? (Theme Song) ? ? Jesus is worthy oh yes, ? 00:00:03.43\00:00:13.13 ? he's worthy ? ? worthy of all... ? 00:00:13.13\00:00:19.26 ? all the praise ? Pastor Byrd: If you have 00:00:19.26\00:00:22.53 your Word, let me hear you say amen tonight. 00:00:22.53\00:00:24.63 Aud.: Amen PB: If you have your Word, 00:00:24.63\00:00:26.23 whether it's on iPad, iPhone or if you have 00:00:26.23\00:00:28.20 a traditional Bible like me, hold it up right now. 00:00:28.20\00:00:31.56 Hold it up right now and repeat after me: Every 00:00:31.56\00:00:34.16 promise in this Book is mine. 00:00:34.16\00:00:35.73 Aud.: Every promise in this Book is mine. 00:00:35.73\00:00:37.73 PB: Come on, say it like you mean it. 00:00:37.73\00:00:39.73 Every promise in this Book is mine. 00:00:39.73\00:00:41.73 Aud.: Every promise in this Book is mine. 00:00:41.73\00:00:44.73 PB: Every chapter, every verse, every line. 00:00:44.73\00:00:46.73 Aud.: Every chapter, every verse, every line. 00:00:46.73\00:00:48.73 PB: I am saved by His grace divine. 00:00:48.73\00:00:51.46 Aud.: I am saved by His grace divine. 00:00:51.46\00:00:53.46 PB: Every promise in this Book is mine. 00:00:53.46\00:00:55.63 Aud.: Every promise in this Book is mine. 00:00:55.63\00:00:57.80 PB: God, we thank You, God, we praise You, and we adore 00:00:57.80\00:01:00.50 Your name tonight. 00:01:00.50\00:01:01.50 We thank You, oh God, for the songs that have been sung 00:01:01.50\00:01:04.00 and we have felt the pacifying presence of Your Holy Ghost. 00:01:04.00\00:01:06.30 But now, we need a word from You. 00:01:06.30\00:01:09.06 If we don't hear from You, God, what will we do? 00:01:09.06\00:01:11.56 Speak, your servants heareth. 00:01:11.56\00:01:16.90 Hide us behind the cross of Thy Son, Christ Jesus. 00:01:16.90\00:01:20.36 It's in the name of Jesus we pray. 00:01:20.36\00:01:22.63 Let everyone say amen. 00:01:22.63\00:01:23.63 Aud.: Amen. 00:01:23.63\00:01:24.66 PB: And amen. 00:01:24.66\00:01:26.36 Aud.: Amen. 00:01:26.36\00:01:27.43 PB: Thy kingdom come. 00:01:27.43\00:01:31.06 When I consider the state of our world today, we're 00:01:33.16\00:01:35.30 in trouble. 00:01:35.30\00:01:36.30 [Aud. reaction] PB: We've got a Malaysian plane 00:01:36.30\00:01:39.76 that is missing, and with all of our technology 00:01:39.76\00:01:42.10 and expertise, we can't find where it is. 00:01:42.10\00:01:45.76 [Aud. reaction] PB: We've got an apartment 00:01:45.76\00:01:48.20 building that goes down in Harlem, New York, 00:01:48.20\00:01:51.76 and no one seems to know the real root or cause 00:01:51.76\00:01:55.53 of this catastrophe. 00:01:55.53\00:01:57.56 [Aud. reaction] PB: We're on the brink 00:01:57.56\00:02:01.33 of war in Russia. 00:02:01.33\00:02:03.43 Syria is out of control. 00:02:03.43\00:02:06.33 War is still rampant in the Middle East, and we now 00:02:06.33\00:02:10.03 have a pope calling for unity. 00:02:10.03\00:02:13.63 He's saying, don't worry about whether you're 00:02:13.63\00:02:15.66 a protestant or a Catholic, let's just all come together 00:02:15.66\00:02:19.56 for the sake of peace. 00:02:19.56\00:02:20.80 But let me remind you, when the Bible says that you 00:02:20.80\00:02:23.50 hear peace and safety, be concerned, because 00:02:23.50\00:02:26.43 there's sudden destruction. 00:02:26.43\00:02:27.80 [Aud. reaction] PB: Crime in the United States 00:02:27.80\00:02:30.50 is on the rise. 00:02:30.50\00:02:33.36 People can't find jobs, money is low, homes are destroyed 00:02:33.36\00:02:36.53 daily, husbands and wives aren't making it, children 00:02:36.53\00:02:39.36 aren't making it, identity issues are rampant. 00:02:39.36\00:02:43.30 [Aud. reaction] PB: People dying left and right, 00:02:43.30\00:02:46.30 not just older folk either, young folk. 00:02:46.30\00:02:48.63 And I must confess tonight, I've said it on numerous 00:02:48.63\00:02:50.90 occasions, that I've been in the church all my life. 00:02:50.90\00:02:54.93 Was born in the church. 00:02:54.93\00:02:58.00 But I must confess tonight that I used to wonder, 00:02:58.00\00:03:01.86 and I would see people praise God in church. 00:03:01.86\00:03:05.70 I would see them lift their hands and wave their hands 00:03:05.70\00:03:08.03 and clap their hands and stomp their feet in church, 00:03:08.03\00:03:10.90 and you look at people, and you really don't know what 00:03:10.90\00:03:14.60 some folk have been through just to get where they are. 00:03:14.60\00:03:17.36 [Aud. reaction] PB: But I've gotten a little 00:03:17.36\00:03:21.13 older now, a little wiser now. 00:03:21.13\00:03:23.93 Got some experience now. 00:03:23.93\00:03:25.90 I've seen some things in life, I've observed some 00:03:25.90\00:03:28.53 things in life, and I better now understand why some folk 00:03:28.53\00:03:32.76 praise God like they do. 00:03:32.76\00:03:35.16 [Aud. reaction] PB: I better understand 00:03:35.16\00:03:37.16 why some folk just cry when they come in the presence 00:03:37.16\00:03:39.90 of God. 00:03:39.90\00:03:40.93 I better understand why some people shout "Glory!" 