DISCIPLES: MERCENARIES OR

MISSIONARIES?
LET’S PRAY...
 JOHN 10:11-15

10:11 I am the good shepherd: the

good shepherd giveth his life for the
sheep. 10:12 But he that is an hireling,
and not the shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and
leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the
wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the
sheep. 10:13 The hireling fleeth,
because he is an hireling, and careth not
for the sheep. 10:14 I am the good
shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am
 WWW.MILITARY.COM
FACTS : MILITARY
 SERVICE
 GIVE NOT RECEIVE
 WAY OF LIFE

 DROP OR LEAVE: DUTY

 TRUST
 CONSTITUTION--NOT A PERSON
 RIFLE
 WARRIORS WITH VALUES

 MILITARY’S VERDICT: “THOSE WHO BECOME MARINES

DO SO BECAUSE THEY WANT TO...”
THE MILITARY’S TOP THREE VALUES

 HONOR
 COURAGE
 COMMITMENT
 BEFORE YOU JOIN THE MILITARY...
 PHYSICAL & MENTAL BASIC TRAINING
 MATURE AND DISCIPLINE
 BODY
 TEAM
 SUCCESS

 DANGERS: BATTLEFIELD
 TOOLS TO SUCCEED
 COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE

 FIRST AID
 SURVIVAL SKILLS
 CUSTOMS/ TRADITIONS/ HISTORY
 DO’S AND DON’TS...

“ NEVER, EVER, MAKE EXCUSES.”

“DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE TOLD,

WHEN YOU’RE TOLD TO DO IT, AND
HOW YOU’RE TOLD TO DO IT.”
FULL COMBAT GEAR

UNIFORM INCLUDES:
 A RIFLE
HELMET
JACKET
PACK
 CRUCIBLE

 TRAINING UNDER STRESS

IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU’VE NEVER

HAD, YOU MUST DO WHAT YOU’VE
NEVER DONE.

 JESUS
DIED: A CROSS-KIND-OF-
DEATH
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER MILITARY BOOT
CAMP?

AN OLD ADAGE SAYS, “A LIMBER AT ITS

ADVERSITY, WILL TEST YOUR TRUE
QUALITY.”
DOES GOD HAVE HIS MARINES?

ACTS 11:26 And it came to pass,

that a whole year they assembled
themselves with the church, and
taught much people. And the
disciples were called Christians
first in Antioch.
 WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF HIS
MARINES?

{CT p. 255.1} COUNSELS TO PARENTS,

TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS (1913)
“On a certain occasion, when Betterton, the
celebrated actor, was dining with Dr. Sheldon,
archbishop of Canterbury, the archbishop said
to him, "Pray, Mr. Betterton, tell me why it is
that you actors affect your audiences so
powerfully by speaking of things imaginary."
"My lord," replied Betterton, "with due
submission to Your Grace, permit me to say
that the reason is plain: It all lies in the power
of enthusiasm. We on the stage speak of
things imaginary as if they were real, and you
 WHO IS A DISCIPLE?

WEBSTER’S DEFINITION

 A FOLLOWER OF ANY TEACHER WHO HELPS /

ACCEPTS THE TEACHING OF ANOTHER.
 FOLOWER OF CHRIST

 DID YOU KNOW THAT A DISCIPLE CAN BE

MERCENARY OR MISSIONARY?

 WEBSTER: SHEPHERD...TENDS SHEEP

 WEBSTER: HIRELING…A HIRED PERSON [ESP. ONE
WHOSE MOTIVE ARE MERCENARY.]
 BOOK: “HE CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVES
FREE”
WRITTEN: REBECCA BROWN, M.D.

