Revelation chapter 14, we'll
be looking at verses 6 through 12 this morning. Revelation 14, verses 6 through
12, and the title of the message
is, The Angel and the Everlasting Gospel. The angels and the everlasting
It says here in verse 6, And I saw another angel fly in the
midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that
dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue,
and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory
to Him. For the hour of his judgment
is come, and worship him that made heaven and earth and the
sea and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel,
saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because
she made all nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication. And a third angel followed them,
saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and
his image and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand,
the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is
poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation. And
he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence
of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the
smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever. And they
have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image,
and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience
of the saints. Here are they that keep the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus. Now, we have seen The present
situation in the past chapter, in chapter 12 and 13, we have
seen the present situation of the church, which is the persecution
of Satan. The persecution of his beasts,
those that bear his mark. Those in whose names are written
in their minds and their actions of their father, Satan. Such
as all who openly are wicked men and those who follow free
will, false works, religion. The present situation of the
church is this, persecution. From the Lord's day on, this
has always been the case. In this world you shall have
tribulation. I just told you that they that
are of our own household are set at variance against us. We
in this world suffer persecution. And in chapter 14, verses 1 through
5, we saw not only the present situation, but now we are ushered
into the very future state of the church from verses 1 through
5 of chapter 14. We see the grace of God shown
the end of all things. That the Lamb, Jesus Christ,
who now sits on the throne, stands up to the prey. He rises up to
the prey. He will come in judgment against
all who oppose Him. And He will only come. when the last of the 140,000
and 4,000 are brought in. Remember, those are the elect
people. Those are the ones that God has
chosen and Christ has redeemed. And when the last one comes in,
then He will come, then He will rise up to the prey, then He
will gather all His elect to Himself. That's what this is
in verses 1-5. Therefore, we should rejoice.
We should rejoice and long to see this in our day. Should we
not long to see this last one come in? And when He does come in, we
will all be presented to God, having learned the gospel, that
song which no man could learn We who have been redeemed, we
shall stand faultless before God." Look at that in verse 5
of 14. He said, "...and their mouth was no guile, for they
are without fault before the throne of God." In that day,
we will stand faultless. Faultless, without error, without
sin. We shall stand before God because
we stand in Christ. And this was always God's plan.
This is not some off-the-cuff thing. God had always purposed
this. Go to Ephesians 1. Now we know that God purposed
us to be holy. He chose us according as He had
chosen us, verse 4, in Him before the foundation of the world that
we should be without blame, that we should be holy. And in verse 10, He says, that,
in the dispensation of the fullness of times, he might gather together
in one all things in Christ, which are in heaven and which
are on the earth, even in him." Do you see what he's doing? He
chose you to be holy. He did it by Jesus Christ redeeming
you, and then he is in the dispensation of time. He is going to gather
us all in Christ. He is going to gather us in Christ,
and we shall always be with Christ. But now in our text, verses 6
down through verse 13, we see that we are ushered now back
into the present state. the present state of the church. So we saw the persecution of
the present state. For our comfort, God shows us
the end of all things. But now He comes back with us
being refreshed, with us being encouraged that this is going
to end well. This is going to end well for
you, believer. It's all going to end well. So
with that, He comes now back to the present to show us our
purpose in this world. As the church, we have a purpose
for being here. If you did not have a purpose
here, you would be ushered into the presence of God immediately.
That's why you are still here. You're still here. You're still
here. Why? Because God will use you. Because God has a purpose for
us. That is true. And so we're ushered by the Holy
Spirit into the presence in order to show us then how. these hundred and forty and four
thousand are brought in. How are these brought in? These
redeemed souls, how are they brought into the fold who are
before God? How is it that He will draw us
to Himself and keep us? Listen, I saw another angel fly
in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel, listen. To what? Preach. Preach. So in this we see the
purpose. The purpose and the means by
which God has chosen to call His elect and keep them. through the preaching of the
gospel, the everlasting gospel. Now listen, today little value
and little thought is given to preaching the gospel. Consider how little even the
saints of God consider the gospel, the preaching of the gospel. Today, much thought, much value
and time and money is given to preaching self, self-esteem,
self-worth, self-righteousness. Much is given to the esteem,
the skill and talent of men to entertain and educate men in
worldly wisdom, in religion, in science. Much is given thought
about that. How many people go to self-help
seminars? Man, you could hardly find a
space big enough to fill those places. Much is given to that
kind of preaching. And make no mistake, they are
preaching. They have a gospel that they are preaching. It is
the gospel of self. They are preaching and much is
given to that preaching, but I'm not talking about that preaching.
