesbian clergy.
00:28:40.33\00:28:45.18
Is that an oxymoron?
00:28:47.71\00:28:50.05
That's just the beginning.
00:28:52.42\00:28:53.45
In 2009 the Evangelical
Lutheran church in America
00:28:53.64\00:28:59.02
decided as of 2009
to accept gay clergy
00:28:59.22\00:29:03.43
in sexually-active
monogamous relationships.
00:29:03.63\00:29:07.61
So in other words,
if a man is with a man
00:29:08.26\00:29:10.13
as long as he's just
with one man it's OK.
00:29:10.33\00:29:12.30
That's what they may say,
but that's not in God's Word.
00:29:13.10\00:29:15.28
Can I get an
amen somewhere? Amen!
00:29:15.31\00:29:18.02
In 2011, that
same church in Canada
00:29:20.32\00:29:25.82
decided to accept gay clergy
in sexually-active monogamous
00:29:26.23\00:29:30.65
relationships. And right now
00:29:30.75\00:29:33.83
somebody told me they were
listening to 3ABN in Canada.
00:29:34.03\00:29:36.50
They said: "Good thing
we could get it by airwaves
00:29:36.71\00:29:38.81
because you can't come to
Canada and preach that message.
00:29:39.01\00:29:41.44
You'd get thrown in jail. "
00:29:42.89\00:29:44.69
I heard about one
of our clergy out West
00:29:45.19\00:29:46.69
that lost his job
because on a Sabbath morning
00:29:46.89\00:29:49.09
when he was preaching he
made it clear from God's Word.
00:29:49.29\00:29:51.95
And you can't even
preach in the pulpit.
00:29:52.25\00:29:54.86
You might get fired
from your secular job.
00:29:55.16\00:29:57.56
But that's all
right... our Lord will provide.
00:29:58.77\00:30:00.89
Come on say amen somebody. Amen!
00:30:00.99\00:30:02.84
But Paul the apostle makes the
reason... makes it very clear
00:30:03.34\00:30:06.57
why this condition exists.
But notice God's response
00:30:06.78\00:30:10.80
to those things that are
exalted in the eyes of humanity.
00:30:11.00\00:30:14.60
Notice Romans 1:26-27.
00:30:14.80\00:30:17.30
Here are the words of
God... here's what he says:
00:30:17.50\00:30:20.18
No matter how popular it gets
00:30:50.95\00:30:53.31
God does not approve
it. What do you say? Amen.
00:30:53.51\00:30:56.53
But I made up my mind if
rejecting the LGTB agenda
00:30:56.67\00:30:59.54
brings persecution,
I'd rather be persecuted
00:30:59.84\00:31:02.66
by man than prosecuted by
God. Come on somebody. Amen!
00:31:02.76\00:31:05.90
If speaking out against
prevailing immorality brings
00:31:06.10\00:31:09.74
persecution, I'd
rather be persecuted by man
00:31:09.94\00:31:13.92
than prosecuted by God.
00:31:14.13\00:31:15.80
If preaching the truth brings
persecution, I'd rather be
00:31:16.10\00:31:19.69
persecuted by man
than prosecuted by God.
00:31:19.89\00:31:22.96
And I want to make something
very clear: I don't preach this
00:31:23.46\00:31:26.02
in a judgmental way
00:31:26.12\00:31:28.03
'cause I've got family
members in the same category.
00:31:29.21\00:31:31.84
Somebody once said to
me: "You don't understand. "
00:31:32.34\00:31:34.35
I said: "Oh, I
understand what I'm preaching. "
00:31:34.45\00:31:35.95
I want to say tonight very
clearly: "God loves homosexuals
00:31:36.35\00:31:41.18
but God does not like at
all - at all - homosexuality. "
00:31:41.67\00:31:45.28
Come on somebody,
help me out. Amen!
00:31:45.48\00:31:47.21
We've got to lift up
our voice like a trumpet
00:31:47.71\00:31:50.80
and show the
people their transgression
00:31:50.90\00:31:53.31
but show them Jesus is
still the answer of deliverance
00:31:53.51\00:31:58.26
from any sin. Amen!
The problem is in America
00:31:58.47\00:32:01.22
we've made this sin
so unique for so long
00:32:01.42\00:32:03.55
that now it wants
its own special category.
00:32:05.06\00:32:06.99
I've said: "Why don't
we have special categories?
00:32:07.19\00:32:09.02
Why don't we have
support groups in our churches
00:32:09.22\00:32:12.54
for people that drink alcohol? "
00:32:12.74\00:32:14.37
We've got
those... they call them AA.
00:32:14.57\00:32:16.23
But we don't speak to
those individuals and say:
00:32:16.53\00:32:19.84
"Just keep on drinking
for the rest of your lives. "
00:32:20.04\00:32:22.19
We say: "There is
deliverance from alcohol. "
00:32:22.39\00:32:24.18
Come on somebody,
help me out. Amen.
00:32:24.38\00:32:26.12
So that nowadays it's not
about deliverance, it's about...
00:32:26.32\00:32:29.04
it's about...
it's about acceptance.
00:32:29.24\00:32:32.58
It's about: "Hear my
story but leave me alone. "
00:32:33.29\00:32:37.09
We've got to preach against
darkness but we've got to
00:32:37.39\00:32:40.18
hold up Jesus as the light
and the answer for deliverance.
00:32:40.39\00:32:44.34
What do you say? Amen.
