Clean Hands USA 2nd Chance
Ezekiel 33:1-6 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land,
if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon
the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn
the people; 4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come,
and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
I never set out to be a person of controversy; it's never been my desire or my aim, to be controversial. I have never believed the pulpit, to be the place, to hash out political differences. I take no pleasure in stirring the pot, as it were. I don't like drama, and I don't enjoy debate, just for debates sake, I just detest error. I never set out to attack anyone personally. I attack sin,, with the Word..
But, the problem we are facing today is, that there are so many people, now, that have embraced sin, as a way of life, and when you mention a particular sin, they take it, as a personal attack, against them. So, now, anyone who tries to help them by telling them the truth, is considered a hater or basher.
That puts us, in a very hard place. Are we going to back off and quit preaching the parts of the Bible that offends them, or are we going to love them enough, to tell them the truth, even if it makes us, controversial?
Somebody say, Clean Hands !!!
Do I love the fornicator, the adulterer,
the pedophile, the homosexual, the lesbian, the drug addict, the prostitute, the liar,
the thief, the murderer,,, enough to tell them the truth, that according to God's word, they are sinning and that the wages of sin is death.
And God has provided a remedy for us all, through the blood of Jesus. But in order for his blood to cleanse us, we have to repent and sin no more. To come out from among them, and be ye separate, so sayeth the Lord.
Or do we ignore God's Commandments, and avoid every controversial scripture, that identifies sin and just try to preach grace and love, for everybody, no matter how they live or what they believe or what they do.
That's the question, We can't strattle the fence: There is no neutral ground in this:
We’re either for Jesus or against Him, we’re either gathering with him or we're scattering abroad. We are either living and preaching the truth, or we are rejecting the truth.
It's not a hard line to see, the Bible is our Plumb line. Anyone who is willing to read it, will see it. But the problem is: that many of our pulpits, in this nation, have become polluted and diluted and no longer name sin, they no longer call people to repentance and salvation from sin. It’s heresy.
Many are only interested in growing the church in numbers, money, position and recognition. They are what the Bible calls. (Blind Watchmen) Isa 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Jn 10:12 A Hireling
They don't want to upset anybody:
They prophesy nothing but peace, prosperity, harmony, acceptance, love and inclusion. They say in effect, everybody is already saved, they just don't know it yet. They say,
We want you to be yourself, and whatever
you identify with, that's fine with us.
God loves you just like you are, and He just wants you to be happy, even in your sin.
HS didn’t stay in pig pen with prodigal son.
Listen: If sin makes you happy, does that make it acceptable with God? Does grace make allowance for sin, because it makes us happy? Of course not, the answer is NO.
God says they prophesy lies. Jer 6:14
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people, slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Right now, the false prophets are sounding the message of love, acceptance, peace, inclusiveness, prosperity, safety, unity and harmony. And the truth is: This nation is divided, and we are internally at War,
We are on the edge of Civil War, we are on the edge of Martial law. God Forbid…
There's more hate and prejudice and racial tension, than most of us have ever seen.
And we, as a nation, have forgotten God,
we have rebelled against God. We have ridiculed Him, and cast His truth, to the ground. And we are spiraling, out of control; we are falling into the bottomless pit of greed, immorality, sexual perversion and demonism
The number one guests, on our national talk shows today, are homosexuals, lesbians, transgenders, and bisexuals. And they are celebrated, as Heroes, for,, coming out.
Something is happening in the realm of the spirit, and I am totally compelled to tell it. The power that has been behind all of this corruption, this immorality, and this perversion, is getting ready to take Center Stage. You're going to see, before too long, publicly, on national television,,,, demon possession, satanic ceremonies and rituals, and they are going to gain public notoriety and acceptance. It is going to become, desirable, by many, to be demon possessed. You will see people expressing great pleasure, to yield their bodies, to demons. Sexual perversion and activities are going to become more public, and tolerated, and actually accepted as normal behavior. Pedophilia, bestiality, multiple sex partners, every ungodly, perverse thing, will become public.
Do you remember the demon inspired show, that aired years ago, (Rosemary's Baby)?. Supposedly, a baby, conceived by sexual relations, with a demon: This is where this nation is going, if, we don’t have a mega shift, & if, we don’t have an Earthshaking Move of God. Now, more than ever, We Need Revival.
I read just the other day, that we now have, our first, openly gay Miss America contestant in 96 years. She is presently, Miss Missouri. And she is being celebrated, as a trail blazer.
These are dark times that we are in, and they are not 20 to 30 years, down the road, they're here, now. It's already happening.
The opening ceremony for Cern, (The Large Hadron Collider) located in Switzerland, was nothing less, than a full blown, satanic ceremony. Every kind of demonic character was represented, people mocked sexual acts, and they rolled, all over the place, as though, they were possessed, by demons.
This is happening right now: 2016
And many of the pulpits of the land are silent and will not open their mouths: Except to say everything is fine, and things are getting better all the time, because our churches, today, are filled with people, who don’t want to hear the truth, they don’t want to have to deal with reality; they’re in a, spiritual catatonic state, in a coma, unconscious.
1 Tim 4:1-2 The Bible says: this know also, that in the last days, perilous times shall come for men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,,, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truth breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce despisers of those that are good, trailers, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof,,,,, from such turn away.
Lu 17:26 Jesus said: as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be also in the days of the son of man…. How was it in the days of Noah?
