Confessions and The ENDTIMES

good morning everybody this is the day the lord hath made we will rejoice and be exceedingly glad in it because god is good god is good and he's worthy to be praised we send blessings your way this morning hey i want you to hit that share button button we're going to talk about the end times uh we may spend are we talking about it because you may have asked yourself a question what's going on what in the world is happening and you know i'm going to share some things with you jesus said not one jot a tittle not one stone will go without being turned over and there you know you know we're praying we should be but what happens when prophecy begins to come into play uh jesus the defined prophecy is you know telling you uh what's going to happen before it happens that's right and so if you just kind of check out what he's already said uh then now i want to bring to your attention that uh what he said has uh has come to pass and i did a teaching years ago on the end times and uh i did research and went back but in luke 21 and 11 uh one of the things that i i i talked about in the word from also romans 8 22 was that a pandemic was ahead and it would be a global uh epidemic or a pandemic and um wacky weather and this was years ago and all of these things um have have come to pass and i'm i'm not going to get like flaky and weird about this we're going to do like we always do we're going to kind of stick with the word and we're going to see what the word has to say about it and somebody says well why are you teaching this so you can rejoice so you can join the bible says look up for your redemption draweth nigh so you can begin to rejoice and be exceedingly glad and so you won't think you're crazy and something's wrong with you the signs of the time there are certain things that are going to happen because jesus prophesied it and if the word prophesied and it was going to come to pass and so this is not about uh you know any kind of panic this is about you need to understand what's happening that's true and you need to know what's going on so satan won't take that lack of understanding and use it against you and um we should be brides of preparation and and you you find very little christians carrying themselves like they are citizens of heaven uh we still act like the earth is our home no we're aliens here and uh we're citizens of heaven and we need to start recognizing who we are who we really are in christ jesus uh and so let's believe god for understanding um i'm not the the world's for most expert in bible prophecy eschatology but i can read okay and you can read yeah and uh we're gonna see what what's going on here and even in light of grace because what people don't understand that the age of grace is going to come to an end this is an age of grace and that age of grace has been prophesized uh the age grace won't come to an end but the age of grace that god appointed uh is going to come to an end so we got a lot of things that we want to talk about uh hey by the way wasn't yesterday like those that dream i mean to be back in the world dome yesterday was like the most amazing thing i i was like dude i almost broke down like a couple of times just to to look out and to see faces that i hadn't seen in so long and we had a we had an amazing time we had an amazing time yesterday it really was i mean the message alone people are commenting about how you just really laid it out i know as a woman and as a wife it was just so enlightening to hear um the perspective that you share with the men and just with all of us on being the head what that's about how to uh come alongside and just even exposing the things about pornography that a lot of times we don't understand as women but and i know women do get in pornography as well but it was just so amazing the transparency and the vulnerability that um we were able to just glean and i'm sure so many women and wives were able to walk away and and have a new appreciation for men and for the uh role model that they uh have to carry out so it was it was really good um teaching worship was great um we really just had a wonderful time of celebration and i could tell when you came out you were just overwhelmed i was i was i was just like just basking which was good you just sat in the moment you know a lot of times we just kind of continue on with the service but you just sat there and uh let god just minister to you and and uh it was so good to see all the faces of people who came out yesterday and uh it was just a great turnout and good fellowship and it was really really good everything went well everything went well and uh you know we you know congrats to all of the staff we everybody did their job to make sure everybody uh that they were saved and they felt safe and so we're really cool with all of that so you know next week we're going to continue with that series i'm going to talk about what happens when um the the role that's given to the man to nourish when it is reversed and you got women doing it instead of you know men doing and we're going to talk about what real castration looks like is when you take on that roll of head that god gave the man and in our day and time you know you're talking about real castration it's it's women who take care of men who let them lay around the house and do all that kind of stuff and the and the man feels like uh you know oh wow somebody wants to take care of me but i'm gonna tell you one thing you're being castrated and your manhood is being castrated because you know god made you the love faucet and you're sitting around and letting somebody else take uh hold of the responsibility and the assignment and and the thing that makes you value but valuable i mean your value is in nourishing a woman and a family where the love of god is concerned and so what