Bible reads and I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise up out of
the sea having seven heads and ten horns and upon his horns ten crowns and upon
his heads the name of blasphemy and the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard and his feet were as the feet of a bear and his mouth as the
mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great
authority and I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death his
deadly wound was healed and all the world wondered after the beast they
worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast and they worshiped the
beast saying who is like unto the beast who was able to make war with him there
was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies and power
was given him to him to continue 40 in two months he opened his mouth and
blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them
that dwell in heaven it was given unto him to make war with the Saints and
to overcome them and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues
and nations and all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose
names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world if any man have an ear let him hear he that leadeth
into captivity shall go into captivity he that killeth with the
sword must be killed with the sword here is the patience and the faith of
the Saints and I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth and he had
two horns like a lamb and he spake as a dragon and he exerciseth all the
power of the first beast before him and causeth the earth and them which
dwell therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed and he
doeth great wonders so they make a fire come down from heaven on the earth in
the sight of men and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means
of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast saying
to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast
which had the wound by a sword and did live he had power to give life
under the image of the beast the image of the beast should both speak
and cause it as many as would not worship the image of the beast should
be killed and he causeth all both small and great rich and poor free and
bond to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads and the no
man might buy or sell save he that had the mark or the name of the beast or
the number of his name here is wisdom let him that hath understanding count
the number of the beast for it is the number of a man and his number is
six hundred three score and six let's pray to Lord God thank you for this
church and for our pastor has asked that you would please bless the
preaching now and continue to bless our church and in Jesus name we pray
amen amen okay we're in Revelation chapter 13 this morning and look down
at your Bibles of verse 16 it says he causeth all both small and great rich
and poor free and bond to receive a mark in their right hand or in their
foreheads and that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark or
the name of the beast or the number of his name here is wisdom let him
that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number
of a man and his number is six hundred three score and six and it's out of
my sermon this morning is the mark of the beast the mark of the beast the
mark of the beast is a concept that we see illustrated here in Revelation
chapter 13 and refers to a time in the future when the entire world will be
subject to a one-world currency and the Bible tells us here that no man is
able to purchase or they can't buy they can't sell unless they have the
mark on the right hand or in their foreheads and Christians for hundreds
of years have speculated what is this referring to how can this be carried
out is this a tattoo is this a barcode that's gonna go on the forehead or on
the right hand but you know what now considering the technology that's
available to us you know it's no longer a far-fetched idea of how this
can and will be carried out I mean years ago you have wallet more
introducing the RFID chip that can essentially be implanted into the right
hand you go to the store and boop you know you just get get purchased make
your purchases right there and of course even prior to that you have your debit
cards and now you have Apple that can you simply swipe your your watch or
your phone to make purchases Amazon one is another one that uses biometrics
and reads a user's palm print to charge them for services and so they
can actually go to stores such as Amazon go right now you can go to
Whole Foods certain Whole Foods and get your groceries get your items and
there's a little machine there you just kind of wave your palm over it it
charges you and there you go this is not something that's a fairy tale it's
not a conspiracy theory this actually exists right now okay another one to
think about is Neuralink okay of course we know Neuralink by Elon Musk
he's the one who came up with this is the brain computer interface used to
restore autonomy to people who have been handicapped and so this is an implant
that goes into the brain and right now they're proposing it as something that
will help people who are you know handicapped have been in accidents they
don't have control over their bodies it can assist them but of course later
on you know you're gonna be able to download your favorite playlist on there
and somehow watch you know your favorite Netflix somehow you know they're they're
gonna somehow integrate those types of services through that the point that
I'm making here is that the technology is already here it's already
available and in fact hundreds and hundreds of people are already using
this right now and I'm not saying that it's the mark of the beast right
now okay I'm just saying the technology for the mark of the beast is already
available today in 2024 so when John is actually penning this down in the
book of Revelation you know a lot of people think oh man revelation 13 you
know the Antichrist introduces the mark of the beast this new technology
and then people are just forced to take it but no that's 100% wrong and
in fact what I believe is taking place here is that the mark of the
beast is simply integrated into an already existed existing and widely
accepted world you understand that the technology is already there so this is
already available during his time people are already embracing it and so
this is not something that he just introduces and then you know people
are like oh I'm not taking it you know I'm not gonna do that no it's more
like it's already kind of normalized okay and which leads into my next
point by way of introduction and that is how can the world fall for it how
can the world just fall for the mark of the beast and take that in the
right hand or in their foreheads well let me give you three reasons why this
would happen reason number one is because of Christians who cry wolf okay
so what do you mean by that well you've heard it I've heard it you've
seen it on social media I've seen it on social media a ton of Christians so
called always saying the world is about to end and it's just like Trump's
the Antichrist he received a deadly wound to the head you know he got
clipped in the ear okay you know oh man you know the mark of the beast is
the vaccine and so you have all these videos that go viral they hit millions
and millions of views and you think to yourself well that's dumb I don't
believe that's the yeah but there's people out there they do they buy
into it they actually believe it and so when you have Christians that are
constantly saying oh Jesus is coming back and they put a date to it and
he's coming back by on March 24th whatever and this is the mark of the
beast this is the Antichrist this is whatever and it doesn't happen well then
people begin to lose faith in the Bible and they begin to see the Bible
as being simply a fairy tale a fable that is not to be trusted and that
Christians are a bunch of nuts but here's the thing is that it's not
necessarily the Bible is true the Bible is correct it's not necessarily
that it's the fact that people just don't know what they're talking about
when they talk about the Bible and so they're constantly crying wolf and if
they're constantly giving these false flags of end times prophecy and it
never takes place you know the world is just gonna be like that's a joke where
is the promise of his coming for since the fathers fell asleep all
things continue as the war from the beginning of the creation so oh you
guys have always said that this is the Antichrist so you guys have always
