If you had only one chance to tell someone why you believe Jesus Christ is God, what would you say? Many of you are going through a trial right now. If not, just wait. Was there ever a time when you loved Jesus Christ more than you love Him today? Is He a shining reality in your heart? Or someone you think of from time to time? We all have trials in our lives. Do you feel like the chief rat in the rat race?
What a glorious time to be alive. It happened when I was a young teenager. After 5 long years of war, the Japanese surrendered. We heard it on our radios. We all came out in the streets and celebrated the victory. Some folks now in their 80s will remember it. Revelation chapter 17 describes two mysterious creatures who rise to world power, but both are monsters. Quick question: Apart from Jerusalem, what city gets the most mentions in the Bible? Let us be glad and rejoice, and give Him glory: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife [the Church] has made herself ready.
Revelation Anyone with a modicum of intelligence can see storm clouds gathering. Current events are markers along the way, pointing to the coming Battle of Armageddon. Did you know a time will come on Earth when the Garden of Eden will be restored? Can you imagine no violence or crime? With the Holy Spirit inspiring each word, the Apostle John dipped his pen in golden glory and from that parchment page we read exactly what Heaven looks like.
How will we rescue them? As we drove later that day to be with our family, we passed by the little church I pastored, holding its evening service. He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone. Do you have trouble understanding the Bible? Let me give you the golden key to unlock the mystery: all the Bible, every page, is ultimately about one man, one person, Jesus. Once you understand this, what seemed puzzling will start to make sense. God wants every man, woman, and child to be saved so badly, He went to extraordinary lengths to give us pictures, glimpses, analogies in the Bible of how our salvation was won.
Fear of death keeps people in bondage. But Jesus came to deliver you from that fear. How much longer we will survive? For many years America has been 1 economically, but that could change on a dime.
We dare not be lackadaisical. What does God say about Christian citizenship—our responsibilities, our duties, our rights? Is the Bible against participating in politics? What are Christians to do and think about politics?
Leadership is crucial. If our leadership is not what it should be, what will the people be like? Some say God ought to stay out of government, but the truth is, government must always look to Almighty God. I still believe America is the greatest nation on earth today, not because of our natural resources, skills, or brainpower, but for just one reason: God blessed America because it began as no other nation since Israel.
Yet now our nation is in peril. What can we do to save America? God created us with a body, soul and spirit. Soon after Jesus began his public ministry, a well-known Jewish leader, Nicodemus, visited Him privately under cover of night.
If anyone should have known God, Nicodemus would be your guy. He was a ruler of the Jews, member of the Sanhedrin, among the most religious, the most moral. If you are saved, you ought to know it. If not, you need to be saved so you can know it. Do you know where God lives? A beautiful church building? The Bible reveals God has lived in a series of homes, moving in and moving out. When He moves in, if the home is defiled by the owner, God moves out. So where does God live now?
People always want to know the future. Today I see something that disturbs me greatly: America is moving away from our foundation. We no longer agree about basic truths of right and wrong. Some find it too hard to stand firm in an increasingly pagan world. They shall throw you down into the Pit,and you shall die the death of the slain in the midst of the seas. Ezekiel What could the four lies that ruined the world be?
Four lies bigger than all of these came straight from Satan at the dawn of time in Genesis His people must repent and seek His face if our nation is to survive. Adrian Rogers addressed this need in the following message. Is the Bible against participting in politics?
Our beloved nation is in crisis. One by one, lights of decency and hope are being extinguished. One day calamity will certainly come. Can you imagine a place designed for you by someone who loved you so much He gave His Son to die for you? That's good news. When you have good news, you tell it.
You may not know it, but God made a blood covenant with you when you were saved. The star of Bethlehem pointed the way. We want to be in His will. How can you find the will of God for your life? Too many Christians today are troubled and jittery. Just before Jesus was crucified, He stood before Pontius Pilate to be judged. Would He be found worthy of the death penalty?
He has made Himself accessible to each of us. But consider for a moment His creation—so vast, astronomers estimate about 1,,,,,,, that's 1 billion trillion stars are in the observable universe! Yet the One who put them there wants a relationship with each of us. Someone has said the difference between courtship and marriage is the difference between pictures in the seed catalog and what comes up.
Some of us have been disappointed by what comes up in our homes. Maybe we need to learn how to cultivate a marriage. It takes a family to raise a child, and families change the village. Money is a root of all sorts of family problems. Many families are in financial bondage. Home should be the dearest place on earth, the nearest place to Heaven. In Psalm , God describes an ideal family—a place of warmth, laughter, and yes, fun.
Your health. Fitness is acquired by obedience. Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Do you wish you could live for a moment in the Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve fell? In fact, it is home. Images of Eden flash in our vision. Whispers of Eden linger in the walls of our family homes. God established the family in the Garden.
Family is the only thing Adam and Eve took with them when they left. The family is that part of Eden we can still have on Earth. Your family can have a future, but you must claim it. Will you go against the trend? Will you remain faithful? Will you be able to keep love alive? Look at Him at the wedding in Cana where He performed His first miracle. So many people are hurting today.
The greatest Christian who ever lived, apart from the Lord Jesus, was in my estimation the Apostle Paul. He authored more than half of the books of the New Testament, founded churches throughout parts of Asia Minor and the Roman Empire, took the Gospel to Rome, and was personally called into service by Jesus Himself. He wrote the book of Romans, considered to be the greatest book in the New Testament.
And when you examine his heart and motivation, you discover Paul was totally abandoned to the Gospel. The bad news? Our world is hopelessly lost, on a collision course with judgment. We live in days where every basic tenet Christians uphold is being shaken.
We need something solid to stand on. This day of wickedness is described in Scripture as the last step down for any person or nation. The Apostle Paul exposed that last step. He needed believers to understand just how bad sin is—just how lost a nation can be.
The Gospel is good news, but before you can appreciate the good news, you have to hear the bad news. Something is terribly wrong in our world. But what happened? Sin entered the world. But sin is not so much in the world as it is in our hearts—my heart and yours.
Life is short; death is sure, sin the curse, Christ the cure. If it were money, He would have come as a banker. He would have been a diplomat. But today we take a turn. Paul is about to give us some good news. In Romans , we learned about our choice to rebel against God and about our relentless wickedness.
Imagine two letters dropped into the same mailbox. One, smudged and dirty, has a stamp on it. Which letter will be delivered? The one with the stamp. For Christians, faith is that stamp. How can we have strong faith? Look at Abraham. He had the stamp of faith on his life. Have you encountered a hypocrite? Religion is fertile soil for hypocrites. Have you discovered yet who your biggest enemy is? I have. It is myself. What about you? It will keep us from living in victory every time.
Why do some children adore their fathers and others hate them? What makes the difference? When Peter wrote his first letter to the church, the world was dark. It was open season on Christians.
The bright light of the Gospel was starting to extinguish that darkness. The godly lifestyle of believers condemned pagan culture. America faces a critical moral leadership crisis today. Some say He ought to stay out of government, but the truth is, to succeed, a government must always look to Almighty God. We have no trouble believing Jesus Christ is King and has authority, but do weunderstand that, as our King, He has given kingdom authority to us, His followers?
Jesus bought it back on the cross 2, years ago and conferred it on us just before returning to Heaven. Despite that, many Christians know nothing about it and lead defeated lives. When Jesus left the glory of Heaven and came to live among us, His first priority was to pay the price for our redemption.
But victory was something else He provided, and to restore that, He had to fix a certain legal transaction from almost the beginning of time. When you were born again, God destined you to have kingdom authority, which is given to you by Jesus, our Lord.
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