"A Bittersweet Message from God." Revelation Chapter 10

Would you please open your Bibles to the Book of Revelation

Revelation 10 · chapter mention

chapter 10 please? The title of this morning's

message is A Bittersweet Message from God.

A bittersweet message from God in our journey through the Book

of Revelation, we come to, we've had the 7th seals, we're in the

trumpets now we come to a particular passage where there's

three messages we're going to look at this morning. 3

messages, a message from God to John the Apostle.

John is on the island of Patmos. He's in his late 90s, nineties.

He's caught up on the Lord's Day, has his vision, and he

begins writing down all the things that he sees.

And this is what we're reading today, the vision that God

revealed to him. And then we'll see that God has

a bittersweet message for the world during the Tribulation

period. And that is a world that is

against God, rejecting God, a world that is going through the

judgement of God. Cataclysmic events are falling

upon the planet. Half of the population is now

gone, leaving around 4 billion people only and less.

And then there is a message to you and I third part, final

message, a bittersweet message to you and I this morning,

August 2025 here in Secret Harbour.

Throughout the Book of Revelation, angels are spoken of

more than 70 times. Angels are God's messengers.

And this morning we're introduced to another mighty

Angel. It says coming down from heaven.

Let's look at verse one. I saw still another mighty

Angel. So notice the the description of

this Angel. This is no ordinary Angel coming

down from heaven clothed with a cloud.

A rainbow was on his head, his face.

John is describing him. His face is like the sun.

It's so bright. Brightness because he's been

before the throne of God, like Moses.

When Moses went up and met God, Moses came down and put a veil

over his face, not because it was too bright, but because the

the brightness was fading away. His face was glowing.

The Angel, the here, this mighty Angel, his face is glowing

because he's been in the presence of God and his feet

like pillars of fire. And he had a little book open in

his hand. This is how big he is.

And he set his right foot on the sea.

This is a very large Angel and he's left foot on the land, so

he's huge. And he cried with a loud voice.

How loud, Just like a lion roars.

It's loud like a Ryan, a lion. And when he cried out, seven

thunders uttered their voices. Now when the seven thunders

uttered their voices, I was about to write down.

John is about to write down what he's hearing and what he's

seeing. But then I heard a voice from

heaven, from the throne of God, saying to me, seal up the things

which the seven thunders uttered, the things that the

Angel and the seven thunders uttered.

Don't write them down. Don't write them down.

This mighty Angel has a little book in his hands.

I believe it's still a scroll, but the scroll is smaller now

because the we've had the seven seals.

We're nearly through the seven trumpets.

The seven balls are starting to come.

So it's getting smaller. He has a loud voices when a lion

roars. Now Helen and I had an

experience which was frightening.

We went to Singapore quite a number of years ago.

And at night we went through the Singapore Zoo and you hop on a

little train sort of thing and go around the zoo.

And we stopped where the lion was king of the jungle.

And there's no fence. It's just like a a bit of a gap.

And the lions kind of like where that doorway is.

And it was at night. And the lion roared.

And I thought it was terrifying. It was the loudest terrifying

thing I ever heard. And I thought, he can jump.

That's not very far. And I felt like a sardine in a

can. So I pushed Helen over there and

said, Helen, you need to pray now.

Seriously. It was the loudest.

It it was terrifying. So this is what John's hearing

the mind of this this this Angel crying out, is this the Lord

Jesus? Some Bible commentators say it

is. I disagree.

I believe the Bible tells us it's not.

Jesus Christ is not anywhere described as an Angel in the

Book of Revelation. He is Lord of the angels, using

them to execute his judgement and purposes on the earth.

Also, this Angel, you'll note it describes in the context and

that's what we need to see. What does the text tell us?

What is the truth of the text? It says he's described as

another mighty Angel. It's pretty clear then, which

means he is another of the same kind of the Angel, the seven

trumpets, 7 angels that were given the seven trumpets.

So he's he's another Angel. We're told that this mighty

Angel has 1 foot on the sea and these other on the land,

picturing the sovereignty of God's authority over all that is

on the land. He has gone as control of the

oceans, which covers 3/4 of the earth and over the and all over

the land pieces, the seal judgements have taken place

beginning with the four horsemen.

