Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000552A
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00:06 SERMON NUMBER B552 THE SECOND COMING 00:12 [BREATH OF LIFE THEME MUSIC] 00:20 PB: Let's pray. God, bless us now. 00:21 We are grateful that we have been reminded that God, 00:25 You are everything we need. And so God, 00:28 as we go in this Word, we pray for the power 00:30 of Your Holy Spirit to dwell in us, through us, around us. 00:33 Just get all up in this place tonight. 00:36 God, we praise You in advance for what 00:38 You're going to do. Now, hide me behind Your cross. 00:40 Make Your Word plain to Your people tonight, 00:42 and when we leave here, that we will be able 00:44 to say it was good to have been here. 00:46 In the name of Jesus, let everyone say amen. 00:48 Aud.: Amen. PB: And amen. 00:50 We're going to start off in Genesis. 00:52 Everybody go to the book of Genesis. 00:53 What book, everybody? 00:53 Aud.: Genesis. 00:54 PB: Come on, talk to me. What book, everybody. 00:56 Aud.: Genesis. 00:57 PB: You gotta say amen to me. Saying amen to a 00:59 preacher is like saying sic 'em to a dog. So come on, 01:01 let's start. Talk back to me, now. 01:03 We're going to the book of what, everybody? 01:05 Aud.: Genesis. 01:06 PB: That's better. Genesis chapter 1, 01:07 and we're going to verse 1. Tonight we're going 01:09 to talk about God's second coming in the person 01:11 of Jesus Christ. Genesis chapter 1, verse number 1. 01:15 You should have it by now. If you have it, 01:17 let me hear you say amen. 01:19 Aud.: Amen. 01:20 PB: The Word of God says "In the"--what? 01:22 Aud.: Beginning. 01:23 PB: Talk to me. In the what? 01:23 Aud.: Beginning. 01:24 PB: "God created the heavens and the" what? 01:26 Aud.: Earth. 01:27 PB: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the"--what? 01:29 Aud.: Earth. 01:31 PB: And then the Bible says, "The earth was without form and"--what? 01:33 Aud.: Void. 01:34 PB: "And darkness was upon the face of the"--what? 01:35 Aud.: Deep. 01:37 PB: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the"--what, everybody? 01:40 Aud.: Waters. 01:41 PB: So we discover--stop there--we discover that in the beginning- 01:44 -we don't know when that beginning was, 'cause God has always been here. 01:47 But in the beginning, whenever the beginning was. God is alpha 01:51 and God is omega. In the beginning, 01:53 God created the heavens and the what, everybody? 01:56 Aud.: Earth. 01:57 PB: Now, the Bible says in verse 2 that 01:59 "the earth was without form and"--what? 02:02 Aud.: Void. 02:03 PB: That lets me know that God created this earth, 02:05 but there was life in heaven, but the earth was without form and what? 02:10 Aud.: Void. 02:11 PB: Now we know and understand that the Bible is 02:14 not written chronologically. By that I mean, 02:18 the Bible doesn't start in Genesis and then automatically 02:21 Exodus and what. No. The Bible, we will discover tonight, 02:24 begins in Genesis 1:1, but we will discover chronologically, 02:29 we're going to go on over to Isaiah. We'll go to Revelation 02:32 and we're going to come back to Genesis. Is that all right, everybody? 02:35 In the beginning, whenever that was, God created the 02:39 heavens and the earth. There was then life in heaven, 02:43 but the earth was without form and what? 02:46 Aud.: Void. 02:47 PB: Now, what goes on in heaven? Take your Bibles now, 02:48 put a bookmark in Genesis 1:1, and go now to the book of Isaiah. 02:52 And we're going to Isaiah chapter 14. Isaiah 14. Again, 02:56 don't be deceived by the devil when we study the Word of God, 02:59 but know what you believe, know why you believe it, 03:01 and know where it's found. Go to the book of Isaiah, 03:04 and we're going to Isaiah chapter 14, and we're going 03:06 to verse number 12. Isaiah, chapter 14 and we're going 03:10 to verse number 12. The Word of God says, Isaiah 14, 03:15 verse 12. If you have it, let me hear you say amen. 03:17 Aud.: Amen. 03:18 PB: The Word says, "How art thou fallen from heaven, 03:20 O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down 03:23 to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 03:26 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into"--where? 