good morning and welcome to our weekly
bible prophecy update we're so glad
that you're joining with us here today
before we get started i want to
mention a couple things having to do
with the
many emails that we've received also
posts and comments on social media
regarding
what made national news
and that is that the Covid 19 testing
here on Oahu was not mandatory
as some have reported it was voluntary
both Tuesday and Thursday they closed
down
our H3 which is our highway here
and they conducted the testing
in the tunnel there on the H3 and it was
done
on Tuesday and Thursday but again it was
not
mandatory it was  voluntary
also Hawaii is
under another lockdown order
there is talk now that it will be
extended beyond the original sS
9th
date and they may extend which
we're not surprised but
some churches have of their own volition
shut down but we will
not shut down we will remain open
no matter what
actually i want to talk more about this
second service so first service
at 9:00 a.m. actually live streamed at
9:30 a.m.
hawaii time is the prophecy update and
then
at 11:15 a.m. is the Sunday morning
sermon
and on Sunday mornings we're going
through the bible book by book
chapter by chapter verse by verse and
we're in
First Timothy chapter three and
i'm going to talk about my own
personal conviction concerning
keeping the church open
please know that i in no way
wish to disparage or
be derogatory towards any pastor
or church that has closed their
buildings
i know that many of you are here because
your church is closed and we just again
want you
to be welcome here and make yourself at
home here and we're just
blessed to have you here so but
i do need to say that for those churches
for those pastors
if that's what the Lord is leading them
to do
then what's that to me
and i'll explain from John's gospel
chapter 21
something that the Lord really
ministered to me and spoke to my heart
about
it says when Peter saw him speaking of
John
he asked Lord what about him
Jesus answered if i want him to remain
open i mean alive it says alive
so that was the jdv i'm so sorry
if i want him to remain alive until i
return
what is that to you you must follow
Me you must follow Me
not them not him because of this
the rumor spread among the believers
that this disciple would not die
but Jesus did not say that he would not
die He
only said if i want him to remain
alive until i return what is that to you
so i share that to say this
if they are closed what's that to me
they follow Jesus if i
remain open what's that to them
so here's the deal you just follow the
Lord
i'll follow the Lord and if the Lord is
leading you to stay open praise the Lord
if the lord is leading you to close
praise the Lord you follow Jesus that's
nothing to do but don't criticize us
for staying open okay what's that to
you
that was kind of mean actually but there
i
said it okay
something else i want to uh mention
because we've
been on the receiving end of a lot of
emails and comments about
being censored as some of you may or
may not know
facebook has already started censoring
some of the
posts they flag them as you know false
information
misinformation and of course it doesn't
fit the narrative so of course they're
going to do that and
it is likely we want to be prudent you
know the Proverb says the prudent see
danger ahead and take
refuge but the fool keeps going and
suffers the consequences so we want to
be
as wise as a serpent harmless as a dove
and be prudent in planning ahead it does
seem that it is very likely that YouTube
will
at some point in the not too distant
future 
censor and or take down our
youtube channel so for the last couple
of months we've been working on
a new website it's at jdfarag.org
and we're in the process of launching
this
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one more thing and this is
kind of heavy so just bear with me on
this one
it seems that
the infighting amongst Christians
and churches over everything
and anything and i mean everything and
anything
from masks to closing or
opening to black lives matter and
everything in between
it's getting worse the infighting is
escalating and as such i'd like to make
an appeal
to you i don't fancy myself
nor do i wish to posture myself as one
you know being in authority to do this i