And here we have come to another interlude, a a pause during the

judgments. And this scroll contains the

remaining judgments still yet to fall upon the earth because

remember, John is now describing, he's caught up into

heaven. Chapter 4 describes the throne

of God, Chapter 5 where they're with them praising the Lord.

And now so he's looking down upon the earth.

The judgments that are coming down upon the earth.

He's not looking up and describing the judgments.

So these are the judgments yet to fall upon the earth.

And a voice from heaven, from the throne of God is heard by

both John and the mighty Angel as John is about to write down

what he heard the seven thunders say and what he's seeing before

him. So that's the first point of

taking notes. It's a message for John.

He says, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven

saying to me, Seal up the things.

Don't write them which the seven thunders uttered.

Do not write them, John. Don't write down the things

which you just heard, which the seven thunders uttered.

Instead seal them up. These are the only words in the

Book of Revelation, we are told that are sealed.

What was spoken, what was said, we have no idea.

Don't guess I hate Bible studies and people gathering.

So what do you think the seven thunders were the 7th seals.

I think they were talking about the Wallabies finally winning

against the British Lions. You could be right.

Don't go when the Bible is silent.

Be silent. Don't get into a habit or to a

spin a thon. What do we think it says?

What It doesn't matter what you think it says.

It doesn't say anything. So we're not told they're sealed

up. Don't bother with that.

The message in verse 4 is for John only.

Then verse 5, the Angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on

the land, raised up his hand to heaven, swore by him who lives

forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are

in it. That's the Lord, the earth and

the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are

in it that there should be. Here's the message.

The lie no longer. The the lie no longer.

It's time. Now he's swearing by heaven, the

mighty Angel. This mighty Angel raises his

hand to heaven. It's believed the practise of

swearing on the Bible in a court of law to speak the truth comes

from this very passage of Scripture.

The Angel swears by the Creator, emphasising God's authority

behind what is about to take place.

God will not lie. God is not a man that he should

lie. The Bible says the end is

coming. We're part way through the

tribulation period. Then lie no longer.

You know, all of human history operates according to divine

plan. In Psalm 135, verse 6, the Bible

Psalms 135:6

says whatever the Lord pleases, He does in heaven and in earth,

in the seas, and in all deep places.

Now, up to this point, and we're in the Tribulation period, the

church has been raptured, judgements have fallen.

We've had the seven seals. The Antichrist is there, yet the

world is still not repenting of their sins.

It's still living in rebellion. But up to this time, God has

been very patient. He's been long suffering.

What does that mean? Suffering long with what's going

on in the earth to a lost world at this time in the Tribulation

period. You know that patience, which is

a fruit, part of the fruit of the Spirit is also part of the

character of God. It's who he is, what he, what's

he's made up of. In the book of Nehemiah, Chapter

Nehemiah 9:17

9, verse 17, Nehemiah writes, but you are God ready to pardon.

You know that God is always ready for you to repent.

I believe that last song that we sang this morning, that the

words of that song, the impact of that song was for some of you

here this morning, you've lived dangerously.

You've been doing things that you shouldn't be doing.

And God in that last song, and you know it by the Holy Spirit

was convicting you and saying, I know about you, I know what

you've done, but I love you. But you need to repent, not

tomorrow, right now where you are.

You need to repent right now of what the things that you've

said, the things that you've done, the things that you've

sought not to leave it after, not to put it behind and then go

away. Now, as we sang that song, I was

moved while the Holy Spirit to say what I'm saying now, that

repentance is what you need to do.

Now the Bible tells us that repentance is not just how we

get saved, but in one, John 19 and 10, it tells us that

repentance is also for you and I as believers, you know, we can

wander off, we can stumble, we can sin before God.

We can say the wrong thing. We can be a horrible husband, a

horrible wife, a terrible father, a terrible mother, a

disappointing son or a daughter. We can do those things, but the

beauty of God and his grace to a believer is that if you would

just repent right now and believe and ask Jesus Christ to

forgive you right now of what you've done and don't cover it

up. Don't snow job it don't go well.

I was a bit angry. I said things that I shouldn't

have said No, say it like it is God.

