Zac Poonen - Signs of Jesus Coming Again - Must Watch | HD Inspirational

what are the first signs that come to your mind from all the messages you have heard in your life about the signs that point to the second coming of Christ I've heard a lot of sermons my younger days and as I heard them night the signs that work uh most frequently to my mind is roars roars awards and tsunamis earthquakes and Israel coming into the land cetera et cetera one of the things that I have sought to do is to try and approach the scriptures with a mind that is completely open not bound by the traditions I inherited from my church background what is the sign of the Lord's coming and then we turn you to Matthew 24 when the disciples asked Jesus what is the sign of your coming that's a specific question what will be the sign of your coming Matthew 24 verse 3 what is the first thing jesus said not about Israel not about Wars not about tsunamis not about earthquakes what is the first thing he said make sure nobody deceives deception is going to be one of the greatest characteristics of the last days and that's the only thing he kept on repeating wars and rumors of wars he said in 1 verse verse 6 and never mentioned it again Israel if you count Israel as the fig tree he mentioned it in verse 32 once and that was it but when it came to deception he kept on repeating him see to it that no one misleads you verse 4 verse 11 many false prophets will arise and mislead many again deception and again it's he says in those verse 23 if someone says to you that here is Christ and there's Christ don't believe them because many false Christ's false prophets will arise and even show great signs and wonders to deceive if possible even the elect behold I have told you in advance verse 25 deception is going to be the greatest characteristic of the last days when you turn to the episodes you find the same thing it's consistent what Jesus said is repeated by the Holy Spirit 1 Timothy chapter 4 it says the spirit explicitly says now end up everything is written by the Holy Spirit in the New Testament in the Bible what does it mean the spirit explicitly says hasn't he said all the other things this is like when you get a letter from your father and he underlines sometimes or you get an email from someone and it is highlighted in bold or in red that's the meaning of this if Paul were writing an email he would put this involved and in read the spirit explicitly says that in the last days some will fall away from the faith this is talking about believers it's not Hindus and Muslims will fall away from the faith they are not in the faith at all these people are in the faith Christians who will fall away from it how paying attention to deceitful spirits now if you believe that here in the last days and you read this highlighted bold underlined statement of the Holy Spirit that people will fall away from the faith listening to deceiving spirits Boylan you'll be very alert on earth or I don't want to be deceived I don't want to be deceived how can I protect myself from deception great apostles like Paul Peter different ones govern pretty how do I know whether they are pretty what's right be like the Bereans ask them to show it to you instruct you compare what they say with Scripture I do not listen to people who just get up and hardly ever caught the Word of God if you have heard any of my sermons you'll find that almost every five minutes I go to Scripture you know why because I do not want your faith to stand on the wisdom of my cleverness but in the Word of God and most people don't know the Word of God enough to be able to tell you where the scripture is they say yeah it says this says that how do I know brother please show it to me in Scripture I don't have to go to the synagogue during the week now I've got the button right with me tell me where it is in other words second Thessalonians chapter 2 again speaking about the last days we request you brethren with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering because there are rapture with him let me tell you something he says that day will not come the rapture will not take place verse 3 until the Antichrist for me the man of sin for so many years I believed because I was taught that that will be raptured before the Antichrist and the tribulation I believed it for years now even taught it till I studied the Scriptures more carefully and I got rid of this theological mold that I had formed pouring every verse into it I throw it in the trash and I said I want to go to there like the Bereans and search the scriptures and I discovered that the church will go through the tribulation and then Christ will come like jesus said like the Lightning shines from one end of the sky don't believe those who say ah Christ has come here secretly there don't believe it he said 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 he goes on to say that the Antichrist will rise one who opposes and exalts himself and then he says be careful because in the last days verse 9 this one is going to come with the activity of Satan 2nd Thessalonians 2:9 with power signs and false wonders so one of the things I'm warned about in the last days is there's going to be a lot of miracles being done by people who are not really leading you to Jesus they were come in his name they will not manifest his character I see one thing about Jesus ministry he never took any money from the people him I don't see a single item never never never never and he did far greater miracles than anybody's ever done I never see the Apostles taking money from those own they pray for healing but that is the main thing I see and that proves to these are not circles of God and disagree with me if you like listen to me in the day of judgment your thing possession do not be deceived my brothers and sisters then he