15 THINGS TO DO IF PERSECUTION IN AMERICA GETS BAD OR IF YOU MISS THE RAPTURE

Once again, here are some incomplete sermon notes for a series of messages that I gave in 2006 while in a very rough place. A great many of these notes were derived from material by Pastor Dave Williams from Lansing, Michigan.

11/30/05


15 Things to do if you miss the Rapture or if persecution in America gets bad before the rapture.

1 - DO NOT believe the explanations given by the media.
2 - DO NOT commit suicide.
3 - Immediately repent & get right with God.
4 - Collect all the Bibles that you can.
5 - Leave your home because the Government will know your address.
Go to the country . Get far away from cities.
6 - Pray to God for strength & Guidance.
7 - DO NOT join the world church.
8 - Get a small radio & a supply of batteries to last at least 7 yrs.
9 - Share this message.
10- DOT NOT, under any circumstances, align with the one world leader.
11- DO NOT take a mark, a name, or a number on your hand or forehead.
12- Don’t steal, do not commit any sexual sin, DO NOT murder, & don’t
use drugs. Read REV 9:21 + There may not be time to repent.
13- Pray for Israel & The Jewish people.
14- Be prepared to suffer immeasurably if you are apprehended & have
missed the rapture.
15- Listen to your radio & mark the day the world leader moves His Image
into the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. After that you will have 1290 days
to survive. According to Daniel 12. If you are caught by the authorities,
do not - I repeat, do not deny Christ. It is better to die & go to heaven
than to deny Christ & spend eternity in hell.


#4 - Collect all the Bibles that you can - Keep Bibles in several safe places. SATAN ALWAYS seeks to destroy Bibles when totalitarian governments take over. Give your extra copies to friends who can be trusted, to keep them safe for you But Beware - Betrayal will be common. There will be truce breakers & people will betray friends & family. Use Discernment.

All these things we are discussing may also occur if the church is forced underground in America before the time of the end.

Christians be alert & prepared.

12/1/05

15 Things to do if you miss the Rapture

#1 - DO NOT believe the explanation's given by the Media.

AntiChrist forces will control the media & offer Plausible explanations. One man, speaking to a group of Prominent leaders in Detroit, MI, said that the only way “New Age doctrine” can be fully implemented is if evangelical Christians are “reprogrammed” in New Age Philosophies. {I personally know a woman who once threatened to have her own daughter kidnapped and reprogrammed into new age teaching. Much of the world of psychology wants this also.}
This man said that christians have to be “indoctrinated”, so that new age Philosophies can fully emerge. Some people will say that flying saucers took the Christians away.

After Christians are indoctrinated they will be brought back. He said this process will take about 7 years. This is doctrines of devils!!

No, we have not been taken to some New Age inner - planetary, cosmic reprogramming center. After the Rapture - all of us true Christians are in Heaven enjoying the presence of Jesus!


#2 DO NOT COMMIT SUICIDE.

Whenever there is mass societal confusion & disorder, people have a tendency to believe that suicide is the solution. Don’t do it. There is still hope for you. You can still come to Jesus.

#3 Repent immediately & get right with God.

#4 Collect all the Bibles you can (see earlier note)

#5 Leave your home because the Government will know your address. Go to the country. Get far away from cities. This will not be easy because you will be tempted to wait & see what happens. If you take that approach, it will be too late. It will be a fatal mistake. Get away into the woods & learn to live off the Land. Begin saving as much money as you can to take with you. If you stay, your possessions will be confiscated & your life will be in danger.



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#6 Pray to God for strength & guidance.

#7 DO NOT JOIN THE WORLD CHURCH.

After the rapture those clergymen left behind will join together. They will come under the leadership of the False Prophet. [ REV 13 & 14] All true ministers will have gone in the rapture. Don’t join the World Church even if you see apparent miracles. They will be lying signs & wonders.

If you come home & find your loved ones gone & you realize the Rapture has taken place - do not go to a minister for guidance. He will be a false prophet.

#8 Get a small radio & a supply of batteries to last at least 7 yrs.

This will help you know what is happening in the world as you are in your secluded place away from the city. There will be overwhelming Demonic activity in cities.