I I said wicked things. I did some wicked acts, say it

like it is because that's the reality of it.

But as you do that, the Bible says in one John 9 and 10, He is

faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us of all our

unrighteousness. Right this moment where you are,

you can come in with a load of sin and you can cast it away

right this moment if you'll do what the Holy Spirit ask you to

do. And so God is always ready to to

pardon. Nehemiah 917 but you are God

ready to pardon Now it says of God, this is his character,

gracious, merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and

did not forsake them. And he was speaking specifically

there to the nation of Israel. In Psalm 103, verse 8, the

Psalms 103:8

psalmist writes the Lord is and it's the description of God, His

character, the Lord is merciful. What is mercy?

Not getting judgement, getting what you don't deserve.

The Lord is merciful and gracious, gracious, slow to

anger, abounding in mercy, abounding in mercy.

But Psalm always says, Psalmist always says, right, that God's

mercy is what new every morning it's fresh, it's waiting for

you. Psalm 145 verse 8 says the Lord

Psalms 145:8

is gracious, gracious and full of compassion.

When Jesus saw the crowd coming towards him, thousands and

thousands and they hadn't eaten, it says his stomach ache.

He went, oh, look at these poor people, sheep without a

shepherd. We got to feed them, we got to

care for them. That's the God that you worship.

Slow to anger, great mercy. Now, many people have a twisted

mindset of what God is like. People who have an incorrect

mindset of what God is like. This only comes from an

ignorance of the Bible. When I hear people speak to me

about what they believe God is like or they say something, they

might even go to church a lot, but they're not reading the

Bible. The only church doesn't make you

a Christian. No, no more than going to

McDonald's. Make sure a big whopper having a

twisted mindset of what God is like comes from and ignorance of

the Bible. When I began to read the Bible,

and I mean seriously read it, Not just a bit here and a bit

there, spin the wheel bit there, bit there, but read through it

book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse, I found

out that God is always saying His grace, His mercy.

It starts in Genesis and goes all the way through the

revelation, grace and mercy. I find out that there's very

little that I have to do, that all I have to do is accept God's

graciousness and His love and that the Bible is 99.9

recurring, telling me what God has done for me.

And so people who have a twisted mindset of what God is like are

people who are ignorant of God's word, never read God's word,

because as you read the Bible, you can't have that mindset.

People think that he is just waiting to judge us all.

God's, you know, if I go to church, the walls are falling.

No, but he doesn't want us to enjoy life.

He just wants me to, you know, be boring and dull.

And that's what church is about. Now, if that's what church is

about for you, you're not, you're not born again.

You don't know the Spirit of God because Jesus has come to give

you life and that abundantly. But this could not be further

from the truth, especially if you look at the life of Jesus

Christ, how he lived. What is God like?

Philip says Jesus, can you just give us a snapshot, do a

drawing, pull out a, you know, have you got a camera shot or a

photo of what the Father's like? Philip, have I been so long with

you? If you've seen me, you've seen

the Father. So what is God like?

Read the Gospels. How did Jesus live, how he

loved? Who did He love?

He loved everyone else, everyone that everyone else rejected, and

how he died. How did he die as a suffering

servant, sacrificing, not thinking of himself, but

obedient unto the Father, even unto death?

The cross of Calvary speaks loudly of God's love for you and

his desire that you have life abundantly.

You see, if you think well, you know, but for getting into

church too much, for being reading the Bible too much, you

know, my life is just. I got, I got life.

Now you're missing the point. You don't know God, you don't

know the Bible, you don't know the truth.

The cross of Calvary speaks loudly of God's love for you,

and God's desire is that you have life abundantly.

You think you've got a good now? No, you don't.

If you don't know Christ, you don't have life like you think

you can have. We settle for what we think is

good. God has a life that will blow

your mind when you give your life to Him and allow Him to

guide you and to use you. He wants to give you eternal

life, that life forever if you'll receive it.

But there comes a time, and this is happening in the period of

the tribulation where we're at now, when a person's rebellion

against the Lord and their constant, constant refusal to

repent of their sins eventually brings judgement upon

themselves. They bring judgement upon

themselves. In Genesis chapter 6, verse 3,

Genesis 6:3

prior to the flood, it says, and the Lord said, My Spirit shall

not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh.

