1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,119 This is Living Waters of Grace, the teaching ministry of Clark 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:12,680 Waffer, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland, County 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,400 of Greensburg, PA. Now here's Pastor Clark as he 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,760 continues teaching through God's Word. 5 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,160 Today doctrine is out and emotional experience is in. 6 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,400 Signs and wonders are so alluring that doctrine no longer 7 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,600 matters. And Jesus says to those who 8 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,560 profess these signs and wonders, we cast out devils in your name. 9 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,200 We did many wonderful works. We prophesized in your name. 10 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:01,520 And Jesus says to them, I never knew you depart from me you that 11 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,400 work iniquity. Matthew 7, verse 22 and 23. 12 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,760 Who doesn't love a good thrill? Just look at how many people 13 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,400 pack out the theme parks looking for some excitement, or the 14 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,000 movie theaters, or even just check out the news headlines and 15 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,120 notice how sensational they are. Why? 16 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,040 Because that's what sells. It's what people want. 17 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,680 In today's message, Pastor Clark warned you about the dangers of 18 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:33,480 emotionalism over substance. It's a great thing to experience 19 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,560 feelings, but are those feelings grounded in truth? 20 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,920 Are they anchored in the Word of God? 21 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:44,160 Now here's Pastor Clark in the Book of Revelation chapter 17 22 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,800 with today's edition of Living Waters of Grace. 23 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:55,000 Revelation chapter 17, verse 7. But the Angel said to me, why 24 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,120 did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of 25 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,720 the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has seven 26 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:08,039 heads and 10 horns. We spoke of the issue of this 27 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:12,360 scarlet woman who rides the scarlet beast in the 1st 6 28 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,560 verses of Revelation chapter 17 this week. 29 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:19,680 The apostle is telling us that the Angel is going to describe 30 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,480 in a more clear way what some of the symbolism means. 31 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,400 And even with the Angel explaining this, believe me, 32 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,960 this is still tough to understand and comprehend. 33 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,480 It's not something that is is very, very easy. 34 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:34,160 Matter of fact, a lot of commentators talk about this 35 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:38,120 chapter and some of the things it discusses as being very, very 36 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,280 difficult to get a handle on. These things are futuristic. 37 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,560 So as a result, we have to be careful in how we discuss these 38 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,640 things and teach these things. Certain things in the scriptures 39 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,560 you can be dogmatic on and very sure and precise. 40 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,640 But when it comes to prophecy, these things are futuristic. 41 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:58,760 So I would not want you to think that somehow I've figured all 42 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,240 this stuff out. Something things are clear. 43 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,840 Some things are a little bit obscure, and the reason they're 44 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,840 obscure is that they're still yet to be determined and 45 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,160 revealed. But the Angel is explaining to 46 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,760 John the mystery of this harlot, focusing on this speech. 47 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,360 This beast is the false religious system that will rise 48 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,160 up, the religion of Antichrist. It'll be a very spiritual 49 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,000 movement. It's not going to be something 50 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,080 that people aren't going to look at and say, wow, this looks 51 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,600 really spiritual and this is good. 52 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,400 And it's going to be something that's very, very attractive to 53 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,200 people. In verse 8, it says the beast 54 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,600 that you saw was and is not and will ascend out of the 55 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,480 bottomless pit and go to perdition or hell. 56 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,160 And those who dwell on the earth will marvel whose names are not 57 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,200 written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, 58 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:49,400 when they see the beast that was and is not and yet is. 59 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,880 This beast is carrying the harlot again is the false 60 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,560 religious system and we talked about this in Revelation 13 as 61 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,920 well. Verse 4, it says they worship 62 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:03,640 the dragon who gave authority to the beast, saying who is like 63 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:08,120 the beast who is able to make war with him, and the Antichrist 64 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:12,240 will use this false religion as a tool to accomplish his 65 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,400 deceptions. It says those who dwell on the 66 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,560 earth will marvel whose names are not written in the book of 67 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,200 life from the foundation of the world. 