03:31 Aud.: Heaven. 03:32 PB: Come on, talk to me. I will ascend into where? Heaven. 03:34 "I will exalt my throne above the stars of"--whom, everybody? 03:38 Aud.: God. 03:40 PB: "I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, 03:42 in the sides of the north." Verse number 14, 03:44 "I will ascend above the heights of the"--what? 03:48 Aud.: Clouds. 03:49 PB: "I will be like the most High." In the beginning, 03:55 God created the heavens and the earth. There's no life 03:59 on planet earth, because the earth is without 04:02 form and what, everybody? 04:03 Aud.: Void. 04:04 PB: But God's Word says that in heaven there is life, 04:08 and we know there is life because we have read from 04:11 Isaiah 14 where Lucifer says "I want to be like God." 04:14 I want to be like the Most High. I want to ascend 04:20 above the heights of the clouds. Now, I must admit, 04:23 and I must acknowledge right now, if I would have 04:25 been last on the totem pole in heaven, 04:27 I would have been all right. 04:28 [Aud. reaction] 04:29 PB: Here is Lucifer, chief of the angels. 04:32 You've got the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost. 04:34 Chief angel, and he's not satisfied with 04:37 being where he is. He says, I've got to ascend 04:41 to the heavens. I have to be exalted. 04:43 I have to sit on the mount of the congregation. 04:45 I must ascend above the heights of the clouds. 04:47 I will be like the Most High. 04:50 Well, I don't know what home you were raised in, 04:52 but in my home there could not be two cooks in the kitchen. 04:55 [Aud. reaction] 04:56 PB: There could only be one cook in the kitchen. 04:58 Are you hearing what I'm saying? I don't know 05:00 where you come from, but you know two vision, 05:02 that is division. There only can be one leader. 05:06 Are you hearing what I'm saying, everybody? 05:08 Lucifer wanted to be a god. But God is God alone, 05:10 and God doesn't need help from anybody else, 05:13 because God is sovereign and God can do what He wants, 05:17 when He wants, where He wants, how He wants, 05:19 and He doesn't have to ask you or me for permission 05:22 to do as He wants. He's God! But Lucifer wanted 05:26 to be a god, so we have a problem. 05:28 Let's go to Revelation. Let's go to Revelation chapter 12, 05:32 and let's go to verse number 7. Revelation chapter 12, 05:35 verse number 7. And the Word of God says to us in 05:38 Revelation chapter 12, verse number 7. 05:41 Revelation chapter 12, verse number 7. 05:43 If you have it, let me hear you say amen. 05:46 Aud.: Amen. 05:47 PB: The Word of God says, "And there was war in" where? 05:49 Aud.: Heaven. 05:50 PB: Heaven. "Michael and his angels"--Michael 05:51 represents Jesus. Michael represents whom, everybody? 05:53 Aud.: Jesus. 05:54 PB: Michael and his angels "fought against the dragon." 05:56 The dragon represents Satan. The dragon represents whom, everybody? 05:59 Aud.: Satan. 06:00 PB: "Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; 06:01 and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; 06:04 neither was their place found any more in heaven. 06:06 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, 06:09 called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole" what? 06:12 Aud.: World. 06:13 PB: And "he was cast out into the earth, 06:15 and his angels were cast out with him." All right, let's digress. 06:22 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the what, everybody? 06:24 Aud.: Earth. 06:26 PB: Come on, in the beginning God created the heavens and the what? 06:27 Aud.: Earth. 06:27 PB: Do we know when the beginning was? 06:28 Aud.: No. 06:30 PB: No. We just know that in the beginning God 06:31 created the heavens and the what, everybody? 06:32 Aud.: Earth. 