There are many things in this world that are being shaken as we deal with COVID 19 crisis. The financial world, the scientific world, even the church is being shaken. In this message, Dr. Stanley explains that although the world may seem unstable and uncertain, God has an ultimate plan for humanity that nothing can shake.
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with a message from God’s Word here’s
Charles Stanley what would it take to
shake your faith you may have been a
Christian a long time or a short period
of time what would it take to shake your
faith in God well for some of you it may
take a great deal before your faith
could be shaken but for others maybe it
wouldn’t take quite so much in fact a
whole lot of difficulty a whole lot of
heartache and maybe you’d begin to say
well God where are you and what you
thought was an absolutely unshakable
faith you may begin to question with a
lot of things in this world that are
being shaken up and God is behind some
of that shaking and some of it he’s not
behind some of it is of the devil when
it comes to shaking your faith and
attempting to shake your faith that
certain will not be of God but there are
other things that are going on around us
that certainly are the result of God’s
shaking up a sense of false security
shaking us at the very core of our life
at the core of our nation the core of
this world because we put so much
dependence upon material things and not
upon God God is certainly in the process
of doing some shaking and what I want to
talk about in this message is this when
God shakes the heavens and the earth and
I want you to turn if you will to
Hebrews the book of Hebrews and in this
particular book the last part of this
particular book in the twelfth chapter
God tells us exactly what he’s going to
shake and I’ll give you a little
background of what’s happening here as
you turn to this third twelfth chapter
of Hebrews and we’re gonna read
beginning in verse twenty five but
beginning in verse eighteen and through
those verses that follow he’s comparing
Mount Sinai where the Ten Commandments
were given two mountains island where we
find Jerusalem and we compare the laws
of God versus the grace of God so in
that discussion he finally ends up by
saying in verse 25 see to it that you do
not refuse him who is speaking for if
those did not escape when they refused
him who warned them on earth much less
shall we escape
alternate escape who turn away from him
who warns from heaven and his voice
shook the earth then but now he is
promising yet once more I will shake not
all of the earth but also the heaven and
this expression yet once more denotes
the removing of those things which can
be shaken as of created things in order
that those things which cannot be shaken
may remain therefore since we receive a
kingdom which cannot be shaken let us
show gratitude by which we may offer to
God an acceptable service with reverence
and awe for our God is a consuming fire
now when I think about what he says
about things that are shaken and things
have not shaken I think about the things
that God has shaken in the past that is
what is it that God was up to in the
process of shaking things in the past
and I think what you’ll discover as you
open the word you’ll discover that God
was interested in primarily his purpose
was the shaking that was going on was
purposed by a desire on his heart to
make himself known and to make his power
known among people so if you’ll turn
back first of all to Exodus chapter 19
in this nineteenth chapter of Exodus you
recall that God has called Moses up to
the Mount Sinai to give in the law and
to give him the Ten Commandments and he
sends him back down and says you tell
the people don’t try to come up this
mountain in fact don’t even get on the
edge of it that is put up something that
will keep them because if anybody
touches it it’s going to cost them their
life God was in the process of teaching
them the importance of holiness the
importance of obedience and what he says
happens here beginning in verse eighteen
of this nineteenth chapter now Mount
Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord
descended upon it in fire and it’s smoke
ascended like the smoke of a furnace and
the whole mountain quaked violently when
the sound of the trumpet grew louder and
louder Moses spoke and God answered him
with thunder and then of course you come
to the twentieth chapter and you have
the Ten Commandments well if you go to
the book of Malachi which is the last
book in the Old Testament and go back a
couple of books and the reason I say
that is because
people who have not been a Christian
long time wouldn’t have any idea where
that book is so if you go to Malachi and
go back to Zechariah and then if you’ll
go to the little book of Haggai and if
you look at the second chapter only two
chapters here and look at this twentieth
verse God is speaking through his
prophet here and he is speaking to
Zerubbabel
the governor and you recall that when
the captivity took place that then
finally they were able to go back to
Jerusalem to rebuild the wall the gates
and the temple and this nobody says in
verse 20 then the word of the Lord came
a second time to Haggai on the 24th day
of the month saying speak his River bull
the governor of Judea saying I am going
to shake the heavens and the earth and I
will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms
and destroy the power of the kingdoms of
the nations and I will overthrow the
chariots and their riders and the horses
and their riders will go down every one
by the sword by another hour of another
on that day declares the Lord of Hosts I
will take you as a riverboat son of
shealtiel my servant declares the Lord
and I will make you like a signet ring
that is I will on a universe special way
for I have chosen you declares the Lord
of hosts
notice what he says he says I’m going to
shake the heavens and the earth I’m
gonna overthrow all of these kingdoms
now this was a long time ago but you
look at history here’s what you’ll
discover not only did God shake the
whole Empire of Egypt when he delivered
the people of Hebrews shall not have
Egyptian bondage because the Bible tells
us that all the nations there about
began to fear because they heard of how
God had defeated the Egyptians and freed
up the Hebrews well not only that then
they moved to the promised land later on
and of course they were divided because
of their own rebellion against Almighty
God then the Babylonians moved into
Judah took them into captivity and so
what did God do God shook the nation of
Israel itself then he shook the nation
of Babylon the Persians came in mito
Persians came in took the Babylonians
then the Assyrians came and then came
the Greek Empire then came the Roman
Empire and what you see is God moving
down through his
strain all through those hundreds and
hundreds of years God was moving among
men and what was he doing moving one
Empire after the other God is God and he
absolutely will not tolerate being
ignored nor will he tolerate men
building anything that is supreme enough
super enough that man can live without
God because all down through those
centuries men were searching for God
seeking God they had hundreds and
hundreds and hundreds of gods bowing
down to their gods oftentimes losing
faith in their gods looking for
something else and what was God doing
shaking one civilization one nation
after the other and so you and I could
go through history and see how God has
shaken nations after nation after nation
God is the absolute sovereign of this
universe he will not tolerate being
ignored by nations or by individuals
well we’re talking about things that God
is shaken well let’s move if you will to
the New Testament and if you’ll turn to
the 27th chapter of Matthew and in this
27th chapter of Matthew you’ll notice
something being shaken here on a very
important day in the life of this world
in a very important day in the history
of mankind in the very important day in
God’s whole plan of redemption notice
what is happening in this particular
chapter xxvii chapter of Matthew and
notice if you will what’s going on here
Jesus is being crucified and the
scripture says in verse 47 and some of
