Perversion at the Schoolhouse Door

Carter, from the historic Times Square Church in New York City.

One reason to believe that with the limit of God's patience is one perversion arrived at the schoolhouse door attempting to make the innocence of the society, partakers of the grievous moral sin in this nation. That's Carter, from the historical Times Square Church in New York City in Isaiah chapter 1, we find the nation of Israel has rebelled against the ways in the word of God the point where we find God has no other choice but to discipline them and bring them back to righteousness.

We live in a day where America as a nation has fallen into the same pattern as part of the point that we have crossed the line with God. When we choose our sin over protecting our children here scarfing with his message version at the schoolhouse come to the point and I think is you have that I have to recognize that America is now under the judgment of God were not close to the judgment of God. We are now under the judgment of God. The signs of that are not even debatable anymore and I want to talk about the one sign that tells us it would come to the end. There's there's a testing in the time and trial of the patience of God.

But the patience of God has limits with any society historically or whether it's are present, they are weathered throughout history. When perversion arrives at the schoolhouse door. Then we have come to the end, we come to the point where we brought the judgment of the week. We've actually is a nation tested the honor of God and the character of God. Remember the book of Proverbs. He warned us.

He said don't enter into the fields of the fatherless and don't remove the ancient landmarks because the Redeemer is mighty and he says himself. I will rise up and I will contend for them so we as a nation now have challenge the honor of God. I have no doubt about that. We challenged his work and we said, Lord, if you are who you are, then you prove that you prove that you are the one that this nation doesn't leave the God will rise up and defend the children. I happen to believe that he will that his word in his honor are at stake, and as a nation. Now the physical nation.

The boundaries of the United States of America will probably say the same.

But the nation as we've known it is about the radically change perhaps even disappear from the 400 year history and become something completely other than sad to have to say this but I feel in my heart that we've we've arrived at the place and unless you think this ends and given duma thousand there's is a remedy for the righteous. For those who can still hear the voice of God for those who have the desire and the sensitive maybe not the strength of at least a desire to get up and get out of this incredibly immoral confused time that were now living and I will show you the way out. So father, I thank you God for the ability to stand again in this pulpit is in any other throughout the nation and I recognize that I have no more authority than what you have chosen to give me I don't have any other thoughts than the thoughts that you planted my heart and in my mind. I have no delight in delivering this word. I recognize that there are people online from all over the world who are bruised and beaten and confused. So Lord I pray God for tenderness in my speech and what you given me to speak and that ultimately hold will come into the hearts of those branches as we heard that are broken but have the tent and the capability of bearing much fruit for your kingdom shows how to do that.

Oh God, show us how to get up and get out of this perishing, immoral and confused society.

That's all around us now and God Almighty.

We give you the praise and the glory for in Jesus name I want to start with the book of Isaiah chapter 1 where the people of God of Isaiah's day.

Keep in mind this was a nation, the nation of Israel was established to be praise to God and the earth is as I believe America was when you know the history, the true history of America. You know that it was a nation founded on the cornerstone of religious freedom and nation that was dedicated by its its early founders to the propagation of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the righteous and biblical living with that was the purpose of the nation and nation that that made a promise or covenant with God as they sought. Back in those days, 100 years ago that if if God would do this for us. We would be people who live for him and we would strive to bring honor to his name in the earth just as the people of Israel were set apart in their day to bring a praise to the name of God in the earth, but there is something in the heart of man.

Call descendents. This is it's his innate desire in all of humanity to go our own way to do our own thing to establish our own borders to create our own rules to two determined in our own hearts.

What is good and what is evil, what is right and what is wrong in spite of what God says to do literally is as adamant he wants dented to get out from under the that the ways of God in the words of God and to create our own words grade on righteousness craft our own futures and ultimately contrive our own utopian end as as as famous as it might be. That's what we do in the prophet Isaiah. In speaking to the people of God of his time. The Lord says through him. In Isaiah chapter 1 in verse four. Alas, sinful nation of people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters they forsaken the Lord there provoked to anger the holy one of Israel, they turned away backwards. Why should you be stricken again. You will revolt more and more so the nation is gotten to the point in Isaiah's time of such rebellion against the ways in the words and the will of God because, as though I do like I try to get your attention. Whether it's through enemies rising up that seemingly have more power than they should have, whether it's through family. Whatever the situation is when I strike you it's it's a discipline from God to get your attention to bring you back to righteousness, and in a sense he thinks rose I've done it over and over and over again, but all you do is revolt more and more and more and more you gotten to the point where you become deeply resistant to the things of God as a nation none not suggesting everyone in the nation's unrighteous adult misunderstanding. I'm not saying they are not righteous churches in the country I'm talking about the society as a whole, God is speaking about his people as a whole is an entire society is the society of Isaiah's diet day has lost its purposes.

