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Who was Jesus?
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He had compassion for
the weak and the hurting.
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He loved every person He met
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and taught them how to love.
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His great heart helped
all those who came near Him,
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but most of
all, He was a friend.
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That was who He was.
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Now, find out who He is.
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Music...
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Hello Friends, we are
thrilled that you are joining us
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for what is now
our final Presentation
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in this Camp Meeting
entitled: Who is Jesus?
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Tonight we have
Pastor John Lomacang
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who is ready to deliver a
powerful message entitled:
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Our Soon Coming King.
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He's going to be teaching us
and exhorting the Word of God
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in such a powerful way to
teach us about Jesus Christ
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and His soon return
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and we know we're going
to be very blessed by that.
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My name is Ryan Day and I
have the privilege and honor
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not only to host
this particular hour
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but also to set kind of a
stage for Pastor's message
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and the message of the
song that's come to my mind
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that the Lord placed upon
my heart to sing this evening
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is entitled: I have
fixed my mind on another time.
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We are indeed living in a time
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where we're living
around so many distractions
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and hopefully, we have our
mind fixed on another time...
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a time when Jesus Christ will
return to receive His people.
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Music...
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I have fixed my mind
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on another time,
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On another time
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And Here I mean to stand until
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God gives me more light
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And that is today, today
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Today until He comes
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I have fixed my
mind on another time,
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On another time
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Music...
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I have set my
course on the narrow way,
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on the narrow way
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For I know the
time is close at hand
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For which I watch and pray
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And that is today, today
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Today until He comes
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I have set my
course on the narrow way,
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on the narrow way
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Even so Lord come quickly
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This is my fervent prayer
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For I've caught
a Glimpse of glory
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And I'm longing to be there
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Music...
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When shall the Son of Man appear
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The trumpet sound its blast
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And Christ
descend in glorious fire
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with all the saints amassed
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We'll rise with
those who sleep no more
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To meet Him in the air
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When shall the
Son of Man appear,
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The Son of Man appear
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Even so Lord come quickly
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This is my fervent prayer
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For I've caught
a Glimpse of glory
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And I'm longing to be there
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For I've caught
a Glimpse of glory
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And I'm longing to
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be there
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I have fixed my mind
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on another time,
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On another
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time...
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time.
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Music...
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Praise the Lord,
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I know that song
has prepared my heart.
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Thank you Ryan for calibrating
our thoughts to another time.
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Right now, we're
going to ask for the Lord
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to continue to pour in
this place... in my heart
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the Spirit that
was surrounding Ryan
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as he communicated
the truth of another time
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that we are looking
forward to, let us pray.
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"Gracious Father in heaven,
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our hearts long for another time
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and as William Miller said,
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he's going to continue
to look and hope and pray
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until faith becomes sight.
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As we consider
our soon-coming King,
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we pray that our
minds will be fixed
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that Thou speak to our hearts
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as we look forward
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to the fulfillment
of Your eternal promise.
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In Jesus' name I pray, amen. "
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Pause...
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Isaiah 29 and verse
9 lays the foundation
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for the hope-filled
message... our soon-coming King.
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It is the utterance
that is yet to be proclaimed
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the Prophet
Isaiah is given a glimpse
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of the day when pain and
heartache will forever vanish
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and he says in
Isaiah 25 and verse 9,
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"And it will be
said in that day:
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'Behold, this is our God;
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we have waited for Him,
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and He will save us.
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This is the Lord;
we have waited for Him;
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we will be glad and
rejoice in His salvation. "
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What a day that is going to be!
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I never heard
about his name before
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but I found out about a
gentleman named Steve Dennis.
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Steve Dennis is
the Keynote Speaker
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and Strategic
Advisor on Retail Innovation.
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He's also labeled as a
top ten Retail Influencer.
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Steve Dennis is the
Senior Forbes Contributor
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and also the
best-selling author of the book:
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Remarkable Retail.
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In his 2017 article
titled: Nobody Saw That Coming,
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Steve Dennis
wrote the following...
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and I want you to hear
because this is amazing
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as it begins to
put our present world
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in the framework
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of not being prepared
for the coming of the Lord.
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He says in the
article: Nobody Saw That Coming,
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"The pain and
shock we experience
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from the worst mass shooting
in the United States' history,
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is the most extreme
we have ever felt...
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until the next time. "
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He said,
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"We reel at how disruptive
innovation is transforming
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our Industries
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and surely we tell ourselves
the pace will slow down
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and yet it doesn't. "
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Here he goes on to say,
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"We are amazed by the
magnitude of the devastation
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caused by a natural disaster
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but then, the one that
follows is even worse. "
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He goes on to
say, "We are surprised
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when people rise
up to fight against
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decades of systematic
inequality and oppression. "
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And he asked the question,
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"Haven't we transcended
to a post-racial world?"
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Steve goes on to say,
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"Faced with escalating
and challenging situations,
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we often tell ourselves
that nobody saw that coming
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or there was just no
way to prevent this. "
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And he said, "Of
course, when we say
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'Nobody saw that coming,'
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most of the
time what we mean is,
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'I didn't see it coming. '"
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But the reality is,
we did not see it because
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as Steve says,
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"We were not looking. "
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Steve Dennis
says in his diagnosis,
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"The reason why we
missed what was coming... "
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he said, "We ignored the facts.
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We deny the
uncomfortable realities.
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We were afraid to
confront our fears.
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We lose energy
when it got too hard.
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We decided it was
someone else's job... "
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but he said, "Spoiler alert...
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it is not someone
else's job... it is ours.
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It is our job to
know what is coming,
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it is our job
to be informed... "
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and then he says,
"Lying to ourselves
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isn't helpful...
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in fact, it just
makes it worse. "
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Steve Dennis
concluded by saying...
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and this is powerful, he said,
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"The truth is... if we are
willing to see the evidence,
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it is there...
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and much of what
is happening" he said,
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"is completely predictable. "
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When I read that I said,
"I can use that in my article,
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I can use that in my sermon. "
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He said, "Much
of what is happening
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is completely predictable. "
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I agree with Steve
because I agree with Jesus.
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You see, much of what is
happening in our world today
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is predictable.
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The words of Jesus in
John chapter 14 verse 29
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tells us that nothing
happening in our world today
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prior to His soon
return is a surprise to Him.
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He said to His
disciples in John 14: 29,
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"And now I have
told you before it comes,
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that when it does come
to pass, you may believe. "
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So, it's not a surprise to Jesus
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and for those who are looking,
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it will not be
a surprise to them
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but Steve said it so well,
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"The truth is there if
we're willing to see. "
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And so, today before I outline
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the various ways that I know
that our Lord is soon to come,
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that our Great King is soon
to break the eastern skies...
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I am praying that
you are willing to see
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and that when you see
you are unwilling to deny
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the facts of God's Word
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because the most glorious...
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the earth shattering...
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reality-shifting
event of the coming of Jesus
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forecast in the human history
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that we are on the cusp
of the return of our Lord
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and praise God for that.
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Everything we see
today is about to end.
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We are standing on
the portal of the promises
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that Jesus has made
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and when Jesus makes a promise,
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my Brothers and Sisters,
we can trust that promise.
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The reality is... the
least thing that Jesus desires
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is to make His
glorious return a secret
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because He predicted "the
world that we would experience"
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prior to His return.
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In Matthew
chapter 24 and verse 3,
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notice what Jesus
said to His disciples.
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"And as He sat upon
the Mount of Olives,
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the disciples came
unto Him privately saying,
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'Tell us, when
shall these things be?
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And what shall be
the sign of Thy coming,
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and of the end of the world?"
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Let me make it very clear,
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before I share the
facts, the good news is,
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this awful,
depressing, degrading world
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is soon to come to an end.
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You see Friends,
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these days are
filled with bad news.
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These are the days of war
and international conflict.
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These are the days of
insecurity and fearful hearts.
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These are the days
of economic instability
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and political uncertainty.
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We are witnessing the
days of broken families
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and crumbling marriages.
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These are the days
of doctrinal controversy
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and religious deception on
a scale that is unimaginable
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to the human mind.
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These are the days when the
world is changing for the worst.
