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 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,240 I submit, I respond. And it's an awesome. 6 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,160 Thing when the root. Is pulled out because then I can 7 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:43,560 truly look in the mirror one day and say, you know. 8 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,840 I don't have that problem anymore with that particular sin 9 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,760 because God pulled the root out. But if I look in the mirror and 10 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,640 I know down deep inside that I still have a problem with the 11 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,920 particular sin in my life, it's because I haven't let the Lord 12 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,920 pull the root. And it's because I still don't 13 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:02,480 want to repent of it. Because I still take a degree 14 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:03,800 of. Pleasure and whatever. 15 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,040 And we're all in. Process regarding that. 16 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,120 Have you ever tried to pull a weed out of the ground and saw 17 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,120 it sprout up the next week? It's crazy because when you pull 18 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,360 it out you think oh I got it good, but then a little leaf 19 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,640 starts to sprout again. This happens because what you 20 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:24,080 pulled out wasn't the root of the plant, it was just the top 21 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,560 part. If you don't go all the way down 22 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,280 to the roots, the weed will always return. 23 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:35,040 Today, Pastor Clark says to run from sin, you must hit it at the 24 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,400 root. You don't want to give the enemy 25 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,640 a chance to attack anything that's lingering now. 26 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,200 Here's Pastor Clark in Deuteronomy chapter 13 with 27 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,280 today's edition of Living Waters of Grace. 28 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,200 He has spoken in order to turn you away from the Lord your God, 29 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,400 who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from 30 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:58,040 the House of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the 31 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,240 Lord your God commanded you to walk. 32 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,680 So you shall put away the evil from your midst. 33 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,840 Isn't that amazing? So clear? 34 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,320 And why are there so many Christians today that are 35 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,720 sitting in churches listening to lies and being deceived by false 36 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,960 prophets? Their move and their goal is to 37 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:20,160 bring deception and to move. You away from the truth of who 38 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,440 God is. What's the message of today's 39 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,640 modern prophets on TV? Give me your money. 40 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,440 Because I want a jet, I want a mansion, I want fame and I want 41 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,280 worship. Benny Hinn is in big trouble, 42 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,480 guys. The way he lives on the. 43 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,600 Back of the hard. Working dollars of the people. 44 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,160 Of this. World scamming them, hypnotizing 45 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:49,200 them using occultic techniques. Supposedly he got his aura from 46 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,200 hanging around Katherine Kuhlman's grave. 47 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,920 He picked up her energy. I mean, where do you find that 48 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:56,840 in the scriptures? Katherine Kuhlman was told never 49 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,000 to come back and Butler again because when she was up there 50 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,560 they scammed the people and they had people faking like they were 51 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,280 healed. Where some people knew, some of 52 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,200 the people from the community said, where were you up there in 53 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,080 crutches for you Don't you were, you know, you didn't need 54 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,280 crutches. Well, they paid the people. 55 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,760 They were plants in the audience to get the hype going. 56 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,640 God in his mercy, though, works in the midst. 57 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:19,720 Of these. Foolish situations because 58 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,040 someone might be out there broken hearted, calling on God 59 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,520 for a miracle, and God will do a miracle in spite of the people 60 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,280 because He loves people. His heart breaks over the needs 61 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,480 of the human heart and what it's going through and the horror 62 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,520 that people have to live. So God still does miracles, but 63 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,320 not dependent. On these false prophets and 64 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,160 these false leaders. Did Jesus? 65 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,280 Live in a mansion. The Bible says he didn't have a 66 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,960 place to lay his head, did Jesus? 67 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,880 Want people's money? He didn't even touch the money. 68 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,920 He had Judas carry the money bag. 69 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,680 Did Jesus want fame whenever? He did a miracle. 70 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,560 He told people not to tell anybody what happened. 71 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,040 When the people went to crowd around him, he tried to find 72 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,520 ways. To escape these false prophets 73 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,400 say if you do this, God will do this. 74 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,800 Years ago I was at some of these meetings. 75 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,320 People in wheelchairs in the front of the building, 76 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,519 heartbroken, praying for a miracle or the front man before 77 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:24,000 the speaker comes on says, you know, in order for God to move 78 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,760 today, we have to prove our faith. 79 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,240 And the way we prove our faith, we're going to take another 80 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,720 offering. One offering wasn't good enough. 