00:03:40.93\00:03:43.40 when they come into the house and presence of God. 00:03:43.40\00:03:46.16 I better understand why people just say amen when 00:03:46.16\00:03:50.73 they come in the presence of God, because you do know 00:03:50.73\00:03:54.06 that how we respond to God has everything to do with our 00:03:54.06\00:03:57.66 knowledge about how God responds to us. 00:03:57.66\00:04:00.20 [Aud. reaction] PB: You see, we come 00:04:00.20\00:04:02.20 to church, we come to revival like we do tonight, 00:04:02.20\00:04:04.46 and you don't realize what some folk have been 00:04:04.46\00:04:06.46 through just to get here. 00:04:06.46\00:04:08.40 Their hats, their suits, their ties, their bowties, 00:04:08.40\00:04:13.06 don't tell the story. 00:04:13.06\00:04:15.10 Some folk have been bruised, but they're here. 00:04:15.10\00:04:18.63 [Aud. reaction] PB: Some folk have been 00:04:18.63\00:04:20.66 battered, but they're here. 00:04:20.66\00:04:24.83 Some folk have been talked about, but they're here. 00:04:24.83\00:04:28.30 Laid off, but they're here. 00:04:28.30\00:04:30.86 There are some folk in this place that don't have 00:04:30.86\00:04:33.30 a dollar to their name. 00:04:33.30\00:04:34.43 [Aud. reaction] PB: But they're here. 00:04:34.43\00:04:36.66 Somebody's in stage 3 or 4 of cancer, but they're here. 00:04:36.66\00:04:40.76 Some folk have come out of some messy situations, some 00:04:40.76\00:04:44.46 divorces that you thought you wouldn't make it out of, 00:04:44.46\00:04:48.20 but you're here. 00:04:48.20\00:04:49.46 Some folk have lost everything and appeared 00:04:49.46\00:04:51.46 that they were going to lose their mind, but they're here. 00:04:51.46\00:04:54.03 When it's difficult to understand, it's difficult 00:04:54.03\00:04:56.03 to relate to somebody who has been the recipient of God's 00:04:56.03\00:04:58.43 goodness, because these people are often people who 00:04:58.43\00:05:01.20 express themselves in ways that some of you all just 00:05:01.20\00:05:04.60 don't understand. 00:05:04.60\00:05:06.60 You see, when all else has failed you, and you have 00:05:06.60\00:05:10.50 nothing else and nobody else to sustain you but God, 00:05:10.50\00:05:14.46 you will learn how to praise God like you don't care. 00:05:14.46\00:05:21.63 I mean, has anybody seen God pay some rent? 00:05:21.63\00:05:24.53 [Aud. reaction] PB: When you didn't have 00:05:24.53\00:05:27.06 the money. 00:05:27.06\00:05:28.00 Have you seen God put food on your table when you 00:05:28.00\00:05:31.30 didn't have money to buy food? 00:05:31.30\00:05:33.23 When you've seen God pay your tuition, young people - 00:05:33.23\00:05:37.30 [Aud. reaction] PB: When the loan check 00:05:37.30\00:05:39.73 got lost in financial aid. 00:05:39.73\00:05:41.33 I wish I had a witness in this place. 00:05:41.33\00:05:43.33 [Aud. reaction] PB: When you've seen God 00:05:43.33\00:05:45.33 stretch your dollars when you are between jobs. 00:05:45.33\00:05:47.36 When you've seen God take you or a family member off 00:05:47.36\00:05:51.56 their sickbed of affliction. 00:05:51.56\00:05:52.80 When the doctors said there was nothing else they could do. 00:05:52.80\00:05:55.46 When you see God rescue you, you've seen God save your 00:05:55.46\00:05:59.26 life. 00:05:59.26\00:06:00.33 When all the people you grew up with are nowhere to be found 00:06:00.33\00:06:03.50 and God just saved you, and you're wondering 00:06:03.50\00:06:07.13 where all your friends are. 00:06:07.13\00:06:08.43 You ask God, "God, what have I done to deserve all 00:06:08.43\00:06:11.23 of this goodness?" 00:06:11.23\00:06:12.23 When you've been the recipient of God's goodness and grace 00:06:12.23\00:06:15.06 in that way, your praise is so real. 00:06:15.06\00:06:17.33 Aud.: Hallelujah! 00:06:17.33\00:06:18.33 PB: Your praise is so heartfelt. 00:06:18.33\00:06:20.33 You don't care where you are. 00:06:20.33\00:06:22.63 You don't care what part of the service we're at. 00:06:22.63\00:06:25.23 You don't care even who's looking at you, but you have 00:06:25.23\00:06:29.60 the kind of response to God's goodness that transcends your 00:06:29.60\00:06:34.20 situation and you're able to be in your car, on your way 00:06:34.20\00:06:37.83 to church before you even got here tonight, and you have 00:06:37.83\00:06:40.33 your own praise service. 00:06:40.33\00:06:41.66 [Aud. reaction] PB: You're the type of person 00:06:41.66\00:06:43.66 who can stand in line at the grocery store, 00:06:43.66\00:06:45.66 and you have a praise service. 00:06:45.66\00:06:47.66 You can go to the hospital and you can say "You know 00:06:47.66\00:06:49.66 what? 00:06:49.66\00:06:50.66 That's where I'm supposed to be right now. 00:06:50.66\00:06:52.66 But God's been good to me." 00:06:52.66\00:06:55.06 You're the type of person that can testify, "When 00:06:55.06\00:06:57.63 I think of the goodness of Jesus, and all He's done 00:06:57.63\00:07:01.56 for me, my soul cries out, Hallelujah, thank God, 00:07:01.56\00:07:03.56 for saving me!" 00:07:03.56\00:07:08.46 Because I know somebody thinks your alarm clock woke 00:07:08.46\00:07:10.56 you up this morning. 