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00:38 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:40 I'm Chris Shelton, your host. 00:42 I want to thank you so much for tuning in with us today. 00:45 Our message for today is entitled 00:47 "Entangled and Complicated: Is God Really in Control? 00:51 Entangled and complicated. 00:54 Really, what can I say to open this message. 00:56 In our lifetime, 00:57 our world is more entangled and complicated 01:00 like nothing that we, 01:02 this generation has ever experienced. 01:04 This is certainly not to say 01:06 that history hasn't experienced 01:08 much worse entanglements and complications. 01:11 We totally understand that. 01:13 However, we are also fully aware 01:16 that the entanglements and complications 01:18 we are now experiencing worldwide 01:21 are at the right time. 01:23 And this world's prophetic history 01:26 to usher in a great and irreversible changes 01:30 that will eventually manifest into a time of trouble 01:34 like none other. 01:36 The Bible is clear about this occurrence 01:38 right before our Lord and our Savior 01:41 pierces the eastern sky to rescue His children 01:45 and to save us from utter destruction. 01:47 So the question remains, is God really in control? 01:52 We hope that you'll stay tuned in 01:54 and join Pastor Kenny Shelton today 01:56 to discover the answer 01:58 and assurance to this important question. 02:00 Again, today's message is entitled 02:02 "Entangled and Complicated: is God Really in Control?" 02:07 But first we will be blessed 02:08 with Ben Lingle playing on his guitar. 02:10 The song entitled 02:11 "This is My Father's World" 02:14 from the 3ABN studios. 04:59 Thank you for joining us 05:00 once again here at Behold the Lamb Ministries. 05:02 Oh, we have such an exciting message today 05:05 because it's founded in the Word of God. 05:07 Not because of who's going to give it, 05:08 or what's going to take place here, 05:10 but because God has a message for you. 05:12 God has a message for me today, 05:15 and the title is going to be, 05:16 so get your pencil and paper, Bible, 05:18 whatever it's going to take 05:19 follow along because sometime I move rather quickly, 05:22 I get excited about the gospel. 05:24 I get excited about the coming of Jesus. 05:26 I just can't help it. 05:27 You know, a lot of things in this life in the years past, 05:30 you know, it gets me excited. 05:31 I used to play basketball and baseball, 05:33 everything you can think about. 05:34 I was excited about it. 05:36 I went out there to win the game. 05:37 I'm more excited about 05:38 the Gospel of Jesus Christ right now 05:40 because we see it convicting 05:42 and converting hearts and lives. 05:45 And God has allowed this group to be a part of that. 05:48 And I'm so very grateful and thankful. 05:50 We're going to be talking about Entangled and Complicated. 05:53 Notice this, Entangled and Complicated: 05:56 Is God Really in Control? 06:00 Now, again, that question is legitimate 06:03 because I hear a lot of people, even Christians say, 06:05 I'm not really sure who's in control anymore. 06:08 Things are rapid. 06:09 There's no way that it can be straightened out. 06:12 You know, as Christians, I think we need to have 06:13 a little bit different mindset than that 06:16 because things are entangled. 06:18 Things are in a mess. 06:20 Things are complicated, 06:23 but God has promised to be with His people. 06:26 So, again, it's going to be exciting lesson. 06:28 Again, we want to thank you 06:30 for your cards and your letter, your support 06:32 to get this message around the world. 06:34 My wife always says the gospel is free, 06:36 but it costs to get it out. 06:38 Isn't that right? 06:39 We don't spend a lot of time on that. 06:41 But, you know, God knows, God's people know. 06:43 And the Holy Spirit is impressing 06:45 that we move forward. 06:46 Why? 06:47 Because I don't believe like many of the ministers, 06:49 I believe the messengers, the message is going out. 06:51 I believe that the ministries that are giving out the truth 06:54 for this day in time is only just begun. 06:57 It's going to be anointed with Holy Spirit power 07:00 like we have never seen, 07:02 but we have to be ready for that and open 07:04 and have our hearts clean and our hands clean 07:07 that the Spirit of God can use us. 07:09 So I'm going to ask you, 07:11 you won't have to hear, but there may be some. 07:13 And again, I say it every time and I can't help it. 07:15 I'm so grateful and thankful for those who say, number one, 07:17 I'm praying for you every day. 07:20 How wonderful that is 07:21 to know there's people around the world 07:23 that are praying. 07:25 You may not realize 07:27 that's such an encouragement to someone like me. 07:29 I know it's an encouragement to someone like they'll say, 07:31 "Well, I hope you're not offended, 07:32 but we pray for you every day." 07:34 I say, "I'll be offended if you don't." 07:36 I need those prayers. 07:38 I know each one, we need to be praying one for another. 07:40 So I'm going to go to Lord in prayer 07:42 before we talk about this entangled mess, 07:44 this complicated mess in this world 07:47 that we need to figure out 07:48 who is really in charge 07:50 and why this individual is in charge. 07:54 And do we really need him in charge? 07:56 Let's pray together, shall we? 07:57 I'm going to kneel up here. 07:59 You can pray with me if you will 08:01 Gracious Heavenly Father, we thank You, once again, 08:03 always for the privilege of prayer. 08:06 We thank You that we can call you our Father. 08:08 We're very grateful and thankful 08:10 for the promise of the Holy Spirit 08:11 poured out upon us we pray 08:13 in the precious, lovely, holy name of Jesus, 08:15 open hearts and minds. 08:16 We may receive and hear that which You want us to receive 08:19 and hear in Jesus name. 08:21 Amen. 08:22 We're gonna be talking about Entangled and Complicated: 08:25 Is God Really in Charge. 08:27 I want you to turn with me. 08:28 We're going to read Daniel Chapter 4, 08:30 Daniel Chapter 4. 08:32 We're going to read the three verses. 08:33 And again, we pray that it'll make sense to us. 08:36 You know, again, for those who are watching, 08:38 because again, we're going to prove 08:40 from the Word of God 08:41 that somebody is in charge, 08:43 but everything seems to be going haywire. 08:46 And so we need directly, 08:48 as God's people we need to understand, 08:50 we need not be pacing the floor. 08:52 I'm going to say it this way. 08:53 I'm getting tired of hearing Christian saying 08:55 we're just pacing the floor. 08:57 We're just a nervous wreck. 08:58 We don't know what to do. 08:59 Well, what's wrong. 09:01 There's gotta be something wrong 09:03 and there's gotta be something wrong. 09:04 I realized we could be concerned 09:05 and I'll bring it up as we go in this message, 09:10 but to stay awake and paced the floor, 09:11 when God never slumbers nor never sleep, 09:13 let him stay awake. 09:15 He can do something about it. 09:16 You need to get your rest and I need to get my rest. 09:19 And again, we should smile with confidence to know 09:22 that his will will be done in this world. 