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00:26 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Worship Hour.
00:28 Glad you joined us today, 00:30 praise God we're gonna have a good study. 00:31 We're going to be talking about America shutting down. 00:35 We're talking about a world of fear and uncertainty, 00:38 and we certainly live in that world right now 00:40 and God gives us some good hope from Scripture, 00:43 and we're gonna be looking at that closely in just a moment. 00:45 Before we do, Brother Tim Parton 00:46 is gonna be on the piano, he's gonna play some music 00:49 and maybe sing and have prayer. 00:50 We're just gonna turn it over to him right now, 00:52 and I'm sure you're going to be blessed. 00:54 Thank You, Kenny. 00:56 We certainly serve a God who is a God of hope, 01:00 and I am grateful that He can be depended on, 01:03 He can be trusted no matter what you're going through. 01:09 The Psalmist knew full well 01:12 as he wrote Psalm 103, 01:16 sometime we need to give our self a little pep talk. 01:21 We need to talk directly to our soul. 01:25 And out of that thought came this psalm. 01:37 Praise the Lord, O my soul 01:40 And forget not all his benefits 01:46 Praise the Lord, O my soul 01:49 And forget not all his benefits 01:54 Who forgives 01:57 All your sins 02:02 Who heals all your diseases 02:12 Praise the Lord, O my soul 02:16 And forget not all his benefits 02:21 Praise the Lord, O my soul 02:24 And forget not all his benefits 02:29 Who forgives all your sins 02:35 Thank you, Lord 02:37 And heals all your diseases 02:45 Who redeems your life 02:50 From the pit 02:54 And crowns you 02:56 With love and compassion 03:02 Who satisfies your desires 03:07 With good things 03:10 So that your strength 03:13 Is renewed like the eagle's 03:25 Father God, thank You, Lord, 03:29 that we can run to You. 03:33 We can find strength and hope and peace in You. 03:39 Father, You have forgiven us, 03:44 when we have called out to You for forgiveness. 03:48 You have supplied our need, 03:49 You have met every need we need. 03:54 So we thank You, Father, for that. 03:57 Lord, You are faithful, 04:01 so today I just ask for those who are watching 04:05 who have needs... 04:12 physical needs. 04:14 Lord, they need a touch from You, 04:18 they need a spiritual touch from You, 04:21 they need encouraging, 04:24 they need to know that You are near. 04:26 Oh, God, I pray in Jesus name draw near. 04:31 Your Word tells us if we will draw near to You, 04:34 You'll draw near to us, so I just ask that 04:36 You'll give us wisdom to draw close to You. 04:42 Lord, we cannot make it alone, 04:48 and You say that we don't have to. 04:55 Bless the Lord, O my soul 04:59 And forget not all his benefits 05:05 Bless the Lord 05:09 Father, for those who are going through 05:12 emotional situations that they just need 05:16 a touch from You, God. 05:21 Those who are going through financial needs, 05:25 Lord God, provide for them in ways that 05:31 they know that all they had to be Your hand 05:36 that provided. 05:40 Lord, You redeem us from all our sin 05:45 and You crown us 05:50 with joy and peace, 05:54 You satisfy our desires with good things. 06:04 So we claim these benefits 06:06 as Your children, as Your people. 06:11 And I pray, Lord, that You will help us 06:13 to be encouragement to our neighbor. 06:17 Father, may we not be consumed with our own need, 06:20 but out of our own need may we learn to give 06:24 and share what we have with others, 06:30 for we always have the good news of Christ 06:33 that we can share. 06:34 We're never without something to share. 06:41 So I just pray a special blessing over those 06:44 who are viewing, those who are listening. 06:50 In Jesus name be encouraged today. 06:58 Praise the Lord, O my soul 07:01 And forget not all his benefits 07:15 Thank you so very much, Brother Tim, 07:17 appreciate that so much prayer and praise song. 07:21 This is what it's all about 07:22 in this hour that we're living in. 07:24 Again, we're glad that you've joined us here today 07:26 as we spend a little bit of time 07:28 talking about America shutting down. 07:30 Is that a possibility that America is shutting down? 07:33 Can it be shut down? 07:34 What kind of world are we living in today? 07:37 We live in a world of fear and uncertainty. 07:40 You know, I just want to go back 07:41 and we'll go over several things 07:43 that's been going on in the news lately, 07:45 but we also go to the Word of God 07:46 where we gather hope and encouragement 07:48 during this crisis of earth's history. 07:51 You know many of us, 07:52 many of us are dealing with fear 07:55 and sadness as this Coronavirus, 07:57 this COVID-19 continue to bring 08:01 havoc on this country and the world. 08:04 It's causing problems socially and economically, spiritually, 08:08 you know, and every which way we're looking, 08:10 people are really concerned of what's going on. 08:14 Will there be an end? 08:16 You know, this virus has been a pestilence. 08:19 Interesting, I just heard President Trump say yesterday, 08:23 he called it a plague. 08:25 Very interesting thought, a plague. 08:27 It's plagued our society at a time 08:29 I believe it's part of Bible prophecy. 08:32 And I'm gonna talk about a couple of things here 08:34 that might be a little disturbing to some, 08:36 but I want you to have food for thought 08:38 as we set a foundation, 08:39 but before we set that foundation as always, 08:41 I want to just have another quick prayer 08:42 if you don't mind. 08:44 Let's pray together, shall we? 08:47 Loving Father, in heaven, 08:48 we thank You for the privilege of prayer we ask now 08:50 that Thy Holy Spirit will be with us. 08:52 We pray that You will consume our hearts, 08:53 our minds and our lives will give hope 08:55 and encouragement 08:56 during this dark hour of earth's history. 08:58 Bless us now we pray that this end, 08:59 forgive us of my sins and mistakes 09:02 and we pray that we'll hear and receive the Holy Spirit 09:04 today in abundance in Jesus' name. 09:06 Amen. 09:10 You know, I thought that was big words coming, 09:12 you know, a lot of times we have those in high places 09:15 that are talking about things going on in the world 09:18 and they're using things right out of the Bible, 09:20 right out of the Bible prophecy and maybe not even realizing 09:23 what they are saying, but those who have been 09:26 studying the Word of God, you know what they've been, 09:28 you just thought they're saying and what it pertains to. 09:31 There's a lot more going on than meets the eye. 09:35 You know, this, to me 09:37 it's just another piece of the puzzle 09:39 that you know in the whole world 09:41 it's like the prophecy is a big puzzle 09:44 and there's pieces being put in every day 09:47 and this is another piece of that puzzle, 09:49 and it's going to bring us together believe it or not 09:52 for some of you under the... 09:53 We talked about the New World Order of this earth. 09:56 This is where it's all boiling down to, 09:58 so let's keep our minds open, 09:59 throw some things out here 10:01 and see what you think about them. 10:02 You know, we're quickly losing our freedoms. 10:05 Every day that we wake up, 10:07 we've lost it seems another freedom at what? 10:10 For the common good of others 10:13 as we find our national government, 10:15 our local governments and they're literally 10:17 daily implementing new guidelines 10:21 and what they call a war against the virus. 10:25 And so, there is a virus, there is something going on, 10:28 many people have had their head buried in the sand 10:30 and they're saying, "Oh, well, you know that's, 10:32 I don't really believe in that." 10:33 Well, we need to open our eyes and realize 10:35 this is more than just a virus out there. 