The Mark Of The Beast
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THE MARK OF THE BEAST
Revelation 14:9-11 King James Version (KJV) 9. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10. The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into The CUP of HIS INDIGNATION (SIGNIFYING JUDGMENT); and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11. And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. ============================================================== IN THIS COMPACTED MESSAGE, WE ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING….. Part 3 of, THE LAST DAYS ANOINTING…. The Continuation of…. WHAT TO DO TO ESCAPE FROM GOD’S WRATH, HIS JUDGMENT THAT IS SOON TO COME WORLDWIDE…..Incorporating Portions of The Message…. SURVIVAL DURING THE COMING JUDGMENT………. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THESE THREE MESSAGES BUT OUR ATTENTION AND EMPHASIS THIS TIME IS REGARDING THE LORD’S URGENT WARNING TO HIS PEOPLE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF RECEIVING THE MARK OF THE BEAST….. which is My Message For Today. ==============================================================
THE MARK OF THE BEAST…..explained Revelation 14:9-11 (KJV) 9. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, (tattooed with the code of his name.) 10. The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation (JUDGMENT); and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11. And the smoke of their torment ascended up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name. EXCERPT FROM The Living Bible – (whoever is tattooed with the code of his name.) 12. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (The Living Bible Translation – Let this encourage God’s people to endure patiently every trial and persecution, for they are his saints who remain firm to the end in obedience to his commands and trust in Jesus.”) 13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. (The Living Bible Translation – And I heard a voice in the heavens above me saying, “Write this down: At last the time has come for HIS MARTYRS to enter into their full reward. Yes, says the Spirit, they are blessed indeed, for now they shall rest from all their toils and trials; for their good deeds follow them to heaven!) 14. And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto THE Son of man, having on HIS Head a Golden Crown, and in HIS HAND a sharp sickle. 15. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to HIM that sat on the cloud, Thrust in THY sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for THE HARVEST of the earth is ripe. 16 And HE that sat on the cloud thrust in HIS sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. The Living Bible Version – Vss 15-16: Then an angel came from the temple and called out to him, “Begin to use the sickle, for the time has come for you to reap; the harvest is ripe on the earth.” 16. So The One sitting on the cloud swung HIS sickle over the earth, and the harvest was gathered in. 17. And another angel came out of the temple which is in Heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to HIM that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in THY sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 1.9 And the angel thrust in HIS sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. The Living Bible Version – Vss 18-20: 18 Just then the angel who has power to destroy the world with fire, shouted to the angel with the sickle, “Use your sickle now to cut off the clusters of grapes from the vines of the earth, for they are fully ripe for judgment.” 19. So the angel swung his sickle on the earth and loaded the grapes into the great winepress of God’s wrath. 20. And the grapes were trodden in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out in a stream 200 miles long and as high as a horse’s bridle. 14:9–11. Unbelievers during the Tribulation and many CHRISTIANS who have not been prepared TO WITHSTAND THE TEMPTATION will receive the mark of the beast and worship him. They will all receive God’s eternal punishment in the lake of fire Matt. 25:41 II. A third angel follows the other two, and gives warning to all REGARDING the divine vengeance which would overtake all those that obstinately adhered to their Babylonian interest after God has proclaimed its downfall Rev. 14:9-10. If after this threatening denouncement against Babylon, which is, in part already being executed, if any should persist in their idolatry, professing subjection to the beast and promoting his cause, they must expect to drink deep of the wind of the wrath of God; they shall be forever miserable in soul and body; Jesus Christ will inflict His punishment upon them, and the holy angels will behold it and approve of it. Idolatry, both pagan and Christian, is a damning sin in its own nature, and will prove fatal to those who persist in it, after fair warning has been given by the word of Providence; those who refuse to come out of Babylon, when thus called, and resolve to partake of her sins, must receive of her plagues; and the guilt and ruin of such incorrigible idolaters will serve to DISTINGUISH the excellency of the patience and obedience of the saints. Their STEADFASTNESS TO ENDURE TO THE END shall be rewarded with salvation and glory. Whereas, the treachery and rebellion of others shall be punished with everlasting destruction, then it will be said, to the honour of the faithful Rev. 14:12: Here is the patience of the saints; you have before seen their patience exercised, now you see it rewarded. ====================================================
Now we shall be REVIEWING what Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj revealed to us concerning this SUBJECT in his previous message entitled: HOW TO SURVIVE DURING THE COMING JUDGMENT INTRODUCTION BEFORE BROTHER SADHU COMES UP TO THE ALTAR by the host Pastor, Joseph Sweet ....When I'm sitting here hearing these messages from Terry Bennett, Neville Johnson, Brother Sadhu, it's sad to say this, but I don't' know of very many places, maybe there are but I just don't know, I think to myself, Lord I'm so thankful to be exposed to this! Again, there may be other places but I don't know if there are anywhere else in the world where we can sit and hear these kinds of messages from The Lord! Do you? There maybe but I don't know! NOR DO I, PROPHETESS. I am just grateful! THE WORD OF THE LORD IS WORTH MORE THAN GOLD! THE WORD OF THE LORD IS OUR TREASURE AND I AM SO THANKFUL THAT THESE MEN THAT ARE HERE TODAY PAID A HUGE PRICE TO WALK WITH GOD! THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE THE WORD OF THE LORD! ITS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE LIVING A CASUAL LIFE! IT’S BECAUSE OF THEIR CONSECRATION TO THE LORD! I think there is a Scripture in the book of John 17 where Jesus said; "Father, I sanctify myself for their sakes." He lived a sanctified life! Jesus did, for His followers sakes! AND FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE CALLED TO FOLLOW THE LORD, THAT’S WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO, TO LIVE A SANCTIFIED LIFE FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS! SO, THESE ARE THE KIND OF MEN THAT GOD'S SENT TO US THAT ARE LIVING THIS KIND OF LIFE! AND BECAUSE THEY ARE WALKING THAT WAY, WE CAN RECEIVED THESE UNCOMMON UNUSUAL WORDS! AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH! LET'S GIVE A WARM GOD BLESS YOU TO BRO SADHU AS HE COMES TO MINISTER TO US! BROTHER SADHU SUNDAR SELVARAJ TAKES THE MICROPHONE Good Morning everybody!!! How are you all today! Did you sleep well last night? Last night, after my message, brother Neville and I had a little 20 seconds discussion! You ask the people to pray, CAN THIS JUDGMENT BE STOPPED? THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION! AND THE ANSWER IS WHAT HE PREACHED THIS MORNING CAN THIS JUDGMENT THAT'S COMING TO AMERICA AND THE WORLD BE STOPPED! The answer is what Bro. Neville Johnson preached this morning! THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT CANNOT BE AVERTED, IT CANNOT BE PREVENTED! AND THE BAD NEWS IS THIS, IT HAS BEEN DECREED! BUT, THE SCRIPTURES SAY, "GOD ALWAYS MAKES A WAY OF ESCAPE." That's how good our GOD IS! And our dear Bro Neville Johnson preached this morning very beautifully about the greatness of GOD's LOVE THAT WILL TAKE US THROUGH ALL THIS! AMEN! LAST NIGHT I WENT TO MY BEDROOM WITH A HEAVY HEART! IT IS NEVER NEVER EASY TO SHARE A WORD FROM THE THRONE OF GOD ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS DEALING WITH THIS COMING FRIGHTENING WORLDWIDE JUDGMENT!! PLEASE DON'T EVER THINK THAT PROPHETS ARE HARD-HEARTED PEOPLE, THAT WE ARE EMOTIONLESS! THE CONTRARY IS TRUE! WE ARE REALLY BROKEN-HEARTED PEOPLE! YOU DO NOT KNOW OUR LIVES BEHIND THE SCENE, HOW MUCH WE STAND IN THE GAP AND CRY BEFORE GOD!! UP ON THE ALTAR STANDING BEFORE YOU DELIVERING THE MESSAGE...SAYING THAT I WAS THERE...I WAS HERE, WE MAY SEEM LIKE CHAMPIONS....ALL THAT SEEMS VERY NICE BUT, BEHIND THE SCENE, IF YOU ONLY KNEW HOW MUCH THEY STAND BEFORE GOD CRYING TO HIM, LORD, IS THERE ANY CHANCE, ANY CHANCE THAT THIS CAN BE AVERTED OR WHAT CAN BE DONE....JUST LIKE HOW ABRAHAM INTERCEDED TILL THE LAST MOMENT! SO I WENT TO MY ROOM WITH THIS QUESTION IN MY HEART....LORD, IF THIS JUDGMENT CANNOT BE AVERTED, IS THERE ANY OTHER THING THAT CAN BE DONE? AND I WENT TO SLEEP WITH THIS! WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING TO PRAY, AND WAIT ON THE LORD I REMEMBERED THAT QUESTION AND I BEGAN TO SEEK GOD! AND EARLY IN THE MORNING, WHEN I WAS MEDITATING, THE WORD OF GOD, I READ ONE SCRIPTURE FROM