68 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,560 So the majority of the people that will be on the earth after 69 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,160 the rapture obviously are people and the Lord. 70 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,560 The mystery of election and predestination, these things 71 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,440 that are taught through the scriptures is a mystery because 72 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,520 God knows before the foundation of the earth those who will be 73 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,720 His. And that's something that's hard 74 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:47,880 to even begin to comprehend. So God has created a people for 75 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:52,320 his name. We can't earn that place of 76 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,800 relationship. We don't deserve it. 77 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:00,200 It's only because of his grace that we receive eternal life and 78 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,200 salvation. But it says these names in this 79 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,320 particular verse are not written in the book of life from the 80 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:12,040 foundation of the world. And so those who are lost and 81 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,320 those who are hell bound and those who have no interest in 82 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,800 believing in Christ will receive this world religion and be 83 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,200 excited about it. They'll embrace it. 84 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,120 They'll think it's the best thing that's ever happened to 85 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,000 the world and they'll be very, very easily deceived. 86 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,920 In verse 9 it says, and here is the mind which has wisdom. 87 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,320 The seven heads are 7 mountains on which the woman sits. 88 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,960 The seven mountains are associated with the beast. 89 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,760 A lot of commentators believe that this is a figure of the 90 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,840 governments that are seen in Daniel chapter 2. 91 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:53,200 Verse 35, seven mountains representing the seven world 92 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,120 leaders and nations. Verse 10 it says these are also 93 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:01,040 the seven kings that are 7 leaders. 5 have fallen, one is 94 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,320 and the other has not yet come, and when he comes, he must 95 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,480 continue a short time. So these seven mountains are 96 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,640 representing the seven world leaders and nations. 97 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:15,600 And there's a connection with these seven mountains between 98 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,600 the religious Babylon and the current move of the apostate 99 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,240 Protestant Catholic Church that we're living in right now. 100 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:27,000 The movement away from sound doctrine is escalating at a 101 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,440 speed quicker and faster than anything I've ever seen in my 102 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,560 years as being a follower of Jesus Christ. 103 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:38,280 It says the approval, the anti Christian beliefs will be at an 104 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:41,560 all time high impacted by the new age. 105 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,000 It's interesting, I don't know if you remember years ago there 106 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,120 was a worldwide broadcast of Pope John Paul and he had a lot 107 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,880 of people sitting on the stage of the Vatican outside the 108 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,120 church there. And there was Christians and 109 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,840 Jews and Muslims and Buddhists and Indian spiritists. 110 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,600 They were all sitting around just trying to have this 111 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,960 spiritual meeting. He told the participants that 112 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:09,360 their effects, this whole group of people were and quote, 113 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,840 unleashing profound spiritual energies in the world, bringing 114 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,160 about a new climate of peace. The Pope pledged that the 115 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,880 Catholic Church intends to share and promote such ecumenical and 116 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:27,080 inner religious cooperation. This is approved by both the 117 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,160 Pope and the Dalai Lama. Not a goal to be achieved 118 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,040 immediately, the Dalai Lama said, and the Pope. 119 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:38,440 But a day may come when the love and compassion which both Buddha 120 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,800 and Christ preach so eloquently will unite the world in a common 121 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,920 effort to save humanity from senseless destruction and 122 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,120 leading toward the light in which we all believe. 123 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,120 Isn't that amazing? The light in which we all 124 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,800 believe. There's only one true light, and 125 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,560 that's the light of Jesus Christ. 126 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,520 All the other lights are counterfeit, it says in Second 127 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,080 Corinthians Chapter 11 verse 13 through 15. 128 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,520 For such are false prophets, apostles, deceitful workers 129 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,800 transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 130 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:17,160 And no wonder, for Satan himself transforms himself into an Angel 131 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,000 of light. Therefore, it is no great thing 132 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,840 if his ministers also transform themselves and the ministers of 133 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,520 righteousness whose end will be according to their works. 134 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,440 I sat in shock and awe whenever I saw this meeting. 135 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,080 They were chanting. They were integrating all these 136 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,320 different spiritual beliefs or energies under this common 137 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,520 umbrella of what would bring peace to the earth. 138 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,240 There was only one individual that had the guts to stand up 139 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:49,840 and proclaim that there is only one truth. 140 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,520 Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. 141 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,400 And it was an Orthodox monk somewhere from Greece who ended 142 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,600 up on that stage that actually spoke out against what the Pope 143 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,240 was saying. I was just shocked at how many 144 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,160 people are embracing these kind of things in these last days. 145 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:12,040 Jude verse 3 says ungodly men who turn the grace of God into 146 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:16,120 lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. 