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But the question is: Why...
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when we consider
the words of Jesus.
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It is in this kind of
world that the words of Jesus
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become contextual
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and become valuable to the saint
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who is barely holding on
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waiting for his
fulfilled promises.
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In John chapter 14 verse 27,
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Jesus said... in
this kind of climate,
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"Peace I leave with you,
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My peace I give to you;
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not as the world
gives do I give to you. "
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And then He says,
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"Let not your heart be troubled,
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neither let it be afraid. "
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When we see the
world around us...
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instability... uncertainty...
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everything that we
thought could happen
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becoming worse and
worse as the clock ticks...
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Jesus says,
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"This is not the world that
you are going to find peace...
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the only peace
you're going to have
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is in my unfailing promises. "
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And so, Sign Number 1:
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when we think about
the coming of Jesus,
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the evidence is abundant.
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We are surrounded by
disbelief and rejection.
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Consider the following,
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I know the summer's on its way,
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how?
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Because the
evidence is abundant.
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And on the same plane I
know that Jesus is coming...
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why?
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Because the
evidence is abundant.
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Consider one of the
signs of the coming of Jesus.
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Consider one of the evidences
that lay the foundation
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helping us know that
Jesus is soon to return.
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2nd Peter
chapter 3 verses 3 and 4,
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one of the signs of the end.
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Jesus, speaking
through Peter says,
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"Knowing this first:
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that scoffers will
come in the last days... "
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what are they going to do?
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He says, "Walking according
to their own lusts... "
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to their own desires...
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and they're going to be 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 make a point here,
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nothing could be
further from the truth.
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Now, I'm getting
older but I'm not that old
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and I can tell
you that as I grow up,
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the world has
changed drastically.
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The world of the
'70s and the '80s
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are not the worlds of
the 2000s and the 21s...
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the world is quite different.
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There was a day when a handshake
was all that was needed
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to seal a deal.
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Today, even if you
write your name on a Contract,
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people don't
believe it any longer.
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There was a day when
preachers told the truth.
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Today... don't believe somebody
because they look legitimate...
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we've got to
trust only God's Word.
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These are the days when people
really don't really believe
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that Jesus is coming again.
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As Peter says...
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some people say,
"Well, when my dad died,
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he taught that
Christ was coming...
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and his father
taught the same thing
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and his father's father
taught the same thing...
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why hasn't He come yet?"
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Well, I like what
H.M.S. Richards Jr. said
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when he was laying
on his hospital bed
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taking his last breaths
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when somebody said to him,
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"Your father would always say,
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'Jesus is coming
again... ' what do you say?"
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And I love this,
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I never forgot it, he said,
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"Jesus is on His way,
praise God for that...
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He is on His way and
the signs all foretell. "
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But the reason why people
ignore the signs is because
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2nd Peter 3 and verse 5 says,
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"They willingly forget. "
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They choose to forget.
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Because Jesus hasn't returned,
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it doesn't mean
that He is not coming.
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Hebrews chapter 10 and
verse 37 says these words,
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"For yet a little while... "
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a little while...
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"And He that
shall come will come
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and will not tarry. "
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Let me say today,
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as a preacher who
has trusted God's Word...
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as a preacher who
believes the Word of God...
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Jesus will not
postpone His soon return.
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We can trust the
promises of Jesus...
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we can trust that what He
said, is going to come to pass.
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Jesus was coming...
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the first time He did
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but it took 4,000
years before He came.
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He's been gone
for nearly 2,000 years
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but He will come again...
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we can trust the
promises of Jesus.
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He will not
postpone His soon return
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and here's the reason why.
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He's got children to rescue
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and I'm one of them that
is waiting for my Lord to come
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and take me out of this
undeniably corrupt world.
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I am looking forward to
the day when I can stand
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on the terra firma where
righteousness dwells forever.
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Praise God for that.
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But just like
September 11th in 2001,
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the world is
comforted by false reports.
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Jeremiah 6 and
verse 14 tells us,
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"They have also healed the
hurt of my people slightly,
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saying, Peace, peace;
when there is no peace. "
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How can we have
peace in this world
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when we reject
the Prince of Peace?
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Let me be clear...
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you don't find peace in
abundant financial stability.
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You may have
millions in the bank
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but you still won't have peace.
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As a matter of fact,
the more money you have,
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the less peace you'll have.
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I've heard
stories about millionaires
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barricading
themselves in their hotels...
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their hair and
their nails growing...
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they are so so unsure
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about what's going to
happen with their money
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that they can't
even think straight.
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Friends, I say today,
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my money is not
in the Stock Market,
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my money is in the
promises of the Lord
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when He says,
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"I will supply
all of your need. "
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So, don't seek to establish
the promises of this life
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on things that will pass away
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because one day, money
will be thrown in the streets
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and the gold and the silver
on which we base our stability
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will have no more value
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than the coins on
which they have been printed.
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In the book Evangelism,
page 704 and paragraph 1,
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Inspiration tells us this,
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"Through the
writings of Ellen White,
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we are given this promise.
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She says,
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"Angels are now
restraining the winds of strife
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until the world shall be
warned of its coming doom:
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but a storm is gathering... "
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let me repeat that again,
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"but a storm is gathering,
ready to burst upon the earth,
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and when God shall bid
His angels loose the winds,
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there will be
such a scene of strife
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as no pen can picture. "
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Let me ask you the question,
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"Where would you
want to be on that day?
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Would you want to
be in your penthouse
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counting your dollars
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or would you want to be standing
on the promises of Jesus?
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Would you want to be
on our expensive boat
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that has been
floating on the seas
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or will you rather be floating
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on the sure word
of God's promises?
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Where will you
stand on that day?
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Will you take
comfort in your degrees
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or will you take comfort
in the resurrected Savior?
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Where will you be
standing on that day?
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Because the day is coming
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when everything
that man has built
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will be nothing but dust
under the soles of our feet.
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On that day, I want to be ready
to stand on the sea of glass.
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I want to be ready to
walk through the gates
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into the New Jerusalem.
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I want to be among
those whose robes are white
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in the purity of the
righteousness of Jesus.
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I want to be one of those
sitting at the Welcome Table
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covered by the blood of the Lamb
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wearing the crown of His glory
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and saying, "Holy,
holy, is the Lamb. "
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I'm looking
forward to that day...
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delayed but it's coming.
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Well, you see Friends, the
condition of our world today
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is becoming like
the world in Noah's day.
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It's comparable
to an age gone by
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when sin and degradation
was the highlight of the day.
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Genesis 6 and verse 11 describes
that kind of corrupt world...
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a world gone by
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and our world is patterning
itself after the days of Noah.
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Genesis chapter 6
and verse 11 we read
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what kind of world it was.
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The Bible says,
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"The earth also
was corrupt before God
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and the earth was
filled with violence. "
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Can I say with authority,
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"Our world has caught up with
the generation of Noah's day. "
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As Steve Dennis said,
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"We experience pain and
shock until the next event. "
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Our world is like
the world of Noah's day.
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The question is...
what kind of world was it?
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Genesis 6 and verse 5
tells us unequivocally
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what kind of world it was.
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The Bible says,
"Then the Lord saw
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that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth... "
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and it's the same today.
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"and that every intent
of the thoughts of his heart
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was only evil continually. "
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Evil continually...
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well, if you pause and
think about the purpose behind
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a lot of this
burgeoning technology,
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it is to make our minds and
our thoughts evil continually.
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Media is chasing us
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trying to trap us in the corner
of unending entertainment.
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Trying to trap us
on the moving escalator
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of unending
pipeline entertainment.
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The world is saying,
"Watch and continue to watch. "
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The Social Media
Pipelines are saying,
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"Pay attention to me... "
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It is in this hour
that Jesus is saying,
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"Put that down and turn
your eyes upon my promises. "
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Like in the book,
Christian Service,
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page 29 and paragraph 4,
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it says, "We are
living in an evil age.
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The perils of the last
days thicken around us.
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Because iniquity abounds... "
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and the love of many wax cold.
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Today, people have
lost natural affection.
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Today, people will take a life
without even thinking twice.
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I heard a recent
story about a man
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who in the course of
working on projects...