MY DEVOTIONAL WHICH READ: "And Noah found grace in the Eyes of GOD." AS I WAS READING IT, THE PROPHET MOSES, HIS PRESENCE APPEARED BEFORE ME AND HE ASKED ME....HOW DID HE FIND GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD? WHY DID HE FIND GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD? WHAT DID HE DO? AND WHAT CAN THE PEOPLE DO DURING THIS TIME OF JUDGMENT!!!! THEN HE OPENED MY EYES TO A WHOLE UNDERSTANDING TO SEVERAL SCRIPTURES IN THE HOLY BIBLE, TO SEVERAL INCIDENCES! AND DRAWING UP PRINCIPLES CONCERNING WHAT WE CAN DO NOW, DURING THIS EVENT THAT IS RIGHT BEFORE US! SO MY SERMON THIS MORNING IS ENTITLED: SURVIVAL DURING THE JUDGMENT! THIS JUDGMENT IS COMING! THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO AVOID IT! ALL THE PRAYERS THAT WE ARE DOING ARE GOOD! BUT, IT CANNOT STOP IT FROM COMING! YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE PROPHET JEREMIAH PROPHESIED ABOUT THE 70 YEARS OF BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, THE JEWS FOUGHT AGAINST IT, HE TRIED TO TELL THEM, DON'T FIGHT! IT HAS BEEN DECREED! IF THEY HAD NOT FOUGHT, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES! THEY WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN ALIVE IN CAPTIVITY! BUT THEY FOUGHT AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD AND THEY LOST THEIR LIVES! WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS! NOW, WHAT DID THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SAY ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO DURING PERIODS OF JUDGMENTS! THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF HAVE SPOKEN VERY SPECIFICALLY IN Matthew 24 and Luke 21:36 concerning; WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD DO DURING JUDGMENTS! HE SAID; "IT'S COMING!" IF YOU READ Matthew chapter 24, HE PROPHESIED ABOUT ALL THE END-TIME EVENTS THAT WERE GOING TO COME! AND THEN HE SAID, "WHEN YOU SEE THE DESOLATION OF ABOMINATION IN JERUSALEM, IN THE TEMPLE....HE did not say, Fight Against it! HOWEVER HE SAID: "PRAY THAT YOUR FLIGHT WILL NOT BE IN THE WINTER!... LEAVE TO THE MOUNTAINS, GET OUT OF THERE! HE GAVE THEM GUIDELINES… WHAT THEY SHOULD DO DURING THE JUDGMENT! IT IS COMING! WHEN IT'S ALL AROUND YOU!!! WHEN YOU SEE ARMIES ALL AROUND JERUSALEM...RUN TO THE MOUNTAINS! RUN TO ME! GIVE YOUR LIVES TO ME! HE SHOWED THEM WHAT TO DO! IT IS COMING! YOU CANNOT STOP IT! AND SURELY IT CAME! SO, LIKEWISE, WHAT CAN WE DO NOW! WE SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE END-TIMES! PREPARE TO SURVIVE DURING THE JUDGMENT! YOU KNOW, IN THE 1950s in China, there rose up a wicked leader called Mao Tse-tung. He introduced a policy called, The Cultural Revolution. WHEREBY he VOWED that in 50 years, religion, any kind of religion, Christianity, Buddhism, whatever people in China practiced will totally be eradicated! There will be no god in the entire land of China. Everybody will be Communist! Everybody will be one and equal. During this Cultural Revolution, churches were bulldozed, pastors were arrested, martyred, massacred, all kinds of evil were being done! However, during those 50 years of persecution, THE CHURCH GREW IN ABUNDANCE! AND, AS WE KNOW, MAO TSE-TUNG IS DEAD AND GONE! BUT THE CHURCH IN CHINA IS STILL ALIVE! AMEN! THE MAN WHO VOWED THAT HE WOULD DESTROY THE CHURCH, DESTROY THE VERY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, FROM THE VERY THOUGHT OF EVERY CHINESE, IS DEAD AND GONE...BUT THE CHURCH IN CHINA IS GOING STRONG! SO SEVERAL SCHOLARS OF MISSIONS, CALLED MISSIOLOGIST WERE INTRIGUED....WHAT IS THE SECRET TO THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH? THE SURVIVAL OF THE CHURCH DURING THIS CULTURAL REVOLUTION THAT IT DID NOT DIE? INSTEAD OF DYING, IT MULTIPLIED TO HUNDREDS AND MILLIONS IN NUMBERS! SOON, SEVERAL OF THEM FROM THE US WENT TO CHINA AND THEY INTERVIEWED ALL THE PASTORS, ALL THE BELIEVERS, ALL OVER CHINA. THEY PUT ALL OF THEIR FINDINGS TOGETHER AND THIS IS THEIR CONCLUSION! THEY ASKED THESE SAINTS, WHAT IS THE SECRET OF THE CHURCH GROWING? AND EVERYONE OF THE OLD PASTORS TOLD THEM, WE PREPARED OUR PEOPLE FOR PERSECUTION! THAT WAS THEIR SECRET! THEY PREPARED THE CHURCH FOR PERSECUTION! BECAUSE THE CHURCH WAS READY! BECAUSE THE BELIEVERS WERE READY! WHEN THE PERSECUTION CAME, IT MADE US STRONGER! AND MADE US TO GROW AND MULTIPLY RATHER THAN BUCKLE DOWN AND DIE OFF! THEY WERE PREPARED! TODAY, WE HAVE SO MUCH OF ESCAPIST ATTITUDE IN OUR MIND! LORD, I WANT TO BE CAUGHT UP IN THE RAPTURE! I WANT TO ESCAPE! THAT IS THE ESCAPIST MENTALITY! ARE WE HOUDINI'S OR DAVID COPPER-FIELD! :) these two have demonic powers to escape! You know, let me tell you one truth! When I started my ministry (this that God has commissioned me to do) I was part of all this Pentecostal tradition. That taught us this escapist doctrine! THE CHURCH WILL BE RAPTURED BEFORE THE TRIBULATION COMES! I held to that belief! I preached that. UNTIL I HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD IN 2006. In the first week of June 2006, I was preaching for a church in South India and asking The Lord what shall I speak at this convention? THE LORD JESUS CHRIST APPEARED BEFORE ME AND HE SAID, "HAVE YOU READ MATT. 24:8? I TURNED TO THAT SCRIPTURE AND READ IT! IT READ! "ALL THIS ARE BUT THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS!" He said, you shall preach on this at this convention! So I asked Lord, how can I just begin to preach…. all this are beginning of sorrows? What are the beginning of sorrows? And then The Lord said, "tell them the church will go through the FIRES OF TRIBULATION! I responded, "I've never ever heard anything like this!" I OBJECTED…NO! WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE RAPTURED LORD! You know what all charismatic and Pentecostal preachers proof about the Rapture...they say, we will escape all this thing...Revelation 4:1 says, when John was Called by THE LORD, COME UP! These old charismatics and Pentecostal preachers taught....THIS IS THE RAPTURE! NO!!!!! THEN THE LORD JESUS SAID TO ME, YOU GUYS HAVE GOT IT ALL WRONG! AND FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS, THE LORD SAT WITH ME, WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE BOOK OF REVELATION. POINTING SCRIPTURES AFTER SCRIPTURES! COMPARING THE 7 SEALS, THE 7 TRUMPETS, AND THE 7 BOWLS ONE AFTER ANOTHER, AND SHOWING ME THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS SAYING, LOOK AT ALL THIS!!! I NEVER EVER SAID THAT THE CHURCH WILL ESCAPE! THAT TRIBULATION, THAT MARK OF THE BEAST, WILL BE INTRODUCED, AND THE CHURCH WILL STILL BE THERE! THIS WILL BE THE FINAL TEST OF YOUR LOYALTY! YOUR FINAL TEST OF YOUR LOYALTY! TO WHOM YOU WILL HOLD YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO? WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT YOU CANNOT BUY AND SELL! IF YOU WANT TO BUY AND SELL, YOU MUST HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST ON YOUR RIGHT HAND! ARE YOU GOING TO COMPROMISE? IT’S EASY TO SAY NO RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW! BUT THEN, WHEN THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD, THEN IT WILL BECOME A WHOLE BALL OF A DIFFERENT GAME! YOU KNOW! IT’S EASY TO TALK FAITH FROM THIS PULPIT, VERY EASY IN THIS FAITH CLUSTERED ENVIRONMENT, VERY EASY! BUT WHEN THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD...WHEN YOU COME FACE TO FACE WITH MAKING A DECISION THAT IS A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH, WHAT WILL YOU DO? HOW WILL YOUR FAITH STAND! THAT IS THE TEST! ITS EASY FOR YOU TO SAY, OH, I WILL NOT TAKE THE MARK, I WILL STAND STRONG, BUT, WHAT ABOUT YOUR NURSING BABY THAT IS CRYING FOR MILK? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? THAT IS WHY THE LORD JESUS SAID, IN MATTHEW 24...BETTER NOT TO HAVE NURSING BABIES DURING THE TRIBULATION TIME! WOE UNTO THOSE WHO HAVE NURSING BABIES! You are nursing your baby, you need milk, what are you going to do? You need to go to the stores to buy milk what are you going to do? Or you have little kids crying for food, how long are you going to tell them, son, fast and pray! How long! How long! SO WHEN THE TEST COMES WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? ARE YOU GOING TO KNEEL DOWN AND SAY LORD EVEN IF I SEE MY BABY DYING IN MY ARMS I WILL NOT TAKE THE MARK! ARE YOU GOING TO SAY THAT? CAN YOU SAY THAT? AGAIN I SAY, ITS EASY TO SAY RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW...BUT WHEN YOU HEAR THE SHRIEKING CRIES OF YOUR BABIES, HOW WILL YOU MAKE YOUR HEART LIKE A STONE AND THEN SHUT YOUR EARS AND SAY, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MY BABY CRIES, I DON'T CARE! LET IT CRY AND DIE! (GLORY TO GOD! LIKE WE HEARD THIS MORNING...GLORIOUS DEATH...) THAT IS THE TEST, THE FINAL TEST THAT THE BRIDE OF CHRIST NEEDS TO GO THROUGH...THAT FIRE! FINAL TEST! IF WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR ALL THAT, WE WILL FALL!!! WE WILL FALL!!! IN THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION!!!! WE WILL FALL!!! THAT PRESSURE WILL BREAK YOU…. YOU WILL FAIL THAT TEST!!! IN THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION!!!! IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED…MADE STRONG, SOME OF YOU WILL HAND YOU AND YOU BABIES TO SATAN…. WE WILL FALL!!! LIKE WHAT PETER DID! SO WE MUST PREPARE our hearts and minds and attitudes TO SURVIVE DURING THIS JUDGMENT! Let's look at the first example with Noah. You'd read about Noah in Genesis chapters 6 & 7 and some other places! But the main event in his life takes place in Genesis chapters 6 & 7. NOAH RECEIVED A PROPHETIC WORD FROM GOD CONCERNING A JUDGMENT THAT WAS GOING TO COME!