you've done is uh you know you've allowed uh yourself to be deceived and now you know uh you have you a um uh what do you call it mama what do you call that uh well i was a sugar sugar mama and you know it begins at home too i know we were talking yesterday about um the marriage but you know as parents when we don't set up our sons to be successful and understand what manhood is about when they're small and once they understand you know what manhood is a lot of times that goes into uh the marriage relationship and so that's why it's so important for us as parents to when you have younger children you have sons and you have daughters to make sure that you um show the word and explain the things to them because it can even start as a parent you know where you uh don't explain and help them to know what it is that they're supposed to be doing as as men according to the scriptures as women according to the scriptures as boys and girls and the responsibilities so you can castrate uh a child at home a mother can do that at home a father can do that at home so it applies even before they even get married if they're uh smothered and not really taught and and understand what uh it's all about so i think um just wanted to throw that out there uh for all of us who are um you know particularly if you have younger children that makes it even more important and more vital let's go ahead and get psalms 9-1 equipped and then we're going to get into this okay you tap about a gigantic book today so when she brings that out that's serious business you better watch out choke the devil with that book uh let's go ahead and get songs 91 i declare i declare that i dwell that i dwell in the shelter in the shelter of the most high god of the most high god i find rest i find rest in the shadow of the almighty in the shadow of the almighty god is my refuge god is my refuge and my fortress and my fortress he is my god he is my god whom i trust whom i trust and with great confidence in whom i rely great confidence in whom i rely god rescues me god rescues me from every trap from every trap and protects me from every disease and protects me from every disease i'm covered i'm covered and protected and protected by his outstretched arms as outstretched arms god's faithful promises are my armor god's faithful promises is my armor and my protection and my protection i'll not be afraid of the arrows of the night i will not be afraid of the arrows of the night or the terrors that fly in the day of the arrows that fly in the day i will nigerian any disease i will not dread any disease that stalks in darkness that stalks in darkness nor any disaster nor any disaster that strikes at midday that strikes at midday because god is my refuge because god is my reality and the almighty god in my home and the almighty god no evil can befall me no evil can befall me no plague can come near my dwelling no plague can come near my dwelling god is ordered is angels god has ordered his angels to guard defend and protect to guard defend and protect me and my house me and my house god's armies of heaven god's armies of heaven keep me from falling keep me from falling i walk unharmed i will unharm kicking anything that is evil kicking anything that is evil from my path from my path and because of god's love for me and because of god's love i call upon him i call upon him he sets me above all my troubles he sets me above all my trouble delivers me from all my fears delivers me from all my fears honors me with his presence and power and honors me with his presence and power he rewards me with long life he rewards me with a long life and shows me his salvation and shows me his salvation yes he does amen hey if you have a bible go with me to matthew chapter 24. let's let's start there matthew chapter 24 and uh in fact i want to start at verse one and um you know you can take these scriptures down if we decide to stay with this for the week and again this is just uh it's like we're locating ourselves where we are so that we will know what we need to be focusing on yeah and basically you know we're just you know just stick with god i mean as far as i'm concerned just continue to have your relationship with god come hell the high water he got you back okay so um this is not going to be like a horror story this is going to be well from the mouth of jesus in matthew chapter 24 verse 1 and jesus went out and departed from the temple and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple and jesus said unto them see you not all these things don't you see all these things verily i say unto you there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down and as he sat upon the mount of olives the disciples came unto him privately saying tell us when shall these things be what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the world or another translation the uh uh nasb says the end of the age so the disciples were very specific in their in their questions here so in matthew he said basically he said tell us when will these things happen and what will be the sign of your coming that's big it is the sign of your coming and the end of the age so again look at look at these scriptures if you if you go to luke chapter 21 i want to show you in luke 21 so jesus is walking around and fulfilling the law and in the middle of it he's he's talking about some things that are to come and uh here's a chapter that you can read all of it because right now what we have is here's the three questions when will these things happen number one number two what will be the sign of your your coming or christ's second coming what's the sign and number three what will be the sign of the end of the age and then luke 21 i won't read all of this but in luke 21 verses uh starting at verse 12 uh he talks about some things that that are going to