Triumphant Living In The Last Days - Pastor John Koe

all right good afternoon to you all i'm excited to be back to preach the word of god to you i am excited because i know it's a fresh word and i know it'll be a blessing to you just as it has been for me putting it together so before i begin i want to invite you to pray with me heavenly father we just want to commit this time to your hands once again we want to acknowledge you and we want to thank you thank you for the blessings that you caused to pour down upon our lives thank you like according to psalms 103 this is you you daily load us with benefits you take away our infirmities you protect us you provide for your children as a faithful loving father and we just want to acknowledge you father help us never to ever take you for granted and your blessings for granted in our lives so we want to take a moment to thank you why don't you do that just take a moment just thank him for things that you have stopped thanking him for a long time health children provision affluence protection security god's preservation thank you lord for everything every good thing came from you in life book of james tells us and we just want to acknowledge you the father of good gifts in our life thank you god we don't just want to be thankful for the gifts you give but we want to thank you for you the giver who has given yourself to us and we commit this time to your hands we ask lord that you would anoint and empower the preaching of your word the sharing of your heartbeat and also to anoint and empower your people to receive from you the word in season that will help them thrive even in turbulent times that they will thrive and reveal your glory to people around them thank you father thank you for doing that to the ministry of your word and of your holy spirit right now in jesus name we we we ask and pray and everyone say amen amen i i wanna i entitled this um message triumphant living in the last is very fresh to me just like last couple of days he started to speak to me about this i really did not plan to do this i so happened to come back to the book of thessalonians thessalonians one of my favorite book actually in the bible because it is so relevant to us where we are right now the world what is happening in the world right now go back and reread thessalonians and 2nd thessalonians you'll be amazed actually it's so relevant so i just feel so so drawn to back to the book of thessalonians and i said already i said i gotta share it with the family so so here i am sharing it with you the the word of god tells us that in the last stretch of time before the return of jesus which i believe we are already living in that time period that these days are called not only the last days the bible warns us in these last days there will be perilous times a different translation in english translations called cause it describes it with different words one version calls it there will be perilous time another version calls it there'll be hard times that's very contemporary another version says there will be terrible times in fact many versions say there'll be terrible times i'm going to show you from second timothy in this is from holman holman christian version okay help me click yep second timothy chapter three was one it says but know this difficult times will come in the last days so today i'm going to share with you something very relevant something that i know it is fresh from the heart of god to ask his beloved people i really believe that we have already human human civilization and history has already entered into their face that is called the last days and the last days to the last hour you know and there will be terrible times there will be difficult times and god's word has much to say to us his people to equip and empower us for such to live triumphant life in such a time period the word of god has much to say as to how we might live life that can fulfill his purpose for us who are called and put to such a time period as this and and and and that's why the book of thessalonia is so powerful because the main theme of these letters that apostle paul wrote to the church in thessalonica or to the thessalonians the main theme is about triumphant end-time living how do we live what should be our priority what should we look out for how we might live in such a way that not only we're not harmed by what is happening in the world we actually thrive we actually become a people of strength and blessing to they can give strength to people around us and that through our lives god may reveal his glory that's the theme of the of the letters in the thessalonians so without further ado i want to begin with 2nd thessalonians chapter 1 all right this letter is split into two parts i'm going to zoom in today to the second part of thessalonian chapter one it's really interesting thessalonians chapter one begins with the end [Music] begins with a glorious end you see the word glory glorious glorified you know multiple times in this opening chapter chapter one describing what is the end and seeing the ending of this this dispensation when i say n i don't mean end of human kind some kind of doomsday i'm talking like about end of this chapter of human history that we call the church age or the dispensation of grace you know and then n meaning jesus is coming back again for us and then will bring us into the millennium and so we're coming to that juncture now and so that is the end i'm referring to so thessalonians begin with a glorious end that when jesus comes and what will he do how how he will be glorified in us and we'll be glorified in him and it's all along his intention that we live life in such a way that when he comes back it's going to be a glorious finish to this chapter very interesting much like and then thereafter the book goes back in goes back chronologically to what would transpire how we should live our lives in the light of the glorious ending so interesting right much like sometimes we watch movies but sometimes you watch movies when it begins with the end scene right if it gives you the end scene it's kind of kind of intriguing kind of bizarre and then the movie then brings you back chronologically to what happened before then that brought us to this final scene which will come back again at the end of the movie right you know what i'm saying second thessalonians thessalonians is like that so let's look at the end of this dispensation we're headed into this end and then with with that we'll go into chapter two to to glean some divine wisdom as how as to how we might live life with the end and gold in mind okay so ii thessalonians chapter 1 in the light of the difficult times that the bible forewarned us about regarding the stretch the period before the return of our lord jesus second thessalonians prepares us for how we might live life triumphantly in such a time as this second thessalonians chapter one oops is this a little bit too small for you i can read it for you all right so it's interesting it begins with