Participants: Mark Fox
Series Code: AMP
Program Code: AMP000016A
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00:04 We are racing towards the global crisis at the close.
00:09 God is going to set up His kingdom on earth. 00:13 Preparation for the tribulation and the translation 00:17 is to develop a character like Jesus Christ. 00:21 To reach every hamlet, every village, every man, 00:24 every child, every person in India, 00:27 every person in South America 00:28 must hear these three angels' messages.>> 00:34 These are stories that illustrate 00:37 the kind of fabric of character and perseverance 00:39 that we need to go through the tribulation 00:42 just as certainly as they did. 00:44 The Bible makes it very clear 00:45 we are living in an unusual hour, 00:48 the last grains of sand are trickling 00:50 through the hourglass of time 00:52 and the door of probation is about to swing shut. 01:01 Tonight's message I've entitled 01:04 "Your Seventh-Hour Miracle!" Your Seventh-Hour Miracle! 01:11 Take your Bible and turn with me 01:12 to Revelation Chapter 14. 01:14 What book of the Bible? 01:16 Revelation Chapter 14, 01:19 it's the centerpiece of the Book of Revelation. 01:22 Four hundred four verses, 22 chapters all inspired, 01:27 all relevant for the last hours of earth's history. 01:31 Revelation 14, looking there at verse 12. 01:36 It is a pivotal passage and it sets the pace and tone 01:41 for tonight's topic, "Your Seventh-Hour Miracle!" 01:46 Revelation 14:12, 01:48 can we thunder this out together? 01:51 Let's do it. Here we go. 01:53 "Here is the patience of the saints. 01:56 Here are those who keep the commandments of God 01:59 and the faith of Jesus." 02:01 Now there is three elements there 02:03 and they are all intimately connected. 02:05 They are really inseparable. Notice these three elements. 02:09 Number one, here is the what of the saints? 02:13 The patience. 02:14 The word patience there could be properly rendered>> 02:18 perseverance or perseverance or endurance. 02:23 Everybody say endurance, you know. 02:25 How many have ever watched the marathon? 02:27 You know, I don't really track with sports. 02:29 I don't really watch sports that much. 02:32 Number one, I'm too busy. 02:33 Number two, if you are for a particular team 02:36 I've learned from hard, you know, 02:39 hard experiences in the past 02:40 that if you root for say the Chicago Bears 02:43 like I used to years and years and years ago, 02:46 one day up and one day down. 02:48 So I just said, forget it. I just don't like that. 02:51 So let me tell you something, 02:53 we are living in the last moments 02:55 of earth's history and this is no game. 02:57 This is the real deal. We need to be ready for heaven. 03:02 We need to be ready when Jesus comes 03:04 in all His glory and there is only one thing 03:07 we take to heaven, it's our character 03:09 and we must develop a character by overcoming. 03:13 And an element we need there is endurance. 03:16 So I don't really follow sports that much 03:18 but when it comes to endurance 03:20 immediately my attention is riveted upon the-- 03:24 that the illustration of a marathon or runner, 03:29 a person that does a sprint, or a quarter mile or a mile. 03:34 I admire those who have endurance to run 03:38 and some that can run long distances. 03:41 I have a friend, Leo Schreven who just walked across 03:44 the United States of America in 100 days. 03:47 Only a handful of other people have ever done that in 100 days 03:52 and he landed on his 50th birthday 03:54 and now my son and I and my wife, 03:57 not so much Jordan kind of thinking, 03:59 hmm, do we want to do this? 04:01 But I'm a little over 50 but anyway, endurance, 04:05 we need endurance and the illustration 04:08 of physical endurance is an illustration 04:10 of how we need to have spiritual endurance. 04:12 And even Paul talked about 04:15 a spiritual race that we are in. 04:18 I want you to go there with me 04:20 and then we are gonna go back to Revelation 14:12. 04:23 We are going now to the Book of Hebrews, 04:26 the Book of Hebrews, Hebrews Chapter 12. 04:29 Are we in a race to the close? That's right. 04:33 And the Book of Revelation showcases a group of people 04:37 in the last days that have developed 04:39 an element of their character of perseverance. 04:43 In other words, they-- >> 04:44 Character is who you are and God is gonna have a people 04:49 who in their very innermost soul are people 04:52 who say, "I will never give up because I have Jesus. 04:55 I'm gonna persevere, I'm gonna press on, 04:58 I'm gonna make it, I'm gonna be an overcomer." 05:00 And so look here at Hebrews. Hebrews, all right?>> 05:04 Hebrews Chapter 12. 05:06 We are gonna be looking at a lot of scriptures tonight. 05:09 Hebrews Chapter 12 and notice the illustration 05:13 that Paul uses in the context of perseverance. 05:18 Does the Book of Revelation say 05:19 that God will have a people that must persevere, 05:22 the patience of the saints? 05:23 The endurance of the saints? 05:25 Notice here Hebrews Chapter 12, 05:28 "Therefore we also, since we are surrounded 05:30 by so great a cloud of witnesses, 05:32 let us lay aside every weight, 05:34 and the sin which so easily ensnares us, 05:37 and let us" what? 05:39 "Run with" what? 05:41 "Endurance" come on, yell it out, endurance. 05:44 "Endurance the race that is set before us." 05:47 So Paul says, you are in a race and you got to endure, 05:51 you got to make it to the finish. 05:54 How? How are we gonna make it? 05:57 How are we going to persevere? 06:00 Let me just throw it out immediately to you. 06:02 We are going through the tribulation. 06:06 We are gonna go through 06:07 the final crucible of trial before Jesus comes. 06:10 We need to develop the muscle of faith. 06:13 We need to have a character 06:15 that is unshakable with the help of Jesus. 06:18 How many agree, I can do all things 06:20 through Christ who strengthens me, 06:22 Philippians 4:13. 06:24 Now look at this, "looking unto Jesus, 06:26 the author" that is the originator 06:28 "and the finisher", the finisher or the perfector, 06:33 the developer, he finishes what He starts. 06:37 Paul said, you can have confidence 06:40 that He who has begun a good work in you 06:43 will finish it. 06:44 That's Philippians 1:6. 06:46 Are we living in the last days? Yes, we are. 06:48 So would you agree whatever He is doing 06:50 with the saints He is doing finishing touches? 06:55 Amen? How many agree? 06:56 Whatever He is doing to our character, 06:58 this is it, this is it. 07:00 Whatever He is doing with our character, 07:03 He is doing a very quick work. 07:06 And so the Bible says here, "Looking unto Jesus," 07:09 this is how we persevere. 07:11 "The author and finisher of our faith." 07:13 So what is going to be perfected 07:17 before we finish the race? 07:20 Our faith. 07:22 Does this make sense? 