How little is given to this matter of preaching the everlasting
gospel of Jesus Christ? The religious world is given
over to emotionalism or academic thoughts of God. These are who
Paul says have a form of godliness. but deny the power thereof."
What does that mean, they deny the power? They deny that salvation
is of the Lord. They proclaim that salvation,
the power of godliness, is in Christ plus themselves. They deny that the power is of
God to save. while the preaching of the gospel
of Christ. Much is given to that, while
the preaching of the gospel of Christ, the simple declaration
of the gospel of God's free and sovereign grace, of Jesus Christ's
perfect redemption, and the power of the irresistible grace of
the Spirit, is evil spoken of in our generation. Little thought is given to such
matters of Christ and Him crucified. So then I want to tell you this. Preaching is not essential. Preaching the gospel is essential. Preaching the everlasting gospel
is essential. Listen, Paul said, If I preach not... Did he stop there? If I preach not the gospel. What did he say about those in
Galatians? He said, if an angel or I or someone else preach unto
you another gospel, let him be accursed. Let him go to hell. Avoid him at all costs. Get away
from him. It is essential not because of
the man preaching it. See, preaching the gospel is
not here so men could have a job. I know men look at preaching
as some kind of job, career choice. It's not a career choice. You
choose a career. God chooses men for this. The man is not essential. It
doesn't matter about the man. The man is nothing. I love you, you love me. I want
you to understand that I am nothing. I'm just a man. Just a vessel. It is the gospel that's essential.
It is essential, preaching the gospel then, is essential. Why? Because God ordained it. God ordained it. Go to 1 Corinthians
chapter 1. 1 Corinthians chapter 1. Listen to what Paul says about
those who despise preaching, those who think little of preaching.
He says, "...for the preaching of the cross..." Now notice he
didn't say preaching. He said preaching of what? Preaching
of the cross. "...is to them that perish foolishness."
But unto us which are saved, we know this, 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 the world? Hath not God made
foolish the wisdom of the world? For after that, in the wisdom
of God, the world by wisdom knew not God. Listen, here's why we
preach the gospel. It pleased God. by the foolishness
of preaching to save them that believe." Paul said, I am not
ashamed of the gospel. Why? It is the power of God unto
salvation to everyone that believe it. And so then, back in our text,
we see this. I want us to see that this is
how this is showing us the essential necessity of preaching. These
three angels here that were sent, one in verse 6, one in verse
8, and then one in verse 9, these three angels who were sent have
a message. They're sent with a message.
And what is this message? It is the first was to declare
the everlasting gospel. The second declared the fall
of Babylon. And the third pronounces judgment
upon all who worship the beast and have his image. So now, first
of all, I want us to see this. These angels are not angelic
beings. These are not angelic beings.
And we know this. Because no angel has any experience
or acquaintance with the gospel of Jesus Christ. They have no
experience of it. They have never been saved by
the blood and righteousness of Christ. Not one. Matter of fact, the Apostle Peter
tells us plainly, angels desire to look into those things. They
stand in awe of them. They glorify God for them, but
they have no experience in them. They are not saved. Scriptures tell us that angels
are ministering spirits sent to minister to who? You. That's what they do. They're
servants, not sons. They're servants, not sons. You're
sons. God's sons are among the sons
of men, not among the angelic host. And so then they have no part
or experience in the promises and the inheritance of the saints.
Therefore God has not chosen them to deliver the gospel anywhere,
but God has chosen men. God has chosen men. And you account
for those in the Old Testament, many times those angels that
appeared, we know they were the pre-incarnate Son of God preaching,
not angelic hosts. They were the son of God. Now
many angels ministered. I think those angels told Lot
to get out or something like that, but that's not the gospel.
They weren't preaching the gospel. They were ministering to the
sons of God, but not preaching. See, only those who have themselves
heard and experienced the gospel of God's grace are called to
preach it. If you've never been born again
of the Spirit of God, you can mark it down, you're not called
to preach. And I want us to see this. There is a sense in which
a man is called to preaching in this public way that I'm doing
today. that men are chosen for this
and they are gifts of Christ to the church. But make no mistake
about it, you who are believers in Christ, you are to preach
this gospel outside of this place. Matter of fact, you are preaching
this gospel by even being here. You are identifying with it.