said that this is the mark of the beast you guys have always said that
Jesus is coming back and it never happens so people simply take
Christianity as a joke because of these pseudo Christians that are
constantly putting out these false flags that's reason number one reason
number two is because the technology is already normalized by then so if you
have you know New World Order technology today people are kind of
like whoa this is New World Order this is preparing people don't take it
don't take it but you know what after a while once it's introduced once
people begin to use it and they see that nothing happens because nothing
will happen until Revelation 13 then they're gonna be like okay the
technology is not so bad I mean I guarantee you there's people in this
building right now they were very much leery about using their the face ID
on their phones and Apple and they're just like oh man they're gonna know
where I'm at they already know where you're at but now it's just like you
just use it and you don't even think twice about it technologies that you
were very leery of five ten years ago now you can't live without what I'm
saying is that technology has been normalized and it will continue to be
normalized especially once you see that the population uses it there's nothing
to be afraid of and it's just like okay you know give me the chip you know
or let me let me get that in my forehead real quick I've been
wondering how that you know works or whatever so reason number one is
Christians who cry wolf number two is technology is just normalized
number three is that an old generation will die out and a new generation
listen to this will be born into an already established system so this
generation that is very leery of the technology you guys are all gonna die
okay you guys aren't gonna be here for very long and so the people who
are always saying oh man this is the end of the world Jesus is coming all
this stuff that generation is gonna go away eventually a new generation is
gonna rise and they're gonna be born into a system where the technology has
already permeated people thousands of people throughout the world are already
using it and they're gonna look back at history at people like us abilities
people are crazy they said that you know what we're using now well it's
like the mark of the beast and yet here we are we're born into the
system it's improved life it's made life a lot more easier to live it's
more convenient and so what you have here is this essentially systems being
put in place and it takes time right so Christians you cry wolf technology is
normalized old generations die out new generations are born into the system
they don't question it it's just part of their life okay this is how
the world can fall for the mark of the beast now let me also say this is
that when we talk about the mark of the beast we're referring to an
element that's part of what we would commonly refer to as the new world
order okay and I know this is a great Sunday morning service here you know but
hey you need to learn this amen this is in the Bible the new world order and
the new world order is comprised of three specific elements that the Bible
highlights here in Revelation 13 which is number one the one world government
number two the one world religion and number three what we're gonna talk
about specifically this morning is the one world financial system now before we
talk about the mark of the beast let's talk about the beast himself okay so
you're in Revelation chapter 13 we're gonna go a little deep this morning
and so make sure you have your Bibles open you're going to the
references if you need help someone next to you if you can help people
navigate through their Bible so they can see the verses themselves look
at verse number one here it says and I stood upon the sand of the sea this
is referring to John and I saw a beast rise up out of the sea having seven
heads and ten horns and upon his horns ten crowns and upon his heads the name
of blasphemy and the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard and his feet
were as the feet of a bear and his mouth is the mouth of a lion and the
dragon gave him his power and his seed and great authority so the vision
that the Apostle John is seen here as he sees this beast come out of the
sea and it has seven heads upon these particular seven heads there's seven
horns with crowns upon them and this particular beast is essentially
amalgamation of various animals he says there's one like a leopard or it's like
a leopard a bear and a lion and then it describes the dragon which is
who Satan who is giving this particular beast his power his seat his
great authority now what does this represent well the beast represents
both the man of perdition that we would call the Antichrist but it also
represents the empire that he will govern okay and the reason that's
important to notice because today people look at a passage like this and
say well no this is only referring to the Empire it's only referring to the
system the Antichrist is just a symbol the Antichrist is not a real
person he's not gonna be a real individual that rises up in the end
times he just symbolically represents the system of the New World Order and
they're only halfway right because the beast represents the system the Empire
but it also represents the person as well and don't be deceived the
Antichrist is and will be a real person okay now hold your place there
in Revelation 13 and go to Daniel chapter 7 if you would Daniel chapter 7
and I want to show you that in the Bible when God often addresses a
particular nation he addresses the nation while simultaneously addressing
the ruler of that nation the king of that nation the person who reigns over
that particular nation and he often kind of talks about them as one okay
look at Daniel chapter 7 if you would verse number one it says here in the
first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel 7 verse 1 Daniel had a
dream and visions of his head upon his bed then he wrote the dream and told
the sum of the matters Daniel spake and said I saw in my vision by night and
behold the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea I want you
to notice this in verse 3 and four great beasts came up from the sea
diverse one from another now that should ring a bell because in
Revelation 13 we just heard that the beast comes up out of this out of the
sea right well here in Daniel 7 it's essentially the same imagery the
difference being instead of one beast it's four different beasts coming up
out of the sea he says in verse 4 the first was like a lion and had Eagles
wings I beheld to the wings thereof were plucked and it was lifted from
the earth and made to stand upon the feet as a man and a man's heart was
given to it now what we're gonna see here is that Daniel is talking about
world empires but he's also addressing a specific person and if we're to look
at this verse and conjecture who is he referring to it's pretty obvious that
he's talking about Babylon how so well because of the fact that if you've read
the book of Daniel you know that the king of Babylon is Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar was a man who was lifted up with pride and what did
God do he abased him by giving him a heart of a beast he cursed him to
the point where he fled into the wilderness and basically behaved like an
animal for seven years eating grass like an ox allowing his hair to grow
out as Eagles feathers the Bible says and essentially God removed his sanity
for seven years to humble him and eventually at the end of those seven
years he was restored back to his position by God he gave glory to God
this is what Daniel 7 and verse 4 is talking about it's that lions the king
of the jungle who has the Eagles wings because his hair grew as Eagles
feathers and it says towards the latter end of verse 4 made to stand upon
the feet as a man and a man's heart was given to it why is that significant
because after the seven years the heart of a beast is removed from him
and his sanity the man's heart is given to him once again he's
reinstated to his former position look at verse number five and behold
another beast a second like to a bear and it raised up itself on one side
and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it and they
said thus unto it arise devour much flesh now this is referring to the
Medo-Persian Empire which succeeded the Babylonians and the reason we know
that is because of the fact that it's raised up on one side due to the fact
that the Medo-Persian Empire was stronger on the Persian side rather