09:25 We need to know that. 09:26 Daniel Chapter 4, because I hear this a lot. 09:29 Oh, I'm so, I'm about to... 09:30 Somebody, a guy said the other day, 09:31 I'm about to pull my hair out. 09:35 Wouldn't take a lot to pull it on some of us as part, 09:37 but hey, but still I'm going to pull my hair. 09:39 I don't know what we're going to do 09:41 because well, we've got to, 09:42 we're going to have a new president elect. 09:43 We don't know what's all this is going to change, da-da. 09:45 God is in control. 09:47 It doesn't matter who's elected. 09:49 It doesn't matter who sits on the earthly throne 09:51 because God sets on His. 09:53 And a couple of these passages just reveal that 09:55 in Daniel Chapter 4, 09:57 starting with verse 3, Daniel 4:3, 10:01 I always say, and I love it, the Bible says. 10:04 When I say the Bible says, the Holy Spirit says, 10:06 God says, Jesus says, it's gotta be true notice, 10:10 "how Great are His signs?" 10:13 Somebody say, Oh, wonderful. 10:15 How great are what? 10:16 God's signs. 10:18 Notice this. 10:19 And how mighty are His wonders! 10:21 His kingdom is what kind of? 10:24 An everlasting, does that mean just it's limited 10:26 or just goes on and on and on? 10:27 Never end everlasting kingdom, 10:29 His dominion is from generation to generation, 10:33 that cannot be said about any earthly individual. 10:36 Is that true? 10:37 It can't be said, 10:39 it's from generation to generation 10:40 everlasting kingdom. 10:42 Verse 17. 10:43 The Bible says, 10:44 "This matter is by the decree of the watchers 10:47 and the demand," 10:48 notice this, 10:50 "By the word of the holy ones: 10:51 to the intent that the living may know 10:53 that the most High what? 10:56 See, this is what we need to know 10:57 that the, the most high ruleth in the kingdom of men, huh? 11:03 And giveth it to whosoever he will 11:06 and setteth up over it the basest of men." 11:10 Simply saying here, God says, 11:11 I will set up who I will set up. 11:14 Here referring to certainly be to Nebuchadnezzar, right? 11:17 At that point in time, what was he? 11:19 Was he a pagan? 11:20 Was he an unbeliever? Absolutely. 11:22 Well, God said, I'll use a pagan. 11:23 I'll use a heathen. 11:24 If there won't, you know, 11:26 if you don't have anybody else in the land to do it. 11:28 He'll use who He will. 11:30 And His purpose will be accomplished. 11:33 How wonderful to know the Bible talks so plain 11:37 about he ruleth the kingdom of men. 11:40 He giveth it to whomsoever He will. 11:43 Now I might just say, 11:44 do we have anything to fear then? 11:46 No, we're really, we're looking to things 11:48 that could happen. 11:49 And they're just almost overwhelming 11:51 the what can happen. 11:54 But we know that God is there and He's watching over 11:57 because we need to understand things are entangled, 12:00 things are a mess. 12:03 Man can't straighten it out. 12:05 It's getting worse and worse every day. 12:07 Verse 32 once again says the same thing basically. 12:10 And they shall drive thee from men, 12:12 talking about Nebuchadnezzar. 12:14 Why? Because he was too proud. 12:15 Why? Because he said everything. 12:18 I, this great place that I have built, 12:20 this is what I have done. 12:22 And we find that in leadership in the world today, 12:24 look what I've done. 12:25 Nobody else can do it like I can do, blah-blah. 12:28 Are you following there? 12:29 We have to be careful in that 12:31 because God just wants us to praise Him. 12:33 Because all of these things that come about, 12:35 God said I'm ruling in the heavens. 12:38 I'm in control regardless of who says they are, 12:41 I'm still in control. 12:43 Good news, notice He says, 12:45 he's going to, he's going to cause thee to eat what, 12:46 Nebuchadnezzar. 12:48 He's going to eat grass like an oxen 12:49 seven times shall pass, well, seven years, isn't that right? 12:52 Until, notice it, 12:54 "You're going to eat grass until you know 12:57 that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men." 13:00 Now that may be could have been six months. 13:04 Look out now, 13:05 that may have been three months. 13:06 It could have been a year. It could have been a two. 13:08 Evidently it took seven years for him 13:09 to learn his lesson. 13:11 I can tell you this, 13:12 it's taken more than seven years for me 13:13 to learn some lessons. 13:15 I look at it here and say, 13:17 man, it's a long time for you to be down there 13:18 chewing on that grass. 13:22 Wherever he was at, I think I was lower. 13:24 No doubt about it. 13:26 You might look at your own life. 13:27 Maybe you were way down there too, I don't know. 13:30 And he giveth it to whomsoever He will. 13:33 There again, 13:34 once again, it's just established 13:36 just in one chapter, 13:37 just in three verses already we know who's ruling. 13:41 Why should we be afraid? 13:44 Interesting, quickly let's run over. 13:46 Why am I concerned? 13:47 Or why am I, you know, people's pulling their hairs. 13:49 They weren't saying, 13:50 I don't know what's going to happen. 13:52 The US intelligence shows 13:55 that China has conducted human testing. 13:57 How many of you heard about that? 13:59 I just want to go over a few of these things here, 14:00 the human testing, and then get right in to 14:03 who's really in charge 14:04 and how we can really count on it. 14:07 But I see why people are concerned, 14:10 how an individual can get by in this world 14:13 that does not know Christ as their Lord and Savior. 14:17 I'm just amazed. How do they get by? 14:20 Thank you. They don't. 14:22 They think they do. 14:23 They're the walking dead. 14:27 You can't get by without knowing who Jesus is. 14:32 China says this right here, 14:34 they're doing some human testing 14:36 on members of the People's Liberation Army. 14:39 Notice this, 14:40 in hope of developing soldiers 14:42 with biologically enhanced capabilities. 14:47 That comes from the nation's top 14:49 intelligence official. 14:52 And then we say, okay, well, I'm a little, 14:54 I'm a little concerned about what they're doing, 14:55 because they said they will be. 14:57 And it comes out in intelligence reports 14:59 that China says they want to rule the world 15:02 and they intend on doing it. 15:04 Well, I can be concerned and I can pace the floor. 15:06 I can say, God's still in charge. 15:08 They are planning, they have the capabilities. 15:12 Remember every time they do the fake wars 15:14 that we talked about here, 15:15 the simulation of wars, right, in the last five years, 15:18 five time China's beat the United States of America. 15:24 Now, we can, we can go to pieces over, 15:26 or we can just move on. 15:28 Pritzker, I guess, is the Illinois governor. 15:30 And he's the one here. 15:32 He said, I'm considering, 15:33 I'm considering that staying home order. 15:35 I'm going to give an order. 15:36 Everybody's going to have to stay home. 15:39 I don't like that, number one, is that right to say that? 15:42 I don't like that with it already. 15:45 Some of these people would look in the Word of God, 15:47 they're overstepping their bounds, 15:49 but here's my point. 15:50 We are entangled 15:51 at where we were, things were complicated. 15:54 We need to hold, know who's in control here, 15:57 are more lockdowns coming. 16:00 There are more COVID restrictions 16:01 going on now. 16:03 There's lockdown of American economy. 16:05 There's no doubt about though. 