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Hello and welcome to our Tuesday
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uh weekly Bible study. Today we're going
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to talk about something that most folks
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don't like to talk about. And now some
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people may ask uh uh T why are you so
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intoxicated with uh talking about the
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wrath of God? And I want to say I'm nuts
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because if you look at scriptures,
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it is filled from Genesis to Revelation
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about the coming wrath of God. So it's
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nothing that I I'm doing on purpose is
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is the fact that this is what scripture
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preaches, right? A lot of people they
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forget that um salvation is primarily
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not about you finding purpose in your
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life. It's not about you finding meaning
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in your life. is about escaping the
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because you stand condemned.
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We all stand condemned. The scripture
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tells us there's no one righteous, not
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even one. For all have sinned and fall
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short of the the glory of God. Now um
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why am I saying this? Uh um if you go
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down to like downtown Frederick,
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just drive through downtown Frederick,
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all you see is the pride rainbow flags
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everywhere, which by the way they've
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hijacked because the the the the rainbow
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was actually a sign of God to say that
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he was no longer going to destroy the
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earth with a flood, the entire earth
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like he did in Genesis. Right? So, but
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people don't understand that and these
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people have actually hijacked the
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rainbow colors and then made it into the
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pride um gay agenda and and then the
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city of Frederick is pretty much proud
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to display on every single street there
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this flag that is absolutely horrendous
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because he stands for the generacy that
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uh as people we should abhore, right?
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But we we don't do that. The perversion
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has gotten to the point where we
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actually celebrate that and we've made a
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whole month as a celebration of
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something that's perverted. Okay, if you
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drive through downtown, you will see how
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ubiquitous and conspicuous this flag is
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everywhere that you go, right? And it
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speaks about the privacy, like I say,
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and the degeneracy of uh our society.
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And I'm so appalled that Frederick has
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embraced this. Okay. Now Luke and I, a
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friend of mine, we went to a talk uh
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near Wineberg Center. That was last year
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sometimes. Uh we wanted to share the
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gospel and folks were just hurling
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insults at us to the point where a
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policeman had to tell us you need to
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leave. This is how crazy and how
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degenerate uh Frederick has gotten.
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Okay. Now, what is this a sign of? If
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you go to the book of Romans, especially
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uh chapter one, I want to read you
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something here because sexual perversion
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is a sign of the wrath of God. Listen to
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what scripture says here in Romans
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chapter 1. Okay? And then I'm going to
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show you some things later on. It says
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here beginning with uh verse 18 or
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Romans chapter 1, for the wrath of God
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is revealed from heaven against all
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ungodliness and unrighteousness of men
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who by their unrighteousness suppress
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the truth. This truth is this. It's
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going to tell us for what can be known
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about God is plain to them. Meaning
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what can be known about God is plain to
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everyone. No one is going to say I
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didn't know God existed. Right? Because
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he goes here and goes because God
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himself has shown it to them. Basically,
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God has shown you evidence of his
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But listen to what scripture say. For
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his invisible attributes, namely his
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eternal power and divine nature have
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been clearly perceived ever since the
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creation of the world
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in the things that have been made. So
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that men are without excuse. For
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although they knew God, they did not
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honor him as God or give thanks to him.
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But they became feudal in their thinking
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and their foolish heart were darkened.
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So claiming to be wise, they became
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fools and exchanged and exchanged the
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glory of the immortal God for images
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resembling mortal men and bears and
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animals and creeping things. Therefore,
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now this is important. Because of what
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men have chosen to do, listen to the
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consequence. Therefore, God gave them up
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in the lusts of their hearts to
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impurity, to dishonoring of their bodies
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among themselves. You see, because of
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what men choose to do, because they did
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not acknowledge him as God, and they
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instead chose to worship the creature
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instead of the creator, listen to what
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God has done. He has given them over to
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a reprobate mind, right? Because they
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exchanged the truth about God for a lie
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and worshiped the creature instead of
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the creator. For this reason, because of
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what people have done, God gave them up
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to dishonorable passions. And the result
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is is what? Listen to the results. For
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their women exchanged
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natural relations for those that are
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contrary to nature. And the men likewise
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gave up natural relations with women and
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were consumed with passion for one
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another. men committing shameless acts
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with men and receiving in themselves the
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do penalty for their terror their error.
