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Amid the horror of the Tribulation, a huge number of earth dwellers will become Tribulation saints Revelation 7:9 & 14 - After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, . . . And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Who will anyone be able to stand? Revelation 12:11 What happens to the sheep on the right? They enter the Millennial Kingdom What happens to the goats on the left? Everlasting punishment, stating with a place called torment Those in torment are awaiting the Great White Throne Judgment The destination of all at this judgment is the Lake of Fire Deceiving spirits are here today, alive and well in America Don’t fall for deception; stay strong, and stay connected It is the isolated, the spiritually weak, those separated from the herd, that are gobbled up 1 Peter 5:8; "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. Through all the noise, listen for the voice of your Shepherd, He is calling you! What is He saying? "Come and follow Me" "My sheep hear My voice and I know them, and they follow Me." John 10:27 FOLLOW YOUR SHEPHERD - All eyes on JESUS and deceiving spirits will not distract you!

The one who was not working is viewed as not genuine Real salvation results in real change in a person’s life Watch and be ready and work; do what God has called you to do True believers represent their Master in all situations, no blending, no chameleons! No one gets to heaven by being a little good or mostly good One gets to heaven the Jesus way ONLY - believing and receiving the gift of salvation! Once received, then work, represent, and honor our Lord with our lives It will be worth it all when we see Jesus and hear: "Well done, good and faithful servant. ... Enter into the joy of your Lord." Matthew 25:21 The beauty of all of this is that He knows our potential, and He will not give you more than you can handle. The Lord was, and is, waiting for results in our lives! The master of those servants is fair, righteous, and loving.

Watch! and Be Ready!! is Jesus’ theme Whether we go in a group Rapture or an individual Rapture, the point is, we will be going!! The place you will be going needs to be determined! You still have time . . . . . ! Something precious that no one can store up! You have been given your allotment of time; use your time wisely!! “Redeem the time for the days are evil”. Ephesians 5: 16 DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE! “Only one life will soon be past, only what’s done for Christ will last." (C.T. Studd) WATCH! BE READY! AND WARN! The world will think you are a fanatic! In the early 1900’s, C.T. also wrote this: “God’s real people have always been called fanatics.” "Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow." Psalm 144: 4 IT’S ALMOST THE MIDNIGHT HOUR! TIME - USE IT WISELY WATCH! BE READY!! WARN!!! And by all means . . . . . . . USE YOUR TIME WISELY!

Whenever God invades the lives of humans, it is a terrifying event! We are all guilty of not seeing God as He is: Loving – yes Righteous and Holy – yes Wrathful – yes What we are missing in our view of God is the fear and holiness of the LORD! (Slide on Threat Stimulus - See Notes) (Slide on "The 4 Responses to Fear" - See Notes) (Slide on Defining Fear - See Notes) God is pure, abject holiness, a holiness that exceeds our ability to comprehend The only way we can survive and live in the presence of this holiness is to be changed You were changed when you were saved, born again! "That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any suth thing; but that it should be hold and without blemish." - Ephesians 5:27 TRUTH: It is not about our holiness, but Christ’s holiness being credited to us who believe GOOD NEWS: Those who are holy and blameless (saved) will be taken in the Rapture BAD NEWS: Those not holy and blameless (lost) will be taken in judgment GOOD NEWS: You still have time to believe and receive the gift of salvation today Who are taken and Who are left? All I can say is, don’t be left behind! Don’t go through the Tribulation judgment! “Our choice is our own, but the consequences of the choice have already been determined by the sovereign will of God, and from this there is no appeal.” (A.W. Tozer) "ONE WILL BE TAKEN & THE OTHER WILL BE LEFT" WHICH WILL YOU BE?