CHAP. 17, p. 233

ELAINE: “DURING MY YEARS IN THE BROTHERHOOD, I

WAS CAREFULLY TRAINED, AND I, IN TURN, TRAINED
OTHERS HOW TO INFILTRATE AND DESTROY THE VARIOUS
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.”
 8 POINTS OF ATTACK: “DESTRUCTION OF
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES”
 POINT ONE: PROFESSION OF FAITH… SATANIST MUST
PRETEND

 POINT TWO: BUILD CREDIBILITY

 POINT THREE: DESTROY THE PRAYER BASE

 POINT FOUR: RUMORS

 POINT FIVE: TEACH & CHANGE DOCTRINE(S)
PRAYER
HEALTH AND WEALTH MESSAGE
LOVE DOCTRINE

 POINT SIX: BREAK UP CHURCH & HOME FAMILY UNIT

PROGRAMS: PRESCHOOL/SCHOOL/TEENAGE AGE
PROGRAMS: WOMEN/MEN SEPARATELY
 ELAINE CONTINUES....

YOUNG PEOPLE: LOSE RESPECT FOR THE PASTOR

 HUSBAND/WIVES

 POINT SEVEN: HALT ALL ACCURATE TEACHING OF

SATAN

 POINT EIGHT: LAUNCH DIRECT ATTACK BY

WITCHCRAFT AGAINST KEY MEMBERS OF THE
CHURCH
 CONTRAST: MERCENARIES &
MISSIONARIES

 MERCENARIES  MISSIONARIES

 HIRED  SERVE

 SATAN  JESUS

 COUNTERFIET  GENUINE

 HATE  LOVE
SIMILARITIES: MERCENARIES & MISSIONARIES

 BOTH: DISCIPLES

 BOTH: WAR

 BOTH: BASIC TRAINING

 BOTH: SIMILAR VALUES<>HONOR, COURAGE,

COMMITMENT, INTERGRITY, TEAMWORK, AND
ESPRIT OF DUTY

 BOTH SIDES: EXPERIENCE DEFECTION

 DISCIPLE DEFECTOR(S)

 JOHN 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto

you, that no man can come unto me, except it
were given unto him of my Father.
 JOHN 6: 66 From that [time] many of his
disciples went back, and walked no more with
him.

 JOHN 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I

chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
 JOHN 6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot [the son]
of Simon: for he it was that should betray him,
 CONSIDER DISCIPLES: SECULAR WORLD

 56DISCIPLES: DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE…[RIGHTS AND FREEDOM]

5 CAPTURED: TORTURED BEFORE THEY

DIED
 12 HOMES: RANSACKED AND BURNED

9FOUGHT AND DIED FROM WOUNDS OF

HARDSHIP
 WHAT DID THESE DISCIPLES DO FOR A LIVING?

 24 LAWYERS AND JURISTS

 11 WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN

 9 FARMERS

 HOW DID THESE DISCIPLES DIE?

 CARTER BRAXTON: WEALTHY PLANTER/TRADER DIED IN

RAGS

 THOMAS MCKEAM: SERVED CONGRESS WITHOUT PAY.

POVERTY WAS HIS REWARD.
 DISCIPLES: LIFE, FORTUNE, AND THEIR
SACRED HONOR

 THOMAS NELSON JR. DIED BANKRUPT.

 JOHN HART: LIVED IN CAVES AND FORESTS AND

DIED FROM EXHAUSTION AND A BROKEN HEART.

 NORRIS LIVINGSTON SUFFERED SIMILAR FATE.

 DISCIPLES<>SECURITY: LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE

 FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE! IT ALWAYS COMES

WITH A PRICE!
 CONSIDER DISCIPLES: SACRED WORLD

 LUKE 14: 26-28...If any [man] come to me,

and hate not his father, and mother, and
wife, and children, and brethren, and
sisters, yea, and his own life also, he
cannot be my disciple. And whosoever
doth not bear his cross, and come after
me, cannot be my disciple. For which of
you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not
down first, and counteth the cost, whether
he have [sufficient] to finish [it]?
 JOHN HUSS

 GC p. 105... “I trust that he will listen

to your ardent prayers, that he will
infuse his prudence and his wisdom
into my mouth, in order that I may
resist them; and that he will accord
me his Holy Spirit to fortify me in his
truth, so that I may face with
courage, temptations, prison, and, if
necessary, a cruel death.”
 A FAITHFUL SWISS DISCIPLE...