happen there so i would read by you verses 12 through 24 but before all these things they shall lay their hands on you persecute you delivering you up to the synagogue and into prison being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake and it shall turn to you for a testimony settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate before what you shall answer for i will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gang say or resist and you shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren and kinsfolk and friends and some of you shall they cause to be put to death you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake but there shall not a hair of your head perish in your patience possess you your souls and when you shall see jerusalem compass with armies then know that the desolation thereof is nigh then let them which are in judah flee to the mountains and let them which are in the midst of it depart out and let them that are in their countries enter therein too for these be the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled but woe unto them that are with child and to them that gives suck in those days for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon his people and they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led captive and all nations in jerusalem shall be trodden down of the gentiles until the time of the gentiles be fulfilled now a lot of things going on in in that reading which we will cover uh as we go but the key [Music] uh that makes the signs unique is that it appears to happen together in the same general period uh they are to develop like birth pains birth pains now go back to matthew chapter 24 i'm just trying to set this up matthew 24 verse 8. so here's the key all of the a lot of stuff's going to develop and then like birth pain over over a period of time you're going to see frequency of things and so verse 8 says all these are the beginnings of sorrows okay uh you got my amplified bible here i have it in there it is right here okay matthew chapter what i say 24. chapter 24 verse 8 i want to read this to you on the amplified uh matthew 24 verse 8 says all these are the beginnings of of of sorrows verse he says all this is but the beginning the earthly pains of the birth pangs of the intolerable anguish so he talks about all the things that are going to happen he says make sure you think about a woman that's in that's giving birth so here are the signs jesus called birth pains so here are the signs that he called birth pains all right number one he said the church will depart from the truth and faults christ and false prophets will arise the church will depart from the truth and false pains and false prophets will arise so most mainline churches do not hold to the divine verbal inspiration of the bible today that second corinthians second timothy chapter 3 16 talks about and so um for example you know there have been certain teachings that have been declared and and the church should start reconsidering some of those things so here's the second pain he said watch out for wars and rumors of wars see that you be not trouble now that all of this is coming out of uh of what we just read uh matthew chapter four he says take heed that no man deceive you and then he goes and he says in verse five many shall come in my name saying i am the christ shall deceive many okay and you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars see that you be not troubled for all these things they must come to pass but it says the end is not yet so you're going to start hearing about wars and rumors or rumors of wars around the earth um he says uh see that you're not frightened for those things must take place but that is not yet the end uh the historians have have already named the 20th century the century of war and so he says watch wars we've had him before but he says the key is they're going to intensify like a woman having birth pains so it's not oh well that's already happened he says watch the intensity of it okay the third thing he says here he says for a nation shall rise verse 7 nations shall rise against nations and kingdoms against kingdoms and there shall be famines and pessimists and earthquakes in different places uh so one of the things uh the word nation is a greek word i think it's ethnos okay uh which actually talks about ethnic is where we get our word ethnic groups from and um nations are rising or ethnic ethnics are rising against ethnics uh uh ethnos or ethnic groups or tribes ethnic groups or tribes are rising i mean you saw the recent thing that happened you know just this past summer he said that's going to intensify more and more things intensify between ethnic groups verse four uh he says um uh kingdom he says for nation shall rise against nations kingdom against kingdoms and there shall be famines pestilent earthquake in the diverse places all these are the beginning of sorrow then shall they deliver up you deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake so he's talking about kingdoms rising against kingdoms kingdoms uh or nations actually rising against a nation and then number five it talks about in various places there will be famines in various places that started really intense in 1975 and then number six there will be great earthquakes um i mean that's pretty you know you've been seeing a lot of earthquakes but the key is go and look and see how they have intensified they're more they're more earthquakes today around the world than ever before then make the news but if you go and check it out it's intensified to such a point and that's the key watch the intensity of this thing uh in luke 21 and verse 11 it says and great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilence and fearful sights and great signs shall be there from heaven that's