Run for Your Life

Run For Your Life - Carter Conlon from Times Square Church -Full Sermon https://youtu.be/1YDvuBAczXY?si=eg4tlnywWijR6hze 223,529 views Jun 17, 2012 Welcome to the Bible Talk Radio Channel. Be sure to check out our episodes at blogtalkradio.com/bibletalkandnews Channel details www.youtube.com/@BibleTalkRadio1 1.66K subscribers 12 videos 252,160 views Joined Jun 8, 2012 This Sermon Was preached by Pastor Carter Conlon of Times Square Church a week after the tragedy of 9-11-01 ATTN: I do not own the rights to this video. If I am in violation in sharing this important message , Times Square Church may contact me at anytime. chapter 18 the Holy Spirit has given me a message for this evening that's entitled run for your life this morning Pastor David brought a prophetic word for the nation this afternoon my wife Teresa brought a prophetic word I would have to call it such for the individual honest heartseeking Christian and tonight the Holy Spirit has given me a word for the Church of Jesus Christ Now by that I mean the body at large everyone who calls themselves by the name of Jesus Christ who would have the testimony of saying uh I am uh by virtue of the atoning blood of Jesus Christ on Calvary saved everyone who defines their Christianity that way this message is for them now father I thank you for the anointing I thank you for the quickening power of the Holy Spirit I ask you Holy Spirit to animate me tonight I ask you holy spirit that what I would speak and how it would be spoken that you would organize my thoughts and even the intonations of my voice would be the heart of God I truly tonight ask you for the grace to dis appear that you may appear to back away that your glory may be seen I ask that the church you've gathered tonight not be aware of any human vessels here but just be aware of your presence Lord just be mindful of your word and stand in awe of your mercy my God let there be a spirit of repentance come on your church I ask this in jesus' name now First Kings chapter 18 was a time of great spiritual conflict once again the children of God the heritage of God had strayed from truth they had fallen far far far away from the Victorious days of Joshua when God's Heritage first went into the promised land and under Joshua and his leadership had conquered albeit they hadn't conquered entirely through their own neglect but nevertheless those still were victorious days but now Terri terrible tragedy had happened to the children of God and it was because of the refusal to separate themselves from the gods of the society round about them you recall Moses speaking to the people and telling them the gods that you don't drive out are going to be a snare to you they're they're going to be be thorns in your sides they're going to rob you in a sense of the true Heritage of God that he desired to give you because you refuse to separate from them they're going to swallow you up and that's exactly where we are years down the road in First Kings chapter 18 the people were captivated by people of God were captivated by a false god called Baal now Baal was the god of personal increase and Pros prosperity and his worship included immoral practices and sensuality in other words the people were captivated by the desire for personal increase that means a uh anything that could build themselves as it were anything that could prop up self anything that could make them prosper and it included an allowance to be immoral and yet still have a sense that they were in the presence of God it was a lenus religion a very Wicked very immoral Very sensual the people walked only by their senses if it was if it rained and the crops were good then by their natural senses they would say that God baale is pleased with us he's he's pleased to send us increase he's pleased to send us prosperity obviously the sensuality because that was the very core of their their so-called worship LED them into immorality it led them into horrid and immoral practices in the midst of this IM moral religious practice God raised up a voice of truth because beloved in every generation and among every people God Almighty has never left without a testimony never he will always have a testimony there will always be a word may not be popular may not be the majority but his voice will still be heard he is God he did create the universe he does govern the world he does hold every one of us tonight in the palm of his hand and he will speak to anyone who wants to hear verse 19 and 20 Elijah issued a challenge to a wicked King called Ahab who was ruling in that time and he said now therefore send and gather unto me all Israel un Mount Carmel and the prophets of baale 450 and the prophet of the Groves 400 which eat at Jezebel's table now these These are prophets that have a a a connection as it is to power that was their lust that's where they ate that's where they lived Jezebel as it is was the queen she had access to all the uh wealth perhaps and the prosperity of the nation and these these men lusted for it that's the table they they didn't want the table of God that's the table they wanted to eat at and so that's where they ate and Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel verse 20 and gathered the prophets together under Mount Carmel now Mount Carmel was very significant because Mount Carmel was the place where Joshua had previously defeated one of the Canaanite Kings so technically Elijah was trying to draw them back to a place of remembrance this this is what the the holy spirit will always do with the people of God He will always woo the the Holy Spirit doesn't come to condemn the Church of Jesus Christ in spite of how apostate she may have become the Holy Spirit still comes and tries to draw back that which is alienated From The Heart Of God that which is uh in League with imor immoral uh leaders that which is also lasting for power and provision and and all these other things that Society has to offer Elijah verse 21 it says Elijah came to all the people and said how long will you halt between two opinions if the Lord be God follow him but if baale then follow him now the holy spirit is speaking through Elijah there was an indecisiveness in the heart of the people there was a mysterious as it is inner knowledge that this is really not God it's fun and our senses are being touched and there's a sense a provision but it's not God and that's why the indecision that's why they they could go but they could not fully yield to Baal because there's a deep inner knowledge this is not the altar of God how long will you halt he said the word in Hebrew for halt means listen very carefully it says to hop to skip over to spare or to dance as a lame man Elijah is saying to the church of his time how long will you continue to skip over the truth how long will you continue to spare yourself any deep dealings and deep callings of God how long will you continue to worship as a lame man when you could be whole how long Elijah why do you halt between two opinions why do you stop at this place of Halfway to Heaven and halfway to hell and you cannot make up your mind where you're going to live which side you're going to commit