Dear Family, friends, and all others who might read this
message. As I was driving home from
Norman, Oklahoma, a thought entered my mind, not once but rather on a continual
basis, that I should send out what the thirty-three presenters centered on - in
the eighty workshops. No, I did not attend
all eighty but I did attend fourteen- those I knew personally from their
witness and materials.
So, my first point: “How does one test a prophet?” Jeremiah answers this question: “The prophet who prophecies of peace, when
the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet will be known as one
whom the Lord has truly sent” (Jer. 28:9).
Do they:
- Glorify
God rather than themselves (John 16:13)
- Do
not give their own private interpretations (2 Peter 1:20, 21)
- Point
out sin (Micah 3:5–8)
- Warn
of coming judgment (Isaiah 24:20, 21)
- Edify
the church (1 Corinthians 14:3, 4)
- Give
messages that harmonize with the Bible (Isaiah 8:20)
- Teach
that Jesus came in the flesh (1 John 4:1–3)
- Have
a Christ-like character (Matthew 7:16–20).
- Are
obedient to the will of God (Deuteronomy 18:18).
My second point: the thirty presenters came from every corner of
the Country, but their message was the same – “You need to make sure your house
is in order”. I was also amazed
that, in the fourteen workshops I attended, each began by laying the foundation
for their message by opening the Word and sharing many examples of fulfilled prophecies.
The message? America is nearing
that time when they will join all the other great civilizations that declared ‘God
is off limits!’ We are a nation have
kicked Him out of our schools, out of our government, out of our public affairs
and most tragically- out of many churches.
We have murdered 60 million of our most vulnerable citizens and
continue to murder them at a rate of 4,000 per day. It is said that the most dangerous place in
the universe is their mother’s womb. We
as a nation consume more than half of the illegal drugs produced in the world
and one day soon every state will have legalized marijuana.
We spend $13.3 billion dollars per year on pornography, and 60 %
of all porn websites are in our nation.
Cohabiting partners has increased from half a million in 1960 to over 14
million in 2018. The divorce rate in 2018 was the fifth highest in the world,
at 46%.
My question to you, have you checked out the only totally true
book that has ever been written and published to see what is coming in our
future? There are mega multitudes of
fulfilled prophecies in the Bible, the only book that tells us precisely what
is going to happen. Jesus said, “I do not want you to be
unaware.” He also said, “I do not want a single person to perish.”
Question: If you
encountered a need in your life to move to a far city, what would you do? Would you check to see what was available? or
would you just get in your car and start driving?
Question: If the Bible is
filled with prophecies, like the return of the Jews to the promise land after
2500 years in the diaspora, and the ancient language restored, and swamps and
desert turned into productive lands -as prophesied, do you think Jesus’ words
through John in Revelation are irrevocable words?
Well, folks, I pray you have gotten what I am trying to
say. We have two choices that will
determine where you will spend eternity: One in Matthew 25:34 “Come you who are blessed of My Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world”
The lake of fire! (by default)! Matthew 25:41: “Then shall he say unto them on the left, ‘Depart from me…into
everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’”.I have asked many
youth at the Village, “What is the most important word in the
English language?” They have given
many great answers but missed the one that carries eternal significance, the
word “Not”. In Matthew 25:12 to the five foolish virgins
who were not prepared, Jesus answered, “I
do not know you”. Words with eternal
significance!
We were doing a workshop
years ago when we had a very hostile man who had been ordered into the
class. He let us know very early he
would be there in body but not mind. When he learned we use Biblical principles for
our teaching, he fumed, “That Bible stuff.” ”What Bible stuff?”, I asked. When he could not answer, I said,
“You don’t believer in what you have no idea what it is that you don’t believe!”.
There is a principle hidden in that exchange – many people are
struggling today when there is a huge feast that is available to them that also
has eternal value connect to it – called salvation. I pray, Lord, all who read this will receive
it in the spirit it as written – concern for their salvation and relationship with
You!
Blessings,
Gramps
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