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00:01 There is an urgent message that will impact the globe.
00:04 Stay tuned to find out how it applies to your life. 00:07 My name is Jason Bradley, 00:08 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:33 Hello, and welcome to Urban Report. 00:35 My guest today is Pastor John Lomacang. 00:38 He's an author, songwriter, musician, singer, 00:41 and perhaps my favorite title for him, he's my pastor. 00:44 Welcome to Urban Report, Pastor Lomacang. 00:46 Good to be here. 00:47 Good to be here with you CV the COVID bump. 00:49 That's right. That's right. 00:50 Good to be here, Jason. Yes. 00:52 Lord is good. 00:54 What a challenging age we're living in. 00:56 And this is the age where we need good news. 00:58 Yeah. 01:00 And you allude to that as far 01:01 as the global message is concerned. 01:02 And it's an urgent message. 01:04 I'm looking forward to getting into that 01:05 because I know that 01:07 you are going to unpack that for us. 01:09 And we'll be talking about a very, very important, 01:11 very special booklet that we have available. 01:14 That's an excellent tool for evangelism. 01:16 But before we dive into that, I want to talk a little bit 01:19 about your background and your upbringing. 01:21 Were you always a Christian? 01:23 Tell us about your childhood. 01:24 Well, my life began in an unusual way. 01:27 I often say what begins as a tragedy to us 01:30 is often the inception of a triumph to God. 01:35 I was born in New York City. 01:37 My mom was a little young lady from the Virgin Islands. 01:41 She's Filipino and French. 01:43 And my dad is Native American and African American. 01:45 I'm literally all four flavors. 01:47 Okay. 01:48 But she met my dad long enough in New York City 01:50 just to conceive me and walked away 01:53 and never got married and left me 01:55 and my sister at the home of a babysitter 01:58 who turned out to be 02:00 a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 02:01 Wow. 02:02 So the Lord allowed me to be 02:04 where I needed to be for my life 02:05 to begin to develop where it is today. 02:08 And I didn't know who she was for upwards of 26 years, 02:12 who grew up in New York City was living, didn't know it. 02:16 On Central Park West when I was a little boy. 02:19 When my mom left New York, she left us in Brooklyn. 02:22 So we are literally Brooklynites. 02:25 You know, if I could say it that way. 02:26 My sister and I grew up together in Brooklyn, New York. 02:29 I grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church 02:31 but when the lady who raised me passed away, 02:33 shortly before I turned 13, I went out into the world, 02:36 got involved in gambling, pool hustling, partying. 02:39 Never got involved in drugs, 02:41 I was what you call a party drinker, 02:45 you know, having been in the world. 02:48 I wouldn't buy alcohol, I wouldn't buy beer, 02:50 but I would drink those mixed drinks 02:52 that had sweet taste to it, 02:55 and you can really taste the alcohol. 02:56 But nonetheless, you know, sin is sin, 02:58 whether it's sweet or sour. 02:59 That's right. 03:01 And that was my world for many, many years 03:03 until I met and married my sweetheart 03:06 who has been married to me now for 37 years, Angela Lomacang. 03:10 She works for 3ABN radio 03:12 and those who are part of 3ABN family 03:14 know who she is. 03:15 Yes. That was much of my life there. 03:16 I'm going through it very quickly. 03:19 But in late 1983, my wife and I got married 03:22 and moved out in New York City, and moved to Orlando, Florida. 03:26 Before we moved, a few years earlier than that, 03:30 I received a copy of my original birth certificate. 03:35 Because the bank I worked at in the Wall Street area, 03:37 asked for that copy, 03:38 and I had never seen my birth certificate before. 