telling us how when jesus comes back one of the very first thing he does will be to comfort his people to comfort his people who are troubled by many things that are that are happening in this period of times so it begins with with already a preparation for us to be mentally prepared that there will be some pretty rough days in the days ahead but don't be don't be worried about that i'm a bearer of good news alright so it begins with how when the lord jesus comes back he's going to come first of all to minister to those who are troubled among his people in fact he goes on to say not only he will comfort these people he will actually bring also judgment to those who have rejected the grace rejected the gospel rejected his salvation so it's these are very heavy words very very weighted words that he's speaking to us about the end all right let me read verse seven when jesus comes he will give you who are troubled rest with us when the lord jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels it's describing that the scene when he comes back for us and verse 8 inflaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know god and on those who do not obey the gospel of our lord jesus christ verse 9 this shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the lord heavy words huh and from the glory of his power the first mention of the word glory about this end scene verse 10 when he comes am i still at first time here yeah when he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints so the scripture says when he comes he'll be he'll be coming to be glorified by you all so you you have an idea of the kind of lives we should be living the life that really reveal god's reality god's power god's glory i prophesy over us in jesus name and not only to be glorified by us but and to be admired and to be admired among all those who believe because our testimony among you was believed referring to the gospel that we have believed and embraced verse 11 therefore we also pray always for you and i intentionally purposefully highlighted those words we also pray always for you prayer is a very very key element of life in this stretch of time all right i'll just leave that with you for now we'll come back to that therefore we also pray always for you that our god would count you worthy of his calling and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power that the name of our lord jesus christ may be again the word glorified in you and you in him that means you also will be glorified in him he is glorified in you you are glorified in him according to the grace of our god and the lord jesus christ so this is a glorious scene although it's sombra in its in in his tone you know that there will be there that he will come back there will he will bring first comfort to his people he brings judgment to those who have rejected his salvation and then he would reveal his glory in such a way through his people that the world would be stunned by his by by his glory and we also will be rewarded for all of us who believe in him who who who according to his word here who who who live unto the good pleasure or unto the good pleasure of his goodness living life in a way they reveal his goodness through our acts of faith that we draw from his power to live all right he's which is called his grace so i'm describing to you very as succinctly as i know how to of this scene here that's very rich in the scripture he's coming for a people glorious people living in the times of difficult times as well many a trouble that needs him to convert and yet we live life with such faith faith that reveals his goodness his nature his compassion his mercy and that the world many will see him in us and come to be reconciled with him this is a scenario this is the kind of a body of christ he's coming back for this is a this the description of the bride that the bridegroom is coming back for and we are that bride so this is a very glorious scenario multiple times the word glory glorified he would glorify and now he will be glorified in him he will reveal the glory of his power and all this according to his grace for a people who are engaged upon the work of faith not not not hiding in some caves in fear trembling under some bushes but actively engage upon the work of faith revealing god's god's character and goodness to our generation this is the scene what a glorious scene and then the scripture rolls back to then how we shall live our life now with that as a focus with that in mind that kind of a tiergy the kind of end scene right so this is god's end game like you know the avengers you have the final one the end game this is god's end game this is an ending scene to this epic movie of god's dealing with mankind the timeline played out to such a finality so there will be so the bible tells us basically there will be difficult times filled with challenges in the last days that we must be prepared for and and yet for us his saints who believe in him we can actually draw upon his boundless grace his wisdom his power to live for his pleasure to live to accomplish his purpose and when we do that engaging upon the works of faith like this to reveal them fulfilling our calling the bible says god will be glorified in us and that is what i want to see that comes out of this message hopefully prayerfully that this message will help strengthen you to live such a life that god has in mind as his end game for his people to glorious gloriously reveal and reflect him to our generation this generation that many were our lord jesus described as many many uh will their hearts will fail them for fear in this time and yeah we are a people that will reveal god to them in this very challenging times so with that as a backdrop now come into chapter two let me check okay thessalonians two verse one now okay now the divine counsel how to live lives now brethren that is what is going to happen so now let's look at some very practical things now brethren that means my brothers and sisters in christ concerning the coming of our lord jesus christ that's what he said thessalonians about the coming of the lord and how we shall live in the in the light of his imminent coming concerning the coming of our lord jesus christ and our gathering together to him we ask you not to be shaken in mind or trouble all right so it begins with these comforting words like don't be shaken don't be troubled now we know that in this last days god is going to shake the heavens and the earth right we i preach from the scripture in uh hebrews 12 24 i believe 26 27 about how how the scripture forewarn us that in the last days god himself will shape human civilizations he will shake everything that can be shaken to reveal many unjust things very unrighteous things that that humans have given over to and in this period of shaking it will be terrifying for the world every human institution will shake and political structure will crumble the world economic system will collapse the many things will be challenged that which has evil and