This is “Noisy Exits”. To hear more inspiring messages from Jentezen Franklin
I want to go to part of the story in
Acts chapter 16 that maybe you’ve never
heard Acts chapter 16 is a very famous
chapter in the Bible it’s the the
original story that you probably if
you’ve been around church long heard
preachers preach it’s an exciting story
is kind of an up story asjuan that when
you hear you know you know it’s going to
be one of those kind of fiery kind of
upbeat messages because it’s about Paul
and Silas being in jail at midnight and
may know that story and they had been
beaten and they had been falsely accused
and imprisoned and at midnight they sang
praises unto God and this is where
everybody gets you know you know that’s
that’s going to be the good part and and
and when they begin to sing praises at
midnight
God sent an earthquake and shook the
jails that they were in and the chains
fell off the prison doors open and they
were set free and that a great story you
like that story
just checking but here’s a part of the
story that a lot of people may have
never noticed before several things I’m
going to sum it up but the jailer who
beat them the jailer was the one who
beat their backs with many stripes well
when they got when this earthquake
happens and all the prisoners are set
free
the jailer fears for his life because
he’s responsible for these prisoners and
they’re all just walking out and so Paul
turns to him and says don’t be afraid
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you
shall be saved and your house and right
there that the man who just beat him
we’re not talking about just slapped him
or something we’re talking about his
back the Bible’s clear was was tore to
pieces both of them
and the man who be
now is on his knees receiving Jesus
Christ and then he says will you come
home with me and he takes those same men
that he beat to his house this Jail this
jail
jailer the man over the that we would
call him the the warden of the jail
takes them to this house and there’s
something that I was reading this again
today that verse 31 believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ you’ll be saved you and
your household they spoke the word of
the Lord to him and all that were in the
house verse 33 and he took them the same
hour of that night listen to this and he
washed their stripes that’s pretty
powerful I’ve never noticed that before
for summary he sometimes before God
would do his greatest miracles in your
life you have to wash the stripes of the
person you wounded and I don’t know how
I preached this so many times I have
kind of a little bit of a little famous
sermon out of this chapter on the spirit
of Python and somehow I’ve really
studied this chapter a lot preached out
of it a lot through the years I’ve never
seen that part that he washed the
stripes how would that feel because they
you know they were all infected or
potentially and and and and he’s washing
the stripes you know you’ve got real
salvation when instantly the people that
you’ve hurt you turn around and want to
wash their stripes
that’s not mouth service that’s not just
walking down and saying what the
preacher said saying going back but the
proof of this man’s salvation the
previous verse before said he received
Jesus the next verse he washes the
stripes all of the people that he had
heard it’s pretty powerful so this is
this is the part of the story you might
have missed so now so there’s family was
there and they were all baptized verse
33 says verse 34 and when he brought
them into the house he said food before
them now he’s feeding feeding them and
rejoicing having believed in God with
all
all his household everybody say all my
house shall be saved my house will
rejoice my house would be glad Jesus is
going to save me and my household give
God a praise right there if you believe
that it’s a beautiful family picture and
then verse 35 and when it was day the
magistrate sent officers say they heard
what happened let these men go
so the keeper of the prison reported the
words the Paul’s saying the magistrates
have sent to you to let you go now
therefore depart and go in peace now
this is a strangest part of the story
that I that you might read right over
and Paul said to them they have beat us
openly and we were innocent and thrown
us into prison and now they want us out
secretly the King James says quietly no
indeed let them come themselves and
escort us out of town like that and the
Bible said the only way they would leave
was with a noisy exit because if you
keep reading if you keep reading the
whole town is like a parade and and all
the magistrates are officials bigshots
leaders they had to call set there and
said I’m not going nowhere quietly and
secretly I am a Christian I am the head
and not the tail above only and not
beneath and when you humility
