Sing everybody welcome to steadfast baptist church. Let's start off with dare to be a daniel 309
309 in your hymn books dare to be a daniel standing by a purpose true
Heeding God's command
Honor them the faithful few all hail to Daniel's band there to be a
Daniel dare to stand alone
Dare to have a purpose firm dare to make it no 309
many mighty men are lost
Daring not to stand
For God had been by joining Daniel's band to be a dad to stand alone
first great and tall
Stalking through the land Daniel's band a low risk for a kid a small banner
Victory grass shout Daniel's band stand alone
Thank you for the opportunity to go to church Lord is good to be in your house father
I pray you please help us to be able to worship you in spirit and in truth
I pray you be your brother Dylan also later on and you would give us hearts to hear the word
That you have for us and we thank you in Jesus name. Amen. Let's go on to
293
293 is your all on the altar is your own the altar
293 you have long for sweet peace
and for faith to
increase and have
earnestly
fervently pray
But you cannot have rest or be perfectly blessed
until all the soul walk with those words have peace and come must do
Sweet way free a slave. He's you. You can know what the Lord is for
Sweet shall share good singing this morning. Welcome to steadfast Baptist Church
If you'll take out your bulletins
We'll go through the announcements if you need a bulletin if you'll raise your hand brother Salvador can get that to you and
We'll go through these we've got our service times and our soul winning times listed there at the top along with our month-to-date
Salvations and today's the last day for May for soul winning. So if you would like to go out with us
We're gonna meet here at 2 p.m. And we'll go out two by two and go knock some doors
we've also got our list of expecting ladies to be in prayer for miss Rochelle Hill miss Carrie Shelley and then I am
Pleased to announce a new addition to the list the gilhams are expecting
So be in prayer for miss Brie and their family really exciting to see that and you know one comes off the list and just another
One goes right in this place. So praise God for that and the blessings of children
and then also we
Have a new addition to our church family miss Isabella
Isabelle Leah Reid and so the Reeds had their girl on
May 25th and she was born 5 pounds 10 ounces 20 inches long if you would like to sign up if you haven't done
So already for the meal train you can see my wife and she can get you all the information you need for that and so
Excited for them and their new addition and so we want to be in prayer for them
We've got some upcoming guest preachers, which is pastor Shelley on June 10th and then June 27th
So it'd be good to see him again on June 10th. That's a Thursday evening
The Oz are here with us this morning and this evening
so I'm really thankful that they were able to come down and spend the day with us and so if you have not met them or
You have not greeted them you want to do so right after the service
Let them know that you're thankful for them coming down
We're in 2nd, Thessalonians chapter number 3 of our Bible memory chapter verse number 3 and so
Just plugging away at this book. We're just about done. I do have for those
I know we had some people that were out
So for those who were not able to get their gifts for memorizing chapter number two
You can come forward and get those now. We've got gift cards for Red Lobster
One left for Longhorn and then Cheddar's and Cheesecake Factory. All right, and keep up the hard work and
memorizing the scriptures and speaking of memorizing scriptures
We are about to start the month of June which pastor Shelley has
Fittingly announced is anti pride month. And so I'm really excited to listen to some of those sermons
he's gonna be preaching on Romans chapter 1 and in every sermon in the month of June and so
Really excited for for listening to those and as a special prize if you memorize Romans chapter number one
Pastor Shelley's gonna be giving out a prize for that. So we're gonna do that in concurrency with
Second Thessalonians chapter number three, so we're not gonna stop second Thessalonians chapter three
We're gonna keep plugging away at that chapter
But if you can memorize chapter number one of Romans, then there'll be a special prize. I have ideas what it is
I don't know for sure
But if it's what I think it is, it's a pretty awesome prize. And so
So definitely do that. I'm gonna I'm definitely gonna put forth the effort
so you can just join with me come with me and see my zeal for the Lord and
let's memorize Romans chapter one, you know, we're talking about this before the service, but
You know most of us probably have portions of Romans chapter one already memorized and set to our heart. So it's not gonna be that hard
It's 32 verses long. So it's about a verse a day and it'll definitely be worth that
We've got the Ardmore soul winning marathon on June 12th and we've got a sign-up sheet at the back table
I believe most people have signed up for that if you haven't done so you want to make sure you do that so we
can get all the numbers for
the eating arrangements
settled and
We'll announce some more details along with that in the coming weeks and then also I put on here
Zach and Madison's wedding. It's a few weeks out, but we want to make sure everyone has this in their mind on July 31st
It's gonna be their wedding. And so that's an exciting
event that's gonna take place with our church and
So really excited for them. We'll get some more details listed for you locations times as well
and then on
October 6 through the 10th is gonna be the fire breathing Baptist fellowship in Fort Worth and
this will be the second annual conference that pastor Shelley has hosted and
How many people were able to go to the very first one? Yeah, so there was a few people
I missed out on going and so I'm planning on being there as well for for this year and
We will not have so on that Thursday that week of
October 6 to the 10th
We won't have service on that Thursday just to give everyone an opportunity to go down
To Fort Worth and attend the conference and so a lot of exciting things, you know
The years only you know, it's not even half over and so we've got a lot more work to do in
2021 and I'm looking forward to all the things that God has in store for us as a church and with that we'll go to our
next him him number
262 the light of the word is Jesus the light of the world is Jesus in number 262 in number
262 the light of the world is Jesus the whole world was lost in the darkness of sin
the light of the world is Jesus
lie sunshine at noonday his glory shone in the light of the world is Jesus
Come to the light is shining for thee
Sweetly the light has dawned upon me
once I was blind
But now I can see the light world is Jesus
Let's go ahead and hold it on those two spots on me and on see just a little bit not too long
Let's go. No darkness have we who in Jesus
Abide the light of the world is Jesus
We walk in the light when we follow our guide
The light of the world is Jesus
Come to the light is shining for thee
Sweetly the light has dawned upon me and I was blind
But now I can see is Jesus
dwellers in darkness with same blinded eyes
The light of the world is Jesus
Go watch at his bidding and light will arrive
Come to the light is shining for thee
Sweetly the light has dawned upon me once I was blind
But now I can see is Jesus
of the sunlight in heaven were told the light of
same of gold the light
Come to the shining for thee. I was blind. I can see it's singing
Let's go on to the Bible reading which is 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 as the men take up the offering
2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 Bible reads now we beseech you brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our