WHEN HE RECEIVED THAT WORD, **THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS, HE **BELIEVED WITH ALL HIS HEART AND DID NOT **DOUBT THE WORD OF THE LORD! You'd read about that in Genesis 6:13. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS in Hebrews 11:7. HE BELIEVED WITH ALL HIS HEART! Why did he BELIEVE IT? How could he BELIEVE IT? Because till that time, there had Never been such a thing called rain! The word rain did not exist in their vocabulary! NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT MEANT TO HAVE WATERS FALLING FROM THE SKY AND ONTO THEIR HEADS! SO, HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE FOR NOAH TO BELIEVE WITH ALL HIS HEART THAT THIS WAS GOING TO COME or THAT GOD REALLY SPOKE TO HIM! **I WAS TOLD THIS MORNING, NOAH RECEIVED HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER'S MANTLE! WOW! ENOCH'S MANTLE CAME UPON HIM AND LIKE HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER WHO WALKED WITH GOD...NOAH TOO WALKED WITH GOD! AND LIKE HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER WHO WAS TAUGHT BY ANGELS! NOAH TOO WAS TAUGHT BY ANGELS. THE ANGELS VISITED HIM AND THEY ELABORATED HIM FURTHER CONCERNING THE REVELATIONS THAT WERE ALSO GIVEN TO ENOCH ABOUT THE FLOOD THAT WAS GOING TO COME AND WOULD COVER THE WHOLE EARTH! You can read about this in the book of Enoch! Enoch was shown the Great Flood that would come and cover the whole earth! These angels came and spoke to him and early in his life, Noah began to seek GOD! He began to walk after GOD! Now, Enoch had a son called Methuselah, Methuselah had a son called Lamech and Lamech had a son called Noah. You don't find Methuselah and Lamech walking with GOD! Though Enoch was still alive when Lamech was born! Lamech was still quite old enough to know and hear and understand all the things Enoch was preaching! IT IS ONE THING TO HEAR AND IT IS ANOTHER THING TO PRACTICE! YOU CAN HEAR AND NOT LISTEN! YOU CAN HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND! YOU CAN HEAR AND WALK AWAY NOT PRACTICING IT! This is what the other two Great Men did but NOT Noah! He RECEIVED THAT WORD AND BECAUSE THE MANTLE RESTED UPON HIM, HE WALKED WITH GOD LIKE HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER! This is the FIRST PRINCIPLE, BELIEVING the PROPHETIC WORD with ALL your HEART and NOT DOUBTING IT! Genesis 6:8 tell us; Noah FOUND GRACE IN GOD'S EYES BECAUSE, HE BELIEVED GOD WITHOUT ANY SHADOW OF DOUBT! NO VARIABLE OF TURNING AROUND IN HIS FAITH! HE BELIEVED GOD IMPLICITLY (agreement, unquestioning, confidence, absolutely...he possessed implicit belief or Faith In God's Word with NO DOUBT at all!) THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LEARN IN OUR PRESENT DAY, CHARISMATIC TRADITION, TO BELIEVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART LIKE A LITTLE CHILD, WITHOUT ANY DOUBT! BELIEVE THE WORD SPOKEN THROUGH HIS PROPHETS TO YOU! GOD SAID IT, I BELIEVE IT, THAT SETTLES IT! NOTHING MORE! NOTHING LESS! “AND NOAH ACTED UPON THE PROPHETIC WORD BY OBEYING, THROUGH WHAT HE WAS COMMANDED TO DO!” (Gen 6:14,22) **HE IMMEDIATELY ACTED UPON WHAT HE WAS TOLD TO DO! HE WAS TOLD TO BUILD AN ARK, HE IMMEDIATELY WENT ON TO IMMEDIATELY DO IT WITHOUT EVER DOUBTING! You know, if you read that Scripture in Gen 6. It says there that Noah, in V22 OBEYED GOD...”THUS DID NOAH DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT GOD COMMANDED HIM!” You can find this phrase also only in the book of Exodus concerning Moses; THAT HE WAS OBEDIENT TO DO ALL THAT GOD COMMANDED HIM! Frequently you'd find that phrase! And Noah did all that God commanded him! Doing implicitly, obediently what you are told to do! IT SEEMED LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, BUT HE SET OUT TO DO IT WITHOUT DOUBTING WITHOUT QUESTIONING! HOW WERE ALL THE ANIMALS GOING TO COME INTO THE ARK? THAT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM! Most times we end up worrying about the other part of the picture and we end up disobeying the first part of the puzzle! WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSINESS AND NOT WORRY ABOUT GOD'S BUSINESS! Worrying how is HE going to do that, how is He going to do this? WHY? LET HIM WORRY ABOUT HIS BUSINESS AND YOU DO YOURS! IT IS GOD'S PROBLEM TO BRING ALL OF THE ANIMALS INTO THE ARK! NO ONE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT! **NOAH'S JOB WAS TO BUILD THE ARK! ***MY JOB IS TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD (***I now understand, YOU LORD) ***MY JOB IS TO BUILD THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID INSIDE ME!! THIS IS MY JOB!! ***WHEN YOU DO YOUR JOB RIGHT, THEN, THE ANGELS OF THE LORD WILL ENCAMP ALL AROUND YOU!! IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS FLOOD, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE THUNDER STORM, IN THE MIDST OF ALL HELL BREAKING LOOSE, THE MOUNTAINS OF THE DEEP BROKE LOOSE, THE ARK WAS STILL SAFE!! YOU WILL BE SAFE!!!
And Noah was a preacher of Righteousness! HE WARNED OTHERS WHETHER THEY BELIEVED IT OR NOT. (2Pet. 2:5 NIV) THIS tells us: 5. “if HE did not spare the ancient world when HE brought the FLOOD on its ungodly people, ??but protected Noah, ??a preacher of righteousness, and seven others.” THAT'S OUR JOB! I BELIEVE WITH MY HEART, I PREACH IT TO OTHERS! THE **JUDGMENT OF GOD IS COMING TO THE AMERICA, PERIOD! WHETHER PEOPLE BELIEVE OR THEY DON'T BELIEVE! WHO KNOWS IF GOD GIVES THEM THE FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT WORD...MANY TIMES WE SHY AWAY BY HOLDING BACK THE WORD BECAUSE WE decide for others! WHY? LET THEM DECIDE! MY JOB IS TO BE A CARRIER! You know, I always used to wonder about mail men. Have you had mail men coming to your homes? In India, when they come, they'll shout out, POST then they'd throw the letter into the house and just walk away! I have been observing them! THEY NEVER EVER STOP TO THINK, IS ANYBODY GOING TO PICK UP THE MAIL? Or like what they do in the US, you see some mail that you do not want, you throw it into the dust bin! THE MAIL MAN DOES NOT BOTHER WHETHER YOU'D OPEN YOUR MAIL OR NOT! HIS JOB IS TO DELIVER, PERIOD!! **SO IS MY JOB, JUST DELIVER!! **IT IS NOT MY JOB TO PONDER OR TO THINK WHETHER THEY WILL RECEIVE OR NOT! *(THAT’S NOT MY PROBLEM! MY JOB IS TO DELIVER! NOAH WAS A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HE PREACHED ALL OVER THE THEN KNOWN WORLD! **WARNING PEOPLE OF THE JUDGMENT THAT WAS GOING TO COME! HIS WHOLE FAMILY OF 8 WAS SAVED! THEY SURVIVED THE JUDGMENT (Gen 7:1) THEY SURVIVED! THE JUDGMENT CAME! THOUGH NOAH WAS A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THOUGH HE WAS PRAYING, THOUGH HE WAS A MAN IN HIS GENERATION WHO WAS PERFECT IN ALL HIS WAYS...YET THE JUDGMENT CAME! IT CAME! **HOWEVER, BECAUSE HE WAS PREPARED IN HIS HEART, HE AND HIS HOUSEHOLD OF 8 MEMBERS ALL SURVIVED! THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM ALL THE JUDGMENTS! **HE WAS PREPARED IN HIS HEART FOR THE JUDGMENT BECAUSE HE BELIEVED GOD'S WORD! (Heb 11:7 tells us that) HE BELIEVED! You can walk away from this message thinking all this is just bunch of crap! Saying, I don't believe! America is a great nation! Who says it's not? We didn't say it is not! You have heard all the three of us with tears in our eyes saying how much we love America. How much GOD loves America, Not only America, but the nations of the world! **BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE JUDGMENT IS INEVITABLE! IT IS GOING TO COME! So, because Noah believed that word, he JUDGED – CRITIC - SANCTIFIED himself and his family....AND THE WHOLE FAMILY OF 8 MEMBERS WERE PROTECTED! THEY SURVIVED WITHOUT A SCRATCH ON THEIR SKIN DURING THE JUDGMENT! THE JUDGMENT CAME **ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!! BUT NOAH'S FAMILY SURVIVED ALL 8 OF THEM! **THE OTHER BEST PART OF THE STORY IS THIS! FOOD AND WATER WAS PROVIDED FOR THEM FOR 150 DAYS! It would have been impossible for them to store food, ration, water for 8 members and also all the animals for 150 days! You know, it is at the end of the story that we know that the judgment lasted for 150 days **but prior to that, Noah did not know how long the FLOOD WAS GOING TO LAST! ??THINK HOW MANY TONS OF FOOD HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO STORE UP IN THE ARK.. IF NOT FOR THE SUPERNATURAL MULTIPLICATION OF FOOD BY GOD!!! ??THAT