Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000038
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00:41 Hello, and welcome to "Behold the Lamb Presents."
00:44 I am, Chris Shelton, your host 00:45 and as always we're so thankful to be with you once again 00:50 for another wonderful Bible study in God's word. 00:54 Recently while we were visiting a church in California 00:56 a lady there told us 00:58 that every time "Behold the Lamb Presents" 01:01 scheduled to be aired she stops everything else she is doing, 01:04 everything is turned off and she sits down 01:07 and joyfully studies along with us. 01:10 And it's our hope that you, other listeners will want to 01:14 and desired to do the same. 01:16 Today's message is the first of a five part series 01:19 that Pastor Kenny has spend much time in prayer 01:22 and study to present to us. 01:26 All five messages would deal with the biblical prophecies 01:29 revealing the mystery of iniquity, 01:31 or the antichrist, that man of sin. 01:34 For centuries history has recorded struggles 01:37 of the people of God to live and worship freely. 01:41 The power of Protestantism has always been 01:44 in the truth of God's word that led them 01:47 continually into a personal relationship with Christ. 01:52 Millions have suffered and many times martyred 01:55 for standing firm and believing and living 01:58 with the word of God, and that word alone taught them. 02:03 They came to the point in their lives 02:05 that they would rather die than knowingly sin. 02:08 However as foretold in Second Timothy, 02:11 Chapter 4 and verse 3 and 4, 02:14 "Many will not endure sound doctrine, 02:17 but often their own lusts 02:19 shall they heap to themselves teachers, 02:22 having itching ears, And they shall turn away their eyes 02:26 from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." 02:30 You know the enemy doesn't necessarily mind 02:32 if you call yourself a Christian, 02:34 just as long as you're ignorant 02:36 of what the truth of God's word really is. 02:39 You know that truth that has set us free from sin. 02:42 As long as we are left in spiritual darkness 02:45 and holding on to fables rather than the truth of God's word. 02:49 He realizes that we are in lost condition, so he is satisfied. 02:55 But friends, we should never be satisfied 02:59 with the lack of study in God's word. 03:01 So let's begin with the first of five messages 03:05 in this series that we have entitled 03:07 ''The Mystery of Iniquity.'' The antichrist reveal 03:11 with our first study today being entitled 03:14 "Steering the Wrath of Satan." "Steering the Wrath of Satan" 03:19 but first we are blessed to listen to brother, 03:21 Rudy Micelli, as he sings ''Scars'' 03:25 at the 3ABN Worship Centre. 03:45 I have dreamed to see Christ face to face 03:53 I have long to hear his tender voice 04:01 Of the story of his love for me 04:08 I will want to ask him tenderly 04:17 Tell me what's scars are these in your feet and hand 04:24 Tell me what's scars are these in your face 04:32 These are ones with which I have been wounded 04:39 These are house of friends of mine 04:45 Tell me what scars are these in your feet and hands 04:53 Tell me what scars are these in your face 05:00 He will say these are the marks that tell you 05:07 that I have loved you endlessly 05:28 When I think of all my Lord went through 05:37 Bitter suffering on that rugged cross on that day 05:46 when I get on that sword 05:52 I will want to ask Him more and more 06:00 Tell me what scars are these in your feet and hands 06:06 Tell me what scars are these in your face 06:13 These are ones with which I have been wounded 06:19 In the house of friends of mine 06:25 Tell me what scars are these in your feet and hands 06:32 Tell me what scars are these in your face 06:40 He will say these are the marks that tell you 06:46 that I have left you endlessly 06:54 I will always love you endlessly 07:24 Thank you for joining us today. 07:25 Praise God, we've really have a study. 07:27 It's may be one of the most important studies. 07:31 And I say that because of what's happening 07:33 in the world today. 07:35 The enemy is out to what? 07:37 Kill, steal, and destroy, to deceive the world 07:40 by his false doctrine and teaching. 07:43 And the world is following after. 07:44 But God has raised a people here, 07:46 praise God, in the last days. 07:47 He is going to present the undiluted truth, 07:51 straight testimony, and it's going to be 07:53 up to you to decide, 07:54 if you're gonna follow God's word or not. 07:56 Today before we get into this, 07:58 a really exciting study, we're gonna talk about 08:00 "Stirring up the Wrath of Satan." 08:02 And let me tell you, you'll stir the wrath of, 08:05 when you start talking about 08:06 the ''Mystery of Iniquity'' the antichrist exposed. 08:10 This is a five part series, 08:12 my wife wastalking to you about, 08:13 so you don't want to miss any of the five. 08:16 They're gonna fit together just like a glove, 08:18 when it's all set and done you will have enough information, 08:21 I will have enough information, 08:23 that we can make an intelligent decision for, Jesus. 08:26 But let's pray shall we, that the Holy Spirit helps us. 08:29 I know the devil is gonna battle this but, 08:30 you know, I am thankful for the power in prayer, aren't you? 08:33 Greater is He that what? 08:35 That is in you and me than He that is in the world. 08:38 Let's pray together as I kneel, if you can, kneel with me. 08:44 Kind loving heavenly Father for the-- 08:46 thank you for the privilege of prayer. 08:48 We ask now forgiveness of sin, 08:50 anything in our life that needs not be there. 08:52 Oh, how we need to hear from heaven. 08:54 How we need the power of thy Holy Spirit. 08:56 Praise you, you would clear my mind from everything. 08:59 I just want spiritual things on my mind right now. 09:02 I want to be able to speak to your people 09:04 words of life and encouragement, 09:06 to give them strength and give them 09:07 the truth as it is in, Jesus. 09:10 I thank you for the privilege we have to reach 09:12 many for your honor and for your glory. 09:15 Bless us now we pray, consume us with Your spirit 09:18 and with those who listen and see 09:20 and those who have open their Bibles right now, 09:23 because they want to receive the blessings, 09:25 drawing near to them, in Jesus name, amen 09:31 We thank you for joining us again. 