00:07:10.56\00:07:11.83 But let's take that same alarm clock to the nearest 00:07:11.83\00:07:14.53 cemetery. 00:07:14.53\00:07:16.06 Nobody would get up. 00:07:16.06\00:07:17.86 But God woke you up this morning. 00:07:17.86\00:07:20.80 God started you on your way. 00:07:20.80\00:07:22.93 God put food on your table and clothing on your back. 00:07:22.93\00:07:27.23 And I get concerned when folk come to church and sit there 00:07:27.23\00:07:31.60 like lumps on a log. 00:07:31.60\00:07:32.86 As if God hasn't kept you, as if God hasn't raised you, 00:07:32.86\00:07:38.00 as if God hasn't saved you, as if God hasn't rewarded you, 00:07:38.00\00:07:43.10 as if God hasn't picked you up out of the miry clay 00:07:43.10\00:07:48.23 and placed your feet on solid ground to say, "I will bless 00:07:48.23\00:07:53.36 the Lord at all times!" 00:07:53.36\00:07:55.50 [Aud. reaction] PB: Let's go to the beginning 00:07:55.50\00:07:58.93 on why we need to praise Him like we should. 00:07:58.93\00:08:03.26 Satan wanted to be like God. 00:08:03.26\00:08:05.83 He wanted to be like I want to be, as the Most High. 00:08:05.83\00:08:11.46 I must confess tonight, I would have been happy being 00:08:11.46\00:08:13.63 last on the totem pole in heaven. 00:08:13.63\00:08:16.00 I just would have wanted to be in heaven. 00:08:16.00\00:08:18.30 Do I have a witness in this place? 00:08:18.30\00:08:20.30 [Aud. reaction] PB: For Satan 00:08:20.30\00:08:22.30 wanted to be like God. 00:08:22.30\00:08:23.30 You can't have two cooks in the kitchen. 00:08:23.30\00:08:25.30 The Bible says "There was war in heaven." 00:08:25.30\00:08:27.76 Michael, Jesus, fought against the dragon. 00:08:27.76\00:08:30.70 The dragon prevailed not, it was cast into this earth 00:08:30.70\00:08:33.93 and his number one job has been to deceive. 00:08:33.93\00:08:37.30 Has been to what, everybody? 00:08:37.30\00:08:38.30 Aud.: Deceive. 00:08:38.30\00:08:39.30 PB: Adam and Eve were in the Garden in Genesis 00:08:39.30\00:08:41.30 chapter 3. They're wandering around the garden. 00:08:41.30\00:08:44.23 God told them don't wander from each other. 00:08:44.23\00:08:46.40 God told them stay close to one another. 00:08:46.40\00:08:48.76 But they began to wander in the Garden. 00:08:48.76\00:08:51.60 God told them, don't go around the tree of knowledge 00:08:51.60\00:08:53.93 of good and evil. 00:08:53.93\00:08:54.93 Stay away from it. 00:08:54.93\00:08:56.46 But we recognize, curiosity killed them. 00:08:56.46\00:08:59.43 Eve begins to wonder. 00:08:59.43\00:09:00.73 She goes and gets some of the fruit. 00:09:00.73\00:09:03.20 Satan deceives her and says you will not die, and God 00:09:03.20\00:09:06.20 said "Yes, if you eat, you will surely" what? 00:09:06.20\00:09:08.73 Die. 00:09:08.73\00:09:09.73 Adam and Eve got in trouble, hanging around the tree. 00:09:09.73\00:09:16.80 A lot of us get in trouble hanging around the tree. 00:09:16.80\00:09:22.13 There are some trees in our lives that God has told us 00:09:22.13\00:09:25.13 don't touch. 00:09:25.13\00:09:26.13 [Aud. reaction] PB: There are some trees 00:09:26.13\00:09:28.06 in our lives that God told us don't go near. 00:09:28.06\00:09:30.06 But too many of us get in trouble because 00:09:30.06\00:09:33.16 we're hanging around the trees. 00:09:33.16\00:09:35.13 Adam and Eve were hanging around the tree, and because 00:09:35.13\00:09:37.23 they were hanging around the tree, they got hung 00:09:37.23\00:09:39.23 on the tree. 00:09:39.23\00:09:40.23 Satan deceived Adam and Eve, they disobeyed God. 00:09:40.23\00:09:43.16 They sinned. 00:09:43.16\00:09:44.16 They what, everybody? 00:09:44.16\00:09:45.16 Aud.: Sinned. 00:09:45.16\00:09:46.16 PB: And their sin passed through one man, sin is now 00:09:46.16\00:09:48.16 passed on all men. 00:09:48.16\00:09:50.00 So what do we have here now? 00:09:50.00\00:09:51.00 We have here where the Apostle Paul says, "All have sinned 00:09:51.00\00:09:54.10 and come short of the glory of God." 00:09:54.10\00:09:58.90 All of us have messed up. 00:09:58.90\00:10:00.10 There are no big Is and little Yous. 00:10:00.10\00:10:03.26 All of us have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 00:10:03.26\00:10:07.30 Satan thought he had God cornered, but Satan is no 00:10:07.30\00:10:11.33 match for the Almighty God. 00:10:11.33\00:10:13.63 We recognize that God had to do something. 00:10:13.63\00:10:17.00 God said, "Listen, my folk have sinned so there 00:10:17.00\00:10:20.13 is a need for a Savior." 00:10:20.13\00:10:21.56 God had to deliver. 00:10:21.56\00:10:23.10 Either He was going to destroy sin, 00:10:23.10\00:10:25.10 or start all over. 00:10:25.10\00:10:27.66 God's solution says, I'm going to send My Son. 00:10:27.66\00:10:30.83 Jesus Christ. 