only speak as a brother
in theLord a brother in Jesus Christ
and my appeal to you
and is to kindly ask you
please to agree
to disagree agreeably with those who
hold a different view
than you if there was ever a time
for the body of Christ to maintain
a good witness to the world
and make no mistake about it the world
is watching
that time is now sadly
what they're not seeing is us
loving one another
rather they're watching us devour and
destroy each other
don't you see that that's what the enemy
wants to do
when Paul writes of the Galatians in
chapter 5
verses 14 and 15 he says for the entire
law
is fulfilled in keeping this one command
love your neighbor as yourself
and then he says this and this should
send chills up and down
every single one of our Christian spines
if you bite and devour each other
watch out or you will be destroyed by
each other
this is actually what i sense
that the Lord would have me address
today
which is that of the massive deception
that's creating this satanic
confusion and it is satanic
and it's leading to the division and
ensuing destruction
that will usher in the rapture of the
church
of Christ and subsequently the
revelation of
the antichrist it's happening
so it goes like this confusion
is caused by the deception
and satan is the author of confusion and
the master of deception
so you've got deception creating
confusion
leading to division which ultimately
ends in destruction
that's what's happening
and to me it explains
what we're seeing in the world today
sadly in the church today
and it's right out of the playbook
of the devil himself as Jesus said
he seeks to steal
kill and destroy
that's his playbook that's
his play that's his plan that's his
strategy
i think you would agree that the
deception
and confusion today is so strong
so powerful that
it's becoming increasingly difficult
to know what's true or not you don't
know what to believe
you don't know who to believe and that's
exactly what satan
seeks to accomplish
this is not of god it's of the devil
this is what Paul said in first
Corinthians chapter 14 verse 33
he said for God is not the author
of confusion but of peace
as in all the churches of the saints
here's the truth satan
is the author of all the confusion
and all the deception
and the good news is
i believe it's an indication of just how
close we are
to the rapture now that's not to say
this is a good thing
rather it is to say that it may be a
God thing and i'll explain what i mean
by that
it may be a God thing in the sense that
this is what drives us to the Lord
in other words the confusion
deception division
and destruction serve as a catalyst of
sorts
in bringing us to Jesus
Jesus who is the way
the truth and
the life and there's no way to the
Father
except through Him we're witnessing this
in some measure by way of the confusion
surrounding this crisis
such that God is
using it to bring people to Him
some back to Him
i suppose you could say
that God is using the devil
because the devil is God's devil a
created being
He's using the devil who as the father
of lies
is the lie to bring
people to Jesus who is the truth
if you were to ask me what i thought
was the greatest deception in the world
today
my answer would be twofold
black lives matter and this manufactured
pandemic
it is a deception it's in the world
today
and as such it's in the church today and
the common denominator
between both black lives matter and
this manufactured pandemic and i'm
saying it like that for a reason
and i'll explain more
in a moment but the common denominator
between
the two is that they both
are infiltrating the church
deceiving and dividing Christians
that's the litmus test i'll come back to
black lives matter shortly but
the truth of the matter is this pandemic
is
all a big lie
i'm not saying there's not a virus
i am saying there's not a pandemic
and i'm going to take it a step further
and suggest
that this may not only be a lie
it could in fact very well become
the lie in bible prophecy
i want to draw your attention to 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 2
we just recently completed our study
through this book verse by verse
and i want to read you can follow along
beginning in verse 7 of 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 2 and i'll read
through to verse 12.
