Jack Sterling Ward's Sermons

Players, coaches and managers get kicked out of games all the time. The reason they get kicked out is that they have crossed the lines established by acceptable behavior principles. Leviticus chapter 18 contains a list of sexual sins. Sexual sins are especially heinous because they take something that God uses to procreate humanity, a good thing, a holy thing and perverts it. The land itself suffers from our sins. God raises up nations and put nations down. Always because of their sin. A sinful nation cannot continue to sin because they spread their filth to the whole world. So God has always checked those nations by bringing them down and replacing them with another. I believe this is happening to America today. God is kicking us out of America for crossing the lines He has established of acceptable behavior.

Dictionary definition of Pestilence: A Fatal epidemic disease especially bubonic or black plague. Pestilence in the Bible…means a deadly and overwhelming disease that affects an entire community. The Black Plague, a disease killed over thirty percent of Europe’s population, was certainly a pestilence. Spanish flu in 1918 killed 33 percent of the world’s population. Pestilence many believe is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse in the book of Revelation. Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. I believe this includes all pestilences since Jesus ascended into heaven through the tribulation period. The word Pestilence is mentioned 48 times in the Old Testament and only twice in the King James New Testament. Biblical Pestilence is deadly and devastating to a people group.

Wokeness: This word was added to the dictionary in 2017. It means "well informed, up to date, alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice." Being "woke" means being aware....knowing what's going on in the community related to racism and social injustice. But...are they really "woke?" What does the Bible say about being "woke?"

2 Corinthians 2:14-17 We have so much to be thankful for. Yes we are losing a lot of things we hold dear. We are losing our constitutional republic. We are losing our God given liberty in America. But we will never lose Jesus Christ! He is the same yesterday, today and forever! For that we should be truly thankful!

Christmas album recorded live November 2021 twelve of your favorite Christmas classics Recorded and performed by Jack Sterling Ward

Salvation was bound up in the temple, even if in a preliminary and anticipatory way. For even as its altar and priests were a figure that pointed forward to Christ's sacrifice on the cross, so the structure itself was a type, a material prophecy of that day when the Word of God would become flesh and "tabernacle" among us (cf. Jn 1:14). Still today it serves as a type of that future glorification that awaits us in the heavenly presence of God himself

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (day of the Lord begins with the rapture of the church)….shall not come, except there come a falling away first (Greek words mean moving away, or taking away) and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. It appears from scripture that the church is going to be taken away BEFORE the tribulation begins. Here are some points to consider as proof……

Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen….. For the [judgment] day of the Lord draws near on all the nations. The day is near when I, the Lord, will judge all nations. Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. The phrase “day of the Lord” usually identifies events that take place at the end of history and is often closely associated with the phrase “that day.” One key to understanding these phrases is to note that they always identify a span of time during which God personally intervenes in history, directly or indirectly, to accomplish some specific aspect of His plan.

The world today loves their little “g” gods. Many gods exist today. Some real, some imagined. The problems is that they all have a little “g.” that is, they can be called gods but they are not the real, the only, the unique, the creator, the sustainer, the saving, the prophecy fulfilling, the only truth, the God of the Bible. And that leaves the rest of them as only pretenders. There is only one contender, and that is the God of the Bible. Eliohim, the great “I am.” The Lord Jesus Christ

Most in not all people think they are going to heaven. Most think they can go to heaven by NOT being a Christian. In other words you don’t need the Christian faith, you don’t need Jesus to go to heaven. In fact most think they can go to heaven without Jesus Christ. Just be sincere in what you believe, be a fairly good person and do some good things, be religious and be true to yourself or some other mantra like that. They are not remotely close to going to heaven. The fact is that only Christians go to heaven because only Christ claimed to be the only way to heaven and IS the only way to heaven. So If this is so important how can we know we are saved? How can we know we are a Christian?

Covid, Same sex marriage, Abortion, Transgenderism, Islam, the Pope, Covid, Vaccine mandates, all this stuff is just war against God and His creation. Man is trying to make man in His image. Should I say the devil is trying again to remake man into his image with MRNA vaccines, and DNA altering shots that will kill millions and those that survive (the devil doesn’t want every human to survive just a select few that he can breed a new mankind) will be made in the devil’s image. God is going to stop this as He did in the days of Noah. Why do men seem to hate God and resist God? It’s his fallen nature to resist God. Man has as wicked heart that resists God. But God loves us and we can have and must have a new heart, a forgiven and cleansed heart from the penalty of our sin and rebellion.

Is James crazy to tell when everything is going wrong we should rejoice? No he is absolutely correct. How can that be? Why would we be happy when everything goes wrong? Not only is it possible but that is the way every Christian should look at every trial and every trouble!

Grace is God’s riches at Christ’s expense. Grace is the greatest word in the human language. It’s greater than love. What? Yes. Without grace we would be lost in sin even though God loves us. Grace is God giving us His salvation paid for by the blood of Jesus Christ. Yes love did it but without grace there is no salvation. When the Bible mentions grace it’s always about Jesus. Jesus is grace. Grace equals Jesus. How can we be strong in grace?

Are churches today looking for Jesus? 1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 4:8enceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. I love talking about the rapture. I still believe in it. I still look for Him everyday! This could be the day! I’ve done this since 1970. 51 years of watching for Him. Don’t you get discouraged? I must admit I didn’t think it would get this bad. “What did you think the last days would look like” says a famous Bible prophecy teacher. He’s right. Did we think we weren’t going to suffer any? There are birth pangs mentioned in the Olivet discourse. We are in the middle of them right now! I must admit that sometimes I wonder if maybe the preterists were right that the church will go through the tribulation and then Jesus will come. But then I read The passages I’m giving to you today and quickly I regain my confidence that Jesus is indeed going to rapture the church!