00:10:30.83\00:10:31.83 For God so loved the world that He gave His only 00:10:31.83\00:10:35.30 begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not 00:10:35.30\00:10:37.86 perish but have everlasting life." 00:10:37.86\00:10:41.16 Which means we can now receive forgiveness from sin 00:10:41.16\00:10:44.50 through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. 00:10:44.50\00:10:48.30 Hallelujah, somebody. 00:10:48.30\00:10:49.50 There will be no more need for sacrificing lambs like they 00:10:49.50\00:10:52.93 did in the Old Testament, because now behold, 00:10:52.93\00:10:55.26 the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins 00:10:55.26\00:10:57.83 of the world. 00:10:57.83\00:10:58.83 There is no other name under heaven whereby we can 00:10:58.83\00:11:01.06 be saved but the name of Jesus. 00:11:01.06\00:11:02.96 So Jesus had to come as a babe wrapped in swaddling 00:11:02.96\00:11:07.53 clothes, lying in a manger, at His first coming. 00:11:07.53\00:11:10.76 He came to save His people. 00:11:10.76\00:11:13.06 Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost. 00:11:13.06\00:11:16.33 And now she shall bring forth a Son. 00:11:16.33\00:11:19.43 Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His 00:11:19.43\00:11:23.36 people from their sin. 00:11:23.36\00:11:24.73 He came to save His people from sin. 00:11:24.73\00:11:28.26 He came to save His people from lying. 00:11:28.26\00:11:31.10 He came to save His people from adultery. 00:11:31.10\00:11:33.70 He came to save His people from stealing. 00:11:33.70\00:11:36.70 He came to save His people from doubt. 00:11:36.70\00:11:38.76 He came to save His people from depression. 00:11:38.76\00:11:40.93 He came to seek and to save the lost, that's why He came 00:11:40.93\00:11:44.40 the first time. 00:11:44.40\00:11:46.13 He came to save His people. 00:11:46.13\00:11:48.80 The Bible teaches that whosoever believeth on the name 00:11:48.80\00:11:50.80 of the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved. 00:11:50.80\00:11:54.53 But sadly in 2014, March 22nd, everybody doesn't 00:11:54.53\00:11:57.10 believe on Jesus. 00:11:57.10\00:11:58.86 Everybody doesn't believe He's the Waymaker. 00:11:58.86\00:12:01.26 That He's a Company Keeper. 00:12:01.26\00:12:03.03 That' He's a Trouble Solver. 00:12:03.03\00:12:04.83 That He's a Bridge Over Troubled Waters. 00:12:04.83\00:12:07.23 Everybody does not believe He has power to save, and so now 00:12:07.23\00:12:10.23 we've got a world full of mess. 00:12:10.23\00:12:12.23 [Aud. reaction] PB: It's one of confusion. 00:12:12.23\00:12:14.53 Every day somebody's dying. 00:12:14.53\00:12:16.76 Every day somebody's victimized. 00:12:16.76\00:12:19.10 Every day some child goes to bed hungry. 00:12:19.10\00:12:22.10 Every day our world in which we live is sick. 00:12:22.10\00:12:25.96 This is not what God intended for His people. 00:12:25.96\00:12:30.10 [Aud. reaction] PB: If anybody's sick, 00:12:30.10\00:12:32.96 if you're like me you call a doctor. 00:12:32.96\00:12:35.20 And so I call on Jesus. 00:12:35.20\00:12:39.86 Because we live in a sick world and my Bible says 00:12:39.86\00:12:42.10 that one day Dr. Jesus is going to come back. 00:12:42.10\00:12:45.90 His kingdom is going to come in its fullness. 00:12:45.90\00:12:48.66 He's coming back to this earth to get His people. 00:12:48.66\00:12:53.30 The first time He came, He came to save His people. 00:12:53.30\00:12:57.36 The second time He comes, He's coming to get his people. 00:12:57.36\00:13:00.40 Let not your heart be troubled. 00:13:00.40\00:13:03.33 Do you believe in God? 00:13:03.33\00:13:04.33 Believe also in Me. 00:13:04.33\00:13:06.00 In My Father's House there are many mansions. 00:13:06.00\00:13:08.60 If it were not so, I would have told you. 00:13:08.60\00:13:10.60 I'm going to go and prepare a place for you, and if I go 00:13:10.60\00:13:12.60 and prepare a place for you. 00:13:12.60\00:13:13.60 I will come again and receive you unto Myself, that where 00:13:13.60\00:13:15.60 I am, there ye may be also. 00:13:15.60\00:13:16.60 This is what Christianity and the Christian life 00:13:16.60\00:13:18.60 is all about, looking forward to Jesus' second coming. 00:13:18.60\00:13:20.96 This is what we all should be looking for, because eyes 00:13:20.96\00:13:24.43 have not seen neither ears heard the things that God 00:13:24.43\00:13:26.43 has prepared for them that love Him. 00:13:26.43\00:13:28.36 So, Jesus is coming back the second time. 00:13:28.36\00:13:32.96 [Aud. reaction] PB: The first time, He came 00:13:32.96\00:13:35.06 to save His people. 00:13:35.06\00:13:37.63 The second time, He's coming to get His people. 00:13:37.63\00:13:39.83 So He's coming back to get us and we're looking forward 00:13:39.83\00:13:41.83 to His coming back, but when is He coming back? 00:13:41.83\00:13:48.40 We've got a lot of folk in the United States who 00:13:48.40\00:13:50.40 are being deceived by Satan. 