Welcome to Pathway to Life.
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I hope you've been
blessed by these meetings,
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I know I have been.
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We are in for a
wonderful experience
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worshiping our Heavenly Father.
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We have our very last meeting.
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I am excited that you are here
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and I know that
you will be blessed.
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For meeting number 15, welcome,
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welcome to all the groups
that are watching on YouTube
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or on 3ABN or GOOD NEWS TV.
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Welcome to the Paradise Valley
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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My name is Jim
Hakes, my wife Ginnie,
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we have the privilege
of pastoring this church
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and of welcoming
you for number 15
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in a series of 15 meetings
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that have been
happening here in this church,
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Pathways to Life.
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Pastor Lomacang has
been such a blessing to us
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and his
different friends and folks
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that have come to do music
have been a blessing to us.
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And I want to say also thank you
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to the whole staff and crew
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that have been here
and made this possible,
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but we're glad that
each of you are here today.
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Today the special musical
guest is Mr. Lyndon Carriger
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and his musical
presentation is titled,
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"I Can Only Imagine."
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Followed by
Pastor Lomacang's sermon,
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"The Glorious Return."
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And it seems that we
should do as is our custom
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of opening up
with a word of prayer.
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Shall we?
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Gracious Heavenly Father,
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thank You for the
way You have blessed
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this series of meetings
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through each of
the past 14 events,
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and it is our prayer
that You bless one more time
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now in this meeting,
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and we thank You for
we ask it in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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I can only imagine
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What it would be like
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When I walk by your side
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I can only imagine
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What my eyes will see
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When your face is before me
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I can only imagine
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I can only imagine
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Surrounded by your
glory what will my heart feel?
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Will I dance for you, Jesus?
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Or in awe of you be still?
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Will I stand in your presence?
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Or to my knees will I fall?
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Will I sing hallelujah?
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Will I be able to speak at all?
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I can only imagine
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I can only imagine
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I can only imagine
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When that day comes
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When I find myself
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Standing in the sun
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I can only imagine
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When all I will do is forever
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Forever worship You
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I can only imagine
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Yeah
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Surrounded by your
glory What will my heart feel?
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Will I dance for you, Jesus?
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Or in awe of you be still?
Will I stand in your presence?
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Or to my knees will I
fall? Will I sing hallelujah?
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Will I be able to speak at all?
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I can only imagine
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Yes, I can only imagine
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Surrounded by your glory
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What will my heart feel?
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Will I dance for you, Jesus?
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Or in awe of you be still?
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Will I stand in your presence?
Or to my knees will I fall?
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Will I sing hallelujah?
Will I be able to speak at all?
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I can only imagine
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I can only imagine
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I can only imagine
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I can only imagine
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I can only imagine
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Was that anointed or not?
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Thank you so much, Lyndon.
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You know, the good
news about that song
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is soon and very soon,
we won't have to imagine.
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Amen, church? Amen.
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What an anointed song.
And he made it his own.
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This morning, we're
going to go to the Lord
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and ask Him to pour into us
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what we cannot get
from anywhere else.
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Let us bow our heads
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this morning in the
presence of our God.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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Lord, I feel the
need to kneel before you
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this morning.
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Lord, this morning,
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as we come into
Your holy presence,
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into the presence
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of the chamber
of perfect harmony,
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perfect righteousness,
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Lord, send Your
Holy Spirit this day
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to pour into us
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that as a song was communicated
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that one day none of us
would have to imagine anymore,
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we will be in the
presence of our Lord and Savior.
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Send Your Holy Spirit now
to do a work in our hearts
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as we stand on the
very cusped of eternity.
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In Jesus' name I pray.
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Amen.
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"The Glorious Return."
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Let us begin this morning
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by diving into
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what I might refer to
as the headline scripture,
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prognosticating
the coming of our Lord.
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Matthew writes
in Matthew 24:32-33.
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"Now learn this
parable from the fig tree.
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When its branch has
already become tender
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and puts forth leaves,
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you know that
the summer is near.
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So you also, when you see..."
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How much? "All..."
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How much?
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"All these things,
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know that it is
near, at the doors!"
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I want to begin
this morning by saying,
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I am so glad
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the coming of the
Lord is at the doors.
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Amen.
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We have been prognosticating
and prophesying for years,
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and to put the
prophetic timeline together,
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this is the last
church out of the seven.
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Amen, somebody. Amen.
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There is no more after Laodicea
except the church triumphant.
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There are no more kingdoms,
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there are only four
kingdoms in antiquity,
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and the United States
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is inserted in
the final scenario,
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but the only
kingdom to come after this
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is the kingdom
that shall have no end.
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What do you say to that?
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And Jesus will be King
of kings and Lord of lords
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in that kingdom.
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No more frailty,
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no more looking
to the White House,
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always looking
to the right house.
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But Jesus reigns
and abides forever.
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But today, we're
standing in a world
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where everything in
our world is an agitation.
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And I take you
back to a commentary
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written more than 100 years ago,
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and when you read it
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and listen to the
words this morning,
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it is as though God
forecasted in our day and time
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the kind of world
that we would exist in.
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Listen carefully to
these inspired words.
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The book Prophets
and Kings, page 537,
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"The present is a time
of overwhelming interest
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to all living.
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Rulers and statesmen,
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men who occupy positions
of trust and authority,
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thinking men and
women of all classes,
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have their attention fixed
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upon the events
taking place about us."
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If you listen to the news,
no matter what the network,
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everybody is concerned
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about the direction
of our crumbling world.
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"They are watching the relations
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that exist among the nations.
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They observe the intensity
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that is taking possession
of every earthly element."
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They're noticing that
nature is changing its course
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almost as a forecast
of the approaching end.
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Continuing,
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"And they recognize
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that something
great and decisive
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is about to take place,
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that the world is on the
verge of a stupendous crisis."
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We are living in the hour
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where a stupendous crisis
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is about to grip planet
earth with such intensity
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that even in description,
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the human heart
cannot pin those words.
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That's why when we
come night to night,
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the Lord has said to me,
"John, preach with urgency."
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As Noah stood on the
cusped of that boarded ark,
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something that seemed so
antiquated in a day and age
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where technology in
the minds of superhuman men
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may have been so much
more advanced than ours,
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he stood on the promises
of God and hammered and sawed
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and build an ark on
the promises of God,
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and the intellect of man denied
the very approaching judgment
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that God had forecast.
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But Noah preached with urgency
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until one day his
faith became sight
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under clouds of God's
judgment arrived on the scene
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where impugned hearts
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rejected the very
cries of an Almighty God.
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And then Moses closed God...
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God's Angel closed the door,
the mighty thud of judgment
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echoed through the
valley of corrupt hearts
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until they realized that
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what God had forecasted
had finally come to pass.
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Brothers and sisters,
let me tell you today,
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we may have been
waiting for a long time
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but soon, the wait will be over,
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soon the promises of
Jesus will become sight.
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All that we have struggled
for and prayed for and held on,
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one day the clouds will unfold
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and forecast onto
final headlines to earth,
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"I'm here.
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Hold on, be not weary."
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We live in an age,
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a generation that will be judged
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not for the
decline of its real estate
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but for the
decline of its moral state.
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We are living at a time
where the agenda of the world
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has become the
corruption of its inhabitants
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and people are being
corrupted by the moment.
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We have arrived at an hour
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where the only
thing of lesser value
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than the dollar
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is the human life.
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And it is in this
age that Jesus is saying,
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"Surely I come quickly."
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Today, we're going
to go through five signs
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as to why I believe the
coming of Jesus is near.
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Sign number one, the
rejection of evidence.
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The rejection of evidence.
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Earth itself, from
the north to the south,
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from the east to the west,
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portentous science
of restless relations
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among nations,
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salvation, violence
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unimagined in times
past is being portrayed
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and perpetrated on
the stage of humanity
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almost at a decadent
level what people are paying
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to see the
degradation of humanity.
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The rejection of evidence,
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and the Lord said
that this would happen.
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I like the
words of Helen Keller.
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Helen Keller said,
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"The only thing
worse than being blind
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is having sight but no vision."
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And our world today
has lost its vision,
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but God is still saying,
"Keep building those mansions,
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keep getting those
robes of eternity together,
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keep putting names,
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keep putting
names in the kingdom,
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in the book of the kingdom.
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Keep fixing the world,
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letting them know
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that what I've told them
is soon to come to pass."
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Now we know when we look at
the trees budding around us,
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we can tell when
the summer is coming.
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When we look at the signs
in our world budding around us,
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it doesn't take a person
that even knows the Bible
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to know that
something strange is going on.
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When fish are
washing up on the shore
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for no apparent
archaeological...
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No apparent agricultural reason,
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when birds are
falling out of the sky,
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when nature
seems to be off course
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and the ice cap is melting,
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whether you're a
Democrat or a Republican,
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you cannot deny the evidence.
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And when violence
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is being
perpetuated in our schools
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at a level
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where the
recalcitrant heart of humanity
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refuses to stand up
and reverse this course,
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we know that
something is violently wrong,
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the rejection of evidence.
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And Peter said it
would be that way.
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Notice what he says.
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2 Peter 3:3, 4.
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"Knowing this first,
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that scoffers will
come in the last days..."
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A scoffer is a person
that looks at the evidence
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and dismisses it with impunity.
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"Walking according
to their own lusts,
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and saying,
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'Where is the
promise of His coming?
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For since the
fathers fell asleep,
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all things continue as they were
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from the
beginning of creation.'"
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Let me tell you something,
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things have not
continued the same way they were
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even 20 years ago.
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Can I get an amen? Amen.
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You've got to be
asleep to not see the decline,
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the rapid
decline of our society.
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You've got to be inoculated
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by a drug far
greater than any sleep agent
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to not realize that our
world is in serious trouble.
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But our planet plays
political maneuvering,
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they are willingly forgetting...
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As the next verse says,
"They willingly forget."
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And archaeologists
through their research
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have come to conclude
that yes, there was a flood,
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they call it the deluge.