07:23 Our faith must be perfected before we finish the race. 07:28 But some are teaching you 07:29 and false prophets and false preachers, 07:32 Jesus said they would abound, that, no. 07:35 Just-- Jesus will just come and snatch you away,>> 07:39 you don't have to endure tribulation 07:41 but the tribulation is preparation for translation. 07:48 Because we must develop a character 07:52 that is prepared to go through the tribulation 07:55 which is the preparation for the graduation. 07:58 You know, we all want the graduation. 08:00 Lord, just take me home. 08:02 Some do pass away before that tribulation. 08:06 I don't know about you, 08:08 I want to be alive when Jesus comes. 08:09 Amen? 08:10 Now if the Lord should see that-- 08:12 see fit that I would be laid to rest 08:14 before the tribulation begins, but let me tell you, 08:16 it's around the corner but that's His, 08:19 whatever His will is, so be it. 08:21 But I want you to notice this, 08:24 "endurance the race that is set before us." 08:26 How? 08:28 Look to Jesus, He is perfecting your faith. 08:30 Did we read about, first element was perseverance, 08:33 second element was they keep the Commandments of God 08:37 and the third element, can you remember that? 08:40 Faith of Jesus, that's right. The faith of Jesus. 08:43 So do you see the faith of Jesus and endurance 08:46 in the context here of Hebrews 12? 08:49 Yes. 08:50 So there is a parallel, enduring faith. 08:53 A faith that says, "I'm not giving up. 08:55 It's not in my vocabulary." 08:58 How many agree, the devil knows that 08:59 in the back of your mind, you have a reservation 09:03 that says, okay, if certain things happen, 09:05 if a certain scenario is developed, that's when I say, 09:08 "That's enough. I can't handle this anymore. I'm giving up." 09:11 How many agree, the devil knows 09:12 that you have that, a button that he can push? 09:14 He knows that in the back of your mind, 09:16 he can create certain circumstances 09:19 in which you would say, forget it, I throw in the towel. 09:22 But God wants to develop a people that say, 09:26 "You know what, I don't care how dark it gets, 09:28 I'm gonna learn just to have a song in the night." 09:32 It says that in Psalms 32, I believe it is, 09:35 and anyway you can check it out in the scriptures. 09:37 I want you to notice here, "Looking unto Jesus, 09:40 the author and finisher of our faith, 09:42 who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross." 09:45 Will God's people have to go through the cross? 09:49 There is a parallel between the final days of Christ's life 09:53 and the final days of His remnant, 09:55 His people in the last days. 09:57 There is a striking parallel. 09:59 Jesus was persecuted, 10:01 God's people will be persecuted. 10:03 Jesus went through an unfair trial 10:06 before a corrupt government. 10:10 What do you think? 10:11 You think the government in the last days 10:13 is gonna be nice and pure and... 10:17 And so let me tell you something. 10:19 A corrupt government gave in to pressure 10:23 from a corrupt church, right? 10:27 These were corrupt religious leaders putting pressure 10:30 on corrupt political leaders and they persecuted Jesus. 10:34 Will that scenario have a dreadful déjà vu 10:38 or repeat performance, it will. 10:40 It will. 10:41 So in other words, we need to have, 10:43 what does the Bible say? 10:44 The faith of Jesus because what He went through 10:48 we are gonna go through. 10:49 But He said, "In the world you are gonna have tribulation, 10:51 but be of good cheer, I have overcome." 10:53 John 16:33. 10:54 So what is He saying? I went through it. 10:57 Jesus said in John 15, I think it's around verse 12, 11:01 He says, if they hated you or if they hated Me, 11:05 you know, they are gonna hate you. 11:06 If they persecuted me, 11:08 you know, they are gonna persecute you. 11:10 Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus 11:13 shall suffer persecution, 2 Timothy 3:12. 11:16 You say, Mark, I was fine 11:17 until I stumbled in here tonight. 11:19 I'm going through daily tribulations, 11:20 you are telling me about 11:22 another tribulation coming my way. 11:23 But listen, you know how you can endure 11:26 your daily tribulations? 11:28 Is when you see the big picture and you realize, 11:32 ultimately, He is gonna pull you through it all. 11:36 You are gonna stand on the sea of glass being an overcomer. 11:39 Would you like to see that? Would you like to see that? 11:42 Anyway "despising the shame, 11:44 and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." 11:46 Let's just keep reading. 11:48 For consider-- in other words, 11:49 look to Jesus at His throne, He made it. 11:51 Everybody say that with me, He made it. 11:53 Come on, shout it out. 11:54 He made it, therefore you can make it. 11:57 He made it, you can make it 11:59 because the same spirit of Jesus dwells in us. 12:02 Amen? 12:04 He is an overcomer, we are an overcomer 12:06 because His spirit dwells in us. 12:08 And so I want you to notice here, 12:10 Hebrews 12:3. 12:12 "For consider Him who endured", there it is. 12:15 Jesus endured, you can endure. 12:17 "For consider Him who endured 12:18 such hostility from sinners against Himself, 12:22 lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls." 12:26 Do you know why the disciples kept falling asleep? 12:30 The Bible tells us. 12:33 Does anybody know? 12:35 Why? It says they were sorrowful. 12:39 When you get discouraged and depressed, 12:41 you really don't feel like praying 12:44 but that's the time to pray or be an easy prey. 12:48 And so I want you to notice here, 12:50 it says here, don't give up, don't be discouraged. 12:54 "You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, 12:56 striving against sin." 12:57 So what is he saying? 12:59 Paul is saying here, if you feel like giving up, 13:02 look at what Jesus went through. 13:03 Come on, you haven't sweat blood, Paul says. 13:06 In other words what's the idea? 13:08 Endure. 13:09 What's a theme, an overarching theme, 13:12 a theme that is woven 13:13 throughout the golden pages of Revelation? 13:16 The theme is this, 13:17 you must overcome to be saved at last. 13:21 Overcoming sin, self and Satan through the scriptures, 13:26 through the Word of God. 13:27 This is how Jesus overcame. 13:29 Now take your Bible and turn with me 13:31 to Revelation Chapter 15. 13:33 I know, you know, we are going somewhere with this. 13:35 The Holy Spirit is here tonight, amen, 13:39 and look at Revelation Chapter 15. 13:41 "Then I saw another sign in heaven, 13:43 great and marvelous, seven angels 13:45 having the seven last plagues, 13:47 for in them the wrath of God is complete. 13:49 And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, 13:53 and those who have gotten" the what? 13:56 "Victory over the beast, over his image, over his mark, 14:00 and over the number of his name, 14:02 standing on the sea of glass." 14:06 You know, there is the sea of glass 14:08 and there is a lake of fire, we are all going to something, 14:13 either the sea of glass or the lake of fire. 14:16 The Book of Revelation 14:17 is a series of stark, sharp contrasts. 