 GC p. 183.4..."Custom," he said, "has no

force in our Switzerland, unless it be
according to the constitution; now, in
matters of faith, the Bible is our
constitution.”

 FRENCH REFORMATION... “We will live and

die for the Catholic religion!”

 MARINECORPS: “THOSE WHO BECOME

MARINES DO SO BECAUSE THEY WANT
 GOD’S MILITARY: SUPERIOR

 LATEST GPS: MATTHEW 2:1, 2 Now when Jesus

was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of
Herod the king, behold, there came wise men
from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he
that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen
his star in the east, and are come to worship
him.

 LASER: HEBREWS 4:12 For the word of God [is]

quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts
 GOD’S MILTARY: AIRFORCE
GOD’S MISSIONARY PILOTS FLY SORTIES 24/7

 EPHESIANS 6:12... For we wrestle not against

flesh and blood, ...but against spiritual
wickedness in high [places].
 RADAR: REVELATION 7:2, 3... And I saw another
angel ascending from the east, having the seal
of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice
to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt
the earth and the sea,
 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the
sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the
servants of our God in their foreheads.
 GOD HAS HIS MARINES

 ROMANS 11:3,4... Lord, they have killed

thy prophets, and digged down thine
altars; and I am left alone, and they seek
my life.

 11:4 But what saith the answer of God

unto him? I have reserved to myself seven
thousand men, who have not bowed the
knee to [the image of] Baal.
 GOD HAS HIS NATIONAL GUARD

 PSALMS 34:7... The angel of the LORD

encampeth round about them that fear
him, and delivereth them.
 GOD HAS HIS COAST GUARD

 PSALMS 139:7…Whither shall I go from

thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from
thy presence?
 PSALMS 139:9...[If] I take the wings of the
morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea;
 GOD HAS HIS NAVY & SUBMARINE

 SONAR: JONAH 1:17... Now the LORD had

prepared a great fish to swallow up
Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.

 JONAH 2: 1...Then Jonah prayed unto the

LORD his God out of the fish's belly...
ARE YOU READY TO STAND AND FIGHT, OR
RUN AND TAKE FLIGHT?

1 TIMOTHY 6:12... Fight the good fight of

faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto
thou art also called, and hast professed a
good profession before many witnesses.

 FIGHT: RULERS OF DARKNESS

 FIGHT: SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS

 GOD WANTS COMRADES NOT COWARDS

 GOD’S WAYS ARE RIGHTEOUS

 PSALMS119:105... Thy word [is] a lamp

unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

 PSALMS 23:3,4... He restoreth my soul: he

leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no
evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOUR MARCHING ORDERS
FROM YOUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF?
 REVELATION 22:14... Blessed [are] they
that do his commandments, that they may
have right to the tree of life, and may
enter in through the gates into the city.

 JOHN 14:2, 3... In my Father's house are

many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I
would have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you.
 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come again, and receive you
unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye
may be also.
 GOD’S MARINES ARE NOT WITHOUT DANGER

2 CORITHIANS 4:8-12
4: 8 [We are] troubled on every side, yet
not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in
despair;
 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down,
but not destroyed;
 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the
dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of
Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
 4:11 For we which live are alway delivered
unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of
Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal
flesh.
 4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in
WHAT DOES GOD WANT/EXPECT FROM HIS DISCIPLES?

 JOHN 5:39... Search the scriptures; for in

them ye think ye have eternal life: and
they are they which testify of me.