Gathering together unto him that you be not soon shaken in mind or be troubled either by spirit nor by word nor by
letter as from us as that
That day of Christ is at hand let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come a falling away
First and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdition who opposed it and exalted himself above all that is called
God or that is worshiped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God showing himself that he is God
Remember you not that when I was yet with you
I told you these things and now you know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time
for the mystery of iniquity doth already work only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way and
then shall that wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of
His coming even him whose coming is after the working of Satan and with with all power and
signs and lying wonders and with all the sieve ableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they received not the love of the
Truth that they might be saved and for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie
That they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness
But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you
Brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth
Whereunto he called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ
Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our Father which hath loved us and hath given us everlasting
consolation and good hope through grace
comfort your hearts
Establish you and every good word and word father. We thank you for this word. We thank you for this truth father
We pray that you just continue to bless this church father
I pray you feel brother Dylan with your spirit that he have a word for us and got our hearts be pricked and we draw
Closer to you. We pray in Jesus name. Amen again
I want to thank pastor Shelley's always for giving me the opportunity to preach and thank you brother Tanner for hosting us last night
It was really fun. I think we could have stayed there till 2 a.m. If the kids weren't you know, getting a little restless
So that was really fun. And so it's great to be back as always
Thank you guys for coming this morning and we're in second Thessalonians 2 should be a very familiar chapter for you guys
You guys just memorized this chapter. So that's very fitting and the title of sermon is let no man deceive you
Let no man deceive you an alternate title for the sermon could be lies. The pre-trib preacher told you lies
The pre-trib preacher told you here in second Thessalonians 2 start reading in verse number one
It says now we beseech you brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him
That ye be not soon shaken in mind or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word
Nor by letter as from us as that the day of Christ is at hand
Let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come
Except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdition
So Paul here he's writing to the people in Thessalonica
And he's giving them a strong warning not to be deceived about this subject very strong warning
And the reason why is because there's a lot of deception about this subject
There's a lot of people that teach lies about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ about the day of the Lord
And so we need to make sure that we're not being deceived by all the lies that are out there
And the reason I actually am preaching this sermon is you know
When you when you go to a great church like this and we're all unified on the teachings of the rapture and the fast fact that it's
Post-trib sometimes I forget how silly the pre-trib actually is because we don't talk about it that often
You know what I mean and recently my mother had made some post-trib post on Facebook
And she asked me to go help her and like comment and like kind of show people Bible verses about it
And you know when mom asked you to do something you do it right and so I'm like okay mom
But I got to see again how deceived people are and how pre trippers just deny clear scripture
And how they just cannot understand the clear teachings of the Bible and the reason why is because these pre-trib
Preachers have been telling lies to them and so they're being deceived about this doctrine
So I just want to talk about two lies today that pre trip each preachers
Repeat over and over and over and the first lie is that Jesus can come back at any moment
That is a lie that preachers tell you that Jesus Christ can come back at any moment
It is a lie and we're gonna prove that from scripture look at second
Thessalonians 2 again and look at verse number 3 says let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come
Except there come a falling away first and the man of sin be revealed the son of perdition
So it says that day what's it talking about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and are gathering together unto him
That is talking about the rapture and the Bible says that day will not come except two things happen first
The first thing that must happen before that day Jesus cannot come in any moment
The first thing that must happen is a great falling away a great falling away now
I want to read for you an article by this guy named Thomas ice
Now Thomas ice has a very lofty title. He is the president of the pre-trib research center at Liberty University
I didn't know you need a research center for the pre-trib
You have to do a lot of research to try to find anything in the Bible about it because it's not there
So they got a pre-trib research center. Here's what he teaches about 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2
This is the title of his article from Liberty University
Dr. Thomas ice the rapture in 2nd Thessalonians 2 3 I'm just gonna read a couple portions of this
You could come and read it after the service. You want to read the whole thing?
But this is what he says
He says I believe that there is a strong possibility that 2nd Thessalonians 2 verse 3 is
Speaking of the rapture so when he says that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and the man of sin be
Revealed he's saying I think that that's talking about the rapture you say why would you think that some preview pre-tribulation is like myself?
think that the Greek noun
Apostasia usually translated as apostasy is a reference to the rapture and should be translated as departure
So come come to dr. Wright or dr. Ice
He's gonna tell you what the Bible really says and he admits he says this Greek word apostasia
It normally is translated as apostasy. He even admits that he's like, this is what it normally means
But I think it should mean departure now. Keep in mind. I guarantee you this guy can't order Greek food at a restaurant
There's no way he could speak Greek like pastor Anderson can speak Greek, right?
But he wants he wants to correct the King James Bible and tell you what the Bible should be really saying here
Apostasia is not a falling away. It's not
Apostasy to him. He says that it's departure thus
This passage would be saying that the day of the Lord will not come until the rapture comes before it
That it makes no sense whatsoever
If apostasia is a reference to the physical departure then second Thessalonians 2 is a strong evidence for tribulation ism
Here's one problem with that. You would never get that from the Bible
You only get that from man correcting the Bible from man's commentary telling you. Hey, if you actually go back to the Greek
Apostasy, it doesn't mean apostasy. It means departure and departure must mean rapture
It's like people that see repent in the Bible and say well that means repent of sins
It's like even if it did mean departure, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's departure in heaven could be a departure from truth
Which is what?
