All right, let's start out with a word of prayer. We're going to open in prayer dear Lord
We thank you so much for the chance to be here today Lord
and we pray that you would bless your word as it's preached and
Fill us all with your Holy Spirit Lord as the word goes forth and in Jesus name we pray. Amen
All right today. I want to preach to you out of the book of Revelation
Now Revelation is the last book in the Bible and it has to do with the end times
It has to do with the end of the world. It has to do with Bible prophecy and future events now
We brought a couple of big boxes of DVDs that we have here and on your way out the door
We're gonna make sure that every single one of you gets a DVD. We brought over a thousand DVDs
So you're all gonna get a DVD that has to do with the book of Revelation the end of the world Bible prophecy
Things of that nature
But the title of the sermon today is on the wrath of God the wrath of God and I'm going to be preaching from Revelation
chapter number 16
Now the Bible uses the word wrath
to talk about anger
Wrath means a very intense anger a very burning anger and the Bible talks a lot about the love of God
The grace of God the mercy of God
But it also talks about the wrath of God or the intense anger of the Lord
Now if we study the book of Revelation it talks about how in the end of the world
God is going to pour out his wrath upon this earth
God is going to pour out various plagues upon the earth and those plagues of God's wrath are
found in the book of Revelation chapter 16
so I'm gonna read for you from the Bible listen very carefully and
I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels
Go your ways and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth
And the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth and there fell a noisome and grievous sore
Upon the men which had the mark of the beast and upon them which worshipped his image
So when God pours out his wrath upon this earth in the end of the world
The first plague that he's gonna send the first vial of God's wrath is that he's going to send a horrible sore
People are going to get sores on their body if they are ones who have taken the mark of the beast
So anybody who worshiped the Antichrist or got the mark of the beast on their forehead or in their hand is going to get
Sores all over their body now who here put up your hand if you've ever seen a picture of
somebody who took meth
The drug meth who knows what I'm talking about like a meth addict
Have you ever seen those pictures where they have sores all over them who knows what I'm talking about
Well the Bible says that at the end of the world
When God pours out his wrath on this earth the first plague that he sends is that people are worshiping the devil
People are worshipping the Antichrist
People have received the mark of the beast in their right hand or in their forehead are going to receive sores all over their body
They're gonna have sores on them
That's the first plague second plague the Bible says in verse 2 and the and the second angel
poured out his vial upon the sea and
it became as the blood of a dead man and
Every living soul died in the sea
So the second plague that God sends is he actually turns the water into blood now
Do you remember back in the Bible where Moses went to Egypt and he said let my people go
And he brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. Do you remember how Moses turned the water into blood?
Well, the Bible says that at the end of the world in
Revelation 16 the second vial the second plague is when God
Turns the waters of the ocean into blood
Let me give you the third plague verse number four and the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters
And they became blood and I heard the angel of the waters say thou are righteous
Oh Lord
Which art and was and shalt be because thou has judged thus
For they've shed the blood of saints and prophets and thou has given them blood to drink for they are worthy
So the Bible says that the third plague that God's gonna send is that he's going to turn the fresh water into blood
That means the Demerara River will be turned into blood someday
he'll turn the fountains and the rivers of waters into blood and
people will desire to have water to drink and they won't be able to find any water to drink and
Therefore they will have to resort to drinking that blood out of the river now
Can you think of anything more disgusting than that? Wouldn't that be terrible?
How angry must God be if God is pouring out his wrath by sending
Sores all over people's bodies and then turning the water in the ocean into blood and then turning the rivers and fountains
Into blood God must have been pretty mad, right?
now let me keep reading the fourth plague and
the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the Sun and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire and
Men were scorched with great heat and
Blasphemed the name of God which hath power over these plagues and they repented not to give him glory
So I live in Arizona who knows where Arizona is put up your hand
Arizona is a state in the United States. It's right next to California and
Arizona is the hottest place in the whole United States. It's very hot where I'm from
So when I come to Guyana and it's pretty hot and I'm sweating
This is nothing to me because where I come from it's even hotter than this. It's the hottest place in the whole country
Do you guys do Fahrenheit or Celsius here?