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How else can you explain fossils
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on the top of Mount Everest,
00:17:07.66\00:17:08.99
sea fossils on the
top of Mount Everest?
00:17:09.02\00:17:12.06
How else can you explain
the contortion of the earth
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in unexplainable ways?
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You go to the Caribbean,
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on islands that are
almost perfectly flat,
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and you see boulders too large
to be put there by humanity.
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The evidence is overwhelming
that there was a deluge.
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But they look at the evidence,
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and the Bible says
they willingly forget.
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You know why?
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Because the
hearts of men are evil.
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And they want to go on
endlessly in this pursuit
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from darkness to great darkness.
00:17:37.42\00:17:39.72
But the Lord has said
to His people remain alert,
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for Hebrews writes these words.
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Hebrews 10:37.
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"For yet a little while,
and he that shall come..."
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Say it with me.
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"Will come, and will not tarry."
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I can almost hear some times
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the flapping of
the angels' wings
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as they go to and fro
from earth to heaven returning,
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saying that their work is done.
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I can almost sense
the presence of angels
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as they go throughout
the congregation's meeting
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all over the world,
00:18:09.42\00:18:10.75
putting the seal
of God's approval
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on the hearts of men and women
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getting ready for
the coming of Christ.
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"He that shall come will
come and will not tarry."
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The faithful that have been
proclaiming this for decades
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have fallen asleep,
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but he that shall come
will come and will not tarry.
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H.M.S. Richards
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who proclaimed this for decades,
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saying Jesus is coming again.
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When he died, his son
said Jesus is coming again.
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And somebody
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standing by the bedside of
H.M.S. Richards Junior said,
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"What do you say now?
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Is He coming again?"
He said, "He's on His way.
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He's on His way."
Come on. Somebody say amen.
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He's on His way.
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"Be not weary in
doing well, for in due time,
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you will reap if
you do not faint."
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Jeremiah the prophet says,
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"They have also healed the
hurt of My people slightly.
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Saying, 'Peace, peace!'
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When there is no peace."
00:19:03.57\00:19:05.47
On the heels of
September 11, 2001,
00:19:05.51\00:19:09.68
when the
then-President Bush says,
00:19:09.71\00:19:11.81
"Let's return
to life as normal."
00:19:11.85\00:19:14.48
But at the very same
time in the White House,
00:19:14.52\00:19:16.25
all of the
legislators are walking around
00:19:16.28\00:19:17.79
with gas masks.
00:19:17.82\00:19:19.55
And they're telling us,
00:19:19.59\00:19:20.92
"Let's return to life as normal.
00:19:20.96\00:19:22.29
Do not be afraid."
00:19:22.32\00:19:24.39
My sister who works
for the fire department,
00:19:24.43\00:19:25.99
now for the
police department also,
00:19:26.03\00:19:27.36
she says we
cannot live our lives
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in the sense of
lack of expectation
00:19:30.70\00:19:33.44
or lack of
urgency because the world,
00:19:33.47\00:19:35.37
what they're not telling us,
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is far greater than
what we can ever imagine.
00:19:36.77\00:19:39.91
And even when the
media discloses to us
00:19:39.94\00:19:42.64
the conditions of society,
00:19:42.68\00:19:44.08
it is far worse
00:19:44.11\00:19:47.85
because they
don't want to create
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in the minds of humanity,
00:19:49.25\00:19:50.95
what they might
call, an expectant crisis.
00:19:50.99\00:19:53.22
They don't want people
to be afraid of the future.
00:19:53.25\00:19:55.62
They just want us to be
pursuit of life, liberty,
00:19:55.66\00:19:59.66
and the pursuit of happiness.
00:19:59.69\00:20:02.13
They want us to
go to hell happy.
00:20:02.16\00:20:03.93
As long as the bottom line
00:20:09.34\00:20:11.24
fills the pockets
and hearts of the greedy,
00:20:11.27\00:20:13.84
greedy for money...
00:20:13.88\00:20:15.21
But once again, the
Lord speaks to His servant
00:20:15.24\00:20:17.78
in the book Evangelism.
00:20:17.81\00:20:19.15
Oh, this is a quotation
00:20:19.18\00:20:21.15
that brings us to
a point of soberness.
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"Angels are now restraining
the winds of strife..."
00:20:24.22\00:20:28.39
Point out for a moment,
00:20:28.42\00:20:30.06
why do you
think that nuclear war
00:20:30.09\00:20:31.43
has not yet broken out
between America and Korea?
00:20:31.46\00:20:34.50
It's not because Kim Jong-un
one day gets a good heart.
00:20:34.53\00:20:37.53
Angels are
restraining the winds of strife.
00:20:37.57\00:20:40.24
Why?
00:20:40.27\00:20:41.60
So that the
gospel can be preaching,
00:20:41.64\00:20:43.51
somebody else will find Jesus
before it is ever too late.
00:20:43.54\00:20:48.38
Well, I don't want
to be a man filled...
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I'm filled with joy
because this morning,
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I don't want to point it out,
00:20:52.91\00:20:55.05
but a young lady
walked through the doors
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of this church this morning
00:20:56.45\00:20:58.09
saying that the Lord's
urgency was upon my heart.
00:20:58.12\00:21:02.09
And she began
searching the Internet,
00:21:02.12\00:21:03.76
looking for truth,
00:21:03.79\00:21:05.13
found the Sabbath.
00:21:05.16\00:21:07.00
Then she found the Sabbath,
00:21:07.03\00:21:08.36
the link to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:21:08.40\00:21:09.73
in God's Word and she said,
00:21:09.76\00:21:11.10
"Well, maybe this church
00:21:11.13\00:21:12.47
is in the
Middle East somewhere."
00:21:12.50\00:21:14.44
Only to find out
00:21:14.47\00:21:15.80
that Paradise
Valley was right here,
00:21:15.84\00:21:17.34
and she walked through
the doors of this church,
00:21:17.37\00:21:19.81
escorted by Dr. Lila.
00:21:19.84\00:21:21.94
And we sat in the hallway
with our friend and we prayed.
00:21:21.98\00:21:24.61
God is still working,
00:21:24.65\00:21:26.01
there's one more soul yet
to be added to the kingdom.
00:21:26.05\00:21:28.45
What do you say?
00:21:28.48\00:21:29.82
The reason he's
restraining the winds
00:21:29.85\00:21:33.25
is the world must be warned.
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"Until the world shall be warned
00:21:35.46\00:21:37.16
of it's coming doom.
00:21:37.19\00:21:38.96
But a storm is gathering,
ready to burst upon the earth,
00:21:38.99\00:21:43.43
and when God shall bid
His angels loose the winds,
00:21:43.47\00:21:48.40
there will be
such a scene of strife
00:21:48.44\00:21:51.44
as no pen can picture."
00:21:51.47\00:21:54.38
Lord, have mercy.
00:21:54.41\00:21:58.35
And it is in this day and age
00:21:58.38\00:21:59.78
that people are
hearing the voice of God
00:21:59.81\00:22:01.88
and they think that
some degree to some degree,
00:22:01.92\00:22:03.65
they have more time.
00:22:03.69\00:22:05.02
Brethren, the only time you have
00:22:05.05\00:22:06.39
is the next breath.
00:22:06.42\00:22:08.76
I got a call
from my sister-in-law
00:22:08.79\00:22:10.39
this morning,
00:22:10.43\00:22:12.19
woke us up little after
six o'clock this morning.
00:22:12.23\00:22:14.86
And I can tell by the
tone of my wife's voice
00:22:14.90\00:22:17.17
something had happened.
00:22:17.20\00:22:18.53
She said, "Oh, Lord.
00:22:18.57\00:22:20.54
What happened? What happened?"
00:22:20.57\00:22:22.70
Only to find out this young boy
00:22:22.74\00:22:24.94
that my sister-in-law's raising,
00:22:24.97\00:22:27.28
she adopted two children,
00:22:27.31\00:22:28.64
came to find out
00:22:28.68\00:22:30.01
that the brother
of these two children
00:22:30.05\00:22:31.95
was run over,
00:22:31.98\00:22:34.88
hit by a car, 19 years old.
00:22:34.92\00:22:37.75
He was missing for a week,
00:22:37.79\00:22:40.66
and they found him
on the side of the road,
00:22:40.69\00:22:46.73
rigor mortis, after a week.
00:22:46.76\00:22:50.23
What happened to this young man?
00:22:50.27\00:22:51.97
He thought he had another day,
00:22:52.00\00:22:53.47
but he did not know
that that was his last day.
00:22:53.50\00:22:57.07
You see, brethren,
00:22:57.11\00:22:58.44
it doesn't
matter what your age is,
00:22:58.47\00:22:59.81
the only thing we
have is the next breath.
00:22:59.84\00:23:03.14
Yesterday is a canceled check,
tomorrow is a promissory note,
00:23:03.18\00:23:06.78
all the time we
have is right now.
00:23:06.82\00:23:10.35
And when you look at
the calamities by sea,
00:23:10.39\00:23:12.85
the unsettled state of society,
00:23:12.89\00:23:15.32
the alarms of
war are pretentious,
00:23:15.36\00:23:17.46
they are all around us.
00:23:17.49\00:23:18.89
Only God's grace is
holding the world together.
00:23:18.93\00:23:22.13
Why?
00:23:22.16\00:23:23.50
Because He knows
that there is yet someone
00:23:23.53\00:23:26.10
who will be freed
00:23:26.13\00:23:27.87
from the grasp of
the enemy of souls.
00:23:27.90\00:23:31.11
You see, the devil
wants us to be lost,
00:23:31.14\00:23:33.68
but Jesus is not
willing that any should perish.
00:23:33.71\00:23:35.54
Come on. Somebody say amen.
00:23:35.58\00:23:37.08
He says, "I'm not
willing to give you up."
00:23:37.11\00:23:38.68
But look at the world.
00:23:38.71\00:23:40.05
It's getting just like
it was in the days of Noah.
