1 00:00:00,570 --> 00:00:02,870 Welcome to from the pulpit and classic sermons 2 00:00:02,870 --> 00:00:04,710 each week We bring you a different message 3 00:00:04,710 --> 00:00:06,690 from some of history's greatest speakers in the 4 00:00:06,690 --> 00:00:09,270 Christian faith and powerful sermons for modern preachers, 5 00:00:09,470 --> 00:00:11,970 too This week we have Carter Conlon with 6 00:00:11,970 --> 00:00:14,670 his message for America and its cultural religion 7 00:00:17,750 --> 00:00:23,420 Praise God You'll turn please in the Old 8 00:00:23,420 --> 00:00:27,600 Testament to the book of Hosea If you 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,040 find Ezekiel the next book is Daniel next 10 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,300 one is Hosea, I think Hosea is about 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,700 Eight or so books to the right of 12 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:42,820 the book of Psalms Hosea Go to chapter 13 00:00:44,460 --> 00:00:46,060 14 we'll start there and then we're going 14 00:00:46,060 --> 00:00:50,220 to go backwards from there Father I thank 15 00:00:50,220 --> 00:00:53,700 you God with all my heart for the 16 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:55,000 anointing of the Holy Spirit. 17 00:00:57,740 --> 00:01:01,700 I Would never attempt to speak this Holy 18 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:03,480 Spirit if you didn't come and animate me 19 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,820 I Need you Lord to form your heart 20 00:01:06,820 --> 00:01:07,340 within me. 21 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,760 I Need to speak God the thoughts of 22 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,200 your heart and I need to speak them 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:18,500 with the intonations of your voice Lord I'm 24 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:23,400 asking God for you to overshadow me Grip 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:28,000 my heart in my mind Unlock the incredible 26 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,340 truths and secrets of your word And let 27 00:01:31,340 --> 00:01:34,180 them be known as they're spoken in simplicity 28 00:01:35,660 --> 00:01:38,320 Help us to understand the time we're living 29 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:45,140 in Deliver us Lord from childishness Make us 30 00:01:45,140 --> 00:01:48,620 men and women of understanding you said through 31 00:01:48,620 --> 00:01:51,380 the Prophet Daniel that There would be an 32 00:01:51,380 --> 00:01:53,680 understanding in the last days that you would 33 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,140 unlock That you would give to your people 34 00:01:57,940 --> 00:02:01,460 Lord we want to know where we live 35 00:02:01,460 --> 00:02:03,520 in we want to know what lies ahead 36 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,460 And I thank you for this in Jesus 37 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:13,620 mighty name I've entitled this a Message for 38 00:02:13,620 --> 00:02:18,100 America and its cultural religion You know beloved 39 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:22,680 we're going to be in the We're going 40 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:23,940 to be in the streets of New York 41 00:02:23,940 --> 00:02:27,860 at Times Square on September the 20th There 42 00:02:27,860 --> 00:02:31,060 seems to be a recognition In many people 43 00:02:31,060 --> 00:02:32,860 throughout the world that this is a momentous 44 00:02:32,860 --> 00:02:33,140 time. 45 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,720 Although many people may not fully understand why? 46 00:02:38,060 --> 00:02:42,920 Hundreds of churches coming together Other countries entire 47 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,040 congregations many I think there's as many as 48 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,880 76 now are going to be gathering together 49 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,200 They're going to be screening this event live 50 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:54,580 they're going to be praying with us But 51 00:02:54,580 --> 00:02:55,800 you and I need to pray with an 52 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,200 understanding a Lot of prayer events in the 53 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,540 past are just simply their gatherings and prayer 54 00:03:03,540 --> 00:03:04,800 is a good thing and I'm not ever 55 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,720 downplaying that But this is not a carnival 56 00:03:08,940 --> 00:03:11,680 This is not a gathering together to shout 57 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,200 into the air and wave a few flags 58 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,000 and walk away saying God has changed the 59 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,420 world Now this is much deeper than that 60 00:03:20,620 --> 00:03:22,480 This is a call of the Holy Spirit 61 00:03:23,540 --> 00:03:27,260 Gathering his people to a specific location Outside 62 00:03:27,260 --> 00:03:29,260 perhaps because there's no other venue where we 63 00:03:29,260 --> 00:03:32,760 would all get together Over 300 churches are 64 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,240 anticipated be in attendance in Times Square in 65 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:41,560 two weeks For the specific purpose Of coming 66 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,000 to God and under the guidance of the 67 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,760 Holy Spirit praying this simple prayer Lord forgive 68 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,580 us But forgive us for what is the 69 00:03:49,580 --> 00:03:49,920 question? 70 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,080 What have we done as a nation that 71 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:54,740 is causing? 72 00:03:55,660 --> 00:03:58,260 God to gather us into a specific central 73 00:03:58,260 --> 00:04:01,200 location beaming it out to over 80 colleges 74 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,580 high schools youth groups churches various states in 75 00:04:05,580 --> 00:04:08,800 various countries What what have we done? 76 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:12,420 That the Lord would say I want you 77 00:04:12,420 --> 00:04:15,700 to pray this way Lord forgive us if 78 00:04:15,700 --> 00:04:18,440 we don't understand this we're going to just 79 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,380 go out with a generic Lord forgive us 80 00:04:20,380 --> 00:04:23,980 for whatever and We're not going to walk 81 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:27,400 away Having found something that God wants to 82 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,860 give us as a people Wants to do 83 00:04:29,860 --> 00:04:31,980 something very profound in you and in me 84 00:04:31,980 --> 00:04:34,180 and I do believe in all those that 85 00:04:34,180 --> 00:04:35,720 are praying But we need to have a 86 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:36,520 right perspective. 