03:41 But it gave information about my mother's name, 03:45 where she was born, 03:46 how many children born before me, and it was two. 03:50 I only knew one my sister who is older, 03:52 often would say to me, we have an older brother, 03:55 and I never knew who that was. 03:57 But that gave me some impetus to start looking for her. 04:00 And he gave the address on 77th Street Central Park West. 04:04 I went there to look for her. 04:06 And obviously, nothing came out of that. 04:08 It was so many years had passed. 04:10 So moving out of New York to Orlando, Florida, 04:12 I became involved in a Christian Talent Search. 04:15 Talent search on the new side of my Christian walk. 04:18 And it worked out that I came in 04:19 among the top 10 finalists. 04:21 And every hour on the hour, 04:23 my name was mentioned on the radio 04:24 along with the other nine contestants. 04:26 It caught the attention of a lady 04:28 listening to the radio, 04:30 who contacted the radio station, 04:32 and they called me and I got her number 04:33 and I called her and having the last name Lomacang, 04:37 she said, "We've got to be related. 04:39 There's no way you could have that name 04:41 if we're not related." 04:42 So I said, "Well, who are you?" 04:44 She told me her name was Teresa. 04:46 I said, "What's your story then?" 04:47 She said, "I was born and raised 04:49 in the Virgin Islands. 04:50 I'm a Filipino descent. 04:52 My father disappeared 04:56 shortly before my sister was born. 04:58 And we heard that He had maybe been killed. 05:01 But maybe he left the islands 05:03 because the islanders didn't like him very much. 05:05 And he had a large enough fishing boat 05:07 to get to the mainland." 05:08 She said, "Maybe he moved to the mainland. 05:10 And that's how you have the last name." 05:13 And then she said, "Well, tell me about you." 05:14 And I said, "I'm born and raised in New York. 05:16 My sister's name is, my name is, 05:19 my niece's name is." 05:21 And she proceeded by saying, "That's really unusual. 05:23 I mean the John and the Vivian thing." 05:26 "So what's unusual about that?" 05:27 She said, "Well, I have a sister 05:29 who says she has a daughter named Vivian 05:31 and a son named John. 05:33 But every time we ask her about that, 05:35 she could never produce any evidence." 05:37 And then because I got my birth certificate 05:39 a few years earlier, 05:41 she said, "By any chance as your mother's name Rosario?" 05:45 And I tell you, I said, "Yes, it is. 05:47 Yes, it is." 05:49 And I was at work on a Friday in Orlando 05:51 at a Christian ministry. 05:53 And I, for the first time, 05:55 I experienced what it means to go into shock. 05:57 And I kept, I started crying profusely, 06:00 and I picked up the phone and said to the lady, 06:03 tell me, "Is she alive? 06:04 Is she alive?" 06:06 She said, "That's my sister." 06:07 And she said, "Yes, she's very much alive 06:08 and she's living in the Virgin Islands." 06:11 Well, that evening, to make a long story short, 06:13 we went to her home. 06:15 She had me call my mom on the phone. 06:17 She told me don't say anything. 06:19 She was trying to convince mom to come to Orlando 06:22 for the final talent search, sit in the audience 06:24 have my name mentioned, me come out and sing. 06:26 And that's the first time she would meet me 06:28 since I was three months old. 06:30 And it didn't work out. 06:32 So one of my other aunts, I found that I had six aunts. 06:35 And the lady that I met was my mom's oldest sister, 06:38 the oldest of six sisters. 06:40 Okay. 06:42 That evening, when I went to her house to call my mom, 06:43 I met all my first cousins. 06:45 Ten first cousins. Wow. 06:47 I went to work with not knowing any family. 06:50 And that evening ended with me knowing all of my first cousins 06:52 with just one aunt. 06:54 But one of my aunts in the Virgin Islands 06:56 told my mom about finding us. 06:58 And she said she wanted to speak to me. 07:02 So Sabbath I came home from church in Orlando. 07:05 By then the story had gotten out 07:07 all over the Central Florida news. 07:09 Just imagine, you know, Central Florida man 07:11 finds his mother after 25 years. 