00:23:40.08\00:23:42.28
What kind of world was it?
00:23:42.32\00:23:43.89
Genesis 6:11.
00:23:43.92\00:23:45.49
The Bible says, "The earth
also was corrupt before God..."
00:23:45.52\00:23:48.19
Is our world corrupt? Yes.
00:23:48.22\00:23:50.63
"And the earth was
filled with violence."
00:23:50.66\00:23:52.69
Violence today is
being sold in video games.
00:23:52.73\00:23:57.87
Violence today is corrupting
the minds of our young,
00:23:57.90\00:24:00.84
they can't tell the difference
between fake and real.
00:24:00.87\00:24:04.37
As one young man said,
00:24:04.41\00:24:05.74
"I took somebody's life
00:24:05.77\00:24:07.11
just to know what it felt like."
00:24:07.14\00:24:09.71
But unfortunately, that
person was not coming back
00:24:09.74\00:24:11.95
in the next show.
00:24:11.98\00:24:13.31
It was a real death.
00:24:13.35\00:24:15.05
Our world is
violent and corrupt.
00:24:15.08\00:24:17.82
And the Bible
continues in Genesis 6:5.
00:24:17.85\00:24:21.36
"Then the Lord saw
00:24:21.39\00:24:22.92
that the
wickedness of man was" what?
00:24:22.96\00:24:25.76
"Great in the earth,
00:24:25.79\00:24:27.50
and that every intent of
the thoughts of his heart
00:24:27.53\00:24:31.03
were only" what?
00:24:31.07\00:24:32.60
"Evil continually."
00:24:32.63\00:24:35.94
That's our world.
00:24:35.97\00:24:38.94
But Genesis now
joins the Protégé Timothy
00:24:38.97\00:24:42.24
in 2 Timothy 3:1-5.
00:24:42.28\00:24:45.11
"This know also,
that in the" what days?
00:24:45.15\00:24:48.38
"Last days
perilous times shall come.
00:24:48.42\00:24:52.02
For men shall be lovers
00:24:52.05\00:24:54.79
of their own selves, covetous"
00:24:54.82\00:24:59.43
what would somebody else have?
00:24:59.46\00:25:01.16
"Boasters, proud, blasphemers,
00:25:01.20\00:25:05.70
disobedient to parents."
00:25:05.73\00:25:08.40
Each one of these descriptions
can be a sermon all by itself.
00:25:08.44\00:25:12.14
"Unthankful, unholy,
without natural affection."
00:25:12.17\00:25:16.08
This does not just mean
the departure from sexuality,
00:25:16.11\00:25:19.91
this means that
people can look in your eyes
00:25:19.95\00:25:23.02
and take your life
without natural affection.
00:25:23.05\00:25:25.95
No feelings at all
for a person's life.
00:25:25.99\00:25:29.32
I heard a story
this week on the news.
00:25:29.36\00:25:32.13
Well, a young lady
had gone together with...
00:25:32.16\00:25:34.40
She was with her boyfriend,
00:25:34.43\00:25:36.00
she left him and
went with another guy.
00:25:36.03\00:25:37.83
And the first guy
was so upset, he said,
00:25:37.87\00:25:40.00
"I want to meet the guy
that you're dating now."
00:25:40.04\00:25:43.07
And he met him and he
looked him in the face
00:25:43.10\00:25:44.94
and shot him
seven times in his head
00:25:44.97\00:25:48.94
without natural affection.
00:25:48.98\00:25:50.41
People can take your life
without even blinking an eye.
00:25:50.45\00:25:54.25
"Trucebreakers..."
00:25:54.28\00:25:55.68
Cannot keep a
promise, "False accusers..."
00:25:55.72\00:25:58.35
Lying on people,
"Incontinent, fierce,
00:25:58.39\00:26:01.49
despisers of
those that are good..."
00:26:01.52\00:26:03.73
When you get to the place
00:26:03.76\00:26:05.39
where people hate you
just because you're good,
00:26:05.43\00:26:07.53
something's wrong.
00:26:07.56\00:26:09.50
"Traitors, heady, highminded,
00:26:09.53\00:26:12.17
lovers of pleasures
more than lovers of God,
00:26:12.20\00:26:15.34
having a form of godliness,
00:26:15.37\00:26:18.11
but denying the power thereof,
00:26:18.14\00:26:20.48
from such" what
are we told to do?
00:26:20.51\00:26:23.41
"Turn away."
00:26:23.45\00:26:25.58
We live in a
religious world today
00:26:25.61\00:26:27.05
that just wants a
form of godliness.
00:26:27.08\00:26:30.19
But that's not what
God has called us to.
00:26:30.22\00:26:31.55
God has called us
to tell the truth.
00:26:31.59\00:26:33.32
Amen, somebody.
00:26:33.36\00:26:34.76
To tell the
truth. The truth as...
00:26:34.79\00:26:36.66
One young man in
the Chronicles...
00:26:36.69\00:26:38.23
I forgot his name.
00:26:38.26\00:26:39.63
The truth is the truth
whether you like it or not.
00:26:39.66\00:26:44.97
But those who reject the truth
are left to wander in darkness
00:26:45.00\00:26:49.20
because they've
chosen darkness above light.
00:26:49.24\00:26:51.24
From night to night,
00:26:51.27\00:26:52.61
we've told you the
truth about the Sabbath,
00:26:52.64\00:26:54.34
the truth about what
happens when you die,
00:26:54.38\00:26:56.58
the truth about the way
00:26:56.61\00:26:57.95
that you should
handle your body temple,
00:26:57.98\00:27:00.02
abstain from
alcohol and cigarettes,
00:27:00.05\00:27:02.58
dress as a person
looking forward to eternity,
00:27:02.62\00:27:04.99
don't allow the
world to mold our minds.
00:27:05.02\00:27:08.32
We're getting ready
for an eternal kingdom.
00:27:08.36\00:27:12.19
And if ever there was a time
00:27:12.23\00:27:13.56
that we should
prepare for that kingdom
00:27:13.60\00:27:14.93
by the way we live, it is now.
00:27:14.96\00:27:16.30
What do you say?
00:27:16.33\00:27:17.67
It is now.
00:27:17.70\00:27:19.03
For the Bible tells
us, sign number two,
00:27:19.07\00:27:20.94
increasing immorality.
00:27:20.97\00:27:22.94
The second reason I believe
that Jesus is coming soon,
00:27:22.97\00:27:25.74
increasing immorality.
00:27:25.77\00:27:28.04
There is no city in the world
00:27:28.08\00:27:30.85
that is safe from
increasing immorality.
00:27:30.88\00:27:33.78
The largest of
cities, the smallest of towns,
00:27:33.82\00:27:36.75
there's always a
stain of immorality.
00:27:36.79\00:27:38.85
The Bible tells us
about this in Luke 17:28, 29.
00:27:38.89\00:27:44.39
"Likewise as it was
in the days of Lot..."
00:27:44.43\00:27:48.53
What a corrupt city it was.
00:27:48.56\00:27:51.17
"They ate, they drank,
they bought, they sold,
00:27:51.20\00:27:55.44
they planted, they built."
00:27:55.47\00:27:57.07
Sounds like Phoenix, doesn't it?
00:27:57.11\00:27:59.67
"But on the day that
Lot went out of Sodom,
00:27:59.71\00:28:03.45
it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven
00:28:03.48\00:28:06.15
and destroyed them all."
00:28:06.18\00:28:08.82
Today, people just want
to go about life as normal,
00:28:08.85\00:28:11.49
commerce as normal, fun,
the movie theaters are packed,
00:28:11.52\00:28:15.82
the gambling hells are packed,
people just want to have fun.
00:28:15.86\00:28:22.36
And when that
fun is not in harmony
00:28:22.40\00:28:23.73
with God's will,
00:28:23.77\00:28:25.10
it is preparing
you for destruction.
00:28:25.13\00:28:26.90
They were completely ignorant,
00:28:26.94\00:28:29.07
willingly ignorant of
the approaching judgment
00:28:29.10\00:28:31.54
on the city of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:28:31.57\00:28:33.54
And even Lot when he
called on his wife to leave,
00:28:33.58\00:28:35.84
she ended up
turning to a pillar of salt,
00:28:35.88\00:28:37.91
refusing to follow God
because her heart was in Sodom.
00:28:37.95\00:28:40.82
Let me tell you something,
when God calls you out,
00:28:40.85\00:28:43.62
don't look back.
00:28:43.65\00:28:47.86
As the French racing
driver said, as he was racing,
00:28:47.89\00:28:50.66
he ripped off
his rearview mirror
00:28:50.69\00:28:52.06
and he said, "What's
behind me is not my concern."
00:28:52.09\00:28:55.70
Don't look back. Amen?
00:28:55.73\00:28:58.27
God's calling us forward.
00:28:58.30\00:28:59.63
That's what the Bible continues.
00:28:59.67\00:29:01.17
"Even so will it be in the day
00:29:01.20\00:29:03.47
when the Son of
Man is revealed."
00:29:03.51\00:29:05.07
The same kind of world.
00:29:05.11\00:29:06.91
In Noah's day,
00:29:06.94\00:29:08.28
immorality was
celebrated with intensity.
00:29:08.31\00:29:10.45
In Noah's day, the voice of
God was ignored with impunity.
00:29:10.48\00:29:13.48
In Noah's day,
00:29:13.52\00:29:14.85
pleasure consumed
the minds of society.
00:29:14.88\00:29:17.05
In Noah's day,
salvation was ignored,
00:29:17.09\00:29:19.32
sin was preferred.
00:29:19.35\00:29:20.69
In Noah's day, men's
minds became continuously evil.
00:29:20.72\00:29:26.73
That's why I got to
pause and say something here.
00:29:26.76\00:29:31.03
We've got to be careful
that we not allow our minds
00:29:31.07\00:29:35.40
to be molded by
the world around us.
00:29:35.44\00:29:39.21
Have you noticed
that for media purposes?