than on the meat okay look at verse 6 after this I beheld the low another
like a leopard which had upon the back of the four wings of a fowl the
beast had also four heads and dominion was given to it now we know based upon
history that this is referring to the Grecian Empire and more specifically
it's addressing Alexander the Great how do we know that well because of the
fact that it says that it has four wings of a fowl and the beast also has
four heads now why is that significant well if you know anything
about history Alexander the Great his reign was very short-lived he died at
a very young age and because of that he had no successor therefore his his
kingdom was split into four and given to his commanders two of which ended up
being some of the most famous the the the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemy
Empire that's what this is referring to so when it addresses or talks about
the four wings and the four heads it's referring to those four separate
empires that came from the Grecian Empire look at verse 7 after this I
saw night visions and behold a fourth beast dreadful and terrible and
strong exceedingly and it had great iron teeth it devoured and break in
pieces and stamped the residue with the feet of it and it was diverse from all
the beasts that were before it and it had ten horns this is referring to the
Roman Empire which came after the Grecian Empire and I don't necessarily
had to expound upon that you can see that historically that that's the
case now very important look at verse 17 if you would because going back to
the point that we're talking about empires but we're also talking about
the rulers of those empires here's the proof verse 17 these great beasts
which are four are four kings it says which shall rise out of the earth so
even in Daniel's day the vision that's being given he's describing a particular
empire but he's also addressing the person who's ruling over that Empire
so it should be no surprise that in Revelation 13 when the beast is
mentioned coming up out of the sea yeah it's referring to that New World
Order but it's also referring to the Antichrist of that New World Order
and that's important to note because we don't want to think that the Antichrist
is just a symbolic figure well it's just a system it's not really a person
that's gonna come up in the end times no there's absolutely gonna be one
man the man of perdition that rises up in the end of the world that rules
over the world this is clearly talked about distinctly described in the Bible
now go back to Revelation 13 if you would Revelation 13 so the beast coming
out of the sea represents the Empire but it also represents the man look at
verse 3 of Revelation 13 and I saw one of his heads one of whose heads the
Beast heads as it were wounded to death and his deadly wound was healed
and all the world wondered after the Beast now this is not prophetic about
Trump okay I gotta say that because people are putting that on social
media I've seen this multiple times a deadly wound is a wound that makes you
dead that's what a deadly wound is you understand clipping the ear is not a
deadly wound but you know people just just and then you have other
people are like what happened at minute marker 611 so if you go to
Ephesians 611 it's like I'm not joking and it gets like millions of
views millions of likes but it kind of shows you how detached Christians are
from the Bible where they're willing to just interpret the Bible however they
want and they look at us and be like well you cherry-pick you took the
whole vineyard though and just took it completely out of context look at
verse 4 so the the one of his heads one of the Beast heads receives a
deadly wound to the head the deadly wound is healed verse 4 and they
worshipped the dragon which gave power into the Beast and they worshipped the
Beast saying who is like unto the Beast who is able to make war with him a
person right and there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things in
blasphemies and power was given unto him to continue 40 in two months
and he opened his mouth and blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name and
his tabernacle and them that dwell therein so the point that I'm making
here regarding these verses is that the Beast represents the Empire but it also
represents the person himself as noted by the fact that it describes him as
him he he will do these things this is going to happen to him now when the
Bible says that a mouth is given to him to speak great things in
blasphemies it says towards in verse number six he opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name we know this is referring to a
person because second Thessalonians chapter 2 when talking about end times
in the Antichrist tells us let no man deceive you by any means for that day
referring to the second coming of Christ shall not come except to come a
falling away first and a man of sin be revealed the son of perdition
listen to this who opposeth and exalted himself above all that is called God
or that is worshiped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God
proclaiming himself to be God what is that blasphemies against God you
understand so this takes place in the midst of the week I'm not gonna go
over the timeline but this is referring to the fact that he will go
into this third temple that will exist in the end times and it's at that
point that he's gonna claim that he is God now you say well why will he do
that well because he's been killed and then he comes back to life and so
there's only one man who's been killed and comes back to life three days later
and that's the Lord Jesus Christ it's because he's God so he is seeking to
imitate that very same resurrection in order to deceive the nations into
thinking that he is deity that he is God so that is the proof that he
quote unquote is God that he comes back to life now his resurrection is
not based upon God him taking his life back or God given him life it's
because he's possessed by the devil okay now a lot of questions a lot of times
people ask this question well how can the Beast be the Antichrist if it
says that the Beast one of his heads is wounded and that head is
referring to the Antichrist but it says one of the heads of the Beast is
wounded how can that be how can he be both the Beast and also one of the
heads that's on the Beast right well go with me if you would to Revelation
17 excuse me hold your place there in chapter 13 and let me just briefly
answer this question we're going to look at Revelation 17 in just a bit the
Beast initially is made up of a coalition of kings so when we think of
the Beast obviously it's referring to the Antichrist but in its initial
stages of that system it's actually made up of a coalition of about ten
kings including the Antichrist himself these are men who are essentially kind
of working together for a better world and for world peace or whatever that's
how it actually starts and then at the end those ten kings end up giving
up their power to the Antichrist at which point the inception of the New
World Order takes place now look at Revelation 17 in verse 3 if you ever
want to do a deep dive on Babylon Revelation 17 and 18 are the
quintessential chapters on that and look at verse 3 it says so he carried me
away in the spirit into the wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet colored beasts now who or what is the scarlet colored beast is
referring to the Beast that we saw in Revelation 13 the Beast coming up
out of the sea it says full of names of blasphemy having seven heads and ten
horns so this is referring to the fact that Babylon mystery Babylon the
great is sitting upon this particular beast and I don't have time to develop
this but it's essentially referring to the spirit of Babylon that has ridden
the expedition of conquest but we're not going to get into that look at
verse 9 we're gonna look at the one world government first it says here
in verse 9 and here is the mine which hath wisdom the seven heads are
seven mountains on which the woman sitteth there are seven kings five are
fallen one is and the other is not yet come and when he is come he must
continue a short space so let me just put the cookie on the bottom
shelf here of what this is referring to you have the Beast coming out of
the sea and it has seven heads Revelation 17 tells us that those
seven heads represent seven kings and it says that of those seven kings five no
longer exist one is currently existing in John's Day and then one is yet to
come in the future from John's perspective now who are those five
