THERE IS ONE VERY IMPORTANT
QUESTION EVERY PERSON WILL BE ASKED AND THEIR DESTINY HINGES
ON THE ANSWER, WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? WELL HE’S MORE THAN A
MAN, HE’S MORE THAN A GREAT MAN. ISLAMIC FAITH CALLS HIM A
PROPHET; BUT HE’S MORE THAN A PROPHET. THE LIBERAL LOOKS
UPON HIM AS A PHILOSOPHER OR A TEACHER OR AN EXAMPLE; WHO IS
JESUS CHRIST? HE IS THE MIGHTY GOD! THAT’S WHO JESUS CHRIST
IS. AND I WOULD SAY TODAY, THAT THE RICH MAN IS POOR,
THE MIGHTY MAN IS WEAK AND THE EDUCATED MAN IS A FOOL IF HE
DOES NOT KNOW WHO JESUS CHRIST IS. NO ONE CAN CLAIM TO BE
TRULY EDUCATED WHO IS IGNORANT OF JESUS CHRIST. ADRIAN
ROGERS BUILT HIS MINISTRY ON A FOUNDATION OF SOUND, BIBLICAL
TRUTH. TODAY WE DIVE INTO THAT TRUTH AS WE CONTINUE OUR
SERIES, THE TRIUMPH OF THE LAMB. FOLLOW ALONG WITH PASTOR
ROGERS OUTLINE, NOTES OR A COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY’S
MESSAGE AT LWF.ORG. NOW, HERE’S ADRIAN ROGERS. NOW TAKE GOD’S WORD, THE BOOK
OF THE REVELATION, AND FIND CHAPTER 10. THE TITLE OF OUR
STUDY TODAY IS, “JESUS THE ONE AND ONLY.” WHO IS JESUS
CHRIST? WELL, HE’S MORE THAN A MAN. HE’S MORE THAN A GREAT
MAN. AH, THE ISLAMIC FAITH CALLS HIM A PROPHET BUT
HE’S MORE THAN A PROPHET. THE LIBERAL LOOKS UPON HIM AS A
PHILOSOPHER, OR A TEACHER, OR AN EXAMPLE. WHO IS JESUS
CHRIST? HE IS THE MIGHTY GOD. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] THAT’S WHO
JESUS CHRIST IS. AND I WOULD SAY TODAY THAT THE RICH MAN IS
POOR, THE MIGHTY, THE MIGHTY MAN IS WEAK, AND THE EDUCATED
MAN IS A FOOL, IF HE DOES NOT KNOW WHO JESUS CHRIST IS.
NO ONE CAN CLAIM TO BE TRULY EDUCATED WHO IS IGNORANT OF
JESUS CHRIST. WE’RE GOING TO FIND JESUS CHRIST HERE IN THIS
TENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION. NOW WE ARE
STUDYING THAT PORTION OF TIME IN THIS, IN THE BOOK OF THE
REVELATION CALLED THE GREAT TRIBULATION. JESUS SAID, IN
MATTHEW CHAPTER 24, THERE’S COMING A TIME OF TROUBLE LIKE
THERE’S NEVER BEEN HERE UPON THE EARTH. AND, AH, JESUS
SAYS THAT THERE NEVER WILL BE ANOTHER TIME LIKE IT. IT IS
CALLED THE GREAT TRIBULATION. IT IS A PERIOD OF ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS. IT WILL BEGIN AFTER THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH. I
BELIEVE, AND WE’RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE LESSON ON THIS SOON;
THAT THE CHURCH WILL BE TAKEN OUT AT THE RAPTURE. WHEN THE
TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST.
WE WHICH REMAIN AND ARE ALIVE WILL BE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM TO
MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE
LORD. BUT HISTORY WILL NOT COME TO A CONCLUSION AT THAT
TIME. HISTORY WILL STILL BE GOING ON ON PLANET EARTH. AND
PLANET EARTH WILL ENTER INTO A PERIOD OF TIME, BASICALLY
SEVEN YEARS, KNOWN AS THE GREAT TRIBULATION. LITERALLY,
THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS ARE THE GREAT
TRIBULATION OUT OF THAT TRIBULATION. NOW IT’S
DELINEATED, AND I DON’T WANT TO GET TOO COMPLICATED
HERE BUT I’M JUST TRYING TO RECAPITULATE AND SET THE
STAGE. IT IS DELINEATED BY THE OPENING OF A SCROLL OR A
SEVEN-SEALED BOOK. AND ONE-BY-ONE AS THE SEALS
ARE BROKEN AND THE SCROLL IS UNROLLED, THE HORRORS OF THE
TRIBULATION COME BEFORE US. AND WE’VE SEEN THE OPENING
OF THESE SEVEN SEALS AND DELINEATED RIGHT HERE, THE
OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL. NOW WHEN WE COME DOWN TO THE
OPENING OF THE LAST OF THESE SEVEN SEALS THAT SEAL BREAKS
OUT INTO SEVEN TRUMPETS. AND THE TRUMPETS SOUND AND THE
HORRORS INTENSIFY. AND SO WE’VE BEEN STUDYING, AH,
THE SOUNDING OF THE SEVEN TRUMPETS. AND WE CAME RIGHT
DOWN, AH, TO THE LAST OF THESE TRUMPETS BUT THE SEVENTH
TRUMPET HAS NOT YET SOUNDED. AND WE COME TO A PARENTHETICAL
PASSAGE. YOU KNOW WHAT A PARENTHESIS IS. A LITTLE BOY
WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET. AND HE LIVED IN A COWBOY TOWN.
AND COWBOYS, YOU KNOW, ARE BOW-LEGGED. AND A LITTLE BOY
LOOKED AT A BOW-LEGGED, SOME BOW-LEGGED COWBOYS, AND
HE SAID, “DAD LOOK AT THEM BOW-LEGGED MEN.” HIS DAD SAID,
“NOW THAT IS NOT GOOD ENGLISH, SON. I’M GOING TO SEND YOU
TO FINISHING SCHOOL.” THE BOY WENT OFF TO FINISHING SCHOOL
AND CAME BACK. AND THE DAD AND THE BOY WERE WALKING DOWN
THE STREET. AND THE LITTLE BOY SAID, “BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER OF
MEN ARE THESE WHO WEAR THEIR KNEES IN PARENTHESES.”