81 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,120 And if you really want God to move, you have to really give 82 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,880 everything. You have to show that you 83 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,720 believe him and you're trusting him. 84 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,880 I mean, the scam, it's heartbreaking and so. 85 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,240 The idea is God's a genie in heaven who exists to answer all 86 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,080 your desires and all your dreams. 87 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,160 And that's the God in this world. 88 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:54,360 Now in the modern church, it's all about an earthly Kingdom, 89 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,200 not a heavenly Kingdom. What did Jesus say? 90 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:02,640 My Kingdom is not of this world. His Kingdom is to come. 91 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:08,200 But the modern church is saying no Kingdom now the best car you 92 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,920 can get. The best house you can get. 93 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,600 God wants you to prosper and be healthy and well. 94 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,280 It's all designed to cause people to be prepared for the 95 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:17,840 message of the Antichrist, right? 96 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,240 Because the Antichrist is going to come and promise physical 97 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:25,920 prosperity, prosperity on earth. Financial markets will be better 98 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,480 than ever before. You'll live in conditions that 99 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:33,280 you never dreamed possible. It's developing a dream and a 100 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:36,840 Nirvana on earth that the world at that time will say this is 101 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:39,800 what we've always wanted. And the unfortunate thing is 102 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,600 that the Christian community is being scammed to be prepared to 103 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,960 be deluded. Now I believe true Christians, 104 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,440 by the grace of God will not fall victim to that and they'll 105 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,280 escape that. There's a time for all of us 106 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:54,800 that we're really in Christ and born again, that we'll look at 107 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,040 the Word of God and we'll. Look at the places. 108 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,400 We worship and finally say enough is enough. 109 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:04,720 This is a lie and will earnestly contend for the faith as Jude. 110 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,240 Said that was once delivered to the Saints. 111 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,400 The scams that are. Out there today, the Counterfeit 112 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,040 Gospels, Dave. Hunt wrote a book years ago 113 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,800 called The Seduction of Christianity. 114 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,560 I highly recommend it. Hank Cantigraff wrote a book 115 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,440 called Christianity in Crisis. It'll give you more. 116 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,600 Color and more filling in. Regard to names of people false 117 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,360 prophets their history, their example their. 118 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,680 Scams and their lies now go to Matthew. 119 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,080 This is what Jesus says himself in Matthew 2411. 120 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,120 And he gives the warning. Clearly, he says many false. 121 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,320 Prophets will rise. Up and deceive many go down to 122 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,240 23. If anyone says to you look here 123 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,000 is a Christ or there do not believe it. 124 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:51,560 That's what's going to happen when the Antichrist is on the 125 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:56,680 earth, the false prophets going to say Christ, Emmanuel is in 126 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,920 the temple in Jerusalem, go worship him. 127 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,680 For false. Christs and false prophets will 128 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,720 rise. And show great signs and wonders 129 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,440 to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 130 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,880 It says if possible, the elect, the elect can never be deceived. 131 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,560 But if it was possible, these scams will be so powerful that 132 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,760 they'll deceive even. Those that have been chosen by 133 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,320 God, he says, see, I've told you this beforehand. 134 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,920 Therefore, if they say to you, look he is in the desert, do not 135 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,720 go out or look, he is in the inner rooms, do not believe it. 136 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,080 Now this individual, this Antichrist, if you flip over to 137 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:38,840 Matthew 7, this is his persona, his agenda. 138 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,960 Now a. Lot of people will stand in the 139 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,320 final. Judgment people that somehow 140 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,320 thought they were involved in signs and wonders. 141 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,480 And Jesus says in verse 21, not everyone who says to me, Lord, 142 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,040 Lord shall enter the Kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will 143 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,120 of my Father in heaven. It says, many will say to me in 144 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,800 that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesized in your name, 145 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,280 cast out demons in your name, and done many wonders in your 146 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,040 name in verse 23? And then I will declare to them, 147 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:15,080 I never knew you, depart from me, you who practice 148 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:19,000 lawlessness. Now flip back over to 2nd 149 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,920 Thessalonians chapter 2. What is lawlessness? 150 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,040 Second Thessalonians, chapter 2, verse 8. 151 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,000 It says then the. Lawless one. 152 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,480 This is referring to the Antichrist. 153 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,720 He will be revealed. Who the Lord will consume with 154 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,039 the breath of his mouth, and destroy with the brightness of 155 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:38,159 His coming when? Christ comes back, this 156 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,120 Antichrist. Will be toast. 157 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,600 Literally. It says the coming of the 158 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,800 lawless one in verse 9 is, according to the working of 159 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,800 Satan, with all power signs and lying wonders. 