Preparing for That Which is Sure to Come — Raymond Burkholder

So greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to each of you my dearly beloved brothers and sisters and it certainly is an honor and a privilege for Naomi and I to come into your midst once again.

Give me just a moment here while I Get the Electronics caught up with all that's happening. I think it's a When did we have when did y 'all have Bible school. Weird about a year ago January was it not?

Last year January. Yeah. Right actually, it's this year. Yes. Yes. Okay. Oh there we are. Okay, let me Start with. Thanks for the prayer Aaron, but I still sense a need to pray Father we come to you in Jesus name again.

Thank you Lord that you have promised us that low You will be with us always as we go and make disciples among all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father Son of the Holy Ghost and Teaching them to observe all things and lo you promised in Matthew 28 You will always be with us and so Lord.

I claim that promise I pray that you would stand with your servant in the pulpit of God Lord I pray you would open my mouth loose my tongue. Let me prophesy With anointing your scripture for your honor and your glory Lord.

I could confess that without you I can do nothing Absolutely nothing so help yourself to your servant and Opening my mouth to prophesy your word in Jesus name. We pray. Well, that doesn't look like Much of the Word of God up there.

The Coming Troubles as Precursors to End-Time Prophecy

Well, let me just share a little bit how this message has come as I have been traveling about amongst many churches many places. Many people have come to me and they said Brother Raymond, you're a man of the Word of God we know that and I give all the honor and glory for that to him and Tell me tell us how do these things that are beginning to happen?

Line up with scripture and the fulfillment. Is there a connection to end time prophecy? Etc, etc. Tell us we want to know and so with that burning on my heart we went to Greece August September and October and finally the Lord dumped a message on my heart and Brother Aaron asked me to come and share it here.

And so What you see up there are trust some of the troubling events current events of things that are going on today I'm here to suggest to you that These are precursors or Okay, I see a problem here.

Let me start. They are precursors to More troubling things To come you could say we are living in days of great Uncertainty we're they are precursors or conditioning events that are conditioning us for even Greater and more troubling events that are going to come our way.

You could say they're glimpses. You could see we're thinking of the season of Jesus coming. John the Baptist was a forerunner the events that are troubling that we're seeing our forerunner events That are going to follow.

You could say it's a wake-up call that there is more to come. Difficult things hard things moving towards fulfillment of end time. Prophecy brothers and sisters I share with you. I speak to you things are not falling apart in our world.

Things are coming together in fulfillment of end time prophecy and events. Amen. That's what we're beginning to see. I suggest that to you troubling events. There may have never been a time in history When end time events prophecy is more aligned with culture and circumstances Than what we are seeing Today in our world not only in America, but globally so Per adventure.

You are not sure what I'm talking about. I'm just gonna put this slide up first before I go any further. Isaiah the prophet spoke of a time such as this in Isaiah 59 verses 14 and 15. I'm going to read I have a lot of scripture this morning.

Don't feel compelled to look them all up and follow but if you wish to you may. I'm going to move along rather rapidly, but in Isaiah 59 verses 14 and 15 Isaiah said this and judgment is turned away backward and Justice is afar off.

The truth is fallen in the street and equity or truth cannot Enter the prophet. Isaiah says yea truth Faileth and he that departs from evil maketh himself Pray or an enemy you might say and the Lord saw it and it displeased him.

There was no. Because there was no judgment and truth was failing so Some of the things that just real quickly. We hear a lot about communism socialism coercive mandates forceful mandates. Shutting churches down.

Vaccines go on and on we could go. Globalism the globe the world is getting smaller and more Intertwined as one system the vaccine that's global. That's global coercive mandates. Yes. Pandemic viruses illnesses plagues pestilence just to name a few in Amik economic chaos.

People are looking to civil government for help and peace. We as God's people don't look there we look to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen, but the the world is looking to civil government to help.

Geo political climate change and global Refugee crisis, that's a global problem. It's not only a problem of Greece. It's a problem here all these problems are Pointing towards more troubling events. Cancel culture, you know what cancer culture really is.

It's silencing the voice of godly morality. That's what it is brothers and sisters. Wake up. It's and that's why we have lawlessness Abounding you've seen a picture up there rioting and looting lawlessness it's only the beginning a Falling away LGBT and Accelerated decay of godly character perhaps even some in the kingdom of God.