 MATTHEW 6:33 & 1 THESS 4:16

HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE LAWS: MOST HOLY
PLACE

 LAW:
BODY
 SANCTUARY: MOST HOLY PLACE

 BOOK: THE BROKEN BLUEPRINT p. 343

 ARTHURGROSVENOR DANIELLS SON:

UNION ARMY PHYSICIAN AND PRESIDENT OF
THE NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE

 …IN
AGONY OF VOICE ARTHUR SAID,
“OBEY THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. I
DIDN’T AND PAID THE PRICE!”
 CONSEQUENCES OF DANIELLS’ ACTIONS:
pp. 344, 345

 WEEKS LATER: DANIELLS DIAGNOSED...CANCER

6. G.A. ROBERTS: PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA

CONF.
7. ROY COTTRELL: FORMER MISSIONARY TO CHINA
8. GEORGE B. STARR: FRIEND OF ELLEN G. WHITE

THEY SAID, “HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR HIS HEALING

WHEN, FOR YEARS, HE HAS PERSISTENTLY
GONE AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY
INSTRUCTION IN HIS DIET AND SO MANY OTHER
WAYS AND HAS NEVER CHANGED?”
 A DISCIPLE’S PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

EGW : MS 85, 1901, “BAPTISM NOT GRADUATION”

 “EVERY OPPORTUNITY, EVERY ADVANTAGE,

EVERY PRIVILEGE, HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US TO
GAIN A RICH CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE; ...WE ARE
NOT TO THINK THAT AS SOON AS WE ARE
BAPTIZED WE ARE READY TO GRADUATE FROM
THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST.”

 ... “THE THREE DIGNITARIES AND POWERS OF

HEAVEN PLEDGE THEMSELVES THAT EVERY
FACILITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO US IF WE CARRY
OUT OUR BAPTISMAL VOWS TO COME OUT
FROM AMONG THEM AND BE SEPARATE...
WHEN YOU ARE TRUE TO YOUR VOWS, HE WILL
RECEIVE YOU.”
 TRANSITION: PHYSICAL TO SPIRITUAL LIFE

 ROMANS 12:2 And be not conformed to

this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what [is] that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God.
 FOR YOUR COMMANDER’S SAKE...

1 CORINTHIANS 9:23, 27

 23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that

I might be partaker thereof with [you].
 27 But I keep under my body, and bring
[it] into subjection: lest that by any means,
when I have preached to others, I myself
should be a castaway.
 1 PETER 2:9

 2:9…But ye [are] a chosen generation, a

royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar
people; that ye should show forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light...
 GOD’S MARINE CORPS: VALUES & CHARACTER

 HONOR: MALACHI 1:6... Ason honoureth

[his] father, and a servant his
master: if then I [be] a father,
where [is] mine honour? and if I
[be] a master, where [is] my fear?
 COURAGE: PSALMS 31:24... Be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen
your heart, all ye that hope in the
LORD.
 COMMITMENT: PSALMS 37:5... Commit thy
way unto the LORD; trust also in
 GOD’S DISCIPLES: DISCIPLINE…TEAMWORK

 DISCIPLINE: ALEXANDER THE GREAT [GENERAL]

LOTS OF PLACES<>HIMSELF
LUST FOR PROMISCUITY

 TEAMWORK: 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12... For as

the body is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of that
one body, being many, are one body: so
also [is] Christ.
12:13 For by one Spirit are we all
baptized into one body, whether [we be]
Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond
or free; and have been all made to drink
WHY DO GEESE FLY IN A
V-FORMATION?

 BETTER VIEW AHEAD

 SAVE ENERGY

 AERODYNAMIC ROLE
 GOD’S DISCIPLES: DUTY

 ECCLESIASTES 12:13... Let us hear

the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this [is] the whole
[duty] of man.
 GOD’S DISCIPLES: FULL COMBAT GEAR

 EPHESIANS 6:13...Wherefore take

unto you the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withstand in
the evil day, and having done all, to
stand.

