Signs of the End Times | 8.4.19

but tonight I want you to open your Bibles to Matthew chapter 24 Matthew chapter 24 and tonight we're going to begin in verse 3 and when we come to Matthew chapter 24 Jesus has gone with his disciples over to the top of the Mount of all of us there sitting on the Mount of Olives has anybody here ever been to Israel been to Jerusalem well then you know that from the Mount of Olives you have a panoramic view of the ancient city of Jerusalem it is a magnificent view a very prophetic place on the earth and as Jesus was sitting there with his disciples they privately begin to ask him questions that they didn't feel they could ask in front of other people and so now this leads us to Matthew chapter 24 in verse 3 to the questions which they asked Jesus and as he set up on the Mount of Olives I'm reading from the King James Version the disciples came unto him privately saying tell us when shall these things be what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world and jesus answered and said unto them take heed that no man deceive you but look in verse 3 Jesus tells us they asked specific things first of all they said tell us when everybody say when then they said what everybody say what then they said will so be the sign everybody say sign then the end everybody say end and the word world everybody say world when you look at verse 3 these particular words are very important if I were you I would circle each one of them in this verse the word when wat sign end and the world but let's look exactly what they were asking they sell it said tell us when when you read this in Greek it's very concrete they were telling us exactly when are these things going to happen and they we're talking about the end of the age then they asked what shall be the sign of thy coming and when you read this in the Greek text it's very explicit in fact in Greek the word what is the word T spell T I he describes the most minut meniscal detail they were really zeroing and they didn't want broad answer they wanted specific exact answers exactly what will be the sign of thy coming the word sign is the Greek word simian and it can be translated sign but let me tell you where this word comes from this particular word sign was exactly the word that was used by the Greeks and the Romans to describe signs along the road to tell you where you are in your journey well have signs on the roads Denise I live about 12 miles outside the city of Moscow we live in a village our village only has 800,000 people but in Moscow that is considered to be a village and we live on a beautiful piece of property with a forest behind us there's nature out where we live but as we get on the main road that goes into the city of Moscow as we get closer to Moscow the terrain begins to change suddenly the road becomes denser with traffic things begin to look more industrial and suddenly we pass a sign that says Moscow 10 kilometers as we drive further we see another sign that alerts us where we are in our journey toward the city it says six kilometers to Moscow finally we see another sign that says six kilometers to Moscow and finally we drive past a massive massive sign that says Moscow and when we pass that sign we literally enter into the territory of Moscow it alerts us that we're no longer travelling toward the city but we have actually passed the limits and now we have passed into the city of Moscow that is the word sign which Jesus now uses in this text so we find that the disciples were actually saying Lord tell us what are the prophetic markers what are the signs will see in our journey toward the conclusion of the age what will we see how will we know where we are in our prophetic journey and how will we know when we've crossed the line and we've really passed into the very very last of the last days and particularly they said what shall be the sign of the end of the world the word end is a Greek word soon telling us this word sunt Elias does not mean the abolition of a thing but rather it is the wrap-up of the thing the culmination of a thing the King James Version says the end of the world but there's a problem with that because the world will never end the world is going to be changed but it will never end this is actually the Greek word I own us a better translation will be the end of the age and this is the question which the disciples were asking Jesus when exactly are these things going to take place what T Lord we want to know in this private audience with you tell us what other ears never hear what exactly concretely explicitly will be these sign the road marker that will alert to us that we have no longer we are no longer traveling toward the end times that we've actually passed the border we've entered into the end of the age the wrap up of this age and then as you continue reading in Matthew chapter 24 Jesus begins to enumerate many signs that we will see to alert us where we are in a prophetic journey toward the end many people say and they're correct that Israel is a major sign to tell us where we are in the end of the age but Israel is just one of many signs jesus also says there'll be wars and rumors of wars he also says that Kingdom will rise against Kingdom that's a very interesting phrase in Greek because it describes political philosophies warring political groups trying to squash warring political groups it really describes unethical behavior in the political realm does anybody think we might be seeing that today on a level like we've never seen before Jesus gives explicit signs but when he begins his list he begins with a sign that is something most of us don't really hear about as the primary sign to alert us that we've entered the end of the age Jesus says in verse 4 take heed the word take heed is a greek word blabbetty which means look listen