07:13 News at Six. 07:14 I was the main story 07:16 just like you began the program. 07:17 Yes. 07:18 I was a central Florida man finds his mother. 07:20 News at 11, news at 6, news at 10. 07:22 And it just took off from there. 07:24 So when I met my mom in 1984, 07:28 just before I joined the heritage singers, 07:31 and I carry that story around the world. 07:33 She was an alcoholic. 07:36 She smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. 07:39 Her life was turbulent because of all that 07:41 she had gone through and abandoning her children. 07:44 But as I'm going to segue into this because it fits. 07:47 Yes. 07:49 When I met her on the phone, the first thing I said to her 07:53 when she didn't know what else to say. 07:55 I said, "Mom, I forgive you." 07:57 Wow. "I forgive you. 07:58 I forgive you for the last 25 years. 08:00 I'm just glad God brought us back together." 08:02 That's powerful. 08:04 And so when you said that to her 08:05 when you said, "Mom, I forgive you." 08:07 You know what... 08:08 I'm sure that lifted a huge weight off of her shoulders. 08:12 But what was her response to that? 08:15 She asked, "What did you just say?" 08:17 And I said, "Mom, I forgive you." 08:19 And then she said, "Because you forgive me. 08:22 I want to be what you are." 08:24 Wow. So I joined heritage. 08:26 Yeah. 08:27 But I knew she was still an alcoholic, still smoking. 08:30 And I would send her materials and things to read Bible. 08:34 And I'd say, "Mom, pray for your life to be changed. 08:37 Pray for deliverance." 08:38 Well, after I left heritage, the next year 08:41 after that my wife and I started in ministry 08:43 with Pastor Doug Batchelor in evangelism. 08:46 The year after that I had my first church 08:48 in the mountains of Northern California. 08:50 And I got a call from my mom one day, 08:51 she said, "John, I'm on my way to live with you." 08:55 Now picture this alcohol, cigarettes. 08:57 And then she admitted also when I met her 08:59 that she had seven demons in her life. 09:01 And I'm just starting out in pastoral ministry. 09:03 What am I going to do with all that? 09:04 Yes. 09:06 And then she said, "Oh, I want to tell you something else." 09:08 I said, "What is it?" 09:09 She said, "I prayed for the Lord to deliver me 09:11 and I've been free from alcohol and cigarettes for six months." 09:16 She said, "I've lost the taste. 09:17 I have not gone back. 09:19 I don't have any desire for it." 09:21 Praise God. And then I heard a voice. 09:22 She said, "Oh, by the way, I'm no longer size a 1, 09:25 I'm a size 10 now. Is that okay?" 09:27 Wow. I said, "Mom that's okay." 09:29 So we forged a great relationships. 09:30 She came to live with us, and our lives took off. 09:34 But the unfortunate part of that was she succumbed 09:38 because of all the years of smoking. 09:40 She succumbed to that in 1991 and passed away. 09:43 We only had seven years together. 09:46 Just like God, "seven years," 09:48 but I look forward to eternity with her. 09:49 Amen. 09:50 So tragedy often begins that way 09:54 but ends in a triumph if your life is in the Lord. 09:56 Yes, that's powerful on so many different levels, you know? 10:01 And something else that's very powerful 10:03 is this booklet that you wrote. 10:05 And I want to know what led you to create 10:08 The Three Angels' Messages in Summary booklet? 10:11 What led to you writing that? 10:13 And then what are The Three Angels' Messages 10:16 and how does it apply to us? 10:18 Okay. 10:19 In 2017, I think it was, Danny came to me 10:23 and he said one day said, "Do you know what, 10:26 here we are Three Angels' Broadcasting Network, 10:30 and we don't even have a booklet 10:31 on the three angels' messages, would you write one?" 10:34 And he challenged me to get it done 10:36 before camp meeting in 2018, 10:38 in which this is the result of that. 10:41 I finished it when I was in the jungles 10:43 of New Guinea with one finger, 10:45 I had broken my finger back then. 10:47 And what I did in thinking about this booklet, 10:50 I wrote it with a couple of focal points in mind. 10:54 One, in this generation today, 10:57 you know, a lot of people don't take a lot of time 10:58 to read thick books. 