goes on to say these people come worst and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish and listen to this because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved I want you to think of this little expression it's very important receiving worse than the love of the truth so as to be saved receiving the love of the truth so as to be saved not just accepting the truth but loving the truth not just loving the truth but loving the truth so as to be saved not to be saved from the Romans not to be saved from hell not to be saved from sickness but to be saved from sin thou shalt call his name Jesus because he shall save his people from the sicknesses now he shall save his people from the Romans no he shall save his people from hell no he shall save his people from their sins that's the meaning Matthew 1:21 the first promise in the New Testament he shall save his people from their sins that is beloved fruit so as to be saved and now listen to what I call the scariest verse in the New Testament you think the scariest verse is going to hell no the scariest verse in the New Testament is verse 11 of second Thessalonians 2 that God Himself will deceive you now I'll tell you the devil scholar deceiver Revelation 12 8 to 10 the devil is a deceiver of the whole world Ephesians 4 verse 22 I think says my lusts are deceitful the devil is deceitful he's a deceiver my lusts are deceitful Jeremiah 17 verse 9 says the heart is deceitful above all things look at the things that are out to deceive me Satan my lusts a heart my only salvation is a God protects me from deception and if God also begins to deceive me I'm doomed and it says your God will deceive some people read it have you read that verse that's why I say it's the scariest verse in the New Testament if Almighty God also joins the forces to deceive me I'm finished there's no hope for me I can think I'm very clever I'm smart I know the Bible but if God tries to deceive me I'm finished the devil can try as much as he likes if God is on my side the devil will not be able to deceive me my lust will not be able to deceive me my heart will not be able to deceive me I must have God on my side now who are the people whom God allows to be deceived who are the people it says God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they may believe what is false you mean God makes people believe what is fall to read your scripture God would make them believe a lie he'll make them believe they are born-again when they are not born again I had met numerous people like that he will make them believe that they are filled with the spirit when they are not filled with the spirit they don't manifest the Spirit of Christ he'll make them believe that they have a certain gift of the Spirit when they don't have the gift of the Spirit don't be satisfied that people think you're spiritual live before God and see are you overcoming sin let me show you one verse James chapter one James chapter one and worse I'll show you one area where a lot of Christians are deceiving themselves James 1:26 James 1:26 it says if anyone thinks himself to be religious or what we would call spiritual and he cannot control his tongue his whole Christianity is worth zero if anyone thinks he is spiritual and he cannot control his tongue he loses his temper he back fights and gossips gossips gossips gossips he cannot control his tongue his whole Christianity is worth zero whatever version of Christianity he has Baptist brethren Pentecostal whatever it is if he cannot control his tongue his religion is Christianity is worth zero I'd like to know how many Christians believe that I could not control my tongue when I got married I didn't know about victory over us in those days I was born again but I didn't know victory over sin I didn't take this verse seriously but I remember the day I took this verse seriously I saw people who would speak in tongues in other tongues in the Pentecostal church Sunday morning and in the afternoon in their mother tongue shouted their wife this is what type of language is this you mean the spirit can control your other tongues but cannot control your mother tongue that can't be the Holy Spirit I said I don't want that I said lord I don't I'm not able to control my mother-tongue I don't want just other terms I want control over my mother tongue as well that's how I knew that my other tongues was genuine if the Holy Spirit cannot control my mother tongue and I say I've got some other tongues I'd say I'm fooling myself how is it that the Holy Spirit can give you an unknown language but cannot control your mother tongue is that really the Holy Spirit or some others there are Muslims who speak in tongues Buddhist who speak in tongues it's not from the Holy Spirit so let's take these scriptures seriously and if I'm honest that's all you gotta do go to Scripture be like the Bereans compare everything in your life with God's Word and you'll never be deceived God has given a his his inspired word to guide us protect us from deception in these last days to protect us from deceivers compare every preacher with Jesus dear brothers and sisters I have shared the truth with you I hope you will take seriously we're approaching the coming of Christ we should not be ashamed when he comes let's wake up that bold gospel that some of your ancestors who lived 80 years ago and experienced the power of the Holy Spirit in Romania they had the truth some of us have drifted away from that they had godliness they had poverty you know they were not so wealthy as you they didn't have all the gadgets you have in your home but that godliness let's go back to that gossip they had a genuine power of the Holy Spirit that's what we need in our name amen

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Length: 14min 6sec (846 seconds)

Published: Fri May 29 2015