In other words, you can't just go on living in sin and God just

go, I'm not going to do anything.

It says. Then the Lord saw that the

wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent

of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

And the Lord was sorry in the old king Jimmy, it says,

repented, was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and God

was grieved in his heart. He's a loving father.

So the Lord said, I'll destroy man whom I've created from the

face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping things, birds of

the air, for I am sorry that I've made them.

In the book of Romans, chapter one, verse 22, it speaks of the

world today. That is, we see it in mass

protests, protesting for a terrorist group called Hamas.

Can't fathom that. Who's been to the Holocaust

Museum here, arms up next to a group that's going to Israel.

We're going there. How could this ever happen

again? How could such vile venomous

hatred be against the people of Israel?

How could the Holocaust it could happen once again.

How could this stirring be about because there's a spiritual war

going on in Romans chapter one verse 22, people professing to

be wise. It says they became fools and

change the glory of the incorruptible God into an image

made like corruptible man and they began to worship the birds,

4 footed animals, creeping things and Mother Nature.

It says in Romans one verse 24, because of the repressing of the

truth, I don't want God, I'll worship my God my way.

Because of that God says OK verse 24.

Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness.

You want to live that way is the worst thing that can happen that

God allows you to live that way that you you feel no conscience

anymore. Your conscience is seared.

You don't care about your immorality.

You don't care about what you put into your body.

Then it says in verse 26, for this reason again, God gave them

up to vile passions. People think, well look, on the

way that I'm living, if God was real, he would strike me down.

How foolish that is. When men and women persistently

abandoned God, Eventually there is a line God will abandoned

them. When God abandons men and women

to their own devices, His protection is withdrawn, His

restraining and protective hand upon their lives is withdrawn,

and then allows the consequences of their sin to take their

inevitable destructive course. What's the consequences of sin?

The wages of sin is death. Wherever sin is operating in

your life, whenever you're operating in that area, it's

going to die. It's going to rot.

Sin degrades man. It devices the image of God who

you made it. It strips.

Man, woman, of their dignity. It removes.

Any Peace of Mind? And you have no clear.

Conscience. It says God gave.

Over. That's the Greek word

parodynamo. It's an intense.

Verb. The word is used in.

The New Testament of giving one's body to be burned totally

it's the same word Paul used in one Corinthians 13 three it says

and though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I

give my body an intense. To be burned, but I have not

loved. It profits me nothing.

It's the same word used also in a judicial sense.

Of a man. Being committed to prison

judgement. Mark 1/14.

Now, after John was put in prison, given over, Jesus came

to Galilee. So that's the message to John.

Don't write these things down, John.

And now there's a message to the world, to the fallen world, a

Christ rejecting world. How bad is this world?

Let's go back. Just remind us of who this

message is to back in Chapter 9. Look with me to verse 20.

Read along. But the rest of mankind, and

that is after all the judgments that occurred, the demonic

beings had come out. The rest of mankind who were not

killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their

hands, that they should not worship demons and idols of God,

silver, brass, and stone and wood, which can neither see nor

hear nor walk. And they did not repent of their

murders or their sorceries member Pharmakia, their drug

abuse or their sexual immorality or their thefts, stealing.

They didn't repent. These are people on the earth at

this moment. They don't care what God does.

They're not quitting living an evil life.

So now this message, the Angel has this for these people.

The 7th trumpet is about to sound.

The final judgments are about to unfold.

No more delay. This at this point is.

God's message to a rebellious hearted world it says in verse

7. But in the days of the sounding

of the 7th Angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of

God would be finished, as He declared to His servants and the

prophets. Therefore, the mystery.

Of God would be finished, we'll go.

What is that? Now in the Old Testament.

The word mystery often referred to Old Testament plans and

purposes not previously understood but are explained in

the New Testament. For example, the church is not

in the Old Testament. It was a mystery.

The prophets didn't see you and I.

The church was a mystery revealed in the New Testament.

Another example was God's plan of salvation to include

Gentiles, people who weren't Jewish.

