Part-2
(Oncoming Storms Of Judgement)
Mat 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house
upon a rock:
Mat 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was
founded upon a rock.
Mat 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his
house upon the sand:
Mat 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the
fall of it.
Mat 7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended
these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
Mat 7:29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
COMING STORM WHICH HAS GOT TO
STRIKE EVERY MAN AND EVERY WOMAN THAT'S BORN IN THE WORLD.
41 Jesus was speaking here of a coming
storm which has got to strike every man and every woman that's born in the
world. There is just no way out of it. That storm will strike you sometime or
other. And depends on what kind of a foundation that
you have, whether your house will weather it or not.
There's been many lives saved
because of preparation for storms. And there has been a many of
life's lost because of failing to take heed to the warning of storms that's
coming.
IT WASN'T THE MESSENGER; IT WAS THE
MESSAGE HE HAD.
Oh, you
might laugh at the messenger; you might be able even to kill him; but you cannot kill the message. It'll go on just the same.
God's message is eternal. His Words will never fail.
Paul was
successfully in having Stephen stoned. But all through his life until he
surrendered to Christ, was he never able to get away from that message, "I
see heavens open and Jesus standing at the right hand of God." Something
got ahold of him. It wasn't the messenger; it was
the message he had.
THE FIRST THING TO DO, BEFORE THERE
CAN BE A WARNING, THERE HAS TO BE A PREPARATION MADE FOR SAFETY
62 Oh, it pays
to take warning. The first thing to do, before there can be a warning, there
has to be a preparation made for safety, or there's no need of sending a
warning. And the warning is only a voice of
one having you to prepare for the danger. There has to be a
preparation made first.
And then if the preparation is
made, then the warning can go forward to cause you to make your decision
whether you want to listen to it or not. If you don't want to listen to
it, well, that's up to you. If you do listen to it, there's safety.
GREAT STORMS THAT SWEEPS THROUGH
FLORIDA, TYPHOONS THAT COME IN OFF THE SEA, AND BRINGS THE WATER FOR CITY
BLOCKS UP INTO THE CITY, AND SWEEPS OUT EVERYTHING.
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Not long ago I was told of a story that happened, I believe I read it in
a newspaper down in Florida.
They have many great storms that
sweeps through Florida, typhoons that come in off the sea, and brings the water
for city blocks up into the city, and sweeps out everything. And I'm told that their weather prophets are always on the lookout
for such storms. And some way, through the--the elements, that they
can contact the changing of the weather and the atmosphere, that which a way
this weather is gathering, that'll bring forth one of those storms; because
they've made it a life study, and by certain instruments and things that
science has provided them. And then by calling ahead, and hearing of
which a way the storm's coming, how much wind it's got behind him; which way
other storms are coming, or of winds, whether it's able to combat, to shove
away the storm.
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45 I could stop here and preach for a hour on that, that it takes a
greater storm that's coming; it takes a higher wind to turn that storm.
So is it today. And we all know that we've got an oncoming storm. And the only Wind that I know that can turn that storm
will be that rushing Wind that fell on the day of Pentecost. I'm
told that there's men even in the city now, speaking against communism, and
they should be. But just speaking against it isn't enough; we've got to find
how to turn the thing. And then there
is only one thing that can turn that storm, and that's a more powerful storm
that can beset it and change its course.
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And these prophets of the weather in Florida are pretty accurate with
their prophesying. They are set for that purpose to warn the people.
I was reading (I forget just now, I
believe it was in the newspaper.) of a storm a few years ago, that was on its
way across Florida, central Florida, and all the regions around Okeechobee
was--was warned. I just left there about five weeks ago. And there was a neighbor man
who kept in contact with radio all the time, because of these storms, and he
was a very renowned Christian. And he heard that the great typhoon was coming
that way, twisting down trees, and everyone was warned to get to safety.
And he thought
of his neighbor who had a chicken farm, and some light buildings with their
chickens in them, their brooder houses, and so forth, and their pens, where all
that they had in life was tied up with these chickens, of their living. And he
rushed quickly, frantically, up to the gate, and stopped his car, and jumped
out, and said to this fellow, "Take all the chickens and put them in your
storm shelter, and you rush over to mine, because there is coming a typhoon or
a--a storm that's going to twist everything down."
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49 And
the man stood and looked him in the face, and laughed at him, and said,
"Nonsense. I've heard them predict such things before, and it never did
happen."
And the Christian neighbor was so
excited; he said, "But what if it does happen?"
We hear remarks like that along the line; "I've heard of this is going to happen, and that's going to happen." But it is going to happen one of these days. And it behooves us to listen to every warning.
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But this man said, "I have no time for such foolishness. I raise
chickens, and I have no time for such."
And he cried
out. The neighbor said, "In the Name of God," he said, "leave
those chickens alone then, John, and come quickly, you and your family. If you
don't want to believe it, let your family come."
And he said,
"I will not have my children to be excited over a few radio warnings.
My children and I have decided we'll live as I live. And my wife will listen to
me because I am the breadwinner of this home, and she must listen to me. I'm
boss here, and I will not have my children all excited or tore up about some
nonsense."
And the
neighbor was turned. And he went to his home into his shelter.
IT PAYS TO TAKE WARNING.
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56 And all of a sudden, the cloud was upon
him before they knew it. That's the way judgment strikes. It comes so sudden;
you wonder how it can get there so quick. How I have seen cruel men, who
once cursed God, fall and scream, and say, "How could You treat me this
way?" The whole, every foundation was swept out from under him in a
moment. It pays to take warning.
IT WASN'T THE MESSENGER; IT WAS THE
MESSAGE HE HAD.
Oh,
you might laugh at the messenger; you might be able even to kill him; but you
cannot kill the message. It'll go on just the same. God's message is eternal.
His Words will never fail.
Paul was successfully in having Stephen
stoned. But all through his life until he surrendered to Christ, was he never
able to get away from that message, "I see heavens open and Jesus standing
at the right hand of God." Something got ahold of him. It wasn't the messenger; it was the message
he had.
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59 While
the storm swept through the country, it caught the chicken house and the
farmer, and they never found his body. And his wife, frantically fighting...
And they lived close to the great Okeechobee Lake, and the waters begin to rise
as the typhoon lifted the waters all the way from the bottom of the lake.
That's what makes them so dangerous; they're shallow; the boats rock, and
that's how the waves come up and turn the boats beneath them. The storms comes
and just whirls up the water and packs it for miles. And the water is
sweeping, until the mother knowed there was no hope but to get her children on
top of the building. And she got her children, and got them on top the
building, holding onto the chimney of the house.
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61 And
then the wildlife, the Cottonmouth moccasin, I believe, a more deadly snake
than your Diamondback rattler, they was crawling for safety, and they come on
the roof with her. And by listening to her husband, not taking heed to the
warning, she had to... She stomped and she beat, but she had to stand
and watch those vicious snakes bite her children until they died on the roof.
And the mother herself was bitten so much until finally she died; that's the
only way we got the story. After the storm had quietened, and the search
parties hunting for bodies, and so forth, they found her laying on top of the
roof, with her children laying by her side.
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