MARINES: BULLET PROOF

 AFTER BASIC TRAINING, WHAT’S NEXT?

 MATTHEW 28:18, 20... And Jesus came and

spake unto them, saying, All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go
ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
 28:20 Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto
the end of the world. Amen.
 MATTHEW 28:18-20
 COMMAND: “GOD” “GO & DO”
 POWER: HOLY SPIRIT
 PROMISE: AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS
 MESSAGE: TEACH/ PREACH/ BAPTIZE
 MAP: WORLD
 MATERIALS: JOHN 17:17 [B.I.B.L.E]
 PURPOSE: JOHN 3:16
 PROBATION: MATTHEW 25:13... Watch
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor
the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
 GOD’S DISCIPLES: DISAPPOINTMENTS

 LUKE24:21... But we trusted that it

had been he which should have
redeemed Israel:

 ADVENTIST: MILLERITE MOVEMENT

 CHURCH: JESUS CHRIST PASTORED

GOD’S DISCIPLES: BIBLICAL & HISTORICAL ROOTS

 LUKE 24:27... And beginning at Moses and

all the prophets, he expounded unto them
in all the scriptures the things concerning
himself.

2 TIMOTHY 3:16,17... All scripture [is]

given by inspiration of God, and [is]
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness:

 3:17 That the man of God may be

perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good
works.
 GOD’S DISCIPLES: METHODS

 Christ's Method Brings True Success.—

Christ's method alone will give true

success in reaching the people. The
Saviour mingled with men as one who
desired their good. He showed His
sympathy for them, ministered to their
needs, and won their confidence. Then He
bade them, "Follow Me."--Ministry of
Healing, p. 143.
 DISCIPLES: PRESENT TRUTH NOT PLEASANT
TRUTH

DA p. 152.... “He revealed the mysteries of

the kingdom of God.”

EW p. 63.... “There are many precious

truths contained in the Word of God, but it
is "present truth" that the flock needs
now.”
 WHAT IS PRESENT TRUTH?
 HEALTH MESSAGE
 STATE OF THE DEAD
 RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH
 SABBATH [HOLY]
 ATONEMENT

 9T. p. 19... “In a special sense Seventh-day

Adventists have been set in the world as
watchmen and light bearers. ...They have been
given a work of the most solemn import--the
proclamation of the first, second, and third
angels' messages. There is no other work of
so great importance. They are to allow nothing
else to absorb their attention.
 ....The proclamation of these truths is to be our
work. The world is to be warned, and God's
STUDY REVELATION 14:6-12

PRESENT TRUTH
 PRESENT TRUTH TOPICS

• Who or what is god going to judge?

• Where is he going to store that data?
• Where are the dead between the moment of
death and the moment when they receive their
reward?
• How do we know judgment begins after 1798?
• Who was the first person to be judged in 1844?
• Is judgment performed In order of generation/
time/ geography/ birth/ etc?
• How do we appear in the hour of god’s
judgment?
WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW IN REGARDS TO THE
SLOTHFULNESS OF GOD’S DISCIPLES...?

 Testimonies, vol. 2, p. 442.... “Many have

a form of godliness, their names are upon
the church records, but they have a
spotted record in heaven. The recording
angel has faithfully written their deeds.
Every selfish act, every wrong word, every
unfulfilled duty, and every secret sin, with
every artful dissembling, is faithfully
chronicled in the book of records kept by
the recording angel.”
 EGW: “PURE PROVENDER WITHOUT NO CHAFT”

 VSS...[VOICEIN SPEECH AND SONG] p.

272.2 “The preaching of the Word should
appeal to the intellect, and should impart
knowledge, but it should do more than
this. The words of the minister should
reach the hearts of the hearers.
Neither is it the object of preaching to
amuse. Ministers should not bring
amusing stories into their preaching. The
minister who mixes storytelling with his
A COMMANDER COMMISSIONS HIS DISCIPLES...

