Be Forewarned: The Days Are Evil! Part 2 of 2

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Part two of a specialty part question is how do we let God how we as a nation to begin with a Christian foundation… Why what the answer to that question points to what I believe is the number one problem we face as a nation that is this.

We as a nation have lost our spiritual morning Maureen S. Moore refers to the cables by which a ship is securely anchored when a sailboat pulls up into the harbor you're looking for morning that you can top two so that you will drift away by the currents in the win.

We as a nation have lost a mooring in the Swift's house back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Paul points to the problem in verse five when he says having a form of godliness but denying its power. Was he mean by this policy, informing us in the last days. People will be religious and lost will have a form of religion that is no longer mortal, anchored to the gospel to the truth of a given to us in the Bible will be a form of religion that has no spirit and thus no power.

You define a Christian Christmas if somebody who possesses the Holy Spirit. It has nothing to do with church.

It has nothing to do with the unbaptized does nothing to want confirmation. It has nothing would try to be a good good person. All those things are good, but that's not what makes you a Christian, you become a Christian when you place your trust in Jesus, and the holistic comes in and well she roams agnostics and if anyone does not have the spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. So what determines if a person is a true believer, the presence of the Spirit of Christ in the same way. What determines if a church is a true church, the presence of the Spirit of Christ. This explains why Jesus told the woman of the whale in John chapter 4 yet a time is coming, he said to her, and is now come when the true worshipers which implies that there what faults worshipers when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for they have the kind of worshipers the father seeks this coming from Jesus. He says God is spirit in his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth. Today there are churches and even whole denominations that are full of people and even ministers who are not indwelt by the Spirit of Christ, they are religious and lost these people in these churches have a form of godliness but denying its power because they do not worship in spirit and truth as it 2913 is an indictment against the modern church.

The Lord says these people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from the their worship of me is made up only of rules top and then personally I believe that religiosity, or Chartism became the number one strategy on the part of Satan to ensure that the church in America would become impotent and remain impotent. Just like it is in Europe today. Decades ago, saying call for meeting of his chief demons who commanded to come up with a scheme Satan expresses concern to the student to Monica Horn as they gathered before him, he said to them, America is a new nation is dangerous. It is a dangerous nation because it's founders have established as a Christian nation.

Churches will be in good everywhere and Christianity is spreading.

We must stop this Satan look at his lieutenants and said we must come up with a plan.

A plan that will lead to the mall implosion of this new country and so Satan demanded his lieutenants laid a plan on how they would cause America to become onboard from its Christian heritage and debacle foundation one by one these demons put forth their plans. One demon said must make America the wealthiest nation the world and they will love money more than God. Satan thought about Ethel Menon. That's a good idea but is not good enough.

There must be a better plan as another demon suggested this take away America's wealth. The people blame God and turn away from him again. Satan said that was a good idea, but he still insisted that there had to be a more effective strategy.

Finally, the most hideous demon, the one whom they all feared and who was the most diabolical stood to speak his name was Abaddon. Satan knew that he was the most cunning of all of his lieutenants as he spoke, and began to lay out his strategy. All the other demons began to nod in agreement.

His plan was clearly the best it would work was his plan.

Abaddon begin to lay out a strategy to infiltrate the church's plan would begin to unfold in the seminaries.

He said we must be patient. This will not be easy. It will take time. We must begin to fill the seminaries with professors who question the word of God. Men who really don't have a relationship with God.

We must fill the seminaries with skeptics and agnostics then have a course of time. These professors will cast doubt into the minds of the thousands of knives.

Students who enroll once we gain control the seminaries will just be a matter of time before we have a churches over the course of time the church will be feel with men, women receive their degrees from these liberal seminaries men and women who doubt the word of God.

Men and women who were clerical collars, but don't know Christ. Men and women who will lead the people down the wide road.

Satan was beside himself.

This was the perfect plan. Satan declare that moment that display will be put into effect any named operation infiltration and Satan commanded his allegiance to put his plan into effect immediately.