READY OR NOT I'M COMING BACK... Jesus All true believers are servants of the Most High God! A servant, a steward, is one who manages another’s property and affairs KEY POINT: IT'S NOT MINE!! I am not thinking like a servant/steward when: - When I try to control everything or everyone around me - When I brag how great I am and how pitiful others are - When I worry Worry is an indication I am in control - I AM NOT!! Jesus warned us; in fact, commanded us, not to worry! "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" - Matthew 6:25-27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? As our world changes, as we change, as everything is turned upside down... DO NOT WORRY!! "Be Not Anxious" - Worry is a sin. It is a form of blasphemy. - Worry is assuming a responsibility that God did not intend for you to have. - Worry is a trickle of fear that soon cuts a crevice so deep it drains all other thoughts away... You are not acting like a steward when you worry? WORRY, huh!! What is it good for? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! "Ready of Not, Here I Come!" - Jesus This is reality, live here like Jesus is coming for YOU today!! "Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful" 1 Corinthians 4:2 The faithful will hear these words: "Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master." - Matthew 25: 21, 23 I can only imagine. May the Lord fund us Faithful

We are the only generation that qualifies for the second coming of Messiah: 1) The Jews are in their land 2) Humanity now has the power, with nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, to destroy all life on the planet 3) Jesus said if He did not return, mankind would destroy themselves – “no flesh would be saved” (verse 24: 22) 4) NO OTHER GENERATION COULD THIS APPLY TO So . . . Ladies and Gentlemen . . . . Know that the time is short! There are 2 questions every human must answer: 1) “Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am?” – Who is Jesus to you Matthew 16: 13 2) “What shall I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?" Pilate's question Matthew 27: 22 Salvation is so great and free!! Believe and receive the gift while you can! There is a difference between decisional regeneration and believing/yielding regeneration “Making a decision for Jesus Christ places the emphasis on something our Lord never trusted - (YOU) He never asks us to decide for Him, but to yield to Him, something very different.” (Oswald Chambers) No one can make a decision on their own 1) The Father must draw - John 6:44 2) The Spirit must convict of sin - John 16:8 3) The Son must draw - John 12:32 The human side is simply to believe and receive the free gift and yield to God (BELIEVING REGENERATION) The #1 criteria for salvation in Scripture is simply to believe (97 times or so in John) God gives you the ability to do this!! There is an urgency today, can you sense it? Your life will end; and in the end, what you do with Jesus means everything WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS WHO IS CALLED THE CHRIST? And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. - Revelation 22:17 NKJV For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps. - 1 Peter 2:21 Jesus is close, time is short, you can almost hear His footsteps!

God is gracious, compassionate, full of mercy and abounding in love. However, the time for second chances, do overs, and start overs will come to an end. Consider: The Rapture could come years prior to the Tribulation. When it occurs, the vanishings may be explained away. One scenario: Extraterrestrials came and took the losers, the riff-raff, the troublemakers, the resistors who were restraining progress. We are seeing more and more UFO sightings, now called UAP’s (unidentified aerial phenomena). I believe these are demonic entities entering our space, time, dimension (Strange Stuff) Consider: With the collapse of western Christianity, these demonic forces are given the green light to invade, here to fore, forbidden areas. With arms wide open, the west is embracing demonism and they are coming in mass! The Spirit-filled Church, the True Church, has given way to progressive Christianity. Jesus warned us! Matthew 24: 4 “Take heed that no one deceives you, for many will come in My Name, saying I am the Christ and will deceive many.” Many, that is the majority, will say Jesus is Jesus, but the Jesus they are representing is a false Jesus, a Jesus of their imaginations. Learn from the nation of Israel who forgot God and worshipped the gods of the culture. Ezra, the priest, read the Book of the Law to the people and HEARTS CHANGED! - Nehemiah 8: 6 They were encouraged to not mourn, nor weep, but to go out with JOY!! In the midst of life stressors, choose JOY!! “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you and that your joy may be full.” John 15: 11 ENJOY GOD and ENJOY LIFE – YOU CAN!! Allow God to restore your soul, to encourage your spirit. Psalm 40:1-2 "I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned me and heard my cry. He lifted me out the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand." Psalm 34:4-6. "I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; He saved him out of all his troubles." Ezra said these words to the people then, and I believe the Spirit intends this for us today: “Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength” Ladies and Gentlemen: In these changing times, from God to you! For the JOY of the LORD is your STRENGTH. Nehemiah 8:10 Psalm 34:4-6. "I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; He saved him out of all his troubles." MAGNIFY THE LORD WITH ME LET US EXALT HIS NAME FOREVER!!