09:32 It's a privilege to be able to present God's word. 09:35 So you need a pencil and paper get it all out, 09:37 because we-- there is some information 09:39 as we go along in this five part series, 09:41 please remember its five part. 09:43 Guess what, if you just get one, 09:44 or you get the third part 09:46 or the fourth part you might be confused. 09:49 This may be old news to some folks, 09:53 but to many millions they may be-- 09:56 I have never heard anything like this in their life. 10:00 Some will say it's two pointed. 10:01 Some will criticize. Some will condemn. 10:04 But dear friends, it is the truth of God's word 10:08 that we need to be proclaiming today. 10:10 God has truth, your enemy is a counterfeit 10:13 and all his counterfeit need to be exposed. 10:16 So we're gonna be talking about 10:17 "Stirring up the Wrath of Satan." 10:18 our first part. I am talking about 10:20 the ''Mystery of Iniquity'' the antichrist revealed. 10:25 Like you ever get shocked? 10:27 I was shocked the other day as I-- 10:29 an article came across my desk and I took time and I read this 10:33 and I said oh surely this can't be. 10:35 So I'm gonna-- I'm gonna share 10:37 that with you and see how you think, 10:38 it might stagger you a little bit. 10:41 It may not even surprise you and others will be indifferent, 10:44 but bless your heart, I pray that it will affect you 10:46 in some form or fashion for the good. 10:48 And it was a survey and the survey was taken with just, 10:53 listen, pastors and with spiritual leaders, 10:58 so that tells you where the thinking is at now. 11:01 And so the survey was taken, 11:02 some question was asked-- was pretty pointed. 11:05 But it does seem like the closer we get to the coming of Jesus, 11:09 the more that were pulling away from the Bible 11:12 and we're following after traditions of man and fables. 11:16 And so I think that's what prompted the survey here. 11:19 And here's one, I thought is very interesting. 11:23 Many, many pastors deny the deity of Jesus, 11:29 the gospel, think about that. 11:31 If you deny, the deity of Jesus and the gospel of Jesus Christ, 11:35 you find there is two truths there, 11:37 but in those two truths, 11:38 the devil takes those away if you allow him 11:41 and then there will be two that will substitute, 11:43 that would be what? Tradition and paganism 11:48 and so they ask these pastors 11:49 and these leaders and they said, you know, what 11:52 40 percent of those that were asked this question, 11:55 here's what they said 40 percent. 11:57 No longer believed that there is a devil. 12:01 Forty percent of the pastors said, 12:03 we're used to believe it, 12:06 but we no longer really believe that, 12:07 that there is really such thing as a devil. 12:11 Here's, a shocker, Seventh five percent 12:15 when asked this question said we no longer 12:18 believe in a-- listen, a literal hell. 12:22 Wow, 75 percent of pastors, religious leaders, 12:29 something to think about here, 12:31 26 percent in this poll said they no longer 12:36 believed in a literal heaven. 12:40 Wow! And then I like to say the shock of shocks. 12:44 Sixty five percent asked this question, 12:49 they said, we really think that is really not necessary 12:54 for us to really even believe in the Bible anymore. 12:59 What did they find these individuals to take this survey? 13:05 If that's the thinking of individuals and pastors 13:09 and the laity and religious leaders, we're in trouble. 13:15 Did those statistics shock you? I hope they did. 13:20 To say if that-- if that's way that we're thinking today, 13:23 no longer--no reason why we were in the mess 13:25 that we're in. we can, may be it no longer 13:27 continue down that same road anymore, 13:29 but a change needs to take place. 13:33 And with that kind of thinking as a pastors leader, 13:35 what do they, what do they tell their congregation 13:38 and where is the congregation? 13:40 Most generally they will be even, 13:42 you know, less informed than the pastor will on this 13:45 and if he tells them some they automatically-- 13:46 well, that must be the truth. 13:50 Friend, oh, this is a reason 13:51 I'm telling you this because in our study 13:53 we're going to see that the world has come 13:55 to the conclusion that really basically 13:57 it doesn't really matter what the word of God says. 14:00 Well, I disagree with that whole heartedly 14:02 and I know that many of you do too. 14:05 And I think in some of these facts, 14:07 remind us that the power of the enemy, 14:10 he is still, he is still-- he is reaching back 14:13 and he is changing things that God said is unchangeable 14:17 or he thinks that he is. 14:19 And so everything that he is able to change 14:20 that God has put his seal of approval on. 14:23 The devil says, I still have some power here. 14:25 The people are believing me, they are coming to my side. 14:30 I am turning people away from God 14:32 and I'm turning him toward man or toward him, the enemy. 14:36 Wow, it's pretty, confused? 14:39 Are Protestants confused, or the Catholics confused? 14:44 Does it really make a difference? 14:46 Is there any difference between 14:47 Protestantism now and Catholicism? 14:50 That's pretty heavy duty question. 14:51 But let me just give you one instance here 14:53 and just food for thought. 14:56 There's one Protestant pastor from a pretty good size church. 15:00 He stated this he said, I would be delighted to have 15:05 a Roman Catholic come to my church and celebrate mass. 15:15 Getting along is great. 15:18 Getting along as one unity is wonderful, 15:21 but not at the expense, 15:23 dear friends, of principles of Bible truth. 15:28 What has happened to our thinking? 15:31 Is it really spiritual anymore? Has something really happened? 15:35 How blind have we become? 15:40 Are we able to comprehend spiritual things? 15:44 See there are many today are rejecting, God's word. 15:47 They say that God's word, is not trust worthy 15:50 is what I'm gathering from some of these surveys. 15:53 They don't trust, God's word, anymore. 15:54 They say, well, it's confusing and it doesn't really matter. 15:59 And some even have the audacity to say listen, 16:03 that God's word contradicts itself. 16:07 Boy, I have a lot to say to you, 16:08 I may not try--I'll try to hold back right now, 16:10 but lot of you who--see you're surface readers by, 16:13 I'll just tell you that you're surface readers. 16:15 And as you just read the Bible, 16:17 oh, you can say is, oh, this doesn't seem to match up, 16:19 this doesn't seem to match-- oh, every word-- 16:22 word of God matches up because God is the author of it 16:26 but you know what, because you're surface reader. 