160 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:57,480 All power signs and lying wonders the practice of. 161 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,280 Lawlessness is sin. The continual breaking of God. 162 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,280 'S commandments. How many people in here remember 163 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,520 a time when all you wanted to do was sin? 164 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:12,160 Anybody remember those days? It, it was easy. 165 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,800 It came natural. Every day I'll be thinking like, 166 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,720 what can I do? What kind of evil thing can I do 167 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,560 today? But to me, evil was good at that 168 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:25,520 time that I had a propensity for sin and lawlessness. 169 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:31,400 I practice it. I was a devoted follower of 170 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,880 unrighteousness. My whole life, every day was 171 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:39,240 consumed with myself. And what? 172 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:43,040 I could get out of this life for me, regardless of who it hurt, 173 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,680 who it took advantage of, and who I conned or ripped off. 174 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,680 It says that this Antichrist will be one who continually 175 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:56,520 breaks the commandments of God during the end times. 176 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:57,680 This is what it's going to be like. 177 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:02,360 People will become incapable of even even recognizing error sin. 178 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,720 Have you met anybody that they don't think there's such a thing 179 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,080 as sin? You talk to them about sin and 180 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,960 they look at you like you're from another planet. 181 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,880 They they don't even have. A conscience to recognize. 182 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,320 Something as being sinful. It'll be a society that will 183 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:24,360 inevitably descend into a vortex of vice, violence and vandalism 184 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,200 beyond the ability to imagine, let alone control. 185 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,200 Anybody ever watch that movie Mad Max the Thunderdome? 186 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,080 Remember that movie? Would you want to live in those 187 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,240 days? The whole earth was pretty much 188 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,120 destroyed, right? The people were like animals. 189 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,480 There was no justice, there was no laws. 190 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:48,000 It was complete chaos in the world, and that's what it'll be 191 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,000 like. Near the time of Christ's 192 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,760 return. Galatians warns. 193 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,800 Us of the consequences of practicing sin and lawlessness 194 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,000 flip over to galatians chapter 5 now we're. 195 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,400 Reading about the Antichrist. Today and and the False Prophet 196 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,200 and the dragon the. Unholy Trinity and it's it's 197 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,360 really easy to get focused. On the the the image of what's. 198 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,080 Going to transpire and missing out in the practical application 199 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,680 or what does that mean to you and me today? 200 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,520 Now in any given audience, I don't care if it's three here 201 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,200 today or there's 3000. You have believers and 202 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,840 unbelievers and you have pretenders, and pretenders are 203 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,360 people that say why believe who? Jesus is and the Bible says, 204 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,600 well the devil believes and he trembles and yet your. 205 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,600 Life is habitually still. Involved and practicing 206 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,880 lawlessness. And Paul writes this to the 207 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,720 church in Galatia, verse 19 of chapter 5. 208 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:47,000 He says the works of the flesh are evident, their adultery, 209 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:51,360 fornication, uncleanness and lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, 210 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,880 hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish 211 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,240 ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murder, 212 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,760 drunkenness, reveries and the like, of which I tell you 213 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,120 beforehand, just as I've told you in time past, that those who 214 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:09,280 practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 215 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,920 We need to underline that in our Bible. 216 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,560 You know when Paul says examine yourself, whether you're in the 217 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:16,520 faith? I need to examine myself. 218 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:20,960 Is my life a life of obedience to Christ in his lordship, or am 219 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,000 I living in habitual lawlessness? 220 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,680 In other words, my secret life, my private life? 221 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:30,280 If I'm living and breaking God's word day in and day out, doesn't 222 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,560 matter what I say, I believe, right? 223 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,480 I'm not going to inherit the. Kingdom of God. 224 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,000 If you're here today. And you say you're a Christian, 225 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,880 but you have no. Conscience in breaking the. 226 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,720 Law of God, His word that you have no conviction of. 227 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,680 Moral impurity and unholiness and. 228 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:54,120 That you live in a way that if you. 229 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,360 Were in a trial and people. Were going to convict. 230 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:02,240 You of evidence there would not be enough evidence to convict 231 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,680 you that you were a Christian because of. 232 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:13,680 The way people see you live the counterfeit in verse 24 it says 233 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,800 those who are Christ have crucified the flesh with its 234 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,960 passions and desires if I'm really. 235 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:23,800 Christ, I'm not perfect yet and I still sin and you do too. 236 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,360 But my heart of hearts is that I don't want to sin anymore. 