Celsius
Well in the summertime where I live it gets to be 45 degrees Celsius
45 degrees very hot
But the Bible tells us that at the end of the world when God sends these plagues
He's actually going to scorch men with great heat. It's gonna get even hotter than 45 degrees outside
It's gonna be burning and hot and people are gonna be cursing God because it's so hot and they're so uncomfortable
that's one of the plagues that God's gonna send a
Scorching burning heat unlike anything we've ever felt. It'll be like Death Valley all over the world
the fifth plague is found in verse 10 and the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seed of the beast and
his kingdom was full of darkness and they nod their tongues for pain and
Blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores and repenting out of their deeds
So not only do they have sores
not only has the ocean been turned into blood and the rivers have been turned into blood and
Men are being scorched with great heat from the Sun
But also the Bible says that then after that with the fifth plague God's going to send darkness over the whole world
It's going to be so dark that you won't even be able to see your hand in front of your face
Now that's a pretty scary thought because in the darkness, you know people can do all kinds of crazy things and bad things
And so that's the fifth plague the plague of darkness. Let me give you this sixth plague. Listen carefully and
the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates and the
Water thereof was dried up that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared
and I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and
Out of the mouth of the false prophet for they are the spirits of devils working miracles
Which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of?
God Almighty so that sixth plague is a great army that's going to be assembled and brought forth to
Bring warfare and obviously warfare brings death and famine and sorrow and suffering
Here's the sixth or the seventh and final plague from the book of Revelation here the seventh vial of the wrath of God
It says in verse 17 the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air and there came a great
Voice out of the temple of heaven from the throne saying it is done and there were voices and thunders and lightnings
And there was a great earthquake
Such as was not since men were upon the earth
so mighty an earthquake and so great and the great city was divided into three parts and the cities of the nation's fell and
Great Babylon came in remembrance before God to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath and
Every island fled away and the mountains were not found and there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven
Every stone about the weight of a talent and men blaspheme God because the plague of the hail
For the plague thereof was exceeding great
Okay
So let me just give you a quick review of all seven of these plagues
first God's gonna cause all those that had worshiped the
Antichrist and received the mark of the beast to have sores all over their body, right?
That was the first thing we saw the second thing was when the waters of the ocean were turned into blood
The third thing was when the rivers and fountains of waters were turned into blood
The fourth thing was when men were scorched with great heat
The fifth thing was when God sent darkness over the face of the whole earth
the sixth thing was that great army that came from the east to bring warfare and
Trouble to the Middle East and then the seventh thing was this whole list of judgments where there's going to be thunders
Earthquakes lightning's but the greatest of these was that hail would come from the sky
Big giant balls of hail that are like almost like rocks falling out of the sky and just
pummeling and pelting
Everything and everyone and the Bible talks about men
Blaspheming God because of this plague of the hill now. What is it that made God so mad now?
Don't you wonder why would God be so angry with the world that God would pour out his wrath?
This is not a fairy tale
This is a real story about what's going to happen someday in the end of the world
What is it that made God so mad? Well, I'll read for you what the Bible says made him so mad
The Bible says the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues
Yet repented not of the works of their hands that they should not worship devils and idols of gold and silver
And brass and stone and of wood which neither can see nor hear nor walk neither repented
They have their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their fornication nor of their theft
So the Bible gives us a list there of what it was that made God so mad
That he's going to bring those judgments someday that his wrath will be poured out someday
One thing was that they worshiped idols
They had gods of gold gods of silver gods of brass gods of iron and the Bible said in that verse
That when they worship those gods of gold and gods of silver they're actually worshipping devils
They're actually worshipping demons
The Bible says that the things which the Gentiles offer and sacrifice unto idols
They sacrifice unto devils and I would not think you should have fellowship with devils
The Bible says that we should not have gods of silver and gods of gold and wood we shouldn't have idols
God created the whole world and we should not think that he could be made like unto a graven image
The other thing that made God so mad was
Sorcery witchcraft black magic and you know that that goes on today even in the world that we live
Another thing that made God so mad was murder
Murder killing someone the Bible says thou shalt not kill and a lot of people commit murder today
And a lot of people even murder their own children or have abortions
And so that makes God very angry and then the Bible also says because of their fornication
Fornication is when you have sex outside of marriage the Bible says that's a sin and it's a sin that makes God
Angry and incurs the wrath of God and not only the fornication but also the theft
Theft what's theft it's stealing and the Bible says thou shalt not steal
But a lot of people they don't want to work and earn things for themselves
They rob other people and steal and hurt other people. So these are some of the sins that made God mad
idolatry
Fornication
Theft and sorcery
But the main thing I want to talk to you about today is how to escape the wrath of God
How to escape the wrath of God
I don't think any of you here today wants to be on this earth when God pours out his wrath
Do you want to be there when this happens? None of you wants to face the wrath of God?