me you did it publicly and now you want
me to quietly be delivered and quietly
be a Christian and secretly tiptoe
around in this city as though God has
not miraculously set me free and caused
me to triumph and over everything the
enemy tried to do to me so so I want to
preach for a few minutes about we’re not
supposed to leave quietly a subtitle
would be noisy exits make noisy exits
we’re not supposed to leave quietly this
is an analogy I believe of the church
and how how we’re supposed to act right
before the rapture right before the end
of the world right before as we know it
the rapture is going to take place
instantly the world will go into seven
years of tribulation three years in the
first three years instantly the
Antichrist will come on the scene
circumstances will change dramatically
when the rapture takes place the
Antichrist will bring this new form of
government to the world because when the
rapture takes place economies will
collapse things will happen the world
will be in an uproar and only one man
will be able to bring peace and safety
and he will be the Antichrist but before
all of that happens in three and a half
years its peace and then the last three
and a half years all hell breaks loose
war breaks loose the nations gather to
attack the nation of Israel they go down
to the valley of Megiddo the valley of
Armageddon as Revelation calls it and it
looks like that finally the nation of
Israel who is so hated Isis and all of
their teams and all the spirit of
Antichrist that motivates such terrorist
organizations will have finally unified
and we’ll have Israel in the death grill
and just when it looks like that is over
now remember the rapture will have
already taken place and will be in
heaven and the Bible said the Lord will
come back with ten thousands of
thousands of thousands of saints with
him that’ll be you and I and he’ll be
riding on a white horse and we’ll be
with him and he will touch down through
the sky will come flying and he’ll come
you say I don’t believe this stuff this
is the Bible doesn’t matter if you
believe it’s happening and I’m not going
to keep going
because I’ll talk about that nothing
that is not my sermon my sermon is right
before the church is raptured I believe
there’s an enemy a spiritual force that
says the church ought to be quiet
that the church needs to shut up and get
in its place and stay in it’s four walls
and don’t share Jesus with anybody and
stay out of government while you’re at
it and stay out of everything else just
shut up and be quiet and be the church
but do it secretly do it quietly don’t
affect your cities don’t affect your
nation don’t affect the world
don’t-don’t-don’t b-b-b high maintenance
low impact Christians instead of high
impact low maintenance Christians just
be secret about it but when I read this
story felt like the Lord said to me this
is the kind of posture I want in my
church the worst things get I don’t want
my church quieter and quieter and
quieter see Paul could have Mis applied
the fruits of the spirit
he could have said well the Bible does
say that this that the fruits of the
spirit are peace kindness gentleness but
notice he knew when to roar like a lion
and he knew when to be calm like a lamb
there’s got to be a lamb in the lion in
the body of Christ and there’s a time to
be meek and mild and there’s a time when
we’re to say we’re not gonna leave
quietly you want us to shut up we’re
gonna preach louder you want us to get
out of government we’re gonna get in it
even more you want us to back up we’re
not backing up we’re here to proclaim
the answer and Jesus is still the answer
for America and we won’t leave quietly
we won’t leave the school system we
won’t leave the government we won’t
leave our cities we won’t leave our
nation we will not leave quietly we when
we leave the devil’s gonna be glad we’re
goin hallelujah and the world’s gonna
know we’re gone
alright sit down I want to link this now
to a verse in the Bible but remember the
devil says Shh I know you guys are gonna
get raptured so just be quiet about it
let the rest of the world go to hell
don’t you witness on your job don’t you
talk about Jesus don’t you be bold don’t
you be honest Ain don’t you get full of
the Holy Spirit be salt and light in a
lost dark world but you just be quiet
and I’m gonna let you exit but exit
silently
don’t you feel that on the church don’t
you see that happening in the pulpits
political correctness don’t preach don’t
don’t really preach anything that that’s
controversial you know don’t don’t
preach about abortion don’t preach about
these things don’t talk about that stuff
Shh we all know it’s true but I might
offend somebody we’re not suppose to
leave quietly we’re not and when I think
about how rowdy this church gets in
praise it made me want to rejoice
because I know there’s always in the
