When I was a boy the cry of the church was, “Jesus is coming!” All through my teenage years, every evangelist who came to preach in my father’s church had a stirring message about the soon return of Christ. Even today their sermons remain burned in my memory: “The Bible says Christ will come like a thief in the night, when you least expect him. It will happen in the twinkling of an eye, with the sound of a trumpet. You must be ready at all times.” The powerful cry, “Jesus is coming!” is seldom heard in God’s house today. Very few Christians live with a sense of expectancy, looking and yearning for Jesus’ return. How has this happened? The New Testament gives many warnings that mockers will appear in the last days, ridiculing the doctrine of Christ’s coming. Peter writes, “There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” (2 Peter 3:3-4). This mocking can be heard today: “What does anyone have to fear? All things continue just as they always have. There is no reason to fear a Judgment Day, because it simply isn’t coming.”
it’s time to get right with God because
Jesus is coming very soon he’s at the
door Paul the Apostle in 2nd corinthians
said behold now is the accepted time
behold now is the day of salvation he
said this is a day of mercy this is a
day of grace this is the time for you to
get right with God and deal with this
mercy Paul said don’t receive the mercy
in vain don’t turn away don’t turn away
from the gentle call of Jesus to come
back to his arms now this is a message
of grace but it’s also a warning receive
it as morning now today is the day of
salvation jesus warned in the last days
many are going to grow cold
the scripture says because iniquity
shall abound the love of many shall grow
cold and he said this is going to happen
in a time he called the beginning of
Sorrows and folks we’re living in what
Jesus said I believe there’s on my heart
we’re living in the beginning of Sorrows
we’re living in the time of
unprecedented greed rampant iniquity
sexual perversions beyond description
and Jesus said in those times in the
beginning of Sorrows many hearts are
going to go cold and he said they’re
going to turn away this is not the day
if you’ve chosen this day if you are
still walking with a cold heart you’ve
chosen the wrong time this is not the
time according to scripture to reject
the loving call of Christ I hear people
say I can get right with God any time I
choose
I’ll know the time I’m not ready yet and
I’ll know the time I I have some things
I want to accomplish in my life and I
have friends and I want to join myself
and when I’m when I’m ready I’ll come to
God now there’s some problems with that
and they’re issues that you’ve got to
understand because coldness leads to
hardness those who receive not the love
of the truth will fall into the
deceivableness of sin take heed brethren
lest there be in any of you an evil
heart of unbelief in departing from the
Living God exhort one another daily and
I’m exhorting you now I’m doing exactly
what the scripture says well it is
called today lest any of you be hardened
through the deceitfulness of sin but you
can be sitting here now and I don’t care
how much love I that comes from my heart
I don’t care what kind of appeal I make
I don’t care what kind of pleading this
spirit makes through me if you have a
hard heart you’re still going to work
you’re not going to listen you nobody
here and here’s what I scribbled down
and I believe the Holy Spirit led me to
this hardness a heart that is beyond the
influence of the greatest of the
gracious pleading of Christ it placed
themselves beyond the pleadings of the
Holy Spirit
it’s a self-imposed exclusion with no
intention of ever obeying the call of
the gospel no intention ever no matter
what preachers preach no matter how the
Lord Himself could come down in the
flesh the Bible said they many would not
believe coldness leads to hardness now
was the time to get right with God
because this generation is lost secondly
has lost the fear of God there’s no fear
of God left in the land
this is what the Bible says the fear of
the Lord of fear the Lord and depart
from evil the fear of the Lord is to
hate evil by mercy and truth and
mcquoddy is purged and by the fear of
the Lord men depart from their evil from
the fear of the Lord
years ago I was invited to speak at a
gathering at Yale University and I was
informed before the meeting that a group
of demonstrators had come and with signs
they had read something I preached from
Romans about homosexuality I suppose
they said they’re going to demonstrate
it at a certain time a night I said Lord
what do I preach the Lord said preach
your message on hell hell what’s it like
and who’s going there
I’d preached it all over the country
friends oh I wasn’t halfway through when
a holy hush when a presence of the Holy
Ghost came I’ll never forget it
there was a well-known writer who was
writing there to write a report of the
meeting and he said my pen sounded loud
there was no demonstration the fear of
God came on that house came on that
campus at least those who were gathered
I was stunned I saw the power of the
Holy Spirit
dealing no sign was lifted I went to the
lobby later and I asked one or two
those who had signs I didn’t even read
what was on the side it were turned
opposite and they couldn’t explain to me
it said what happened they couldn’t
explain it it was the fear of God the
fear of God call it what you want
reverential all call it what you want
but there’s such a thing is remember
that God is not mocked there’s such a