This all sounds so farfetched, impossible; how could something so strange happen? Remember: Jesus said these things will take place, "a fait accompli” (EnglishClub) IDIOM OF THE DAY "a fait accompli" Meaning: If something is a fait accompli, it is certain to happen. Our world is ordering itself today for strange stuff It is coming!! (photo of a brain with an implanted microchip) Photo of "Power Up" states: From space landings to supercomputers to smartphones Apollo 11 Guidance Computer 12,250 FLOPS (Floating Point Operations) CRAY-2 1980s Supercomputer 1.9 billion FLOPS - Approx 155,000 faster than the Apollo 11 computer Apple iPhone 12 Smartphone 11 trillion FLOPS - Approx 900 million times faster than the Apollo 11 computer Daniel 12: 4 tells us what to expect as we approach the end: “But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end; man shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” Never in the history of the world have humans been faced with such rapid increases in knowledge, and the incredible pace of life we see today – NEVER!! Our brains are not equipped for the constant bombardment of strange stuff overload. Satan is an expert at deception and distraction! One of Satan’s end times strategies is distraction from the things of God! In an era of distraction and strange stuff, believers, guard your heart, your mind, your life!! Be careful what you allow into your minds, the things that will affect your neuro circuitry. We are in a war for who will control our minds!! The greatest battlefield is our mind! Your marching orders - from God to you in II Corinthians 10:3-5: "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every though into captivity to the obedience of Christ." Bombard your mind with the things of God to protect you from the STRANGE STUFF! Input daily into your neuro circuitry the world of God to protect you from the STRANGE STUFF! When you do this, our world will think that you are STRANGE STUFF! Take this as a compliment :-) Dear Self, Protect your Mind from the Strange Stuff . . . Read the WORD daily and stay connected to the TRUE GOD!!

THE OLIVET DISCOURSE IS ALL ABOUT “I AM COMING!” When the world sees the seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments, God is giving people a chance to repent Jesus is giving the earth dwellers a picture of what hell will be like – MISERY!! Awake from slumber earth dwellers, the King is getting your attention! Earth dwellers take notice, the 7-sealed scroll is about to be opened, the wrath of the Lamb is coming! Signs of the times SCREAM "I AM COMING" Most will not see; most are content with detaching from what is going on around them All will be astonished when the vanishings occur (Rapture) Your instructions Church in 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 (6) Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. (7) For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. (8) But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. BE ALERT!! BE A WATCHMAN!!! Jesus says; "I AM COMING SOON" Believe in Jesus and Live!!

Why do we study prophecy? Why do we put ourselves through this? What is coming is scary, awful, and unfathomable Jesus expects His people to watch and be ready, to know the signs of His return Mark Hitchcock, in his book “The End”, states 21% of the Bible is prophecy There is a special blessing to those who endeavor to understand it – Revelation 1: 3 500 or so prophecies have been fulfilled as stated in Scripture The remaining prophecies we can count on to be fulfilled God God has a perfect track record, what He says WILL HAPPEN!! We spend much time on the antichrist We are not encouraged to watch for the antichrist, but to watch for the real Christ! – Luke 21: 28 Time is short; one way or another we are leaving We don’t belong here; we are of another kingdom! So . . . . . . . . . Stay on mission and know that you know . . . . . THE KING IS COMING FOR ME!! HE IS A KING, I TELL YOU! (C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia) ALL EYES ON JESUS!!! ALL HAIL KING JESUS!!

