R641 Salvation And End Times

Salvation and that's today's topic on the word Dr. Don Wilton as we study the word thing on our website as well.

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The theme of eschatology is very simple and has to do with the Lord Jesus Christ and it can be encompassed in this one phrase the Jesus Christ grads that he is that he will be totally victorious. That's what this is about all this week, God spoke to Maha once again we are in Matthew 24 and I want you to open your Bibles with me. God spoke to my heart about the most important subject. We could ever perk about and that is salvation because we have some major predicament here. There are things that are happening today that are totally unique but never happened before. There were many other things that are going on they get my attention. Some people would say to me will prosper how significant is Israel. Israel is very significant.

We talked about that last week. I don't believe that you can understand Scripture completely in the fullness of Christ and the finished work of the cross. If you don't understand his relationship with Israel. Some people would say to me what Pastor does that mean to say that Jesus is about to come in the clouds. As he said he will does this mean in our own phrase that the rapture of the church is about to happen.

I'm going to say yes, possibly, but then possibly not possibly because God can do this anytime he wants. Possibly not because no man knows but I want to make an announcement to you this morning it was possible that Jesus could come in the clouds to the rapture of the church could happen right now not personally ask validity wouldn't mind waiting until sometime tonight because I want to know who wins the Masters. Did I say that I mean does Satan let your requests be made known on Canadian but you know something folks. Indeed, Jesus wrote to come again today, I found something to you. I'm ready.

I'm ready. Why because I've given my heart to the Lord Jesus, and I'm so glad to tell you today that you can be ready to I'm going to give you an opportunity to give life to Jesus, I'm going to give you an opportunity this morning to say it doesn't matter if he comes to not I'm ready there again. He might find a thousand years from now when perhaps you and nothing but an honorable mention in some textbook with generations from now. My great great great great great grandchildren look back and say you know I once had a grandfather. Those poor people who knew nothing about mobility you know they actually went to church when there was no air conditioning. Can you believe that you know that I actually drove things good motocross we fly around in private jets. I don't know. It doesn't matter to me. It doesn't matter whether it's 2000 years from now soft. I would win because Jesus Christ is laws and ways will be okay victorious amen I have not because of the because of Jesus Christ in me.I have a problem. My problem is this that I must save man of us can come to know Jesus but somewhere in the Bible. The Bible teach Turkey about tribulation science and I have great problem with this author that there was only one way to get saved knocking people get say during a time at which the spirit of God is being removed. I've come to discover that those people are going to get saved exactly the same ways. I'm going to be saved in the exact same way that I am saved through the finished work of Jesus upon the cross. I have discovered that the license sites are going to be doing is not incredible well that's that's happened to me. We have been brushed and redeemed by the blood of the Lamb lies this significant in the study in Matthew chapter 24 I want you to take your Bibles and look at with me just a few verses, verse 21 Jesus said when they will be.

Obviously there is a chronological sequence following the abomination that closes desolation family will be great distress unequaled from the beginning of the world until now, never to be equaled again. I listen to this those days had not been cut. Sure, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect Binkley. During this time there are going to be people by exactly the same status that I occupy to baby for the coming of the note. I am one of God's elect. I am one of God's elect, because I am one of them.

So it was put my faith and trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ upon the cross, I have become one of God's elect. Now that's what happens and all of a sudden the church is gone.

The spirit of God is setting with a group of people can become Good in the same status that I am in and numbered among those are going to be some let me make an announcement to my friends.

The Jews do not have a special dispensation. God has not changed his mind. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, that great expositor of the road of God like this. He said every time I open the book I make a beeline for the class. This book has to do with the cross.

Everything from Genesis to Revelation.

It was the apostle said. I said to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified Jesus upon the cross is no different for me before the meeting left behind, but I want you to stick with me today to look at this into perspectives number one. Those who come to know Jesus Christ before he comes in the clouds. I'm thinking about you and me in the church away as we live today those in the future. Before Jesus comes for his church.

How do we get saved we gave off questions how when wrapped and how do we come to know Jesus Christ. Well, the Bible teaches us very clearly. Three ways number one, by repentance of sin X3 19, amongst others, and I cannot come to know Jesus Christ unless we are willing to repent. The Boston the prophet said it's not all arms. It's not is her eyes.

It's not that God's heart is not being plucked out of Towson that is separated us from it was the sin of Adam. The Bible says in Adam.

Rosenblatt in Christ Jesus for all of us are made alive into the sufficiency of the cross and so when I come to know Jesus, save man, I must repent of my sin and repentance that would in itself leaves an Bible teaches us. Repentance means that I been willing to acknowledge my sinfulness in the presence of God and I have practically turned away from my sin and rip in the opposite direct number two I must be willing to confess to Jesus that confession is an interesting thing to come face to someone.

I'm telling this person that I've offended. I'm telling them this… What I did and I'm confession that Jesus requires of us. We have to confess number three faith faith, my friends, Romans 10, nine and 10. The apostle Paul puts it like this.

He says if you listen to this. If you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the big now I have a problem here because I struggle as a human being.