00:29:39.24\00:29:42.68
If you could get
a large television
00:29:42.71\00:29:44.38
to use it for the right
reason, to God be the glory.
00:29:44.41\00:29:48.28
But the reason why the
televisions are getting
00:29:48.32\00:29:50.02
larger and larger
00:29:50.05\00:29:51.55
is because the
devil wants your mind
00:29:51.59\00:29:53.05
to be enraptured.
00:29:53.09\00:29:54.49
Some people sit
down and just watch any
00:29:54.52\00:29:57.23
and everything that
comes across the screen.
00:29:57.26\00:30:00.50
For those getting
ready for the kingdom of God,
00:30:00.53\00:30:02.40
we've got to filter our minds
from the filth of the world.
00:30:02.43\00:30:05.37
Come on, say amen.
00:30:05.40\00:30:06.74
We cannot allow
the things of the world
00:30:06.77\00:30:08.34
to mold us.
00:30:08.37\00:30:09.70
Even some of the
commercials will take you places
00:30:09.74\00:30:14.94
that the Lord knows
your mind should not be.
00:30:14.98\00:30:19.58
What a society.
00:30:19.61\00:30:21.42
The Bible said
that's the kind of world
00:30:21.45\00:30:23.28
it would be, immorality.
00:30:23.32\00:30:25.52
You know, when you
think about the rejection,
00:30:25.55\00:30:28.06
notice what the
Bible continues to say.
00:30:28.09\00:30:29.99
Look at Romans.
00:30:30.03\00:30:31.36
This is the kind of world
just like the days of Noah.
00:30:31.39\00:30:34.16
Romans 1:26, 27.
00:30:34.20\00:30:36.40
"For this reason..."
00:30:36.43\00:30:38.20
That is when they close
their eyes to the truth.
00:30:38.23\00:30:40.84
"For this reason
00:30:40.87\00:30:42.27
God gave them up
to vile passions.
00:30:42.30\00:30:45.37
For even their women
exchanged the natural use
00:30:45.41\00:30:49.98
for what is against nature.
00:30:50.01\00:30:51.71
Likewise also the men,
00:30:51.75\00:30:53.52
leaving the
natural use of the woman,
00:30:53.55\00:30:56.79
burned in their
lust for one another,
00:30:56.82\00:30:58.99
men with men
committing what is shameful,
00:30:59.02\00:31:02.09
and receiving in themselves
the penalty of their error
00:31:02.12\00:31:06.09
which was due."
00:31:06.13\00:31:07.46
Men with men.
00:31:07.50\00:31:08.83
Just last night,
my wife showed me,
00:31:08.86\00:31:11.60
this popped up on
her Facebook page,
00:31:11.63\00:31:13.57
Disney has finally gone gay.
00:31:13.60\00:31:17.71
They have started their
first gay series for children.
00:31:17.74\00:31:21.41
A picture of two
men kissing, cartoon,
00:31:21.44\00:31:24.61
but they want to
corrupt the minds of the young.
00:31:24.65\00:31:26.92
Let me tell you something.
00:31:26.95\00:31:28.28
Disney is dizzy.
00:31:28.32\00:31:32.65
When you put your children
00:31:32.69\00:31:34.02
in front of
these television shows
00:31:34.06\00:31:35.39
like Nickelodeon and Disney
00:31:35.42\00:31:37.63
and you are not aware
of what they're watching,
00:31:37.66\00:31:39.76
their minds are
being molded from young
00:31:39.79\00:31:42.16
because the devil knows
00:31:42.20\00:31:43.53
if he could corrupt
the minds of the young,
00:31:43.57\00:31:45.17
train up a child in
the way they should go,
00:31:45.20\00:31:48.27
if the world
trains up your child,
00:31:48.30\00:31:50.54
when they get old,
00:31:50.57\00:31:52.17
they'll think
the way of the world.
00:31:52.21\00:31:54.58
You've got to be careful
what you allow in your home.
00:31:54.61\00:31:57.25
You got to be careful
what your child watches.
00:31:57.28\00:31:59.61
That's why today,
we live in a society
00:31:59.65\00:32:01.58
that dares us to speak
against its immorality.
00:32:01.62\00:32:04.92
But let me make a statement.
00:32:04.95\00:32:06.29
If speaking against
immorality brings persecution,
00:32:06.32\00:32:10.23
I'd rather be persecuted
by man than prosecuted by God.
00:32:10.26\00:32:15.66
If speaking against
the darkness of this world
00:32:15.70\00:32:17.93
brings persecution,
00:32:17.97\00:32:19.43
I'd rather be persecuted
by man than prosecuted by God.
00:32:19.47\00:32:23.84
My call is not to
make men comfortable,
00:32:23.87\00:32:26.41
my call is a call of evacuation.
00:32:26.44\00:32:29.28
Let's get on board.
It's time to get out of here.
00:32:29.31\00:32:33.42
And the ark is going to
pull up soon and very soon.
00:32:33.45\00:32:36.25
The Lord is going
to part the heavens
00:32:36.28\00:32:40.26
and call His children
to their eternal reward.
00:32:40.29\00:32:43.56
Sign number three,
destruction of society.
00:32:43.59\00:32:48.93
Why is society being destroyed?
00:32:48.96\00:32:51.10
The Bible tells us in John 3:19.
00:32:51.13\00:32:54.64
"And this is the condemnation,
00:32:54.67\00:32:57.24
that the light has
come into the world,
00:32:57.27\00:32:59.81
and men loved
darkness rather than light..."
00:32:59.84\00:33:05.58
What's the reason?
00:33:05.61\00:33:06.95
"Because their deeds are evil."
00:33:06.98\00:33:10.25
The world...
00:33:10.29\00:33:11.62
And I don't like to say it,
but I'm going to say it today.
00:33:11.65\00:33:15.26
The world and many churches
00:33:15.29\00:33:18.49
that claim to
be connected to God
00:33:18.53\00:33:20.46
have turned off the
light of God's Word.
00:33:20.50\00:33:24.47
We live in a society
where people rather speak about
00:33:24.50\00:33:26.43
prosperity than righteousness.
00:33:26.47\00:33:29.44
Where people
will rather talk about
00:33:29.47\00:33:30.81
your ship is coming in
00:33:30.84\00:33:32.17
rather than
Jesus is coming again.
00:33:32.21\00:33:35.38
And because men are
applauding these things,
00:33:35.41\00:33:38.21
the Bible says beware
when men speak well of you.
00:33:38.25\00:33:42.05
And so many
other leaders nowadays,
00:33:42.08\00:33:43.62
so many pastors
in the world today
00:33:43.65\00:33:45.59
are receiving the applaud,
living the life of lavishness.
00:33:45.62\00:33:48.89
Nothing wrong with that,
00:33:48.92\00:33:50.46
but if your lavish life
00:33:50.49\00:33:54.76
has met its existence
00:33:54.80\00:33:58.07
by rejecting the
light of God's Word,
00:33:58.10\00:34:00.54
one day you'll stand in judgment
00:34:00.57\00:34:02.44
before the Creator.
00:34:02.47\00:34:04.34
We cannot be a people
00:34:04.37\00:34:05.74
that reject the
light of God's Word.
00:34:05.77\00:34:08.01
Notice what the Bible says.
00:34:08.04\00:34:09.61
The Bible says in Isaiah 60:2,
00:34:09.64\00:34:11.91
"For, behold, the
darkness shall cover the earth,
00:34:11.95\00:34:14.48
and gross darkness the people."
00:34:14.52\00:34:16.95
but I like the second part.
00:34:16.99\00:34:18.32
"But the Lord
shall arise upon thee,
00:34:18.35\00:34:20.56
and His glory
shall be seen upon thee."
00:34:20.59\00:34:23.36
I believe in these last days,
00:34:23.39\00:34:25.23
there's still somebody who says,
00:34:25.26\00:34:27.36
"My life is going to
shine for the glory of God."
00:34:27.40\00:34:29.50
Amen?
00:34:29.53\00:34:31.23
That's the day and age.
00:34:31.27\00:34:32.60
God is calling us to
be lights amid darkness,
00:34:32.63\00:34:35.27
to be people of firm character
00:34:35.30\00:34:37.77
amid a shaky and deviating
and vacillating society.
00:34:37.81\00:34:41.88
God is calling us to stand firm
00:34:41.91\00:34:43.95
when people are saying
00:34:43.98\00:34:45.31
bend to the left
and to the right,
00:34:45.35\00:34:46.68
and when they say
it doesn't matter,
00:34:46.72\00:34:48.05
God says it does matter.
00:34:48.08\00:34:49.48
When you put a question
mark where God puts a period,
00:34:49.52\00:34:52.19
something's wrong.
00:34:52.22\00:34:56.16
But God is saying,
00:34:56.19\00:34:57.53
"Oh, My church will not
go the direction of the world
00:34:57.56\00:35:00.20
because I've got 7,000
00:35:00.23\00:35:01.63
that have not bowed
their knees to bail."
00:35:01.66\00:35:04.47
So don't think
you're the only one,
00:35:04.50\00:35:06.23
God's got reserves
and He's not done yet
00:35:06.27\00:35:08.74
because even in this
late hour of earth's history,
00:35:08.77\00:35:11.01
there are people coming in.
00:35:11.04\00:35:12.67
There are people
coming in, and God is looking,
00:35:12.71\00:35:15.04
He's out on the
highways and hedges,
00:35:15.08\00:35:16.78
He's in the
mountains and in the deserts.
00:35:16.81\00:35:18.31
And those who are
listening for the voice of God
00:35:18.35\00:35:20.62
will hear it.
00:35:20.65\00:35:21.98
To God be the glory.
00:35:22.02\00:35:25.12
That's why today,
00:35:25.15\00:35:27.96
we've got to control our devices
00:35:27.99\00:35:29.32
and not allow our
devices to control us.
00:35:29.36\00:35:32.09
Smartphones are turning
us into dumb Christians.