CALL
 COMRADES
 COUNTRIES
 CLARITY

DISCIPLES: INFORMATION TO INTIMACY

AND UNTO INVOLVEMENT

DISCIPLES: HEAD KNOWLEDGE; BUT NO

HEART EXPERIENCE, AND HANDS ON.
 ADOLPH HITLER

HEAD KNOWLEDGE: HEART

EXPERIENCE, AND NO HANDS ON.

INFORMATION WITHOUT INTIMACY

MAKES YOU AN INTELLECTUAL FOOL.
GOD’S DISCIPLES: RIGHTEOUS NOT REBELLIOUS

1 SAMUEL 15:23... For rebellion [is as] the

sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as]
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast
rejected the word of the LORD, he hath
also rejected thee from [being] king.

 JOHN 8:44... Ye are of [your] father the

devil...
 I SECOND THE MOTION...

 DA p. 308.4... “All who obey as He did are

likewise declaring that the law is "holy,
and just, and good." Rom. 7:12. On the
other hand, all who break God's
commandments are sustaining Satan's
claim that the law is unjust, and cannot be
obeyed. Thus they second the deceptions
of the great adversary, and cast
dishonor upon God.”
 GOD’S DISCIPLES: DEPOSITS NOT WITHDRAWALS

 HEBREWS 11:7... By faith Noah, being warned

of God of things not seen as yet, moved with
fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his
house...”

 NOAH: RAINY DAY

 RICH FOOL: LUKE 12:13-22 [LOST EVERYTHING]
 ... “But those who are acquiring means, and
adding to their possessions, are far behind.
They do comparatively nothing to what they
might. They are withholding, and robbing
God. They are fearful they shall come to
want. They dare not trust God. This is one
of the reasons, that as a people, we are so
 TWO-TIER CHRISTAINS

2 CHRONICLES 25:2...KING AMAZIAH... And

he did [that which was] right in the sight of
the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

 EZEKIEL 8:16... And he brought me into

the inner court of the LORD'S house, and,
behold, at the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and the altar,
[were] about five and twenty men, with
their backs toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward the east; and
they worshipped the sun toward the
 DISCIPLES: EMBEZZLE GOD’S GLORY

 ACTS 12:22, 23... And the people gave a

shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god,
and not of a man. 12:23 And
immediately the angel of the Lord smote
him, because he gave not God the
glory:

1 CORINTHIANS 3:6...I have planted,

Apollos watered; but God gave the
increase.

 DANIEL 2:21... And he changeth the times

and the seasons: he removeth kings, and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto
 GOD’S COMMAND IS FIRM

 BALAAM’S DONKEY...

NEBUCHADNEZZAR:
 GOURMET TO GRASS
 PALACE TO PRAIRIE
 NAILS TO CLAWS
 INTELLIGENCE TO INSTINCT
 ROOF TO RAIN
 CIVILITY TO SAVAGERY

 SRI LANKA: 3 DAYS BEFORE THE TSUNAMI...

 GOD’S DISCIPLES: MISSIONARIES NOT
MERCENARIES

 MATTHEW 25:32, 33... And before him shall be

gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth
[his] sheep from the goats: 25:33 And he shall
set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats
on the left.
 GOATS: “BUTT”

1 TIMOTHY 4:1, 2... Now the Spirit speaketh

expressly, that in the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils; 4:2 Speaking
 HYPOCRITES NEVER INTEND TO BE WHAT THEY
PRETEND TO BE

 PHILIPPIANS 1:18... What then?

notwithstanding, every way, whether
in pretence, or in truth, Christ is
preached; and I therein do rejoice,
yea, and will rejoice.
 ARE YOU WILLING TO SPEAK OUT?