10:38 This is telling us, that Bible's telling us that 10:40 Jesus is soon to come, we need to be ready. 10:43 This is bigger than the virus, it's called a sin issue 10:46 that we must deal with. 10:48 Keep in mind, there are those who have said, now remember, 10:51 I'm throwing some things out there 10:52 for us just to think about and see how they might apply 10:56 or maybe you say they don't apply. 10:59 There are those who have been recorded 11:01 as saying that they need population control, 11:06 and they want to do it through vaccines. 11:08 I don't know what your thought is about vaccines, 11:11 but these are things we have to look at, 11:12 things we need to be praying about, 11:13 things we need to act upon 11:15 because I believe this time is certainly coming, 11:17 it's here and we're going to have 11:19 to act on these things quickly. 11:21 People who have a lot of money, 11:23 we're talking billions of dollars 11:24 have made the public statements, 11:26 they said, you know what? 11:27 We're going to have to give this vaccine 11:29 because it will help control the population 11:31 because they say, 11:32 "There's too many people on the earth." 11:34 And then if you don't have that vaccine, 11:37 if you don't get a vaccine so that you can 11:39 or you're the survivor of this virus, 11:42 if you don't have that paperwork, 11:43 you really can't travel. 11:45 Very, very interesting when you think about that? 11:49 What will that lead to? What could that lead to? 11:52 You have to have a piece of paper 11:53 to say that I've had a shot, 11:54 or that I've survived the virus, 11:56 or I'll not be able to travel, 11:57 I'll not be able to go anyplace. 12:00 Interesting, could it possibly lead to the point 12:02 to where and if God sees that 12:05 it might lead to the point of you 12:06 not be able to buy or sell. 12:09 Could it come to that point? 12:10 Absolutely, we're seeing things 12:11 now out of the ordinary taking place. 12:14 Laws are being passed. 12:15 In fact you know like States 12:17 just as Illinois for instance since we live here. 12:20 They're looking into passing a law that 12:22 we requires all vaccinations mandatory for children 12:26 who wish to attend school, so it's going to be mandatory 12:30 that we have to take these shots. 12:33 Parents in Illinois will no longer be 12:35 able to claim religion as a reason, you see, 12:39 to refuse vaccination of their children. 12:41 See, this is the time that we're living in. 12:43 This is the time that we need to realize 12:45 with all of our heart, our soul, and our mind 12:47 that you know whether we believe that 12:49 this is taking place or not, it is taking place. 12:53 It is taking place in the world, 12:54 whether we believe that this virus was originated, 12:58 it came from a lab, or rather it came 13:01 from Wuhan there, or maybe 13:03 it could possibly be here very little said about it, 13:06 could it be that we have been 13:07 transgressing the laws of health. 13:10 Could it possibly be that we're taking the wrong things 13:12 into our system and this is a way of getting 13:16 a release from that and so, 13:18 coming out here so we can take a look at it 13:20 and maybe change some things. 13:22 And then you know I've heard a lot about 13:25 dangerous amount of radiation coming 13:27 from this 5G which basically 13:30 has some of the same effect symptoms 13:33 as the virus does, but regardless of its origin, 13:37 regardless of where it came from, 13:39 people are becoming ill, they're becoming very sick, 13:43 and the hospitals are being flooded. 13:45 Doctors and nurses there seem to be overworked. 13:49 What are we going to do about that? 13:51 Is there anything that can be done 13:53 because they're overwhelmed, 13:54 they're putting their life on the line. 13:57 And then it seems though that, then they have a hard time, 14:00 they have to go home and then they're worried 14:02 about infecting their own family, 14:03 and their own children, and their own loved ones. 14:07 Man, what an hour that we live in, 14:09 in the history of this world, America shutting down, 14:13 a world of fear and uncertainty. 14:16 Think about, after several weeks 14:17 we could say go there're several months 14:19 now here non-stop broadcasting. 14:22 We hear it every day, 14:24 this is all that we hear on radio, 14:25 now over here on TV 14:27 about this latest pandemic COVID-19. 14:30 It's 24/7 work going on, 14:33 it's going on with the government's, 14:35 it's going, you know, 14:36 again at the state, the local levels, 14:38 you know, hospitals, 14:40 over again we've mentioned overwork. 14:42 The greatest minds in the medical field 14:44 have come together, they're working on 14:46 something that will fix this virus, 14:48 something that we can take 14:50 that will help us get rid of this virus, 14:53 and some headway seems to be made. 14:55 People are praying, people are fasting, 14:58 people are seeking the face of God, 15:00 but you know, it seems not to be fast enough, 15:03 for some people they say 15:04 we need something else to take place. 15:06 Why? 15:08 At least three quarters of the United States of America 15:11 right now is asked to stay home. 15:14 You know, how can you run an economy 15:16 if three quarters of the population 15:17 stays at home? 15:18 How long can this go on 15:20 without severe economic collapse? 15:23 Because the Bible does predict that, 15:25 and it is going to happen whether it's now 15:27 or whether it's later down the road. 15:30 But we need to be, put our minds around this 15:32 and focus on us, we're asked to stay home 15:34 where the shutting down of America, this country. 15:38 Will the economy hold up? 15:41 When will this virus come to an end? 15:43 Will it come to an end? 15:46 We want it to come to an end not just today, 15:48 we wanted it to come to end yesterday. 15:51 But what is God trying to tell us 15:52 through all of this? 15:54 Who's to blame? 15:56 Oh, we find a lot of people talks about, 15:57 well, we can blame this group, we can blame that group 16:00 and we blame all of this and that. 16:01 Let's just put the blame on where it goes 16:03 and certainly number one 16:04 would be the enemy, would it not? 16:06 In 1 Selected Messages 269, 16:08 there's a couple of paragraphs here and maybe kind of, 16:10 might get long in reading here, 16:12 but I want you to pay special attention to it, 16:15 1 Selected Messages 269. 16:17 And notice what it says, "Satan looked" 16:19 and now we're talking about here 16:21 at the time of Christ, 16:23 "upon the result of his temptation 16:25 to the increase of sin in the continued 16:27 transgression of God's law for more than 4,000 years." 16:31 Notice that. 16:33 "He had worked the ruin of our" what? 16:35 "Of our first parents, 16:38 and brought sin and death into the world." 16:40 Who's the one that brings sin and death into the world? 16:42 It is the enemy for sure. Now notice what he did? 16:45 "He had led to ruin multitudes of the ages, 16:51 to ruin as it were the countries, all classes. 16:54 He had by his power, 16:56 controlled the cities and nations 16:58 until their sin provoked the wrath of God 17:02 to destroy them by," now notice this, "by fire, 17:05 by water, by earthquake, sword, famine, and pestilence." 17:10 Well, you talk about interesting statement there, 17:13 you could spend a lot of time on that. 17:15 Notice we see these things happening 17:17 right now that the enemy has been controlled. 17:20 Remember, when every person has been born on this planet, 17:24 you know, has fell underneath 17:25 the power of the enemy except for one. 17:28 So the enemy's kind of had things the way 17:29 that he wanted in and certainly until the cross. 17:32 But now he still is claiming that he is still the head, 17:35 he still wants to sit in Christ's place. 