the apostle Paul is writing and listen
very carefully to what he says
the secret power of lawlessness
is already at work but the one who
now holds it back the restrainer
will continue to do so till he is taken
out of the way and then
verse 8 the lawless one antichrist
will be revealed whom the Lord Jesus
will overthrow with the breath of His
mouth and destroy by the splendor of His
coming
can't wait we're goin to have a front row
seat by the way
seated on the throne with
Jesus as His bride by His
side
verse 9 the coming of the lawless one
will be in accordance with how satan
works
he will use all sorts of displays of
power through signs and
wonders that serve
the lie and
all the ways that wickedness
deceives deceives
those who are perishing they
perish because they refuse
to love the truth
and so be saved for this reason verse 11
God sends them
a powerful delusion a strong
deception
so that they will believe the lie
and so that all will be condemned
who have not believed the
truth but have delighted
in wickedness what is Paul saying here
he's basically saying this
that people will either believe
in Jesus the truth and be saved
or they will be deceived by
satan the lie and be condemned
enter the deception
and lie of this so-called pandemic
it's evidenced by the real number
of actual deaths
you know when this first started there
were those who
bravely stood up
and dared to say this didn't add up
and as it turns out hospitals
were paid large amounts of money
to deceptively and fraudulently record
Covid
and one need look no further
than to the CDCc to see
that the numbers were artificially
inflated
they cooked the books if i can say it
like that
pictured here is a screenshot from
the official CDC website
where they state that there are less
than ten thousand deaths
actually nine thousand two hundred
nine thousand two hundred only
attributed solely
to Cover 19 here's a quote from
the CDC website under the heading of
comorbidities
quoting table three shows
the types of health conditions and
contributing causes mentioned in
conjunction with
deaths involving corona virus disease
2019 Covid 19.
for six percent of the deaths
Covid 19 was the only cause
mentioned i'm going to read that again
i'm quoting now
for 6 of the deaths
6 of the deaths
Covid 19 was the only cause mentioned
for deaths with conditions or causes
in addition to Covid 19 on average
there were 2.6 additional conditions
or causes per death
maybe you've seen those memes of a guy
that
was literally flattened by a steamroller
and then they say cause of death Covid
19
i'll just leave that with you for a
moment to
you know what this is saying
it's saying that of the approximately
170000 deaths reported as Covid 19
94% had on average
two to three other serious illnesses
and according to this CDC data the
overwhelming majority of those who died
were advanced in
age
pictured here is a photo
of Bill Gates from his website
gatesnotes.com
and i want you to see i know it's
not very visible there but that book on
the top of his stack
the title is How To
Lie With Statistics
and this is his recommended reading in
fact on that same web page
they have the summer book list from Bill
Gates
these are the books and at the top of
the list
is this book How To Lie
With Statistics there's actually a video
on the same webpage that you can watch
and Bill Gates is talking about
all the books on his list conveniently
with the exception of this one book How
To Lie With Statistics
there's also another interesting book on
there and i don't want to
take too much time on this maybe this is
another topic for another time but
it has to do with eating meat i don't
know if you're aware of this or not but
Bill Gates
has invested millions and millions of
dollars into
gmo foods genetically modified organisms
gmo
foods to replace
our food supply which interestingly
has been disrupted i don't know if
you've noticed this or not
when you go to the grocery store is it
just me or are those
shelves in the store getting more bare
with each passing day
there might be something there how to
lie with statistics
have you heard that saying figures lie
because liars figure
it's a lie and here's why
wow pastor that's pretty bold
you only knew how much i was holding
back
it's just like in your face
here's another CDC webpage
this one is an update from last Monday
august 31st
on quote mass vaccination clinic
guidance let me quote
the CDC has issued revised guidance for
planning vaccination clinics
held at satellite temporary
or off-site locations
the purpose of the guidance is to
assist
with jurisdictional planning and
implementation of satellite temporary
or off-site vaccination clinics
by public and private vaccination
organizations end quote in other words
we need to get these up and running
for the mass vaccination
which
according to the daily wire
is going to be up and running by
November 1st
on Wednesday the Daily Wire reported
that the Trump administration
listen to this is pushing all states
to work urgently to eliminate
hurdles so that Covid 19
vaccine distribution sites
can be up and running by November 1st
i'm sure you've heard the president of
the united states
say on the record that under the
banner of operation warp speed
he plans to have the military
the military
give these vaccines 100 million by
November
200 million by December
and 300 million by January
my son Levi sent me
this interesting meme that someone sent
him
and it asks the following questions
if the masks work why the six feet
if the six feet works why the masks
if both work why the lockdown
if all three work why the vaccine
if the vaccine is safe why
the no liability clause
yeah why
well i think we know why
here's another meme he sent me this
morning
shows a full plane with people wearing
masks
and an empty church with the caption
this isn't about your health
this is a manufactured pandemic
well this brings us to black lives
matter
it gets worse how you doing so far you
okay
do you want to leave we'll bow our heads
close our eyes and you can slip
out
doubtless you've heard the saying
hurt people hurt people
hurt people will in turn hurt people
well so too do
deceived people deceive people
there are a couple of videos that are
making the rounds on youtube
with clips of the black lives matter
co-founder
admitting that they call up the spirits
of the dead and offer up gifts to the
dead
they also admit that they're empowered
by these spirits
and that black lives matter is a
spiritual movement
well here's the problem these spirits
of people that they think are
people that have died are demons
mimicking those people
and these people
are being deceived by demons
and are deceiving people with
the doctrine of demons
First Timothy chapter 4 verse 1 by the
way
today lord willing second service we're
goin to
finish first timothy chapter three
you know what comes after First Timothy
chapter three
i know this is deeply profound First
Timothy chapter four
here's verse one
now the spirit expressly says
that in latter times
some will depart from the faith
giving heed to deceiving
spirits and doctrines of
demons
Revelation chapter 16 verses 13 and 14.