147 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,400 That's what the Pope was doing in essence right and those who 148 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,040 are on the stage with him. These are sensual persons who 149 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,360 cause divisions, not having the spirit. 150 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,040 Second Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 3 says let no man deceive 151 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,960 you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there 152 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:40,400 come a falling away. 1st and that the man of sin be revealed, 153 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,720 the son of perdition, a turning away from the truth within the 154 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:49,080 professing church. It's second Timothy 43 says for 155 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:53,320 the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine. 156 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,600 Today doctrine is out and emotional experience is in. 157 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:02,720 Signs and wonders are so alluring that doctrine no longer 158 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,920 matters. And Jesus says to those who 159 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,840 profess these signs and wonders, We cast out devils in your name. 160 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,600 We did many wonderful works. We prophesize in your name and 161 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:19,120 Jesus says to them, I never knew you depart from me you that work 162 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,640 in equity. Matthew 7, verse 22 and 23, 163 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,480 There's a form of godliness, but it denies the power thereof. 164 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,560 People will wear robes. There'll be symbols in the 165 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:32,640 church. There still may be a cross, but 166 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,480 a lot of the newer churches that are being built have no cross 167 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,000 because the pastors say that the cross is something that will 168 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,400 stumble people. And you know, we don't want to 169 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,840 offend the seekers. Well, the Bible clearly says the 170 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,440 cross is to them that perish. Foolishness. 171 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,720 It's a stumbling stone to them that perish. 172 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,600 The majority of the churches out there nowadays do not believe 173 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,880 that Jesus is God Incarnate. They don't believe in the virgin 174 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:58,080 birth. They don't believe in the 175 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,360 resurrection. The Barnab organization took a 176 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,400 poll of the percentage of people that claim to be evangelicals. 177 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,200 And evangelicals were always known as people that believed in 178 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,200 the importance of being born again, the inerrancy of 179 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,640 Scripture, the infallibility of God's Word, the faithfulness of 180 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,840 the truths of the gospel. That Christ came to die for our 181 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:20,920 sins, according to the Scriptures, they was buried. 182 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,280 He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and 183 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,680 he rose, and he shall come again with glory to judge the quick 184 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:29,440 and the dead. His Kingdom shall have no end. 185 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,680 One of the statements in the Nicene Creed that was one time 186 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,280 proclaimed by all Christian churches, and that's another 187 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,920 document that's no longer even affirmed by most churches. 188 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,520 The number of people that go to church without their Bibles. 189 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,040 I was driving up here, I had to run back home to get something. 190 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,880 I'm riding by a church and and I see people going, looks like 191 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,840 nice people just sort of walking in, you know, just do my thing, 192 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,920 you know, no Bible. Why would anybody go to a Bible 193 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,400 teaching church without a Bible? I don't understand. 194 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:05,280 I mean, whenever we don't need the Bible, we don't need the 195 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,960 church anymore. It's a waste of time going to a 196 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,000 church. If you don't have a Bible, you 197 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,840 need to carry your Bible to church. 198 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,920 If you don't take your Bible to church, do you believe the 199 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:17,880 Bible? Now we have Bibles here, in case 200 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,800 you forget. I'm not trying to condemn 201 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,240 anybody or anything like that. The point I'm trying to make is 202 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,320 whenever churches do not have the focus on the Bible anymore, 203 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,200 the people that come to church or the pastors, it's obvious 204 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,560 that the church has moved toward this movement of hypostasy and 205 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:37,080 the One World church. They'll be sucked in very easily 206 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,480 by this integration of all these different religious systems. 207 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,720 The greatest contributor to apostasy today, an apostasy, and 208 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,360 you read about it in Hebrews and other sections of the Scripture. 209 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:51,200 Apostate person is someone who at one time claimed to believe 210 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,080 and know the truth, and they moved completely away from it. 211 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,800 It's amazing how some scholars of the Bible and people who once 212 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,880 proclaimed the authority of the Scriptures will be on their 213 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,080 deathbed and they'll be refuting the Scriptures. 214 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,760 They'll be saying, well, I don't believe this stuff anymore. 215 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,200 It was a hoax. It's not important. 