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So basically God has given them over to
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a reprobate mind. So when people say
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well God is mad, God is angry because of
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what people are doing right now is
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actually that God has already given them
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up to this reprobate mind. This is
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dangerous because there may not be
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salvation for them anymore. Now, I don't
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know. I don't know if this is where you
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are, but if the word of God is if you're
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listening to the word of God and the
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word of God is causing you to to be
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convicted, then that's a good sign.
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Because some people get to the point
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where they have become callous through
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the word of God, their mind, the
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scripture say, is sealed as with a hot
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iron. Meaning they can no longer hear
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the word of God and respond to it. And
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therefore, what happened is this is a
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proliferation of sexual perversion. So
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sexual perversion is pretty much uh a
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sign that this the society has
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completely been degraded and therefore
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the wrath of God is soon coming. Is it
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going to be today, tomorrow, in a year,
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in two years, in 10 years? I don't know.
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But when the society is at a point where
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perversion is praised, where what is
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right is seen as what is wrong and what
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is hatred toward God is seen as what is
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good. That's when you know that God has
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given folks over to a reprobate mind and
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that's a dangerous place to be. Now what
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I want to do now is this. I want to show
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you that sometimes in the scripture God
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gives us prototypes to give us an
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understanding of what is to come. Okay.
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Basically be God doesn't just bring his
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judgment without warning people. And the
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scripture is full of his warnings.
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He's full of his warning. He's inundated
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with his warnings. Okay. In Genesis 6
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for example, okay, in the story of Noah,
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what happened in Noah time, the
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scripture says that the sons of God saw
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the daughters of men and they became
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they came and they took for themselves
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whoever they wanted and then they
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produce what we call the nephilims,
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right? And as a result, the whole uh the
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scripture tells us that in Genesis 6
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that there was perversion that the
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intent of man's heart was towards evil.
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That's Genesis 6. I will let you go and
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read that for yourself. Actually, let me
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read that to you here. Let me I want to
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read that a little bit because I I
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believe it's important for me to read
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you just a portion of it. Listen to what
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the scripture says in Genesis 6. Okay.
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Genesis 6. Let me let me get to that
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real quick. Okay. Now listen.
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When men began to multiply on the face
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of the land and daughters were born to
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them, the sons of God saw that the
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daughters of men were attractive. So
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these sons of God, I did a whole
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exposition on that. Those are refer
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referring to heavenly beings. Okay? So
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they saw the daughters of man and they
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were attractive and they took as their
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wives any they chose they so they came
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and then mingled with humanity. Okay.
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And listen to what the scripture said.
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Then the Lord said my spirit shall not
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abide with man forever for his for he is
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flesh. His days will be 120 years.
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Basically God gave humans 120 years to
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repent. This is a lot. 120 years for
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Yet they chose not to go the Lord's way.