the words are so strong that it was almost like Jesus was reaching out to grab hold of the collar of the disciples he is shaking them to get their attention he says take heed blip Entei listen to me listen to me perk up hear what I'm about to tell you and that he immediately says take heed that no man what deceive you everybody say deceive well in this particular verse Jesus doesn't even use the normal word for deception this is the Greek word plan out the word plan out is a word that is used multiple times by Jesus and by the Apostle Paul so we know exactly what this word plan out means and it was a word that was used in the intertestamental period between the Old Testament and the New Testament so the usage of this word deceive is very well-established this word deceive the Greek word plan out was specifically used to describe a person a nation a group of Nations or society as a whole that once walked on a very solid well-known moral path but now for some reason they have deviated from the path that is familiar to them the path they have been upon is time-tested it is trustworthy they know it's safe to walk upon that path but now this word deceived the Greek word plenty Oh describes a person a nation nations or society as a whole making the decision that we will depart from the route we have walked upon and we're going to go another direction and this particular word deceive describes a person a nation nations or society that has now veered from a path of moral uprightness and they are literally teetering on the edge of a dangerous and treacherous cliff and in fact the same word was used to describe an animal that so completely lost its way that it was unable to find its way back home so now the disciples said Lord tell us T exactly concretely explicitly what is these what is the thing that we should be aware of more than anything else that will alert us that we have entered the very end of the age and Jesus says I'm gonna tell you first above all upfront take heed listen to me careful when deception enters the human race you will know that you're no longer passing toward the end but you have passed the barrier and now you have passed over into the very very end of the age interesting that this word deceive is used by the Apostle Paul in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 11 where the King James translators properly translated it as the word delusion it's talking about delusionary times delusionary times it is the same word which is used by the Apostle Paul in first Timothy chapter 4 and verse 1 when he says that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits that word seducing is the same Greek word spirits of delusion so when you compare the writings of Jesus with the writings of Paul you find at the very end of the age when we've crossed that barrier into the very end of the age we will enter into a time when delusionary spirits have been released into society and people will begin to believe things that are not supported with correlating facts people will believe things that are even diametrically opposed to science people listen to their feelings more than they will listen to facts and delusion and lunacy will begin to work throughout the fragment the fibers of a society well I don't think you have to be a genius to look at our world today and realize we're living in delusionary times those are the times that we're living in and it's very interesting to me the Satan at the very end of the age is trying to assault man's mid Satan hates the image of God we are made in the image of God and every time Satan looks at us who do you think he sees he sees God because we are made in the image of God and therefore now he is diluting people's minds with false thoughts causing them to question everything about their own identity even the way in which they are made so that boys don't know if they're boys girls don't know if they're girls people are going through operations to try to alter themselves to make them into something else transsexual operations now I have to tell you I'm just gonna be honest may I be honest with you we live in Russia and in Russia these things do not take place in fact our president whom I know the West doesn't like he has made a very strong statement he has drawn the line and you know he recently said I listened to the interview he gave an interview with the Financial Times of London and the Financial Times of London said President Putin what are you gonna do with the LGBTQ movement in Russia would you like to know how he answered he said first of all we're going to be compassionate he said people have a choice to do what they want to do to believe what they want to believe we're going to be compassionate people have their rights he said however as a nation we have made a decision these worthless what he said we are studying the United States and we're watching how they are departing from biblical truth and we as a nation have determined we're not going to go that way we are returning to the foundation of the Bible that is what our president said I heard him say it and so the reason I'm telling you that is because Wendy's and I come to the United States which is twice a year and I know that you live in the United States so you have a grace to live here but it is really quite shocking to us I'm sure it's shocking to you but we've been gone 30 years we've been gone 30 years this is not the same country that we left 30 years ago it is not the same country there has been a departure from what it used to be the spirits of delusion are working in society we disembarked from our plane in Atlanta we walked down the bridge to get onto the next aircraft and as we walked down the bridge to get onto the next plane the bridge was filled with photos of all kinds of families this family and this family and this family