FAMINE IN THE LAND
TEXT
AMOS 8:11
INTRODUCTION
*A PROPER STUDY OF SCRIPTURE WILL REVEAL A FAMINE NOT ONLY IN AMERICA,
BUT ALSO IN THE WORLD.
*AND PROPER UNDERSTANDING AND DISCERNMENT OF THE CURRENT EVENTS WILL SHOW JUST HOW SEVERE
AND CLOSE THE FAMINE IS.
*IN FACT IT HAS BEGUN.
TEXT
AMOS 8:11
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
AMOS THE PROPHET SEES AND WRITES OF A DAY WHEN THE WORD OF GOD WILL NOT BE HEARKENED TO.
IT WILL NOT BE REGARDED AS INSPIRED.
IT WILL BE JUST A RELIGIOUS WRITING WITH SOME HISTORICAL VALUE.
THE CHURCH HAS TURNED A DEAF EAR TO WHAT GOD HAS SAID IN HIS WORD.
WE CAN’T BLAME THE MORAL DEGRADATION ON THE PAGANS.
THEY DON’T KNOW THE WORD OF GOD.
BUT, MANY CHRISTIANS TODAY ONLY WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING GOOD.
II TIMOTHY 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
THAT’S WHY CHURCHES ARE FILLED WITH MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS WHO ARE NOT CALLED AND ANOINTED OF GOD.
THEY ARE HIRELINGS IN THE PULPITS INSTEAD OF SERVANTS
AND PROPHETS OF THE MOST HIGH.
THEY CAN HAVE A GREAT FOLLOWING,
BECAUSE THEY TEACH,
TALK AND PREACH ABOUT A LIFE OF EASE,
FULL OF PROSPERITY,
FREE FROM SICKNESS AND DISEASE.
BUT, THEY ARE DECEIVING PEOPLE WHO ARE ETERNAL BEINGS.
THEY WON’T SING ABOUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND
AND MAY BE OFFENDED.
THEY WON’T PREACH ABOUT REPENTANCE.
THEY WON’T PREACH ABOUT HELL.
THEY WON’T PREACH ABOUT IMMORALITY.
BUT, THEY’LL TELL YOU TO SOW YOUR SEED AND REAP A HUNDRED FOLD.
THEY’LL TELL YOU THAT GOD WANTS EVERYBODY HAPPY AND HEALTHY.
THAT GOD WANTS TO TAKE YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
GOD WANTS YOU TO FULFILL YOUR DESTINY.
ALL THE WHILE, COUPLES IN THE CONGREGATIONS ARE SHACKED UP TOGETHER.
THEY’RE IN ADULTERY.
THEY’RE DRUNKARDS.
THEY IDOLIZE MONEY.
AND THEY ARE IGNORANT OF THE WORD OF GOD.
HOSEA 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
DESTRUCTION COMES ON THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW THE WORD OF GOD.
AND MANY IN CHURCH REJECT THE WORD. THEY DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT.
WHY? BECAUSE IT WILL BRING CONVICTION.
BUT, PSYCHOLOGY WITH A LITTLE JESUS MIXED IN SOOTHES THE SINFUL SOUL.
IT MAKES THE ONE IN SIN FEEL COMFORTABLE.
THIS IS WHY THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA IS MENTIONED LAST IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
IT’S THE LAST CHURCH AGE JUST BEFORE THE COMING OF JESUS.
LAODICEA IS THE CHURCH THAT’S LUKEWARM.
IF YOU PUT A FROG IN A POT OF BOILING WATER, IT WILL FIGHT TO GET OUT UNTIL IT SUCCUMBS TO THE TEMPERATURE AND DIES.
BUT, IF YOU PUT IT IN LUKEWARM WATER, YOU CAN GRADUALLY TURN UP THE HEAT, AND THE LITTLE FROG WILL JUST ENJOY THE WATER TILL IT COOKS TO DEATH.