unrighteous and it will be will everything the bible says that that is not aligned with him that can be shaken will be shaken actually this scripture corroborates with that in hebrew and in the light of that it tells us not to be shaken help me tell the one next to you don't be shaken and the one next to you and don't be trouble don't be shaken and don't be troubled because god's word already already forewarn us and prepare us for such a time as this so second thessalonians begin with a mental preparation that the world around us is gonna get pretty rough as we journey forward from here and the word cautions us not to be shaken not to be troubled when the world goes through all that great shaking so let this word sing into you because many christians are fearful if you do not know what god is doing in this hour you will be fearful and you should be fearful because with what is going to happen and you do not know what's god's good plan in it you have every reason to be fearful but not us we don't we do not belong to the we do not belong to the people described in jose 4 6 when he says my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge so we are not lacking in knowledge when we hearken to what the holy spirit is talking to us right now and the word goes on to warn us about something that will be a key challenge right after this starting in in verse 3 it goes on to warn us about a key challenge we will face in this time period and the key challenge is deception which is really interesting it it corroborates what our lord jesus in matthew 24 4 or luke 21 that tells us we know when the disciple asked him lord what will be the sign of the end and the lord began both times began in the book of gospel recorded as that he began with see to it that you are not deceived that means the key challenge about this generation that we have entered into this time period the key challenge we all face is deception all right we'll come to that all right it's deception though the devil will be will and has already no will he has already flooded the world with great deception what is goal offers the goal of his deception ultimately all his deception is designed to turn the world against god and against god's reign and rule in their lives in the nation on your household and into their nations his deception is ultimately designed to turn the world away from god and towards him to allow satan to rule over us and this is his nefarious plan the bible does talk about how towards the end of this period of this dispensation this era satan will actually want to physically set up his ruling regime there will is a one world government over the whole earth and and he's moving through people that are aligned with him satan worshipers whom you will be very surprised to find out they are very usually that group of people very rich and powerful but are satan worshippers aligned with him and satan is intending to raise up and erect in the last days a ruling class to run a ruling system a one world government over which he will reign and rule over the earth through this small company of people totally given over to him and his agenda that's what the bible tells us that sounds like some kind of movie theme right or something if i'm not aware or not acquainted with the biblical prophecies then that's what the bible tells us in second third thessalonians is intimated about that it's also corroborated with many scriptures in the bible especially from the book of revelation all right also talk about this this how satan would want to set up this world governing structure is a one world dictatorial uh structure and he will rule the world through a man utterly possessed of him and whom the bible calls in the book of revelation the antichrist a man utterly possessed of satan and he will be the physical representation of him to rule over the system and and so you can imagine him to be someone very charismatic someone that gained the love and admiration and trust of the world eventually to be to be allowed to be the world president not just for our nation but the whole world and so the people that supported this debt agenda belonging to this between inverted comma the elite class of rulers they are what we refer to as the globalists today it's very real some of you may be like totally new to this but the the bible already actually reveal much about how they function towards the end second thessalonians begin with telling us do not be shaken do not be troubled and then it goes on to talk about deception that will come upon the whole world verse 3 let no one deceive you by any means because they will use many means that's what it is telling us warning us they use many means do you know that this dark powers some refer to them as the deep state the real power behind different governments around the world they are actually in cahoot with one another and they actually have been working at world domination for years and years strategically tactically systematically rolled out their plans putting their people in all the highest places on the summit of every mountain of influence over human societies they control the press they control the media they control the banking system they control the social social media platforms they control political structures and institutions they control your thoughts your beliefs because what you see and read and even get entertained by in the production in movies and all that i tell you there's an unseen hand and a dark force behind much of this to shape the world's thinking that is deception of the highest order and i stand here to tell you this we are already deep in the froze of this and people don't even know it including the people of god because they are so pervasive in the system do you know like in the us the the 90 and u.s determines the the media of the world huh 90 of what they see and read the news that the entertainment law there are actually owned by six corporation ninety percent owned by six corporation and all six are owned by the globalists they shape the content they shape the narrative for the whole world to believe what they want you to believe this is really serious and the bible warns us about that 2 000 years ago that the number one challenge living in such a time period is deception in the in the in the public sphere on the global scale is deception that we have to deal with i just feel very very uh i feel this urgency today to talk about this because i feel like this is god's word in season for us we are already thick in the froze or this and i i observe that even christians are not aware are not aware and and they're so naive so given over to the narrative that that this powers that be selling to us all right and and and the bible wants us about this so second that's all learners begin with let no one deceive you by any means for the day will not come unless falling away comes first this deception will be so serious that falling away is referring to god's people falling away falling away from the faith falling away from the belief in