HOW LOW CAN WE GO? ARE WE READY?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
LET US STUDY THE IMMINENT RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR IN 8 AREAS OR CATEGORIES.
• 1. THE DARKNESS AND GOD HATERS… The Bible is considered HATE SPEECH.
• 2. WITHIN THE CHURCH…
• 3. IN WORLD POLITICS
• 4. IN SOCIETY
• 5. IN TECHNOLOGY
• 6. IN BIBLICAL PROPHECIES
• 7. IN NATURE
• 8. IN ISRAEL JERUSALEM
THE BREATH YOU BREATHE IS A GIFT OF GOD… WHAT YOU DO WITH IT CAN BE A GIFT BACK TO GOD…
HOW LOW CAN THE WORLD AND SIN GO?
Seems we live in a day that our spiritual enemy is running wild. Seems people’s imaginations are set against the Bible and God. The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that the greatest minds of the world cannot figure out a cure.
WHO KNOWS THE EVIL THAT CAN REIGN IN THE HEART OF PEOPLE…
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Romans 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
THE VERDICT IS PRETTY CLEAR. THE JUDGMENT IS CLEAR… THE WORLD LOVES DARKNESS…
Why do people love darkness rather than light? --- THEIR DEEDS, MOTIVES AND ATTITUDES ARE EVIL. If people would stay in the light they would be convicted and reproved.
John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
THERE ARE TWO ARABIC WORDS WE NEED TO CONSIDER:
1. *ZENITH: to go higher, to reach above, the highest point, to reach the top, the head, to crown.
2. *NADIR: (NAY-deer) the point of greatest adversity, low despair, the time of greatest depression, the lowest point, to hit rock bottom, nothing, zero, low ebb, low tide,
THERE ARE LIMITS TO GOD’S GRACE AND MERCY..
Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
GOD so loved the world is true… but God will not always give opportunity and breathe life into men and women endlessly. GOD can see how human evil gets out of control. People tend to think evil, imagined evil—evil, evil, evil from morning to night.
NADIR: AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH: NOAH WARNED AND WARNED GET READY, BE READY--- JUDGMENT IS COMING…
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Noah BUILT THE ARK and he WARNED THE RAIN IS COMING? What is rain, it had never rained before. Jesus is coming back, His arrival will take place in times like Noah's. Before the great flood everyone was carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ark. They ignored the message, seems they knew nothing—until the flood hit and swept everything away. JESUS IS COMING!
EATING--- name the food places in your area. DRINKING--- Go in any store and count the drinking beverages. Marrying--- we have to approach this with tenderness, open marriages, living together?
NADIR: HOW LOW CAN HUMANITY SINK? SODOM--- GOMORRAH--- BOXED IN, TRAPPED… BY SIN…
Genesis 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Before LOT AND THE ANGELS went to bed men from all over the city of Sodom, young and old, descended on the house from all sides and boxed them in. The flesh and tolerance became the norm. The homosexuals yelled to Lot, "Where are the men who are staying with you for the night?’’ Bring them out so we can have our sport with them!" Lot went out, barring the door behind him, and said, "Brothers, please, don't be vile!
Luke 10:11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
NADIR: FEW KNOW THE REAL SINS OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH…
Ezekiel 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
NADIR: WE DO NOT KNOW THE WORD OF GOD. IF WE DO NOT KNOW THE WORD OF GOD WE WILL BE ANEMIC IN THE WORK OF GOD. WE MAKE MISTAKES BECAUSE WE DON’T UNDERSTAND GOD’S WORD… 9 OUT OF 10 AMERICANS OWN A BIBLE… CHURCH ATTENDERS, CHRISTIANS… VERY FEW READ THE BIBLE. EVEN FEWER READ THE BIBLE DAILY.
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
NADIR: FAMINE, extreme scarcity, shortage, starvation,
Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
NADIR: The average pastor does not read his Bible daily. 35 to 40% of pastors leave the ministry. Most ex-ministers never attend church. 72% of pastors say they only read the Bible looking for sermon material. It has been in surveys that around 38% of pastors read their Bibles.
50% of faithful church attenders never read the Bible. 1/3 of Americans never pick up the Bible. During the pandemic Bible readers has dropped from 14% to 9%.
NADIR: Only 25% of faithful church attenders go to Sunday School classes. 80% of church attenders feel discouraged. Could we be in a famine of the word?
NADIR: Conclusion: ABOUT 25% OF THE WORLD OF THE INCARCERATION POPULATION IS IN THE USA. There are about 2.19 million prisoners in the state and federal prisons. There are about 745,200 prisoners in jails. Our prisons and jails are overcrowded which leads to health issues and psychological problems. Prisons in New York cost $69,355.00 per inmate. The cost of prisons and jails place a heavy burden or strain on governmental budgets. There are almost 6 times as many blacks in prison as white. The top three highest prison rates is Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma --- Kentucky falls in #6 slot. WE NEED THE LIGHT… THE DARKNESS IS SMOTHERING THE CHURCH.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Check us out on YouTube.