yourself to and the scripture says and the people answered him not a word now that's an incredible thing he is issuing them a challenge they know this is a man of God they know they would have a testimony if they left that place that particular day the people would walk away I'm not now talking about the prophets of Baal I'm talking about the people that were gathered they would walk away if somebody were to mention the name Elijah without hesitation they say he is a man of God wherever he goes the fire of God goes wherever he is there's a sense of awe there's a sense of God that goes with this man that travels with him oh yes he is a man of God yet when this man of God puts the question before them of who is it that you're going to serve they don't answer they can't answer and you know strangely enough that's the way it is even sometimes here Time Square Church men of God will stand before you clearly cutting between Soul and Spirit and joint and Marrow and going right to the thoughts and intents of the heart and yet people sit no response and the question is always the same God says will you come back to me will you come to that place of remembrance they answer not a word no response hoping perhaps the conviction will just go away you see the people knew in their hearts that Baal was not God that's why they could neither yield to him nor answer and you ask we ask ourselves the question well why why why why this mysterious silence now firstly some people genuinely felt that they had been touched there at this Altar and false religion does offer a comfort folks I want you to know that it does false religion Can Make You Dance false religion can make you happy false religion can give you a sense that you're prospering oh yes false religion can can make you happy it can it can give you a sense of satisfaction people do it all over the world and some places they're having a lot of fun doing it and they felt perhaps they've been genuinely touched there and and in their heart saying well do I really I know it's not God but but I've been touched there and and and and so should I leave this Elijah to to go with you I mean Elijah all these prophets can't be wrong 850 they can't be wrong Elijah you're only one man you're only one voice they they they can't all be wrong and I've a touched there I've heard that so many times I've tried to counsel people over the years that have been involved in in in in in ludicrous foolishness in the name of Jesus Christ and their answer is always the same you try to open the Bible you try to show them some things and they they push away the word of God and said but you don't understand that but touched there I've been touched there you see but folks they inwardly knew something the hesitation always says something I always know when a man is in adultery or fornication because when I meet him with the woman he's with and say is this your wife he hesitates before he answers me it's true he wishes that she were his wife he has found what he thinks his needs met there but she's not his wife and knows it and so when you ask him he hesitates and then he says well yes and his very answer gives away his heart Jeremiah chapter 5 if you keep a marker in First Kings 18 so you don't have to look for it again Jeremiah chapter 5 prophet of of his day Jeremiah cried out to God with a deep burden in his heart verse 23 Jeremiah was a man who thundered from heaven and brought a word oh folks how many times does history have to repeat itself before the church WIll begin to cry out and say God please don't let history repeat itself in my life don't let me be a another in the in the long lineage of apostates that that have held to bail and wouldn't let go Jeremiah says this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart they are revolted and gone now the word gone in Hebrew means they've already left in their heart they're gone they're standing they're listening to Jeremiah but the Lord is is speaking to Jeremiah and he's saying to Jeremiah they're already gone you you you you may be you may be looking at them you may be preaching to them but they're gone and folks that's a tragedy because it repeats itself throughout history and there are people who call themselves by the name of Christ today but they're gone they're gone they they're long ago in their heart have left him they don't know him they don't little or nothing about him anymore they do know that what they're in is not God but in their heart they have left the one that they do know is real and neither he says in verse 24 say they in their heart let us now fear the lord Our God there's no desire for the fear of the Lord that's oldfashioned that's old school that's that's long ago Pentecost in America we're of a new generation now there's a new thing happening in our midst we have a new God now they're already gone and neither say they in their heart let us now fear the Lord Our God we don't want the fear of the Lord we don't want talk about the fear of the Lord we want to be able to come to our altar we want to be able to have sensual worship practice immorality we don't want any fear of God in our lives let us now fear the lord over fear the lord Our God they don't say this that giveth rain both the former and the latter in this season he reserve unto us the appointed weeks of the Harvest verse 25 B he says your iniquities have turned away these things in other words you would not lay down there was a deep dividedness in your heart and you wouldn't lay it down and because you wouldn't lay it down it took away your desire I I hope tonight if anything you'd see how dangerous it is to live with a divided heart a divided heart especially if you're aware of it will take your desire for God away from you it'll take it away it's like a barrel full of oil and there's a hole somebody drills a hole in the bottom it takes a while but it will go your desire will go your discernment will go and your sins have withholden good things from you for among my people now here it is verse 26 we're starting to get to the key among my people are found wicked men they lay weight as he that set snares and they set a trap and they catch men I can hear the Thundering Cry of Jeremiah saying oh that the that the church of his day would wake up and see that they were warned they were being warned by the word of God that there that there are are wicked men that lay weight like somebody snaring a rabbit hiding in the bushes and setting a snare for the unwary setting a snare for those who are are not yielded to God who still living by unbridled lust in the very depths of their soul they're not yielded to God they're halting between two opinions and here are these men setting their snares and setting their traps for the unwary unwary rather as a cage is full of birds so are their houses full of Deceit therefore they are become great and are wax and Rich that is always always a warning sign those that are always focused on money always uh talking about money always coming up with new gimmicks to get money this is exactly what Jeremiah is talking about there are dirty birds in a dirty house and they're become great only in the sight of men not