christ falling away from the relationship with god that's why i tell you the ultimate deception the ultimate goal of the deception is designed to pull the world away from god so the bible warns us there'll be great deception using many means if you look at the scripture and will cause many to fall away including the the elects the seemingly mature believers and even well-known preachers and ministers will actually be stumbled and be deceived and be taken away from from god's purposes in their life taken away from their relationship with god and then he goes on to describe the epicenter of this deception let me repeat the day will not come unless the great or that unless falling away comes first and this and a man of sin is revealed who is this man of sin the antichrist he's also described as the son of perdition or judgment he'll be judged who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called god or that is worship he will he will be worshipped he will be so skillfully set up by the system that the world will come to bow at his feet like we you to you you are brilliant you shall be the the one that is worthy to be a world president because you have brought peace between the warring factions of different tribes and nations you know you will come to pass all right and he will oppose everything that is of god and exalt himself to displace and replace god in in the eyes of or humankind so this warning about deception in the last is really correspond with what our lord jesus wants remember what our lord jesus says to his disciples watch out that no one deceives you that was his opening when the disciples asked him what is the sign of the end he begins with deception and you better be careful do not be deceived he was the one that said even the elect the the seemingly the infallible ones will also fall will be deceived by satan in this time period demonic deception will be in one statement demonic deception will be the predominant characteristic of the end times am i i repeat that again we are already in it we're already in it the current situation is already like this so the prophetic scripture in the book of revelation corporate corroborates with this talking about how in the book of revelation describe this one world structure as as the the mystery babylon you know god that's how god abhorred this system or it's a satanic system that's comprised of three main pillars one world government one world religion one world economy and you know what they are all in place right now in case you do not know the form structure is already in place right now so all the media are at work all the machineries at work to nudge the world towards towards having a favorable disposition towards this concept of one world government oh all this thing that's happening around the world we need to have a one world government to control so that it's the sustainable development you see here all these fancy words that all the climate the these that that's why it requires one world control system or oh the epidemic we must all subscribe to one control you know it's already in place and people are like absolutely you know many many are such so ignorant between last year and now much have already taken place in this trajectory all right this group of people have made use of what seemingly is a actually a simple epidemic it has become a power grab venture and they have made much progress let's put it this way all right made much progress between last year and this year and the world is just plunging into it without discernment i'm talking about god's people especially which is sad because jesus tells us we're not the people who are unaware you know about the end you know you see you just even farmers know they look at the fig tree they know when the fig tree but they can tell the season and the time summer is near harvest time is near jesus say my people he was intimating that his people should know seasons even though you do not know the exact day and month and year you can know the trend the god's people should be able to watch a season and discern the kind of times we live in and then we live our lives according to the season relevant to god's agenda so there's a god's agenda that's being played out right now even as a saint as satan as it has a very diabolical very dark agenda that he's wanting to implement seizing worldwide control and he has been at work for years to to nudge the world towards a centralized a centralized global government run by this elite group of people you know the globalists yeah and so this has been at work for years and years and now it's their harvest time they're blatant about this as they implement measures to to cease central control over the whole world and the bible says that the bible says that they have been able all this time look at the scripture again let's go come back the second thessalonians chapter 2 verse 8 verse 6 and now you know what is restraining interesting while the devil is wanting to bring the world to such an outcome there is a force that is restraining him at the time being we're going to find out what is a force that restrains him and his agenda and now you know what is restraining that he may be revealed in his own time meaning there's a thought and restrain him to let him only come for that the god allowed timing so let me just let me let me paraphrase and and describe for us in a while in a while then goes on in verse 7 it says for the mystery of lawlessness is already at work it's been at work all this time all right only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way interesting so what is happening is this satan has no patience because patience is a fruit of the holy spirit and he does not have the fruit of the holy spirit and satan has always been in the history of man been trying to push forward his agenda ahead of god's appointed time he's impatient he want it and they want it now he want a rule and he wants to rule now and so so he he's always wanting to bring up his antichrist and my i add that he doesn't know even he not know who is the real antichrist because antichrist is a spirit and because he's always running ahead of time he's always wanting to appoint his anointed one to be possessed of him to do this job so in the history of man you can reap people with the spirit of antichrist wanting to emerge and then they were brought down wanting to emerge and they were brought down you understand even satan himself does not know who is the ultimate candidate that he can finally bring up to be that person like for example in human history hitler is an example he carries the spirit of antichrist he wants destruction he wants a lot of death he wants world domination he failed because it wasn't god's time yet people like mussolini people like even maybe napoleon you know people like that they carry their spirit and even in our generation now it's very obvious who carries that kind of a spirit which of course is not expedient for me to say over the puppy because they are alive they carry their spirit