We've lost hours in our generation.

Although there are still righteous people in it.

Overall, the overall trajectory of the society is away from God.

It wasn't debatable in Isaiah's time and is not debatable as well. In our time is is the whole head is sick and the whole heart fades from the soul of the foot, even to the head. There is no soundness in it, but wounds and bruises and putrefying sores. They got enclosed are bound up pursued with ointment over Scott's thing I was there with healing but you would not come. I pleaded with you. I wanted to mend up your broken branches wanted to hear you in those places where there are breaches which you wouldn't come you. It shows your own way, your country, listen to this condition of the nation and in chapter 1 verse seven and and just put it is a superimposed that is, in the sense over this nation today.

Your country is desolate cities are burned with fire strangers devour your land in your presence and it is desolate overthrown by strangers.

So, the daughter of Zion is left is a booth in the vineyard and is a hot in the garden cucumbers is a besieged city. So the people of God, that the righteous of God are huddling together. That's that that the picture I guess that's presented to the writers of God are not permeating the nation any longer but huddling together in groups and most likely trying to retain a sense of godliness in the midst of all of what's going on and a besieged city hammered on every side spoken evil against unless the Lord of hosts had left us a very small remnant.

We would have become like Sodom and we but would've been made like a moron and and so Isaiah, saying God strength through Isaiah was it was only the the righteous that remained in the nation that kept it from going headlong into utter depravity. There's a whole lot more happening when you and I happening for good when you and I choose to walk in right relationship with God you have no idea that the restraining force of God's presence is within our lives if we choose to walk with God as if we choose to read the word of God we choose to pray if we if we turn away from that which defiles the name of Christ.

There is an incredible pushback power against the powers of darkness in simply living a righteous life in this or any other generation look at our society today. And it's not even debatable. That order has given way to confusion. Our government is confused who can debate that our society has gone into confusion, our morality is being swallowed by confusion. Our economy is in a confused state. Our military are losing their military might and are more concerned with titles and pronouns and such like, and even now were starting to experience distribution production of basic goods is now in jeopardy. The talking about food shortages in America and people are starting to notice that it's it's hard to buy cars. It's hard to get basic goods now and it's going to get worse.

People who are in the economic know in this country are warning us are telling us that is going to get worse before and did not even talking about it getting better than just talking about maybe holding the standard in trying to stop the slide into the, the deprivation of the sense of basic goods and services that we come to take for granted over so many years. If you have the time. Read Deuteronomy chapter 28 and listen to the warnings of God to his own people of what will happen if you choose to turn away from a living relationship of the living God in everything we are experiencing today as a nation is in Deuteronomy chapter 20 it is a matter fact is unfolding in this sequence in which it is spoken. It's amazing just read it to study and look at look at the warnings of God. It turned for me this is what is going to happen and you can see if the order we are actually following the same order of warning that is in Deuteronomy chapter 28 when God was warning his own people. When he brought them out of captivity was taking them into the land of promise. The place that they wanted to dwell in it was taking them there and he was warning them of what was going to happen to them if they turned from him.

Now the signs are everywhere and there, now undeniable. I don't think is anybody with the rational mind is a believer in Christ.

They can deny the reality of the fact that we are now under the judgment of God has been released on this nation is no doubt about that. In my mind whatsoever, but they only want the one that leads me to believe that we tested the limits of God's patience is when perversion arrived at the schoolhouse door attempting to make the innocence of the society, partakers of the grievous moral sin in this nation.

When that happened. When they arrived at the door.

That was the flashpoint of God's patience with former nations, and it is the flashpoint in my opinion, of God's patience with this nation. I don't want anybody to misunderstand. I think the days of this nation are now number. I think were test we have tested the patience of God. I don't know what the future's going to bring, but I do know that is the people of God. The Scripture says we are not in darkness, that we should be overtaken by a thief when other people of fear we been given of God power we been given of God.