16:07 Pfizer says, now that they have, 16:08 you know, as you well know, drug, what? 16:10 95% recovery vaccine, 95% sounds pretty good. 16:16 But then we have climate control 16:18 is coming back into the picture, 16:20 like never before. 16:21 And when climate control comes back in, 16:23 we're one step closer to a Sunday law. 16:25 Somebody needs to be thinking about it. 16:29 And will COVID-19 vaccine become mandatory? 16:33 Man, you hear all this talk that's going on. 16:36 And you'll say, that's not so, 16:37 but listen, we've got to get your head out of the sand 16:41 of all the stuff that we've seen 16:42 in the last eight months is nothing like 16:44 we've ever experienced in our lifetime. 16:47 And so we have to know that these other little movements 16:49 that they're going to be very quick 16:51 and they're going at lightning speed, 16:52 things are going to come to an end. 16:58 How about immigration? 16:59 Oh, some concern. 17:02 Who's going to receive the first shots? 17:04 See, when they go out, there's already debate, 17:06 who's going to receive it first, 17:08 who's going to hit? 17:09 That's quite an undertaking 17:10 when you go into millions and millions and millions. 17:14 We're just looking. 17:15 These are things that concern people, 17:17 racial tensions are at a high, 17:21 Black Lives Matter. 17:25 These are gangs. 17:28 Hello, 17:33 these are rioters, 17:34 they're professional, they're paid. 17:37 Not people who have the right mindset, 17:39 but those who have the wrong mindset, 17:43 but it's still going on in the country, 17:45 and we're concerned 17:47 because things are entangled and they're complicated, 17:49 and we need to know who's in control 17:51 when it seems like 17:54 some other groups are in control 17:56 more than we want them to be. 17:59 We find there's unrest in Iran because of an assassination. 18:04 They're vowed to get even the United States of America. 18:07 And China's threatening Federal law, the execution, 18:14 you know is brought back and they've even increased it, 18:18 do you know the death decree? 18:19 You know, we read the Bible said 18:20 the time will come when there'll be what? 18:22 That may be a death decree. 18:24 And now they're talking about here. 18:26 It can be by injection, or it can by gas. 18:30 It can be by electrocution, 18:34 and it could even be in front of a firing squad. 18:40 Interesting, 'cause I think it was on a right shut down 18:43 for what 17 years or something. 18:45 And now for some reason, it's put back, why? 18:51 Mandatory mask, the wearing of them. 18:55 What's going to happen if there's mandatory? 18:56 You can't go out of your house. 18:58 In fact, the time would come they might say, 18:59 you have to wear it while you're in your house. 19:04 In fact, the president elect, the new one says what? 19:08 He says, the first 100 days of his office, 19:12 he's wanting everybody to wear mask 19:15 everywhere. 19:17 Didn't say, he's gonna make you or make it mandatory. 19:19 But he said, this is what he wants. 19:22 Where are you going to be and where am I going to be? 19:26 Thousands of businesses are shut down. 19:28 Labor unions fighting for power. 19:31 There's attack on religious liberty, 19:34 freedom of speech, 19:36 hate crimes, 19:39 issues of separation of church and state. 19:42 See, I'm just talking about these things quickly, 19:44 you know these, 19:45 but this is part of the entanglement 19:46 that complicated the things that are going on in the world 19:51 that we need somebody to straighten them out. 19:54 We need for things to change. 19:57 Socialism is just around the corner, 20:01 followed by communism, 20:03 followed by big government. 20:06 And you're going to live in that. 20:08 And I'm going to live in that. 20:09 I don't want to. You think it's not possible. 20:12 I'm getting tired of dealing with people 20:13 who said this can't happen. 20:15 Is it okay to say that? 20:17 I don't mean that in an ugly way. 20:18 I'm just simply saying you talk to supposedly sane individuals 20:22 and say, look at all of these things 20:24 lining up in a row 20:26 and they'll say, well, I don't think 20:28 that can happen in this country. 20:29 Well, somebody wake up. 20:32 Pope Francis comes out and he says, 20:34 you know, if a common good has become global, 20:39 the common good. 20:41 Sacrifice for the common good. 20:43 Don't worry about what is right necessarily, 20:46 but for the common good of everybody else, 20:48 we're going to let go 20:49 and we're going to follow the mother church 20:51 as he would call it. 20:53 In fact, few days ago, the Louisville, Kentucky mayor 20:56 signed an executive order 20:58 declaring that racism is a health crisis. 21:02 Somebody is not with me. 21:03 My lands of love, that health imagine, 21:07 racism is a public health crisis. 21:10 They know when they label anything 21:12 under a health crisis, 21:14 it can be passed just like that. 21:15 Like your COVID shots, everything here. 21:17 Oh, it's health epidemic. 21:19 Oh, we pass all the red tape and hmm, 21:23 listen, there's three kinds, I found this out. 21:24 There's three kinds of people in the world. 21:28 There's the wills, and there's the won'ts, 21:32 and there's the can'ts. 21:35 And you're going to be one or the other, 21:37 the wills or the won'ts or the can'ts. 21:39 The first, the wills accomplish everything. 21:44 The second, the won'ts, they oppose everything. 21:48 You can find that in the church. 21:51 And third, we find the can'ts. 21:53 They fail at everything they go to do. 21:57 And you're going to fit into one of those categories. 22:01 And some of us might even fit into the greatest achievements 22:05 that's ever been accomplished in this world 22:07 has really been accomplished by two groups of people. 22:10 I thought it was very in two types of men, 22:13 those who were smart enough to know that it could be done. 22:18 Did you get it? 22:19 Think that, they're smart enough to know 22:20 that it could be done. 22:22 And then you, yeah, and then you have the two dumb 22:27 that didn't know it couldn't be done. 22:29 Somebody's not with me. 22:31 Can I say dumb up front? 22:35 The reason I ask that I always says, 22:37 don't say dumb sometime, but don't say, is that right? 22:40 You see the shocked look on the people. 22:41 It's true. 22:43 You realize how things are accomplished 22:45 because a person doesn't know it can't be 22:48 and I'll just refer to and say no more about it, 22:51 3ABN is an example of that. 22:54 Did you get it? 22:59 People who started out, 23:00 I'm going to say it nicely 23:02 were too dumb to realize it couldn't be done. 23:05 But God knew that it could, praise God for that. 23:08 So surely, surely we can ask ourself 23:09 the question of who's running this world. 23:12 Just thinking about a few of those things 23:14 we went over just this verily just on the top. 23:18 So it's enough to really concern 23:19 and say, oh my, all of these things 23:21 and dozens and hundreds of more. 23:24 Where can we get the answers? 23:26 Will we really pay attention to the answers? 23:29 Where can we get the answers right now? 23:31 You see if you're like I am, 23:33 I want something done right now. 23:34 Don't you? 23:36 When you go right now, I don't want to wait next week. 23:37 I want to know right now, 23:40 because I believe the world is falling apart. 23:45 It seems to get worse and worse. 