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god is not surprised that you’re alive
today
he didn’t want the apostle paul’s
generation alive today
he knew that there were christians who
would endure in this time
god trusts you and god believes more in
you than you believe in yourself
i just believe today that we need to
understand what the bible teaches
about prophecy and it’s a message of
victory
and in the book of matthew chapter 24
i want you to see with me then jesus
went out and departed from the temple
and his disciples came to show him
the building of the temple and jesus
said do you not see all these things
assuredly i say to you not one stone
will be left upon
another that it shall not be thrown down
and now he sat on the mount of olives
with them
and the disciples came to him privately
saying listen to this
tell us when will these things be and
what will be the sign of your coming
and the end of the age and jesus and
answered and said unto them take heed
that no one
deceives you for many will come in my
name
saying i am the christ and will deceive
many
and you will hear of wars and rumors of
war see that you’re not troubled all
these things must come to pass but the
end is
not yet nation will rise against nation
ethnos ethnos race
against race is what that literally
means in the
original language race against
race kingdom against kingdom and there
will be famine and pestilence and
earthquakes in various places
all of these are the beginning of
sorrows and then he says in verse 11
many false prophets will rise and
deceive many
and because of iniquity or lawlessness
it actually says lawlessness the word
iniquity is lawlessness
will abound the love of many will grow
cold but
he who endures to the end shall be saved
listen to this verse 14
and this gospel of the kingdom will be
preached into all of the world as a
witness to the nations
and then the end will
come the amazing thing about jesus
is he he had throughout the scripture a
way
of answering the questions that people
would ask him
not in what they wanted to hear
but what they needed to hear it’s almost
like his answer to
when will the end come and what will be
the signs
and it’s if you read jesus answer he
gives them
five essential things they need to know
that really didn’t have much to do
with what the signs were or when the
timing was
it’s almost like he said i’m not going
to tell you
what you want to hear when
and what are the signs because that’s
all people want to know about prophecy
is give me the latest sign and who’s
going to be the antichrist and
and when is this and when is that and
how close are we
and jesus shifts gears in this text and
he says i’m not going to tell you what
you want to hear i’m going to tell you
what you need to hear concerning
the essential things that you need to
know
when you see these things begin to come
to pass
i want you to have five essential things
that are very
prevalent in your mind and they begin
to come into focus more than ever and so
i want to give you what he said
he lists five things in this text in
matthew 24
and they’re saying when it when is the
end of the world
and what are the signs of your coming
and he throws them a few
signs he he mentions you know the things
that
race against race and nation against
nation and
and wars and rumors of wars just a few
things
but then he really starts naming the
essential
thing that has to be the focus of the
generations
that are facing the coming of the lord
and here’s what he says the first thing
he says
and it’s so amazing to me jesus said
number one look at it in in that fourth
verse he says jesus
answered them and said take
heed to yourself
he said the number one priority for you
is not what’s going on out here
when you start seeing the signs of the
times when you start seeing
the the the one world government when
you start seeing a cashless society
when you start seeing the antichrist and
and and his system begin to rise when
you start seeing
everything that the bible predicts will
happen
number one thing that is essential for
you is take
heed to yourself
we want the details of the time and the
plan and the signs of the times
but jesus said what you need to do is
you need
to take heed for yourself
of yourself the end time is not about
what is happening out there the
important thing about the end time
is what is happening in here and what
god is saying is as you see the signs of
the times happening
the question is not all that’s going on
out there it’s what’s going on in here
how’s my relationship with jesus
how’s my passion for god and he said
take heed to yourself what am i looking
at what am i how’s my heart
how’s my life how am i living am i
consecrated am i living a life of
personal holiness
is my mind clean or am i is my life is
my heart after god
am i stirred up take heed to yourself
that no man deceive you the next thing
he says
is in is in verse six he said and you’ll
hear of wars and rumors of wars but
watch this here it is
second essential see that you are not
troubled
do not be troubled the word troubled
comes from the word
agitation don’t let a spirit of
agitation come on you
in the end times everybody’s being
agitated everybody’s on
ends you know like on on they’re at each
other and
agitated in this group fighting that
group and this group hating that group
people on the internet attacking and
giving don’t
get into being troubled and agitated
he says do not be troubled number one
essential take heed to yourself
check yourself be worried about don’t
worry more about what’s out there than
what’s going on in here
am i on fire for god am i praying am i
living right am i passionate for jesus
am i fasting am i seeking god’s face and
then the second thing
is when you see all this happen i don’t
want you filled with agitation
i don’t want you filled with fear i
don’t want you filled with trouble do
not be troubled praise the lord for that
we don’t have to live in a state of
agitation
but he said don’t be troubled
for these things must come to pass
and then he gives that third absolute
in verse 12 because
lawlessness shall abound
lawlessness shall abound the the
original king james says
iniquity shall abound the love of many