17:38 He's leading men to sin, to break God's law. 17:42 And then what does God do? 17:43 After a while, he gives over to that, 17:46 he simply says right here that the fire, floods, pestilent, 17:50 these things that we see happening in the world today, 17:52 the judgments of God falling in the land. 17:55 We need to stop saying, 17:56 they're going to happen, they're going to fall. 17:58 This is going to take place, that's going to take, 18:00 it's taking place right now, 18:02 and only by the grace of God will we continue on, 18:05 you see with the blessings of the Lord. 18:07 He's wanting to bless some people, 18:09 and he's going to be blessings some people, 18:10 those who honor Him. 18:13 And so I certainly have a, you know, 18:14 a question for each and every one of us here. 18:16 Could our time be up? Think about. 18:19 Could our time really be up right now? 18:22 What about our probation as a nation, as an individual? 18:27 Could it be that it's almost expired? 18:30 Maybe we've gone too far. 18:32 Is it possible we've gone too far? 18:34 After all we push God out of everything 18:36 we possibly can push Him out of. 18:38 And people just day by day ignoring God, 18:40 ignoring what God's will is for, 18:42 ignoring His Word and doing what we want to do. 18:45 There comes the time that God will rise up, 18:49 and God's voice will be heard, and God's voice will be obeyed. 18:53 But could it be that we've gone too far? 18:58 Or is this a time that God 18:59 is simply warning us one more time, 19:01 get ready, get ready, get ready. 19:03 These things are up on the land. 19:06 I mean after all, in studying and reading 19:07 the Word of God we can find out surely 19:09 that God gives nations and people and individuals 19:13 a certain amount of probationary time, 19:15 and when that time is up, that's it. 19:17 How close is it to your time? Is your time maybe up? 19:23 Or what is God doing here to us? 19:24 How is He speaking to us? 19:26 I like the Book of Luke 21:26. 19:33 Now, think about this, and I want to make this clear, 19:36 this passage of scripture, 19:37 certainly the last couple lines refers to the... 19:40 We're talking about this seven last plagues 19:42 when God is going to be shaking the heavens. 19:45 But I believe the principle of this word here, 19:47 we need to think about. 19:49 It says, "Men's hearts failing them for fear, 19:51 and looking, notice, after those things 19:53 which are coming on the earth." 19:55 Notice that, what... 19:57 For the things that are coming up, 19:58 men's hearts are doing what? 19:59 Failing them for fear, 20:01 and this right here means they're fainting. 20:04 That means their lack of breath. 20:05 You hear somebody that gets it maybe they're fearful, 20:07 you shock them, you say boo, 20:08 and they scream, oh, I can't breathe. 20:11 Men's heart are failing them for fear. 20:14 They are afraid. 20:15 They're in terror of what's happening. 20:18 I've talked to people who are scared to death 20:21 of what's going on right now. 20:22 Should we really be that scared? 20:25 Well, certainly is a reality, and certainly these deaths 20:28 and these afflictions, you know are for real, 20:32 but how should we as Christians approach this. 20:35 There're four, 20:36 I'd like to tell four great motives, 20:39 you know, that moves people into action. 20:41 You know I like people that's moved into action, 20:43 like people that are action people. 20:45 I'd like to be around the movers 20:46 and the shakers, things that are going on. 20:48 But there's four things, notice this, 20:50 that move people into action. 20:51 Number one is fear. Number two is hope. 20:56 Number three is faith. And number four is love. 21:00 These four things bring people to the point of action. 21:04 Of course, fear is in first in order. 21:08 Sometime fear is nothing more than a superficial anxiety. 21:14 A lot of people, millions have that 21:15 in the world today, 21:17 but sometime it's pretty deep-seated, 21:19 and if it's not controlled, if things changes are not made, 21:23 it turns into a panic situation. 21:27 How do you deal with people in a panic situation? 21:29 It's hard to deal. 21:31 It's hard to, you know, 21:32 just to try to reason with someone 21:33 who's in a panic situation. 21:37 Fear can manifest itself. 21:39 You say, "Well, how does fear manifest itself?" 21:41 It can manifest fear itself in a lot of different ways. 21:44 For instance, fear of what? 21:46 What we're going through right now, 21:47 shutting down of America is the fear of losing our job. 21:50 Look at the millions that have lost their jobs. 21:52 Look at the millions who not knowing 21:54 where their next paycheck is going to come from. 21:56 Look at the millions that's going on and say, 21:58 "I don't know how I'm going to pay 22:00 my electric bill, and my house or my car payment. 22:02 I don't know how that I'm going to get by." 22:04 These things are real 22:06 and they need to be addressed the way that 22:09 God would have us to address them, 22:11 so the fear of losing a job. 22:12 How about this? The fear of growing old. 22:15 Many people are fearful of growing old. 22:19 Many people are fearful of a disease, 22:22 catching a certain disease, dying of a certain disease. 22:26 And there's many people who live in fear of being, 22:28 now listen carefully, of being exposed. 22:31 Exposed for something they said, 22:32 something that they've done, 22:33 something that's went on they don't want to be 22:35 brought to light, but they're afraid of that. 22:39 And sometime we talk about here, 22:40 what we're talking about now is we fear the, 22:43 a troublesome thing called a virus. 22:46 It's named Coronavirus. 22:49 Should we fear these things? Is it right to fear them? 22:51 Is it good to have a healthy respect for these things? 22:54 People are fearful, people are concerned, 22:57 and people are looking for answers. 23:00 That's why they're going to places that they're going, 23:02 they're making the telephone calls, 23:03 they're meeting, they're going back, 23:05 try to go to church where you can't go right now, 23:07 but you're meeting outside and speakers are out, 23:09 there's people wanting to hear the Word of God. 23:12 This we know in 1 John 5:12. 23:15 This we know for sure because the Bible says so. 23:18 You know, the Bible says, 23:20 "He that hath the Son hath" what? 23:23 "He that hath the Son hath life and, of course, 23:25 he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." 23:28 So we know as a Christian. 23:30 Now, if you don't have Christ in your life, 23:32 then may you don't have this hope. 23:34 But if you had the Son, 23:36 if you accepted Jesus as your Lord 23:37 and as your Savior right now, you have life. 23:40 The Bible says, "You have it life 23:42 and you have it certainly more abundantly, 23:43 but if you don't have Him, you don't have any life." 23:46 I asked myself the question a lot of times is, 23:48 how do people make it? 23:51 How do they make it 23:52 if they don't have Christ in their life? 23:53 They don't have someone they can turn to, 23:55 someone that they can talk to. 23:56 Your closest friend, someone that you know 23:59 can move mountains, someone that you know 24:01 can change situation, 24:02 someone that you know that 24:04 you can talk to that cares about 24:05 what you're going through. 24:08 Well, we know who that is? 24:09 That's certainly Jesus, isn't it? 24:11 Fear causes people to act differently. 24:14 They act strange when they... 24:16 You've been around somebody that's really is afraid 24:18 and all of sudden they're just like, 24:20 they're out of their mind. 24:21 You don't know what they're gonna say, 24:23 you don't know what they're going to do. 24:25 Give you a little quick example, 24:27 little story about a woman just returned from Mexico, 24:30 and she returned from Mexico to the States, 24:32 immediately she called the police. 