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 It is, if you consider Acts 2:17, “It shall come to pass in the last days, I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh.” There have been many Outpourings of the Spirit in the history of America. They are commonly called Awakenings or Revivals, but they were Outpourings of the Spirit. Our first settlers were part of the Reformation happening in Europe. Multiplied thousands, seeking religious liberty, flooded the shores of North America. They were known as Pilgrims and Puritans. They set up the governments and laid the foundation for a Christian nation. In many colonial and state governments you could not even hold public office if you were not a Christian. The American Revolution was the aftermath of the First Great Awakening which united the previously conflicted colonies into “one nation under God.” There was a Second Great Awakening and many other Revivals down through the years. These Revivals turned a wayward nation back to God and kept the flames of freedom high. One example is the Azusa Street Revival. There are over a billion Christians who can trace their beginnings to that event. Azusa was the root of a world-wide awakening that has been going on ever since.

Here’s another way to phrase the title of this chapter: why is the most powerful and prosperous nation in the history of the world never mentioned in the Bible? Russia and China are, along with Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, and others. But not America. “Those other nations are in the Bible because of their relationship to Israel.” True, but what nation has ever been a better and truer friend to Israel than the United States? If we had not entered WWII Hitler would have exterminated every Jew from the face of the earth. Our nation moved their capital back to Jerusalem after 2,000 years of there being no capital. Israel exists today because of the U.S.A. No nation has ever been closer to Israel than the U.S.  Doesn’t it seem odd that America is not mentioned in the Bible? I shall attempt to answer that question.

It’s because so much of latter-day prophecy concerns itself with after the Rapture (Rev.6-19). Between the time of the church (Revv.2-3) and the Great Tribulation (Rev.6-19) we have one event – the Rapture (Rev.4-5). Look at the Rapture of the church as it is taught in the Bible. Noah was the only righteous man of faith on the earth and so God destroyed the “only evil continually world” with a flood and saved only eight souls with a big boat. The earth had become so corrupt morally and spiritually that after God got His people out, He sent a flood that killed everybody else on the planet. Lot was the only righteous man in wicked Sodom and God got him out of that valley of cities before He rained fire down and destroyed every living soul. God had said, “If I can find ten righteous men I will not send judgment.” He couldn’t and so He did. The point is, God sent judgment on Sodom after He got Lot and his family out.

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Preached on Sunday evening, February 11, 2024. Elder, Dewey Williams 

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Preached on Sunday, February 4, 2024

Honor Your Parents

Suppose you were a kid and I told you that upon infallible assurance from God if you would do one simple thing you would live a long life and prosper, would you do it? If you had a gnat’s amount of wisdom you would say yes. Unquestionably! This is it. Honor your parents by obeying them with the right attitude, because it is just the right thing to do because you owe them your very life and because of the promise of God.

Nobody in this world has or will ever love you more than your parents. You might be tempted to think, “Well, my boyfriend loves me more.” You might not think that in six months. Marry him and you may find after a couple of years that he hates your guts! Nobody in this world has done and will do more for you than your parents. For that they deserve your honor and appreciation.

Right below God are your parents! “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother,’ is the first commandment with a promise: that it may be well with you and you may love long on the earth.” (Eph.6:1-3) God put your parents in your life to bless you with provision and care. Therefore, they are to be honored for the place God gave them in your life. The first commandment with a promise means that of all the commandments of God in the Bible this is the very first one that God attached a promise to. All God’s promises are good. There are blessings for obeying God, especially when He directly attaches a promise to it, which He does here. And what is that promise? “That it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.” Do you want things to go well with you on this earth? Of course you do. Then honor your parents and do it with a good attitude.

Imagine what would happen if you started doing everything your parents said, without hesitation or griping about having to do it? They would move heaven and earth to do good things for you. Do you want the keys to the car, or your own car? You want privileges? You want freedom? Then honor your parents. There is nothing parents wouldn’t do for a kid who honors them in this way.

If you don’t honor your parents you probably won’t honor any of the other important people God places in your life. By honoring your parents you are learning to honor your teachers when you go to school. What a blessing to have access to a teacher who would bend over backwards to help a student who honored them by doing all their lessons, making good grades and cooperating in every way.

And if you don’t learn to honor your parents, how are you going to honor your country or the police whose sole job is to protect and serve you. Anyone who straps on a gun to go to work to protect you deserves to be honored. Salute the flag. Untold thousands of brave soldiers have died to give you the privilege of living in a free country.

III. Honor the Elderly

These are older people. In the Bible and in most other cultures, the elders are the leaders of the families and are honored for having lived and endured a long life. They have been through a lot and deserve to be treated with respect. In the Native American culture these are the older men who sit in a teepee, smoking peyote, discussing tribal matters, and making decisions for the entire tribe...to read more click here: https://sites.google.com/view/gracehouseclinton/sermons

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Preached on 1/21/2024

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