This Grand Pause has...

1. A Unique Messenger v.1-3

He represents the Lord with some powerful parallels:

2. An Urgent Message v.4-7

3. An Unchanging Mission v.8-11

   -The scroll represents God’s plan to judge the world under the authority of Christ.

John is commanded to…

1. Consume it!

2. Communicate it!

---But I’m not a prophet?  I’m just a regular person.

Love The Lord

Love Your Family

Love God’s People

Love Your Neighbor

Love The Lost

Leverage Your Life for Good

Share the Gospel and ALL of its truth

Two Lessons:

1. A Release You Cannot Imagine v.12-19

       a. Notice what he heard…

-A voice commanding the release of four angels

-Bound across one river — the Euphrates

-Prepared for one specific time

-To kill ⅓ of humanity

-With a cavalry of 200 million

      b.  Notice what he saw…

-Fire – War

-Smoke – Darkness, confusion, suffocation

-Sulfur – Torment of the wicked

2. A Relationship You Cannot Ignore v.20-21

What is the point?

Your sin is not solo.

Satan loves it. Starve him.

Communion-with The Lord

Conviction-from The Spirit

Confession-to a godly friend

Community-with believers

What can we learn from...

1. The Divine Permission? v.1-3

-Lesson: In his complete sovereignty, God can and does ordain and control the use of demons and demonic activity to carry out His divine judgment upon the wicked.

2. The Divine Protection? v.4

-Lesson: God protects those He saves from demonic torment in the midst of judgment.

3. The Demonic Commission? v.5-6

- Lesson: Demonic activity never blesses or encourages, rather it torments to the point

4. The Demonic Description? v.7-11

- Lesson: We need not take demons or demonic activity lightly. With symbolic language, John explains just how serious these enemies are.

Demonic Activity:

Sounds signal a lot

3 Questions...

1. When do these Trumpets Sound?

-Answer: These trumpets occur in response to the cry of the saints for the judgment of God on the wicked

2. Why do these Trumpets Sound?

-Answer: These trumpets signal the beginning of the judgment of God on all of creation.

3. What do these Trumpets Send?

- Answer: The first four trumpets send an assault on the very creation that rebellious man often places his confidence in.

What do they send?

–First Trumpet: An assault on the land

–Second Trumpet: An assault on the sea

–Third Trumpet: An assault on rivers

–Fourth Trumpet: An assault on the sky

–Funeral Lament of the Eagle: Woe!

The sights, the sounds, and the smells of the table remind me that I need not fear the sound of judgment!

Fighting Temptation: 

Adrian Rogers – “The most miserable man  on Earth is not an unsaved man but a saved man out of  fellowship with God.”

The How of Confession...

1. Appeal

2. Admission

3. Alignment

“If we want to be clean, we have to come clean.”

Matthew 6:9-13

9 Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven,

Convictions surrounding this series on prayer:

I. His Sovereignty

II. My Submission

III. Our Sanctification

Prayer Challenge:

Have you ever felt like your prayer life was a Routine burdened by a Ritual?

When was the last time you cried out to your Heavenly Father?

How is our prayer life…?

The Holy Spirit transforms our prayer life from a ritual that is practiced to a relationship that is prioritized!

The Holy Spirit...

1. Confirms our new Identity (v.14, 16)

        - Attests our Adoption v.14

      “To give evidence of or demonstrate as true”

        - Affirms our Adoption v.16

“To reassure, confirm, or assert strongly that something is true

2. Compels our new Intimacy (v.15)

                - Freedom and Delight.

Prayer Challenge:

What kind of parent are you?

God wants His children…

1. Gracious vs. Guarded v.3-4

2. Spiritually Directed vs. Self- Determined v.5-6

3. Faithful to Him vs. Free Thinking v.7-8

4. Worshipful with Finances vs. Financially Wealthy v.9-10

5. Humbly Correctable vs. Highly Confident v.11-12

You cannot lead your child where you are not going, or you have not been.

Which child are you raising? 

Which person are you?