| Sermon 398 "Do you Believe God?" January 2, 2005
"How are they
brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed
with terrors." (Psalm 73:19)
Notice, I said do you
believe God, not do you believe in God. The laws of the universe
and nature declare that God does exist. If the awesome
destructive power of this current earthquake and resulting tsunami is as some say
"an act of
nature" that's pale in comparison
to the incredible awesome power that God possesses. As the laws of the universe declare
God is. Consider the stars. Also if man in all his space walks were not
tethered to the shuttle he would float out into space and be extinguished.
Space is weightless
and man is required to be weighted
down while on the moon or he
would drift into the everlasting expense. There
is a God. The
God that placed the stars and planets where they are. Many are
shocked at the huge death toll from this current disaster are you? My friends,
I'll tell you what to be afraid
of and shocked over, that is the
huge death toll of those every day dying without the saving grace and redemptive work of Christ!
60,000 deaths are but a grain
of sand on the
beach that sucked thousands away on the day after, compared to the trillions a day dying the death
of deaths. Weep and mourn for the lost souls
damned to hell forever! O
sinner, hell will rise to meet you,
and consume you in your sins, you
hover over hell daily until you repent! If God, who
made heaven and earth, and is
more powerful than a thousand earthquakes requires repentance
and you don't, what will
be your end? Be terrified of the tsunami that can consume your soul.
God has
declared thousands of times to you that you are filled with sin, and yet
you still reject the only saving remedy available to mankind-Jesus Christ. Why do you stand afraid of natural disasters, terrorist attacks,
wars, famine, and other kinds
of misery but are not afraid of the wrath of
the living God?
"How are they brought into
desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors." (Psalm
73:19)
The chains of sin encompass you, you believe not because you need not.
God stretches his hands out to
you daily, and you slapped them away? In such
a manner do you think you will be accepted in that day?
You go the
way of others; you believe foolishness and lies and are not in terror
of the Lord. You cannot see the stains of sin,
you cannot comprehend your blackness
of heart, the
almighty declares "there is
no one good no not one."
All are filthy in your present state you are corrupt and stink to God more than the millions of dead bodies.
You are so vital compared to our Holy God
that nothing less than the sufferings of hell can be
good enough for you. The sufferings
of eternal damnation that await those unrepentant are so horrible words cannot adequately describe it. If the Holy Scriptures say there is joy
in heaven over one sinner that repents, do you not think that
hell and its occupants scream to
get out? Nothing
on this earth can be compared to the misery, hopelessness, pain, and despair that awaits those that go there. The screams of the damned will
be heard through the universe, not so much for
the pain and agony, but the utter despair for an exit from such
a place.
Without God and the saving
grace He mercifully
bestows, such is the experience and
state that awaits those whose rejection of Him seals their fate. Repent, repent! Before it's too late, what time
will you have when the flames of hell suck you down? The children of God will be taken to
his side in the "twinkling of an eye"
your descent into the fiery abyss will be no less
quick.
As Achen
and his family were swallowed in a blink whole into the portals of hell,
so too will you for the
innumerable evils you have treasured in your life. There is a time coming, friends, when God's mercy doors will be shut forever. Do not think
that it will extend for all time, I
tell you it
will not, "and the doors were shut and they cried Lord, Lord open to us
and He said away I never knew you." Be not deceived that time is on its
way. O Earth, Earth tremble at the power
of our God fall at his feet beg for his eternal mercy that only He
can give.
I have declared the truth to you, I pray that it will affect your heart, and you would repent! Amen.
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