00:32:44.55\00:32:45.98
That's why I don't
support traditional marriage.
00:32:46.18\00:32:48.00
I don't support it.
00:32:48.50\00:32:49.87
I do not support
traditional marriage.
00:32:50.07\00:32:52.86
After 31 years of marriage
I don't support traditional
00:32:52.96\00:32:55.02
marriage. Just don't cut
off the TV until I'm done.
00:32:55.12\00:33:00.34
I support Biblical marriage.
Come on help me out somebody.
00:33:03.60\00:33:07.52
Amen! Traditions change
but God's Word never changes.
00:33:07.73\00:33:11.80
Amen! So when you start talking
about traditional marriage
00:33:11.90\00:33:14.61
well the problem with
our world is tradition.
00:33:14.71\00:33:16.75
"In vain, " the Bible
says, "do they worship Me
00:33:17.15\00:33:19.41
by their tradition.
" I don't do what I do
00:33:19.51\00:33:22.18
because it's traditional,
00:33:22.48\00:33:23.60
I do what I do
because it's scriptural.
00:33:23.80\00:33:25.43
Can you say amen to that? Amen!
00:33:25.53\00:33:27.19
God never intended for sex
to be between a man and a woman
00:33:27.79\00:33:32.13
either. Don't worry about it,
00:33:32.23\00:33:36.58
just keep your pacemaker going.
00:33:36.78\00:33:38.76
God never intended for
sex to be just between a man
00:33:41.35\00:33:44.08
and a woman. God
intended for sex to be
00:33:44.19\00:33:47.08
between a
husband and a wife. Amen!
00:33:47.18\00:33:49.93
Hallelujah somebody? Hallelujah!
00:33:50.17\00:33:52.50
We've got this
thing all mixed up.
00:33:52.70\00:33:54.25
We think: "Well she's a
woman, I'm a man. That's OK. "
00:33:54.55\00:33:57.05
And the problem that
nowadays is we have so embraced
00:33:57.25\00:34:00.62
this immoral world of
sexual deviation that nowadays
00:34:01.05\00:34:04.96
people don't even talk
about adultery any more.
00:34:05.17\00:34:07.37
It's like a normal sin.
00:34:08.61\00:34:11.18
This guy that spoke
out on the L.A. Clippers -
00:34:11.58\00:34:14.40
Los Angeles Clippers -
for this racial remark...
00:34:14.60\00:34:17.01
They ignored the fact
that he was in an adulterous
00:34:17.21\00:34:19.48
relationship. They made more
noise about his racial remark
00:34:19.58\00:34:24.59
than the life he was living.
00:34:24.79\00:34:26.25
That's what the problem
is nowadays. So many people
00:34:27.64\00:34:30.28
living immorally... they
just pick the thing they want to
00:34:30.38\00:34:32.56
amplify. But in God's
Word you cannot pick and choose
00:34:32.66\00:34:35.24
what you amplify.
God amplifies it all.
00:34:35.44\00:34:37.32
Can you say amen to that? Amen!
00:34:37.52\00:34:39.02
Which brings me
to my third sign:
00:34:39.32\00:34:41.30
John chapter 3 verse 19.
Notice what the Bible says
00:34:46.77\00:34:49.66
about this orchestrated
degradation. The Bible says:
00:34:49.76\00:34:53.25
Now if we just turned the lights
off in here for a brief moment,
00:35:04.89\00:35:07.36
don't do it, but if
we turned the lights off
00:35:07.46\00:35:10.19
and this room
was absolutely dark,
00:35:10.30\00:35:13.38
you couldn't see things
right away. You know why?
00:35:13.68\00:35:15.68
Because your eyes take
time to adjust to the darkness.
00:35:15.88\00:35:19.10
But the fact of the
matter is the world has turned
00:35:20.33\00:35:22.67
the light of God's
Word off for so long
00:35:22.87\00:35:25.45
that their eyes are now
adjusted to the darkness.
00:35:25.86\00:35:29.35
Let me tell you something:
don't let your eyes get adjusted
00:35:31.63\00:35:34.79
to the darkness. Come
on somebody... help me out.
00:35:34.99\00:35:36.43
Amen! Because if you're
in darkness long enough,
00:35:36.63\00:35:39.20
you start seeing things
that ain't really there.
00:35:39.50\00:35:43.18
Am I right? This world
is orchestrating it so that
00:35:44.70\00:35:48.78
our eyes can get
adjusted to the darkness.
00:35:48.88\00:35:52.32
And when you speak against
darkness nowadays, it's very
00:35:52.82\00:35:55.60
unpopular. I mean, look at some
of these television preachers.
00:35:55.70\00:35:58.10
That's why I'm so glad
that 3ABN is in the mix.
00:35:58.41\00:36:00.09
Come on, help me
out somebody. Amen!
00:36:00.29\00:36:01.82
If you want to hear it like
it is, you tune to this network.
00:36:02.22\00:36:04.69
The undiluted. It's too
late to dilute anything!
00:36:04.99\00:36:08.49
But there are those nowadays
that preach social... you know,
00:36:08.99\00:36:12.73
the social gospel
and the prosperity gospel
00:36:12.93\00:36:15.78
and you know
relationship gospel.
00:36:16.08\00:36:17.92
That's all well and good
but if that's all you've got
00:36:18.02\00:36:20.25
that's not going to get
you ready for the coming of the
00:36:20.65\00:36:22.86
Lord. Because you can
preach in the Word of God
00:36:22.96\00:36:24.85
as the Bible said
and we just read the text
00:36:25.15\00:36:26.78
ever learning...
never able to come to the
00:36:26.89\00:36:29.59
knowledge of the truth.