To understand how that a man is God could come to this earth be born of a virgin that that really is just something beyond me and then would be crucified with God would become graveyard bid would be put in the grave would be totally stone three days and then suddenly come back to life, no matter how you shake that a no matter how spiritual you all from a human perspective, we cannot understand. So how do we understand by faith I don't understand that I accept that I take God at his word, three requirements, say private Jesus coming again, repentance, confession faith, when, save just a mixed question went well.

There are three categories in the timeline of salvation according to us number one. Many people come to Jesus when young, I served as a professor for many years the New Orleans Baptist theological seminary greasing the cross. I had an evangelist. The doctor probably lost. The students take a survey. How many of you kinda know Jesus Christ at a young age folks without fail. I'm telling you it was 1996 St. 98% of every crossing five of the survey, headed by we would find the sign.

You know that the majority of people who come to know Jesus Christ come to know Jesus Christ as a very young age. Jesus put it like this, he should suffer the little children come to me, and forbid them not, for such is the kingdom of heaven. People come to know Jesus at a very early age. Number two. Some people come to know Jesus when adults some do we know that. First Baptist Church week by week, day by day we see people who are adults and come to know Jesus Christ.

But in the timeline of salvation. There are few people who come to know Jesus when they are seeing. I want you to be sending early. Many some it is a statement of fact with the old a person comes the less likely they will give their heart to Jesus Christ.

You know the latest statistics, one about ministers shared with me this morning. The latest district in church growth is that approximately only one in 65,000 senior adults would give their hearts to Jesus. You might say to me, the pasta is that the people are less likely to give their hearts to Jesus. Well, there are many reasons you become the mirror sent you getting your lawyers and the people to be far more reluctant to change and has grown up continually hardening their heart against by the time they get to see your bulk labor. There hearts are like spoons when it comes to spiritual things. You know that many senior adults were called early lives and finally get to the point at which they made their fortune senior adults, they might many of them are retired. I know many senior adults done very well. God is best is what the Bible says it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God than it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle lot you go out into Spartanburg and go to a wealthy man, a lady to die inside.

I want to tell you about Jesus. I want to tell you without Jesus, you're not. I want to tell you, Jesus is the only one who can give you an abundant life. Jesus is the only one who can provide for every need. Jesus is the only one who can complete your life came through lead and that rich man will look at you and say excuse me I need is God's blessing, but home down at the coast I go to the Masters bathroom and go fishing, camping and cruises I travel.

The price on the plenty to eat on the children of the grandchildren are educated. I pay for them to go to the base have come to me that he well I know many senior adults who have lived a life in absolute poverty absolute poverty think someday to tell you if you're a senior adult and you spank your entire live in poverty with nothing scratching making ends meet. Wondering where your next check is going to come from how you going to get to me how you gonna educate your children. They believe and you come to the end of your life and somebody will send you to tell you about Jesus that are going to stand up and say what about Jesus. What has he been for the last 70 years has to be determined broadly. Where is God I tell you my greatest passion.

I say this to our young people. My greatest burden in my life is the number of teenagers that I need to say. Symbolically, if not practically pastor. I don't need to give my life to Jesus, I'm just a teenager I want to go out there and have a good time and do whatever I like and when I get out of Iraq give my heart to Jesus please don't do that you have just taken step number one in sending a letter day of grace and beauty. You have just begun to read down the road of the hall I'll guarantee you my claims there are senior citizens to have no problem going to the Masters and spending everything that they brought and standing in the stadiums of America Jesus Christ come with me to the football stadiums of America.

Also you booster clubs in which there are senior adults who have no problem standing there screaming and supporting their team and paying money and going over the place. But the moment you mentioned Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ forgive you back with the completion of today's message salvation in time for Dr. Don Wilton, but as I mentioned earlier if you're interested in the 31 days of prayer for your husband. 31 days of prayer for wife. They are wonderful resources on our website now@tewonline.org that's tewonline.org.org. Now back today's great teaching with Dr. Don Wilton what happens to you and me when we give our lives to Christ. Two things if we die before Jesus comes. Heaven becomes home if you still around when Jesus comes in the clouds.

Heaven becomes that's what you call when one you want. If you die, you win.

If you still live you when I want to tell you about it when we program I'll tell you about a God who is about to tell you something. My friend Christ Jesus. We completely complete this is the gospel of Jesus Christ to save. Well, what about those of us who live in the study and I probably brought a problem because the Bible apparently and we struggle over these things.

There are friends who believe that there is only one coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. I do not believe that I don't feel out of fellowship but I want to tell you that I believe is your pasta happened with a passion that the Bible is abundantly clear what happens to those who are left behind.

Let's look first at the rapture turn with me to Revelation and chapter through just one of those passages.

Revelation chapter through want you to note the opening stage of the Bible say is often loose off the rock that in the first three chapters of the book of Revelation we have the seven letters to the seven churches in Asia.