in the sight of God and they become rich by deceiving the people they are wax and fat verse 28 they shine they shine you you you you tell them you can tell them by their their shiny glossy uh advertisements they shine folks don't this not funny this is not funny you read some of today's Christian magazine especially the charismatic ones and it's like reading jerem IAH in this chapter you look at them and you see exactly what Jeremiah was talking about fat Rich shining false prophets and they are permeating the Church of Jesus Christ today filling the house of God with their filth yet they overpass here's here's what they do they overpass the Deeds of the wicked they judge not the cause the cause of the fatherless and yet they prosper and the right of the needy do they not judge that verse really means this they care nothing about the plea of those who are in genuine spiritual need they care nothing about anybody but themselves now verse 29 here's the Lord speaking now after Jeremiah shall I not visit for these things say the Lord shall not my soul be Avenged on such a nation as this a wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land the prophets prophesy falsely and the priests bear rule by their means by their means means by their natural strength they are preaching a gospel of natural strength they know nothing about the Covenant keeping power of God they know nothing about the surrendered Crucified Life or the exchanged life as as it's been called in the past they know nothing about the Holy Spirit coming and enabling a man or woman to live for God because that's not the focus of their message they they bear rule in other words they lead the people with a gospel of natural strength and Jeremiah says and my people love it to have itself so and the people love it I've been dumbfounded in the last several years to see the absolute ludicrous foolishness that has permeated the Church of Jesus Christ in North America and watching the people and they love it they're being led to down a garden path to hell and they love it and what will you do in the end thereof the word end in Hebrew means in the last days what will you do what will you do in other words you've been LED in a gospel of natural of natural strength what will you do when all hell breaks out in the face of the Earth what will you do what will you do in the last days go back to first king please again now listen to me I'm not mad anybody here tonight so I I don't want anybody thinking that I have a a a burning in my heart has been a burden that God has placed on me for years now I'm pleading for the church I'm not condemning anybody I plead for every uh even for every leader if they can turn if they can still he I plead for them not here to condemn anybody not here to call down fire on God's house I'm I'm talking about judgment fire I'm here to plead now we go back to First Kings chapter 18 then verse 22 then Elijah said to the people I even I only remain a prophet of the Lord now we we know that wasn't completely correct there were 7,000 others that hadn't bowed their knee to success and prosperity but bal's prophets are 450 men verse 23 let them therefore give us two Bullocks that's two sacrifices and let them cut the one Bullock for them himself choose one in other words choose your sacrifice cut it in pieces and lay it on wood and put no fire under and I will dress the other bulock and laid it on wood and put no fire under and call ye on the name of your gods and I will call on the name of the Lord and the god that answers by fire let him be God now I want you to mark that in your spirit because we're going to talk about that fire that fire is not what you might think it is the god that answers by fire fire is not a feeling fire is not a presence fire is not a tingling fire is not some sensory experience there is something else that Elijah here is talking about Mark it in your mind because we'll be back to it later and the people answered and said it is well spoken that's a good idea okay we'll lay out our sacrifices and the god that answers by fire is God and Elijah said to the prophets of bell you choose one bulock for yourselves and dress it first for your many in other words you choose your sacrifice ice and you prepare yours first and call on the name of your Gods but put no fire under in other words yours is a quicker work than mine Elijah was saying yours takes no time at all yours starts with a survey on the Block what do people want to come to God's house then you purchase a building and then you arrange for some Corporate Finance see because the corporate the corporate world is not offended by your gospel they will buy into it readily the unsaved will buy into it because they can feel very comfortable there and they could still prosper and live immoral lives and never be challenged by the word of God it's a quick work you see folks that which is of god always that which is not of God always has no durable foundation not only in the church but in the individual Christian Life you you don't you don't live the Christian Life we don't grow as a Christian by running from one tape to another one sensory experience to another there is a building that goes on there's a Cornerstone we must fall on and the and Jesus said we must be broken on that Cornerstone the Brokenness means we must be fashioned and made into the image of that stone if we are not exactly as the stone is then the wall as it goes up will will be crooked it will start off one degree by the time it gets to the top it will fall over and that's why many of these these so-called churches of Jesus Christ rise up so fast and seem to go so high so far and you look down the road 15 20 years you just have a trail of disillusioned PE people and an empty building full of unclean Birds now he the prophets of Baal begin to attempt to call down the presence of God verse 26 says they took the bullet which was given them they dressed it they got it prepared they called in the name of Baal from morning till noon saying oh Baal hear us but there was no voice nor any that answered and they leaped upon the altar which was made that's very significant they had made an altar and and every man took his turn as it were and left on the altar perhaps a display for the other prophets of look how holy I am God's going to answer me look at my dedication to God I'm on the altar look at me folks look at me you see that's the very heart of men who don't know God look at me they leapt on the altar that means they Rose above the crowd as it is and for a moment they Shawn then either jumped off or get knocked off and the next person took his turn leaping on the altar calling out to a god that doesn't exist and it came to passed noon that Elijah mocked him and said cry aloud for he is a God either he's talking or he's pursuing or he's in a journey or prevent or he sleeps and must be awakened and they cried aloud and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets till the blood gust out on them oh they were so sincere I I I remember speaking to one couple and and trying to caution them about what they were involved in trying to caution them about the gospel they were