87 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,920 We need to understand some things I'm going 88 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,960 to ask you in Christ's name to bear 89 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,660 with me through this message The Lord wouldn't 90 00:04:44,660 --> 00:04:45,800 let me write this down. 91 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:49,140 I tried a Few times to write it 92 00:04:49,140 --> 00:04:50,340 down and the more I tried to write 93 00:04:50,340 --> 00:04:52,500 it down the harder it became And he 94 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:54,780 said no you've been fasting you've been praying 95 00:04:54,780 --> 00:04:56,720 you've been seeking I want to speak now 96 00:04:57,260 --> 00:04:58,960 I want to speak to my church. 97 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,900 I want to speak to my people Let's 98 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:02,760 start in Hosea. 99 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,620 Please chapter 14 now in order to understand 100 00:05:06,620 --> 00:05:09,400 this Book of Scripture we have to understand 101 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,340 who's a Hosea was he was a prophet 102 00:05:11,340 --> 00:05:13,700 son of God to the northern kingdom, which 103 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:19,480 was the numerically Larger number of people after 104 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,100 the kingdom of Israel split under the leadership 105 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:26,640 of Rehoboam in the northern kingdom started on 106 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,300 a progression of Continual spiritual declension until eventually 107 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:33,920 it was swallowed by a Syria Dissipated among 108 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,020 the nations and real realistically ceased to exist 109 00:05:37,020 --> 00:05:43,960 and Hosea is a man who's he he 110 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,320 had a wife that was not faithful and 111 00:05:48,020 --> 00:05:50,240 Because of this he understood the heart of 112 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,680 God He understood where this nation was going 113 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,460 and God sent this man to plead for 114 00:05:56,460 --> 00:06:00,660 them to turn back again and the one 115 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:04,000 voice That a society and spiritual declension will 116 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,020 not listen to repeatedly as the voice of 117 00:06:06,020 --> 00:06:08,160 the Prophet You see it all the way 118 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,620 through scriptures when God sends the voice of 119 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:11,060 the Prophet. 120 00:06:11,180 --> 00:06:13,280 They technically usually will put them in a 121 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:16,120 dungeon Will mock the Prophet of God will 122 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,020 send them away into another place will push 123 00:06:19,020 --> 00:06:21,880 that voice completely away The one of the 124 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,400 Kings in the Old Testament tore up the 125 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:25,980 words of Jeremiah and threw them in the 126 00:06:25,980 --> 00:06:29,180 fire There's there's something about a society that 127 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:31,560 has come to a flashpoint of judgment really 128 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,520 that's what it is when society has hit 129 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,940 that point When we've crossed the line When 130 00:06:36,940 --> 00:06:40,880 we've we've gone beyond The warnings of God 131 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:42,940 where we can't hear anymore, and I'm talking 132 00:06:42,940 --> 00:06:44,560 now collectively as a society. 133 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,240 We can't hear anymore The voice of the 134 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:48,980 Prophet will still be there because God will 135 00:06:48,980 --> 00:06:51,740 be faithful to warn But sad to say 136 00:06:51,740 --> 00:06:54,460 most of the nation will no longer be 137 00:06:54,460 --> 00:06:57,280 able to hear My fear in my heart 138 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,020 That in this society we've come to this 139 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:00,280 point. 140 00:07:00,380 --> 00:07:01,280 We're long past it. 141 00:07:01,660 --> 00:07:03,580 The voice of the Prophet is a mock 142 00:07:03,580 --> 00:07:07,720 voice now not Maybe entertained for a little 143 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,000 while several years. 144 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,100 Maybe a decade or two back, but no 145 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:14,560 longer listen to Just considered another railer on 146 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,740 the street corner with with another viewpoint of 147 00:07:17,740 --> 00:07:19,020 the country and of God and of the 148 00:07:19,020 --> 00:07:21,820 future How it must break the heart of 149 00:07:21,820 --> 00:07:25,700 the Lord When people that he loved When 150 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:28,420 people that he gathered from all over the 151 00:07:28,420 --> 00:07:32,320 world people who long for freedom And they 152 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,240 came and they were given in in a 153 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,000 certain land as in Hosea's day They were 154 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,860 brought out of captivity and they were brought 155 00:07:38,860 --> 00:07:41,920 by the power of God into a nation 156 00:07:42,540 --> 00:07:44,480 And in that nation they were given freedom 157 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,620 to worship They were warned in that nation 158 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:50,540 That you must turn away from the gods 159 00:07:50,540 --> 00:07:52,780 of the people who have previously occupied these 160 00:07:52,780 --> 00:07:55,140 places because if you don't if you don't 161 00:07:55,140 --> 00:07:58,980 make it clear break from them you're going 162 00:07:58,980 --> 00:08:00,700 to find you're going to eventually go in 163 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:02,580 that direction and the gods of the nation 164 00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:05,160 are going to so interweave themselves with the 165 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,940 worship of the Lord Jehovah as it was 166 00:08:07,940 --> 00:08:11,220 in the Old Testament But eventually it'll no 167 00:08:11,220 --> 00:08:13,320 longer be discernible that it really is God 168 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,740 there'll be such a mixture in it and 169 00:08:15,740 --> 00:08:19,340 that mixture will produce a powerlessness and A 170 00:08:19,340 --> 00:08:23,060 blindness and a mysterious inner blindness that even 171 00:08:23,060 --> 00:08:24,820 though the clouds of judgment may be right 172 00:08:24,820 --> 00:08:27,720 on the horizon The people will be still 173 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,440 talking about wonderful days ahead in the house 174 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:31,900 of God. 175 00:08:32,020 --> 00:08:35,659 They'll be talking about increased and never-ending 176 00:08:35,659 --> 00:08:40,740 prosperity not aware Think about Belshazzar for a 177 00:08:40,740 --> 00:08:42,460 moment took the holy things of God and 178 00:08:42,460 --> 00:08:47,520 partied with them in Babylon And Daniel stood 179 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,680 before Belshazzar and he said Belshazzar you knew 180 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:55,240 you knew the history You knew The God 181 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,540 judges even in your own house He said 182 00:08:57,540 --> 00:08:59,960 your own father was that came under judgment 183 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:01,820 because he played with the holy things of 184 00:09:01,820 --> 00:09:02,060 God. 185 00:09:02,140 --> 00:09:05,360 He said Belshazzar You should have known You've 186 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,120 taken the holy things of the temple and 187 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,500 you've made a party out of it And 188 00:09:10,500 --> 00:09:12,800 you've sat there and you've drank to the 189 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,640 gods of gold and silver and stone and 190 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:20,080 wood Things made with men's hands and Daniel 191 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,600 stood there and said now Belshazzar The Lord 192 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,480 has numbered your kingdom and he's finished it. 193 00:09:25,540 --> 00:09:28,580 It's over But such a blindness was upon 194 00:09:28,580 --> 00:09:32,140 that particular generation That even though the Word 195 00:09:32,140 --> 00:09:34,120 of God was pronouncing the end of this 196 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,720 kingdom That seemingly had ruled the world for 197 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:38,940 many many years and even though there's a 198 00:09:38,940 --> 00:09:42,240 pronouncement that it's over Belshazzar commands them it 199 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,680 says come to Daniel put fine robes on 200 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:46,980 him Put a gold chain around about his 201 00:09:46,980 --> 00:09:48,560 neck and make him third ruler in the 202 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,640 kingdom the spiritual blindness. 203 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,580 I don't know if there's a evidence or 204 00:09:53,580 --> 00:09:56,800 indication of greater ignorance than that When people 205 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,700 are standing in the presence of the living 206 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:01,720 and the Holy God and unaware of the 207 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,160 precarious situation that they're in The Lord wants 208 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,660 us going into the street with understanding. 209 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:10,240 We have to know the hour that we're 210 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,340 in We're not children that are just looking 211 00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:14,780 for a good time. 212 00:10:15,020 --> 00:10:16,240 We have to understand. 213 00:10:16,340 --> 00:10:18,820 This is a perilous moment we have to 214 00:10:18,820 --> 00:10:21,360 know that as Jesus said in Matthew chapter 215 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:25,860 24 that People will be Preoccupied in the 216 00:10:25,860 --> 00:10:28,180 last days just prior to the coming of 217 00:10:28,180 --> 00:10:31,220 Christ with buying and selling and marrying and 218 00:10:31,220 --> 00:10:34,180 giving in marriage It will it will it 219 00:10:34,180 --> 00:10:36,840 will so grip a society. 220 00:10:37,060 --> 00:10:39,560 They won't be aware of what's happening They 221 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:42,060 won't be aware When danger is right at 222 00:10:42,060 --> 00:10:45,100 the door and especially if God himself even 223 00:10:45,100 --> 00:10:48,240 has set his hand to bring about a 224 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,700 correction They'll not be aware of it Chapter 225 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:56,920 14 verse 1 of Hosea Oh Israel Return 226 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,820 unto the Lord thy God For thou has 227 00:10:59,820 --> 00:11:03,240 fallen by thine iniquity take with you words 228 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,040 and turn to the Lord and say to 229 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,920 him take away all iniquity and Receive us 230 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,980 graciously and so will we render the calves 231 00:11:10,980 --> 00:11:12,620 or that means the praises of our lips 232 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:14,820 Usher will not save us. 233 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,260 We will not ride upon horses. 234 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,100 Neither will we say any more to the 235 00:11:18,100 --> 00:11:20,600 work of our hands You are our gods 236 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,500 for in thee the fatherless find mercy. 237 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,240 I Will heal their backsliding. 238 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:28,560 I will love them freely for mine anger 239 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:29,700 is turned away from him. 240 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,440 I Will be as the dew unto Israel. 241 00:11:32,540 --> 00:11:34,400 He shall grow as the lily and cast 242 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,900 forth his roots as Lebanon his branches shall 243 00:11:37,900 --> 00:11:39,560 spread in his beauty shall be as the 244 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:43,120 olive tree and his smell as Lebanon They 245 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,540 that dwell under his shadow shall return They 246 00:11:45,540 --> 00:11:47,320 shall revive as the corn and grow as 247 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,820 the vine the scent thereof shall be as 248 00:11:49,820 --> 00:11:52,720 the wine of Lebanon Ephraim shall say what 249 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,640 have I to do any more with idols? 