Filter: Don't Panic. The Beginning Of Sorrows

FILTER: DON’T PANIC… THE BEGINNINGS OF SORROWS

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) (Two part lesson)

Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:23 (NLT2) Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

WHAT IS OUR SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL? THERE ARE MANY OBSTACLES TO PROGRESS AND HEALTHY GROWTH. THERE GROWS A STUBBORN SPIRIT THAT IS SELF-FEEDING THAT HINDERS GROWTH AND STRONG FAMILIES. ZEAL AND EAGERNESS SEEM TO BE ABSENT NOW DAYS. WE TEND TO LIVE IN SHALLOW WATERS. JOY AND LIGHT ARE RARE. THERE SEEMS TO GROW A TENDENCY TO HAVE HARD HEARTS THAT HAVE BECOME VERY CALLOUS. WE NEED TO LIVE IN THE LIGHT.

Many are talking, few are listening. Dull hearing can come from several sources. 1. Having ear infections. 2. A buildup of earwax? 3. Loud sounds and noises can damage the ear drum. 4. Old age, the normal process of life. 5. Open ears but scarely hear. They just don’t want to be quiet and listen.

Matthew 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

DO WE EVER LISTEN TO WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US? HAVE WE HEARD SO MUCH WE JUST DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE? ALL THESE ARE THE BEGINNINGS OF SORROWS: WE NEED A FILTER TO REMOVE IMPURITIES.

Matthew 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Matthew 24:5 (MSG) Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities, claiming, 'I am Christ, the Messiah.' They will deceive a lot of people. 6 When reports come in of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don't panic. This is routine history; this is no sign of the end. 7 Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Famines and earthquakes will occur in various places. 8 This is nothing compared to what is coming. 9 "They are going to throw you to the wolves and kill you, everyone hating you because you carry my name. 10 And then, going from bad to worse, it will be dog-eat-dog, everyone at each other's throat, everyone hating each other. 11 "In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. 12 For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes.

JESUS WANTS US TO ENCOURAGE AND COMFORT US WITH: DON’T PANIC FOR WHAT YOU HEAR AND SEE… BE NOT TROUBLED…

*False teachers and false preachers DECEIVING MANY, to gain personal advantage by telling false/half-truths.

*PESTILENCE: (FATAL EPIDEMIC DISEASE)

*Deceive many, tribulations (little t, not Big T)

*WARS and rumors of wars: (nations against nations, kingdom against kingdom, Revelations---seals opened)

*FAMINES: (shortage, scarcity, judgment) (Toilet paper from a false panic)

*EARTHQUAKES: (sudden release of energy, shaking, waves from epee center)

*TSUNAMI: (destructive, overwhelming, deadly waves)

*CHRISTIANS WILL BE HATED: Dysfunctional, mislead, take advantage of.

*GO FROM BAD TO WORSE: (to be unpleasant, unsatisfactory)

*DOG EAT DOG: (at each other’s throats). Selfish, ruthless, difficult, to fall apart. People are willing to harm each other to advance, succeed.)

*INIQUITY SHALL ABOUND: (immoral, grossly unfair, corruption.)

THE BOOK OF JAMES WARNS US: THERE ARE THOSE THAT WILL NEVER LISTEN. THERE ARE THOSE THAT WILL DO THINGS THEIR OWN WAY REGARDLESS OF THE COST. THEN THERE ARE THOSE THAT WILL LISTEN AND TRY TO DO THEIR BEST TO PLEASE GOD. THERE ARE SO MANY RED FLAGS ABOUT SPIRITUAL SLUMBER…

We live in a day of APATHY: I DON’T CARE… Let the ignorant be ignorant still. Spiritual blindness and spiritual deafness: can become the dominant force. MANY REFUSE TO LISTEN AND SEE WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TRYING TO WARN THE CHURCH. Preach us happy and itching ears…