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building people's homes...
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someone broke into his
office... took his life...
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killed everyone in his office
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without the thought...
unnatural affection...
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the world is
filled with violence
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and violence sells.
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Movie makers...
when they think about
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how to make their
movie more violent,
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they attach their
subjects to machines
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and they gauge their responses,
their nerve responses...
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their brain responses
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and they make
Version 1 and Version 2
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and they want
Version 2 to be more powerful
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and more evil than Version 1
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and Version 3 more powerful
and evil than Version 2,
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and we get the
first and the second
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and the third and
the fourth iteration
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because they're trying to sap
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the natural
energies of the human heart
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and to try to make our
thoughts evil continually.
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The Apostle Paul
joined in the description
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of the days in which we live.
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He says in 2nd Timothy
chapter 3 verses 1 to 5,
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what a day... what
a world he describes,
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he says, "This know
also that in the last days
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perilous times shall come... "
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Friends, let me tell
you... perilous times have come.
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No one saw the pandemic coming.
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No one understood its magnitude
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until millions of lives
passed off into eternity.
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It's not done yet... but
the best is yet to come...
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not just the worst.
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Paul says through Timothy,
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in 2nd Timothy 3 verses 1 to 5,
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"This know also
that in the last days
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perilous times shall come. "
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Why?
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Verse 2, "For men shall be
lovers of their own selves... "
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let's not spend a
whole lot of time on that.
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Just look at the movie...
just look at the actors...
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look at those
people praising themselves
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boasting about their
wealth and their stand in life
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and the fans that surround them
00:27:11.79\00:27:13.60
and their millions of
followers on Instagram...
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lovers of themselves
00:27:16.83\00:27:18.17
pasting photos day in
and day out of themselves,
00:27:18.20\00:27:21.07
looking for human adoration
00:27:21.10\00:27:22.77
while the only one
worthy of adoration
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is the spotless Lamb
of God, Jesus Christ.
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He goes on to say,
00:27:28.18\00:27:29.78
"For men shall be
lovers of their own selves...
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covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers... "
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then he says, what
about the children?
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"disobedient to parents...
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unthankful, unholy... "
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What about the human heart?
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Verse 3... "without
natural affection...
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truce breakers... " they
can't even keep a promise.
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False accusers...
making up lies on other people,
00:27:53.57\00:27:56.74
incontinent... they
are out of their minds...
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fierce... they don't like
people that are righteous.
00:27:59.67\00:28:02.74
Despisers of
those that are good.
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Can you imagine
somebody hating you
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because you are
living a good life?
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Well, the Bible says... we
have arrived at those days.
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But... but but
Paul did not finish,
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he continues to grapple
the mind of his young protégé
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named Timothy as he
unfolds the description
00:28:17.33\00:28:20.00
that holds Timothy
in a permanent stand
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when he says in verse 4
of 2nd Timothy chapter 3,
00:28:22.76\00:28:24.97
"traitors, heady, high-minded,
00:28:25.00\00:28:28.04
lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God... "
00:28:28.07\00:28:30.97
and then he says...
here's the reason why,
00:28:31.01\00:28:32.91
"Having a form of godliness... "
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that's the religion today.
00:28:35.71\00:28:37.65
They want to sing
it but not live it...
00:28:37.68\00:28:39.51
they want to raise their hands
but lower their standards...
00:28:39.55\00:28:41.98
they want to say,
"I love you Lord... "
00:28:42.02\00:28:43.35
but not enough to
keep His commandments...
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having a form of godliness...
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they say,
"Remember to worship God... "
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but forget the Sabbath.
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When the Bible says,
"Remember the Sabbath... "
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how can somebody claiming
to be connected to Christ
00:28:51.09\00:28:53.66
say, "Forget the Sabbath. "
00:28:53.70\00:28:55.03
"Having a form of
godliness... " the Bible says,
00:28:55.06\00:28:58.27
"but denying
the power thereof. "
00:28:58.30\00:29:01.30
And Paul says,
"from such... turn away. "
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You see Friends, I've discovered
that the only assurance we have
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is the unwavering
faith in the Word of God.
00:29:09.91\00:29:14.58
The unwavering faith
in the promises of Jesus,
00:29:14.62\00:29:18.72
the unwavering
faith that what Jesus said
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is not only coming to pass
00:29:22.12\00:29:24.06
but it's telling us of
the introduction soon...
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the introduction of the
unending event of the ages
00:29:28.60\00:29:33.23
which takes me
to the Second Sign:
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The evidence of the
coming of Jesus is shocking.
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We live in a day
00:29:38.41\00:29:39.74
where the distortion
of God's highest creation
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is taking place before our eyes.
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Listen to Dr. Luke...
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in Luke chapter
17 verses 28 and 29
00:29:46.41\00:29:49.28
he writes these shocking words,
00:29:49.32\00:29:51.45
He says, "Likewise as it
was also in the days of Lot:
00:29:51.49\00:29:55.89
They ate, they drank,
they bought, they sold,
00:29:55.92\00:30:00.33
they planted, they built;
00:30:00.36\00:30:02.26
but on the day that
Lot went out of Sodom
00:30:02.30\00:30:06.10
it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven
00:30:06.13\00:30:09.20
and destroyed them all. "
00:30:09.24\00:30:11.24
What is he saying?
00:30:11.27\00:30:12.61
He is saying... the
human heart has been immoral
00:30:12.64\00:30:16.64
since the fall of man
00:30:16.68\00:30:19.21
and is only
becoming more immoral
00:30:19.25\00:30:22.08
because we live in a world today
00:30:22.12\00:30:23.95
and I can't believe
I'm going to say this,
00:30:23.99\00:30:25.82
we live in a world today
that exalts sexual depravity.
00:30:25.85\00:30:30.03
We live in a world today when
men and women will do things
00:30:30.06\00:30:33.43
that even dogs wouldn't do.
00:30:33.46\00:30:35.40
But this is not
a surprise to God.
00:30:35.43\00:30:37.33
He said it was going to
get like the days of Noah.
00:30:37.37\00:30:39.47
It's going to get
like the days of Lot.
00:30:39.50\00:30:41.14
One of the signs that we're
living in the time of the end is
00:30:41.17\00:30:43.74
modern society applauds
things that is a reproach
00:30:43.77\00:30:48.38
in the eyes of a righteous God.
00:30:48.41\00:30:50.41
That's why the Bible says,
00:30:50.45\00:30:51.78
"Things that are
esteemed among men
00:30:51.81\00:30:54.42
are a reproach to God... "
00:30:54.45\00:30:56.25
but no surprise
because Luke 17 verse 30 says,
00:30:56.28\00:30:59.52
"Even so it will be
00:30:59.55\00:31:01.39
in the day when the
Son of Man is revealed. "
00:31:01.42\00:31:04.89
I like to read articles
00:31:04.93\00:31:07.43
but the one that
really shook my core
00:31:07.46\00:31:09.50
was when I read this article
about how people are forgetting
00:31:09.53\00:31:14.30
who God created them to be.
00:31:14.34\00:31:16.20
You see Friends,
we live in a time
00:31:16.24\00:31:18.37
where people are no
longer clear about their gender.
00:31:18.41\00:31:22.84
I said the word "Gender. "
00:31:22.88\00:31:24.35
Can you imagine?
00:31:24.38\00:31:26.01
According to a 2014
Survey, there are 57 genders.
00:31:26.05\00:31:32.15
Soak that in for a little bit...
00:31:32.19\00:31:35.02
57 Genders...
00:31:35.06\00:31:37.16
I thought that God
made male and female
00:31:37.19\00:31:39.73
but modern society is saying,
00:31:39.76\00:31:41.20
"No, no, no...
there are 57 genders. "
00:31:41.23\00:31:43.26
So, what they're saying is,
00:31:43.30\00:31:45.13
"When God made man and
woman, He wasn't done...
00:31:45.17\00:31:48.50
we have to improve
on God's creation. "
00:31:48.54\00:31:50.84
So, what God did fell
short of modern standards.
