WITH MANY TEARS: I AM BROKEN: STAMP ETERNITY ON MY EYE LIDS?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
I have an optical illusion… someone reaches for something not there. It looks there but it is an illusion.
WITH MANY TEARS AND A BROKEN HEART --- I AM READY TO OFFER MYSELF ON THE ALTAR! REMEMBER WHERE DAVID’S MIGHTY MEN HEARD THE KING SAY: I WOULD LOVE WATER FROM THE WELL AT HOME.
The men risk their lives and travel all night. They bring the KING the water… he pours the water on the ground for an offering. MANY CAN’T UNDERSTAND THIS… I DO --- WITH TEARS AND A BROKEN HEART.
Philippians 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Philippians 2:17 (ESV) Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
CORRUPTION AND SIN ARE SMOTHERING MANY SURFACE CHRISTIANS…
Did you hear about the election in Liberia? Charles King won the election by 234,000 votes. There is a problem with those stats… there were only 15,000 registered voters in the whole country. PROBLEM?
THERE IS A STRONG DELUSION IN THE WORLD THAT HAS SPILLED INTO THE CHURCH. WITH MANY TEARS MY HEART CONFIRMS THE WORD: APOSTASY IS COMING, NO IT IS HERE!
APOSTASY: to define God and his word, to rebel, to re-define, to abandon, to breach faith,
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
LET US GET REAL. Before second coming of Jesus several things have to happen. First, the Apostasy. Second, the debut of the Anarchist, a real dog of Satan.
With tears and a broken heart… WHERE OUR THE PRIORITIES OF OUR SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH?
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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WITH MANY TEARS AND A BROKEN HEART, I UNDERSTAND COLD, LUKEWARM AND HOT.
Revelation 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
With tears and a broken heart I will tell you lukewarm people are not teachable and they are not correctable. THEY CAN SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH APOSTASY. I am ok… I DON’T NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING… God understands.
WITH TEARS AND A BROKEN HEART THE PERSECUTION HAS STARTED AGAINST THE CHURCH? WHERE IS THE CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE? WHY THE GREAT FALLING AWAY? THERE ARE MANY FAMINES COMING OUR WAY BUT THE WORSE WILL BE CLEAR…
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:
*** HAVE YOU SEE THE THREE LEADERS HOLDING HANDS: VLADIMIR PUTIN (RUSSIA), EBRAHIM RAISI (IRAN), RECEP TAYYID ERODGAN (TURKEY)… THE BIBLE?
BE PREPARED… LOOK WHO IS HOLDING HANDS… A 2,600 YEAR OLD MESSAGE IS FRONT PAGE NEWS…
Ezekiel 38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
WITH MANY TEARS AND A BROKEN HEART HAVE WE LISTENED TO THE NEWS? HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE PICTURES IN THE NEWS… EZEKIEL HAD A LESSON ABOUT THE FUTURE. There has been revealed this week an ALLIANCE that was prophesied 2,600 years ago. This alliance will ultimately arise against THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYES, ISRAEL. Does the church listen? CAN YOU SEE? ARE WE HOT, LUKEWARM OR COLD?
• THE EXACT NATIONS EZEKIEL WARN US ABOUT HAVE HAD MEETINGS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND THEY HAVE FORMED A STRONG ALLIANCE TOGETHER…
• MAGOG (GOG) THE PRINCE OF ROSH (RUSSIA)
• TUBAL (TURKEY)
• PERSIA (IRAN) we will add Libya and Ethiopia are part of Persia
Is it unusual that these same nations mentioned have but ONE GOAL… they hate GOD and plan TO DESTROY ISRAEL and to make way for the ANTI-CHRIST.
HAVE WE HEARD THE NUCLEAR THREATS TO THE USA, UKRAINE AND THE WORLD? HAVE WE HEARD OF THE FAMINES AND SHORTAGES HERE NOW? MORE ARE COMING! TEARS, BROKENESS --- SEEM MANY ARE TOTALLY SPIRITUALLY BLIND.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS TO PURIFY GOLD? 1948* --- On May 14, 1948 we witness a news worthy event… CAN WE SEE THE EVENTS COMING TO A HEAD?
Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
THERE SHOULD BE NO FEAR IN THE CHURCH ---
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore
comfort one another with these words.
SO MANY TEARS: MANY ARE LOST AND BACKSLIDDEN… THEY ARE RE-DEFINEING GOD’S WORD… TO SUIT THEIR EXCUSES…
I HEAR SO MANY SAY SATAN IS ALIVE AND WELL… NOT SO MY FRIENDS… SATAN HAS A TERMINAL DISEASE, IT IS CALLED CALVARY… THE CROSS… JESUS IS ALIVE AND WELL.
