Behold I Come Like A Thief Repent Now

You and I, we are finite beings. We have a limited number of days. Most of us probably hope, say, well, I hope I make it eighty, ninety years old. And we think about all the days and what we're gonna do and and and we plan those out, but nobody knows. Nobody knows how many days you have. And because it's limited, you also have a limited number of opportunities to respond to the grace and the mercy, the forgiveness, to repent. And every time we say no, two things happen. [00:59:58] (32 seconds)  #LiveWithUrgency

God made it very clear. Jesus said, I'm gonna send my Holy Spirit and he'll convict you of sin. No one comes to the Father unless the spirit draws him. That still small voice inside of you that begins to prick at your heart, begins to say, you know he's right. Begins to bring up things that you say, don't wanna face that, begins to say you know you need to come to Jesus, begins to say all those things you think are true are not true. Those are lies deceiving you. [01:01:45] (28 seconds)  #ListenToTheSpirit

The Holy Spirit works in our heart, in our life, and he always leads in one direction, toward Jesus. So all the Holy Spirit wants to do is to get you to walk toward Jesus and become more like Jesus. Maybe this morning, the Holy Spirit's pricking your heart. How many times could you say no? And is there a point where God finally says, it's done? There was a point where the door of the ark was shut. Those on the inside were on the inside. Those on the outside were on the outside, and it was over. [01:02:13] (38 seconds)  #SpiritLeadsToJesus

Maybe you come and pray. Maybe you come and talk, but whatever it is, if God is stirring your heart, don't tell him no because no one knows how many opportunities. Don't tell him no because you're just building a pattern of learning how to say no. Tell him yes. Yes. Whatever it means because I wanna be awake, and I wanna be close in your righteousness. So I'll do whatever you're calling me to do. Father God, in these next few moments, God, would your spirit move among your people? God, would your spirit move in the hearts and lives of individuals? [01:04:25] (48 seconds)  #RespondToGodsCall

Well, John tells us they've been deceived to do that. That the unholy trinity, this dragon, this beast, this antichrist has this spirit that comes out that he says are like frogs, which was one of the plagues that came out of Egypt as well. It was the plague of frogs. But they come to represent a deceptive spirit, three unclean spirits that deceive them and lead them this way. I know we've said this before, but it's worth repeating. The worst thing about being deceived is you never know you're deceived until it's too late. [00:40:48] (32 seconds)  #BewareSpiritualDeception

Look at verse 15. It's a promise to the people of God. He says, behold, I'm coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping on his garments so that he may not go about naked and be seen and exposed. Here's what God says to his followers. First of all, I'm coming. Don't you forget, I'm coming. Our hope has always been in Christ. [00:45:11] (23 seconds)  #StayAwakeHeIsComing

In other words, you need to do what God says do. So here's here's Jesus' message to believers in this time. Just pay attention. Look for me. Stay watchful, and do what you know you need to do. Don't worry about all this other I'm handling all that. God's gonna handle all these things, all these details, all this stuff. He's gonna sort all that out. That's his job. [00:46:34] (28 seconds)  #DoWhatGodSays

All the Egyptian plagues were designed to prove that there's just one God. And here at Megiddo in judgment, God's gonna prove one more time, there's just one God. All the nations come to say, you're not our God. We don't have to do what you say. We're gonna rebel against you. It's almost like the Tower Of Babel, but in a military sort of way. We're gonna defy God. And God says, no. This is where it's cut off. This is where it ends. [00:50:38] (34 seconds)  #OneGodOneJudgment