00:31:50.87\00:31:54.71
But if you think
that shakes your core,
00:31:54.74\00:31:57.08
I read another
article from Teentalk. ca
00:31:57.11\00:32:00.95
it is a Canadian publication
00:32:00.98\00:32:03.22
and learned that the
article titled: Gender Identity
00:32:03.25\00:32:07.96
listed that there
are not 57 genders
00:32:07.99\00:32:10.43
but they say
there are 72 genders.
00:32:10.46\00:32:13.60
Huh, take a
breath, I'm not done yet.
00:32:13.63\00:32:17.43
I... I... I stood back
until I read: thetimes. co. uk
00:32:17.47\00:32:23.37
Sunday September 8,
2019 in the Sunday Times
00:32:23.41\00:32:28.64
and listen to this quote,
00:32:28.68\00:32:30.05
"The BBC has told teachers
00:32:30.08\00:32:34.25
who work with
children ages 9 to 12
00:32:34.28\00:32:37.92
that there
are... " and I quote...
00:32:37.95\00:32:40.29
"100 if not more
gender identities. "
00:32:40.32\00:32:45.56
You heard me correct.
00:32:45.59\00:32:47.06
That's the kind of
world we've become.
00:32:47.10\00:32:49.00
A world that's
unsure about its identity.
00:32:49.03\00:32:52.63
Satan has so confused
the minds of simple man
00:32:52.67\00:32:56.97
that they cannot even decide
00:32:57.01\00:32:59.54
that I'm either
a male or a female.
00:32:59.57\00:33:02.81
There are no 100 identities...
there are no 100 genders...
00:33:02.84\00:33:06.78
God made Adam and God made Eve
00:33:06.82\00:33:09.48
and when God made man and woman,
00:33:09.52\00:33:11.69
He saw
everything that He had done
00:33:11.72\00:33:13.89
and indeed it was very good
00:33:13.92\00:33:15.32
but Satan has
done a job on our world
00:33:15.36\00:33:18.79
and this statistic
wouldn't be shocking...
00:33:18.83\00:33:23.26
what's even more shocking
is that people accept it
00:33:23.30\00:33:27.47
and are beginning
to order their lives
00:33:27.50\00:33:29.84
in harmony with
this kind of confusion.
00:33:29.87\00:33:33.07
The Apostle Paul describes God's
response to such foolishness.
00:33:33.11\00:33:38.78
I couldn't even
find another word.
00:33:38.81\00:33:40.68
Romans 1 verses 26
and 27 says the following,
00:33:40.72\00:33:44.35
"For this reason...
00:33:44.39\00:33:45.72
for this reason God gave
them up to vile passions.
00:33:45.75\00:33:50.33
For even their women
exchanged the natural use
00:33:50.36\00:33:53.83
for what is against nature. "
00:33:53.90\00:33:55.66
Verse 27 of Romans 1,
00:33:55.70\00:33:57.83
"Likewise also the men,
00:33:57.87\00:33:59.47
leaving the
natural use of the woman,
00:33:59.50\00:34:02.10
burned in their
lust for one another,
00:34:02.14\00:34:05.97
men with men
committing what is shameful,
00:34:06.01\00:34:10.25
and receiving in themselves
00:34:10.28\00:34:12.28
the penalty of their
error which was due. "
00:34:12.31\00:34:16.38
Friends, men, and
women celebrating carnality.
00:34:16.42\00:34:20.79
Men and women doing
things as I said earlier
00:34:20.82\00:34:23.56
that animals wouldn't even do
00:34:23.59\00:34:26.80
and I've
discovered something else.
00:34:26.83\00:34:29.60
This term Gender Dysphoria
reveals that in a survey
00:34:29.63\00:34:33.70
children
admitted... pre-teens admitted
00:34:33.74\00:34:37.34
that by the time
they face puberty...
00:34:37.37\00:34:39.71
listen to this...
00:34:39.74\00:34:41.18
they are desiring
to change their gender.
00:34:41.21\00:34:45.25
That's what's happening when
you spend hours on Social Media.
00:34:45.28\00:34:48.72
That's what's happening when
you spend more time on Facebook
00:34:48.75\00:34:51.99
than reading the book of God.
00:34:52.02\00:34:53.49
That's what's happening
when you are tweeting...
00:34:53.52\00:34:55.96
that's what's happening
when you are Twittering
00:34:55.99\00:34:57.79
or Tik Toking... you don't
know which side to stand on.
00:34:57.83\00:34:59.49
That's what's happening
00:34:59.53\00:35:01.06
when your mind is being
molded by corrupt men...
00:35:01.10\00:35:03.63
you don't even know who you are.
00:35:03.67\00:35:05.33
They're saying... by
the time they hit puberty,
00:35:05.37\00:35:07.84
they want to be somebody else.
00:35:07.87\00:35:09.60
They don't want to be
what God created them to be
00:35:09.64\00:35:12.07
and I've also even
heard that in some States,
00:35:12.11\00:35:14.04
when a baby is born,
00:35:14.08\00:35:15.74
they're not even
putting the identity.
00:35:15.78\00:35:17.11
They're allowing the child
00:35:17.15\00:35:18.78
to determine when they get
older what their identity is.
00:35:18.81\00:35:21.58
Lord have mercy!
00:35:21.62\00:35:23.05
This Friends, is
an extreme departure
00:35:23.08\00:35:26.62
from the way that God
created male and female.
00:35:26.65\00:35:30.16
Genesis 1 and verse 27 says,
00:35:30.19\00:35:32.59
"So God created
man in His own image;
00:35:32.63\00:35:35.00
in the image of
God He created him;
00:35:35.03\00:35:38.03
male and female
He created them. "
00:35:38.07\00:35:40.94
Which takes me
now to Sign Number 3:
00:35:40.97\00:35:43.57
The evidence that the
coming of Jesus is near
00:35:43.61\00:35:46.64
is disturbing.
00:35:46.68\00:35:48.01
Darkness is
preferred above light.
00:35:48.04\00:35:51.15
We are living in a generation
00:35:51.18\00:35:52.91
that you can't even
convince Christians...
00:35:52.95\00:35:55.52
you heard me right...
00:35:55.55\00:35:56.89
I've met Christians
00:35:56.92\00:35:58.25
that who don't even want to
hear what the Word of God says.
00:35:58.29\00:36:00.16
They prefer
darkness rather than light
00:36:00.19\00:36:02.86
and Jesus
diagnoses that condition.
00:36:02.89\00:36:07.66
In John chapter 3
and verse 19 Jesus said,
00:36:07.70\00:36:10.33
"And this is the condemnation,
00:36:10.37\00:36:12.03
that light has
come into the world,
00:36:12.07\00:36:14.00
and men loved
darkness rather than light... "
00:36:14.04\00:36:17.14
why?
00:36:17.21\00:36:18.54
"because their
deeds were evil. "
00:36:18.57\00:36:20.21
Let me make a point...
00:36:20.24\00:36:21.58
when as a preacher,
00:36:21.61\00:36:23.18
you're more concerned
about the size of your mansion
00:36:23.21\00:36:25.38
rather than the
direction of your...
00:36:25.41\00:36:27.48
your congregation's destiny...
00:36:27.52\00:36:29.55
when you're more
concerned about how you fly
00:36:29.58\00:36:32.25
rather than whether or
not they are willing to ascend
00:36:32.29\00:36:34.69
when Jesus comes...
00:36:34.72\00:36:36.06
when you're more concerned
about your bank account balance
00:36:36.09\00:36:38.89
than the Word of God,
you can preach anything
00:36:38.93\00:36:41.46
because your
belly is your god...
00:36:41.50\00:36:44.07
your money is your god...
00:36:44.10\00:36:45.53
but Jesus is saying,
my Brother and Sister,
00:36:45.57\00:36:47.57
"Do not get caught by a
person that looks the part. "
00:36:47.60\00:36:51.01
We have to
maintain and create a diet
00:36:51.04\00:36:55.64
for nothing but the
unerring Word of God
00:36:55.68\00:36:57.88
because we're living in a day
00:36:57.91\00:36:59.51
when men love
darkness rather than light
00:36:59.55\00:37:02.45
and how did it get this way?