Apostasy it's like you're not proving your point at all here. This is the Greek noun
Apostasia is only used twice in the New Testament
It also occurs in Acts chapter 21 go to Acts chapter 21 Acts chapter number 21 and this is so funny
So let's see how how else the Bible translates
Apostasia in the King James Bible Acts 21 look at verse number 20 and when they heard it
They glorified the Lord and said unto him thou seest brother
how many thousands of Jews there are which believe and they are all zealous of the law and they are informed of thee that thou
Teach us all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake. That's apostasia
He's saying forsake Moses saying that they ought not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs
So what are the what are the Jews accusing Paul of doing teaching doctrine that's forsaking Moses?
Apostasia Moses, right and I don't think we need to go back to the Greek
But I'm just going where he said it's translated also in the New Testament and how is it translated here about apostasy?
He's being he's being accused of being a heretic. He's being accused of departing from the doctrines and teachings of Moses
He's not being accused of rapturing from Moses if that's what that word means, you know departure
No, he's he's forsaken. He's being accused of forsaking the doctrine of Moses
I'll read for you acts 24 14
But this I confess unto thee that after the way which they call heresy
So worship by the God of my fathers believing all things that are written in the law and in the prophets
See what they were calling what Paul was teaching. They were calling it heresy
They were saying that he was apostatizing
But of course he was just preaching what the Bible says and what the Bible has always said and so that's a really that's a big
Fail to try to say hey, I know that it's normally apostasy and I know the other time that it's used in the New Testament
It's used in reference of apostasy, but I just think that in 2nd Thessalonians 2 just magically means rapture somehow. What a joke
This is the president of the pre-trib research center. You need a better president. That's what he says
He says what precisely does Paul mean when he says that the falling away must come before the tribulation?
Notice how he just inserts the tribulation there the Bible didn't use that word whatsoever
He's just adding stuff to the Bible the definite article V
denotes that it will be a definite event an event distinct from the appearance of the man of sin the Greek word for falling away taken
By itself does not mean religious apostasy or defection neither does the word mean to fall as
Greeks have another word for that the best translation of the word is to depart
The Apostle Paul refers here to a definite event which he calls the departure and which will occur just before the start of the tribulation
So thankfully thankfully for Thomas ice the 54 genius scholars that were translating the King James Bible
You know, they got it wrong, but Thomas ice got it right. It means departure. It means the rapture
It doesn't mean apostasy, you know
You might as well just get rid of your King James Bible and go to Liberty University
And they can just tell you what the Bible means since you can't just take it at face value. That's what they're teaching
They're destroying people's faith in the Word of God
Think about this if if you're if you look at this chapter and you say okay that day shall not come except
They're come a falling away first that day is referring to the day of Christ are gathering together into them
So in order to believe this ridiculous logic, you'd have to say that day shall not come except
They're come the coming of the Lord first. That's like saying hey brother Tanner, you know last night
I went over to his house like hey brother Tanner. I'm gonna come over to your house tonight, but first I'm coming over to your house
It's like what that day shall not come except the Rapture comes first. What are you talking about?
This is about the Rapture second Thessalonians 2 verse 1 the context is our gathering together unto him
So Thomas ice wants us to believe that before the Rapture happens
The Rapture has to happen if he was actually gonna be true to what the text says
But they want to twist what this text says and try to make it about Armageddon, which we'll get to later
But look, they just try to snow you with Greek
they just try to confuse you with with Greek words that you don't understand and
What they do is they they wiggle out with what the Bible actually says because the pre-trib Rapture has this many verses in the Bible
And so every verse that's very clear that teaches things that support the post tribulation Rapture
They have to twist and lie to you and that's what they are
They are liars these preachers like this guy Thomas ice
He goes on and talks about the translation history and talks about how other English Bibles had
Translated this word as departure, but it's not that the word departure is wrong
It's just that you have to think about the context. It's a departure from truth. That's what apostasy is
So if you use a different word for it, whatever the King James Bible got it, right?
It's a great falling away of truth is what it is. This is his conclusion
He says the fact that apostasia most likely has the meaning of physical departure is clear is a clear support for pre tribulation
So he calls this a fact even though he admits that it's translated as apostasy and even though the example
He shows it's being used as a possibly in the Bible. He's like, it's a fact even though he just proved himself wrong
He says if this is true, dr
Tim LaHaye and I believe that it is then it means that a clear prophetic sequence is laid out by Paul early in his apostolic
Ministry Paul teaches in 2nd Thessalonians 2 that the rapture will occur first before the day of the Lord commences
Unbelievable when you understand that the day of the Lord is the rapture so the rapture happens before the rapture
It is not until after the beginning of the day of the Lord that the Antichrist is released
Resulting in the events described by him in chapter 2 of 2nd Thessalonians
This is the only interpretation that provides hope for a discomforted people
He's like he's like here's why you should believe this because this is the only thing that gives us hope
It's like no, it's not like you should believe this because it's the truth believe it because it's what the Bible clearly says
It's like hey, this is the only explanation that gives me hope that I won't have to go through anything hard
This is the only explanation that gives me hope that wouldn't we're never gonna be persecuted
We're never gonna go through any type of tribulation or persecution or struggle
This is the only thing that gives me hope the noun apostasia. That's what gives me hope. What a joke
What a joke their president is of the pre-trib research center. That's such garbage
It's a terrible article, but you know it shows it shows where they're at where these pre trippers are at
This is the type of people that they resort to to defend their view people that attack the King James Bible. It's very sad
so let's go to let's go to
Revelation chapter number one Revelation chapter number one before we get there. I'll read another quote that he gave he said this is Thomas
Ice he said some believers hate the rapture doctrine, but I'm going to go up and say Nana Nana Nana
Okay, if that's your confidence, I mean we have the scripture
We have the Bible we could show you tons of verses where the Bible is teaching what we believe and you just want to
Say Nana Nana Nana. Okay, buddy
Well, I don't even believe he's going up the rapture at all because he teaches a false salvation anyways
You go to his website rapture ready calm. He teaches a true repentance of sins and personal relationship
Gospel so he's not even going up at all post trip or pre trip. But yet this unsaved devil is
Deceiving tons of Christians and other other preachers who just they don't want to study the Bible for themselves
They just want to repeat the things that they've heard from the president of the pre trip research center
They want to repeat things that the ruckmanites say they get all their crazy doctor from the ruckmanites
And then they just preach that they just repeat it from their pulpits without actually reading the Bible extremely sad
But what is the falling away?