By comparing the News reports with what you read in the Bible, you will know where you are in the time frame of the tribulation.

#9 Share this message.

Avoid allowing it to be traced. Meet carefully & cautiously with other new believers because if you reveal yourself to a betrayer, it would be a fatal mistake.

12/1/05

15 Things to do if you miss the Rapture cont...

#10 - DO NOT, under any circumstance align yourself with the one world leader. This man ( The Antichrist) may seem to be a Charismatic & adorable individual, but if you listen to his lies, you will be drawn into his delusion. Remember, he will be a master manipulator. He will promise peace & prosperity & good times but these are false promises.

#11 - DO NOT TAKE a Mark, a name, or a number on your hand or forehead. Eternal damnation will be yours. Rev. Ch. 13 & Ch. 14.

Even now there are plans for a cash - free society. DO NOT take a computer chip under your skin. Even if it means you can’t buy or sell.

#12 See previous note

#13 - PRAY FOR ISRAEL & The Jewish people.

#14 Be prepared to suffer immeasurably if you miss the rapture. Liquidation facilities will be operating 24 hrs a day. Famines & Pestilence & Natural disasters will be abounding on every hand & they will be terrible.There will be Many, many ways in which people will suffer.

#15 See previous note.



12/5/05

A Word about the end-times:

Deception will be everywhere. Walking reprobates & demonized people will be found on every street, property will be confiscated. There will be imprisonment's, torture, & death camps. During the chinese revolution, peoples eyes were sewn shut because they were caught reading the Bible; The ear drums of Sunday school students were punctured so they could no longer hear the word taught; & over sixty million people, who opposed the godless system of communism were put to death. If you think the communists were ruthless, if you think Hitler was ruthless, you haven’t seen anything yet. There will be betrayal of friends & families as loved ones turn against each other.

03-19-08
Once again, please realize that these are only possible senarios. No one and I repeat, NO ONE knows exactly what is going to happen in the future in every respect. These notes are intended as possible general guidelines and concepts to promote searching the scriptures and discussion as we see our Lords return nearing. Be it understood that I believe in the Pre-Trib rapture of the church. I also however, believe that some things are going to get bad and there will be perilous and difficult times BEFORE the rapture. Also please understand that Jesus gives us total victory in all things; even persecution.

WHAT ABOUT DAMASCUS, SYRIA ?

A short time ago, someone posed the following question. " In Isaiah 17 the Bible seems to be predicting the future destruction of Damascus, Syria. Do you believe that is yet future and do you think it may take place before the rapture of the church?

Answer; Yes to both questions.

Even though Damascus has had many battles as well as defeats, it has never been devestated as foretold in Isaiah 17. This is yet future and make no mistake about it, if Syria in any major way attacks or poses a severe threat to Israel, Israel will defend herself and rightfully so. This could very well come into play and BEFORE the rapture.

Please do not make the mistake of so many who seem to think that before things get too bad the Lord will come for us. I do believe that we will be raptured BEFORE the great tribulation, but not neccesarily before all of the prophetic action takes place. For instance, I do not feel that the war of Gog and Magog in EZEKIEL 38 & 39 is the same as the one in REVELATION 19 & 20. They are two different battles altogether. If you read both of them contextually, that will become clear to you.

I believe that EZEKIEL 38 & 39 could take place BEFORE or AT THE SAME TIME AS, the rapture. There is a very real possibility that we will see the battle of Ezekiel 38 & 39 in our lifetime. At this time, a Russian-led Arab force will be devestated by Israel, I believe. Actually, the Bible says that God Almighty will defeat them. [Read Ezekiel 38 & 39 closely}

This war of Gog and Magog could very well be started by the turning of Damascus, Syria into a ruinous heap.[Isaiah 17] It is believed that approx. 10,000 terrorists live in Damascus and many believe that Syria is where Saddams weapons of mass destruction are being hidden.[ He really did have wmd's. He simply moved them]

The two facts above stated are enough reason to provoke a preemptive strike by someone against Damascus, Syria. I am not saying that is going to happen, but it is possible.