23:49 If we go to the Word of God, can it really help us? 23:52 Doesn't God know everything in advance 23:54 before it happens? 23:56 Doesn't God have the answers to every dilemma 23:58 that goes on in the world. 24:00 I think He does. Let's start here. 24:02 Romans Chapter 13 in your Bible, 24:03 just quick in Romans 13. 24:05 Time's flying by quickly here, 13:1. 24:07 Now you don't have to deal about 30 more minutes. 24:09 So bless your heart. 24:10 Anybody gets sleepy, 24:12 you stand up and yawn if you want to, 24:13 it's not going to bother me. 24:18 Romans 13:1 says, 24:19 "Let every soul be subject unto the higher power. 24:23 For there is no power, but of God: 24:26 the powers that be are ordained of" what? 24:29 "Of God." Romans 13:1. 24:33 So what do we have here? 24:34 Notice that, there's no power, but of God, 24:37 the power that be are ordained of God. 24:42 Here, we have some meaning 24:44 that might look a little closer 24:45 into those who are set in authority over others. 24:49 There are those who are set in authority over others 24:51 to rule or to govern. 24:54 But we have to realize that there's no human authority. 24:59 It cannot exist, except by God's permission. 25:03 Isn't that good to know? 25:04 See if you're thinking about the government, 25:06 the way things are run today, 25:07 there's no power that can exist 25:10 unless God gives permission for it to exist. 25:13 That helps me, that encourages me 25:15 and that which has gone forth is what, 25:18 he's controlling it. 25:20 It may seem to out of control. 25:22 It may seem like it can't be put back in, 25:24 you know, in order, but it can be because what? 25:27 He's got it under control. 25:29 We just read that 25:30 in the Book of Daniel, did we not? 25:32 Just three little verses. 25:33 God simply says, 25:35 He sets them up and He takes them down. 25:36 Man, that encourages me. 25:38 I need not worry about the election. 25:40 I need not worry about who's sitting on the throne. 25:42 I need not worry about what's going on in the world 25:44 because God sits on that throne. 25:46 His eye is on the sparrow, 25:48 and I know that He watches over me. 25:52 See, what does Paul really mean here 25:54 when he talks about these ruling powers, 25:57 these human governments. 26:00 Remember God had those and He set them into operation 26:02 because He wanted it to help us. 26:05 See, God set them in operation to protect His people 26:09 by the purpose of God, you know. 26:11 But now what? 26:12 It went haywire, 26:14 some of these things that's been put into motion. 26:16 These powers that they're corrupted by man. 26:19 Man has corrupted it. 26:21 Let me read something quickly in Review and Herald. 26:23 This is 10-1-95. 26:25 Now, remember when I say 95, I mean 1895. 26:29 And it sounds just exactly like today's news. 26:32 Are you still with me? Why? 26:33 Because truth is truth. 26:36 And things that have happened is going to be repeated 26:38 and we need to. 26:39 Some of us just haven't learned a lesson about all the things 26:41 that are being repeated right now 26:43 over and over and over. 26:44 We need to learn. We need to have ears to hear. 26:48 This article says this, listen, 26:50 "One of the most deplorable things upon the earth 26:53 is the fact 26:55 that there are passionate governors." 27:00 Does anybody want to come up here. 27:01 I'll just talk to somebody who wants to come. 27:03 We'll just talk a little bit here. 27:06 One of the things that's very concerning. 27:08 Notice this, the article says Review and Herald, says, 27:11 it's deplorable condition and think about it today. 27:14 One of the deplorable condition of, 27:18 so I don't get too political here, right? 27:19 Of things that are going on in some of our states. 27:23 Notice, she calls them up on and notice it says, 27:26 one of the most deplorable things 27:27 upon the earth, 27:28 the fact that there are passionate governors. 27:31 This means what? 27:32 This means there are those who have strong emotions. 27:35 These are those and listen, 27:36 one word says 27:38 the ones that have big, bad tempers, 27:40 you don't want to cross them. 27:42 They'll show you how the hog ate the cabbage. 27:46 They'll show you. 27:47 And then it goes on, governors and then unjust judges. 27:52 See, this is 1895, Brother Jan, this is talking about here. 27:55 This is what we're seeing today at least in our opinion, 28:00 these governors, these judges, they forget, 28:04 they are under the authority of the great governor. 28:09 The all wise God 28:12 who is above every ruler, Huh? 28:17 He's above every prince. 28:19 He's above every king. 28:23 They forget, they think they're God. 28:27 They think they have your life in their hand. 28:30 They may think they do, but God has them In His hand. 28:35 He can take them out anytime He wants to. 28:39 Now, remember, 28:41 rulers, rulers in office 28:43 are supposed to be God's servants. 28:46 And they're supposed to keep the way of the Lord. 28:49 We're putting anybody and everybody in there 28:51 where they believe in God 28:53 or where they don't believe in God 28:54 or where they have a conscience whether they don't. 28:58 But these rulers are supposed to be God's servant 29:01 to keep the way of the Lord and to do just, 29:04 and notice this and judgment. 29:07 Now, why are we quickly? 29:08 Why are we as a nation falling apart? 29:10 This is my opinion. 29:12 You take it or leave it if you want. 29:13 I feel like our country is falling apart 29:15 before my very eyes. 29:18 In the last couple of years, it's been an amazing fall. 29:21 There's a reason for it 29:25 not to try to criticize those in high places, 29:28 but to show that Bible prophecy has predicted 29:30 these things would take place. 29:33 The Great Controversy. 29:35 I love the Great Controversy, 29:37 584 says this, 29:39 "Men who refuse to submit to the government of God 29:44 are wholly unfitted to govern themselves." 29:48 Think we have those 29:50 who refuse to submit to the government of God 29:53 or to the law of God or to the Ten Commandments. 29:57 You see, when you get away from that, 29:59 you go any direction you want to, 30:03 But if they don't go along with that, 30:04 the guideline, right, 30:06 that God has given to us, 30:07 they're unfit to even govern themselves, 30:09 let alone a nation, 30:11 let alone a country, let alone a city. 30:16 And when a nation, and we're seeing it. 30:19 Instead of taking care of you and me, 30:24 instead of taking care of us, 30:26 protecting its citizens, like it's supposed to, 30:29 that's what they're supposed to do. 30:33 When they become so proud 30:36 and they become so cruel as it were, 30:41 and they're holding as it were, 30:43 they're holding men and women today back 30:47 from being successful 30:48 because they've taken their work away from them. 30:51 They've taken their jobs away from them, 30:52 making a living. 30:55 Listen, when that takes place 30:56 when those in high places are inflicting punishment 30:59 upon those who are trying to do the right thing, 31:01 be sure that country, that nation is going to fall. 31:05 I can stand here based on the Word of God 31:08 and say, America is ready to fall. 31:10 It's ready to crumble. 31:11 Not that I want it to, 31:12 not that I'm trying to be political about. 