beginning to associate with and they said oh but Pastor you don't understand the leaders are so sincere they're so sincere they really believe in what they're doing oh folks it's not enough to be moved by S sincerity there's got to be truth behind it there has to be truth behind it I don't even care if a man looks insincere as long as he's preaching the truth and it's touching my heart and convicting my life superficial cutting crying aloud little Cuts in the flesh oh big another dealing of God ooh look at this look at this look what God's done here oh look at that you see the Bible says the word of God is quick and powerful and it doesn't produce superficial little Cuts in our body the word of God goes right in Soul Spirit bone marrow right to the heart right to the thoughts and intents of the heart the word of God is not a little superficial cut the word of God is a two-edged sword and it's very sharp and it cuts very deep and those who really love God and know God the word of God comes and as a suron does just takes the cancerous uh nature out of us the old nature and replaces it with the nature of God that just doesn't happen because we come to an altar it happens because we agree with what God says and we trust him for the power to change verse 29 and it came to pass when midday was passed that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice that there was neither voice nor any to answer nor any that regarded in other words they work themselves into a position of exhaustion not enough to LEAP on the altar but now they begin to prophesy now the word prophesied in the in the Hebrew is Nava and here's what it can can mean it can mean to speak or sing as a Prophet by divine power so it it has a positive as it is application but it can also mean and it does in this case mean to Rave to play The Madman to act insane through agitated spasmodic movements which are often applied to false prophets now that's right out of the zod's Hebrew uh Greek dictionary in other words they were acting abnormally and they they were shaking through spasmodic bodily movements which are always applied to false prophets I'm going to prove it to you go back in your Bible keep your your first Kings a marker go back to 1 Samuel and you're going to see something here chapter 18 I'll show you what happens to a man who knew God and walks away from him and still is leading the people the Bible tells us clearly that Saul was anointed of God he was called to lead tells us the spirit of God Came Upon him he prophesied there was a time in his life when he really did prophesy the spirit of God Came Upon him he began to lead the people the Bible says he was turned into another man by the spirit of God he had every chance that you and I have today but there was a stubbornness in his heart he was unwilling to yield his life to the word of God that's why Samuel wept for him for I believe quite a long time after God rejected him till finally the Lord said stop weeping for him I've chosen another man after my own heart in 1st Samuel 18:10 I want you to Picture This Saul Now called to lead anointed touched with the Holy Ghost he's now sitting as king he's a leader chapter 18: 10 it says it came to pass on the moral that the evil spirit from God Came Upon Saul now I'm not going to get into the Theology of did God send an evil spirit but I'm going to tell you something God allowed an evil spirit to come upon his life on the morrow the evil spirit from God Came Upon Saul and he what prophesied in the midst of the house now here's Saul prophesying it's an evil spirit that is upon him now the word prophesied is Nava same word it means to Rave to play the mad man to act insane through agitated spasmodic movements applied to false prophets an evil spirit Came Upon him and he prophesied in the midst of the house and David played with his hand now here's Saul prophesying here's David just worshiping God and there was a javelin in Saul's hand folks this is really significant I'll tell you why it's significant David was worshiping God Saul is prophesying now the whole thing looks holy if you were to walk in and you would say oh look at here's one man prophesying and it doesn't mean what he's saying is necessarily wrong here's one man prophesying now normally it's gibberish it makes no sense it doesn't follow the Bible if if you follow it long enough it deviates it may start in truth but then it takes a strange twist it eventually leads the people who follow it right outside of the written word of God so here's David worshiping here's Saul prophesying but there's something in this that the undiscerning eye doesn't see the man prophesying is full of rebellion he's full of Envy he's full of self- ambition and hates and he hates the true anointing and worship of God there's a javelin in his hand and the javelin is there because he could never surrender there was a recent movement in America and Canada and throughout the Western world where the leaders were saying purporting itself to be Revival it was characterized by much prophesying but with the prophesying came uh condemning uh threats against anyone who uh put it to the scrutiny of scripture uh you're going to die anybody that resists this you're going to die God's going to kill you does it sound familiar there was a javelin in his hand prophesying looking so holy but looking to kill the anointed of God the the true that exposes the false now let's go back to First Kings 18 again please if we will verse 13 Verse 30 and Elijah said to the the people come near to me and all the people came near to him and he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down and Elijah took 12 Stones according to the number of the tribes of the son of Jacob now listen this is significant because at this time Israel was split into two kingdoms and God says if it's my altar there's no division there's no division between black and white and Brown and red and yellow there's no Division if it's my altar if it's the altar of God if it's the place where I'm going to send my fire my presence there is no division at this altar that the fact that he took 12 Stones was a virtual slap in the face for those who say were constantly saying we are the Righteous side they are the unrighteous We Wrong them they wronged us we have a history it goes back a long way we are we're all here but we're divided he took 12 Stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob unto Whom The W of the Lord came saying Israel shall be thy name and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord and he made a trench about the altar as great as would contain two measures of seed I did some research on that and I found out the trench was about 3 ft wide that's actually one translation actually puts it as it he made a trench 3et ft wide 3 ft wide all around the altar that's that's that's 36 in that's quite a trench all the way he dug a trench this took a long time he was in no rash he was that's why I told the other Prophet says you go ahead you do your your quick sacrifice do your quick thing what I'm going to build is going to take a while would have taken a while to dig a three-foot trench all around this Altar