and say and they would become that candidate if the restrained force restraining force is taken away i want you to read the times of your sons of issachar because it's already played out before us right now people it has big implications for our life how we want to live how we want to steward our money and resources how do we want to raise our children what do we live for how do i tell my son to plan his life in the light of this kind of things that's happening it is real and it affects all of us and people of god if they are only aware of what god is doing now if only they are aware with what god is doing now they will not be living many will not be living their lives like the way they live right now like there is no tomorrow like there is no return of christ like there is no reality to the to the to the rapture and the one world system which by the way they call it very fancifully as the new world order and they're actually mounting the same plan they've been trying to put in place so all the fights right now on the global scale and it's in the political arena financial arena actually is the fight for this system to be set up and then they are the restraining force that god is using to push it back because they are ahead of god's timeline that's where we come in because many times when i preach on this subject believers will come up to me and say uh pastor john i don't understand this if the bible's prophesied that this is all gonna happen how how can we be praying against it you know if god says oh this is gonna happen then how can i pray against what god say it will happen honey let me tell you it's called timing as i said the devil is always impatient and he wants to push ahead of god's time and i'm of total conviction this is still not the time for him to raise his ugly head to bear his ugly head and to rule the world no because the bible shows us a timeline that has the church rising with great glory and reaping millions and millions of souls towards his one final harvest and the church revealing the glory of god by the way the glory of god is his goodness huh uh exodus chapter 33 verse 18 verse 19 go read about it all right when moses asked god reveal to me your glory and god gives him a revelation of his goodness his graciousness his compassion full revelation of his goodness god's glory is his goodness and god is wanting his goodness to be revealed and demonstrated to the world in one final blast through his people that the world will be stunned by his goodness into his family i prophesied to you my words in the days ahead there will come such solutions inventions and innovations by god's people that solve civilizational scale problems renewable energy cures cancer you know and many many innovations god's gonna release it's a display of his goodness and the solutions that he would release through his people it reveals his character you understand there must come such a time as this which the bible talks about in acts for example the times of refreshing for the restoration of all things that is that time period when the church arises romans 8 talk about how the world in the state of corruption and decades creation even though creation trees animals they know they're looking to the revealing of the sons of god they will deliver them from this state of decay and corruption even nature is waiting rubbing their hands and waiting for the children of god the final generation that will be revealed and will bring such healing and restoration such a display of the superiority of the redemptive work of christ over the destructive work of satan there must come such a time period and if you would like to see this say amen that's why it's not the time here for satan to sit pretty on his throne to rule them no not yet honey not your time yet now get out you know go back we have to push back the darkness that's why god's people has to be aware of god's timeline and then we are not given to the wrong timeline a sequence of things and then becomes immobilized and paralyzed with hope with despair and hopelessness no no no no we are not hopeless we are not powerless in the light of many things you'll see in the in the world that will happen in the days ahead there's going to be earth shattering so this is a time of great confrontation i mentioned i've thought about this from this puppy many a time who are headed now straight into the clash of the kingdoms where god is going to raise up his people to become the salt and the light and to push back the darkness and god allow the confrontation to take place he allows it to take place so that the world can see what is real what is false what is good what is evil the bible says in the book of the second corinthians there's a scripture they say there must first be factions among you conflict and confrontation so that those approved by god may be made obvious sometimes god allows conflict so that you know which is the side of of god which actually belongs to satan yeah and so this confrontation is inevitable and we are already living in such a time as this and that's where the restraining force comes in in second thessalonians it says now you know what is restraining that this antichrist son of perdition he may be revealed it is only in his own time only as in the right timing there's a restraining force meanwhile so even though the mystery of lawlessness he's wanting to bring forth his his evil empire has been at work you know but there's one who restrains him until that restrainer leaves and is taken away who what is this restraining force you want to chance against the holy spirit through the church of jesus christ as long as we the church deputized by god as a rightful owner and authority of and and who holds a dominion on earth as long as you are here the anti-christ have no room to play the moment we pray him down and he's bound and thrown out because we whatever we bind on earth shall be bound in heaven whatever said lose on earth we allow on in this physical realm is allowed enough in the spiritual realm we have absolute power in this realm if you agree say amen the tragedy and privacy is much of the church world today do not know the power and authority that god has deputized his church with so all these are happening under our nose you know all these all these evil evil things have been taking place very unjustly they've been taking place and the church in the state of ignorance comatose whatever different degrees of you know of deception abdication from a place of power and is allowing all this to fester but that's why this season is also a season of great revelation god is releasing knowledge and understanding to his people to know hey hey hey we are the ecclesiast by the way i've explained before ecclesiastes that we commonly uh translate as the church is actually used during biblical days in jesus time as the knesset the the senate the ruling body do you know the church you say i will build my ecclesiast and the gates of hell will not prevail against it i will rule my governing body the church