That plan went into effect. Decades ago, and today we are reaping the whirlwind. That's awfully fictitious story, but it is filled with truth. If you venerate this present darkness, buff) is the same kind of your novel that he writes this ahead.

My sister-in-law Emil Emil name institution here, gentle, normative Emil name it must sister-in-law went to Duke Divinity school now though to be careless not that's got nothing to with this and she had an atheist for her first professor when my best friends growing up in Bethel. We played football together brown, sex, and his father was my pastor. I was the quarterback and Brown was a running back. He's a Methodist minister today, he went to addictive any skill he told me and according to Mr. rust. Those with the worst three years of my life.

One day I walked out of class because the professor was using so much profanity. I grew up Methodist.

I used to go to a Pentecostal church on my wife's same store of her before I went to a Pentecostal church on Sunday nights.

I went to the Episcopal prep school I joined up presently in church when I first came to Raleigh the last thing else thing that was become a Baptist Francis Schaeffer called up Dr. Paige Pattison is the president of Southeastern Baptist theological seminary. During Francis Schaeffer's is one of the greatest minds of the 20th century terms of Christianity. He told Dr. Pattison and I heard this from God. Pattison's lips. He said save your denomination because we've lost hours Poland Ephesians church in next chapter 20 verses 29 to 31.

He said I know that after I leave savage wolves will come in among you, and will not spare the flock, even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.

So be on your guard rumor there for three years on never stop warning each of you night and day with tears on the call but I been warning about this for 20 years. You know when this passion began in May. This one is about 14 years old and I found out that some people in the church were getting rid of Mr. Sexton who is the man who led me to Christ while to get rid of him because he got to evangelical.

It was Ashley having altar calls limit flock service. This Methodist Church and eyes the first time I realized you neither. Some people in the church exactly be against an evangelical minister. How can that be and I could tell you story after story that we have experienced liberal theologians who question God's word. They deny that there's a hail. They deny the virgin birth, they deny the inerrancy of Scripture this if the Bible is got arrows and it will not rephrasing the trashcan is Hegel decide what's right what's wrong if the virgin birth was not real and true then Jesus is only human. If there's no hell, there is no reason for Jesus to go to the cross.

The church in America is full of false teachers. They don't look false but they are there appear false because the emasculating someone they are not very dangerous is a leading semi people strike Paul Watson second print is 11 for such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen masquerading as apostles or cross of Christ.

And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light is what is an angel of light, which means it is not surprising, then, if his service masquerading as servants of righteousness. Their end will be whether actions deserve what is it mean that they mass greatest service of righteousness as an angel of light immediately look good.

They sound good. They seem so sincere and so genuine and they do some Karen and they do some good things but you got a look at them carefully a counterfeit dollar bill that's really good. Looks like the real dollar bill the way you can discern between the two is if you know what a real dog looks like you got to know a real dollar bill every square centimeter.

Should that you can detect a falsely counterfeit of the Bible folks say when you run down the street you listen to some but on the radio since other symbols will God want you to be healthy.

What in washing of that's not what the Bible says if you hear somebody on the radio site. There are many waste to to to God. That's not true is only one way this is a simple thanks her medicine one time site. This what you have to know the Bible I heard this on the radio right here in church right here in Raleigh.

He was he was teaching through first Corinthians, and he said memory at first with starting this the is the great capital loves love chapter, first Corinthians 5. Talks about church discipline when you cast the immoral believer from you and say this minister had the audacity that Paul is repenting at the end of his letter from what he said in the first part is his past has a problem with hard truth like church discipline second Peter chapter 2 Peter writes, but there were also false prophets among the people, just that we false teachers among you.

They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories that made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction is not been sleeping Jesus. John Peter and Paul all warned repeatedly about this in Matthew seven Jesus said watch out for false prophets.