00:36:29.69\00:36:30.91
You've got to tell the truth.
Come on, you've got to tell
00:36:31.21\00:36:33.29
the truth, right? Amen!
00:36:33.39\00:36:34.93
But Hollywood's plan today
is to get our eyes adjusted
00:36:36.09\00:36:39.02
to the darkness. Look
at Isaiah 60 and verse 2.
00:36:39.22\00:36:41.81
The Bible talks about the
condition of the last days.
00:36:41.92\00:36:43.88
Isaiah 60 and verse
2... notice what it says:
00:36:44.08\00:36:46.59
God wants sons and daughters
that are willing to reflect
00:37:04.32\00:37:09.90
to the world the glory of
God as revealed in His Word.
00:37:10.00\00:37:13.71
Can you say amen to that? Amen!
00:37:13.81\00:37:15.33
The glory of God. All
you've got to do nowadays
00:37:15.43\00:37:18.02
to be unusual is don't
put a tattoo on your skin.
00:37:18.22\00:37:21.36
Am I telling the truth? Yeah.
00:37:25.17\00:37:27.04
All you've got to
do nowadays to be weird
00:37:27.24\00:37:28.41
is don't put a hole in your ear.
00:37:28.51\00:37:30.09
I feel bad... Sometimes I
go to the mall I see those
00:37:35.33\00:37:37.36
parents pull their kids...
a baby about 6 months old
00:37:37.47\00:37:39.91
shooting holes
in the baby's ear.
00:37:40.11\00:37:42.38
And I'm thinkin' they ought
to pass a law that you can't
00:37:42.68\00:37:44.71
do that till they're 18.
Come on, help me out somebody.
00:37:44.82\00:37:46.94
Amen! At least
ask me if I want one.
00:37:47.14\00:37:49.27
But nowadays to be
normal seems abnormal!
00:37:50.85\00:37:55.09
When people meet you they say:
"What kind of tattoo you got? "
00:37:56.36\00:37:58.69
The only tattoo I've
got is BA - I'm born again.
00:37:58.90\00:38:00.80
Come on, help me out. Amen!
00:38:01.00\00:38:02.50
The blood of Jesus has
been applied to my life.
00:38:02.71\00:38:04.46
That's the only tattoo I have.
00:38:04.66\00:38:06.03
But I'm going to get a tattoo in
eternity 'cause God's going to
00:38:06.33\00:38:08.75
write His name on
my forehead. Amen!
00:38:08.85\00:38:11.58
Not literally... but He
knows those who are His.
00:38:12.46\00:38:16.69
We don't need to
follow the world.
00:38:16.79\00:38:17.96
We follow the world so much.
00:38:18.16\00:38:20.22
The church has been
impacted so much by the world
00:38:20.42\00:38:23.43
that when you speak up
against it... I always get
00:38:26.05\00:38:29.03
people sometimes after my
sermons and come up and say
00:38:29.23\00:38:31.05
to me: "Pastor John, I
didn't like what you said. "
00:38:31.15\00:38:33.68
But I say like my favorite
preacher, Pastor C.D. Brooks,
00:38:34.08\00:38:36.73
he says: "It's strange
that sun could harden clay
00:38:36.83\00:38:40.03
and melt butter
at the same time. "
00:38:40.24\00:38:41.95
It ain't the sun that's the
problem... it's the condition
00:38:44.77\00:38:47.00
of your life. That's why
today God is calling us to be
00:38:47.10\00:38:52.18
children of the light in
a generation of darkness.
00:38:52.38\00:38:55.53
All God wants is to
have the world reflect
00:38:56.03\00:39:00.14
who He really is because
this world has so misrepresented
00:39:00.34\00:39:05.02
Jesus
00:39:05.22\00:39:06.66
that God wants His children
to turn the light back on.
00:39:11.02\00:39:13.71
Can you say
amen, somebody? Amen!
00:39:13.91\00:39:15.60
That's why nowadays
I'm preaching from an iPad.
00:39:15.80\00:39:18.19
But I want to tell you
something: we've got to control
00:39:18.50\00:39:20.22
our devices and do not
allow our devices to control us.
00:39:20.32\00:39:23.77
Amen!
00:39:24.07\00:39:25.10
I've seen some
young people nowadays...
00:39:25.13\00:39:26.50
I saw a picture of nine
young ladies standing together
00:39:26.70\00:39:28.85
in a group and they put
a caption over their heads:
00:39:28.95\00:39:30.98
Social Media. All 9 of them
were oblivious of each other
00:39:31.18\00:39:35.08
'cause their heads
were straight down.
00:39:36.59\00:39:38.96
As a matter of fact
I had two young ladies
00:39:39.26\00:39:40.39
sit on my couch one day in
my office, and they were talking
00:39:40.49\00:39:42.95
to each other and one
turned to the other and said:
00:39:43.05\00:39:44.38
"Did you get that? "
00:39:44.48\00:39:45.92
I said: "Get what? " She
said: "I just sent you a text. "
00:39:46.22\00:39:48.45
Wouldn't it be a lot easier
just to turn around and talk
00:39:50.24\00:39:52.04
to somebody?
Amen nowadays? Amen!
00:39:52.14\00:39:55.11
I mean, our
devices are controlling us.