00:35:32.13\00:35:38.53
Some people can't come to church
00:35:38.57\00:35:39.90
without bringing their phones
00:35:39.93\00:35:41.27
and spending all the
time during the sermon.
00:35:41.30\00:35:42.90
We've got to be
smarter than our devices.
00:35:42.94\00:35:44.87
Come on, say amen somebody.
00:35:44.91\00:35:47.08
You got to choose.
00:35:47.11\00:35:48.44
And now if you
look at the world today,
00:35:48.48\00:35:49.88
you got the Slingbox,
you got these companies,
00:35:49.91\00:35:52.88
these cable companies,
00:35:52.91\00:35:54.25
they're setting
up their electronics
00:35:54.28\00:35:55.62
in such a way that
no matter where you are,
00:35:55.65\00:35:57.59
you can watch television.
00:35:57.62\00:35:58.95
They say you
can watch television
00:35:58.99\00:36:00.32
anywhere and everywhere.
00:36:00.36\00:36:01.92
They want you to
watch television on the bus.
00:36:01.96\00:36:04.03
And the world is so inoculated,
00:36:04.06\00:36:05.39
just take the time
and walk the streets
00:36:05.43\00:36:07.56
or drive by and
look at the corners.
00:36:07.60\00:36:09.33
We were in a country overseas
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.03
and we saw a
sign on the billboard
00:36:11.07\00:36:12.40
that said 70% of
all the traffic deaths
00:36:12.43\00:36:15.37
are contributed to people
looking down at their phones
00:36:15.40\00:36:18.27
and walking right into traffic.
00:36:18.31\00:36:22.24
One young lady...
00:36:22.28\00:36:23.61
It was on the news,
00:36:23.65\00:36:24.98
I listened to
this very carefully.
00:36:25.01\00:36:26.58
They interviewed some teenagers.
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.18
A 13-year old girl on
the way home from school,
00:36:28.22\00:36:30.99
her phone fell
into the subway tracks
00:36:31.02\00:36:33.19
and she jumped
down to get a phone
00:36:33.22\00:36:34.76
and got run over by the train.
00:36:34.79\00:36:38.13
And the news reporter said,
00:36:38.16\00:36:39.49
"You could always
replace your phone."
00:36:39.53\00:36:40.86
And they asked other teenagers,
00:36:40.90\00:36:42.40
and the higher
percentage of teenagers said,
00:36:42.43\00:36:45.10
"I would have
done the same thing,"
00:36:45.13\00:36:50.77
because these devices
00:36:50.81\00:36:52.64
are turning us
00:36:52.67\00:36:54.38
into nothing more
than an automatons.
00:36:54.41\00:36:56.48
Satan wants us to
be 24 hours a day,
00:36:56.51\00:36:58.61
7 days a week
inoculated and drugged
00:36:58.65\00:37:01.35
by the
entertainment of the world.
00:37:01.38\00:37:03.12
Some children can't
even sleep at night.
00:37:03.15\00:37:05.05
That's why, parents,
00:37:05.09\00:37:06.42
when your children
go to bed at night,
00:37:06.45\00:37:07.79
you want to say,
"Give me your phone."
00:37:07.82\00:37:11.06
No amens necessary.
00:37:11.09\00:37:14.56
And some parents
won't do that. You know why?
00:37:14.60\00:37:16.03
Because you want to
be your child's friend.
00:37:16.06\00:37:18.63
God didn't call
you to be a friend,
00:37:18.67\00:37:20.84
He called you to be a parent.
00:37:20.87\00:37:23.61
Train them up in
the way they should go.
00:37:23.64\00:37:26.04
When I was being raised,
some of you older people,
00:37:26.07\00:37:27.88
you know what I'm talking about,
00:37:27.91\00:37:29.24
we had a lock on our phone.
00:37:29.28\00:37:31.85
Remember the dial
phones with that big old lock,
00:37:31.88\00:37:34.52
with the key on it?
00:37:34.55\00:37:36.38
You need to make a phone call,
00:37:36.42\00:37:38.52
you can still get
emergency just hit zero,
00:37:38.55\00:37:40.66
but later on,
they came up with 911.
00:37:40.69\00:37:43.49
But this day and age,
00:37:43.53\00:37:45.19
we are putting devices in
the hands of young people,
00:37:45.23\00:37:48.30
and think about it.
00:37:48.33\00:37:49.66
There's an age limit
for alcohol and cigarettes
00:37:49.70\00:37:53.37
and driver's license,
00:37:53.40\00:37:54.74
but there is no age
limit for cell phones.
00:37:54.77\00:37:56.81
And when you put a cell phone
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.27
in the hand of
an undeveloped mind,
00:37:58.31\00:38:00.54
they have access to
the smut of the world.
00:38:00.58\00:38:03.04
Before you know it,
their minds are corrupt,
00:38:03.08\00:38:05.35
they don't love you,
00:38:05.38\00:38:06.72
they don't even
like you anymore.
00:38:06.75\00:38:08.42
You wonder why your
children are so impugn
00:38:08.45\00:38:11.62
in their behavior,
00:38:11.65\00:38:12.99
why they have no desire for God.
00:38:13.02\00:38:14.52
You have given them a
drug that they cannot control.
00:38:14.56\00:38:18.46
And they go to bed at night
and stay up all night long,
00:38:18.49\00:38:20.36
they get up in the
morning, they can't think,
00:38:20.40\00:38:21.73
their grades are failing
00:38:21.76\00:38:23.10
and you're
wondering what's wrong.
00:38:23.13\00:38:24.47
It's because you
have not taken the role
00:38:24.50\00:38:26.07
that God has given you.
00:38:26.10\00:38:27.50
And when you stand before
God, you'll be accountable.
00:38:27.54\00:38:30.37
Get control of your family.
00:38:30.41\00:38:31.74
Come on,
parents, say amen. Amen.
00:38:31.77\00:38:33.74
And if they get
upset, they'll live.
00:38:33.78\00:38:37.98
Am I right? They'll live.
00:38:38.01\00:38:40.15
I was raised when...
00:38:40.18\00:38:41.52
When I was raised
and Mama disciplined me,
00:38:41.55\00:38:46.52
I survived, here I am.
00:38:46.55\00:38:48.82
All the better
for it. Am I right?
00:38:48.86\00:38:51.03
You don't have to
beat your children,
00:38:51.06\00:38:52.56
punishment is
more impressionable
00:38:52.59\00:38:55.20
than beating a child.
00:38:55.23\00:38:56.90
And sometimes, it
doesn't even work.
00:38:56.93\00:38:58.60
They rather you beat them
than cut off their computer
00:38:58.63\00:39:00.84
or disconnect
them from the internet.
00:39:00.87\00:39:02.87
That's like a life sentence.
00:39:02.90\00:39:04.24
"Not my Internet
connection, Mama."
00:39:04.27\00:39:09.14
When I was being raised,
00:39:09.18\00:39:10.55
I had to earn the
right to watch television.
00:39:10.58\00:39:15.88
Daddy would take the cord
out of the back of the TV.
00:39:15.92\00:39:19.39
He said, "Now you can watch TV,
00:39:19.42\00:39:20.76
here's a deal,
but you can watch TV
00:39:20.79\00:39:22.12
one hour an evening.
00:39:22.16\00:39:23.93
Do your homework. Get
the house chores done.
00:39:23.96\00:39:26.53
Go to bed early."
00:39:26.56\00:39:27.90
Look at me today. Come on.
00:39:27.93\00:39:29.26
Somebody say amen. Amen.
00:39:29.30\00:39:30.63
Now I made my mistakes.
00:39:30.67\00:39:32.00
From the mouth of a babe.
00:39:35.60\00:39:38.37
From the mouth of a babe.
00:39:38.41\00:39:40.88
Amen.
00:39:40.91\00:39:42.44
I'm gonna treasure that one.
00:39:42.48\00:39:44.05
Amen.
00:39:44.08\00:39:45.41
But my daddy only allowed
us to watch certain things.
00:39:49.08\00:39:51.59
You remember those
days, some of you old people,
00:39:51.62\00:39:53.25
Petticoat Junction?
00:39:53.29\00:39:54.92
Some old shows,
Mayberry R.F.D., Lost in Space,
00:39:54.96\00:39:59.06
that was when shows were crazy,
but they were not like today.
00:39:59.09\00:40:02.90
And some of you are still
inoculated by soap operas.
00:40:02.93\00:40:07.17
Why do they call it soap operas?
00:40:07.20\00:40:08.67
I have no idea.
00:40:08.70\00:40:10.87
There's nothing clean about it.
00:40:10.91\00:40:15.51
That's why we're
given these words
00:40:15.54\00:40:17.38
in 1 Corinthians 10:7.
00:40:17.41\00:40:19.41
The Bible says,
00:40:19.45\00:40:21.25
"And do not
become" what? "Idolaters."
00:40:21.28\00:40:25.02
Satan finds work for idle hands.
00:40:25.05\00:40:27.79
"And do not become
idolaters as some of them.
00:40:27.82\00:40:32.09
As it is written,
00:40:32.13\00:40:33.46
'The people sat
down to eat and drink,
00:40:33.50\00:40:34.96
and rose up to'" do what?
00:40:35.00\00:40:36.73
"'And they rose up to play.'"
00:40:36.77\00:40:38.83
That's why today, we
have to keep in mind...
00:40:38.87\00:40:40.87
I was looking at a statistic
and I wrote it down here.
00:40:40.90\00:40:43.20
It's said, by the year 2020,
00:40:43.24\00:40:45.34
there will be 9.2 billion
smartphone subscriptions.
00:40:45.37\00:40:50.71
More than 50 billion new devices
00:40:50.75\00:40:54.18
will be
dependent on the Internet.
00:40:54.22\00:40:57.39
One of the reasons I believe
00:40:57.42\00:40:58.75
the Lord's going to
pull the plug one day,
00:40:58.79\00:41:00.12
He's got to cut off man's power
to allow His power to flow.
