ABIDING DISCIPLESHIP: “What God Is Saying Right Now”
Matthew 24:3 NKJV
“…the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’ ”
Revelation 3:22 NKJV
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Matthew 24:4-5 NKJV
And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.”
WHAT GOD IS SAYING RIGHT NOW
Take Heed! (Pay close attention to)
1. THE DECEPTION OF FOLLOWING MAN AS GOD
II Thessalonians 2:3-4 NKJV
“Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”
I John 4:1-3 NKJV
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.”
I Corinthians 14:29 NKJV
“Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge.”
Matthew 24:6-7 NKJV
“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.”
WHAT GOD IS SAYING RIGHT NOW
Take Heed! (Pay close attention to)
2. THE DECEPTION OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Romans 3:10-12
As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous— not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.”
Isaiah 64:6
“We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags.”
II Corinthians 5:20-21 NKJV
“…we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
WHAT GOD IS SAYING RIGHT NOW
Take Heed! (Pay close attention to)
1. THE DECEPTION OF FOLLOWING MAN AS GOD
2. THE DECEPTION OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
TAKE HEED (play close attention to)
THE SNARE OF SATAN
TAKE HEED TO (play close attention to)
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
II Chronicles 7:10-15 NKJV
“On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the good that the Lord had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel. Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s house; and Solomon successfully accomplished all that came into his heart to make in the house of the Lord and in his own house. Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.”
WHAT GOD IS SAYING RIGHT NOW
1. HUMBLE YOURSELF
2. PRAY
3. SEEK MY FACE
4. TURN FROM YOUR SIN
THIS IS WHY GOD IS SPEAKING TO US
1. GOD DESIRES TO HEAR US
2. GOD DESIRES TO FORGIVE US
3. GOD DESIRES TO HEAL US (Our Land)