is a governing body over the affairs of the earth and the gates of hell with gates of hades which is the powers of satan they cannot rise they cannot resist the ecclesiastes god's governing body which is the church the people of god how far are we from living god's intention for us and deputization for us but things are changing things are changing god is releasing much light and revelation to his people to rise up in this hour we are the restraining force empowered by the holy spirit we can pray down every evil works do you know that we are not helpless we look at like like boko haram in nigeria or wherever in africa sudan you know uh capturing villages and and raping hundreds of schoolgirls which is what is happening huh we read about isis we read about various kinds of evil and we feel like oh oh oh don't know we pray and we can change the situation we can shape world events this is what god wants to bring about in us the realization the realization of the power that he has deputized the ecclesiastes with and this is a time of confrontation for us to restrain and to push back what this what's anti-christ is wanting to do ahead of god's timeline you understand what i'm saying that's why we have a very vital role to play as the world goes into the shaking and the revealing of injustice and exposing exposure of evil the church is to be the primer that brings that about we pray till the evil is exposed we pray down wicked regime the church actually can shape world events because it's all happening under our watch and it's time to church say no no no no no i'm not allowing this to happen under my watch and then god said finally my children is awakening to to what i've invested with vested them with the power the authority to enforce my will on earth as it is in heaven amen amen and so god has allowed many things to happen in such a way that the church is wingster to arise right now what happened in in the world today it's causing a lot of believers to be awakened huh whether it be election whether many things have been happening that caused a righteous anger to take to to arise and say no this is not right and more christians are praying now more than ever before as they see that things are not right they innately know by the spirit of god on the inside they are evil their injustice they are they are very very nefarious plan being rolled up upon the world citizenry and and we can make a difference and so we are being drawn right now into the war do you know the bible does intimate about a talks talk about a overcomers war towards the end to him who overcome to him overcome book of revelation seven times because to him who overcomes this is called the overcomers or some theologians call it you know and and you can't run away from this if you run away from this it's called desertion it's a horrible crime it's the highest crime in the military you know deception you know to run away from the battlefront we are prepared for such a time as this and this is the the the season whereby god is causing the church to arise to exercise a god-given dominion to overcome and defeat satan and crush the works that are instigated by the spirit of anti-christ there is and they are pervading into schools and curriculum they're coming into governments and institutions in the breaking marriages coming defiling families and marriages you know and in the church as the restraining force the salt and the light this is the time that you you must be stirred in a righteous anger to say no i'm not allowing this to happen not under my watch and you begin to engage with god to say lord i want to pray about this and you know what the spirit of god be so delighted to empower you to to partner with him in intercession to enforce his will on earth as it is in heaven there's so many things that have gone wrong in our world because the church is asleep and i tell you god is right now in this season of restoring dominion back to his people that which was lost by satan in the garden of eden has given it over to to that which is lost by adam to satan in the garden of eden and which jesus came to to wrench back from him and give back to the church and then he said with this authority you say whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven you have absolute control over what is happening in this realm because you are the rightful owner and i restore this dominion back to you right out lord jesus says that you know and this is going to be displayed in this hour like we have never seen before in the history of the church this is what is happening that's why i say the end time is going to be very glorious if you follow the scripture you can see it's very glorious it's a revealing of his glory and god's going to be glorified in his people his people is going to be glorified in god it's about glory being displayed in the midst of darkness which correspond again with isaiah's 60s talking about the gross darkness that will cover the earth but yet god will cause his light the glory to rise upon his people very consistently the bible speaks in multiple occasions of how god's people in the midst of great darkness they shine the brightest so are you ready have you been charging your battery and polishing your your torch really really this is our please don't don't be a deserter huh and run away from the battlefront this is the moment and what is the key what is the primary way we enforce god's will prayer everybody shout with me prayer the primary way it begins there with prayer and then you give feed to those prayers but it begins with prayer if you don't even pray you don't even have a beginning to know how to live a life a dominion of taking dominion some people some believers family they're wrecked up wrecked up by demonic forces of strife and infidelity you know they do you know oftentimes it is demonic and spiritual in its nature those things that that presses into families and destroy relationship and marriage and father and son uh relationship the bonding is demonic and spiritual many times and people of god are not aware because they're not exercising authority to say no i do not allow that's called binding it restraining it so the bible tells us that god will allow things to transpire in a way that the church is stirred to arise to his place of authority and dominion finally finally play his role her role the bride we can only restrain and push back the darkness we can restrain we can restrain the the son of petition but we cannot destroy him because he's going to be around to still fulfill god's will it's the bible says it's only when when jesus himself comes back he's the one that's gonna put him away once and for all permanently so we'll come back to the second thessalonians again all right i'm careful not to spill second thessalonians chapter eight now and then the lawless one will be revealed all right at the right time meanwhile there's a restraining force but when the restraining force is taken away the rapture of the church when we are taken away there's when he can