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Lz granderson: the religious world looks with stupor at what's happening in our world. Lz: the question that we should pose is, now what? what are we supposed to do? he says The Lord asks us to make of this a moment to strengthen our faith. Granderson: in the last days, the church is a church "almost unaware" of her own condition.
Lz granderson: the religious world looks with stupor at what's happening in our world. Lz: the question that we should pose is, now what? what are we supposed to do? he says The Lord asks us to make of this a moment to strengthen our faith. Granderson: in the last days, the church is a church "almost unaware" of her own condition.
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Lz granderson: the religious world looks with stupor at what's happening in our world. Lz: the question that we should pose is, now what? what are we supposed to do? he says The Lord asks us to make of this a moment to strengthen our faith. Granderson: in the last days, the church is a church "almost unaware" of her own condition.
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• Just recently I've received some messages of people
asking me what I think about all the recent events taking
place in our world. It seems that all this things getting the attention of the religious world. They watch with stupor everything that's happening. And I believe they do it with good reason. ◦ They look with incertitude and fear to our world today, desperately trying to search for the solution that the world cannot give. ◦ The question that we should pose right now is, now what? What are we supposed to do? (PRAYER) • This human condition was long before predicted by Jesus Himself: ◦ Luke 21:25,26 ▪ The text tells us that there would be a certain moment in time when humanity wouldn't stand the succession of events that would menace the humanity in general. A moment in history where all those events would take place at the same time. ▪ Beloved we are living in changing times. And changing times require a a time to change. The Lord asks us to make of this a moment to strengthen our faith and learn how to hold on the everlasting arm. Difficult moments can be used to lift up high the banner of Christ's Kingdom. ▪ This is something that needs to be done steadfastly. Why? Because of the event that comes right after. • Luke 21:27 • Here's the problem. We're not in Japan or Libya. We don't see children starving around us. We have good medical care. The Lord says that the church in the last days is a church “almost” unaware of her own condition. ◦ Rev. 3:17,18 ▪ That is the problem. This last people on earth have apparently everything, but still something's missing. • If we go to the book of Ezequiel, we'll have an even harder picture of how the Lord see's His people. ◦ Ezequiel 37:1,2 ▪ It's a terrible vision. Further on, Ezequiel understands that the vision refers also to the spiritual condition of God's people. ▪ Then God challenges Ezekiel with a strange question. ▪ Ezequiel 37:3 • A question that forces Ezequiel to look at what sometimes we don't want to see. We prefer to close our eyes to. The Laodicean church preferred to see how much they were able to build and to work for. • I can imagine Ezequiel, kind of shivering his shoulders, shaking his head and at the same time, saying “what am I supposed to say Lord? You're the only one who can answer that.” • Ezequiel 37:4 ◦ I've spoken to people that complain about the spiritual condition of the church. And whenever I hear this comments I remember this text. We are this dry bones. People that somehow with the course of life, they lost sight of the reason why we are a church. People that with the problems, difficulties of life, with the traumas of a life of sufferings, lost track of how sweet it is to trust in our Heavenly Father. ◦ The beauty of this, is that the Lord is sharing this vision to say “I understand” the reasons that brought you to this condition, but now it's time to put an end unto it, and it's time to change. It's time to wake up. It's time to hear the Word of the Lord. • Ezequiel 37:5 ◦ You shall live. Do you understand what the Lord is telling us? It doesn't matter what's happening in our world. Even in the midst of all this tragedy's I'm still the life giver. While we focus on our world's condition we might lose track of what's really important. ◦ This is what the devil fears the most in our days. When the people of God go through a process of revitalizing their spiritual lifes (REVIVAL), he fears because he knows that it's the Spirit of the Lord getting in action. When that happens you get excited for your church. You get enthusiastic about sharing the good news of Salvation. Because there's a new life force in you. You rejoice with every single opportunity to show others that the Lord loves you so much that he's coming back for you. • Ezequiel 37:6,7 ◦ A bone by it self can't do much. But the text tells us that each bone will take it's place and will connect one another. We, as such by understanding the times we are living, we're called to connect one another and get ready for this last pouring of the Holy Spirit. • Before the final visitation of God’s judgments upon the earth, there will be, among the people of the Lord, such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon His children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of this world has supplanted love for God and His Word. Many, both of ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time, to prepare a people for the Lord’s second coming. The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work.... {FLB 326.2} ◦ Ezequiel 37:10-12 ▪ My people – The same words He uses to call out those who are in Babylon in Revelation 18. ◦ I'm not saying that we can forget everything about what's going on around us. But our focus shouldn't be there, but the Lord. While getting distracted with it, we don't see our own condition and need of Him. Yes, the world is in chaos, there's tragedy's happening left and right. But how's my relationship with Him? What's the vision that my Heavenly Father has of me? What does He see in my life? ◦ That's why in this last days there's one clear simple request from the Lord: ▪ Luke 21:28 • Look up; it doesn't say just to look around and be petrified with what's happening.