24:34 So I'm calling the police. Why you calling the police for? 24:37 Because there's a rattlesnake in my bag. 24:40 A rattlesnake in your bag? 24:42 Well, naturally she took it 24:43 and threw it out the window and said, man, 24:45 I need some help, so the police came out 24:47 and they took all the contents, they opened the bag carefully 24:49 and they put out the contents out there 24:51 and they looked and they couldn't find, 24:52 there was not, 24:54 there wasn't a rattlesnake in there 24:55 but what they found was a, 24:56 notice this, an electric toothbrush 24:58 that had been accidentally turned on. 25:02 Now just think for a moment with me. 25:06 I'm not saying what we are in is a, 25:08 compared to a electric toothbrush. 25:11 I'm saying it's a rattlesnake. 25:13 I'm saying it's poison 25:16 and so we need some outside help. 25:18 We need not fear because my Bible says 25:21 in 1 John 4:18, the Bible says, perfect love does something? 25:26 What? 25:27 I thought I heard you, I thought I heard you, 25:29 perfect love casts out what? 25:31 All fear. 25:32 I'm just gonna leave with that, 25:33 perfect love casts out all fear. 25:35 And notices this, 25:36 what about this thing called love, 25:38 this thing called love here 25:40 is a deliberate ascent of the will to God. 25:44 Did you get that? 25:46 This thing called love 25:47 is the deliberate ascent of the will of God, 25:52 of the will to God. 25:54 So have you really given yourself to Him? 25:56 If you really submitted your will to Him? 25:59 And pray not my will 26:01 but thine be done certainly in this time, 26:03 perfect love casteth out all fear, 26:06 and that means being afraid. 26:08 We need not be afraid. 26:12 Be concerned? Absolutely. 26:13 Follow the rules and regulations 26:14 where we can? 26:16 Absolutely, we should be doing that. 26:18 This is how the enemy wants to try to get rid of you 26:20 and try to get rid of me. 26:22 But where do we get this kind of wisdom? 26:24 Well, the Bible says in Proverbs 1:7, the Bible says, 26:29 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of" what? 26:32 "Of wisdom or knowledge, but fools despise the" what? 26:35 "The wisdom and instruction." 26:38 So the main point we're looking here, 26:39 the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, 26:42 the respect accepting Christ as your Lord and Savior. 26:46 After all, we do live in a fearful time, do we not? 26:49 Absolutely, we live in a fearful time. 26:52 And since we live in that time, then I believe that 26:55 we need to look a few Bible passage 26:56 here as quickly as we can and claim each one. 26:59 Remember, the Bible here is full of Bible promises 27:02 and that we can look at these Bible promise, 27:04 we can read those Bible promises, 27:05 put our finger on those Bible promises 27:07 and claim them as your own. 27:09 It's going to take some faith. How is your faith? 27:11 Have you been exercising your faith lately? 27:14 And you've been studying the Word of God, 27:16 you've been spending time in prayer 27:17 or you have just neglected it? 27:19 You realize we're in a very awesome time 27:21 in earth's history, realize some things 27:23 going on you just can't explain. 27:24 You don't know how it's going to end up. 27:27 But now all of a sudden you want to get back 27:29 in relationship with God. 27:31 Well, that's good news but is it because of fear 27:33 or is it because you recognize that 27:35 you've fallen short and you've neglected God 27:37 and you want to come back to Him? 27:39 He wants you to come. 27:40 He said, "I came to seek and save 27:42 that certainly which was lost." 27:44 Let's look up several passes quickly. 27:45 In the Book of Isaiah 41:10, 27:48 I'm not going to read all of that Isaiah 41:10, 27:52 but I want you to just notice, 27:53 Isaiah 41:10, says, "Fear not..." 27:56 I love this. "Fear not for I am," what? 27:59 "I am with thee: 28:00 be not dismayed, for I am thy God." 28:02 What a wonderful promise. 28:05 First of all, do you notice Isaiah 28:06 says fear not, first thing. 28:08 When angels appeared 28:09 and so on to man and says, fear not. 28:11 Don't be afraid. 28:13 There's help that is arising, 28:14 it will arrive for you fear not, 28:16 I am with thee. 28:18 Don't be dismayed, don't be torn up. 28:21 Don't be thrown from side to side 28:22 not knowing what to do. 28:24 You know somebody call you for encouragement, 28:26 person, you've discouraged them. 28:27 No, encourage them with the Word of God. 28:29 Don't be dismayed, why? 28:30 God said, "Don't be because I'm God." 28:32 Why? because I can change things. 28:35 I can order I say, I order the heavens, 28:37 I can order things in the earth. 28:39 I can clean things up. 28:41 God can clean up just like that if He so chooses, 28:42 if not maybe He's going to see us 28:44 go through this time of trouble as it were, 28:48 that our relationship with Him might be what it needs to be. 28:51 Isaiah 43:1, 28:53 love this passage of scripture too. 28:55 It says, "Fear not, for I have redeemed thee." 28:58 Again, just a couple of lines, I don't read the whole verse 29:00 and we haven't had time to do that. 29:01 "Fear not, for I am," what? 29:03 "I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by, 29:07 oh, thy name, thou art mine." 29:09 I mean how personal can that be? 29:13 To me that's very personal. 29:16 Fear not, number one, I have redeemed thee. 29:19 And notice this, 29:20 such a personal relationship with God, 29:22 He says, I call you by name, by your first name. 29:25 I know every hair on your head. 29:26 I know everything that you're going through. 29:28 I know exactly what you need. 29:29 And sometime we think we need the things 29:31 of the world, we need to know what? 29:32 God said, "You just need me." 29:34 Now is the time to make that decision for Him. 29:37 There's too many riding on the fence. 29:39 They've been riding on it for such a long period of time. 29:41 Jesus is soon to come, probation is going to come. 29:45 Trumpet after trumpet is sounding as it were, 29:47 alarm after alarm. 29:48 It's an emergency time. 29:51 If you don't, we don't see it now, 29:52 maybe we're never going to see it, 29:54 but pray that God will impress that on your mind. 29:56 He said, "I know your name, you're mine." 29:59 Can anything happen to you unless God gives approval? 30:02 No, God has to give approval because He said, "You're mine." 30:04 But you have to turn your life 30:06 over to Him or you're not His at all. 30:09 Isaiah 44:8, notice, 30:11 Isaiah 44:8, just a line of it, says, 30:15 "Fear not, I will help thee." 30:18 Man, if we ever needed help, 30:19 we're in a society that we live in the world 30:21 that we live in, and all the things 30:23 that are going on, 30:24 men's hearts are failing them for fear. 30:26 Things are coming on this earth. 30:28 People are committing suicide. They're torn up. 30:31 They're worried about the economy 30:33 and things that are going on, 30:35 because they have not God but He says, 30:37 "Fear not, I'm going to help you." 30:38 That's a promise. 30:40 So when you're feeling down and out and maybe like, 30:41 oh, I don't know how I'm gonna be able to go on. 30:43 Thy God says in His Word, 30:45 "Don't fear, I'm going to help you." 30:46 But you know what? 30:48 He stands at the door and knock, 30:49 you've got to let Him in. 30:51 Let's let Him in. 30:52 He said, "I'm going to help you." 30:53 Again, Isaiah 42:9, I like this one here 30:56 because it gives us some, you know, 30:57 some help talking about the former things 31:00 and the things to come. 31:01 Notice, "Behold the former things are come to pass, 31:05 new things do I declare: 31:08 before they spring forth I will tell you of them." 31:11 What a God that we serve? 