I'll read for you 2nd Thessalonians 2 if you kept your finger there go ahead and put a bookmark there
We'll be coming back to that passage in the sermon
But 2nd Thessalonians 2 verse 9 the Bible says this is what the great falling away is
even him who's coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all
Deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved
See how this is in context of the truth verse 11 and for this cause God shall send them strong
Delusion that they should believe a lie that they all might be damned to believe not the truth
But had pleasure in unrighteousness. No Thomas ice what the falling away is what the great falling away is is a great departure
All right of truth people are gonna be deceived
God is gonna send a strong delusion and everyone that loves unrighteousness is gonna be deceived
Why so that they'd be damned and we're gonna get later in Matthew Jesus backs up this same claim
But that's what the great falling away is. It's not the rapture
It makes sense to say that before the rapture happens, you know
It has to happen first a great falling away of truth and the man of sin revealed not before the rapture happens
The rapture has to happen. That doesn't make any sense whatsoever
That's a joke. So number two the second thing that has to happen before the rapture is the man of sin revealing being revealed
I'll read verse 3 again where it says let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come
Except there come a falling away first. We already talked about that. That's apostasy. That's departure of truth on a great scale and
That man of sin be revealed the son of perdition and of course the man of sin the son of perdition
Who are we talking about that is the Antichrist the Antichrist revealing himself?
How does he reveal himself he stands in the temple and declares himself God?
Okay, the Bible says that that has to happen before the day of Christ now think about this
Let's say that the rapture happened before the revealing of the Antichrist the Antichrist has not made himself revealed yet
There is no mark yet. The Bible says that every eye shall see him
I told you to go to Revelation chapter 1 look at verse number 7
it says behold he cometh with clouds and
Every eye shall see him and they also which pierced him and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him even so
Amen, so imagine this pre-trib doctrine, which it's even popular popularized in movies
Like Left Behind where they show people's clothes just dropping to the floor and there's no body
Airplanes are crashing buses are crashing police cars are crashing all this stuff all this just chaos and massive
Just insanity is going on the ruckmanites teach that during the pre-trib
There's gonna be all your blood is gonna fall to the ground, right?
So if you take their view, it's gonna be even more scary
I mean, there's just gonna be piles of blood everywhere and all these pre-trib churches. Okay Bible says every eye shall see him
Let's say that the rapture happens before the tribulation every single person in the world
Just saw God come from heaven and rapture all of the saved people
That's what everyone on earth just witnessed and then this guy who claims to be God is gonna stand up in the temple and say
I'm God who's gonna believe him who would believe the Antichrist?
Everyone just saw God. He just came and raptured everyone. It's not a secret rapture
The Bible says every eye shall see him. What a joke do these people actually think about what they believe
Oh, the Antichrist is gonna be revealed after okay, so who in the world is the Antichrist gonna be deceiving?
The reason that the Antichrist is gonna be deceiving is because people are looking for a Messiah
That's why because the Jews rejected their Messiah and when the Antichrist comes
That's the Messiah that they're gonna accept and that's the Messiah that the Muslims are gonna accept and that's the Messiah that the Mormons are
Gonna accept and that's the Messiah that the majority of the unsaved world will accept as God
But guess what they would not accept him as God if they just saw Jesus Christ
Come in the clouds and gather every saved person in heaven. They would not no one would be deceived by that
It's so stupid to say that the man of sin is revealed after the rapture
It's a joke and the thing is
Second Thessalonians 2 is not the only place in the Bible that tells us that other events has to happen before the the rapture
So even if they want to wiggle out of second Thessalonians 2
Let's go to another place in the Bible that they really don't like to go to which is Matthew chapter number 24
Let's go to Matthew chapter 24 remember. What are we talking about?
What what what's the lie that they tell Jesus can come at any moment is the lie that they tell what does the Bible say?
The falling away has to happen first and the man of sin has to be revealed first
Matthew 24 look at verse number 3 Jesus said and as he sat upon
I'm sorry as he sat upon the Mount of Olives the disciples came unto him privately saying
Tell us when shall these things be and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world
They're saying Jesus, please tell us what are the signs when you come back and Jesus answered and said unto them
There are no signs I could come back at any moment. Is that what your Bible says?
Maybe that's what the Greek means according to Thomas ice
No
The Bible says in verse 4 and Jesus answered and said unto them take heed that no man
Deceive you doesn't that sound very similar to second Thessalonians - sounds like Jesus
The same author as second Thessalonians - is on the same page with himself
Okay, not the stupid going back to the Greek garbage look at verse number five for many shall come in my name saying
I am Christ and shall deceive many well that makes sense why they would be deceiving many if they come before
Christ comes back if they're saying I am Christ right verse 6 and you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars
See that you be not troubled for all these things must come to pass
But the end is not yet. He didn't say I can come back at any moment
He said all of these things must come to pass and no pre-tribber can wiggle out of what the Bible says very clearly
Right before your faces verse 7 for nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be
famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places all these are the beginning of sorrows verse 9 then
Shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name sakes
Hey, why don't we just let the Bible speak for itself this morning put away your Charles Larkin charts put away dr
Thomas ice put away Peter Ruckman put away Sam Gipp put away all these pre trim liars and let Jesus tell you
What the end time events are?