They come to you and what sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves lather fruit you recognize him. Our nation is filled with seminaries and churches that have a form of godliness but denying its power with rewrites having a form of godliness suggest an outward appearance of religion but not true Christian faith, for they never experience the power of God in their lives form, without force, religion without reality. If we don't get this turnaround church attendance in America is to be like it is in England giving people go to church in England about 2% of population what happened those churches got overtaken to buy liberal theologians who doubt the word of God and they just die thank goodness we got some true churches in America that are growing. I'm I'm firmly convinced that if a man of God will stand in the pulpit and proclaim the word of God, it will draw something away, but he will pack the house as people partake of young people won't hear the truth.

They are drawn to the truth.

One of the main reasons I went to seminary was that I would be prepared to confront liberal theology, which is a nice way to say false theology whenever you hear me say liberal action involves the main reason I found it finding purpose of ministry to men was for the purpose of rescuing men who are trapped in the grip of liberal theologians this year and on. Then study this young man forgot back to me. He didn't come to me, but is greatly or did this young man said something to that one surprised to hear about what he was learning about most of this is the first Bible study he's ever been to use in his mid-to-late 20s. He told us he has his relator. How can we don't have this in church. Good question. The reason is because Satan has done a masterful job in carrying out operation infiltration Satan has lured hundreds of thousands if not millions of men and women into churches where they never really hear gospel churches which had a form of godliness but denying its power.

This summer we live in a world of rising violence and evil in a world that is religious and lost in the only hope that we have is Jesus Christ. Come, Lord Jesus.

Paul is given as a warning policy provide us with revelation Revelation and now Paul gives a command. What is the command here is have nothing to do with false teachers or false preachers. Look at verse five Paul writes have nothing to do with him. This is strong language diversity just like this. This does not mean that would have nothing to do with lost people without us we could possess the light of the gospel, they are doomed to walk in darkness, we are to go out into the world and live among them and be salt and light source. Paul mean when he says have nothing to do with him. We need to understand who Paul is referring to when he says them is specifically talking about these false teachers. If a person is on the their influence there to get away from them run. Paul writes in Romans 1617 ROG Brothers to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way, that are contrary to the teaching of learn. Keep away from them. I've had friends of mine that I care deeply about drop out of mobile studies and leave if identity is seen men in the nova like to get walk out as if they had enough and I don't think that what I say is really that was the word is not that holding truly in-your-face, such as presenting the truth. I just teaching the Bible were these men go when they drop out of and there's nothing there's nothing special about mass that is a lots of great valves that is in this town we probably have more Bible studies per capita than any other city in the world but I've noticed that some of these new men leave and they run to these churches where the ministers will tell them God loves you and everything's okay God does love them but everything is not okay. John MacArthur writes true believers are given a standing order to avoid such men as these. That is, the false teachers and reject the false doctrines they teach in false standards. They live by. Because this firm here is in the middle voice.

The audience to make yourself turn away regardless of how convincing a false idea may appear sincere, a false teacher may seem to be, would you take our sales by the scruff of the neck and make ourselves avoid such amenities.

Why is Paul so adamant about this walking a believer, just remain a church like that as a missionary or dissemble set of cannabis on schoolteacher, his wife, look at verse six.

Do not again they false teachers all the county warned their way into homes and gain control of the week will women who are loaded down with sin and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Just as Janice and Jan Perez opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth men of depraved minds whose force of faith concern are rejected here. Two reasons why Paul says to avoid churches like this. First, false teachers prevent people from coming to Jesus. They actually close the gate to the narrow road they block the path to the cross. People need to hear the gospel message of hope never get to hear the true gospel from his teachers and thus they stand the way of God's saving grace. Secondly, false teachers were actually opposed to the truth in their opposition can be fierce.

They prevent people from hearing the truth because they don't really proclaim the truth, they don't proclaim the truth because they don't really possess the truth is they don't possess the truth, they have no like to share with those who walk in darkness. This is one no child of God should have any association with a church like this. Paul commands us to avoid them.

By the way, Janice and Jan Perez not mentioned the Old Testament but according to Jewish tradition.

These were two of the magicians who who who counterfeited Moses early miracles and did before Pharaoh. They stood in opposition to Moses so they stood in opposition to the truth. That's what false teachers do today.