I know I don't want to face the wrath of God. I want to experience the love of God
I don't want to experience the wrath of God
I don't want to be on this earth when God is raining hell and fire and brimstone and hail out of the sky and
Turning water into blood. Well, the Bible tells us how we can escape God's wrath
The Bible says in verse number 10 of 1st Thessalonians 1 and to wait for his son from heaven
Whom he raised from the dead even Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come
The Bible says that Jesus
Can deliver us from the wrath to come he has delivered us from the wrath to come if we believe in him
It also says in 1st Thessalonians 5 9 for God hath not appointed us to wrath
But to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ the way to escape the wrath of God is to obtain
Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ now, how do we get salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ?
Well, the first thing we need to know is that we've all sinned before every single one of us has sinned
Nobody's perfect. Even if you've never been a murderer or a sorcerer
You've all lied before I know I've lied put up your hand if you've lied before
Everybody has lied before and myself don't talk about it. Just put up your hand and put it back down again
So we've all sinned we've all lied
We've all done bad things and the Bible says that the punishment for that is death
The Bible says the wages of sin is death. And after the physical death the Bible talks about
Spiritual death the Bible talks about a second death
It talks about going to a place called hell where you experience the wrath of God and fiery torment in hell
You don't want to go to hell and I don't want you to go to hell and God doesn't want you to go to hell
So that's why Jesus Christ died on the cross for us so that we would be saved and so that we don't have to go
To help the Bible says but God commended his love toward us and that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us
So even though we've all sinned even though we've all lied
Even though the Bible tells us that all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone
Which is the second death because God loves us
He came to this earth in the form of Jesus and he lived a perfect life that none of us could live
Jesus never sinned and
Jesus performed a lot of miracles. For example, he walked on water
He healed the sick
He raised the dead back to life
But he also preached the Word of God and when he preached the Word of God a lot of people were
Offended and angry by his preaching
So therefore he was arrested and when Jesus was arrested they beat him up. They spit on him
They hit him in the head with a stick and then they nailed him to the cross
And when Jesus was on that cross the Bible says that he himself bear our sins in his own body on the tree
So every sin you've ever done and every sin I've ever done. It was as if Jesus had done it
He was being punished for our sins and when Jesus died on the cross
They took his body and buried it in a tomb and then three days later
He rose again from the dead and he showed them the holes in his hands and the hole in his side to prove that he'd
Risen from the dead now Jesus died for everybody in the whole world
But everybody's not going to heaven
There's one thing that we have to do in order to be saved the Bible asks the question
What must I do to be saved and they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou?
Shall be saved in thy house
The one thing we must do to be saved is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved
The most famous verse in the Bible John 3 16 says for God so loved the world
That he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life
So the Bible tells us that if we believe on Jesus will be saved. We'll have everlasting life now everlasting means forever
So when Jesus saves you he doesn't save you for a little while. He saves you forever
So you only have to get saved one time
The Bible says for the wages of sin is death
But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord the gift of God is eternal life
God wants to save you today and
Being saved is as simple as receiving a free gift
The gift of God's eternal life. How do we get that gift by believing on Jesus Christ now?
Let's say I were going to give you a gift today if I were to give you these DVDs
For example that we're giving out if I were to give you a DVD and tell you okay now you have to give me
$1,000 is that really a gift?
