GOD SAYS TO HIS PEOPLE, “‘COME
YE OUT FROM AMONG THEM AND BE YE SEPARATE, ’ SAITH THE LORD.” WE
HEAR SO MUCH TODAY ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
WE NEED TO PREACH MORE ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND WORLD.
“COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE.” BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T, EVEN
THOUGH YOU BELONG TO GOD, IF YOU FLIRT WITH BABYLON, IF YOU DANCE
WITH THE DEVIL, YOU’RE HEADED FOR SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THANKS FOR
JOINING US FOR TODAY’S PROGRAM. THE PLAIN-SPOKEN, BIBLICAL
WISDOM AND TIMELESS TEACHING OF ADRIAN ROGERS HAS GONE AROUND
THE WORLD AND HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HE HAS
TOUCHED AS, “PROFOUND TRUTH, SIMPLY STATED.” AND TODAY, HE’LL
BE BRINGING US A TIMELY MESSAGE FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION AS
WE CONTINUE OUR SERIES, “THE TRIUMPH OF THE LAMB.” HAVE YOUR
BIBLES OPEN AND STAY WITH US FOR TODAY’S MESSAGE. AND DON’T
FORGET, YOU CAN LISTEN TO THIS MESSAGE AGAIN AND OTHER MESSAGES
IN THIS SERIES AND DOWNLOAD PASTOR ROGERS’ OUTLINE, NOTES
AND A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS MESSAGE, ALL AT LWF.ORG. NOW,
LET’S JOIN ADRIAN ROGERS. TAKE GOD’S WORD AND TURN TO
REVELATION CHAPTER 18. IT IS ABOUT BABYLON. BUT I WANT TO
REMIND YOU THAT, AH, BABYLON IN THE BIBLE IS BACK IN THE NEWS.
IT IS MODERN DAY IRAQ, NOW THE BIBLE HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT
BABYLON. AS A MATTER OF FACT, BABYLON IS MENTIONED MORE THAN
ANY OTHER CITY IN THE BIBLE EXCEPT FOR JERUSALEM. AND SO
TODAY WE’RE GOING TO STUDY ABOUT BABYLON BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO
FIND OUT THAT BABYLON, ANCIENT BABYLON WILL RISE FROM THE DUST
TO MEET HER DOOM AT THE HAND OF THE JUDGMENT OF ALMIGHTY GOD. DO
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU READ THE NEWSPAPER SOMETIMES IT’S HARD TO
TELL WHETHER THE NEWS IS GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS? I HEARD OF A
WOMAN WHO SAID TO HER FRIEND, “I’VE GOT MARRIED.” SHE SAID,
“OH, THAT’S GOOD.” SHE SAID, “BUT HE’S VERY MEAN TO ME.” “OH,
THAT’S BAD.” “BUT HE’S VERY RICH.” “OH,” SHE SAID, “THAT’S
GOOD.” SAID, “HE’S VERY STINGY.” [AUDIENCE CHUCKLE] “OH, THAT’S
BAD.” “BUT HE DID BUY ME A NEW HOUSE.” “OH, THAT’S VERY GOOD.”
“BUT IT BURNED.” [AUDIENCE [CHUCKLE] “OH,” SHE SAID, “THAT’S
VERY BAD.” “BUT HE WAS IN IT.” [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] YOU DON’T
KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN YOU READ THE NEWS WHETHER IT’S GOOD NEWS OR
BAD NEWS. AND WE LOOK SOMETIMES AT THE NEWSPAPER AND WE SAY,
“OH, WHAT TERRIBLE NEWS.” BUT FRIEND, WHEN YOU PUT THE
NEWSPAPER IN ONE HAND AND THE WORD OF GOD IN THE OTHER HAND
AND YOU [SLAP] SEE THAT EVERYTHING IS FITTING INTO THE
SOCKETS OF PROPHECY, WHAT SEEMS TO BE BAD NEWS MAY INDEED BE
GOOD NEWS. AND SO WE’RE GOING TO STUDY ABOUT BABYLON TODAY. NOW
REMEMBER THAT BABYLON WAS BUILT BY A MAN NAMED NIMROD. THE TOWER
OF BABEL WAS THERE AND, AH, NIMROD WAS THE CONSTRUCTOR
THERE. NIMROD, BACK IN THE BIBLE YOU CAN FIND IN GENESIS CHAPTER
10 AND 11, IS A TYPE AND A PROPHECY AND OLD TESTAMENT
PICTURE OF THE ANTICHRIST WHO’S TO COME. HIS VERY NAME MEANS
REBEL. AND HE BUILT A CITY-STATE THAT WAS THE CAPITOL OF THE
WORLD. AND THAT BABYLON THAT CAME OUT OF THAT IS BOTH THE
CRADLE AND THE GRAVE, AS WE SAW LAST WEEK, OF FALSE RELIGION.
NOW, AH, WE’RE GOING TO SEE TODAY WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TO
THE BABYLON TO COME, THE BABYLON THAT WILL RISE FROM THE DUST.
ANCIENT BABYLON UNDER NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS A FOE TO
ANCIENT ISRAEL. BABYLON, YOU SEE, HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME. IT’S GREAT IN ANTIQUITY; BUT IT’S ALSO GREAT IN INIQUITY
BUT IT’S ALSO GREAT IN PROPHECY. AND THIS BABYLON WILL BE THE
CRADLE AND THE GRAVE OF FALSE RELIGION. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
GOING TO SEE TODAY AS WE LOOK. ANCIENT BABYLON WITH HER HANGING
GARDENS WAS ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
AND THERE’S COMING A TIME IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD
WILL WONDER AT THIS BABYLON. WELL, LET’S BEGIN TO READ IN
CHAPTER 18 VERSE ONE, “AND AFTER THESE THINGS I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL
COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HAVING GREAT POWER; AND THE EARTH WAS
LIGHTENED WITH HIS GLORY. AND HE CRIED WITH A STRONG VOICE
SAYING, ‘BABYLON THE GREAT IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN, AND BECOME
THE HABITATION OF DEVILS, AND THE HOLD, ’” THAT MEANS THE
PRISON OR CAGE, “‘OF EVERY FOUL SPIRIT, AND A CAGE OF EVERY
UNCLEAN AND HATEFUL BIRD.’” NOW THE QUESTION COMES, IS THIS
BABYLON HERE A LITERAL CITY OR IS IT SYMBOLIC? NOW WE TOLD YOU
LAST WEEK AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL OR
RELIGIOUS BABYLON, WE TOLD YOU THAT, AH, NAMES SOMETIMES ARE
CODE WORDS AND THEY SPEAK OF MORE THAN PLACES. FOR EXAMPLE,
LAST WEEK WE REMINDED YOU THAT “WALL STREET” IS A CODE WORD.