237 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:31,520 When I sin it makes me miserable and I I'm not wired to want to 238 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,480 do that anymore. I have a conscience. 239 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:38,840 I have a conviction and that my life now is to continually see 240 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,600 the power of sin crucified in my life that I don't have the. 241 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,200 Desire to go get hammered anymore or to go sleep around, 242 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,520 to be a person that rips off my employer or a person that just 243 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:54,280 wants to RIP people off. I don't have that intention 244 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,720 anymore in my life. And if I still have that 245 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,040 intention in my life, then I'm still lost, right? 246 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,160 Because the Bible says if you're in Christ, you've crucified that 247 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,960 old life. It isn't controlling you 248 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:11,000 anymore. The counterfeit of a true 249 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,040 Christian is someone who practices sin. 250 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,120 The definition for sin is lawlessness. 251 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,800 It's the anti God attitude and it results in a habitual 252 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,400 breaking of God's word and the man of sin. 253 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,480 This is what he. Does and whenever you and I? 254 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,760 Break this word of God. It brings guilt to our souls. 255 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:36,520 It brings disease to our bodies. It brings disorder and disasters 256 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,120 of all kinds. When I look at this situation in 257 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:43,280 some people's lives of the chaos and the ruin and the the history 258 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,280 of the aftermath of of this. One horrible thing after 259 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,360 another. It can't be attributed to 260 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:54,320 anything, but what I sow I reap if I sow according to the flesh. 261 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,040 I'm going to reap according to the flesh and as a young. 262 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,200 Man, I sowed a lot of sin according to the flesh. 263 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,840 Christ has forgiven me his, his blood has cleansed me. 264 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,400 But you know what? I still suffer some of the 265 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,240 ramifications of what I did in my life, and you do too. 266 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,560 And that's why you young people, you're here today. 267 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,560 You're starting out brand new. You don't have to do some of the 268 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,400 things your dad did. Or your mom did. 269 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:19,880 Or your. Grandfather, your grandmother 270 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,000 did. You can start out and not be 271 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,000 scarred in your life because of sin. 272 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,480 I'm in my 50s now and every once in a while I say, man, where'd 273 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,200 that weed come from? Cindy and I were out like doing 274 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,960 weeds yesterday and it is like these vines that are growing 275 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,320 into the grass and I'm like these. 276 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,840 Obsessive Scots lawn care type person I want nice grass, right 277 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,840 and I see these weeds, my neighbor's grass, it's a mess 278 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,560 and and they're coming into our yard and I'm thinking how can he 279 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,280 let these weeds come in our yard? 280 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,280 We're like, you know, so we're up there like pulling and 281 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,480 they're like vines, you know, you start pulling a couple out, 282 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,200 but then also it's like it's. Big like. 283 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,800 String and you got to sort of find out where it ends because 284 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,360 if you just pull like a little part of it, the roots still 285 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,840 there. And so you got to like really 286 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,440 work to get that stuff out. And I know we didn't get it all 287 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,840 out because when we get back from vacation, there's going to 288 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,920 be more out there. And that's what what sins like 289 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,440 as you get older, you're. Looking at your beautiful garden 290 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:13,480 one day. And you said, boy, it looks 291 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,040 nice. Flowers and you look. 292 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,560 Down, man, there's some weeds in there and. 293 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,840 It's choking, this thing. Out so you reach down you. 294 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,720 Pull it out. You make sure you get it out of 295 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,600 the root, you know? But it just seems like the 296 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,960 garden ever is completely free of weeds. 297 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,240 Is it? And my life isn't ever 298 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:35,320 completely free of the sins that I sowed as a foolish young 299 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,160 person. And so God shows me those things 300 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,240 not to haunt me or to condemn me. 301 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,400 He just says Clark. See that? 302 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,400 That was sown way back then. This is why you act this way 303 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,880 when this kind of situation. Comes up or you respond. 304 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,000 This way, when this circumstance comes up, it's still. 305 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,880 Rooted. It still has a connection to 306 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,960 your heart and your mind. And so let's, let's pull it out, 307 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,080 let's RIP it out, let's take the root out. 308 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:00,600 And that's called repentance, right? 309 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:05,560 That's constantly recognizing what needs to change from God's 310 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:09,880 perspective needs to change. And so I submit, I respond, and 311 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,599 it's an awesome. Thing when the root is pulled 312 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:14,079 out because then I can truly look in the mirror one day and 313 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:16,160 say, you know. I don't have that problem 314 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,800 anymore with that particular sin because God pulled the root out. 315 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,280 But if I look in the mirror and I know down deep inside that I 316 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,640 still have a problem with a particular sin in my life, it's 317 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,920 because I haven't let the Lord pull the root, and it's because 318 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,760 I still don't want to repent of it because I still take a 319 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,520 degree. Of pleasure and whatever. 