NOW, [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] AH, [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] A
PARENTHESES, IT’S, IT’S SOMETHING THAT, EH, GOES ON
EITHER SIDE OF A, OF A, OF A STATEMENT. WHAT WE HAVE
HERE IS, THE, A PARENTHETICAL CHAPTER. AFTER THE BLOWING
OF THE SIXTH TRUMPET, WE’RE WAITING FOR THE SEVENTH
TRUMPET TO BLOW. AND GOD, IN MERCY, GIVES US THIS BEAUTIFUL
PARENTHESES. ALWAYS, WE ARE REMIND, WE ARE REMINDED OF THE
GRACE AND THE POWER OF GOD. AND WHAT WE FIND HERE IN THE
TENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION IS A GLORIOUS
PICTURE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. AND SO, AH, LET’S LOOK, IF WE WILL, HERE
IN CHAPTER 10 VERSE ONE. JOHN SAYS, “AND I SAW ANOTHER
MIGHTY ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, CLOTHED WITH A CLOUD:
AND A RAINBOW WAS UPON HIS HEAD, AND HIS FACE WAS AS IT
WERE THE SUN, AND HIS FEET AS PILLARS OF FIRE.” QUESTION:
WHO IS THIS MIGHTY ANGEL? I BELIEVE THIS ANGEL IS THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. YOU SAY, “PASTOR, I DIDN’T KNOW
THAT JESUS IS DELINEATED AND DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE AS AN
ANGEL.” YES, REMEMBER THAT THE, AH, NEW TESTAMENT HAD NOT
BEEN WRITTEN WHEN JOHN IS HERE ON THE ISLE OF PATMOS, AT
LEAST IT HAD NOT BEEN COMPILED AND GIVEN TO US. IT WAS BEING
WRITTEN. BUT JOHN HAD THE OLD TESTAMENT. AND IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT, JESUS IS CALLED AN ANGEL. FOR EXAMPLE, IN GENESIS
CHAPTER 22 AND VERSE 15, “AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CALLED
UNTO ABRAHAM OUT OF HEAVEN THE SECOND TIME.” NOW THAT WAS
JESUS. HE’S CALLED HERE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. OR AGAIN,
IN ISAIAH, CH, AH, 63 AND VERSE NINE, “IN ALL THEIR
AFFLICTION,” THAT IS GOD’S, THE, THE AFFLICTION OF GOD’S
PEOPLE, HE HIMSELF, GOD WAS AFFLICTED, “AND THE ANGEL OF
HIS PRESENCE SAVED THEM.” NOW JESUS IS CALLED THE ANGEL OF
JEHOVAH’S PRESENCE. WE CALL THESE OLD TESTAMENT
APPEARANCES OF CHRIST AS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD,
THEOPHANIES. AND SO, HERE JOHN, IN, IN THE BOOK OF THE
REVELATION, AH, SEES JESUS. I BELIEVE IT’S JESUS, AND I
THINK YOU WILL AGREE AS WE STUDY HIS DESCRIPTION HERE
IN THIS TENTH CHAPTER. AND THERE’RE FOUR THINGS I WANT
YOU TO LEARN ABOUT OUR SAVIOR, JESUS THE ONE AND ONLY. ARE
YOU READY FOR THEM? ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT YOU TO
SEE WHAT I’M GONNA CALL THE MAJESTY OF HIS PERSON, THE
MAJESTY OF HIS PERSON. LOOK AGAIN IN VERSE ONE, “AND I SAW
ANOTHER MIGHTY ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, CLOTHED WITH A
CLOUD: AND A RAINBOW WAS UPON HIS HEAD, AND HIS FACE WAS AS
IT WERE THE SUN, AND HIS FEET AS PILLARS OF FIRE.” I SUGGEST
TO YOU THAT DESCRIBES THE SAME JESUS THAT WE SAW IN CHAPTER
ONE. SEE HIS GLORY. HE’S CLOTHED WITH A CLOUD. NOW WHAT
CLOUD IS HE TALKING ABOUT? THE GLORY CLOUD; THE SHEKINAH
GLORY OF GOD. THE CLOUD IS THE GARMENT OF DIVINE PRESENCE.
REVELATION CHAPTER ONE VERSE SEVEN, PUT IT IN YOUR MARGIN.
SPEAKING OF THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS, IT SAYS, “BEHOLD
HE COMETH WITH CLOUDS.” NOW THAT’S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
CIRRUS CLOUDS OR THE CUMULUS CLOUDS THAT ARE IN THE SKY.
IT IS TALKING ABOUT THE GLORY CLOUDS. THE ROUND ABOUT HIM
IS THE SHEKINAH GLORY OF GOD. WHEN GOD LED ISRAEL THROUGH
THE WILDERNESS, WHEN THEY WERE COMING OUT OF EGYPT INTO THE
PROMISED LAND, HE LED THEM WITH A GLORY CLOUD. A PILLAR
OF CLOUD BY FIRE, AH, AH, A PILLAR A, OF FIRE BY, AH,
NIGHT AND A, A CLOUD BY THE DAYTIME. THAT CLOUD AND THAT
FIRE IS THE SHEKINAH GLORY OF GOD. AND BY THE WAY ARE YOU
IN THE WILDERNESS? GOD’S NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A ROAD MAP. GOD
WILL GIVE YOU A GLORY CLOUD. JUST KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. MY LORD KNOWS THE WAY THROUGH THE
WILDERNESS. GOD LED THEM WITH A CLOUD. WHEN THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST WAS ON THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION, AND, AH,
AH, PETER WANTED TO BUILD A TABERNACLE UP THERE BECAUSE HE
SAW JESUS IN ALL OF HIS GLORY. THE BIBLE SAYS A CLOUD CAME
AND JUST ENCIRCLED THEM AND ENGULFED THEM AND A VOICE FROM
HEAVEN SAYING, “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, HEAR HIM.” WHAT
WAS, WHAT WAS THE LESSON THERE ABOUT THE GLORY CLOUD? WORSHIP
IS NOT A PLACE; IT’S A PERSON. JESUS CHRIST. AND FRIEND
YOU CAN WORSHIP JESUS CHRIST ANYWHERE. CAN YOU NOT? AND SO
THE CLOUD HERE SPEAKS OF HIS GLORY. SEE HIS GLORY IS
CLOTHED WITH A CROWD, A CLOUD. AND THEN SEE HIS GRACE. “A
RAINBOW IS UPON HIS HEAD.” WHAT DOES A RAINBOW SPEAK OF
IN VERSE ONE? IT SPEAKS OF OUR COVENANT-KEEPING SAVIOR.
GOD HUNG A RAINBOW IN THE SKY AFTER THE FLOOD TO REMIND
PEOPLE OF HIS COVENANT, OF HIS GRACE. THANK GOD THAT WE HAVE
A GOD WHO WILL NEVER, NO NEVER BREAK HIS WORD. CAN YOU
IMAGINE HOW NOAH MUST HAVE FELT WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THAT
ARK AND LOOKED AT THE RUIN AND THE SLIME OF A, OF A, OF A
CREATION THAT HAD BEEN UTTERLY DESTROYED? AND THEN HE LOOKS
UP THERE AND SEES HOW GOD HAS HUNG A RAINBOW LIKE A SCARF
ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE STORM. AND THERE IS THAT GLORIOUS
RAINBOW IN RED, AND ORANGE, AND YELLOW, AND GREEN, AND
BLUE, AND INDIGO, AND VIOLET. THERE IT IS IN THE SKY AND GOD
SAYS, “THIS IS A SYMBOL OF MY PROMISE, MY COVENANT WITH YOU.