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They didn't listen. Listen. The Nephilim
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were on the earth in those days and also
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afterward when the sons of God came into
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the daughters of men and they bore
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children to them. These were the mighty
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men of old. The Lord, listen to this,
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the Lord saw that the wickedness of men
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was great in the earth. Again if you
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look what happened at the basis is a
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sexual perversion again because these
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angelic beings came from heaven and came
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and mingled with humans. They were not
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supposed to do that. Even in the book of
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Jude we are told that they left their
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proper boundaries and came and mingled
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with humanity which they were not
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supposed to do. Again he has a sexual
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perversion undertone to it. Now listen
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to what God said. The Lord saw that the
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wickedness of man was great in the earth
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and that every intention of the thoughts
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of his heart was only evil continually
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which we see in our day and age. And the
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Lord regretted that he had made man on
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the earth and he grieved him to his
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heart. So the Lord said, I will blot out
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man whom I've created from the face of
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the land, men and animals and creeping
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things and bears of the heavens. For I
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am sorry that I have made them. But Noah
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found favor in the eyes of the Lord. Now
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eventually if you go and look at Genesis
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the end of the chapter, the flood comes
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um humanity is destroyed. Saved Noah,
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his wife, his three sons and their
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wives. So basically only eight people
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were saved out of the entire universe at
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that time. Why? Because the wrath of God
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eventually came again. In every
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scripture, he gives us what? He gives us
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a pre a prelude of what is to come
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eventually when Jesus descends back
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again. Okay. Now, I'm going to give you
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another example. Again, I want to show
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you that at the basis is always sexual
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perversion. In Genesis again, if you go
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to Genesis 19, when God comes to see
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Abraham, right, the the the angel of the
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Lord comes to see Abraham and then he he
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eventually wants to go to uh the city of
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Sodom and Gomorrah. Why? Because he said
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um the city of Gomorrah has come to
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heaven. He came down on earth to see if
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this is actually real. So he sends two
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angels into the city of Sodom and guess
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what happened in the middle of the
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night, man? The entire city comes and
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they want to have sexual relations with
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The angels were man, right? I want to
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read you Genesis 19 so you see exactly
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what I'm talking about. I I I want
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scripture to do me justice here. Okay?
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Now listen to this. Listen to this.
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Right? The two angels came to Sodom in
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the evening and Lot was sitting in the
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gate of Sodom. Lot is Abraham's nephew.
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When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them
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and bowed himself with his face to the
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earth and say, "My lord, please turn
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aside to your servants's house and spend
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the night and wash your feet. Then you
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may spend then you may rise up early and
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go on your way." They said, "No, we will
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spend the night in the town square."
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But he pressed them strongly. So they
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turned aside to him and entered his
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house. And he made them a feast and
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baked unleaven bread, and they ate. But
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before they lay down, the man of the
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city, listen to this, the man of the
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city. Now the man here is referring to
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male figures, not men in terms of
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mankind, right? The men of the city,
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All the people to the last man, listen
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to that, surrounded the house of Lot.
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And they called to Lot and say, "Where
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are the men who came to you tonight?
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Listen to what they want to do. Bring
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them out to us so that we may know
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them." knowing here means we may have
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sexual relationship with those men. Do
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you see the perversion?
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The perversion has gotten to the point
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where they want to have the entire city
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has come out to Lot's house because they
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want those two angels because the angels
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took a form of a human. They wanted to
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have sexual relationship with those men.
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And listen to what Lot says to them. He
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says, "I beg you, my brothers, do not
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act so wickedly. Behold, I have two
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daughters who have not known any men.
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So, Lot had two daughters who had never
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been with any man, which mean they they
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didn't have any sexual relation. They
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were virgin. The men didn't want
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anything to do with his women. They only
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wanted the man, which is again like I
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told you, sexual perversion is always
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sexual immorality and perversion like
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that is always uh uh pretty much a sign
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of the coming wrath of God. That city
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had been completely given over to
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depravity. And eventually what happened?
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God rained down what? Um surfer and acid
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in the city of um Sodom and destroyed
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the entire city save Lot and his two
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daughters. Okay. Now listen to this. Uh
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I want to show you what happened. Uh God
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destroyed Sodom. The sun had risen on on
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the earth when Lord came to Zo. Then the
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Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah,
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sulfur and fire from the Lord out of
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heaven. Again, God destroyed the city of
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Sodom, right? Why? Again, this is to
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show us prototypes. Everything is about
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prototypes because a lot of people don't
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believe that God is going to eventually
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bring his wrath. But he shows us in
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scripture patterns that he has shown us
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on a small scale that this is what I do
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when men turn against me and completely
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are perverted. This is why the wrath of
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God should be preached in every single
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congregation so that people can
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understand where they stand before
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before a holy God. I don't think we do
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that enough. Now again, if you go to
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Exodus 12, right? Exodus 12, what what
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are we told? When the angel of death
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comes, the angel of death comes and what
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does he do? He kills the firstborn of
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everyone that does not have the blood
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sprayed on their doorpost. Right? The
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Israelite did that and they were
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preserved because they were under the
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blood of Christ. This is a picture of
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gain. A picture of again of what? Being
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under the protection of Christ.