those who were standing there when they
heard it began saying this man is
calling for Elijah and immediately one
of them ran and took a sponge II filled
it with Sara Juan and put it on a reed
and gave him to drink but the rest of
them said let us see whether Elijah will
come to save him and Jesus cried out
again with a loud voice and yielded up
his spirit and behold look what that
means the veil of the temple was torn in
two from top to bottom and the earth
shook and the rocks were split and the
tombs were opened and many bodies of the
saints who had fallen asleep were raised
and coming out of the tombs after his
resurrection they entered the holy city
and appeared to many God caused an
earthquake a shaky on the
they the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified
not only was he shaking the earth but he
was shaking the whole nation of Israel
because on that day if you recall the
Bible says the veil in the temple was
rent from top to bottom
God was absolutely destroying the old
way and as Jesus had said the night
before he was establishing a new
covenant it is no longer keeping the law
it is now a work of the grace of God
because when Jesus Christ was crucified
at Calvary all the sin debt of all of
mankind was placed upon him and God
absolutely shook that whole religious
system and shook it apart well wasn’t
very long after that till God shook
something else if you just move on over
to the book of Acts and you recall the
book of Acts in this fourth chapter God
does some more shaking
they’re having a big prayer meeting the
Spirit of God has come upon them as
Church has been established the Spirit
of God has come upon the church now to
indwell each and every individual so
that when you and I were saved by the
grace of God we too were in trouble the
Holy Spirit listen to what happens
scripture says in verse 31 and when they
had prayed the place where they had
gathered together was shaken and they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak the Word of God with
boldness God not only shook that group
but he shook up the whole city of
Jerusalem and when the Holy Spirit had
come and now what was going to happen
was that God was now going to shake the
entire world over a period of time as a
result of Jesus Christ coming those
twelve disciples then Hunton 20 those
3,000 now as they were going scattering
all over that part of the world sharing
what had happened what they’d seen what
they’d witnessed God was beginning to
shake loose and beginning to tear loose
the whole religious system of that day
because Jesus came at a particular time
you recall he says in Galatians chapter
4 verse 4 in the fullness of time what
time was that
in a specific time when God had readied
this earth readied politically
religiously transportation was
communication was language wise God had
gotten the world ready for the coming of
the Lord Jesus Christ and now what was
he doing he was shaking the whole
religious system of his day and Jesus
Christ and his plan was now beginning
its outset
to evangelize the whole world remember
what he said to them he says as you go
make disciples of all nations baptizing
them a name of the Father the Son the
Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all
the things that I’ve commanded you and
lo I’m with you all the way God was
shaking this world well you can move on
a little longer in acts if you go to the
sixteenth chapter and you’ll see how God
shakes something else you’ll recall in
the sixteenth chapter probably one of
the most famous chapters in the book of
Acts that something is going on here
Paul and Silas have been arrested as a
result of preaching the gospel doing
exactly what Jesus had told them to do
and if you recall that they’re in jail
well they’d had enough beatings and
going on and so the Bible says in verse
25 about midnight that Paul and Silas
were praying and singing hymns of praise
to God and the prisoners were listening
to them and suddenly there came a great
earthquake so that the foundations of
the prison house were shaken and
immediately all the doors were open
everyone’s chains were unfastened and
when the jailer had been roused out of
sleep and it seemed the prison doors
open he drew his sword he was about to
commit suicide because he would have
been responsible for those who escaped
and you recall that he fell down and
said Paul and Silas sirs what must I do
to be saved and he said if you believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ you’ll be saved
so as you now look back we can see how
God has certainly shaken this whole
earth physically shaking it materially
but that’s the past and so as we look to
see how he’s worked in the past and he
certainly has shaken up many things we
look around us today and say okay well
how does this apply to today is God
shaking up anything today yes he is he’s
still in the process of shaking nations
as he prophesied in the Old Testament
prophets out in the New Testament he is
indeed shaking them up that is he’s
causing nations to tremble
when you think for example about the
nations of the earth today where is
there real peace where is there no
revolution where is there real
contentment where is there adequacy of
anything because in spite of everything
that man has done in spite of all of our
attempts and all of our abilities and
talents to put together all kinds of
economies and all the things that
anybody would need in a given nation
every single nation is trouble
and every single nation is trembling to
some degree you look at our own country
we look at the prosperity we have and we
think well surely we have everything we
need
but she’ll meet people who are really
happy show me how many people really
contented where’s our real security how
many people have any real sense of
safety where is our nation when it comes
to the reality of what life is all about
every single nation in the face of this
earth rumbling trembling over something
look at all the problems they have with
health look at all the problems they
have with the environment look at the
economy look at the calamities of famine
for example and if you put the nations
of the earth together here’s what you
find if you put this kind of scenario
together if you put for example
financial crisis if you put revolution
if you put famine you put the pestilence
of aid together and what you come up
with is is Revelation chapter six
because in the time of the Tribulation
Period there will be wars and rumors of
wars there will also be the calamity of
plagues there will be the calamity of
famine and there will be all kinds of
judgment coming upon the earth well the
truth is is not God’s sending this whole
globe a signal and that is he will not
put up with being ignored that man is
not in control that man could never
build enough edifice for himself to
satisfy himself God is the sovereign of
this universe he will not allow a man to
be safe he will not allow us to build
anything that builds real genuine
security apart from himself so if you
look around the shaking has not stopped
God is still shaking nations today
shaking the leadership of nations and if
you think about for example in our own
country if you take the last eighty
about 83 years about every 17 years we
start a new war we’ve been in wars we’ve
been in certainly been in wars more than
17 years but you go back even to the
first world war and you can go back
before that we’ve been shaken and shaken
and shaken and shaken look at all the
financial crises shakin shakin shakin
shakin and today we think we’ll we by
the time we’ve got this financial crises
taken care of we found another one for
example we said well neither Europe will
just straighten up open Europe if
they’ll just get their economy together
then we’ll be fine now
we say well now if Asia will get there
straight net will be found the truth is
there’s not going to be any economic
security there’s not going to be in the
national security there’s not going to
be any sack kind of security on the face
of this earth for the simple reason
nowhere in the bible does it tell us
that one of these days things are going
to get better and better the people who
are post millennialist in their theology
the Resco tells you which means they
believe that ultimately things are going