THIS IS MY PEACE AFTER THE STORM.” AND SO YOU SEE HIS
GLORY, THE CLOUD. YOU SEE HIS GRACE, THE RAINBOW. YOU SEE
HIS STRENGTH. LOOK AGAIN IN VERSE ONE. THE BIBLE SAYS,
“AND HIS FACE WAS AS IT WERE THE SUN.” NOW, IN THE BOOK OF
THE REVELATION, AH, THE SUN IS A SYMBOL OF STRENGTH.
REVELATION 1:16, “AND HE LAID HIS, HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND
SEVEN STARS: AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH WENT A SHARP TWO-EDGED
SWARD: AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS AS THE SUN SHINETH IN ITS
STRENGTH.” THINK OF THE INCREDIBLE POWER IN THE VERY
FACE OF THE SUN THAT HANGS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. WELL,
FRIEND, THAT SPEAKS OF THE RADIANT POWER THE STRENGTH OF
OUR GREAT GOD. HERE HE IS, AH, WITH, AH, THE SHEKINAH GLORY
ENVELOPING HIM. HERE HE IS CROWNED WITH A RAINBOW, WHICH
SPEAKS OF HIS COVENANT. AND HERE HIS FACE IS RADIANT IN
ITS STRENGTH. AND THAT’S, AH, AND THAT SPEAKS OF THE
STRENGTH OF OUR DEAR SAVIOR. FOR YEARS MEN USED TO THINK
THAT THE EARTH WAS THE CENTER OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. AND SO
THE ASTRONOMERS WOULD, FI, FIGURE. THEY WOULD DO THEIR,
AH, MATH. THEY WOULD DO THEIR, AH, OBSERVATIONS. AND NOTHING
EVER SEEMED TO COME TOGETHER. THEN THERE WAS A MAN NAMED
COPERNICUS. COPERNICUS STUDIED AND THOUGHT. AND HE CAME TO
THE TRUTH THAT THE EARTH IS NOT THE CENTER OF OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM; AND, THE, THE, AH, SUN DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND THE
EARTH; AH, THAT THE EARTH AND THE OTHER PLANETS ARE IN ORBIT
AROUND THE SUN. AND WHEN, WHEN, COPERNIPUS, COPERNICUS
CAME UP WITH THIS, AH, WONDERFUL TRUTH, THEN
EVERYTHING FELL IN PLACE WHEN THE SUN, S-U-N WAS THE CENTER.
WELL, FRIEND, THE, IT’S GONNA BE THE SAME WAY IN YOUR
LIFE; WHEN YOU MAKE THE SON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, THE CENTER OF YOUR LIFE. THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER
FALLEN INTO PLACE ARE GOING TO FALL IN TO PLACE. JESUS,
AH, IS THE ONE WHO HOLDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER BY HIS
STRENGTH. AND THEN SEE HIS HOLINESS, “HIS FEET ARE LIKE
PILLARS OF FIRE.” NOW IN THE, AH, IN CHAPTER ONE, WE SEE THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. HIS FEET ARE LIKE, AH, BRASS AS THEY
BURN WITH FIRE. THE PICTURE IS, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS
GOING FORTH IN HOLINESS TO JUDGE. FIRE CONSUMES. AH, FIRE
CLEANSES. FIRE SPREADS. ALL OF THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST. AND I SEE THE MAJESTY OF HIS PERSON IN VERSE
ONE. DON’T WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SAVIOR? [AUDIENCE: AMEN] NOW
FRIEND, I, I, I WANT TO TELL YOU, AS I STUDIED THIS
PASSAGE, AND AS I GET INTO THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION, I
HAVE JUST COME TO LOVE AND APPRECIATE, ADORE AND FEAR, IN
THE RIGHT SENSE OF THE WORD, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. AND
I AM CONVINCED THAT WHAT BELLEVUE BAPTIST CHURCH NEEDS
AND WHAT I NEED MORE AND MORE OF IS TO LEARN HOW TO TOTALLY
WORSHIP THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. WHAT IS WORSHIP? [AUDIENCE:
AMEN] WORSHIP IS ALL THAT I AM RESPONDING TO ALL THAT HE
IS. DO YOU WORSHIP HIM? I HOPE TODAY, AS YOU STUDY THE BOOK
OF THE REVELATION, THAT YOU’LL NOT JUST GET FACTS AND FIGURES
BUT THAT YOU WILL SEE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. REVELATION IS A,
EH, THE BOOK IS AN UNVEILING OF JESUS CHRIST. NOW WE’RE NOT
TALKING ABOUT WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO COME [AUDIENCE: AMEN] THAT’S WHAT
THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION IS ABOUT. AND SO NUMBER ONE, THE
MAJESTY OF HIS PERSON. THAT’S VERSE ONE. GOT IT? SAY, GOT
IT. [AUDIENCE: GOT IT] OKAY, GOOD! NOW, NUMBER TWO. HERE’S
THE SECOND THING I WANT YOU TO SEE IN THIS CHAPTER AS WE TALK
ABOUT JESUS THE ONE AND ONLY. NOT ONLY THE MAJESTY OF HIS
PERSON, VERSE ONE, BUT THE MASTERY OF HIS POWER, THE
MASTERY OF HIS POWER. VERSE TWO, LOOK AT IT, “AND HE
HAD IN HIS HAND A LITTLE BOOK OPEN.” AH, NOW WHEN IT WAS
FIRST GIVEN TO HIM, IT WAS SEALED. BUT NOW HE’S OPENED
THE SEALS. “AND HE SET HIS RIGHT FOOT UPON THE SEA AND
HIS LEFT FOOT UPON THE EARTH.” NOW WE’VE ALREADY SEEN THIS
LITTLE BOOK. WE SAW IT IN CHAPTER FIVE. IT IS THE TITLE
DEED OF THE UNIVERSE. AND THE BREAKING OF THESE SEALS OF
THIS LITTLE BOOK AND THE OPENING OF THIS BOOK SHOW HOW
JESUS CHRIST IS COMING, AH, TO JUDGE THE EARTH AND TO TAKE
HIS PURCHASED POSSESSION THAT IS HIS. IT IS HIS BY CREATION,
IT IS HIS BY CALVARY, IT IS HIS BY CONQUEST. AND HE HAS
BROKEN THE SEALS AND WE’VE SEEN ALL SEVEN OF THESE SEALS
AS THEY ARE OPENED. AND SO, WE SEE, NOW, THIS MIGHTY ANGEL.