and to rebuild it with the proper number of stones and he put the wood in order you see beloved at all at the focus at the center of all Christianity there's some wood that has to be dealt with it's it's a it's some wood that God himself planted on a mountain called Calvary 2,000 years ago and on that wood he laid a sacrifice and it really depends on how we look at that sacrifice as to whether or not we will ever grow as a Christian if we comprehend what was done there and begin by faith to L hold of the complete absolute victory that was won for us on Calvary and Trust the Holy Spirit to begin to make it a reality in our lives he put the wood in order and cut the bulock in pieces the Apostle Paul tells us clearly that we are to present Our Lives as a Living Sacrifice once we get back to the cross again once we yield Our Lives to the purposes of God we can say like Paul I am crucified with Christ that means my will my PLS my ambitions but nevertheless I live and yet not I but Christ lives in me Paul goes on to say I live this life by the Faith by faith in what Christ did for me that's the source of my life I've come to Christ I've taken Paul or God has taken Paul and put him on the cross and Paul is dead but I live because I have faith in what was purchased for me on Calvary and I trust God to give me the life that he has promised me Hallelujah thanks be to God he put the wood in order and cut the bulock in pieces and laid him on the wood and folks there there's a time we have got to lay our lives down for the purposes of God this is not a Sunday school picnic the Church of Jesus Christ this is not an invitation to have continuous good times this is a war for The Souls of men and he said fill for four barrels with water and poured on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood that Surly yielded life to God the truly yielded man lays down his life as it is for the purposes of God and says cut me in pieces if you have to cut me not just little superficial scratches and a little bit of oozing blood to to somehow give somebody around me a sense that I'm holy but cut me God cut me deep go to the core of Who I Am with without you and get it out of my life pour water on it and then when you've done it do it again and when you've done it do it again that's what Elijah said do it again the second time and they did it the second time then he said do it the third time and they did it the third time that is the continuous Cry of a genuine Christian do it again God every time you show me something and I get free there's just a new sense of life and intelligence comes into me God do it again do it again cut me deep and wash that filth out of me with the water of your word wash it out of my Life Cleanse me cleanse me and change [Applause] me and the water ran around about the Altar and filled the trench also with water in other words the sacrifice was soaked in the word of God hallelujah hallelujah I thank God that when I was a young Christian I opened this book oh I thank God I love this book thank God I read this book even when I didn't understand I read it and read it and read it trusting the Holy Spirit to open it to me I thank God that he soaked my life at a young age in his word when the false came I knew what was false and I knew what was real cuz I had been soaked in this book I knew the difference and it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrif that's the end of the day as it is that Elijah the prophet came near now he came as near as he could come you see there was a three-foot trench of water round about the altar that was full he had dug it there on purpose because no man can share the glory of God the prophets of Baal leapt on the Altar for for public exposure public Acclaim God's man of the hour anointed Servants of the Lord but Elijah backed away technically and came as near as he could to the altar but The Nearness was not to the altar he was not looking for public exposure his nearness was to God it is a totally different context Elijah Drew near to God backed away from the altar if if he had been at the altar when the fire came it would have consumed him he backed away or walked as close as he could folks there is a litmus test of a man of God a genuine man or woman of God will back away will distance themselves from the glory of God will not touch the glory of God will not allow people to praise them we not look for man's praise but look for the praise that comes from God Alone up in heaven we not compromise the Gospel of Jesus Christ will not preach the tick of the ears of man but we preach to those who want to know the truth and want the their lives changed by the glory of God Elijah came near and said Lord God of Abraham Isaac and Israel let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel and that I have done and that I am thy servant and I have done all these things at Thy word hear me oh Lord hear me that this people may know that thou art the Lord God and that thou has turned back their heart again this is the Cry of a genuine man of God I'm only here Elijah saying for for these reasons God hear me God hear me hear my prayer accept My Sacrifice accept my life accept my Works accept the effort that I put into what you've called me to do accept it oh God that the people may know though that you are God and that their hearts can be turned back to you again there's no other reason that a genuine man of God lives he lives to turn the people back to God he lives to bring down the the true presence of God into the church and to see that which is false turned out not for the sake of proving a point but for the sake of the Beloved church that Jesus died for and bought with his own blood and loves with all of his heart then the fire of the Lord fell verse 38 and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that was in the trench the fire of God fell the writer of Hebrews says our God is a consuming fire you see if you really have been in the presence of God there is a consuming work that is going on inside your life what is old is being consumed by the presence of God it is passing away behold all things are becoming New Image to image you're being changed as you behold them even through a glass even if you don't see them you're still being changed because you're beholding you're looking in the right direction and you're being changed from image to image and glory to glory even as by the glory of the Lord by the spirit of the Lord you're being changed the fire of God came and it consumed the burnt sacrifice consumed the life as it is it was laid down and said cut me wash me and the fire of God came Hallelujah I can stand here today before heaven and say the fire of God don't anybody clap and I hope you can say it too tonight to be able to stand before God and say I asked God to come I asked him to do a work in my life I asked him to change me I asked him to use me and the fire of God came and he has consumed things out of my life and continues to consume that which offend his nature and the working of his kingdom and the wood and the stones and the dust now I want to tell you something why the dust the word in Hebrew for dust is f a p h a r and