16:28 I thought I won't go and get on that right now, 16:30 but I'll have to-- I'm gonna leave it, 16:31 but I'm gonna come back. 16:33 The word of God, never contradicts itself. 16:37 Because some of these individuals 16:39 who say that it does, well, I may go, 16:41 I'm willing to go ahead and talk about it then. 16:43 You got me round up right now, 16:44 because you know what? 16:45 That posses a real problem to lot of people 16:48 who may want to find Jesus, and you come along 16:51 and you put a cog in a wheel. 16:52 Ha, you contradicts yourself, you can't find what truth is. 16:56 These individuals denounce, Jesus Christ. 16:58 They denounce salvation. They denounce prophecy. 17:02 They denounce the times in which we live. 17:06 And they even say those of you who stand for truth, 17:08 you're narrow minded, you're weak. Really? 17:14 Who might be the weaker one? 17:17 Friends, you know, this is-- it seem like nothing 17:20 could be said in the world 17:22 that we live in to arouse people from their sleep. 17:28 I'm afraid that you're not the one that's sleeping. 17:31 Have you noticed this? You're going about to and fro 17:33 that it seems that people are spiritually sleeping. 17:36 It doesn't matter what you say. 17:38 It doesn't matter what you do to them. 17:39 They just-- they seem to sleep on. 17:42 Is that the signs of the time, 17:44 they seem to have no fear of what's going 17:47 to take place in this world. 17:49 What's taking place right now? 17:51 They are not worried about the events. 17:53 They are worried about the moment. 17:54 They're worried about trying to make a few bucks, 17:56 have a good time, just enjoy themselves. 17:59 Conscience seems to be not severed. 18:03 So you might have many, don't have a conscience today. 18:07 And what conscience, it seemed to be darkened 18:09 by the spirit of the enemy. 18:12 Darkness is prevailing in the world today. 18:15 And some of us, we don't even realize how dark that it is, 18:18 because we're not close enough to the light. 18:21 The closer you get to the light, 18:22 the more you're gonna see the darkness in the world. 18:25 But here's what I am finding. 18:26 I find that people are-- they're happy 18:29 with the condition that they are in. 18:31 They don't want to change. 18:33 They're not interested in the change, 18:35 even though you tell them something they'll say, 18:37 oh, praise God, isn't that wonderful? 18:39 Oh, that's good news, but they don't order their life 18:42 after the scripture, they're content. 18:46 There's no indication after you talked to them 18:48 or give them a Bible study that they don't even make a change. 18:53 They seemed to have no inclination to free themselves 18:57 from the grasp of the enemy. 19:00 I'm giving you a lot of backgrounds, 19:02 I want you to think because in this subject 19:03 you're gonna see the world. 19:06 The basic whole world doesn't have an inclination 19:09 it seems to free themselves from the falsehood, 19:12 the deceptions of the enemy, why? 19:18 Nothing is reasoning that some of you're doing as well, 19:21 I know but-- Friend, we're living at the end of time, 19:26 what's important to you? 19:27 There is a hereafter, there is a heaven, 19:29 there is a hell, regardless to what 19:31 some of the pastors have said. 19:33 Regardless to what the survey says, 19:34 the Bible says, the word of God says. 19:39 And some of you say, well, oh, yeah 19:40 you sit back snugly on your couch, 19:42 on your chair and you'll say well, 19:43 well, he is talking to the whirlings right now. 19:45 No, I'm not, I'm talking to you too. 19:48 The whirlings most of them know where they're at. 19:51 May be it could be the Christian world 19:52 that's may be more deceived than anybody else. 19:55 I am talking to everyone today, 19:58 in the Christian world I want to bring this out. 20:02 When they say I have need of nothing, 20:04 you know, we're increased with good. 20:06 You remember we read that in Revelation 13. 20:07 Oh, I'm increased with good, I've need of nothing. 20:10 When we are miserable, poor, and blind, and naked, 20:12 the Bible said in Revelation 3:17. 20:16 We don't realize how destitute we're of the Holy Spirit, 20:19 destitute of truth that sanctifies 20:21 and set you apart, get's us ready for heaven 20:25 and then come up with that-- it really doesn't matter. 20:27 It doesn't matter what church we go here, 20:29 today we go to church, what church-- 20:31 what we believe it really doesn't matter, really? 20:35 Oh, friend, we need to wise up here spiritually. 20:39 God, is speaking to our hearts today, 20:41 we need to comprehend these things. 20:44 Miserable, poor, blind, and naked it says. 20:47 But, you know, the beautiful thing there at the council, 20:49 we talked about Revelation 3, 20:50 you read 16 and 17 there. 20:52 It says, we have to realize that we are blind 20:54 that we need to buy what? 20:56 It says, here is the shop that we need. 20:59 We need to buy gold tried where? 21:01 Verse 18, in the fire, buy gold and so I will say this 21:07 in this study that we are doing right here. 21:09 This is a study of gold. 21:14 It's something that you need to contemplate. 21:17 It's going to open eyes and the ears 21:19 and even the hearts of people. 21:21 But, you know what, you're gonna have to worn it. 21:24 You're gonna have to be praying for it. 21:27 You're gonna have to desire it. 21:29 Now some of you say, is it popular? 21:32 No, it's not popular, it never will be. 21:35 But I tell you this God has spoken in His word 21:39 and that all we need to do is to respond 21:41 and to obey His word, whatever the cost. 21:46 I want you to come to grips with me 21:48 on that as we study today. 21:51 Whatever the cost, I must be willing. 21:57 Whatever the changes that God wants me, 22:01 I have to be willing regardless 22:03 of what it means giving up in this life. 22:07 We're talking about a power, super natural power, 22:12 mystery of iniquity, the devil behind this power, 22:15 the antichrist, most people don't know, 22:18 beast power, little horn. 22:21 They have no idea man of sin. 22:24 Wow! Wycliffe, you remember him one of the reformers. 22:29 Oh, I just marvels, I read some information 22:32 about these reformers. 22:34 Since I read this right here I realized 22:35 they had a relationship with God. 22:39 They were exposed to the religious elements of the world 22:43 that they were threatened and burned and tilled and oh my. 22:48 But they had such a love for Jesus. 