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Nov. 12, 2015 - Jim Bakker Show
05:49
Don't Be Caught Unaware
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Seven Days Before Rain 00:05:14
I was talking to somebody the other day and they made a comment that Noah went into the ark seven days before the rains came.
Well, that kind of sparked a thought.
I hadn't really noticed that before and I thought I needed to go back and look at Noah again.
And one of the other thoughts that came to me was that in Noah's day, there were so many scoffers laughing at him for building an ark.
Sure.
And it's a parallel.
The Bible says, as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
And tell me, do we have any scoffers even in the church today that are making fun of those that are building an ark?
I mean, it's sad.
It's really sad because a lot of these are ministers that are scoffing at God's people preparing for his coming.
And these ministers are deceiving the people they're teaching who are going to be caught unaware.
God said, I don't want you to be caught unaware.
He wants us to be ready for his coming.
And yet preachers are preaching against the very words that Jesus said.
That's right.
Well, so anyway, I went back and I looked into Noah, and I did find something very interesting.
You see, it says in Noah chapter 7, it says, the Lord then said to Noah, go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Well, you know, one of the thoughts that dawned on me is that God oftentimes speaks to prophets, but he doesn't speak to all of us.
We need to trust the prophets.
And we can trust the prophets because we can test them from the word of God.
Okay?
Well, you know, like for instance, in my family, God has spoken things into my heart that I know are true, and my wife hasn't heard it.
And so it's almost like sometimes our wives, you know, a prophet's without honor in his home country.
And sometimes in his own home.
And I don't mean, you know, to be putting down my family at all.
But here's the point I wanted to make.
Noah had been hearing from God.
He was building an ark for a hundred years.
And I can imagine there were seasons of doubt that may have hit his family.
Sure.
I mean, 50 years down the road, and his wife says, we haven't had a vacation in 50 years.
You've been building this ark.
And is this rain ever really going to come?
Wow.
I can kind of understand how Noah's wife has that fellow.
I could preach a sermon called The Ultimate Prepper.
Yes.
That's Noah.
Yes.
So he goes for another decade.
And he had to prepare with no rain.
No water.
He's building a boat with no water.
There weren't even any clouds in the sky.
You know, and there was no lake to float his boat.
So here Noah is going another decade and another decade.
And his wife is being long-suffering and his kids are helping him build the boat.
And 100 years goes by.
And finally, God hears a word from God.
I mean, Noah hears a word from God.
He says, Noah, it's time to get in the boat.
And literally, says right here, listen to this.
Seven days from now, I will send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.
Well, before it said seven days from now, God says, Noah, it's time to get in the boat.
So he's rounding up his family.
He's getting him in the boat.
He's heard from God.
Now his wife didn't hear what God said, but Noah heard.
They all get in the boat.
The door is closed.
It says God closed the door.
Yes, that's what it says.
You know, you see, God closes the door.
We need to make sure we get in while the door is open.
That's right.
So here you have Noah and his family.
They're in the boat.
They peek out the hole.
The sun's still shining.
For seven days, the sun is still shining.
Can you imagine?
The first day goes by, and they're cooped up in this boat that smells of all the animals in the boat.
Oh, gosh.
And Noah's wife says, Noah, we've been in here for a day.
Where's the rain?
You know, talk about setting a date.
You know what I mean?
Oh, something's supposed to happen.
We're all in the boat.
Two days goes by.
Noah, still no rain.
Three days, four days, five days.
Noah, I think you missed it.
You built this ark for nothing.
We don't even have a lake to go out and enjoy it on.
And, you know, so, you know, I actually heard a story, and not heard a story, I heard from a friend of mine that nothing happened on the 13th.
God's Timing Still Open 00:00:49
You missed it.
I want you to call the food bank and have them come down here and take all this food and give it to the poor.
Now, I don't want to put down anybody, but you know what?
That's a reaction that is understandable.
You know, because we can build up expectations, but it's God's timing.
Wow.
God is the one that's extending the time so that others can come in.
The door is still open, but God is going to close the day shortly, and we must do the work.
The Bible says do the work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work.
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