shall wax cold now here’s the third
essential the first essential is take
heed to yourself
check yourself out make sure that you’re
right with god make sure that you’re
loving god
and then the second thing is i don’t
want you filled with agitation do not be
troubled do not be troubled do not go
around
with a spirit of fear and worry but then
the third thing
is he says but be aware that iniquity or
lawlessness will abound well
is that happening in our in our society
today is lawlessness
the one of the main things that we’re
seeing and the love
of many shall wax
cold the love of many who the love of
many
believers the love of many christians
and notice it’s not quickly ghost cold
it waxes cold it’s a process
it’s a slow fade of the love of god in
our heart and
the passion for him and he’s everything
but it begins to it begins to grow
or wax cold our love for god
cold love but then he comes the third
essential when he says even though that
will happen
he says and i love it but he
who endures to the end shall be saved
the third
essential is endure the third
essential is to not quit
and it’s interesting that the word
iniquity
for when he said that the iniquity
shall abound it’s different from sin sin
is not the same as iniquity iniquity is
the knowing violation
of established laws the knowing
violation
in other words christians will be will
grow so cold
that they know what is right they know
what
they should not be doing but iniquity
goes deeper than
sin sin is when somebody just messes up
in sin and i’m not making light of that
but iniquity goes deep iniquity is the
known
violation of established law
in other words it’s the opportunity when
he says when he says
for the for the opportunity
for violation will abound the word
abound means
the opportunity will just it’ll it’ll be
so easy to sin
it’ll be so convenient to sin more
opportunity to just enjoy
a wicked life if that’s what you want
look at the internet look at the things
that used to be hid
and now it’s all there and so he said
iniquity will abound
it’ll be it’ll it’ll be opportunity
after opportunity
to get into any kind of wickedness that
you want to get into
drugs will be legalized anything you
want to get into
you can you can get into it and he said
what will happen
is the even the church will church
people will begin to participate and
pick up things in their life
and the love of many will
wax cold or fade
away and grow cold toward god
but then he said but he who endures so
there there is that third essential
endure there will be people in the end
time
who he who endures the same shall be
saved
you know the person who endures says you
know i probably
since sin is so convenient nobody’s
looking and you know a young man says i
don’t have to
you know i i i think i i don’t have to
be pure i don’t have to be clean
and so what he’ll do is is is he can
compromise at that moment
or there’ll be some who will endure i
might could get by with this
but i don’t want to i’m going to endure
i’m going to live for god i could
knowingly
violate the truth and i could knowingly
fill my mind with thoughts and sin and
participate in wickedness or i can
endure
till the end the word endure means to
finish
strong the word endure means to stand
the word endure means no quitting
the word endure means that i
i am willing to stand against this thing
not
our faith isn’t always supposed to be in
joy all i hear about in christianity
is in joy in joy but it’s not just in
joy
it’s also endure and that means taking a
stand
against what is wrong god is not
surprised that you’re alive today
he didn’t want the apostle paul’s
generation alive today
he knew that there were christians who
would endure in this time
god trusts you and god believes more
than you than you believe in yourself
and then he gives the fourth absolute in
matthew chapter 24.
he says after he said take heed to
yourself don’t be troubled
then he says endure whatever you have to
do stand
don’t compromise don’t grow cold endure
watch this he said and this
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached
unto every nation
it is an emphatic declaration this
gospel
is going to be preached this
is the fourth essential that jesus said
must happen
in the end times the gospel must be
preached
this gospel will be preached into every
nation
jesus said when they said when is the
end coming what are the signs
jesus said the essential you need to
know is this gospel
is going to be preached into all the
world
and then the end will come well guess
what
we’re online through technology
so are thousands of other ministries and
this gospel
is being preached into all the world
we’re getting responses from africa
we’re getting responses from india we’re
getting responses from russia
we’re getting responses from muslim
nations
we’re getting responses from asia and
south america
we’re preaching the gospel all over
the world literally our largest
audiences that we have ever preached to
on television according to our ratings
on speaking for this ministry and by
just sheer numbers on with our online
audience
of hundreds of thousands of people every
week watching these messages
we are literally reaching millions of
people
every week we’re on television every day
somewhere
and this gospel what what is our what is
our response to the end times this
gospel shall be preached into all the
world to every nation
jesus said and then the end shall come
and ladies and gentlemen
we are fulfilling that prophecy right
now
i’m doing it on television right now
because this
is the fulfillment of jesus teaching
and then the last essential that i want
you to see the last essential
of end-time living is recorded in luke
chapter
21 and i want to read it to you
because it’s going to bless you what am
i supposed to do pastor as i see the
signs of the times
what am i supposed to do as i see all
the prophecies being fulfilled and i see
the world
you know even even the even the atheists
even the godless people are realizing
things can’t keep going
like they’re going everybody’s realizing
that that you know with this pandemic
how vulnerable we are how vulnerable our
economies are of the world
how that we could experience something