11:00 Yes. 11:01 We're not in the thick book generation, 11:02 they want stuff. 11:04 If they could find it on the Internet or... 11:05 Very true. 11:06 They could find it very, very quickly, 11:08 which is also going to be available on Amazon Kindle. 11:10 Oh, nice. 11:12 So I think that's going to be happening fairly soon. 11:13 So you could check Amazon Kindle 11:15 for The Three Angels' Messages in Summary, 11:18 but I designed it for a couple of things in mind. 11:20 One, for people that never heard it 11:22 before to understand it. 11:24 So it's Bible only, 11:26 you know, we appreciate the gift of Ellen White. 11:28 But I didn't put any of her comments in here at all. 11:31 Because we run into people 11:32 that don't even know Jesus, let alone. 11:35 What role does Ellen White play in God's church? 11:38 So it's all Bible. 11:40 Secondly, I made it look a little more contemporary, 11:44 I think they may have a graphic to that. 11:46 So I decided to try to appeal to a new generation. 11:49 Yes. 11:50 So I made the cover, you know, the light coming down 11:52 being emitted to the world. 11:54 So Earth being lightened with the glory of God. 11:57 And the third thing I made it just 46 pages. 12:01 Now don't let that fool you 12:03 because it's like one of those pills 12:04 you get from the doctor 12:06 that they say, don't make a mistake 12:07 and take two of these at once, they're very potent. 12:10 Yes. 12:11 Well, that's what the book is very potent 12:13 but totally Christ-centered. 12:15 Amen. 12:16 Because the messages of the three angels 12:18 is found in Revelation, 14:6-14, 12:23 if you're going to go all the way. 12:25 And it is in a nutshell 12:27 when you open the book at first, 12:29 it starts with talking about a global disaster alert 12:32 and coordination system. 12:34 So God has a global disaster alert system. 12:38 We're living in a world today 12:39 where disasters are on our doorstep. 12:41 Yeah, absolutely. 12:42 But there's something even more monumental than the COVID. 12:46 Or what's happening in our world 12:48 when it comes to the division in our societies. 12:51 The everlasting gospel is in fact, 12:54 if you summarize it, salvation by grace 12:56 through faith in Christ alone. 12:58 Wow. Yeah. 13:00 That's the everlasting gospel. 13:01 First introduced in Genesis 3:15, 13:04 when the Lord said, "I will speak into the serpent, 13:07 I will put enmity between thee and the woman 13:10 between your seed and her seed." 13:13 That was the introduction of the everlasting gospel, 13:15 the Lord was saying to Lucifer or to Satan, 13:18 "You're going to be defeated in the process my heel 13:21 is going to be bruised 13:23 but your head is going to be crushed." 13:25 So we knew from the Book of Genesis 13:26 that the Lord had forecasted a victory. 13:29 But it was not by works and salvation 13:32 with the Old or New Testament 13:33 has always been by grace through faith in Christ alone. 13:36 Yes. 13:37 They look forward to the cross, we look back to the cross. 13:40 The work of redemption was accomplished by Christ. 13:43 For by grace, are you saved through faith, 13:46 that not of yourselves, 13:48 it is a gift of God not of works 13:50 as anyone should boast. 13:52 Yes. 13:53 And so what does the Day of Atonement 13:55 and all of that have to do 13:57 with the three angels' messages? 13:58 Wonderful question because the first angel's message 14:01 talks about fear God and give glory to Him. 14:03 I'll just read this in Revelation 14, 14:05 briefly and just with the time we have, 14:08 give what you might refer to as one of the quickest synopsis 14:10 of the everlasting gospel. 