THIS MIGHTY ANGEL HAS ONE FOOT UPON THE LAND. HE HAS THE
OTHER FOOT UPON THE SEA. AND [CLAP] IN HIS HAND IS THE
TITLE DEED AND ALL OF THE SEALS HAVE BEEN BROKEN. THE
ENTIRE SCROLL HAS BEEN OPENED. WHAT IS THIS TALKING ABOUT?
FRIEND, IT IS TALKING ABOUT THE MASTERY OF THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST. IN BIBLE TIMES, WHEN A CONQUEROR WOULD COME AND TAKE
A LAND, AND ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS A CONTINENT THAT HAD, AH,
OR A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAD A SEA SHORE, AH, WHAT HE
WOULD DO AS A SYMBOL THAT HE HAD PREVAILED, WOULD BE TO
STAND ON THE SHORE AND PUT ONE FOOT IN THE WATER, ANOTHER
FOOT ON THE LAND, AND RAISE HIS HAND IN VICTORY. WHAT IT
MEANS IS, THAT THIS HAS BEEN CONQUERED. IT HAS BEEN
SUBDUED. JUST AS GOD TOLD JOSHUA, “EVERY PLACE THAT THE
SOLE OF YOUR FOOT SHALL TREAD UPON, THAT HAVE I GIVEN YOU.”
FRIEND, WON’T IT BE A DAY WHEN JESUS PUTS HIS FOOT UPON THE
LAND AND UPON THE SEA? WHAT DOES IT SYMBOLIZE? IT
SYMBOLIZES EVERY DROP OF WATER AND EVERY GRAIN OF SAND
BELONGS TO JESUS CHRIST. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] IT IS ALL
HIS. PEOPLE ARE ASKING, “WHAT THE WORLD’S COMING TO?” IT,
IT’S COMING TO JESUS. IT IS COMING TO JESUS. IT WAS ALL
MADE BY HIM AND FOR HIM AND IT IS COMING TO HIM. PUT IN YOUR
MARGIN COLOSSIANS ONE VERSE 16, “FOR BY HIM WERE ALL
THINGS CREATED, THAT ARE IN HEAVEN, AND THAT ARE IN EARTH,
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THEY BE THRONES, OR DOMINIONS,
OR PRINCIPALITIES, OR POWERS: ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY
HIM AND FOR HIM.” NOW, IF HIS MAJESTY CAUSES MY TOTAL
WORSHIP. HIS MASTERY OUGHT TO CAUSE MY TOTAL SURRENDER. I
MEAN, HE IS LORD. EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW TO HIM AND EVERY
TONGUE SHALL CONFESS TO THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF
LORDS. JESUS, THE ONE AND ONLY. ALL RIGHT, LET’S MOVE.
NOW, WE’VE SEEN, WE, WE’VE SEEN, AH, THE MAJESTY OF HIS
PERSON. HERE’S THE ONE CLOTHED WITH THE GLORY CLOUD, THE
RAINBOW. HERE’S, HERE IS THE ONE WHOSE FEET ARE LIKE, AH,
BURNING BRASS. HERE IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN ALL OF
HIS MAJESTY. AND THEN WE’VE SEEN HIS MASTERY. HE’S GOT
HIS FOOT UPON THE LAND AND THE SEA. THE SE, BOOK IS OPENED.
HE HAS TAKEN POSSESSION OF THIS EARTH. NOW, LET’S MOVE TO
THE THIRD THING AND SEE, AH, THE, THE MYSTERY OF HIS PLANS,
THE MYSTERY OF HIS PLANS. NOW BEGINNING IN VERSE THREE, “AND
HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, AS WHEN A LION, A LION ROARETH:
AND WHEN HE HAD CRIED, SEVEN THUNDERS UTTERED THEIR VOICES.
AND WHEN THE SEVEN THUNDERS HAD UTTERED THEIR VOICES, I
WAS ABOUT TO WRITE: AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN
SAYING UNTO ME, ‘SEAL UP THOSE THINGS WHICH THE SEVEN
THUNDERS UTTERED AND WRITE THEM NOT.’ AND THE ANGEL WHICH
I SAW STAND UPON THE SEA AND UPON THE EARTH LIFTED HIS HAND
TO HEAVEN, AND SWARE BY HIM THAT LIVETH FOR EVER AND EVER,
WHO CREATED HEAVEN, AND THE THINGS THAT THEREIN ARE, AND
THE EARTH, AND THE THINGS THAT THEREIN ARE, AND THE SEA, AND
THE THINGS WHICH ARE THEREIN, THAT THERE SHOULD BE TIME NO
LONGER: BUT IN THE DAYS OF THE VOICE OF THE SEVENTH ANGEL,
WHEN HE SHALL BEGIN TO SOUND, THE MYSTERY OF GOD SHOULD BE
FINISHED, AS HE HATH DECLARED TO HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS.”
THE MYSTERY OF GOD AS HE HATH DECLARED. NOW, I WANT YOU TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION WORKS. OUT OF, AH,
OUT OF THE SEVEN SEALS, OUT OF THE LAST OF THE SEVEN SEALS
COMES SEVEN TRUMPETS. AND WHEN THE SEVENTH TRUMPET IS TO
SOUND, OUT OF THE SEVENTH TRUMPET, THERE COMES SEVEN
THUNDERS. AND SO HERE IS JOHN, HE’S SEEING ALL OF THIS. NOW
THE SEALS HAVE BEEN OPENED. AND, AND NOW THE TRUMPETS HAVE
SOUNDED. AH, THIS, THE LAST TRUMPET IS ABOUT TO SOUND, AND
HE DISCOVERS THAT IN THE LAST TRUMPET THERE ARE SEVEN
THUNDERS. AND IT’S ALL VERY MYSTERIOUS TO HIM. THERE COMES
TO HIM A MESSAGE. NOW I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SEVERAL THINGS
ABOUT THIS MESSAGE. NUMBER ONE: IT IS A STARTLING
MESSAGE. LOOK IN VERSE THREE, “AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD
VOICE.” WHO IS THIS, IS, WITH A, A LOUD VOICE. IT’S THIS
MIGHTY ANGEL. IT IS THE ANGEL OF GOD’S PRESENCE. IT IS THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. THE WORD ANGEL LITERALLY MEANS
MESSENGER. ANGELOS MEANS MESSENGER. IT DOESN’T
DEPICT SOMEONE WITH WINGS, BUT SOMEBODY WHO SPEAKS FOR GOD,
SOMEONE. “AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE,” THAT MEANS HE
SHOUTED, “AS WHEN A LION ROARETH: AND WHEN HE HAD
CRIED, SEVEN THUNDERS UTTERED THEIR VOICES.” CAN YOU IMAGINE
JESUS SPEAKING WITH A ROAR OF A LION? NOW, WE SEE JESUS OVER
HERE DEPICTED AS A SACRIFICIAL LAMB. BUT IN THE BOOK OF
THE REVELATION ALSO, JESUS IS PICTURED, SEE OVER HERE TO
MY LEFT AND YOUR RIGHT AS THE SOVEREIGN KING. JESUS, IN THE
BOOK OF THE REVELATION, IS NOT ONLY THE LAMB OF GOD; HE
IS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. PUT IN YOUR MARGIN,