to get better and better the church is
going to do a better and better job and
then more and more people are going to
be save until finally things are going
to get so good that when things get good
enough then jesus is coming pray tell me
give me some evidence for such theology
as that there isn’t any now you tell me
things are getting worse I can agree
with that show me where things are
getting better we may become more
scientifically knowledgeable in lots of
ways we may have better means of
communication and transportation and all
the rest but what are we doing look at
our whole society the truth is when you
look at get rid of all the fluff and get
rid of all the puffs and all the
advertisement and all the commercials
and you look at reality what do you have
we have a nation of people who are very
discontent we have a nation of people
who are plagued with depression a nation
of people who spend billions and
billions of dollars every year trying to
find some kind of peace and contentment
over prescription drugs or whatever it
might be we found a whole medical field
up in an uproar because people beginning
to say you know what it’s not working
what you’ve been doing to us all of
these years not working we got to have
something new look at the scientific
field more and more men are beginning to
say well you know the real truth is
somehow we have to admit this creation
idea this creation theory has more –
than we used to think of that look at
the whole educational system today we
throw billions and billions of dollars
to it and what happens we have less
education we are poor in many many ways
education wise health wise for example
we number 17 in the nations of the world
when it comes to health and we throw
more money toward that direction than
any other nation on earth
what in the world is going on if these
are the things that create security what
has happened I’ll tell you what’s
happened
in our pride in our arrogance that we’re
adequate somehow we’ll make it somehow
we’re sufficient somehow we can manage
God is going to demonstrate to us no
we’re not he will not allow us listen to
build anything that is has any stability
to it whatsoever
apart from Almighty God there’ll always
be that shaking process going on well
let you look at the church for example
it’s not God shaking the church I
believe he is every once in a while we
see revival popping out here and there
but you think overall God must shake the
church in this nation because we have
had more opportunities we’ve had more
resources we’ve had more translations
we’ve had more missionaries we’ve had
more schools we’ve had more people in
the mission field and yet what are we
doing somehow where is the fire in the
Church of Almighty God where is the
enthusiasm where is the commitment where
is the sense of evangelism where is the
real sense of missions what is our heart
burning for is it burning to see people
say that we really convinced that people
are gonna die without Christ and go to
hell we think somehow they’re gonna make
it I’m surprised that people who’ve been
in church for years and years and years
tell you that they’re born again they
can be Baptists and Methodists and
Presbyterians a think and then what do
they say they said well you know somehow
believe that somehow in some way in this
good loving God that we have we’re gonna
all make it some way no we’re not that
is not what the Bible teaches
and so God need listen he’s in the
process I believe somehow if God’s
people begin to study the Word of God
and begin to see that in reality not
just playing church but in reality what
is God looking for in a church he’s
looking for people who are committed
committed to the Word of God looking for
people who are committed to evangelizing
the world looking for people who
committed to missions who committed
listen to making an impact to the glory
of God do you think God is gonna sit by
and let his church go to sleep be lulled
into sleep and not shake it up no he’s
not he’s going to shake everything on
the face of this earth whether it is
government’s whether it is homes were
that is society whether it is a church
God is in the process and he will shake
it why because he has a purpose and a
plan and God is not going to lay aside
his plan does
not anything in this world that can
disrupt God’s ultimate plan for Humanity
and for his purpose his redemptive
purposes here on earth so when I look
around and think about the things that
are being shaken what is it
every single thing on the face of this
earth and so many people and many many
Christians will not ask you this
question what is it that you’re building
your security in and I hear people say
all the time about one of these days I’m
gonna retire before long and I’ve got my
this and got my that and I think I’m
gonna be pretty well secure I want to
tell you something there’s no such thing
as security apart from God and before
this messages so I want to show you the
only things that you do have the only
things that will last in this life and
when people are accumulating material
possessions and they look at that and
say this is part of my security you know
how fast you can lose that just that
fast and today the stock market is one
thing tomorrow next week and something
entirely different people can be happy
today over the material possessions and
sad tomorrow let me ask a question what
is it that you own what is it that you
possess what is it that you have what is
it that you dreamed about what are your
plans what are your goals what is it
that you have that’s solid immovable
unchangeable absolutely rock solid you
can’t lose not a living thing materially
on the face of this earth not a thing
you know why because God’s in the
process of shaking it up and there’s no
way and so when you look at society and
you look at life and you think about
people who work work work strive stops
try save investing there’s nothing wrong
with those things except the fact that
that’s where the security is they’re in
for a tremendously horrible
disappointment because I want to tell
you anything you place between you and
Almighty God God is going to remove no
matter what it is he’s gonna remove it
because God does not tolerate idolatry
without punishment and without
discipline in the lives of his people
and you see we’re not just talking about
people who are unsaved and people who
know nothing about God so many of God’s
people get swept up in the same idea it
is materialism and prosperity and we’re
gonna build our security in these things
there is no security in any material
thing on the face of this earth listen
to what this scripture says go back if
you will to the 26th verse and his voice
shook the
earth then but now he has promised
saying yet once more I will shake not
only the earth but also the heavens and
this expression yet once more denotes
the removing of those things which can
be shaken now let me ask you a question
what is it that is in existence today
that’s all about spiritual things what
is it that is in existence today that
cannot be shaken
there is nothing materially there’s no
philosophy there’s no idea that God
cannot be shaken apart from the whole
Christian faith everything else can be
shaken this listen why do we have this
rise of the cults why do we have this
this whole religious system being shaken
up and the rise of witchcraft and all of
these things that we see going on I’ll
tell you what the church is – asleep we
are listen we have become weak we’re not
making the impact upon our nation upon
the world that God has called us to make
so what happens when we fail and we fall
– God has to rustle us he’s gonna have
to do some shaking he has to get our
attention and one of the reasons that
God shakes anything it’s to get the
attention of those whom he’s shaking and
so when you look back in history you
look at around you it doesn’t take an
intelligent person to see that
everything is in a state of flux
everything is instead of changing
there’s not one single thing on the face
of this globe that is unshakeable
including this globe in the atmosphere
around it not one single thing well you
say man I mean this is a pretty dismal
comment atmosphere right well let’s make
it a little worse let’s talk about