Think carefully about who you follow There are many voices vying for your attention and loyalty Everyone follows someone or something Everyone has a worldview – the lens in which you view your world When it comes down to it, there are only two worldviews: God’s view and man’s view Which basket will you place your trust in? 1) Those attending the academic victimology complex (secular college) are fed a progressive Marxist world view (doctrine) 2) DOCTRINE - WORLDVIEW - VALUES - CONDUCT How do you see the world? The heart of God is expressed over and over in Scripture: - 2 Peter 2: 9 - 1 Timothy 2: 4 - Ezekiel 18: 23 GOD IS A LIFE GIVER GOD IS A WAYMAKER GOD IS A MIRACLE WORKER GOD IS A PROMISE KEEPER GOD IS A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS GOD IS FOR ME, WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME? FOLLOW JESUS! HE WILL LEAD YOU DOWN THE RIGHT PATH!! Psalms 25:4-5 Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by Your Truth and teach me, for You are the God Who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you. Psalms 5:8 Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me. May you way plain for me to follow. CAREFUL WHO YOU FOLLOW! FOLLOW THE JESUS PATH!!

WOE TO AMERICA The Pharisee’s intimidation bombs bombarded the mind with untruths Disciples of Christ counter these untruths with truth bombs of God and His Word A Disciple’s truth bomb is not designed to degrade or belittle another person A truth bomb is designed to allow a person to think about what they are believing as truth Most people are simply wanting to validate a lifestyle that is appealing to them Scripture clarity is found in 2 Timothy 4: 3-4 People tend to believe what they want to believe, what appeals to their sinful nature We must know that TRUTH is TRUTH even when someone will not embrace the truth The battle today is for truth! Jesus before Pilate on truth:John 18: 37b-38a - “Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice. Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” This is a profound question!! Jesus says: - I am the Way and the Truth! - Thy Word is Truth! - The Holy Spirit is Truth! Satan is the god of this world; he is in control of media, education, and corporate America, etc.! Satan has entered the so-called Church with lies and untruths Satan wants your mind and your children’s minds: Transgender story hour is not innocent fun (photo of transgender story hour in a library) What is behind all of this insanity and MADNESS?] If you abandon Me and follow the gods of this world, the consequence - Deuteronomy 28:28 - "The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of heart.” What we are seeing in America is the maddening and blinding of American culture! Think about law and order in America Isaiah 59:14-15 - "Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed. Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who renounces evil is attacked." When a nation abandons the true God, false gods pour in with their values, and madness follows! What are these gods doing? - Attack God's standard for the home - Attack God's standard for gender roles - Attack God's standard for life (abortion) YOUR MARCHING ORDERS: GUARD -> BATTLE -> RESIST 1) Guard what you allow into your mind 2) Battle for truth; stay in the battle for God's truth 3) Resist - resist the devil and he will flee. Resist his mind games, his indoctrination. I believe we are living out the following statement in America today (JUDGMENT) Those who keep people from the truth of God GUARANTEES GOD’S ANGER!! We must speak the truth in love while we can We are the Holy Spirit filled Church restraining the madness in our culture (people are resisting!) MARANATHA! EVEN SO COME LORD JESUS!! SAVE US FROM THIS MADNESS!!!

Dead religion is a religion that is in it for the show, self-promotion, and glory stealing. Don't steal the glory that God deserves! (easy to do) While here: Mediocrity? NO WAY! Be all our for God: Obey God, serve God, worship God in spirit and truth, and have a GREAT ATTITUDE! Oswald Chambers puts it this way: "MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST, MY GREATEST FOR HIS GLORY!" Disciples of Christ: DARE TO BE DIFFERENT! THIS GLORIFIES GOD!!

Who is Jesus to you? Our world views Jesus in various ways: Teacher, wise one, enlightened, good guy, but . . . . not God incarnate! Jesus’ own family thought Him to be crazy until the resurrection The world in Jesus’ day denied Him, thought He was a false Messiah, maybe a lunatic C. S. Lewis said: "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic - on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg - or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God; or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool; you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. Has has not left that open to us." Hopefully, you will come to know Him as LORD – Master – Ruler – Owner of your life! Jesus bought me with a price, His life for mine, I belong to Him (bondservant, slave) BONDSERVANT: - Doulos: "One who is subservient to, and entirely at the disposal of, his master; a slave." - Often translated, bondservant, servant or slave. - The Hebrew word for "bondservant," ebed, had a similar connotation. A BOND SERVANT - Romans 1:1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ - Phil. 1:1 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ - James 1:1 James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. - Jude 1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 When it finally hits you, who you are and who Jesus is, then you will say with all your heart: The Lord is my Strength, my Rock, my Fortress, my Deliverer, my Refuge, my Stronghold, my Hope! THE LORD, HE IS MY SAVIOR! RESURRECTION – TRUE OR FALSE? BET YOUR LIFE - IT IS ALL TRUE!! Because of the RESURRECTION, you can know with all your heart: THE MOST POWERFUL GOD FORGIVES YOU! Bask in this truth!! "Because I live, you will also live" - John 14:19