kingdoms that are no longer in existence well history tells us that
five of the greatest world empires would be what Egyptian Syrian Babylonian
Medo-Persian Grecian and then he says what one is referring to the
Roman Empire because the Roman Empire was in existence during John's Day so
five no longer exists the Roman Empire was existing at that time and then he
says one is yet to come and it's possible that we are in that time
right now of a particular Empire that comes before the last Empire which is
the New World Order so there's this interlude Empire between the Roman
Empire and the New World Order Empire everyone following me here okay look what
it says in verse 11 and the beast that was and is not now what does that mean
it's referring to the fact that this man was alive and then he was
killed is not means he died okay it says the beast that was and is not he
is even he is the eighth and is of the seven and goeth into perdition so
it's essentially telling us that the Antichrist will rule the very last
Empire that this world will know and I want you to notice that in verse 10 it
says that the seventh Empire must continue a short space meaning that
that particular Empire is very short-lived most empires throughout
history last for a really long time right hundreds of years I mean the
Roman Empire lasted for hundreds and hundreds of years whereas the Empire
that comes before the New World Order is very short-lived who knows I don't know
like 400 400 years or something like that who knows but it's not an empire
that exists for a very long time it eventually dissipates and makes way
for the New World Order which by the way doesn't last long either it
actually only lasts for three and a half years look at verse 13 I'm sorry
verse 12 it says in the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings which
have received no kingdom as yet but received power as kings one hour with
the Beast now again seven heads represent those seven empires five of
which no longer exists one currently exists in John's day one will exist in
the future in respect to where John is and then he says those seven heads
have ten horns and ten crowns representing the ten kings that will
exist in the end times these are the ten kings or the ten horns that we
see in Revelation 13 and it says here that they haven't received the kingdom as
of yet meaning that they're all kind of you know sharing authority over the
world and it says that they receive power as kings one hour with the Beast
meaning that it's not a whole long it's not a long time they're ruling
verse 13 says these have one mind and shall give their power and strength
unto the Beast this is referring to the one world government because if you
have ten kings of different sovereign nations and they come together and say
well let's all let's just give our authority and power to the Antichrist
at that point you have one ruler one dictator over the entire world now
you ask yourself what would cause these ten kings to just relinquish
their authority to the Antichrist like hey yeah just rule over my nation yeah
you take my nation and they all just kind of give up their power to him
after ruling together we're in this together and all of a sudden they're just like no you take over
what would happen what would cause them to just relinquish their power well here's what it
would be the fact that he died and came back to life so when he dies he comes back to life
they're like whoa this guy is the real deal you should rule over all the nations now I
want to mention this just briefly and that is that you got to keep in mind that what the
Antichrist is seeking to do in the end times is to emulate what Jesus Christ will do in the
millennial reign because when Jesus Christ to come he comes to set up his millennial
reign he is the dictator of this world amen he is the benevolent dictator of this
world you know and he rules over the nations and so the Antichrist is seeking to copy that
to imitate that via his new world order okay so here we see that one world government
the ten kings given their power unto the beast at which point he is the god of this world he is
the superpower he rules over all of it this is the inception of the new world order so the
new world order doesn't exist during the tribulation okay it comes into existence after
he dies and comes back to life proclaims himself to be God the ten kings give up their power
and at that point it's his world empire it is the eighth empire that is of the seven
does that make sense to everyone go back to Revelation chapter 13 if you would Revelation
chapter 13 this morning you're gonna learn some Bible amen some Bible prophecy last week it was
all about God's will and practical things but now you got to learn some some some doctrine
okay look at verse 7 of Revelation 13 and it was given unto him to make war with the Saints
and to overcome them we'll revisit that in just a bit and power was given him over all kindred
and tongues and nations so that's a reiteration of what we see in Revelation 17 that one world
government because power meaning authority is given to him over all the nations kindreds over
all the languages over all peoples of this world is what it's referring to and it's all
contingent upon the fact that he died and came back to life okay so his rule over the world
is very much short-lived only lasting for what it says 40 in two months how long is 40 in two
months three and a half years it's a very very quick Empire to say the least okay but it's
interesting is it not that it says that his rule only lasts for three and a half years
because the ministry of Jesus Christ lasted for what three and a half years ending at
his what at his death whereas the Antichrist order lasts for three and a half years beginning
at his resurrection does that make sense everyone so they relinquish their power to
the Antichrist because of the fact that he dies and comes back to life and it's no
longer a coalition of kings now it's one ruler the world under one system that new
world order so that's the one world government now go back up to verse number three so we
see the one world government now let's look at the one world religion and by the way when it
comes to the one world government we see systems in place today that are trying to be
put into place should I say pushing towards a one world government right and so those beginning
stages are being implemented and being flirted with and played with today because that system
needs to be put in place for when the Antichrist comes look at verse three and I saw one of
his heads as it were wounded to death and his deadly wound was healed and all the world
wondered after the beast skip down to verse eight and all that dwell upon the earth shall
worship him whose names are not written in the book of life of the lamb slain from
the foundation of the world now people have this misconception Christians mainstream
Christianity specifically and they think well you know we got to be careful though
because if the Antichrist shows up we make sure we don't worship him and don't be deceived
by him but the only ones who are going to worship the Antichrist are those whose names
are not written in the Lamb's book of life what is that talking about just another
way of saying those who are not saved and so you have people today that know all types
of conspiracies know all the agendas that the government's putting forth but if they're
not saved they will be deceived by the Antichrist doesn't matter how knowledgeable you are of
all of the evils and the iniquities of this world about the Rothschilds you know
about every single conspiracy that exists out there you will be gullible to the deception
of the Antichrist if you're not saved because people wonder like man what do we do you
know what if the Antichrist comes well here's what you do is get saved let me say this
if you're in here this morning and you're not a hundred percent sure that if you die
today that you'd go to heaven you can get that settled today because the Bible
says that all you have to do the Bible says that today is the day of salvation
now is the appointed time the Bible says to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou
shalt be saved that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thine
heart that God has raised them from the dead thou shalt be saved for what the heart man believeth
unto righteousness but with the mouth confession is made into salvation verse 13 of Romans 10
says for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved you don't have to
