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April 3, 2015 - Jim Bakker Show
04:03
Time to Prepare Is Now
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Be Prepared 00:03:36
How long have you been preparing your church, would you say?
Well, I've been preaching preparedness for a long time, many years, seven or eight years.
Really?
At least.
And longer than me, probably.
Maybe.
I don't know.
It may have started the same time.
Because, you know, it was back then when you and I were getting together a lot.
I don't know, but I felt like the Lord showed me that.
I felt like back then I would encourage our people when you go to a store, just buy a couple of extra cans or a few whatever and set them aside.
And you don't have to panic.
You don't have to do it all at once.
That was years ago.
I would step it up as I believe the time is getting shorter.
Now buy four cans, six cans, eight cans.
And now you can buy these buckets and this food and everything.
And I am telling our people, look, you don't have a whole lot more time, I don't think, when many things can happen that can require us to need that kind of preparation.
But I think it's valid.
And I also think it's wisdom, and I think it is the Lord's will.
You know, we often build our theology on the extremes of Scripture, which is a basic conflict with Scripture.
And I hear people saying all the time, well, the Lord said he would take care of me.
And he does.
He will.
But how does he do that?
I mean, he used Joseph.
He took care of Joseph, but he had Joseph do something.
And most of the time, he has his people do something.
You know, we have a couple of incidents in Scripture where he says, stand and see the salvation of the Lord.
You don't have to do anything.
I'm going to take care of this.
Well, many Christians build their whole theology on that when there are 200 times when he tells his people to fight.
Fight to take your land.
Fight.
I mean, over and over.
Most of the time.
So you don't base your theology on the extremes, but you're always open to that.
If the Lord speaks, that trumps everything.
But I'm not going to base that on an idealistic view.
I want to hear loud and clear, and on something this important, I want Gabriel to come with a scroll.
I'm telling you.
You know, I mean, it's really to violate the weight of scripture, you want serious, high-level revelation, not just an impression.
That's right.
You know, so the weight of scripture tells me, be prepared.
Now.
And you were very strong telling your congregation.
And you've started to have supplies at your ministry.
And you're even, I think you said you're putting out a catalog so your people can find things.
And, you know, you and I may be the only church preparing, but I think there's thousands of them really.
There are.
There are many.
And on different levels.
But I think it is a word that is becoming increasingly well received, and it's important that it is.
But, you know, what we also teach is, okay, if you know that power may be out for a while and different things, this is how you would prepare.
I think you need to mirror that with spiritual preparation.
Amen.
We need to have Bibles, Bible studies.
Your neighbors, without their television coming on, are going to be ready to read anything you give them.
Harvest Time 00:00:41
That's right.
You know, to me, this is harvest time.
Yes.
This is harvest time.
It's our time.
It's the church time.
It's the soul wedding time.
Right.
And natural food.
I want to have enough to, if I know there's a family next door where I can bring them a meal or whatever and say, look, I know you're probably, and bring them material to read.
This really is the time we've got to prepare for salvation, for saving souls.
Yes.
And for discipling them.
And I believe it's going to be the best of times we've ever experienced.
But we don't want to have we don't want to be the ones that need ministry.
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