church – two – two things going on and
there are those who say just calm down
and then there’s those of us who
understand well this this is the truth –
where the word of a king is there’s
power and he’s preaching the truth so
why should I be quiet we’re not supposed
to leave some pitiful little weak church
with a spooky organ and a band and some
seeing some old song that you don’t even
know what language is in in a corner
we’re supposed to leave shouting we’re
supposed to leave healing the sick
casting out Devils
we’re supposed to leave with signs and
wonders and miracles Jesus Christ the
same yesterday today and forever and
we’re not going to leave quietly we’re
gonna leave speaking in tongues we’re
gonna leave prophesied we’re gonna leave
interceding we’re gonna leave shouting
we’re gonna leave rejoicing we’re not
gonna leave quietly come on take a
praise break
but listen to what Jesus said
but this gospel will be preached in all
the world for a witness and then the end
will come we can’t back up from
preaching that’s what the enemy wants is
calm down with that gospel stuff it’s
not that important anyhow hell’s not
real Heaven’s not real you poor ignorant
people clinging to your Bibles and your
guns you stupid people are you crazy
you actually believe a dead man got out
of the grave and rose again you poor
ignorant imbeciles believe in the virgin
birth really then be quiet about it
here’s here’s here’s three blessings
that need to come on the endtime Church
number one the endtime Church needs to
get this revelation the end times are
not happening to the people of God the
people of God are happening to the end
times we’re not supposed to leave
quietly we’re not supposed to lose our
freedom of speech our freedom of Liberty
of religion of free religious freedom we
cannot leave quietly
number two the endtime Church is not
supposed to leave weak we’re supposed to
leave strong the people that know their
God will be strong and do exploits the
devil is going to look forward to the
rapture as much
as we on because we are his purgatory
we are tormenting him too he goes to
hell he’s in torment every time the
church assembles and begins to glorify
and magnify the name of Jesus number
three I like it the ways you know we we
used to sing songs in the Church of you
know mild and meet Jesus now we sing
devil we’re going to rip your lips off
you feel that you feel the change how
many of you feel the change I like that
a man we’re not a bunch of victims I
don’t want to hear about the answer to a
bad past is a holy ghost future quit
whining about your past nobody cares
it’s over nothing you can do about it I
wish it didn’t happen but it is what it
is now get up and leave Jesus said the
old things have passed away you’re a new
creation receive a new anointing and
walk into a new destiny hallelujah
we’re not supposed thirdly we’re not
supposed to live in this time
overwhelmed by predictions I think about
this the other day there are some
Christians who are so into endtime
prophecy that they want the wrath of God
poured out
I want the vials give me the vials
where’s the curses how many of you met a
Christian like that you know if it’s
gloom and doom it’s pitiful that’s no
way to live
hey guys come judge that America’s curse
hands you ask them why some of the
preachers why and they say cause I just
wrote a book that’s about to come out on
how bad things are gonna get well I’m
out write one on how good things are
gonna get I read that book and I don’t
think God’s through I don’t think the
church is going to go out quietly with a
little whimper pitiful little poor
Church God’s last rescue effort before
there’s nothing left of the body of
Christ that’s not what I read she’s
gonna be a glorious bride fully decked
out full of glory full of God’s power
and when we leave we’re not gonna leave
cloud
so the question is this has the gospel
of Jesus Christ been insulted openly has
it been ridiculed openly has it been
kicked out of our schools prayer
reverence for God’s Word us think about
it Sunday when we did the Pledge of
Allegiance who would have ever dreamed
that the Pledge of Allegiance would
become a controversy in America but I
remember when I was a child they used to
do two things in public school bow your
heads we’re going to have a word of
silent prayer and we’d bow our little
heads and all that said to all those
little child children was there’s a God
in heaven I’m not a piece of cosmic
accident from the big boom and then they
said now let’s turn and put your hand on
your heart and salute the flags and we
would stand there and our and our little
cut off little little outfits my mommy
you send me school Lent and I pledge
allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America in that a great well
not a great world to grow up in then you
go home then you go to church on Sunday
