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In 2 Peter chapter 2, we find the

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startling account of God's judgments as they fell

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swiftly in unsparing justice.

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For if God spared not the angels that

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sinned, but cast them down to hell, and

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delivered them onto chains of darkness to be

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reserved unto judgment, and spared not the old

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world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a

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preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon

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the world of the ungodly, and turning the

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cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned

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them with an overthrow, making them an example

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unto those that after should live ungodly.

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I will stop there, friends.

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The title of my message this evening is

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When God's Judgment Falls.

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When God's judgment falls, it can fall on

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a nation, or on a community.

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It can fall on a denomination, or a

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church, or it can fall on an individual.

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But when God's judgment falls, all hell breaks

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loose, because God has removed himself, and pulled

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away his restraining power, and has given the

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devil full reign to work.

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I've seen God's judgment fall on churches where

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they once did great things for God.

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Now they're just a devil's circus, or a

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coronal playground.

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I've God's judgment fall upon a large denomination,

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to where it has fallen into apostasy, and

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is completely unaware of it.

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I've seen God's judgment fall upon a community

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that once had the life and light of

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the gospel, but now all is evil and

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darkness.

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I've seen God's judgment fall on a ministry

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that once had the light of the gospel

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and the smile of heaven, but now it's

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all death and darkness and judgment.

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This can happen to individuals as well.

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In Acts chapter 5, we read, But Peter

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said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart

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to lie to the Holy Ghost?

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Then in verse 5, we read, And Ananias,

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hearing these words, fell down, and gave up

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the ghost.

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Then along comes his wife, Sapphira, and God's

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judgment falls on her as well.

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I've known individuals where God's judgment fell, wherein

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their rebellion, they were first given over to

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Satan, and then removed by sudden death.

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When God's judgment falls, it comes crashing down

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quickly.

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I look around today at society, and I

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see judgment in the land.

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I look around at our so-called Christian

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churches, and see a veil of judgment hanging

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over them.

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If people sitting in some churches this Sunday

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knew that they sat atop a trap door

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to hell, they'd scream out in terror and

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repent immediately.

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Heaven help this sin-loving society in this

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God-hating nation at a tragic time when

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the church has no voice of authority or

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witness to a perishing world.