REVELATION CHAPTER FIVE VERSE FIVE, “AND ONE OF THE ELDERS
SAITH UNTO ME, ‘WEEP NOT: BEHOLD, THE LION OF THE TRIBE
OF JUDAH, THE ROOT OF DAVID, HATH PREVAILED TO OPEN THE
BOOK.’” NOW HE HAS OPENED THE BOOK. THERE IS IN HIS [CLAP]
RIGHT HAND THE BOOK. IT IS OPENED. THE LION HAS PREVAILED
AND NOW THE LION ROARS! A LION ROARS WHEN HE’S ABOUT THE
POUNCE TO PETRIFY HIS PREY. JOEL CHAPTER THREE AND VERSE
16, “THE LORD SHALL ROAR OUT OF ZION.” NOW LISTEN TO
ME, WHEN JESUS CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED, AS A LAMB IS
DUMB BEFORE HIS SHEARERS, ITS SHEARERS, SO HE OPENED NOT HIS
MOUTH. ONE OF THESE DAYS THE LION WILL ROAR. [AUDIENCE:
AMEN] JESUS SAID, “THIS IS YOUR DAY; MY DAY IS NOT YET
COME.” HERE IS A STARTLING MESSAGE, THE LION ROARS. BUT
NOT ONLY IS IT A STARTLING MESSAGE, IT’S A SEALED
MESSAGE. LOOK NOW IN VERSE THREE. “AND HE CRIED WITH A
LOUD VOICE, AS A LION ROARETH: AND WHEN HE HAD CRIED,
SEVEN THUNDERS UTTERED THEIR VOICES.” NOW THUNDER MEANS
THAT IT’S ABOUT TO STORM. “AND WHEN THE SEVEN THUNDERS HAD
UTTERED THEIR VOICES, I WAS ABOUT TO WRITE: AND I HEARD A
VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING UNTO ME, ‘SEAL UP THOSE THINGS
WHICH THE SEVEN THUNDERS UTTERED, AND WRITE THEM NOT.’”
THAT’S VERY INTERESTING. SEVEN THUNDERS HAVE BEEN SEALED UP.
JOHN IS SITTING THERE ABOUT TO WRITE AND GOD SAYS, “PUT YOUR
PEN DOWN. DON’T WRITE WHAT YOU’VE SEEN.” NOW WHAT DOES
THAT TELL ME? IT TELLS ME, FRIEND, THAT IN THE WAYS OF
GOD, THE MYSTERIES OF GOD, SOME THINGS ARE TOO WONDERFUL
FOR EXPLANATIONS AND SOME THINGS ARE TOO TERRIBLE FOR
DESCRIPTION. GOD SAID, JUST DON’T WRITE IT, JUST SEAL IT
UP. NOW IT’S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN
THESE SEVEN THUNDERS. HUH, THEY TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS
NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EXPLAINED. WILL ROGERS, THE PHILOSOPHER
FROM OKLAHOMA, OF ANOTHER ERA, NO RELATION TO ME, BUT I WISH
HE WERE. SAID, “PEOPLE DON’T SHOW THEIR IGNORANCE BY NOT
KNOWING SO MUCH AS THEY DO BY KNOWING SO MUCH THAT AIN’T
SO.” [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] AND HERE SOME PEOPLE TRY TO
EXPLAIN WHAT THESE SEVEN, SUN, THUNDERS ARE. AND GOD SAID
“JUST, JUST SEAL THEM UP.” THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU WILL
NOT UNDERSTAND UNTIL IT COMES TO PASS. I THINK THE CLASSIC
VERSE IS IN DANIEL CHAPTER 12. PUT IT IN YOUR MARGIN. DANIEL
CHAPTER 12 VERSES EIGHT AND NINE, “AND I HEARD BUT I
UNDERSTOOD NOT.” DANIEL HEARD WHAT GOD SAID BUT HE SAID, “I,
I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT.” HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THAT WAY? HAVE
YOU EVER PICKED UP THE BIBLE AND SAID, “LORD I CAN READ
IT BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.” HOW MANY OF YOU EVER
BEEN LIKE THAT WAY. LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. ALL OF US. WELL,
DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU ARE UNSPIRITUAL; YOU ARE OUT OF
THE WILL OF GOD? NO, YOU MIGHT BE A DANIEL. DANIEL READ IT,
HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND. EH, HE HEARD IT. HE SAID, “O MY LORD,
WHAT SHALL BE THE END OF THESE THINGS? AND HE SAID, ‘GO THY
WAY DANIEL: FOR THE WORDS ARE CLOSED UP AND SEALED UNTIL THE
TIME OF THE END.’” THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT PROPHESY
THAT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW UNTIL THEY COME TO PASS. THERE’RE
CERTAIN THINGS IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL, THE BOOK OF THE
REVELATION, THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH, AND OTHER THINGS.
DON’T TRY TO EXPLAIN THEM. AH, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN
THEM. AH, PEOPLE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
RESURRECTION BODY. WHAT’S OUR RESURRECTION BODY GOING TO BE
LIKE? WE’VE GOT A LITTLE BABY IN HEAVEN. WHAT’S MY BABY
GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN I MEET HIM? WILL IT BE A MAN? WILL
IT STILL BE A BABY? WILL IT BE THIS? WILL IT BE THAT? I DON’T
KNOW. YOU DON’T KNOW. YOU SEE IT DOTH NOT YET APPEAR WHAT
WE SHALL BE LIKE. THAT’S WHAT JOHN SAYS. WELL, IF IT DOTH
NOT YET APPEAR, WHY DO YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT DOTH NOT YET
APPEAR? GOD SAID TO DANIEL, “SEAL [CLAP] IT UP IT’S FOR
THE TIME OF THE END.” HERE ARE SEVEN THUNDERS. THERE ARE
CERTAIN MYSTERIES. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GOD REVEALS
AND THE BIBLE SAYS, “THE SECRETS BELONG TO GOD.” CAN
YOU, CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT? YOU SAY, “WELL I SURE
WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.” FRIEND, I
WOULDN’T HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE IN A GOD YOU COULD UNDERSTAND,
MUCH LESS ONE I COULD UNDERSTAND. HUH, NO. GOD IS
ABOVE US AND BEYOND US, HIS WAYS, HIS THOUGHTS, HIS PLANS.
BUT, BUT YOU CAN BE CERTAIN FRIEND THAT, AH, GOD KNOWS THE
FUTURE. AND SO WE DON’T LIVE BY EXPLANATIONS, WE LIVE BY
PROMISES. HERE WAS A MESSAGE THAT WAS A STARTLING MESSAGE.
