Time is Running Out!

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About 12 years ago I was having a lot of problems with nose bleeding. So Jesus holding a man prayinglike anyone I went to see my doctor about it who sent me to see an ENT. What he said was not what I was wanting to hear, that nasty word that we all fear, sorry but you have Cancer. Cancer who me I am only 46 years old in great health, I don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t due drugs, doc there must be a mistake. No there is no mistake he said, now comes the hard part how do I tell my family and what will my future be like. Time for me was running out right when I was in the prime of my life.

Right when I thought I had it licked two years later it came back for a rematch, and after doing a second treatment two years later it was back a 3rd time. There is no feeling worse then hearing your doctors tell you there is nothing more they can do. So in 2006 my doctors gave me 6 month to a year at best, wow my time was getting short, what do you do when you know your time is up. Like anyone my wife and I went home to see my family while I was still in fair health.

 

It was then that God lead us to find some herbal meds along with lots of prayer that made the Cancer stop growing. While my clock was running on overtime Gods grace added a little more time. Now the nasty side effects of so much treatment left me with dyslexia that I had growing up. But that did not matter God grace provided me with just a little more time to tell others about His grace and mercy.

Friend time for this old world is running out, the book of Revelations tells us what the condition of the World will be like as we get close to the end. God in His mercy and love for His creation has giving us just a little more time. Question what are we doing with it, are we getting ready or doing nothing and saying as the World said we have lots of time left.

Let us pray!

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Have you ever read the story of Sodom and Gomorrah; it is very interesting to read. You will find the story in the Book of Genesis starting at verse 18: 17 to 19: 29

The question about this story is why the Lord allowed these two cities and its entire population to be destroyed and only saved 3 people.

Could there be something in this story that relates to out time and day. Let’s take a look into history because we know that history always repeats itself, if it happened before it will most likely happen again.

Before I start the sermon I need you to understand one very important thing about God. God does not destroy; God does not cause bad things to happen. It is because of Gods love and mercy that we live in the world of sin. As God withdraws His love and mercy there is nothing then to stop the results of Sin from doing what it does; destroy.

What were the problems in Sodom and Gomorrah? Look at what God said in

Genesis 18: 17: And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

God respects those who respect His laws and do them; He is not a God of hate but a God of love. But with all evil there must come a time for it to end. The same as there must come a time for the evil in our world to end. Why because it is like a disease, a cancer it keeps growing and growing until it kills its victim. So God gives it just enough room so that all the unfailing worlds can see the outcome of what sin is and how distrustful is it. Because of sin each of us must someday die, we are giving a short time on this earth to show what our creator is like. Will we obey and server God or will we follow the falling angles and server satan and his rebellion against God.

But my question is will God destroy the righteous because of the wicked? Look at what Abraham asked God.

24: Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

25: That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

What did God answer and say to Abraham

26: And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Have you ever wondered why when trouble happened the wicked always run to the Churches? Back in 2002 when the 911 towers were destroyed many people swarmed the churches looking for safety and assurance. But soon after left the churches and went back to doing there old ways. Is there something in what God has said 3500 years ago that the wicked remember, God will not destroy the wicked for the righteous sake?

Abraham was truly and man of love, he said to God what if there be only ten. Look at Gods answer

lJesus walking with two men32: And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake. God for the sake of only 10 of His true follower promise not to destroy the City, Wow what a loving God for the sake of 10 sometime millions are spared.

But what happened when the angles of God entered the City Genesis 19:

1: And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

2: And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

3: And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

Lot knew the City and he knew what would happen to there two men if left alone on the street of the City. Wickless seams to be in great quantity at night then in the day, why is that. Maybe because men feel that there sins will not be seen under the cover of darkness. But there is no hiding from God there is no secret that God does not know it may be coved up for now but there will come a time when all will be showed and you will have to pay for what was done. Lot invited these men into his house it was a way of saying you are safe under my protection.

But there are always those who are on the look out for evil. While Lot was inviting these men into his home there was other watching and later that night when sin was at its fullest they remember these strangest that came into there town.

4: But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

5: And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

The Men of the city did not just want to know who these Men were they wanted to use them for there evil enjoyment.

6: And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

7: And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

 

In Lots time to ask someone to stay in your home was to keep them under your protection under your care. For something to happen to them would have been a disgrace to Lot. So Lot said unto the Men

8: Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

But these men did not want women, there desire burned with in them for the flesh of other men.

What does God say about this in the Bible, look at

Leviticus 18:

22: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

23: Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

God’s word is very clear, that men shall not lie with another man in the way he does with a woman.Genesis 19:

9: And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

 

Now they are casting contempt upon Lot by saying who are you to tell us what it right or not right, who made you a judge. People hate to hear when they are wrong when they are not living in accordance with Gods will.

The men of Sodom and Gomorrah are now ready to pull Lot out of his house and kill him for refusing to give over the two guests that he invited into him home.

