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Signs of the Times, Part 4

12/18/2014

 
Our Final Thought…

What time is it?

  • Joel 2:28-32

      I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

      29 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.  30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke.

      31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.  32 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved

Peter stood up and preached this scripture on the day of Pentecost.
  • Acts 2:1-4

      1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

      2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

      3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

  • Acts 2:15-21

      15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

    17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

      18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

      19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

      20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

      21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

What time is it?

Peter said it was the time of the fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy.

  • Luke 4: 16-21
  •  16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read.

      17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

      18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,

       19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

      20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him,

      21 and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

What time is it?

It is the age of the favor of God upon man, Jesus said…

“Today This Scripture Is Fulfilled In Your Hearing.”

WHAT TIME IS IT?

It Is The Time Of The Fulfillment Of Prophecy. Jesus Announced It, Peter Declared It, We Live And Demonstrate It.

Be Blessed!

Pastor Dave

The Sign of the Times: Part 3

12/17/2014

 
From the book: "The Life and Teachings of Jesus, volume 1" by Gordon Lindsay.

Brother Gordon writes..

   God became man that he might save man. Nothing is more obvious than the fact that humanity, to survive must have a savior. 

  The wise men of this world, the philosophers and intellectuals, are preoccupied in devising ways and means for man to save himself.

  The utter failure of mans best efforts to become his own savior is reflected by today’s appalling breakdown and the disintegration of the very foundation of society.

   Today, we see law and order and even the basic principles of common decency rapidly giving way to lawlessness, anarchy, crime, immorality, perversion and wickedness of so revolting of nature as to shock the sensibilities of all but the most depraved.

  The corruption of society proceeds at an ever accelerating pace, although never before in history have the masses enjoyed such affluence or such educational opportunities.

  Notwithstanding, the proliferation of psychiatrists, psychologists, and physicians of the mind, all appear helpless to stem the tide of social disintegration.

  The number of emotionally disturbed persons in proportion to the population continues to increase at an alarming rate.

  Man has indeed proven beyond all shadow of doubt that he cannot save himself. Vainly he tries to lift himself to heaven by his boot heels.

  The only answer to the world’s ills is Christ. In him alone is the secret of redemption: in him alone is the power to regenerate fallen human nature and to heal and restore the sin-sick soul.



To Be Continued.

Be Blessed!

Pastor Dave



The Signs of the Times: Part 2

12/16/2014

 
What Is The Issue At Hand?

Man in his unrighteous state is not acceptable to God.

Only when you are born again into his kingdom are you acceptable to him.

So what is going on around us?

Is this message of the Kingdom relevant today? 

Are the things we see in the world today able to change?

Is there a way to get answers from the Word and the Holy Spirit?

The majority of the world’s population is going after the things this world offers. It is a drive that is unholy and devilish. It drives them to suicide, to divorce, to commit crimes and to crush everyone around them to satisfy their lustful cravings that are completely out of control.

It Is Maddening!

It Is Hellish!

 It Is Rampant!

It Is Sin!

  • Matthew 16:1-4

      1The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.  2 He replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,

      3 and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

Greed driven societies are seeing something and it is making them nervous. The economy has been shaken up for several years.   Housing costs and the ability to pay debts has driven our nation to record foreclosures.   We are an energy consuming planet. So now we are  making fuel from the products that have been used to feed us.  Now there is an increase in beef and pork prices because the demand for corn is so high so it can be made into ethanol.  These costs are passed down to the consumer who are paying more to drive and more to eat and in our human brilliance the worlds system is failing.

Meanwhile…

 The government is trying to keep the country afloat to avoid mass chaos in our streets. As Of December 3, 2014 The National Debt Of Our Country Was….

$17,992,315,964,995.85

And Increases By:

$2.43 Billion Per Day

And all the while our nation and the nations of the world are spiraling out of control and the heart of man is crying out for something real and Jesus Christ is the answer and we have to give them the answer.

Families are in turmoil.

Marriages are under attack.

People escape reality by filling their minds with sinful pleasure and these pleasures result in mass addictions to pornography and uncontrolled fantasies.

Man thinks if he can escape reality for just a few moments he will feel better. But these things only compound the problem.

There is a price to pay to redeem man and Jesus paid that price.   The blood of Jesus shed on the cross paid our sin debt.

In This Crazy World There Is A  Message That Makes Sense! 

Jesus Christ, The Son Of God  Loves You And Has A Plan For Your Life!

To Be Continued.

Be Blessed!

Pastor Dave

The Signs of the Times: Part 1

12/10/2014

 
  • Matthew 4:23

      23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

When the Gospel is preached there will be either a reaction or a response.

A reaction could be like the one when Paul preached and a riot broke out:

  • Acts 17:2-9

       2 Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

      3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ."

       4 And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.

    5 But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

       6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.

       7 Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king — Jesus." 8 And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.

Even the unrighteous declared that the message of Jesus Christ as king of Gods kingdom had turned the world upside down.

That is exactly what this message will do.  But actually, it turns the world right side up.  Man cannot change his state with God on his own.

The message of the kingdom is a message of hope for the hopeless, deliverance for the bound, healing for the sick, joy for the brokenhearted.
  • Romans 14:17

      17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit

To be continued.

Be Blessed!

Pastor Dave

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    Pastor Dave White is Senior Pastor of WOLCC, founded in April of 1995. 

    "My passion is increasing.  It's overwhelming me.  I'm committed to the long haul.  We will see a mighty outpouring of the Spirit of God in this region."

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