Hey, what are the signs of your coming all these things must come to pass then they'll deliver you up verse 8 or verse 10
and then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another and
many false prophets shall arise and shall deceive many verse 12 and
Because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold
Huh, it kind of sounds like reprobates to me. It kind of sounds like a great falling away of truth
It kind of sounds like God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie is what that sounds like because iniquity shall abound
The love of many are waxing cold when I think of people's love waxing cold. I think of the reprobate mind
I think about the reprobate heart and so during that great falling away
I believe that there's gonna be an explosion of reprobates on a massive scale
Why because people are being deceived because people are not loving the truth because people are believing lies and as a result of that
Their love is going to wax cold
You see this matches up perfectly with second Thessalonians - if you just take the Bible at what it actually says
But when you take their weird pre-trib
Position in mind these verses don't make sense
They don't make any sense verse 13
But he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved speaking of a physical salvation
For those that make it through the tribulation verse 14 and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness
Unto all nations and then shall the end come see at this point
After you've been hated after you've been delivered up to be killed and all these things
Jesus said that the gospel is going out throughout the whole world. How is that happening if Christians are here?
How is that happening? Are we gonna just take you know, the manly Perry doctrine that the unsaved
Judases are going around and getting the gospel to the whole world
I mean, I guess that's what you'd have to believe if you believe the preacher rapture that the unsaved are doing the job or you could
Say no, it's the hundred and forty four thousand that are doing the job. Well, that's not true because look at the next verse when ye
Therefore it's not talking about the hundred and forty four thousand. He's not talking about the unsaved
He's talking about Christians when ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation
Spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place who so readeth let him understand
This is that Antichrist being revealed. This is that man of sin being revealed the abomination of
Desolation verse 16. It's in chronological order then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes and woe to them that are with child and to them
That give suck in those days, but pray ye that your flight be not in the winter neither on the Sabbath day for then
Shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time
No, nor ever shall be so Jesus is saying after that antichrist is revealed after the abomination of desolation
Takes place. That's when great tribulation is gonna be happening that it's already been bad
You already had the beginning of sorrows
You already had people being delivered up and killed and persecuted
But Jesus is saying that when the antichrist is revealed the persecution is gonna be worse than it has ever been
Since the history of the world or ever will be and man that's crazy to think when you read, you know
like Hebrews 11 it talks about some of the saints being sawn asunder and going through horrible torture and
Just like you read about all the men of God that were persecuted or you have the foxes book of martyrs
It talks about people that were killed for their faith, you know and died very brutal deaths
And Jesus said that after the Antichrist was revealed there's gonna be tribulation worse than it's ever been. It's very sobering thoughts
Maybe this is why dr. Thomas ice is only comforted by his Greek translation because he's a little scared of what Jesus
He's scared of the truth, you know verse 22 and except those days should be shortened. There should no flesh be saved
He's saying look it's gonna be so bad that if God did not supernaturally cause these days to be shortened
Every single person would be killed ever all flesh would be destroyed
But for the elect sake those days shall be shortened
Then if any man shall say unto you lo here is Christ or there believe it not for there shall arise
false Christ and false prophets and they shall show great signs and wonders just like what second Thessalonians 2 said
In so much that if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect see the reason it's deceptive is because all this stuff is
Happening before Jesus Christ has showed up. That's why it's deceptive and he's saying it's so deceptive that if it were actually possible
Even the saved would be deceived by that even the saved would be deceived by the power and signs and lying
Wonders that these antichrist and the antichrist is going to have and you say
See if it were possible they shall deceive the very like you say. Oh, that's talking about the Jews. Hey, they're already deceived
What do you mean? What do you mean? If it were possible they'd be deceived. They were deceived 2,000 years ago
They rejected the Messiah. They are deceived. Don't tell me Matthew 24 is talking about the Jews
Okay, the stupid ruckmanites love that interpretation. No, the Jews are already deceived today. They already rejected Christ verse 29
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 and
Then shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven here
He is now everyone sees him and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn
Why is everyone mourning because everyone sees him when he comes?
That's why because everyone sees him and they shall see the son of man
Coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds
From one end of heaven to the other you see the Bible just makes too much sense when you actually believe what's written in front
Of your face when you don't take these weird interpretations and man's charts and man's commentaries and man's Greek
Translations when you just believe what Jesus Christ said you cannot come into any other conclusion
Than that Jesus cannot come back at any moment. There is a lot of stuff that has to happen before Jesus Christ comes back
I'm not gonna sit up here like the preachers and tell you Jesus can come back before the end of my sermon
No way, that's absolutely impossible. It's a complete lie. Go to Revelation 6
Not only does Matthew 24 match up perfectly with what 2nd Thessalonians 2 is teaching
There's other places in the Bible that teach the same thing
Let's go to Revelation chapter 6 and we'll see if
Revelation says that there's some events that have to happen before Jesus comes back Revelation 6
Let's look at verse 1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals and I heard as it were the noise of thunder
one of the four beasts saying come and see and I saw and behold a white horse and he that sat on him had a
Bow and a crown was given unto him and he went forth conquering and to conquer
So this is the first seal during the tribulation
The first seal is the Antichrist's world conquest coming to conquer the second seal is in verse 3
Where it says and when he had opened the second seal
I heard the second beast say come and see and there went out another horse that was red and
power was given to him that sat there on to take peace from the earth and that they should kill one another and there was
Given unto him a great sword. So what's the second seal world warfare? Does this sound very familiar with Matthew 24?
Everything's matching up so far
It's gonna continue to go that way verse 5 the third seal and when he had opened the third seal
I heard the third beast say come and see and I beheld in low a black horse
And he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts saying a measure of wheat for a penny and three measures of barley for
A penny and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine
So the third seal is famine because of the inflation of prices people are going to be starving people are gonna be in famine
What's the fourth seal verse 7 and when he had opened the fourth seal?
I heard the voice of the fourth beast say come and see and I looked and behold a pale horse and his name that
sat on him was death and hell followed with him and power was given unto him over the fourth part of the earth to
Kill with the sword and with hunger with death and with the beasts of the earth
So what's the fourth seal death death on a massive scale and we're gonna see later that the rapture has not yet happened in
Revelation what's the fifth seal?