14:21 You got Babylon and you got Jerusalem. 14:23 You got the mark of the beast, you got the seal of God. 14:25 You got the dragon, you got the lamb. 14:27 You got the harlot woman, you got the pure woman. 14:31 You got 666, you got 7s. 14:33 I mean, on and on and on there is a list there. 14:35 Why? 14:37 Because there is only two groups. 14:38 There are those who are saved and those who are lost 14:41 and we must make a choice. 14:42 And so notice here, it says here 14:44 they are gonna get the victory. 14:46 So how can you stand on the sea of glass? 14:49 Well, you got to have victory. You got to have victory. 14:53 Now, I'm so glad that if we fail, 14:56 what does the Bible say 1 John 2:1? 15:00 "Beloved, I write to you, that you may not sin." 15:03 But if we sin we have an advocate 15:06 with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 15:08 Does that give you some good news? 15:10 Don't sin but if you do make a mistake 15:13 ask Him for forgiveness and move on. 15:16 Can you say amen? 15:17 That's 1 John 1 and-- 1 John 2:1. 15:22 Now listen, what book are we focusing in on right now? 15:26 The Book of Revelation. 15:28 Does the Book of Revelation say, 15:30 in order to make it to the sea of glass 15:34 you got to have victory. 15:36 In other words you are gonna go through the tribulation. 15:39 So the Bible makes it very clear there is tribulation 15:44 and that is purification and preparation 15:48 for the graduation, the glorification 15:51 when we get a brand new body in translation. 15:55 All right, is that enough? 15:58 Can I make it simple? 15:59 Prepare for the tribulation because the tribulation 16:03 is preparation for the coming of Christ. 16:06 And I keep repeating myself 16:09 because repetition is the key to retention. 16:12 I want this to be so simple a child can understand it. 16:15 A major theme in the scriptures is, 16:18 you got to be an overcomer, so you need an overcoming, 16:21 enduring, persevering faith 16:23 and that needs to be come who you are. 16:25 Here is the patience of the saints, here they are. 16:28 They got that character. 16:29 Here is the patience of the saints. 16:32 Listen, here are they that have the faith of Jesus. 16:36 Jesus overcame. 16:37 I want you to notice here, Revelation-- 16:40 So notice here, do we have 16:42 to overcome the beast and his image and his mark 16:45 and his number, do we need to be an overcomer? 16:47 Absolutely. How? 16:49 Through Jesus Christ alone because Jesus said 16:51 without Me you can do nothing, John 15:5. 16:55 So I want you to notice here, 16:57 I want you to notice we must be an overcomer. 16:59 Can I give you a positive proof 17:01 that we are going through the tribulation? 17:03 Look at Revelation 16:15 17:07 in the context of the sixth plague. 17:09 "Behold, I am coming as a thief. 17:11 Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, 17:14 lest he walk naked and they see his shame." 17:16 What is this saying? 17:17 It's saying Jesus is saying, I'm coming as a thief. 17:20 Wait, it's in the context of the sixth plague. 17:23 So what is He saying? I'm coming after the plagues. 17:27 I'm coming after the tribulation. 17:29 I'm coming after I've purified your character. 17:32 No wonder it says in 1 John 3:3 17:36 that everyone who has a hope in the coming of Jesus Christ 17:39 purifies himself even as He is pure 17:43 because the confidence we have is that 17:45 when Jesus comes, we are like Him. 17:48 Now He can do it. He is the alpha and omega. 17:51 How many agree? He can do it. 17:52 Nothing is impossible with God. 17:54 He can perfect your character, so don't be discouraged. 17:58 If you fail, you ask for forgiveness 18:00 and you forget the things that are behind 18:02 and you press on, Philippians 3:13, 14. 18:05 To the prize of the high calling of Jesus Christ. 18:09 What is that high calling? Everybody say high calling. 18:12 What is the high calling? 18:14 It's spotlighted there in the Book of Revelation. 18:16 To develop a character, 18:18 to put on the robe of Christ's life. 18:22 Our goal, saints, is to be like Jesus 18:26 and we must have an overcoming faith to be like Jesus. 18:30 Now I'm gonna make this more practical 18:32 as we proceed, very practical. 18:34 You'll notice in this seminar we combine two things 18:37 in our preaching and teaching and Bible study investigation. 18:41 Number one, prophetic. Number two, practical. 18:46 Because if you don't get the practical, 18:49 the prophetic will scare you to death. 18:53 Amen? 18:54 But remember it's a revelation of Jesus Christ 18:57 and the lamb wins and those who follow the lamb 19:02 wherever he goes, Revelation 14, they prevail with Him. 19:06 They go through the tribulation. 19:07 Notice here, it says here, Jesus says 19:11 that He is coming as a thief after the tribulation, 19:13 after the plagues are poured out. 19:15 So He says there, hold on, 19:17 don't give up your trust in My righteousness. 19:20 Keep your garments on. 19:22 Well, how many agree in ourself we are naked 19:25 but we put on Christ's righteousness how? 19:27 By faith. 19:28 So what He is saying there, don't give up your faith. 19:31 Hold on because the devil will try to use 19:34 the tribulation to shake our faith 19:36 but instead it will strengthen our faith. 19:39 How many agree? 19:40 The more the devil throws stuff at you, 19:42 the more you get strong in Jesus 19:45 because you cry out to Jesus and you say, 19:47 "Lord, I can't deal with this infuriated foe, 19:50 protect me, put on the whole armor of God." 19:54 If you are going through a personal crisis in your life, 19:57 if you are facing financial challenges, 19:59 if you are suffering from a health problem, 20:02 if your marriage is needing a miracle, 20:04 if you have a special concern for your children, 20:06 whatever you need may be, give us a call 20:09 and we will pray with you. 20:10 For your prayer requests call us at 1-855-336-Free. 20:15 "If the Son sets you free, 20:17 you are free indeed," John 8:36. 20:24 Let's look at Revelation Chapter 3, 20:26 are we going through the tribulation? 20:28 That's clear evidence, positive proof. 20:30 Revelation 3:10, "Because you have kept 20:34 My command to persevere," to persevere, don't give up 20:37 "I also will keep you from the hour of trial 20:40 which shall come upon the whole world, 20:41 to test" test what? 20:43 Their faith. 20:44 Their faith, the faith that leads to obedience. 20:47 Here is the patience of the saints. 20:49 Here are those who keep the Commandments of God 20:51 and the faith of Jesus, Revelation 14:12. 20:53 Now watch this. 20:55 It says here "to test those who dwell on the earth." 20:58 The global showdown test is coming. 21:02 We are racing towards that final exam 21:05 before our graduation. 21:07 Is this making sense? 21:09 Now I want you to-- 21:11 want to show you something else. 21:12 We must overcome, we must be an overcomer. 