something else not only he says is he
going to shake the things in this earth
he says he’s going to shake the things
in heaven I want you look at two or
three passages here look if you will
first of all in Matthew chapter 24
Matthew chapter 24 part of God’s Word
one of his prophecies listen to what he
says is going to happen the 24th chapter
this isn’t something that may happen
this is something as absolutely already
a settled issue because this is Jesus
talking about future things and listen
if you don’t believe this then why
believe John 3:16 anything else he said
here’s what he says is going to happen
at the end of the Tribulation Period
that is when Jesus Christ comes again he
takes away his body that is that
which leaves the unbeliever here and he
will seal 144,000 who’ll be preaching
the gospel in those days the gospel of
the kingdom is what he says in verse 29
but immediately after the tribulation of
those days the Sun will be darkened the
moon will not give its light and the
stars will fall from the sky and the
powers of the heavens will be shaken and
then the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in the sky and then all the
tribes of the earth will mourn and they
will see the Son of man coming on the
clouds in the sky of the sky with power
and great glory
and he will send forth his angels with a
great trumpet they will gather together
his elect from the four winds from one
end of the sky to the other now I want
you to turn a few of the second Peter
chapter 3 because I wanna remind you of
something that happened a number of
years ago 2nd Peter chapter 3 when we
thought surely there must have been some
sense of security out there somewhere
look in 2nd Peter chapter 3 and if you
will in verse 10 here is the most
accurate description you’ll find
anywhere of an atomic bomb blast look at
this verse 10 of chapter 3 but the day
of the Lord will come like a thief in
which the heavens will pass away with a
roar the elements will be destroyed with
intense heat and the earth and its works
will be burned up
do you realize that the whole globe was
shaken the day an atomic bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima because all of a
sudden man can do war would never be
like it has been before something
happened the whole earth was could be
threatened the entire civilization could
be destroyed listen what he says since
all these things that would be destroyed
in this way what sort of people ought
you to be in holy conduct and godliness
looking for and hastening the coming of
the day of God on account of which the
heavens will be destroyed by burning the
elements will melt with intense heat but
according to his promise we are looking
for new heavens and a new earth in which
righteousness dwells he says he’s going
to shake the heavens and the earth that
is there’s not going to be a single
thing left everything that is in
existence God says he’s going to destroy
it he’s going to make the earth a place
to live
wonderful place to live because it is
going to be God’s cleansed new earth so
when somebody says where is heaven
heaven is going to be not only in the
holy city that he’s provided but this
earth is also going to be a part of
heaven and we’re going to be able to
move from one to the other without a
neighborhood in the reservation and a
hesitation whatsoever and so God is
going to shake the heavens in there
there’s not anything he’s going to allow
now if things were going to get better
and better why would he tear it up why
would he destroy it why would not God
just let it be and let it go because he
must absolutely be God and he’s going to
destroy everything on the face of this
earth he’s going to absolutely totally
cleanse it saintil have been destroyed
cast in the ultimate lake of fire and
God’s great glory will be demonstrated
in all of his power
God will cleanse this Old Earth
everything he says the heavens and earth
will pass away and a new heaven and a
new earth will be ours now so we can see
that in the past how he has shaken
everything that there has been in
existence he’s in the process of shaking
it today and he’s going to shake it
ultimately till he shakes it all loose
destroys it by his wrath and ultimately
cleanse it’s cleanses it and makes it a
new place now even that leaves me a
little bit dismal I think my lord I mean
you’re gonna everything around us is
shaking loose and coming loose and
falling loose and and if you’ll think
about it what is it that causes us this
greatest sense of despair that is what
is it that shakes us the most if you
think about in your own life what is it
that shakes you up above everything else
is it not loss loss of a loved one loss
of someone you love
loss of a friend lost financially sudden
loss health loss loss loss loss loss
loss these are the things that shake us
listen God knows how to shake us God
knows how to get our attention
God knows how to work in our life and
God knows how to shake an entire nation
and my friend the reason God must shake
this nation is because of what we have
tolerated and what we do tolerate what
is it what is the most unsafe group of
people in America children little
children
subject of abuse subject of abortion and
what do we do we pass laws we say it’s
all right we give them new names we call
them feta fetuses instead of little
children little babies and so what do we
do we legalize everything that causes
man to satisfy so to speak his indulgent
gratification that is anything that
satisfies the flesh in some fashion
somehow we want to make it legal and I’m
telling you my friend gods must shake
loose and he will shake loose this
nation he will shake this whole earth
this whole globe is going to shake we
tolerate forms of immorality which God
for which God destroyed nations in the
past and if we think somehow because we
legalized something and it becomes
acceptable in the eyes of many people
most people or even if it’s all the
people if God hates it God will shake
the nation that absolutely ignores him
turns up its nose to him and says you
know what we’re gonna do it our way we
think we got a smarter way to do it and
you have he’s gonna shake it loose well
you say my goodness if my finances
aren’t secure relationships aren’t
secure and all my material possessions
are up for grabs and I could lose it all
then what have I got well that’s what
I’ve been getting ready to talk about
because I want you to see friends you
don’t have one single solitary thing on
the face of this earth you put your
trust in except and I want to name poor
things what is it that cannot be shaken
look at look to see what this verse says
notice what he says he says now in verse
27 and this expression yet once more
denotes the removing of those things
which can be shaken as have created
things and all of that those things
which cannot be shaken may remain so
let’s think about something for a moment
let me tell you what every single one of
us believers has that absolutely cannot
be shaken all mighty God God our Father
God the Son God the Holy Spirit the
three persons of the Trinity absolutely
cannot be shaken you said what you mean
can’t be shaken well first of all God is
sovereign he is omnipotent he has all
power
he is an absolute control of every
single solitary thing
how does anything less powerful than God
move God it cannot you can’t vote to
move him you can’t cry to move him
you can’t fast and make you move
somebody says well now I can’t we move
God by prayer we talk about moving God
by pray you don’t move God he is listen
that means if you move God that means
that he was here and happy here and you
gonna get him over here no you know what
prayer does ultimately prayer does not
move God prayer gets me in a position
whereby God who has already willed and
chosen to do something in my life of
your life we get ourselves in a position
in prayer whereby he can do what he
chose to do what he wants to do what he
predetermined to do and we simply get
ourselves in a position whereby he can
do it and there’s certain laws that God
goes by certain principles he goes by
and so when we when we are following his
principles we get in the position
whereby then we make requests of God God
acts in response to our desires which
