Marvin Chapel Free Will Baptist Church

AMERICA IS NOT DEAD YET

Text: Psalm 144:1-15

A)    The U.S.A. Was conceived in the hearts of God fearing freedom loving men & women.

1)    He labor pains were so severe some thought she would be still born.

2)    Our fathers stood over the new babe and called it a republic because she belonged to the people

3)    The Goliath of Europe tried stalking her when she was still young.

B)    While she was still young.

1)    She struggled through disease - hunger - poverty 

2)    She suffered panics - depression - earthquakes floods - dust bowls and storms.

C)   She had her Boston Tea Party.

1)    She had to deal with her Benedict Arnold and other traitors.

2)    She had a full attack from the Red Coats.

D)   Many are still trying to destroy her.

1)    The Moslem’s are trying to kill her.

2)    The Koreans will try to Nuke her.

3)    The French hate her

4)    The Russians do not trust her.

E)    Don’t hang up the Black Crept yet.

1)    Old Glory, for now, is still flying high.

2)    David said Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

F)    God has given us some great military men

1)    General George Washington.

2)    General Douglas MacArthur.

3)    General Dwight Eisenhower.

G)   God has blessed us with great Churches 

H)   Over 400,000 Churches in America 

I)      Over 450,000 ordained preachers.

I)      AMERICA’S HOPE LIES IN GODLY YOUNG MEN Ps 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;

A)    BIBLE GIVES SPECIAL BLESSING TO YOUNG MEN  Joel 2:28 & Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

1)    Solomon said “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”

2)    I’m not talking about some - Freaked out - Doped up - Drugged out

B)    I’M TALKING ABOUT A YOUNG MAN GOD CALLED 

1)    A John the Baptist - From the Wilderness

2)    A Paul - From the intellectual world.

3)    A D.L. Moody - From the shoeshop.

4)    A Curtis Hutson - From the Mail Route.  1 Jn 2:14 I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.  Prov 23:26 “My son give me thine heart”

C)   YOUNG MEN ARE RECEPTIVE TO CHALLENGE

1)    They are not hardened in their ways.

2)    They are willing to make a change.

3)    That’s the reason the military wants young men.

II)    AMERICA’S HOPE LIES IN GODLY YOUNG WOMEN Ps 144:12 That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace A. THE BIBLE USES THE PICTURE OF A BRIDE TO GIVE US AN IN-SITE INTO HEAVEN  Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

1)    Nothing anymore beautiful than a bride,  2. A Chaste Virgin, coming down the aisle.

2)    Songs Of Solomon depict that beautiful picture

(a)  A King and his true love.

(b)  A Picture of Christ and His Church.

B)    MOST BEAUTIFUL THING GOD HAS PLACED IN THIS WORLD IS……

1)    A Beautiful, wholesome, young lady.

2)    One who Dresses Nice - Acts Right - ETC

C)   WE NEED TO DEFEND OUR YOUNG LADIES.

1)    Need an Andrew Jackson - Defending his Rachel 

2)    A Harry Truman - Fighting for his Margaret.

3)    Even Adam - Gave up Paradise for a Woman.

D)   2ND ADAM GAVE UP PARADISE FOR A WOMAN 

1)    In spite of the fact that the Church has not been true to Him.

2)    He has loved His Bride - just the same.

E)    MANY WOMAN HAVE STOOD AGAINST TRIALS

1)    While William Booth was on trial in the Methodist Church for preaching to the Ghettoes

(a)  Choice to renounce position or Excommunication

(b)  Wife Kathryn yelled repeatedly “Say No Will”

III)  HER HOPE LIES IN HER BOUNTIFUL MATERIAL BLESSING.  Ps 144:13 That our garners may be full

A)    SHE HAS SHARED GOSPEL WITH THE WORLD.

1)    We have gone to Africa - China - Latin America 

2)    To almost every nation we have sent Missionaries  Prov 11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: & he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

B)    AMERICA HAS SHARED HER MATERIAL GOODS 

1)    We have been the feeding trough of the world.

2)    Given to the Poor and Needy - Jobs - Money - Food - Knowledge 

3)    No other nation has our Agriculture knowledge

IV)  AMERICA’S STRENGTH LIES IN HER CHRISTIAN HOMES.

A)    LEFT WING RADICAL GROUPS SAY WE HAVE OVERPOPULATED OUR NATION.

1)    That is a LIE hatched out of Hell.

2)    They Advocate Abortion - Zero Population growth 

3)    Christians mothers will continue to have children raised in Christians homes.

4)    David  “Lo, Children are a heritage of the Lord”

B)    GOD IS STILL BLESSING - CHRISTIAN HOMES

V)    AMERICA’S HOPE LIES IN HER WILLINGNESS TO LABOR Ps 144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

A)    THE WAR ON POVERTY HAS BEEN DECLARED BY THE AMERICAN WORK FORCE.

1)    Unemployment rate lower than any other nation 

2)    Anyone who wants to work can.

3)    Paul said “If they won’t work, don’t let them eat”

B)    OUR FOREFATHERS TRUSTED IN GOD

1)    As they were nearing 5the coast on the Mayflower they begin kneeling in prayer.

2)    They drafted a sacred doctrine that begin with “In the name of God …Amen”

3)    That is what gave America a solid foundation.

C)   AMERICA WILL NOT FAIL BECAUSE OF…….