people actually had families actually
had moms and dads raising families
staying together even if they didn’t
like each other they stayed together
till they raised the kids and we’d go to
Sunday school and they teach us Bible
verses we sing songs yes jesus loves me
yes jesus luck would pick her nose and
say yeah
the Bible tells me see the bibl II yes –
and then that my favorite part is when
they would hand out the the band
instruments y’all know I’m Tom how they
had huh Mizzou’s they had little
tambourine little bitty tambourines they
had assembles I loved assemble they know
what I’m talking about
no I’d like y’all don’t even know what
uh that but that was so much better than
kid PAC I’m sorry my god get some get
some get some huh Mizzou’s down there
but we haven’t went went went boom-boom
Shh if I know I’m talking about oh it
was wonderful and in it then we’d get
the glue out get popsicles and make
crosses put some blue in between turn –
popsicle you all know what I’m talking
about and then came the Bible lesson
when they took they hung up
bedsheet up and and it was a illustrated
sermon and and they would take I forget
what that stuff is called and they’d
stick it up there and it’d be the one
lost sheep it’s a little piece of cotton
and there was it and it was the one lot
lost sheep and all these cheaper over
here but the Shepherd here comes the
Shepherd in a bathrobe and he’s gonna
he’s gonna get the one lost sheep it was
wonderful what’s wrong with that
what’s wrong with that what’s wrong with
children growing up honor and honor yes
sir no sir yes ma’am no ma’am
yes yes I did do my homework ma’am yes
ma’am yes ma’am
and and the teacher would call and I
can’t imagine ever getting a call from a
teacher and my parents defending me
never
have miracles of God been put down
publicly Healing been put down publicly
ridiculed preacher’s faith religion
insulted with every movie every sitcom
every night show if it’s been done that
way publicly don’t tell me that God
wants us to leave silently before this
thing is over we’re going to see real
miracles before this thing is over we’re
going to see the gospel go in places we
never dreamed it would go and the Holy
Spirit feel people that we never even
dreamed it could feel we’re going to see
conversions in the highest places in the
world we’re gonna see we’re gonna see
Muslims by the billions born again and
feel with the Holy Spirit we’re gonna
see God put his big old arms around the
gay community and say come on home
there’s a better way there’s a way that
leads to life there’s that there’s a God
in heaven who says I don’t want my
church to lose their voice when things
get tough you’re not going to leave
silently I’ll have the last word not the
devil because I read somewhere where he
said he would prepare a table before us
in the presence of our enemies he told
the Israelites that I’ll make the Giants
that you’re facing bread for you and
they’ll make you strong they’re going to
become fuel your instead of you
stressing out over your problems it’s
actually going to get God is warning a
new animal in the body of Christ that
new a new creature that actually kind of
gets excited about problems and stress
and issues because it’s like fuel in
your tank you
take what is coming at you and you just
eat it up and you get stronger and you
get stronger and you get spread your
praise get stronger and your prayers get
stronger and your desire get stronger
and your passion get stronger it’s a
good sermon for Wednesday night
I usually just I usually just kind of
it’s a good sermon
instead of when problems come you having
a breakdown a meltdown God says I see a
church that when stuff comes out on they
cut it up they bake it so I’ll take it
eat it and come out stronger then what’s
the devil gonna do when he throws this
at you and that at you and you just eat
it up like fuel they’ll be bread for you
like fuel in your tank and I’m talking
to a lot of people right now your
marriage has broken up there’s women
that your husbands have abandoned you
there’s others who have problems at work
there’s others who have bills that are
overwhelming you and you’re scared to
death because you don’t know where
you’re going to get the money for the
rent this month
you got parents that are under the sound
of my voice that are going through hell
on earth trying to raise your children
you’re worried sick who they’re dating
and who they’re running with you’ve got
all kinds of issues and the message of
Christ to the body to the church is
never has it been harder to stay away
from loneliness to stay away from
depression to stay away from feeling
betrayed and hurt and broken by life
but the Lord sent me here tonight to
tell you that those things are not to
dictate your joy and your peace and your
position in who you are in Jesus Christ
Jesus gave a little endtime lesson the