31:14 And only time I say that 31:15 is because you have people write letters and they're just, 31:17 I'm telling you right now, you're wasting your time. 31:19 Ooh, I don't like to say it that way, 31:20 but it's wasting your time 31:22 because God's Word has predicted. 31:24 Revelation 13:11-18, 31:25 United States in Bible prophecy. 31:27 It comes up like what? 31:28 Like a lamb with two horn, but it begins to speak as what? 31:31 Begins to speak as the dragon. 31:33 Listen, we don't need a nation speaking as a dragon. 31:35 If it ever spoke as a dragon, I tell you right now, 31:38 it's speaking right now as the dragon, 31:40 it's going against everything 31:41 that God ordained that He is the principle. 31:43 It's going against everything 31:45 that we thought was our principles 31:46 of our Constitution and our Bill of Rights. 31:49 Our religious freedom, 31:50 everything is being attacked on every side. 31:52 And my plea is can't we see it happening. 31:56 Work for the night is coming. 32:01 The fall is certain, why? 32:05 Because again, once again, as a nation, 32:07 we have rejected God's principles. 32:10 We've rejected His commandments. 32:14 And when you begin to reject what God's plan is for us, 32:17 the glory and listen, 32:19 the United States of America 32:20 has had a glory about it for years. 32:22 Is that right? 32:23 It was specially blessed of God, 32:25 special country. 32:27 But we see that glory fading right now, because why? 32:30 Because we're going against God's plan for us 32:33 as His people. 32:34 And you'll see the glory fades and then the power fades. 32:37 And then somebody comes in and takes over. 32:39 Ooh, see we've seen the glory depart. 32:45 We've seen as it were 32:49 the power that we've been talking about 32:52 and others are saying whoo, they've got other, 32:53 there's other powers over here. 32:58 And as it had, has it been in Scripture, 33:00 if you look at the world powers, 33:01 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, papal 33:03 and pagan Rome, papal Rome and so on, 33:04 there comes a time... 33:06 Is it time? 33:08 Could it be happening that we are falling? 33:10 We've come to the, you know, the point in Bible prophecy 33:14 where the United States, as it were, goes down. 33:17 We've reputed every, you know, 33:18 every point of the Constitution 33:20 of the United States. 33:22 We fought everything tooth and nail. 33:24 And God says, my cup is almost full, 33:27 enough is enough. 33:29 If you don't believe that, 33:30 man, just look it back in history. 33:32 Look what the history has done. 33:35 Babylon, right, the great one world power. 33:38 It lost, its glory started to fade 33:41 as they went away from God, then it lost its power. 33:44 Still thought it had its power. 33:46 It was overtaken as it were without a shot. 33:52 You know what I'm talking about struggle. 33:56 Despite all of this, 33:58 all the stuff that we're seeing, 33:59 all the stuff that we're hearing right now, 34:03 and I'm sad to say, it's like, 34:05 you know, it's a broken country. 34:09 I don't think there's any kind of a glue 34:10 that can hold it back. 34:14 And I've to say it's sad, you know, sometime I'll say, 34:17 "Oh, I wished it was like it used to be." 34:19 And then you get letters and people say, 34:21 "Oh yeah, like it used to be 34:22 when this didn't have this right and this privy, 34:24 you don't want to go, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah." 34:26 I don't know, 34:27 but there was a time it seemed like 34:29 there was a little bit of peace and safety. 34:30 There has bad things on other coin of it. 34:32 You can only look at your own life and say, 34:33 will it ever return like it used to be? 34:36 No, I don't think it ever will. 34:38 We are past, 34:41 we're at the valley of no return. 34:43 I don't want to say that. 34:45 I don't wanna even believe that, 34:46 but I know that it's true. 34:49 Yeah, Bible says that 34:51 that definitely wax worse and worse. 34:52 But as we've seen 34:54 through the last seven, eight, ten year 34:55 things that are happening, 34:56 we never get past that. 34:58 We just implement more laws, more laws, more things against, 35:01 more freedom's gone, more this, more of that 35:03 that one of these days, they're going to come out here 35:05 and they're going to close those doors 35:06 and they're going to put a chain 35:07 around those doors. 35:09 Then what will you do? 35:10 Those who have been lazy about coming to church, 35:11 those who look for every opportunity 35:13 in which to not to make us 35:15 and say, well, they don't have to come to church. 35:16 You will be wishing that you had, 35:19 is that true? 35:20 Think about it. 35:22 Remember, maybe the time comes, we have to... 35:24 Well gain what? 35:25 Gain, what is it? 35:26 Warmth from the coldness. 35:28 You read that of others. 35:31 From the coldness of others. 35:33 I want to be around people that's red hot. 35:36 That's on fire for Jesus Christ. 35:37 Isn't that right? I want to be around that. 35:39 I want to be a part of that because I know there's one, 35:42 as the devil is going to try to put your fire out. 35:45 He can't do that. 35:48 Fight, there's hope. 35:50 Education 178. I love it. 35:51 There's, ooh, there's hope, I like that. 35:55 There's hope today. 35:56 There's encouragement today. 35:59 I need not worry about me 36:00 and I need not worry about the look on their face. 36:02 I need not worry about their smart remarks. 36:04 I need not to worry about what they might call you, 36:08 because I know who I serve. 36:09 Do you know who you serve? 36:12 Education 178 says this, 36:13 notice this, this is interesting. 36:15 It says, "The complicated play of human events," 36:19 whoo! "Is under divine control." 36:22 If I could just say that? 36:24 I should have, Brother Jan, 36:25 I should have said that and just sat down, had prayer, 36:27 but you know what? 36:28 Some of us won't glean from just a few words. 36:31 Did you notice the words? No. 36:33 Most of you are in and out. 36:34 You're somewhere else. 36:36 Not necessarily talking about this group here. 36:37 They're going to, devil's going to try and make sure 36:39 you miss these lines that you need and that I need. 36:43 And we won't go around squalling and balling 36:45 and carrying on 36:46 that we don't serve a God that can take care of us. 36:49 Man, I just want to put it out there today. 36:51 Let you think about it. 36:52 I'm not, 36:53 it's just hurtful sometime, you see it. 36:55 Now notice again. 36:56 It says, "The complicated play of human events." 37:02 Remember sermon title entangled and complicated. 37:07 The complicated play of human events 37:10 is under divine control. 37:13 Whoo! 37:16 I mean, that's good news. 37:18 Notice it says, no, and it goes on. 37:20 It gets, I don't want to say it gets better. 37:22 It does get better. 37:24 I don't want to say it, but I'm going to say it. 37:26 Notice it says, 37:28 amidst the strife, are we there? 37:30 We're in strife and tumult of nations. 37:34 He that setteth above the cherubims. 37:36 Who is that? Yeah. 37:38 Still guides the affairs of the earth. 37:42 He overrules all 37:44 for the accomplishment of His purpose. 37:46 We serve a God that does what? 37:47 He overrules all 37:49 for the accomplishment of His purpose. 37:51 You need not worry to go around. 