06:33 PB: In the beginning there was life in heaven, 06:36 no life on earth, because the text says in 06:38 verse 2 of Genesis 1, "And the earth was without form and" what? 06:42 Aud.: Void. 06:43 PB: "Darkness was upon the face of the" what? 06:45 Aud.: Deep. 06:46 PB: And the Spirit of God later moved upon the 06:48 face of the waters. But before the Spirit of 06:50 God moved upon the face of the waters, we have 06:52 read in Isaiah 14 that Satan, Lucifer, the devil, 06:56 the dragon, wanted to be as God. He was not 06:59 satisfied with his place and stature in heaven, 07:02 but he wanted to be like the Most High God. 07:04 He was jealous You do understand that all 07:07 of our sin is rooted in our selfishness. 07:09 [Aud. reaction] 07:11 PB: What we want. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 07:14 So, Lucifer's sin was rooted in his selfishness, 07:17 what he wanted. He wasn't satisfied with being who 07:20 God made him to be, but he wanted to be what 07:23 he wanted to be. And so Lucifer wants to be 07:26 like the Most High God. We skip down to Revelation, 07:29 and Revelation 12:7 says because of that, there was 07:32 war in heaven. Did Lucifer really think he was 07:35 going to beat my Jesus? Did he really think he 07:38 was going to beat Jesus? Let that be a lesson 07:40 for us tonight. Understand, I don't care what 07:43 Satan thinks he can do. I don't care what 07:46 Satan thinks he can do to you. Satan is no match for Jesus! 07:51 [Aud. reaction] 07:52 PB: Understand tonight, the devil is not afraid of you. 07:55 The devil is afraid of the Holy Ghost that's living 07:58 inside of you. That's why, friends of mine, 08:01 when the devil comes to knock you down, 08:03 when the devil comes to beat you up, 08:05 all you've got to do is say "get thee behind me, 08:08 Satan, in the name of Jesus." Because Satan is 08:11 no match for Jesus, and because the Holy Ghost 08:15 is living inside of you, you will overcome the devil, 08:18 because greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 08:22 [Aud. reaction] 08:23 PB: All right, so, in the beginning, 08:25 God created the heavens and the what, everybody? 08:26 Aud.: Earth. 08:28 PB: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the what? 08:29 Aud.: Earth. 08:30 PB: Is there life on earth? No. 08:31 Is there life in heaven? Yes. 08:33 Satan wants to be like Whom? 08:35 Aud.: God. 08:36 PB: There is then war in what? 08:37 Aud.: Heaven. 08:38 PB: Jesus and His angels defeat Satan and his angels. 08:41 Satan and his angels are cast to the what? Earth. 08:45 His job is to deceive. When does he begin his deceptive activity? 08:54 Go back to Genesis 1. "In the beginning God created the heavens 08:59 and the earth." Verse 2, "And the earth was without form, and void; 09:03 and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of 09:07 God moved upon the face of the waters." Verse 3 says, 09:11 "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." 09:16 And so, God goes on each and every day and He creates something new, 09:20 something different. He institutes something in Genesis 2, 09:24 and we're going to talk about that a little later on in the revival. 09:26 But then we come to Genesis chapter 3. And in Genesis chapter 3, 09:31 Satan begins his deceptive activity here on earth. 09:36 Satan begins to deceive our fore parents, Adam and Eve. 09:41 Adam and Eve. God told them, don't eat of the fruit of 09:46 the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God told them, 09:49 don't even go near it. If you go near it, you're going 09:53 to get in trouble. God said, don't touch it, don't eat of it, 09:57 because in the day that ye shall eat, ye shall surely what, everybody? 10:01 Aud.: Die. 10:02 PB: That's what Adam and Eve's problem was. 10:04 Not only did they eat of the fruit, but the reality 10:06 is they disobeyed God. Why did they disobey God? 10:09 Because they yielded to temptation. Had they heeded God's counsel, 10:13 they would have never been eating fruit in the first place. 