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August 12, 2019 9:03 pm
First time visitor glad to have you. If you want to buy Internet listing my thought – so glad you're here we go in knowing the presence of God when you can fill it right where you are and if you're a first-time visitor. Please take a moment to let a visitor card in front of you and you there amateur usually bent with us formulates we get in touch with you. Zephaniah is well worn over just a few minutes and share my heart. Zephaniah chapter 3 and I want to read one verse, a man I would ask you to stand one more time just for the reading of the word amen and let's honor his word today seven chapter 3 and I will look at verse 17. A man powerful verse here. Zephaniah is a small book in the Old Testament, but it's packed full of power and I want you to see something today.
Zephaniah 317 says this the Lord thy God in the midst of the is mighty and he will say everybody say that with me, he will say another translation puts it like this for the Lord your God is living among you, and he is a mighty Savior like that. Another translation says your God is present among you strong warrior. There to save you, he is mighty to save. Lord, thank you for your work. I pray today that the word of God would permeate the soul of somebody in this place. And Lord, that salvation would come and that your power would say and bring salvation here today. In Jesus name, amen. A man thinks about is that one more time before the fight against praise God so glad you're here. All right, praise God. Zephaniah was a prophet of judgment.
In fact, he declared that judgment was coming to Israel and that there was nothing that could hold back his judgment except repentance.
Except for Judah asking forgiveness and repenting of their sin. Zephaniah was a prophet who prophesied during a time of prosperity. Prosperity for Judah, a time when the King Josiah was bringing Reformation.
He was bringing change to the nation of Judah, but Zephaniah had a word from God and Zephaniah was bold enough to declare what God had put on his heart, and I was today that we had a lot more preachers like Zephaniah who wasn't afraid to stand up to their pulpit and say that one must be saved over the years we witness door-to-door. We would talk to folks.
The first thing we would ask them is, are you say you know in today's US people that they look at you like you have four headssaved from a lot. What does that even mean be saved and we learn this Christy needs right. We think that everybody knows the language we speak now everybody in here.
I could probably say are you saying that you would know exactly what I'm talking about, but there are so many people out there, especially young people, and you say that the member to look at you funny and so what do you mean sir what do you mean map saved from a lot longer. I often wonder if we truly know what it means to be saved by good, I will throw this language around so hard you know I'm saved but do you really know what you're saved from because I would venture to say that many folks sitting on churches today. They are not, say, in fact, during the time Zephaniah was prophesied was during a time of reformation. It was a time of revival. It was a time when Israel was tearing down their idol gods and they were calling on Jehovah. It was a time when people seem to be doing what was right in the eyes of God. But God told Zephaniah out what appearance looks well, but in their hearts they are not serving me with their whole heart and you realize that the judgment he spoke of did come prophesied around 600 years before the birth of Christ. During this time, the Babylonian kingdom was making plans to go to Judah and tear it down and ransacked the temple and take people back to Babylon and you realize that happen. That's not only church history, that's world history that happened. Ladies and gentlemen, but Zephaniah said that it would happen. I want to reverse one of chapter 1 of Zephaniah, it says the word Lord which came up Zephaniah will utterly consume all things from off the land.
That's a powerful word is saith the Lord and bimbo are turned back from the Lord, and those that have not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him. Hold my peace at the presence of the Lord God.
Verse seven for the Lord is at hand not you know have any idea what day of the Lord means the day of the Lord is when destruction and judgment comes from the hand of Almighty God. The day of the Lord speaks of, not only would Babylon would come and take over Judah, but is also telling about a time when God will bring judgment to the planet that we are on today. I know there's preachers that say that this won't happen were not sure that it's going to happen, but can I remind you that Jesus is coming again any given moment, and that if you don't have any idea what it means to be saved, you will see in place. This destruction will face the judgment of God is a God of grace.
Yes, he's a merciful God, but he's also a just God is also about of judgment and he is very jealous you think you better jealous girlfriend or jealous boyfriend. You haven't seen nothing until the day of judgment does he do, sir a demand study warship.
He has every right to demand through worship and praise.
He is Almighty God for you to be saved, but the day of the Lord is coming.
The next event that will happen. The trumpet of God will sound, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And so shall we ever be with the Lord is John Richardson's beloved, now are we the sons of God, not yet appear what we shall be by window when he shall appear, we shall be like. We shall see him as he is. He is coming again.
I believe with all my heart that we need to be ready for. I believe that we need to understand what it means to know that he is mighty Savior saved her from well number one. He saves you from yourself because you cannot save yourself, you cannot trust yourself, you cannot help herself and jumping in headfirst, but aren't you glad has been made that even though sin is understood that Christ has made a way for you to have eternal life. In fact just so much that he decided to become one of you and what did he do perfect sinless holy, pure and righteous life.
The Bible says that Kyle wasn't even found in his mouth, means sitting close to mine because he was and that's what it means to be saved to be saved from your self. We would talk about being saved. We talk about salvation.