37:54 I tell you, it's hurtful to God. 37:55 There's no doubt about it 37:57 when you and I as a Christian and say, 37:58 we know Christ, 38:00 and we're going around whining and complaining. 38:01 Whoo! 38:03 Like there's no hope. 38:04 There's no help. 38:05 Man, we've got it right here. 38:07 He guides in the affairs of the earth. 38:10 He overrules all, the devil says let's charge. 38:13 And God says to him, 38:14 you're not charging anywhere, son, 38:16 get over there and sit down. 38:17 He'll go over there and sit down. 38:18 He has no choice, but to go sit down. 38:20 God said, when sin came, 38:22 you remember in the Garden of Eden, 38:23 remember the old serpent went to where? 38:25 To the tree, isn't that right? 38:26 Was he allowed to roam all over Garden of Eden? 38:28 No. 38:29 God said, you get up in that tree. 38:31 Get up in that tree and you sit there 38:33 and don't go anywhere till I tell you to go. 38:36 And he got up in that tree. 38:37 He set up there and he didn't go anywhere 38:39 until he was told to go. 38:41 See you have God on your side. 38:42 That's what God can do that to the enemy. 38:46 He really didn't go any place. 38:49 The problem was, we went to him. 38:53 Does that make sense? 38:54 Just like we're doing in the world today, 38:56 we're going to him. 38:57 We're going to the things of the earth 38:59 when we should not be, throw those things out. 39:01 Lord have mercy on us. 39:03 Whoo. 39:04 I love it. 39:06 The Bible is clear, you know, Haggai was it 2:22. 39:10 It talks about, he says, he's going to, 39:12 I will overthrow he said, I will overthrow. 39:15 That's just what we read here. 39:16 You can read it in Ezekiel 21:27. 39:20 He says, he's going to overturn, 39:22 overturn, overturn. 39:24 He repeats it three times to say what? 39:25 No matter what man has put in, right? 39:27 I will overturn it if I see fit. 39:30 See, this is good news 39:32 because everything seemed like it's a mess now, 39:34 it seemed like we're headed for socialism. 39:35 It seemed like 39:37 the next step I mentioned before is communism. 39:38 The next step is limited under communist rule 39:41 and the government houses. 39:42 And you know what I'm talking about, 39:44 taking everything that you've ever made 39:45 or ever will made here 39:47 and giving you a little stipends to live. 39:48 They'll take care of you. 39:50 They'll feed you. They'll pay your loans off. 39:52 And most people will go for that big time. 39:54 Lord have mercy, don't do it. 39:57 Oh, don't do it. 39:58 You know, majority will Brother Jan. 39:59 Majority is going to do it when the pressure is applied. 40:02 This is why I talk about all the time is don't, 40:04 we're being warned before it takes place. 40:06 Don't do it by the grace of God. 40:10 One illustration so good in Daniel Chapter 10:13. 40:13 Whoo! 40:14 Time's going by, somebody pray for me. 40:16 Whooee! 40:18 Daniel 10:13, but notice this, 40:20 this tells how, how God is so close to us. 40:23 How He's watching every move, 40:25 how He's not gonna let the devil 40:26 win any battles, right? 40:28 Unless we just give in. 40:30 Notice what it says, 40:31 "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia 40:33 withstood me, what? 40:35 One and 20 days, 21 days, you remember that. 40:37 But Michael, 40:40 one of the chief princes came to help me, 40:43 and I remained there with the king of Persia." 40:46 Boy, how beautiful that is. 40:48 And every time you say Michael, everybody will say, 40:49 well, who's Michael? 40:51 Lord have mercy. 40:53 Lord have mercy. 40:55 God's people need to know who Michael is. 40:58 Daniel 12:1. 41:00 We're going to find Michael's 41:01 going to stand up for His people, 41:02 isn't that right? 41:04 We need to find out who Michael is. 41:06 He's Israel's protector there in 12:1, Daniel 12:1. 41:11 Here is where we have to go 41:12 if you want to find out what this is. 41:13 We receive letters. 41:15 Please tell us who did, we have no idea. 41:16 And it may be, they may be honest in heart 41:18 and I'm not trying to chuckle about that. 41:20 But somebody who'd been in the Word of God 41:21 for 30, 40 years and you still don't know. 41:26 We need to know, 41:27 because it will give you help and encouragement. 41:30 What we do? Isaiah 20, come on somebody? 41:33 Isaiah 28:10. 41:35 Remember it says, 41:36 when you want to know what truth is, you do what? 41:38 Come on, line upon line, 41:40 precept upon precept here a little and what? 41:42 And there are little to know what truth is. 41:44 Daniel 12:1 and we see that there's Michael. 41:46 And then we go to Jude Chapter 9, 41:48 just jot it down quickly. 41:50 He is termed, Michael is termed as the archangel. 41:53 Did you get it? The archangel. 41:55 And then in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 41:58 we find that it is the voice of the archangel. 42:01 That when that voice of the archangel sounds, 42:03 the dead in Christ rise where? 42:06 Yeah. 42:07 And then we go to John 5:28. 42:09 It says, when Jesus comes, the dead would hear His voice, 42:13 they'd hear the voice of the Son of man. 42:15 Put those together quickly as you can. 42:17 Michael is Christ. 42:19 There's no doubt about it, isn't it? 42:21 There's no doubt about it who's going to raise the dead? 42:24 Christ. 42:27 We praise Him. 42:29 Early Writings 164, quickly says this. 42:31 Remember, there's just the kind of talk, 42:33 we talked about. 42:34 This is what the Bible says in Early Writings, 42:35 Spirit of Prophecy. I love Spirit of Prophecy. 42:37 I'm going to use it. I pray to God till I die. 42:40 I won't say, I won't be choked on it. 42:42 Somebody still with me, 42:43 just be, I can't teach you anymore. 42:47 Early Writings 164 says this, 42:48 "Moses pass through death, but, Whoo! 42:51 Look, but Michael came down 42:55 and gave him life 42:57 before his body had seen corruption, 43:00 Michael resurrected Moses and took him to heaven." 43:04 Man, you can read some of the verse, 43:05 you say, man, I don't see all that, 43:06 line upon line, 43:08 precept upon precept, 43:09 here a little, there a little. 43:10 Read Jude Chapter, verse 9, Jude 9. 43:13 It talks about here. 43:14 Remember that the devil did what? 43:16 He come in and he wanted the body of Moses. 43:18 He said, he's mine. 43:19 He sense that there's dispute about it. 43:21 But then you go to the new, to New Testament, Matthew17:3. 43:26 You'll find at the transfiguration, 43:28 come on, somebody, transfiguration, 43:30 ain't it right? 43:31 Well, Jesus came and He was lifted that 43:33 disciples were there and they were looking 43:34 and Jesus was talking with Moses and Elijah. 43:37 That means what? 43:39 Elijah, it represents those who will be what? 43:41 Translated without seeing death. 43:43 Moses represented those who die in the Lord. 43:45 And they come forth at the sound of His voice. 43:48 Isn't that wonderful? 43:49 Moses is in the heaven because Bible says that he is. 43:52 Come on, I mean, this is good news. 43:54 This is exciting. Yeah. 43:56 Extremely so. 43:57 It's exciting to know, 43:58 you study the Word of God and say, wow, 44:01 God gave His people evidence and more evidence. 44:06 And He does it in our time of need 44:09 every time because the Bible, wasn't in Psalms 146, 44:12 He said He's ever our, whoo, 44:14 ever our present help in time of need 44:16 or in time of trouble. 