00:37:02.48\00:37:04.55
You see, for
more than 6,000 years,
00:37:04.59\00:37:06.86
Satan has been
orchestrating darkness
00:37:06.89\00:37:09.42
because Satan's plan
00:37:09.46\00:37:10.96
is to get our eyes to
adjust to the darkness.
00:37:10.99\00:37:14.56
That's why Isaiah 60
and verse 2 says this
00:37:14.60\00:37:17.50
about the world we live in,
00:37:17.53\00:37:19.47
the prophet says,
00:37:19.50\00:37:20.84
"For behold, the darkness
shall cover the earth... "
00:37:20.87\00:37:23.61
and Friends,
all you've got to do
00:37:23.64\00:37:25.37
is look and you'll see it.
00:37:25.41\00:37:27.04
But he didn't stop there,
00:37:27.08\00:37:28.68
"and gross darkness the people;
00:37:28.71\00:37:30.48
but the Lord
shall arise upon thee,
00:37:30.51\00:37:34.18
and His glory shall
be seen upon Thee. "
00:37:34.22\00:37:37.82
This is the generation,
Son and Daughter of God,
00:37:37.85\00:37:40.66
when you've got to
let your light shine.
00:37:40.69\00:37:42.42
Don't hide your
light under a bushel...
00:37:42.46\00:37:44.53
now, don't burn folk with it
00:37:44.56\00:37:46.16
but live a life that is
so in harmony with God's Word
00:37:46.19\00:37:49.40
that men will
look at you and say,
00:37:49.43\00:37:51.20
"There's something different
about that young man...
00:37:51.23\00:37:53.17
there's something different
about that young lady...
00:37:53.20\00:37:55.74
there's something different
about that husband and wife...
00:37:55.77\00:37:58.27
they are living a life
00:37:58.31\00:37:59.64
that is quite out of
harmony with the world. "
00:37:59.67\00:38:02.21
All you got to
do today to be weird
00:38:02.24\00:38:04.25
is not have a tattoo.
00:38:04.28\00:38:05.61
All you've got to
do today to be unusual
00:38:05.65\00:38:08.28
is not have
multiple holes in your body
00:38:08.32\00:38:10.79
and holes hanging
from different places,
00:38:10.82\00:38:13.36
all you've got to
do is be satisfied
00:38:13.39\00:38:15.72
with the way
that God created you.
00:38:15.76\00:38:18.03
What a generation!
00:38:18.06\00:38:19.39
God wants us to
adjust to the light...
00:38:19.43\00:38:21.60
Satan says, "Get
used to the darkness. "
00:38:21.63\00:38:24.50
You see... God's...
God wants His children
00:38:24.53\00:38:27.87
to be children of light
in a generation of darkness.
00:38:27.90\00:38:31.71
What kind of
generation are we living in?
00:38:31.74\00:38:33.98
There's an unquenchable
thirst for technology
00:38:34.01\00:38:37.31
resulting in
intellectual stagnation.
00:38:37.35\00:38:40.95
People are so much
locked into their devices
00:38:40.98\00:38:43.52
that they can't think
for themselves anymore.
00:38:43.55\00:38:45.55
Millennials are
socially saturated
00:38:45.59\00:38:48.59
and relationally disconnected.
00:38:48.62\00:38:50.53
Can't even have a conversation
with somebody in the same room,
00:38:50.56\00:38:53.26
they got to text each
other and they just feed away...
00:38:53.29\00:38:55.36
what kind of
dysfunction is that?
00:38:55.40\00:38:56.83
Wi Fi has finally
accomplished its purpose
00:38:56.87\00:39:00.57
because we are
no longer connected.
00:39:00.60\00:39:02.94
Think about that for a moment.
00:39:02.97\00:39:04.47
Receiving a text used to mean
somebody gave you a Bible verse
00:39:04.51\00:39:08.54
but it means
something different today
00:39:08.58\00:39:10.65
and searching on the
Internet has replaced
00:39:10.68\00:39:13.45
searching the Word of God
00:39:13.48\00:39:15.45
and seeking a
relationship with the Lord.
00:39:15.48\00:39:17.85
That's why
Isaiah the Prophet yells
00:39:17.89\00:39:20.16
from the portals
of righteousness.
00:39:20.19\00:39:22.06
He says in
Isaiah 55 and verse 6,
00:39:22.09\00:39:24.09
"Seek the Lord
while He may be found... "
00:39:24.13\00:39:26.46
the day is coming that
He will not be found...
00:39:26.49\00:39:28.76
"call upon Him
while He is near. "
00:39:28.80\00:39:32.93
That's what God is saying
for us to do in these last days.
00:39:32.97\00:39:36.57
God is saying...
it's time to call...
00:39:36.60\00:39:38.14
I'm calling...
00:39:38.17\00:39:39.51
it's time to look for Me
because the day is coming
00:39:39.54\00:39:42.64
when I will not
be able to be found.
00:39:42.68\00:39:44.28
The day is coming
when the presence of Christ
00:39:44.31\00:39:46.95
will be the deepest
desire of sinful man
00:39:46.98\00:39:50.89
and Jesus would have
ended His mediatorial work
00:39:50.92\00:39:55.09
and there will
be no longer mercy
00:39:55.12\00:39:57.16
for the guilty
inhabitants of the earth.
00:39:57.19\00:39:59.39
Why wait?
00:39:59.43\00:40:00.96
Why wait when the
greatest opportunity to be saved
00:40:01.00\00:40:03.80
is right before you?
00:40:03.83\00:40:05.23
Why wait?
00:40:05.27\00:40:06.60
What can you
possibly trade for eternity?
00:40:06.63\00:40:09.20
70 years... 90 years...
00:40:09.24\00:40:11.81
maybe 105...
00:40:11.84\00:40:13.58
and if you're one of the few
maybe the minus minus 1 percent,
00:40:13.61\00:40:16.95
maybe a 110...
00:40:16.98\00:40:18.78
that's off the
scale in modern society...
00:40:18.81\00:40:21.42
why trade a temporary life
00:40:21.45\00:40:24.69
when Jesus wants to
give us unending eternity?
00:40:24.72\00:40:27.86
Why grapple with the world
00:40:27.89\00:40:30.93
when the Lord says,
"The best is yet to come. "
00:40:30.96\00:40:32.99
Why fight over this
tiny little ball called earth
00:40:33.03\00:40:36.36
when there is an
untold... unexplored universe
00:40:36.40\00:40:39.70
that Jesus who gave His life is
longing to give to His children?
00:40:39.73\00:40:44.67
Friends, which
brings me to Sign Number 4:
00:40:44.71\00:40:47.71
The evidence is not all bad
00:40:47.74\00:40:49.64
there is some
reassuring evidence
00:40:49.68\00:40:52.21
because darkness will
not have the final say.
00:40:52.25\00:40:55.98
The final say will be
based on the Word of God.
00:40:56.02\00:40:59.49
You see, there are
bad things happening
00:40:59.52\00:41:01.42
but not everything is bad...
00:41:01.46\00:41:02.79
the gospel is
still being preached...
00:41:02.82\00:41:04.46
people are still being saved...
00:41:04.49\00:41:05.86
people are still being rescued
from the chains of darkness.
00:41:05.89\00:41:08.83
Men and women are
coming out of the graves
00:41:08.86\00:41:11.43
of the... the
chains of this society
00:41:11.47\00:41:13.90
and putting on the
righteousness of Jesus.
00:41:13.94\00:41:16.84
In this day and age, drug
abusers are still being rescued.
00:41:16.87\00:41:20.51
People that lived in
darkness and coming to light.
00:41:20.54\00:41:22.74
It's not all bad and
here's the good news,
00:41:22.78\00:41:25.58
Matthew 24 and verse 14...
00:41:25.61\00:41:27.52
I praised God
when I found this text
00:41:27.55\00:41:29.65
because God
took me from my world
00:41:29.68\00:41:32.09
and gave me a mission
to join in the clarion call
00:41:32.12\00:41:35.42
that Jesus is coming again.