and this family and blended right into all the images that all the passengers walked by is a man with his shoulder laying over on the shoulder of another man holding hands I said Denise the spirit of iniquity is at work it is bombarding the minds of the general population this is mental modification this is exactly what Jesus prophesied it is a worldwide deluge of delusion and deception trying to lead people off track to believe that which does not even correspond with science now when you come to Romans chapter 1 the Apostle Paul describes amazingly what happens to a society or a nation that departs from God so let's go there Romans chapter 1 and I want you to see what the Apostle Paul said Romans chapter 1 is one of the most brilliant things written in the New Testament and in Romans chapter 1 we're going to begin in verse 21 Paul writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit says because that when they knew God this word new is a Greek word conozco not the word epic no schoo epic no Scott would describe intimate knowledge that would be a word you had just used describe people who have an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ that's not the word that's used here this is the word Guinness go it describes a god-fearing nation a nation or people that has a general respect for God even if they don't know God personally still they have a respect for that which is sacred or that which is holy and out Paul says because that when they knew God when they had a general acquaintance of God they glorified him not as God neither we're thankful but became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened notice the result of turning away from God it doesn't make you intellectually bright this verse says they became vain in their imaginations the word vain is the Greek word Mateos the word Mateos describes something that is wasted something that has tainted something that has ruined the word imaginations is the Greek word a look is maas which is the very word for the human faculty to reason reasonings intellectual conclusions and now Paul says what a god-fearing nation a nation who once had an understanding of God when they begin to turn from him ceasing to glorify Him as God and lose their thankfulness by the way when it says neither we're thankful it carries the idea of people who are no longer grateful for what they have but now they have a feeling of entitlement like they deserve everything they have it is a loss of thankfulness Paul says they become wasted Matthias they become tainted their mind becomes affected their mind literally becomes ruined and he says specifically their imaginations their intellect their reasoning their Faculty of thinking it literally becomes ruined wasted and their foolish heart is darkened the word heart is a Greek word cardia it's where we get the word cardiac arrest or a cardiac ward kardea describes the human heart so you have to think for a moment what does the human heart do the human heart pumps and it bumps and it pumps and it pumps your heart is pumping right now we're all grateful that our hearts are pumping and what do hearts pump the heart pumps blood how much of your body has blood every part of your body has blood the heart is pumping and pumping and pumping and pumping blood throughout the entire system of your body but now Paul uses this same idea to tell us when a society turns from God they cease to glorify Him as God they cease to be thankful they become entitled their mind is affected well of course the Bible tells us clearly that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and when you turn from wisdom from God even if you're intellectually bright you begin to believe nonsense you begin to believe nonsense and Paul says even worse than that not only is the mind affected dear l'église must their faculties of thinking but their foolish heart is darkened and here he paints a picture of society and the heart of a society but rather than the heart of society pumping blood the heart of society begins pumping darkness and pumping darkness and pumping darkness and pumping darkness until finally that darkness has infiltrated every part of society this is the destiny of a nation who ceases to glorify God and refuses to be thankful and then look at the next verse professing themselves to be wise it's amazing to me the word professing really would be a better trend translated alleging alleging carrying on boasting proclaiming themselves to be wise the word wise is the Greek word sophist it describes those that are intellectually astute or those who think that they are intellectually advantaged above the rest of the population so while their mind is being wasted in their heart is pumping darkness all the while they're alleging they're asserting their carrying on and even boasting that they are intellectually advantage they are the upper crust of society they are the leaders of a new kind of a permanent progressive thinking and the Holy Spirit says but let's look at it truthfully professing themselves to be wise they became what fools well what do you think that word fool is in Greek it is a Greek word Marino do you hear another word in that if you think it's the word you are correct it describes those that are mentally ill or people that are mentally deranged and hear the Holy Spirit speak straight while they are alleging asserting that they are the progressive thinkers of a new generation their heart is pumping darkness and the truth is while they're claiming to be brilliant leaders the truth is they've become mentally ill mentally deranged they are morons anyone who could believe such conclusions are clearly moronic that is a literal translation of that verse well let's look at the next verse and Paul continues he says and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into