250 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,980 I've heard him and observed him I'm like 251 00:11:56,980 --> 00:11:58,680 a green fir tree from me as thy 252 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:01,380 fruit found Who is wise and he shall 253 00:12:01,380 --> 00:12:03,480 understand these things prudent and he shall know 254 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:03,740 them? 255 00:12:04,180 --> 00:12:05,800 For the ways of the Lord are right 256 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,420 and the just shall walk in them, but 257 00:12:08,420 --> 00:12:11,660 the transgressors shall fall therein In other words 258 00:12:11,660 --> 00:12:13,200 Hosea is saying there'll be a very clear 259 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,100 word There'll be a very clear revelation of 260 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:20,920 God and those that are just those that 261 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,240 God can't speak to Those that can approach 262 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,020 unto the Lord and say God. 263 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,040 I'm not here to have you fit into 264 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:33,280 my agenda I'm not here to use you 265 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,460 as a vehicle To become what is in 266 00:12:36,460 --> 00:12:37,280 my heart to be? 267 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,100 but God I'm here for the sole purpose 268 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:43,400 of yielding my life to you and To 269 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,540 say God forgive me For everything I've embraced 270 00:12:46,540 --> 00:12:47,020 for everywhere. 271 00:12:47,020 --> 00:12:49,680 I go for everything I do That is 272 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:52,060 not representing you among men in this generation. 273 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,560 I yield to you Lord I yield to 274 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:59,080 your purposes and Scripture tells us very clearly 275 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:01,660 That those who choose to walk this way 276 00:13:01,660 --> 00:13:04,100 will return they will revive they will grow 277 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:06,740 There will be a sweet savor of Christ 278 00:13:06,740 --> 00:13:08,620 flowing through them in these last hours of 279 00:13:08,620 --> 00:13:08,940 time. 280 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,480 They will cast away their idols They will 281 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,700 come to Christ and they will find him 282 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,840 to be a green tree abounding in fruit 283 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,260 The glory of the Lord will be the 284 00:13:21,260 --> 00:13:23,080 portion of his people in this last hour 285 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:23,500 of time. 286 00:13:24,180 --> 00:13:25,620 I Know it with all my heart. 287 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:27,000 I know it as surely as I stand 288 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,680 here The glory of the Lord and it 289 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:32,920 will not be circumstance dependent It won't really 290 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,000 matter if a thousand are falling at this 291 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,820 side and ten thousand on that side It 292 00:13:37,820 --> 00:13:40,500 won't really matter if the trumpet is blowing 293 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:43,160 and all kinds of alarms are being raised 294 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,720 in the nation No God will have a 295 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,460 people their eyes will be fixed on the 296 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:49,800 ways and the works of God their hearts 297 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,360 will be gripped By the passion and the 298 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,100 power of God Their steps will be ordered 299 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:57,060 in the work of God their hands will 300 00:13:57,060 --> 00:13:59,900 be about the tenderness of God Their voices 301 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:02,660 will be directing those that are terrified to 302 00:14:02,660 --> 00:14:04,920 where the power and the provision of God 303 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:05,420 is found. 304 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,220 Oh, yes Oh, yes, my friend. 305 00:14:07,540 --> 00:14:09,020 God will have a people in the earth 306 00:14:09,020 --> 00:14:11,580 Praise be to God praise be to God. 307 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:12,540 Praise be to God. 308 00:14:12,660 --> 00:14:14,500 He will have a people in the earth 309 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:18,140 We ought not to be afraid to say 310 00:14:18,140 --> 00:14:20,640 Lord help us cause us to return to 311 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,240 you Forgive us Lord where we've failed you 312 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,640 Forgive us God for we're in our hearts. 313 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,880 We have embraced the ways of a fallen 314 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:33,220 society God Almighty Forgive us I'm gonna be 315 00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:35,880 among the chiefest of those they're crying out 316 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,380 to the Lord said God forgive me Lord 317 00:14:38,380 --> 00:14:40,160 for the things I see for the things 318 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,180 that don't see for what I know for 319 00:14:42,180 --> 00:14:44,460 what I don't know I am part of 320 00:14:44,460 --> 00:14:46,260 the Church of Jesus Christ I'm part of 321 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:48,860 this testimony that you wanted established in the 322 00:14:48,860 --> 00:14:51,380 earth in this generation and God Almighty I'm 323 00:14:51,380 --> 00:14:52,780 asking you to get out of my heart 324 00:14:52,780 --> 00:14:54,540 everything Lord that has stood in the way 325 00:14:54,540 --> 00:14:57,580 of your life Everything God that hinders your 326 00:14:57,580 --> 00:14:59,980 the expression of your heart to this human 327 00:14:59,980 --> 00:15:03,420 vessel to this generation Everything God that renders 328 00:15:03,420 --> 00:15:07,800 the testimony of your resurrection power Powerless coming 329 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,240 out of this human vessel God, please Lord. 330 00:15:10,340 --> 00:15:12,600 Take these things out of my life God 331 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,980 give me the courage of Daniel to open 332 00:15:14,980 --> 00:15:19,180 my window and face Lord face God the 333 00:15:19,180 --> 00:15:21,540 failings of your people and face God what 334 00:15:21,540 --> 00:15:24,760 we've done and Face who we've become and 335 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,280 unashamedly turn to you Lord and say God 336 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,300 I'm coming to you today because you're a 337 00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:32,220 God of mercy Lord when you establish the 338 00:15:32,220 --> 00:15:34,700 temple you wrote a song about yourself and 339 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,700 that song said praise the Lord for he 340 00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:38,660 is good and his mercy Endures forever. 