When you come here every Sunday, you are telling everyone around
you, I identify with the Christ that is preached here. I know
Him. I serve Him. I worship Him through
the preaching of the Gospel in this place. You support the ministry. That's how we declare the Gospel,
but we also witness to others. So the Word is preached in both
senses. But this angel is representative
not just of the church in general, but rather of the ministers of
God called to preach. scripture says go you into all
the world and preach the gospel nothing else the gospel of jesus
christ and when this gospel is preached what is the success rate and i bring this up because i
did receive an email Increase your ministry by 20%. They really believe that. 20% conversions. I sent him an
email back, and I told him I didn't need that, because I have a 100%
success rate. I have 100% success rate. The
Apostle Paul plainly declares to us that we have this. Why?
Because you either believe or you don't. And either way, the
Gospel has done exactly what is intended to do. Paul said,
we are triumphant. We are victorious. We are successful
every time the Gospel is preached. Whether you go away, whether
you are a saver of life, it is a saver of life unto life. To
some, it is a saver of death, unto death, unto others. Who's
sufficient for such things? We know we're not sufficient,
but we know this, it is victorious every time it's preached. Why? Because it's not our gospel,
it is the gospel of God. And whether God sends it to soften
your heart and quicken your soul or to harden your heart and cause
you to turn away, God is always successful in His gospel. He's
always successful. He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved. Success. He that believeth not
and it shall be damned. Success. You got it? God's gospel is always
victorious. It's always right. And so then, I want you to know
the need then. Why are we sent to preach the
everlasting gospel? Because there is a great need. Isn't it why men won't hear the
gospel? Because they don't perceive they have a need of it. Why are men not coming to hear
the gospel? Because they perceive they don't
have a need of it. But we preach the gospel because
we know there is a great need. A great need. The gospel is to be preached. It is necessary because all men
are born dead in trespasses and sins. All men are born blind
and ignorant of the righteousness of God. Man does not know how to be accepted
with God. He doesn't know who God is. He
doesn't desire to know who God is, and he surely does not know
how to please God if he did know who God is. Man, by nature, is
ignorant. Therefore, you have men going
about that are false preachers of a false gospel. And listen,
the false preaching focuses on surface issues. They focus on surface issues
such as man's sickness, health. They focus on poverty or wealth. Man focuses on the injustice
of government, the social ills of society, the circumstances
and troubles that are common to man. That is what false religion
focuses on because they perceive that's the need. If we could
just get a better government, then everything would be well.
That's what they perceive to be the need. So that's what they're
preaching. They perceive that man needs to be healthy, wealthy,
and happy. So what is it their need? That's
what they preach is to their need. And man, they've got to
follow it. But this angel, this minister,
which is pictured as a true gospel preacher, he has come to shine
the light of the gospel upon the true condition of man. To
preach the everlasting gospel is to first expose man for what
he is, dead. Dead. In Adam all die. Let the need sink in. Wherefore, as by one man's sin
entered into this world, and death by sin, so death passed
upon all men. For all have sinned. See then that man does not need
a pep talk. He does not need a better government.
He does not need better habits. He does not need to try to obey
the law or become more moral. Sinners need life. They must be born again, born
from above, something they cannot do for themselves. They must
be exposed. They must be revealed for who
they are. Sinner see that all who preach
the gospel desire to show you that you're absolute, complete,
and utter ruin. To show you that you are absolutely
depraved and beyond self-help. We are sent to you." Listen,
go back to your text. Look at this. We're sent with
this everlasting gospel. Look to whom we're sent. He says,
"...unto them that dwell in the earth, and to every nation, kindred,
tongue, and people." We are sent to those that dwell. That word means sit. I've got
a picture on the wall of the house. This man, he's at a lighthouse. And he's facing this way, he's
taking a picture, doing something, and behind him is this huge tidal
wave, oblivious to what's going on. You see, man is oblivious that
he is feasting on his sin. enjoying the dainties of this
world, all the while the sword of justice hangs over his head,
ready to fall at any moment. And he's unaware. That's what it means. They're
just sitting in the earth. They don't have any care, any desire, any concern. And you tell them, and what do
they say? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that's who we're sent to.