WERE EVEN BROUGHT TO THEM BY THE ANGELS OF GOD!!!! ??JUST LIKE THE ANGEL BROUGHT FOOD TO ELIJAH!!! WHERE DID THE CAKE AND THE WATER COME FROM, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE...THEY BROUGHT IT TO HIM AND WATER! THEY DID NOT WALK INTO ANY GROCERY TO BUY THESE! ??AND LOOK AT JOHN 21....THE LORD JESUS CHRIST MADE A FIRE AND HE BARBECUED FISHES! WHERE DID HE GET THOSE FISHES FROM? ??WHEN YOU WALK IN OBEDIENCE, WHEN YOU ACT IN OBEDIENCE, **EVEN THOUGH THERE BE NOT, IT WILL BE THERE!!! **ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WALK IN OBEDIENCE **WITHOUT PONDERING ABOUT THE RESULTS!!! **WHEN YOU WALK IN OBEDIENCE and confidence UNTO GOD, IT IS GOD'S DUTY TO PROVIDE FOR YOU, TO TAKE CARE OF YOU! When I first came to the US, that was in 1991, The Lord asked me to fast for 40 days for America! My host was a wonderful American Family in Cincinnati Ohio Who were going away on Missionary trip to Europe. They were going to be gone for two months so they allowed a total stranger to stay in their home, they gave me the keys to the whole house....I could have just emptied everything!!!! :) They trusted me! You know, Indians are great tea drinkers and I for one drink at least 10-15 cups of tea everyday and those are the minimum! This family asked me, what do you need during your days of fast? I said, I don't need anything except some Milk for my tea! They said ok, we’d buy you 2 gallons of milk and if you run out, just call our daughter -in- law she will run to the nearest supermarket and bring you bottles of milk. I said that's fine! Now keep all this in mind, 15 cups of tea everyday 2 gallons of milk, how long will it last? Let's say 7days. So they left, I am alone all day in the house! Every now and then I come up and I make tea I go back and when I come out in the evening, I hardly eat, just drink tea. I enjoy that! 15-20cups a day! This went on, and went on, lo and Behold, the day Came when the couple returned back home. The lady of the house went to the basement to check and empty out the loads of empty bottles of milk to get rid of all of them, she found none! She thought that I'd gotten rid of them! She asked me, are the empty bottles? I asked what bottles? She replied, you have been drinking tea, 15-20 cups a day, how many bottles of milk did you consume? I thought, good question! You know, it was only then that I realised that the bottle of milk that she bought the first day before she left lasted me all throughout the 40 days of my fast drinking 15-20 cups of milk everyday! Only then did I realise that the level of the milk never went down until they stepped into the house then it went down, zero, finish! ??NOW, YOU TELL ME, IF GOD CAN, IN HIS GREAT KINDNESS, DO THAT FOR ME, A STRANGER IN AMERICA, HOW MUCH MORE WILL HE DO FOR YOU, THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THIS SOIL! ???WHEN YOU BELIEVE GOD, WHEN YOU WALK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE WILL DO FOR YOU MORE THAN WHAT HE DID FOR ME! ??HE WILL CAUSE THE FOOD TO MULTIPLY FOR YOU!!! ??YOU NEED NOT WORRY! DON'T STOCK UP YOUR BASEMENTS! DON'T STOCK UP YOUR STOREROOMS WITH LOADS OF WATER AND FOOD SUPPLIES! DON'T!!! ??THAT IS FEAR!!!! Example No. 2; look at Lot you read about Lot in Genesis 19. Now, what kind of man is Lot? The Bible tells us, he is a very kind hearted man because he was hospitable to strangers. When two strangers came into the city, Lot who was seated by the gate of the city entertained them! He was so hospitable to them says Genesis 19:1-2. Hebrews 13:2 tells us, do not be unaware to entertain strangers, sometimes, they may be angels in disguise. AND IN LOTS CASE, THESE STRANGERS WERE ANGELS, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW! He was so kind and merciful to them! He was very, very hospitable! If you read Matthew 25:35-40; The Lord Jesus said: "I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU FED ME, I WAS THIRSTY, YOU GIVE ME DRINK, I WAS NAKED AND YOU CLOTHE ME," and the righteous asked; LORD WHEN DID WE DO ALL THAT FOR YOU? HE SAID, WHEN YOU HAVE DONE UNTO THE LEAST OF MY BROTHERS, YOU HAVE DONE TO ME!” So, when you are kind and merciful to less privilege people, you are doing it unto The Lord Himself! ??BUT WHEN YOU HOLD BACK, BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU NEED IT, **THEN YOU ARE BEING *?*?SELF-CENTERED!!!! WHEN YOU HOARD UP TREASURES FOR YOURSELF THINKING THAT YOU NEED IT FOR RAINY DAYS....??YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD IT BEING SAID, YOUR DOLLAR IS GOING TO CRASH! WHEN THE DOLLAR CRASHES, ALL THE TONS OF MONEY YOU HAVE IN YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BECOME USELESS! ALL THE HOARDING UP OF YOUR WEALTH FOR YOUR OWN SELF FOR RAINY DAYS, FOR EMERGENCIES, WILL BECOME USELESS BECAUSE THEY WILL ALL BECOME ZERO! WHAT GOOD IS IT? WHEN YOU HAD, YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN IT AWAY TO THE POOR! *WHEN YOU HAD, YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN IT AWAY TO GENUINE WORKS OF GOD! **YOU KNOW, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE WIDOW OF ZERAPHATH DID! SHE WAS OUT IN THE TOWN PICKING UP SOME STICKS TO COOK ONE LAST MEAL FOR HER AND HER SON, THE LAST MEAL OF THEIR LIVES....**AND THE PROPHET ELIJAH COMES INTO TOWN AND THE LORD TOLD HIM, LOOK AT THAT WIDOW…, SHE IS THE ONE...I HAVE APPOINTED HER TO TAKE CARE OF YOU! ELIJAH DID NOT KNOW THAT POOR WOMAN IS GOING TO DIE! So he went up to her and said; give me some food to eat, she said sir, I only have this one handful of flour. I am going to bake two muffins, one for my son, one for me. That's the last meal we are going to eat and then we are going to pray and we are going to die! ....so he said, I don't care about all that! If you want to die, you can die but let me eat! :)...so the woman taught about that logic and said why not...if I eat this meal I am going to die, if I don't eat it, I am going to die! So, why eat this meal and then die when I can give this meal to this prophet of GOD… HE NEEDS TO LIVE, IF HE LIVES, HE COULD BRING THE ORACLES OF GOD FOR THE ENTIRE NATION! HE REPRESENTS THE GOVT OF GOD! HE IS A SPOKESMAN OF GOD! SO HE NEEDS TO SURVIVE MORE THAN I DO! **LOOK AT THE SACRIFICIAL ATTITUDE OF THAT WIDOW, she thought like that! So she baked Him the two muffins, he ate those two muffins drank some water and he burped! As he burped, he said woman, what do you have in your house? She answered what more is there in my house! You've cleaned up everything! :) I only have empty vessels in my house! Go, he said to her, till the rain comes on my word, put tiny winnie bits of flour and little drops of oil into the bottles… and the bottle will never run short of supply! He was her guest; she made an upper room for him to stay! And as she scooped up from the bowl, flour came, flour came...like the story of my milk...supply never stopped until three years later! THIS IS OUR GOD! CAN YOU BEAT GOD? YOU CAN'T! BEFORE YOU CAN HAVE THIS KIND OF MIRACULOUS PROVISION...**YOU MUST HAVE THIS ATTITUDE. OF GIVING!!!! ???SACRIFICIAL GIVING, NOT THINKING FOR YOUR OWN SELF!!!!! ??YOU MUST LEARN TO NOT BE SELF-CENTERED! STOP THAT!! **THE SOONER YOU LEARN TO CRUCIFY YOUR FLESH, TO CRUCIFY THAT SELF.....THE BETTER WILL BE YOUR VICTORY to walk in glory!!!! ??DIE TO SELF....WHICH IS QUITE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE LOVE OURSELVES SO MUCH!!! TOO MUCH IF NOT THREE MUCH :)! SO LOT WAS A VERY VERY KIND HEARTED MAN! CERTAINLY, HE WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN! ?? ??HE DID NOT APPROVE THE SINS PRACTICED IN SODOM AND GOMORRAH!!!! 