10:15 Pastor Byrd, what do you mean? Adam and Eve's 10:17 problem was they were hanging around the tree. 10:21 If they had never gone near the tree, 10:24 they would have never had any problems eating 10:27 from the tree. But because they were hanging around the tree, 10:30 they were tempted by the fruit on the tree. 10:33 And you know what the problem is? Some of 10:36 us have that same problem. Some of us have 10:38 trees in our lives that God has told us don't 10:41 go near them, don't touch them, don't hang around them, 10:44 because if you eat of them, you're going to die. 10:47 But we get in trouble hanging around the tree. 10:50 And everybody in here has a tree. 10:55 Let me give you some counsel. 10:58 If you know you've got a problem with a certain tree, 11:00 quit hanging around that tree. Do I have a witness in this place? 11:04 [Aud. reaction] 11:05 PB: Adam and Eve under the tree, Satan deceives them. 11:09 You shall not die, and surely what happened? 11:11 They what, everybody? Died. 11:13 Now go to Romans 5, because let me tell you what 11:18 Adam's sin did to all of us. Go to Romans chapter 5, 11:22 and go to verse number 20; 12, rather. Romans chapter 5 11:27 and verse number 12. Romans chapter 5 and verse number 12. 11:33 This is now the problem we're facing. Romans 5:12, 11:36 the Word of God says, "Wherefore, as by one man sin 11:41 entered into the world, and death by" what? Sin. 11:45 "And so death passed upon all men, 11:50 for that all have"--what, everybody? 11:52 Aud.: Sinned. 11:53 PB: All right, let's stop there. Because of 11:55 Adam and Eve's sin, death, has come upon all men, 12:02 because of their sin, sin and death has now passed 12:08 on all of us. All of us have sinned. News flash tonight. 12:16 I don't care how holy you think you are. 12:18 I don't care how righteous you think you are. 12:21 I don't care how much you think you've got it going on. 12:25 You may think you are a bag of chips and then some, 12:29 but understand tonight, you're a sinner. I'm a sinner. 12:33 We are all sinners. All of us have come short of 12:39 the glory of God. All of us are sinners. 12:42 Everybody up in here is an ex-something. 12:45 I wish I had a witness in this place. 12:47 [Aud. reaction] 12:48 PB: And everybody up in here, if it had not 12:50 been for the grace of God, where would we be. 12:53 So make sure you don't point your finger at 12:55 somebody else, because you've got three fingers 12:57 pointing back at you. Make sure you don't talk 12:59 about somebody else, 'cause you don't live in 13:02 a glass house, either. All have sinned and 13:04 come short of the glory of God. 13:06 But the good news is that God had a dilemma. 13:10 With Adam and Eve's sin, God had a dilemma. 13:13 God's dilemma was that either He excuses sin or 13:18 He destroys Adam and Eve, and he starts all over. 13:22 The devil thought he had God. The devil thought he 13:26 had a checkmate. Either God's going to excuse what 13:30 Adam and Eve, what they had done, which goes 13:32 against who God is, or God has to kill 13:35 Adam and Eve and start all over. 13:38 What's the solution? Send Jesus. Ha ha. 13:43 [Aud. reaction] 13:43 PB: Send Jesus. Send my very best. 13:46 For God so loved the world that He gave His 13:49 only begotten Son that whosever believeth in 13:51 Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 13:53 For the wages of sin is death. We deserve death. 13:58 But praise God, the gift of God is eternal life 14:01 through Jesus Christ our Lord. He was wounded for 14:03 our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities. 14:06 The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, 14:08 but by His stripes tonight, we are healed. 14:11 Buddha can't do it, Confucius can't do it, 14:14 Mohammad can't do it. There is only one name 14:17 under heaven whereby we can be saved, 14:20 and that's the name of Jesus! 14:24 [Aud. reaction] 14:25 PB: And so that means Jesus had to come to 14:28 this earth. In the beginning, God created 14:31 the heaven and the what? Earth. 14:32 Satan wanted to be like Whom? God. 14:35 There is war in where? 14:37 [Aud. reaction]Heaven. 14:38 PB: Satan and his angels are defeated 14:39 and they are cast to the what? 14:41 Aud.: Earth. 14:41 PB: They begin their deceptive activity 14:43 in the Garden of what, everybody? 