NOT EVEN AWARE THAT THE WATER IS GETTING HOTTER AND HOTTER BY THE MINUTE.
AND SO IT IS IN DRY CHURCHES THAT SEEK TO HIDE THE TRUE GOSPEL FOR THE SAKE OF COMFORTING THE SHEEP.
SO, AMERICA IS FULL OF PREACHERS
AND SEMINARIANS WHO ARE LYING TO THEIR FLOCK.
THEY’RE NOT BEING TRUE TO GOD.
AND THEIR SHEEP ARE BEING SLOWLY COOKED TO A SPIRITUAL DEATH.
II CORINTHIANS 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
IGNORANCE OF THE WORD NOT ONLY SENDS SOULS TO HELL,
BUT CAUSES PEOPLE TO STAY IN AND BECOME A SLAVE TO SIN.
ISAIAH 5:13
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW THE WORD BECOME ENTANGLED WITH A YOKE OF SLAVERY.
AND THEIR SPIRIT MAN IS FAMISHED
AND DRIED UP.
THE ENEMY DECEIVES THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW THE WORD OF GOD.
THE PSALMIST DAVID SAID IN PSALM 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
IF YOU’RE IGNORANT OF THE WORD,
THEN YOU’RE IGNORANT OF GOD’S REQUIREMENTS.
YOU ALSO ARE IGNORANT OF SATAN’S TACTICS.
SATAN LAYS A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR EACH OF US ALL DAY.
AND IF WE DON’T KNOW THE WORD OF GOD WE MAY FALL PREY TO THE TRAP.
AND THE TRAP IS NOT ONLY DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU SIN AND GO TO HELL,
BUT IT’S DESIGNED TO DESTROY YOU.
TO DESTROY YOUR FAMILY.
TO DESTROY YOUR INTEGRITY AND GODLY WITNESS.
TO RUIN THE GODLY HERITAGE SET FORTH FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN.
YOU AND I HAVE AN ADVERSARY.
HE’S SMART, CUNNING AND WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO CAUSE US TO GO BACK ON GOD.
DEMONS STUDY OUR WEAKNESSES AND PLOT TO ENSNARE US.
AND WE CAN SAY, “WELL I’M TOO STRONG FOR THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME.”
BUT THE TRUTH IS,
IF WE’RE IN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES,
AT THE RIGHT TIME,
WITH THE RIGHT PERSON AND WE’RE NOT WALKING IN THE LIGHT OF GOD’S WORD,
THEN WE WILL DO THINGS WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD.
PSALM 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
WHEN YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT YOU WILL NOT STUMBLE;
YOU WILL NOT BE LED ASTRAY.
DAVID ASKS AND ANSWERS THE QUESTION, Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to Thy Word. PSALM 119:9
KNOWING THE WORD AND DOING THE WORD WILL SPARE YOU A LIFETIME OF MISERY
AND DEFEAT.
IF SOMEONE KNOWS AND OBEYS THE WORD OF GOD, THEY WILL NOT FALL PREY TO ADULTERY AND THEIR SPOUSE AND CHILDREN WILL NOT SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT SIN.
IF SOMEONE KNOWS AND OBEYS THE WORD OF GOD THEY WON’T ROB THE BANK WHEN THEIR DOWN ON THEIR LUCK.
IF SOMEONE KNOWS AND OBEYS THE WORD OF GOD THEY WON’T GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE.
IF SOMEONE KNOWS AND OBEYS THE WORD OF GOD THEY WON’T HATE BLACKS OR HISPANICS BUT, THEY’LL SHOW FORTH THE LOVE OF GOD FOR ALL PEOPLE!
BUT, THE DAY IS COMING, FAST APPROACHING, WHEN THE WORD OF GOD WILL BE IN SUCH SHORT SUPPLY, THAT IT IS LIKENED TO A FAMINE IN THE LAND.