John writes and i
saw three unclean
spirits like frogs not
Fa-rags frogs
no that's a thing i'm sorry but growing
up as a kid i was always called
frog and ribbit and tadpole and kermit
and
i'm actually very scarred over this
whole thing
i even remember one time asking my dad
dad is there any way we can
at least change the pronunciation of the
name you know
uh instead of farag can we just like
fa-raj fa-raj
too late you're already a frog
anyway which by the way this is
interesting and i
again don't want to get too far into
this
but there is
a renewed interest in the frog god of
the Egyptians
as of late recently
the god Kek the frog god you know in
the plagues
by the way every single one
of the plagues was against
one of the many false gods that the
Egyptians had
they worshipped the Nile as a god and
God the true God turned it into blood
they worshipped all of these things and
they worshipped frogs which is why
you like frogs you worship frogs
have some frogs again frogs not
Farags okay all right i feel better
now i had to get that
off my chest so John writes and i saw
three unclean spirits like frogs
coming out of the mouth of the dragon
out of the mouth of the beast and
out of the mouth of the false prophet
for they are spirits listen of
demons performing signs that sound a
little bit like 2nd Thessalonians chapter
2
which go out to the kings of the earth
and of the whole world to gather them
to the battle of that great
day of God
almighty let me say it like this
they're getting their marching orders
their riding orders
from demons
that's where they're getting them it's
demonic
it's from the pit of hell it's a
doctrine of demons
and it has a purpose like this
manufactured pandemic
it's a deception and this deception
has now led to the
infiltration
of the church and this is why it is
that there are
churches pastors denominations
that are coming out i hate to say it
like that but for lack of a better way
of saying it
in support of the black lives matter
movement
it's a deception and satan is using it
because he's seeking in that deception
destruction that's his endgame
that's where the goalposts are he seeks
to steal
kill and destroy
we'll talk about it more
when we are in 1st Timothy chapter 3
second service about keeping the church
open
but i just want to
make this comment
that don't you find it
even just a little bit strange
that you can go to Portland Oregon
and participate
in
demonic lawlessness
and destroy i mean they're destroying
everything
again destruction deception
destruction
but you can't go to church
you've got elected officials you'll
forgive me
that are pleading here on Oahu with
churches to close
and i say i'm sorry
but elected officials the chief of
police the mayor the governor
the lieutenant governor should never
plead with the church
to close nor should the church ever
plead
with them to stay open
it is not a privilege
granted by the government it's a command
given by God
what in the world what is happening what
in the world is happening
i would think i'm going out of my mind
and some of you would argue that you are
fine
i'm sorry for yelling it's a gift i have
the gift of yelling
it is a custom in my country
it's my story and i'm sticking with it
here's the bottom line
all this is
evidence proving
beyond any reasonable doubt
that said deception
is the source of
the controlled demolition
of the global economies and
the global governments and
the uniting of all the world's religions
under the control of the antichrist
you know my inbox and my email and even
mail i get it all the time
hey we're we're scheduling this
interfaith event to pray
you're inviting me no you don't want me
there you don't want me there
they're praying to a different god a
false god
further
it's an orchestrated opposition here
in America which will lead to
the destruction of America
all that's happening is
a choreographing of the steps
leading to what they call
the great global reset
aka the great awakening
which is to a
false luciferian light
which will usher in
what the new age refers to
as the age of aquarius
and interesting
if you get into this don't get into this
new age teaching but
they actually teach that there's going
to be this cosmic
event and there's going to be this
mass disappearance of people
i'm glad you responded that way because
that tells me you know what they're
talking about
and here's what's really fascinating
the people that disappear are now out of
the way
the bad people and the good people are
the ones that are left to
usher in this new age
this new this new brave world
this utopia which is a
false utopia they have no idea they're
deceived
it's a lie it's the lie
well one more thing on that
they're going to explain the rapture
that way
the disappearance of all of these people
now they're
out of the way good riddance
to which i say aloha
no i'm sorry in a sanctified way see ya
wouldn't want to be ya
but here's the thing right now with the
restrainer
as Christians we are the salt and the
light the salt
preserves the rottenness and the light
stays the darkness i know this is a
terrible illustration but it's the best
i've got and if you've got a better one
please let me know
but have you ever noticed there's no
such thing as a dark switch
i'll give you a second
there's a light switch how do you turn
off the darkness there's no dark switch
you just turn on the light
darkness is gone you get the point
we're the light Jesus is the light of
the world
and we don't cover that light so here's