00:39:55.35\00:39:58.41
And I put this in here
- I'm going to say it -
00:39:58.61\00:40:00.29
some smart phones are
turning us into dumb Christians.
00:40:00.40\00:40:02.83
Come on say amen. Amen!
00:40:03.03\00:40:04.53
You'd better be
smarter than your device.
00:40:05.04\00:40:07.25
Nowadays all you've got to
do is get your kid a computer,
00:40:08.45\00:40:11.83
a cell phone, an iPad, and
their own Internet connection
00:40:12.14\00:40:16.50
and you won't see them for
months and they'll be just fine
00:40:16.70\00:40:18.61
about that. Come on parents,
can I get a witness somewhere?
00:40:18.71\00:40:21.67
Amen. But nowadays all
you've got to do is take away
00:40:21.97\00:40:24.68
their cell phone. You
know what they say right away?
00:40:24.78\00:40:26.51
"I'm bored. " But
the problem with that is
00:40:26.72\00:40:30.33
they are so caught up by
their devices that they cannot
00:40:30.63\00:40:33.69
spend a thoughtful
hour studying God's Word
00:40:33.89\00:40:36.12
because things come so
fast nowadays in nanoseconds and
00:40:37.14\00:40:39.91
milliseconds. But
God's Word is not that way.
00:40:40.01\00:40:42.66
You've got to spend a
thoughtful hour or half an hour.
00:40:42.86\00:40:45.62
You've got to dig into
this treasurehouse of values
00:40:45.82\00:40:50.08
in order to find
something that's lasting.
00:40:50.38\00:40:53.27
Nowadays if it can't come
quickly in a nanosecond...
00:40:54.22\00:40:57.04
I've got all kinds of Bibles
on my iPad, but I want to tell
00:40:57.24\00:40:59.90
you nothing replaces
turning the pages of God's Word.
00:41:00.00\00:41:02.69
Can I get a
witness, old folks? Amen.
00:41:02.89\00:41:04.78
As a matter of fact, I always
say: "If your Bible is falling
00:41:05.73\00:41:07.75
apart it belongs to
someone who is not. "
00:41:07.85\00:41:09.94
You also have to decide...
You've got to really by God's
00:41:14.21\00:41:17.59
leading carefully decide
what real entertainment is.
00:41:17.70\00:41:22.04
You've got to decide
about your entertainment with
00:41:22.44\00:41:24.50
eternity in view. And one of
the reason why Satan is creating
00:41:24.60\00:41:27.37
all these devices... I
got a call from DISH Network
00:41:27.48\00:41:30.33
not too long ago. And
they said: "Can we upgrade your
00:41:30.53\00:41:33.74
digital recorder?
" I said: "To what? "
00:41:35.28\00:41:36.68
They said: "To the Sling. "
00:41:36.78\00:41:38.23
I said: "What's
the difference? "
00:41:38.43\00:41:39.50
They said: "You'll be
able to watch television
00:41:39.80\00:41:41.26
no matter where you go. "
00:41:41.36\00:41:42.73
I said: "Well how is that? "
They said: "Well if you get the
00:41:42.93\00:41:44.67
Sling you can
watch on your cell phone.
00:41:44.78\00:41:47.49
You could be on the
plane, you could be in the bus,
00:41:47.69\00:41:50.06
you could be driving. You
could watch anything you want
00:41:50.26\00:41:52.22
24 hours a day. "
00:41:52.25\00:41:54.28
Now I don't know if you don't
see a demonic plan in that.
00:41:54.68\00:41:57.13
See, Satan is trying to give us
24 hour access to entertainment
00:41:58.48\00:42:01.90
because God has already given
us 24 hour access to His Word.
00:42:02.10\00:42:05.07
Help me out somebody. Amen!
00:42:05.17\00:42:06.55
You've got to decide which
one is going to make it into the
00:42:06.75\00:42:08.62
kingdom. Sling...
00:42:08.72\00:42:13.49
So I decided no, I
don't need a Sling.
00:42:14.09\00:42:17.84
I need to get some quiet
time with the Word of God.
00:42:18.15\00:42:20.54
Come on, help me out
somebody. I don't need a Sling.
00:42:20.74\00:42:22.60
David had a sling.
I don't have a sling.
00:42:23.79\00:42:25.47
I don't need a sling.
00:42:25.57\00:42:27.34
As I was putting this
together God gave me this text:
00:42:30.04\00:42:33.13
Psalm 101 verse
3. Listen to this...
00:42:33.33\00:42:35.68
This is definitely a
last-day text. Here it is,,,
00:42:35.88\00:42:38.03
David the prophet says
or David the patriarch says:
00:42:38.33\00:42:40.98
You've got to
decide even what you watch
00:42:52.21\00:42:54.72
because by beholding...
come on, say it together...
00:42:55.02\00:42:57.35
we become... changed. we
become at least impressed!
00:42:57.55\00:43:00.96
But you look long
enough you become changed.
00:43:04.51\00:43:07.58
That's why there are certain
shows coming on television.
00:43:08.83\00:43:11.39
This takes me to sign number
4. I only have one more sign.
00:43:11.59\00:43:14.18
But this takes me
to sign number four.
00:43:14.48\00:43:16.12
One of the other unobvious
signs of the last days is:
00:43:16.32\00:43:19.64
Now Pastor Bradshaw talked
about wars and rumors of wars,
00:43:23.91\00:43:27.32
nations rising against nation.