216 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,520 I mean people at one time who were supposedly sound in their 217 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,360 Bible teaching. The greatest contributor to 218 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,680 apostasy today is this self-centered religious movement 219 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:24,440 called the faith movement and it's run by faith teachers and 220 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,160 faith movement. Another name for it is a 221 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:30,000 positive confession movement. It promotes a faith devoid of 222 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:35,600 moral and doctrinal content and which promises that whatever one 223 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,120 truly believes and confesses with one's lips will come to 224 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:40,560 pass. You ever hear that? 225 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,920 It's like a mind power visualization, the faith in 226 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,440 yourself, not faith in God. Your faith is more upon what you 227 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,120 affirm and what you say, and somehow through that power you 228 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,560 develop these energies to be able to receive all these 229 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:59,680 manifest blessings of heaven. Eastern mysticism and the mind. 230 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:02,800 Science cults like Christian Science and the positive 231 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,240 thinking of Norman and Vincent Peale, the possibility thinking 232 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,840 of Robert Schuller, the positive confession teachings of Hagen 233 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,080 and Copeland and Price and David Cho and Osteen and others. 234 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,040 Man, by thinking he can bring into his experience whatever he 235 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:20,920 desires, becomes little gods. I remember one time years ago 236 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,080 when I was a follower of Kenneth Copeland and when I was involved 237 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,320 in bad doctrine many years ago, he said, you're going to become 238 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,480 like little gods. Well, this is exactly what these 239 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,800 faith teachers say. We create our own world. 240 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,920 We're partners with the infinite, a universal creative 241 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:42,440 mind which receives the impress of our thought upon it. 242 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:49,560 Go to Second Timothy 4, three and four, for the time will come 243 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,640 when they will not endorse sound doctrine. 244 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,960 You think that's come yet, but according to their own desires 245 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,840 because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves 246 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:03,600 teachers and they will turn their ears away from the truth 247 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:08,000 and be turned aside the fables. But it says exhorting us, but 248 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,720 you be watchful in all things and door afflictions do the 249 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,560 working of evangelists fulfill your ministry and verse 2 it 250 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,280 says preach the word. Be ready in season and out of 251 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,480 season, convince, rebuke, exhort. 252 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,840 With all long-suffering and teaching, we need to in love, 253 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:28,040 point these errors out to people because if they don't repent and 254 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,200 see the errors they're in, they're going to be sucked in. 255 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,080 To this apostate world, One world church movement, this 256 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,400 beautiful building that the Lord bless us with at one time was a 257 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,200 Swedish Lutheran Church. It came over over 100 years ago 258 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:45,120 with godly people that taught the Word of God, that believed 259 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,120 in the importance of the Lord's Supper weekly, that believed in 260 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,000 the importance of repentance, that taught the Word of God 261 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,200 faithfully. The Church of the Lutheran 262 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,640 Evangelical Synod, and I don't know how many years it happened, 263 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,840 they no longer began to have the emphasis on the Word, but 264 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:02,560 started looking at social programs. 265 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,440 They began to do such things as ordination of women pastors, 266 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,480 which the Bible clearly deep affirms. 267 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,720 And nothing against women, and women are just as spiritual as 268 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,760 men, if not more so many times. But the role of a pastor in the 269 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,480 church is a male role. It says in First Timothy chapter 270 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,120 3 that he desires the office of the Bishop or pastor. 271 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,520 Elder Shepherd desires a good thing. 272 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,000 It's not a female role, but it doesn't mean that females can't 273 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,960 serve in a church and minister in the church. 274 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,920 But they're not to be the pastor. 275 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,760 Well, this church, this movement became ordaining women, and then 276 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,600 it began to be open to the homosexuality movement and 277 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,800 ordaining homosexuals. And this is not any happening in 278 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,520 the Lutheran Church, but in the Methodist Church and the 279 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,640 Presbyterian churches. It's appalling what's happening 280 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,880 in these last days that we live. It says in the last days, First 281 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,640 Timothy 41 people will give heed the seducing spirits and 282 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:02,760 doctrines of demons. Second Timothy 32 says for men 283 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,240 shall be lovers of their own selves rather than lovers of 284 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:07,880 God. Robert Schuller wrote a book 285 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:13,359 called Self Love, the Dynamic Force of Success, and he is 286 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:17,640 impacted very deeply. Billy Hybels of Willow Creek as 287 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,800 well as Rick Warren in Saddleback. 