- Proverbs 4:18,AMP- The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until it reaches its full strength and glory in the perfect day.
- The way of the righteous, not our own way. God leads the righteous in the way we should go. He leads us in paths of righteousness for His name sake. The righteous are as bold as a lion. The kingdom of heaven is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- Remember what the Holy Spirit said through Paul, Atime is coming when people will no longer listen to sound teaching.
- They will follow their own desires and look for teachers who will tell them whatever they want to hear.
- Theywill abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
- My assignment from the Lord is to feed the flock He sends me. That’s why Acts says it’s not good that l leave the word of God... That means we can’t just listen to the messages we want.
- Like Paul told the church, I fed you with milk and not solid food…
- So as we move forward, it is absolutely essential we remember these words from the Lord,
- 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV- God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
- So as Christian, when we do things out of fear, it gives the enemy to much influence in our lives. This is why James tells us to resist the devil. Remember, fear is one of the enemy’s primary weapons.
- Fear is a spiritual force designed to breaks down faith, hinder the anointing of a believer. But any child of God refusing to give into fear will always conquer. 2 Corinthians tells us that we are being led in His perpetual victory parade. We are more than conquerors.
- Psalm 34:4,NLKV- “I sought the LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.”
- The book of Daniel is a powerful example of what God will do through His people, right in the face of an ungodly government. Through those who refuse to give into fear.
- I’m telling you, we’re living in a world that is being driven by fear. Because the god of this world knows his time is coming to a close.
- But God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
- And something you’ve got to come to terms with is that you are not being told the truth, remember, he is the master of distractions. In this Information Age we live in lets not confuse information or education with intelligence.
- So as truth begins to come out and as more of you turn your tv’s off, I promise we will do all we can to provide safe, true information for you.
- Here’s something to keep in mind, for those of us who have God’s Spirit living in us, according to Jesus, He will reveal all things to us. He is our Counselor, Advocate, Comforter, Anointer. This means we should be able to discern the difference between the truth and lies.
- Remember, God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
- The USA is the dominant force of the gospel on the planet. God’s river of living water flows from this nation! His favor and anointing are on us. God actually says, “Touch not my anointing.” And make no mistake, His gospel will be preached in all the world.
- Don’t think for a second the hand of God has left our nation because of a small group of ungodly people. He would have sparred sodom if there had be even one righteous.
- Prophecy: “Fear not, God says, as I promised before, this is My nation, and I will change things according to the time and season. I told you, now I will expose and reveal things that have been hidden so that My nation can move into its next phase of victory, honor, and glory.”
- Keep in mind, as the light of God in the world, we are built to grow brighter, and as this happens it automatically reveals the things of darkness more.
- That being said, let’s not forget we’re talking about our ability to discern the times.
- 2 Peter 3, Above all, you must understand that in the LAST DAYS scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”
- As we introduced our talk last week out of Matthew, the Pharisees came to Jesus wanting a sign to prove it was Him. And Jesus said;
- Matthew 16:3 NKJV- Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.
- Here’s the thing, since Jesus expected His people to be able to recognize His first coming. Without a doubt, He feels the same way about His return.
- This means the “anti-christ” knows very well that his time is drawing to a close. Much of what we see happening around the world is the result of his aggressive assault. This is why believers have to remember his primary weapon of choice has always been deception and fear.
- And unfortunately, because of the influence media has had on us, way too many people have settle for the place where we don’t want truth, we just want to be reassured that what we believe is the truth.
- Isn’t it interesting that the media refuses to tell you that a large percentage of their cases are people that have the shot. (Last Friday the CDC acknowledged that the vaccine cannot prevent transmission.)
- On their website, “The current test is not able to specify which variant a patient might have.” ( the difference between influenza & corona virus)
- Why am I bringing this stuff up? Because the Lord expects us to be able to discern the times! We’ve gotta start thinking big picture. We have to realize that the stage is being set for the anti-christ. But the media will never tell you the truth because he owns them.