00:41:35.46\00:41:37.09
Matthew 24 and verse 14,
00:41:37.13\00:41:39.39
the Bible says,
00:41:39.43\00:41:41.43
"This gospel of the kingdom
00:41:41.46\00:41:44.67
will be
preached in all the world
00:41:44.70\00:41:46.84
as a witness to all nations,
00:41:46.87\00:41:48.30
and then the end will come. "
00:41:48.34\00:41:50.14
Friends, I'm passionate today
00:41:50.17\00:41:52.27
because I'm telling
you the end is coming.
00:41:52.31\00:41:53.94
It's coming
quicker than you believe
00:41:53.98\00:41:56.08
and I'm telling you
today on the clarity
00:41:56.11\00:41:59.31
and the authenticity and
the assurance of God's word.
00:41:59.35\00:42:02.82
Open your eyes...
00:42:02.85\00:42:04.19
don't be as
Steve Dennis described,
00:42:04.22\00:42:06.59
"They don't want to see it...
00:42:06.62\00:42:07.96
nobody saw it coming. "
00:42:07.99\00:42:09.32
Friends, open
your eyes it's coming.
00:42:09.36\00:42:11.09
The good news is the
proclamation of the gospel
00:42:11.13\00:42:14.53
is the start of good things...
00:42:14.56\00:42:16.63
it's not all bad.
00:42:16.67\00:42:18.00
The preaching of the gospel
opened doors that were shut
00:42:18.03\00:42:20.90
and breaks those
chains that once bound
00:42:20.94\00:42:23.87
those who were helpless.
00:42:23.91\00:42:25.24
God is
working... heaven is busy...
00:42:25.27\00:42:28.14
the angels are
hastening back and forth.
00:42:28.18\00:42:30.38
They are finishing
the work and one day
00:42:30.41\00:42:33.01
one of the angels is
going to say, "It is done...
00:42:33.05\00:42:34.98
I am finally finished...
00:42:35.02\00:42:36.55
Father, the work You
have given me to do...
00:42:36.58\00:42:38.72
I have completed it... "
00:42:38.75\00:42:40.26
and Jesus will stand back.
00:42:40.29\00:42:43.26
Why wait till that day?
00:42:43.29\00:42:44.69
Why wait till the day when Jesus
takes off His robe of ministry
00:42:44.73\00:42:49.13
and puts on His
robe of military?
00:42:49.16\00:42:52.67
Why wait till the day
when Jesus stops pleading
00:42:52.70\00:42:55.87
and gets ready for the
final battle of the ages?
00:42:55.90\00:42:58.77
You see Friends, when
the gospel is preached,
00:42:58.81\00:43:01.04
people will turn
away from darkness
00:43:01.08\00:43:03.24
toward God's marvelous light.
00:43:03.28\00:43:05.58
I've stood and preached...
00:43:05.61\00:43:06.95
I've seen people that have been
bound in darkness for decades
00:43:06.98\00:43:09.98
hear the truth of
God's Word and say,
00:43:10.02\00:43:12.05
"I no longer want
to be in darkness,
00:43:12.09\00:43:14.42
I'm going to accept the Sabbath.
00:43:14.46\00:43:16.02
God says, 'Remember' and I
choose no longer to forget. "
00:43:16.06\00:43:19.36
When the gospel is preached
00:43:19.39\00:43:21.16
those bound in sin
00:43:21.20\00:43:22.60
will be rescued from
a lifetime of bondage.
00:43:22.63\00:43:25.57
I heard a story about
a man who all his life...
00:43:25.60\00:43:28.70
he said for 50, 60, 70 years
he ignored the voice of God
00:43:28.74\00:43:33.31
but when the COVID hit,
00:43:33.34\00:43:35.24
he said... 2021 was
the best year of his life.
00:43:35.28\00:43:39.01
Yes, I spoke on
the phone with him
00:43:39.05\00:43:41.25
and I heard the
tears in his voice.
00:43:41.28\00:43:42.62
He said, "It
took a crumbling world
00:43:42.65\00:43:45.75
to remind me that
no man on this planet
00:43:45.79\00:43:49.16
has the answers for my life. "
00:43:49.19\00:43:51.29
He says, "If they
can't solve the COVID crisis,
00:43:51.33\00:43:53.63
how can they solve
the longing of my soul?
00:43:53.66\00:43:56.30
I want to be saved. "
00:43:56.33\00:43:57.67
And late in life, God
gave him a second chance
00:43:57.70\00:44:01.07
and I tell you today,
when we get together on Zoom
00:44:01.10\00:44:03.14
from week to week,
00:44:03.20\00:44:04.54
he still proclaims
the goodness of God...
00:44:04.57\00:44:06.47
the joy that he once
denied, he now has recaptured.
00:44:06.51\00:44:10.55
Friends, don't wait
until it's too late.
00:44:10.58\00:44:12.75
Those that are in darkness...
00:44:12.78\00:44:14.55
when the gospel is preached,
00:44:14.58\00:44:16.32
truth long hidden
will be overridden.
00:44:16.35\00:44:19.35
Truth long hidden
will once again be revealed
00:44:19.39\00:44:22.42
and the darkness of
tradition and fables
00:44:22.46\00:44:26.13
will be replaced with the
certainty of the Word of God.
00:44:26.16\00:44:29.50
See, John chapter 4
verse 23 tells us this way,
00:44:29.53\00:44:32.57
John chapter 4:23 tells us
00:44:32.60\00:44:35.67
what kind people
Jesus is looking for.
00:44:35.70\00:44:38.74
He says in John 4 and verse 23,
00:44:38.77\00:44:40.84
"But the hour is coming,
00:44:40.88\00:44:42.84
and now is,
00:44:42.88\00:44:44.35
when the true worshiper... "
00:44:44.38\00:44:46.11
do you want to
be a true worshiper
00:44:46.15\00:44:47.58
or are you just settled
in the feeling of worship
00:44:47.62\00:44:51.22
in the community
outreach, are you just settled?
00:44:51.25\00:44:55.12
Do you want to
just sing the songs
00:44:55.16\00:44:56.49
and not live the life?
00:44:56.52\00:44:57.86
Do you want to feel worship
00:44:57.89\00:44:59.23
or do you want to
live a life of worship?
00:44:59.26\00:45:01.00
He said, "The hour
is coming, and now is,
00:45:01.03\00:45:03.33
when the true worshiper
00:45:03.37\00:45:05.90
will worship the
Father in spirit and in truth;
00:45:05.93\00:45:09.10
for the Father is
seeking such to worship Him. "
00:45:09.14\00:45:11.77
Verse 24 of John chapter 4,
00:45:11.81\00:45:14.64
He says, "God is Spirit,
00:45:14.68\00:45:16.41
and those who worship Him
00:45:16.44\00:45:18.31
must worship in
spirit and in truth. "
00:45:18.35\00:45:22.78
Friends, Satan has created
a substitute for everything
00:45:22.82\00:45:26.99
but I want to tell you,
when the gospel is preached,
00:45:27.02\00:45:29.56
the light is
going to come back on
00:45:29.59\00:45:31.56
and it's going to be brighter
than it has ever been before.
00:45:31.59\00:45:34.60
How do you know?
00:45:34.63\00:45:35.96
Because God is turning
on the light this time.
00:45:36.00\00:45:38.20
God is not
leaving the last stages
00:45:38.23\00:45:41.17
to the hands of men
00:45:41.20\00:45:42.54
because Satan has
created a substitute...
00:45:42.57\00:45:44.67
for the Sabbath
he created Sunday...
00:45:44.71\00:45:47.01
for the Second Coming, he
created the Secret Rapture.
00:45:47.04\00:45:49.78
For death being the end
of life as Scripture teaches,
00:45:49.81\00:45:53.31
Satan has taught... it is
an alternate route to heaven.
00:45:53.35\00:45:56.75
The Bible says, "Only the
righteous will be in heaven... "
00:45:56.79\00:46:00.16
but Satan says, "Everybody
dies and goes to heaven
00:46:00.19\00:46:02.82
no matter how they live. "
00:46:02.86\00:46:04.59
The Bible says,
destruction and hell is final...
00:46:04.63\00:46:07.40
but Satan says... it's
going to be eternal torment.