what's going to happen
when the rapture happens here's how i
and you'll pray for me i'm sure i
know many of you do
you should really because here's how i
see it it's like you know what
you can have this world when we're gone
but right now we're still here build a
bridge and get over it
actually that's
that's what my wife always says to me
build a bridge and get over it but
actually it should really be build a
bridge
and get them to Jesus while there's still
time
before it's too late we'll talk about
that more in a moment
this deception is being
used to create
the reaction to
the manufactured problem
which will ultimately lead to the final
solution
and the end of the world
as we know it so have a nice afternoon
that's where it's heading but
God but God
but God has foretold
us in His word what's going to happen
before it happens so when it happens
we will believe that He is God
that's what jesus said john 13 verse 19
listen to this
Jesus is speaking he says I am telling
you
now before it happens
so that when it does happen you will
believe
that I am who I am
I am the I am i think of Moses
you know that burning bush i would have
loved to have been a fly on a camel
close in proximity to that burning bush
experience but you know take off your
sandals you're on holy ground and here's
Moses trembling and
God reveals Himself to Moses as
the I Am and Moses is a little bit
puzzled and he says
you know you're sending me but who shall
i say You
are answer I Am
i am what no i Am no but
i am i am
no i Am the i Am
okay pretty much
settles it or at least it should
says it again in the next chapter John
14 verse 29
I have told you now before it happens
so that when it does happen you will
believe and Luke 21
verse 28 now when these things
begin to happen look up
and lift up your heads because your
redemption
draws near in other words
I've told you
before it happens
I've told you what's going to happen
before it happens so
when it begins to happen non-believers
will believe
and believers will look up not rise up
hear me out
i am very concerned that there's this
movement we need to rise up and take
back what
I don't where's tha
that's smacks of kingdom now theology
dominion theology
where we have to take dominion of the
earth
as Christians i don't see that in here
that's a false doctrine i would even
argue a doctrine of demons
it's not Biblical it's not rise up and
take back
it's look up because we're going to be
taken out
that's what Jesus is saying when you see
these things begin to happen
take stand your ground and fight back no
when you see these things begin to
happen i'm spitting all over everything
up here
free baptisms in the front row today
i don't see Christians
needing to rise up rather we're to look
up
because we're going to be taken up
very soon you know what the
common thread that's woven into
the fabric
of these verses that i just quoted
is God wants us to be ready
He wants us to be prepared that's why He
told us in advance if you want to
prepare somebody for something that's
coming what are you going to do you're
going to tell them in advance
here's what's going to happen
i'm telling you now so that when it
does happen you won't be blindsided
caught off guard as a thief in the night
caught unaware i don't want you to be
ignorant
i would venture to say that throughout
the pages of Holy Writ you'll find this
that God does not want
us to be ignorant concerning Bible
prophecy even the apostle Paul
in 1st Thessalonians the first epistle
that he was inspired by the Holy Spirit
to write was to the church in
Thessalonica
and this was a church that he had
started
and didn't get to spend much time with
them some believe
maybe three weeks at the least maybe a
little bit more not much more
before he was ran out of town
and these were new believers this was a
new church and what does the apostle
Paul
teach them as new believers the rapture
bible prophecy yeah but wait a minute
Paul these are
new believers you shouldn't teach Bible
prophecy
to new believers you should teach them
to the seasoned
mature give me a break
you know the first time Paul writes
about the gospel of Jesus christ it's to
the Thessalonians
not the Corinthians that would come
later First Corinthians 15 we have the
gospel
but the first time he mentions the
gospel is to the Thessalonians
and it's in the context of the death
the crucifixion the burial the
resurrection and the return
in the rapture of Jesus Christ that's
the gospel
and if you think about it
that's the good news that's the blessed
hope
it's not just that Jesus came He was
crucified
buried and resurrected and that's it
no He's coming back
that's the gospel that's the good news
and if wouldn't you agree that
with all the bad news and it's getting
badder is badder a word
well i'm going to make it a word it's
getting badder
and the badder the bad news is the
gooder
the good news will be
i have to say it because i'm going to
stand before God and give an account
but things are going to get not just
worse
much worse can i say it like this
you ain't seen nothing yet you ain't
seen this is
nothing compared to what's coming
and that's the bad news if you don't
know Jesus Christ
and the rapture happens you will be left
behind
and you will go through the seven year
tribulation and it will be unspeakable
horror
unimaginable horror
this is why we do these weekly
prophecy updates and this is why we end
with the gospel
of Jesus Christ and the childlike