320 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,680 And we're all in. Process regarding that. 321 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:41,920 But the man of sin is the one that is the focal point in the 322 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,600 sense of what John the Theologian is teaching in 323 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,880 Revelation 13. Today's emphasis on signs and 324 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,880 wonders are setting the stage for the worldwide delusion. 325 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,200 Paul gives us warnings in Second Corinthians about Satan coming 326 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,600 as an Angel of light to deceive. The very elective possible 327 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,040 people will look and say, well, this person, they seem so holy 328 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,840 and look what they're doing and their miracles. 329 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:09,680 Don't be shocked that the devil can counterfeit and come as an 330 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:15,880 Angel of light, the beast, the earth verse 15 he's the. 331 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,320 False prophet. And he's gonna have this 332 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,000 animated image. Are you guys? 333 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,440 Amazed at what Hollywood can do right now. 334 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,080 The technology. Anybody been to Disney World and 335 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:27,920 MGM Studios? Anybody been there? 336 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,560 The animated things. I mean, you look at these things 337 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:35,400 and they're so real. They move and they talk and, you 338 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,960 know, they do all this stuff. Well, technologically, now we 339 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,440 have the capability to set up a. Figure somewhere in the. 340 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,040 World that will be able to communicate all kind of 341 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,720 information to. People and he'll be so amazing 342 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,800 and how he's developed and created, whether it's through 343 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,760 technology or through lying signs and wonders of the occult. 344 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,560 He'll be the focal point of the. Worship around the world and 345 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,400 this individual is going to actually be built, it says, by 346 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,600 the Antichrist. He's going to give breath to the 347 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,280 image of the beast, and the image of the beast should both 348 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,960 speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the 349 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,680 beast to be killed so. In other words, anybody. 350 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,960 That is found not worshipping this beast will be destroyed. 351 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,880 And wiped out the only people that won't worship. 352 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,680 Him at that time will be people who come to Christ during the 353 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:27,080 the time of the the tribulation. And we're told in the scriptures 354 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:31,000 to not worship idols. We're warned not to worship 355 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,040 graven images, and the Antichrist will be the 356 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,960 abomination of desolation who will set himself up in this 357 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,920 world as the one who is to be worshipped and not Christ. 358 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,240 And what's happening now? Like to read something from a 359 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,960 book? It says the modern progression 360 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,400 of apocalyptic moods and expectation is bound up with the 361 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,200 obvious degradation of man's moral state and especially of 362 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,800 his rulers, and of those rapidly increasing tendencies to 363 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,480 concentrate political, informational, technological, 364 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,360 economic and military power in the very tight circle of 365 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:10,920 international supermen who are free from moral and other higher 366 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,440 human sensibilities and motives. A clear picture can be drawn 367 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,480 from all this and. How A1 world? 368 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,640 Government could be created, the head of which will be chosen out 369 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,760 of this band of gods having unlimited computer power, and 370 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,920 who will establish a universal enslavement of everyone on 371 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,320 earth, both individually and nationally. 372 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,800 All this matches perfectly with the apocalyptic prophecies about 373 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,600 a totalitarian regime under a universal ruler who will call 374 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,320 himself the Christ and Savior of all mankind. 375 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,000 The logical outcome of this new. World Order. 376 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,120 Anybody ever heard that term New World Order? 377 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,680 Under conditions of spiritual, moral, ecological, energy, 378 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,960 demographic and other crisis is afflicting the modern world, 379 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:56,640 obviously likewise match the meanings of these final events 380 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,520 in the life of humanity, about which the revelations of John 381 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,440 the Theologian speak. The terrible destruction of the 382 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,640 entire planet, I mean. If you look back to what 383 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,880 computers could do 10 years ago, you would have never dreamed 384 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,680 they could do what they could do now, right? 385 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,120 Some of you guys have those phones where you can have those, 386 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,960 you do the text things, but you can actually have face to face 387 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,480 conversations, right Online that companies have meetings. 388 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,080 I have a go to meeting. I have to go do a seminar. 