22:52 Wycliffe, he said this, where he made the statement, 22:55 he said "Why do you seek the crown martyrdom afar. 23:01 What do think is, you know, way down the future, 23:03 you may be, martyred for Jesus, right now. 23:06 You know, what he said? 23:07 And he said right in the midst of the church as it were. 23:11 He said just preach, Jesus Christ, 23:14 preach the gospel of Christ to the haughty prelates, 23:18 and martyrdom will not fail you. Man what a statement. 23:22 And then he stops and he says, what 23:24 like someone said something, what? 23:27 I should live and be silent? Never he said, never. 23:34 Let the blow fall I await its coming. 23:37 Here's somebody that love Jesus, 23:39 and love the truth and in the face of the enemy. 23:43 He said, be silent, never. 23:45 There is a truth to be presented, 23:47 the blow is gonna fall, let it fall, I awaited. 23:51 How many of us await, 23:53 of what's going to take place in the near future. 23:58 You see, Wycliffe, he studied, he accepted the Bible. 24:01 He accepted as the pure word of God, 24:05 and with unwavering faith and fidelity. 24:09 He realize this is a Revelation of God's will 24:12 for his life and for the world. 24:13 It was his rule of faith in his life and has practice. 24:19 Wow! It was true authority to him. 24:25 It was the Bible that made him the man that he was. 24:31 What kind of a man, or woman, or young person are you today? 24:35 If you're gonna be anything at all dear friends, 24:37 it must be based on the word of God. 24:40 It makes you the kind of person that God want you to be. 24:43 In the phase of difficulty, in the phase of death, 24:49 we stand true to God, regardless of the cost. 24:55 I found even in today's society, 24:58 let alone in the Dark Ages in the time of reformers 25:01 many people hate the truth. 25:05 They don't like the message 25:06 and they don't like the messenger. 25:09 And when pushed into a corner they hate it, 25:11 many of them will tell you that. 25:14 And you realize that kind of hatred followed, 25:18 Wycliffe, it followed him but you know 25:21 God used him in such a mighty way, 25:23 I just marvels I read his account. 25:27 That they say the devil followed him 25:29 and hounded him, persecuted him, 25:33 try to take his life, but God preserved 25:35 that man's life and he died of natural causes. 25:40 It's very, very interesting. 25:43 His teachings lived on. You ever remember reading 25:48 that in scripture Revelation 14:13 it says, 25:51 that their works do follow them, 25:56 even though he was-- he is dead, 25:57 he was dead, his works continued to live on 25:59 and there was agitating the ones who hated the truth, 26:02 they didn't want to hear the truth 26:03 because it exposed them for what kind of people they were. 26:07 Professing to be people of God, 26:09 they were people of the enemy. 26:11 Well, you know, what happened? 26:14 Because his work continued to live on, 26:17 40 years after his death-- remember they couldn't kill him, 26:24 they couldn't silence him, they couldn't shut him up, 26:27 but 40 years after the man is dead, 26:28 buried, gone, you know, nothing left here-- 26:31 they dug up his bones and they burned his bones 26:34 and they scattered the ashes in a pond. 26:40 You tell me they didn't hate that man, 26:42 a man that God raised up to present the truth, 26:45 truths that we need to live for him. 26:49 Can you possibly even think today 26:51 that after someone has gone for 40 years, 26:53 you dig him up and burn their bones. 26:57 Hatred for the cause of Christ. 27:01 It was to the writings, I am giving you background-- 27:03 you got to stay with me here because we're gonna expose. 27:06 These individuals were exposing the man of sin, 27:10 these, the antichrist in operation 27:14 and we'll see how that all fits in 27:15 because there is operating, you see, 27:18 and they understood the operation of it 27:20 and they will continue to get worse till the coming of Jesus. 27:24 They were face to face with the powers of evil, 27:30 but as through the writings of, Wycliffe, here 27:34 that another reformer. 27:35 I love to read about him to, John Hus, sure you know him. 27:40 John Hus, took the stand for truth, you remember what? 27:45 But first in preaching the truth that lives on and on 27:47 and people get converted and later on, 27:49 John Hus, came on the scene. 27:52 He took a stand and he was approaching, 27:55 it came to the last moments of his life, 27:57 please notice this, why? 27:59 Because I am talking about here the man of sin, 28:01 the antichrist that we're talking about here, 28:04 that little horn power is going to be persecuting 28:06 God's people right till the end of time 28:07 just before, Jesus comes. 28:09 You're gonna have to have this relationship 28:11 that these reformers had. I'm going to have to have it, 28:13 oh, God, help us. Do you have it today? 28:17 No, you can't take somebody saying 28:18 something negative maybe against you. 28:20 You can't take somebody say well, 28:21 you're not a good worker 28:22 or they said this or they did that. 28:24 Oh, we go to pieces, we loose our religion, 28:26 oh, we don't want to go to church anymore. 28:29 The last moments of this man, John Hus's life. 28:34 He was given the death to carry, 28:36 oh, some of you need to relate what I'm talking about. 28:38 The Bible in Revelation said the people of God 28:40 who have death to carry upon him. 28:41 The death to carry upon John Hus, he was persecuted, 28:45 he was tormented but they, as I see fully, 28:48 finally kill him, they put a--I want to call-- 28:51 oh, if I can do that a dunce, dunce had on him. 28:55 a pointed triangular hat on his head like a pyramid. 29:00 And it said on that pyramid with a- 29:02 at a figure of the demon on top of it 29:05 and it said we devote this soul to the devil. 29:11 This is the church doing it. 29:15 Wow! Reading the other day in-- what called Prophets and Kings 29:21 are fools some of you don't let it, 29:22 but just listen to the thought, listen to the principle. 29:25 Page 513 it says, "Truth must be obeyed though" 29:33 it means imprisonment, it means exile or death." 29:43 Oh, how many of us have that kind of relationship 29:46 with Jesus Christ, that these reformers had. 29:51 Remember they were reformers, 29:52 they were starting out and--may I be bold to say 29:54 they don't have all the truth that you posses today. 29:59 Which will make us stronger in, Jesus, 30:02 but they took his hat and they put him on him, 30:03 and they say we're consigning him to the devil, 30:05 he is the devil, but notice, Hus, 30:07 he didn't remain silent just like 30:08 we're not gonna remain silent. 