Let's look at verse number 9 when he had opened the fifth seal
I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony
Which they held are they gonna say that's the Jews too
You know the people that are slain for having the testimony of the word of God
That's not the Jews and they cried the loud voice saying how long Oh Lord
Holy and true. Does that not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
So the fifth seal we see is what martyrdom people being killed for the cause of Christ people being killed for having the
Testimony of the word of God. What's the sixth seal verse 12 and I beheld when they had opened the sixth seal and lo
There was a great earthquake and the Sun became black as the sackcloth of hair and the moon became his blood and the stars
Of heaven fell into the earth even as a fig tree cast at her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind
So what is this the Sun and moon being darkened?
Does that remind you of anything in Matthew 24 where the Sun and moon is darkened and then the rapture happens?
So all the events that Jesus warned us about in Matthew 24 all the things that he told us must come to pass
Revelation is also lining out for us in perfectly chronological order and
What's at the end of it the Sun and moon being darkened? What happens next? Look at Revelation 7 verse 9 after this
So it is in chronological order after this I'd be held in lo a great multitude
Which no man could number of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues stood before the throne and before the lamb
Clothed with white robes and palms in their hand and cried with the loud voice saying
Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne and unto the lamb and all the angels stood round about the throne and about the
elders and the four beasts and fell before the throne and
Worshipped God and just for sake of time. Let's just go to verse number 13 and one of the elders answered saying unto me
What are these which are arrayed in white robes and whence came they and I said unto them sir
Thou knowest and he said unto me these are they which came out of great tribulation
So it doesn't the book of Revelation just make perfect sense all all the seals are revealed
Tribulation happens then the sun and moon is darkened then there appears a great multitude in heaven which no man can number and
One of the elders asked saying whence came these and he tells them they came out of great tribulation
So it just matches perfectly with it what exactly what Jesus Christ told us and so when you take all of this together
We can come to no other conclusion that there's a lot that has to happen before Jesus can come back
There's no way you can come back in any moment is a very silly lie that is based on just not knowing scripture
That's all it is because there's no way that an honest person can see all this and not change their mind about it
And what's funny is most people in the pews of America when they hear the truth about this doctrine. They will change they will believe it
It's the preachers that won't because they're lying
But people that actually want to know the truth
God's people that actually search for the truth of God and want to know what the Bible actually says when we read all these verses
Together, we know what the truth is. Jesus cannot come back at any moment. He that we have to go through the tribulation first
Let's go to Revelation 7 and let's look at verse 15 because I remember how he said that
Basically the pre-trib rapture the idea of Jesus coming back at any moment. This is the only comfort that we have
He said this is the only thing that can comfort a discomforted people
Well, that's not what the Bible says look at verse 15 of Revelation 7
Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple?
And he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them they shall hunger no more neither thirst anymore
Neither shall the Sun light on them. I need that I get sunburn really bad nor any heat for the lamb
Which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters and God shall wipe away
All tears from their eyes. Hey, don't tell me that's the only comfort you have
You know what my comfort is is that we'll be in heaven and God will wipe away the tears from our eyes
God will feed us God will lead us. Hey, that's more comforting than that
We're just gonna escape doing anything hard for Christ
Hey, if we go through something hard for Christ, we should be counted
You know, we should count as joy that we were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name
Hey, I'm not I'm not worried about being comforted on this earth
I want to be comforted in heaven when God feeds me when God wipes away the tears from my eyes when God makes it to
Where I don't get sunburned anymore. Hey, I'm looking for that comfort
You can have your little weak false doctrine, but you know what if you are saved you're gonna be in for a rude awakening someday
You know at what point are the pre trippers that are saved gonna realize that they're wrong
Is it gonna be when there's a man that stands up and calls himself God? Yeah, it's gotta be by then
And they don't figure it out before that with all the horrible stuff going on
they'll definitely figure it out when a man stands up and declares himself God and the whole world worships him and the whole world takes an
Image or a mark in their right hand or in their forehead that he makes so that you could otherwise you can't buy or sell
They'll figure it out then they'll figure it out
And you know what? I hope that they get serious for God at that time
But you know what we shouldn't wait till that point to believe the Bible God gave us these things
Why as a warning let no man deceive you he doesn't want us to be deceived right now
He doesn't want us to be deceived during the tribulation either and so these pre-tribbers are deceived
But you know, hopefully they wake up someday very soon. Here's the second lie that they teach
They teach that the rapture is not the coming of the Lord. The rapture is not coming Lord
They'll say don't confuse the second Advent with the second coming
Don't confuse the rapture with the second coming of Christ. And basically what they have to do is because there's so many clear verses
I mean we just went through so much Bible
There's so many clear verses that support our belief of the post tribulation or rapture that every single time they come across
Scripture that teaches our view they just have to make the day of the Lord a different event
Because that can't be about the rapture because this is teaching a post trip rapture
So this must not be the rapture is basically how they define things and basically
They believe that the events leading up to the battle of Armageddon in
Revelation 19 is the second coming of Christ and so a lot of times if you have a
Bible that has headers over your chapters
I used to have a Bible like this if you have that Bible check right now and go to Revelation 19 if you have if you do
Have headers over your Bible a lot of time
You'll go to Revelation 19 and the header will say the second coming of Christ and Revelation 19 is talking about the battle of Armageddon
But because of the pre-trip influence of this doctrine even in Bible publishers, they'll get that put on there in Revelation 19
It'll say the the second coming of Christ. Does anyone have that written in their Bible? I didn't you guys probably have good Bibles
Okay, that's good. Good. You guys just have the black and red letters. That's what I'm talking about
It's not you know, I don't recommend those Bibles that tell you what the chapter is about
Why don't you just read the chapter and you can learn what it's about?
But I did used to have one of those Bibles and that's what it says
But so I want to read another article this is from the same guy the president of the pre-trip research center
He says Matthew 24. Is it the rapture or second coming?