luke 21 and 11 and so even back in the day the associated press reported uh on october the 9th um this is 1920 through 19 90 70 years 10 major earthquakes now just from 1990 to 2005 15 years later there were 13 major earthquakes in other words the intensity every is going to grow until like a woman you know she has birth pains until she delivers the baby and they become more and more intense that's the key to watching this it's like look at the intensity don't look at it as oh we've had earthquakes before you know now the intensity has never been like it is now so you got to look at it jesus described it as birth pangs and then in number seven there will be plagues uh uh diseases developed against the immunity um there saw that yeah we just kind of saw that with with great intensity but it was it was slow it started off with h5n1 the birds flew and you know you had all that but it began to end it started intensifying uh and then in the number eight is the super storms from celestial influences on the earth climate uh you can see that luke 21 and verse 25 he says and there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity and the sea and the ways roaring he's talking about hurricanes there and so uh nasa has verified that the sun is getting brighter and hotter and this will have a dramatic effect of course on the rise of the overall temperature and that's causing the ocean belt around the equator in particular to heat up and causes more frequency and and powerful storms and and and all this kind of stuff i mean it's happening so we've moved past the beginning of birth pains is what i'm trying to say but the birth pains are increasing with intensity and frequency that's the key look at how things are increasing with intensity and frequency so that's that's that's the one thing i wanted to to to kind of share with you today uh taffy not even talking about first timothy chapter four i believe where it talks about what's going to happen with families yes i think the scripture i was going to share was uh second timothy chapter three that's it okay that's it so uh second timothy chapter three um talks about the last days and the signs of the last days and um in addition to what you just said um between relationships and just how people will carry themselves how they will govern themselves how society deals with situations um it's so many different translations i'm trying to figure out the best one to read from but um the message translation says don't be naive there are difficult times ahead as the end approaches people are going to be self-absorbed money-hungry self-promoting stuck up profane contentious contemptuous appearance another version says disobedient to parents disrespectful crude coarse dog eat dog unbending slanderers impulsively wild savage cynical treacherous ruthless bloated windbags addicted to lust and allergic to god wow allergic to god allergic to god lovers of pleasure more than lovers of god is one translation um and he says they'll make a show of religion but behind the scenes their animals stay clear of these people um so yeah i mean these are the perilous times that the bible describes and i think we don't have to look very far to know that we are living in the last days with what you mentioned earthquakes and wars and rumors of wars and all the things that are taking place around the world um self-absorption self-consumption being so obsessed and absorbed with ourselves and the pleasures of this world and very little consideration to god but thank god for those of you who are tuning in today in the midst of just carving out um the knowledge of god and and your love towards him and your relationship with him but yeah um disrespect of parents we see that um in verse two of second timothy and um this is where we are you know the amplified says he says for people will be lovers of self utterly self-centered lovers of money aroused by inordinate greedy desire for wealth proud and arrogant contemptuous boasters they will be abusive blasphemous making fun of scoffing disobedient to parents ungrateful unthankful unthankful unholy and then he says profane then it goes on he says they will be without natural human affection they're going to be callous inhuman relentless admitting of no truce or appeasement they'll be slanderers in other words that's happening like right now all over the internet just making stuff up just slandering false accusers troublemakers intemperate loose immorals and conduct uncontrolled fierce they hate good haters of good they will be treacherous they will betray rash inflated with self-conceit they will be lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than rather and rather than lovers of god now we talk to you about the stuff you can see in the earth that will happen but now he also talks about here's another sign look at what's going to be happening with people yeah as far as the uh confusion between what is right and what is wrong they will buy the lie and they'll turn it into a truth that's right uh they won't be able to have ears to hear the truth and that's the sign of the time so you got to make sure you're not you're not assigned i want to make sure i'm not assigned you know there's a stop sign there's a yield sign i don't want to be assigned i want to be a sign for goodness see somebody asked like well well what do we do you you maintain a great relationship with god you stand the word and you do the word that's what you do you maintain the relationship you have with god grow in that relationship you have with god continue to to to grow in the word and grow in that relationship treat people right you follow what i'm saying that's that's the thing god's most concerned about you grieve the holy spirit based on how you treat people and and all of this is it you know the things about the earthquakes