30:10 By the grace of God I will not be silent. 30:12 There is no time to be silent right now, why? 30:14 Because the world is deceived, the world is fooled. 30:17 I'm telling you they just-- they're fool of that-- 30:18 the old devil in there, there are so deceived, 30:20 they don't know right from wrong anymore, light from darkness. 30:24 This what, Hus said, in reply, they may commit my soul, 30:28 you know, to the devil he said but I commit my soul, 30:31 he said to the hands of the Lord Jesus, 30:33 I like this, for thou has redeemed me. 30:39 Oh, friend, in the face of death. 30:42 In the face of being tied to the stakes with the fire raging 30:47 and lit and getting ready to--burning, 30:51 till there is nothing left of him. 30:53 The man just says right now and that-- 30:55 as they're getting ready to light they said to, Hus, 30:57 they said listen one more time, recap what you've said, 31:02 escape the flames, renounce the heirs of your doctrines 31:07 and your writings and your teachings. 31:10 Man strapped the fire getting ready to light it, 31:13 burn to death, oh, it's a horrible, horrible death, 31:16 there has to be interesting. 31:19 You know, what his response was? 31:22 Getting ready to light it, retract your heirs, 31:26 he looks around with the-- 31:28 I won't say the features of the Holy Spirit 31:30 just coming through him and he said what heirs? 31:33 Wow! What heirs shall I announce 31:39 denounce what should I-- I know myself guilty of none. 31:45 Right to the very last moment of his life 31:49 and then he says this most joyfully, 31:53 most joyfully, well, I confirm with my blood 32:00 what I've taught, what I've written, 32:04 what I've preached, he said I'll give my life for, 32:07 that's how sure I am that is the truth of God's word. 32:10 Oh, how sure are you? 32:12 When they're getting ready, oh, it's easy for you, 32:14 some will say, well, yeah I'll do that too 32:15 while you're sitting in air-condition, 32:18 you know, what I'm talking about. 32:21 You're not if you're strapped to the stake 32:23 and getting ready to be burned. 32:27 Man said, I sole believe in the word of God 32:30 and these truths that I've preached 32:31 and I've taught and I've written about, 32:34 that I'll shed my blood. How about you? 32:38 How about me today, oh, God help us? 32:42 And the account of history as it writes it said, 32:46 as the flames began to burn him, 32:52 he began to sing, Jesus, thou son of David. 32:58 Wow! Have mercy on me and the account says 33:06 he continued to sing until his voice was gone. 33:12 Wow! What a love? What an experience? 33:18 What devotion? What a love he had for Jesus and truth? 33:24 What a commitment that so many of us lack today. 33:27 We can't even go to church regularly, 33:33 What a commitment this man had 33:36 that you need and I need today. 33:41 And I was just, I thought this is--overwhelmed, 33:44 I read some more I got overwhelmed and said, 33:46 you know, with Huss and Jerome both 33:49 listen to me carefully. 33:51 If you don't get anything else out of today's lesson, 33:54 oh, listen to me, oh, God, help us 33:56 to have this kind of experience. 33:59 It said for, Huss and Jerome, as they prepare for the fire. 34:04 Now, somebody stay, listen, as they prepare for the fire-- 34:09 the man who was writing about it 34:10 and they record it down, he said it was though 34:12 they were preparing to go to a marriage feast. 34:19 They were getting ready to be burn alive. 34:22 But joyfully were they preparing like they're going to feast. 34:27 How glad they were to be able to give their life for Jesus, 34:30 and the truth and you and I are afraid 34:32 to even stand up for what is true. 34:34 We're afraid to be called by name, 34:36 different, strange, odd, are you one of those? 34:42 Wow! It say when they lit the fire, 34:47 there was not one cry of pain. 34:54 And they just sang till they couldn't sing anymore, wow. 34:58 Filled with the, Holy Spirit of the living God, 35:01 because they committed themselves so deeply to Jesus. 35:07 So I challenge you, we're talking 35:11 about the last day people of God. 35:15 The God has called you with this-- 35:17 to present the solemn truth of the last days 35:20 that you're gonna see the same things happen 35:22 as you've seen during the Dark Ages. 35:23 Oh, God help us. We're gonna sin. 35:26 People won't listen anymore. 35:28 He said, it doesn't matter. 35:32 You must remember what God has chosen you 35:34 to give this last day message. 35:36 It's going to be the title of this message is going to stir 35:40 the wrath of the enemy against you, that's Satan. 35:45 He is gonna stir up the anger of people against you. 35:53 He is gonna stir up the people in the world that love-- 35:56 the Bible says what? Fables, they love what? Lies. 36:02 They like sugar coated water down messages. 36:05 It's going to stir when you give the straight testimony, 36:07 this is what God's word says. 36:10 They're gonna say, oh, we don't like these, 36:12 for people we need to get rid of them. 36:14 Read that in Second Timothy 4:4, please read that. 36:19 Are you one of those like those sugar coated, 36:20 you don't want to be convicted of anything. 36:22 You don't want to hear what we should be doing, 36:25 what God requires of us to repopulate heaven. 36:29 You think that the reformer is different. 36:31 Let me think about them what kind of experience 36:33 they had to have with God. 36:37 I can assure you in this battle that we are in, 36:41 it's going to take more than human effort. 36:43 It's going to take more than physical strength. 36:46 It's going to take more than power of intellect. 36:49 It's going to take more than just human wisdom 36:53 to see us through. It's going to take 36:55 the power of the living God, to consume you 36:58 and to consume me, no longer, I the Christ, who lives. 37:02 Power of God, must be present and the enemy 37:05 is going to be crying for your blood. 37:09 Are you willing to settle your destiny as it were? 37:15 The truth that you've presented 37:16 that you've talked about it, 37:18 you may be written about, you preached about. 37:22 When asked you need to recount these things 37:23 or you're willing to say, oh, I believe in with all my heart, 37:26 if it takes my blood just seal it, so be it. 37:34 You remember what the Jews? 37:36 Why did they, why did they cry? 37:38 They cried for the blood of Jesus, the Son of God. 37:42 You're follower of Christ, 37:43 they're going to call for your blood. 