00:43:27.52\00:43:29.18
But rejection of
truth... consider this:
00:43:29.48\00:43:31.86
this is the generation that
supports its doctrinal beliefs
00:43:32.06\00:43:36.11
based on a movie.
00:43:36.31\00:43:37.79
Think about that for a moment.
00:43:38.93\00:43:40.13
They began way back in the 50's
when Charlton Heston came out
00:43:40.63\00:43:44.57
with The Ten Commandments.
Everybody thought that that was
00:43:44.67\00:43:46.96
the accurate Biblical
account of the Ten Commandments
00:43:47.06\00:43:49.00
It's nice... it's entertaining,
but you cannot formulate
00:43:49.20\00:43:51.99
what the Bible teaches based on
a movie. Help me out somebody.
00:43:52.09\00:43:55.12
Amen. You've got
to know for yourself.
00:43:55.32\00:43:57.45
They made it look like Moses
had an affair with the Pharaoh.
00:43:58.63\00:44:01.35
With the Pharaoh's
wife... you know, in the movie
00:44:02.53\00:44:06.76
Ten Commandments.
Oh, she loved Moses.
00:44:06.86\00:44:08.32
They made it look like he
had some kind of secret crush
00:44:08.42\00:44:10.43
on Pharaoh's...
That's not in the Bible.
00:44:10.54\00:44:13.22
A distortion of
the character of Moses.
00:44:13.52\00:44:16.15
But that's how it began.
00:44:16.65\00:44:17.78
Then even in
the movie Passion...
00:44:17.98\00:44:19.50
I was down in Nashville
when they showed the movie
00:44:19.60\00:44:21.57
The Passion to all
of about 6,000 pastors
00:44:21.67\00:44:24.02
that were down there -
people from media and all these
00:44:24.22\00:44:26.74
various groups -
they showed The Passion.
00:44:26.84\00:44:28.39
And they said that
Jesus was so violently beaten
00:44:28.52\00:44:31.64
that people had walked away with
the idea that the reason why
00:44:32.04\00:44:34.99
that Jesus died is
because He was beaten to death.
00:44:35.09\00:44:37.93
That's not why He died.
He died because of our sin.
00:44:38.33\00:44:40.84
Come on
somebody, say amen. Amen!
00:44:41.04\00:44:42.62
You can say they beat Him
to death to take the guilt away
00:44:42.82\00:44:45.11
from our sin, but the
Bible says: "By His stripes
00:44:45.21\00:44:48.88
we are healed. " But
people look at these movies
00:44:48.98\00:44:51.52
and decide: "Well the
reason why Jesus died:
00:44:51.62\00:44:53.36
He was beaten to death. "
00:44:53.56\00:44:54.68
That's not
scriptural... that's not sound.
00:44:54.98\00:44:57.27
We've got to make our decision
about what is true based on
00:44:57.57\00:45:00.07
what God's Word says.
00:45:00.27\00:45:01.68
Not only that, this
recent movie called Noah.
00:45:02.18\00:45:04.47
I won't go to see it.
Come on, help me out somebody.
00:45:04.67\00:45:07.06
Amen. I ain't goin' to see it.
00:45:07.27\00:45:09.08
I got a phone call from
somebody that went to see it.
00:45:09.29\00:45:11.66
They said: "It's 5%
truth and 95% lie. "
00:45:11.76\00:45:14.01
Made it look like Noah
barely made it in the ark.
00:45:14.51\00:45:17.10
Made it look like Noah had a
battle with some antediluvian
00:45:17.60\00:45:20.91
warriors or something like that.
00:45:21.01\00:45:22.54
I don't even know. I'm
not going to go and see it.
00:45:22.64\00:45:24.41
I haven't seen it. Come
on, help me out somebody.
00:45:24.51\00:45:26.13
Amen. You cannot base
what you believe on a movie.
00:45:26.33\00:45:31.73
But it gets even deeper
than that. Some people don't
00:45:32.17\00:45:33.74
go to the movies so the devil
is bringing it to a TV near you.
00:45:33.85\00:45:36.42
Now ABC has a show
called The Resurrection.
00:45:38.11\00:45:40.55
I don't even want to ask
'cause I ain't watching it.
00:45:41.70\00:45:45.15
'Cause I know about the real
resurrection. Come on, somebody.
00:45:45.46\00:45:47.79
Amen! It's going to
happen at the first trumpet.
00:45:47.99\00:45:51.05
People ain't
coming back to your house.
00:45:51.35\00:45:52.86
If somebody rings your doorbell
that looks like somebody that
00:45:53.06\00:45:55.39
died, you better
keep the door closed
00:45:55.49\00:45:57.44
and get on your
knees. Help me out. Amen!
00:45:58.04\00:46:01.99
'Cause the Bible says: "He
shall not return to his house
00:46:02.23\00:46:04.91
and his place shall know
him no more. " Job chapter 14.
00:46:05.12\00:46:08.07
He ain't coming
back, but the devil now...
00:46:08.37\00:46:10.56
Because you know for so
long I've been preaching it
00:46:10.86\00:46:13.15
and I think the devil's
listening to my sermons because
00:46:13.35\00:46:15.59
for so long I've said
- and I have a series -
00:46:15.80\00:46:17.72
I said: "For so long
nobody's talking about
00:46:17.92\00:46:20.34
the resurrection. " I've been
saying this a couple years now
00:46:20.44\00:46:22.61
on my A Sharper
Focus Wednesday nights.