288 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,359 I mean, why in the world that these guys wanting to hang out 289 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,560 and their conferences and that kind of stuff. 290 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:28,079 It's scary because it just goes to show that any of us, 291 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:31,920 including myself and pastors in Calvary Chapel and other 292 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,640 churches that are endeavoring to be faithful in these last days 293 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:39,600 can be sucked in by compromising and listening to the teachings 294 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,920 of false teachers. It says there is a new concept 295 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,320 in practice today. Peter Wagner, a famous teacher 296 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,440 on revivals. This is interesting. 297 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:52,760 Wagner has the audacity to say Jesus and Paul in the early 298 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:54,800 church fathers didn't know about this stuff. 299 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,560 In other words, there's new insight. 300 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,720 There's new revelation now. OK. 301 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,800 He says they now hold the key to spiritual breakthroughs and 302 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,840 worldwide revival. What they talk about is like 303 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,720 praying against territorial spirits, spiritual mapping, 304 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:15,200 ground level spiritual warfare, occult prayer warfare, strategic 305 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,320 level sin warfare, cosmic sin warfare, and praying through 306 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,920 windows. Now where in the world did you 307 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,880 ever see Jesus talking about this stuff or the apostles? 308 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,200 The Bible verily clearly says resist the devil and he'll flee 309 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,120 from you. Jude again tells us, and this is 310 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:35,280 Michael the Archangel, one of the highest created angels in 311 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,200 the Kingdom of heaven. He's having this discussion. 312 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,760 He says yet Michael the Archangel and contending with 313 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:45,640 the devil when he disputed about the body of Moses dared not to 314 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,480 bring against him a rebelling accusation, but said the Lord 315 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,320 rebuke you. How many times you've heard 316 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,280 people like thinking that they got some authority to twist the 317 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,800 devil around in their own authority in their own name? 318 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,160 I mean, if Michael the Archangel who's on the outside of the 319 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:09,160 throne room of God's heaven has fear and also a healthy respect 320 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:11,760 of the Prince of darkness, realizing he doesn't have the 321 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,840 authority. He doesn't have the power. 322 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,920 But the Lord Jesus Christ is the only one who has the authority 323 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,000 over the power of the enemy. And we have authority over that 324 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,960 enemy through the power of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy 325 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,760 Spirit who lives us. It says resist the devil and 326 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,240 he'll flee from you. So these delusions from the 327 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:33,720 counterfeit revival are becoming very, very big in the sense of 328 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,400 impacting the evangelical community. 329 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,720 It's just unbelievable what has happened and occurred. 330 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,000 They called it the Holy Laughter movement and people were barking 331 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,400 and acting like animals. And I mean, this stuff that had 332 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:50,200 nothing to do with any kind of biblical premises or teachings 333 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,400 of what real repentance is and what real Holy Spirit revival 334 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,080 is. You know, the counterfeit, it 335 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,640 looks so close, it looks so good that the Bible says it can 336 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,200 deceive the very elect if possible. 337 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,360 You know, one time I remember leaving at Kenneth Copeland 338 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:08,480 conference and I was high but. Wasn't high on the Holy Spirit. 339 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:13,200 I was so out of my mind in the sense of what was reality that I 340 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,720 drove through a red light and it was a miracle I didn't kill 341 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:17,840 someone. And the counterfeit, the 342 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,440 delusion. And if any of you are involved 343 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,840 in any of these false teachings, if you're embracing any of these 344 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,880 counterfeit revivals, I would ask you before the Lord to 345 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,160 repent. Throw the books away, burn them, 346 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,480 get rid of them. Turn your back on anything that 347 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,960 is not the truth. You can't mess around with light 348 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,600 and darkness if you can't mess around with leaven. 349 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:43,080 The Bible says a little leaven, a little sin will destroy the 350 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:47,440 whole body. So John talks about these 351 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,880 nations in verse 10. He says that there are 7 kings, 352 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,960 5 have fallen, and one is the five that have fallen in John's 353 00:20:55,960 --> 00:21:00,440 day was Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo, Persia, and Greece. 