Spiritual famine religiosity and anabaptist to me I say Anabaptist nationalism if you don't know what that is, you talk to me afterwards, okay? The scripture is clear brothers and sisters the prophecies of tomorrow reveal much about the present day global troubling problems we need to infuse Jesus Christ and the salvation and hope that we have in him into the into the very onset of prophetic events beginning to unfold all Around us and that's where I want to go we need to infuse Jesus Christ and the salvation and hope we have in him at the very beginning of this sermon and At the onset of these events so enough of Cursing the darkness.

It's time to light a light a candle of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Yes, Luke 21 verse 28 listen to the words of Jesus and When these things begin to come to pass he's talking about end time events. We're in those phrases we're in that time frame brothers and sisters when we begin to see these things come to pass.

Look up lift your heads. It's time to get your eyes and my eyes off of all the prompt the troubling situations that are going around and all about us politically spiritually Pandemically. Whatever equally you want to put in there it's time to get our eyes off of that and lift our head and lift our eyes and look to Jesus for our Redemption draws nigh.

Amen. Amen. It's very near and in doing that I thought of the account in Mark chapter 4 verse 39. We know the story there the storms of life were blowing hard with the disciples in the boat with Jesus.

Jesus is very tired. He has just completed the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount Matthew 4 Matthew 5 6 and 7. He's physically tired. He's a man. He is sleeping on the bottom of the boat and This storm is raging all around the Them and the Disciples became Fearful, they were bailing water.

It tells us in Mark chapter 4. Let me drop in. I'm just gonna maybe read some of this to just to encourage us. Yes, Mark chapter 4. Let me drop in at verse 39. Well, I'm gonna back up a little bit in verse 37 and there arose a great storm of wind and the waves beat upon the so that it was now full and it was in the and he Jesus was in the hider behind her part of the ship asleep on a pillow and They awakened him.

They say on to him master carest thou not that we perish and he arose and he rebuked the wind and Said unto The sea peace. Be still and We know there was a great calm and he said unto him. Why are you so fearful?

How is it that you have no faith and they feared exceedingly and said one to another? What manner of man is that even the wind and the sea obey him brothers and sisters the disciples? You know we can become so Distracted with all these things that are going on around us in our sea of life troubling things.

We can not only become fearful. We can pump Distracted and keeping our eyes on the Lord Jesus Christ. You see those disciples they were watching that storm and it was getting bad. And their boat was filling up with water and they were bailing and Jesus is Peacefully resting and taking his rest.

He's sleeping. Finally they got their eyes off of the storm and I'm encouraging you to get your eyes off of the storm of life those things that are going on all around us and they got their eyes on Jesus and he rose in front of that boat and He brought a great peace be still and the Bible says there was the wind ceased the storm ceased and There was a great calm father.

We come to you in Jesus name. We take our eyes off of all these troubling events around us. Globally locally, there's many that are hurting. There's many that are troubled. There's many that are fearful cause of kovat because of the vaccine because of the economic situation.

Whatever Lord, but we are in Jesus name taking our eyes off of The storms of life there's those that are Hurting because of loss of loved ones due to the situation. We find ourselves Bring calm and peace and rest to them all of us Lord.

We want to focus on you and that you by your spirit and your power and your grace would bring a great calm and peace and rest. With our focus on you looking on to Jesus the author and the finish of our faith who for the joy that was set before Him despised the shame endured the cross and is now set down at the right hand of the Father.

We look to you Lord Jesus in Jesus name. We pray to bring comfort and a peace to all that are needy and hurting. Maybe those that don't know you Lord draw them unto yourself to bring this calm and this peace at these troubling times.

Lord we love you, and it's our heart to be faithful and true to you. We know we hear the words of the angelic choir to the To the shepherds there on that lowly hillside approximately two thousand years ago glory be to God.

For behold I Bring good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Lord we look to you to bring glad tidings of good things with great joy To us here this morning in Jesus name. We pray. Amen.

Preparation Begins With Confidence in God’s Presence

Amen so In encouraging you don't fear do not fear. Did you know that in the scripture there are? 366 times fear not. 366 one for every day of the year and an extra one for leap year. Hallelujah. That's a fact fear not fear not.

Yes, and we think of those words of Paul the Timothy for God has not given us the spirit of fear. But of power and of love and that's a very popular verse used these days and a sound mind. You know fear is the fragrance of Satan's kingdom.

The fragrance of God's kingdom and our King is good peace and goodwill and a calmness of heart entrusting him by faith. Hallelujah. Yes so The title of the message so what I wanted to say here do not fear the future brothers and sisters do not fear.

