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Sunday Oct 18, 2015
Sunday Oct 18, 2015
Matthew 7:1-6 “Judge not, that you be not
judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged;
and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And
why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the
plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother,
‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your
own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye,
and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
6 “Do not
give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they
trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.
It is important to abide in Jesus personally.
Putting too much weight on the teaching of people really falsely intensifies
the truth of their doctrine and the danger of their errors. Getting Jesus' heart
from the Sermon on the Mount is really helpful in putting teaching in
perspective, and effectively influencing the maturing of the Bride...the end
time Church... in a way that reflects Jesus' heart for people.
This is the passage I couldn't find near the
end of the message:
1 Thessalonians 5:19-2219 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do
not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is
good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
Thursday Oct 15, 2015
Thursday Oct 15, 2015
Faith vs. Presumption
Pre·sump·tion - prəˈzəm(p)SH(ə)n/
“The noun presumption pretty
much means jumping to conclusions. It is taking something for granted — an
idea, an answer, an event — without having any real knowledge about it, and
that is usually not a good thing.” (From Vocabulary.com)
As trouble is increasing in the earth, many believers try to comfort themselves
with the sentiment that “everything is going to be ok”… or “it will all work
out.” This is true, but how will it work
out for YOU? The response of the
faithful puts them into the place of safety.
The response of the presumptuous keeps them in the way of danger…though
both say the same thing!
Faith and Presumption can sound very similar.
One produces a response, the others numbs itself to responding.
Faith without works is
simply presumption…it leads to death:
James 2:14-20 What does it profit, my
brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save
him? 15
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and
one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but
you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it
profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not
have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, "You have faith,
and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show
you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do
well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
20 But do you want to know, O
foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Throughout the Bible,
the warning is repeated over and over: presuming you are safe because you are “saved”
is a recipe to learn the hard way that you were saved to respond…to lay hold of
salvation:
1 Timothy 6:11-16 But you, O man of God,
flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on
eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good
confession in the presence of many witnesses.
13 I urge you in the sight of God
who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good
confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot,
blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, 15
which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
16 who alone has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be
honor and everlasting power. Amen.
The Tabernacle of David is the true response of the faithful…over and over
since David’s day…to the coming time of trouble. Presumption in this hour will get you, and
those around you, killed…or worse…
Amos 9:9-12 "For surely I will
command, And will sift the house of Israel among all nations, As grain is
sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground. 10 All
the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, 'The calamity shall
not overtake nor confront us.' 11 "On that day I will raise up The
tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will
raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My
name," Says the LORD who does this thing.
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Friday Oct 09, 2015
All notes, teaching materials, and homework can be found here:https://goo.gl/cdsWy8
Wednesday Oct 07, 2015
Wednesday Oct 07, 2015
Cowardice is turning
back in a time of trouble, despite the fact that you are one of God's people.
This is offensive to God, because it is a direct assault on His
character...His self-chosen identity as a Good Father and a Good Husband.
Cowardice is the result
of entertaining the accusations against God from the enemy, or even worse,
joining in the accusation against God WITH the enemy.
There is MUCH to
overcome. Cowards will not survive the final shaking:
Revelation 21:7-8
He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he
shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,
murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have
their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second
death."
Faithfulness...courage....that will produce SAFETY in the end times:
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from
the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who
dwell on the earth.
Many are promised to turn in cowardice to the false protection of agreeing with
the crowd, this will lead them, because they don't understand God's plans or
believe in His goodness, to betray other believers. We need to grow in
endurance to meet this day with courage". Believers will be here
until the end:
Matthew 24:9-14
"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you
will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 10 And then many
will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11
Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12
And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And
this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to
all the nations, and then the end will come.
Today, you will have many opportunities to grow in courage. What you do
with those opportunities REALLY matters...
Tuesday Oct 06, 2015
Tuesday Oct 06, 2015
All notes, teaching materials, and homework can be found here:https://goo.gl/cdsWy8
Friday Oct 02, 2015
Friday Oct 02, 2015
All notes, teaching materials, and homework can be found here:https://goo.gl/cdsWy8
Tuesday Sep 29, 2015
Tuesday Sep 29, 2015
Most Bible prophecy is "dually fulfilled," meaning
there was a "contemporary" fulfillment near the time the prophecy was
given, and a secondary "full" fulfillment in the end times. The
book of Revelation is describing the time of the harvest, when all the seeds in
the Bible reach maturity.