354 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,560 And the one it was at that particular time was Rome. 355 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:08,200 The other is yet to come, the one world empire to come, a 356 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:13,160 revival of the Roman Empire. Verse 11 he says the beast that 357 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:18,360 was and is not is himself also the 8th and is also of the seven 358 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:21,600 and is going to perdition. So we see the manifestation of 359 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,000 this individual called Antichrist who will have control 360 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,600 over this one world religion, one world government, one world 361 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,280 financial and banking system. As we talked last week, the 10 362 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:36,960 horns which you saw are 10 kings who have received no, no Kingdom 363 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,520 as yet, that they receive authority for one hour as kings 364 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,520 with the beast. These are of one mind and they 365 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,760 will give their power and authority to the beast. 366 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,080 So in other words, the beast is going to use this false 367 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,520 religious system to accomplish his goals up until a certain 368 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,640 time. Once he accomplishes what he 369 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,960 wants to accomplish, he could care less about that group of 370 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,240 people and their religion. Matter of fact, he's going to 371 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,320 come against it and destroy it. These will make war with the 372 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,880 Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of Lords 373 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,480 and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen 374 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,960 and faithful. So the Lord Jesus Christ, when 375 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,880 he comes back at that final battle of Armageddon, will come 376 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,400 against all these false religious movements as well as 377 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,360 the authority of the One World Government and the Kingdom of 378 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:25,840 the Antichrist. And then he said to me, the 379 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,520 waters which you saw where the harlot sits are peoples, 380 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,600 multitudes, nations and tongues. So there's going to be a 381 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:37,520 tremendous amount of people that are in this deception where this 382 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,160 one world religious ruler and government will rule and reign 383 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,200 for a period of time. And it says in verse 16, and the 384 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,560 10 horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the 385 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,520 harlot, make her desolation naked, eat her flesh and burn 386 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,600 with fire. So we see all the sudden the 387 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,080 uptight feelings of all these nations that thought that they 388 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,960 were in good with this world ruler. 389 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,800 He commits treason against them. He doesn't want them and said 390 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,600 now they're angry and they're going to try to come after him 391 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,440 to destroy his system. And this is what's interesting 392 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,880 here again with God's sovereignty and Providence in 393 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,600 verse 17. For God has put it into their 394 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:17,280 hearts to fulfill His purpose to be of one mind and to give their 395 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,080 Kingdom to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. 396 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,720 So everything's under control. Whenever you see all this crazy 397 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,960 stuff happening in the world, don't panic, don't worry, don't 398 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,280 get upset, don't get fearful. Get closer to the Lord. 399 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,520 Deal with your own heart, but look up. 400 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,560 Your redemption's drawing nigh because God has everything under 401 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,400 control. Aren't you glad? 402 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,360 You don't have to worry. You don't have to fear what's 403 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:43,640 going to come upon the world. Doesn't mean there won't be some 404 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,160 difficulty, perhaps for us, our persecution or trial, some 405 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,560 degree of tribulation in the world. 406 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,960 You will have tribulation. But be of good cheer, he says. 407 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:58,760 I have overcome the world. Thanks for being with us today 408 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,640 here on Living Waters of Grace. We're in the Book of Revelation, 409 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,960 and we find it fascinating how influential and involved the 410 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,800 angels are in this book. They bring about whatever it is 411 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,440 that God has instructed them to do, but it's through their 412 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,560 actions that much of the judgements come on the earth. 413 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,840 The angels are in submission to God as their authority, but He 414 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,080 utilizes them in unique ways throughout this book. 415 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,280 Like angels have a specific purpose from God, you have a 416 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,200 unique purpose and plan too. God wants to use you in your 417 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,720 life as a testimony to others and to bring others who are 418 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,400 currently lost into the fold of God. 419 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,280 God would love more than anything for all who are willing 420 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,600 to come to Him for salvation, but He wants it to be their 421 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:53,240 choice, not a forced situation. This is the way God works, not 422 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:57,480 forcing himself on anyone, but giving each person free will. 423 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,400 If you're interested in learning about this choice that's free 424 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:06,200 and that it's a gift, go to calvarychapelonline.com and 425 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,600 click on the About Us tab and then find the link for what we 426 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,200 believe. We'd love to be a help and a 427 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,680 resource for you as you walk through what it means to be a 428 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,600 follower of Jesus. If you find the contact tab on 429 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,040 our website, you can get in touch with us or submit a prayer 430 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,400 request. 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