God's Judgment: The Urgency of Repentance

The judgments of God are coming upon his people because they have forsaken God and they have turned to other gods and that's the basic theme of the prophecies that is the justifying of God in his judgment God is fair even though the city is to be utterly destroyed the people scattered God is fair because there are reasons for this judgment the reasons being they have turned their back on God. [00:01:29]

There comes a time when things come to an end while we're going through a particular epoch in history it seems like things are just going to go on like this forever but there comes an end there comes that time when God says that's it it's all over for a long period of time evil has been prevailing in the land there have been spotty revivals short periods where there was a surface movement of the people towards God but basically at the core and at the heart there's been this downward trend. [00:02:34]

God is announcing here the end the end of the land from the four corners of the land the end has come and now the end he said verse three has come upon thee and I will send mine anger upon thee and will judge the according to thy ways and will recompense upon thee thine abominations and end of the period of God's grace and end of the period of God's tolerance of God's patience of God's long-suffering of God's mercy and now the time has come for God to react and to respond against the evil that they have done the abominations that they have committed. [00:04:22]

At the time of Noah God said my spirit will not always strive with man God have been striving with the people for years and years it took Noah a hundred years to build that Ark while he was building the ark he was preaching to the people of righteousness but they were mocking him and laughing at him and probably he was really the subject a lot of a lot of jokes and all because here he is building that huge old boat out here in the desert. [00:06:07]

In the book of Hebrews it speaks of how that those that despised Moses law if you spoke against the law of Moses you spoke disrespectfully our our disparagingly against the law of Moses if there were two or three witnesses who would come and say I heard him cursing the law of Moses I heard him saying things against the law of Moses if you had two or three witnesses that would would come and and bear witness against you they put you to death they would take you outside the camp and they had stolen you he that despised Moses law was put to death by the mouth of two or three witnesses. [00:08:16]

The Bible said in the last days perilous times will come it speaks of the conditions of these perilous times one of the things is that wantonness that is that boasting in evil and boasting of sin is not just sinning but it is glory or exalting boasting in the evil I thought it was interesting today with so many things being canceled as the result of the early morning earthquakes that there was a quick announcement that they would still go ahead with the gay pride parade in West Hollywood that's what is known as wantonness the open flaunting of your sin. [00:11:49]

God is merciful to those who will repent and turn from their sin and God will be gracious and God will be merciful but to persist in your evil practices and in your evil way is only to court the judgment of God and ultimately that day will come when God will judge and he will judge in absolute righteousness which demands the punishment of your sin which is death and so again God declares my I will not spare neither will I have pity I will recompense you according to your ways and your abominations that are in the midst of you and ye shall know that I am the lord that smited. [00:15:45]

The abomination is always in the scriptures the setting up in your heart and in your life of another God God alone is worthy and deserving of our praise and of our worship and to worship other than God is an abomination and so it is the establishing of another God in your heart and in your life and the worshipping of that other God that constitutes an abomination so he will judge them according to the abominations. [00:17:53]

It's a terrible thing to ultimately face the penalty for your sin and at that point come to a place of a recognition I am in this because I sinned I am going through this pain and this suffering because I didn't listen to God and it's always a a tragic thing it's an interesting thing how that just a split second kind of decision wrong decision that's made in a split second of time can cost you a lifetime of suffering and misery. [00:26:57]

I think of a person who is consigned to hell and to that place of punishment how it must haunt them over and over and over the folly of deciding not to receive Jesus Christ they probably in their mind go through every service where they sat there and said no every invitation that they heard that they sort of gripped the Pew and said no I won't this time and it's there to torment and to haunt the the the tragedy of making a wrong decision. [00:31:34]

There is a time we know not when a line we know not where that marks the destiny of men to excel and despair there is a line though unseen by man once that it is crossed even God himself and all of his love as sworn that all is lost they had gone over that line they went too far God said is it a light thing that they keep snubbing me that they won't listen to me I will judge them my fury will come upon them I will not pity I will not spare and though they cry unto me with a loud voice I won't hear they've gone too far. [01:05:18]

As a servant of Jesus Christ as a minister of God I must warn you that you can go too far you can cross the line to it sorrow and despair our hope and despair you can go too far and God will shut the door and say okay that's it you've snubbed me for the last time I've given you the last call I've given you the last invitation and you've marked your destiny and it's established I pray that that is not the case of any of you tonight the unpardonable sin that place where you've gone over too far in Gaza is okay that's it and you enter into the hopeless despair even though you would cry God wouldn't hear you snubbed him once too often don't let that be the case if God is speaking to your heart tonight if the Spirit of God is moving upon your heart this evening if there is still that conviction of sin that awareness that I haven't been living for God as I should I know I am doing things that are not pleasing to God the Spirit of God is still dealing with you rejoice that God is still striving with your heart and surely take advantage of it and seek the Lord while he may be found call upon him while he is near lest the wicked days come and there will be no more opportunity. [01:06:40]