listen what it means it means dry Earth in in other words the fire of God came and consumed or will consume our powerlessness or our lack of God's presence the dry Earth don't forget what we were created from folks we are created from the dust to the ground and the fire of God came and consumed the dry Earth consumes when the fire of God comes into your life he consumes the Holy Ghost consumes your [Applause] powerlessness consumes your your sense that God is not in your life and you begin to be aware that you have the power of almighty God now resident within you and he consumes the dryness that powerlessness of the human vessel without God it also means fine dust blown by the wind and God when he comes and true fire will consume that part of us which has a tendency to be blown about by the wind the Apostle Paul tells us that he has said in the church that God has said in the church in Ephesians let me read it to you Ephesians 4 11-4 he gave some he gave some Apostles these are God's anointed some prophets some evang evangelists some pastors and teachers now these are these are God's men here here and women here is the sign of God's men for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the ministry in other words to to uh bring everyone into a position where they yielded to God and they've found God's Will and purpose for their life for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come in the unity of the faith and to the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ now this is this is the ministry that God says up for the church there the true Ministry is to not bring you to themselves not to pick your pocket not to offer you some vain hope but that you be filled with Christ and the fruit of that verse 14 it says that we be henceforth no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of Doctrine and by the slight or that means slight is is like a uh a magician by the slight of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in weight to deceive the fire of God came and consumed the afar which means dry Earth it means fine dust that part of our nature which has a tendency to be blown around by the wind but I tell you once you've known the real you know every phony thing that's coming in the wind it also means the grave the fire of God consumes the grave it consumes the curse of death it consumes the inability to change or to rise from the dead the fire of God consumes the grave the fire it also means the world isn't that amazing the fire of God consumes the world in US it takes our association with with the world out of our hearts when we make the decision to make the break God says I'll send the fire I'll send the fire I will consume what is not of me that's in your heart and lastly ifar means gold dust and by definition it means that which appears to be God and is not isn't that incredible we' got entire movements today that are running around saying there's there's gold to in the air see that's the evidence there's no fire the fire of God consumes that which appears to be God but is not beloved several years ago listen to me like you've never listened to me ever in your life several years ago a particular gospel landed on the Southern Shores of the United States you might say that the American church was invaded Gospel of laughter of jokes Gospel of foolishness I remember seeing this just a few weeks perhaps after this all began I looked at it and I said to my wife well at least it takes absolutely no discernment to see that what this lunacy is and then much to my shock it swept almost the whole Western World great corners of the charismatic Pentecostal movement I remember crying out to God God how could it be how could it be how could this thing happen to your church you see folks we've forgotten something here we are in New York and the Twin Towers have come down and the Pentagon has been attacked and rightfully we can say the walls are down and the justice of God is touching a a nation that has rejected truth but we forget the judgment begins in the house of God the arrival of this gospel was the Judgment of God on a slumbering church a church that wanted prosperity and security they wanted no cross no word no repentance no cutting of the sword no Living Water they wanted to feel good and so God you'll see in the Old Testament SP a spirit of drunkenness on what called itself the Church of Jesus Christ it was the Judgment of God it began in the church and I remember saying to other people it will not be long and the judgment will be touching the shores of North America because it's begun in the house of God I knew it when this started the judgment was at the door I speak from a heart of passion I condemn no one I speak from a heart of passion like Elijah did say Mighty God you've got to come again your people are captured your your people have been taken captive by bail verse 39 says when all the people saw it they fell on their faces and they said the Lord he is the god the Lord he is the god in verse 40 elah said to them take the prophets of Baal and not let not one of them escape and they took them and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slew them there now I want to explain to you the significance of that we're obviously not called to physically harm anybody in our generation that's if anybody ever makes that suggestion that is not the Church of Jesus Christ that's not the Gospel of Jesus Christ has nothing to do with the kingdom of God but the word Escape in the Hebrew means smooth that's what it means in other words he's saying let them not slip here they've been exposed you now know what they are you've seen the presence of God don't let them slip away don't let them keep deceiving you with their smoothness anymore get away from their altars take them to the brook as it is and put an end to their influence over your life beloved Church of Jesus Christ I know tonight I'm speaking not just a Times Square Church but there'll be churches all over North America in particular United States and Canada that are going to hear this message beloved Church get away from their altars run for your life the Apostle Paul let me read it to you don't turn 2 Corinthians chapter 6 he says what agreement verse 16 is the temple of God with Idols you are the Temple of the Living God as God has said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people verse 17 he says wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate sayith the Lord and tou touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you and will be a father to you and you shall be my sons and daughters says the Lord Almighty touch not the unclean thing it's not talking about homosexual sexuality and pornography these are unclean altars this is a table of devils and the Holy Ghost says to Paul touch not the unclean thing come out from among them run for your life because this is about your life it's not just about an opposing theology or conflicting viewpoint on Jesus this is about your life my mind is forever branded with the story that I heard of police officers from the city of New York as as people were fleeing from a crumbling building there were police officers and