repent of your sins to be saved because no one's been able to repent of their sins to be
saved you don't have to keep God's commandments to be saved because no one can keep God's
commandments to be saved the Bible says therefore we conclude that a man is justified by
faith listen to this without the deeds of the law the only man that has ever existed who
can ever keep all of God's commandments perfectly is the Lord Jesus Christ and he
did and this is why salvation is relies upon the righteousness of Jesus Christ being given
to us not by our own righteousness you're trying to keep God's commandments it's basically
saying you're trying to earn salvation by your righteousness but the Bible says that the only
way we can enter heaven is by the blood of Jesus Christ ie referring to the righteousness
of Jesus it has to be given to us by faith we cannot pay for it it's already paid for
it has to be received by faith as a gift for by grace are you saved through faith
and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God not of works a steady man should
boast and so you know you could be a novice at the Bible a novice of Anton's Bible
prophecy a novice of the doctrines of the of the Bible but hold on a second if you're
saved you will not be deceived by the Antichrist fact why because you have the Spirit
of God living within you and according to the Bible only those whose names are not
written in the book of life will worship the Antichrist that's what the Bible says
okay so we see here that all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him does it
say forced to worship him no does it say that they're coaxed into worship no they
want to worship the Antichrist a lot of people have this misconception as well about
the mark of the beast and say oh man they're gonna force this on people no people
are gonna be asking for it they're gonna embrace it they're gonna want it
okay so all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him what is this
highlighting the one world religion where all religions come together
Hinduism Buddhism Catholicism you know all different sects of Christianity all
different types of mysticism all Islam no matter what religion there is
they're all gonna eventually come together unite as one to worship the
Antichrist and let me just say this he's not gonna call himself the
Antichrist obviously he's probably just gonna call himself the Christ okay
look at verse 11 it says and I beheld another beast coming up out of the
earth and he had two horns like a lamb and he spake as a dragon now keep in
mind that in Revelation 13 two different beasts are mentioned here okay the
first beast is the one that receives the deadly wound to the head as deadly
wound is healed this is commonly referred to as the Antichrist but then
another beast comes out and he doesn't come out of the sea comes out
of the earth and it says he has two horns like a lamb but he speaks as a
dragon and this is referring to the false prophet of the Antichrist
essentially his forerunner now why is this man here well again if the
Antichrist is seeking to imitate Jesus Christ Jesus Christ also had a forerunner
which is John the Baptist who essentially led people to Christ he
said behold the Lamb of God who should take away the sins of the world he's
pointing people to the Lord Jesus Christ well in like manner the false
prophet will also do the same but I want you to notice the description
that is giving of this false prophet it says he has two horns like a lamb
well that is very indicative of what Christianity because Jesus Christ is
the Lamb of God so what it's telling us here is that he has the appearance
of a religious leader he has the appearance of possibly even a Christian
leader however when he opens his mouth he speaks as a dragon what does
that mean he speaks like the devil the doctrines that are coming out of his
mouth are devilish okay and we don't know exactly who this is but you know
the the more I read the Bible the more I hate Catholicism the more I think
it's probably the Pope because Catholicism is often confused with
biblical Christianity it's often passed off as biblical Christianity but
really what it is it's a bastardization of Christianity and the
Pope would fit this bill perfectly because of the fact that he has two
horns like a lamb but when you actually hear him preach or teach he speaks as a
dragon okay and of course the Pope has a lot of influence in this world you
know there's 1.5 billion Catholics in this world and you know ever since he
said for Chigini you know more more people like him and so look at verse
12 and he and he referring to that second beast exercises all the power of
the first beast before him and cause that the earth and them that dwell
therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed now I do
want to mention this is that you know the Pope refers to himself as the
vicar of Christ what is the vicar of Christ is the representative of
Christ so this would also fit that bill perfectly because he represents the
Antichrist who will claim to be the Christ okay so he's exercising this
power he has supernatural capabilities and he causes people on the earth to
worship the first beast now hold your place there and go to second
Thessalonians chapter 2 second Thessalonians chapter number 2 so we
saw first and foremost the ant the beasts then the Antichrist we see the
one world government now we're looking at the one world religion look
at it says in second Thessalonians chapter 2 in verse number 3 let no man
deceive you by any means for that day shall not come I want you to notice
except there come a falling away first now what is that referring to falling
away well falling away literally means apostasy transgressing the doctrines of
Christ it's when someone who masquerades as a believer as a
Christian ends up just believing blasphemous things about Christ or
about Christ religion and it says there's gonna come a time when there
is a falling away first and then the Antichrist shall be revealed okay and
obviously when we look around us today there's a lot of apostasy going on you
know Methodist churches have apostasized Presbyterian churches are
apostasizing you see rainbow flags on all these churches you see all this
damnable heresy that's being preached you see female pastors false modern
versions of the Bible just blasphemous things about the deity of Jesus Christ
are being fomented from the pulpits of America of churches they claim to be
Christian so it's kind of being already normalized today when it comes
to apostasy and the Bible says that in the ladder the Spirit speaketh
expressly then in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving
heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils the Bible tells us this
is gonna happen the closer we get to the second coming of Christ the more
crazy doctrines we're gonna hear okay and what it why why is that well
because it needs to be normalized false doctrine needs to be normalized in order
for mainstream Christianity in the end times to buy into the Antichrist being
Jesus you understand what I'm saying and this is why we make such a big
deal when false doctrine is being preached and why we preach against it
because they are essentially helping the New World Order and it's one world
religion you know you have Christians out there like for example and I'm
using that term loosely by the way Christians you know you have people
like Steven Furtick who literally said I am God and it's not like the following
service everyone just leaves his church you know they actually believe whatever
he's saying and I think I thought to myself that's funny that he said it
because the only other guy who says that is the Antichrist proclaiming
himself to be God he said well are you serious there wasn't any other
person that said he was who's got well you know you do have Satan Lucifer
who wanted to be like the Most High but the fact that people are still
going to his church in spite of the fact that he said I am God shows you
that we are already entering into the beginning if not intermediate stages
of falling away apostasy leading up to the New World Order he also said
that Jesus broke the law I mean that is a blasphemous statement to claim
that Jesus Christ broke the law because the Bible says that sin listen to this
is the transgression of the law so if you're saying that Jesus broke the law
for love I don't care what he did it for it you're basically saying that
Jesus sinned and if Jesus sinned he's no longer Christ he cannot save us
but you know people are like they're just loving him eating it with fork