2Peter 2:7-8 reveals this to us! He was so disgusted with the sins of the land that he always stayed out of the city at the gates sorrowing, weeping and interceding for this land! The third thing about him....he was so SACRIFICIAL....he was even willing to give his virgin daughters to be raped mercilessly by those lustful frenetics in Sodom and Gomorrah, to protect those two angels! He didn't even know who these two men were! At that moment, he didn't even know that they were *angels, BUT, HE WAS WILLING TO TRADE HIS DAUGHTERS FOR TOTAL STRANGERS!!! ??THAT WAS THE PINNACLE OF HIS SACRIFICIAL KINDHEARTEDNESS!! ??YOU KNOW, GOD COUNTED, ??HE TOOK NOTE OF ALL OF THIS BEFORE HE WAS SAVED! HE COUNTED HOW HE WAS SO KIND, HOW HE WAS SO MERCIFUL, IT ALL ADDS UP TO OUR MERITS!!! ??YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE POOR, WHEN YOU TAKE CARE OF THE POOR, WHEN YOU ARE KIND AND MERCIFUL TO THE POOR.....THOSE ACTS OF BEING GOOD TO THE POOR, THEY ARE VERY VERY GREAT AND PRECIOUS IN THE EYES OF GOD! WHEN YOU GIVE SACRIFICIALLY, DENYING YOURSELF....you know this family in Cincinnati that I told you about, the husband worked as an accountant for Procter and Gamble...his wife, a housewife; they pastured a house church, every summer, they'd go to Europe on a mission trip, and in the Winter, they'd come to India...this was their lifestyle, they lived a very simple frugal lifestyle! And their house, very simple! Unlike an average American Family, very simple, down to earth, barely any niceties in their house. And the carpet in their living room is torn apart like the carpet you'd find in poor countries! So when I first walked into their house, I was very shocked and surprised! Their living condition is like in India. So one day her daughter told her mum, we want to bless you with this amount to change this carpet because so many missionaries are coming and going so that the house can look nice! The mother – in- law was so happy to receive this kind gesture from her daughter- in -law! I was an eye witness to all this! So that evening, they decided they’d go to their nice Mall to buy the nice carpet for the living room. After the daughter- in- law left, it was launch time, while we were launching the phone rang, it was their missionary friend from Romania who'd just called to say hello and she asked him about the progress of the orphanage the building, was it completed? He said, every thing's done except for the roof! So she asked him, how much will it cost? He said $2000, which is the amount the daughter in law give to her mother for the carpet, she said ok don't worry, we will pray that God will provide and said their goodbyes. When she sat back down to eat, she said to her husband, no one hardly comes to our house, do you think we really need a carpet? Her husband without lifting his head from his plate said, send him the money! So they wired the $2000 to this missionary in Romania! I TAUGHT TO MYSELF, THESE PEOPLE ARE WONDERFULLY SACRIFICIAL! AFTER THIS INCIDENT THEY WERE OFF TO EUROPE AGAIN! I WAS 40 DAYS FASTING AND PRAYING, ONE DAY..I WAS CAUGHT UP TO HEAVEN, AS I WAS WALKING DOWN A STREET, I SAW MANY, MANY HOUSES! I SAW ONE PARTICULAR HOUSE WITH UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE. AS I WAS LOOKING, I HEARD THE VOICE SAYING, LOOK AT THIS HOUSE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? I TURNED AROUND AND I SAW THE LORD JESUS STANDING BY MY SIDE! I SAID LORD, I AM VERY MYSTIFIED BY THE STRUCTURE, HOW THE HOUSE IS MADE. ON EARTH, WE DON'T MAKE HOUSES LIKE THIS. WE LAY BRICKS ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER AND THEN WE CEMENT IT! BUT HERE, I FOUND, INSTEAD OF BRICKS, IT WAS ONE PRECIOUS STONE PUT ON TOP OF ANOTHER. THE ENTIRE WALLS WERE MADE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRECIOUS STONES...OF TOPAZ, BERYL, AMETHYST, DIAMOND, SO MANY KINDS. THE LORD JESUS SAID, COME HERE, LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR STONE. IT LOOKED LIKE A LARGE RUBY. HE ASKED, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS REPRESENTS? I SAID NO! HE SAID, THIS IS THE GIFT THAT THEY SENT TO ROMANIA FOR THE CARPET! Remember the Scriptures says in Matt 6:19-20..."Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven." How are you going to lay up treasures? By giving to the poor! When you give to the poor, when you deny yourself and you give to the ministries of GOD, THAT SACRIFICE IS TRANSLATED AS A PRECIOUS STONE UP IN HEAVEN, CHARGED ON YOUR ACCOUNT! IT’S CHARGED ON YOUR ACCOUNT WHEN YOU GIVE LIBERALLY AND GENEROUSLY, DENYING YOURSELF! ?YOU ARE NOT GIVING YOUR LEFTOVERS THAT DOES NOT COUNT! ??YOU GIVE WHEN IT PAINS YOU! WHEN IT COST YOU SOMETHING! WHEN IT COST A SACRIFICE! ??WHICH IS WHAT WE FIND LOT DOING HERE! HIS 2 UNMARRIED VIRGIN DAUGHTERS, HE WAS WILLING TO TRADE THEM TO SAVE TWO STRANGERS! FOURTHLY....HE BELIEVED WITH ALL HIS HEART...WHEN THE WORD WAS SPOKEN TO HIM, THAT JUDGMENT WAS COMING TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH. In Genesis 19:13-14; "he did not doubt, though he hoped that the judgment can be averted!” Read verse 16....he hoped it could be averted...BUT HE DID NOT DOUBT THAT THE JUDGMENT WAS COMING! I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING VERY VERY INTERESTING! THIS IS WHAT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME THIS MORNING! Please turn with me to Genesis 19 and we will look at the household of Lot...PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR MATHEMATICS! We find that in V8 ...Lot says; “I have 2 daughters who have Not know any men”...so he had 2 Virgin daughters; now look at V14...and Lot went out and spoke unto his *sons -in- law meaning more than one, at least 2. So, if there are Sons -in- law, there must be daughters! 2 daughters, 2 sons -in- law! 2 unmarried daughters, lots wife and lot, how many, 8! How many saved in Noah's time, 8! Now we are going by "the law of minimum." We know that there were 8 members in Lots family! The angel asked him, how many are there in your family? THAT'S Because they have been instructed to save Lot and his household! Wow! ???For everyone in Lots household, whatever the number may be!!! Wow! LOT IS SYMBOLIC OF ALL WHO ARE RIGHTEOUS IN THIS WAY!! ***They were appointed to be saved! So they were 8 in Lots household! PLEASE OBSERVE… So Lot goes and speaks with them, the 2 Sons -in- law and the 2 daughters in law=4...THESE 4 REFUSED TO BELIEVE THAT THE JUDGMENT WAS COMING....in Matt 24:40-41 The Lord Jesus said: "2 shall be in the field, 1 shall be taken, 1 shall be left behind! **8 members in the family, 4 chose not to believe, 4 remained! Now out of the four, they were pulled out from the city marked for destruction, BUT....just as THEY, the remaining 4 WERE ABOUT TO REACH THE MOUNTAIN...THE PROMISED LAND...LOTS WIFE, MISSED THE BOAT...??Matt 24:13 says; “HE THAT ENDURES TILL THE END, ONLY SUCH A PERSON WILL BE SAVED”...
??YOU HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE COMING JUDGMENT, BUT YOU MUST ENDURE TILL THE END.....??TO BE SAVED! ANYWHERE ALONG THE LINE or BETWEEN THE LINES...THOUGH SAVED...YOU CAN YET BE LOST! ??ONCE SAVED IS NEVER ALWAYS SAVED YOU KNOW!!!! ??YOU CAN LOSE YOUR SALVATION!!! ??YOU CAN BE STRIPPED OF ALL THE GLORY AND THE HONOUR THAT GOD HAD VESTED UPON YOU! YOU CAN BE STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING AND BECOME AN ORDINARY PERSON IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD! ??THAT BECAME THE SAD FATE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST!!! THE PERSON WHOM THE LORD JESUS CALLED THE GREATEST OF ALL THE PROPHETS...??YET, IN THE VERY NEXT SENTENCE HE SAID, "BUT HE IS NO LESSER THAN THE LEAST OF THE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN!" WHY? ??BECAUSE HE DOUBTED THE MESSIAH! ??HE DOUBTED! **WHAT A GREAT PUNISHMENT! ***BECAUSE HIS EYES SAW THE SIGN THAT GOD GAVE HIM WHEN GOD SAID TO HIM... **"ON WHOM SO EVER YOU SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT COMING UPON....HE IS THE MESSIAH!!!!". ??AND ALL HIS LIFE, FOR *THIRTY SOME YEARS OF HIS LIFE HE WAS TRAINED BY THE LORD IN THE WILDERNESS TO 'PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE MESSIAH TO COME!' **THAT WAS HIS LIFE MISSION! **THAT WAS HIS CALLING! ??AND WHEN THE MESSIAH CAME, HE EVEN POINTED HIS FINGER AND SAID, “BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!” ??AND THEN HE ALSO SAW THE HOLY SPIRIT COMING LIKE A DOVE AND ??YET HE SENT 2 OF HIS DISCIPLES TO ASK JESUS... “ARE YOU REALLY THE ONE?” ??THAT ONE SENTENCE STRIPPED HIM OF ALL HIS GLORY AND HONOUR THAT HE HAD RECEIVED...GONE! SAVED BUT NOW BECOME ORDINARY! SO, PREPARING FOR JUDGMENT...BELIEVING WITH ALL YOUR HEART THAT JUDGMENT IS COMING....BELIEVING WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND PREPARING YOURSELF LIKE WHAT NOAH DID... (BUILDING THE HOUSE FOR THE LORD TO DWELL IN)... AND THEN FROM LOT YOU LEARN..."ENDURE TILL THE END!!!!" IS THE KEY ATTITUDE AND PRINCIPLE!! ??NEVER GIVE UP IN BETWEEN!!! ENDURE TILL THE END!!!! You will be tempted to give up, the temptation will come and strong! IMPRESSING STRONGLY UPON YOU TO GIVE UP!