The ability to love, even in unlovable times we been given a sound mind to know that the world is is not meant to be a picnic for the Christian we were last year we were told there would be tribulation.

We were told that the world would one day hate all of us because of the name of Christ week we were foretold of these things that should not be taking anybody by surprise, but were also told that we would going to be given the strength to stand where were going to be like. Set upon a hill that cannot be hidden. We were told that we were going to be made into the salt of the Garth we were going to be a testimony of the goodness and the greatness of our God no matter what happens in our day and in our society not want to take a quick look in Genesis chapter 18 and 19 of the pattern of God's dealing with moments like this, which we have already seen in Scripture. Now Billy Graham once said that I think is good as anybody could ever say decent if God doesn't soon judge America.

You will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.

I believe that I believe that the standards of God are the same. When we push God to the limits that other societies have forced God, we can expect to see the judgments of God increase and then, of course, as with the days of Sodom and Gomorrah it comes to a point where God says it's gone on enough for the sake of this earth as it is, I've got to eradicate the society away from the face of the earth in Genesis chapter 18 in verse 20 the Lord said, because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very grave I will be down now and see whether they've done altogether.

According to the outcry that is come to me and if not, I will know and in Genesis chapter 19 beginning at verse four. We have two angels that came in to Sodom they commend to see the city to commend to see the cry that is come up to heaven is as bad as it has been reported novices before they lay down as they came into the city and a man call lot invited them to come and stay in his house that night, is that is too dangerous to stay in the street if you noticed how dangerous it is getting in our cities now now before they lay down the men of the city. The men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter surrounded the house and they called to Lawton said there were the men who came to you tonight.

Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally so this here's the scene there's two strangers of fermented into town their messengers from God they're not partakers of the sin of Sodom. But the sodomites. These are men who are attracted to men and boys and boys in their altogether and they surround the house and they said bring the men out the commend you tonight because we want to have sexual relations with them. That's really what this is all about.

This is this is the date the level of depravity that society can come to when we turn away from God and human.

Human nature does not change human nature is the same. And this is where American society is heading today where heading wholesale at full speed into perversion deeper and darker perversion. Almost by the hour, and they called to Lawton said were the men became due tonight bring about trusted women know them carnally so long.

Went out to them to the doorway and shut the door behind him and he said please my brother did not do so wickedly see now I have two daughters have not known a man. Please let me bring them out to you and you may do to them as you wish only do nothing to these men.

Since this is the reason that they come under the shadow of my roof. Now I've read a lot of commentaries on this. A lot of people say how could Lawton even do this one commentary I read said it this way, Lawton knew that these men were not interested in women and they basically that's the reality that they want to have sex with other men. And so he knew he was his re-biting for time to figure out something to do and I think perhaps hopefully new that no harm would actually come to his daughters in Acton but affect no harm did come to the and they said that cement standing outside the boy stand back they said this one came in to stay here and he keeps acting as a judge that will deal worse with you than with them. So they pressed hard against the man Lawton came near to break down the door but the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them and shut the door and they struck the men were at the door in the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door in attempting to make the innocent partakers of their sin. They had now openly challenged the honor and the integrity of God and this is exactly what we have now done. You'll notice of perversion is at the door of the schoolhouse in America today drag Queens reading stories to children in kindergarten. Unthinkable 1050 years ago, even 20 years ago on unthinkable that we have to do this children being I in my opinion, deliberately generally gender confused by an agenda and evil agenda of perversion, because ultimately a lot of these people want access to the children. That's the bottom line of the whole thing now calling sexual perversion with children. There's a book out somebody wrote and strolled minor attracted people minor attracted people now that's no longer sexual perverts morning after children is called minor attracted persons there now changing the language were living in an evil time folks. Let's make no mistake about this. This is an evil date were now living in God help us.

God be merciful to us is nothing we can do is the people of God but live righteous lives now and call out to the Lord say God for the sake of the children we remember when one federal went after the children.

That's when God sent Moses. That's when he send a word. That's when his power was made known. That's what way was made out of impossible captivity. That's when the people of God were brought out of this evil place and they were brought in to his even if it looked like a wilderness. It was still the top line in the pathway of God to bring them home to himself. It was at this point and you'll see that all throughout history when the enemy goes after the children.