Don't you suppose it was strange when the prophet was sent to
those dry bones? You think, why are we out here? Well, you're going to speak to
them and they're going to live. Whatever you say. Whatever you say, God. You know. That's what we do. We speak to the dead. We speak
to the ignorant. We're sent to you that dwell
upon the earth. You sit idly by in your ignorance. We are preaching to you. You
say, well, preacher, how do you know that I'm ignorant of the
righteousness of God? Let me ask you. Are you seeking
the righteousness of God in something you do? Then you're ignorant of the righteousness
of God. You have no clue. If you have added one thing to
Christ, you are ignorant of the righteousness of God. Paul said
to those Pharisees, I bear them record they have a zeal with
God, but not according to what? Knowledge. Well, they go about
to establish their own righteousness. Are you establishing your own
righteousness? Are you adding one block to the
foundation of Christ by something you do? Then you are ignorant
of the righteousness of God. And we're sent to these people.
You listen carefully. Your pastor was one of these
people. I know what it's like. We all had our conversation in
time past. We're not above these people. Well, next, see the urgency of
this. Notice this. It says, and I saw
another angel fly in the midst of heaven. I want us to see not
only the urgency, but the boldness of this. He flies in the midst
of heaven. The angel flies. Now, to fly
is with great haste. He rushes into the open for all
to see. This messenger was on a mission
to preach the everlasting gospel to those who sit in the earth,
to those who are sinners, those who sit in ruin of the fall,
to those who by no means can save themselves. That's what
we do. We preach with urgency. And we
say, be ye reconciled to God. When? Now. Believe now. Trust now in Christ. It's urgent. It's urgent that you believe
now. You see, my Master said, I came
not to call the righteous. I came not to call the righteous.
Are you righteous? Are you without sin? Do you have
no need of these things? Then our message is not for you,
though I declare it in your ears, it's not for you. Jesus said,
I came not to call the righteous, but who? Sinners to repentance. Most people think He came to
call sinners to sit in their sin. No. He called sinners to repentance,
to turn from their sin, to turn to Him by faith. We preach to
the thirsty soul righteousness. We preach to the dead who need
life. We preach to the captive in chains,
indebted to the justice of God. We preach Christ. who alone can
forgive sins, who alone can atone, who alone can deliver the captive,
who alone can redeem sinners, Christ. I have a gospel for you, sinner,
a gospel of living water, a ransom that has been paid, a price of
redemption that cancels the debt of sin. I have such a word from
heaven. Jesus Christ, the light of the
world, We preach Jesus Christ, who was purposed of God to save
sinners. So then it is to sinners, Jesus
says this, He gives hope and forgiveness
of sins, peace with God, eternal life, which comes through faith
in Christ alone. This is the message we preach.
We preach a person. Have you come to the person of
Christ? Have you come by faith, forsaking
all else? Then you've heard my gospel.
If you believe, you've heard my gospel. And this message we
don't hide. I'm not hiding. I'm not hiding. This gospel we are not ashamed
of. This angel declared it in the
midst of heaven for all to see. And that is our desire is that
everyone hear this gospel. Thirdly, notice that this angel This message of the angel is
our message, the everlasting gospel. He said we're having
the everlasting gospel to preach. Here it is in verse 7. Here's
the message. He said with a loud voice, here's
our gospel, fear God and give glory to Him. Now, before Adam sinned and died
spiritually in the garden, his fear of God was perfect. His
reverence of God was perfect. He wasn't terrified of God. He communed with God. He walked
with God. He talked with God openly, in
fellowship. But as soon as he sinned, his
fear changed from reverence to terror. His fear changed to terror and
his communion was broken. And thus he ran from God, and
his heart was set on hiding from God and covering his sins. You
remember what he did when he heard the voice? He ran and hid
among the trees, and he tried to cover himself with the fig
leaves? Even so it is with you, who will
not come to God by Christ. Listen, if you will not come
to God by Christ, you hate God. There's no way around it. You hate it. Man by nature sees God as a terror,
as a monster, and therefore you will run from Him and you will
try to hide your sin, just like your father. But once God comes
to you, there's no place to hide. I love this. There's nowhere
you can go. If God has purposed to save a
sinner, there's no place He can run that God won't find Him. He found Adam in the midst of
the trees, covered in fig leaves, just like He found me, just like
He found you. The trees of our reason and logic
will not hide us, Your vain fig leaves of works and free will
religion cannot hide the stench of your spiritual corpse from
the nostrils of God's justice. But to all who are exposed by
the Holy Spirit, I'm not talking about just those who are exposed
by conscience. How many times I've had people
come and cry and cry and weep and weep and fear and fear and
then pretty soon everything goes back to normal and where are
they all? That's not conviction of the Spirit. Conviction of
the Spirit never lets a man go. Not until he sends a man to preach
Christ to him. And when he sends a man to preach
Christ, to preach the perfection of the person and the victory
of the salvation of Christ, are you such a sinner? Fear God. give Him glory. What is it to fear God? It is
to come in reverence to God, confessing your sin. I like this. Sin is a noun. Sin
is what I am. I am sin. Sin is a verb. Sin is what I do. Sin is an adjective. Sin describes everything I do. It's all about me. I'm sin. I must repent from myself, from
my own works, my own thoughts, and turn to Christ. And it is
to come in reverence of God, saying, God is right, God is
true, and I'm a liar. That's what it is. The wise man in Ecclesiastes
tells us the sum of all things under the sun. He said, fear
the Lord and keep His commandments. But we failed. We failed to do
that. Yet I tell you, Jesus Christ
did not fail. All that God required under the
sun, Jesus Christ provided under the sun. Righteousness, atonement
for sin. Christ did what we could not
do for ourselves. He kept the law. He honored it. for righteousness. Therefore it says Christ is the
end of the law for righteousness. To who? Everyone that believeth.