37:46 You're not going to be willing 37:47 if you're not been denying yourself 37:49 and studying the word of God, 37:50 and following madly in love with Jesus. 37:55 Oh, dear friends, this study will reveal 37:57 that we have to test, we have to test the word of God. 38:02 As the word of God we read it, we test it. 38:05 We test it and we try and what does it do? 38:09 No, word of God, test. 38:11 Those things were ought to be what? 38:13 Truth, or if it's false. 38:17 The word of God does what? 38:19 It exposes err and it tells you the truth. 38:23 Every claim, man he going to making some claims now, 38:29 but the Bible said everything you hear to be truth, 38:31 you had to try that, Isaiah what? 8:20, 38:34 "To the law on the testimony." 38:36 You think people is using that today? 38:37 No. they don't want to hear about keeping a law, 38:40 they don't want to hear about being obedient. 38:42 They want to hear about doing what they want 38:44 to do when they want to do it. 38:45 Oh, friend, that's what the devil would have you believe. 38:50 Think how it's been through the ages 38:51 from the beginning of time and what its cost. 38:55 It be no different at the end, it's no different for you, 38:58 it's no different for me. 39:00 God said I am--I've got that two edged sword 39:02 and it's going to cut away all those untruths. 39:07 That Bible needs to find a lodging place in your heart 39:10 and in my heart today. 39:13 So that we may know what truth is, 39:16 and so we may expose err, but we have to seek it, 39:20 we have to invite it in, we have to warn it 39:23 and that may be the difference in those who are just, 39:26 you know, they're indifferent. 39:28 The difference maybe, the people who want the truth 39:30 always find the truth. 39:35 I talked to a person just two days ago. 39:39 And they want to talk some serious things 39:41 and we began to talk about God. 39:42 We began to talk about certain subject 39:44 and as they heard the subject 39:45 and it wasn't really appealing to their thought 39:49 and what they have read before. 39:51 The Bible is very clear on this subject, 39:52 but they said after we talked about the subject, 39:56 they said oh, oh, no, I don't like it that way. 40:02 My, my, this is what God has said in His word 40:06 and I said that, I said this is what God has said in His word. 40:09 Oh, yeah but I-- I don't want it that way. 40:14 Oh, I just had to hold my tongue, 40:16 because I want to say it didn't matter what you want, wow. 40:22 God has spoken. And here's the problem. 40:27 We read things in here and what is the answer? 40:29 I don't want it this way. I don't like it this way. 40:34 It's because you're not converted. 40:36 You don't have a change of heart and change of life, 40:38 because when you learned something in scripture, 40:39 oh, you will say, oh, God thank you for that truth. 40:43 Oh, we need to really be in the word as a key. 40:47 Satan, I'll tell you, he is sweeping the whole world 40:52 into his delusions right now. 40:54 And you'll say, what do you mean the whole world? 40:56 Almost the whole world is being 40:59 deceived right now at this moment. 41:02 And no one wants to listen when you even tell them 41:05 how he is deceiving, what the truth of God's word is. 41:10 And if you will not accept, a plain thus saith the Lord, 41:13 you will be-- I'm telling, 41:15 you'll be easy prey for the devil. 41:19 You'll be a playing thing to him. 41:21 He will use you like a toy. 41:25 You're easy and he knows you're easy. 41:27 You're not putting up a fight, he know you're not. 41:29 He has seen how you'll study. 41:30 He see how you're praying, 41:32 he has seen how you're talking to other people. 41:33 Oh, they're easy, I don't have to worry about them, 41:35 but I'll tell you he is upset about a man who get up, 41:37 or a woman study the word of God, 41:39 spend time on their knees, looking for opportunities 41:41 to witness to somebody else and I wonder-- 41:44 that's the most important thing 41:45 in their life is to please, Jesus Christ. 41:48 Fighting the good fight of faith, the devil says, 41:50 I am concerned about him. 41:52 Bible is very clear, when the weakest saint begins to pray, 41:55 the Bible said what? The devil trembles. 41:58 The weakest saint prays, the devil tremble, 42:00 he is afraid of a God fearing men and women. 42:03 Somebody that loves Jesus, with all their heart, wow. 42:09 The Bible says, in Second Timothy 3:15, it says, 42:12 "We need to be wise unto salvation." 42:17 This is part of the study that we're talking about. 42:19 As they're setting it all up, 42:20 we need to be wise unto salvation why? 42:22 Because the devil has the world deceive, 42:24 he has got him just exactly where he wants him right now. 42:28 And I pray that God will use men and women today, 42:30 people of the Bible, people of the word, 42:33 to come back and present the truth 42:34 even if it cost them their lives so be it, and it will. 42:42 Is there something you like to hear? 42:44 No. some I want it, no. but I know it's written in the book. 42:50 What does Jesus require of you today? 42:51 What does He require of me? 42:55 For those who are, may beginning to study the word, 42:57 we have to realize and let's do elementary things. 43:01 That for every truth there is in scripture the devil has what? 43:05 A counterfeit, he has developed a counterfeit. 43:09 Let's give you a few examples. 43:10 we talk about the true gospel. 43:13 If there is a true gospel there has to be of what? 43:15 A false gospel. He just interchange 43:17 the word true and false. 43:19 Let's do a few of them, I've written down, 43:21 it talks about here, there is the truth, 43:23 there's a gospel about Jesus Christ, is there not? 43:26 There is a gospel about redemption. 43:28 There is a truth about the mediation between God and men. 43:31 There is a truth about the priesthood. 43:33 There is a truth about salvation. 43:34 There is a truth about the sanctuary. 43:36 There is a truth about the sacrifice of, Jesus Christ. 43:39 There is a truth about baptism. 43:41 There is a truth about communion. 43:43 There is a truth about God's law keeping His commandments. 43:45 And there is a truth about exposing the antichrist. 43:51 Now what does that mean? 43:54 That means for everything I just said there is a truth, 43:56 there is a false system of worship. 43:59 And so everything I just said, you can go back 44:01 and you said there is a teaching about a false God, 44:04 false gods in the world today. 