With tears we invest in the temporal issues. HELPING ONE PERSON MIGHT NOT CHANGE THE WHOLE WORLD, BUT IT COULD CHANGE THE WORLD FOR ONE PERSON…
WHAT HAPPENS IN LIFE? I heard on Christian radio that:
• 100% of pre-school children loved every class mate.
• By the time the same students are in middle school they only liked 50% of their classmates.
• By their senior year students liked 15% of their class. They dislike 85% of their fellow students.
WHAT HAPPENS IN DAILY LIFE THAT CAUSES LOVE TO FADE.
HAVE WE SO FOCUSED ON THE TEMPORAL PLEASURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS OF THIS WORLD THAT WE FORGET GOD? GOD HAS A DESIGN: TEMPORAL VS ETERNAL…
WHAT DOES COMPLAINING REVEAL? WHAT DOES UNFAITHFULNESS REVEAL? The problem of the heart is the heart of the problem. WHERE ARE THE TEARS AND THE BROKEN HEARTS FOR THE LOST AND BACKSLIDDEN?
Do we show gratitude by trusting God not just on our good days… We need to trust God in our SEASONS OF TROUBLE.
CONCLUSION: WHERE ARE THE TEARS? LISTEN TO ME? LISTEN TO ME! SEEMS WE HAVE 20/20 PHYSICAL VISION… WITH NO ETERNAL INSIGHT?
Do we think we can come to church once a week and put in a little offering and please God? We please God by our obedience and our faithfulness. We please God in our PRAISE and gratitude… WE PLEASE GOD BY TRUSTING HIS PLAN IN OUR SEASONS OF TROUBLE. WHERE ARE YOU INVESTING YOUR TIME? YOUR TALENTS? AND YOUR ENERGY?
2 Corinthians 5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
SEEMS WE HAVE REVERSE THE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE… BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT… GOD’S ORDER IS CLEAR: SPIRIT, THEN SOUL, THEN BODY.
STORY: ONE EVENING THERE WAS AN OLD WISE MAN SITTING ON HIS PORCH WHEN A YOUNG MAN APPROACHED HIM. The young man said: HOW I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING AND RICHES. The sun was setting. The old man said saddle that horse. The young man saddled the horse. The old man gave him two big saddle bags. Then old man said get on the horse. The young man jumped on the horse and took the two big saddle bags. The old man said now ride due east until you get to a big river. Dismount from the horse and put the rocks from the shore in the saddle bag and be back here by the time the sun comes up. The young man rode the horse all night. The young man said this is so stupid. When the young man got to the river it was so dark, but he dismounted. He put a small hand full of rocks in the one saddle bag and then he got another small hand full and put in the other saddle bag. He mounted the horse and rode back the rest of the night. The old man was sitting in his rocking chair on the porch as the sun was coming up. The old man inquired, did you do as I said? The boy said yes sir, it was so dark but I got two small hands full of rocks. The old man said: OPEN THE SADDLEBAGS AND POUR THE CONTENTS AT MY FEET. The young man thought, it is just dumb old rocks. But he did as the old man instructed him. There at the old man’s feet was two small hands full of rocks. They were not rocks as the young man thought. There were diamonds, gold nuggets, pearls, rubies and valuable gems. The old man said why so few? The young man said I thought they were just rocks, I thought I was picking up just rocks. The old man said you lazy, apathetic, no zeal, no enthusiasm, no interest, no concern --- your don’t care attitude has caused you to miss out on great wealth. You could have had hundreds of pounds of rare jewels… THIS IS A SPIRITUAL STORY OF WHAT YOU COULD RECEIVE FROM GOD… You could be rich in the word of God. You could touch many people. You could have helped at church and in your family. Your desire to take it easy and seek entertainment instead of preparation and education will cost tears and a broken heart.
Luke 12:17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
THOUGHT IN HIMSELF… WHAT SHALL I DO… I HAVE NO ROOM, MY FRUITS… THIS WILL I DO… I WILL PULL DOWN… I WILL BUILD GREATER… I WILL HAVE ALL MY FRUITS… I HAVE LAID UP MANY YEARS OF STUFF… I WILL TAKE IT EASY… I WILL EAT… I WILL DRINK… I WILL BE MERRY… WITH MANY TEARS AND A BROKEN HEART --- WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN… THOU FOOL… GOD WILL REQUIRE…
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (Catch us on YouTube: Wade Hughes)