00:46:22.81\00:46:24.68
Nobody's talking
about the resurrection.
00:46:25.76\00:46:27.41
The devil said: "OK, I'll
talk about the resurrection. "
00:46:27.62\00:46:29.35
So now he's got this fictitious
show where after 31 years
00:46:30.45\00:46:33.44
the little boy shows up at
the front door of his father.
00:46:33.54\00:46:35.46
Said: "We found your son. "
00:46:35.96\00:46:37.70
I saw the commercial...
I ain't watching the show.
00:46:37.80\00:46:39.52
And I said: "Lord have mercy.
The devil's talking about the
00:46:41.17\00:46:43.69
resurrection... a
fictitious representation
00:46:43.79\00:46:46.60
of the resurrection. "
00:46:46.90\00:46:47.93
They ain't coming out
until Jesus gets back. Amen!
00:46:48.03\00:46:51.50
And I can tell you the movie
producers are probably coming
00:46:52.26\00:46:54.46
out in the second resurrection.
00:46:54.56\00:46:56.90
But the devil's not done
yet because we're talking about
00:46:58.50\00:47:00.62
heaven and he has this new title
called "Heaven Is For Real. "
00:47:00.72\00:47:04.95
And it is for real,
but I want to tell you
00:47:05.15\00:47:07.24
no little boy went to
heaven and just came back.
00:47:07.44\00:47:09.31
Come on, help me
out somebody. Amen!
00:47:09.41\00:47:10.85
And that's how the devil does.
He uses these little innocent
00:47:11.15\00:47:12.88
faces like: "Oh, he
can't be telling a lie. "
00:47:12.98\00:47:15.42
Well he may not be telling a lie
00:47:15.82\00:47:17.21
but he's under
some serious deception.
00:47:17.31\00:47:19.22
'Cause here's the point:
it's getting to the place
00:47:20.17\00:47:23.19
where we're going to argue
with people toe to toe because
00:47:23.39\00:47:25.39
they're going to say:
"This is my experience. "
00:47:25.49\00:47:28.41
And I'm going to say: "But this
is what the Word of God says. "
00:47:28.71\00:47:31.02
Amen. That's where it's headed.
00:47:31.32\00:47:32.83
It's going to be
experience based on God's Word.
00:47:33.13\00:47:37.16
When the devil comes it's
going to be: "What do you see
00:47:37.46\00:47:40.98
based on what God's Word says? "
00:47:41.08\00:47:42.99
Because the world is getting
ready for the great deception
00:47:43.60\00:47:48.19
of all time... the
appearing of Satan.
00:47:48.29\00:47:51.39
So he's laying the foundation.
00:47:51.49\00:47:53.21
And so all these things that are
molding the minds and shaping
00:47:53.51\00:47:56.08
people to believe
whatever God's Word doesn't say
00:47:56.18\00:47:58.99
are going to accept with
open arms when Satan shows up
00:47:59.29\00:48:02.31
and looks like Christ.
00:48:02.51\00:48:03.71
Jesus said: "Don't go out"
then so I ain't goin' out now.
00:48:06.03\00:48:08.83
Come on, help me
out somebody. Amen!
00:48:09.03\00:48:10.58
II Thessalonians
chapter 2 and verse 10
00:48:10.78\00:48:12.48
describes the conditions:
00:48:12.68\00:48:13.99
You don't want the truth?
The devil will give you a lie.
00:48:29.08\00:48:31.05
As a matter of fact, it's not
possible to say "I love Jesus"
00:48:32.12\00:48:34.46
and reject the truth
because Jesus and the truth
00:48:34.66\00:48:37.27
are inseparable.
00:48:37.37\00:48:39.24
But the devil knows
that our only safeguard
00:48:40.06\00:48:42.50
is to understand
what the Word of God says.
00:48:43.00\00:48:46.36
And so he seeks
on a daily basis,
00:48:46.56\00:48:48.41
he seeks on a weekly basis,
00:48:48.61\00:48:50.64
he seeks on a
Sabbath-to-Sabbath basis
00:48:50.94\00:48:53.27
to separate many
of us from our Bibles.
00:48:53.47\00:48:55.96
That's why as Seventh-day
Adventists when you go back home
00:48:56.47\00:48:58.61
if you're a Christian at all,
if you're watching this program
00:48:58.71\00:49:00.92
tonight, next time you go to
church you'd better have your
00:49:01.02\00:49:03.00
sword with you. Help
me out somebody. Amen!
00:49:03.10\00:49:05.07
'Cause you can have on
a perfectly good uniform
00:49:05.28\00:49:07.53
but you go out there on the
fields of Iraq or Afghanistan
00:49:07.73\00:49:10.26
with a pretty
uniform and say "Boo! "
00:49:10.46\00:49:11.96
See what happens.
00:49:12.26\00:49:13.94
The devil don't
care about your uniform.
00:49:17.54\00:49:19.38
He don't care about
your denomination either.
00:49:19.48\00:49:20.89
Help me out somebody. Amen!
00:49:20.99\00:49:22.62
He don't care about
what you claim to be.
00:49:22.82\00:49:24.44
He don't care about
what you think you believe.
00:49:24.64\00:49:26.19
You'd better
know what you believe
00:49:26.39\00:49:27.78
'cause if Jesus needed "It
is written" to defeat the devil
00:49:28.08\00:49:31.69
in His time of trial, do
we need "It is written" today?