389 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,040 And I'm sitting there with people all around the United 390 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,640 States in front of the computer watching this webinar and, and 391 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,760 now the capability of not any you to watch what they're 392 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,800 watching what everybody else has. 393 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,880 Seen but them to see you and when will there will come a time 394 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,560 and you read it in 1984 Orwell's book right Big Brothers watching 395 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,080 where every one of us will have to get up in front of our 396 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,880 computers, which just about everybody has. 397 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,960 We'll have to be there as a family to to give an account of 398 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,280 where we are and we'll be told what's going to happen that day. 399 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,560 Basically, we're going to be instructed, we're going to be. 400 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,520 Controlled. There's going to be a chip 401 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,480 either in your hand or in your. Forehead, the revelation says. 402 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,200 The Commerce will. Not be able to happen without 403 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,840 the access number of the Mark of the Beast, and it's interesting 404 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,080 we'll get into this next week that the 666 number is symbolic 405 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,320 of. Mammon and in. 406 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:17,040 Kings it talks about whenever they brought the gold to Solomon 407 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:23,360 once a year, the number of the weight of the gold and. 408 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:27,640 We'll look into it. Next week was 666. 409 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,400 And so we're, we're living in fascinating times. 410 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,000 And, and this, this isn't to pick our ears and say, oh, wow, 411 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,440 this stuff's cool. It's fascinating. 412 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,600 It's interesting. The Bible says that we're to 413 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,960 look up because our redemption draws nigh. 414 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,240 It says everyone that has this hope in himself purifies himself 415 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,960 even as they as he is pure. So if we study this stuff and we 416 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,920 don't have any kind of. Sensitivity that Where is my 417 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,800 life today in light of these things that are eventually going 418 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,200 to come upon the world? What about my children, my 419 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,040 grandchildren, my relatives, my neighbors? 420 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,960 Is my heart broken over people who are going to be deceived? 421 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,440 It's bad enough to lose someone today that doesn't know Christ 422 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,320 right and they're in hell forever. 423 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,920 But it's even more incomprehensible to think about 424 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,600 all the people in your sphere of influence today that have no 425 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,480 knowledge of the truth. The people you work with every 426 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:27,360 day that if Christ comes and we're raptured out of here and 427 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:30,440 they're left on the earth, they were going to face these things. 428 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:35,880 And chances are most of them are going to worship the beast that 429 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:40,240 should disturb us. If it doesn't, then we got hard 430 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:43,400 hearts and we can't reach everybody in the world. 431 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,000 I got a sphere of influence. You do. 432 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,240 Too. Your influence is yours. 433 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,160 Mine's mine, but I'll tell you wherever God has put us. 434 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,800 Guys, it's for such. A time as this it really is. 435 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:59,240 Amen. This has been Living Waters of 436 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,840 Grace with Pastor Clark. We're going through the 437 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,280 challenging and also intriguing Book of Revelation. 438 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,520 Whether you're a fan of reading ahead in books of fiction, 439 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,840 there's such a benefit to reading ahead in the Bible to 440 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,680 read about how it all ends. But in an interesting turn of 441 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:20,320 events, the Book of Revelation is not really the end, but 442 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,840 rather the beginning. It's the end of life as we know 443 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:28,320 it here on earth, but there's so much to look forward to for what 444 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,680 comes after all the judgement of the earth and those who reject 445 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,640 God. There's a lot to work through, 446 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,120 and it can be heartbreaking to read through the intense 447 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:42,040 judgments and wrath that will come on those who hate God with 448 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,400 all their might. The thing is, God has given 449 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,480 chance upon chance to these people. 450 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,080 They don't want it. So the outcome is that there are 451 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:55,360 judgments and consequences for those who've rejected the good 452 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:59,560 news and the gift of salvation that's offered through Jesus's 453 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,680 death and resurrection. Are you one who has heard about 454 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,520 these things but doesn't really want it because you want to live 455 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:13,040 life on your terms? Trust me, living for Jesus is so 456 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,600 much better. That doesn't mean it will be 457 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,480 easy, but as you listen and read through Revelation with us, 458 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,800 you'll come to a stark realization that you don't want 459 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,720 to be on earth when the apocalypse happens. 460 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:30,480 So check out Calvary Chapel online.com to learn how to come 461 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,840 to a saving grace through faith that will allow you to be with 462 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,480 Jesus for eternity. We'd also love to meet you in 463 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,920 person at Calvary Chapel Westmoreland. 464 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:44,360 Come join us at 400 E Pittsburgh St. 465 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:52,880 Ste. 6B in Greensburg, PA 15601. This has been living waters of 466 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:53,440 grace.