00:13:50.40\00:13:52.63 Not only in the U.S. 00:13:52.63\00:13:53.63 but abroad, people deceived by Satan giving a time line 00:13:53.63\00:13:56.33 of when Jesus is going to come back. 00:13:56.33\00:13:58.56 But when does the Bible say He's going to come back? 00:13:58.56\00:14:00.63 This is a Bible revival. 00:14:00.63\00:14:01.63 Let's go to the Word of God, the book of Matthew. 00:14:01.63\00:14:04.36 What book did I say, everybody? 00:14:04.36\00:14:06.70 Aud.: Matthew. 00:14:06.70\00:14:07.70 PB: Let's go to the book of Matthew. 00:14:07.70\00:14:09.70 The Word of God says to us in Matthew, chapter 24, 00:14:09.70\00:14:11.70 verse number 36, when is Jesus coming. 00:14:11.70\00:14:14.10 The Word of God says to us tonight in Matthew, 00:14:14.10\00:14:16.96 chapter 24, and verse number 36, "But of that day and hour 00:14:16.96\00:14:20.70 knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, 00:14:20.70\00:14:23.56 but my Father" what, everybody? 00:14:23.56\00:14:24.86 Aud.: Only. 00:14:24.86\00:14:25.86 PB: "Only. 00:14:25.86\00:14:26.86 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming 00:14:26.86\00:14:29.03 of the Son of man be." 00:14:29.03\00:14:30.36 Verse 38, "For as in the days that were before the flood 00:14:30.36\00:14:33.00 they were eating and drinking." 00:14:33.00\00:14:34.16 Eating and what, everybody? 00:14:34.16\00:14:35.16 Aud.: Drinking. 00:14:35.16\00:14:36.16 PB: Marrying and giving in" what, everybody? 00:14:36.16\00:14:38.43 Aud.: Marriage. 00:14:38.43\00:14:39.43 PB: "Marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 00:14:39.43\00:14:42.00 and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; 00:14:42.00\00:14:44.76 so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." 00:14:44.76\00:14:46.93 We don't know when Jesus is coming. 00:14:46.93\00:14:49.26 All we know is that He's coming real soon. 00:14:49.26\00:14:51.50 The Bible goes on in verse 42, "Watch, therefore: 00:14:51.50\00:14:53.70 for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." 00:14:53.70\00:14:55.83 Verse 44, "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour 00:14:55.83\00:14:58.76 as ye think not the Son of Man cometh." 00:14:58.76\00:15:02.16 That means Jesus' second coming is soon. 00:15:02.16\00:15:04.93 But we don't know specifically when He is coming, 00:15:04.93\00:15:08.16 we just know He's coming. 00:15:08.16\00:15:09.23 So, if we don't know when He's coming, what are the signs 00:15:09.23\00:15:13.63 of His coming? 00:15:13.63\00:15:14.76 Let's get some more Word. 00:15:14.76\00:15:15.76 Go to Matthew 24, go to verse number 3. 00:15:15.76\00:15:18.16 What are the signs? 00:15:18.16\00:15:19.16 We know He's coming, we want Him to come, He's coming 00:15:19.16\00:15:21.33 to save His people. 00:15:21.33\00:15:22.46 What are the signs of His coming? 00:15:22.46\00:15:24.83 The Word of God is very clear to us tonight in Matthew 00:15:24.83\00:15:26.93 chapter 24, verse number 3. 00:15:26.93\00:15:28.23 The Word says, " And as he sat upon the mount 00:15:28.23\00:15:30.33 of Olives," the mount of what, 00:15:30.33\00:15:32.40 everybody? 00:15:32.40\00:15:33.40 Aud.: Olives. 00:15:33.40\00:15:34.40 PB: The disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, 00:15:34.40\00:15:36.40 when shall these things be? 00:15:36.40\00:15:37.40 and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end 00:15:37.40\00:15:39.40 of the" what, everybody? 00:15:39.40\00:15:40.40 Aud.: World. 00:15:40.40\00:15:41.40 PB: "Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no 00:15:41.40\00:15:43.40 man deceive you. 00:15:43.40\00:15:44.40 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; 00:15:44.40\00:15:46.40 and shall deceive many. 00:15:46.40\00:15:47.40 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye 00:15:47.40\00:15:49.40 be not troubled: for all these things must come 00:15:49.40\00:15:51.40 to pass, but the end is not" what, everybody? 00:15:51.40\00:15:53.40 Aud.: Yet. 00:15:53.40\00:15:54.40 PB: All right. 00:15:54.40\00:15:55.40 The signs. 00:15:55.40\00:15:56.40 Nation shall rise against nation." 00:15:56.40\00:15:58.40 We've got that going on right now. 00:15:58.40\00:16:00.56 "Kingdom against kingdom." 00:16:00.56\00:16:01.60 We've got that going on right now. 00:16:01.60\00:16:03.80 "And there shall be famines." 00:16:03.80\00:16:04.80 We have that going on right now. 00:16:04.80\00:16:06.80 "Pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 00:16:06.80\00:16:08.80 All these are the beginning of sorrows." 00:16:08.80\00:16:12.10 Verse number 9 in the Word continues, "Then shall they 00:16:12.10\00:16:14.10 deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: 00:16:14.10\00:16:16.10 and ye shall be hated of all nations 00:16:16.10\00:16:18.10 for my name's sake. 00:16:18.10\00:16:19.10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, 00:16:19.10\00:16:22.10 and shall hate one another. 