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I believe, friends, we live in a tragic

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day of remedial judgments from God through his

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withdrawn presence in our midst and an unleashing

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of natural disasters from his hand, which are

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only the beginning of the end.

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I wouldn't be surprised if California slides into

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the ocean by a major earthquake.

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I wouldn't be surprised if our nation is

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attacked by our enemies.

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I wouldn't be surprised if our economy went

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into complete collapse, when God is violated in

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the land like America has violated him through

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grievous sins, and when the institutional church herself

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has lost her voice of authority through compromise

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of the gospel and conformity to pagan society,

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it is only further confirmation that God has

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left us to ourselves to sit dazed and

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impotent in our spiritual stupor.

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We are so far gone spiritually that we

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say our church growth, accomplished through human means,

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is actually a result of God's smile upon

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our bulging campuses.

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I believe many churches exist in name only

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as they make no difference upon the wicked

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community in which they exist, which only grows

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more evil every day.

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I believe many pastors who were good and

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sincere men, but who preach a perverted gospel,

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are paving the way for Antichrist to be

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accepted by the church with open arms.

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In China today, there exist two churches, the

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above ground communist run institutional church called the

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Three-Self Church, that is not allowed to

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preach the true gospel, and then there is

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the underground church in China, where the true

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followers of the crucified Christ face constant persecution

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as they meet secretly at night in barns,

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haylofts, and in homes.

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I believe a day is fast approaching in

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America where hot persecution will come to true

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believers in Christ Jesus that to be a

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committed Christian in this God-hating society will

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mean you are an enemy of the state,

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and if you confess Jesus is Lord then

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you will face confiscation of your property, prison

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time, and even death.

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The church is so fast asleep in this

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country that it doesn't know how to read

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the handwriting on the wall as society as

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well as many church members hate the Lordship

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of Jesus Christ in his absolute authority.

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I believe there are many Christians throughout this

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land who got fed up with the spiritual

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decay of their denomination and they quit attending

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church in a building long ago.

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They meet in homes, they have private bible

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study with a few hungry hearts that long

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for intimacy and reality with Christ Jesus, they

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listen to sermons online and are fed there,

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and I believe this underground church in America

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will only grow stronger as the days grow

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darker.

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It's obvious to anyone with their eyes open

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that God has left us to our own

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devices as we have forsaken the living God

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of the Bible and replaced him with one

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of our own imagination.

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I believe America is getting ready to see

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a side of God they are quite unprepared

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for.

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Many have been deceived by a perverted gospel

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that has shrunken Jesus down to man's level.

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Many live within the doors of a church

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and obey not the gospel nor the Christ

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of the gospel.

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I believe, friends, God is a terrible God

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of majesty who will defend his holy name

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upon a society that has rejected him.

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My Bible says in 2 Thessalonians, when the

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Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with

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his mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance

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on them that know not God and that

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obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus

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Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction

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from the presence of the Lord and from

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the glory of his power.