And so what he really means is is it the rapture or is it the battle of Armageddon because that's what they mean
Now I'm not gonna read this whole thing for sake of time. You're more than welcome to read this article after the service if you'd like to
I'll just read for you the conclusion. So we already read Matthew 24. This is what he says
It is quite clear that since the church is not mentioned in Matthew 24 what gathering the elect? Okay
He said then verse 31 cannot be a reference to the rapture of the church
Instead as one studies the context and Old Testament references that our Lord alert alludes to it becomes quite clear
That he speaks of an end time regathering of elect
Israel in order to return them to the land for the Millennium at Christ's first coming
He wept over Jerusalem and expressed his desire to gather him Israel to himself
the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings and you were unwilling at his second coming elect
Israel will look upon him whom they have pierced and say blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord
So when he reads Revelation 1 and it says every eye shall see him and they also which pierced him
He's saying that that's referring to elect Israel and that when they're when they see him
They're gonna be weeping in repentance and that Christ is gonna gather them together
Here's what's funny. They're weeping because they left they got missed out on the rapture
That's why they're weeping because the wrath of God is coming. That's why they're weeping
They're not weeping because they're like, oh Jesus is the Messiah. We believe in him
We love Jesus, right and and I've heard so many pre-trib preachers because I used to go to a very very heavy pre-trib church
a church that had a Rukmanite Bible college a church where
Sam get preaches all the time and I would constantly hear this that they would say the second coming is the events of
Revelation 19 Revelation 19. So let's go to Revelation 19 and actually see what this event is
Just so we can understand and we'll compare it to some rapture passages and see if this makes sense
Revelation 19 verse 11. All right
Let's see what some characteristics of this event and I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse
And he that sat upon him was called faithful and true and in righteousness
He doth judge and make war his eyes were as a flame of fire and on his head were many crowns
And he had a name written that no man knew but he himself he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood and his name
Is called the word of God now during the rapture is Jesus Christ coming down to make war no
He's coming down to gather together the elect to get the saved into heaven. That's what the rapture is battle of Armageddon is different
He's coming down for a whole different ballgame. He means business here
He's coming down to fight and to make war verse 14 or actually before we do that
I'll read for you Acts chapter 1 verse 6 where it says when they therefore were
come together they asked of him saying Lord will thou at this time restore
again the kingdom to Israel and he said unto them it is not for you to know the
times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power but ye shall
receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you and ye shall be
witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and that's
the uttermost part of the earth and when he had spoken these things while they
beheld he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight and while
they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up behold two men stood by them
in white apparel which also said ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing up into
heaven this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in
like manner as he have seen him go so Jesus Christ he gets taken up in a cloud
into heaven and he says hey when Jesus comes when he comes back which is his
second coming he came first you know on this earth as a human being his second
coming is the rapture he says when that happens he's gonna come back in the same
manner that he left in a cloud now in Revelation 19 is Jesus coming down in a
cloud first of all he's coming down on a white horse to make war that's not the
same thing as coming down in a cloud you know Matthew 24 talks about the clouds
Acts chapter 1 talks about the clouds Revelation 1 7 talks about he cometh
with clouds that's the rapture Revelation 19 is not the rapture
Revelation 19 is the battle of Armageddon let's see some more things about
this event in Revelation 19 look at verse 14 and the armies which were in
heaven followed him upon white horses clothed in fine linen white and clean
and out of his mouth go with a sharp sword that with it he should smite the
nations and he shall rule them with a rod of iron and he tread at the wine
press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God and he hath on his vesture
and on his thigh a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords so in this event
the armies of heaven are following him down during the rapture we're going up
to him it's completely different you cannot confuse these two events they're
opposite of each other we're going up in the rapture in Revelation 19 the armies
of heaven are coming down and basically Jesus Christ is coming to make war and
establish his thousand-year reign on this earth to establish the Millennium
let's go to 1st Thessalonians 4 so now we saw we saw what Armageddon is we know
the characteristics of Armageddon now let's just make sure we refresh
ourselves with some of the characteristics of the rapture because
one rapture passage that every single person agrees is talking about the
rapture is 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 pre-tribbers believe this post-tribbers
believe this we all believe that 1st Thessalonians 4 is talking about the
rapture now let's look at some attributes about this event verse 13 but I would
not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them which are asleep that
you sorrow not even as others which have no hope for if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with
him see Jesus is gonna be bringing people with him during the rapture but
it's the souls of those that are already in heaven to meet their bodies in the
air to get their glorified bodies verse 15 for this we say unto you by the word
of the Lord that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
not prevent them which are asleep for the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God
just like Matthew 24 described it and the dead in Christ shall rise first then
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together just like second
Thessalonians 2 said gathered together with him in the clouds to meet the Lord
in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord wherefore comfort one another
with these words see the Rapture is a comforting thing but you got to get the
timing right the Rapture absolutely does happen after the tribulation but you see
even the Rapture passage that we all agree is talking about the Rapture it
has all the same characteristics that second Thessalonians 2 Revelation 7
Matthew 24 all teach and so what sense would it make to say first Thessalonians
2 is talking about the Rapture but Matthew 24 is talking about Armageddon
and second Thessalonians 2 is talking about Armageddon it's like why does it
have the exact same attributes then when I read Revelation 19 and read about
Armageddon and it's nothing like this it's the exact opposite of this event
and you're gonna tell me that Revelation or Matthew 24 is Armageddon they're
deceiving you why Paul said let no man deceive you because they are deceiving
people that believe this we're not gonna reread Matthew 24 let's go to a math or
Romans chapter 8 because you know another way they try to get out of this
is where it says that he'll gather together his elect from the four winds
they'll say that the elect is talking about the Jews and we already talked
about one proof of why that's very silly but here's another verse in Romans
chapter 8 verse 32 it says he that spared not his own son but deliver it
delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all
thing who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect it is God that
justify it so let's plug in the pre trip you know definition of the word elect
for a minute let's say this is talking about the Jews who shall lay anything to
the charge of the Jews who could say anything against the Jews huh I can they
deny Christ they rejected the Messiah they hate Christ they're unsaved what do
you mean who can lay anything to the charge of the Jews what kind of
ridiculous interpretation of scripture would that be no who can lay anything to
the charge of God's elect why it is God that justify it God has justified us
because we believe in him. So when they take Matthew 24 and they're gathering together the elect,
that's not all of Israel converting and getting saved before Armageddon. That's talking about
Christians. That's talking about the saved. Flip over a few pages to Romans 11 verse 6. It says,
"And if by grace, then it is no more of works, otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of
works, then it is no more grace, otherwise work is no more work." What then? "Israel hath not obtained
that which he seeketh for. But the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not
see, and ears that they should not hear unto this day." What kind of sense would it make to say
that Israel, that the Jews, are elect when God says, "Hey, Israel has not found it, has not obtained
it, but the election has." It's like the whole thing. It's like, hey, before the rapture happens,
the rapture has to happen. It's like, oh, the Jews, you know, they're not elect, but they're elect.