HOW WILL THE TEMPTATION COME? ??THIS BRINGS US TO POINT No. 3.... YOU WILL BE ABANDONED BY THE LORD (like Jesus was on the cross; when he hung being crucified)!!!!! ABANDONED!!!! WHEN YOU ARE ABANDONED...LIKE FORSAKENED...HOW IS YOUR FAITH GOING TO HOLD UP!!!!! IS IT GOING TO BUCKLE DOWN OR ARE YOU GOING TO STAND TALL, 8ft TALL!!! STRONG, IMMOVABLE! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO STAND WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE BELOW YOU! YOU KNOW, YOU CAN STAND STRONG IN FAITH WHEN ALL THINGS ARE GOING WELL FOR YOU! BUT WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE, HOW WILL YOU REACT??? WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN IT APPEARS THE VERY GOD WHOM YOU TRUSTED HAD FORSAKENED YOU!!! WHAT WILL YOU DO!!!! WILL YOUR FAITH PROVE YOU STRONG AND WORTHY? Let's look for of a classic example of THIS HEART STEADFASTNESS BEING DEMONSTRATED in the lives of the 3 Hebrew boys mentioned in Daniel 3! THE JUDGMENT WAS PASSED! WHAT WAS THE JUDGMENT? ??ALL THOSE WHO WILL NOT BOW DOWN TO WORSHIP THE IDOL THAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAD MADE WILL BE THROWN INTO THE FIERY FURNACE!!! THAT'S THE JUDGMENT! IT HAS BEEN PASSED! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW! ARE YOU GOING TO SAY; LORD YOU KNOW THAT I BELIEVE YOU; BUT, YOU ALSO KNOW THAT MY FLESH IS WEAK..SO I AM GOING TO BOW DOWN, ONLY MY BODY LORD, but NOT MY HEART! CAN YOU IMAGINE! WILL IT WORK LIKE THAT?.... LORD YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE THIS MARK ON MY RIGHT HAND, IT’S ONLY IN MY HAND BUT NOT IN MY HEART LORD... CAN YOU IMAGINE! ??NO, HE DOES NOT KNOW!!! HE DOES NOT KNOW! YOU ARE ONLY FOOLING YOURSELF!!! YOU THINK THAT BY SAYING, "LORD, MY HEART IS NOT DOING IT ONLY MY FLESH IS DOING IT....SO DON'T LOOK AT MY FLESH, LOOK AT MY HEART LORD"....??THAT TOO WILL NOT WORK!!!! YOU ARE FOOLING YOURSELF! THIS IS HOW WE HAVE BEEN FOOLING OURSELVES ALL THIS WHILE! WE TAKE THE SCRIPTURE OUT OF CONTEXT... "THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK!" WE TAKE IT OUT OF CONTEXT TO CAMOUFLAGE OURSELVES OR SHIELD OURSELVES FOR CONTINUING IN SIN! YOU'D SAY, OH, YOU KNOW PASTOR, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BUT THE BIBLE ITSELF SAYS....SO WHAT TO DO...."MY spirit IS willing TO LIVE THE **CRUCIFIED LIFE BUT MY FLESH IS SO WEAK!!! IT LOVES THE LUST! IT LOVES THIS! YOU KNOW GOD UNDERSTANDS!" IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY! IT DOES NOT WORK! THAT IS THE DEMONIC DOCTRINE OF HYPER-GRACE! COME OUT OF THAT BABYLON PEOPLE OF GOD! COME OUT! DO NOT BE SUCKED INTO THAT BABYLONIAN TEACHING! COME OUT! COME OUT! ??BECAUSE THAT FALSE CHURCH, BABYLON IS GOING TO FALL! YOU HEARD YESTERDAY THAT GOD IS RAISING UP A NEW CHURCH! A NEW CHURCH BUILT ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE APOSTLES AND THE PROPHETS! JESUS CHRIST, HIS TEACHINGS ITSELF BEING THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE IS THE CHURCH FOR THE END-TIMES! ??THAT CHURCH WILL SURVIVE THROUGH ANY FIRE! BOLD, UNDEFILED, UNCORRUPTED APART FROM THE CHURCH THAT IS TODAY! SHE IS WORSE THAN THE WOMAN THAT RIDES ON THE BEAST FOUND IN Rev 17! She is worse than Jezebel! She is worse than Hosea's wife Gomer! Worse!!!! Because all this people did not know righteousness! ??THEY DID NOT HAVE CHRIST IN THEM, THE HOPE OF GLORY! BUT, EVEN THOUGH THE TRUE PURE CHURCH POSSESS ALL THIS....??YET!!!! SHE CHOOSE TO ALLOW DOCTRINES OF DEMONS TO INFILTRATE INTO HER HEART!!! ??YET, SHE ALLOWS THIS FALSE PROPHETESS JEZEBEL TO COME INTO HER MIDST AND TO TEACH FALSE TEACHINGS AND TO SEDUCE THE MINISTERS AND THE BELIEVERS TO COMMIT FORNICATION AND TO EAT FOODS OFFERED TO DEMONS! WHAT ARE THOSE FOODS OFFERED TO DEMONS? THOSE ARE THE FALSE TEACHINGS AND THE DOCTRINES THAT COME FROM THOSE DEMONS! THAT ARE PURPOSED TO TAKE YOUR EYES, YOUR HEARTS AWAY FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE CROSS....THE CRUCIFIED LIFE! THE CROSS IS THE ONLY POWER!!! WHEN YOU LIVE THE CRUCIFIED LIFE...THAT GIVES YOU THE POWER TO OVERCOME EVERY TEMPTATION! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE THE CRUCIFIED LIFE, THEN THERE IS NO POWER! THEN YOU HAVE HOLINESS, BUT YOU DENY THE POWER OF IT! SO THEN IT’S A FALSE HOLINESS! A FALSE GODLINESS! THAT YOU PUT AROUND YOU LIKE WHAT THE PHARISEES DID IN THE DAYS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST! THEY WORE LONG ROBES AND THEY HAD A VERY SERENE LOOK ON THEIR FACES AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST LOOKED AT THEM AND HE SAID.... "YOU HYPOCRITES!!!! YOU ARE JUST WHITEWASHED TOMBSTONES!" HE DID NOT MINCE HIS WORDS!!! HE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT (compromising twisting His words for selfish gains!) HE CALLED A SPADE A SPADE! SO THESE THREE HEBREW BOYS WERE UNDER JUDGMENT! THEY WERE ABANDONED...NO, I THINK THE LAST MOMENT THEY WERE HOPING THAT GOD WILL SOMEHOW DO A MIRACLE AND CHANGE THE HEART OF THE KING, SO THAT THEY WILL BE SPARED FROM BEING THROWN INTO THE FURNACE!!! THEY PRAYED AND THEY PRAYED AND THEY HOPED AND THEY HOPED BUT!!!! GOD DID NOT ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS!!!! SO THEY WERE BOUNDED HAND AND FOOT!!! HOW WILL YOU LIKE THAT..... FOR YOUR FAITH TO BE TESTED.... AND YOU PRAYED AND YOU PRAYED!!!! AND GOD DID NOT ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS. YOU ARE BOUNDED HAND AND FOOT! BEFORE THEY WERE DRAGGED TO BE THROWN, THE KING SO NICE AND KIND, HE SAID, I GIVE YOU ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT...IF YOU WILL BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THIS IDOL, THEN YOU WILL NOT BE THROWN! BUT, THE BOYS LOOKED AT THE KING AND SAID; “O GREAT KING, WE HONOUR YOU, WE RESPECT YOU....BUT, OUR GOD IS ABLE TO SAVE US”....YET, THIS IS NOT THE BEST PART OF THE STORY...THE BEST PART OF THE STORY IS WHAT THEY SAID NEXT....??EVEN IF HE DOESN'T NOT SAVE US WE WILL NOT BOW DOWN!!! MEANING..THAT DOES NOT MATTER, OUR FAITH LIES NOT IN THE PROVISIONS...OUR FAITH LIES IN THE IMMOVABLE ROCK OF AGES!!! OUR FAITH LIES IN THE GOD WHO IS GOD! LOOK AT THEIR REMARKABLE FAITH! THEY WERE UNDER JUDGMENT! THEIR FAITH IN GOD WHO WILL NOT FORSAKE THEM PROTECTED THEM! ??IT IS THEIR FAITH THAT MADE THEM FIREPROOF! Let me share something wonderful with you. If you read Exodus 27:1-2; God gives Moses the plan how to make the Altar of Sacrifice. He tells him, take Shittim wood and overlay it with solid brass and make the Brazen Altar! Several years ago, some Pastors took this Scripture to the task. They made a door 3X6 of Shittim wood and overlaid it with brass and brought it to the London City Fire and Safety Dept. They said to them, we would like you to test the Fire worthiness of this door! They did not disclose the wood type and what the used! And the fire safety officers subjected this door to all kinds of extreme heat and their findings were, it is 100% fireproof! Then they disclosed to them that it's just Shittim wood found in The Bible. Shittim wood covered with brass according to Biblical specifications. You know the Altar of Burnt Sacrifice, constant burnings are taking place there! It couldn't be Shittim wood overlaid with gold, because the gold will melt. So God said it should be covered with brass! ??IN THE SAME MANNER, THE SHITTIM WOOD IS OUR FLESH! THEIR FAITH IN GOD, BECAME LIKE SOLID BRASS ALL AROUND THEM! SO WHEN THEY ENTERED INTO THE FIRE, THEY WERE 100% FIREPROOF! AMEN! IN THE SAME MANNER, WHEN YOUR FAITH BECOMES STRONG LIKE THAT, WHATEVER JUDGMENT COMES, THEY MAYBE BURNING UP THIS ENTIRE TOWN, BUT THIS CHURCH WILL BE FIREPROOF! AMEN! ??YOU WILL BE FIREPROOF! NOT A HAIR ON YOUR SKIN WILL BE BURNT! THIS IS WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAID; "NOT A HAIR WAS BURNT, GOD PROTECTED THEM!" ??Though you are abandoned, but in that