341 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,060 So Lord, I'm coming to your mercy today 342 00:15:41,060 --> 00:15:43,800 I'm coming God believing Lord that you are 343 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,520 the God who can restore you're the God 344 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,720 who can heal Lord, you're the God who 345 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,840 will have a testimony in spite of what 346 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,160 happens to the nation's Now go to chapter 347 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:59,160 13, please Hosea Is speaking about what happened? 348 00:16:00,540 --> 00:16:04,940 to the testimony of Israel Why was God 349 00:16:04,940 --> 00:16:08,860 going to judge his own people Why would 350 00:16:08,860 --> 00:16:11,820 God bring a people out of bondage and 351 00:16:11,820 --> 00:16:15,380 into a nation Call it by his name 352 00:16:15,380 --> 00:16:18,800 and then judge it and literally let it 353 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:25,160 be overwhelmed By its enemies intermingled and dispersed 354 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,760 among the peoples of the world what could 355 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,380 be the reason Why this kind of a 356 00:16:31,380 --> 00:16:33,240 thing could happen to God's own house and 357 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:33,900 his own people? 358 00:16:35,340 --> 00:16:38,240 When Ephraim that's Israel, that's another chapter 13 359 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,400 verse 1 when Ephraim spoke trembling He exalted 360 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,360 himself in Israel, but when he offended in 361 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:49,760 Baal he died When My people honored me 362 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,820 when there was conviction in my house, I 363 00:16:53,820 --> 00:16:56,240 Believe there America has not had a perfect 364 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,600 religion All you have to do is look 365 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,180 back in history a hundred years and you 366 00:17:00,180 --> 00:17:03,440 can see the glaring inconsistencies But there has 367 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,660 been an underlying Seeking of God there have 368 00:17:06,660 --> 00:17:09,599 been times in society Where there've been great 369 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:11,540 moves of God when people could be confronted 370 00:17:11,540 --> 00:17:14,099 when they could be turned back When when 371 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:16,400 the voice of God could be lifted in 372 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,260 his house, and there was a trembling there 373 00:17:18,260 --> 00:17:20,040 was an awe There was a reverence of 374 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,780 God there was a sense of God's holiness 375 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:25,200 men had enough sense to know that God's 376 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,760 ways were right and men's ways were wrong 377 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,760 and There was a time in this country 378 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,360 when I'm sure you would walk in the 379 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:35,020 house of the Lord And if you were 380 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:37,620 living in willful sin you would tremble you 381 00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:39,700 would tremble preachers priests now They may not 382 00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:41,120 have always had it right They may have 383 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:42,600 been a little heavy on the legal side 384 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,780 or they may have focused a little too 385 00:17:44,780 --> 00:17:46,360 much on certain things But there was a 386 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,480 trembling There was a time in this country 387 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:49,960 when you walked in the house of God 388 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:51,800 and you knew if you were living in 389 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,000 sin you Were going to be confronted there 390 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,820 was a time when sinners were not comfortable 391 00:17:55,820 --> 00:17:58,120 in the presence of God There was a 392 00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,960 trembling there was a word there was a 393 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:03,160 time when old-fashioned preachers left the plow 394 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,160 They didn't have much education But they went 395 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,160 in the prayer closet and God touched them 396 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,420 and they stood in pulpits and when they 397 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:11,160 stood in pulpits the glory of God came 398 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,800 they didn't they massacred the King's English half 399 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,500 the time and they didn't even know how 400 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:17,140 to pronounce things in the Bible But they 401 00:18:17,140 --> 00:18:19,340 knew who God was and they knew who 402 00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:21,380 men were and they could speak into the 403 00:18:21,380 --> 00:18:26,560 heart There were seasons and times when tent 404 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,380 meetings throughout this country the sawdust meetings when 405 00:18:29,380 --> 00:18:30,860 people would come in and the glory of 406 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:33,220 the Lord Would be so in these