amendments made like unto corruptible man to birds to four-footed beasts and creeping things well first of all in verse 23 when he says and changed it really is the word to exchange or it's making a swap or making a trade it's putting two things on the table and choosing one over the other so now we find in this verse it's not that people are ignorant they have a knowledge of God they put God on the table they put something else on the table they weigh the two and they choose to make a swap rather than go with God as they have in the past they trade God in and they choose something else and what do they choose an image made like to corruptible man to birds to four-footed beasts and a creeping thing is what in the world is this about verse 23 is a history of idolatry look at it how did I dolla tree begin idolatry began with creeping things all you have to do is take a cruise down the Nile and go into all the temples and you see them the very beginning of time when idolatry was first developing they worship snakes they worshipped beetles they worshiped crocodiles they worshiped creeping things then his time proceeded and man's mind began to ascend he no longer worshiped creeping things but then man begin to worship four-footed beasts cats cows ox and then his time went by you come to the time of the Roman Empire and during the time of the Roman Empire the ultimate emblem to worship were birds man's mind is sending higher and higher and higher he begins with creeping things then he comes up to the level of four-footed beasts finally his mind his thoughts are going higher and higher he begins to worship the birds of the air and Paul says at the end of the age it will no longer be creeping things four-footed beasts or birds but man will worship man himself he will become the sender of his worship Wow then he says in the following verse wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their hearts to dishonour their own bodies between themselves well most people have a problem with verse 24 and so do I because God never gives up on anybody can you say Amen God never gives up on anybody there's never been a soul on the earth that God has given up on but yet this verse says God gave them up well that is a King James translation that is not what the Greek says the Greek says wherefore wherefore in light of this in light of the fact that they want to worship themselves in light of the fact they've traded God in for something else in light of the fact they refuse to glorify Him as God they're no longer thankful their mind it's been affected their heart is pumping darkness they've become intellectual morons wherefore in light of all of this if this is what they really want a better translation would be God released them he released them God will never make you worship which you do know what a worship dot is so gracious and God is so good to honor your choice God will let you do anything you choose to do and in this particular case it is the equivalent of God saying if this is what you want go get it I will not restrain you God released them it's an amazing verse and what did he release them to do look what the verse says God released them that's a literal translation to unclean this interesting the word unclean this is a Greek word which describes something that's lewd something that's filthy something that's morally foul he released them doing clean this through the lusts of their own hearts so God said if this is what is in your heart I'm going to release you to the desires of your heart I will not restrain you if this is really what you as a people as society as a nation want go at it and notice the result to dishonor their bodies between themselves that word dishonor is very very important it can mean to dishonor but it's also the Greek word which means to misplace or displace or to put bodies in configurations where they do not naturally belong and then he says who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator who is blessed forever amen verse 26 for this cause God gave them up the Greek again says God released them God refused to restrain them if this is what you want you can have it you can do whatever you wish God released them to what unto vile affections oh the Greek literally says misplaced affections misplaced affections it doesn't question that they had affection yes they have affections but it is misplaced affection for even their women did change the natural use into that against nature and likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust one toward another men with men working that which is unseemly the word unseemly describes that which is not natural and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error that was meat look at verse 28 and even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge it's not that they didn't know God they did know God we saw that in verse 21 because that when they knew God when they had a general understanding of God they chose this was no longer in sync with current fashion this was no longer the way to go so they have laid God aside and that when we come to verse 28 Paul says even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge God gave them over the Greek literally says God released them to a reprobate mind what does this verse not say it does not say God gave them a reprobate mind he does not say that he says God simply released them to the process what does it mean to be reprobate I don't know when I was a kid growing up we didn't like somebody we'd call him a reprobate we didn't even know what it meant we just know it was really bad if you were a reprobate but what does it mean to be a reprobate what is a reprobate mind let me ask you do you know what it means to be a reprobate some missus uh to be reprobate that means you're twisted to be a reprobate you are