21:15 Amen? 21:17 Look at Revelation Chapter 7. Revelation 7:14, 21:22 "And I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' 21:24 So he said to me, 'These are the ones 21:28 who have come out of great'" what? 21:31 "Tribulation, and washed their robes." 21:34 What's the robes? That's their character. 21:38 "And made them white in the blood of the Lamb." 21:42 Before Adam and Eve sinned, they had a robe of light, 21:47 but when they sinned that robe of light was gone 21:52 and they felt nothing but what? 21:54 Naked. 21:55 Did they feel naked before that? 21:56 No. 21:58 In other words they were clothed. 21:59 Not literally but they were clothed 22:01 with that spiritual light, that connection with God. 22:05 So when it talks about, 22:07 you know, being clothed, would you agree 22:09 that is we are connected with God. 22:11 We trust in Jesus, our righteousness. 22:14 In other words we are not looking to our self. 22:16 We know we are naked so we are looking to Jesus 22:19 and we are taking hold of His righteousness. 22:21 We are saying, Jesus, You are worthy. 22:24 I worship You. I look to You. 22:26 I trust in You. I want to live for You. 22:28 I want to look like You. I want to talk like You. 22:31 I want to act like You. 22:33 I want to be one with You, follow You. 22:36 Amen? It's all about Jesus. 22:38 The Book of Revelation has scary beasts, 22:43 ominous numbers, harlot women, lake of fire, 22:48 terrible seven last plagues and then there is Jesus 22:51 all throughout the Book of Revelation. 22:53 The term Lamb, for example, is used about 29 times 22:58 in the Book of Revelation. 23:00 What is that telling us? 23:02 It's telling us that Jesus is the star of Revelation. 23:05 Amen? 23:07 And He is the star that never goes out. 23:09 And He is called the morning star. 23:11 And so I want you to notice here, Revelation 12:17. 23:16 "And the dragon was enraged with the woman, 23:19 and he went to make war 23:21 with the rest of her offspring," the remnant 23:23 "who keep the commandments of God 23:25 and they have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 23:27 And the devil is angry. He is enraged. 23:30 He makes war against these people. 23:32 Why? 23:33 Because they are uplifting the Commandments of God. 23:34 Now watch this. 23:36 It will soon be against the law to keep God's law. 23:42 See I'm talking about the nature of tribulation. 23:44 I'm talking about preparation for the tribulation 23:47 which is purification 23:48 for the second coming of Christ. 23:51 So watch this, you must know 23:53 that there is a war launched against us. 23:57 We are on the devil's target list. 24:00 But guess what? 24:01 Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. 24:05 Now that's overcoming language, 1 John 4:4. 24:09 "This is the victory that overcometh the world, 24:11 even our faith," 1 John 5:4. 24:15 "We walk by faith and not by sight," 24:17 2 Corinthians 5:7. 24:19 In other words, in the last days 24:20 when the very fabric of our faith is tested, 24:23 it's tested to see do you have a faith 24:26 that's in the Word of God or are you putting faith 24:29 in your feelings and your circumstances 24:32 and things that you can see? 24:33 Because the Bible makes it very clear 24:35 before Jesus comes, you won't be able to buy or sell 24:39 if you refuse the mark of the beast. 24:40 Would you agree? 24:42 That sounds like tribulation stuff. 24:44 There will be a swift, harsh death decree issued 24:48 against those who say to the government, 24:51 I'm not going along with this mark of the beast. 24:53 They will say, okay, we are gonna kill you. 24:54 That sounds like tribulation stuff. 24:57 The Bible says, "He will never leave us 25:00 nor forsake us," Hebrews 13:5, 6. 25:05 "Lo, I am with you always, 25:06 even to the end of the world," Matthew 28:20. 25:10 Now watch this, watch this. 25:12 I want you to notice, the devil launches 25:15 a war against the faithful, against God's people. 25:19 He makes a war. What is the nature of that war? 25:22 It is expanded in the next verses. 25:26 Revelation 12:17 introduces 25:29 the prophetic scenario of two beasts 25:33 that the dragon uses to assault, 25:36 attack and harass and oppress 25:39 and make war against God's people. 25:41 And these two beasts, 25:42 the first beast is the papal power. 25:45 Now we've had a couple presentations 25:47 in which we have exposed the sinister antichrist 25:50 and the Protestant reformers were right. 25:53 They pointed using scripture unerringly 25:58 to the antichrist being, 26:02 categorically affirming this, the Roman papal system. 26:08 Now this may be new 26:09 but the apostate religious system, 26:11 there is apostate Christian church 26:14 that has many wonderful people that have been impacted by it. 26:18 This is, as the protestant reformers 26:20 and even King James himself, 26:22 this is none other than antichrist. 26:24 And the Bible says you must overcome the antichrist 26:27 and Paul said in 2 Thessalonians 2:3,4 26:31 he said, before we are gathered together 26:33 to go be with the Lord we are going to have to be 26:37 confronted with and overcome the man of sin. 26:41 The antichrist, 2 Thessalonians 2:3,4. 26:45 So sequence is very important. 26:48 We need to get the prophetic timetable 26:51 and sequence of events very clear in our mind. 26:54 Wrap our mind around it. 26:55 Number one, we are living when so many signs of the times 26:59 are happening unfolding before our mind 27:01 and political world, social world, 27:02 environmental world, economic world, 27:04 religious world, social world. 27:06 I'm gonna agree it's just wild, amen? 27:08 It's kind of like the weather, 27:10 wacky and wild and unpredictable. 27:12 That's the way our world is. How many agree? 27:14 You got to be tonight, you don't know 27:15 what you are gonna wake up to tomorrow 27:17 and some game changers, some paradigm shifts, 27:21 you know, you just don't know. 27:23 And so listen, my Bible tells me 27:26 the devil has launched an all out assault 27:30 because in Revelation 12:12 it says, the devil knows 27:33 his days are numbered and he's come down to the earth 27:36 with great wrath knowing that his time is short. 27:42 And Jesus said the night comes 27:44 when no man could work, John 9:4. 27:47 So how many agree we got to get the gospel out 27:49 because people are becoming more gospel hardened. 27:52 I'm gonna agree people are becoming like Pharaoh. 27:55 And because Pharaoh 27:57 was so hard-hearted, the plagues fell. 27:59 That's gonna be repeated. 28:00 When people become like Pharaoh, 28:02 they get the mark of the beast and they get the plagues. 28:06 But God's people are gonna become more like Jesus 28:08 and they are gonna shine for Jesus 28:10 and they are going to glorify Jesus and preach Jesus 28:14 and they don't care about what man says. 28:15 They say, well, we are gonna kill you. 28:17 Go ahead, I'm gonna go with Jesus. 28:19 You won't be able to buy or sell. 28:22 I'm gonna follow Jesus. 