Bible talks about noisy exits let me
give you a few and I’m close turn to
somebody say I’m not going leave quietly
the more the enemy attacks me
the more I’m gonna lift my voice to
heaven the more I’m gonna declare he’s
with me he’s with me God is with me God
is with me God is with me I will
overcome I will make it I will conquer I
will triumph I’m not going to leave
quietly now I got hit and then I got hit
again then I got hit again and all the
enemy wants to do is shut you up
so look in the Bible for noisy exits
Noah had a Noah had a big exit
everybody knew when Noah was leaving all
those heathens that laughed at him and
mocked him when the door closed and the
rain started falling and the boat
started floating off everybody turned to
one another and said he’s not leaving
quietly and the waters getting deep
Elijah or Elijah did not leave quietly
he had a big exit God’s into noisy exits
he’s standing at the Jordan River and a
chariot of fire comes down out of heaven
just bones on fire and sweeps down and
picks the Prophet up and horses a fire
go up and up and he takes his mantle and
throws it down to Elijah that’s not a
quiet exit Samson did not have a quiet
exit they took him in the temple of
Dagon and he told the little boy he’s
blind and he said put my hands on the
temple pillars that’s holding the whole
structure up and there were thousands of
of the worshippers of Dagon making sport
of him and his God him and his God
thousands of amok in his religion
faith in one God and he says well this
is I’m about to make my exit but I’m not
gonna leave quietly and when he when he
pushed the temple ceiling fell in and
the Bible said he slew more of the
Philistines in his death in his exit
than he did when he was alive Stephen
did not exit quietly there throwing
rocks and he looks up and sees the Son
of God standing at the right hand Jesus
in heaven looks down and you know every
time you read it Jesus he’s sitting but
when he sees Stephen he stands because
when you stand for God on earth Jesus
stands up for you in heaven and watch
this the Bible said and and while they
were stoning him there was one called
Saul of Tarsus who held their coats ever
in that he was he was part of the gang
that was falling rocks at Stephen but
he’s holding the coats and he’s watching
and the Bible said his face lit up like
an angel as the bricks were hitting him
and it said listen to these words they
could not resist the spirit by which he
spake so he’s lit up and he’s dying but
Paul is holding coats and the seed of
the gospel is is in his heart through
the first martyr of the New Testament
Stephen God is raising up through and
through a noisy exit pop-pop-pop God’s
raising up an apostle paul enoch did not
have a quiet exit he won’t with god and
was not for god took him just started
walking with god one day and everybody
looks and there he goes
Jesus had a big egg see he rose from the
dead went around for 40 days eaten fish
and bread all around the place was seen
by five hundred people plus hung around
for forty days after his death showing
up walking through walls
hello I’m Jesus read it read it and when
it was time to go to heaven the Bible
said that two angels came and stood
beside him and he went up on a cloud and
I like that he’s just like a cloudy
elevator he just hit he hits it and he’s
going up and while he’s going up the
Angels say why stand ye here gazing ye
men of Galilee and Judea this same Jesus
whom you see going up xiaolin like
manner return again and I got one more
point we’re not going to leave quietly
for the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout with the voice of an
archangel and the trumpet gods shall
sound the dead in Christ shall be raised
and we who are alive and remain watch
this shall be caught up together to meet
the lord in the clouds we’re not going
yeah it’s gonna be a noisy exit planes
are gonna crash we’re Christian pilots
and heathens drinking give me another
coke in Jack
and then then all of a sudden the pilots
got raptured and the preacher sitting
besides you trying to do his sermon I
was on the plane for I got here trying
to do his sermon he’s gone where did he
go they announced this anybody have any
pilot ability on the plane ladies and
gentleman y’all don’t believe this stuff
D it’s gonna be a noisy exit cars are
gonna crash took time tune stones are
gonna topple over graves are gonna
explode mausoleums are going to break
open resurrection power coffins are
going to break open Funeral Homes are
going to get Undertaker’s are going to
be put out of business by the upper
taker Jesus Christ stand up on your feet
if you believe in noisy exits how many
of you ready to come out of your
wilderness you won’t come out quietly
you need to come out you need to refuse
to come out quietly we hope you’ve
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