NOT ONLY ARE PREACHERS AFRAID TO PREACH THE FULL COUNSEL OF GOD,
BUT LIBERAL POLITICIANS AND LIBERAL LOBBYISTS WANT IT SILENCED.
WE MAY LIVE TO SEE THE DAY THAT AMERICA BURNS IT’S BIBLES.
WE MAY SEE THE DAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT RAIDS OUR HOMES
AND REMOVES THE WORD OF GOD OUT OF THEM.
THE AIRWAVES SILENCED FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
CHRISTIAN MAGAZINES CENSORED.
THE DAY MAY COME THAT THE ONLY WORD WE HAVE IS WHAT WE HAVE HIDDEN IN OUR HEARTS.
I KNOW, IT SEEMS FAR FETCHED WITH OUR CONSTITUTION PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS.
THAT’S WHAT THEY SAID WHEN ONE WOMAN STARTED A SUIT TO REMOVE PRAYER OUT OF SCHOOL.
BUT, THE DAY MAY COME THAT THE ONLY BIBLE YOU HAVE IS WHAT YOU HAVE HID IN YOUR HEART!
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MUSLIMS IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
THEY WANT SHARIA LAW AND DO NOT CARE ONE THING ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION.
SHARIA LAW IS A RADICAL MUSLIM LAW.
ACCORDING TO SHARIA LAW, EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT CONVERT TO ISLAM SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH.
NO FRIEND, THE CONSTITUTION MAY ONE DAY BE OVERRAN BY LIBERAL MUSLIMS IN OUR GOVERNMENT IF WE DON’T REPENT AND SEEK GOD’S FACE AS A NATION.
I DON’T ADVISE THIS, BUT WHEN GO HOME TONIGHT TURN ON TBN.
WATCH .
I KNOW SOME OF YOU JUST LOVE .
DON’T GET MAD AT ME.
I’M JUST TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.
HE MAY NOT EVEN HAVE THE CONGREGATION TURN TO A SCRIPTURE.
HE MAY NOT EVEN QUOTE ONE.
BUT, HE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT INTEGRITY.
HE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT FULFILLING YOUR DESTINY.
HE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT BEING A BETTER YOU.
HE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT HAVING A BETTER LIFE NOW.
HE’LL TELL YOU HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN.
HE’LL TELL YOU HOW TO BE A CHAMPION.
JESUS DIDN’T DIE ON A CROSS FOR YOU TO BE A CHAMPION.
HE DIED ON THE CROSS THAT WE MIGHT DIE TO OURSELVES.
AND IN DYING TO OURSELVES HIS LIFE CAN BE PRODUCED IN US.
PSYCHOLOGY HASN’T SAVED ANYONE
AND HASN’T DELIVERED THEM FROM THE SLAVERY TO SIN.
PAUL SAID IN I CORINTHIANS 2 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
IT’S THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THAT WILL SAVE SOULS.
IT’S THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS THAT WILL SET CAPTIVES FREE.
IT’S THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS THAT WILL CHANGE LIVES AND NATIONS!
I CORINTHIANS 1:18-24
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
THE WORD IS SLOWLY BEING TAKEN OUT OF OUR SOCIETY.
WE SEE THE EFFECTS OF IT.
AN IMMORAL SOCIETY THAT IS RIGHT WHEN IT SAYS, “I’M JUST AS MORAL AS THOSE COMING OUT OF THAT CHURCH. CHURCH DIDN’T CHANGE THEM. THEY SAY THEY’RE ON THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN. WELL I’M JUST AS GOOD AS THEY ARE. I MUST BE ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN TOO.
I’M NOT WASTING MY SUNDAY MORNING IN CHURCH.”
THE BIBLE I READ SAYS, THAT THE WORD OF GOD WILL CHANGE YOUR THINKING, YOUR ATTITUDE AND YOUR WAY OF LIVING.
WE BETTER LEARN IT WHILE WE CAN. BECAUSE THE DAY MAY COME, WHEN WE WON’T HAVE IT ANYMORE.