14:45 Aud.: Eden. 14:46 PB: As sin passed on Adam and one man, 14:48 sin passed on all men. All of us are sinners. 14:52 God either excuses sin, or God creates another 14:55 Adam and Eve. God's solution? Send Jesus. 14:59 And so Jesus had to come the first time, 15:01 to save us from our sins. Matthew chapter 1, 15:05 verse 21, "And she shall bring forth a son. 15:08 Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall 15:11 save his people from their sins." So Jesus 15:14 had to come the first time to save us from 15:17 our evil talk. To save us from our evil walk. 15:22 He had to come to save His people from their sins. 15:26 Save us from lying. Save us from adultery. 15:30 Save us from stealing. Save us from doubt. 15:34 He had to seek and to save that which was lost. 15:38 That's why He came the first time, 15:41 to save us from our sins. And the Bible 15:44 says that whoever believes on the name of Jesus, 15:48 he shall be saved. But the problem is many people 15:55 don't believe on Jesus. They don't believe that 16:00 He's a bridge over troubled waters. 16:02 They don't believe that He's a way maker. 16:06 They don't believe that He's a shelter in 16:10 the time of storm. They don't believe He's 16:13 a bill payer when the rent is due. Everybody 16:18 doesn't believe that Jesus has the power to save us, 16:22 so as a result we live in a world full of sin, strife, 16:25 mess and stress. You name it, we have it. 16:32 The world is sick. And I'm told that if 16:37 somebody is sick, somebody needs a doctor. 16:42 The first time He came to save us from our sins, 16:45 but now because we're sick, Jesus has to come 16:50 back and get His people. So, Dr. Jesus says, 16:55 don't worry about planet earth, I've got this 16:57 thing under control. He says in John chapter 14, 17:01 Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, 17:04 believe also in Me. In My Father's house 17:06 are many mansions; if it were not so, 17:08 I would have told you. I go and prepare a place for you. 17:11 If I go and prepare a place for you, 17:14 I will come again and receive you unto Myself, 17:15 that where I am, there ye may be also. 17:17 Because of sin, the first time Jesus came, 17:19 He came to save His people. The second time He comes, 17:24 He's coming back to get His people. Praise the name of Jesus. 17:32 [Aud. reaction] 17:33 PB: That's why as Christians we ought to be excited. 17:35 As Christians, we ought to say hallelujah! 17:38 Thank You, Jesus! Because Jesus is coming back 17:42 to get us. That's what every day I live for, 17:46 to live with Jesus Christ. I love my wife, 17:49 I love my children, I love you. But I love me 17:52 some Jesus. And one day soon, Jesus is coming 17:56 back to get us, and eyes have not seen neither 17:59 ears heard, nor has it entered into the heart 18:01 of man the things that God has prepared for them that love Him. 18:04 And so, Jesus is coming. But when is He coming? 18:10 I mean, preachers have been preaching that for years. 18:13 Teachers have been teaching that for years. 18:15 When I was a little boy, my parents told me 18:17 that Jesus is coming, Jesus is coming! Okay, 18:19 I'm still here. When is He coming? Let's find out. 18:22 Take your Bibles, go to work. Let's go to the 18:24 book of Matthew. Matthew chapter 24. 18:26 Matthew chapter what everybody? 18:28 Aud.: Twenty-four. 18:29 PB: Matthew chapter 24. Let's get some Word. 18:30 Let's get some Word. We're not dealing with phantom 18:32 Scriptures tonight. Let's get some Word. 18:34 Matthew chapter 24. Matthew chapter what, everybody? 18:36 Aud.: Twenty-four. 18:37 PB: And let's go to verse number 36. 18:38 When is Jesus coming? Matthew 24, verse number 36. 18:43 The Word of God says to us tonight. I'm reading it, 18:45 if you have it, let me hear you say amen. 18:46 Aud.: Amen. 18:47 PB: All right, let's get some Word. 18:48 "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, 18:50 not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 18:51 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also 18:54 the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the 18:56 days that were before the flood they were eating and" 18:58 --what, everybody? Aud.: Drinking. 