1)    Crooked Politicians..  

2)    Greedy Businessmen…

3)    Or lack Of Firepower…

D)   AMERICA WILL ONLY FAIL BECAUSE………

1)    When we as God’s called out Church quits.

2)    When we quit holding on to that old rugged cross 

3)    When we lose our Christian Heritage..

 

Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 Micah 4:1-5

A)    Freedom is purchased with a price

1)    Liberty has always come through the overthrow of Tyrants.

2)    Wars have drenched battlefields with blood to gain freedom

B)    Wars have been fought to end all wars 

1)    Still the world is an armed camp - A dangerous place.

2)    Wars and rumors of was will continue Mt 24:6-7 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:  and there shall be famines, & pestilences, & earthquakes, in divers places.

C)   When will the world find peace?

I)      PEACE IS THE CRY OF THE EARTH TODAY

A)    THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES PEOPLE HAVE LONGED FOR PEACE.

1)    Even so - war has continued on the Earth 

2)    No wonder cry for peace has continued

B)    WHY WARS CONTINUE. Jms 4:1-2 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and…ye fight and war…..

1)    There’s a constant lust for wealth & power 

2)    Desire to control wealth and people.

C)   PEACE  WITHIN THE GRASP OF MANKIND.

1)    They believe peace and safety has arrived 

2)    However - Destruction is on its way.

3)    We are to be alert to signs of His return.

D)   THESE ARE TO DAYS TO WATCH & PRAY

II)    PEACE COMING TO THE EARTH SOMEDAY

A)    THE TIME OF PEACE.

1)    A time of Religious Peace - Vs 1

2)    A Time of Political Peace - Vs 2

3)    A Time of Peace through Justice Isa 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

4)    A Time of Peace in Nature.  Isa 11:6-8 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

B)    A TIME WHEN VIOLENCE WILL END

1)    Violence has been with us since man’s fall 

2)    There will be no more destroying in that coming time of peace.

III)  PEACE WILL COME WHEN THE KING COMES AGAIN.

A)    PEACE AGREEMENTS WILL FAIL UNTIL THE PRINCE OF PEACE RETURNS.

B)    CHRIST WILL JUDGE AMONG HIS PEOPLE

1)    He will Rebuke the wicked.

2)    He will bring Fairness to all.

C)   CHRIST WILL END ALL WAR.

1)    Weapons will be put to better use. Mic 4:3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

2)    Think about it “NO MORE WAR”

IV)  CONCLUSION:

A)    We can find peace with God now by Faith  Rom 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

B)    Personal peace by full surrender  Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus

FATHER’S - DON’T CHECK THE WINDS

Eccl 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. {Course} Eccl 11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

Introduction:

A)    Two women were standing at the supermarket talking about “Father’s Day”

1)    1st woman ask “How would you describe Fathers Day? 2nd woman said It’s

2)    just like Mothers Day…Only you don’t spend as much 2. Today I am especially speaking to each Father that is here.

B)    The message is concerning your place - In Home - At Your Work – With Your Children.

C)   To be a good Father you need to KNOW the Will Of God.

D)   Then You Need To DO The Will Of God.

I)      THE BIBLE GIVES US AN INFALLIBLE GUIDE

A)    CANNOT BE A GOOD FATHER WITHOUT THE BOOK 

1)    Your family leadership is nothing without the Word Of God.

2)    Many books on how to be a Good Father 

3)    Only one that counts - The Bible…

B)    SOME OF YOU DAD’S ARE TRYING TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN ON THE WIND.  Jn 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, (Wishes) and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence (Where) it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

1)    Nothing more unstable than the Wind.

2)    Your stick up you finger and Test the wind 

3)    Let the School system raise your children  

4)    You test the winds of modern day theories of child raising.

5)    Or You say - “It’s the Mothers job to raise the children.”

C)   DO NOT TEST THE WIND’S OF PRAYER - JUST PRAY.

1)    David prayed for his family and Children.  2 Sam 7:29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

D)   DON’T CHECK THE WIND OF THE LATEST TREND OF YOUR CHILDREN 

1)    Because - Johnny - Julie or Joe is doing it don’t make it right for your Children

2)    The Wind is always changing Direction…

3)    The Wind is always changing Intensity..

4)    Wind is always changing Temperature.

II)    THE BIBLE IS OUR FATHERS HANDBOOK Deut 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

A)    PRODIGAL FATHER IS A GOOD EXAMPLE 

1)    It is True His son left home & wasted all that he had 

2)    The Son let the world get in him & He into the world

B)    HE PRAYED FOR HIS SON.

C)   HE WAITED FOR HIS SON.

D)   HE FORGAVE HIS SON.

III)  DON’T CHECK THE WIND OF THE FUTURE Prov 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: & when he is old, he will not depart from it.

A)    LITTLE BOY OR GIRL IS WATCHING YOU.

1)    If you suck on cigarettes - They will grow up sucking on them 

2)    If you party on the weekends - They will grow up partying.

3)    If you think it is alright to drink socially They will think it is alright.

B)    DON’T TEST THE WINDS OF PLAYING CHURCH.

1)    A Child will know if you are playing Church or not.

2)    When you allow negative conversation around the supper table…

3)    Those little ears will grow weary of Church  

C)   IF YOU TEST THESE WINDS YOU’RE  FAMILY WILL WIND UP OUT OF CHURCH