NOW IT’S A LITERAL STREET BUT IT’S A CODE WORD FOR THE WORLD’S
OR THE AMERICA’S ECONOMY. OR “MADISON AVENUE,” THAT MAY BE A
LITERAL STREET BUT IT’S ALSO A CODE WORD FOR WHAT? FOR
MERCHANDISING AND MARKETING. NOW WHEN THE BIBLE USES THE WORLD
BABYLON HERE, IS THE BIBLE SPEAKING SYMBOLICALLY OR IS THE
BIBLE SPEAKING LITERALLY OR IS THE BIBLE SPEAKING OF ANOTHER
CITY THAT IS NOT THE CITY ON THE EUPHRATES? FOR EXAMPLE,
SOMETIMES, AH, CITIES ARE RENAMED SYMBOLICALLY. PUT IN
YOUR MARGIN OR GO BACK AND LOOK IN REVELATION CHAPTER 11 AND
VERSE EIGHT. AND IT SAYS, “AND THEIR DEAD BODIES,” SPEAKING OF
THE TWO WITNESSES, “SHALL LIE IN THE STREET OF THE GREAT CITY,
WHICH IS, WHICH SPIRITUALLY IS CALLED SODOM AND EGYPT, WHERE
OUR LORD WAS CRUCIFIED.” NOW THAT’S VERY INTERESTING. WHERE
WAS JESUS CRUCIFIED? IN JERUSALEM. BUT WHAT DOES GOD
CALL JERUSALEM? SODOM. WHAT ELSE? EGYPT. SO YOU SEE HOW
NAMES ARE USED SYMBOLICALLY. SO THE QUESTION COMES WHEN WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT BABYLON, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE BABYLON THAT
WAS AND THE BABYLON THAT WILL BE REBUILT OR ARE WE JUST TALKING
SYMBOLICALLY? WELL, I’VE TRIED TO DEAL WITH THIS IN MY OWN MI,
HEART AND MIND. AND, AH, BIBLE SCHOLARS GO EITHER WAY. BUT I
BELIEVE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LITERAL BABYLON. NOW I BELIEVE
IN CHAPTER 17 WE’RE TALKING IN A MORE, AH, SYMBOLIC SENSE. THE
GREAT WHORE IS CALLED BABYLON. BUT THERE IT IS CALLED MYSTERY
BABYLON. IN REVELATION 18 WE FIND SOMETHING CALLED BABYLON
THE GREAT. AND THERE’S A CONTRAST BETWEEN THESE TWO
BABYLONS. YOU SEE, IN CHAPTER 17 WE HAVE ECCLESIASTICAL BABYLON.
IN CHAPTER 18 WE HAVE COMMERCIAL BABYLON. NOW I DON’T WANT TO
CONFUSE YOU TOO MUCH, BUT YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
THERE, “BABYLON THE GREAT IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN.” THERE’S A
DOUBLE FALL. THERE IS THE FALL OF ECCLESIASTICAL BABYLON. WE
SAW THAT LAST WEEK. NOW WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE FALL OF
POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL BABYLON. THE ONE IS MORE
SYMBOLIC I BELIEVE. THE OTHER IS MORE LITERAL. YOU’RE GOING TO
FIND THAT, AH, IN CHAPTER 17, REMEMBER HOW THE KINGS OF THE
EARTH TURNED ON THE, THE WHORE, AH, ECCLESIASTICAL BABYLON AND
DESTROYED HER AND BURNED HER AND DEVOURED HER. THE KINGS DID
THAT. THEY JUDGED HER. BUT WE’RE GOING TO SEE IN REVELATION
CHAPTER 18 THAT IT IS GOD WHO WOULD JUDGE THESE KINGS. NOW
WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT THAT WHEN THESE KINGS JUDGED
ECCLESIASTICAL BABYLON, AH, THEY REJOICED OVER HER. BUT WE’RE
GOING TO FIND OUT THAT IN, AH, THIS CHAPTER WHEN BABYLON IS
JUDGED THE KINGS WEEP AND LAMENT. WELL, I DON’T WANT YOU
TO GET TOO DEEP INTO THAT BECAUSE YOU’LL, YOU KIND OF BOG
DOWN AND CHECK ME OUT. DON’T YOU CHECK ME OUT; I’M WATCHING YOU.
ALL RIGHT, NOW [AUDIENCE [LAUGHTER] LISTEN, LISTEN TO ME
RIGHT NOW. WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT AT LEAST FOUR THINGS ABOUT
THE BABYLON TO COME WHEN WE SAY GOODBYE TO BABYLON. NUMBER ONE,
ARE YOU READY FOR IT? BABYLON IS DOMINATED BY DEMONS. LOOK IF YOU
WILL AGAIN IN VERSES ONE THROUGH SIX, “AND, AH, AFTER THESE
THINGS,” THAT IS AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF ECCLESIASTICAL
BABYLON, “I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HAVING
GREAT POWER; AND THE EARTH WAS LIGHTENED WITH HIS GLORY. AND HE
CRIED MIGHTILY WITH A STRONG VOICE, SAYING, ‘BABYLON THE
GREAT IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN, ’” NOW WATCH THIS, “‘AND BECOME THE
HABITATION OF DEVILS.’” NOW EVERY TIME WHEN YOU READ THE
WORD DEVILS IN THE BIBLE, IF IT’S PLURAL, IT MEANS DEMONS.