Everyone that believeth. But what of His glory, the glory
of His justice? What of sin's payment? I cannot
imagine the terror of some men who escape justice just in a
natural sense. If they escape justice in some
way, they skirt justice, they always have got to have this
ever-present fear over them that it's going to come back to get
them. You see, we who believe in Christ have need no fear of
that. Because Christ has put away our
sin once for all. He has satisfied the justice
of God by His death. And God being just cannot demand
twice payment. Is that not good news? It is. Behold, Jesus has glorified God
by His one offering. And you glorify God by believing
in His Son. See then, the only way we may
receive God and glorify Him, fear Him, is by Jesus Christ. And the only way this happens
is that God must give it to you. And I can preach this all day,
every day, in your ears. You can hear it from the time
you are born to the time you die. Except God give it to you,
you will never know it. so thankful that He gave it to
me. I was one of these that dwelt
in the earth having no idea of God's justice, and God came to
me. He gave me faith and righteousness He commanded the light to shine
out of darkness and shined in our hearts the light of the glory
of God. The knowledge of Christ, the
Gospel, to the ignorant, to the dead, lost rebels. He gave us
the knowledge of the glory of God, where? In the face of Jesus
Christ. That's where I see the fear of
the Lord and the glory of God, is in the face of Jesus Christ.
Only in Him can I fear God. and glorify God. Believe on Christ, which is the
only way to reverence and fear and give glory to God. Sinner,
how will you stand before God who created the heavens and the
earth and the sea? That's what he says. He says,
worship Him. You're not going to worship Him
except in Christ. Worship Him that made the heaven and the
earth and the sea. God is a God of all power and
might. How will you stand before Him?
Listen, because He also made the fountains of waters. I like
that. Why would He say that? He said He made the sea. Oh,
and the fountains of waters. What is this? It's the gospel
that He's preaching. Come ye to the waters, come.
Buy wine and milk without money, without price. Wherefore do you
labor for that which is not, satisfieth not? Hearken diligently
unto Me and eat that your soul may live." The waters are the fountains
of waters is Christ. And all who believe on Christ
will surely give God the glory. You who believe on Christ, do
you not give God all the glory? Isn't that why God made Him to
be wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption? so that no flesh
may glory in his presence. We're saved because God willed
it so. God willed it so. Christ accomplished
the work. We were given to Christ Jesus
before the world began. Notice this, it is called an
everlasting gospel for a reason, because it's everlasting. It's
eternal. You who have come to God, you've
come to God because you were given to Christ from eternity.
God loved you. God purposed that you be saved.
Christ actually, willfully, purposefully accomplished your redemption.
The Spirit intentionally came. It was no accident the Spirit
came to you, like men say. The Spirit is not accidental,
nor does He need tricks. He comes in power, and He's irresistible,
and He saves sinners. That's what He does. He calls
men to life and faith. In Christ, it's just like He
did us. 2 Thessalonians 2, verse 13, He said, We are bound always
to give thanks to you, brethren, beloved of the Lord. Oh, you're
beloved of the Lord. How do you know you're beloved?