That's the end of that society. That was the end of Egypt as a world power. It will be the end of any society that sets their hands against the fields of the fatherless, because God has decreed himself to be a defender of the fathers. He said you move those landmarks and you enter into their fields and I will rise up and contend with you. So anybody was listening to this message today. Make no mistake about it, as a nation we have challenge the very honor of God.

We have challenge the integrity of God in the time that were now living in you dare not rise up against a holy God and also smeared this message, you will soon stand.

If only God and you'll soon find out.

Don't play games with a holy God when he says he will defend the children. He will rise and he will defend the children. So what are we to do as the people of God, especially those that are online that are struggling marriages that are falling apart. People are suffering with addiction and depression as you delete your even dismissed your there's so many of God's people that are that are living in mixture at this time. Really you as lot was Lot was a man was in the society. The Bible describes him as righteous in the New Testament, but he had no effect. No influence because he was too mixed in the ways of that society.

It was it was given to the thinking of the people of that time and that probably the pursuits of many of the people and they they just considered it wasn't really the light on the hill that he was supposed to be was in the voice.

They could challenge this encroaching darkness, but suddenly the messengers of God came to him and came to his house like I'm coming to your house. Whether you like it or not of your online listing. I am in your house right now I'm in your living room right wherever you are, I am there right now the Lord is commissioned me to come to you the Lotus commission need to warn the nation that we are on the use of the judgment of Almighty God. But there's another thing is also send me to everyone who's mixture was struggling doesn't know how to go forward. He says I am going to send a message to you and all I want you to do is reach out and take my hand. The Lord says and let me lead you out one morning Don the angel's words lock to hurry saying, arise, take your wife, your daughters were here with you list to be consumed in the punishment of the city, and while he lingered. The men took hold of his hand. His wife's hand in the hands of his two daughters in the Lord being merciful to him and brought him out and said him outside of the city. God is a God of mercy. You may not be able to. But God can bring your wife your husband your daughters your sons out all the judgment of this present they were now living in an end to the mercy of Almighty God through Jesus Christ and you say to me faster. What is it that I'm to do it.

Simple. Even as you do you do this chapter is activated. Reach out to her hand into the hand of God is a Jesus. I I can't get out. I can save myself I can change myself, I can change my family.

You can believe you can use send a message to me and I believe the message that you sent to me so I'm asking you now Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, have mercy on my family, have mercy on my children. That is what the Lord is asking you to do tonight.

No more, no less, than that.

Reach out your hand is a Jesus I need you Jesus I can save myself Jesus. I believe that you died on the cross. 2000 years ago and you took the punishment for my sin upon your self so that I could go free. Jesus Christ. I confess you as the son of God. I confess you as my Savior. I confess he was the one who is reaching out to bring you to a place that I can go to buy myself and I have decided that as your hand touches mine. I'm going to get up I'm going to let you lead me where I need to go on the let you make me into the man or woman or young person that I need to be to try to do it on my own anymore because I can put your hand in mine I can I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can become the person you destine me to be to be brought out of captivity and into freedom in Jesus Christ that can make a difference in my generation is the cry of my heart and let you drive your heart. My brother, my sister, you don't have to go down with this person world. Jesus Christ came to get your 2000 years ago died on the cross and display of every believes it has the right to take you and your children and get open so he was raising the dead need to captivity to the gift of eternal life to yourself. If you'll put your hand in the hand of the son of God, do you to the Lamb of God, you don't have to go down with the ship understanding of the bear. With this society you could have you can have eternal life. You can have a meaningful life, not just you but your family.

I believe that with all my heart.

In the book of acts is an old dirty Philippian jailer who believe the gospel when Paul shared it with them and took Paul and Silas home.

Not only was he say that they but his children, his wife, everybody was baptized, they all came to Christ because he opened his heart and opened his hand, the offer of God's forgiveness and that the offer of change, the God promises to those who set their affections on him. So let's not cry to you and everyone is listing online, you can turn to Christ, and you can be forgiven and you can be free.

You don't have to die in your sin, you don't have to sit on the side of the road a lot society parasol around you.

You can make a difference with Christ in your life with your hand in the hand of God the light can make a profound difference in this generation. Starting in your own home. You been listening to Carter Conlin from Times Square Church in New York City.

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