18:59 PB: "Marrying and giving in"--what, everybody? 19:00 Aud.: Marriage. 19:01 PB: "Until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 19:03 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; 19:04 so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." 19:06 Stop. Do we know when He's coming? 19:09 Aud.: No. 19:11 PB: No, but we know He's coming soon. 19:12 Well, how do we know He's coming soon? 19:13 Because the Bible says just as it was in Noah's day, 19:16 that's just how it's going to be in the day Jesus comes. 19:19 The Bible says that in Noah's day they were 19:22 eating and what, everybody? 19:23 Aud.: Drinking. 19:24 PB: Today, everybody is eating and drinking 19:25 whatever they want to eat or drink. In fact, 19:27 people say I don't care if it's bad for me, 19:29 but if I pray for it and bless it, it's fine. 19:31 No, no, no. Eating and drinking. Marrying and 19:39 giving in marriage. Today, people change marriage 19:44 mates like they change magazine subscriptions. 19:47 Nobody wants to talk about it. Oh, we don't 19:50 want to offend. I'm not here to offend either, 19:52 but I'm here to stand on the Word of God. 19:54 [Aud. reaction] 19:55 PB: Somebody's got to cry aloud and spare not. 19:58 The Bible says marrying and giving in marriage, 20:00 they're doing it today. Marrying any and everybody. 20:03 Men with women, women with men, men with men, 20:06 women with women, everybody. As it was in the 20:09 days of Noah, so shall it also be in the coming 20:12 of the Son of man. We know He's coming soon. 20:18 Noah entered the ark. The flood came and took 20:22 them all away. Only eight people got in the ark. 20:26 That's why you can't worry about what everybody 20:29 else is doing. You'd better do what thus saith 20:32 the Lord. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 20:34 Me and God is always a majority. I'm getting 20:36 to the point, particularly I get older, 20:40 I don't care what people say about me. 20:43 I don't care what they think about me. 20:44 I've been lied on, cheated on, talked about, 20:47 mistreated up, down, to the ground, 20:48 but as long as I've got King Jesus, 20:50 I don't need anybody else! 20:55 [Aud. reaction] 20:56 PB: His coming is soon. But look at verse 42. 21:00 So, "watch therefore: for ye know not what 21:03 hour your Lord doth come." Verse 44, 21:06 "Therefore be ye also ready." 21:07 Everybody say "ready." Aud.: Ready. 21:09 PB: "For in such an hour as ye think 21:10 not the Son of man cometh." 21:13 So, do we know when He's coming? 21:15 Aud.: No. 21:16 PB: No. So if anybody's walking around and 21:18 talking about Jesus coming January 1, 2018, 21:19 that's a lie from the pits of hell. 21:21 [Aud. reaction] 21:22 PB: When people walk around talking about 21:24 January 1, 2000, Jesus is coming, the change 21:26 of the millennium, He's coming, He's coming, 21:27 coming, that's a lie from the pits of hell. 21:29 Because the Bible says no one knows the day 21:31 nor the hour. People have predicted for years, 21:34 and He's still not here, because we can't predict it. 21:37 We're not God. Not even the angels know, 21:39 only God and God alone. But we know He's 21:42 coming real what, everybody? 21:43 Aud.: Soon. 21:44 PB: Because the Bible says, as it was in 21:46 the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the 21:49 coming of the Son of what, everybody? 21:50 Aud.: Man. 21:51 PB: And there will be eating and what? 21:52 Aud.: Drinking. 21:53 Marrying and giving in what? 21:54 Aud.: Marriage. 21:55 PB: Watch therefore because He's coming in 21:59 the day ye think not. And just as people were 22:02 banging on that ark door trying to get in, 22:04 when Jesus comes, people will be trying to 22:07 bang on whatever they can bang on so they 22:10 might be saved. Okay, so we don't know when 22:14 He's coming, but what are the signs of 22:15 His coming? What are some of the signs? 22:19 All right, go back to Matthew 24. What are 22:22 the signs of His coming? Look at verse number 3. 