THERE’S ONE DEVIL, MANY DEMONS. AND HAS BECOME, AH, THE
HABITATION OF DEMONS. YOU MAY CORRECTLY READ THAT. YOUR
TRANSLATION MAY SAY THAT. “A HABITATION OF DEMONS OR DEVILS,
AND THE HOLD OF EVERY FOUL SPIRIT, AND A CAGE OF EVERY
UNCLEAN AND HATEFUL BIRD.” NOW HE CALLS THESE DEMONS BIRDS, THE
DEVIL’S DIRTY BIRDS. YOU SAY BABYLON IS FOR THE BIRDS. “AND
ALL THE NATIONS HAVE DRUNK OF THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF HER
FORNICATION, AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH HATH COMMITTED
FORNICATION WITH HER, AND THE MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH ARE WAXED
RICH THROUGH THE ABUNDANCE OF HER DELICACIES. AND I HEARD
ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, ‘COME OUT OF HER, MY
PEOPLE, THAT YE BE NOT PARTAKERS OF HER SINS, AND THAT YE RECEIVE
NOT OF HER PLAGUES, FOR HER SINS HAVE REACHED UNTO HEAVEN, AND
GOD HATH REMEMBERED HER INIQUITIES. REWARD HER EVEN AS
SHE REWARDED YOU, AND DOUBLE UNTO HER DOUBLE ACCORDING TO HER
WORKS, ’” THAT IS, SHE IS DESTINED FOR DOUBLE TROUBLE,
“‘IN THE CUP WHICH SHE HATH FILLED, TO HER DOUBLE.’” NOW, IT
SEEMS THAT BABYLON, AS I HAVE SAID, ANCIENT BABYLON IS GOING
TO RISE FROM THE DUST. NOW, WHY WOULD, AH, THE ANTICHRIST, AND
BY THE WAY, IT WILL BE THE SEAT AND THE THRONE OF ANTICHRIST
DURING THE TRIBULATION. WHY WOULD HE GO BACK, AH, TO, AH,
ANCIENT BABYLON? WELL, AS WE SAW IN A MESSAGE HERE AWHILE BACK,
THERE’S GOING TO BECOME, THERE WILL BE, WE BELIEVE A WAR
BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. THE WEST WILL WIN. THIS WILL MAKE
ANTICHRIST VIRTUALLY, AH, THE WORLD POWER AND, AH, THE WORLD
RULER. AND THERE WILL BE A VACUUM THERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
HE WILL MOVE IN TO FILL IT. BUT I BELIEVE ALSO WE, THERE’S A
PRINCIPLE THAT THE CRIMINAL RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF THE
CRIME. AND, AH, FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL BABYLON HAS BEEN THE
SCENE AND THE CENTER OF DEMONISM. DO YOU REMEMBER IT
WHEN DANIEL WAS THERE IN, AH, BABYLON? HE HAD BEEN TAKEN
CAPTIVE, YOUNG HANDSOME DANIEL. AND HE’D BEEN IN PRISON AND THEY
PULLED DANIEL OUT OF PRISON TO GIVE THE INTERPRETATION OF A
DREAM. YOU MAY OR NOT, MAY NOT REMEMBER THAT STORY BUT THE
BIBLE SAYS THE KING HAD ALREADY CALLED ON THE MAGICIANS AND THE
SOOTHSAYERS AND THE ASTROLOGERS. THE MAGICIANS, SOOTHSAYERS,
ASTROLOGERS; ALL OF THIS IS DEMONIC. AND, AH, BABYLON HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A CENTER OF DEMONISM. AND SO, I BELIEVE
ANTICHRIST IS GOING TO JUST RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE
CRIME. THERE WILL BE A VACUUM THERE IN THESE DAYS AND HE WILL
COME BACK TO BUILD A MIGHTY CITY DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION.
VERSE TWO TELLS US THAT THIS CITY WILL BE FULLY GIVEN OVER,
AH, TO DEMONISM. AND YOU’RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE GREAT
TRIBULATION UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT DURING THE GREAT
TRIBULATION THE WORLD WILL BE INFESTED BY AND LED BY DEMONIC
SPIRITS. AND, AH, TODAY HOWEVER OUR WORLD IS BEING HAUNTED BY
THE GHOST OF BABYLON. VERSE THREE SPEAKS OF THE WINE OF HER
FORNICATION. AND IT SAYS THERE IN VERSE THREE, LOOK AT IT. AH,
A, “FOR ALL NATIONS HAVE DRUNK OF THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF HER
FORNICATION.” THIS WINE WAS BOTTLED, HUH, AH, AH, CENTURIES,
MILLENNIUMS AGO. THE NATIONS ARE STILL GETTING DRUNK ON THE WINE
OF HER FORNICATION. DID YOU KNOW THAT A BILLION PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD TODAY, AH, PRACTICE ASTROLOGY? I SAID A BILLION
PEOPLE. FORTY MILLION AMERICANS ARE DRINKING FROM THAT
INTOXICATING CUP AND AS I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK, IF YOU ARE ONE OF
THOSE, MAY GOD HAVE MERCY UPON YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS DON’T DO IT.
“COME OUT OF HER MY CHILDREN, DO NOT BE PARTAKER OF HER SINS.”
NOW BABYLON, I SAID, IS GREAT IN ANTIQUITY AND GREAT IN INIQUITY.
STONE BY STONE, BRICK BY BRICK, CENTURY AFTER CENTURY,
MILLENNIUM AFTER MILLENNIUM, BABYLON HAS BEEN BUILDING A
SYSTEM OF INIQUITY IN THIS WORLD. GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN.