31:13 How wonderful to say before things happen, 31:16 I'm going to let you know. 31:18 These things here have been what, 31:20 for years you're talking about Bible prophecy, students, 31:23 you've been studying the Word of God. 31:24 You knew these things are coming upon the earth. 31:27 You know that they're happening. 31:29 Instead of keep saying they're going to, 31:30 they're going to, they're going to, 31:31 it's now that we need to look at carefully 31:35 because of the Coronavirus 31:38 we realized an unpresidential shutdown, 31:41 you know, of activity in the United States 31:44 and around the world. 31:45 Just allow me to go over just a few things 31:47 again to try to bring it into focus here. 31:49 It seemed to come upon us so quickly. 31:52 It's like out of nowhere this thing just happened. 31:54 If you'd asked somebody three or four months ago, 31:56 can America be shut down? 31:58 Can three-quarters of the population 32:00 be told to stay in your house? 32:02 Can you be told that you not be outside? 32:03 Can you be told you're gonna be fined if you go outside? 32:06 Be told you're gonna have to wear a mask, 32:07 you're gonna have to wear rubber gloves. 32:08 Many of you would laugh your socks off. 32:11 But now we see that these things can happen. 32:14 We say, "Well, this is kind of minute," 32:15 but it's going to get worse as it goes on. 32:17 The Bible says it's gonna wax worse and worse. 32:19 No, there's hope, there's encouragement 32:21 we understand that, 32:22 but we have to look at the reality 32:23 of what the Bible teaches. 32:26 We realize these last movements we know will be rapid ones. 32:32 The authorities believe that 32:33 the outbreak could change society for months. 32:37 Now they're saying, 32:39 oh, for years and some are saying permanently 32:41 will never go back the way it was, 32:44 as we well know as we just look back, 32:47 9/11, 2008 so on and so forth. 32:51 We've never returned the way that it was, 32:54 and this will be another issue 32:55 that will return if God so allows to revive us 32:58 and He allows us to revive us 33:00 because He wants us to be revived again in Him. 33:03 He's wanting us to make that last effort. 33:05 Maybe he's making last effort reaching out to you 33:07 and reaching out to me. 33:08 We might make a decision for him. 33:12 So bad we realized President Trump declared 33:14 the virus a national emergency. 33:16 Why would he do that? 33:17 Because it is an emergency and because what? 33:20 It opens up more resources to help those who are in need. 33:24 I don't think I've ever seen, have you ever seen that 33:25 where all the schools are closed, 33:28 sporting events of every kind is, 33:30 completely is, they've been canceled. 33:32 Panic buying is unbelievable. 33:35 You can't go buy a tissue. 33:39 It's hard to buy some of the thing 33:40 because everybody as soon as it comes in, 33:42 they've got it and they went home with it, 33:44 empty shelves, and some stores you 33:46 thought this could never happen. 33:48 Stock market we realize fell record levels, 33:53 record levels, and this caused 33:56 more fear and anxiety. 34:01 Virus confirmed in every state in the United States, 34:04 and we know certainly around the world. 34:06 Normalcy, what's normal? Is there such thing as normal? 34:10 Normal right now it's been replaced by fear 34:13 and anxiety and uncertainty. 34:17 Governor Cuomo said not too long ago, 34:19 he said, my, my, we see a lot, this thing he said, 34:22 first of all this could last for a few months. 34:24 Two or three days later said this thing 34:25 can last for six months. 34:26 Few days later he says can last for months. 34:28 Now he said that lasting effects 34:30 may be for years. 34:31 Things are changing, things have changed, 34:34 and they may not come back to normal. 34:38 All states have banned, you know, 34:40 large gathering, we understand that and so, 34:43 what concern me 34:44 was the church doors are closed. 34:47 Has the devil won? 34:49 Are we not fighting a good fight of faith? 34:51 Is something wrong here that 34:52 the doors of the church are closed? 34:55 That just may be the doors of a building, 34:56 that doesn't mean our work has come to a close. 34:59 That means we need to work harder than ever before, 35:02 but the enemy thinks we closed the church doors, 35:03 people is going to get discouraged. 35:05 I think it's going to backfire on him. 35:06 I think there's going to be more people 35:08 that's going to come back. 35:09 We've received text and emails. 35:11 Already people saying, you know, 35:13 I've been away from God too long, 35:14 I need to get back. How do I get back? 35:18 I need to get back to God 35:20 because I see these are the end days. 35:24 Could it ever be that we cannot, you know, 35:25 maybe we're gonna be 35:27 standing six feet apart from now on. 35:30 We'll be wearing masks and rubber gloves. 35:32 Only God knows, 35:34 but right now the reality of it is 35:36 and the new norm, the new norm I keep hearing about voluntary. 35:40 You know, we talked about quarantine, 35:42 and restrictive quarantine, and quarantine by law 35:46 and shelter in place, 35:47 and words I really haven't heard 35:49 and all these new phrases coming out. 35:51 Is this the new norm? 35:54 Broadway closing down, 35:56 Disney closing down, isn't that a big deal? 35:58 Beaches are being shut down 36:00 because you're always going to have 36:01 those who are going to say what? 36:02 Oh, well, I'm not going to be doing this. 36:05 Well, you're gonna find out that you will one way 36:06 or the other when the laws are passed. 36:10 We're in a time now for the sake of this country 36:14 and of the world, laws will be passed. 36:17 You will say, I know, we have a Constitution, 36:19 we have a Bill of Rights. 36:20 Every one of those things will be circled around 36:23 and we'll be able to keep them on paper, 36:24 but they won't mean anything. 36:26 Man's already found a way to go around every one of them 36:29 to get what we feel is best for this country 36:31 and for this world even if 36:33 it steps on a lot of other people. 36:36 Shutting down. Interesting what they said. 36:39 Now, listen to this and compare it with Bible prophecy, 36:41 those of you who are students or those who have been reading. 36:44 Now remember, talking about prophecy, 36:46 first of all is we warned you and so the warning went 36:50 and most people did not listen to the warning 36:52 and then they said, we're going to find you. 36:56 And then many people still did not listen 36:59 and so in New York they just doubled 37:01 the fine to like $1000 37:03 if you're caught out doing something that maybe not, 37:05 you're not authorized to do. 37:09 And then what happens after that if you don't listen? 37:11 They arrest you and put you in jail. 37:15 What's after that? 37:17 Does that sound like some other laws 37:19 that are in the making even right now? 37:22 And certainly we go have to look at to it. 37:24 First of all is you're going to be warned, 37:26 we're talking about Sunday observance, 37:27 we understand that. 37:29 We're talking about you're warned 37:30 and then you're going to be fined, 37:32 and then you're going to go right to jail 37:34 and then after that there is a death decree, 37:36 Revelation 13 talks about. 37:39 Hundreds, worldwide hundreds of thousands 37:43 have been infected. 37:46 Thousands of deaths. What will it take? 37:50 God's trying to get our attention, 37:52 trying to give us encouragement, 37:54 trying to give us hope. 37:57 In some places you realize this, 37:58 in some places of the world 38:00 doctors are making the decision of who lives and who dies 38:05 because there's not enough equipment. 