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Everybody else died that did not have
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the blood on their doorpost, right?
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Because the angel of death came at night
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and then destroyed those. Again, that's
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again a picture of the judgment of God.
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Again, he gives us picture. This is not
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just for us to read and be like, well,
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that's great history. It is for our
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learning. The scripture tells us that
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everything that is written in the Bible
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is so that we learn from what has
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already happened. So we are not going to
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have any excuses. Actually it is much
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worse for us now because we have so much
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evidence that for us to turn away from
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this is actually worse because you're
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not going to be able to stand in in
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front of God and say I didn't know the
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gun was loaded. You're not going to be
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able to do that. There is plenty of
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evidence. So the angel of death again
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that's a picture of the wrath of God.
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And then if you even want to go to
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Daniel chapter 3, the fiery furnace,
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right? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedneo,
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they are thrown into the fire. Again,
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fire in the scripture is a picture of
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what judgment. But then they are not
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burned by the fire. Not a single thing
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on their body burned because they were
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there was somebody else in the fire with
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them. The angel of the Lord, the son of
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the man, the son of God. Again, only
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those who are in Jesus Christ are
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preserved and are um sheltered from the
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wrath of God. This every scripture
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that is in it shows us that time in and
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time and again we have this picture of
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the wrath of God coming soon.
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And again at the basis of that is always
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a sexual perversion. I'm saying this
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over and over so that you guys can
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understand how dangerous we are in a
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very precarious time right now. Like I
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said, if you go downtown in Frederick,
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all you see is the pride flag
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everywhere. And we are proudly
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demonstrating that we love this kind of
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Okay. Now, I also want to show you what
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Jesus himself says. Let's go to Luke 21.
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If you don't, you know, a lot of people
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say, "Well, the Old Testament is full of
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only wrath and the New Testament is all
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about love." Let's see what Jesus says
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in Luke 21. I want to read you some
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scripture here. So you see what Jesus
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says in Luke 21 10-11. Listen to this.
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Then Jesus foretells wars and
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persecution again. Why? So that we can
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listen. Jesus said then he said to them,
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"Nation will rise against nation." Which
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we've seen in our day and age. Just turn
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How much wars have you have we seen?
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Nation will rise against nation and
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kingdom against kingdom. There will be
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great earthquakes which we've seen.
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There will be great earthquakes which
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and in various places famines and
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pestilences. Famines everywhere you see
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in the third world a bunch of famines,
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right? Pestilences, COVID, right? And
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there will be terrors and great signs
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from heaven. There have been flooding.
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There was flooding in in in even in
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Silver Spring right here in Maryland.
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There was flooding in Texas that killed
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a lot of people. There was fires. I
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mean, how much more signs do you need?
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The scripture is playing right before
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our eyes. So, we cannot ignore these
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things, right? Look again verse 25- 28.
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This is chapter 21. But when you see
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Jerusalem surrounded by no verse 25 and
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there will be signs in sun and in sun
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and moon and stars. God gives us again a
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preview of what will happen before he
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comes back again. There's signs in
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heaven. We need to pay attention. Right?
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He goes, "And there will be signs in sun
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and moon and stars and on the earth
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distress of nation in perplexity
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because of the roaring of the sea and
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the waves, cataclysmic events, right?
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People figning with fear and with
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foroding of what is coming on the world.
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You see what's happening in the world.