perverted well really what is the word reprobate really mean it's a Greek word at houki mas da Chema's describes something that has approved something that is trustworthy but if you add an A to the front of it it's no longer do Chema's it's a DoCoMo's it's a mind that once was trustworthy it is a mind which once correctly thought but you add an eight to the front now it is a mind that has been warped it can no longer come to the conclusions it once came to it has lost its ability to think clearly or these are mines that have become so tainted that they're no longer able to perceive what is right and what is wrong this is exactly what Isaiah prophesied in Isaiah chapter 5 verse 20 when Isaiah said at the very end of the age there will be a strange era when people will really believe good is evil and evil is good when people's mind will become so affected that they will take light for darkness and darkness for light they will take bitterness for something sweet and something sweet to be bitter it describes a mind that is so modified so modified it is so affected by all the images and information that is bombarding it and bombarding it and bombarding it and bombarding it that the mind has literally been refashioned reshaped so that it can no longer function the way that God meant it to function it's still brilliant but it's affected wow we're living in a society today where people really say good is evil if you stand by your Bible and proclaim what I'm proclaiming here tonight people say you're a narrow-minded that you're bigoted that you're a relic of the past however if you're open-minded and believe in all kinds of nonsense that doesn't even correspond with science they will say you are the leaders of a new progressive wave of thinking my friend this is the day that we're living in and this is only the beginning because Paul continues and the following verses and says being filled huh in other words this just the tip of the iceberg if this is not stopped if this is not restrained if repentance does not take place the following is what will absolutely flood this society as the heart continues pumping and pumping and pumping darkness being filled with all unrighteousness fornication wickedness covetousness maliciousness full of envy murder debate deceit malignity whisperers backbiters haters of god despiteful proud boasters inventors of evil things disobedient to parents without natural affection covenant breakers implacable unmerciful and look at this in verse 32 who knowing the judgment of God in other words these are people who grew up with a Bible in their hand these are people who once went to church these are people who once lived in a god-fearing nation even if they didn't embrace it all they knew what the Bible said they knew that who knowing the judgment of God that they who commit such things are worthy of death not only do the same but endorse that's little with the Greek says endorse those that do the same with them here Paul prophesied about what happens to a society that turns from God now I've brought my book up here because I want to read to you a literal translation of these verses are you ready for this listen to this this is a literal translation although society once had a general acquaintance of God a general knowledge of God and a reverence for things related to God a time came when people found it no longer fashionable to give God his due reverence rather than be grateful to God for their blessings they forgot who blessed them and ceased to be thankful they turned from God and as a result they begin to veer morally which resulted in their thinking becoming laced with error that affected how they reasoned about everything they alleged it was all right to believe things that are not supported by correlating facts and evidence and eventually their conclusions became totally out of sync with reality a normal heart pumps blood but the heart of a God rejecting society pumps and plural 4/8 foolishness until it is filled with darkness that eventually spawns depravity immorality and godless behaviors the so-called leaders of a god-rejecting society constantly assert that they are brilliant intellectuals of a new way of thinking even though it's difficult to fathom how they could claim such a thing regardless of what they assert their words and their ways of thinking make them sound like those who are mentally ill or mentally deranged how could anyone think that what they propose is normal make no mistake about it those who think this way are clearly morons that is a literal translation of these verses does that sound update up-to-date to you now Jesus said we're gonna see this in society the Apostle Paul describes what happens when a society turns from God but now turn in your Bible to first Timothy chapter 4 and verse 1 where Paul prophesies what's going to take place inside the church inside the church at the end of the age my friends we need to keep our heads on straight regardless of the craziness that's happening around us and when you come to first Timothy chapter 4 and verse 1 Paul speaking under the inspiration of the holy spirit writes and how the spirit speaks expressly the word expressly is their work word raitis it's where we get to work Rhema but in this particular case it means the spirit speaks categorically the spirit speaks emphatically with no room for question or doubt the spirit speaks expressly absolutely emphatically that in the latter times the word latter is the word whose status it agrees what Jesus said when he wrote about the wrap up of the ADEs Paul's talking about the same thing the wrap-up of the age who stared us latter the very end when there's no more when you've come to the very end he says you will see even this inside the church some praise God he doesn't say everybody but he says