44:17 He's our what when you're in trouble? 44:19 He's our ever present. 44:20 He's ever present there for you. 44:22 He's ever present there for me. 44:24 Why should we stew? Why should we worry? 44:26 Why should we fret? 44:27 I don't have a house payment. I don't have a car payment. 44:29 I don't have gas money to get anywhere. 44:31 You'll have it if you need it. 44:32 That's what I'm saying. God said, I'll supply it. 44:35 I've watched Him supply it over the years. 44:36 I saw it. 44:37 I seen Him work miracles, 44:39 And He continues to work those miracles. 44:41 But you know what? 44:42 He does it for those 44:44 who have committed their life 100% to Him. 44:46 If you're fiddle falling around you don't carry it on, 44:49 you're 60% for Him. 44:50 You can forget it. 44:52 If you're 80% for Him, you can forget it. 44:53 If you're 90% for Him, we can forget. 44:55 Is it okay to say that? 44:59 See, it's Bible principle. 45:01 It's like nine commandments is okay, it's not. 45:08 James 2:10, right? 45:09 You offend at one point, you're guilty of all 45:11 is what the Bible said. 45:14 All we have to do is look, we should not fear. 45:16 We should not be concerned about the future. 45:20 Don't be fearful about these things. 45:22 You know what fear is? 45:23 Come on now church, fear is a lack of faith. 45:27 Fear is what? 45:28 Fear is a lack of faith. 45:32 A lack of faith in the promises of God. 45:34 All we have to do is claim the promises of God. 45:38 When He says it simple, oh, I'll never leave you, 45:40 I'll never forsake you. 45:42 Oh, that's solid as a rock as far as I'm concerned. 45:46 There's nothing to fall apart. 45:47 It's all seeming it together. 45:49 It's got rebar. 45:51 It's got rebar in it. 45:52 You know what I'm talking about? 45:55 It's solid when he says that. 45:58 There's only one problem. 46:00 It's us. It's us. 46:01 Let me read you something quickly about, 46:02 we're talking about fear. 46:04 Oh, Lord, have mercy, I'm invisible and behind. 46:06 2 Testimonies 140 says, 46:07 it's about fear and this is what we need 46:09 even as God's, you say last day people. 46:11 People that go to church, they'll talk it, 46:13 they'll carry on about it. 46:15 But when it comes into one little disaster hit, 46:16 they fall apart, they're down, they're out. 46:21 It is the, notice, 46:23 is the absence of faith and trust, 46:25 which brings perplexity. 46:28 If you have perplexity in your life 46:30 and you meet people there, 46:31 they live in a state of perplexity. 46:33 You meet some people they're just living in distress 46:36 and distressed all the time. 46:38 They never come out of it. 46:40 I'm not trying to criticize that, 46:42 but I'm saying, no, 46:43 God wants something better for your life. 46:45 He wants something better in my life. 46:46 I don't have time to go around depressed and stressed 46:49 and torn up all the time 46:51 because we have a work to do for Him. 46:53 Somebody in this world 46:54 wants to see somebody with a smile. 46:56 Somebody wants to see somebody in the midst of this storm 46:59 that you can say, I know that my whoo, 47:02 I know that my Redeemer liveth. 47:04 I know He did. I know who sits on the throne. 47:07 See, this is what is people need that today. 47:12 Oh, God's going to do great things for His people, 47:17 when, notice this, 47:18 when they put their entire trust in Him. 47:20 Don't say you're putting your entire trust in Him 47:22 and you're really not. 47:24 God knows what you're doing. 47:25 He knows what I'm doing. 47:27 An interesting, there's a little book, 47:30 I think Sons and Daughters of God 47:32 makes a little statement. 47:33 It says, "The sense of God's presence 47:36 banishes fear." 47:38 This what? 47:39 Just to know that God is near banishes fear. 47:42 Perfect love cast out all fear. 47:46 Millions are in bondage. 47:48 They need to be set free 47:50 and only God's Word can do that. 47:53 Little book Steps to Christ, 47:55 I think this is the one we offered on this program, 47:56 is it not? 47:58 Okay, good, Steps to Christ. 47:59 Oh, you need that book. 48:00 If you haven't got it, 48:02 you need to get that book in your home. 48:03 One of the best books about, 48:05 you know, having a relationship with Jesus Christ. 48:07 It'll give you encouragement 48:08 when you think you're down and out and there's no way up. 48:11 He shows you exactly what you do 48:13 when you're tempted and you think 48:15 I can't stand it anymore. 48:16 It was told exactly how we can get out of it 48:17 by the grace of God, 48:19 lift ourself above the dolents of this world. 48:22 See, we should not, notice this. 48:24 Here's the problem 48:25 when you find people who are fearful. 48:26 Number one is, 48:28 we should not make self the center. 48:30 Lot of people are just me, my, I, 48:33 self all the time. 48:34 And indulgent, anxiety and fear as whether we shall be saved. 48:39 See, we're not to spend the time, 48:40 I wonder if I'm going to be saved. 48:42 I wonder about it. That depresses me. 48:46 Come on, why? 48:49 Because God says in His Word, we know we claimed, right? 48:53 What do we do, Brother John, you remember what we do? 48:54 Somebody ask us, have we been saved? 48:56 And we realized save in a saving relationship, 48:59 our answer will be what? 49:01 By what? 49:02 By God's grace, we're going to be there. 49:04 Don't stand around and act like 49:06 you've lost your tongue and your mind 49:07 when somebody wants to know from another church, 49:09 do you know what grace is all about? 49:11 Will you be saved in God's kingdom? 49:12 You say, by God's grace. 49:14 Every time by God's grace, I'm going to be there. 49:16 That's the only way we're ever going to get there. 49:18 There's nothing we can do to earn it, 49:20 we know that. 49:22 It's time that we begin to talk 49:24 rather than, you know, 49:25 and to live the message like never before. 49:27 God can do things, 49:28 I'm telling you to His children. 49:30 This is no time 49:31 for God's people to hide in the basement. 49:35 You know what I'm talking about. 49:38 And there's a lot of Christians 49:39 that's hiding in the basement right now. 49:42 No. 49:44 There's no use to be afraid. 49:46 Let's get out and venture something 49:48 for the cause of Christ. 49:50 Let's get out. 49:53 Challenge God to open the windows of heaven 49:55 and pour out those blessings on you. 49:57 I'm not even going to get into, 49:58 but I'm going to touch just a little bit 50:00 on Ezekiel Chapter 1. 50:01 Woo! I love Ezekiel. 50:03 Ezekiel Chapter 1, the prophet of God. 50:05 Notice all he saw. 50:07 Remember, I want you to get this 50:09 if we get nothing else for today. 50:11 We'll come back another time. 50:12 We'll do more on this because we just have to, 50:15 we just have to, because we needed as God's people. 50:17 Not only we need to be aware 50:19 and let me just say to some people, 50:21 and I certainly know one here. 50:23 I may be the preacher 50:25 that you call the preacher of doom and gloom, 50:27 but I'm going to do it anyway. 50:29 How old are you, brother? 50:31 When you want to preach Bible prophecy 50:33 and what's taking place in the Book of Revelation. 50:35 If you're not spiritually connected 50:37 with the Most High God, 50:38 you're going to say all doom and gloom again, 50:40 all doom and gloom again. 