Gen 6:5 The Bible says: and God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Matthew 24,, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, what should be the sign of the coming of the end of the world. And Jesus answered and said unto them, taking that no man deceive you, for many shall come in my name saying, I am Christ and shall deceive many. And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, see that you be not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation and Kingdom against Kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places. All these are the beginning of Sorrows, then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and she'll kill you and you should be hated of all Nations, for my name's sake. And then, should be offended and betray one another, and she'll hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold but he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved and this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the End come.
Pastor why are you preaching like this?
It's because we're in a time of War.
It’s because hell, is being poured out, on this earth and it’s because, I want you, to be prepared and equipped, for whatever is coming. It's because I have a responsibility, as a Watchman on the wall, to sound the trumpet. 1 Co 14:8 If the trumpet sounds an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to battle. I have to put the trumpet to my lips, I have to sound a certain sound, I have to make the message clear, I have to sound the warning, I have to have Clean Hands !!!
God told me almost 29 years ago…..
Ezekiel 2:3-7 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel,
to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this
very day. 4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear,,,,,
(for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
Ezekiel 3:4-11 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. 5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; 6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. 7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee;
for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent & hardhearted.
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people,
and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
I must have Clean Hands !!!!!!!
Too many today, in the church, are like Israel
Isa 30:10 They say to the true prophets,
see not, and they say to the true prophets, prophesy not, unto us, right things.
Speak to us, smooth things, prophesy to us deceits. (smooth) = comfortable, convenient flattering, easy, peacefull, safety, blessings.
Deceits: illusions, deceptions, twist the truth.
The Holy Spirit warned us of these times.
1Tim 4:1-2 Now the spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times, some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron. 2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own lusts, they heap to themselves, teachers, having itching ears.
I have come to this pulpit today, with a Holy Heart Burn: My heart is on fire, I see people today, becoming sloppy in their commitment to God, I see people treating church, with a take it or leave it attitude, I see people today, feeling as though the preaching of the gospel, is just a performance that the preacher puts on, on Sunday morning, and sometimes they want to see it, and sometimes they don’t.
They think to themselves, the church will always be there, if I miss it this Sunday,
I’ll catch it next week or in a couple of weeks.
And what concerns me is, that we are in more desperate, more demonic, more oppressing, darker times, than most of us have ever experienced, and many in the church, act like everything’s fine, and like there’s no devil.
The truth is: Every Sermon that comes across this pulpit, is prayed over, and cried over, and in some cases, travailed over, because I know the responsibility, that is laid on me, by God. No Blood on my Hands…
I can’t say: I don’t feel like preaching today, I don’t feel like giving you the Word today, Because I believe, your life depends on it..
What I’m saying is: This is the time when we should be more committed, more faithful, more on fire, more passionate and hungry
for God, than we have ever been. This is the time when we should be devouring his Word,
This is the time, when we should be praying every chance we get. God help us…
Things are changing in this nation: This is not the America we grew up in, This is not the America, we Knew and Loved, And it’s not getting better, it’s getting worse.
And we better get honest about it and quit playing games, and gird up our loins and get our armor on, and get on fire for God and seek his face like never before.
Persecution is coming to America:
We have graduated now, in America, from just a homicide or a murder of an individual, to mass murders. Look at Columbine and Sandy Hook and Dallas and in Nice, France,
Over 80 people dead and 200 injured, that could have just as easily, happened here.
In Charleston South Carolina a lone gunman walks into a church and murders nine people (in the church house). We better get our heads out of the sand, and into the Word.
We better get our families, under the Blood.
We better get full of the Holy Ghost and Fire
We better quit treating church, like an elective college class, like something you don’t really need, but you just take it, to fill up your schedule. Listen, I’m not mad at anybody, but I am mad at the devil…
I’m not angry: I’m preaching out of Love.
If I didn’t love you, and if I didn’t care,
I wouldn’t preach like this…I want you to have Clean Hands too, I’m not alone here.
I’m not just asking God, for a house full of people, to come for curiosities sake, or just to catch up on the week’s happenings, or sings.
I’m asking for Sold Out, Blood Bought,
Spirit Filled, Fire Baptized, Soldiers of the Cross, Who are hungry for God, and are not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Is there Hope for America? Yes, Yes, Yes
2Chron 7:14 If my people which are called by name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Come On Saints of God: If you know this word is true, and you're not worried about your make up running, or getting your hair messed up, or sounding a little undignified,
I need some real prayer warriors, to Join me around this altar, & let’s go to war, on behalf of our country, our families, our schools, our churches. Nothing Happens until we Pray…
And nothing is going to Happen, until we pull on Heaven, We've got to plead the blood…
We've got to use the name of Jesus….
We've got to repent, and turn from our wicked ways. We must humble ourselves.
But if the watchman, see the sword come,
and blow not the trumpet, and the people
be not warned; if the sword come,
and take any person, from among them,
he is taken away, in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
I will not have the Blood on my Hands.
Come and pray at this alter, humble yourselves and pray, and seek His face,
and turn from any wicked ways,
then, He will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal this land.
We have been given, one more chance,
as a Nation, we must not waste it or lose it.
NO BLOOD ON OUR HANDS !!!!!!!!!
Clean Hands
Special thanks to a great man of God and a wonderful friend, Pastor Terry Sisney.
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