00:49:31.89\00:49:34.72
Amen! Yes we do.
00:49:35.02\00:49:36.31
That's why the Lord is
not looking for worshipers.
00:49:36.61\00:49:38.07
He's looking
for true worshipers.
00:49:38.27\00:49:39.70
Anybody can worship, but God
is looking for true worshipers.
00:49:40.00\00:49:44.07
Notice John
chapter 4 verse 23 and 24.
00:49:44.37\00:49:46.16
Notice what the Bible says:
00:49:46.26\00:49:47.58
Satan has a substitute for
everything God has a truth for.
00:50:05.49\00:50:08.46
Think about it.
00:50:08.96\00:50:10.17
Sabbath... Sunday.
Second coming... secret rapture.
00:50:10.20\00:50:14.35
Death as the end of life...
death as an alternate route
00:50:14.76\00:50:17.69
to heaven.
00:50:17.79\00:50:18.86
Only the
righteous go to heaven...
00:50:19.06\00:50:20.48
everyone goes to
heaven. Have you noticed that?
00:50:20.78\00:50:22.47
Everybody that
dies goes to heaven.
00:50:22.57\00:50:24.06
"Where is he? "
"In a better place. "
00:50:24.56\00:50:26.76
I'm going to tell you in
New York City the cemetery
00:50:28.39\00:50:30.26
is a better place.
00:50:30.36\00:50:31.70
If you want to be safe, sleep
in a cemetery in a big city.
00:50:33.91\00:50:36.41
Ain't nobody
going to mess with you.
00:50:36.51\00:50:37.89
On one side destruction in hell;
00:50:40.89\00:50:43.06
on the other
side eternal torment.
00:50:43.26\00:50:45.37
The truth: the resurrection is
at the second coming of Christ.
00:50:45.87\00:50:48.67
But the devil is teaching
the resurrection happens now.
00:50:49.07\00:50:51.02
Sin on one side but alternate
lifestyle in the devil's camp.
00:50:51.32\00:50:55.08
Marriage with Adam
and Eve on God's side...
00:50:55.51\00:50:58.71
marriage with Adam
and Steve on Satan's side.
00:50:58.91\00:51:01.12
I'm not even
making light of that.
00:51:01.62\00:51:03.73
Immortality on God's side...
00:51:04.04\00:51:08.33
immorality on the devil's side.
00:51:08.53\00:51:11.40
And if you look at the two words
00:51:11.70\00:51:12.91
the only thing that's
the difference is the cross.
00:51:13.01\00:51:15.23
So Paul makes it clear
in II Thessalonians 2:3.
00:51:18.76\00:51:21.44
"Let no one deceive you
by any means, for that day
00:51:21.84\00:51:24.29
will not come unless
the falling away comes first
00:51:24.39\00:51:26.16
and the man of sin is revealed,
00:51:26.46\00:51:27.94
the son of perdition. "
00:51:28.15\00:51:29.62
Countless Christians
are affected by error!
00:51:29.92\00:51:33.09
But I've got some good news.
00:51:33.59\00:51:35.08
John 10:16 Jesus said:
00:51:35.48\00:51:37.73
What do you say? Amen!
00:51:47.52\00:51:49.26
God's got folk in
every denomination.
00:51:49.37\00:51:50.96
That's why we've
got to tell the truth.
00:51:51.17\00:51:52.70
If I gave you the wrong
directions, you'd be upset.
00:51:54.00\00:51:56.52
But nowadays people can lie from
the Bible and it's acceptable.
00:51:56.72\00:52:00.66
If I gave you the wrong amount
from your check when you came
00:52:01.36\00:52:04.26
to the bank to cash it,
you'd be upset, wouldn't you?
00:52:04.36\00:52:06.13
If I cheated you by 5 cents
you'll come back to the bank.
00:52:06.63\00:52:09.11
But people nowadays are
lied and go back to church
00:52:09.61\00:52:12.02
every week to hear another lie.
00:52:12.22\00:52:13.71
That's why Tony
Palmer recently said...
00:52:14.86\00:52:16.83
told a conference of pastors
that doctrines don't matter.
00:52:17.03\00:52:19.85
He said: "God will sort out our
beliefs when we get to heaven. "
00:52:20.05\00:52:23.40
Which brings me
to my last viewpoint,
00:52:23.70\00:52:25.89
Sign number
five... the very last one.
00:52:26.29\00:52:28.32
And I'll get this
done. I've got five minutes
00:52:28.52\00:52:30.05
but I'm a New Yorker.
00:52:30.15\00:52:31.41
You see, the modern
call to return to Rome began
00:52:36.72\00:52:38.98
in 1980. Notice this article.
00:52:39.18\00:52:40.79
New York Post,
December 17, 1980:
00:52:40.89\00:52:43.67
"Pope to Jews and Protestants:
00:52:43.97\00:52:46.83
time to heal the
scars. " Look at that article.
00:52:47.13\00:52:50.98
That started in 1980.
00:52:57.17\00:52:58.74
So what you're hearing
nowadays is the ending of that.
00:52:59.04\00:53:02.11
When Tony Palmer came to
Kenneth Copeland and he talked
00:53:02.61\00:53:05.51
to a whole lot of
Protestant leaders,
00:53:05.61\00:53:07.40
a whole lot of
evangelical leaders, he said:
00:53:07.50\00:53:10.18
"The protest is over.
And if the protest is over, "
00:53:10.38\00:53:14.83
he said, "why are
you still protesting? "
00:53:14.97\00:53:16.70
You know why?