and spoon why because they have turned their ears from the truth have been
turned into fables they have itching ears they heap to themselves teachers
having itching ears they don't want to hear what the truth says and they
rejoice in lies so if we're already seeing this today where people can
literally sit in a church service here preaching that is blasphemous
contrary to the doctrines of Christ contrary to what the Bible says and
people are just like amening it folks it should come as no surprise that in
the end times when that dude calls himself God people are gonna be like
he's gonna say I am God they're gonna be like see Stephen he's God not you
but you your heart was in the right place though that's what the falling
away means so apostasy heresy damnable heresy has permeated society
today and will continue to permeate in order to what's the word I'm looking
for desensitized churches in hearing false doctrine you know people could
just send a service you just be like not even care about some of the most
wicked blasphemous things being said about the Godhead and they can remain
in that church well folks it should come as no surprise that people are
gonna do this globally one day when the Antichrist says that he is God and
obviously he's not just gonna say it he's gonna propose himself via his
miracles his pseudo resurrection you know the false prophet will call down
fire as well he will have supernatural capabilities and so the the deception
will be very keen it'll be very strong and this is why people end up
believing it okay so we see that there now go to go back to go to
verse 11 of Revelation 13 if you would so we see apostasy today but then
again there's gonna be a global apostasy where everyone is just believing this
lie and this is how you know it's a very powerful deception when Islam and
Christianity so called join hands together when they put aside their
differences right when all the religions of the world put aside their
differences joined together singing Kumbaya as they're on the way to
split hell wide open that's a strong deception right there you
understand what I'm saying and you know what you're like whoa isn't that
the goal though pastor isn't the goal you know world peace the goal is world
peace through Christ not through anything else doctrine divides my friend the
Bible calls doctrine a sword and in fact Jesus said I came not to bring
peace put that a Hobby Lobby put that understand I came not to bring peace
but a sword in other words he's seeking to divide people to create a
division between those who want the truth and those who don't want the truth
and so God is very much interested in division don't listen to these
non-denom preachers out there with their milk toast sermons causing
you to believe that oh that's mean-spirited that's not what God
wants well now what that's not what the Bible says the Bible says he does
want division because he wants people to have a bias towards truth and to
reject that which is false okay all right so we see the one world
government one world religion and lastly we're gonna look at the one
world currency but we would describe as the mark of the beast representing a
one world currency but it also represents a submission to a one world
religion because the only way you can actually get the mark of the beast is
if you worship the beast it's not like you get a subscription to a
company it's not like well you know try to get this free trial for a week try
it for a month no the main condition the the only condition is that you have
to worship the Antichrist and then you can get it okay look at verse 11 it
says I beheld another beast coming out of the earth he had two horns like a
lamb and he spake as a dragon let's skip down a little bit look at verse
13 and he do with great wonders so that he maketh fire come down from heaven
on the earth in the sight of men and let me just interject here quickly just
to give you just a fun fact and that is during this time according to the
Bible there will be two witnesses from the Old Testament that are brought
back in real time during this particular time frame here and I
believe it's referring to Elijah and Moses and according to the book of
Revelation they will also be performing supernatural miracles such as calling
down fire from heaven they're able to actually breathe fire and consume anyone
who tries to stop them as they're preaching they're able to stop the rain
and turn the water into blood you know just things like that you know
just just kind of create chaos in this world so it's no wonder that the
Antichrist and his false prophet will also seek to do the same because now
you have a competition of who's the real who's the real one you understand
and so they are this pseudo two witnesses and then you have Elijah and
Moses as being the legitimate witnesses and they're both performing these
exploits you say well how are people gonna know which is the real deal which
is not well do you remember when Moses and Aaron went before Pharaoh and
Pharaoh pulled out his magicians which the New Testament refers to as Janus
and Jamborees they were able to copy some of the miracles but they were
only able to go so far to the point where they ended up saying this is the
finger of God and so the same will take place in the end times outside of
the scope of the sermon but food for thought look at verse number 14 it says
and deceive them to dwell on the earth by means of those miracles which
he had power to do in the sight of the beast saying to them to dwell on
the earth that they should make an image to the beast which had the
wound by a sword and did live now this is important because the miracles
that the false prophet is gonna be able to perform they're real miracles falling
calling fire from heaven is like a real deal okay he said why is that important
well because you have Christians today they base their beliefs off of
signs and wonders dreams why had a dream and what if you see something
manifest or something like that but what the Bible teaches us is that we
need to base our beliefs off of the Bible because at the end of the day
even if there's like a legitimate supernatural occurrence but it has a
message contrary to the Bible then we reject that and go with what the Bible
says we walk by faith and not by sight and the Bible says that a wicked
listen to this a wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a
sign that's what Jesus said like if you're looking for a specific miracle
a supernatural occurrence to validate your beliefs Jesus said you are that
wicked and adulterous generation you're that sensual generation okay and that
needs to be repeated because sometimes people to put too much faith in their
dreams when actuality you just had too many onions on your burger the
night before you had Taco Bell the night before you know and then you're
just like having all these you know fever dreams or whatever you know
certain foods can just give you weird dreams but you know people base
off base their beliefs base what decisions to make you know hey I dreamt
about you be careful driving today or something you know I feel like someone
was gonna happen to you I mean dreams are dreams there's just you know your
brain going through files and such you know whatever you know why don't you
stop watching you know forensic files before you go to sleep and and and
shows about people getting murdered and maybe you won't have those dreams you
know what I'm saying is that you know if you have people today basing their
faith or their decisions off of signs and wonders how much more when the
sign and wonder is just right before your eyes you know they're gonna buy
into a hook line and sinker because it's very convincing okay and that's
why it says that if it were if it were possible he's gonna be able to
deceive the very elect it's not saying that he will is this if it were
possible because the deception will be so strong so he creates this image of
the beast known as the abomination of desolation and verse 15 it says and he
had power to give life unto the image of the beast that the image of
the beast should both speak and cause that as many as would not worship the
image of the beast should be killed the Bible says so this image is set up
and this is gonna be in Jerusalem because that is the headquarters of the
Antichrist because the Antichrist will be a Jew you know hate to break it to
you some of you Zionists out there but that's what the Bible you know they're
still waiting for their Messiah he's not gonna be an Islamicist or
something or a Muslim Muslims didn't even exist during this time you know