Baal or Baalim was the name of the supreme god worshiped in ancient Canaan and Phoenicia. The practice of Baal worship infiltrated Jewish religious life during the time of the Judges (Judges 3:7), became widespread in Israel during the reign of Ahab (1 Kings 16:31-33) and also affected Judah (2 Chronicles 28:1-2). The word baal means “lord”; the plural is baalim. In general, Baal was a fertility god who was believed to enable the earth to produce crops and people to produce children. Asherah, or Ashtoreth, was the name of the chief female deity worshiped in ancient Syria, Phoenicia, and Canaan. The Phoenicians called her Astarte, the Assyrians worshiped her as Ishtar, and the Philistines had a temple of Asherah (1 Samuel 31:10). Because of Israel’s incomplete conquest of the land of Canaan, Asherah-worship survived and plagued Israel, starting as soon as Joshua was dead (Judges 2:13). Asherah was represented by a limbless tree trunk planted in the ground. The trunk was usually carved into a symbolic representation of the goddess. Because of the association with carved trees, the places of Asherah worship were commonly called “groves,” and the Hebrew word “asherah” (plural, “asherim”) could refer either to the goddess or to a grove of trees. One of King Manasseh’s evil deeds was that he “took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple” (2 Kings 21:7). Another translation of “carved Asherah pole” is “graven image of the grove” (KJV).

No matter how good we are to people it’s never enough. People today are not appreciative. They don’t care what you do for them as long as you do more and more. We want more government handoust and we don’t care who pays for it. We want more vaccines and we don’t care what the long term consequences will be. We want more and more and more. I remember at Christmas we would get a stocking with fruit and one toy. What do kids want today? More and More and More!

Scales indicate something satanic. Snakes have scales. Paul was satanically blinded because he could not see the truth of Jesus Christ. Like many today are blinded by the god of this world who seeks to hide the truth of the gospel from all of us.

Three steps to greatness. Graduate from high school or college, get a good job. Then get married and have children. Biblical steps to greatness….Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. But sadly people instead follow the steps to departing from God in our world today. Even Christians follow these steps every day

What is the best thing someone ever did for you? Well your mother did a wonderful thing of bringing you into the world. Your spouse did a wonderful thing by marrying you. Soldiers have done a great thing for you by giving their life for your freedom. Your company did a good thing by giving you a job. The bank did a good thing by giving you the money to by a car or buy a house. So people have done many great things for us. But can you believe that most people could care less about these things? They sure don’t care what God has done for them. What did God do for us? He gave us life. He gave us a family. He gave us a spouse, put us in a free country, gave us a job, a house, a car, children and grandchildren and pretty good health for many of us. But we have left out the most important things God has done for us….

There are many books written about personality traits and personality types. Which type are you? I’ve read some of these books. While they are interesting and maybe even accurate to a degree what does it really matter in the long run? I am what I am because God made me that way. But according to God there are only two types of people. Wicked and Righteous! So leave it to God to really simplify it.

Failing eyesight affects 2.2 billion people in the world today. The numbers are rising. The main reason is the lack of decent eye care. Near-sightedness can lead to blindness if not treated properly in time. Untreated Cataracts and failing eye sight in the elderly leads to blindness among the undeveloped nations of the world. Myopia or near-sightedness is exploding due to children spending so much time on their devices. Diabetes patients will all experience some kind of vision problems. The cause of Much blindness of our eyes is preventable but the poor can’t access doctors and those who can often do not. There is a spiritual blindness also. Those who are spiritually poor aren’t looking for a cure and those who know about the cure won’t access it because they both think they can see.

There are many mysteries in the world. The mystery of Stone Henge, and the UFO’s, big foot and the Lochness monster. We have the mystery of the human mind and the mystery of who killed JFK? And Did OJ do it? One mystery has been answered. The Old Testament prophets didn’t know about Jesus Christ and the church. It was not revealed to them. It was a mystery. How can one have their sins forgiven and walk with God? How can paradises be restored that mankind lost at the garden of Eden? That has all been answered

John chapter four verses nine through fourteen

We have no idea how terrible sin is in our lives. We have no idea how sin causes death. We laugh at sin. We joke about sin. We don’t take I seriously. But sin has caused despair, hopelessness, grief, tragedy, horror, depression, sickness and finally death. How can we laugh at that? We don’t realize what power sin has over us. We must realize that sin kills. Speed kills they say….well we know that sin kills. It destroys everything it touches. Sin and death go hand in hand like love and marriage, Apple pie and baseball, Duke and the Devil. No wonder their called “Blue Devils” right? Sin and death, death and life. Life and death go together in that order. But death and life do not go together. Sin brought death but Jesus changed that to bring death and life

Things we do are important. We can do wrong things. We can do right things. What we do is based on personal choice. What we know leads to understanding and making good decisions. We know for instance that China wants the three trillion dollar rare earth minerals in Afghanistan. We know that China is in Afghanistan. We know that our fake president loves China. We figure out that the United States pulled out of Afghanistan in order to give it to China. Now it makes sense. Now taking the vaccine is your business and no one else’s. If you have taken the vaccine that is your decision. I don’t want you to feel scared or alarmed. God will take care of all of us. No one should be mandated to take this vaccine…no one! It is experimental, it is not approved by the FDA. But once it is approved you will have to take it. Children and anyone under 30 should absolutely NOT take it. But for the rest of us it’s Your choice. But realize as of today in the US it has injured almost 600 thousand and killed over 13 thousand people in America and know one says a word about that in the media. But while there is not much we can know about vaccines and Afghanistan and China there are three things we can know and ought to know…..