00:41:00.16\00:41:04.33
Amen.
00:41:04.36\00:41:05.69
That's why a
blackout is not a bad thing.
00:41:05.73\00:41:07.23
I read a story about a family
that experienced the blackout.
00:41:07.26\00:41:11.47
They didn't
even know each other.
00:41:11.50\00:41:13.60
The young boy ran from his
room when the power went down
00:41:13.64\00:41:16.54
in their town and he said,
00:41:16.57\00:41:17.94
"Dad, how long
will the power be out?"
00:41:17.97\00:41:19.31
He said, "I don't know."
00:41:19.34\00:41:20.68
The power was out
for almost two days.
00:41:20.71\00:41:23.11
And he said to his father,
"What are we going to do?"
00:41:23.14\00:41:26.15
Mom said, "Maybe
we'll talk to each other."
00:41:26.18\00:41:29.98
And after two days,
00:41:30.02\00:41:31.89
the young boy and
his young sister said,
00:41:31.92\00:41:34.22
"Wow, so nice to
get to know my parents."
00:41:34.26\00:41:38.13
Families don't talk anymore.
00:41:38.16\00:41:41.13
They don't even want to talk
00:41:41.16\00:41:43.37
because the world
has taken our minds
00:41:43.40\00:41:45.27
in a completely
different direction,
00:41:45.30\00:41:48.34
which brings me
to the next point.
00:41:48.37\00:41:50.44
Romans 12:2,
00:41:50.47\00:41:51.87
"And do not be
conformed to this world,
00:41:51.91\00:41:54.01
but be transformed by the" what?
00:41:54.04\00:41:56.21
"Renewing of your mind,
00:41:56.24\00:41:58.31
that you may
prove what is that good
00:41:58.35\00:42:01.15
and acceptable and
perfect will of God."
00:42:01.18\00:42:04.92
When your mind is transformed,
00:42:04.95\00:42:07.22
then the truth of God's Word
can reflect through your life.
00:42:07.26\00:42:11.56
That's why we need the
Holy Spirit to guide us.
00:42:11.59\00:42:13.76
Our minds need
to be transformed.
00:42:13.80\00:42:16.06
Give the Word of
God access to your mind,
00:42:16.10\00:42:18.47
give your mind
access to God's Word,
00:42:18.50\00:42:20.90
only then...
00:42:20.94\00:42:22.34
Look at another sign.
00:42:22.37\00:42:23.71
Sign number four,
rejection of the gospel.
00:42:23.74\00:42:26.57
I was made aware
of this by my wife,
00:42:26.61\00:42:28.04
my wife works on
my sermons with me.
00:42:28.08\00:42:30.61
I love that connection she has,
00:42:30.65\00:42:31.98
her own personal
connection with Jesus.
00:42:32.01\00:42:34.18
But she brought this to my
attention and I did not know,
00:42:34.22\00:42:36.69
I thought I was
very well informed,
00:42:36.72\00:42:38.05
but I did not know.
00:42:38.09\00:42:39.42
You may have
heard about this story,
00:42:39.45\00:42:40.79
"Heaven is for Real."
00:42:40.82\00:42:42.22
It became a multimillion
dollar selling book,
00:42:42.26\00:42:45.89
it became a movie,
00:42:45.93\00:42:47.26
people were just fascinated
by the idea that this is a boy,
00:42:47.30\00:42:50.17
he said he went to
heaven and came back.
00:42:50.20\00:42:53.23
Come to find out,
listen to his testimony.
00:42:53.27\00:42:56.40
Alex Malarkey,
00:42:56.44\00:42:59.71
"I said I went to heaven
00:42:59.74\00:43:01.08
because I thought it
would get me attention.
00:43:01.11\00:43:04.51
When I made the
claims that I did,
00:43:04.55\00:43:06.31
I never read the Bible."
00:43:06.35\00:43:08.68
Before I finish the quotation,
00:43:08.72\00:43:10.15
it was a story he
and his dad made up.
00:43:10.19\00:43:15.32
So many Christian
organizations invited them on
00:43:15.36\00:43:18.49
to bolster the idea
that you die and go to heaven
00:43:18.53\00:43:21.73
or that a soul
departs and go to heaven.
00:43:21.76\00:43:24.17
This boy and his dad made it up.
00:43:24.20\00:43:28.10
And he continues,
00:43:28.14\00:43:29.47
"People have profited from lies,
00:43:29.50\00:43:31.41
and continue to."
00:43:31.44\00:43:33.31
And this boy,
listen what he said.
00:43:33.34\00:43:35.18
"They should read the Bible..."
00:43:35.21\00:43:36.78
Come on,
00:43:36.81\00:43:38.15
"Which is enough.
00:43:38.18\00:43:39.61
The Bible is the
only source of truth.
00:43:39.65\00:43:43.08
Anything written by
man cannot be infallible."
00:43:43.12\00:43:49.92
Publishers, movie producers
00:43:49.96\00:43:52.69
ripped this
material off the shelves
00:43:52.73\00:43:54.73
after they realized
00:43:54.76\00:43:56.10
the millions of dollars
that they put into a hoax.
00:43:56.13\00:44:00.14
That's why today,
you cannot be the people
00:44:00.17\00:44:02.37
that determine your
doctrinal beliefs by movies.
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.84
Amen, somebody.
00:44:04.87\00:44:06.21
Amen.
00:44:06.24\00:44:07.58
People think that
the Ten Commandments
00:44:07.61\00:44:08.94
by Charlton Heston is fact
00:44:08.98\00:44:11.18
or The Passion by
Mel Gibson is fact
00:44:11.21\00:44:13.85
or the movie Noah by
another movie producer
00:44:13.88\00:44:16.72
or the movie The Resurrection
00:44:16.75\00:44:18.19
or the other one
Heaven is for Real,
00:44:18.22\00:44:19.72
they try to
determine what they believe
00:44:19.75\00:44:21.26
based on what is
said on these movies,
00:44:21.29\00:44:24.79
in these movies and by
these television shows.
00:44:24.83\00:44:27.86
Consult the Word of
God, notice the problem.
00:44:27.90\00:44:31.00
Notice the problem.
00:44:31.03\00:44:33.03
2 Thessalonians 2:10,
00:44:33.07\00:44:35.00
"And with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness
00:44:35.04\00:44:39.04
in them that perish..."
00:44:39.07\00:44:40.41
Here's the reason why.
00:44:40.44\00:44:42.88
"Because they received
not the love of the truth,
00:44:42.91\00:44:48.45
that they might be saved."
00:44:48.48\00:44:50.55
They don't want the truth.
00:44:50.59\00:44:51.92
You tell people the
truth nowadays, they say,
00:44:51.95\00:44:53.82
"Well, I know that's the truth,
but I like the way this feels.
00:44:53.86\00:44:57.29
I know that's the truth,
but this fits me better."
00:44:57.33\00:44:59.89
So people
nowadays shop for churches
00:44:59.93\00:45:01.83
that fit the way they live
00:45:01.86\00:45:03.87
rather than
allowing the Word of God
00:45:03.90\00:45:05.33
to mold them the
way they should live.
00:45:05.37\00:45:08.90
Some people know
the Sabbath is true,
00:45:08.94\00:45:10.81
but Sunday fits them better.
00:45:10.84\00:45:12.31
And Sunday is not even
a holy day in the least.
00:45:12.34\00:45:15.01
They go to church for one
hour and then go to the mall
00:45:15.04\00:45:17.51
or a football game,
it fits their lifestyle.
00:45:17.55\00:45:19.91
Let me tell you something.
00:45:19.95\00:45:21.28
Jesus didn't come to
fit into our way of life,
00:45:21.32\00:45:23.52
He wants us to fit
into His way of life.
00:45:23.55\00:45:27.22
But they don't want the truth.
00:45:27.26\00:45:29.79
So what happens?
00:45:29.82\00:45:31.16
He sends them a strong delusion.
00:45:31.19\00:45:32.79
And the reason why some
people that they believe a lie,
00:45:32.83\00:45:35.03
let me make it clear,
00:45:35.06\00:45:36.40
is because when you reject
the truth which is the light,
00:45:36.43\00:45:38.97
you're left in
darkness and you cannot see.
00:45:39.00\00:45:42.44
That's why Jesus
said to Nicodemus,
00:45:42.47\00:45:44.44
"Unless a man is born
again, he cannot see."
00:45:44.47\00:45:47.41
Some people
refuse to be born again.
00:45:47.44\00:45:50.88
They refuse to
allow the Word of God
00:45:50.91\00:45:52.68
to speak to their hearts.
00:45:52.71\00:45:54.05
And so they accept
whatever comes along
00:45:54.08\00:45:55.65
because it fits the
way they like to live.
00:45:55.68\00:45:58.25
But notice the urgent
call from Jesus Himself.
00:45:58.29\00:46:01.12
John 4:23, "But
the hour is coming..."
00:46:01.16\00:46:04.16
He said this to
the woman at the well.
00:46:04.19\00:46:06.19
"But the hour is
coming, and now is,
00:46:06.23\00:46:08.66
when the true worshipers
00:46:08.70\00:46:12.10
will worship the
Father in spirit and truth."
00:46:12.13\00:46:15.50
You cannot say
the spirit is leading
00:46:15.54\00:46:17.61
and delete the truth
from your walk with Christ.
00:46:17.64\00:46:20.68
"For the Father is
seeking such to worship..."
00:46:20.71\00:46:22.74
He's looking for
people that want the truth.
00:46:22.78\00:46:24.78
He said that's the
person I can trust.
00:46:24.81\00:46:29.05
"God is Spirit, and
those who worship Him
00:46:29.08\00:46:31.82
must worship in" what?
00:46:31.85\00:46:33.72
"Spirit and in truth."
00:46:33.76\00:46:35.79
But make no mistake.
00:46:35.82\00:46:38.39
There are people that
are in other denominations
00:46:38.43\00:46:40.63
that find out about the
Sabbath and they abandon Sunday.