The world citizen trap: Go along to get along; don’t make waves In a sense, we (Christians) are dual citizens: Live, work, vote, and die here, but we do not belong here We are temporary citizens here on visa; our real citizenship is not here, it is with God! We look forward to our real eternal home! Hebrews 11:13-16 "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off [a]were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them." God has established governments and Christians are to be good citizens BUT . . . . If the governments are against the precepts of God, we cannot obey “We ought to obey God rather than man” Acts 5: 29 Beware of the “ignore God” trap Romans 13: 1 gives clear instructions for our dual citizenship: “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities” 1 Peter 2: 13 - “Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution” Subject = “hupotasso” = to place in an orderly fashion under something, under a superior Believers are to submit to government unless told by that government to disobey God What did Jesus advocate for His followers? Speak the truth in the culture! We are to be ambassadors of Christ - 2 Corinthians 5: 20 We are living in a changing America! If the people are corrupt, the republic will be corrupt and not stand! Beware of the government god trap: Give you everything, own nothing and be happy (Communism 101) What America is experiencing today is termed “soft totalitarianism” People run from totalitarian regimes Totalitarianism: A government that takes total, centralized, state control over every aspect of public and private life (Think Stalan, Hitler, Mao Zedong) ... * Police terror * Indoctrination * Propaganda and censorship * Religious or ethnic persecution Christians today are living in a world that is transitioning to totalitarianism, antichrist system How to avoid the Christian passivity trap: 1) Live filled with the Holy Spirit (toe in Christianity will not help you) 2) Speak out in the public domain with the truth! One word of truth counters a world of lies! 3) VOTE!! While we are free, do not sit on the sidelines 4) Stay connected, support one another! Many Christians today want to take up arms – is this what Jesus advocated? NO!! Many want to sit back and do nothing – is this what Jesus advocated? NO!! Many want peace at all costs, peace at the cost of truth – is this what Jesus advocated? NO!! This is a battle of worldviews – Secular vs Biblical While we are still free, engage with the truth! John 8:32 - And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you FREE The trap is to give up! - DON'T FIGHT, FAITH, & FINISH - based on 2 Timothy 4:6-8 While here as dual citizens, I will represent my Lord! May this be our battle cry: I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD UNTIL I DIE! There is a new world coming! In the meantime . . . . . . BEWARE OF THE TRAPS! THEY CATCH MEN!! In Jesus' world and our world, we are living in a world of traps. "For among My people are found wicked men; they lie in wait as one who sets snares; they set a trap; they catch men." - Jeremiah 5:26

It is truly bad news for all who reject God’s invitation for salvation –JUDGMENT awaits! It truly does not matter if one believes this or not What is true is true! God is not a liar! God always tells the truth!! One can ignore God and pretend that God does not exist One can make God in their own image, pretend they are okay –SAFE! One can believe they are good enough to enter the wedding –they are not! It is truly all about believing and receiving the gift of salvation!! "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" - Ephesians 2:8-9 Today, many people are running from God when they should be running to God! This question must be asked as your world changes: "Are You Running Away from God or to Him?" Run to God!! He is your only safe place in this changing world!!! "The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run in to it and are safe" - Proverbs 18:10

