Stay In The Word.

STAY

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

"This sermon was preached at the 107th Holy Convocation of the Emmanuel Tabernacle Baptist Church of the Apostolic Faith"

PRAYER: -

SCRIPTURE: 2 Timothy 3:1-5 & 14 “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them”.

OPENING: - The 14th verse says, “But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them”. I want to use for a subject today STAY!

I know someone might say STAY, that’s a command you give a dog. Understand it’s not so much the command that is important, but the obedience to that command, which bears the responsibility of the command. In other words, it’s not what you say, but what you do that is important. So, with that said I like to use for a subject STAY.

The problem with society today is that people are in such a hurry to get away that they oftentimes run away from their blessings because they are not willing to stay to see what the end is going to be. Most people don’t go to the movies and halfway through the movie just get up and leave, but they stay there to the end. Why, because they want to see what the end is going to be.

The word stay, when used as a noun is a large strong rope usually made of wire which is used to support a mast of a ship, the action of halting, the state of being stopped, the suspension of a procedure. As a verb, which is an action word, it is to stop going forward, to stop doing something, or WATCH THIS:- to continue in a place, to stand firm. The etymology of the word comes from a French word called “ester” and a Latin word called “stare”. The definition of these two words means to stand. The Bible says in Eph.6 “…having done all to stand. Stand…” that is another way to say STAY!

TEXT: - We have a list of 19 characteristics that identify how people will be acting and what their character will be like in the end times. The number 19 doesn’t so much have a particular meaning but 1+9=10 and the number 10 means divine order. Ten is also viewed as a complete and perfect numeral, as is 3, 7 and 12. It is made up of 4, which represents the physical creation, and 6, which symbolizes man. As such, the meaning of 10 is one of testimony, law, responsibility and the completeness of order.

We find, in Genesis 1, the phrase "God said" 10 times, which is a testimony of His creative power. God gave the Ten Commandments to man. Ten therefore represents man's responsibility to keep the commandments. A tithe is a 10th of our earnings and is a testimony of our faith in God.

The Passover lamb was selected on day 10 of the 1st month (Exodus 12:3), as was Jesus, the Lamb that takes away the sins of the world (John 12:28 - 29; 1Corinthians 5:7). Day 10 of the 7th month, which is Tishrei in Hebrew, is also the Holy Day known as the Day of Atonement. The Hebrew word Minyan states that there must be 10 people present in order to have a meeting. So, this list of 19 (or 1+9) characteristics are the Divine Order and Testimony of the End and Perilous Times.

WATCH THIS:- Now most of the time when this passage of scripture is preached, preachers will take this passage of scripture and preach an End Times message saying how we are living in perilous times all you have to do is look around at the world and see what is going on and realize these are perilous times. However, these characteristics have always been. They were there in the time of Jesus; just look at the Pharisees. They were there in the times of the Jewish Kings and the Jewish Judges. They were there when Joseph was thrown into the pit and then sold into slavery. They were there when Noah was building the Ark. These characteristics have always been.

Yet they say for men shall be lovers of their own selves and without natural affection and place that upon the homosexual and say these are the end times because of this right here see we are truly living in perilous times. Because homosexualism is running rampant and every disgusting and perverse abomination is constantly placed before our eyes on T.V., the internet, and social media they say this scripture proves that these are perilous times, and we are living in the end times.