But it was not understood how Gentiles, non Jewish, not part

of God's chosen people, Israel, could be saved.

How is that possible? But now in the.

New Testament. We know now that Christ's death

and resurrection provided forgiveness.

The vile was torn open, the temple came destroyed later, and

the door was open for all to come to Christ, To come to the

Father through Christ, through the forgiveness of sins,

salvation to all hell because of your birthright.

I'm Jewish. No, had nothing to do with that.

Paul talked to that all throughout his letters,

particularly in Romans. Whether Jew or Gentile, that

doesn't count anymore. The Book of Acts chapter. 10 our

first port of call on our tour. We leave where we're staying.

We head straight to Caesarea. Caesarea was where the Roman

soldiers lived and the Roman heads, captains, etcetera, lived

in Caesarea. We head up from Joppa from where

we are, head up to Caesarea. And as we come to Caesarea, it's

the location of Acts chapter 10. In Acts chapter 10 verse 34, you

Acts 10 · chapter mention Acts 10:34

remember Peter down in Joppa, He's he's having a snooze on the

top of Simon the tennis house. We go to Simon the tennis house

in Joppa. How do we know it's Simon the

tennis house? Because it's the only house in

Joppa which is looks a lot like the Fremantle Fish Markets

Joppa. It's the only house that has its

own well and you need water to do tanning.

So Peter is on the top of Simon the Tanner's house having a

snooze and memory sees that blanket come down, take, eat,

and there's all the stuff on there.

And he says I'm not eating that, I can't eat that.

And eventually God tells me, no, no, what I call clean don't you

call unclean. Then someone knocks on the door.

Hey, come with us. Peter heads up.

The Joppa comes to Caesarea. And then Peter arrives and he

comes to a Roman Cornelius of the Italian band, Roman Soldier.

Peter's there. He's LED because God's told him

to go there. And it says in verse 34 and

Peter opened his mouth and said in truth, I perceive that God

shows no partiality. In other words, salvation has

gone beyond the Jews, but in every nation, whoever, whoever

fears God and works righteousness is accepted by

him. The Word which God sent to the

children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ.

He is Lord of all. While Peter was still speaking

these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who had

gathered to hear the word in Caesarea.

Those of the circumcision Jews who believed were astonished, as

many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had

been poured out on the Gentiles. And for they heard them.

Speak with tongues and magnify God.

And Peter answered, can anyone forbid water that these should

be baptised who have received the Holy Spirit just as us, and

he commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord.

So that's the mystery wasn't told in the Old Testament.

This mystery, the mystery here in the Book of Revelation refers

to the last days, the second coming of Jesus Christ and the

establishment of God's Kingdom on the earth, the thousand year

reign which will occur when Jesus returns his second coming.

Revelation chapter 19. Now the tribulation is often

Revelation 19 · chapter mention

called and referred to in the Old Testament as the day of the

Lord, the day of Jacob's trouble.

It's spoken of in the Old Testament, whereas the rapture

of the church it's not spoken in the Old Testament.

But as a mystery. Revealed in the New Testament,

as Paul tells us in one Corinthians 1551 behold, I tell

you a mystery, something new. We shall not all sleep and.

Sleep is only. Mentioned to believers.

It's never mentioned of non believers.

Sleep. We shall not all sleep talking

to Christians, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the

twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised

incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

So the message we've had to John and a message to the world.

The delay is. Over and now the message to us.

Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again,

and said, Go and take the little book, which is open in the hand

of the Angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.

So I went to the Angel, This is John speaking, and said to him,

Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take, eat it.

It will make your stomach. Bitter, but it will be sweet as

honey in your mouth, so. I took the little book.

Out of the angel's hand. And I ate it and it was sweet as

honey in my mouth, yes, but when I had eaten it in my stomach it

became bitter. And he said to me, You must

prophecy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and

kings. In Psalm 119, verse 103, David

Psalms 119:103

writes, How sweet are your words to my taste?

Sweeter than honey to my mouth. You must prophecy.

Again, it's the same word. The word must hear is the Greek

word and it's pronounced die, just like die D i.e., but it's,

it's spelled DEI, die. It's, it's a necessity, it's a

duty. You've got to do this.