00:46:07.43\00:46:10.10
The Bible says... there's
going to be a resurrection
00:46:10.13\00:46:12.77
at the second coming of Jesus
00:46:12.80\00:46:14.14
but Satan says, "You
don't need a resurrection,
00:46:14.17\00:46:16.04
just die and go to
heaven right away. "
00:46:16.07\00:46:17.44
The Bible says... sin is sin
00:46:17.47\00:46:19.77
but Satan calls it
an alternate lifestyle.
00:46:19.81\00:46:22.11
And the Bible gave Adam to Eve
00:46:22.14\00:46:24.85
and I say this
with great respect,
00:46:24.88\00:46:26.72
"God did not give
Adam to Steve... "
00:46:26.75\00:46:29.62
let's get back to the
reality of God's Word.
00:46:29.65\00:46:31.59
Immortality will one day
replace permanently immorality,
00:46:31.62\00:46:36.62
praise God for that.
00:46:36.66\00:46:37.99
How do I know
we're living in the end?
00:46:38.03\00:46:39.83
2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 and
verse 3, the Bible says to us,
00:46:39.86\00:46:42.76
"Let no one
deceive you by any means;
00:46:42.80\00:46:46.30
for that Day will not come
00:46:46.33\00:46:48.60
unless the falling
away comes first... "
00:46:48.64\00:46:51.41
we are living in
the "falling away. "
00:46:51.44\00:46:53.78
And then he says,
00:46:53.81\00:46:55.34
"the man of sin is revealed,
00:46:55.41\00:46:56.78
the son of perdition. "
00:46:56.81\00:46:58.91
Today, sinful men
are being revealed...
00:46:58.95\00:47:01.78
today, the man of sin...
00:47:01.82\00:47:03.15
the System of the
Antichrist is being revealed
00:47:03.18\00:47:05.65
and one day, Satan
himself will personate Christ
00:47:05.69\00:47:09.22
attempting the final stages
00:47:09.26\00:47:11.49
to seduce the hearts of
men to turn away from Jesus
00:47:11.53\00:47:14.50
but I want to
tell you something,
00:47:14.53\00:47:16.16
Jesus will have the last word.
00:47:16.20\00:47:17.80
Entire Denominations today
00:47:17.83\00:47:19.53
are built on
Satanic foundations of error
00:47:19.57\00:47:22.30
but in all that darkness,
00:47:22.34\00:47:24.27
there is still
a beacon of light.
00:47:24.31\00:47:26.34
In all that darkness,
00:47:26.37\00:47:27.94
there is still a
rock that will not roll...
00:47:27.98\00:47:30.11
the Word of God that
stands fast forever and ever
00:47:30.15\00:47:33.58
and why is the preaching
of the gospel so necessary
00:47:33.62\00:47:37.32
in these closing hours?
00:47:37.35\00:47:38.69
Here's the words of
the heart of a loving Lord,
00:47:38.72\00:47:41.26
in John 10 and
verse 16, He says,
00:47:41.29\00:47:43.53
"And other sheep I have
00:47:43.56\00:47:45.43
which are not of this fold;
00:47:45.46\00:47:46.80
them also I must bring,
00:47:46.83\00:47:49.03
and they will hear My voice;
00:47:49.06\00:47:50.70
and there will be one flock
00:47:50.73\00:47:52.97
and there will
be one shepherd. "
00:47:53.00\00:47:54.84
Praise the Lord,
00:47:54.87\00:47:56.20
my Brother and my
Sister, today, you can rejoice
00:47:56.24\00:47:58.41
in the reality that
wherever you may be,
00:47:58.44\00:48:01.71
if it is not where
Jesus wants you to be,
00:48:01.74\00:48:04.41
He's calling you.
00:48:04.45\00:48:05.78
Today, listen to the
voice of the Life-giver.
00:48:05.81\00:48:07.98
Listen to the voice of the
Chief Shepherd, He's saying,
00:48:08.02\00:48:11.15
"Don't be content to stay
where you are comfortable...
00:48:11.19\00:48:14.29
don't be comfortable until you
are where God wants you to be.
00:48:14.32\00:48:18.63
Which brings me
to my Final Sign:
00:48:18.66\00:48:21.10
The promised delayed will
soon be the promised delivered.
00:48:21.13\00:48:25.33
Oh Friends, the promised delayed
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.80
will soon be the
promise delivered.
00:48:27.84\00:48:30.61
The Prophet... the Minor Prophet
Habakkuk said it this way
00:48:30.64\00:48:33.78
in Habakkuk 2 and verse 3,
00:48:33.81\00:48:35.58
"For the vision is
yet for an appointed time;
00:48:35.61\00:48:39.01
but at the end it will
speak, and it will not lie.
00:48:39.05\00:48:41.88
Though it tarries... "
he says, "wait for it... "
00:48:41.92\00:48:45.19
Generation
2021... wait for it...
00:48:45.22\00:48:48.32
last-day
Christians wait for it...
00:48:48.36\00:48:50.63
don't give up and here's why...
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.13
"Because... " he
says, "it will surely come,
00:48:52.16\00:48:55.16
it will not tarry. "
00:48:55.20\00:48:56.77
Can I say it this way?
00:48:56.80\00:48:58.60
Delayed gratification
is more of a blessing
00:48:58.63\00:49:02.14
than instant disappointment.
00:49:02.17\00:49:04.27
Delayed
gratification is more powerful
00:49:04.31\00:49:07.18
than instant disappointment.
00:49:07.21\00:49:08.91
Millions are settling
for less... can I testify?
00:49:08.94\00:49:13.62
But I'm holding
out for the best.
00:49:13.65\00:49:15.55
You see, Steven Dennis
talked about the bad news,
00:49:15.58\00:49:18.82
but I'm going to
end with the good news.
00:49:18.85\00:49:20.66
John 14 verse 3...
00:49:20.69\00:49:22.52
the Bible says
the words of Jesus,
00:49:22.56\00:49:24.79
He says, "and if I go
and prepare a place for you,
00:49:24.83\00:49:28.53
I will come again and
receive you to Myself;
00:49:28.56\00:49:33.40
that where I am,
there ye may be also. "
00:49:33.44\00:49:36.71
Friends, Jesus is coming again.
00:49:36.74\00:49:39.07
Lift up the
trumpets and loud let it ring
00:49:39.11\00:49:41.94
from the pulpits
of your churches.
00:49:41.98\00:49:43.71
Lift it up from
Sabbath to Sabbath
00:49:43.75\00:49:45.75
and tell those dying in
sin that Jesus is coming again.
00:49:45.78\00:49:48.88
Tell those who are
ready to walk away from life,
00:49:48.92\00:49:51.79
"Hold on... it's
soon going to be over...
00:49:51.82\00:49:54.26
Jesus is coming again...
00:49:54.29\00:49:55.72
the day is fast approaching. "
00:49:55.76\00:49:57.69
When remorse and rejoicing will
merge at the same intersection,
00:49:57.73\00:50:03.83
what a day that's going to be
00:50:03.87\00:50:05.73
when remorse and rejoicing
merge at the same intersection!
00:50:05.77\00:50:10.64
Why?
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.51
Because the world is terrible
but the best is yet to come!
00:50:12.54\00:50:16.54
What do I mean by
remorse and rejoicing
00:50:16.58\00:50:18.91
merging at the
same intersection?
00:50:18.95\00:50:20.82
You see Friends, on one hand
00:50:20.85\00:50:22.88
the regret of missing out on the
glorious return of the ages...
00:50:22.92\00:50:26.19
but on the other hand,
00:50:26.22\00:50:27.59
the realization that the
promises of Jesus are true.
00:50:27.62\00:50:30.89
When I was a young man,
00:50:30.93\00:50:32.93
growing up in the
streets of New York City...
00:50:32.96\00:50:35.40
when I was a young man fighting
the fight of the world...
00:50:35.43\00:50:38.83
when I was a young man,
00:50:38.87\00:50:40.20
my back was turned
on the promises of God
00:50:40.24\00:50:42.27
and I could not understand
00:50:42.30\00:50:44.04
why I couldn't
find peace in Christ
00:50:44.07\00:50:46.37
until one day the Lord
knocked on my door and said,
00:50:46.41\00:50:49.68
"Young man, I love you so much,
00:50:49.71\00:50:51.71
I'm not going to
let you die in your sin.