some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils he says psalm their Greek means a notable some a notable some a notable some shall depart from the faith well first of all the words the faith in Greek has a definite article and that's very important to understand this verse this is not faith for miracles this is not faith for signs and wonders or faith for finances it's not faith for things because it has a definite article it means it is the faith or the clear sound teaching of Scripture or here the Holy Spirit is prophesying at the very end of the age the spirit of delusion that is in the world will try to warm its way into the church even the church will go through a period of mental modification relaxing what they used to believe and they will begin to depart from the Greeks as Tess Pistons from the clear sound teaching of Scripture from the fixed teaching of Scripture they will begin to depart it does not say they're going to reject it there's a difference between rejecting and departing if you reject its outright it's deliberate but departing is slow it is methodical and in fact you can be in the process of departing and not even realize that you are in transition and in fact the word depart the Greek word FS to me means to put space between yourself and something else here we have the picture of believers who once stood on the Word of God believe the Word of God built their lives on the Word of God but now the times are changing society is thinking different and rather than stand on the Word of God the way they once stood on the Word of God is to me they're beginning to put space between themselves and what they once believed to be true and the reason they're putting space between themselves and their former position is because they're giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons giving heat is the Greek word Prosecco Pras means Deline towards something the word echo means to hold or to embrace or now we find rather than hold on to a former position rather than stand by the teaching of the Bible and say what the Bible says is correct now they're beginning to question the Bible and actually back away from it a fist to be put in space between them and their former position maybe they don't want to be called narrow-minded maybe they don't want to be called bigoted maybe they want to be open-minded and so they turn prosecco giving heed they begin to open their mind to a new reality in order to echo embrace new concepts to embrace new ways of thinking to embrace modifications of the faith they have become so open-minded until their brains fall out and the Bible says working behind this are seducing the spirits the word seducing again the Greek word plan a Oh something that causes you to lead a well established path a path that is safe a path that you know a path that is tested by time a path that is safe and secure but these spirits cause you to depart from that path really in the guise of being open-minded being progressive considering new ideas leaning toward it embracing it and Paul says understand anything anything that leads you away from the faith is the activity of seducing spirits and then he goes on to call them doctrines of demons doctrines the word doctrines is a Greek word Dada Scalia from the word DDoS Co which means I teach to play on words it's connected the word Kalos which means really good you put the two words together there were doctrines that is used here means really well packaged information well packaged information in other words we're talking about really good PR a PR campaign rather than the devil show up with horns on his head and a pitchfork in his hand he begins to inundate people with Dada Scalia well packaged seducing information that causes them to question everything they once believed and then maybe we were wrong and we need to be a little more inclusive isn't that remarkable so if you consider the words of Jesus in Matthew 24 the words of Paul in Romans chapter 1 and the words of Paul in 1st Timothy chapter 4 we have quite a picture of the end of the age at the end of the age Jesus says take heed lahpet they stand up perk up listen clearly because you'll know it's the end of the AIDS when delusional activity has entered every realm of society Paul says if society makes that choice to swap God in it has choose himself in his own thinking and to depart from that well-worn path that he once walked upon his mind will become affected the harder Society will begin to pump darkness and pump darkness and pump darkness until finally the conclusions of society will become moronic and God will say fine go get it and then when you come to first Timothy chapter 4 and verse 1 Paul hmm speaking in comparative terms says now the Spirit says this if you think you're dealing with tough times now listen to what the Spirit says about the end of the age and Paul points 2,000 years into the future and he says the spirit speaks Ratos emphatically categorically without question no room for doubt absolutely that in the latter times ustedes when you've come to the very end you'll know you're in the very very end of the age because you will begin to see some even inside the church begin to put space between themselves and one once they allege to be truth and they'll begin turning in a new direction listening to embracing doctrines of demons one man has translated this newfangled ideas I think that's a very good translation but behind these ideas are the activity of demons now there's a purpose in this why is the devil doing this what is the purpose of the devil well if you read 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 don't turn there but I'm just going to tell you what it says Paul writes again and he says at the end of the age there will be a mutiny against the Word of God and the Bible says the world would become a lawless