Also, I personally believe that the reason Gog is referred to again in Revelation chapter 20 is that Gog is a prince spirit, a principality if you will. Please be assured that it is very unlikely that Ezekiel 38 & 39 is the same as the battle of Armageddon. Some people think it is, but I feel that we can prove from scripture it is not. And again, I also believe that the Ezekiel war will be before the rapture and in our lifetime. Of course, no one knows for sure.

We must always be prepared for the coming of our wonderful Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Look-up and be watchful..

Dream On

11/4/05

God gives dreams to His people

D.- Desire given by God
R-. Right
E.- Enthusiasm
A.- aspiration
M.- Mountain-Moving


Psalm 37:4 “Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of Thine heart. “

When we are delighting ourselves in the Lord Jesus Christ; He is going to place certain desires upon our heart. He is going to Imprint His dream for our lives upon our heart in the form of desires.

God always gives us dreams for high achievement. When God gives you a dream you must believe it can come true.

God is pleased with people who attempt the impossible. There is no such thing as an impossible dream with God. See Luke 18:27 Jesus said “I will be with you” & that is our guarantee of success.


If you believe something is impossible, the devil will come to you & show you all the reasons why you are right. He will give you all the logical reasons why your dreams are impossible.

But, when you believe that your God-given dream is possible because of Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ upon the Cross, then God will come on the scene & give you ideas on ways of doing it. The choice to believe is yours to make.

Proper Faith in the work of Christ on the Cross is the activator of God’s Power - unbelief is the energizer of the unseen forces of darkness. See Matt 17:20; Luke 17:6 Unbelief is a thief See Matt 13:58


Consider what unbelief does:

1- it keeps you from thinking straight.
2 -it keeps you from getting the right persecutive on things.
3 - it holds back progress in every area of your life.
4 - it drains your strength & vitality.
5 - it prevents God from working in & through your life.

Don’t let unbelief rob you of the success God wants for your life.

Let me quickly add that we are not so much called to be a success; we are called to be faithful.

Put your faith in the Cross and keep it there.

D) Some thought provoking thoughts.

1 - There is a difference between childish & childlike.
2 - The believers whole life is designed to offer up spiritual
sacrifices - the priesthood ministry.


3 - There is a difference between an action of faith & the object of faith
4 - God responds more to our pursuit than to our pain. Who do we pursue in the midst of our pain?

5 - Without Christ, man is free to do what he wants, but he is not
free to want what he ought. Without Christ, man cannot want
the right things.
6 - We need to know who we are in Christ & who we are without
Him - both.
7 - Never discuss a problem with someone incapable of solving
it.
8 - Some times the very thing that tries us - qualifies us.
9 - There are 2 kinds of people: Those who succeed &
Those who resent them for it.

Partial notes from TV message-"Authority through Wounds

1/16/05
Again, these notes are incomplete but for those of you that saw the telecast, this will serve as a refresher. From time to time, I will add more material on this subject. Hey guys, thanks for watching!!!

We Gain spiritual Authority through wounds. Through much tribulation we enter in to the kingdom of God.
Acts 14:22 says," Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God."

Lets consider the word “Persevere”. Its meaning is rooted in the the “severe”. It implies that there are times when we will not reach our spiritual goals unless we are stretched in ways others call severe or extreme. Instead of one mile, we go two. We contend for the Faith. We wrestle principalities & powers. We are not wimps; we don’t give up. We are soldiers who endure hardship & persevere. Even if we are knocked down, defeat is not final: we rise to fight another day. Surrender is not an option. Our success comes from our faith in what Jesus did at the cross.

Underlying all our other virtues there needs to exist in us an inherent perseverance of spirit, The enemy’s goal is to get you to give up. We must arise to war, get our grit back & persevere & never, ever give up. This goes for whatever challenges you may face. Weight loss, quit smoking, alcohol, whatever challenge you are facing... persevere.

You will be stretched, but keep looking to Jesus. Persevere,

The stretch & the battle actually makes room for you to walk in greater authority.

While others are reading the promises; we are called to possess them. Matt 11:12, Heb 6:12, Acts 14:22, Rev 3:21

God often gives a special grace during times of spiritual weariness and extended battle. This fresh anointing of special grace provide insight in discerning the warfare coming against us & imparts new vigor & authority in overcoming the demonic attacks.