Because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation. And listen to the means, through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. Well, but by what means are we
sanctified of the Spirit and believed for the truth? Paul
said, which you heard by our gospel. By our gospel. By our gospel you were called
to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. I like
this word obtaining because it means acquisition of something
purchased. Acquisition of something already
purchased. You see, faith is just the acquisition of what
Christ already purchased. Faith does nothing. Faith adds
nothing. It just receives what has already
been purchased. You just receive what's been
purchased. You have believed on God. The joy and comfort of
this. You that believe are beloved
of the Father, redeemed of the Son, and called of the Spirit,
because you were chosen, bought, and called to himself." Now quickly,
these last two. The second angel, he comes and
he says this, Babylon is fallen, is fallen. Now Babylon is in
the book of Revelation, is a picture of all false religion. It's called
so in chapter 16 and verse 17, the great harlot, the mother
of all harlots, Babylon. Now false religion is pictured
by the great city of Babylon because of its size and power
of that country. Remember it was the biggest nation,
it was the golden head on that idol that he saw because it was
the largest and most powerful nation there ever was. You pay
attention. False religion is Babylon because
of its size and its power. It's size and it's power. The
size and power of false free will religion is great in the
earth. But it's also seen as a harlot. Notice he says to drink of the
wine of her fornication. It's seen as a harlot because
false religion is beautiful to the natural man. It is seductive
to the lost. Since false religion is so vast,
so powerful and so seductive, listen to me, believer, God says
for you and I never to study it. I want you to take this in because
it's vital information for you, believer. Never study false religion. Go to Deuteronomy chapter 18. Yes, Deuteronomy chapter 18.
The Lord promised the nation of Israel
that they would go over into the land of Canaan. And when
they get there, He gave them some commandments. He said this
in verse 9 of Deuteronomy chapter 18, beginning of verse 9. He said, "...when thou art come
into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt
not learn, to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall
not be found among you anyone that marketh his son or his daughter
to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or observeth
the times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter
with the familiar spirits, or the wizard, or the necromancer.
for all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord
and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them
out from before thee thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy
God for these nations which thou shalt possess hearkened unto
observers of times and unto diviners but as for thee the Lord thy
God hath not suffered thee so to do Do not learn their ways. Do not learn their religion.
You cannot prove the true by studying the false. You only expose the false by
preaching the true. Believer, we are to try the spirits,
whether they be of God, because false preachers have gone out
into the world. What's the mark? What's the difference? How should
we discern? Here it is. Two things. To religion,
works and grace. Salvation is either of works
or it is of grace. It cannot be and it will not
be of both. By this, you are able to discern
the true and the false. Do not study them. Why? Listen. Babylon is fallen. Babylon is fallen. The last hope for all works religion
was Adam, and when he fell, it was fallen. There was no hope. Just as I told you, they that
receive the mark of the beast, 666, remember six is the number
of man, it's always one short of seven. Completion. False religion
always falls short. It is fallen. Leave it alone. Mark it. Move on from it. Avoid it with all haste. It's
fallen. And God says in this last angel,
He says this, All that partake of this, the beast and his mark,
shall burn with fire and brimstone forever and ever and there shall
be no rest for them day or night. That does away with purgatory
pretty much automatically. Right there. Simple. You don't
have to study Catholicism to do away with such feeble things. The scripture does plenty by
itself. You don't need it. And seeing hell is real. Seeing
that The everlasting gospel must be preached. Listen, he says
here is the patience of the saints. Here is the patience of the saints.
Here are they that keep the commandments of God and faith in Jesus Christ. Listen, by this gospel we are
kept. By this gospel we live. By this gospel we are comforted. We are encouraged. We are strengthened. Listen. Christ wins. And all who are in Christ win. For you, believer, all is well.
So no matter the persecution that you endure in this life,
let us keep this in our scope. Our purpose is to preach the
gospel. Preach what? Christ. Fear God. Worship Him. How? Faith
in Christ. What are we to preach? False
religion has fallen. Don't mess with it. All who are
opposed against us and persecute us, God said, their smoke shall
arise before the Lamb for eternity. And you know, you get this. We will rejoice in that. We will be vindicated. This is
why Christians don't seek revenge. Why? Because vengeance is mine. And to seek revenge is to rob
God of what belongs to Him. That's why Christians aren't
vengeful. That's why we don't try to take justice into our own
hands. We believe God. His vengeance shall come. And
we will be at peace with Him. Therefore, let's patiently wait
in faith. I pray God will bless this to you. Let's stand and
be dismissed in prayer.