44:06 A false savior, false communion, 44:10 false redemption, false mediation, 44:12 are you getting it, false sanctuary, 44:15 there is a false Sabbath, there is an imposter, 44:23 false baptism, false communion. 44:25 Just go--so remember every truth there is what? 44:28 There is false, the devil has got a lie. 44:31 And the lie many times, 44:32 we think the unconverted heart might, 44:34 well, it's easier to do that and it will be acceptable. 44:36 No, nothing is acceptable in the word of God, 44:39 except what God say it is. 44:42 And no man, no teacher, no organization, 44:46 no religious group can change that, 44:48 try as you though you may. 44:51 How do you gonna know, we're dealing remember, 44:54 in this study with a false system of worship. 44:59 It can be identified beyond the shadow of doubt falsehoods 45:02 and lies that the world has-- they say hook, line, and sinker. 45:08 And God expects us, oh, friend. 45:10 It breaks your heart, doesn't it? 45:12 So think about it. What the enemy had done, 45:15 because you and I've sat back and we've allowed him to do it. 45:19 How many really know, there is a question, 45:21 how many really know the truth from the false? 45:26 How many really understand? 45:30 Couple of things is interested, we study the prophecies, 45:33 and we start really getting into, 45:34 remember it's a five part, we're into it. 45:37 We must remember these two important things number one. 45:41 God simple, God predicts the future, 45:46 does that make sense? God predicts the future. 45:50 Look at Isaiah 46:10 and you have time you can read that. 45:55 It says, He said, He knows the beginning from the end. 46:00 And the second point is very, very important. 46:02 He reveals a crises to us even before it happens 46:07 while it still ahead of us, 46:09 so he reveals those things to us, what? 46:12 Good. Before they happen if we will listen. 46:16 The problem is people don't listen, 46:17 because they don't want to hear. 46:20 Oh, surely he is a Christian, 46:21 I mean, I get down my knees and say, oh, please listen. 46:26 What does one say other than please Holy Spirit, 46:30 take these folks who say I'm too busy, 46:32 the trash is more important, take it out right now, 46:34 I need to dust the house, I need to run the vacuum, 46:37 not more important than your eternal life, is it? 46:41 Take some time, God says that He is gonna reveal it 46:47 through His prophets before things happen, 46:49 if you read that in Amos Chapter 3:7, 46:50 yes, you have sure. 46:53 So I'm gonna encourage you to get the Books of Daniel, 46:55 the Books of Revelation, they need to be studied. 46:57 Prophecies need to be studied for today, 46:59 because it involves, the people of God, 47:01 here in these last days. 47:03 And what's going to happened to you, if you're faithful? 47:06 Oh, friend, this great apostasy someday 47:10 it's gonna soon come to an end, 47:13 but you realizes we talk about the apostasy. 47:15 The apostasy really began in the early days of the apostles. 47:19 This is where it works part is that, 47:21 the focus of the enemy. 47:24 The purpose of the enemy was to eradicate 47:27 or to erase all Bible truth 47:31 and this begin to happen in the early church. 47:34 Paul, talked about it and some people say, 47:37 well, he is talking about, you know, the antichrist and-- 47:39 is in operation even in Paul's day 47:42 and it's gonna increase, increase a form of it, 47:46 until Jesus shall come. 47:49 And, Paul, warned us, remember in Acts Chapter 20 47:52 verse 28 or 29 and 30 Paul said this, 47:56 "I know this" the Paul said I know this, 47:59 "That after my departing shall" what? "Grievous wolves." 48:04 You got to look that up sometime 48:06 in the original language is very, very interesting. 48:08 Grievous wolf, I can't think about, 48:10 boy, I'm telling you there are just-- 48:12 actually it talks in terms of something that is weighty. 48:17 Something that has some clout to it, 48:21 something that can move somebody, 48:23 I hope you're with me, I hope you get-- 48:25 something that's heavy, 48:27 something that can bring down, did you get it? 48:31 A Grievous what? Something that can bring down. 48:33 He said they're going to come in, 48:35 enter in among you, and they're not gonna spare the flock. 48:39 "Also of your own selves shall men arise," 48:43 what were these men do? 48:45 All said they're gonna speak notice this, 48:47 "perverse things" what is perverse in the Greek? 48:51 Perverse, it means, they're gonna, listen, 48:54 they're going to misinterpret scripture. 48:57 The Holy Spirit impressed, Paul, he said, 48:59 oh, already in this early church, 49:01 already the devil is furious 49:04 and he is going to try to bring people 49:06 in with the little bit of weight. 49:11 May be have a name? Big church, big following 49:18 and they're gonna speak perverse things 49:21 or they gonna misinterpret scripture 49:24 and that's word also means they're gonna corrupt it. 49:27 It also means that they're going to distort it 49:31 and so the warning is given for is 49:32 you don't think it's well, because it's here, 49:34 it just stays, the devil is going to distort it. 49:38 He says, "So that they can draw away" what? 49:40 "Disciples after them" or what? Be after the enemy, 49:44 this is what the enemy says, what's gonna happen? 49:47 Paul said, I know this, how did he know it? 49:51 How did, Paul, know what he is talking about? 49:53 Number one, yes, he knew it from experience. 49:55 Number two, he knew it because what? 49:58 From the light that, God had given him. 50:01 And so he was impressed to sound a warning 50:05 even in the early days of the church 50:07 who said, you're antichrist, 50:09 the old devil is working in the church. 50:14 So I believe the elders and the church leaders 50:16 of the church are to be guarding the sheep, 50:19 the people, from false teachings. 50:23 That means, things will happen whether it's outside 50:26 or whether it's inside the church, 50:28 we need to keep a watchful eye. 50:32 Let me make this point, because you find a person in the church, 50:34 maybe in your church who is apostasies, 50:37 who have left the truth what they understand is truth. 50:40 You know what? They are never happy. 50:43 They are never content just to say 50:45 I don't agree with you and leave. 50:48 Before they leave they try to take 50:49 everybody they can with them. 50:52 They begin to peddle their false doctrine 50:54 and their lies and their discontentment. 