The chief priests, the pharisees, our world, the mainstream church, do not want Jesus. Humanity has been fooled; the antichrist spirit is in full swing. The Restrainer, the Holy Spirit filled Church, is the only one holding back the avalanche of evil. How about today? Do people you know want to hear about the real Jesus? Or . . . . . are they more content with a Jesus of their making, a make-believe Jesus? Masses of people are set up for the greatest deception of all time - the Jesus they want is coming! This Jesus will be charming, brilliant, and a peace maker; he will appeal to humanity’s whims. He will be a globalist, and a one world government proponent (All for one, and one for all). He will then turn into their worst nightmare. He is known as the antichrist, promoting himself as the Christ, and the world will love him! Paul described this as the "strong delusion". 2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 It is in this world you are living NOW! THINK: - You follow the real Jesus; you have the indwelling Holy Spirit! - You have the poser IN YOU to stand for truth, and not waiver! You have the Word of God! - It is true - "to whom much is given, from him, much will be required" - Luke 12:48 “It is required of a steward that one be found faithful” –1 Corinthians 4:2 As America devolves into darkness, may we, the TRUE CHURCH, be faithful stewards of the truth! WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN MUCH! MAY WE BE FOUND FAITHFUL!!

Regarding challenging Jesus: The hyper-religious challenged Jesus and came away limping. Regarding fear: Believers are to fear God only; it is wrong for a believer to fear anything else! Chuck Misler on fear: Worry is a trickle of fear in our soul that soon cuts a crevice so deep that it drains all other thought away. JESUS on worry: "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." - Matthew 6:34 We all have the fear/worry gene; it came at the fall - "Adam was afraid and hid himself". We are told to fear not, stop worrying! Easy to say, hard to do! WHEN worry happens, take a hard stop!! Do not live in "what if" land . . . Live in "Trust" land!! Regarding the way of the righteousness: There is one person who will get you to heaven, JESUS!! It is all about believing and receiving the give of salvation - do it NOW!! You too can join the chorus of believers, through the epochs of time, who can say like Job . . . . "But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and He will stand upon earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see Him for myself. Yes, I will see Him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!" - Jobe 19:25-27 I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES!

The cursing of the fig tree has everything to do with fruitfulness - fulfilling your purpose! What is this cursing all about? - The generation that rejected Jesus is cursed, they will not enter the millennial kingdom. The kingdom is postponed; God has not replaced Israel with the Church! The Church will take up the mantle of telling the world about Jesus. God will revisit Israel, as His people, in the Tribulation period. What is Fruit? - Fruit in NOT something that you produce. - Fruit is a natural result of abiding in Christ, making your home in Christ - John 15:5 - Fruit looks a whole lot like Christian character - Galatians 5:22-23 Are your roots dried up? Are you feeling lifeless? - Allow God to lift you out of the miry clay of disappointment and set you once again on the Rock! Though a season of disappointment has flooded your life, be like the prophet Habakkuk! It all looked so bleak, even hopeless for Habakkuk! Babylon was coming, the nation had fully faded from God, "fruitless". In the midst of this, Habakkuk had the fruit of patience and faith - Habakkuk 3:17-19: "Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls— Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills." May we end our lives . . . our time here . . . fervent for God! My Utmost for His Highest, My Greatest for His Glory - Oswald Chambers I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD UNTIL I DIE!

On the Cross, Jesus died and gave His life for life you At the Cross, atonement was made (an acceptable sacrifice pacifying the wrath of God) At the Resurrection, Christ arose victorious over sin and death, "crushing the serpent's head" Jesus' Resurrection assures the believer's resurrection to eternal life! Something to ponder this Resurrection Sunday: * Christ gave us all a commission to "Go and make disciples" * As we grow closer to the end, this will become more problematic * The pressure to compromise is rising, and I believe will become vicious * Many in the western church will cave to the pressure * Suffering and sacrifice is for someone else, not for me! What is it all about" Glorifying God How do I glorify God? Obeying and serving Him The antichrist system is gaining more and more traction, and Mr. and Mrs. Pillsbury blend Not so with the persecuted Church, they lay it all on the line! There is a "True Church" in America who will not be silenced This Resurrection Sunday.... * Determine in your hearts, as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ.... ** I will stand like a bull in a blizzard! And... ** I will stand with Holy Spirit guts! This Resurrection Sunday, let our world know who you really are! That the world may know.... HE IS RISEN!! He is risen, He is risen indeed! HAPPY RESURRECTION SUNDAY!! THE GREATEST DAY IN HISTORY!!