22:25 "As he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples 22:27 came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, 22:29 when shall these things be? and what shall 22:31 be the sign of thy coming, and of the end 22:33 of the world? And Jesus answered and said 22:34 unto them, Take heed that no man"--what, everybody? 22:37 Aud.: Deceive you. 22:39 PB: Deceive you. First of all, don't be deceived. 22:41 If people don't speak according to the Word of God, 22:43 it's because there's no light in them. 22:44 "For many shall come in my name, saying, 22:46 I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 22:48 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: 22:49 see that ye be not troubled: for all these things 22:51 must come to pass, but the end is not"--what, everybody? 22:53 Aud.: Yet. 22:54 PB: "For nation shall rise against" what? 22:55 Aud.: Nation. 22:56 PB: "Kingdom against" what? 22:57 Aud.: Kingdom. 22:58 PB: "And there shall be famines, and pestilences, 22:59 and earthquakes, in divers places. 23:00 All these are the beginning of"--what, everybody? 23:01 Aud.: Sorrows. 23:02 PB: All right, today in our world, 23:03 we have wars and rumors of wars. Some of you all think, 23:05 well, oh, no war's going on. Go on to the Middle East, 23:07 I dare you. People there live in the threat everyday of war. 23:11 Remember, when Jesus comes, it's worldwide, 23:12 it's not just Huntsville. Are you hearing what 23:14 I'm saying? Wars and rumors of war. 23:16 Kingdome against kingdom. Nation against nation. 23:18 Famines, they're everywhere. "Then," verse 9, 23:22 "shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, 23:23 and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of 23:25 all nations for my name's sake. And then shall 23:27 many be offended, and shall betray one another, 23:29 and shall hate one another. And many false prophets 23:31 shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because 23:34 iniquity shall abound, the love of many 23:37 shall wax"--what, everybody? Aud.: Cold. 23:39 PB: "But he that shall endure unto the end," 23:42 the Bible says, "the same shall be"--what, everybody? 23:45 Aud.: Saved. 23:46 PB: And this gospel, "This gospel of the kingdom shall 23:50 be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; 23:53 and then shall the end come." That's why I preach this gospel. 23:57 I ain't got time for cotton-candy preaching. 23:59 Sweet and big on the outside, and hollow and empty 24:03 on the inside. If I'm going to go to hell, 24:05 tell me what I've got to do to stay out of hell. 24:07 Are you hearing what I'm saying? If I'm trying to 24:09 get to heaven, I want to know how I'm going to get 24:11 to heaven. Are you hearing what I'm saying? Preach 24:13 the gospel to me. Tell me the unadulterated Word of God. 24:16 If I'm going in a hospital sickbed, I need the 24:18 doctor to tell me how I can get well. 24:20 [Aud. reaction] 24:22 PB: Some of us are spiritually sick, 24:24 we need Dr. Jesus to tell us how to get well. 24:25 [Aud. reaction] 24:26 PB: We don't need this thing sugarcoated. 24:28 We don't need it sugarcoated. 24:31 People preaching and teaching, trying to 24:33 get the most amens. I just want to hear 24:35 Him say "well done." Are you hearing what I'm saying? 24:37 [Aud. reaction] 24:38 PB: All right, so let's go back. 24:40 Do we know when He's coming? 24:41 Talk to me, do we know when He's coming? 24:43 Aud.: No. 24:44 PB: No, but we know He's coming real what? 24:45 Aud.: Soon. 24:46 PB: Because as it was in the days of Noah, 24:49 so shall it also be in the coming of the 24:51 Son of man. They were eating and what? 24:52 Aud.: Drinking. 24:53 PB: Marrying and giving in what? 24:54 Aud.: Marriage. 24:55 PB: Then the Bible lets us know that Jesus says, 24:57 just before He comes there will be a lot of deception. 24:59 A lot of what, everybody? Aud.: Deception. 25:01 PB: There will be a lot of deception. 25:02 The Bible also says there will be wars 25:04 and rumors of what, everybody? 25:05 Aud.: Wars. 25:06 PB: There will be wars and rumors of wars. Nation against what? 25:07 Aud.: Nation. 