and if he's claiming to be the Christ he's called the Antichrist he's not
called the anti imam it's called the Antichrist okay and so he creates
this image he wants people to worship it so what is the what does the mark of
the beast represent it represents that one world currency it represents the
fact that they have to worship an image in order to get it but let me
also say this it represents a seal of eternal damnation meaning any person
who gets the mark during that time they're toast they're done they can no
longer be saved thereafter he said well King Christian because this is the
most common question that people ask okay can Christians take the mark of the
beast and the answer is absolutely not if they're saved and if you believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ you're saved and you're saved eternally because
aside from the fact that salvation is a gift guess what it's also eternal
meaning you can never lose your salvation for any reason whatsoever and
in fact Jesus literally said I will in no wise cast out it's not a phrase
that we would commonly use today but no wise means for any reason whatsoever
okay and it's eternal you know eternal means it has no end it's a gift
meaning you don't have to pay for it and the Bible tells us in whom you
also trusted after that you heard the word of truth the gospel of your
salvation and whom also after that he believed ye were sealed with the Holy
Spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance unto the
redemption of the purchase possession unto the praise of his glory meaning
that once you get saved the Holy Spirit comes to live within you and he
stays within you okay he's sealed and in fact it says unto the day of
redemption it doesn't say unto the day of damnation or unto the day that
you lose your salvation or unto the day you disobey God or unto the day
you no longer walk with God it says unto the day of redemption meaning
he's with you to the very end okay and the Bible says in Romans 8 that
nothing can separate us from the from the love of God he says nor things
present listen to this nor things to come so whatever future sins you
commit not even the future sins you can commit can keep you from the love
of God because he loved you with an everlasting love the Bible says you
can't lose it for any reason however you know there's people that
when this comes they're not saved and maybe they think that they're
Christians but they bought into a false gospel they're gonna take the mark of
the beast why cuz they don't know their Bibles they don't know they
don't even know that they're saved and they will be deceived so the mark of
the beast actually represents damnation because as I said before the
Antichrist is seeking to copy what Jesus Christ does what is Jesus Christ
do well if you are hungry eat of the bread of life right if you're thirsty
drink a drink of the cup of water representing what salvation believing on
Jesus well no man might buy or sell safe he that had the mark and once you
believe on Jesus Christ you're sealed just as once you take the mark of the
beast because you believe on the Antichrist you're sealed you're sealed
unto damnation okay now go to go back to 2nd Thessalonians I should have
had you stayed there but go back to 2nd Thessalonians 2 verse 8 it's good
stuff this morning right are you learning something are you learning
something look at verse 8 of 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 it says and
then shall the wicked be that wicked be revealed capital W referring to the
Antichrist whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth
and he shall destroy with the brightness of his coming this is
referring to the end of his reign when at the Battle of Armageddon this
is how Jesus Christ destroys the Antichrist verse 9 says even him
whose coming is after the working of Satan the dragon which gave him his
power with all power and signs and lion wonders and with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness and then that perish because they receive
not the love of the truth that they might be saved and for this cause
God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie that
they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in
unrighteousness the Bible says so the Bible tells us that the reason
people will worship the Antichrist is because God allows them to have that
strong delusion that he is God so a lot of people in this world during this time
will be damned to hell via the mark of the beast okay go to revelation go
back to revelation if you would and go to revelation chapter 14 revelation
chapter 14 so people are thinking well the mark of the beast is so I can eat
and so I can drink yeah you'll drink of the cup of the wrath of God is
what you're gonna drink look what it says in verse 9 of Revelation 14 that
the third angel followed them saying with a loud voice if any man worship
the beast and his image and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand
the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God which is poured out
without mixture into the cup of his indignation and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the
presence of the Lamb let me give you another interjection here and that is
that hell is not a separation from God so how do you know because here it
says that people are being tormented before the presence of the Lamb because
the presence the omnipresence of God is everywhere he can see people in
hell if you make your bed in hell he's there if you ascend up into
heaven he is there no one can really run from the Spirit of God he sees all
things at all times it says in verse 11 and smoke of their torment
ascended up forever and ever let me do another interjection here and that is
that this teaching of annihilationism is a false doctrine this this teaching
that says well once you die you just burn up and cease to exist no it says
here that they're tormented forever and ever it doesn't sound like you
just black out and no longer exists it says the smoke of your torment
you're just like a like a slow cooker it's like it's like God smoking meat
is what he's doing cuz he's the smoke of their torment ascended up
forever and ever and look what it says and they have no rest day or
night so what does this blackout happen you know who worship the beast
and his image and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name go to
Revelation 16 Revelation 16 if you would Revelation chapter 16 and look at
verse number one it says 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 the point
that I'm making here is that God's wrath is directed towards those who
have the mark of the beast and if you get nothing get this you know you can
rest your head on your pillow tonight with comfort knowing that if this
happens in our lifetime you're not gonna fall prey to this if you're
saved but if you're not saved get saved today so that if it does happen
in our lifetime you know you're not falling prey to the deception of Satan
you say well explain to us then why is it that they're implementing this
well I mentioned that it is for one world currency it is given to those who
worship the beast it's given to damn people eternally once they take it but
here is the primary reason why the Antichrist institutes the mark of the
beast and this is very important and applies to you and to me if it happens
in our lifetime its primary objective is to find Christians so that they can be
executed that is the main reason why the mark of the beast is being instituted
it's not to feed the poor it's not to give you convenience why because the
Bible says that he goes to make war with the Saints and to overcome them
and if Christians are a minority in this world he has to construe some way
some plan to find them how is he gonna find them via the mark of the beast
because only those who worship the beast can take it therefore those who
cannot take it because they worship the Lord Jesus Christ can be easily
weeded out okay now go to Revelation 6 and I'm pretty much done here go to
Revelation 6 because this is important to know that the transitional
period between the seventh and eighth Empire in context of the mark of the
beast you gotta wonder like how is it that he just introduces this and in
just creates this one world currency you know there's a lot of currencies out
in the world that are pretty popular I mean the dollars pretty
popular so is the euro right I think it's over like 20 countries or
something like that but this is like over all nations and tongues so how does