HERE WAS A MESSAGE THAT WAS A SEALED MESSAGE. BUT NOW WATCH
IT. IT’S ALSO A SURE MESSAGE. LOOK, IF YOU WILL, IN VERSE
FIVE, “AND THE ANGEL WHICH I SAW STAND UPON THE SEA AND
UPON THE EARTH LIFTED UP HIS HAND TO HEAVEN.” THIS IS
JESUS. NOW HE’S GOT ONE FOOT ON THE EARTH, THE OTHER IN THE
SEA. “AND HE SWARE BY HIM THAT LIVETH FOREVER AND EVER,
WHO CREATED A HEAVEN, AND THE THINGS THAT ARE THEREIN ARE,
AND THE EARTH AND THE THINGS THAT THEREIN ARE, AND THE
SEA, AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE THEREIN, THAT THERE SHOULD BE
TIME NO LONGER.” GOD THE SON SWEARS BY GOD THE FATHER
THAT TIME SHOULD BE NO MORE. ACTUALLY, HE SWEARS BY
HIMSELF. HEBREWS CHAPTER SIX VERSE 13, “FOR WHEN GOD MADE
PROMISE TO ABRAHAM, BECAUSE HE COULD SWEAR BY NO GREATER, HE
SWEAR BY HIMSELF.” HERE THE LORD JESUS LIFTS HIS HAND AND
SAYS IN A SOLEMN OATH, “TIME SHALL BE NO LONGER.” HE SWEARS
BY HIMSELF BECAUSE HE CAN SWEAR BY NO GREATER. AND AS
GOD TOLD ABRAHAM, “BY MY VERY EXISTENCE, THESE THINGS ARE
GOING TO COME TO PASS. THAT’S THE REASON WE HAVE SUCH A SURE
WORD OF PROPHECY; THE WORD OF GOD. THIS STARTLING MESSAGE,
AH, THIS SEALED MESSAGE IS A SURE MESSAGE. GOD STANDS ON
HIS WORD. AND NOW, NEXT, IT’S ALSO A SOLEMN MESSAGE. WHAT
IS THE MESSAGE? IN A SENSE, AN ENIGMA. IN A SENSE, A SECRET
AND YET SO SURE; SO STARTLING LIKE A LION ROARING, LIKE
THUNDER PEALING. WHAT IS IT? WELL, PART OF IT IS THIS.
NOT THE SEALED PART, WE DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE
DO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE HAS DECLARED, “THAT TIME SHALL BE
NO LONGER.” NOW, WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THAT? DOES HE MEAN
THAT HISTORY WILL CEASE? OH, NO. BECAUSE, AH, THERE’S
THE THOUSAND YEARS OF THE MILLENNIUM THAT IS TO FOLLOW.
THIS WORD TIME LITERALLY MAY BE TRANSLATED, AND MAY BE IN
THE, IN THE TRANSLATION THAT YOU HAVE, DELAY. DELAY SHALL
BE NO LONGER. THERE’S ONE MORE TRUMPET JUDGMENT IS GOING
TO COME. AND WHEN THAT LAST TRUMPET JUDGMENT SOUNDS, WHEN
THAT FINAL TRUMPET OF THESE SEVEN TRUMPETS THAT HAVE COME
OUT OF THESE SEVEN SEALS, WHEN THAT SEVENTH TRUMPET SOUNDS,
THEN THE MYSTERY OF GOD IS GOING TO BE FINISHED. WHAT
IS THE MYSTERY OF GOD, THE MYSTERY OF GOD’S PLANS? THAT’S
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GOD? WHY
DOES GOD ALLOW THE DEVIL TO DO WHAT HE DOES? “PASTOR, WHY DID
MY CHILD DIE?” “PASTOR, WHY DO I HAVE THIS DISEASE?” “PASTOR,
WHY THIS, WHAT THAT?” “WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? OH, GOD,
WHY?” MYSTERY, MYSTERY. BUT IT’S GONNA BE FINISHED. ONE OF
THESE DAYS, SIN’S CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED. [AUDIENCE: AMEN]
AND THE MYSTERY OF GOD WILL BE FINISHED AND DELAY WILL BE
NO MORE. SIN HAS BEEN ON A RAMPAGE, RIGHTEOUSNESS SEEMS
TO HAVE SUFFERED. IT’S NOW COMING TO A CONCLUSION. GOD
HAS GIVEN THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH TIME FOR REPENTANCE.
BUT TIME HAS RUN OUT. THE CLOCK HAS STRUCK ITS LAST NOTE
AND SIN’S CLOCK IS ABOUT TO BE STOPPED. DON’T GET THE IDEA
THAT YOU HAVE TIME BEFORE THE RAPTURE. THAT MAY COME AT
ANY MOMENT. DON’T GET THE IDEA THAT EVEN AFTER THE RAPTURE,
THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU TIME, EVEN IF YOU’VE NEVER
HEARD THE GOSPEL BEFORE. ALL OF YOU HAVE. I READ A
STORY RECENTLY ABOUT A MAN WHO RUSHED INTO A RAILROAD STATION
IN A SUBURB EARLY IN THE MORNING. HE WAS ALMOST OUT OF
BREATH AND HE ASKED THE AGENT THIS QUESTION. HE SAID, “WHAT
TIME DOES THE, AH, 8:01 TRAIN LEAVE?” THE AGENT SAID, “AT
8:01.” HE SAID, “WELL IT’S 7:59 BY MY WATCH AND IT‘S 7:57
BY THE TOWN CLOCK, AND IT IS 8:04 BY THE STATION CLOCK.