simple explanation of salvation with the
ABC's of salvation
before we get to the ABC's i want to
share with you
a very encouraging email
she writes pastor JD my name is Loretta
and my husband Tim and i have been
watching
your teaching and updates since about
February of this year we
live near Tampa Florida of course i get
ministered to by your teaching but this
one
this particular one out of
First Timothy titled enemy or
opportunity where we talked about
people not being the enemy
but the opportunity
she said this one brother hit me between
the eyes
i have been feeling somewhat convicted
about some of my less than helpful
remarks on social media
especially to the people who are very
pro-democrat
and or socialists in the making
and i get especially frustrated at these
folks since
i lived as a missionary in Russia in the
90s
when the walls came down i saw what the
Russians went through
trying to build an economy and it wasn't
pleasant
so the night that i heard this teaching
enemy or opportunity i was thanking the
Lord that He used you
in this sermon to confirm to me that i
needed to not worry so much about
America but of course not give up and do
nothing but
to remember that the gospel is the power
of
God unto salvation i purposed
not to go there with the politics
as much as the good news of Jesus
the next day i discovered a large crack
in my windshield
after i left a covered garage area at a
mall
couldn't remember being behind a truck
with rocks and pebbles
and when my husband came home and looked
at it he said it looked like someone had
shot the windshield with a pellet gun
the next day after i cooled down about
the incident
with really no proof of the pellet gun
theory i spent about 45 minutes on the
phone with my insurance company
trying to sort out the details of
replacement
i was referred to a call center with a
woman who i found out was working
out of her home near Phoenix as you may
be able
to tell i am quite the gabber
so i asked her about the weather and how
she was dealing with Covid
then after that i mentioned to her that
God was in control she then agreed with
me i thought segway
i told her i was a Christian and asked
her if she had
anything that i could pray with her
about
she got real quiet and i thought uh oh
but she said actually i do
i deal with a lot of pain and that's why
i have to work
from home now i told her that i would be
praying for her
but then i asked her if i could pray
with her
right now and she said yes
after the prayer the Lord impressed on
me
that the reason my windshield got broken
was for this prayer
to happen with her i told her this
and then she started crying
i have to tell you it was such a God
moment
also in another incident several weeks
ago i had a young woman on instagram
very dangerous instagram twitter
be very careful i know i've made this
appeal before but perhaps it
is warranted to make it again social
media
can be a trap a snare
and be very careful with your posts on
social media
you'll give an account for every letter
of every word of every post
i hope you know that and your post
is either going to move them closer to
Jesus
or it's going to distance them further
from Jesus
as our friend and brother in Christ
Barry Meguiar exhorted us
and encouraged us we're to move everyone
every day closer to Jesus
and there's never been a time more than
now
for us to be busy about bringing people
into the kingdom
while there's still time but
when we get in the flesh and
i'll speak for myself
oh my goodness think about what Paul
says i know that in my flesh
there dwells no good thing the flesh
rears its ugly head and it doesn't take
much
it's just one reply one tweet one
retweet
and i mean it's kind of like oh yeah
and you just blaze out that response
that tweet that post and
you have to ask yourself the question
after that post can you share Jesus with
them now
it's kind of like having a you know
Christian bumper sticker or something on
the back of your car and then cutting
somebody off
what kind of a witness is that
so she says i had a young woman on
instagram
who i made a comment that was
disparaging
to the younger generation as being
heavily influenced by liberal professors
hey i can get on board with that
yeah tell them no wait
so she sent me a reply indicating
that i must be an old person
well no that didn't hit a nerve
and it was at that moment
when i first felt really convicted
about my supposedly witty comments
and i had to ask myself how had i
pushed her closer to Jesus
by the way that's conviction not
condemnation
you know the difference when there's
that still small
voice of conviction of the Holy Spirit
because here's the litmus test
conviction draws you
closer to the Lord condemnation
distances
you further from the Lord condemnation
is of
the devil and conviction is of God
there's
that conviction that
i had been thinking about this
particular event speaking about that
instagram
post for about a week when i had heard
the sermon
again the enemy or opportunity sermon
i sent her an apology
and humbled myself and asked for
forgiveness
she was so surprised
and then reached out to me in such a
kind way ahh
i know we are in the last moments before
Christ's return
i hate Covid i hate the mask i hate the
socialism marxist movement
i see that what i have been fearing
about America which most of my fearful
remarks reflected on social media may
actually happen
but Jesus is in control
in the sermon the reminder that it is a
spiritual battle
was needed i had to ask myself did i
