[...] And now, we're speaking on this overcoming. The word "overcome," of course, you know what it means. You've got to have something to overcome. And this church age that the Holy Spirit was speaking about here at the Laodicea church age (as we have just been through it) needed a rebuking. Laodicea had to be rebuked, because of its--its difference towards Christ, it had put Christ outside in the day--in their age; and Christ was on the outside trying to get back on the inside. That's love. After He had been put out of His own house, was trying to come back in, and said, "He that'll open the door, I'll come in to him." See?
The church itself in whole had put Him out. But now notice, His call here is not to just the church: "He that overcometh. See? Not the church, that'd be she (See?) the church body,    but it's he that overcometh, the individual that will overcome. Now, and Laodicea had it coming to her.

Now, we see then, knowing that this is the Laodicea age, and knowing that this age needs a sharp rebuke from God... It needs a sharp rebuke. And when our--our clergy get so soft and doty, like some aged grandfather to his grandchildren, ever what they do is perfect and they're... [...]

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THE FOLLY OF BEING UNPREPARED [ Devotion ]

"While they went to buy, the Bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with Him to the marriage: and the door was shut." -- Mat_25:10.

THE FOOLISH virgins made five great mistakes.

(1)They made no provision for the continuance of their light. It is not enough merely to have the lamp; it must be lit and maintained, because there is something for the fire to feed on. How many there are who are on fire and in earnest during the first stage of their religious life, but they have made no provision for maintaining the flame which has been kindled by the grace of God. They have lamps, but have neglected to take oil. The oil stands for fellowship with the Lord Jesus, for the grace of the Holy Spirit, for the daily study of the Bible, for the kindling communion of worship with fellow-Christians.

(2)They slept. There was a difference between the sleep of the foolish and that of the wise. There are two kinds of sleep. The one arises from a sense of security and trust. Every preparation has been made; all has been done that could be done, and we resign ourselves deliberately to the care of God. So Peter slept in the prison, before the angel came to deliver him. But there is another kind of sleep. The sleep of the sentry, when the foe is stealing up the pass; of the pilot, when the ship is making for the serried teeth of the rocks; of the nurse, when the patient's life is quivering in the balance. These foolish ones had no right to sleep, when they were so utterly unready to meet the Bridegroom. We must not take things for granted, or say "Peace, peace, when there is no peace!" ...

Poate America fi salvata ?

Un pastor de origine egipteană, al unei Biserici foarte mari, cheamă 100 000 de americani care cred în Biblie, să se roage pentru Statele Unite.
Dr. Michael Youssef, fondatorul bisericii „Apostolii” si presedintele misiunii „Arată calea” din Atlanta, a găsit de când a fost lansată campania „Dumnezeu salvează America”, în data de 4 iulie, 42.450 oameni care să i se alăture în rugăciunea zilnică pentru Statele Unite.
„Bătălia cea mai mare din zilele noastre este bătălia pentru adevărul biblic”, spunea Youssef într-un e-mail trimis site-ului de stiri crestine „The Christian Post”. „Universalismul este ceva extravagant în bisericile evanghelice iar o mică trezire spirituală care mătură acum tara nu va fi capabilă să salveze Biserica lui Cristos de apostazie totală”.
Se pune accentul în această campanie a rugăciunii pe aducerea aminte a crestinilor americani de faptul că această tară a avut ca temelie dependenta de Dumnezeu. Astăzi, spune Youssef, liderii tării si cetătenii ei încearcă să ajungă la succes prin mijloace proprii.[...]