first of all were his desires to begin
with we’re not changing God moving guns
somebody says well you know I prayed and
prayed and prayed so I just thought I
was gonna fast I was gonna get God’s
attention you’ve already got God’s
attention you can fast and you die
starve yourself to death you can’t make
God do one thing he does not want to do
you can’t move God there’s no power on
earth no force on earth that can move
Almighty God the supreme does prayer
make a difference yes it does but it is
God in His sovereignty in his
omniscience knowing all things God
doesn’t change his mind
God’s not affected by what we do God is
going to move he is going to sovereignly
have his will no matter what we may
stumble over someone who says once
people break the laws of God no we
stumble over the laws of God we break
ourselves we lose our joy our happiness
our peace our blessings but you know
what you can’t break the law of God we
can violate the law but you can’t break
it you can’t change the law that says in
God’s eyes thou shalt not steal you
cannot break the law of God that says we
listen we should worship the Lord thy
God and him only shall we serve you
can’t change any of those things listen
they can write it off they can
rationalize that they can do anything
else but that doesn’t change the law of
God our God is the sovereign our God is
the creator that’s not anything in
existence that does not exist as a
result of the will listen of the will of
he allows things to happen you now don’t
understand he allows sin that is seeming
led to run rampant why why would God
allow sin to run rampant listen I’ll
tell you why number one is because God
listen he will allow sin to take its
course in life in order to show us how
absolutely wicked and vile sin is he
also will use it in order to show us
what it cost listen the value of the
death of Jesus Christ in order to
destroy sin in its power it costs God
the Father the death of his only
begotten son whatever God allows he
allows with purpose in this life and so
one thing that you and I can be sure of
we listen we have something which is
someone listen nobody can shake us loose
from it nobody can do anything in this
world to shake to move to impress to
intimidate anything that has to do with
our God the one thing you and I have in
this life they listen money can’t buy
and death Kate take it away is a loving
father who loves us unconditionally that
is our possession and he says he’s made
you and me his children that means I
have a personal heavenly father who
cannot be shaken cannot be moved cannot
be changed he’s absolutely immutable and
listen when you think about the fact
that he’s a sovereign God and he’s
all-powerful you take every single
attribute of God he’s a God of love a
God of justice and God of kindness God
of mercy he’s a God who is faithful you
can take all of his attributes listen
every single attribute of God is
infinitely and absolutely all that it
possibly can be he cannot be any more
loving he can’t be any more omnipotent
he can’t be any more merciful he can’t
be any more just and his wrath cannot be
any more worse than it is God is the
ultimate infinite absolute in every
single aspect of his life he is a
personal God who is the ultimate the
zenith the pinnacle of everything is
therefore you can’t get on the other
side of God you can’t get higher than
you can’t get better than and you can’t
improve on anything that is absolutely
infinitely and eternally perfect and
that’s the kind of heavenly father we
have thank God there’s something I have
you have money can’t buy death can’t
take it away and that’s our God
cannot be shaken a second thing that
you’re not have and I want you to look
at two or three scriptures and we give
you lots of scriptures on God would you
look into the description about this
another thing that you and I have that’s
unshakeable it’s what you’ve got in your
hand and that’s the Word of God
absolutely unshakable turn if you will
to Isaiah chapter 40 and look if you
will in at verse 8
Asya chapter 40 verse 8 and this is a
scripture you might need to mark in your
Bible at some point he says verse 8 the
grass withers flowers fade that means
time comes and goes things change the
grass withers the flower fades but
listen to what he says but the word of
our God stands forever there is nothing
in this world that’s going to destroy it
the Word of God now once you turn to
Matthew chapter 24 for a moment Matthew
chapter 24 I believe and let’s look at
verse 35 notice what he says in this
passage 24th chapter we just read a few
moments ago about the Tribulation Period
then he says in this particular verse
verse 35 Jesus speaking heaven and earth
will pass away but my words shall not
pass away there’s not anything that’s
going to shape the Word of God because
what is it the Word of God is the
revelation of God this is that the Bible
is God’s revelation of himself that
simply means that God has allowed us to
take a glimpse of who he is he’s pulled
back the veil to show us what he’s like
you think about all the other gods and
all the other religions in the world and
how they operate you think about what
kind of God did they have now think
about this for a moment their gods are
gods that are man-made their gods that
are gods that are the result of
somebody’s imagination
somebody had to imagine what their God
what God would be like and so they have
their books and they have their
so-called Bibles and what are they they
are the result of man’s imagination
man’s fascination man’s indulgent
desires and that’s why I so oftentimes
they
now things that our God would never
allow why because it’s men’s imagination
they had to come up with it and so that
wasn’t sufficient so then they had to
make some idle bow down to it now which
one of those idols rose from the dead
neither one which one of those Isles
that’s ever spoken ever heard ever
answered prayer ever helped anybody not
a single one and when Jesus came upon
the scene back in his day the religions
of the world of that day they were into
such a state of flux and change and God
was shaking why because people were
finally fed up they trusted they
believed all these things and somehow it
was not working out and I want to tell
you my friend no matter what you
believing in no matter what God you may
profess to believe in there is only one
true God that is the God of the Bible
he says the grass has gone to whither
the flower fades but the word of our God
will stand forever now think about it
this Bible has been around a long time
in fact when you think about how long
it’s been around the truth is what’s in
these pages now this book right here and
the leather and the paper and the print
had been run all that long but you see
that’s not the but it’s what’s in this
this is the word of the Living God so
that what’s in these pages and what’s
between this leather here is the
revelation of God now we talk about
revelation that means this is God’s
unfolding revealing of himself so we see
how he’s revealed himself in history we
see how he’s revealed himself in poetry
we see has revealed himself in prophecy
in narration and all of these things we
see how God’s reveal himself so what do
we have we have the Living Word of God
this is God’s Holy Word this is the word
that God has given us as an instruction
book this is how we’re to live he gives
it to us so that we’ll understand what
he’s like what he’s about he gives it to
us so we’ll understand how we’re to live
now it’s interesting that all back down
through the centuries haven’t always had
all this at the same time and now we
have it from Genesis to Revelation we
have God’s full revelation of all that
he wants us to know that all that we
need to know and you know what it’s been
criticized for centuries people have
rationalized it away and said it can’t
be it can’t be some revelation of some
God because it’s got all these
Arizona so that’s one way they’ve said
they’ve criticized it and said well you
know it’s full of myths and besides that
man wrote and if man wrote it man makes
mistakes and therefore because men makes
mistakes you can’t put your faith in it
and therefore the liberal has said well
you know doesn’t really mean this the
first 11 chapters of Genesis are all