VERSE SIX SAYS, FOR HER INIQUITY SHE IS GOING TO RECEIVE DOUBLE
TROUBLE. NOW, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO US? WELL, AS WE GET
CLOSER TO THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST, THE RAPTURE OF THE
CHURCH, THE RULE OF THE BEAST, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE A TIDAL
WAVE OF SIN, DEBAUCHERY AND DEMONISM. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
BEYOND THE SHADOW OF ANY DOUBT OR PERADVENTURE, IT IS IN THE
WORLD TODAY. AND SO THE VERY FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO SEE IS
BABYLON IS DOMINATED BY DEMONS. BABYLON IS DOMINATED BY DEMONS.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE BABYLON TO COME BUT CERTAINLY, AH, THE
BABYLONIAN SYSTEM THAT’S IN THE WORLD TODAY. HERE’S THE SECOND
THING I WANT YOU TO SEE. NOT ONLY IS BABYLON DOMINATED BY
DEMONS, BUT BABYLON IS DEFIANT IN DEPRAVITY, DEFIANT IN
DEPRAVITY. BABYLON STRUTS THROUGH THE EARTH. WE ARE
TALKING NOW ABOUT THE BABYLON TO COME THAT WILL RISE FROM THE
DUST. REVELATION CHAPTER 18 VERSES SEVEN AND EIGHT, “HOW
MUCH SHE HATH GLORIFIED HERSELF,” NOW, OF COURSE, THAT
IS THE DEVIL’S, AH, GREAT DESIRE. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, TO
EXALT HIS, HIS THRONE ABOUT THE STARS OF GOD, “AND LIVED
DELICIOUSLY, SO MUCH TORMENT AND SORROW GIVE HER: FOR SHE SAITH
IN HER HEART, ‘I SIT AS A QUEEN, AND AM NO WIDOW, AND SHALL SEE
NO SORROW.’” NOW THE DEVIL WILL STICK OUT HIS BIG CHEST, STRUT
THROUGH THE EARTH THROUGH HIS SERVANT, THE ANTICHRIST, LOOK
OVER HIS BEAUTIFUL KINGDOM THERE IN BABYLON, AND, AH. BUT OF
COURSE, LOOK IN VERSE EIGHT, “THEREFORE SHALL HER PLAGUES
COME IN ONE DAY, DEATH, AND MOURNING, AND FAMINE; AND SHE
SHALL BE UTTERLY BURNED WITH FIRE: FOR STRONG IS THE LORD GOD
WHO JUDGETH HER.” WHY WILL HE BE SO DEFIANT IN THIS DAY? WHY WILL
HE HAVE SUCH ARROGANCE IN THIS DAY? WELL, SEVERAL REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, ECCLESIASTICAL BABYLON HAS BEEN DESTROYED. NOW
ECCLESIASTICAL BABYLON HAD ITS OWN SYSTEM AND SO, AH, BEAST. SO
I DON’T, I, I DON’T LIKE HAVING TO WORK WITH AND KOWTOW TO THESE
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. AND LOOK AT ALL OF THEIR WEALTH. AH, WE CAN
GET RID OF THEM AND WE CAN CONFISCATE THAT WEALTH, AND SO
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HE DOES. HE NOW BECOMES IMMENSELY WEALTHY.
HE IS NOW A LAW UNTO HIMSELF. AH, THE, AH, EASTERN POWERS HAVE
BEEN SUBJUGATED TO HIM. AND, AH, HE HAS ENORMOUS WEALTH. THE, AC,
ACQUISITION OF WEALTH IS UNBELIEVABLE. EVERY LUXURY KNOWN
TO MAN WILL POUR INTO BABYLON. AH, GLOBAL CORPORATIONS WILL
MAKE THEIR HEADQUARTERS THERE. IT WILL BE BOOM-TIME IN BABYLON
AND HE WILL SIT AS A QUEEN, AH, THIS CITY. AND HE WILL SEEM
ABSOLUTELY INVINCIBLE. AND AGAIN, HE WILL BE DEFIANT. NOW,
COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS AHEAD OF TIME. HAVE YOU EVER
NOTICED HOW, AH, ARROGANT SATAN IS BECOMING IN THESE DAYS? HAVE
YOU NOTICED? IF YOU HAVEN’T, YOU’VE BEEN ASLEEP. THAT SIN
THAT USED TO SLINK DOWN BACK ALLEYS STRUTS DOWN MAIN STREETS.
HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW SATAN IS GETTING BOLDER AND BOLDER AND
BOLDER BECAUSE HE THINKS HE ACTUALLY IS GOING TO OVERCOME IN
THIS BATTLE? VERSE EIGHT, HOWEVER, REMINDS US THAT IN
SPITE OF ALL OF THE DEFIANCE OF THE BEAST, AH, HE CANNOT HOLD
BACK THE JUDGMENT OF ALMIGHTY GOD. LOOK AGAIN IN VERSE EIGHT
AND IT’S VERY CLEAR, “THEREFORE SHALL HER PLAGUES COME IN ONE
DAY, DEATH, AND MOURNING, AND FAMINE; AND SHE SHALL BE UTTERLY
BURNED WITH FIRE: FOR STRONG IS THE LORD GOD WHO JUDGETH HER.”
NOW PUT IT DOWN BIG, PLAIN AND STRAIGHT. SATAN SAILS A SINKING
SHIP. HIS DOOM IS ANNOUNCED AND WILL BE CARRIED OUT. SIN CAN’T
WIN AND FAITH CAN’T FAIL. NOW IF YOU’RE FOLLOWING SATAN AND IF
YOU’RE A LOVER OF BABYLON, AH, YOU’RE FOLLOWING A LOST CAUSE.
NOW HERE’S THE THIRD THING I WANT YOU TO SEE ABOUT BABYLON.
NOT ONLY IS BABYLON, AH, DOMINATED BY DEMONS, NOT ONLY IS
BABYLON DEFIANT IN DEPRAVITY, BUT BABYLON IS DESTINED FOR
DESTRUCTION. LET’S GO BACK TO VERSE EIGHT AGAIN, “THEREFORE
SHALL HER PLAGUES COME IN ONE DAY, DEATH, AND MOURNING, AND
FAMINE; SHE SHALL BE UTTERLY BURNED WITH FIRE: FOR STRONG IS
THE LORD GOD WHO JUDGETH HER. AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, WHO
HATH COMMITTED FORNICATION AND LIVED DELICIOUSLY WITH HER,
SHALL BEWAIL HER, AND LAMENT FOR HER, WHEN THEY SHALL SEE THE
SMOKE OF HER BURNING, STANDING AFAR OFF FOR FEAR OF HER
TORMENT, SAYING, ‘ALAS, ALAS, THAT GREAT CITY BABYLON, THAT
MIGHTY CITY! FOR IN ONE HOUR IS THY JUDGMENT COME.’ AND THE
MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH SHALL WEEP AND MOURN OVER HER; AND NO
MAN BUYETH THEIR MERCHANDISE ANYMORE.” NOW SHE’S GOING TO BE
DESTROYED, DEVASTATINGLY DESTROYED, AND IT’S GOING TO
COME CATACLYSMICALLY FAST. AND IT’S GOING TO BE COMPLETE IN ITS
DESTRUCTION. WHAT IS THIS DESTRUCTION THAT WILL COME TO
BABYLON? VERSE EIGHT SAYS IT’S GOING TO COME IN ONE DAY. VERSE
10 SAYS IT’S GOING TO COME IN ONE HOUR. IT’S NOT GOING TO
GRADUALISM. AND THE DESTRUCTION WE’RE GOING TO SEE IN VERSES
NINE AND 10 IS A FIERY DESTRUCTION. LOOK AGAIN IN
VERSES NINE AND 10, “AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, WHO HAVE
COMMITTED FORNICATION AND LIVED DELICIOUSLY WITH HER, SHALL
BEWAIL HER, AND LAMENT FOR HER, WHEN THEY SEE,” UNDERSCORE THIS
NOW, “THE SMOKE OF HER BURNING, STANDING AFAR OFF,” THEY’RE
AFRAID TO GET NEAR HER, “FOR FEAR OF HER TORMENT, SAYING,
‘ALAS, ALAS, THAT GREAT CITY BABYLON, THAT MIGHTY CITY! FOR
IN ONE HOUR IS THY JUDGMENT COME.’” WELL, I BELIEVE IT VERY
WELL COULD BE AN ATOMIC DESTRUCTION. I BELIEVE THAT, AH,
THESE PEOPLE WHO STAND AFAR OFF, CAN SEE THAT MUSHROOM CLOUD THAT
RISES OVER BABYLON. AND, AH, AH, AFRAID BECAUSE OF THE RADIATION
TO GET CLOSE. NOW AN ANGEL ILLUSTRATES THIS DESTRUCTION
AGAIN IN THIS SAME CHAPTER. IF YOU WERE TO FAST-FORWARD TO
VERSE 21 AND NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS, “AND A MIGHTY ANGEL TOOK
UP A STONE LIKE A GREAT MILLSTONE,” NOT A GREAT
MILLSTONE BUT LIKE A GREAT MILLSTONE, “AND CAST IT INTO THE
SEA, SAYING, ‘THUS WITH VIOLENCE SHALL THAT GREAT CITY BABYLON BE
THROWN DOWN, AND SHALL BE FOUND NO [THUMP] MORE [THUMP] AT
[THUMP] ALL.’” NOW IT’S GOING TO COME SUDDENLY AND IT’S GOING TO
COME VIOLENTLY. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A GREAT, AH, MONOLITH, A
GREAT STONE AND CAST IT INTO THE, O, OCEAN, YOU WOULD SEE
CONCENTRIC SHOCK RA, WAVES GOING OUT AND OUT AND OUT. AND, AH, IT
WOULD BE SWEEPING EVERY THING AWAY IN ITS, IN ITS, AH,
PATHWAY. THAT, I BELIEVE, IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE, AH, IS,
IS, A, A, AN ATOMIC BLAST. AND THE PEOPLE WHO SEE IT, AH, ARE
STANDING AWAY IN FEAR AND IN AWE. NOW WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE
DON’T KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE ARE
DEALING WITH SYMBOLISM AND MANY THINGS WE DON’T KNOW UNTIL THEY
ARE LITERALLY FULFILLED. BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS, IT WILL BE
ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING. IT WILL HAPPEN IN A MOMENT, IN AN HOUR,
IN A DAY. AND THE SIN THAT HAS BEEN PILING UP FOR CENTURIES,
AH, WILL BE JUDGED. AND THE VENGEANCE THAT HAS BEEN
ACCUMULATING THROUGH THE CENTURIES WILL COME HOWLING
THROUGH STREETS OF BABYLON WITH HER PLAGUES. NOW, HERE’S THE
FOURTH THING I WANT YOU TO SEE AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO BABYLON.
BABYLON IS DEPRESSING IN DESOLATION. EVERYBODY’S GOING TO
BE DEPRESSED. AH, THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD WHO DON’T KNOW OUR
LORD; THEY’RE GOING TO BE DEPRESSED. NOW NOTICE BEGINNING
IN VERSE 11, “AND THE MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH SHALL WEEP AND
MOURN OVER HER; FOR NO MAN BUYETH THEIR MERCHANDISE ANY
MORE: THE MERCHANDISE OF GOLD, AND SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES,
AND OF PEARLS, AND FINE LINEN, AND PURPLE, AND SILK, AND
SCARLET, AND ALL THYINE WOOD, AND ALL MANNER,” AH, “VESSELS OF
IVORY, AND ALL MANNER VESSELS OF MOST PRECIOUS WOOD, AND OF
BRASS, AND IRON, AND MARBLE, AND CINNAMON, AND ODORS, AND
OINTMENTS, AND FRANKINCENSE, AND WINE, AND OIL, AND FINE FLOUR,
AND WHEAT, AND BEASTS, AND SHEEP, AND HORSES, AND
CHARIOTS,” NOW WATCH THIS, “AND SLAVES, AND SOULS OF MEN. AND
THE FRUITS THAT THY SOUL LUSTETH AFTER ARE DEPARTED FROM THEE,
AND ALL THINGS WHICH WERE DAINTY AND GOODLY ARE DEPARTED FROM
THEE, AND THOU SHALT FIND THEM NO MORE AT ALL. THE MERCHANTS OF
THESE THINGS, WHICH WERE MADE RICH BY HER, SHALL STAND AFAR
OFF FOR THE FEAR OF HER TORMENT, WEEPING AND WAILING. AND SAYING,
‘ALAS, ALAS, THAT GREAT CITY, THAT WAS CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN,
AND PURPLE, AND SCARLET, AND DECKED WITH GOLD, AND PRECIOUS
STONES, AND PEARLS! FOR IN ONE HOUR SO GREAT RICHES IS COME TO
NOUGHT.’ AND EVERY SHIPMASTER, AND ALL THAT, THE COMPANY IN
SHIPS, AND SAILORS, AND AS MANY AS TRADE BY SEA, STOOD AFAR OFF,
AND CRIED WHEN THEY SAW THE SMOKE OF HER BURNING, SAYING,
‘WHAT CITY IS LIKE UNTO THIS GREAT CITY!’ AND THEY CAST DUST
ON THEIR HEADS, AND CRIED, WEEPING AND WAILING, SAYING,