00:16:22.10\00:16:23.10 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 00:16:23.10\00:16:25.10 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many 00:16:25.10\00:16:27.10 shall wax cold. 00:16:27.10\00:16:28.63 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be" 00:16:28.63\00:16:32.70 what, everybody? 00:16:32.70\00:16:33.70 Aud.: Saved. 00:16:33.70\00:16:34.70 PB: But comes, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 00:16:34.70\00:16:41.16 in all the world for a witness unto all nations; 00:16:41.16\00:16:43.56 and then shall the end" what, everybody? 00:16:43.56\00:16:45.83 Aud.: Come. 00:16:45.83\00:16:46.83 PB: So we don't know when He's coming, 00:16:46.83\00:16:48.83 but we know the signs. 00:16:48.83\00:16:49.83 Wars and rumors of wars. 00:16:49.83\00:16:50.83 Nations against nations, kingdoms against kingdoms, 00:16:50.83\00:16:53.46 deception will be rampant. 00:16:53.46\00:16:55.70 All of these things will take place in different places. 00:16:55.70\00:16:58.90 Many false prophets shall arise. 00:16:58.90\00:17:01.53 Iniquity then shall abound so the love of many shall 00:17:01.53\00:17:05.56 wax cold. 00:17:05.56\00:17:06.56 But God says you've got to endure to the end. 00:17:06.56\00:17:09.40 We don't know when He's coming, but we know 00:17:09.40\00:17:11.83 He's coming soon. 00:17:11.83\00:17:12.83 We see the signs of His coming, but since we don't know 00:17:12.83\00:17:14.83 when He's coming we just have to be ready every minute 00:17:14.83\00:17:17.83 of the hour for His soon return. 00:17:17.83\00:17:19.83 Now, quickly, how will Jesus return? 00:17:19.83\00:17:21.83 Go with me to the book of Acts. 00:17:21.83\00:17:22.83 What book, everybody? 00:17:22.83\00:17:23.83 Aud.: Acts. 00:17:23.83\00:17:24.83 PB: Come on, what book, everybody? 00:17:24.83\00:17:26.83 Aud.: Acts. 00:17:26.83\00:17:27.83 PB: Acts, chapter 1. 00:17:27.83\00:17:28.76 Quickly, how will Jesus return? 00:17:28.76\00:17:29.76 The Word of God speaks to us in Acts, chapter 1, 00:17:29.76\00:17:31.83 and we're going to verse number 9. Acts chapter 1, 00:17:31.83\00:17:34.40 and we're going to verse number 9. 00:17:34.40\00:17:36.86 The Word of God says to us in Acts chapter 1 verse 9, 00:17:36.86\00:17:39.56 "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, 00:17:39.56\00:17:42.70 he was taken" where? 00:17:42.70\00:17:43.70 Aud.: Up. 00:17:43.70\00:17:44.70 PB: Come on, He was taken where? 00:17:44.70\00:17:46.70 "Up; and a cloud received him out of their" what? 00:17:46.70\00:17:48.70 Aud.: Sight. 00:17:48.70\00:17:49.70 PB: "And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven 00:17:49.70\00:17:51.70 as he went up, behold," how many men? 00:17:51.70\00:17:53.70 Aud.: Two. 00:17:53.70\00:17:54.70 PB: "Stood by them" in what? 00:17:54.70\00:17:55.70 Aud.: White. 00:17:55.70\00:17:56.70 PB: "Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand 00:17:56.70\00:17:58.70 ye gazing up into heaven? 00:17:58.70\00:17:59.70 this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, 00:17:59.70\00:18:01.76 shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him" 00:18:01.76\00:18:03.76 what, everybody? 00:18:03.76\00:18:04.76 Aud.: Go into heaven. 00:18:04.76\00:18:05.76 PB: "As ye have seen him" what, everybody? 00:18:05.76\00:18:07.76 Aud.: Go. 00:18:07.76\00:18:08.76 PB: Go into heaven, which means then, Jesus, after He 00:18:08.76\00:18:11.20 was crucified. 00:18:11.20\00:18:13.96 After He died on Calvary's tree. 00:18:13.96\00:18:17.20 After He got up, when He ascended back to heaven, 00:18:17.20\00:18:21.93 He ascended back up in the air. 00:18:21.93\00:18:25.23 The Bible says that two angels told the people of God, 00:18:25.23\00:18:29.53 the same way He left is the same way He's coming back. 00:18:29.53\00:18:36.06 Which means then, if He left in the air, He's coming back 00:18:36.06\00:18:42.36 in the air, so if someone tells you I see Jesus walking 00:18:42.36\00:18:46.03 around in Huntsville, Alabama, you know that's a lie 00:18:46.03\00:18:50.13 from the pits of hell. 00:18:50.13\00:18:52.00 Because the say way Jesus left is the same way Jesus 00:18:52.00\00:18:56.86 is coming back. 00:18:56.86\00:18:57.86 Do I have a witness in this place? 00:18:57.86\00:19:00.06 [Aud. reaction] PB: So we know He's coming soon 00:19:00.06\00:19:02.53 to get His people. 00:19:02.53\00:19:03.83 We know the signs of how He's coming. 00:19:03.83\00:19:05.83 We know He left in the clouds, which means He's coming back 00:19:05.83\00:19:09.53 in the what? 00:19:09.53\00:19:10.53 Clouds. 00:19:10.53\00:19:11.53 Go to Revelation, chapter 1, verse number 7. 00:19:11.53\00:19:14.70 Let's get some Word. 00:19:14.70\00:19:16.56 I don't think preaching should just be decibel 00:19:16.56\00:19:18.63 levels. 00:19:18.63\00:19:19.63 If you're going to holler, say something worth hollering 00:19:19.63\00:19:21.63 about. 