xiao zang the the lawless one the son of perdition the antichrist he can blatantly come forth and make himself god in fact he will go into the temple and in jerusalem that will be built you know and he will sit on the throne and say i am god it'll be signs and wonders and all huh so let me read verse eight so you can have a sense of the timeline of what's going to play out in the days ahead all right and the lawless one will be revealed whom the lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming that's the lord's work we only do the restraining but he's going to do the elimination the judgment and the putting away of him permanently all right the coming of the lawless one is according to the working of satan with all power signs and lying wonders and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish because they did not receive the love of the truth oh so that's the antidote to the deception in the last days that they might be saved there'll be peeps there'll be so many people given over to the deception unfortunately and for this reason god will send them a strong delusion so you talk this word deception this word delusion and that they should believe in the lie that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness so there'll be great polarization in this hour but there'll be those so given over to deception and delusion but there will be people who just live by the truth and they are unscathed by the deception that's why there's a great polarization right now in our society all around the world the ones we hate will hate even more the one who love even be more radical in their loving you know and you will see light and darkness becoming more and more contrasting if you know what i'm saying just just read the political structure and and scenario right now you'll see great polarization very extreme all right and the bible talks about it this polarization they miss this great contrast that will come and so in this scripture what god is saying is this in the midst of delusion deception my people you must be a people given over the truth why is the beginning of truth the scripture the word of god you must know the word you must get to know the word you must have a habit in the word really people if you cannot even begin with 10 15 minutes in the word every day you're gonna fall i can guarantee you that because you and i we don't have the experience to resist the the deceiver he's been doing this for thousands of years and they've destroyed millions of life we just don't have the experience to fight him but we have the word of god the only way to stay deception proof is we're so drenched in the truth which is a word and so so what so i'm going to conclude right now truth the word of god essential without it you can't survive you and i will we'll afford the next moment if you're not connected to truth the holy spirit eating the word of god communion with the holy spirit because the holy spirit's the one that reveals truth to you he's the one that turns information into revelation that which is useful and relevant and the now word for you to guide you in your steps the word and the spirit the word and the spirit if you don't work in this structure right now it will be too late because you'll be coming you'll become more and more challenging more and more challenging as we as we head into the aisle into the storm that is ahead of us and the word of god seeks to prepare us for such a time and warn us with the word of god communion with the holy spirit and pray pray and pray that's the way to navigate in the days ahead and we come to the remaining scripture right now is that verse 16 verse did i miss verse 13 verse 8 9 11 i am so sorry i think i missed verse 13. can i read to you the second thousand chapter 2 verse 13 but we are bound to give thanks to god always for you again it's about prayer brethren beloved by the lord because god from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the spirit and belief in the truth again truly repeated three four times to which he called you by our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of our lord jesus christ so i want to ask a few people of god be drenched in the truth begin with 5-10 minutes at least in the day all right and then increase it more and more and make it a part of your lifestyle always in contact with the word of god it will save your life you will save your household god in these last days is raising up a generation of overcomers who would eat his word voraciously hear his voice very clearly walk with the holy spirit very very intimately pray very very powerfully and win so very effectively and leave his will and purpose very accurately this is a kind of a company an end time company that god is raising up the bridal company is such a people and then we come to the last scripture i must repeat this statement god in the last days is raising up a generation of overcomers who would eat his word voraciously hear his voice very clearly walk with the holy spirit intimately obey him very radically pray very powerfully reach unsafe reach the laws very passionately very effectively and we live his will accurately and i proclaim that over you in jesus name to be such a people really there's no other way to live and we come to the final scripture second thessalonians chapter 2 verse 16 which is the last verse in chapter two now may our lord jesus christ himself and our god and father who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace comfort your hearts back to comforting again and establish you in every good word and work what a balance so let us take what is the word spoken in this session and put it to work would you really i want to challenge you don't let it just be another message that comes in this way go out that way then you are a hearer not a doer you are deceived the bible says when you hear the word of god without this compelling heartbeat in you to say no i gotta put this to work then you were already given over to deception according to the definition of the word of god when you are a hearer and not a doer you are deceived deception comes in so many forms and it manifests its fruit in so many ways so the more so you know this is a moment i really oh i want to say these people i don't know how many of you have been saved or born again for years and years and years but i tell you this is a moment to apply every sermon you've ever heard every every bible lesson you have ever gleaned from the scriptures every every every lesson you have ever learned in the household of god you know what this season going forward it's time to put them to work because it calls for that it will be so challenging it's about time you put the word to work let's be a people who walk the talk and talk the wall can i hear it hey man yeah lord really let us not just be heroes of the world but also doer of the world this is the time to do it the bible says to establish you comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work just work without work it's just information