‘ALAS, ALAS, THAT GREAT CITY, WHEREIN WERE MADE RICH ALL THAT
HAD SHIPS IN THE SEA BY REASON OF HER COSTLINESS! FOR IN ONE
HOUR SHE IS MADE DESOLATE. REJOICE OVER HER, THOU HEAVEN,
AND YE HOLY APOSTLES AND PROPHETS; FOR GOD HATH AVENGED
YOU ON HER.’ AND A MIGHTY ANGEL TOOK UP A STONE LIKE A GREAT
MILLSTONE, AND CAST IT INTO THE SEA, SAYING, ‘THUS WITH VIOLENCE
SHALL THAT GREAT CITY BABYLON BE THROWN DOWN, AND SHALL BE FOUND
NO MORE AT ALL. AND THE VOICE OF HARPERS, AND MUSICIANS, AND OF
PIPERS, AND OF TRUMPETERS, SHALL BE HEARD NO MORE AT ALL IN THEE;
AND NO CRAFTSMAN, OF WHATSOEVER CRAFT SHALL BE,” AH, “HE BE,
SHALL BE FOUND ANY MORE IN THEE; AND THE SOUND OF A MILLSTONE
SHALL BE HEARD NO MORE AT ALL IN THEE; AND THE LIGHT OF A CANDLE
SHALL SHINE NO MORE AT ALL IN THEE; AND THE VOICE OF THE
BRIDEGROOM AND OF THE BRIDE SHALL BE HEARD NO MORE AT ALL IN
THEE: FOR THY MERCHANTS WERE THE GREAT MEN OF THE EARTH, FOR BY
THY SORCERIES WERE ALL NATIONS,” AH, “DECEIVED.’” NOW AGAIN I
WANT TO TELL YOU THAT, AH, BABYLON TO COME WILL BE WEALTHY
BEYOND WORDS. WHY? BECAUSE OF A GLOBAL ECONOMY. BECAUSE NOBODY
CAN BUY OR SELL WITHOUT THE MARK OF THE BEAST. AND, OF COURSE,
THEREFORE IN EVERY TRANSACTION THE BEAST GETS HIS CUT. THERE IS
NO WAY TO TELL YOU THE WEALTH THAT WILL FLOW INTO THE HANDS OF
ANTICHRIST. NO WONDER HE SAYS, “I SIT AS A QUEEN.” EVERY LUXURY
KNOWN TO MAN HAS BEEN DESCRIBED HERE IN THIS PASSAGE OF
SCRIPTURE. AND, AH, THE WEALTH OF FORMER ECCLESIASTICAL BABYLON
IS ALL HIS. THE WEALTH OF WORLD IS HIS. GLOBAL CORPORATIONS WILL
MAKE THEIR HEADQUARTERS THERE. HE WILL CONTROL A WORLD ECONOMY.
AND MONEY, LIKE A MIGHTY NIAGARA, WILL FLOW INTO THAT,
AH, CITY. BUT NOTE, AND, AND BILL GATES WILL SEEM LIKE A
PAUPER COMPARED TO ANTICHRIST. LITERALLY, HE, HE WILL HAVE IT
ALL. BUT NOTICE HERE THAT A PART OF THE MERCHANDISE WILL BE THE
SOULS OF MEN. THERE’LL BE A GREAT TRADE IN INIQUITY AND IN
SIN. I, I TORE THIS OUT OF U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. AND IT IS
TALKING TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT YOUR,
AH, YOUR INVESTMENTS, YOUR MUTUAL FUNDS, AND YOUR STOCKS
AND BONDS. HERE IS WHAT THIS ARTICLE SAID, THIS MONTHLY
BUSINESS QUARTERLY INVESTING GUIDE, THE TITLE “STOCK UP ON
SIN.” “A PORTFOLIO THAT PANDERS TO HUMANKIND’S MORAL WEAKNESSES
MIGHT REDEEM INVESTOR’S FORTUNES. UNSEEMLY PERHAPS, BUT
THE FACT IS THAT IN A YEAR OF EXPLODING CORPORATE SCANDAL AND
RETRIBUTION IT HAS BEEN GOOD TO BE BAD. NOT LEGALLY BAD, JUST A
LITTLE SINFUL. PROFIT, SO FLEETING ON MUCH OF WALL STREET,
HAS COME EASILY TO FIRMS CATERING TO HUMANITIES WEAKNESS
FOR FATTY FOODS, STRONG DRINKS, WASTREL WAYS, AND CARNAL
PASSIONS.” AND IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT CABLE COMPANIES. FOR
EXAMPLE, AH, IT SAYS INVESTORS WILL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR BUYING
SHARES OF CABLE COMPANIES WHICH MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM
PAY-PER-VIEW ADULT MOVIES, AND SO FORTH. IT TALKS ABOUT, AH,
LIQUOR, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND WHAT IT’S
SAYING IS, “HEY, YOU WANT TO GET RICH [CLAP, CLAP, CLAP] INVEST
IN SIN.” THAT’S WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT HERE. HERE IS THE
ANTICHRIST. HE HAS IT ALL. BUT AMONG THOSE THINGS THAT HE IS
SELLING AND TRADING: THE SOULS OF MEN. HOW THE RULERS OF THIS
WORLD ARE GOING TO WEEP, VERSES NINE AND 10. AND ALL OF THEIR
RESOURCES AND ALL OF THEIR WEALTH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAY
THE JUDGMENT OF ALMIGHTY GOD AND THEY WILL STAND IN THEIR
EXECUTIVE SUITES AND WATCH ON TELEVISION AS THE MARKET CRATERS
AND, AND THE CENTER OF THE WORLD’S COMMERCE, AH, GOES INTO
A PANIC AND IT’LL MAKE 1929, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AH, SEEM LIKE
A SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC. AND THE MERCHANT SHIPS AND TANKERS
ENTERING THE PERSIAN GULF WILL RIDE AT ANCHOR AND THEY WILL
WATCH IN HORROR. LOOK IN VERSE 17, “FOR IN ONE HOUR SO GREAT
RICHES IS COME TO NOUGHT. AND EVERY SHIPMASTER, AND ALL THE
COMPANY IN SHIPS, AND SAILORS, AND AS MANY AS TRADE BY SEA,
STOOD AFAR OFF, AND CRIED WHEN THEY SAW THE SMOKE OF HER
BURNING, SAYING, ‘WHAT GREAT CITY IS LIKE UNTO THAT GREAT
CITY.’” AND THEN THERE’S A BUNDLE OF NO MORES. SOUNDS
ALMOST LIKE A FUNERAL BELL TOILING. THERE’LL BE NO MORE
MUSIC, THERE’LL BE NO MORE MERCHANDISING, THERE’LL BE MANU,
MORE MANUFACTURING, THERE’LL BE NO MORE MARRIAGE. I BELIEVE ALL
OF THIS IS A TRIGGER FOR ARMAGEDDON. AND WE’RE COMING
SOON TO THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. NOW, THE MESSAGE