Believers, you are the temple of the Holy Spirit! God dwells in you! - 1 Corinthians 6:19 The Holy Spirit power allows you to live FREE! Free to act different, Free to give up your will and way, Free to live as God made you . . . . FREE! It is a daily, moment by moment, choice to life Free or live in bondage Many believers live in bondage, never experiencing FREEDOM in Christ!! You are FREE! So live as a free person, not controlled by your feelings Not controlled by your runaway thoughts! Remember: A thought is just a though! "We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" - 2 Corinthians 10:5b If a thought is not in line with the Word of God, throw it out!! KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST!! Get the leaven out of your temple (your house) and live FREE! No one can do this for you! It's God and you in steps to freedom! Then, you can say with Jesus and live FREE: "MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER" You have been set free, so . . . . LIVE FREEE!!

At the perfect time, God sent His Son the first time - Galatians 4:4 At the perfect time, Jesus entered Jerusalem to accept His Kingship - Daniel 9:25 "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks" That would be 69-week years = 483 years The EXACT time, 483 years later, to the day, Jesus entered Jerusalem! No one can orchestrate this, except GOD!! At the perfect time, God will release His Son to fetch His Bride (Rapture) Jesus expresses this perfectly in John 14:1-3 “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.." At the perfect time, Jesus will come for you! We all have an appointed time with God We all have an entrance date and an exit date - Psalm 139:16 The Crimson Road is the only road that will get you home safely to be with Him! Jesus followed the Crimson Road to His destiny, may we do the same! The Jesus Road - the Only Road to Life!

Jesus rescued us from Satan's jail - this is a violent rescue! - Colossians 1:13-14 Jesus' death paid the prices for our freedom Jesus' resurrection was the victory over Satan and death The condition of people of the world imprisoned by Satan is appalling! Of the 8 billion people on the planet, 2 billion claim to be Christian Of that 2 billion, it is estimated that less than 10% are genuine believers That's 2 hundred million, which is 2.5% of the 8 billion on earth * Do absolute moral truths exist? * Is absolute truth defined by the Bible? * Did Jesus Christ live a sinless life? * Is God the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe, and does He still rule it today? * Is salvation a give from God that cannot be earned? * Is Satan real? * Does a Christian have a responsibility to share his or her faith in Christ with other people? * Is the Bible accurate in all of it's teaching? America is on a free-fall from the light! The percentage of people with a Biblical worldview declines with each generation: (Impact 360 and Barna) 10% - Boomers 07% - Gen X 06% - Millennials 04% - Gen Z This falling away marches lockstep with what Jesus said prior to His return - Matthew 24:37-38 The falling away comes first - 2 Thessalonians 2:3 This is the apostasy (the abandoning of the true faith), " . . . giving heed to deceiving spirits" - 1 Timothy 4:1 While here, do not be caught up with "here"! Do not put all your eggs in the "here" basket Look Up, folks! Look Up!! - Luke 21:28 It does not make sense to fight for position here when we will be leaving here I would suggest that you turn your eyes to Jesus - Look for HIM!! HE IS COMING! IS HE COMING FOR YOU??? Are YOU one of the 2.5% THAT ARE GENUINE??

God's thoughts are not our thoughts, and His ways are not our ways - Isaiah 55:8 It is strange that those who were given mercy in this parable are upset because God mercied someone later This is jealousy, fairness is a flesh thing, not a Spirit thing! This parable seems to be about salvation - JESUS IS OUR TREASURE! OUR GREAT REWARD!! God has prepared a place for us - JESUS IS OUR TREASURE! ONE DAY SOON WE WILL ARRIVE IN OUR NEW HOME - JESUS IS OUR TREASURE!!! "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words." - 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 All I can say is . . . . "BE THERE!" JESUS IS OUR TREASURE!!