- Like we said last week, the enemy knows that if he can keep us divided, he can keep us weak.
- Galatians 5:6,NIV- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
- Here’s the thing, as God’s born again, blood bought, children, heirs to the Kingdom of heaven, we’re going to have to do things His way. Remember, He leads us in the path of righteousness for His name sake.
- Remember this phrases from last week,
- “OCCUPY TILL I RETURNS”
- And He is absolutely returning, for a glorious church. His bride that’s being prepared and watching.
- So we have to understand, because Christ is preparing His bride for His return, do not be deceived, the anti-christ is absolutely working on the same thing.
- Remember what Peter tells us, in the last days scoffers will come, following their own evil desires. Paul says, some will follow doctrines of demons.
- As we unpack this, keep this simple rule in mind, "The new is in the old contained, the old is in the new explained."
- When it comes to a subject like this, Jesus and Moses gave us a simple guide for the scriptures, “In the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses lost every word be established.”
- Any truth from God’s word will support itself through out the scripture.
- Let’s remember, we’re talking about discerning the times. Jesus was upset with His people at His first coming because He actually expected them to be able to recognize it. To discern the time.
- And as you shepherd, I believe it’s important that we have this discussion because we can and should recognize, “discern the time” of His return.
- We’ve got to take a step back and see thing from God’s perspective.
- The anti-christ, the prince of this world system is making his move.
- Here’s the deal, don’t get focused on times or dates, remember what Peter told us, “A day with the Lord is like a 1000 years.” 36 years is only 45 minutes.
- One of the main reasons I’m bringing this subject up is because the platform the anti-christ will take the stage with is in motion right now.
- And it will be implemented through the one world government system spoken of by Daniel. And here’s the crazy part, it is 100% operational right now.
- For example, this global push for mandatory vaccines, even a vaccine passport, which by the way is already designed with a social credit feature in it.
- Listen very carefully, I’m not saying this is the mark. It can’t be because we’re still here. But it is the exact system the anti-christ will use.
- Revelation 13:16-17,NKJV- He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
- Can you say “Chip”
- What’s really cool about the book of Daniel is that the entire end time blueprint is lade out in it.
- Daniel 9, the anti-christ will establish a covenant with many for one week; 7 years. But in the middle of the week he will break it. This is the 7 years of tribulation spoken of by Daniel, Jesus, and Revelation.
- The system he will use is the revised Roman Empire (feet of iron & clay) that is revealed through Daniel in the vision Nebuchadnezzar had. Which is already operational. We know it today as the European Union.
- Daniel 2, There is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these.
- Daniel 2:32-35,NKJV- This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,
- its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
- You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
- Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
- Head of Gold — Babylon
- Chest and arms — Persia
- Belly and thighs — Greece
- Legs of iron — Roman Empire
- Feet of iron and clay — revised Roman Empire \ European Union
- Daniel 2:44-45,NLT- During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever.
- That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.
- And just like the metals degraded in Nebuchadnezzar‘s dream, so will the world which we live in today. To the degree that it’s one world, militarism system becomes its only form of government.
- Setting the stage for the one world leader to take the stage out of the Revised Roman Empire, the EU. Keep in mind, this image in Daniel is a type of the anti-christ.
- Listen to this prophecy, “Fear not, for God says, as I promised before, this is My nation and I will change things according to the time and season. I told you, now I will expose and reveal things that have been hidden so that My nation can move into its next phase of victory, honor, and glory, says the Lord.”
- Here’s what the church has to be more aware of in the days we’re in.
- We’ve got to discern our season. And the first thing we’ve got to get settled is that we, the church are the restrainer stopping the kingdom of darkness from just having its way.
- Seriously, during Jesus’ first coming, there came a point where His disciples had to make some hard decisions concerning their faith, their lives.
Remember, He’s returning for a glorious church. And as the world around us grows darker, according to Proverbs, The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