truly believe that it is a
spiritual battle and not people you
spoke of how
we need to pray for our leaders my
prayer for
Nancy Pelosi started out a bit rocky
but God i endured and got through it
kind of embarrassing to admit all of
this but oh
well blessings and keep preaching
Loretta Kish
what are the ABC's really the ABC's is
just a simple way
to explain salvation
it's not the only way to explain
salvation
is just one simple way it's not intended
in any way to insult anyone's
intelligence
it's just a childlike simple explanation
Jesus said if you want to
enter the kingdom of heaven you must
become like this little child
and what is it about children well
they're very trusting which is why we
have to
teach them about stranger danger because
they're so trusting well that's what
Jesus is saying
it's this childlike faith this childlike
trust
the A is for admit that you're a sinner
now
please this is not
something you have to do to be saved
there's nothing you have to do it's
due it's already been done it is
finished
this is just how people come to Christ
there's
this acknowledging that they've sinned
and that they need the sSavior
Romans 3:10 says there is
no one righteous not even one
and Romans 3:23 tells us why
it's because all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God
romans 6:23 is interesting because
it's the sentencing
phase for the penalty of sin
the penalty of sin the wages of sin
is death it's the death penalty
so if all have sinned then all have been
sentenced to death yeah that's the bad
news here's the good news
but the gift of God
is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord
how does that work because
Jesus came and went to His
death in your stead with His bloodshed
and He purchased and paid the price in
full
on the cross He paid for the gift
that He offers to you and to me
and that's what a gift is right if you
pay for it it's not a gift it's a
purchase
he purchased us he paid for it not
us so that gift has been paid for
and He offers it to us this gift
of God which is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord the B
is for believe in your heart that Jesus
Christ
isLord Romans 10:9-10 says
if you believe in your heart that God
raised Jesus from the dead
you will be saved and then the C
lastly is for call upon the name
of the Lord or as Romans 10:9-10 also
says
confess with your mouth if you confess
with your mouth
Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead you
will be saved why is it important
to believe and include this belief
that God raised Him from the dead
because
in His resurrection He defeated
satan once and for all
and He defeated death with it
satan is a defeated foe see with sin
that entered the world so too did death
with the sin enter the world it was
never God's original
plan and so
when sin entered and death with it
the second and final Adam Jesus the
Christ came
and paid that penalty
and defeated that death that was brought
in by sin
he says verse 10 for it is with your
heart that you believe
and are justified and it is with your
mouth that you confess
and are saved and then lastly Romans 10
13
it says all who call upon
the name of the Lord will not might
could
should no will be saved if you're
watching online
it is not a coincidence that you're
watching this video i truly believe with
all my heart
for such a time as this that God has led
you to this video because today is the
day of your salvation
and i implore you while there's still
time seek the Lord while He may be found
today is the day of salvation
i implore you today to call upon the
name of the lord
confessing with your mouth believing in
your heart putting your trust in Him
for the forgiveness of sin why don't you
stand we'll close in prayer
thank You Lord
Lord there's no way this side of glory
that we could ever possibly
even begin to thank You enough
for our salvation for paying the price
in purchasing us with Your blood
Lord there's also
this gratitude that we have
telling us what's going to happen
before it happens so that when we begin
to see it happen
you get our attention
and i know Lord You're using what's
happening
with the black lives matter destruction
and deception
this manufactured pandemic
Lord i know that You're using this and
You've got people's attention
now
those who may have put their trust in
everything and anything but You
trusting in their
their riches their wealth
their position their status their
prestige
and Lord it seems that those things are
gone
at least for now
and will never return to the normal
that the world once knew
but a new normal as they say
and we know what that new normal really
is
so Lord i just would pray and maybe
there's somebody here in this
beautiful church this amazing loving
church that i'm so privileged to be the
pastor of that
has never called upon you
Lord i pray that today they would
surrender to You
and Lord for anybody watching online
i've done my best i
i just would offer this one last plea
this world is passing away the things of
this world
this world is not our home
you were created in the image of God
to be with God for all eternity
which is why God so loved you in this
world
that He sent His only begotten Son
that whosoever would believe would not
perish
in hell for all eternity
but have everlasting life
i plead with you i implore you please
Jesus is the only hope you have Jesus
is the only answer
thank You Lord  Jesus
it's in your name Jesus that we pray
amen
 