28:24 I want you to notice here in Revelation 13, 28:27 the second beast, we'll identify that 28:30 in a subsequent presentation, 28:32 but I'll blurt it out, it's the United States of America. 28:35 Now I'll back it up in a future presentation 28:37 but the United States and the Vatican 28:39 are gonna work together 28:40 to enforce the mark of the beast, 28:42 that's coming up, that's coming up. 28:44 Revelation 13:16, 17, "He causes all, 28:49 both small and great, rich and poor, 28:50 free and slave, to receive a mark 28:52 on their right hand or on their foreheads, 28:54 and that no one may buy or sell" 28:56 economic boycott, except those-- 28:59 "except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, 29:01 or the number of his name." 29:02 So in other words what it's saying there, 29:04 if you are not politically correct 29:07 you are gonna be oppressed. 29:08 There will be an oppressive law with some teeth in it 29:14 that says you cannot worship the Creator 29:19 and keep His commandments, you must worship the beast 29:22 and keep the changed commandments. 29:25 You see, in the last days the issue is 29:27 who really loves Jesus? 29:30 How many agree there is a whole 29:32 lot of Christians today that profess to love Jesus? 29:36 Can you imagine if every person 29:37 in the United States of America 29:39 that professed to love Jesus really did love Jesus? 29:42 I'm here to tell you, we'd feel like 29:44 we had a little heaven on earth. 29:47 But instead, we have a little bit of hell on earth. 29:51 Because the Bible says in the last days 29:53 2 Corinthians 3:5 29:56 that people would have a form of godliness but no power. 30:00 You can read it there 2 Corinthians-- 30:02 2 Timothy 3:5. 30:04 And that's why the Bible says "Perilous days will come." 30:07 It's right there 2 Timothy 3:1-5. 30:10 Now look at verse 15, "He was granted power 30:13 to give breath to the image of the beast, 30:15 that the image of the beast should both speak and cause 30:17 as many as would not worship 30:19 the image of the beast to be killed." 30:21 Now let me ask you this, 30:24 do we need to have 30:25 a persevering faith in the last days? 30:27 Yes or no, to persevere? 30:29 Who can you think of 30:33 that was translated after going through a tribulation 30:39 and having a strong prayer life of faith 30:43 and he was translated without seeing death 30:46 and he is a type of the church at the close 30:48 and we need to have that kind of faith. 30:50 His name is Elijah. 30:52 Elijah is a type of the church. 30:55 I got a whole another presentation 30:56 dealing with the return of Elijah. 30:58 What does that mean? 31:00 But I will tell you this, the Bible makes it very clear 31:02 that God will have modern Elijahs 31:06 that like Elijah go through the tribulation, 31:09 have the state government and the apostate church 31:13 going against them, Ahab and Jezebel, 31:16 what a conspiracy, what a marriage made in hell 31:20 and there they are, Ahab and Jezebel said 31:24 we are gonna kill Elijah and Elijah was on the run. 31:28 He went through a tribulation 31:30 but he delivered the last message of mercy. 31:33 He delivered a very strong rebuke. 31:36 His message was a message of judgment 31:38 for the government and for the church. 31:41 He was unabashed. 31:43 His message was very straight and clear, 31:46 get back to God, get back to God. 31:50 And you remember, 31:53 you remember that Elijah was persecuted. 31:57 Now you remember he was known to be a man of prayer. 32:00 Take your Bible and turn with me to James, 32:03 James Chapter 5. 32:08 Do we need to have faith in the last days, 32:10 brothers and sisters? 32:11 We need to have a faith, the faith of Jesus, amen, 32:15 and the faith of Elijah, 32:17 the faith of the patriarchs and prophets. 32:19 That's why you read Hebrews Chapter 11, 32:21 it's known as the hall of faith. 32:23 Amen? We got to have faith. 32:26 You know, you see these advertisements 32:28 that say, "Got milk?" 32:29 And they have a milky moustache. 32:31 Hey, how about got faith? Amen. 32:35 James Chapter 5, look here now 32:39 at verse number 16. 32:44 "Confess your trespasses to one another, 32:48 and pray for one another, that you may be healed. 32:50 The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man" 32:53 like Elijah "avails much. 32:55 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, 32:57 and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain 32:59 and it did not rain on the land 33:00 for three years and six months." 33:02 Now notice the next part. 33:04 "And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, 33:07 and the earth produced its fruit." 33:09 Do we need that kind of faith in the last days 33:13 in order to be translated with a character 33:16 that is ready for heaven? 33:18 How many agree Elijah's character was ready for heaven. 33:22 Otherwise he would not have been taken to heaven. 33:25 How many agree? God got him ready. 33:29 He didn't do that on his own. 33:30 As a matter of fact at one point he said, 33:32 I don't even want to live. 33:34 God said, well, too bad, you are gonna live. 33:37 I got work for you to do. 33:38 By the way, you want an antidote to depression? 33:42 Get to work. 33:44 That's what Elijah was basically told. 33:47 Elijah said, "I don't feel like living, God, 33:49 just take my life." 33:51 And God said, "I've called you, let's get to work." 33:55 Isn't God wise? All-wise? 33:58 He knows exactly what to do 34:00 with being in a cave of darkness. 34:03 You don't stay there. 34:04 You got to get out and you got to get your mind off yourself 34:07 and you got to work. 34:08 You want it and let me tell you something, 34:09 talk about a comeback, would you agree, 34:11 he didn't even want to live. 34:13 He was depressed, right? 34:17 Now he is in heaven. 34:19 I say that's an amazing comeback 34:21 to go from depression, not even wanting to live 34:24 and now he is in heaven. 34:26 Good thing he didn't take his life. 34:27 Can you say amen? 34:30 It's never too late while you are breathing. 34:32 I want you to notice here 34:35 that Elijah developed a character of faith 34:39 and it was revealed in his prayer life. 34:42 Show me your prayer life 34:43 and I will show you whether you got faith or not. 34:45 So this is the neat thing and by the way, 34:47 when you pray earnestly, it helps your faith. 34:51 So it really goes together. 34:52 Okay, I want to turn to a story real quick 34:54 in 1 Kings Chapter 18, 1 Kings Chapter 18, 35:00 all right, verse 41. 35:04 This is after the false prophets had been 35:07 killed on Mount Carmel, 35:09 after the Lord had answered by fire 35:11 you remember He said, let's have a showdown. 35:12 The God who answers by fire that is the true God. 35:15 And God answered by fire and the people said 35:19 we want to follow God now. 35:21 And so since there was some repentance, 35:23 then Elijah now prayed after three and half years of drought. 