00:46:40.66\00:46:43.80
They find out about the
truth of the Second Coming,
00:46:43.83\00:46:45.90
they abandon the rapture.
00:46:45.93\00:46:47.27
They find that that when
you die, you're sleeping,
00:46:47.30\00:46:49.27
and they abandon the idea that
you die and go right to heaven.
00:46:49.30\00:46:52.14
They know that
there's no one except
00:46:52.17\00:46:54.84
those mentioned in
Scripture that are in heaven.
00:46:54.88\00:46:57.25
Everybody else has to
wait till Jesus comes.
00:46:57.28\00:46:59.81
They know there is no
eternally burning hell,
00:46:59.85\00:47:02.08
so they abandon the
idea of the eternal torment.
00:47:02.12\00:47:04.65
They gave up the idea
that resurrection happens now,
00:47:04.69\00:47:07.59
they're waiting
for the resurrection
00:47:07.62\00:47:08.96
when Jesus comes.
00:47:08.99\00:47:10.33
They do not believe in sin
any longer as just a lifestyle
00:47:10.36\00:47:14.23
and they do not
follow the ways of the world,
00:47:14.26\00:47:16.80
man marrying man and a
woman marrying a woman,
00:47:16.83\00:47:19.43
they've given themselves
to the truth of God's Word.
00:47:19.47\00:47:23.07
But be careful because
if we follow the world,
00:47:23.10\00:47:25.97
immorality
00:47:26.01\00:47:28.58
will supersede immortality.
00:47:28.61\00:47:31.35
But the Bible
gives us the final sign.
00:47:31.38\00:47:34.02
This is powerful.
00:47:34.05\00:47:35.55
The dismantling
of Protestantism.
00:47:35.58\00:47:38.99
I was invited...
00:47:39.02\00:47:40.36
And I think I shared
this early in the week,
00:47:40.39\00:47:41.72
but more of you are
here tonight or today,
00:47:41.76\00:47:44.03
so I mentioned it again.
00:47:44.06\00:47:47.20
I was invited to
Washington, D.C.,
00:47:47.23\00:47:50.27
to listen to Pope
Francis speak to Congress.
00:47:50.30\00:47:54.70
I was invited by
a Baptist senator
00:47:54.74\00:47:56.27
from the state of
Illinois Mike Bost.
00:47:56.30\00:47:58.77
Wonderful gentleman,
00:47:58.81\00:48:00.14
I met him and I
was invited there,
00:48:00.18\00:48:02.44
took Brad Walker with me,
00:48:02.48\00:48:03.81
Brad and I went
to Washington, D.C.,
00:48:03.85\00:48:05.41
and we were
invited to Capitol Hill.
00:48:05.45\00:48:07.42
Brad Walker is one
of the production guys.
00:48:07.45\00:48:09.92
One wonderful gentleman.
00:48:09.95\00:48:11.82
And he asked me, he
said, "Now I am Baptist,
00:48:11.85\00:48:16.62
I know you're Adventist, I
know the pope is Catholic."
00:48:16.66\00:48:19.83
He said, "Could you tell me
00:48:19.86\00:48:21.20
what's actually happening here?"
00:48:21.23\00:48:22.73
He said, "I don't
necessarily believe everything
00:48:22.76\00:48:24.37
the pope teaches,
00:48:24.40\00:48:25.73
but can you tell me
what you think is happening
00:48:25.77\00:48:27.90
from your point of view?"
00:48:27.94\00:48:30.01
And I thought to
myself. "Are you ready?"
00:48:30.04\00:48:33.84
So I started in Daniel 2.
00:48:33.88\00:48:36.48
Then I went to Daniel...
00:48:36.51\00:48:37.85
I started on the four
kingdoms of Daniel 2, the gold,
00:48:37.88\00:48:41.75
the silver, the
bronze, the iron...
00:48:41.78\00:48:43.89
The feet of iron and clay.
00:48:43.92\00:48:45.25
Then I went to Daniel
7, Babylon, Medo-Persia,
00:48:45.29\00:48:47.42
Greece, and Rome.
00:48:47.46\00:48:48.79
Then I went to Revelation 13,
00:48:48.82\00:48:50.16
brought the United States in it
00:48:50.19\00:48:51.53
when the Roman Empire
fell, and then I brought...
00:48:51.56\00:48:52.89
I said, "Now
look at where we are."
00:48:52.93\00:48:54.86
We're between
Revelation 13:1-10 and 11-18.
00:48:54.90\00:48:59.63
We are in the middle
because Rome is going to create
00:48:59.67\00:49:02.94
a coalition with
the United States,
00:49:02.97\00:49:04.77
and this very country
00:49:04.81\00:49:06.68
that affords us
religious freedom
00:49:06.71\00:49:11.75
is going to
repudiate its constitution.
00:49:11.78\00:49:14.55
And we're going
to build an altar,
00:49:14.58\00:49:16.42
we're going to build
a coalition with Rome,
00:49:16.45\00:49:18.35
and this very country
00:49:18.39\00:49:21.46
that has given us the
right to worship according
00:49:21.49\00:49:23.53
to our own
dictates will give away
00:49:23.56\00:49:26.63
to the teachings
of the power of Rome.
00:49:26.66\00:49:28.66
And today,
00:49:28.70\00:49:30.03
that is happening all around us.
00:49:30.07\00:49:31.40
I'm about to put out a
book called Sunday Mask,
00:49:31.43\00:49:33.37
look for it.
00:49:33.40\00:49:34.74
M-A-S-K.
00:49:34.77\00:49:36.71
Showing the Sunday
movement over last 40 years.
00:49:36.74\00:49:39.71
It is phenomenal.
00:49:39.74\00:49:41.08
It's documented from not us,
00:49:41.11\00:49:43.65
but from all of
those around the world,
00:49:43.68\00:49:45.91
the Sunday Alliance
from all over the world,
00:49:45.95\00:49:48.18
Sunday is being pushed
with magnificent rapidity.
00:49:48.22\00:49:51.72
But notice the Bible describes
00:49:51.75\00:49:53.62
what's happening
in our last days.
00:49:53.66\00:49:55.59
2 Thessalonians
2:3, the Bible says,
00:49:55.62\00:49:58.49
"Let no one
deceive you by any means."
00:49:58.53\00:50:00.60
By any means. Why?
00:50:00.63\00:50:02.70
"For that Day will not come
unless the falling away comes"
00:50:02.73\00:50:07.57
when?
00:50:07.60\00:50:08.94
"First."
00:50:08.97\00:50:10.31
That's why you cannot leave.
00:50:10.34\00:50:12.04
You got to stay on board.
00:50:12.07\00:50:14.34
"And the man of sin is revealed,
00:50:14.38\00:50:16.04
the son of perdition."
00:50:16.08\00:50:18.61
Yes, all of those that stand
on the side of the darkness
00:50:18.65\00:50:22.52
of the enemy will
one day be revealed.
00:50:22.55\00:50:26.22
And it's
happening in our country.
00:50:26.25\00:50:28.89
All of the
Christian denominations,
00:50:28.92\00:50:30.83
many of the major leaders...
00:50:30.86\00:50:32.19
Just not too long ago,
00:50:32.23\00:50:33.56
the ending of
2017 in Kansas City,
00:50:33.60\00:50:35.93
Kansas, Kenneth Copeland
00:50:35.96\00:50:37.47
and many of the
evangelical leaders
00:50:37.50\00:50:38.83
all got
together to discuss means
00:50:38.87\00:50:40.94
by which they can
coalesce and unite with Rome.
00:50:40.97\00:50:44.61
This is common,
this is happening today.
00:50:44.64\00:50:47.48
And if you think that
we have a ton of time,
00:50:47.51\00:50:49.61
you'll notice that things
are happening at such a pace.
00:50:49.64\00:50:52.05
Notice how the Bible
predicts what's happening
00:50:52.08\00:50:53.95
in the Protestant world.
00:50:53.98\00:50:55.48
Revelation 13:14 speaking,
00:50:55.52\00:50:58.62
"And he deceives
those who dwell on the earth
00:50:58.65\00:51:01.09
by those signs
which he was granted to do
00:51:01.12\00:51:03.76
in the sight of the beast..."
00:51:03.79\00:51:05.13
Talking about the false
spiritual revival in America.
00:51:05.16\00:51:08.73
"Telling those
who dwell on the earth
00:51:08.76\00:51:10.93
to make an image to the beast
00:51:10.97\00:51:12.60
who was wounded by
the sword and did live."
00:51:12.63\00:51:14.50
For those of you that
may be introduced to this
00:51:14.54\00:51:16.54
for the very first time,
00:51:16.57\00:51:17.91
Revelation talks
about four beasts.
00:51:17.94\00:51:19.67
Revelation talks
about the beasts,
00:51:19.71\00:51:21.94
the fourth beast of
Daniel is the kingdom of Rome.
00:51:21.98\00:51:26.21
We are being told in America,
00:51:26.25\00:51:27.95
it's time for you to
recognize the power of Rome.
00:51:27.98\00:51:31.39
It's time for us to go to Rome.
00:51:31.42\00:51:33.02
And I want to tell you
ever since President Reagan,
00:51:33.05\00:51:35.59
an ambassador was sent to
Rome and we have an ambassador
00:51:35.62\00:51:38.73
in America to the Holy
See something not supported
00:51:38.76\00:51:41.80
by our constitution
nor our bill of rights.
00:51:41.83\00:51:44.37
But what do we say?
00:51:44.40\00:51:45.73
We have no say.
00:51:45.77\00:51:48.14
And today,
00:51:48.17\00:51:49.50
we are building
an altar to the power
00:51:49.54\00:51:51.97
and soon to the homage
of the Roman hierarchy.
00:51:52.01\00:51:54.84
But notice,
00:51:54.88\00:51:56.21
the Lord saw this coming
00:51:56.24\00:51:57.58
and these words
are more than inspired.
