Sermon Tone Analysis

BEING ALERT IN THE END TIMES

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*March 6th, 2003*

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I WANT YOU TO FIND IN YOUR BIBLES THE BOOK OF THESSOLONIANS………1ST THESSOLONIANS…

BEC I’M GOING TO BE READING A NUMBER OF SCRIPTURES FROM THERE, AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME, AND EVEN MARK YOUR BIBLES AS WE GO ALONG.

IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW.

WITH THE U.S. ON  THE VERY VERGE OF INVADING IRAQ IN OUR CONTINUING WAR AGAINST TERRORISM…..

 

I WANT TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW TO THINK!!!

 

 

IN THIS MESSAGE THIS MORNING,, I WANT TO DEAL WITH THE 12 COMMANDS FOR END-TIME BELEIVERS FROM 1 THESSOLONIANS!!!

 

 

 

I TRUST YOU REALIZE AS A GENERAL COURSE THIS MORNING THAT THE BIBLE DOES SPEAK ABOUT THE END TIMES….

THERE ARE SOME THINGS YET TO HAPPEN…..(AND I DON’T HAVE TIME TO DEVELOP THAT FOR YOU TODAY)……..

AND THAT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD YOU AND I DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE READY!!!

 

 

NOW…

THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT THE LAST DAYS AS BEING A TIME WHERE IT WILL BE ‘PERILOUS”….

IT WILL BE A DANGEROUS TIME!!!

 

THAT’S WHAT THE WORD PERILOUS MEANS!!!

 

 

IT SAYS THESE LAST TIMES WILL BE PERILOUS TIMES……DANGEROUS TIMES!!!

 

NOT JUST PERILOUS IN THE NATURAL…….AS WE ARE WATCHING THINGS ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WILL CAUSE SOME UNREST,, AND UNSETTLEDNESS, IN YOUR OWN PEACE LEVEL….

AS WE WATCH THE WORLD CHANGE……..EVEN WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON, AND AT THE U.N.  AND IN NORTH KOREA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST….

IT’S SO MIND-BOGGLING……OR THAT FAR OUT IN THEIR MIND….!!!

 

WE ARE IN A DANGEROUS CULTURE!!!

 

IT’S DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN!!!

 

WE HAVE EVEN IN OUR OWN CITY……….A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN THAT EXPERIENCE SOME FORM OF ABUSE…

AND THAT’S A DANGEROUS CULTURE!!!!

 

 

WE HAVE MARRIAGES THAT ARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE IT’S VERY DANGEROUS FOR THEM!!!

 

WE HAVE A GENERATION AND A CULTURE THAT’S IN A HIGH LEVEL OF ADULTERY …

THAT’S DANGEROUS FOR MARRIAGES!!!

 

WE HAVE IN THE WHOLE SINGLE ARENA……..NOT ONLY HEALTH DANGERS…….WHEN IT COMES TO MORAL IMPURITY…….AND OTHER THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE THERE…..

BUT ALSO EMOTIONAL DAMAGE THAT TAKES PLACE SO OFTEN!!!

 

IT’S A DANGEROUS CULTURE!!!

 

 

PERILOUS TIMES!!!

DANGEROUS FOR THE FAMILY….

DANGEROUS FOR RAISING CHILDREN…..

 

THAT’S THE FACT OF THE MATTER………BEC WE’RE IN TIMES WHERE THERE’S NOT A LOT OF RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY…

THERE’S NOT A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE WORD OF GOD….

THERE’S NOT A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HOLINESS…….OR THE WORDS PURITY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS…

 

NOT A LOT OF RESPECT FOR A THING CALLED VOWS……AND KEEPING TO YOUR MATE….

A THING CALLED MARRIAGE……!!!!

 

 

WHY???

BEC WE’RE IN THE END TIMES!!!

 

NOT JUST THIS YEAR……

OR SINCE 9~/11………OR THE LAST 10 YEARS, OR THE LAST 50……..

 

 

BUT FROM THE CROSS TO THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST………1000…..2000……HOW MUCH LONGER WILL IT BE……?

 

WE’RE IN A TIME PERIOD THAT IS VERY PERILOUS…..

EVIL GETS WORSE….AND INIQUITY GROWS IN PEOPLE’S MIND………AND HEARTS GROW COLD!!!

 

IT’S A DANGEROUS TIME!!!

 

 

SO THE APOSTLE PAUL…….WRITES TO THE THESSOLONIAN CHURCH AND HE GIVES THEM 12 COMMANDS THAT THEY SHOULD FULFILL IN ORDER TO EMBRACE……..

OR REALLY CONDUCT THEMSLEVES WITH A ……………SOME FORM OF VICTORY IN THEIR LIVES…..

DURING A TIME PERIOD THAT IS SO DANGEROUS!!!!

 

A TIME PERIOD THAT WILL COME IN AND TRY AND RUIN CERTAIN PARTS OF YOUR LIFE!!!

 

 

1 AND 2ND THESSOLONIANS……THESE 2 EPISTLES DEAL WITH A CHURCH PAUL IS TRYING TO EXHORT TO GET READY….

EMBRACE……ENCOUNTER……….HANDLE…………THE PRESSURE OF AN ANTI-CHRIST……….SPIRIT!!!

