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America's New Mission Field
00:02:19
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| What will this cleansing look like? | |
| What do you think God is planning to do? | |
| Yeah, I love something you said there as far as God having really having a remnant there. | |
| And he always has a remnant. | |
| And I believe that America, even though we're seeing a decline in the nation as far as it relates to some churches, I believe that God's going to cause that decline to bring a rebirthing of swords. | |
| So we're going to continue to see a revival coming in the next generation, but it gives us an opportunity because America has become the new mission field. | |
| That's what we're seeing where at a time we were going to other nations and preaching to them. | |
| And now America is the new mission field where we have to preach in our own backyard. | |
| You know, where there are souls all around us that need to be saved. | |
| And it is work for the church. | |
| It's an opportunity for us to evangelize and to move in the gifts of the Spirit, not just in the four walls, but outside of the four walls of the church. | |
| And so I do believe, according to Matthew 13, Jesus said it this way. | |
| He said, the wheat has to grow up with the tear. | |
| And at the point of harvest, there is a separation. | |
| And so we're in the threshing season in the church where it looks as though things are diminishing, but it has to happen for the harvest to come. | |
| Well, I'll tell you what, I have it all highlighted, underlined in red, the threshing season that you talk about. | |
| And you start the chapter, chapter 14, judgment in the house of God. | |
| The reason that you can say this is because it's in the word of God. | |
| 1 Peter 4, 17, 4, the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. | |
| And if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? | |
| So in this case, you talk about excellent. | |
| And it's really hope for the church. | |
| It's God's hope. | |
| And God's, you know, whom he loves, he what? | |
| Chastened. | |
| That's it. | |
| That's right. | |
| And so these things are going to happen. | |
| This shaking is for a chastening so that people will be ready to go to be before the Lord. | |
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Judgment vs. Wrath
00:00:44
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| Absolutely. | |
| And we're going to see the judgment of God in the pulpit, also in the pews. | |
| So you're going to see it both because it is the love of God. | |
| It's not to be confused with the wrath of God. | |
| And I think many people confuse judgment and wrath. | |
| And so they assume that when the Lord is judging, this means that he's just punishing you. | |
| And so punishment is a consequence of wrongdoing. | |
| But judgment, when the Lord judges you, he's saying, I love you so much, I'll do whatever it takes to bring you back to me. | |
| And so that's the kind of judgment that I'm speaking of. | |
| That's really, it's already here on the doorsteps of the house of God. | |