that could shake the world we thought we
were in a secure world we all have come
to the realization
and that and that’s what the disciples
were saying when will the end of the
world
come and what will be the signs of your
coming
and jesus said i’m going to answer that
question
by shifting and letting you not hear
what you want to hear but what you need
to hear and here’s what you need to hear
take heed to yourself here’s what you
need to hear
don’t be troubled here’s what you need
to hear endure
stand strong don’t grow cold endure
here’s what you need to hear this gospel
shall be preached into all the world
and then the end will come and then
lastly in luke
chapter 21 and there shall be signs in
the sun and in the moon and in the stars
and distress of nations and perplexities
and
seas and waves roaring men’s hearts
failing them for fear
of expectation of things coming on the
earth for
the powers of heaven will be shaken
watch this
then they will see the son of man coming
in a cloud
with power and great glory
listen here it is here’s the here’s the
fifth essential
of end time living now when
these things begin to happen
watch this look up
look up lift up your head
because your redemption draws near
you know what he says he says when you
see
these things begin to come to pass are
we seeing them
his last word to us is don’t be downcast
don’t go around like victims and
afraid and tormented and beat up and
discouraged
but he said look up
lift up your heads
in other words jesus was talking about
the posture of the church
in the last days is one that’s looking
up
it’s one the seeing the harvest is white
under harvest it’s ready the fields are
now
full of grain look up
the posture of the church the end time
church
is not one that’s looking down gloom and
doom
it’s look up we win look up
jesus is coming look up the harvest is
ready and he said redemption draweth
nigh your redemption what does that mean
the redemption of your family it’s about
to happen
the redemption of your husband this loss
the redemption of your
brother your sister your grandmother the
people you’ve been praying for
the people that we’ve longed to see get
right with god
look up before
the coming of the lord god is going to
send grace
and he’s going to draw he said for your
redemption meaning you and your family
that’s for me and my house i don’t just
get saved but my house
is under the covenant that i have with
jesus and he said
for i want you to look up the last
essential thing
is the posture of the believer is
looking up
saying oh my goodness redemption is
drawing near to my house
redemption is drawing near to the people
that i’ve been fasting and praying for
my son that’s a drug addict my daughter
that’s in this bad relationship this
that and the other
whatever kind of mess is going on in
your home in your life
look up redemption is coming to those
situations
to those family members to the to that
home
to that crisis
and so today i don’t know what you’re
going through and i don’t know what
you’re facing
but i hear the lord in my heart and my
soul and my spirit saying look up
tell them to look up tell them this is
the day
of redemption this is the day that my
redemption is drawing near
it’s coming close to their house it’s
coming into their families
people you’ve been praying for a long
time
redemption is drawing near
so what am i to do pastor in the end
times you’re the number one
you are number one to take heed to
yourself why don’t you do that take
inventory
you’re so looking for signs out there
but what about in here
it’s more important how you doing in
here or is your mind clean
is your spirit right have you released
unforgiveness
are you clean are you living holy take
heed to yourself
and then if you’re filled with fear do
not be troubled
and then if you’re listening to me and
you say well
you know it’s so easy to sin
iniquity abounds the word of bounds
means it’s just
it’s plentiful it’s easy there’s ample
opportunity
to get into any kind of wickedness you
want but he said right in the middle of
that kind of society
there will be those who endure to the
end that’s the third essential
you got to endure like a like a soldier
of the lord jesus christ you endure
then we we’re going to keep preaching
the gospel
we’re going to keep this gospel shall be
preached into
all the world and then the end shall
come
but the last thing that he says
the last essential is have the posture
of the believer
that is not downcast but that looks up
you know what the difference between us
and the world ought to be we ought to be
the people that are looking up we’re
optimistic we’re filled with hope
we’re filled with faith we’re not going
around we’re going through the same
stuff they’re going through
but we’re looking up we’re encouraged
our outlook is up
our faith is up our praise is up our joy
is up our families are up
our faith is up that’s god’s word to you
today
and the lord wants to come into that
room and take you from a downcast to a
look
up your redemption
your redemption the redemption of your
family
and your situation is drawing nearer
than it’s ever been
before because god is faithful
i hope today that the message that
you’re hearing will inform you
of exactly where we’re living and how
vital it is to draw near to jesus it’s
my goal to encourage you
that in spite of all the warfare and all
of the plans of satan
we have one with us who is greater than
the one who is against
us his name is jesus and through him we
win we are victorious we’re actually
more than conquerors
through christ jesus you can have a
brand new start you can’t change where
you came from
you can’t change what you’ve been
through but you can have a brand new
start today pray this prayer with me
right now
say lord jesus say those words lord
jesus
i give you my heart there’s power in
your name
to cleanse to forgive to heal my
brokenness
i’m a flawed person and i need your
grace
i need your forgiveness and i need your
love and i want to give that to others
so today start in me make me
your child forgive me and i receive you
today
as my king as my lord and as my savior
in jesus name i ask amen
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