14:12 You find in Revelation chapter 14:6, 14:15 "I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven 14:18 having the everlasting gospel to preach to those 14:22 who dwell on the earth to every nation, 14:24 tribe, tongue and people saying with a loud voice, 14:27 'Fear God and give glory to Him, 14:28 for the hour of His judgment has come and worship Him 14:31 who made heaven and earth, 14:33 the sea and the springs of waters.'" 14:35 Now the everlasting gospel is incorporated in that 14:38 but a couple of other components, 14:39 one, worship Him who made have an earth. 14:43 Least to say it's for everyone. 14:45 And what I want to make a point on this 14:48 whether you're a Christian or not, 14:49 the everlasting gospel will impact you 14:52 because the hour of judgment is available 14:55 for the world as well as for the church. 14:57 There's going to be a judgment before Jesus comes back. 15:01 But the everlasting gospel gives us an out. 15:03 Yes. 15:05 I've said in one of my sermons in the past 15:06 if you ever had to go to court and stand before a judge, 15:10 and you knew you were guilty, it'd be a frightful moment. 15:14 But what if your lawyer said, 15:17 "I've already spoken to the judge, 15:19 and we rigged the court in your favor. 15:22 If you simply accept my pardoning grace, 15:26 the court is rigged in your favor 15:28 so that when the verdict is read, 15:30 you're going to be declared innocent." 15:31 I'll tell you what, somebody staring down 15:33 the barrel at a life sentence 15:34 would say, "Yeah, I'll go for that. 15:39 Look, I accept it." 15:40 But you see some hesitation here on Earth, 15:45 with people accepting the fact, 15:47 you know, and I don't know if they don't realize 15:49 that they're staring down 15:51 the barrel at a life sentence or that, 15:54 you know, the beauty of Christ, 15:57 if they don't recognize the beauty of Christ 15:59 because of the misrepresentation 16:00 of His character. 16:02 I don't know. That's a very good point. 16:03 A lot of people think of God as this very angry judge. 16:07 That's looking to get you. "Gotcha. 16:10 I saw what you did, I can't wait to punish you." 16:13 But let me take the scenario I just drew 16:15 and make it even sweeter. 16:17 Because if the lawyer is in your favor, 16:19 you say, "Well, I feel good." 16:20 And the lawyer knows the judge. 16:22 But it's even sweeter than that. 16:24 The lawyer is the judge. 16:25 Oh, that's beautiful. 16:27 The Bible says, "God judges, no one, 16:29 but He has committed all judgment to the son." 16:31 So Jesus is the judge and our lawyer, the advocate. 16:36 Not only that, it goes even deeper than that. 16:39 Because he has said in Revelation 3, 16:42 "I will give you a white stone with a new name on it." 16:45 In the Roman courts, when a person 16:47 couldn't be decided by the jury of their guilty or innocent, 16:50 it was up to them to declare their innocence or guilt 16:53 by putting their hands in a bag with two color stones. 16:56 Can you imagine life or death? 16:57 Depending on the stone you pick? 16:59 Wow. That's scary. 17:00 Yeah, it is. 17:02 But the lawyer says, "I'm going to give you a white stone 17:04 with a new name on it." 17:06 So before you even put your hand in the bag, 17:07 you're declared innocent. 17:09 Yeah. So Jesus is our judge. 17:11 He is our lawyer. He's our advocate. 17:13 He's the only one through which we find pardon. 17:15 So you came out of that kind of world. 17:17 Yeah. 17:19 I used to be a disc jockey gambling pool, 17:20 hustler partier to name the least 17:22 that God saved me from... 17:24 And it doesn't really make sense. 17:26 With an everlasting gospel appeal. 17:27 It doesn't make sense to be lost 17:29 when God has made every provision 17:31 through Christ for us to be saved. 17:33 Yes. 17:34 So the first message is, "Get ready the judgment hours 17:37 coming the Day of Atonement," you asked that question. 17:40 The Day of Atonement was the day 17:42 when the sins of the people were blotted out permanently. 