TODAY. THAT’S ALL I AM GOING TO SAY ABOUT THIS EIGHTEENTH
CHAPTER, BUT I WANT TO MAKE THREE APPLICATIONS. ARE YOU
READY FOR THEM? SAY, “YES.” [AUDIENCE: YES] OK, NOW. HERE IT
IS. HERE IT IS. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS EIGHTEENTH
CHAPTER? I MEAN WHAT CAN WE CARRY TODAY? NOT JUST ENOUGH TO
LOOK WAY OUT YONDER AND SAY WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN TO
BABYLON. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU THREE PRINCIPLES AND I, I PRAY
THAT GOD WILL LAY THEM ON YOUR HEART. NUMBER ONE CONCERNING
BABYLON, “COME OUT OF HER.” READ CHAPTER 18 VERSE FOUR, “AND I
HEARD ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, ‘COME OUT OF HER, MY
PEOPLE, THAT YE BE NOT PARTAKERS OF HER SINS, AND THAT YE RECEIVE
NOT OF HER PLAGUES.’” NOW THE SPIRIT OF BABYLON IS ALREADY IN
THE WORLD. AND GOD SAYS TO HIS PEOPLE, “‘COME YE OUT FROM AMONG
THEM AND BE YE SEPARATE, ’ SAITH THE LORD.” BU, WE HEAR SO MUCH
TODAY ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. WE NEED TO
PREACH MORE ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND WORLD. “COME OUT
OF HER MY PEOPLE.” BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T, EVEN THOUGH YOU
BELONG TO GOD, IF YOU FLIRT WITH BABYLON, IF YOU DANCE WITH THE
DEVIL, YOU’RE HEADED FOR SERIOUS PROBLEMS. I WAS PREACHING ABOUT
SIN IN A VERY POINTED WAY IN ANOTHER CHURCH, A DEAR LADY WHO
LOVED ME VERY MUCH CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY. HER NAME WAS, AH,
BERTHA. I CALLED HER BERT. SHE SAID, AH, “PREACHER, WERE YOU
PREACHING TO ME SUNDAY?” [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] I SAID,
“BERT, I WAS SHOOTING DOWN IN A HOLE. IF YOU WERE DOWN IN IT, I
CAN’T HELP IT.” [AUDIENCE [LAUGHTER] I’M TELLING YOU FRIEND
IF YOU GET IN WITH BABYLON, YOU ARE GOING TO BE BURNED BY
BABYLON. AND WHEN THE JUDGMENT FALLS, THE JUDGMENT IS GOING TO
FALL ALSO UPON YOU, THOUGH YOU MAY BE A CHILD OF GOD. IF YOU
DON’T WANT THE JUDGMENTS OF BABYLON, DON’T KEEP COMPANY WITH
BABYLON. NUMBER TWO; COME OUT OF HER. NUMBER TWO. DON’T ENVY HER.
ONLY A FOOL ENVIES FOOLS. DON’T ENVY BABYLON. YOU SEE THESE
PEOPLE WHEELING AND DEALING, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE SO MUCH AND
YOU WANT SOME OF IT. GENE MCCOMBS IS NOW IN HEAVEN, WHO
WAS A MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH AND A MIGHTY PREACHER OF THE WORD OF
GOD; HE SHARED A STORY WITH ME I THINK I SHARED WITH YOU IN THE
PAST. BUT HE GOT, WAS GETTING OFF AN AIRPLANE ONE TIME,
REACHED UP TO GET HIS THINGS UP OVERHEAD, HIS HAND FELL ON A
STACK OF PAPER. HE PULLED IT OUT, IT WAS A STACK OF, OF, AH,
BILLS, HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS. SO HE SAID, “WHAT ABOUT THAT?” BIG
STACK, WITH A RUBBER BAND AROUND THEM. PUT HIS HAND UP THERE
AGAIN. ANOTHER STACK OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS. TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN COLD CASH. HE LOOKED AT IT. HE’D NEVER HELD
THAT MUCH MONEY, HE BELIEVED, IN COLD CASH IN HIS HANDS. HE WENT
TO THE PILOT, WAITED UNTIL EVERYBODY GOT OFF THE PLANE.
WENT TO THE PILOT OF THE PLANE AND SAID, “I FOUND A SUBSTANTIAL
AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THIS, AH, PLANE. WHAT SHOULD I DO? THE
PILOT DIRECTED HIM TO A CERTAIN OFFICE THERE IN THE AIRPORT. HE
WENT TO THE OFFICE AND, AH, PUT THE MONEY ON THE DESK OF THE MAN
AND SAID, “HERE’S THE MONEY.” THE MAN’S FILLING OUT A REPORT.
HE SAID, “WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS MONEY?” HE SAID, “WELL,
IF NOBODY COMES TO CLAIM IT, IT’LL BE YOURS.” ABOUT THAT TIME
A MAN CAME INTO THE OFFICE. THAT MAN WAS SHABBILY DRESSED, AH,
SCROUNGY-LOOKING DISHEVELED HAIR, AH, JUST DRESSED IN A VERY
CRUDE, ROUGH CLOTHING. UNKEMPT. HE WALKED IN AND SAID, “I LOST
SOME MONEY ON THAT AIRPLANE. HAS IT BEEN REPORTED?” THE MAN
BEHIND THE DESK SAID, “WELL, AH, TELL ME WHAT YOU LOST. DESCRIBE
IT EXACTLY.” HE SAID, “TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. TWO PACKETS.
SO MUCH IN ONE PACKET, SO MUCH IN ANOTHER PACKET. DESCRIBED IT
PERFECTLY. THE MAN SAID, “YES, WE HAVE YOUR MONEY. HERE IT IS.”
THAT MAN PICKED UP THAT MONEY NEVER SAID THANK YOU, NEVER SAID
BOO, JUST TURNED AROUND AND WALKED OUT. GENE SAID I WAS AT
LEAST EXPECTING A THANK YOU. NOT A WORD. AND HE SAID, “I GOT IN A
CAB TO GO TO MY MEETING AND THE DEVIL GOT IN THE CAB WITH ME.”
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] HE SAID, “I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT AND
THE DEVIL BEGAN WHISPERING TO ME AND SAY, ‘SIR, YOU ARE A FOOL.
YOU KNOW THAT WAS DRUG MONEY. YOU KNOW THAT MAN WAS NO GOOD.
THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR GOOD FOR YOU FOR WHATEVER.
YOU’RE A FOOL THAT YOU JUST GAVE IT BACK. HE DID NOT EVEN SAY
THANK YOU.” GENE SAID, “THE DEVIL WAS WORKING ON ME.” AND
THEN I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT WHAT I HAVE IN THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, HOW HE CALLED ME, HOW HE SAVED ME, HOW HE BOUGHT ME, HOW
HE KEEPS ME, HOW HE GIVES ME JOY DAY BY DAY AND THERE’S LAID UP
FOR ME A CROWN OF GLORY.” AND HE SAID, “I BEGAN TO TALK BACK TO
THE DEVIL AND I SPOKE OUT LOUD.” AND I SAID, “BUT LOOK WHAT I’VE
GOT.” THE CAB DRIVER KNEW NO ONE ELSE WAS BACK THERE. [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] IT FRIGHTENED HIM. HE THOUGHT MAYBE GENE HAD A GUN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] AND HE SAID, “LOOK WHAT I’VE GOT.” AND HE
SAID, “WHAT’S THAT BUDDY, WHAT DID YOU SAY?” AND HE SAID,
“NEVER MIND, I WAS JUST TALKING TO THE DEVIL.” [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] HE SAID THE CAB DRIVER NEVER TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE REAR
VIEW MIRROR FROM THAT TIME ON. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] FRIEND, I
WANT TO TELL YOU YOU AND I NEED TO SAY TO THAT DIRTY DEVIL,
“LOOK WHAT I’VE GOT. LOOK WHAT I’VE GOT.” COME OUT OF HER,
DON’T ENVY HER, DON’T ENVY HER. AND HERE’S THE LAST THING I WANT
TO SAY. REJOICE OVER HER. LOOK IN VERSE 20 OF THIS CHAPTER. THE
BIBLE TEACHES THAT ONE DAY IT’S ALL COMING TO A CLIMAX. AND THE
BIBLE SAYS THAT, AH, WE ARE TO REJOICE OVER HER. LOOK IN VERSE
20. AH, “REJOICE OVER HER, OH THOU HEAVEN, AND YE HOLY
APOSTLES AND PROPHETS; FOR GOD HATH AVENGED YOU ON HER.” DON’T
YOU EVER LET THE DEVIL GET YOU TO THINKING NEGATIVELY ABOUT
GOD. FRIEND, WE’RE ON THE WINNING SIDE. AND ALL GOD’S
PEOPLE SAID? [AUDIENCE: AMEN] QUESTION. LISTEN NOW, LISTEN,
DON’T EVEN PUT UP YOUR BOOKS, JUST RIGHT HERE AT ME. DO YOU
KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IF YOU DIED TODAY YOU WOULD GO TO HEAVEN? DO
YOU KNOW TODAY THAT IF JESUS WERE TO COME YOU’D NOT BE LEFT
BEHIND? WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER? HEADS ARE BOWED AND
EYES ARE CLOSED. IF YOU’RE NOT CERTAIN THAT YOU’RE SAVED, WOULD
YOU PRAY A PRAYER LIKE THIS? “DEAR GOD, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
I’M A SINNER. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY SIN DESERVES JUDGMENT BUT I
NEED MERCY. I WANT TO BE SAVED. I WANT TO BE FORGIVEN. I WANT TO
BE CLEAN. I WANT YOUR SPIRIT IN MY LIFE. JESUS YOU DIED TO SAVE
ME. YOU SHED YOUR BLOOD ON THE CROSS TO PAY FOR MY SIN. I
BELIEVE IT AND I RECEIVE IT. COME INTO MY HEART RIGHT NOW.
TAKE POSSESSION AND CONTROL OVER MY LIFE. I YIELD MYSELF TO YOU.
I TRUST YOU AS MY PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR. I DO IT RIGHT NOW.
AND I AM SERIOUS ABOUT IT LORD JESUS. I AM WEAK BUT I AM
SERIOUS. I WILL LIVE FOR YOU BY YOUR GRACE AND FOR YOUR GLORY,
IF YOU WILL ONLY SUSTAIN ME AND HELP ME AND I KNOW YOU WILL.
THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOR COMING INTO MY HEART. AND LORD TO SHOW
I MEAN BUSINESS; I WILL MAKE IT PUBLIC. I WILL NOT BE ASHAMED OF
YOU. IN YOUR NAME I PRAY. AMEN.” WELL AMEN. I’M SO GLAD YOU’VE
BEEN LISTENING. NOW FRIEND, ONE MORE TIME, I WANT TO INVITE YOU
TO INVITE CHRIST INTO YOUR LIFE AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND
SAVIOR. I’M TALKING BEYOND DENOMINATIONAL AFFILIATION,
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, GOOD DEEDS AND ALL OF THE REST. NONE OF
THESE NOR ALL OF THESE CAN SAVE; YOU MUST TRUST IN JESUS. THE
BIBLE SAYS, “BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND YOU WILL BE
SAVED.” THAT MEANS THAT EVERY SIN IS FORGIVEN, BURIED IN THE
GRAVE OF GOD’S FORGETFULNESS. THAT MEANS THAT GOD COMES INTO
YOUR HEART TO GIVE YOU PURPOSE, PEACE AND POWER WHILE YOU ARE
HERE ON THIS EARTH. AND THEN IT MEANS, THANK GOD, THAT WHEN WE
DIE OR WHEN JESUS COMES, WE’RE GOING STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN. WOULD
YOU PRAY AND ASK CHRIST INTO YOUR HEART? I INVITE YOU TO PRAY
A PRAYER LIKE THIS, PRAY IT SINCERELY, “DEAR GOD, I’M A
SINNER, I’M LOST, I CANNOT SAVE MYSELF. JESUS, YOU DIED TO SAVE
ME, YOU PROMISED TO SAVE ME IF I WOULD TRUST YOU. I DO TRUST YOU
JESUS, I REALLY DO; RIGHT NOW LIKE A LITTLE CHILD. COME INTO
MY HEART, INTO MY LIFE, TAKE CONTROL OF MY LIFE AND BEGIN NOW
TO MAKE ME THE PERSON YOU WANT ME TO BE. AND HELP ME NEVER,
EVER, EVER TO BE ASHAMED OF YOU. THANK YOU JESUS, FOR SAVING ME.”
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