38:07 Do you ever think you'd live in the time 38:08 and even this country we would run out of things 38:11 that we couldn't handle, you know, 38:12 we didn't have enough beds to handle the sick. 38:16 Could it just be? 38:19 In Early Writings, page 41, could it possibly be... 38:23 Now, before I read that, 38:24 I want you to think Early Writings 41. 38:26 Here's what some have made and, of course, 38:28 every day this channel is making this statement, 38:30 this one's making that statement 38:32 but they said here, if we don't get this under, 38:34 if we don't stop this in the United States, 38:36 at least half of the population 38:38 will come down with this infection, the virus. 38:42 And notice this, and as much as 2 million people can die. 38:48 Well, that may be farfetched, for some that may be a strain, 38:50 but something has to be done and certainly we're praying 38:53 that God will intervene and help. 38:56 But what does God did? 38:57 God has evidently allowed this to take place. 38:59 Is He trying to reach His people? 39:00 I just wonder, Early Writings 41 says, 39:04 "I saw that the powers of earth are now being shaken." 39:08 What is it? I saw that, what? The powers of what? 39:14 Of earth are now being shaken, the events that are in order, 39:17 war and rumors of war, sword, 39:20 famine and pestilence, notice this, 39:22 are first to shake the powers of the earth. 39:26 Now notice I picked some of those straight lines 39:28 out of there, but just notice, 39:29 I saw the powers of earth are now being what? 39:32 They're being shaken and it would... 39:33 Notice it, it says the events come in order. 39:36 God wants things to be order. 39:38 He's a God of order and things are going to come in order. 39:40 If we're following that order, 39:41 we can know where we're at in the stream of time. 39:44 War, yes, rumors of war, yes, sword, that means death, yes, 39:48 famine, yes, pestilence, yes. 39:51 These are first to shake the powers of the earth. 39:55 My brothers and sisters, 39:56 should we not be shaken our self to the very point that 39:59 God has pinpointed these things and asked us 40:02 to step forward right now to be the men and women 40:05 He wants us to be in these last hours 40:06 of earth's history. 40:08 I love the Book of Revelation 40:09 and John in the Book of Revelation 40:12 was shown envision things that will turn this world 40:15 upside down before he comes. 40:18 This world is going to be turned upside. 40:20 If you think it's messed up now, 40:21 if you think we're in trouble now, 40:23 if we're having a difficulty staying as it were close by, 40:25 we still have plenty of food as it were, 40:27 we still have shutting at least in the United States, 40:29 and we have shelter and we still have, you know, 40:30 all the things, we still have a car 40:32 that we get out as we just drive around it. 40:35 We think that's tough. 40:38 We need to be praying 40:39 because there's more that lies ahead, 40:41 but God's wanting us to get stronger 40:43 in Him day by day and living for Him. 40:46 And maybe just having a relationship with Him 40:49 that maybe we don't have right now. 40:52 This is important for being prepared. 40:53 This is importance of not saying 40:55 when these troubles and these trials 40:57 and these tribulations comes, I'm going to be raptured away. 40:59 You know that's a lie of the devil. 41:02 If that be true right now be a good time 41:04 may be to raptured away maybe, and it's just beginning. 41:07 What about if it gets worse? 41:08 No, God's people are going to go through 41:09 the furnace of affliction, 41:11 because there's impurities that need to be what? 41:14 Taken out. 41:15 And God wants you to spend eternity with Him. 41:17 He wants me and you to spend eternity with Him. 41:19 The world will spend eternity with Him. 41:21 You can make that decision that choice today, 41:24 but not looking at the things that we're talking about today, 41:26 it's putting your head in the sand. 41:28 We need to look around and say, 41:29 my, these things are adding up, they're coming in, in order. 41:33 Could this be? 41:35 Let me just throw it out there, 41:36 throw it back if you want to, throw it out. 41:38 Listen, could this possibly be, 41:40 this is the beginning of the time of trouble. 41:43 Could we be that close? 41:44 And if you really think of it like that, 41:46 you'll want to get your life right. 41:48 You want to make those necessary changes 41:49 by the grace of God to say, 41:51 I need to make this right because Jesus is coming. 41:54 Could this be? 41:55 The Bible certainly talks about that time of trouble, 41:58 little time of trouble we know and the big time of trouble 42:01 because now we are experiencing as we well know, 42:04 earthquakes in diverse places, you remember that? 42:06 Oh, absolutely. 42:07 Matthew Chapter 24, the fires and so 42:09 and strange weather condition, 42:11 disasters by land and sea and air, 42:14 and pestilence and famine and political strife, 42:17 my, my, climate change, 42:20 going green, closing down businesses. 42:23 Man, if we look at it right now, 42:25 we're out, New Jersey's just close things down 42:27 these what they say on Sunday there 'cause they're go to be 42:28 closing down on Sunday now. 42:31 Places of the world are all considering closing down 42:33 one day a week for the climate. 42:35 One day a week because 42:37 they're looking around from over head, 42:38 they're looking down and seeing 42:39 since we're not all traveling around 42:41 and doing all the things we're doing 42:42 and businesses are shut down that the air is cleaner. 42:44 Hmm. 42:47 So now they're coming to the thought, 42:48 oh, well, but let's listen if we take one day a week off, 42:51 this is going to help us. 42:53 This is going to help the world, is it? 42:57 Closing down business, 42:58 large and small near economic collapse, 43:04 laws passed and more laws are going to be passed. 43:07 There's no doubt about it 43:09 in this country and around the world 43:12 to try to take care of the problems that we have. 43:14 See, they keep thinking the problems that we have 43:16 that we need to pass another law 43:17 to do that rather than point everyone to God. 43:19 This is where we lift up our head, 43:20 our redemption draweth nigh. 43:23 No, no one wants to go through all these tests 43:25 and all these trials and all these things, 43:26 but tests and trials are God's little workmen 43:29 to work inside of us to get rid of the impurity 43:31 so that heaven can be our home. 43:33 You might say, I want heaven to be 43:34 my home today, do you? 43:36 Are you willing to make that decision for Christ? 43:38 Are you willing to change things in your heart, 43:40 in your life to be what He wants you to be today? 43:43 That's a decision, that's a choice 43:44 we're going to have to be making. 43:46 What do you think? Really what do you think? 43:50 Have we really arrived at the beginning of sorrows 43:53 in Matthew 24:8? 43:56 Have we really begun, have we? 43:58 Is this really the time of the sorrow? 44:01 And should we possibly consider 2 Chronicles 7:13-14. 44:06 If you'd allow me, I'm going to read that 44:07 because there's things in it that we need to consider 44:09 some principle here before I read that, 44:11 2 Chronicles 7:13-14. 44:14 Are we going to be willing to walk before God, 44:18 doing all that He has commanded us to do, 44:20 to observe all of His statues, and His laws, and His judgment? 44:25 In 2 Chronicles 7:13-14, let me read it here, it says, 44:29 "If I shut up heaven and that there be no rain..." 44:33 Is God, can God shut the heavens? 44:34 Absolutely, He can. 44:36 "If I command the locusts to devour the land, if I send," 44:41 notice this, "pestilence" 44:43 that's to me pestilence is something that destroys. 44:46 Are we not in this time here this virus is something 44:50 that destroys. 