35:27 Now Elijah was gonna go and pray for rain. 35:31 There was preparation now for the rain. 35:35 Now it was time to get the rain 35:37 and that is symbolic of the fact 35:39 that we need to outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 35:42 And so I want you to notice here-- 35:44 and by the way, Elijah prayed for his people 35:47 and for his land that it wouldn't rain. 35:50 I think we need to know how Elijah prayed 35:52 and how would Elijah pray for our nation. 35:55 Would he pray, Lord, just shower the blessings 35:58 or would he pray, Lord, if it requires for You 36:01 to take away the blessings here in America 36:03 in order for America to turn back to You, then so be it. 36:08 And let me just tell you this, 36:09 don't expect government to give you salvation. 36:13 Only Jesus can. 36:14 Let's look at 1 Kings 18:41, 36:18 "Then Elijah said to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink, 36:22 for there is the sound of abundance of rain.' 36:27 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. 36:29 And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, 36:31 then he bowed down on the ground, 36:36 and put his face between his knees, 36:38 and said to his servant, 36:40 'Go up now, look toward the sea.' 36:41 So he went up and looked, and said, 36:43 'There is nothing.' 36:45 And seven times he said, 'Go again.'" 36:49 Your seven-hour miracle. Now watch this, watch this. 36:53 How many want to go where Elijah went? 36:56 Did he go through the tribulation, yes or no? 36:58 Did he have a persevering faith, yes or no? 37:02 But did he have a point in his faith 37:03 where it bottomed out 37:06 and that God bottomed back up again? 37:09 You have faith now? All right. 37:11 Now watch this, watch this. 37:15 Then Elijah said to Ahab, King Ahab, 37:17 vacillating, spineless, wishy-washy, backslidden Ahab 37:22 who married the wrong woman Jezebel. 37:24 How many of you have named your daughter Jezebel? 37:27 Anybody here? 37:28 How many know anybody that is named Jezebel? 37:30 That's a real name. 37:34 "Then Elijah said to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink, 37:36 for there is the sound of abundance of rain.'" 37:39 Elijah did he actually hear this, yes or no? 37:44 Did he actually hear the rain? No. 37:47 Was it beginning to rain when he said this? 37:49 No. 37:50 How did he hear that sound? By faith. 37:55 This is powerful. 37:56 Elijah declared something that he didn't hear, 38:01 but he heard it by faith and he declared it, 38:05 by faith he declared it before it happened 38:08 because he knew it would happen 38:10 but then he prepared that it might happen. 38:14 Now watch this. I'm going somewhere. 38:16 Didn't I tell you we are gonna make it 38:17 not just prophetic but practical? 38:20 I'm gonna show you here 38:22 with the help of the Holy Spirit. 38:24 You need to have a faith 38:28 that circumstances cannot diminish. 38:36 Elijah did not see or hear anything 38:42 but by faith he knew he had done 38:45 what he needed to do. 38:47 Now he knew he was gonna go pray so he said, Ahab, I hear rain. 38:52 I hear the sound-- what does he say here? 38:55 Of abundance of rain. He says, I hear it. 38:59 It's coming. It's coming. 39:00 It's as good as here. 39:02 I love how it says in Romans 4 that God declares those things 39:07 that shall be as though they already were. 39:11 Hallelujah, that's when, you know, 39:13 God showed me my wife after two miscarriages 39:16 was gonna have another baby. 39:18 And my Jordan is here as a testimony 39:22 of declaring something in faith. 39:25 I declared to relatives 39:26 who were telling me, Mark, wake up. 39:29 You are gonna have to adopt. 39:31 Your wife is up there in age, up there, you've already tried. 39:36 You know, you, you know, it's not gonna work. 39:41 Give it up. You're gonna have to adopt. 39:43 Nothing wrong with adopting 39:44 but God put it in my heart and spirit 39:46 that we were gonna have another baby. 39:49 And I declared it and it looked silly, 39:51 it looked crazy. 39:52 Oh, yeah, this is Mark, you know, 39:54 it's-- he will come around. 39:58 He will come around. 40:00 Let me tell you something, what came around is 40:01 when my wife came around and said, 40:03 I'm pregnant. 40:05 Ah, but wait a minute. 40:06 Then we needed to pray, 40:08 Lord, let this be the real deal that this baby will come out 40:14 because even if had another miscarriage 40:16 I would wait-- I'm here to tell you 40:18 the Lord promised me we were gonna have a baby 40:21 and I declared it and I declared it. 40:23 And when Jordan came forth, let me tell you something, 40:27 it has boosted our faith. 40:29 Caleb was a miracle child and Jordan is a miracle child. 40:32 And I will tell you this, 40:35 you need to learn how to declare a thing. 40:39 In the Book of Job Chapter 22 it says, 40:41 if you pray to God in faith you can declare a thing. 40:45 What does it mean to declare a thing? 40:46 It means you declare something that God 40:49 has put within your heart that He said is gonna happen 40:52 and you speak it before it happens. 40:56 Anybody can say, all right, I believe this pulpit is here. 41:01 Very good, because you can see it. 41:04 I believe that next week 41:05 there is gonna be a pulpit right here. 41:07 You are gonna have two pulpits. 41:09 Well, if the Lord put that in your heart, 41:11 I don't think He is gonna be doing 41:12 but if He put it in your heart 41:13 and you know, He showed that to you, 41:15 He revealed that to you and you declared it, 41:17 probably a lot of people around here would say, 41:19 this person is crazy. 41:22 But when got puts something in your heart, 41:25 with the heart, man believes 41:28 and with the mouth confession is made 41:30 with what you believe in your heart. 41:32 Romans 10, because out of the heart, 41:36 out of the heart shall flow rivers of living water 41:40 that come from the word and the word that's in us 41:42 we speak it, it's the word of faith. 41:44 Come on now, you got to speak something. 41:48 You see, if you have faith, if you have faith like Elijah, 41:52 you always have something you are looking forward to. 41:55 While we can look forward 41:56 to the second coming of Jesus Christ, 41:59 getting a brand new body, interested? 42:04 Living forever with Jesus? 42:07 So the Bible makes it very clear 42:09 that faith has a buoyancy in it. 42:11 Faith has an expectancy in it. 42:13 Faith says, I've got something to look forward to. 42:16 So faith is always pregnant. 42:23 And, you know, when you see a woman pregnant 42:28 she tells you she's pregnant, you don't ask, 42:30 "You think she is gonna have a baby?" 42:32 Come on now, she is pregnant. 42:33 You know it's coming out sometime. 42:35 Might have to go in and get it out 42:37 but it's coming out. 42:41 So listen to me. 42:44 Elijah said, I hear what I have been longing for. 42:52 What this, what this, what this people of God 42:55 needed more than anything was to see God in power. 