firemen and others that were running towards the building saying run for your life at their own Peril and in some cases I believe they knew they were going to die but there was a sense of Duty I was crying up to God I said God oh Jesus don't let my sense of Duty be less for your kingdom than these beloved firemen and policemen were for those that are perishing in the falling Tower we're living in a generation when truth is falling into the streets I want to be among those that are not running away from the conflict but running into the conflict and saying run for your life run from gospels that Focus only on success and prosperity run run from those who use the name of Christ only for personal gain run from those that are picking your pocket in the name of Jesus run run from gospels that only focus on self-improvement how can I three steps to a better personality three steps to this and for run run from churches where men and not Christ are glorified run run Body of Christ run get out don't touch the unclean thing run from churches in America and Canada where there is no Bible there's no cross in the theology there's no soul-searching word there's no repentance from sin there's no mention of the blood of Jesus run it's unclean run run from churches where the worship leaves you cold there is no sense of God because they don't know God run run from churches where you're comfortable in your sins that's a table of devils if you come in the house of God and You' got sin in your life and you're not convicted of it you're at a table of devils run from pulpits that are filled with political men who are using the puet of God for a personal political agenda run run from those who preach division between races and cultures run run get out turn it off get away from [Applause] [Music] it they know nothing of God run from ungodly spasmodic movements and endless empty prophesying beloved search run for your life run from preachers that stand and tell stories and jokes run like you've never run before run for those that are only after your money and they use one gimmick after another one foolish thing after another to get your money run turn with me now to Proverbs 7 I'm going to be closing in just a moment Proverbs 7 verse 6 for at the window of my house I looked through my casement and I beheld among the simple ones I concerned among the youths a young man void of understanding passing through the street near her corner and he went the way to her house now this this is this has a a a physical application these passages of scripture but there's a there's a deeper spiritual meaning in this I've always believed the woman spoken about in Proverbs 5: 7 is false religion in the Twilight in the evening in the black and dark night and behold there met him a woman with an attire of a harlot the word for harlot in the Hebrew means adultery or apostasy there met him a woman who was clothed as an apostate as it is and subtle of heart that means intelligent presenting an intelligent argument to a very simple young man who had little knowledge of God she is loud and stubborn now the word stubborn in Hebrew means morally apostate Restless has a lack of stability is this is is right from zodes is as an untamed cow which will not carry its Master's yoke she she is loud she's morally apostate she's Restless she lik stability she is an untamed cow she will not be yolked by her master and her feet abide not in her house now she is without now in the streets now l and wait at every corner so she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face she said to him I have peace offerings with me this day have I paid my vows this day I've paid my vows in other words I am spiritual I'm a spiritual person I have I have peace offerings and I paid my vows therefore came I forth to meet thee diligently to seek thy face I have found thee Oh the person says oh I have Revelation that nobody else has oh wait a minute wait a minute what's that Lord speak to me now oh god oh what are you saying oh oh oh don't laugh because that's on television right now it's an altar of devils I came to seek you to diligently seek your face and I found you listen I've decked my bed with coverings of tap tapestry and carved works and fine Linens of Egypt in other words there's all there's there's there's wonderful things here there's provision here that you won't find anywhere else I have perfumed my bed with myrr which was the burial spice of Jesus incidentally and allows and cinnamon in other words it SM I I I've come as close as I can to being like Christ it smells good in there there's a sense of worship come she says let us take our fill of love until the morning let us soless ourselves with loves for the Goodman here's how you know it's a spirit the Goodman is not at home he's gone on a long journey he's taken a bag of money with him in other words he's not coming back soon don't worry about it and he will come home at the day appointed and with her much fair speech she caused him to yield with the flattering of her lips she forced him she she he goes after her straight way as an ox goes to the slaughter or as a fool to the correction of the stalks verse 23 till a dart strike through his liver and as a bird haste to the snare and knows not that it is for his life she's after his life and the word life in Hebrew means breath Soul spirit and mind she's after the Breath of God she's after that which God wants to do in his life Proverbs Chapter 5 we close with this I hope today that raising my voice has not offended you I have no alternative there's a a sense of God's heart in me for his church I've asked him to animate me today I was prepared to stand here and just speak to you as I am now whatever it takes to keep people's ears open or perhaps to open them in this church age for the very first time Proverbs 5:3 says for the lips of a strange woman now the the word word for woman is is is interesting because in the Hebrew that's Proverbs 5:3 the word woman means deviating it means crooked it means straying from the path of Truth as it is for the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb and her mouth is smoother than oil look I've listened to some of these preachers and I tell you there there is they're exactly this smooth as oil and promising sweetness but they are devils they're absolute Devils they know nothing about God but her end is bitter as wormwood sharp as a two-edged sword her feet go down to death and her steps take hold on Hell verse six says lest thou should Ponder the path of life which is God's way in other words her ways are movable that you cannot know them like a serpent you begin to think you're focusing on something that this doesn't sound right and then she moves this way and goes over here and then you say well that doesn't sound quite and she moves over here and she keeps moving and the word know means you you you you cannot know it by your natural senses there's no POS you cannot discern it by your natural mind it all sounds good and when you think you're getting close to something that bothers you she moves her ways are movable hear me now therefore verse 7 Proverbs 5 oh ye children and depart not from