These people just twist scripture so much. The Bible's very clear. The election is not Israel.
It's spiritual Israel, though. It's those that are saved. I'll read for you another verse. Titus 1 1
says, "Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect."
Do Jews have faith? Do Jews have faith in Jesus Christ? Absolutely not. Paul's saying, "Paul,
a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect." And the
acknowledging of the truth, which is after godliness. The Jews have not done that. The
Jews have not acknowledged the truth. No, rather, they have slumbering eyes. They can't see they're
blinded, is rather what they are. So, you know, another person that says this is Brian Denlinger.
I don't know if you've heard of this guy on YouTube. He has a video called, "What is the day of Christ
in 2 Thessalonians 2?" So some people look at 2 Thessalonians 2, like Thomas Ice, and he'll say,
verse 3, he's talking about the rapture. The following way he's talking about the rapture.
Other preachers, like Brian Denlinger, will look at 2 Thessalonians 2 and say that the day of
Christ is the battle of Armageddon. Let's go back to 2 Thessalonians 2, verse number 1.
2 Thessalonians 2, verse number 1. Verse 1, it says, "Now we beseech you, brethren,
by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him." We already
looked at the attributes of both events. If this is Armageddon, why are we being gathered together
unto him? If this was talking about Armageddon, we'd be coming down with him, with armies in heaven.
So it makes no sense. Look at verse 2 and 3, "That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day," so now this guy's saying it's Armageddon,
"Armageddon shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and the man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition." Now think about this. Paul is exhorting them. Don't be deceived.
Don't be shaken. Don't be troubled, whether it was a writing from us, whether it's from anyone.
Don't let anyone tell you that the day of Christ is at hand, that it's right here, it's about to
happen. If we plug in Denlinger's view that this is Armageddon, how much sense would that make to
be like, "Hey, don't let anyone deceive you. Armageddon's not about to happen." It's like,
I don't think anyone was deceived about that. I don't think anyone is saying Armageddon can happen
at any moment, guys. I mean, Jesus can come and establish the money of rain at any moment. I mean,
there are a few really dumb people that believe that, but that's really silly to think that that's
what Paul is teaching. Be careful, guys. I mean, he's not about to establish the money of rain right
now. He's not coming at any moment to have the battle of Armageddon. It's very silly. I'll read
for you Revelation 19, 19. You can turn there if you want. We're almost done. Revelation 19, 19.
And as you're turning there, I'll read for you Second Thessalonians 2, 8. It says, "And then shall
that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming." So I do believe that there is one verse in Second
Thessalonians 2 that is alluding to the future events that lead up to Armageddon in Revelation 19.
When the Lord is going to destroy the Antichrist, right? But obviously in verses one through six,
that is not talking about Armageddon. And this is what this verse is talking about,
Revelation 19, 19. It says, "And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered
together to make war against him that sat on the horse and against his army. And the beast was
taken and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him." So that beast is the Antichrist.
"With which he had deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshiped his
image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone and the remnant were
slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse which sword proceeded out of his mouth and
all the flesh or all the fowls were filled with their flesh." So that one verse when it says that
wicked shall be revealed and the Lord will come and destroy him with the spirit of his mouth the
brightness of his coming. That I believe is a reference to Revelation 19 and to this event
where Jesus Christ destroys that man of sin where he destroys the son of perdition the beast by
casting him into hell. But the rest of that chapter all of that chapter is constantly talking about
our gathering together unto him and the events that have have to take place before the rapture.
So in conclusion here let's go to Acts chapter number 24. Acts chapter number 24 verse number
14. Acts 24 14 would be the last verse that we go to. Acts 24 14 says, "But this I confess unto thee
that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all
things which are written in the law and in the prophets." So Paul was called a heretic for
believing the Bible and today us as Baptists, us that are in the New Life Bee movement quote unquote,
those of us that believe in the post-tribulation rapture, you know what all of our brothers in
Christ call us? Heretics. Why? For believing the scriptures. For just believing the verses that we
went through today, just believing what Jesus actually said and what the Bible actually said.
Instead of wanting to believe Thomas Ice who wants to cast doubt on the King James Bible,
tell us that we need to go back to the Greek, instead of believing Charles Larkin and all of
his dispensational charts or Sam Gibb or all of these Rukmanites, rather we want to just believe
what the Bible actually says and we're called heretics for today. But all we're doing is
believing all things which are written in the law of prophets. All we're doing is believing what the
Bible actually says and if any single person actually has a sincere and genuine heart and
actually wants to know the truth about end times prophecy and the timing of the rapture then they're
going to come to the conclusion that it's a lie to say that Jesus can come back at any moment.
It's a total lie and it is a lie to say oh no there's a difference between the second coming
of Christ and the day of the Lord. Right? The rapture is the second coming of Christ.
Don't let some preacher ever tell you no the second coming is Armageddon. That would be the
third coming if you want to start counting okay. Don't let anyone deceive you. Let no man deceive
you today with these pre-tribulational lies. Let's have a word of prayer. Lord thank you for this day
and thank you for the scripture. Lord I just pray that something I said be edifying to this church
Lord and that you bless the remainder of our day together. I pray that you bless the soul winning
and fellowship and the evening service to come and in Jesus name we pray amen. 110 for the last hymn
this evening, this morning actually, 310, number 310.