THE NEW HOUR

A word about the “new hour”

The redemption of the Cross, the shedding of the blood of Jesus, brought in a new hour. Time was finished & eternity had begun for every soul that was covered with the blood. Until that hour all people lived only to die. but the moment the sacrifice was made, it was not the end; only the beginning. Time was finished & eternity had begun.

The soul that was covered by the blood moved from a natural to an eternal union with the Lord. Then the commandment, “Thou shalt not”, which had so worried & troubled the people & brought them into such dissatisfaction because they could not keep the Law, was changed into a new commandment. It was no more “thou shalt not”, but. “I delight to do thy will, O God.” (Ps 40:8)

“In Adam all die” (1 Cor 15:22). but now “the hour has come” (Mark 14:41) “In Christ all shall be made alive” (1 Cor 15:22)

Instead of death will be divine life in all of its fullness. Jesus Christ has done so much for us. We must ever keep our Faith placed in what He did at the Cross.

Incomplete sermon notes on the jezebel spirit

10/29/2005

Here are a few sermon notes that I made for a teaching series in 2005. Rather than putting the entire message here, I thought you may just want to glance at the high points.

The Spirit of Jezebel

1) The Jezebel spirit is manipulative and usually gains its dominion by making political alliances, often in a seemingly submissive and demeaning manner. This spirit tries to make friends in high places & seems to work for good while trying to build up problems that don’t really exist. Once the Jezebel spirit gains authority it manifests a strong control spirit & shameless presumption. They presume to know what the cause is of everything.

2) Jezebel “calls herself a prophetess” (Rev 2:20) Jezebel is preoccupied with their own recognition. People under the influence of this spirit want to be seen, heard, & known. Look up St. John 7:18
3) The spirit of Jezebel is a form of the religious spirit. Usually it is a religion of “self”. Self-righteousness & self-help philosophies. Any effort of religion not founded on the cross of Christ is of the devil.
A) The prophetic ministry is the primary vehicle through which the Lord gives timely, strategic direction to his people, Jezebel knows that removing the true prophets will make the people vulnerable to her false prophets, which always leads to idolatry & spiritual adultery.
B) A primary strategy of the Jezebel spirit is to get people devoted to sacrifice in a way that perverts the command for us to take up our crosses daily. This perversion will have people putting more faith in “their” sacrifices than in the Lords sacrifice.

C) There is a “self-help” psychology movement that is attempting to replace the power of the cross in the church. This is an enemy of the cross. (read Col. 2:6-8)

D) When we add to the cross - we dilute the power of the cross. If you have a glass of soda 1/2 full & you add water to it - you dilute the soda.

The Jezebel spirit seeks to replace the Holy Spirit as the source of spiritual life.

These notes are incomplete but from time to time I will add more on this particular topic.

Some Old Sermon Notes

11/26/05

FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS

1. The Law of Moses / God- - Rom 7:22
2. The Law of Desire & Willpower-- Rom 7:23
3. The Law of Sin & Death-- Rom 7:23, Rom 8:2
4. The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus-- Rom 8:2

The law of God / Moses is the Moral Law. It leads to sin & death because no one can perfectly keep it yet it is Holy, just, & good. Rom 7:12

This Law is the standard of Gods expectations. It was fully kept & fulfilled by Jesus Christ. When Jesus died on the Cross; He redeemed us from the curse of the law.[ Gal 3:13] When we place our faith in what Jesus did at the cross, we live in the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. We are thus redeemed from the curse & free from the law of sin & death.

The believer trying to keep the law of God / Moses by the law of desires & willpower, will actually amplify sin & death. [Rom 7:7, Rom 7:8, Rom 7:9, Rom 7:10-11]. The believer trying to live for God in the Flesh (self-efforts) will actually be operating in the law of sin & death - trapped in a never -ending cycle of failure.

God will give us the desires of / in our heart. He will place desires in us. That does have Power. But we obtain & live those God-given desires only by Faith in what Jesus did at the Cross.

Thus - The law of Moses / God has power to show man what sin is. The Law of Sin & Death is more powerful than the Law of desires & willpower alone. But the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus is more powerful than the law of sin & death.