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This is again scripture coming alive,
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right? for the powers of the heavens
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will be shaken. And then you will see
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the son of man coming in in a cloud with
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power and great glory. Now when these
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things begin to take place, straighten
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up and raise your heads because your
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redemption is drawing near. Now those of
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us that know Jesus Christ, when we see
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these things, we're not going to faint
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because we know that our redemption is
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drawing near. Why redemption? The saving
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of this dead body. Eventually, we're
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going to be redeemed and to the point
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where we are no longer going to be
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capable of sinning. I can't wait for
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that day. The scripture tells us in
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first John that when we see Jesus, we
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will see me. We will see him as he is
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because uh we will be as him and
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everyone that has this this hope in
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himself purifies himself as Jesus
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himself is pure. The scripture tells us
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blessed are the pure in heart for they
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shall see God. So purity of heart is a
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is a pretty much a prerequisite to
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So, we're going to be redeemed. For
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those that are not in Christ, they're
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not going to be redeemed. That's going
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to be your going to be sent into hell.
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I'm going to continue here. Right. Verse
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again. Luke 21. Listen to this. Right.
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But watch yourselves lest lest your
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hearts be weighed down with the with
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dissipation and drunkenness and cares of
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this life. And that and that day come
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upon you suddenly like a trap. for it
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will come upon all who dwell on the face
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of the whole earth. But stay awake at
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all times, praying that you may have
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strength to escape all these things that
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are going to take place and to stand
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before the son of man. Another warning,
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watch yourselves lest your hearts be
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weigh down with drunkenness and
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dissipation and the cares of this life.
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A lot of people are so focused on what
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is on the earth like they have a
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horizontal view of things. when your
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life you may live up to like 70 or 80 or
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90 and what happens the scripture tells
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us right what what good is it to get in
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the whole world and then forfeit your
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I'm going to also read Matthew 24 uh
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37-39 and we're going to close this
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listen to Matthew right Matthew 24
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listen to this scripture here
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listen here right for as were the days
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You see this? For as were the days of
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Noah, so would be the day of the coming
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of the son of man. For as in those days
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before the flood, they were eating and
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drinking, marrying and giving in
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marriage until that day when Noah
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entered the ark and they were unaware
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until the flood came and swept them all
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away. So will be the coming of the son
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of man. You see the warning Jesus giving
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us. Jesus is referring to Noah's story.
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A lot of people say, "Oh, Noah's story
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was a joke." Are you serious? The Lord
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is talking about it. He's giving you
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that as a reference. Say, "Do you see
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what happened in the days of Noah?
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People were giving giving into marriage.
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They were eating and drinking and then
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one day the flood came and they all
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So what is the point of me talking about
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this this morning? I just want to ask
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Are you saved? And when I say saved, I'm
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saying, are you saved from the wrath of
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God? Do you know Jesus as your personal
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Lord and Savior? If you do not, my
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friend, you are really, really, really
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walking on thin air and you are walking
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on really uh thin ice. That's what I
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because your life may be snuffed out
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just like that today, tomorrow, any you
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could be just like that gone.
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So my prayer to you is this. Have you
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received Jesus as your personal Lord and
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Savior? I'm not talking about receiving
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Jesus so that you have peace in your
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life, you have tranquility, you have all
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the benefit that God can give. That is
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not what I'm talking about. Meaning,
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have you received Jesus so that when he
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comes back, he can stand in his presence
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and not being thrown into the fire?
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This is all we This is why we preach the
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People say, "Well, I don't like that
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brimstone and fire. I you know that
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that's just not No, this is the truth.
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Jesus talks about hell more than
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anything else in the Bible because he
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knows that he's real. This is real.
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And if my Lord did that and as a man,
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I'm going to do the same thing. I'm not
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going to shy away from it.
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So I will pray with you again. If the
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Holy Spirit is speaking to you because
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the scripture tell us no one can come to
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to God unless the father grants it. If
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he's grant you repentance, please
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receive it today in Jesus name. And I'll
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see you next time. Thank you and