But rather be prepared and that is where I want to focus in lighting a candle being prepared being prepared. Preparing for that which is sure to come. That title is taken right out of 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 19 where Peter says for we also have a more sure word of prophecy where unto you do well that you take heed as Unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts.

Peter is speaking about Jesus Christ and the Word of God. Yes. Preparing that which is sure to be preparing for that which is sure to come. I have seven points. I'm going to go through them quickly. Every one of these could be an Individual message all seven of them could be so bear with me a little bit.

Hiding God’s Word in the Heart

I'm trying to summarize each point. Yes, preparing for that which is sure to come a sure word of prophecy. How to prepare preparation number one. Psalm 119 verse 11 very familial verse. Brothers and sisters as things regress and get worse and worse.

They're going to take our Bibles. They're going to perhaps shut down worship as they did before but I'm Encouraging you to hide the Word of God in your heart in preparation. For when you may not have a vital Bible yesterday I listened to David Troyer the general manager of Christian aid ministries give a testimony of the hostages that have just been freed.

They had no Bible. They had no Bible. He shared that these hostages. They had no Bible. They would they were here today. They what I'm telling you right now is hide the Word of God in your heart today.

Now because the day may come you will not have a Bible. They didn't have a Bible. So each one of the mature that had the Word of God hid in their heart. They claimed and shared the verses amongst each other to encourage each other to cling to the promises of God's Word.

Which are yea and amen in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah. Yes so Hide the Word of God in your heart today know your Bibles. Yes Yes, just prepare yourself. The day is going to come because truth is the issue.

They're going to want you to compromise or just shut up. Don't teach your children. We want to teach your children. Critical racism. I don't know all that junk. But anyhow, you know truth is already fallen in the street and We're a people of truth and that Jesus is the way Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life and no man Will know the father or come to the father, but by me.

Yes truth brothers and sisters. They've already taken the Ten Commandments out of public places. Amen. Is that true? Yeah recently there has the LGBT people had a Bible-burning ceremony in LA. What's the what's the problem it's cancel godly culture get rid of it.

But you know if you have the Word of God hid in your heart. That you do not sin against him. They can't take that. Amen. They can't take that. So preparation number one is hide the Word of God in your heart today now.

Yes. Read your Bible daily. I encourage you in that every day. Spend a good long season of reading the Word of God hide it in your heart. Study it puts Set seasons aside personally to study it the scriptures that mean the most to me is that God used to guide my life.

The real to you study the Bible. Memorize your Bible. That's what those hostages in Haiti were doing. They were sharing from the scriptures that they had hid in their hearts by a four-time memorized.

Treasure your Bible treasure it value it if you don't treasure it now the day may come tomorrow. You won't have it. Make it a treasure. Prioritized. Hiding the Word of God in your heart and then share your Bible truths.

That God enlightens to you and quickens to your own personal heart. Be a living word like Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was the word become flesh. Well now you become the word in the flesh. Live it. Follow it.

Obey it. Yes, and of course walk carefully and world. Sin I The Word of God in your heart that you do not sin against him. In John chapter 14 verse 26 Jesus says but the Comforter which is come Let me start over but the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name he shall teach you all things and Bring all things to your remembrance.

Whatsoever I have said unto you. How is the Holy Ghost going to bring it to your remembrance? Come on now anyone it's in your heart. Amen amen, I would. I Don't want to limit the Holy Ghost. I don't want to do that, but either you heard it or you hid it in your heart somewhere that he'll bring it to your remembrance.

Remembering Past Persecutions

Amen. Yes. Yes. Preparation number two. This is the command by the writer of Hebrews. Turn to Hebrews chapter 13 verse 3 in Hebrews chapter 13. The Hebrew writer is Doing some summary writing. He's summarizing a lot of things that he wrote about in the chapter a Four time he says in verse 1 and verse 3 is what I want Let brotherly love continue be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares remember them that are in bonds as bonds with them and Them which suffer adversity as being yourself also in the body remember past Persecutions.

You know as you remember them If you go way back to the Anabaptist whoever wherever I Hear many stories of many brothers Been in prison for their faith persecuted I Want to hear them because I can learn What may be ahead?

And for you and I perhaps you see as you remember them you know how to pray for them and in a sense what the Hebrew writer is saying put yourself in their shoes as being with them as You put in your mind you remember them and you as being with them.

It's preparation for how to remain faithful. When and if this same persecution comes upon us you and I yes, put yourself in their suffering shoes wear their shoes get very close to your brothers and sisters and catch their tears.