GERMAN PASTOR: MARTIN NIEMOLLER

 FIRST THEY...COMMUNISTS
 SOCIALISTS
 TRADE UNIONISTS
 JEWS
 THEN THEY CAME FOR ME, AND THERE WAS NO
ONE LEFT TO SPEAK OUT FOR ME
 MATTHEW 10:32, 33... Whosoever therefore
shall confess me before men, him will I
confess also before my Father which is in
heaven.
 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me
before men, him will I also deny before my
 JESUS: SAVIOR OR CHARLATAN

 WORSHIP
 ADORE
 PRAISE
 OBEY
 TRUST
 DON’T GO TO CHURCH
 PRAY
 EAT/ DRINK/ AND SAY...
 BELIEVE

 JESUS: LORD OF ALL<>NONE AT ALL!

THE GREATEST AND FIERCIEST BATTLE
YET TO BE FOUGHT
REVELATION 13:6-16... [TWO: BEASTS] SEA AND LAND
DISCIPLES: FALLEN

 DECREE: JESUS CRUCIFIED

 DECREE: PAUL BEHEADED
 DECREE: PETER MARTYRED
 DECREE: ANDREW MARTYRED
 DECREE: JAMES MARTYRED BY HEROD
 DECREE: JOHN :BOILING POT OF OIL AND EXILED
 DECREE: BARTHOLMEW MARTYRED
 DECREE: THADDAEUS MARTYRED
 DECREE: STEPHEN STONED TO DEATH
 FALLEN DISCIPLES HAVE COME AND GONE...

 JESUS BELIEVE: GOD AND COUNTRY

 WHAT WORDS OF ADVICE WOULD THESE FALLEN

DISCIPLES HAVE FOR GOD’S 21ST CENTURY END-
TIME CHURCH?

 JESUS: ALMIGHTY DOLLAR OVER ALMIGHTY GOD

 PAUL: RESUME OVER A RELATIONSHIP

 PETER: IMMORTAL AND IMMORAL

 JOHN: MEEKER NOT MEANER...BETTER NOT

BITTER
QUESTIONS FOR GOD’S 21ST CENTURY CHURCH...

 BARTHOLOMEW: CHRIST...FRUITS / ROOTS

 STEPHEN: IF GOD.....ENEMIES...?

 JUDAS’ DEATH SPEAKS: SALVATION OR SUICIDE

 JUDAS...TWO WORLDS: MERCENARY &
MISSIONARY
 PROBLEM: EXPOSURE BUT EXPERIENCE

 JUDAS: PROFESS NOT POSSESS

SPIRITUAL NOT SPIRIT-FILLED
RIGHT NOT RECONCILE
 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

2 TIMOTHY 4:7,8... I have fought a good

fight, I have finished [my] course, I have
kept the faith:
 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a
crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, shall give me at that
day: and not to me only, but unto all them
also that love his appearing.
 SUCCESS: STRUGGLE
 BASKET BALL: FULL COURT PRESS
 GYMNASIUM: BENCH PRESS
 HOME: IRON PRESS

QUESTION: SUCCESS
 GOLD...
 SUCKLING BABES...
 GRAPES JUICE...
 WRINKLES...
 WISDOM...
 WHEAT....
 MAN...
 WHAT’S THE MESSAGE...?

JESUS WANTS HIS DISCIPLES TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE

SUCCESS, WHILE HE HEATS, MELTS, AND STRAIGHTENS OUT
THEIR DEFECTS.

JACOB’S HIP
 DISCIPLES: GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS

MATTHEW 1: [GENEALOGY OF JESUS]

 ABRAHAM
 JACOB
 RAHAB

 RUTH
 DAVID
 SOLOMON

 MANASSEH
 JESUS
 JUDAS OR JESUS?

 JUDAS: MERCENARY AND MISSIONARY

Judas became a representative of the enemy
of Christ. {DA 295.3}

 JESUS: DISCIPLE OF ALMIGHTY GOD

 JESUS: MISSIONARY

 QUESTION: WHOSE DISCIPLES ARE YOU?