he do that quote unquote overnight is the question right well it's
commenced under the cloak of the solution to the beginning of sorrows
so what are you referring to well look at verse number one of Revelation 6 this
is what's commonly referred to as the four horsemen of the apocalypse okay the
first four seals he says I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals and I
heard as it were the noise of thunder and one of the four beasts ain't come
and seen and I saw behold a white horse and he that sat on him had a bow
and a crown was given unto him and he went forth conquering into conquer
this is the Antichrist how do we know that because he's imitating Jesus
Christ who also comes on a white horse in Revelation 19 he says in verse 3 and
when he had opened the second seal I heard the second beast say come and see
and there went out another horse that was red and power was given to
him that sat there on to take peace from the earth and that they should
kill one another and there was given unto him a great sword this is
referring to wars and rumors of wars verse 5 says and when he had opened
the third seal I heard the third beast say come and see and I beheld and
lo a black horse and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand
and I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say a measure of
wheat for a penny and three measures of barley for a penny and see thou
hurt not the oil and the wine this is referring to pestilence and famine
so if you have pestilence and famine which is a result of the wars
and rumors of wars you have this global crisis of people not eating
inflation goes up because it says there that a measure wheat is for a penny
and three measures of barley for a penny and see thou hurt not the oil and
the wine is referring to just an increase of inflation to the point where
people can't afford just the basics of their necessities okay because of
the wars the famines pestilences things of that nature so this is
actually taking place for about three and a half years you can destroy an
economy like that in three and a half years you know and I let's just say
like a famine can just do that in three and a half years how about you add
to that disease you add to that war which adds more disease right so you
have all of these catastrophic events taking place within a span of
three and a half years the world is just in shambles it's in disarray okay
so then what does the Antichrist do he uses the first four seals as a
springboard to introduce the new world order okay and this is something
what you know leaders do world leaders do is that they create the problem so
they can bring the solution right they create the famine to create the food
they create the disease to bring you the vaccine they're the ones who
are constructing the problem so that they say hey don't worry we got you
you know what the economy is completely destroyed all the economies of the
world are destroyed everything is in disarray but you know what we're gonna
hit a reset button the great reset is gonna be instituted and we're gonna
start from the ground up and you know what we got you you know Amazon
one by the way why is it called Amazon one Amazon one world order is
that was you know so you have this being instituted under the cloak of a
crisis well then people of course are gonna want to receive it they're
starving they're hungry their homes are destroyed there's disease there's
pestilence people do some of the craziest stuff when they're going
through a financial and health crisis and you know what it should come
as no surprise that the government would do that to you because just
think about Kobe think about 9-11 what the government did during I look
at everything that changed after 9-11 look at everything that changed after
covid so it should come as no surprise that when these things are take place the
four horsemen of the apocalypse it's just right picking for the Antichrist
to introduce his system you see what I'm saying so then this crusade is
carried out between the fourth and fifth seal because the fourth seal is
death but then in the fifth seal all of a sudden Christians are in heaven
because they've been killed it's like whoa hold on a second we're missing
something here how did he go from wars famines pestilences and now like
Christians are just being killed how is that well between the fourth and the
fifth seal is where the mark of the beast is introduced it's instituted and
then Christians are being killed and being put to death okay now here's the
last thing I want to mention and that is that you know what we see here is an
institution of that one world currency and you know people often focus on the
wrong thing when it comes to the mark of the beast because their focus is oh
they're trying to control what we're doing right now oh what they're
trying to do is just create a one world system no actually what they're
trying to do is create a system that can weed out believers because the
greatest enemy of Satan the greatest enemy of the Antichrist is not
conservatives they're not Republicans they're not political leaders who claim
to be Christian it's hard to break it to you this is a fundamental Baptist
Church so this should be a non controversial thing to say okay you
know the greatest enemy is is Christians because he goes to make war
with the Saints not war with the Republicans not war with the you know
what the conservatives not war with the libertarians he's making war with the
Saints like he literally just wants to wipe out that small percentage of the
population from off the face of the planet in the book of Revelation and
not for political reasons either it's for literally being God's people
because he hates the Lord he hates the Lord Jesus Christ he hates
Christians and so you know it's okay to see the technology that's being put
in place and view what are the implications of that what are the
consequences to it but just keep in mind that the reason all of this is
being put forth is so God is so Satan the Antichrist can destroy the kingdom
of God via destroying Christians and obviously not every Christian is gonna
die during this time a lot of them will die and based upon the biblical
evidence the ones are gonna die are the ones who are not ready okay the
ones who will stay alive and God will permit to stay alive are those who
serving God you're like well what should we do that should we vote in the right
person to protect us no get saved and serve God the greatest insurance and
repellent against the works of evil is serving the Lord Jesus Christ walking
with God serving Christ winning souls to Christ reading the Bible keeping
spiritual things as the primary thing that you do in your life and let all
that other stuff be as dung to you because it doesn't work you know people
think well we just got to vote in the right person folks everyone's gonna
vote in the Antichrist what are you saying you think voting in the right
person is gonna fix all of the problems of this world read the book of
Revelation it doesn't politics will be against you and in fact there will be a
day mark it down I might be dead by then but mark it down there will be a
day when Democrat and Republican will come together fact based upon what the
Bible says I don't see that happening I do because I've read the Bible and
here's the thing let me just remind you and I'll finish with this think
about how they describe these two parties a left wing and a right wing
both part of the same animal though you said what animal the dragon let's
pray father we thank you so much for your word and thank you for the the
warnings of the Bible we're so thankful for salvation because of the fact that
it does so much for us in the sense of it gives us eternal life it brings
us joy Lord it gives us it gives purpose to our life but really it also
safeguards us from just the deceptions of this world that gives
us an opportunity to be able to read the Bible and understand it the deep
truths thereof Lord I pray God that you'd bless us and help us to continue
to study the Word of God and never have the spirit of fear upon us Lord
but rather maybe we be vigilant may we be awake spiritually to the Bible
to prayer to the service of God and help us to be bold Lord and whether it
happens in our lifetime or not Lord may we continue to serve you all the days
of our life whether it comes tomorrow whether it comes in three years or not
Lord may we continue to serve you may our church honor you and may you bless
us for it Lord we love you we thank you pray these things in Jesus name
amen
please turn your songbooks to song number 377