THE PRESSURE OF IMPURITY…

THE PRESSURE OF DISRESPECT…

THE PRESSURE THAT COMES UPON THE PEOPLE OF GOD……..

THE TRIBULATION FACTOR!!!

 

NOT JUST THE GREAT TRIBULATION….

BUT THE PRESSURE FACTOR………(THAT’S WHAT TRIBULATION MEANS)….

THE PRESSURE THAT COMES ON PEOPLE TO GIVE UP THEIR CONVICTIONS!!!

 

GIVE UP THEIR MARRIAGE….

GIVE UP THEIR PARENTING….

GIVE UP THEIR MORALS….

THERE’S PRESSURE ON PEOPLE TO GIVE UP THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM!!! \\ \\

NOT BELIEVE IN THE GOD OF THE BIBLE…………

NOT BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE  AND THE WAY IT’S WRITTEN THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY OBEY IT….

BUT THERE’S A PRESSURE ON PEOPLE’S MINDS………..AND PEOPLE’S CONVICTIONS!!!

 

 

 

NOW…

IN 1ST THESSOLONIANS……..I WANT TO PUT UP FIRST OF ALL FOUR SCRIPTURES!!!

 

2:19 – FOR WHAT IS OUR HOPE, OR JOY OR CROWN OF REJOICING?

IS IT NOT EVEN YOU IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AT HIS COMING?

SO THE APOSTLE PAUL IS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS GROUP OF BELEIVERS AND IS SAYING …..’OUR HOPE AND JOY IS HOW WE PRESENT YOU……..AT THE COMING OF CHRIST”!!!!

 

 

3:13 – SO THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH YOUR HEARTS BLAMELESS IN HOLINESS BEFORE OUR GOD AND FATHER AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH ALL HIS SAINTS”

 

AND I’M HOPING TO DO THAT WITH YOU THIS MORNING (ESTABLISH YOUR HEARTS)……IN A VERY QUICK MANNER!!!

 

AS YOU MOVE TOWARD THE COMING OF CHRIST……..YOUR HEART SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN HOLINESS!!!

 

YOUR HEART AND LIFE SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BLAMELESS BEFORE THE LORD, AT THE COMING OF CHRIST!!!

THAT’S WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS!!

 

 

4:2 – FOR YOU KNOW WHAT COMMANDMENTS WE GAVE YOU THROUGH THE LORD JESUS!!!

 

NOW….I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU 12 OF WHICH I’VE TAKEN OUT OF THESE EPISTLES……AND JUST LISTED OFF FOR YOU……..THAT ARE APOSTOLIC COMMANDS FROM THE APOSTLE PAUL……..

ON HOW WE CAN PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST……AND LIVE IN THE DAYS WE MUST LIVE IN!!!!

 

5:23 – NOW MAY THE GOD OF PEACE HIMSELF SANCTIFY YOU  (NOTICE…..SANCTIFICATION……..THE LAST VERSE WAS HOLINESS……..UP BEFORE THAT WAS ‘HOW I MAY PRESENT YOU IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD)….THE GOD OF PEACE HIMSELF SANCTIFY YOU COMPLETELY AND MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!!

 

 

 

IT SHOULD GIVE YOU A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT MUST TAKE PLACE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD…

THERE HAS TO BE A PRESERVATION!!! \\ WHY???

 

BEC THERE’S A DEGENERATION GOING ON!!!

 

 

THERE’S AN ATTACK AGAINST YOUR SPRIIT, AGAINST YOUR SOUL, AGAINST YOUR MIND……..AGAINST YOUR LIFE…..

AGAINST YOUR MORALS…

AGAINST YOUR MARRIAGE…

AGAINST YOUR KIDS…….

AGAINST YOUR PARENTING….

AGAINST YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE HOLY…….BEFORE THE LORD………

 

THERE IS *PRESSURE ON YOU TO GIVE ALL THAT UP!!!!!!*

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AND THE MORE WE GET NEARER THE COMING OF CHRIST THE MORE THAT PRESSURE WILL BE!!!

 

 

AND PAUL SAYS….”I

PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE PRESERVED……..BLAMELESS…….AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST”!!!

 

 

 

NOW…

WHEN THE APOSTLE PAUL……..ADDRESSES THE THESSOLONIAN CHURCH……..THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY HE EVEN WROTE THE EPISTLE!!!

 

I’M GOING TO REST IT ON JUST ONE REASON……..

HE WROTE THE EPISTLE BEC HIS SON IN THE FAITH TIMOTHY…..BROUGHT BACK A REPORT ABOUT THE CHURCH!!!

 

AND TIMOTHY….TOLD PAUL EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE BODY OF BELEIVERS….!!!

 

AND HE DESCRIBED THE PRESSURE………AND THE GREAT STRENGTH THEY HAD….

AND ALSO SOME OF THEIR WEAKNESSES………..AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WERE OUT OF ORDER…….

AND SO PAUL…..HAVING HEARD THE REPORT HE RESPONDS WITH THIS LETTER….THIS EPISLTE!!!