43:01 He answered by fire, and now he was getting answer 43:04 by rain all because one man, 43:09 Elijah, lone, rugged, ragged wilderness prophet 43:14 like John the Baptist 43:16 was willing to stand up for God. 43:21 Sudden changes are about to catch the world by surprise. 43:25 Amazing Bible prophecies are fast fulfilling. 43:29 Do ancient prophecies predict the sudden economic collapse? 43:33 Will the Middle East crisis erupt into World War III? 43:36 Are we living on the eve of Armageddon? 43:39 How will the final moves of the antichrist affect you? 43:42 What is the future 43:43 of the United States of America? 43:45 How will natural disasters usher in 43:48 the mark of the beast? 43:49 Now you can watch the entire 43:51 Amazing Prophecy series of 32 hope-filled messages on DVD. 43:57 Don't guess about the future, know the future. 44:00 The complete set of DVDs is available 44:03 for a gift of $60 or more. 44:05 Call us at 1-855-336-Free 44:10 or you can send a check or money order 44:12 to Forever Free Ministries, 2001 Munro Park, 44:16 Corinth, Texas, 76208. 44:19 You can also visit us online at foreverfreeministries.org 44:24 "So Ahab went up to eat and drink. 44:26 And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, 44:29 then he bowed down on the ground, 44:31 and put his face between his knees." 44:33 In other words, he is humbling himself. 44:36 Here's great Elijah down on his face. 44:40 How many agree, if you seek the Lord in secret, 44:43 He will reward you openly, Matthew 6:6. 44:46 Listen to me, it says here, he bowed his-- 44:49 down his face to the ground. 44:51 How many agree, pride must go 44:54 if you want to see a seventh-hour miracle. 44:57 Everybody wants a miracle. 44:58 All right, are you willing to pray the price? 45:00 All right, get down in the dirt. 45:03 Get low before God. 45:04 If you humble yourself, in due time He will exalt you. 45:08 Can you say amen? 45:09 Everybody wants exaltation, everybody wants, 45:12 you know, glory and bliss and blessings and miracles. 45:16 The way to prepare for your seventh-hour miracle 45:18 is to do what Elijah did, 45:20 declare that he is gonna answer that praise. 45:23 What things, whatever you desire, 45:26 when you pray, 45:29 believe that you receive that, you shall have it. 45:32 In other words declare, "I have it." 45:35 Thank you, Jesus, I have it. 45:40 Before you see it and you realize that's faith 45:48 and that's the kind of faith we will need. 45:52 When they say you can't buy or sell, 45:54 we are gonna kill you, God is not gonna 45:57 let all of his people be wiped out. 45:58 Don't worry, He is not gonna-- 46:00 There will be some martyrdom, I'm sure. 46:02 All right, is there not some martyrdom 46:04 out there in the world today? 46:08 So listen to me, we need to have a faith 46:11 that says, I don't care what I can see, 46:13 they are taking things away from me, 46:15 they are threatening me 46:16 but my faith declares the thing, 46:19 Lord, you are gonna come and you are gonna rescue us 46:22 and just in time in the seventh hour as it were. 46:26 By the way the seventh hour is your finest hour. 46:29 How many agree the finest hour 46:31 is when Jesus comes to take His bride off. 46:35 But His bride will be purified. Ephesians 5 makes that clear. 46:40 I want you to notice here, want you to notice here, 46:44 the Bible says here "And said to his servant, 46:46 'Go up now, look toward the sea.' 46:48 So he went up and looked, 46:49 and said, 'There is nothing.'" 46:51 There is nothing. 46:52 How many times can you hear nothing, nothing? 46:57 You are praying the same prayer like a broken record 47:00 and nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. 47:03 I mean, there's only so many ways you can say nothing. 47:05 Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. 47:13 It's kind of like looking for a job. 47:16 Job is taken, job is filled, not interested, 47:19 we will call you if we are interested. 47:25 Listen. 47:30 There is nothing but he kept on praying. 47:35 "Seven times he said, 'Go again.' 47:39 Then it came to pass the seventh time." 47:42 What is the chief number of God throughout scripture? 47:46 Number seven. 47:48 Seven is associated with God testing His people. 47:52 Oh, He can use other numbers 47:53 but seven is a special number of completion and perfection. 47:58 What does He want to prefect? Our character? 48:01 What does He want to complete? 48:03 He who has begun a good work in you will finish it. 48:06 He wants to complete the work He is doing in you. 48:09 You can have your seventh-hour miracle. 48:11 You can have all that He says and let me tell you something, 48:16 "Now unto Him who is able to do 48:18 exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think," 48:21 Ephesians 3:20. 48:23 And you know what the context is? 48:24 To know the love of Christ. 48:26 That's, that's what, 48:28 that's what the saints are gonna learn. 48:30 They are gonna learn wow, I never dreamed. 48:33 I knew God loved me 48:34 but look at what He has brought me through. 48:36 Here are those who came out of great tribulation 48:39 and they can sing a song. 48:41 The Bible says, they are gonna sing 48:42 the song of Moses and of the lamb. 48:44 Why? 48:45 Because they can sing a song nobody else can sing. 48:48 We went through it, 48:49 He helped us through it, oh, the love of God. 48:52 Shall tribulations separate us from the love of God? 48:55 No. 48:57 Romans 8:35-39 says, 48:59 Paul says, shall tribulation separate us 49:02 from the love of God? 49:03 He says, nothing can separate us 49:06 from the love of God. 49:07 I'm here to tell you "He that endures unto the end, 49:10 the same shall be saved," Matthew 24:13. 49:14 But Jesus is our endurance. He is our perseverance. 49:17 How many agree? If He is in you, He doesn't give up. 49:22 Your flesh says, give up and the spirit says, 49:26 you see the flesh is weak but the spirit is willing. 49:31 How many agree? Jesus in you does not give up. 49:34 So just let Him do what He wants to do. 49:38 The pressure you now must put it on Jesus. 49:41 Say, you don't know how much pressure I'm under. 49:43 Put it on Jesus. 49:45 Doesn't Jesus say, cast all your cares upon Me? 49:52 And so look here, look here. 49:57 "Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, 49:59 'There is a cloud, as small as a man's hand.'" 50:02 Now come on now, 50:04 is that really something to get all excited about? 50:07 I don't know what was the demeanor, 50:11 the facial expressions, the tone, 50:14 all the wording that the servant used. 50:17 But all I know is he came back 50:20 and I can imagine him saying, well, master, 50:23 you know, I think he's basically saying, 50:26 you know, it's not much but I'll tell you what I saw, 50:28 I'm just reporting that I saw 50:31 a little cloud about size of a man's hand. 50:36 You see that there? 50:38 "It came to pass the seventh time, that he said, 50:41 'There is a cloud, as small as a man's hand.'" 50:46 Elijah didn't dispatch him and say, well, no. 50:51 You go back and when that thing is a monster, 50:55 when it's massive and you start to feel some rain, 50:58 then bring me the report. 