myth the book of Revelation is a
mythology of John so therefore you can’t
put your faith in that and it’s
interesting to me that the people who
don’t believe it and can’t live by it
are not happy they don’t have any
contentment and no security that certain
don’t have any eternal security and what
do they have they don’t have anything
one thing about this book you can’t
shake it listen they burned it
they’ve criticized it they’ve
rationalized it they’ve tried to
mythologize it you name it you know what
here it is still doing what still saving
people’s lives still bringing us into a
right relationship with God it’s still
the Living Word of God it’s going to be
here when every atheist and every
agnostic and every unbeliever and every
so-called asteroid when they’re dead and
gone it’s still the Living Word of God
when you and I get to heaven it’ll still
be the unshakable Living Word of the
Living God
so there’s something else that I have in
this life and if you’ll just think about
this at your house
you may live in a beautiful home with
the finest the furniture I mean you may
have a house that’s absolutely on it
just knock your eyeballs out you know
what let me ask you a question let’s
look at your house I’ll put all the
furniture in your house together how
beautiful it is let me ask you this when
you get ready to die what difference is
that gonna make not one bit how many
chairs you’re taking with you not in it
how many beds you’re taking with you how
many dresses you take you with you’re
not one what about all that silver that
you’ve saved up me you don’t let your
kids use because that you want to keep
it you want to keep it shined and
polished and don’t touch this and let’s
say what were you saving it for I never
have figured that out a lot of people
save and save and save as if they’re
gonna take you with them listen when
they put your body in the casket to my
knowledge I’ll never have seen in this
silver hair any money or anything in
that you know what we’ll do a bit of
good the only thing you and I own
physically on the face of this earth
that will never change cannot change is
the Living Word of God so we can say
thank God there’s something not gonna be
shaken what is it my God’s not gonna be
shaken the second thing is not gonna be
shaken as a word of God because this is
his revelation well there’s a third
thing is not going to be shaken listen
to this carefully and that is to all of
us who believers one thing that’s not
going to be shaking is our personal
relationship with God through His Son
Jesus Christ absolutely will not be
shaken cannot be shaken money can’t take
it away from us deaf can’t take it away
from us listen to what Jesus said John
chapter 10 verse 27 he said my sheep
hear my voice I know them and they
follow me
I give unto them eternal life listen and
they shall never perish neither shall
any one be able to shake them out of my
hand my father which gave them to me is
greater than all I and my father are one
listen if you have a personal
relationship with God there’s not
anything in this world that can shake
you loose t-seven oh wait a minute now
hold it but what about my fate I’m
coming to that there’s no one that can
shake your relationship with Jesus
Christ but first of all let’s see how
you came to that relationship well you
heard the word of God in some fashion
you believe the testimony of the book
and so what did you do you placed your
faith in the testimony of God’s Word his
revelation which said that when Jesus
Christ went to the cross he died on the
cross for your sin in mind and you
accepted that is true and you said I do
receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ
as my personal Savior the Bible says
chapter one of Ephesians chapter four be
patience that the Spirit of the Living
God triune God the Holy Spirit sealed
you the Bible says under the day of
redemption which means he sealed you as
his son as his daughter until the moment
he takes you out of this life and so
that you are sealed forever as a child
of God now how did you get sealed was it
good works no did you listen did you get
sealed then did you get sealed by your
faith no you weren’t silver your faith
you were seal listen about the Holy
Spirit who is responding listen to what
to your faith in the death of Jesus it
is the death of Christ it is his atoning
death at Calvary that took care of my
sin the moment I place my faith in his
death in him as a person then I was
still as a child of God now wasn’t by
works and so what can shake us loose
from that well go if you will to Romans
chapter 8 for a moment Romans chapter 8
everybody ought to have this passage
marked in the Bible Romans chapter 8
look if you will beginning in verse 35
listen to what he says who shall
separate us who shall shake us loose
from the love of Christ shall
tribulation or distress or persecution
or famine or nakedness or peril or sword
and look at those things I mean this is
this is enough to because anybody to
wonder look at that what shall shake us
loose from the love of Christ
tribulation and distress and persecution
famine nakedness and perilous sword he
says for thy sake we are being put to
death all day long we would consider
this sheep to be slaughtered but in all
of these things what all these
difficulties hardships trials
persecution de-stresses feminists neck
and his perils sword all of these things
we overwhelmingly conquer through Christ
who loved us
rom convinced that neither death look at
that neither death nor life nor Angels
nor principalities of any client
including Satan nor things present
nor things to come nor powers nor height
nor death nor any other created thing
every single things being created other
than God shall be able to separate us
shake us loose from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord let me
ask you something what is it that can
shake your relationship with Christ
what can shake it loose what can take
you away from God what can snatch you
out of the hand of God not one single
thing so this I know number one I know I
have something that absolutely cannot be
shaken my god
secondly God’s Word and thirdly my
relationship with him so my friend
listen if you one of those persons who
feels like and who believes that somehow
that you can lose your salvation then
let me ask you a question where is your
security if you can be saved by the
grace of God and then you can lose it
where is your security and you see some
people say well well Satan can snatch me
out of God’s hand that’s not what Jesus
said well I can just choose to walk away
you can choose to walk away but you know
what you walk into you walk into this
wall of divine discipline that’s what
you walk into does that mean that God’s
going to cast you ain’t no so let’s talk
about this for a moment somebody says
well wait a minute now but suppose my
suppose in my faith I just go through a
difficult time I just say God I don’t
know that I believe you are not in the
ball well what about that well let’s
look at it let’s give an example like
this suppose for example that you are a
young believer
you’ve just trusted Jesus Christ as your
personal Savior having been a Christian
very long and you happen to have joined
the church and you were baptized and
sprinkled on whatever that church did
and so you come to church every Sunday
and this particular pastor if it may be
not being critical I’m just saying this
is the fact he gets up on Sunday morning
he reads the scripture closes the Bible
and walks around if about 20 minutes
gives you a nice little sermon that so
you can get to the cafeteria on time and
so in 20 minutes and you just love that
because you know you’ll never be late
and besides that you don’t get on the
conviction and besides that you don’t
learn the Word of God you don’t learn
the principles of God the ways of God
the will of God the walk of God the Word
of God and learn any of that but you
know what 20 minutes you’re gone well
let’s give him 30 minutes but here’s
what I want you to see but nobody teach
you
the principal’s nobody teaches you the
ways of God
nobody says here’s what God is like
here’s what God says here’s the proof of
what God’s like because here’s what God
said
here the ways of God his had God’s
worked in the past his how he works day