What if I said okay? I'll give you a gift, but you have to do some work for me come wash my car
No, that's not a gift is it
What if I gave you the DVD and then I came back two weeks later, and I said I need it back
I need you to give it back. That's not a gift
so two things about a gift a gift is free and
A gift is yours to keep you don't have to give it back. It's yours to keep so
God said the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
So once we receive that free gift of salvation by believing on Jesus. He's never going to take it away from us
Once we're saved we're saved forever
It's impossible to lose your salvation because once you believed on Jesus Christ
He gives you eternal life, and he makes you the promise. I will never leave you
Nor forsake you I will never leave you nor forsake you
Jesus said I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand
Once you believe on Jesus Christ you are saved forever
Now let's say after you believe on Jesus Christ you do something really bad. Let's say you commit a really bad sin
Well if you do that
Then God's gonna punish you because God will punish us on this earth for the sins that we do on this earth
But as long as we believe on Jesus Christ
We will still go to heaven because being saved is not based on how good we are because we've all sinned
We've all sinned and come short of the glory of God being justified freely by his grace through the redemption
That's in Christ Jesus, so if we believe on Jesus
He forgives all of our sins now Jesus died for us 2,000 years before we were even born
So that means that Jesus died for all of our sins
Past present and future before we even did them because he died 2,000 years ago
That means if we believe on Jesus Christ today
He'll forgive all of our sins, and we will escape the wrath to come he's delivered us from the wrath to come
now if
You believe on Jesus you're a child of God. You're a son or daughter of God. I have nine children
Now yes, I really do I have nine children at home
This guy in the green shirt is my oldest boy right here, but I he has eight brothers and sisters
now if
My son disobeys me. I'm gonna punish him. I'm not just gonna tell him it's okay. He's gonna be punished
But I'm not gonna kick him out of the family no matter what he does no matter what he does
He's my son, and I'm still gonna love him. It's the same way with God once we believe on Jesus Christ
He'll never leave us. He'll never forsake us. He'll never kick us out of the family, so how many times do we have to get?
saved then
One time only once because once we're saved. We're always saved
We're saved for eternity, but if we break God's commandments after we get saved
He'll discipline us he'll punish us just like I punished my son, and I don't know about you
But I don't want to get a whipping from God. I don't want to get punished by God
That's why I want to obey God's commandments okay, but no matter what we do once we believe on Jesus Christ
We have everlasting life, and he will never take that away from us now today
I want to ask you a question, and I don't want you to talk. I just want you to raise your hand if
You here today believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sins that he was buried and that he rose again
and if you believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven and
That you get to heaven just by believing on Jesus put up your hand if you believe that right now
All right now go ahead and slip them down again
And what I want to do if you believe that if you believe Jesus is the only way to heaven if you believe that Jesus
died on the cross for your sins and was buried and rose again and
That just by trusting in him is going to get you to heaven just by believing in him not based on how good we are
But based on how good he is
Let's bow our heads
And you can pray this prayer with me and say this directly to God close your eyes bow your head if you want to pray
This prayer if you believe that just repeat after me and say to the Lord dear Jesus I
Know I'm a sinner I
Know I deserve hell
But I believe that you died on the cross
for all my sins and
rose again
Please save me right now
and
Give me eternal life
I'm only trusting you Jesus
Thank you for delivering me
From the wrath to come
Amen now
The Bible says
That whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
The Bible says that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine heart that God has raised him from
The dead thou shalt be saved so according to the Bible
That's the one thing you must do to be saved is just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you're saved forever
Thank God for his love and mercy and grace that saves us from the wrath to come now
We have a DVD that we would like to give to all of you
Okay, so we're gonna station ourselves at the two exit doors
Okay, and we're gonna give everyone a DVD as they go out the door all right
So we want everybody in a moment to very orderly line up and come out the door and everybody gets a DVD
Oh
Wow we just had an awesome experience we just preached to
571 students I preached on the wrath of God
I went through all the different seven vials of God's wrath from revelation 16
And then I preached about how to escape God's wrath by believing on Jesus Christ, and I went into my plan of salvation
So anyway, we had an awesome time just the whole place put up their hand practically to receive Christ
I don't know how many of them. You know we couldn't deal with them all one-on-one, but definitely hundreds of people say
You know we don't know how many exactly, but we'll find out when we get to heaven
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