50:59 Otherwise I'm not getting excited about anything. 51:02 Elijah had a faith. 51:05 He declared something was gonna happen 51:08 and when he saw just the slightest evidence 51:12 that it was coming, he began the celebration. 51:19 How many can see that Jesus is gonna come soon? 51:26 You can see in the sky, look up, your redemption draws nigh. 51:30 Then get excited and get ready. 51:34 How many can see 51:36 that the Holy Spirit is gonna be poured out 51:37 in the early and latter rain before Jesus comes? 51:40 Joel Chapter 2, Hosea 6, Zechariah. 51:44 Holy Spirit is gonna be poured out greater than 51:47 on the day of Pentecost. 51:48 I can hear the rain, can you? 51:50 Can you hear the rainy season coming? 51:52 How many agree? 51:54 It's time for a rainy season among God's people. 51:57 This is your seventh hour now. 52:00 Listen, notice here, 52:04 "And it came to pass the seventh time," 52:06 the seventh time "that he said, 52:08 'There is a cloud, as small as a man's hand, 52:10 rising out of the sea!' 52:12 So he said, 'Go up, say to Ahab, 52:14 'Prepare your chariot, and go down 52:16 before the rain stops you.' 52:18 Now it happened in the meantime that the sky 52:20 became black with clouds and wind, 52:22 and there was a heavy rain. 52:23 So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. 52:26 Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah 52:28 and he girded up his loins 52:30 and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel." 52:33 Can you say pumped up? 52:39 Doesn't the Bible say if you wait on the Lord 52:41 you can run and not be weary? 52:43 Did he wait on the Lord? 52:46 Physically he was-- 52:47 I believe this is more spiritual than physical. 52:49 I mean, the man was so inspired, 52:52 I don't know, the spirit of the Lord came upon him. 52:54 What's the point here? 52:56 The point here is that Elijah stayed persistent 53:00 and persevering with his prayer and that's how you overcome. 53:06 You have an enduring faith and that must first show up 53:11 in prayer and then it will show up everywhere. 53:16 In other words, our greatest victories 53:18 are in prayer with God. 53:19 We must take hold of the Lord. 53:22 Come on now, make your prayer list 53:24 and then storm the gates of heaven and say, 53:27 Lord, these are my financial needs. 53:30 Does He care? 53:31 He talks so much about money, 53:32 I think He does care about money. 53:34 Lord, here are my financial needs. 53:36 Lord, here are my health needs. 53:38 You think He cares about health? 53:40 Come on now, what did he do 53:41 almost every day of His public ministry, 53:43 healed, healed, restored sickness, 53:45 restored the sick. 53:47 Come on now, somebody is gonna get a faith here tonight. 53:50 So finances, health, marriage, parenting, 53:55 does He care about that? 53:56 Let the little children come to me. 53:58 Where is the first miracle that He worked? 54:01 At a marriage celebration. 54:02 Come on "My Jesus is the same yesterday, 54:05 today, and forever," Hebrews 13:8. 54:08 So what's the point? 54:09 Jesus said this, this is powerful. 54:12 Jesus said this, He said to one person, 54:15 He said, what do you want Me to do for you? 54:21 What a scripture. Powerful scripture. 54:24 I think that's Mark 10:32. 54:26 Anyway, He said, 54:27 what do you want Me to do for you? 54:31 Oh, beloved, I-- one of my favorite subjects 54:34 to preach about in the context of Bible prophecy is faith. 54:40 Because my Bible tells me in the Book of Revelation 54:43 you must overcome but you only can overcome by faith in Jesus. 54:48 In what He has done. 54:50 How many have some faith in what He has done? 54:52 How many have faith that He did die for you? 54:55 How many believe what He is doing, 54:58 He is pleading His blood right now for you. 55:00 He loves you and He is with you. 55:02 How many believe and have faith 55:04 that He is coming for you? 55:05 How many agree this is an overcoming faith? 55:08 He is interceding for me, He is coming for me, 55:11 you must have a strong faith that says, 55:13 whatever the devil throws at me, it's only temporary. 55:17 It's only temporary. This too shall pass. 55:21 I want you to notice here, beloved, 55:23 take your Bible and turn with me to Luke 17, 55:26 I want to show you very quickly 55:27 what the Lord showed me this morning when I got up. 55:32 Luke 17:5, 55:36 "And the apostles said to the Lord, 55:38 'Increase our faith.'" 55:41 Would you agree? 55:42 We must have the faith of the saints 55:45 to go through the tribulation of the saints 55:48 that we go through in the last days. 55:49 According to the Book of Revelation, 55:51 we must have a faith like Jesus. 55:53 We must have a faith like Elijah. 55:55 We shall overcome. We can make it. 55:58 We shall stand on the sea of glass. 56:00 We will have an overcoming faith. 56:02 We cannot fail. We will not give up. 56:04 Can you say amen? 56:05 Look at Luke 17:6, "Jesus said, 56:09 'If you have faith as a mustard seed, 56:12 you can say'" what Jesus is saying 56:16 is if you have a little bit of faith, 56:18 you can go around talking big. 56:21 That's what He is saying. 56:22 So if you hear Mark Fox go around sometime, 56:25 talking big sometimes, it's not because I'm all that, 56:29 it's just because I believe that 56:31 if I will talk faith, I will have faith. 56:34 If I will pray in faith, I will have more faith. 56:37 And I don't know about you, I do want to make it. 56:40 I do want to make it. 56:42 I owe it to my wife and my children to not fail 56:47 and go to heaven as a family together. 56:51 And I only know one way. 56:53 I have to have faith in Jesus Christ. 56:55 Does the devil try to shake my faith every day? 56:59 So I've made up my mind with God's help 57:02 I cannot turn back, I can't look to the left, 57:04 to the right like a horse with blinders. 57:06 There is one thing I must do, forget the things 57:09 that are behind and press on to be ready 57:12 when Jesus comes in all His glory 57:14 and to be found in His righteousness. 57:18 Not a works righteousness, 57:19 me trying to be good in my own strength 57:21 but you and I leaning on Jesus, 57:24 trusting in Jesus, depending on Jesus, 57:27 confiding in Jesus, hiding in Jesus. 57:32 Although sudden and alarming changes are sweeping 57:35 across the globe, you and your family 57:37 can be prepared to face the future with confidence. 57:41 The complete set of Amazing Prophecies on DVD 57:44 are available for a gift of $60 or more. 57:47 Call us at 1-855-336-Free 57:52 or send your check or money order 57:54 to Forever Free Ministries, 2001 Munro Park, 57:59 Corinth, Texas, 76208. 58:06 If you would like to have Mark Fox hold 58:08 an Amazing Prophecy seminar 58:10 or a marriage seminar weekend in your church, 58:13 contact us today, 58:14 markfox @foreverfreeministries.org |
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