places 407 00:18:33,220 --> 00:18:34,840 that people would fall on their knees and 408 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,300 fall on their faces before a holy God 409 00:18:37,300 --> 00:18:39,780 They would repent of their sins because there 410 00:18:39,780 --> 00:18:41,700 was a reverence There was an awe of 411 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:43,980 a holy God in spite of the mixture 412 00:18:43,980 --> 00:18:46,160 that is always part of every society There 413 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,440 was still a reverence for God in much 414 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:52,860 of his house When Ephraim spoke trembling exalted 415 00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:55,280 himself when when there was this awe when 416 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,980 there was this reverence of God The church 417 00:18:58,980 --> 00:19:00,940 the testimony of the church was held in 418 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:04,860 esteem in the nation, but when he offended 419 00:19:04,860 --> 00:19:08,580 in Baal Now Baal was the Canaanite God 420 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:14,160 of the surrounding territories Baal is the God 421 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,640 that people without God worship Baal is the 422 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,100 God of provision He's a God who sends 423 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:22,640 crops into the field He's the God who 424 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,240 fills your cupboard and as long as the 425 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,780 cupboard was full then people would could worship 426 00:19:26,780 --> 00:19:32,820 Baal When we worshiped God There was a 427 00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:37,120 trembling at his house But folks America has 428 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:41,880 made a tragic mistake The worship of Baal 429 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:43,400 has come into the house of the Lord 430 00:19:46,650 --> 00:19:51,850 The God of prosperity Has Become the God 431 00:19:51,850 --> 00:19:55,050 that much of the church of this age, 432 00:19:55,210 --> 00:19:58,310 which is a cultural church In a sense, 433 00:19:58,490 --> 00:20:00,750 it's it's it's in the culture that that 434 00:20:00,750 --> 00:20:01,470 part of the country. 435 00:20:01,610 --> 00:20:05,370 That's without God to worship prosperity And as 436 00:20:05,370 --> 00:20:08,550 long as the church stood As a contrast 437 00:20:08,550 --> 00:20:10,750 to this not to say that God's people 438 00:20:10,750 --> 00:20:12,710 should be poor But the prosperity that God 439 00:20:12,710 --> 00:20:15,590 gives should have a proper focus In the 440 00:20:15,590 --> 00:20:18,550 alleviation of the suffering of the poor in 441 00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:20,730 the in the relieving the oppressed and using 442 00:20:20,730 --> 00:20:23,210 the resources of God To bring the kingdom 443 00:20:23,210 --> 00:20:24,790 of God to those who have no helper 444 00:20:25,510 --> 00:20:28,210 But it all changed and suddenly it became 445 00:20:28,210 --> 00:20:33,430 about Us it became about individual people And 446 00:20:33,430 --> 00:20:34,910 when this came into the house of the 447 00:20:34,910 --> 00:20:39,610 Lord the testimony of God died Died folks 448 00:20:39,610 --> 00:20:43,810 The testimony of God is almost dead in 449 00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:47,070 this country Just because 50,000 people attend 450 00:20:47,070 --> 00:20:49,610 some church somewhere does not mean that God 451 00:20:49,610 --> 00:20:53,630 is even there any longer If there is 452 00:20:53,630 --> 00:20:56,710 no conviction of sin If there is no 453 00:20:56,710 --> 00:20:58,790 burden to let go of the things of 454 00:20:58,790 --> 00:21:00,130 this world and to walk with the Holy 455 00:21:00,130 --> 00:21:02,010 God I'm telling you the Holy Spirit is 456 00:21:02,010 --> 00:21:02,670 not there. 457 00:21:06,910 --> 00:21:09,250 I Don't care how much money it has 458 00:21:09,250 --> 00:21:09,610 it. 459 00:21:09,770 --> 00:21:11,470 God is not there when there's no conviction 460 00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:13,870 of sin When sinners come in and they're 461 00:21:13,870 --> 00:21:16,490 not challenged to turn from all of the 462 00:21:16,490 --> 00:21:19,190 pursuits of the natural life and heart the 463 00:21:19,190 --> 00:21:22,310 Lord has left the place and Now he 464 00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:23,890 says they sin more and more verse 2 465 00:21:23,890 --> 00:21:25,650 and have made them molten images of their 466 00:21:25,650 --> 00:21:28,710 silver and idols according to their own understanding 467 00:21:28,710 --> 00:21:32,690 all the work of craftsmen And they say 468 00:21:32,690 --> 00:21:34,630 that let it let the men that sacrifice 469 00:21:34,630 --> 00:21:38,090 kiss the calves In other words there now 470 00:21:38,090 --> 00:21:41,270 it's all the work of craftsmen have you 471 00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:45,190 noticed Much of American religion today is always 472 00:21:45,190 --> 00:21:49,870 crafting some new image of God Always crafting 473 00:21:49,870 --> 00:21:53,270 always fastening always looking for some new thing 474 00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:57,370 because they've really abandoned the cross And they 475 00:21:57,370 --> 00:21:59,870 say to the people constantly they're not called 476 00:21:59,870 --> 00:22:00,530 men of God. 477 00:22:00,670 --> 00:22:03,690 They're not holy men of God They're not 478 00:22:03,690 --> 00:22:06,810 they're not separated men of God They're not 479 00:22:06,810 --> 00:22:08,750 men who challenge the people of their behavior 480 00:22:08,750 --> 00:22:11,070 and their lifestyle No They just fashion these 481 00:22:11,070 --> 00:22:13,910 constant images that are palatable to the masses 482 00:22:13,910 --> 00:22:17,210 and they say come now worship this The 483 00:22:17,210 --> 00:22:20,090 brand new image of God and let's call 484 00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:24,090 him Jesus Let's worship him never confronts your 485 00:22:24,090 --> 00:22:28,090 sin doesn't require holiness of you Doesn't require 486 00:22:28,090 --> 00:22:29,710 that you take up your cross and follow 487 00:22:29,710 --> 00:22:31,830 him will prosper you will give you a 488 00:22:31,830 --> 00:22:34,850 great destiny Will make you into an important 489 00:22:34,850 --> 00:22:40,370 person and etc, etc Verse 3 says therefore 490 00:22:40,370 --> 00:22:43,170 shall they be as the morning cloud and 491 00:22:43,170 --> 00:22:45,330 as the early dew that passes away in 492 00:22:45,330 --> 00:22:47,130 the chap That's driven with the whirlwind out 493 00:22:47,130 --> 00:22:48,450 of the floor and as the smoke out 494 00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:53,670 of the chimney when difficulty comes and folks 495 00:22:53,670 --> 00:22:59,910 we're heading