44:52 "If I send pestilence among my people," 44:54 verse 14, "If my people, 44:56 you know, which are called by" what? 44:58 "Are called by my name shall, 45:00 number one, we need to be humbling our self before God. 45:04 We need to be praying and seeking His face. 45:07 Turn from the wicked ways. 45:09 Notice what he says then, then I will hear from heaven, 45:12 I will forgive their sins and will heal their land. 45:17 These are things that we're looking for. 45:18 This is what the world is saying, 45:20 we need some, we need some answers. 45:21 We need some real answers, 45:24 and God is giving it to us right here. 45:26 He said, "I can shut the heavens 45:27 if I want to that doesn't rain." 45:28 We've seen that in Scripture, we understand that. 45:31 And if I could send the locusts, 45:32 then they come and they devour everything, 45:33 yeah, but any kind of a pestilence 45:36 or something that destroys among my people. 45:38 All you have to do, He said, if My people, 45:41 that means the ones who accept Him 45:42 as the Lord and Savior, they're called by My name. 45:45 You're saying, I'm a Christian, I'm Christlike. 45:48 Well, my, let's not be a lukewarm 45:49 or pathetic individuals 'cause yourself a Christian 45:52 and you're falling after the enemy. 45:53 Is that okay to say that? 45:55 This is a challenge that we are at, is shaken by. 45:57 God said, "I'm going to answer the prayers of My people, 46:00 those who will be obedient 46:01 to what He has said in His Word. 46:03 Those who are willing to what? 46:04 Follow what he said to be humble, 46:08 if you'll humble yourself. 46:10 So now it says, here's the healing, 46:13 here's the antidote, here's what we need right now. 46:15 Oh, we need this shot. 46:16 We need this over here, we need that over here. 46:18 Well, if we'll just humble ourselves 46:20 before God and then we begin to pray. 46:23 If you begin to seek the face of God, 46:24 how long has that been? 46:26 How long has that been 46:28 since we really got down on our knees 46:29 and we begin to seek the face of God? 46:31 The song says how long has it been. 46:34 You see, how long has it been since we knelt by our bed 46:36 and pray to the Lord in secret? 46:37 How long has it been 46:39 this we stayed on our knees, you see, 46:41 until God has heard our prayer? 46:43 Oh, many times we don't have time to pray, 46:45 we're too busy, we're too busy running around, 46:46 we're going here, we're going there. 46:48 We got everything in the mind where maybe we're in a ministry 46:51 and we're just busy doing. 46:52 We've got to fill the cup. 46:54 You can't give what you have unless the cup 46:55 is running over. 46:56 God fill our cups up that was to seek your face, 46:58 help us to pray and then he says 47:01 right here we need to change our wicked, 47:03 notice, our wicked ways and then God says, 47:05 I'm going to forgive their sins. 47:08 Isn't what all we've been talking about here 47:10 and what people will talk about, 47:12 we should be talking about is the sin issue. 47:15 God said, "I'm going to forgive your sins." 47:17 And then, notice this, I will heal the land. 47:19 I'll take away the virus. I'll take away the diseases. 47:23 I'll take away these things if you said, 47:26 He said, Matthew 24:5 quickly he says, 47:29 Matthew 24:6, "See that ye be not troubled," 47:33 that's just the last part. 47:34 See that you be what? 47:36 See that you be not troubled during this time. 47:39 But it's hard not to be troubled, 47:40 and we need to be exercising faith 47:42 like never before in the Word of God. 47:45 When you see these things come to pass, 47:47 lift up your head 47:49 for your redemption draweth nigh. 47:51 Man, that's good news to me, 47:53 that's so good, I pray that it's good for you, 47:55 lift up your head, don't be downtrodden, 47:57 don't be looking down, 48:00 but lift up your head to realize 48:01 these are signs of the time. 48:03 Jesus said, "I'm not going to... 48:04 These things not going to happen, 48:05 I'm gonna warn you first, 48:07 then I'm gonna bring them to pass, 48:08 and I'm going to do it in order 48:09 so as you're not confused." 48:11 But we need to have faith in God. 48:14 Now Bible talks about these, 48:16 he said, I've never seen the righteous forsaken 48:18 or his seed begging bread. 48:20 He said, your bread and water is sure. 48:22 All we have to do is claim that. 48:23 We may not have nothing in your cupboard today, 48:25 but God can fill that cupboard tomorrow. 48:28 Your faith may be weak today, but certainly it can be what? 48:31 That it can be expanded upon as weak faith cometh by, 48:34 hearing and hearing by the Word of God. 48:36 Spend some time, faith what? 48:39 Whatever God has in mind, that's what I'm willing to do. 48:41 That's what Jesus did, is that in result, was it not? 48:43 Not My will but thine be done. 48:47 See that you'd be not trouble. 48:49 Remember, there's only one remedy 48:51 for God's people during the time of Israel. 48:53 You remember what that was? 48:55 One remedy for Israel and there's only one remedy 48:58 for the people of God today. 49:00 You might say, "Well, 49:01 there's a lot of other remedies, 49:02 a lot of other things going on today." 49:04 We need to open our ears. 49:05 Remember, there's many false christs 49:07 and many false preachers and teachers in the world today 49:09 and we have to distinguish by the Word of God 49:12 which is true and which is false. 49:13 The devil is working like never before. 49:15 There is only one remedy for God's people. 49:18 There was only one remedy for Israel, 49:21 and that was simply for them to admit that 49:24 they had made mistakes, or simply admit that 49:26 they had sinned 49:27 and come short of the glory of God. 49:30 Simply admit they turned their back on God. 49:32 Simply admit that they love the world 49:34 and the things in the world more than they love God. 49:37 My, if you think about that today, huh. 49:39 God says, "If you do that, if you seek My face 49:42 and you admit that we've done some wrong things," 49:44 God said, "I'm going to heal the land." 49:46 And let me just bring it close to home, 49:47 God said, "I'm going to heal the church." 49:49 The church needs to be healed too, 49:51 the land needs to be healed today. 49:52 The church is God's people. 49:54 We need a healing that 49:55 only Holy Spirit can bring in our hearts 49:57 and our lives today as we commit ourselves to Him. 50:00 He's promised to do it, 50:01 we have to admit that we went the wrong way. 50:04 Instead of trying to cover it up and say, 50:05 well, and act like we didn't do it, 50:08 admit that we did and turn back to God. 50:10 He said, "I'm going to heal. I want to be healed, don't you? 50:13 I want the power of the living God 50:14 to be inside my heart, into my life. 50:16 I want Him here. 50:17 God said, "I'm gonna do 50:19 wonderful things for our people. 50:21 We are fighting a battle and I mean a battle royale. 50:25 It's a conflict for the soul. 50:26 May give you some quick passage of scripture here, 50:29 because we're going to see 50:30 in these scriptures their strife 50:32 and that we need to abstain, 50:33 there's a war we're going to have to fight, 50:36 we're going to have to endure. 50:37 But this is good news because God said, 50:39 I'll do it for you, I'll be right there with you. 50:41 If you're My people, you'll hear My voice. 50:43 1 Corinthians 1:25, the Bible said, 50:48 "Every man that striveth for the mastery." 50:50 Is there anybody striving for the mastery? 50:53 Is there anybody that's striving to make heaven 50:55 their home? 50:56 We're going to be temperate in all things. 50:58 So my Bible said right then, we're going to make it, 51:00 we're going to have to strive, 51:01 we're going to have to fight, just like we fight for things 51:03 that we want in this world. 