00:51:57.61\00:52:00.45
Testimonies
volume five, page 451.
00:52:00.48\00:52:04.72
"When Protestantism
shall stretch her hand
00:52:04.75\00:52:07.39
across the gulf to grasp
the hand of the Roman power,
00:52:07.42\00:52:13.13
when she shall reach
over the abyss to clasp hands
00:52:13.16\00:52:19.27
with spiritualism..."
00:52:19.30\00:52:21.07
That's Satanism.
00:52:21.10\00:52:22.50
"When, under the influence
of this threefold union..."
00:52:22.54\00:52:26.88
What threefold?
00:52:26.91\00:52:28.44
Protestantism,
spiritualism, and Rome.
00:52:28.48\00:52:34.65
These three power
apostate Protestants,
00:52:34.68\00:52:37.89
that means those who
claim to believe the Bible,
00:52:37.92\00:52:40.16
but what they practice
is not found in Scripture.
00:52:40.19\00:52:43.93
"Under the threefold union,
00:52:43.96\00:52:46.46
our country shall
repudiate every principle
00:52:46.49\00:52:50.60
of its
constitution as a Protestant
00:52:50.63\00:52:53.50
and republican government,
00:52:53.54\00:52:55.37
and shall make
provision for the propagation
00:52:55.40\00:52:58.37
of papal
falsehoods and delusions..."
00:52:58.41\00:53:00.44
Follow carefully.
00:53:00.48\00:53:01.81
"Then we may know
00:53:01.84\00:53:03.91
that the time has
come for the marvelous
00:53:03.95\00:53:06.75
working of Satan and..."
00:53:06.78\00:53:08.35
What else,
friends? Say it with me.
00:53:08.38\00:53:09.75
"And that the" what?
00:53:09.78\00:53:11.19
"That the end is near."
00:53:11.22\00:53:14.36
I'm gonna invite...
00:53:14.39\00:53:15.76
Come on, my brother.
00:53:15.79\00:53:17.13
Today, we need to make decisions
00:53:22.30\00:53:25.50
that we want to be
ready for Jesus to come.
00:53:25.53\00:53:28.37
As Lyndon plays this song,
00:53:28.40\00:53:29.74
I want you to be
in a prayerful mode.
00:53:29.77\00:53:31.81
Let me tell you why.
00:53:31.84\00:53:33.48
When all these
things begin to happen,
00:53:33.51\00:53:35.61
we are told in the book of Luke.
00:53:35.64\00:53:38.75
"When all these
things begin to happen..."
00:53:38.78\00:53:40.58
What are we told to do?
00:53:40.62\00:53:42.18
"Look up and lift up your heads
00:53:42.22\00:53:44.89
because your
redemption draws near."
00:53:44.92\00:53:46.99
As he plays this song,
00:53:47.02\00:53:48.36
let me make the
appeal as he's playing softly
00:53:48.39\00:53:50.66
that somebody here today
that sees the moral corruption,
00:53:50.69\00:53:54.06
the rejection of truth,
00:53:54.10\00:53:55.43
the invitation
to go back to Rome,
00:53:55.46\00:53:56.80
the complacency in Christianity,
00:53:56.83\00:53:58.63
and they're saying "Pastor,
Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit,
00:53:58.67\00:54:02.64
I see where we are.
00:54:02.67\00:54:04.54
And I don't
want to be swept away
00:54:04.57\00:54:06.47
in the tide of popular opinion.
00:54:06.51\00:54:09.28
I don't want to be caught
in the quagmire of compromise.
00:54:09.31\00:54:13.05
I want to give my life to Jesus.
00:54:13.08\00:54:14.85
I want to get ready
to be in that kingdom.
00:54:14.88\00:54:17.75
I want to give my life
to Christ through baptism."
00:54:17.79\00:54:20.96
Now we have those who
are being baptized today,
00:54:20.99\00:54:22.82
those who have
joined the church.
00:54:22.86\00:54:24.26
I want to ask those who
have made their decision
00:54:24.29\00:54:26.13
for baptism to just come
on down and join me today.
00:54:26.16\00:54:28.76
You know you're
going to be baptized,
00:54:28.80\00:54:30.13
so then come on
down and to join me.
00:54:30.17\00:54:31.90
Can we say amen, church?
00:54:31.93\00:54:33.27
Amen. Come on down.
00:54:33.30\00:54:34.84
These are souls
that made their decision
00:54:34.87\00:54:37.01
this week to give their lives...
00:54:37.04\00:54:39.01
Come on down. Come on down.
00:54:39.04\00:54:41.78
Come on down. Come
on down. Come on down.
00:54:41.81\00:54:45.98
They've made a decision
00:54:46.01\00:54:47.88
that the Lord is not
leaving without them.
00:54:47.92\00:54:51.19
But I know there's
somebody else that wants to make
00:54:51.22\00:54:52.85
the same decision that
God has led them to make.
00:54:52.89\00:54:56.02
I'm opening the
doors of the church today,
00:54:56.06\00:54:58.39
as Lyndon plays that
song, I surrender all.
00:54:58.43\00:55:02.50
I'm seeing if
there's somebody else
00:55:02.53\00:55:03.87
here today that wants
to be in that kingdom,
00:55:03.90\00:55:05.83
there's nothing you can give up
00:55:05.87\00:55:08.80
that will leave you
worse than you used to be.
00:55:08.84\00:55:12.27
The Lord has a plan
for your life far greater.
00:55:12.31\00:55:15.84
And as you surrender to Jesus,
00:55:15.88\00:55:18.05
He will come into your life
00:55:18.08\00:55:20.32
and make a
difference for eternity.
00:55:20.35\00:55:23.22
Praise the Lord. Yes.
00:55:23.25\00:55:24.95
Praise the Lord.
00:55:24.99\00:55:26.69
Sing that song, my brother.
00:55:26.72\00:55:29.42
All to Jesus I surrender
00:55:29.46\00:55:32.89
Come on, my lady.
00:55:32.93\00:55:34.63
Praise God. Praise God.
00:55:34.66\00:55:38.53
This young lady just walked
through the doors of the church
00:55:38.57\00:55:40.60
this morning.
00:55:40.64\00:55:42.47
God had been
calling her all week long,
00:55:42.50\00:55:44.27
she just came today.
00:55:44.31\00:55:47.51
To God be the glory.
00:55:47.54\00:55:51.21
Is there somebody else today?
00:55:51.25\00:55:54.18
How can you hear this
message and allow somebody
00:55:54.22\00:55:56.25
to walk in and pass you by?
00:55:56.28\00:55:58.49
Is there somebody else today?
00:55:58.52\00:55:59.85
Today, God is calling
you to make a decision.
00:56:04.03\00:56:05.69
The signs are there.
00:56:05.73\00:56:07.80
Jesus is soon to come.
00:56:07.83\00:56:10.73
The glorious
return is about to occur.
00:56:10.77\00:56:13.70
Is there
somebody else here today?
00:56:13.74\00:56:15.77
Somebody's...
00:56:15.80\00:56:17.14
God is calling you today.
00:56:17.17\00:56:18.51
God is calling you today.
00:56:22.24\00:56:26.31
You might say,
"Lord, I need a new start.
00:56:26.35\00:56:28.58
I want to give
my life to Jesus."
00:56:28.62\00:56:31.95
Praise the Lord.
00:56:31.99\00:56:33.42
Praise God.
00:56:33.46\00:56:34.79
"I want to give
my life to Jesus."
00:56:34.82\00:56:36.16
Yes, there's
somebody else coming.
00:56:36.19\00:56:38.43
Yes, there's
somebody else coming.
00:56:38.46\00:56:41.36
"I'm gonna give
my life to the Lord.
00:56:41.40\00:56:42.93
I want to give
my life to Jesus."
00:56:42.96\00:56:44.67
Wherever you are
today, just come on down.
00:56:44.70\00:56:47.64
It's between you and Christ.
It's between you and Jesus.
00:56:47.67\00:56:54.44
Anybody want to surrender
today to the voice of the Lord?
00:56:54.48\00:56:58.08
Anybody more today?
00:56:58.11\00:57:00.75
Anybody today?
00:57:00.78\00:57:03.99
Is there a young
person today that want to say,
00:57:04.02\00:57:05.69
"I want to live for Jesus."
00:57:05.72\00:57:07.06
I told you, you
don't have any time.
00:57:07.09\00:57:09.42
You don't have any time.
00:57:09.46\00:57:11.26
Today is the day of salvation,
today is the acceptable time.
00:57:11.29\00:57:16.73
I'm presuming that
everybody's sitting down
00:57:16.77\00:57:18.53
is completely righteous,
00:57:18.57\00:57:20.94
that everybody's
locked into Christ,
00:57:20.97\00:57:22.70
but I know that's not the case.
00:57:22.74\00:57:24.44
Don't let the devil lie to you.
00:57:24.47\00:57:25.81
Those of you
who've been watching
00:57:25.84\00:57:27.18
the program,
00:57:27.21\00:57:28.54
make your decision to have Jesus
00:57:28.58\00:57:30.65
as the Lord of your life
00:57:30.68\00:57:32.01
so that you will be
ready when Jesus comes.
00:57:32.05\00:57:33.65
God bless you.
00:57:33.68\00:57:35.28
Is there
somebody else here today?
00:57:35.32\00:57:37.22
Is somebody else here today
00:57:37.25\00:57:38.99
that wants to give
his or her life to Jesus?
00:57:39.02\00:57:41.46
Is somebody else here today
00:57:41.49\00:57:42.82
that wants to give
his or her life to Jesus?
00:57:42.86\00:57:45.53
You want to surrender to Christ.
00:57:45.56\00:57:47.96
You want to
surrender to Jesus today.
00:57:48.00\00:57:50.83
Is there a husband and
wife that wants to say,
00:57:50.87\00:57:52.50
"We need a new start today.
00:57:52.53\00:57:54.64
We need a new beginning."
00:57:54.67\00:57:56.00