his what he says he’ll do tomorrow and
you begin to put those things together
so nobody teaches you any of that six
months goes by and there’s a real
tragedy in your family your favorite son
kill automatically an accident a month
later you find out that your daughter’s
pregnant the next year your husband or
your wife dies you say well praise God I
just love Jesus no you want you know
what would happen same thing it happened
to most anybody god what are you up to
Lord why did you allow this and then
let’s suppose that this top that often
say your business failed went bankrupt
you put those together let’s be honest
would that cause you to ask some
questions yes it would
are those questions legitimate yes they
are does God get upset because you say
God where are you
no he doesn’t does God get angry when
you say God I forget it forget this
whole religious bit God I’m if this is
what you’re gonna do forget it
God get angry no he doesn’t you know why
because he understands it you’re not
dust just a glob of it filled with a
spirit with his spirit and he
understands when you’re not hurt he
understands when you and I go through
difficulties we can’t change we can’t
fix he understands no we can’t
understand and he understands when you
and I asked him and wonder God why would
you do such a thing if you’re a god of
love where’s love in all of this and
that person for example in a better
Christian six months maybe a year now
they’d only thing about Romans 8:28 that
God’s working all things together you
see they don’t understand the ways of
God so what do they do they get into
depression and they thank God if you
were really there maybe I just thought
you loved me
maybe I just thought you saved me I
don’t want anything to do with this kind
of God let me ask you a question does
God cast them away because their faith
falters amidst tribulation and trial and
heartache and trouble absolutely not
absolutely not let me ask you a question
if your son your daughter went through
some difficult and hardship and they
said you know what I don’t want you to
be my parents I’m oh I’m sorry you’re my
parents I wish I’d have never been born
to you and walked away would you say
well good riddance for you know you
would you know what would happen your
heart would go after them your heart
would seek them you would love them
you’d be praying for them weeping over
them and crying for them to come back
why because your love doesn’t change I
want to tell you something it doesn’t
make a difference what happens to you
God’s unconditional love is like all of
his other attributes it does not change
he said well you mean to tell me people
can get away with that kind of stuff let
me ask you a question how many of you
ever gotten away with anything if you
think you have think twice we can be
forgiven and God doesn’t judge us when
we are but you know what there are
people there many people who go through
hardship and difficulties you know what
they’ll tell you I’m not going to church
I they’ll say well I I gave my life to
Christ years ago and let me tell you
what happened in my life and I don’t
understand that and you know what
they’re angry with God this being angry
with God caused him to say you get angry
with me you’ve had it no this is why
listen his love is unconditional what
does that mean his love for me and for
you is not conditioned upon who I’m
angry or not it is in conditioned upon
whether having trust in him as my
personal Savior I get upset and don’t
believe what I used to believe anymore
because I think I just emotionally can’t
handle this hardship in this difficult
and so I can’t handle this kind of
emotional pain so God if you were there
surely you would have done something you
must not be there
thank God can’t handle that yes he can
you know what can’t be shaken your
personal relationship with Jesus Christ
ABB’s
cannot be shaken he says what shall
separate us from the love of God he
names everything imaginable death life
principalís power things to come things
past I mean you name it what can shake
us loose not anything now Paul had to
deal with this look in second
Thessalonians chapter 2 for a moment he
had to deal this very problem because
the second Thessalonians chapter ii
chapter what had happened was some
people teaching error had gotten to the
thessalonians and teaching them that
jesus had already come and therefore not
to believe what the apostle paul was
telling him and listen to what paul
warns them listen how he warns him 2nd
thessalonians chapter 2 now we request
you brethren with regard to the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ and our
gathering together to him that you may
not be quickly shaken from your
composure or be disturbed either by a
spirit or a message or a letter as if
from us to the effect that the day of
the Lord has come I mean they were going
through a real difficult time their
faith was being shaken they were being
taught that Jesus had already come and
they put their faith in the Apostle Paul
and he said Jesus Jesus had not come yet
and so they’re saying well you know
which of these shall we believe and so
Paul says listen I don’t want you to be
shaken from your steadfast faith from
your composure from the truth that you
know by believing this kind of erroneous
teaching that you’ve heard now go back
if you will to some a couple of Psalms
Psalm 16 first of all look in Psalm 16
you might want to just mark this one
down Psalm 16
listen what David says then I’m gonna
turn to one of the Psalms look at this
he says and surely he certainly had to
go through some difficult times in his
life as you read the Psalms verse 7 I
will bless the Lord who has counseled me
indeed my mind instructs me in the night
look at this I have set the Lord
continually before me because he is at
my right hand will not what I will not
be shaken now listen carefully watch
that he says watch this because he is
my right hand I’ll not be shaken what
does that mean it’s what it means
because I’ve made him the priority in my
life because I place my trust in him
because I see him as the source of
everything in my life because I see him
as my protector and my provider it
doesn’t make me a mess what I face in
life David says I will not be shaken
Psalm 62 go to Psalm 62 here again said
a little different way but almost the
same I want you to just jot both of
these down because I think they’re that
important Psalm 62 look if you will my
soul waits in silence for God only from
him is my salvation he only is my rock
and my salvation my stronghold I shall
not be greatly shaken you know what when
you not have the Lord Jesus Christ as
our personal Savior and we understand
who he is
listen careful now because I’m going to
say something that you may question
number one but I want you to think about
it
if you place your faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ as your personal Savior
listen carefully and you’re walking in
his spirit there’s a menu sinless but
you that your heart’s desire is to be
absolutely obedient to God and you want
to walk in his way in his will for your
life
this unconditional loving father will be
to you every single thing that you need
in every instance in every circumstance
of life no matter how to Malta no matter
how trying no matter how difficult no
matter how painful no matter how
sorrowing no matter how upsetting no
matter how disturbing he will be to you
every single thing you need every single
time with no exception so that your
faith will not be shaken
if you
we’ll commit yourself to walk in
obedience to him my friend
he’ll be there you see what he wants us
to see is that he’s there remember what
you have you have God this unconditional
loving father
nobody can shake him you’ve got the
revelation of God what is it about these
verses that comfort us that give us
assurance that build us up that
strengthen us how many times if you and
I had to get on the get is the Word of
God on our knees and cry out to God Lord
here’s what I’m facing and here’s what
you said I have to do one of two things
God either have to believe what I hear
and believe what a sea or God I must
believe what you said and you know what
happens when you’re able to turn a deaf
ear to what you hear and you close your