The Law of desire & willpower is the trigger we pull, but the “gun” must be loaded with the explosive power of the Cross in order to have effect. We must develop the right desires but only Faith in what Jesus did at the Cross can bring about the Godly desires. We must “will” to do right & live For God - but we can only actually do the living for God by faith in what Jesus already did at the Cross. Example - we must desire victory & will to be good Christians. We then must place our faith, trust, & confidence solely in Jesus sacrifice upon the cross & His resurrection, to enable us to have power to do right. Then God will continually give us desires; such as giving, loving, bible reading, prayer, etc... in our hearts.


the original desire & will came by faith also. Faith comes by hearing Gods word. Rom 10:17

We heard, we believed, we then had a desire & will to do what we heard & believed. To actually do it requires Faith in what Jesus did at the Cross.

He did - so we can - do.

These are incomplete notes.

GOD HAS BROUGHT ME A LONG WAY

Yes, this is really me when I was 6 or 7. I never dreamed all the places that God was going to take my life. I am just so very thankful that I received Christ and made Him Lord of my life.

I like to say "Received" Christ as opposed to "accepted" Christ because I always figured that He wasn't really looking for any acceptance from me. I, on the other hand, was praying that He would accept me and one day I found out that He would if I would come to Him by way of the Cross. In Ephesians 1:6, God tells us that He has made us accepted in the beloved. Christ is the beloved and as we are in Him by faith in what He did for us at Calvary, we then are accepted by God. I was so happy when I found that out.

My relationship with God doesn't depend on anything that I have done, good or bad, except for one thing: my relationship with
God depends on what I have done about receiving what Jesus Christ did for me at the Cross.
Jesus died on that cruel Cross as my substitute. Meaning that He paid for all of my sins on the Cross; past, present, and future sins.

You see, He paid a debt that He[Jesus] did not owe. It was my debt. It was Your debt. We are the ones who sinned against God. Jesus never sinned. Because He paid my sin debt, I am free from the guilt and shame that sin produces in our lives. Hallelujah!!

If left up to me, I never could afford the payment for my own sins so the alternative would be to spend eternity in hell, seperated from a Holy God. Oh, how I love Jesus for going to that Cross!!!

And, if that weren't enough, once I gave my heart to Christ by faith in what He did at Calvary; the Holy Spirit began to, little by little conform me into the very image of Christ; the beloved. Wow! Always remember this; God loves us just the way we are and He loves us too much to leave us the way we are. God never leaves us like He found us. The Holy Spirit is constantly desiring to make us more like Jesus. As we yield ourselves to the Lord, we become His servants of obedience unto righteousness. [Rom 6: 16].
So, when we obey from the heart that form of doctrine [the message of the Cross] then, and only then can we be made free from sin on an everyday basis in our life and living for God. [Rom 6:17-18]

Now then we see that Jesus Christ not only paid our sin debt on the Cross, but He broke the powerful grip that sin had on us as well. Now we can be free. All by faith in the finished work of Christ upon the Cross.
The Cross is where we must place and keep our faith.

WELCOME TO CROSS TALK

Ephesians 2:10 tells us "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them"

This verse taken in context, tells us that we are justified, sanctified, and saved by the finished work of Christ upon the Cross.
When we receive what Christ did for us at Calvary, we become "born-again". Every born-again believer is the very workmanship of Christ.
When our faith is properly placed in the Cross then we are assured of the help of the Holy Spirit as He conforms us into the image of Jesus.

We are told in this verse that we should walk in good works. Good works do not produce faith. But, proper faith will always produce proper works. So, the believer, walking in good works birthed of the Holy Spirit in the believers heart, is proof of that believers properly placed faith in the finished work of Christ upon the Cross. [See James 2: 14-26]

I heard Jimmy Swaggart put it this way, "My faith properly placed in the finished work of Christ upon the Cross will result in the help of the Holy Spirit in my life. Proper faith will produce proper works but proper works will never produce proper faith."

Romans 8:29 tells us that every believer is predestinated to be conformed into the image of Christ. This can only be done by the Holy Spirit working in our lives.

Good works, acceptable to God, will flow from our hearts and lives, when we place our faith in Jesus sacrifice on the Cross.

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