Because it ain't over.
00:53:16.80\00:53:18.08
Come on, help me
out somebody. Amen!
00:53:18.28\00:53:19.55
He talked about only
one thing that Martin Luther
00:53:19.95\00:53:22.36
did not accept but
there are 94 others.
00:53:22.66\00:53:25.57
Protest ain't over because
Martin Luther does not fully
00:53:26.76\00:53:30.45
speak in my behalf.
00:53:30.65\00:53:32.48
God's Word speaks in my behalf.
Can you say amen, church?
00:53:32.78\00:53:36.46
Revelation 13:14 tells
us about what's happening.
00:53:36.67\00:53:39.36
Revelation 13 verse
14... notice the Bible.
00:53:39.66\00:53:42.10
The Bible says:
00:53:42.40\00:53:43.81
Rome was wounded in 1798 AD.
00:53:55.21\00:53:57.41
It has been healed, and all
the world is being called back
00:53:57.61\00:54:01.63
under the
umbrella of Rome. Wake up!
00:54:01.83\00:54:03.89
One of the unobvious
signs of the last days.
00:54:05.46\00:54:07.48
But look at my last
quotation for the night:
00:54:07.68\00:54:09.53
Testimonies volume 5 page 451.
00:54:09.83\00:54:12.36
Notice what God's
reliable messenger... And I know
00:54:13.07\00:54:16.94
by this statement that
she was anointed by God.
00:54:17.04\00:54:20.38
Look at what it says:
00:54:20.58\00:54:21.91
We are living in
the time of the end.
00:55:10.16\00:55:12.90
Say amen somebody. Amen!
00:55:13.00\00:55:14.53
If you ignore all the
earth- quakes which were simply
00:55:14.83\00:55:17.31
the beginning of sorrow, don't
ignore what's happening in Rome.
00:55:17.41\00:55:20.17
Don't ignore what's happening
in the evangelical world.
00:55:20.47\00:55:23.03
Don't ignore what's happening
with the busy itinerary
00:55:23.43\00:55:25.86
of popes: Pope John Paul,
Pope Benedict, Pope Francis
00:55:26.06\00:55:28.91
are sealing this thing up.
00:55:29.11\00:55:31.05
And Protestants are
now reaching their hands,
00:55:31.87\00:55:34.24
Protestants are no longer
protesting... they are embracing
00:55:34.44\00:55:37.46
the fourth beast
of Daniel chapter 7.
00:55:38.36\00:55:41.97
That's what I said.
00:55:42.27\00:55:43.90
God is saying: "By these things
we know that the end is near. "
00:55:44.40\00:55:46.99
My challenge tonight is
this: in this hour of descending
00:55:47.10\00:55:50.73
darkness it is time to get
back to the light of God's Word.
00:55:50.93\00:55:54.22
What do you say tonight? Amen!
00:55:54.42\00:55:55.71
In this hour of moral corruption
00:55:55.81\00:55:57.37
it's time to get
back to holiness.
00:55:57.57\00:56:00.16
In this hour of
rejection of truth, it is time
00:56:00.66\00:56:04.15
to get back to the Word of God.
00:56:04.35\00:56:07.57
In this hour of
invitation to go back to Rome
00:56:08.07\00:56:10.72
it's time to get back
to Jesus. What do you say?
00:56:10.92\00:56:12.80
If you aren't praying for
those folks who left the church,
00:56:13.00\00:56:15.00
I'm praying that some Adventists
that read the Great Controversy
00:56:15.10\00:56:18.39
will remember what they read
00:56:18.59\00:56:20.55
and see what's
happening around them.
00:56:20.75\00:56:22.57
And get back in their car
and find an Adventist church
00:56:22.87\00:56:25.33
somewhere nearby.
What do you say? Amen!
00:56:25.43\00:56:27.56
And then those who
don't know this message
00:56:27.76\00:56:29.78
will see it, will read about it,
00:56:29.98\00:56:32.04
will know that it's
truth and find a safe harbor
00:56:32.24\00:56:36.02
and a safe haven in and
among the remnant church of God.
00:56:36.32\00:56:40.39
What do you say? Amen.
00:56:40.69\00:56:42.08
Finally my brothers and sisters,
in this hour of complacency
00:56:42.28\00:56:46.50
it is time to get
ready for Jesus to come.
00:56:46.70\00:56:51.31
You see, the signs are
thick... they're all around us.
00:56:52.31\00:56:55.20
The signs are being
fulfilled in rapid succession,
00:56:55.70\00:56:59.28
and I believe tonight
that the final movements
00:56:59.48\00:57:02.14
will be rapid ones.
What do you say? Amen!
00:57:02.24\00:57:04.46
They're
happening... Don't fall asleep!
00:57:04.76\00:57:05.98
Pay attention to the
signs. Don't dismiss them.
00:57:06.28\00:57:09.40
Pay attention to
the signs. As you drive
00:57:09.60\00:57:12.37
pay attention to the
signs. As you read God's Word
00:57:12.67\00:57:15.18
pay attention to the
signs. For God's Word says,
00:57:15.38\00:57:18.30
and I end with this statement:
00:57:18.40\00:57:19.46
"When you see all these things
00:57:19.77\00:57:22.86
know that it is near...
00:57:23.17\00:57:25.81
even at the door. "
00:57:26.11\00:57:29.13
Let us pray.
00:57:29.33\00:57:30.51