without action just just hot air empty talk but if you have a lot of work without the word it's just worthless action without revelation it's all date works fruitless life you will live and so the bible say the word and the word must go together and in this season what you learn put into practice what you learn put into practice you will live a triumphant life amen i mean and we don't want to waste our lives on either one of them whether it be word without work or work without word out ain't me not me i want to live a fruitful life for jesus i want to live a triumphant life right in the middle of god's will for me i want to i want to realize all his purposes in me i want to actualize every give his place on the inside of me i don't know about you but if you agree i want you to stand because i want to pray for you come let's come into agreement right now because the bible says when two of his people any two shall even come together to agree upon anything it shall be done god promises that so if you're willing god wants to equip you with good word and work in these days ahead to leave an anointed and fruitful life for his purpose and glory would you say yes to him right now would you say yes to him would you join your faith with me right now please join your faith with me right now father in the name of jesus we look to you we don't want to be deceived we don't want to be a people who are hearers and not doers neither do we want to be people who just do and do without revelation without hearing your instruction and counsel without the navigation of your holy spirit we don't want to be the horse or no the neither do we want to be like the mule the horse runs ahead of you and your timeline the mill legs behind and we don't want to move with you we just want to be walking closely with you instead with the holy spirit and so now lord i want to pray over your beloved children in this house and those who are listening in online this one prayer i have before you a petition and a request i want to present before you joining my faith with the brethren to lift this up before you would you father draw us into that walk with you let us find the rhythm in you let us find the groove with the holy spirit to live life so in sync with the holy spirit so aligned with your heavenly plans and agenda lord we want to live the fullness of your purposes for each and every one of us every one of us you have a marvelous plan a holy calling a divine purpose and we want to know and we want to live it lord there are many of us who are not clicked in place yet because we've been we've been so impeded by many different worries of life love and the love of pleasure what are many destruction or of this life we ask that you set us free from that i want to speak this over the of my brethren here for those who are just trapped and impeded by all kinds of obstacles and impediment from having that vibrant walk with you today right now would you reveal by revelation to that person and say child would you allow me would you just open your hand and allow me to take that away from you it hurts you it harms you it impedes your walk with me i want you to enter into that vibrant triumphant life with me lord would you do that now do that now do that now lord set us free from every bondage open our eyes from every form of blindness or to spiritual realities and god let our truth invade us in and fill us in such a way that it exposes all the lies and deception that has already already invaded our space and already lay take hold and from a foothold to a stronghold in our mind and hearts would you expose those deception those strongholds has already been built in us and take them all away in jesus name like the truth comes like light that shines in the darkness like a floodlight lore that shines into every crevice of our thought life of our heart like pray just now may the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart lord be pleasing to you come lord come come come be the holy invasion by your spirit by your truth today little truth comes like a like a sharp sword sharper than any two i just saw your word shall be and begin to divide and ask that which is of you that which is not of you that we made by your grace put them away and say lord we are all yours now express your beautiful plans through us we pray in the name of jesus i pray a lord in the days ahead none of us here will be stumbled by the enemy none of us will be deceived neither we nor our children and our children's children that our whole household will be like joshua who could say as for me and my house we shall serve the lord and i pray that whole households will be set apart and sanctified by you for your divine purposes up ahead no one shall be harmed and hurt robbed and deceived by the wicked one in jesus name father you help us stay very connected with the family with the faith family to walk together this journey up ahead thank you god equip us equip us to live triumphant lives equip us lord to live triumphant lives in these last days not only for our joy our eternal rewards but even more so for your divine glory and purpose that we live our triumphant lives for [Music] in the name of jesus we agree and pray and all of god's people say amen amen just take a moment and let the spirit of god cause the word to just sing into your heart because what is of god must bring about change in your priority in your lifestyle even as of tonight as of tomorrow morning you say no i just want to take a few minutes first to get connected with my father in heaven and you open the bible you switch on your devices you read a scripture or two then in five or ten and then two chapters or four it's beginning to fall in love with the word of god and then you find your group with the holy spirit hearing his voice being able to feel his nudging in your heart guiding you in the affairs of life you are finding your groove and i pray that you of everyone here will find our groove with the holy spirit to live life led by him fruitful life fruitful lives it shall be glorious at his return at his return it is this such a life that he say he shall be glorified in you and you in him amen in the name of jesus in the name of jesus am i allowed to sing aloud right can i do the aaronic blessing thank you god for this phase three hallelujah i wanna sing the aaronic blessing over you the high priestly prayer i wanna pronounce over you i think we need this more than ever before right now in such a time as this people i really pray that you that you live beyond the deception of the enemy huh be discerning as i declare over you that the lord bless you and keep you the law shines me upon you and be gracious to you the lord lifts up his countenance upon you [Music] [Music] together [Music] [Music] [Music] bless you from the same family [Applause] [Music] for those who are watching online [Music] in jesus name have a gloriously blessed bigger head amen i mean you and your whole family amen i mean

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