10: But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

11: And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12: And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

13: For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

How beautiful is the love of God to all who by faith live according to His will. The cities Sodom and Gomorrah must have had ten or twenty thousand people living there but God would not let the destruction come until His faithful children was safe on the outside

14: And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

To our children and family that we love we will always look like fools for following God. Why is that because satan wants nothing more then to hurt God but keeping you out of heaven. We were made in the image of our creator Himself and in His very likeness, we are truly a blessing. Look at what we are told in

 

1Cor:6:19: What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Our bodies are the dwelling place for Gods Holy Spirit to come and live with in us. This is a promise to all who believe by faith, so what ever you do to your body you are doing it to Gods dwelling place His temple.

Genesis 19:15: And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

16: And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Lot and his childenGod gave Lot all the time needed, but when time ran out for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah the angles took Lot and his family out of the city by hand.

17: And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

18: And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

19: Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

20: Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

Even Christians who follow Gods will and laws sometimes refuse to move when God tells them to. For some reason we all think we have a lot of time left so why rush, if we could only realize that time is running out. Lot asked if he could be allowed to escape to the city of Zoar

21: And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

22: Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

 

While Lot remained in the City, God would not let the destruction come and that answers our question; of why when trouble happened the wicked always run to the Churches. Because they may not believe in God and they may not want to give up there way of life, but they do know to run to where it is safe, with God’s true follower.

23: The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24: Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

25: And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

 

Do we see in our world today the same as we do back in Sodom and Gomorrah, the same sins that destroyed these two great Cities are decaying the moral value that once made American a great nation, the Sins of immorally and unnatural affection of mankind are destroying us from with in.

Who will inherit paradise the place that Jesus told us that He is going to prepare for all who by faith believe and put there trust in. 1Cor:6:9: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

1Timothy 1:

9: Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

10: For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

This same sin that destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah is destroying our country today.

Now let’s turn to the book of Revelation, what does the word Revelation mean The English word revelation is translated from a Greek word apocalypse, meaning to make known or uncover.

The book of Revelation is full of all kind of things that Gods wants us to know and understand so that all who are His true follower like Lot will escape the destruction to come. Time as we know it is running out and just like Lot the true follower of Jesus are telling the world what is fixing to happen and to prepare and make ready, but few and a very few are believing the massage.

 

Look at Revelation 1:

3: Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

 

God has giving a blessing to all who will read and understand what is fixing to happen. But the problem with Revelation is that at times it seams to be very hard to understand. So why would God give us a book with everything we need to know for the time of the end then make it to where no one understand what it is saying.

Truth is that we can’t just study one of the 66 books of the Bible and walk away with a full understanding of what God it saying. When we study the Bible especially the book of Revelations we need to study the complete Bible, over half of the scripture in the book of Revelation can be found in the Old Testament.

If you read the book of Daniel you will find keys that help unlock many of the events we find in Revelation. God knew that evil men would stop at nothing to destroy the Bible so He through His prophets wrote the book of Revelation in a language that only the Bible could intrepid the meaning of. The Book of Daniel and Revelation go side by side; the understanding of one book is the key to the other book and vice verses.

If you try to understand one with out the other you will never come away with the truth or anything close to the truth.

God did not leave it up to man,

Look at how God describes Himself in the Gospel of John 10:

11: I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

12: But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

13: The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

14: I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

15: As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

 

God will protect His turn believers, His angles are forever standing by waiting to come to the rescue of God people.

Look at the Story of Elisha in the 2nd book of Kings Chapter 6:

The King of Syria was trying to trap the King of Israel but could not do it because Elisha keeps telling the King of Israel the plans of the King of Syria. So the King of Syria set a trap to catch Elisha instead.

14: Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

15: And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

When the servant of Elisha opened the window all he could see for miles were the Army of the King of Syria, he was afraid because he could see no way of escape for the.

But what did Elisha do

16: And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

17: And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

 

When his servant opened his eyes again, this time he saw a different story. Angles of God all around them to protect them from any harm.

Dear Brother time for this world is running out and what are you doing, where are you in your walk with Jesus. The only safety that there will be is in obeying what God has told us to do to be ready. Don’t wait or put it off to do later, satan’s biggest deception is in making us all believe we have plenty of time, don’t rush.

Look at Revelation 12:12 Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Time is not only running out for us it is also running out for satan and his host of evil angles. Soon very soon things will start happening only God know the day and the hours but He has giving us signs to watch for that we might know the End is soon.

Look all around you and look at the immorality, wickedness, corruption, & dishonesty in our world today. We also have people in the name of god thinking it is OK to kill someone if they don’t believe what they think is truth.

Oh my friend I pray that your eyes with be open and you will see that this world can’t continue much longer going on the way it is. Look at the problems in the middle east, look at all the people who are full of hate and want war all in the name of there god.

 

Every Eye will see Jesus coming

Every Eye will see Jesus coming

Soon and very soon Gods mercy will be withdrawn from this world and just like Sodom and Gomorrah it will be destroyed.

But God’s true people will be safe.

 

God Bless you my Friend

Elder Tim McNab

Restoring God’s Truth

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