17:44 Okay. 17:46 Now why was the Day of Atonement necessary 17:47 because on a daily basis, they would have their sins 17:50 confessed onto the head of an animal or lamb, 17:52 a clean animal, sprinkled in the holy place. 17:56 But so much blood was in there from the daily sacrifices 17:59 that it had to be cleansed. 18:00 Yes. 18:01 And the cleansing of it meant 18:03 your sins were not just forgiven 18:04 but they were blotted out, 18:06 never to come against you again. 18:09 And that was a yearly service in the Jewish economy. 18:12 When Jesus comes, 18:13 all of our sins will be blotted out. 18:15 That's why the Bible calls it refreshing 18:17 from the presence of the Lord. 18:19 Yes. 18:20 But that gospel is available to us today. 18:23 And when you accept that, 18:24 then you also acknowledge the other component of it. 18:27 We worship the creator of heaven and earth, 18:29 which brings us to the Sabbath message. 18:31 That's the first angel's message. 18:33 So and then also, I'm gonna ask you, 18:36 why the loud voice? 18:39 What's the symbolism behind the loud voice? 18:43 They cry with a loud voice. 18:44 Urgency. 18:46 I'll use an example, if your doorbell rang 18:49 and an angel was standing there with a package 18:51 that will forever change your concept 18:54 of what you called priority mail. 18:56 Yeah. 18:57 You never think about the same again. 18:59 I saw an angel flying. 19:01 It's not literally an angel. 19:02 It comes from the Greek word Angelinos. 19:04 Meaning a messenger could be a messenger, 19:06 which is an angel, like in the Book of Luke 19:08 when the angel spoke to the shepherds. 19:10 Or it could be those of us who are messengers. 19:12 See, we carry the message, but the message is urgent. 19:15 That's why it's flying in the midst of heaven 19:17 with a loud voice, everyone is going to hear it. 19:20 Every case is going to be decided for 19:22 or against salvation. 19:23 Yes. That's that one. 19:25 Then the second angel's message 19:26 is, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen." 19:28 Now and it's become the cage of every foul spirit 19:32 and every unclean and hated bird. 19:34 But the last thing He wants His people 19:35 to come out of Babylon. 19:36 Now what does that mean? 19:38 Babylon is a symbol of the old, ancient city of Babylon, 19:41 a city built against God, in attempt to save themselves. 19:44 So we have to look 19:45 at the characteristics of Babylon. 19:47 Is that what you say? Understand spiritual Babylon. 19:49 So there's a spiritual Babylon 19:51 today built on the attempt to save oneself. 19:53 Okay. 19:54 The purposeful rejection of the truth of God's Word 19:58 and a substitution of it 19:59 which causes it to be filled with evil spirits, 20:03 as Revelation 18 talks about, it's a false gospel. 20:07 It's not based on the truth of God's Word. 20:09 It's not based on righteousness by faith. 20:11 And it says fallen, fallen for one reason. 20:14 It's already fallen in God's eyes. 20:16 But soon it's gonna be fallen in the eyes of man. 20:18 Gotcha. 20:20 So God is saying, "This is not a system 20:21 that can be reformed, come out of her, my people." 20:24 The beautiful thing about this, we believe that, Jason, 20:26 as Adventist Christians, that God has people 20:28 in every walk of life, in every denomination of life. 20:32 But John 10:16 says, "Other sheep I have 20:34 that are not of this fold them also I must bring, 20:37 and they will hear my voice and they will be one fold 20:39 and one shepherd." 20:40 Lot of people say it doesn't matter 20:41 what you believe, 20:43 it does matter what you believe. 20:44 Because the character of Christ is what's on the docket here. 20:46 When the character of Christ is rightly represented, 20:49 Jesus will be vindicated. 20:51 One more thing, 20:52 this is the hour of His judgment has come. 20:54 Well, the question is, who's on trial? 20:56 While our lives have been examined, 20:58 the one that's really on trial is Christ. 21:00 When He is vindicated if we're covered with his character, 21:03 we have indicated. 