00:19:21.63\00:19:22.63 [Aud. reaction] PB: We've got too much 00:19:22.63\00:19:24.63 preaching and all this hollering and screaming, and we jump, 00:19:24.63\00:19:27.63 shout and scream. 00:19:27.63\00:19:28.56 When we get out of church, we don't know what we've jumped, 00:19:28.56\00:19:31.63 shouted and screamed about. 00:19:31.63\00:19:32.63 You've got to know what's in the Word, know what you 00:19:32.63\00:19:34.63 believe, know why you believe it, and know where it's found. 00:19:34.63\00:19:36.63 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 00:19:36.63\00:19:38.63 Time is over for cotton candy preaching, big and sweet 00:19:38.63\00:19:40.66 on the outside but hollow and empty on the inside. 00:19:40.66\00:19:43.96 Let's know what the Word of God says for ourselves. 00:19:43.96\00:19:47.06 The Bible says in Revelation, chapter 1, verse number 7. 00:19:47.06\00:19:51.00 If you have it, let me hear you say amen. 00:19:51.00\00:19:53.00 Aud.: Amen. 00:19:53.00\00:19:54.00 PB: The Word of God says in Revelation, chapter 1 00:19:54.00\00:19:56.13 and verse number 7, "Behold, he cometh with" what? 00:19:56.13\00:19:59.23 Aud.: Clouds. 00:19:59.23\00:20:00.23 PB: "And every" what? 00:20:00.23\00:20:01.23 Aud.: Eye. 00:20:01.23\00:20:02.23 PB: "Shall" what? 00:20:02.23\00:20:03.23 Aud.: See him. 00:20:03.23\00:20:04.23 PB: "And they also which" what? 00:20:04.23\00:20:06.23 Aud.: Pierced him. 00:20:06.23\00:20:07.23 PB: "And all kindreds of the earth shall wail because 00:20:07.23\00:20:09.23 of him. 00:20:09.23\00:20:10.23 Even so," what, everybody? 00:20:10.23\00:20:11.23 Aud.: Amen. 00:20:11.23\00:20:12.23 PB: Even the Bible has some soul. 00:20:12.23\00:20:15.20 Come on, say amen. 00:20:15.20\00:20:16.86 Aud.: Amen. 00:20:16.86\00:20:17.86 PB: Every living eye is going to see Him. 00:20:17.86\00:20:21.13 Which means, when Jesus comes back it will not be a secret 00:20:21.13\00:20:26.03 rapture. 00:20:26.03\00:20:27.03 [Aud. reaction] PB: When Jesus comes back 00:20:27.03\00:20:31.76 people in Huntsville are going to see Him the same 00:20:31.76\00:20:36.03 time people in Atlanta see Him. 00:20:36.03\00:20:39.43 People in Atlanta that see Him are going to see Him 00:20:39.43\00:20:42.63 at the same time people in New York are going 00:20:42.63\00:20:48.00 to see Him. 00:20:48.00\00:20:49.00 People in New York are going to see Him at the same time 00:20:49.00\00:20:51.00 people in Los Angeles are going to see Him. 00:20:51.00\00:20:53.00 The people in Los Angeles are going to see Him at the same 00:20:53.00\00:20:56.00 time people in London are going to see Him. 00:20:56.00\00:20:58.00 People in London are going to see Him at the same time 00:20:58.00\00:21:01.16 people in Paris are going to see Him. 00:21:01.16\00:21:03.83 People in Paris are going to see Him at the same time 00:21:03.83\00:21:06.83 people in Jamaica are going to see Him. 00:21:06.83\00:21:09.30 People in Jamaica are going to see Him at the same time 00:21:09.30\00:21:12.43 people in Trinidad and Tobago are going to see Him. 00:21:12.43\00:21:15.06 People in Trinidad and Tobago are going to see Him 00:21:15.06\00:21:18.06 at the same time people in Africa are going 00:21:18.06\00:21:20.20 to see Him. 00:21:20.20\00:21:27.93 The people in Africa are going to see Him at the same time 00:21:27.93\00:21:29.90 the people in Asia are going to see Him, because every living 00:21:29.90\00:21:35.86 eye is going to see Him, and we're going to see Him 00:21:35.86\00:21:41.50 at the same time. 00:21:41.50\00:21:43.36 [Aud. reaction] PB: So He's coming back 00:21:43.36\00:21:46.63 to get His people. 00:21:46.63\00:21:48.50 We don't know when He's coming but we know He's 00:21:48.50\00:21:53.16 coming soon. 00:21:53.16\00:21:54.16 Signs, wars, rumors of wars, kingdoms against kingdoms, 00:21:54.16\00:21:57.86 deception is rampant, the love of many is going to wax cold. 00:21:57.86\00:22:03.86 We don't know when, but we've got the signs. 00:22:03.86\00:22:06.30 And we're living in the signs right now. 00:22:06.30\00:22:10.76 The same way He left this earth is the same way He's coming back 00:22:10.76\00:22:16.00 to this earth. 00:22:16.00\00:22:17.46 He left in a cloud, He's coming back in a cloud. 00:22:17.46\00:22:23.90 When He comes back, every eye is going to see Him. 00:22:23.90\00:22:31.13 Now, if every eye is going to see Him, what are the groups 00:22:34.03\00:22:38.23 of people that will be present for His second coming? 00:22:38.23\00:22:44.76 He's coming to save us, every eye is going to see Him, 00:22:44.76\00:22:48.33 but who will compose these eyes? 00:22:48.33\00:22:52.23 Go to 1 Thessalonians, chapter 4, verse number 16. 00:22:52.23\00:22:58.03 Know what you believe, know why you believe it, know 00:22:58.03\00:23:04.56 where it's found. 00:23:04.56\00:23:06.50 First Thessalonians, chapter 4, verse number 16. 00:23:06.50\00:23:11.03 First Thessalonians, chapter 4, and verse number 16. 00:23:11.03\00:23:16.20 The Word of God says, "For the Lord himself shall 00:23:16.20\00:23:22.13 descend from heaven with a" what, everybody? 