Living for Jesus Today and Trusting His Grace

Catch how they found victory and looking unto Jesus. Yes in So doing it prepares my heart For similar Experiences that are sure to come and the way things are going. Yes Preparation number three. So we had hide the Word of God in your heart preparation.

Number one preparation. Number two is study read prepare yourself by studying past persecution as the Hebrew writer commands number three is Live for the Lord Jesus today. Yes in the context of After Saul Paul got saved who was persecuting the church.

The Bible tells us after Saul got saved in Acts chapter 9. It tells us Then I'm going to read this and because I really like this verse and it applies to us today in preparation for us in Acts chapter 9.

Yes, it says verse 31 now remember the context Saul has just come to Christ on the Damascus Road then had the church's rest through all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria and were edified and Walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Ghost and thereby they Multiply brothers and sisters in Preparation for that which is sure to come we need to walk in the edification of the church Corporately being accountable to a brotherhood brother.

Help me you walk with me. If you see something in my life, please talk to me love me enough to talk to me. That's the edification of the church. I'm open. But it's more than that personally also we I'm encouraging you in preparation to walk with Jesus in the Fear of God and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost.

Today when you and I walk with Jesus today in the fear of God and the comfort of the Holy Ghost His grace will be sufficient tomorrow when things are difficult. When there's pain when there's hurt when there's troubling things come upon us His grace will be sufficient and that's exactly what 2nd Corinthians chapter 9 where Paul writes verse 8 says.

2nd Corinthians chapter 9 verse 8 says this and if we walk with Jesus today his grace will be Manifoldly sufficient tomorrow his grace is manifold it unfolds or as many folds of grace according to the need and he says in Paul Tells the church at Corinth in chapter 9 verse 8 these words listen carefully and God is able Listen for all the all conclusive words and God is able to make all grace Abound Toward you my brother my sister or whatever the need may be and ye always having all Sufficiency in all things may abound in every good work.

Hallelujah. What a promise an exceeding precious promise. Whatever the need may be his grace is manifold and it is sufficient. So be assured you walk with Jesus today His grace will be all sufficient.

Tomorrow as things move towards fulfillment of prophecy. Yeah in Jeremiah chapter 12 verse 5. Jeremiah chapter 12 verse 5 Jeremiah is Lamenting in his day of Israel. He's complaining to God how bad things were and How the people took no heed to his warning he's lamenting to God he's complaining well.

Listen to what God tells Jeremiah in his day to his Complaint and you know, there's a lot of people are murmuring and complaining. Because of the situations the way they are people are continuing. Raymond, are you going to get the vaccine?

It is so divisive. It is so troubling. I finally tell people Brother you asked me a question. I'm gonna be like Jesus. I'm not gonna answer your question before I ask you a question. Well, what's the question I say when I answer this whether it be yay or nay.

Is it going to affect our relationship? I'm more concerned about the brotherhood relationship that I am about the Kovat or the vaccine. And he's brother said hmm. Good. I said, thank you. I'm not going to answer you end of subject.

Troubling things. Yes, but Jeremiah he's complaining he's troubled and In Jeremiah chapter 12 verse 5 God responds to him if thou has run with the footmen and They have wearied you. How can stock contend with the horses and if in a land of peace wherein thou trust it They wearied thee how wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan what God is telling Jeremiah?

Look what you have seen so far is just footmen. It ain't very much Jeremiah it ain't very much and this has wearied you if the things that are going on now have varied you troubled you Took away your peace your calm your rest.

You got distracted. I Suggest to you we've hardly seen the footmen. We've hardly seen the footmen. But we've seen a few footmen maybe the beginning of the footmen maybe I Don't know Jeremiah. How are you if you're become wearied with the footmen?

Then how will you be able to compete with horses? What God is telling Jeremiah you haven't seen anything yet horses are coming. Well Prophecy horses are coming. You go read Revelation 6 verses 1 through 8.

Horses are coming yours. I can see what you're thinking. You're thinking well. Maybe he's going to try and tell us when the rapture is going to be and we're out of here. No, I'm not. Because I don't know.

And I'm not a date set or any such like. No. But the scripture does prophesy that horses are coming. You can. I'm not going to necessarily go through that you can see it. But the well, maybe I should the white horse in Revelations chapter 6 represents the Antichrist.