I believe very clearly that God speaking to the church age and then the rapture of the church, the coming of Jesus Christ, which is described in the first three verses of chapter. Amongst other passages, but I just want you to focus on this. John says on the island of Patmos off to this I looked, and there before me. I was a standing open in heaven. And the voice I first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said come up here, by the way, where is heaven and on the thank you we get a lot more response. How do we know this very soon, Peter and I will show you ready for this. I will show you what must take place. Listen often this… Folks from this moment on. John has been snatched out.

Please be taken up in the spirit he finds himself in heaven sitting before the throne of God and the will of God says I am taken up out of this is what the Bible says. The Bible says that at once I was in the spirit there before me and Bruce to was the one upon the throne in heaven and receipt of the product and they follows a description of verse six. Also, before me, and the throne was what looked like a sea of Dawson. The interesting thing that my friends is the incredible dichotomy between heaven and from this moment on rights, not the book of Revelation there is a very clear description of the events that unfold in heaven, and the events that occur on earth, and it is very clear in Scripture that in heaven all gathered are the saints of God around the throne. Where is upon is the key of the room on the antichrist and is being left behind.

How do these people come to know Christ.

Now we know anything about it. Just want to remind you number one they are compelled by the events of the rapture say to me pasta represent me, God forbid, that there was someone here today who offer the service you still do not give your heart to Jesus. And let's assume that tonight Jesus comes in the church is taken out and you left behind. I will guarantee you tomorrow morning.

You are going to believe every word that you heard today. I'll guarantee you will need a church, you will need a preacher you don't need anybody will be working around the mall or the deceit of Satan will be rampant.

God will send great blindness upon the and I tell you, God is going to allow Satan to be unleashed in the letter that you and I cannot even begin to describe what the Bible says there are some people one thing to succumb to the antichrist to believe in Jesus Christ because of the events of the rapture all yes you ripped out of church on Sunday and said I'm not giving Moloch. Our group next week. Tomorrow morning, you won't have any problem you're gonna face the worst suffering and torture that is ever known to man, number two witness of the hundred and 34,000 in Britain. Chapter 7 you can read about why the tribulation Saints come to know the witness of the two witnesses better. Revelation chapter 11 with me Bible is very clear about this.

The Bible says in verse three. I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for how long.

The 1260 days. This is not a figment of imagination Bible says if anyone tries to harm them in verse five, these men have power in verse six in verse seven now when they have finished their testimony.

What is a testimony.

Testimony concerns the shed blood of Jesus Christ when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will attack them and overpower them and killing their bodies will lie in the street of the great city.

How do we know this is going to be in Jerusalem as the Bible says in the streets of Jerusalem, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, so that land was crucified. Some people say will the rights of the Jerusalem will excuse me. Where was Willard crucified folks to study Scripture speaks… Verse nine through 3 1/2 days men from every people, tribe and language and nation will gaze upon their bodies and refuse them burial. The inhabitants of red where the inhabitants of the server they will celebrate by sending each other gifts because the two prophets had tormented those I say that we going to get those breaches, folks, I know some of you won't necessarily understand Bruce and I don't mean to be weepy and poor people over this thing, but I want to tell you when you're preacher there are some people who are out to get just because you're preacher. I could stand and tell you some of the greatest sub- stories you've ever heard in your life. I've had people over the years just recently had something just because I'm a preacher balance exactly there.

We gotta get these we don't like that. That's confrontational. A lot of that we going to get them Bible seems that but look what happened in verse 3:11 and 1/2 days a breath of life of God into been nice to know me Pete Terrace got close sooner than later the lobbyist family heaven, saying, up. I love it. You come up you will how people during this time going to be saved without the spirit of God thinks of the rapture hundred and 34,000 witness of two witnesses the resurrection. What about the witness of the angels in Revelation chapter 13 and verse six the Bible say when I say another angel flying in midair, and he had the prospect to go play folks God's word teaches that during this time that it is the Holy Spirit who completes this time. Permission angels to the gospel.

A sovereign God and God is sovereign once well-written, was take place during the seven year tribulation that would be very quickly.

Revelation chapter 6 verse nine is going to read you a few examples.

Revelation 6 in verse nine. When he opened the fifth seal also under the earth to the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained better. Revelation chapter 7 verse 13 then one of the elders asked me, these in white robes while they waited they come from, and he said these out. They have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the, say because of the blood of the Lamb how they going to come to know Christ. Because of the blood of the land Department. Dr. Wilton is been teaching and preaching from the pulpit but now as he steps in the studio. Open your heart to what he wants to share next are you ready to give your heart and life to the Lord Jesus Christ. Why don't you pray this prayer with me right now they are gone. I know that on the center and I know that Jesus died for me on the cross today. I repainted Larson and by faith I receive you into my heart in Jesus night, my friend. I welcome you today into the family of God. This is exciting news to change your life and giving life to Jesus. We dedicate wonderful resources. Dr. Wilton. Once you have if you call us. The numbers 866899 Chinatown start your cell 866-899-9673 love to give these free resources you can use on our website as well, though@twonline.org. My Saturdays with is about relationship with a precious man impacting lives across the you don't want to miss this opportunity to be inspired by his life soon and tomorrow the happiest funeral is tomorrow topic of The Encouraging Word