the words of my mouth this is God now speaking remove thy way far from her come not nigh the door of her house lest thou give thine honor unto others and thy years unto the cruel lest strangers be filled with thy wealth and thy labors be in the house of a stranger and thou mourn at the last and and and the word at the last basically is in the last days thou thou mourn at the end when thy flesh and thy body are consumed overpowered by lust sensuality false understanding of God consumed but not by the fire of God and then you say verse 12 at the end you say how have I hated instruction and my heart despised reproof and have not obeyed the voice of my teachers nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me I was almost in all evil in in the midst of the congregation and assembly you get to the end can you imagine perhaps for some that's Before the Throne of God and you say how I hated instruction what a fool I have been how I despised a reproving word from God that was only sent to give me life eternally and abundantly how I've not obeyed even when I did hear I I didn't want to obey it we heard about that wonderfully today nor inclined my ear to them I didn't lean forward to those that were instructing me who spoke from God I thought I was serving God but I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly then the last three verses 15 four verses 15 to 18 this is a word now for you today drink Waters out of thine own sister and running Waters out of thine own well God says listen look it up for a minute if you will come come to me if you'll come to me in truth if you'll believe on me out of your belly are going to flow rivers of Living Water I will I will teach you how to dig your own well I will open your eyes I will show you this book I will lead you into truth I will guide you with mine eye he says in the scriptures drink Waters out of that which I'm going to give you and running Waters out of your own well thanks be to God the whole church in the world can backslide but those that are genuine and have a well that has been dogged they're not going to be moved by whatever anybody says I know what God says I know who God is he has given me living water and I'm not satisfied with the rantings and ravings of fools I have living water and there's some people listening to my voice by taping the future you've got to get out of where you are you got to dig a well in your own house find some friends that are willing to walk with God start talking to them about the things of Jesus get together together and begin to pray and God will meet you and give you living [Applause] water verse 16 he says it's not just for you but let thy fountains be dispersed abroad and rivers of water in the streets God says I'm not just going to give you to drink I'm going to give you so much it's going to overflow youall and it's going to be dispersed everywhere you go and it's going to flow in the streets everywhere you are you're going to know me from the least to the greatest you're going to know me you're going to know who I am you're going to know me in power you're going to know the true fire of God you're going to know it and your Waters would be dispersed in the streets I think of my own life I think of a a young man that was so uh timid I couldn't stand up to speak I think of a young man that suffered terribly with panic attacks when I was young I think of God using my life for his glory Glory I think of God being so faithful and all I did was start by getting in the book and praying and seeking his face for myself not that I'm anything at all but I'm I'm not unique I I am only a type of the Church of the Church of Jesus Christ Pastor Dave is only a type the I know many Great Men of God and there's there's one thing in common with all the men of God that I've known that are Wonder Wonder ful greatly used men of God they dug their own well they got their own water by by God's grace they were given water a spring of water came in they they were not trying to spare the rod in their own lives they said God cut me cut me deep and then wash me with your word and then they laid their life down on the Altar and said use me for your glory and yes there's been great personal cost in many of their lives you know to leave the altar of baale it does cost you the whole thinking of society in that day was contrary to Elijah even the king wanted to kill him verse 17 says let them be only thine own and not strangers with thee the Lord says the water that I give you let it be the water I gave you let it not be strangers let the people are outside of my heart let them not be feeding you water let thy fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of thy youth Rejoice with your first relationship Rejoice with me God says let me fill you again let me touch you again let me build your life again let me consume what's unlike me again let me touch you again and rejoice with that first love I loved you before you loved me the Lord says come back and rejoice with that love Jesus I pray for your church almighty God deliver your bride oh God don't let the Heathen rule over your house deliver your church oh God deliver deliver your ministry deliver those who have genuinely been called of you God deliver them oh God in this last hour time help us to get back I poured up my heart there's nothing more I can do Lord oh God you have to go after this apostate church this generation Lord ofos you've got to go after them Lord you got to set your people free all I can do is is warn but they've got to run run they've got to run your word says draw me and I will run after you Holy Spirit I ask you now to draw draw like you've never done before draw people who are listening to this message Lord draw them even if they don't agree draw them let there be a witness of the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit you've got to go go into homes around America now go into homes in Canada as the sound of my voice Lord just travels into these corridors and homes and lives draw holy spirit draw I pray God that you draw I pray you turn from sin Lord turn God from the wrong altars of Our Generation oh Lord and turn your people back again have them say the Lord is God the Lord is God lord I ask that your fire your true fire your Holy Fire Lord would come and touch hearts come and touch lives beginning in this house Lord and and you said let your fountain be dispersed abroad let it be in the streets I ask oh God that be true for this message today beloved pray for the church pray for Canada pray for the Church of Jesus Christ weep between the porch and the Altar and say spare your people oh God give not up your heritage to reproach don't let the Heathen rule over them we repent we repent Lord of our longings for pros prosperity and our longings for Comfort we repent Lord of our longings for a life of ease and our our desire to put away the cross and put away the blood and put away the word and put away repentance we repent we've sinned against you God as a church age we've sinned against you Lord we see the judgment on the nation and we've been blind to the Judgment that in your house oh oh God Jesus English (auto-generated)