place everybody say lawless what does that mean lawless does that mean everybody's a criminal does that mean we're all part of outlaw gangs what does it mean the world would become a lawless place lawless is the Greek word oh no Mia no Mia is from the word No Mas the word no must is gross well established moral laws put an a on the front and guess what it's a people who live with no established moral laws let's toss out everything we have embraced and let's construct a new world society let's not live by the rules and the standards which once dictated our world let's construct a new society with new morals and new ethics a new day and Paul clearly teaches in second Timothy Jim second Thessalonians chapter 2 that the very end of the age there will be a worldwide casting off of the law of God the Bible's a relic to dinosaur of the past you can't trust the Bible unhitch from the Bible you can't depend on the Bible doesn't agree with science we're going to new direction why should I believe what the Bible says about morals I don't agree with that I don't feel that way and people begin to put themselves in the center of their universe and the Word of God begins to lose its voice it becomes relegated to just another book among other holy books just another book on the shelf and the world becomes a place which casts off moral restraint casts off the law of God and when the world has finally been so modified that it becomes a lawless place a lawless people will produce a lawless leader he is called the man of lawlessness he is otherwise known as what the Antichrist the Antichrist will be the byproduct of a lawless people they will produce him he will be their man who speaks their language who has also cast off all old restraints and the Bible says this mystery of iniquity has been working since the very beginning of time and it will continue in crease as we come closer to the end now what about us what about us well we have to make a decision to dig in that we're going to dig our heels into the bedrock of the Bible and we're not going to move from the teaching of the Bible the Bible was the truth the Bible is the truth the Bible will always be the truth we don't need a modification of Scripture it was God's voice it is God's voice it will always be God's voice Society can go every direction they want to go but we're not going to go that direction it may even mean that you may have to put up with some flak from society hey it's okay are we stronger than that we can handle that we're the people of God the Spirit of God lives in us the church has dealt with flack from the very inception of the church the American church just hasn't known much of it but we may know it in the days to come and Denise and I have made a decision our church our family our ministry we're not going to veer from what we know is true what is tested what is established what is dependable Ecclesiastes 8 for says where the word of a king is there's power there's power in that book that you hold in your hands and the reason the devil wants to denigrate it and remove it is because he knows it is the one voice that has the power to permanently transform souls and therefore he wants to remove it to silence its voice because he's terrified of that book so as we come to the end of my message tonight and I'm finished I want to encourage you even though we're living at the end of the age and we're seeing all kinds of interesting things in society we can draw a line we can say the lunacies gonna stay right over there it's not coming in my house and see a bunch of lunatics on television you have a remote control you don't have to sit in your house and say oh god what are we going to do you hit the off a button or change the channel it's really very serious your mind is precious your mind is precious don't allow your mind to go through the world's mental modification don't submit yourself to that your mind is too precious for that your mind was not created to be reprobate it was created to think right to come to godly conclusions but if you allow the world to pound your mind and pound your mind like plastic it will begin to reform the way you see a lot of things and your mind is too precious for that so hold on to your Bible and if you hear anybody if you hear anybody leading you away from the teaching of the Bible pray for them and tell them farewell you're not going to follow that you're gonna walk on a path that is tested father we thank in the name of Jesus that the Holy Spirit told us about the end of the age we thank you Holy Spirit that you have told us to get a grip on ourselves father we thank you for the word of God help us to cherish it help us to love it help us to build it into every fiber of our being and it refuse to remove from it father we thank you for the empowering of the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit we thank you for your divine work in us and according to Ecclesiastes 8 for that you would release the word of the King in us let that power work in us Lord we thank you for this in the precious name of Jesus thank you for watching and being a part of our online family subscribe to our channel for access to all of our videos and live services you can also be notified when a new service becomes available if you ring the notification Bell we cannot do this without you you can support this ministry and help us reach more people with the word by giving at ResLife org / give thanks again for watching be blessed [Music]

Channel: ResLife Church

Views: 27,138

Rating: 4.6905446 out of 5

Keywords: ResLife, ResLife Church, Resurrection Life Church, Grandville, Grand Rapids, Michigan Church, Michigan, RLC, LINC, RLCI, Sunday Sermon, Duane Vander Klok, Rick Renner

Id: 7yHPoqDFX90

Length: 50min 26sec (3026 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 06 2019