abandonedness..you'd see what is deep inside you...how strong is your faith...does it still believe that God is a good GOD! I HAVE WALKED THROUGH THAT FOR THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE VERY RECENTLY! AND THAT WAS A SERIOUS TEST! DURING THE TEST, THE QUESTION SATAN WILL BE PLAGUING YOUR MIND WITH IS, DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT GOD IS A GOOD GOD? ?IN THAT ABANDONMENT, DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN THE LOVE OF GOD, THAT GOD LOVES YOU AND HIS LOVING-KINDNESS ENDURES FOREVERMORE? AND ALL THE LIES THAT CAME LIKE A FLOOD, I FELT ABANDONED BY GOD, TOTAL ABANDONMENT, IN THE DARK NIGHT OF MY SOUL (have your read the book called; The Dark Night Of My Soul?) You should read it by St John of The Cross! IT'S IN THE DARK NIGHT OF YOUR SOUL IS WHERE YOU'D SEE YOUR GOD! AMEN! ??IN THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SITUATION SURROUNDING THE THREE HEBREW BOYS....THEY WERE UNDER JUDGMENT! THEY WERE JUDGED AND SENTENCED...BUT! THEY SAID, EVEN IF GOD DOES NOT HELP US...EVEN IF THEY FRY US UP...YET WE WILL BELIEVE OUR GOD...WE WILL DIE SINGING THAT OUR GOD IS A GOOD GOD! YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS REVELATION WAS GIVEN TO ME, IT WAS GIVEN TO ME TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS HOW, THE MARTYRS FACED DEATH SINGING! BECAUSE THEY HAD MADE THEMSELVES FIREPROOF! THEY WERE FIREPROOFED...NOTHING WAS TOUCHING THEM! AT THAT MOMENT, I RECALLED THE MANY STORIES I HAVE READ ABOUT MARTYRS WHO WERE BURNT AS STICKS..HOW NONE OF THEM CRIED!!! THEY WERE EITHER SINGING, OR SMILING! HOW COULD THEY DO THAT? BECAUSE THEY’D BECOME FIREPROOFED! NOW LOOK AT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST! JUDGMENT WAS PASSED ON HIM TO BE THE SIN BEARER! THAT WAS THE JUDGMENT UPON HIM! THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO TO AVERT THAT! In Luke 9:30-31; you'd read that 2 witnesses, Moses and Elijah was sent to even remind HIM or talk to HIM about the sufferings that HE was going to go through! They told HIM, and then HE prayed! In Luke 22:42 He prayed...LORD, IF IT BE POSSIBLE, LET THIS JUDGMENT PASS AWAY! SEE, IN THE DARKEST NIGHT OF YOUR SOUL, WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED TO THE EXTREME...IN OUR FLESH WE CRY OUT, LORD, LET THIS PASS....HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST...IF POSSIBLE, LET IT BE AVERTED! IF POSSIBLE, TAKE IT AWAY, REMOVE IT AWAY! DON'T LET THIS JUDGMENT COME! THE LORD HIMSELF PRAYED LIKE THAT! ??BUT AFTERWARDS, HE SUBMITTED WILLINGLY TO THE JUDGMENT! ??HE CONFESSED; I KNOW THAT THIS CANNOT BE AVERTED BECAUSE I CAME FOR THAT! SO HE SUBMITTED HIMSELF 100% BY EMBRACING IT! HE EMBRACED IT! Now look what happened on The Cross: Matt 24:46 tells us; "HE CRIED OUT, MY FATHER, MY FATHER, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME? Until that moment, HE always confessed; I and MY FATHER ARE ONE...I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD...THE VERY WORD THAT GOD SPOKE IN Exodus 3:16...I AM THAT I AM, THE LORD JESUS REPEATED HIMSELF MANY TIMES BY SAYING; I AM THE WAY; I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD, I AM THE DOOR! HE SAID ALL THOSE TO TELL THE JEWS THAT HE IS THE GOD OF HIS FATHER in Exodus 13:3,16; HE KEPT ON SAYING THAT! BUT NOW, HE FELT TOTALLY ABANDONED! WHY! WHY! WHY! YET, EVEN IN THAT ABANDONMENT, HE DID NOT LOSE HIS FAITH IN GOD! BECAUSE IN Luke 23:46; we read, HE said..."LORD, INTO YOUR HANDS, I COMMIT MY SPIRIT!" EVEN THOUGH HE FELT ABANDONED, HE DID NOT LOSE HIS FAITH, HE STILL TRUSTED IN GOD! So also did the three Hebrew boys! Even if God did not help us, we will still trust in GOD! THIS IS THE FAITH THAT YOU NEED THAT WILL SEE YOU THROUGH DURING THIS PERIOD OF JUDGMENT THAT IS COMING UPON THE WORLD! THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO SURVIVE IS TO HOLD ON TO OUR FAITH! ALL THINGS THAT CAN BE SHAKEN WILL BE SHAKENED! SO THAT THE THINGS THAT CANNOT BE SHAKENED WILL REMAIN! ??WHAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT CANNOT BE SHAKENED...??YOUR FAITH IN THE UNCHANGING GOD! AMEN! THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL REMAIN! EVERYTHING ELSE WILL FALL APART! YOUR WILL FALL APART, YOUR MIND WILL FALL APART, BUT YOUR FAITH IN THE UNCHANGING GOD, IT WILL NOT FALL APART ONLY THAT WILL REMAIN TILL THE END! **Fall apart - (breakdown, crumble, become emotionally disturbed and are unable to think calmly or to deal with the difficult or unpleasant situation that they are in...break..to put an end to; overcome, stop, to destroy by shattering, to wear down the strength, to cause to yield. ESPECIALLY UNDER PRESSURE, to CRUSH, HUMILIATE, SUBDUE, DISCIPLE, DOMINATE HUMBLE, OVERPOWER, MELLOW, TAME). IN CONCLUSION CAN THE JUDGMENT BE AVERTED, STOPPED OR GOD'S MIND CHANGED? NO! The Lord Jesus Christ Himself told His disciples in Matt 24:15,20; He said; “all this will come!” But when it comes, this is what you shall do! HE INSTRUCTED THEM WHAT TO DO DURING THE JUDGMENT! HE SAID PRAY THAT IT WILL NOT BE IN THE WINTER, PRAY, PROTECT YOURSELVES, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES...and in Luke 21:31 He said, “Pray always that you SHALL BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE!!! BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T PRAY, THEN YOU WON'T BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY! PRAY ALWAYS…SEEK GOD ALWAYS! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? BUILD A HEALTHY, CONSISTENT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD! NOT A ONCE A WEEK RELATIONSHIP! BUILD A CONSISTENT DAILY WALK WITH GOD! THAT’S BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BUILD YOUR FAITH! THESE ARE, WE ARE IN THE DAYS…. THE FEW REMAINING 3 YEARS, BEFORE THE JUDGMENT IS POURED OUT! IN DAYS OF GOODNESS! That's what Joseph did! In seven good years BEFORE THE JUDGMENT he stored up the wheat! DURING THESE GOOD YEARS THAT ARE BEFORE US, STORE YOUR SPIRIT UP…BUILD UP YOUR FAITH! BECAUSE WHEN THE JUDGMENT COMES, YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO AND LOOK FOR YOUR FAITH TO BE STRENGTHENED! CONVENTIONS AND MEETINGS LIKE THIS WILL NOT BE HELD! AIRWAYS WILL BE LOCKED! NO RADIO PROGRAMS, NO TV PROGRAMS, INTERNET CENSORED! YOU ARE GOING TO BE CUT OFF FROM ALL THE WORLD! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO STAND THEN? WHO IS GOING TO HELP YOU? THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE LORD’S INSTRUCTION THAT HE TOLD ME TO GIVE TO YOU AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS SERMON. STOP GOING UP TO PREACHERS...PRAY FOR MY HEADACHE, PRAY FOR MY STOMACH, PRAY FOR MY WHAT! YOU MUST GROW UP FROM BEING A BABY CHRISTIAN! ! YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE BABIES ALL YOUR LIFE...RUNNING TO YOUR PRIEST OR FATHER!!! WHEN IS THIS GOING TO END? STOP ASKING THE PREACHERS TO PRAY THAT YOUR FAITH REMAIN STRONG! YOU SHOULD PRAY FOR THAT! THERE ARE SHORTCUTS IN THE BIBLE ON HOW TO INCREASE YOUR FAITH...THEY ARE SHORT BUT THEY ARE LONG...DO YOU WANT TO KNOW? THE SHORTCUT IS THIS, STIR UP YOUR INNER MAN BY PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT BUILDING UP YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH! THAT IS THE SHORT CUT, BUT, IT TAKES A LONG PROCESS TO DO! AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE LAZY CHRISTIANS...so you go through another unrighteous shortcut...you cue before the preachers! PLEASE LET'S STOP ALL THAT! WE CANNOT CONTINUE DOING THAT! **GO PASS THE OUTER COURT AND INTO THE HOLY PLACE! YOU KNOW, LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING OK! IN THE OUTER COURT, YOU HAVE TWO PIECES OF FURNITURE...THE ALTAR OF BURNT SACRIFICE AND THE LAVER OF WASHING! IN THE OUTER COURT, THE PEOPLE BROUGHT THEIR SACRIFICES TO THE PRIEST...SAYING