eyes to what you see and you set your
focus on the Living God here’s what he
says he’s my rock
he’s my fortress he’s my refuge
he’s my horn he’s my salvation he’s my
everything I shall not be greatly shaken
those people I was speaking of a few
moments ago who going through great
difficulty they’re people who’ve been
through things much worse than I
described steadfast immovable enduring
persevering believing moving on in life
no matter what happened to you know why
because they’d said Almighty God at
their right hand and they were not going
to budge you know what that really means
in essence I’ve set and fixed my focus
on the Living God that no matter what
happens I’m not gonna look at I’m not
gonna focus upon my focus is God you
know what you set your focus upon God
and friend you’ll be amazed what you can
walk through triumphantly victoriously
joyously no matter what but listen
carefully but if you fall into the trap
of listening to the voices of many if
you fall into the trap of looking
engaging things by what you see if you
check the wind of public opinion you
we’ll be shaken in times of great
difficulty times of great heartache our
focus is to be fixed we have a God who
is unshakeable a revelation that is
unshakable a relationship that is
unshakable and one last wonderful thing
we have an eternal home that is
absolutely unshakable listen to what
Jesus said he said let not your heart be
troubled
don’t let these things shake you up you
believe in God believe also in me in my
father’s house are many mansions if it
were not Saul what I’ve told you I’m
going to prepare a place for you and if
I go and prepare a place for you
you can bet this is true I’m coming
again to receive you to myself that
where I am there you may be also let me
ask you this what is it that can tamper
with heaven
not a thing what is it that can tamper
with touch the home that God has
prepared for you and me not one thing
one thing for certain I know that you
and I all of us who believe is we have a
God who cannot be shaken a Bible that
cannot be shaken a personal relationship
that cannot be shaken and a heavenly
home waiting for us that absolutely can
not be shaken under any condition so
let’s think about this every single
thing that you and I possess not only
material things but position prominence
prestige all the popularity power all
that stuff that the world thinks is
important all go up in a smoke just like
that what is it you and I have did you
see this is why we have no right and no
real no real right to look down on
anybody because listen the poor is
listen somebody could come in here in
rags I mean genuine rags just just
making it from day to day just enough to
eat and get by that’s all they have
there’s no car no automobile they’re
homeless let’s call them homeless let’s
take a homeless person and sometime we
think or sometime we think I’m gonna
slip over I don’t want to sit right
there
and we think about how will we do did
you know that his reality that’s all
buff just puff you know what reality is
at that homeless person walks in here
and they’ve been saved with the grace of
God when it comes to reality they are
just as rich it’s every single one of us
you know what they’ve got they’ve got
God as their father the Word of God they
have a personal relationship with him
and a home in heaven and what have you
and I got they don’t have that has in it
listen that has lasting eternal value
not a thing not a thing you know what
that says every single one of us on the
same level none of us have anything that
hasn’t last and valued the other thing
doesn’t have because all this stuff we
have is going to go up in smoke it’s
what he said it’s all going up in smoke
what we have can’t be burned can’t die
can’t be stolen what you not have is
fraternal now what kind of response does
Eddie vote from you mean listen to what
he says he tells us exactly how we all
feel the bad look at this last thing
here leave this last verse he says
therefore all this being true
verse 28 since we receive a kingdom and
that’s what happened when you now trust
Jesus Christ our Savior we become a part
of his kingdom and we are in it we are
part of it therefore since we receive a
kingdom which cannot be shaken let us
show gratitude by which we may offer to
God an acceptable service with reverence
and awe for our God is a consuming fire
now watch this he says you know what the
proper response for all of us is not
looking down somebody else or thinking
we have better than somebody else here’s
the proper response
he says the proper response is what the
proper response and gratitude thank God
I have an unconditional father who loves
men who’s forgiving thank God I have His
divine revelation that I can look to and
examine and discover what God is all
about and be comforted by and
strengthened by thank God I have a
relationship that can’t be tampered with
god I’ve got a home in heaven’s got my
name on it he says gratitude second that
he says service because of what he’s
done president because of who we are in
him and because all of us have Christ
living on the inside of us than listen
the good the right response is God what
can I do
Lord here’s what you’ve done for me you
you’ve done the absolutely impossible
for me
nobody can do for me God what you’ve
done look what you’ve done look at all
the blessings you’re my god this is your
word I have a relationship with you and
you you have prepared a home for me in
heaven that’s use you talk about gold
streets and all the rest of that this
this place it’s indescribable in
Revelation chapter 21 and 22
indescribable God what do you want me to
do here’s my life Lord how do you want
me to serve you I can’t imagine anybody
who possesses all of that and knows that
that is yours ever say don’t call omigod
you mean to tell me that you wouldn’t ID
your income when God has prepared
eternal life for you and giving you a
home in heaven addition listen you don’t
even have to pay the mortgage think
about that God has a place for you in
heaven you know what you and I will
never be able to fathom on this earth
with earthly language what it’s going to
look like what it’s going to be like you
know what it’s free that means every
homeless person who is a child of God
he’s gonna have a place in glory place
to live let me ask you something how in
the world how in the world could you and
I possess all of that and ever tell God
you don’t call him me don’t ask for time
no no sorry God don’t have time you know
what that is that’s fluff
that’s deception that’s the devil’s lie
that’s the camouflage jump that Satan
throws upon the church that anybody who
has God the eternal God as their father
who has the Word of God that in their
heart in their mind it’s theirs and has
this intimate relationship a
relationship with him that can never be
tampered with
and a home in heaven and then me tell
him no no way so let me ask you a
question
let’s say for example that you’re not a
Christian you never trusted Jesus as you
save you don’t believe any of this stuff
well let me ask you this what is your
security what does it made it up you may
have everything the world has to offer
but let me ask you one question when you
in the last five minutes of your life
are dying how much good with your
automobiles and your houses your bank
account stocks and bonds even your
friends how much is anything in all this
life gonna matter when you’ve got five
minutes and you have everything but God
my friend don’t wait till it’s too late
and you realize that life is over and
what you sunk your whole life into is
meaningless purposeless transient
passing and you are about to leave it
all behind you so what can I do about
that it’s real simple listen you can ask
God to forgive you of your sins and you
can tell him that you’re trusting his
son Jesus as your personal Savior that
you do believe that when he died at
Calvary he paid your sin debt in full
and that you’re accepting his death at
Calvary as payment for your sins and
you’re accepting him as your personal
Savior you know what happens he becomes
your father
this becomes your instruction book you
have a new relationship and you’ve got
your name on a spot in heaven and you
know what you’ll never lose it no matter
what