21:05 So when he's declared, just and true and righteous, 21:09 all of us with his character are declared, 21:11 just and true and righteous. 21:12 So Babylon's coming down... That's good hope. 21:14 That's good hope. Yeah, absolutely. 21:15 Babylon is coming down, and got to saying, 21:17 "Come out because it's coming down." 21:20 And that has a lot to do with false religions, 21:22 false doctrines, which is another topic 21:23 and it's in the booklet it covers what those are. 21:27 Finally, the third angel, it says, 21:29 "If anyone worships the beast in his image, 21:31 and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, 21:33 the same shall drink of the wine 21:34 of the wrath of God." 21:36 The system of the beast... 21:37 And let me make this point right now, 21:38 no one has the mark of the beast right now. 21:40 But the system of the antichrist 21:42 is already in place. 21:43 You have apostate Protestantism, 21:46 a system that used to be based on the Bible, 21:47 but they rejected the Bible 21:49 and have taken tradition in his place. 21:52 Then you have Catholicism that has created 21:54 a whole another gospel of false priesthood, 21:57 taking the place of Christ Himself, 22:00 appearing to be God on earth. 22:02 So you have this unity under the system of Babylon 22:05 that if you worship that system, 22:07 you receive its mark. 22:09 Why on the forehead because that's what you believe. 22:11 Why on the hand 22:13 because that's what you advanced by your works. 22:14 Gotcha. 22:16 But the seal of God is only placed on the forehead, 22:17 you've accepted by faith in grace, 22:20 the salvation of Christ. 22:21 So the Lord is saying, don't worship Babylon 22:25 and its false doctrines, 22:26 don't worship the beast or his image. 22:28 What does that mean? 22:29 Well, the system of the head of this whole system of the beast 22:32 is the Roman institution that established a false system 22:36 of teachings throughout the last 1500 or 1800 years. 22:41 Sunday in place of the Sabbath, immortality of the soul 22:44 is place of you rest in the grave till Jesus comes, 22:47 an ever-burning hell 22:48 in place of you are consumed in the fires of hell. 22:51 And the sanctity of worshiping Mary 22:55 rather than worshipping Christ, 22:57 you know, a false person of the Godhead, 22:59 and a number of other things. 23:01 So God is saying, "If you go that direction, 23:04 you are acknowledging the beast supremacy." 23:08 But there's going to be a coalition 23:10 where Christians that claim to believe in God's Word, 23:13 will unite with Rome. 23:17 And the Bible says in Revelation 13, 23:19 the United States, 23:21 the lamb-like beast of Revelation 13, 23:23 "Will unite with the beast 23:25 who had a wound by the sword and did live." 23:27 But what's behind both powers? 23:29 The dragon will cause 23:30 those who depart from God's Word, 23:32 the dragon being Satan 23:34 will cause those who depart from God's Word 23:36 to unite with a system 23:37 that he set up the dragon gave Rome its power 23:39 and seating great authorities. 23:41 So these messages are extremely urgent. 23:45 Let me put it this way. 23:46 December 25th is coming 23:48 whether you acknowledge Chris Christmas or not, 23:51 January 1 is coming, 23:53 whether you like the New Year or not. 23:55 Here's the point. 23:56 If you knew that a storm was coming, you would say, 23:59 "You need to tell me about it, 24:00 and how can I get ready for it?" 24:01 So, Jason, a storm is coming. 24:03 Yes. 24:04 That's gonna affect the saved and the unsaved alike. 24:06 The everlasting Gospel says, 24:08 "You don't need to be on the bad side, 24:10 get on the good side, and receive eternal life." 24:13 Amen. 24:14 And that's powerful because you turn on the news, 24:16 as you look at what's going on in the world around us, 24:20 you know, just seeing the lack of value 24:22 that's placed on the human life. 24:24 You see, it appears as though God's Spirit 24:27 has been withdrawn from the earth 24:29 and when you think about the close of probation 24:32 and all that if you die today... 