He has a bow, but he has no arrows. Yeah rapid spiritual Disception. I suggest to you these precursors we've seen it's going to go fast now. As we go towards more full fulfillment of prophecy. Yes, verse 4.

We have a red horse bringing warfare and great bloodshed. Yes in verse 5. We have a black horse Wrecking havoc with famine and natural disasters. Way beyond anything we've seen thus far. Verse 8 a pale horse Destroys all peace and brings death and 25 blah blah blah.

Yeah. Okay, horses are coming the scripture warns us. Let's be prepared. Amen by keeping our eyes on Jesus in the edification of the church the brotherhood and the comfort of the fear of God in the comfort of the Holy Ghost walk in that today brothers and sisters and his grace will be Sufficient tomorrow.

Preparing to Suffer and Deny Self

That's an encouragement to you preparation number four arm yourself to suffering and to deny yourself you see First Peter tells us that Things are not going to get any better. First Peter they may for a season.

Lord only knows first Peter Chapter 4 verses 1 through 2. Why don't I just This. For so much then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh arm yourself. Likewise with the same mind he that suffereth in the flesh has ceased from sin hallelujah.

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lust of men. But to the will of God like that's Peter writing, you know, we live in a world That has been a world of comfort ease like my Indian brothers say it's so easy when we come to America to Be successful in business.

It's so easy to make money. It's so easy to get ahead. We can't do that in India and you know, we as God's people We take the easy road. We take the road of pleasure comfort and ease. Suffer, well, we can choose To be prepared and arm ourself.

Arm yourself that means prepare prepare. We can prepare now to deny self and be willing to suffer just a little bit. Yes, like Paul told Timothy in 2nd Timothy Chapter 2 verses 3 and 4 I'm going to turn to that because this has been a theme verse for Naomi and I as we Are gospel globe trotters if you would.

Now therefore my son be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus verse 1 of 2nd Timothy chapter 2 and the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses. The same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others.

Also, that's our theme verse find faithful men teach them the all things of Jesus Christ. So that they would go and teach others their own people that salvation is alone in Jesus Christ. Not in Buddhism not in Hinduism and not in any other ism.

Then the following verse Paul says Timothy in thinking of doing that think about it as you go and do that. Timothy prepare yourself. Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Arm yourself to endure hardness as a good soldier.

Arm yourself now prepare yourself. As a good soldier now think about that soldier literally a Civil government a soldier of the army or the Navy there. He is in a foxhole. I mean that foxhole there's mud in the bottom of that foxhole.

There's rats chewing on his boots. It's raining or it's cold and it's snowing and the bullets are flying and he is not afraid to die for a corruptible crown His country. Arm yourself as a good soldier of our commander-of-chief Jesus Christ in Going and preaching and sharing and teaching the gospel to living for and living for Jesus whatever your little calling in life is in being a good soldier and witnessing a testimony, yes.

Distributing God’s Blessings Rather Than Accumulating Them

Arm yourself to suffer. Deny yourself. Purposefully in preparation. Number five. This is the one I really need to tread softly on and I want to. I'm a supported missionary. I Cannot get away with from the burden that God put on my heart.

Churches like you and many others support Naomi and I personally to be a Witness for Christ among the nations being a gospel globetrotter if you would. So hear my heart. I want to be gracious. I want to be caring.

I want to be Tender and I want to say thank you To all of you that have so faithfully supported us that we can do the work that God has called us that includes MTM that includes many of you but The question as I study the scripture it looks to me like as These things get worse and worse.

We may lose all that we work for. There's many that have went before left it all behind to escape. To pursue Religious freedom now most of you that picture doesn't mean anything. Some there's a few in here it does but perhaps one of the wisest decisions That my wife and I ever made was walking away from the home farm.

Misunderstood we were we sold out. To go and be a missionary that was the home farm and We were totally misunderstood. But what I'm going to share with you. God spoke to our hearts back then and he continues to to speak To my heart about this you see.

The question is today in preparation for what may be coming. Am I a mass? distributor of Our God's goods his possessions, which we're only stewards of or am I a mass Accumulator just ask yourself that question.

That's all I'm doing. Yes, you see there are riches eternal riches. That can only be gained if we sell out for us it was literally yes in Luke. Actually, well, let me go back and let's get a verse in let me come back here first.

Timothy chapter 6 verse 7. Paul as an elder brother a Senior brother is telling a young spiritual son Timothy these words. He says for we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

Amen, amen, that's right. Amen. Now. Now let's go to Luke. Let me get Luke chapter 12 verses 31 Through 34. Yes. We were hearing about the kingdom of God in our Sunday school lesson. Jesus says but rather seek ye the kingdom of God and all these things that you need.