50:58 Apostasies, here is a person 50:59 who doesn't want to be alone. 51:02 They try to take others down with them. 51:06 Wow! Yes, I'm talking about heavy duty. 51:11 Paul, made it very, very clear. 51:14 The mystery of iniquity. 51:16 The antichrist was already at work in where? 51:20 Good, in his day. Second Thessalonians 2:7 read it, 51:23 we've time, we'll read all these things 51:24 and talk about it, but the Bible say, 51:26 you read it yourself, this is homework. 51:28 Paul said, it was alive and well. 51:30 The antichrist is alive and well in his day. 51:33 So this antichrist power would at the end of time 51:36 bring on a mark, wow. 51:42 And he begin his work and, Paul said 51:44 in the early days of the church. 51:47 So he is going to be what? 51:48 Working till the end until Jesus comes. 51:51 This is may be a sterling fact, 51:53 we just have few more minutes left, 51:54 but listen this is sterling fact, listen carefully. 51:58 Because of the apostasy from the truth 52:02 and this is where we're at today, 52:03 because people have apostatized. 52:05 We're believing err and thinking that it's truth. 52:09 And we see as the apostasy comes in and the truth, 52:13 we're almost be completely covered up 52:16 as apostasy came in even in the early church. 52:19 And what the aim of apostasy is what? 52:21 Is to cover up the truth, blood it out, do away with it. 52:27 But it's interesting the Bible predicts listen, 52:29 that it's even going to get worse, not better, worse. 52:34 What we just read there you read in-- 52:36 it said there will be a falling away, you remember. 52:38 There would be a falling away from what? 52:40 There would be--that means there will be a great apostasy, 52:43 a falling away from truth. 52:44 Err would be up there and counted as truth and it's lie. 52:49 And is it would come about, 52:51 this as this developed exchanging truth, 52:54 right taking truth out bringing in err 52:57 this would develop into the man of sin. 53:01 You got, you have to know who he is, 53:05 the man of sin, the son of perdition 53:08 the Bible talks about, the antichrist 53:11 in Second Thessalonians 2, 3, and 4. 53:13 You got to read these passages. 53:17 Anytime we apostatize, back away from truth, 53:20 you can be assure the enemy will come in with a lie 53:23 and a deception and because it happened 53:26 even in New Testament times in the early church. 53:29 It allowed for the enemy to just come in, 53:32 if the church will stand true to its calling. 53:34 If you and I will stand true to the teachings of God's word. 53:37 If we stay united together, 53:39 the enemy cannot come up and deceive us and separate us. 53:44 But it's because people begin to vary a little bit 53:46 and try to make scripture and turn it 53:48 and twist it to meet their own needs. 53:50 It allows the enemy to come in, 53:53 when you say I'm dissatisfied with the church, 53:55 I'm dissatisfied with the Bible, 53:57 I'm dissatisfied with brother so and so. 54:00 My friend, you have just opened the door for the devil to come 54:04 and he is going to cause havoc, antichrist. 54:08 John, tells us in our last passage today 54:10 in First John 4:3 he said, 54:12 "This is the spirit of antichrist, 54:15 whereof ye have heard that it should come, 54:17 even now already is in the world." 54:20 That proves it doesn't it? 54:22 And how it's going to develop it's something 54:25 we're gonna be studying in our next lessons that we have. 54:28 And identifying marks of it, so that you and I know 54:31 that we have to stay away from this man of sin. 54:37 You know how it really began? 54:38 as when in the New Testament in the early days what? 54:41 People came into the church 54:42 that was it basically baptized pagans. 54:45 They brought in their false doctrine and the truth. 54:47 Truth was turned aside for a lie and for err 54:50 and apostasy deepened. 54:51 We need to pray about it today as our time has run out. 54:54 The Holy Spirit will help us to understand 54:55 the importance of what we've been talking about here. 54:59 That we'll take a stand for what is truth 55:00 regardless of the cause. 55:01 Will you do that today, make that decisions 55:03 I pray with you right now. 55:04 Let's kneel always as we pray, Merciful Father in Heaven, 55:07 we thank you for Your precious word today. 55:09 Thank you for that kind of love 55:11 that You've promised to give to each one of us, 55:13 as we seek your face. 55:14 Thank you for Your love, for decisions that have been made 55:16 right now for Your honor and for Your glory. 55:19 May we love You more with each passing day 55:21 in Jesus' name, amen. 55:24 Friends, you made that decision, 55:25 you know, if you made that decision for Jesus. 55:27 I want you write in and tell us about it 55:30 and you know, some of you writing with questions, 55:31 I love those questions and we may begin to take 55:34 a few minutes on each program 55:35 if you got a real important question, 55:37 it needs to be answered from the word of God. 55:39 We're gonna be taking some time to do that, 55:41 so you just need to let us know. 55:43 We sure appreciate you, we love you. 55:45 And remember, you know, the only way we can bring you 55:46 these programs is support of God's people. 55:49 We love you, we'll see you next time. 55:53 Welcome back, through this series 55:55 we'll make an unsettling discovery 55:58 that the power of the enemy that is in operation 56:02 in these last days is one that operates under many names, 56:06 with many characteristics, but all will join 56:10 to have one goal, one purpose in mind 56:14 and that being the destruction of God's commandment 56:17 keeping people, so it is vital that prophecy become, 56:22 come alive in our minds and in our hearts 56:25 through the messages found in Daniel and Revelation. 56:27 And that we become able to identify truth from err. 56:32 Today's message was the first of a five part series 56:35 that is entitled "The Mystery of Iniquity" 56:38 the antichrist reveal, and this message 56:42 that you just finished hearing was entitled 56:45 "Stirring the Wrath of Satan." 56:47 We have four more vitally important messages to come 56:51 and they are "Let No Man Deceive you" 56:54 "Understanding the Prophecy of the Antichrist" 56:57 "Mystery Babylon the Great" 57:00 "The Deception Instead of Persecution." 57:03 So we hope you'll want to stay tuned in 57:07 and follow along with these studies 57:09 as they are presented. 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