into some Incredibly stormy waters People 496 00:22:59,910 --> 00:23:04,770 will run to them because they promised The 497 00:23:04,770 --> 00:23:07,950 drink of God as it is But the 498 00:23:07,950 --> 00:23:12,470 clouds will have passed away They promise weight 499 00:23:12,470 --> 00:23:16,490 or weightiness, but adversity will drive them out 500 00:23:16,490 --> 00:23:19,790 of the house of God They promised the 501 00:23:19,790 --> 00:23:21,290 fire of God, but they're just no more 502 00:23:21,290 --> 00:23:24,270 than smoke coming out of a chimney Driven 503 00:23:24,270 --> 00:23:27,630 by the wind and will be dissipated I 504 00:23:27,630 --> 00:23:30,930 see much of what calls itself the Church 505 00:23:30,930 --> 00:23:32,690 of Jesus Christ in this country will be 506 00:23:32,690 --> 00:23:38,500 soon driven to the wind by adversity He 507 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:39,800 said in verse 4 yet, I'm the Lord 508 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,340 your God from the land of Egypt You 509 00:23:41,340 --> 00:23:43,000 shall know no God but me for there's 510 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,280 no Savior beside me. 511 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,500 I Knew you in the wilderness in the 512 00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:50,480 land of great drought How it must break 513 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:55,300 the heart of God How it must break 514 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:58,420 his heart all the people that came to 515 00:23:58,420 --> 00:24:02,860 this country So many were persecuted a lot 516 00:24:02,860 --> 00:24:05,260 of people were persecuted in their own lands 517 00:24:05,860 --> 00:24:07,620 Because if they wanted to believe in God 518 00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:09,980 and walk with God And he says I 519 00:24:09,980 --> 00:24:12,580 saw you in the wilderness in the place 520 00:24:12,580 --> 00:24:14,080 of great drought And I brought you here 521 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,520 and verse 6 says according to their pastor. 522 00:24:16,660 --> 00:24:19,340 They were filled and their heart was exalted 523 00:24:19,340 --> 00:24:23,260 and They've forgotten me I Brought you to 524 00:24:23,260 --> 00:24:25,800 this place Where you were free to pursue 525 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,580 life and liberty and happiness you were free 526 00:24:28,580 --> 00:24:30,600 to worship me, and I blessed you here 527 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,820 But you forgot me What a tragedy to 528 00:24:34,820 --> 00:24:37,780 be living in such a time What a 529 00:24:37,780 --> 00:24:42,100 heartbreak Therefore I'll be unto them as a 530 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:43,560 lion and as a leopard by the way, 531 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:46,040 I'll observe them I'll meet them as a 532 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:47,680 bear that is bereaved of her whelps and 533 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,900 will rend the call of their heart And 534 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:51,500 there will I devour them like a lion 535 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:53,060 and the wild beasts will tear them Oh 536 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,580 Israel you've destroyed yourself But in me is 537 00:24:57,580 --> 00:25:00,180 your help The Lord says out come to 538 00:25:00,180 --> 00:25:02,840 you like a bear that has lost her 539 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:07,940 greatest treasure The Lord doesn't judge Because there's 540 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:09,540 any delight in his heart But he looks 541 00:25:09,540 --> 00:25:11,260 down and he sees what was supposed to 542 00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:13,540 be his heritage and says I can't let 543 00:25:13,540 --> 00:25:16,460 this go on any longer I can't let 544 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:19,740 this forest that calls itself the temple of 545 00:25:19,740 --> 00:25:22,540 God go on any longer I can't let 546 00:25:22,540 --> 00:25:26,020 these people I can't let them any longer 547 00:25:26,020 --> 00:25:28,640 pursue this path that is going to lead 548 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,060 them into hell Folks just shortly just a 549 00:25:32,060 --> 00:25:34,520 few weeks ago in a major city in 550 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:35,060 this country. 551 00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:39,040 There was a huge meeting of Christian leaders 552 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,760 gathered together And in this enough to almost 553 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,560 fill a stadium And in this particular gathering, 554 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,920 I'm not aware of one born-again Bible 555 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,000 -believing speaker that spoke to these pastors I 556 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,600 got a letter from a pastor that was 557 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,060 there and he said my heart was broken 558 00:25:56,060 --> 00:25:57,840 My heart was pounding and he said oh 559 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:58,320 my god. 560 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:00,640 Does anybody around me see what's happening to 561 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:00,880 us? 562 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:03,780 Here we we put men in the pulpit 563 00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:06,180 that are headed for hell and that we're 564 00:26:06,180 --> 00:26:08,040 putting them up as role models of success 565 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,620 in The Christian Church because they have power 566 00:26:10,620 --> 00:26:13,000 and influence and authority Try to tell me 567 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,840 that the Canaanite culture is not in the 568 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,300 house of God in our generation Try to 569 00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:19,260 tell me that we've not fallen to the 570 00:26:19,260 --> 00:26:22,600 idols of this of this society that where 571 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,820 people just lust after power They lust after 572 00:26:24,820 --> 00:26:27,520 recognition and fame and money and don't care 573 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,880 what it takes to get there as pastors 574 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,980 sit there Mesmerized listening to unsaved men teach 575 00:26:33,980 --> 00:26:36,360 them the principles of success in the kingdom 576 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:39,040 of God Men who are headed for hell 577 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,280 are teaching the church folks. 