00:23:22.13\00:23:24.56 Aud.: Shout. 00:23:24.56\00:23:25.56 PB: Come on, say it like you mean it. 00:23:25.56\00:23:27.56 Shall descend from heaven with a what, everybody? 00:23:27.56\00:23:29.50 Aud.: Shout! 00:23:29.50\00:23:30.50 PB: "With the voice of the archangel, 00:23:30.50\00:23:32.56 and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ 00:23:32.56\00:23:34.56 shall rise first." 00:23:34.56\00:23:37.66 Now, I'm not ashamed of the gospel, 00:23:37.66\00:23:40.30 I'm going to preach it like the Word of God says. 00:23:40.30\00:23:43.96 The dead in Christ are going to rise first, which means 00:23:43.96\00:23:48.86 then at Jesus' second coming the righteous dead at that time 00:23:48.86\00:23:54.03 are going to rise first. 00:23:54.03\00:23:56.83 Now keep reading, verse number 17, I believe it says, 00:23:56.83\00:23:59.30 "Then we which are alive and" what? 00:23:59.30\00:24:03.70 "Remain shall be caught up together with them in the" 00:24:03.70\00:24:06.00 what? 00:24:06.00\00:24:07.00 Aud.: Clouds. 00:24:07.00\00:24:08.00 PB: "To meet the Lord in the" what? 00:24:08.00\00:24:10.00 Aud.: Air. 00:24:10.00\00:24:11.00 PB: "And so shall we ever be with the" whom, everybody? 00:24:11.00\00:24:13.00 Aud.: Lord. 00:24:13.00\00:24:14.00 PB: Which means then, those persons who are righteous 00:24:14.00\00:24:16.00 and alive at Jesus' second coming, after the dead 00:24:16.00\00:24:19.26 in Christ rise first they are then going to be caught 00:24:19.26\00:24:22.33 up to meet the Lord in the air. 00:24:22.33\00:24:24.56 [Aud. reaction] PB: That makes sense. 00:24:24.56\00:24:27.23 Why would Jesus come down and get them 00:24:27.23\00:24:29.53 off this earth physically? 00:24:29.53\00:24:30.53 They've got to be caught up to meet the Lord in the air 00:24:30.53\00:24:32.76 because we just read that He's coming back the same way 00:24:32.76\00:24:35.40 He left, in the air, which means the righteous must be caught up 00:24:35.40\00:24:39.20 to meet Him in the air. 00:24:39.20\00:24:40.46 Group number one, the righteous dead. 00:24:40.46\00:24:44.73 They died. 00:24:44.73\00:24:45.86 Righteous dead, rise what? 00:24:45.86\00:24:48.10 Aud.: First. 00:24:48.10\00:24:49.10 PB: First. 00:24:49.10\00:24:50.10 Come on, righteous dead rise what? 00:24:50.10\00:24:52.10 Aud.: First. 00:24:52.10\00:24:53.10 PB: Group number two, the righteous living, are caught 00:24:53.10\00:24:56.10 up to meet the Lord in the what? 00:24:56.10\00:24:58.10 Aud.: Air. 00:24:58.10\00:24:59.10 PB: Group number three. 00:24:59.10\00:25:00.16 Go to 2 Thessalonians, get some Word in you. 00:25:00.16\00:25:02.93 Teach you, then preach you. 00:25:02.93\00:25:08.30 Second Thessalonians, chapter 2, verse number 8. 00:25:08.30\00:25:13.66 Second Thessalonians, chapter 2, verse number 8, 00:25:13.66\00:25:16.80 the Word of God says to us, "And then shall that Wicked 00:25:16.80\00:25:19.53 be revealed," saith the Lord, "whom the Lord shall consume 00:25:19.53\00:25:23.36 with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy 00:25:23.36\00:25:27.33 with the brightness of his" what? Aud.: Coming. 00:25:27.33\00:25:29.30 PB: "Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan 00:25:29.30\00:25:31.30 with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all 00:25:31.30\00:25:33.46 deceivableness of unrighteousness in them 00:25:33.46\00:25:35.46 that perish; because they received not 00:25:35.46\00:25:37.46 the love of the truth, that they might be" what? 00:25:37.46\00:25:39.46 Aud.: Saved. 00:25:39.46\00:25:40.46 PB: "And for this cause God shall send them strong 00:25:40.46\00:25:42.46 delusion, that they should believe a" what, everybody? 00:25:42.46\00:25:44.46 Aud.: Lie. 00:25:44.46\00:25:45.46 PB: "That they all might be damned who believed not 00:25:45.46\00:25:47.46 the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 00:25:47.46\00:25:51.30 Who enjoy sin. 00:25:51.30\00:25:54.63 Who have joy and happiness, pleasure in unrighteousness. 00:25:54.63\00:25:59.93 PB: Thank you very much for tuning in and watching 00:25:59.93\00:26:03.40 Breath of Life today. 00:26:03.40\00:26:04.40 We do hope that you were blessed by our ministry 00:26:04.40\00:26:07.90 and that we gave a healing world in a hurting world. 00:26:07.90\00:26:12.50 In order for Breath of Life to continue ministry, 00:26:12.50\00:26:14.96 we need you. 00:26:14.96\00:26:16.13 We need your prayers, we need your support. 00:26:16.13\00:26:18.80 We want you to know that any and all donations, small 00:26:18.80\00:26:21.96 or great, they are sincerely welcomed and appreciated. 00:26:21.96\00:26:26.03 To contact us or to make your donations, please feel free 00:26:26.03\00:26:29.13 to give us a call at 877-BOL-OFFER. 00:26:29.13\00:26:33.70 That's 877-BOL-OFFER, or you may write to us at 00:26:33.70\00:26:42.36 Breath of Life, P.O. 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