They stand in opposition to the truth. We see this opposition today when it comes to issues like the psyche of life in the covenant of marriage in their opposition, they leave the church strike.enjoyment David Jeremiah before the most respected ministers. America said this quote he said the church in America is leading the masses down the wide road.

Paul commands us to avoid them know what you notice. False teachers have been and will be ultimately rejected by God.

Jeremiah Wright's Jeremiah chapter 23 is what this was written about 2700 years ago you think about what he said for today.

This is what the Lord Almighty says do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you that what profit is especially a preacher someone who proclaims the truth. They fill you with false hopes they speak vision from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.

They keep saying to those who despise me.

The Lord says you will have peace and all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts.

They say no harm will come to you, but which is in the student Council of the Lord to see or to hear his word, who was listening and hardest working. I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with her message. I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied. I can't speak for them, but don't you know this. I take preaching very seriously considered a great privilege but is a huge responsibility and before and I say this I don't say this with any pride.

Don't you notice before coming stand before you. I spend hours upon hours with my nose in this book to see what God has to say. Today when I come before you. You not hear from me you hear from God what you gotta decide is do you believe that what I'm saying comes from me or from God.

One day, perhaps in the not-too-distant future. All of these false preachers and teachers will stand before Jesus Christ and the great white throne judgment. They will have to give an account for while they lead millions and millions away from him and all those who followed them see how blind they were and how how blind they are because they followed them see what a man becomes a minister and he's got people following him. His accountability before God is way up. He will have to answer to God for what he taught them and how we lead them under this been a tough message to my wife the one really looking forward to giving it but it's the truth and ugliness a message did that our nation needs to hear. If we don't as a nation turn around soon. The same thing that happened to the Roman Empire is what happened to us. The more that the Roman Empire collapsed from within is all moral restraint was removed and that's where country us. Can you can you imagine what would happen to the country if every preacher in America in the millions of pulpits there are. Across his land.

If they were preaching the word of God. It would bring revival is what we today would we go in our homes and lock our doors to get our guns out and wait for the end. Absolutely not, is what we need today. We need to decide right now this is God's children. If we are really in it to the end we we have to decide if we are all in always fully committed willing to say Lord here I am, send me and if we are there we have to do one thing in the days ahead. We have to cling to God's word. Paul says in second Timothy three but as for you, continue, and what you've learned and become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned and how from infancy you've known the holy Scriptures, we must cling to the word of God. We must let God uses is what you want to do. We know ahead of heaven. We want to take as many people with us as we can. A man secondly we as God's children, we need to we we we need to acknowledge and confess our own sins. Only then can we look for God to to send revival to arbitrarily and oddly that we can still have revival. That revival begins in the house of God. True house of God.

Second Chronicles 714 of 15 state if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land for 15 is like this got a sin. Now my eyes will be open in my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place would you pray with me, Jimmy. Father, we just want to take a moment right now of silence to confess our sins is a right now if you got something in your heart you want to confess just silently confess it.

I just pray the Holy Spirit will bring to mind anything that you need to confess made if you look at some you should've looked at confess that men and women. If you've covered something that you don't have confess that if you said something about someone, which is known as gossip confess that if you harbored hatred in your heart of jealousy toward someone confess that if you been living for the world and not for God, confess that if my people, who called on my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin will heal their land.

Lord I pray that you will bring revival.

I pray to God that he would start in those churches that are washing you in spirit and truth that you would move in those churches that they would grow that you will bless them that your ward would go forth and penetrate the hearts of those who are lost we might see revival in this land once again will we love you and we Nietzsche help us to God to be strong and remain strong to you return Jesus and being a Christian is not about being religious but about having a dynamic and alive relationship with Jesus Christ you been listening to finding purpose with pastor Russ Sanders, a local triangle ministry glorifying God by helping men and their purpose for living. You can discover more about finding your purpose in life by checking out the resources@findingpurpose.net connect to finding purpose on Facebook pastor Russ would also like to extend a special invitation for you to join him in over 300 other local tribal men to study God's word together every Tuesday night at 7 PM in downtown Raleigh. Find out more finding purpose.net