You say why is this important?
Well, here's why it's important because well first off all of the Bible is important
But here's the thing
One of the things I've heard because what I'm saying is that it's not always best to be more hardcore
And I'm not standing in judgment against any church. Every church is making their decisions. That's fine
But one of the big things I've heard people say is well if you're not willing to stand right now
You're not gonna stand during the end times. Oh, actually during the end times. You're supposed to be wise as serpents the Bible says
Look if they're gonna arrest you, you know what you do?
You don't just stand there and say well
I'm ready to be arrested and killed actually you try to escape so you can preach the gospel for another 70 days
You don't just stand there and just say okay. I'm gonna I don't care. I'll be arrested and become a martyr. No, actually
Yeah, I'm not saying to hide in the woods. But what I'm saying is yeah, you should try to avoid being killed
You shouldn't just stand there and let yourself get killed because there's people you can get saved during the Great Tribulation
As we saw on Wednesdays what we've seen is this that even during the beginning of sorrows there's a place prepared in the wilderness
Yeah, we're gonna be on the run from governments that want to kill us no matter where we live
That's the way it's gonna be they're gonna organize into this system and even more so after the abomination of desolation
And yeah, you don't just stand there saying just take me and kill me. No you try to escape
From the police that are gonna kill you that's not being watered down
That's being wise
Okay, and look I think if we really think about it. I don't believe during the Great Tribulation
We're gonna be going door-to-door soul-winning. I don't believe we're gonna be meeting for church
I believe we're gonna be running for our lives and be given opportunities by God to preach the gospel
So this idea well if you're not taking a stand now against this government during the end times, you're not gonna take a stand
That's not what the end time is gonna be like
We just saw in Mark 13 in Matthew 10 to be wise as serpents
Beware of men and yes the Bible saying be careful
Don't try to get your head chopped off
Don't be what he's not saying to be what be watered down, but what he's saying is yeah
You know what you should try to avoid being killed
Because of the fact you want to preach the gospel and look when you study that out in Matthew 10
It's referring to the end times because that whole passage is
Parallel to Mark chapter 13 and that phrase and if you don't think that's about the end times
I guess my question to you would be what does it mean by he that endureth to the end the same shall be saved because
I have an easy answer to that. Yeah, if you endure through the Great Tribulation, you're gonna be raptured
It will spare you from physically being killed. Okay, that's what the Bible is saying. So look
during the end times
The determination of whether or not you're gonna serve God or not is have you been serving God your whole life?
Okay. Look I've been soul winning since I was 19 years old. I'm 35 years old now. That's over 15 years
Okay, Pastor Jimenez has been soul winning probably since he was before he was saved
Alright his entire life. I mean when he was in the womb
He wasn't even born and he was so any mean Pastor Anderson's been so winning for 20 years
Okay, the idea. Well, you're just not gonna serve God your water down
I don't really see a biblical basis for that
Especially as you're trying to link it to the end times because that just doesn't hold water
When in the end times you're it says beware of men be wise as serpents they're gonna deliver you up now
What he does say is that you will end up getting delivered up if you avoid it
You know and try to preach the gospel you still could get arrested. Absolutely
There will be many people that will be martyred as it mentions in the book of Revelation
With you know in the fifth seal in Revelation chapter 6. Yes, people are going to be martyred
But it doesn't mean you should try to be martyred
Look if the government says that if you show up at this building for your you know
10 a.m. Service and we will kill every single person that shows up and there's 50 people waiting with a shotgun
You know what? It's probably not the wisest thing to me and
during the end times
That's what it's gonna be like now if you want to die in that battlefield because it's more hardcore you go for it
Okay, but I don't believe that's what you see in the Bible with the end times
What I see is people are gonna be on the run for their lives and yeah, we're expected to preach the gospel
but it's gonna be more chaotic than just
Organizing and then having lunch after a couple hours of soul winning. No, it's kind of every man for himself sort of thing
That's the way it's going to be during the end times and I personally believe it's really hard to even kind of tell what it's
Gonna be like unless we're actually there but look, you know according the Bible
You should be wise as serpents in reference to the end times as well
Matthew 10 verse 23
I
Still don't think this is referring to the end times. Well
Matthew 10 verse 23
I think case closed in this verse but when they persecute you in this city flee into another
For verily I say unto you shall not have gone over the cities of Jerusalem
till
The Son of Man become what's that referring to? I believe it's referring to the rapture
What's verse 22 referring to enduring to the end? I believe it's referring to enduring through the Great Tribulation
You're gonna be saved as in raptured and you won't physically being killed
What did it say in verse 23 three if they persecute you in this city?
Just stay there and die on the battlefield. Is that what it said in verse 23?
That's more hardcore. Is that what it says? No, it says flee
He into another and fleeing means you're running for your life like you're scared like the government's gonna kill you because you know what?
That is what we're gonna be doing during the end times
It's like and look if you want to just say well
I'm just gonna stay in this city where they're gonna kill me and just not preach the gospel for the last
You know a couple months before the rapture then I guess that's up to you, but I would say this that that's not biblical
It's actually the wrong choice
actually being
Wiser and less hardcore is a better choice according to Matthew 10 verses 22 and 23 now