50:41 I invite each one and there's people 50:43 who do it that doesn't understand. 50:44 I know that, I'm not trying to criticize that. 50:47 But those of us who should know better 50:48 that know this message. 50:50 Just praise God, 50:51 because there's a voice crying in the wilderness, 50:53 prepare to meet Jesus. 50:54 Isn't that what it's all about? 50:56 And you can do it with a combination 50:58 of realizing who's in charge, 50:59 realizing that we're in a mess, 51:02 realizing things are entangled 51:04 around about, but Jesus says, 51:05 I'm going to straighten them out. 51:07 Know this, we've got to get it. 51:11 He never ever takes His eye, eyes off of you. 51:19 So you can make that statements and have prayer and sit down. 51:22 We should go out, 51:23 skipping and hopping and shouting. 51:25 Remember there's never a time 51:26 that He takes His eyes off of you 51:30 because He wants to help. 51:32 He's not wanting to hurt. 51:35 He wants you to spend eternity with Him. 51:39 He proved it. 51:40 You say, "Well, I'm not so sure, 51:42 everything in life is going haywire." 51:43 Calvary proves it. Calvary proves it. 51:48 My eyes on you, so I can help you. 51:50 Why is it that you watch your little child 51:52 when they're just getting up and start learning to walk 51:54 and they're going around the coffee table as it were, 51:56 whatever it might be. 51:58 You're reaching over, 51:59 putting your hand between them and the sharp corners. 52:01 And you're keeping them, 52:03 make sure the hot pans are away from them 52:04 because you care for them, because you love them. 52:06 You don't want them to have to go through 52:08 some unnecessary pain. 52:11 He never takes His eyes off of you. 52:19 I'm getting excited. 52:20 I'm going to talk more about it. 52:21 I can't help it. 52:24 This is encouragement that the last day people need. 52:27 And I just say, listen, you haven't seen anything yet. 52:31 Oh, I want to go to Ezekiel 1:1, 52:33 but I just can't hardly do it right now, Will, 52:34 because I've got other things on my mind. 52:41 This has only just begun. 52:46 I'm not happy to say that, 52:48 but it's a warning to God's people. 52:50 If you're just stressed out, 52:53 if you're just torn up about it, 52:56 why not recommit yourself to God 52:58 and say, you know what? 53:00 I knew this, but I just kinda beat. 53:02 It's just kind of been thrown out to me again today 53:04 that I know who's running this thing. 53:08 See, I know who's running it. 53:11 And it says He runs it. 53:12 He's got His eye on you 53:14 to help you and to strengthen you 53:16 when you need it. 53:19 Life is worth the living, ain't that right? 53:24 It can only be worth the living as we come to Jesus Christ 53:28 and give our life to Him. 53:30 Now I'm encouraging you to do that today 53:33 and we'll cover some of this other, 53:34 I love it when the God's prophet had visions 53:37 and they seen things that were going on in heaven 53:42 and they were all overwhelmed. 53:44 And I think it's time God's people begin 53:45 to have a vision 53:47 about the things that are going on 53:49 in heaven right now 53:50 in preparation to come back, 53:53 and bracing for the great battle. 53:55 The last battle between the enemy, 53:57 the great controversy between good and evil, 54:00 the battle of Armageddon, 54:03 how many, you know, will be ready. 54:06 How many will be prepared for what's coming on this world 54:09 as an overwhelming surprise? 54:13 Since we're so entangled and things are so complicated. 54:18 Today, I'm convinced. 54:19 And just a few Bible texts, God is in control. 54:24 We have nothing to worry about. 54:26 And if we worry while we know that 54:28 it's because we have a lack of faith 54:30 and the Bible says faith cometh by hearing 54:33 and hearing by what? 54:34 The Word of God. 54:36 Get in the word of God a little bit more. 54:37 I want to pray for those who made a decision right now 54:38 for Christ. 54:40 Just have a few seconds left. 54:41 Would you just pray with me right now? 54:42 I know you've made that decision for Christ 54:44 and I want you to hold on to His hand right now. 54:45 Let's pray. 54:47 Father in Heaven, 54:48 thank You for Your precious Word. 54:49 Thank You that it's powerful, 54:51 sharper than any two edged sword. 54:52 You're just getting Your people awake right now 54:54 for what's coming on this earth 54:56 that we say as an overwhelming surprise. 54:58 Those who made that decision today, we praise You, 55:00 give You honor, give you glory, 55:02 and thank you for that decision in Jesus' name. 55:04 Amen. 55:05 God bless you. 55:07 We look forward to seeing you next time. 55:11 Welcome back, friends. 55:12 We find assurance, comfort and hope 55:14 in knowing that through the entanglements, 55:17 complication, strife and extreme heartache 55:19 that this world has to offer 55:22 that our Lord and Savior is working out our salvation 55:25 and His plan to restore this earth 55:28 to its original glory. 55:29 And it is our hope and prayer 55:32 that you felt the Holy Spirit speaking to your mind today, 55:36 to make ready your hearts and lives 55:38 to be in that number of souls 55:40 whom will inhabit the earth made new. 55:43 I want to be in that number. 55:45 I know that my husband, Pastor Kenny Shelton 55:47 desires to be in that number. 55:50 Won't you make that same choice today. 55:52 The choice to be in that number 55:54 by the love and the grace of our Lord 55:57 and Savior Jesus Christ. 55:58 And if you want, 56:00 we will be more than happy to help you 56:02 by sending you the message today that you just listened to 56:06 in DVD form. 56:07 We would love to do that for you. 56:09 This message again was entitled 56:11 "Entangled and Complicated: Is God Really in Control?" 56:15 And it will be available to you 56:17 for a love gift of just $8 or more. 56:20 And we also are offering another free book today. 56:23 This time it's entitled Steps to Christ. 56:25 I read this book four times. 56:27 It's always such a blessing and we want it to be yours. 56:30 It's free for anyone here in the United States. 56:33 If you're outside or overseas, 56:35 we may have to add a little bit more for shipping. 56:38 So if you want either the message today 56:40 or you want this free book, 56:42 simply contact us here 56:44 at Behold the Lamb Ministries in the United States 56:46 at (618) 942-5044. 56:50 That's Central Time, 56:51 or you may write to us at Behold the Lamb Ministries, 56:54 PO Box 2030, Herrin, Illinois, 62948. 56:58 You may email us at 57:00 Contact @BeholdTheLambMinistries.com 57:03 or visit us on our website at BeholdTheLambMinistries.com. 57:07 And I'd also like to take just a moment 57:09 to encourage you 57:10 to visit our Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:11 YouTube channel 57:13 for more important messages that we try. 57:16 We're trying to update them on a weekly basis now. 57:19 So we'd like for you to subscribe 57:21 and share, share, share 57:22 these timely messages 57:23 with your friends and your family. 57:25 And you're also invited 57:26 to join our Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:28 Facebook page. 57:30 Friends, until next time 57:31 may our precious Lord continued to richly bless you and yours. |
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