The coming of Messiah, Jesus, is a great....the
perfect...example of this. Jesus came once as a baby. He will come
again as a King. Both comings will fulfill all the prophetic scriptures
concerning His coming, but only the final fulfillment will see the fullness of
Jesus as King of King and Lord of Lords...physical and spiritual. His
second coming, however, won't violate any of the truth of the prophetic
promises of His first coming!!
God is brilliant in His ability to do twice what was
promised, in two different, but true, ways! This is because God is His
own witness! The final judgment requires more than one witness:
Numbers 35:30 Whoever kills a person, the murderer
shall be put to death on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient
testimony against a person for the death penalty.
1 John 5:7-9 For there are three that bear witness in
heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the
water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive
the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of
God which He has testified of His Son.
Because the Word and the Spirit testify of Jesus themselves,
there is nothing new under the sun:
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11 That which has been is what will
be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the
sun. 10 Is there anything of which it may be said, "See, this
is new"? It has already been in ancient times before us. 11
There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any
remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.
If you want to be ready for what is coming, STUDY the prophetic promises of
what is coming...even those that have been initially fulfilled. This will
make the word come alive in your hands if you start to grab hold of it.
Isaiah was talking about you. Ezekiel was talking about you.
Daniel was talking about you... Amos, Zechariah... its all about the
final generation seeing the fullness of the truth. Truth is a man, and He
is coming home. All truth will be on display!
Friday Sep 25, 2015
Friday Sep 25, 2015
All notes, teaching materials, and homework can be found here:https://goo.gl/cdsWy8
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
In the end times, location really
matters. It is important to know the
promises and warnings for SPECIFIC geographic locations, in case you happen to
live in one of them! There are numerous
warnings for specific geographic locations in Isaiah (read chapters 13-21, and
47), Ezekiel, Jeremiah, the minor prophets, the Olivet Discourse (Jerusalem/Judea),
and the Book of Revelation.
A very intense and specific warning is
given to the end time Babylon. You can
read the specific words easily in Isaiah 14 and 47, Jeremiah 50 and 51, and
Revelation 18. The end time Babylon is
described as FULL of God’s people, wealthy, living in luxury, exporting lust
and an extravagantly luxurious lifestyle, and corrupting the world with her
value system of materialism above all else.
Other passages describe the end time Babylon as last lone superpower to
inhabit planet earth before the return of Jesus.
The final nail in the end time Babylon’s coffin of judgment is her betrayal of Israel:Isaiah
47:6-9 I was angry with My people; I have profaned
My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the
elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
7
And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever,' So
that you did not take these things to
heart, Nor remember the latter end of them.
8
"Therefore hear this now, you who are
given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, 'I am, and there is
no one else besides me; I shall not sit as
a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children'; 9 But these two things
shall come to you In a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your
sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments.
Before THAT day, God’s people in the end time Babylon MUST respond and
agree with God’s instructions to “come out of her”:Revelation
18:2-9 And he cried mightily with a loud voice,
saying, "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling
place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean
and hated bird! 3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance
of her luxury." 4 And I heard
another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you
share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God
has remembered her iniquities. 6 Render to
her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works;
in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. 7 In the measure that she glorified herself and
lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she
says in her heart, 'I sit as queen, and
am no widow, and will not see sorrow.' 8 Therefore
her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and famine. And she will be
utterly burned with fire, for strong is
the Lord God who judges her. 9 "The
kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her
will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
End time Babylon…the harlot…is also full of God’s people…the
Bride. The wheat and the tares are side
by side in the end time Babylon:Revelation
18:21-24 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a
great millstone and threw it into the
sea, saying, "Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown
down, and shall not be found anymore. 22 The sound
of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you
anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound
of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you
anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you
anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your
sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 And in her
was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the
earth."
Watch.
Pray. Be Ready.
Monday Sep 14, 2015
Monday Sep 14, 2015
Amazing prophetic fulfillment is happening right before our eyes...great upheaval of the nations, massive increases in technology, unbelievable treaties between nations...and in the middle of it all very serious clouds are gathering over and around Israel.This was all foretold to culminate in the rebuilding of David's Tabernacle, the sealing of the remnant in Israel, and the eventual invitation on the part of Israel to relent and invite Jesus to be their Messiah. Israel is promised to be shaken among the nations INTO salvation. If you have eyes to see it, it is a very EXCITING process, but, without being able to see this is Jesus' return unfolding, it will be very offensive to God's people and result in many falling away.
Amos 9:9-12 "For surely I will command, And will sift the house of Israel among all nations, As grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground. 10 All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, 'The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.' 11 "On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name," Says the LORD who does this thing.
Watch. Pray. Be Ready.