Jim Bakker Show - Don't Be Caught Unaware
Aired: 2015-11-12
Duration: 05:49


=== Seven Days Before Rain (05:14) ===

[00:00:00]  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.
[00:00:09]  Well, that kind of sparked a thought.
[00:00:12]  I hadn't really noticed that before and I thought I needed to go back and look at Noah again.
[00:00:17]  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.
[00:00:28]  Sure.
[00:00:30]  And it's a parallel.
[00:00:31]  The Bible says, as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
[00:00:37]  And tell me, do we have any scoffers even in the church today that are making fun of those that are building an ark?
[00:00:45]  I mean, it's sad.
[00:00:47]  It's really sad because a lot of these are ministers that are scoffing at God's people preparing for his coming.
[00:00:57]  And these ministers are deceiving the people they're teaching who are going to be caught unaware.
[00:01:05]  God said, I don't want you to be caught unaware.
[00:01:09]  He wants us to be ready for his coming.
[00:01:11]  And yet preachers are preaching against the very words that Jesus said.
[00:01:15]  That's right.
[00:01:16]  Well, so anyway, I went back and I looked into Noah, and I did find something very interesting.
[00:01:23]  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.
[00:01:36]  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.
[00:01:47]  We need to trust the prophets.
[00:01:49]  And we can trust the prophets because we can test them from the word of God.
[00:01:54]  Okay?
[00:01:54]  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.
[00:02:05]  And so it's almost like sometimes our wives, you know, a prophet's without honor in his home country.
[00:02:15]  And sometimes in his own home.
[00:02:17]  And I don't mean, you know, to be putting down my family at all.
[00:02:21]  But here's the point I wanted to make.
[00:02:24]  Noah had been hearing from God.
[00:02:27]  He was building an ark for a hundred years.
[00:02:29]  And I can imagine there were seasons of doubt that may have hit his family.
[00:02:34]  Sure.
[00:02:34]  I mean, 50 years down the road, and his wife says, we haven't had a vacation in 50 years.
[00:02:39]  You've been building this ark.
[00:02:41]  And is this rain ever really going to come?
[00:02:45]  Wow.
[00:02:46]  I can kind of understand how Noah's wife has that fellow.
[00:02:50]  I could preach a sermon called The Ultimate Prepper.
[00:02:53]  Yes.
[00:02:53]  That's Noah.
[00:02:54]  Yes.
[00:02:54]  So he goes for another decade.
[00:02:57]  And he had to prepare with no rain.
[00:03:00]  No water.
[00:03:00]  He's building a boat with no water.
[00:03:03]  There weren't even any clouds in the sky.
[00:03:05]  You know, and there was no lake to float his boat.
[00:03:09]  So here Noah is going another decade and another decade.
[00:03:14]  And his wife is being long-suffering and his kids are helping him build the boat.
[00:03:19]  And 100 years goes by.
[00:03:21]  And finally, God hears a word from God.
[00:03:25]  I mean, Noah hears a word from God.
[00:03:26]  He says, Noah, it's time to get in the boat.
[00:03:30]  And literally, says right here, listen to this.
[00:03:37]  Seven days from now, I will send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.
[00:03:44]  Well, before it said seven days from now, God says, Noah, it's time to get in the boat.
[00:03:50]  So he's rounding up his family.
[00:03:52]  He's getting him in the boat.
[00:03:53]  He's heard from God.
[00:03:55]  Now his wife didn't hear what God said, but Noah heard.
[00:03:59]  They all get in the boat.
[00:04:01]  The door is closed.
[00:04:02]  It says God closed the door.
[00:04:04]  Yes, that's what it says.
[00:04:05]  You know, you see, God closes the door.
[00:04:07]  We need to make sure we get in while the door is open.
[00:04:10]  That's right.
[00:04:12]  So here you have Noah and his family.
[00:04:15]  They're in the boat.
[00:04:16]  They peek out the hole.
[00:04:17]  The sun's still shining.
[00:04:19]  For seven days, the sun is still shining.
[00:04:21]  Can you imagine?
[00:04:22]  The first day goes by, and they're cooped up in this boat that smells of all the animals in the boat.
[00:04:28]  Oh, gosh.
[00:04:29]  And Noah's wife says, Noah, we've been in here for a day.
[00:04:33]  Where's the rain?
[00:04:34]  You know, talk about setting a date.
[00:04:36]  You know what I mean?
[00:04:37]  Oh, something's supposed to happen.
[00:04:38]  We're all in the boat.
[00:04:40]  Two days goes by.
[00:04:41]  Noah, still no rain.
[00:04:44]  Three days, four days, five days.
[00:04:47]  Noah, I think you missed it.
[00:04:49]  You built this ark for nothing.
[00:04:51]  We don't even have a lake to go out and enjoy it on.
[00:04:54]  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 (00:49) ===

[00:05:07]  You missed it.
[00:05:08]  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.
[00:05:16]  Now, I don't want to put down anybody, but you know what?
[00:05:21]  That's a reaction that is understandable.
[00:05:26]  You know, because we can build up expectations, but it's God's timing.
[00:05:31]  Wow.
[00:05:32]  God is the one that's extending the time so that others can come in.
[00:05:37]  The door is still open, but God is going to close the day shortly, and we must do the work.
[00:05:44]  The Bible says do the work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work.