thing as looking at the majesty and
holiness of God you see we have come
from that to this this past week I come
out of the apartment and there and a bus
on the side there’s no God have fun
London all over the buses there is no
God that’s party we’ve come from that
from that fear of God
and you see if you have no fear of God
you have to invent a gospel of
convenience and this is what’s happened
in America and around the world you see
man can’t get away from that nagging
sense and it’s the Holy Spirit who says
there’s death and then there’s judgement
there’s a day of standing before God to
give it a count the Bible makes it very
very clear there’s a heaven and there’s
a hell and there’s a day we’re going to
have to give an account and there is a
hell and Jesus said there’s a hell of a
fire and weeping and wailing and
gnashing of teeth at darkness it can be
felt and there is a hell but but you see
man has to invent a gospel where there’s
no God and that’s where we are in the
United States around the world right now
no hell no heaven
this is it so just live it up and have
have your time have your fun you see the
devil knew that he couldn’t take that
out of his gospel because everybody at
least said he’s a good man he was a
teacher he’s a prophet and so he brings
into Jesus that is tolerant that’s the
key word right now tolerance tolerant
toward same-sex marriage tolerant toward
everything there’s no such thing as sin
there’s no such thing as a sinner
there’s no such thing as judgment and so
they buy into the young people are
buying into that many Christian young
people or saying we need to be more
tolerant and so they to believe that
same-sex marriages is okay with me you
know they can do what they they can try
as they will but now the spirit speaketh
latter times some shall depart from the
faith giving heed to seducing spirits
and doctrines of devils speaking lies in
hypocrisy having their conscience seared
with a hot iron
now see what I’m preaching to you now is
mercy it’s if I was thinking last night
the Bible said there’s a narrow road
that leads to eternal life and there’s a
wide road leading to destruction and you
see them coming the road and they’re
heading pale mouths or over the hill and
there’s a glow on the other side of the
hill and you know I stand there any man
of God who’s standing there and saying
turn back go back go back friends I say
that’s mercy that is mercy but I’m
giving to you now is the mercy of God
who so loved you that he put you in a
seat in this church this day and said
today now is a time to make it right no
one knows the time or the hour but Jesus
told it’s going to happen what’s going
to happen prior to his coming it gives
very clear evidence Jesus said there’ll
be Wars there will come false Christ’s
but don’t be terrified because the end
is not yet
then nation shall rise against nation
Kingdom against Kingdom great
earthquakes shall be in diverse places
and famines and pestilences and fearful
sights and great signs in the heaven and
then he said don’t don’t be concerned
about the wars and earthquakes I said he
said but then shall they see the Son of
man coming in a cloud with power and
great glory but one what does he mean by
what then listen to what he said when
men’s hearts fail them for fear and for
looking upon those things that are
coming on the earth – one of the surest
signs when everywhere
there is fear men’s hearts are failing
them just watching those things that are
coming on the earth the same spirit has
come here as here now been here but now
coming in a special way of invitation
I’m pleading with you I haven’t heard I
have not pushed I speak as an Oracle of
God I’m humbled myself before the Lord
and said God I came here 50 years to win
fifty years ago to win souls God
promised me that many would be awakened
as he comes down I’m going to close in
just a moment but I want to remind you
Hosea 11 chapter seventh verse my people
were bent on backsliding from me but
then all of a sudden you read this how
can I give you up how could I give you
up early for him which is zero he said I
know you I know you’re bent on
backsliding I know that there are times
you you have fallen and you see if your
heart is hard you’re willing to admit
yes I’m growing cold I’m drifting away
and I don’t want to fall into hardness
and I don’t want to abuse the grace of
god but God comes and as he’s coming now
and I’m going to close he comes I and
he’s whispering it through me to you
into your ear I can’t give up on you
please hear what the Spirit is saying
the 11th 14th chapter first verse verse
4 I will heal your backsliding I will
love you freely for my anger has been
turned away from you see God’s not angry
he’s not mad at you he’s pleading with
you saying now come my arms are open
today I give you this the words of Jesus
Matthew 11:28 2:30 I’m asking the Holy
Spirit to come right now speak directly
into your heart the words of Jesus and
this when I said you it’s time to make
the move it’s time to come humbly to God
and say Jesus I hear you and here’s the
call jesus said come unto me all ye that
labor and are heavy laden I’ll give you
rest take my yoke upon you and learn of
me for I am meek and I’m lowly in heart
and you shall find rest for your souls
take on my yoke is easy my burden is
light you’ll find it’s not difficult
when you come to him and say Lord come I
repair to give you my heart I give you
my sins make me do Lord untroubled yes
I’ve been down I’ve been in despair and
have not known peace but Jesus says all
I’m asking you now has come