578 00:26:45,180 --> 00:26:46,220 You destroyed yourself. 579 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,360 He said Israel But I was there to 580 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:50,380 help you all along. 581 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,940 I Will be your king verse 10. 582 00:26:54,300 --> 00:26:56,020 Where is any other that may save you 583 00:26:56,020 --> 00:26:58,680 in all your cities and Your judges of 584 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,080 whom you said give us give me a 585 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:00,920 king and a prince. 586 00:27:01,860 --> 00:27:03,440 I Gave you a king in my anger 587 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,960 and I took him away in my wrath 588 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,860 The iniquity of a frame is bound up. 589 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,360 His sin is hid in other words. 590 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:12,920 It's gotten so deep now That no reasoning 591 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,900 will take it out The sorrows of a 592 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:17,520 travailing woman shall come upon him. 593 00:27:17,620 --> 00:27:20,280 He's an unwise son He should not stay 594 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:21,880 long in the place of the breaking forth 595 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,720 of children Another translation says it this way 596 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,080 He's so entrenched in his way of doing 597 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,820 things that even though I bring upon him 598 00:27:29,820 --> 00:27:31,760 the pains of labor He will not come 599 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,760 forth into new birth So stubborn so set 600 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:40,140 on his view of God His legitimate right 601 00:27:40,140 --> 00:27:42,360 as he sees it to this pursuit of 602 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:46,640 himself So stubborn that though I cause pain 603 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:52,540 Though I clearly speak though the heavens though 604 00:27:52,540 --> 00:27:55,780 the earth though everything around begins to shake 605 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,540 He will not come forth Because he has 606 00:27:59,540 --> 00:28:02,300 so entrenched himself in stubbornness against the ways 607 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:07,780 of God Verse 14, I'll ransom them from 608 00:28:07,780 --> 00:28:08,580 the power of the grave. 609 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:09,880 I'll redeem them from death. 610 00:28:10,020 --> 00:28:10,380 Oh death. 611 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,140 I'll be thy plagues Oh grave, I'd be 612 00:28:12,140 --> 00:28:15,380 thy destruction now This is not really a 613 00:28:15,380 --> 00:28:17,260 good translation in the King James because what 614 00:28:17,260 --> 00:28:20,180 it really says When you read other translations, 615 00:28:20,380 --> 00:28:22,400 I would have ransomed them from the power 616 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:22,800 of the grave. 617 00:28:22,820 --> 00:28:25,480 I would have redeemed them from death I 618 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:26,960 would have stayed your plagues. 619 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,600 I would have destroyed the grave But now 620 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,560 repentance shall be hid from mine eyes Though 621 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,220 he be fruitful among his brethren and east 622 00:28:35,220 --> 00:28:37,040 wind shall come The wind of the Lord 623 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,820 shall come up from the wilderness and his 624 00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:40,020 spring shall become dry. 625 00:28:40,180 --> 00:28:42,500 His fountain shall be dried up He shall 626 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:45,900 spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels Samaria 627 00:28:45,900 --> 00:28:48,300 shall become desolate for she's rebelled against her 628 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:51,060 God And they shall fall by the sword 629 00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:53,100 and their infants shall be dashed in pieces 630 00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:54,620 and their women with child shall be ripped 631 00:28:54,620 --> 00:28:59,990 up unthinkable to the people of that generation 632 00:29:01,030 --> 00:29:02,890 And they'd be sitting there like you're sitting 633 00:29:02,890 --> 00:29:06,010 here today saying who is this man that 634 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:09,190 he dares speak to us this way Who 635 00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:10,270 is this man? 636 00:29:11,130 --> 00:29:13,110 That he speaks such words when we are 637 00:29:13,110 --> 00:29:15,130 at the zenith of prosperity Which they were 638 00:29:15,130 --> 00:29:17,630 when Hosea began to prophesy that we have 639 00:29:17,630 --> 00:29:20,330 formed political alliances that are guaranteeing us security 640 00:29:20,330 --> 00:29:22,590 in the future We seemingly have it all 641 00:29:22,590 --> 00:29:22,970 together. 642 00:29:23,130 --> 00:29:24,790 We've got a plan to get out of 643 00:29:24,790 --> 00:29:27,370 every situation We find ourselves in who is 644 00:29:27,370 --> 00:29:29,510 this man now to stand here and tell 645 00:29:29,510 --> 00:29:29,850 us? 646 00:29:29,990 --> 00:29:32,610 That such calamity is coming into our society 647 00:29:35,820 --> 00:29:38,740 folks he said your children are going to 648 00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:42,500 be an overcome and the women with child 649 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:43,960 shall be ripped up and if that doesn't 650 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,720 speak about abortion and Selfishness so gripping a 651 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,100 nation that a river of blood now is 652 00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:52,180 flowing don't think for a second. 653 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,380 God doesn't see this Don't try to tell 654 00:29:56,380 --> 00:29:57,920 me that women with children are not being 655 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,280 ripped up by the thousands now every day 656 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,240 Don't tell me that there's not an accounting 657 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,820 for this There's no delight in the heart 658 00:30:07,820 --> 00:30:10,360 of God in judging a place that was 659 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,080 precious to his heart When we stand before 660 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,820 the Lord on September the 20th