25:08 PB: Kingdom against what? 25:09 Aud.: Kingdom. 25:10 PB: There will be earthquakes. There will be what, everybody? 25:11 Aud.: Earthquakes. 25:12 PB: There will be pestilence, there will be all types 25:14 of things, famines, in diverse places. But he that 25:19 shall endure to the end, the same shall be what, everybody? 25:22 Aud.: Saved. 25:23 PB: Saved. All right, so we don't know when He's coming, 25:25 we just know He's coming soon. How is He coming? 25:27 Go to Acts chapter 1. Know what you believe, 25:33 know why you believe it, know where it's found. 25:34 How is He coming? Go to Acts chapter 1. Acts chapter 1, 25:39 and go to verse number 9. How will He come? Acts chapter 1, 25:43 verse number 9. Acts chapter 1, verse number 9. 25:46 The Word of God says to us tonight from Acts chapter 1, 25:48 verse 9, it tells us how He's going to come. Acts chapter 1, 25:51 verse number 9. If you have it, let me hear you say amen. 25:54 Aud.: Amen. 25:55 PB: All right, I'm going to read it in your hearing. 25:56 Acts chapter 1, verse number 9. The Word says, 25:57 "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, 26:00 he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 26:02 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he 26:05 went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 26:08 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye 26:11 gazing up into"--where, everybody? 26:13 Aud.: Heaven. 26:14 PB: "This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, 26:19 shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." 26:24 Just before Jesus ascended back to heaven, after His resurrection, 26:28 the Bible lets us know that He ascends up in the clouds into heaven. 26:33 The Bible then says that two angels appeared to the 26:37 disciples saying, Listen, don't worry, He's coming back. 26:39 But the same way He left is the same way He's coming back. 26:43 He left in a cloud, and He's coming back in a cloud. 26:47 His feet will not touch this earth, but He left in a cloud, 26:53 He's coming back in a cloud, His feet can't touch 26:56 this earth because of sin. And the only way Jesus 26:59 can plant His feet on this earth is until this 27:03 earth has been cleansed from sin. So if He 27:06 left this earth in a cloud, He's coming back in a cloud. 27:10 So, if someone walks around, talking about Jesus is 27:13 walking this earth, that's a lie from the pits of hell. 27:16 That's not true. Jesus will not touch this earth until 27:20 this earth has been cleansed. And there's only two 27:23 ways you clean something. Either you wash it or you burn it. 27:27 [Aud. reaction] 27:28 PB: He washed it at the flood, but He told the people, 27:31 don't worry, you'll see the rainbow sign, but it 27:34 won't be water but fire this time. As a flood, He washed it; 27:39 when He comes back the third time--we're going to talk 27:41 about that--He's going to burn it. 27:43 All right, so, do we know when Jesus is coming? 27:47 Aud.: No. 27:49 PB: But we know He's coming real what? 27:50 Aud.: Soon. 27:51 PB: We know He's coming real soon, 27:52 because as it was in the days of what? Noah, 27:54 so shall it also be in the coming of the Son of what? 27:56 Aud.: Man. 27:57 PB: Man. They were eating and what? 27:58 Aud.: Drinking. 27:59 PB: Marrying and giving in what? 28:00 Aud.: Marriage. 28:01 PB: Wars and rumors of what? 28:02 Aud.: Wars. 28:02 PB: Nation against what? 28:03 Aud.: Nation. 28:04 PB: Kingdom against what? 28:05 Aud.: Kingdom. 28:06 PB: Earthquakes, famines, pestilence in diverse places. 28:08 Deception is big. Those are the signs of His coming. 28:12 How will He come? Will His feet touch this ground? No. 28:14 Because He left in a what? Cloud. He's coming back in a-- 28:17 >: Thank you for joining us for another 28:18 exciting Breath of Life television broadcast. 28:20 Tune in next week at the same time, 28:22 as Dr. Byrd will deliver another dynamic message 28:25 from the Lord, just for you. 28:27 Until next time, may God bless you. 28:30 [END] |
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