Rainmen and clothing I'm adding emphasis shall be added unto you fear not little flock. There's a little flock Sunday school teacher for it is your father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom sell that you have give alms to the needy provide yourself bags, which wax not old a treasure in the heavens that faileth not where no thief approaches neither moth.

Corruption for where your treasure is there where your heart be also, so how do I change my heart? Change my treasure. You change your treasure you change your treasure. If the kingdom of heaven the kingdom of God the kingdom of Christ is our treasure your heart follows.

Your heart follows. Amen. Yes, so in Luke chapter 12 Again I'm not going to go deep in that love to this. It's one of my favorite Passages of Scripture. It's a difficult parable story to unpack but in Luke chapter 12 I'm sorry.

That's a misprint it's Luke chapter 16. Sorry about that. That was my bad in Luke chapter 16. We have this unjust Stuart supposedly who has done wisely. This unjust Stuart it tells us that He has done wisely that's in verse 8 and the Lord commended the unjust Stuart because he had done wisely.

For the children of this world are in their generation Wiser than the children of light and so that's what makes this scripture a little hard to unpack. But this unjust Stuart What he did is He freely Distributed his master's Goods he freely gave away his master's goods and The Lord his master not.

Jesus commended the unjust Stuart because he had done wisely brothers and sisters. I'm suggesting to you that this parable Jesus is teaching us to be a mass distributor of His goods. They're not yours.

Anyhow. Everything we have even your own life is not yours. He says be a distributor be a distributor of your goods. Your values. Be a distributor of the gospel be a distributor of teaching. Make disciples be a distributor a mass distributor.

That's why he has done wisely. The reason brothers and sisters God Has given us in abundance as he has like no other region of the world in America. He's given us in abundance. He wants us to give away his goods to the needs of others and that includes the gospel.

He has blessed you Abundantly to give it away to others. Do not a communicated unto yourself, but rather be a mass distributor. Amen, that's what Jesus is teaching in Luke 16 with the unjust Stuart. But here's why I said it's the wisest thing we ever did is to sell out Distribute our goods in verse 11.

Jesus said if there are your for you have been faithful in if you have not that little not is in there been faithful in unrighteous mammon, that is Mammon money riches and possession if you've not been faithful in that who will commit to your trust true riches.

Now what are true riches brothers and sisters, this is why I said it was the wisest thing we ever did Distribute what we had at that time. What are true riches you see we read over that things like that and What are true riches?

I I got you with me. You're really thinking That's good. God bless you for that. You're with me. True riches are those that are always by faith Spiritual things and they are eternal. Amen. That's true riches.

I Suggest to you that God will not Invest in us true riches. I have thought of a few here. I'm sure you'd have more True riches he will not invest in you and I. Best gift to riches. Unless we have first been faithful in the unrighteous mammon inner being a mass distributor then he empowers us in Being a soul winner perhaps spiritual gifts to preach and teach anointing if you would Revelations of Jesus Christ from the scripture.

I Don't know where the brother is that was teaching the Sunday school. I Appreciated his scholarliness revelations of this Jesus Christ, that's true riches. They're eternal to minister to others. So the question remains am I a mass distributor or Accumulator.

Yes. The more I let go of this world's value system brothers and sisters The more God will immerse me with his heart of eternal purposes and values. Amen, but we got to take the step and let go of this world's value system again.

Your support is Appreciated to Naomi and I. I tremble. Had not the opportunity yet to preach this in my home church, but Lord willing I will. By the grace of God, I want to be careful tread softly. Not not pointing the finger at anybody just take the test.

Yes. When you have more than you need and we all do including myself. Then build a bigger table to nourish and feed and minister to others around your table. Yes, build a bigger table not a higher wall that sets you apart.

People don't have. Yeah. Okay preparation you see. Percy. Why is this point so important? Persecution if you would and things that are to come spell poverty their contemporaries. Poverty and persecution are contemporaries.

Poverty, Persecution, and the Mark of the Beast

Revelations 13 17 tells us that there. That which is to come most certainly will force poverty upon God's people. I don't know in God's time frame when this will be. Pre-rapture post-rapture. I don't know.

I don't think you do either if you do. I'd love to hear from you but it says that. In Revelations chapter 13, it tells us That let me just turn to that real quickly. Verse 3 says. Let me just read that we my wife and I and at church.