51:05 I want a new car, 51:06 I'm going to fight for that new car. 51:07 I want a new home, I want to fight for that home. 51:09 I'm going to do what it takes to get that home. 51:11 I'm going to do what it takes to get that car. 51:13 Strive it says, 1 Peter 2:11, the Bible says, 51:19 "Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul." 51:23 Did you get that? 51:24 We're just at war against the soul. 51:26 So we're talking about here, striving. 51:28 We're talking about abstaining from 51:31 and we're talking about a war. 51:32 We are in a warfare. 2 Timothy 4:7. 51:37 I like it in Paul and I want this, 51:39 well, I'd love to have this said about me 51:40 by the grace of God is the end, 51:41 I come to the end of my life and I fought a good fight. 51:44 My friends, have you fought a good fight? 51:46 Have you finished the course? 51:48 Some of you haven't even got into the race yet? 51:50 You haven't put your running shoes on. 51:52 God's grace, say pray for it to God, 51:54 give me some running shoes, 51:56 give me some spiritual shoes, give me a spiritual mind. 51:59 Help me, O Lord, 52:00 at the end of the time my time is up, 52:02 I say, I fought a good fight. 52:03 By the grace of God, 52:05 you'll fight that good fight of faith. 52:06 1 Timothy 6:12 says, 52:09 "Fight the good fight of faith." 52:11 1 Timothy 6:12. 52:12 Hebrews 10:32, I'm moving quick so it's hard to get all those. 52:16 Hebrews 10:32, it says, 52:19 "You endured a great fight of affliction." 52:22 Notice just the words quickly please with me, 52:24 the word that right there, 52:26 if we have to strive for the mastery. 52:27 We have to abstain if it's going to, 52:29 heaven is going to be our home. 52:30 We've got to fight the good fight of faith. 52:32 We got to fight, notice this, 52:34 and we have to endure the fight of affluences of affliction. 52:39 Is that what's happening in the world today. 52:41 But the Bible is very clear 52:43 in Mark 13:13, he that endureth, 52:46 mark 13:13, "He that endureth unto the end," 52:49 what? "The same shall be saved. 52:53 The same shall be saved. 52:55 2 Timothy 3:11, Paul said what? Persecution I endured. 52:59 Interesting, he didn't fly out of any place, did he? 53:02 He didn't miss it. He went right through it. 53:04 We have to endure, so we're striving for mastery, 53:07 we're abstaining, we're warring, 53:08 we're fighting, we're enduring, 53:10 notice that, and we have to endure all things, why? 53:13 Because America is shutting down. 53:15 You're gonna have to make a decision 53:17 who you're going to be serving, is it going to be God? 53:20 Is it going to be the world? And just what if... 53:24 Well, it becomes mandatory that you take these flu shots. 53:28 And remember and some of those things 53:29 we'll talk about another time 53:31 that they taking those flu shots 53:34 that you end up getting a paper, 53:37 and if you get that paper then you'll be able to travel. 53:41 If you don't have that paper saying you hadn't fire a shot, 53:45 you won't be able to travel. 53:47 Isn't that interesting that 53:49 I would not be able to buy or sell. 53:51 Could this be some part of it here that 53:53 we need to open our hearts and open our minds, 53:55 how quickly that has come about? 53:59 There's a warfare being raged right now 54:03 in Revelation 12:7, 8 and 9. 54:06 The Bible said here, just going a couple line. 54:08 "There was war," where? 54:09 "In heaven: Michael and his angels 54:12 fought the dragon and his angels fought, 54:15 and they were cast out." 54:17 Think not there, friends, 54:19 this is where the enemy was cast out too. 54:21 This is where the battle is taking place. 54:23 This is where the great controversy 54:24 is taking place right now between good and evil. 54:27 You need to decide 54:29 what side you're going to be on. 54:30 Are you still going to be in limbo? 54:32 You're still going to be riding on the fence? 54:33 Or are you going to make a decision for Christ today? 54:35 Why not? Why not? 54:37 People are looking, thousands are turning to Him right now. 54:40 It's backfiring on the enemy. 54:42 He thought he's going to shut things down, 54:44 but it's brought people to the thought of, 54:45 oh, wow, maybe this is the end of the world 54:48 and I really need to get my life right. 54:50 I need to quit worrying about the world 54:51 and things in the world. 54:53 I need to be thinking about heaven. 54:55 Let me ask a quick question. 54:57 Should we be acquainted with the events 54:59 that are taking place before Jesus comes? 55:02 Should we be acquainted? 55:03 Absolutely, Great Controversy, page 594, yes, yes, 55:07 we should be acquainted with these things. 55:09 Listen to these words. 55:10 "So in the prophecies the future is opened before us 55:14 as plainly as it was opened to the disciples 55:17 by the words of Christ. 55:18 "The events connected with the close of probation." 55:21 Did you get that? 55:22 "The events connected to the close of probation, 55:24 the work of preparation for the time of trouble 55:26 are clearly presented. 55:29 But multitudes have no more understanding 55:31 of these important truths 55:33 than if they had never been revealed." 55:36 Isn't that sad? 55:38 You can sound alarm all you want, you know, 55:40 lot of people's not going to respond. 55:41 We need to be praying for spiritual discernment. 55:43 We need to be praying for the power 55:45 of the Holy Spirit to consume each and every one of us. 55:47 Most people don't want Bible truth 55:49 it seems anymore, 55:51 because it interferes with their desires, 55:54 their sinful world loving heart. 55:56 You know what? 55:57 The enemy is going to give you those things 55:59 if that's what you want. 56:00 God is going to give you the desire of your heart, 56:02 He says that in Psalms 21:2. 56:04 I encourage you to be wide awake. 56:06 There's hope, there's encouragement, 56:08 we need not be so concerned that 56:10 we can't think things through 56:11 and just simply say, my, 56:13 the answer to all of this dilemma 56:14 is Jesus Christ. 56:16 Invite Him into your heart and into your life. 56:18 This is your way out. This is my way out. 56:21 This is the world's way out. 56:23 Invite Him into your heart, invite Him into your life, why? 56:26 Because He's coming soon. 56:27 I know some of you making decisions right now 56:30 because you're worried about your job, 56:31 you're worried about your family, 56:33 you're worried about getting affected, 56:34 you're worried about dying, 56:36 but we rest our care upon Him because He cares for us. 56:38 I want to have just a short prayer 56:40 for you right now. 56:41 Would you just pray with me right now. 56:42 I'm going to kneel here and we'll just pray together, 56:44 Holy Spirit will do great wonderful things for you 56:46 because the promises of God, they are sure. 56:48 Let's pray. 56:50 Father in heaven, we thank You for Your precious Word. 56:52 We thank You for the promises that You've given us. 56:54 Even though we've looked at some things and I was like, 56:56 oh, how horrible they are, but You are greater, 56:58 Your love is greater, Your promises are greater. 57:01 We need to reach out and claim You today. 57:03 This is what we need in the world today 57:04 more than anything else, 57:06 it's Jesus in our hearts and in our lives. 57:08 Thank You, Lord, for those who have made a decision, 57:09 we give You praise, honor and glory in Jesus' name. 57:12 Amen I want to thank you so very, very much 57:15 for joining 3ABN Worship Hour. 57:18 We pray it's been a blessing. 57:19 We pray that you've made that decision for Christ, 57:21 and as you made that decision for Him, 57:22 what do you say? 57:24 Right in to 3ABN, I gave my life to Jesus Christ. 57:27 I realize He's coming soon, I want to be ready. 57:28 God bless you and we'll see you again. |
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