WHICH ONE SHOULD I GO BY?” HE SAID, “YOU CAN GO BY ANY CLOCK
YOU WANT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO BY THE 8:01, IT’S TOO LATE,
IT’S ALREADY LEFT.” [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] IT’S GONE. AH,
NOW, FRIEND, WHEN GOD’S CLOCK STOPS, THAT’S IT. AND IF YOU
ARE NOT ON GOD’S TRAIN, YOU ARE GOING TO BE LEFT. NOW,
IF, WHEN I SEE, IF I SEE THE MAJESTY OF HIS PERSON, THAT
MEANS JESUS, MY SAVIOR, IS DUE MY TOTAL WORSHIP. WHEN I SEE
THE MASTERY OF HIS POWER, THAT MEANS THAT JESUS MY LORD IS
WORTHY OF MY TOTAL CONFIDENCE. HE IS THE ONE WHO HAS
EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL. I HAVE A SIGN ON MY DESK THAT
SAYS THIS, “ADRIAN TRUST ME, I HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER
CONTROL.” NOW HERE’S THE THIRD THING I WANT YOU TO SEE, AH,
AH, THE FOURTH THING I WANT YOU TO SEE HERE. I THINK
WE’RE, AH, TRACKING ALONG PRETTY GOOD. AH, THE MINISTRY
OF HIS PEOPLE. I WANT YOU TO SEE THE MINISTRY OF HIS
PEOPLE. WHAT IS THE MINISTRY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST? WELL, BEGIN HERE IN REVELATION 10 VERSE EIGHT,
“AND THE VOICE WHICH I HEARD FROM HEAVEN SPAKE UNTO ME
AGAIN, AND SAID, ‘GO TAKE THE LITTLE BOOK WHICH IS OPEN IN
THE HAND OF THE ANGEL WHICH STANDETH UPON THE SEA AND UPON
THE EARTH.’ AND I WENT UNTO THE ANGEL, AND SAID UNTO HIM,
‘GIVE ME THE LITTLE BOOK.’ AND HE SAID UNTO ME, ‘TAKE IT, AND
EAT IT UP; AND IT SHALL MAKE THEY BELLY BITTER, BUT IS
SHALL MAKE THY MOUTH SWEET AS HONEY.’ AND I TOOK THE LITTLE
BOOK OUT OF THE ANGEL’S HAND AND ATE IT UP; AND IT WAS IN
MY HAND SWEET AS HONEY: BUT AS SOON AS I HAD, AND AS SOON AS
I HAD EATEN IT, MY BELLY WAS BITTER.” OR SOUR. NOW, WHAT IS
THIS LITTLE BOOK AGAIN? BY THE WAY, THE WORD FOR BOOK HERE IS
BIBLION, MEANING LITTLE BOOK. IT’S THE WORD WE GET OUR WORD
BIBLE FROM. WE’VE ALREADY SEEN THIS BOOK. I’M TELLING YOU
IT IS THE TITLE DEED TO ALL CREATION. IT BELONGS TO THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. IT IS HIS BY CREATION; HE MADE IT. IT
IS HIS BY CALVARY; HE DIED FOR IT. IT IS HIS BY CONQUEST;
HE IS COME IN POWER AND GREAT GLORY. NOW, THAT REPRESENTS
THE WORD OF GOD, THE WORD OF GOD. AND HE, IT’S IN THE HAND,
THE NAIL-PIERCED HAND OF GOD’S MIGHTY MESSENGER ANGEL, THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. NOW, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THE MAJESTY OF
JESUS’ PERSON. WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THE MASTERY OF JESUS’
POWER. WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THE MYSTERY OF JESUS’ PLANS.
AND NOW, THE MINISTRY OF HIS PEOPLE; WE’RE HIS PEOPLE. JOHN
REPRESENTS US. AND, AND THE LORD SAYS, “JOHN, GO TAKE THIS
BOOK. [SLAP] THERE IT IS. IT’S IN MY HAND. TAKE IT!” JOHN
TAKES IT. NOW THE LORD SAYS, “JOHN, EAT IT.” AND JOHN EATS
IT. AND THEN THE LORD SAYS, “JOHN, I WANT YOU TO GO AND
TELL IT.” LOOK IN VERSE 11, “AND HE SAID UNTO ME, ‘THOU
MUST PROPHESY AGAIN BEFORE MANY PEOPLES, AND NATIONS, AND
TONGUES, AND KINGS.’” WHAT ARE WE TO DO TO SERVE THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE TO APPROPRIATE THE
WORD OF GOD. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE LORD JESUS BEFORE YOU
RIGHT NOW WITH A NAIL-PIERCED HAND? THE LORD JESUS SAYS,
“HERE’S MY WORD, THERE IT IS. [SLAP] IT’S IN MY RIGHT HAND.
IT’S YOURS, TAKE IT.” ARE YOU WILLING TO APPROPRIATE IT? ARE
WE, YOU WILLING TO TAKE FROM HIS HAND HIS WORD? YOU ARE TO
APPROPRIATE THE WORD OF GOD. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY UPON OUR
BIBLICAL IGNORANCE TODAY. NOW, WE’RE TO APPROPRIATE THAT WORD
AND THEN WE ARE TO ASSIMILATE THAT WORD. HE SAYS, “EAT IT.”
IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO READ THE RECIPE BOOK. WE’VE GOT TO
COOK, EAT, AND DIGEST THE MEAL. AMEN. [AUDIENCE: AMEN]
EAT IT! FEED UPON IT! “EAT IT UP”, HE SAYS, “AND IT BE IN,
MAKE THY BELLY BITTER, BUT IT SHALL BE IN THY MOUTH SWEET.”
THE BIBLE IS TO BE EATEN. IT IS TO BE DIGESTED. MATTHEW
4:4, “MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD
THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.” WE’RE TO TAKE
THIS BOOK AND FRIEND, WE ARE TO FEED UPON IT. JOB SAID, “I
HAVE DESIRED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY NECESSARY
MEAT.” HAVE YOU APPROPRIATED THE WORD OF GOD? HAVE YOU
ASSIMILATED THE WORD OF GOD? NOW WHAT YOU APPROPRIATE AND
WHAT YOU ASSIMILATE, AND BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU ASSIMILATE
IT, IT WILL BE BOTH BITTER AND SWEET. THERE ARE SOME SAD
THINGS, SOME HORRIFYING THINGS IN THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION.
THIS WORLD IS HEADED FOR JUDGMENT. THE GOSPEL IS A
SAVER OF LIFE UNTO LIFE OR DEATH UNTO DEATH. WE HEAR
TODAY SO MUCH ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD THAT WE’VE ALL, WE,
WE’VE GOTTEN SUCH A SACCHARINE SWEETNESS. WE ALMOST HAVE
A WORLD THAT HAS SPIRITUAL DIABETES. GOD IS A GOD OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT. YOU CAN’T READ THE
BOOK OF THE REVELATION WITHOUT SEEING THAT. HEAVEN AND HELL,
DEATH AND LIFE, SALVATION, CONDEMNATION, BITTERNESS AND
SWEETNESS, IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. IF YOU JUST PREACH
ONE PART WITHOUT PREACHING THE OTHER PART, YOU’RE DISHONEST.