00:50:51.75\00:50:53.85
I'm not going to
waste your life away
00:50:53.88\00:50:56.65
in a senseless society
that could never satisfy...
00:50:56.69\00:51:00.62
I'm going to call you
00:51:00.66\00:51:02.22
and God called this
abandoned young baby
00:51:02.26\00:51:05.46
to a life of ministry.
00:51:05.49\00:51:07.06
God called this
meandering mediocre young man
00:51:07.10\00:51:11.30
to a place where I can
now proclaim with assurance
00:51:11.33\00:51:13.97
that Jesus is coming again.
00:51:14.00\00:51:16.27
So, the day is coming...
00:51:16.30\00:51:17.64
all that I've said and
preached throughout the years...
00:51:17.67\00:51:19.74
the day is coming
00:51:19.77\00:51:21.11
that rejoicing and regret will
merge at the same intersection.
00:51:21.14\00:51:26.08
Why?
00:51:26.11\00:51:27.45
On one hand, there
will be those missing out
00:51:27.48\00:51:30.19
on the glorious
appearing of Jesus
00:51:30.22\00:51:32.02
but on the right hand,
00:51:32.05\00:51:33.39
there will be those realizing
00:51:33.42\00:51:34.76
that the promises
of Jesus are true.
00:51:34.79\00:51:36.36
On one side, those running
to the rocks and the mountains
00:51:36.39\00:51:39.16
to hide,
00:51:39.19\00:51:40.53
but on the other side,
00:51:40.56\00:51:41.90
those running from the rocks
and the mountains to rejoice.
00:51:41.93\00:51:44.93
Friends, if I live
long enough to see that day,
00:51:44.97\00:51:47.57
I tell you, I'm
going to be one of those
00:51:47.60\00:51:50.04
running from the rocks.
00:51:50.07\00:51:51.41
I'm going to be one of
those looking up and saying,
00:51:51.44\00:51:54.14
"You didn't believe
it... but here it is...
00:51:54.18\00:51:55.98
evidence no
longer able to be denied
00:51:56.01\00:51:58.81
when the eastern sky parts...
00:51:58.85\00:52:02.45
my Savior comes...
00:52:02.48\00:52:03.82
I'm going to be standing there
00:52:03.85\00:52:06.52
waiting to welcome Him.
00:52:06.55\00:52:08.69
When the eastern sky breaks
00:52:08.72\00:52:10.23
and the graves rumble
00:52:10.26\00:52:12.86
and the saints come
forth from their dusty beds,
00:52:12.89\00:52:16.03
I want to be there
to welcome my Lord,
00:52:16.06\00:52:18.03
it's no longer going
to be about church...
00:52:18.07\00:52:20.37
I'm going to
say, "This is my God,
00:52:20.40\00:52:22.47
I've looked forward to Him. "
00:52:22.50\00:52:23.94
I'm not going to be running
to the rocks and the mountains
00:52:23.97\00:52:25.74
to hide,
00:52:25.77\00:52:27.11
I'm going to be standing
there singing the song of Moses
00:52:27.14\00:52:30.21
and of the Lamb.
00:52:30.25\00:52:31.58
I'm going to be
shouting with clear voice,
00:52:31.61\00:52:34.55
"I've been looking
forward to this day...
00:52:34.58\00:52:36.08
I've been
waiting for this day...
00:52:36.12\00:52:37.92
I've been
praying for this day. "
00:52:37.95\00:52:39.75
You see Friends, our
Lord is soon to come.
00:52:39.79\00:52:43.79
The joy and
rejoicing from being prepared
00:52:43.83\00:52:47.76
for the best event in history
will be realized in the extreme
00:52:47.80\00:52:51.50
and yet on that
day, I'll be able to say,
00:52:51.53\00:52:54.64
"Mine eyes have
finally seen the glory
00:52:54.67\00:52:58.11
of the coming of the Lord,
00:52:58.14\00:53:00.04
and I want to tell you,
what the Apostle Paul says,
00:53:00.08\00:53:02.38
he tried to
imagine it but he said,
00:53:02.41\00:53:04.28
"Eye hath not seen and
ear hath not heard... "
00:53:04.31\00:53:07.02
He tried to see it but he said,
00:53:07.05\00:53:08.85
"it hasn't even
entered into the hearts of men
00:53:08.88\00:53:11.65
the things that God prepared
for those that love Him... "
00:53:11.69\00:53:15.12
and when Jesus
lifts the curtain...
00:53:15.16\00:53:18.46
when Jesus lifts the curtain...
00:53:18.49\00:53:22.46
where are you going to be?
00:53:22.50\00:53:23.83
My Brother... my Sister,
00:53:23.87\00:53:25.43
it's too late to walk away...
00:53:25.47\00:53:27.17
put those plans
back in the drawer,
00:53:27.20\00:53:29.97
it's too late to walk away
from this everlasting gospel.
00:53:30.01\00:53:33.07
It is too late to turn your
back on the Remnant Movement.
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It is too late to
say that it doesn't pay
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to stand firm on the Sabbath.
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It is too late to say
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that this gospel has
not brought me satisfaction.
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Let me tell you something,
the everlasting gospel
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is not intended to bring
you worldly satisfaction,
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it is intended to
bring you everlasting joy.
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Hold on my
Brother... hold on my Sister...
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human inventions will fail
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when compared to the majestic
glory revealed from the heavens.
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God is going to
say, "This is my day... "
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He's going to send His
angels to gather His elect
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from one end of the
earth and to the other
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and like a reed
shaken in the wind,
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the earth will shake at
the voice of the Life-giver.
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Those long separated by death
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will be reunited on that day.
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What a day of
reunion that's going to be!
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What a day it's going to be...
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the children of
God out of every nation
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will finally be reunited.
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No class distinction...
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no race distinction...
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no financial separation...
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we will all
finally be one in Christ.
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On that day, one
will be able to say,
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"I didn't see this coming. "
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You know why?
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Because it's going
to be more majestic
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than we can ever imagine.
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The glory of God will
wrap the earth in splendor
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that's indescribable
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and to the uttermost
parts of the universe,
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the voice of the
redeemed will proclaim,
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"It is finished...
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the battle is
over... it is finished!
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And Jesus is Lord.
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What a glorious
day that's going to be.
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Friends, let me say it again,
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"Our Lord is soon to come... "
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Our soon-coming King
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is the hope on which
we establish our future
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and our day.
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Steve Dennis diagnosed
it very well... so I end,
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my Brethren,
don't ignore the facts.
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Don't close your eyes
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to the Scriptural
reality of the promises of God.
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You can trust God's Word.
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It is reliable...
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He said it... just hold on
a little longer, my Friend.
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Hold on a little longer
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and you will see the
promise that Christ has made
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become reality
before your mortal eyes.
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Do not be afraid to
embrace the promises of Jesus.
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Do not lose hope thinking that
Jesus has somehow forgotten you.
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Don't put your decision
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to join the fellowship of
the unashamed off another day.
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Hold on my
Brother and my Sister.
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We have a joy to proclaim...
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we have a hope to embrace
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and there is a mansion somewhere
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and there are some
keys for my wife and me
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to walk into our
mansions together.
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Hold on husband and wife.
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Hold on young
man and young woman.
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God has not made
fable promises...
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those promises are
unending... they are reliable.
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Hold on Pastor,
keep preaching...
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ignite the
pulpit that your members
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and their hope will be reignited
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because the day is coming
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when the joyous and the
hopeful will be able to proclaim
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the words of Isaiah the Prophet
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when he said in
Isaiah 25 and verse 9,
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"And it will be
said, in that day:
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"Behold, this is our God;
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we have waited for
Him, and He will save us.
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This is the Lord;
we have waited for Him;
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we will be glad and
rejoice in His salvation. "
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My Brethren,
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our King is coming again.
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Music...
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His body was
broken... so that we could live
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giving us the
gift of eternal life.
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He pursues us relentlessly
with an everlasting love.
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Regardless of our
failures and mistakes,
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the One that loves
us like no other...
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this is who Jesus is.
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