24:36 Your record is closed. Yeah, your record is closed. 24:38 So, you know, it's not even necessarily 24:41 like later on down the line. 24:43 If you pass away today, then the records that... 24:47 Yeah, yeah. 24:49 So there is no guarantee 24:50 that you'll be alive for Jesus to come. 24:52 But if you're not, even if you are, 24:54 you want to meet Him in peace. 24:55 Absolutely. 24:57 And the everlasting gospel is saying to a world 24:58 that's locked into a conveyor belt of destruction. 25:03 There's going to be a new heaven, 25:04 there's going to be a new earth. 25:05 The Lord is saying, "I've made every provision for you 25:08 to be saved." 25:09 Yes. 25:11 And as you know, you gave up a lot, 25:12 I gave up a lot because pool hustling, 25:14 gambling, partying, drinking, smoking, 25:16 and all the other things that go along with it 25:19 will be of absolute distaste when you given up... 25:23 I'll tell you what I got back, I got my liver back, 25:26 I got my lungs back, I got my health back, 25:28 I got all those things back. 25:30 So that's a huge blessing. 25:31 And speaking of provision, 25:33 we want to talk about the provisions 25:34 that have been made for this booklet 25:37 to go forth, you know? 25:39 When our viewers write in or if they call in, 25:42 they can call 618-627-4651, 25:46 they can purchase the book list 25:48 only for the cost of shipping that's $21 25:52 you get 200 of these booklets that comes in a case 25:55 we can't split up the case. 25:57 But you'll get a case of 200 booklets 26:00 for just $21 that will be shipped to you 26:02 somebody sponsored the printing of these booklets. 26:05 And so you can also go to 3ABN.tv 26:10 and then you can place your order for these as well. 26:12 These are excellent evangelistic tools. 26:16 And we know that Jesus is coming soon, 26:18 we should be sharing this with the world. 26:21 This is a message that impacts the world. 26:23 It's a powerful message that needs to go forward. 26:26 And it's a message that people should understand. 26:29 And this really breaks that down 26:32 for their understanding, as you've seen. 26:34 So I hope that a lot of people will grab these booklets 26:38 and share them with everyone 26:40 that they know or come in contact with. 26:42 And I also want to add this other thing before we end. 26:45 The everlasting gospel 26:46 is all wrapped in God's everlasting love. 26:50 You know, a pill that is very bitter, 26:53 you need to drink something sweet afterwards. 26:55 Yes. 26:56 You know, when you take that awful medication, 26:57 you make sure something nearby. 26:59 The everlasting gospel 27:01 is wrapped in the everlasting love of Jesus Christ. 27:03 That's why and with, "For God so loved the world 27:06 that He gave His only begotten Son 27:07 that whosoever believeth in Him 27:09 should not perish but have everlasting life." 27:10 And I am with this phrase, see you in the kingdom. 27:13 So there's no reason for anybody watching or listening 27:16 to this program to not be in the kingdom. 27:18 Don't reject the greatest gift 27:20 that makes itself available in the everlasting gospel. 27:22 Amen. Amen. 27:24 I love how you break it down. 27:25 I love how this is structured in here 27:27 so that whether you've been in church, 27:30 all your life or whether you're just now coming to the Lord, 27:34 it's as understandable people can understand it. 27:37 So I want to thank you so much for coming on 27:39 for putting this booklet together 27:41 and for sharing your knowledge 27:42 and the things you've learned over time 27:44 from the word 27:45 and definitely want to thank you for joining us 27:48 and encourage you to study the Word 27:50 to take a look at this booklet 27:52 and to share it with everyone you know. 27:54 Well, we've reached the end of another program. 27:56 Join us next time till then God bless. |
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