PRIEST, PLEASE OFFER THIS ON MY BEHALF! IN THE OUTER COURT, EVERYTHING THEY DID WAS TO THE PRIEST, THEY COME TO THE PRIEST! BUT IN THE HOLY PLACE, THERE ARE THREE PIECES OF FURNITURE! THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD, THE ALTAR OF INCENSE AND THE LAMPSTAND....HERE THE PRIEST, US, OFFERED THEMSELVES...NO MIDDLEMEN...IN THE OUTER COURT THERE IS A MIDDLE MAN BETWEEN YOU AND THE SACRIFICE! SO WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO REMAIN AS A BABY CHRISTIAN WALKING UP TO THE PASTOR TO PLEASE PRAY FOR YOU!!! THEN YOU ARE BEHAVING LIKE WHAT THEY DID IN THE OLD TESTAMENT DAYS, BRINGING YOUR SACRIFICE TO THE PRIEST SAYING, CAN YOU PLEASE OFFER THIS ON MY BEHALF! YOU MUST STOP ALL THIS NOW AND COME INTO THE HOLY PLACE WHERE YOU OFFER THE INCENSE ON THE ALTAR! YOU BEND YOUR KNEES AND YOU PRAY! YOU PRAY IN THE SPIRIT! YOU STUDY THE WORD! YOU MEDITATE IN THE WORD BY YOURSELVES! CONSTANT PRACTICE WILL ESTABLISH YOU! THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING IN THESE SEVEN YEARS GRACE PERIOD! MOVE ON TOWARDS PERFECTION! THE JUDGMENT CANNOT BE AVERTED! SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO SURVIVE DURING THE JUDGMENT! Zeph. 2:3 KJV - has the answer for us! It says: "Seek The Lord all ye meek of the earth who have kept HIS Ordinances! Seek righteousness, seek meekness it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger
NIV - Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger. SO WHAT ARE WE TO DO: 1. SEEK THE LORD! START BUILDING UP A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD! COME BACK TO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, YOUR FIRST LOVE! START LOVING HIM ALL OVER AGAIN! SPEND TIME WORSHIPPING THE LORD! ESTABLISH AN ALTAR IN YOUR HOUSE BETWEEN YOU AND THE LORD! 2. SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS! DO WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY OBEYING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, OBEYING AND DOING IT! NOAH WAS CALLED A JUST MAN, A RIGHTEOUS MAN BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHTEOUS. 3. SEEK MEEKNESS! WHAT IS THAT? LIVING THE KINGDOM PRINCIPLES OF GOD STATED IN Matt. Chapters 5, 6 & 7. The teachings that The Lord Jesus Christ preached on The Beatitudes!...beautiful attitudes...holy attitudes! When you do all this, dutifully, fearfully, in the fear of GOD.... Zec 2:5 says; "God will stretch out HIS hands and cover you with a wall of FIRE!" LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING, WHAT MADE THE THREE HEBREW BOYS TOTALLY FIREPROOF. 1. INSIDE THEM, THEY BECAME SOLID...that the very hairs on their skin were not even burnt...so I pondered about that...YOU NEED FIRE TO FIGHT FIRE...FIRE WHEN IT MEETS FIRE IT KILLS...SO, THE FIERY FURNACE IS ALL FIRE AND HERE COMES THE LORD WHO SURROUNDS YOU WITH A WALL OF FIRE. SO, FIRE MEETS FIRE, THE FIRE IS KILLED…. SO NOT A HAIR ON THEIR BODY WAS BURNED! SO LIKEWISE THE LORD WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ALL EVIL, FROM WHATEVER JUDGMENT THAT WILL COME! FINALLY! NOW, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS, WHILE EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING GOOD FOR YOU...**SATAN WILL COME TO TEMPT YOU TO GIVE UP YOUR FAITH...**DURING HIS JUDGMENT PERIOD (when his, SATAN’S time in your life has come to an end)...satan, deceivingly will start SAYING to your pain and suffering...GIVE UP YOUR FAITH, GIVE UP ON GOD...WHY ARE YOU FIGHTING, WHY ARE YOU HOLDING ON...LOOK AT ALL OF THIS MESS YOU ARE IN...THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO PETER IN Luke 22:31.. BUT LOOK AT HOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ENCOURAGED PETER, AND HE IS STILL SAYING THOSE SAME WORDS TO YOU AND I TODAY…. The Lord Jesus Told Peter, "the devil desires to sift you like wheat! But I have prayed for you Peter!" You know The Lord Jesus Christ is Praying for us, that also mean that...another thing...GOD HAS SECRET SPECIAL FORCE, OF HIS SAINTS, LIVING AND IN GLORY WHO WILL COME TO HELP US! TWO KINDS: the living saints....God's special Forces...there are many of them in the world today but they are hidden lives! Their ministry is not publicly known for The Lord will Not allow that! Their Ministry is very hidden! They look ordinary guys but they will suddenly appear to help and they will suddenly disappear And there are also saints in glory who will come to do those kind of work! WHY WILL GOD USE THEM INSTEAD OF ANGELS? BECAUSE ANGELS CANNOT SYMPATHISE WITH US! THEY HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH! SO GOD WILL SEND HUMAN SAINTS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH...WHO WILL SAY, DON'T WORRY, I HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS SAME PLACE...THIS IS HOW WE WILL DO IT! YOU KNOW, IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, I WAS CALLED BY THE LORD TO FAST FOR 7 DAYS IN JERUSALEM! DURING THOSE DAYS WHEN I WAS THERE, I HAD SEVERAL VISITS FROM THE SAINT ELIJAH! HE GAVE ME TEACHINGS ABOUT JEZEBEL! AND HE WARNED! THE END-TIME WARRIOR ARMY MUST NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE THAT I MADE! I RAN AWAY FROM JEZEBEL! BUT THE LAST DAY ARMY MUST CONFRONT JEZEBEL! AND THIS IS THE SECRET! YOU MUST KNOW THE WORKINGS OF JEZEBEL! IT TAKES A SAINT LIKE ELIJAH WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THAT TO COME AND TEACH US, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO! THIS IS WHERE I SLIPPED, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO! THIS IS WHAT YOU SHALL DO SO THAT YOU CAN OVERCOME AND COMPLETE THE CYCLE! YOU MUST PRAY! THE LORD JESUS SAYS PRAY THAT YOUR FAITH REMAINS STRONG TO RESIST TEMPTATION! In Luke 24:40; The Lord Jesus Christ Himself said, you MUST pray! WHEN YOU PRAY, you will be delivered from temptation! In 2Peter 2:9, The Word of God says: "God knows how to deliver The Godly out of temptation!" My dear brothers and sisters, put your entire faith in the goodness of God and be prepared FOR THE WORSE OF TIMES THAT'S GOING TO COME UPON US! IF YOU ARE PREPARED, THEN YOU ARE FIREPROOF! AMEN! THANK YOU! THE LORD IS COMING BACK FOR A PURE BRIDE...ONE THAT HAS BEEN REFINED,"AS GOLD TRIED IN THE FIRE."
Please see below video of the above message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMt3VNbgV0 Repentance Prayer: If you have not known The Lord, or you want to rededicate yourself please pray the prayer below. If you have never given your life to Jesus Christ, or if you are unsure of your eternal destiny, I invite you to RETURN TO HIM NOW BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE. By this simple prayer of Faith, you can give your life to Him right Now, right where you are! The following prayer will help you make this COMMITMENT. OH, GOD, I KNOW I AM A SINNER. I AM SORRY FOR MY SINS AND I WANT TO TURN FROM THEM.I TRUST CHRIST ALONE AS MY SAVIOUR, THEREFORE I CONFESS HIM AS MY LORD FROM NOW ONWARDS! LORD JESUS, FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD,I WANT TO SERVE AND LIVE FOR YOU AND TO FOLLOW YOU ALL OF THE REMAINING DAYS OF MY LIFE HERE IN THIS WORLD, IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN! I THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY PRAYER! If you *sincerely prayed this prayer, God heard you and you are now a member of His Family! YOUR SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND HIS SPIRIT IS NOW LIVING WITHIN YOU TO HELP YOU LIVE AND EXPERIENCE THE PRIVILEGES AND ADVANTAGES OF THIS NEW LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST. WHEN YOUR DAYS ON EARTH HERE ENDS, YOU WILL SEE HIM WITH OUT STRETCHED ARMS ON THE OTHER SIDE WAITING TO RECEIVE YOU...not eternal darkness, hell and satan!
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Prophetess C. Ibrahim
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