The only thing we can think about is not going to hell are not spending eternity away from God and yes nobody wants to go to hell. Nobody wants to spend eternity away from God, but can I tell you, there's more to it than that Jesus Christ is in love with you doesn't need you one ship desires a relationship with you the desires communication with what I was trying to tell Judah this is verse 12, chapter 1 and it shall come to pass at that time that I will search Jerusalem with candles and a flashlight and punish you're not hiding from him didn't hide from your spouse to hide from the children. Mom and dad. You can hide from your friends and family, but he knows exactly what you're doing and punish the men that are settled on their leaves is to punish those who are in a lukewarm satisfied condition. While that say about heart, the Lord will not do.
Neither will he do evil can't tell you how many times I hear people make the poor pitiful excuse is God really revealed the Bible was written by a man and I don't believe for one second that they really believe that all pages that are justifying their own sinful lifestyle because they know without the Lord's help.
They cannot change.
Just my opinion and that's what they were saying is not going to do it, do it.
He's not going to believe a little words, God is an interested in our everyday lives.
He might be.of the world, but he doesn't really care about me or what I'm doing all this he does in the fact that you're here today.
You're not here just to see something good out here by chance you're here because God in his love and his mercy has brought you to display so that he could tell you, once again, you can be saved from yourself. God help me today. Verse 14 the great day of the Lord is near. Greatly, even the voice of the Lord mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
Now I believe he's referring to that time of tribulation after the rapture of the church after the trumpet of God.
There will be seven years on this blue marble planet that will bring destruction and judgment to the whole world there will be a time of order darkness that will cover this planet there will be one man at the helm of it all, and they will call him the Antichrist and Revelation tells us that you will be able to buy trade and eat or sell unless you make a commitment to him and take his mark and saying that you didn't announce but God of Israel, and I want to tell you my friend. I know some of you think you're pretty tough at some of you think you can make it through that time. But the Bible says that even during that time, the very elect of God will be to see verse 57 I won that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress license and desolation, a day of darkness, gloominess, a day of clouds and thick dark rose do you want to see the neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath. Your money will help you during that time. In fact, the Bible says it will take a which way to buy a loaf of bread. Your money will not help you during this time, but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy or he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land only what Jesus said in Matthew 24 he said, for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be, and immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
That's already begun that's already started and you refuse to call upon the name of the Lord, all you come to church but you don't call upon the name of the Lord all you know a lot about Jesus, but I don't really know if you know him as knowing about him and knowing him are two different things that I chapter 3 eligible there would verse five says this, the prophet said the just Lord everybody shout just he's just as in the midst thereof, and he will not do iniquity and every morning that he bring his judgment politely. Fate was not, but the unjust know of no shame.
I have cut off the nation and their towers are desolate. I made their streets waste that nonpassive by their cities are destroyed so that there is no man that there is none in habitant. That's a day of desolation at the day of judgment. I cannot tell you that he's coming and that it will happen as Zephaniah declared to Judah I'm declaring to you today that he is mine to say that he will save you if you would just simply pit and tell Jesus you want him to be Lord of your life. Verse 19 of Zephaniah 3 before that time. This is a work for somebody at that time I will undo all that afflicted, and I will save her but hope of endeavor her that was driven out and I will give him praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame our read that from another translation. Listen to this. At the same time, the Lord says I will get rid of all those thing and all those people that made your life miserable this trial today this tribulation on this earth is hard times and bad times or start times, but there's coming a day. Call hallelujah that if you are saved and you are delivered save means you see it means being delivered being literally doesn't mean you're never going to see him because that would just go ahead and help you out. You ready you will see in a better you will sin you will blow it has nothing to do with being a good middle person.
In fact, I know people who don't believe in God has nothing to do with that. The Bible says there's no just man on earth that said all day long, but you are still not done sooner and Jesus is mingling and the Bible says that with one drop of blood. He became sin no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in Christ when he hung suspended between said yes you have any to commit a provision for you. You have to do is confess to back get rid of all of it.
One day when you see the Lord in your transformed into his image. Ladies and gentlemen, all the sickness, the pain, but hurt the melody to malfunction the remembering of those bad times and hard times in the hopes of the paper will all read the text that I started with finished the Lord God in your midst warrior who saves. I like and he will rejoice over you with joy and he will be quiet in his love making no mention of your past sins. This is the amplified and he will rejoice over you with shouts of joy, he will forgive you and remember them no more people will bring them up. Those closest to you will bring them up but he will never ever bring them up again. He loves you that much. One more Isaiah 59 verse one says this is used to be my favorite evangelistic procedure. Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that he cannot save nor is his ear heavy, that he cannot hear you cannot get so low where he cannot reach down and so you cannot and you can never get so far that he will not hear you when you call upon his name.
Romans 1013 says if you confess with your own mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
It's that simple. Standiford wanted by Internet listing by podcast be saved today I delivered set free by the power of God simply say this prayer Lord Jesus give you my life, I repent of my sin and I confess that you Jesus our Lord, and he said that simply by faith. I believe that supernatural power has changed your life right now. Thank you for watching and listening. Would love to communicate with you further. So you Millicent. Let us know you're watching