YOU PREACH THE LOVE OF GOD WITHOUT THE WRATH OF GOD;
YOU’RE DISHONEST. YOU PREACH THE WRATH OF GOD WITHOUT THE
LOVE OF GOD; YOU’RE DISHONEST. AND YOU TAKE PART OF THE TRUTH
AND MAKE PART OF THE TRUTH ALL OF THE TRUTH, THAT PART OF
THE TRUTH BECOMES AN UNTRUTH. WE’RE TO PREACH ALL THE WORD
OF GOD, THE BITTER PART, THE SWEET PART. BUT WE ARE TO
APPROPRIATE IT. WE ARE TO ASSIMILATE IT. AND THEN, MY
DEAR FRIEND, WE ARE TO GIVE IT OUT. DISSEMINATE IT. HOW MANY
OF YOU BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD? LET ME SEE
YOU HAND. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SHARING THE WORD OF GOD? SOME
HAVE NOT EVEN APPROPRIATED IT. YOU DON’T EVEN READ IT. OTHERS
HAVE NOT [THUMP] ASSIMILATED IT. YOU’VE NOT DIGESTED IT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE, HOW CAN YOU BE SILENT IN A HELL-BOUND
WORLD? LISTEN TO YOUR PASTOR. THE HOPE OF MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE, IS THE WORD OF GOD. [AUDIENCE: THAT’S RIGHT] YOUR
NEIGHBORS NEED THE WORD OF GOD. YOUR CHILDREN NEED THE
WORD OF GOD. THERE’S POWER IN THE WORD OF GOD. “AND, AND,
AND JOHN, YOU MUST TAKE THIS TO KINGS AND NATIONS AND
PEOPLE, DISSEMINATE THE WORD OF GOD.” I DON’T WANT TO BE
CRUEL, BUT IF, FRIEND, IF WHAT, THE FAITH THAT YOU CLAIM
TO HAVE, IF YOU HAVE NO DESIRE TO GIVE IT AWAY, THEN YOU
PROBABLY OUGHT TO GIVE IT UP. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] YOU DON’T
HAVE THE REAL THING. YOU’LL NEVER [SLAP] CONVINCE ME THAT
A PERSON BELIEVES THE TRUTHS IN THIS BOOK; THERE IS A
HEAVEN TO GAIN, A HELL TO SHUN, A JUDGMENT TO FACE, A
DEATH TO DIE. THAT JESUS HUNG IN AGONY, IN BLOOD UPON THE
CROSS, THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOUR FRIENDS ARE WITHOUT
CHRIST, WITHOUT HOPE IN THIS WORLD AND YOU ARE SINFULLY
SILENT. YOU DON’T HAVE THE REAL THING. YOU’VE NEVER
APPROPRIATED IT IF YOU NEVER ASSIMILATED IT. YOU DON’T
SEE THE BITTERNESS AND THE SWEETNESS THAT’S IN THIS BOOK.
FRIEND, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SAVIOR. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] WE’VE
SEEN HIS MAJESTY. WE’VE SEEN HIS MASTERY. WE’VE SEEN
HIS MYSTERY. AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HIS MINISTRY. WE
HAVE A JOB TO DO. WE HAVE A CALLING. GOD HELP THIS CHURCH
TO AWAKEN FROM ITS LETHARGY. YOU DIDN’T COME TO CHURCH THIS
MORNING TO HEAR A SERMON AND THINK YOU’VE DONE GOD A
WILD FAVOR. [AUDIENCE: THAT’S RIGHT] THIS IS NOT THE
SERVICE. THE SERVICE BEGINS WHEN YOU WALK OUT THOSE DOORS.
[AUDIENCE: AMEN] WOULD YOU PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU
A BURDEN FOR SOULS; THAT YOU MIGHT APPROPRIATE, THAT YOU
MIGHT ASSIMILATE, THAT YOU MIGHT DISSEMINATE THE WORD OF
GOD? JESUS [THUMP] THE [THUMP] ONE AND ONLY. HE IS THE ONLY
HOPE OF THIS WORLD. [THUMP] DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? [AUDIENCE:
AMEN] DO YOU? I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF EVEN AS I PREACHED
THIS MORNING, DO I BELIEVE THE THINGS I PREACH? AND I CAN
TELL YOU I DO. I DO. DO YOU KNOW JESUS? DO YOU KNOW HIM?
DO YOU KNOW THIS GREAT SAVIOR? “NEITHER IS THERE SALVATION IN
ANY OTHER, THERE’S NONE OTHER NAME UNTO HEAVEN GIVEN
AMONG MEN, WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED.” HE IS THE ANGEL OF
GOD’S PRESENCE AND HE WANTS TO BE YOUR SAVIOR. WOULD YOU
BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER? FRIEND INDEED THERE IS ONLY
ONE TRUE GOD AND ONLY ONE WAY TO THAT TRUE GOD AND THAT IS
JESUS CHRIST. WHO SAID, “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE
LIFE, NO MAN COMES UNTO THE FATHER BUT BY ME.” BELIEVE
THAT HE LEFT HEAVEN AND CAME TO EARTH, THE VERY SON OF GOD
WHO PAID YOUR SIN DEBT WITH HIS SHED BLOOD ON THE CROSS.
BELIEVE THAT HE WANTS TO SAVE YOU AND WILL SAVE YOU IF YOU
ASK HIM. TO BE SAVED MEANS THAT EVERY SIN IS FORGIVEN.
TO BE SAVED MEANS THAT JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
LIVES IN YOU TO GIVE YOU PEACE, POWER, PURPOSE, JOY,
VICTORY. AND TO BE SAVED MEANS THAT WHEN YOU DIE OR WHEN HE
COMES AGAIN, YOU’RE GOING HOME TO HEAVEN. YOU CAN SETTLE IT
RIGHT NOW. WOULD YOU PRAY, PRAY SINCERELY FROM YOUR HEART
AND SAY, “LORD JESUS, COME INTO MY LIFE, FORGIVE MY SIN,
CLEANSE ME, SAVE ME AND BEGIN NOW TO MAKE ME THE PERSON
YOU WANT ME TO BE.” PRAY IT IN FAITH. TRUST HIM FOR IT AND
THANK HIM FOR IT. AND IF YOU DO THAT, WOULD YOU WRITE TO
US SO WE CAN REJOICE WITH YOU, AND SEND YOU SOME LITERATURE
TO HELP YOU TO GET STARTED IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE. GOD BLESS
YOU. [MUSIC] WE HOPE TODAY’S MESSAGE HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF
ENCOURAGEMENT AND CLARITY FOR YOU. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THIS
MESSAGE AGAIN, SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND OR DOWNLOAD IT ALONG
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ALL AT LWF.ORG. AS THE DAYS GROW DARKER AND THE END DRAWS
NEAR, CHRISTIANS ARE FACING MORE PERSECUTION THAN EVER
BEFORE; HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND TO IT? MY RESPONSIBILTY, YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO DECLARE THE WORD OF GOD IN THIS
GENERATION, WHETHER THEY HEAR OR WHETHER THEY WILL NOT HEAR.
THE MAN OF GOD, THE WOMAN OF GOD, IN THE WILL OF GOD,
SPEAKING THE WORD OF GOD IS IMMORTAL UNTIL HIS WORK IS
FINISHED. I BELIEVE THAT. GOD’S WORK DONE IN GOD’S WAY
WILL NEVER EVER WANT FOR GOD’S PROVISION OR GOD’S PROTECTION.
WHEN YOU’RE IN THE WILL OF GOD. WE HOPE YOU’LL JOIN US
AGAIN AS WE CONTINUE THIS POWERFUL SERIES OF MESSAGES
FROM ADRIAN ROGERS. WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. [MUSIC] [MUSIC]
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