and the things about the birth pains that that the earth is going through is one thing but when you look at the darkness that's on people and and and you can every one of those uh categories that taffy read some of you can probably mentally think of somebody that may be at this very time going through that whole thing and so humble yourself before god you know bow the knee to what god wants you to do because as sure as i sit here and talk with you the beginnings of the pains have started it's like a woman says my water has broken well the water is broken the the the the contractions have started and this big thing that we're coming out of now uh this pandemic bro like i said that's dress rehearsal for what what is got about to happen and people are all talking about going back to normal life there's nothing normal about where we're headed here's what i'm saying it's a new normal it's a next normal well it's i don't know what you want to call it but um it ain't it's it's it's what do you do when god said and and prophesies and jesus prophesied a thing that's going to happen well we're going to pray against it no no no no no i don't that's that that can't that's not gonna happen i mean once he spoke it it it's gonna happen it's gonna come to the past but here's the thing that excites me where is all this headed to the return to the return of the lord jesus christ yes he is coming you know we've been saying that for a long long time uh jesus is coming back he's coming back and uh and he is yeah he is coming back and um that what you read this morning and what i share uh should be confirmation not to cause panic or anxiety or fear none of those things but should affirm that we are in the last days and uh the things that we're seeing out in the world today is confirmation that is close and we want to be ready and be prepared and um lovers of god and not lovers of pleasures yeah not be deceived this is a this is a season of great deception and this is a time of great deception don't be deceived the bible says it's possible that even the very elect uh could be deceived don't you allow yourself to be deceived you stay in the word you stay in the presence of god god spoke to me this past weekend he says my presence is the key to everything that you'll face wow my presence is the key about the shout to everything you're about to face because what did he say in my presence there's fullness of joy and in my right hand and my right hand their pledges forevermore and so you know while all of this crazy stuff that's going to be going on in the world the thing for us to do is to maintain our daily presence with god practice the presence of the holy spirit and be full of joy full of thanksgiving because god's got your back that's right focusing on him today yeah all week long well it's going to be a great week for you and i i wanted to share that with you today because i just i just wanted you to know i'm not going to get all deep into this and that and all that kind of stuff i mean i'm just here's what jesus said about it and here's what has already happened i mean um you know just for example in 2000 year 2000 there were 22 256 recorded earthquakes worldwide but that number has steadily increased and in 2004 it increased at 31 199 earthquakes and it keeps going and going so what happens as the contractions and the frequency and the intensity continues to increase eventually something's born eventually something it something breaks through and this is where we are it's not just uh you know it's just another thing happening no jesus is coming soon tell somebody that today jesus is coming soon hallelujah glory be to god get your house in order because jesus is coming soon yes he is waiting for the father to release him to come back and uh i just believe that he's at the door um and that he is ready and he's um wanting us to prepare ourselves well i'm ready and i believe you're ready too so rejoice and be exceedingly glad rejoice over the coming of the lord jesus christ it's true it's real it shall surely come to pass tap and i love you so much have an amazing day today think about that today and rejoice in the lord because every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that jesus is lord and and there's something the bible promises about those who look for him yes those who look for him we anticipate yeah yeah i anticipate his return excited about his return somebody said ain't ready yet you better get ready girl that's something sooner than we think sooner sooner than you think god told you that a few years he says my coming's going to be sooner than what people think and so uh let's go and get ready now remember he's coming like a thief in the night you don't expect the thief to come all right and so this is this is a blessing of the lord and all i know god put this on my heart so i could share with you just so you can just kind of pause a little bit and look at your life and say what the world am i doing i gotta quit this this is just stupid this doesn't make sense i gotta stop doing this and um and then go look to god and say god i can't stop unless i can't do this without you i need you and he's excited about you saying lord i need you and he'll help you to do what needs to be done so amen all is well i will see you guys tomorrow again it was awesome to see everybody yesterday and uh we're going to relax things slowly but uh you know for example we're probably going to be talking about registration i'll give you more information but you know we just need to see what we need to see so there'll probably not be no registration uh this weekend so uh listen up for the announcements i'll talk to our ceo and they'll go ahead and get the word out god bless you love you guys so much bye

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Published: Mon May 17 2021