You must prophecy. The voice from heaven, the voice

of God now instructs John, take the book.

The Angel tells John to eat it. John eats it.

Initially it tastes sweet, but then as it hits his stomach and

overwhelming bitterness strikes John.

As you and I are. Ingesting this morning the Book

of Revelation ourselves today in our hearts and in our minds.

It's having the very same effect the word of God.

It's sweet in our mouths. Keith how how do you mean that

as we read, we grow excited don't in the Book of Revelation,

you know what's going to happen. Christ soon coming.

Maranatha, we so want the Lord to return to come back, don't

we? We still want him to come back.

We want him to judge the evil. I mean, that judge of the

Supreme Court of Australia that allowed the protest to go ahead

today, She's going to be judged. She's going to stand before the

judge of judges and she'll be judged on that decision that

she's allowed the Sydney Harbour Bridge to be closed and people

to protest. Hamas a must.

Supporting people to March across the Sydney Bridge, Sydney

Harbour Bridge in protest. I can't fathom that.

We want God to judge the evil of this world.

We want God to get his hand on Satan and cast him down into the

lake of fire. We want all the wrongs to be

made right, don't we? But, and there's a big but.

As we. Consume as we ponder, as we

meditate, as we chew over and reflect upon the words of this

prophetic book and the growing reality of the time in which we

live. Never has Israel occupied the

focus of the world. Even Australia now, I mean

Starmer PM of England has said by September I'll recognise

Palestine. Palestine doesn't exist.

There's no such people as Palestinians.

They're refugees from. All different nations.

There's no Palestinian history, no Palestinian nation.

Yet this is the plan of Satan and God's allowing it at this

time. And as we we look at this and we

see these events happening, the growing reality of the time in

which we live, it's we're living in the last days.

Things begin to grow bitter in our stomachs too, don't they?

How? Because as we each personally

realise that Christ returned, the rapture is at any moment

there is no prophetic event that needs to occur.

The Bible tells us before the rapture is to occur, the rapture

is on hold. It's going to happen.

At any moment, at the hour that God says now.

The Great. Suffering unknown to our world

like never before. Jesus says you have no idea

what's going to hit. This world is about to fall upon

the unsaved. Family members.

We have don't know the Lord friends that we play sport with

or or know across neighbourhood. Don't know the Lord, Classmates,

work colleagues, sporting partners.

The sweet truths. Begin to turn bitter in our

stomachs because they don't know Christ.

The judgments that are laid out here are going to fall upon

those who. Do not know the Lord, but

there's another reason. Also, why This is God's message

for each of us gathered here this morning and those watching

online. Verse 11.

The Angel said to me, You must prophecy again about many

peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.

This is a reminder. To preachers and every believer,

every born again believer that believes in the promises on the

Word of God, we cannot compromise God's Word.

God's word must be. Proclaimed.

And here's the deal, No matter how it affects or.

Offends people. I.

Know people have come. Here and have been been offended

upon me, but by the words of God you watch soon as we continue

down that path. It happened to Israel Folau.

It'll happen to every preacher who preaches the word of God.

Should the Lord Tarry will be identified as those giving off

hate speech. You know what hate speech is?

Speaking the truth, that. People hate.

John, you must prophecy. Again, we cannot compromise.

We cannot be concerned about how it affects or offends people.

Yes, however, we should always speak God's truth in love.

Bible tells us that, of course. But there is too.

Much compromise in too many pulpits of our churches across

the Nation Today. John needed to.

Complete his Commission from the Lord to record all the events

destined for the last days. John did it.

We have this in our hands today, the Book of Revelation as an.

Exile. And Patmos John had no immediate

opportunity to preach to all nations, but he was to write the

prophecies and distribute them so as to warn all people of the.

Bitterness of the. Judgments to come, and of death

and hell. Have you ever mentioned hell?

To a relative I. Don't want him to go.

There, you know Jesus spoke more on hell than he did on heaven.

Sinners everywhere. May know because John recorded

these prophecies that whilst judgement is presently

restrained. 2nd Thessalonians. Until the church is raptured, a

future day is coming. When the 7th Angel.

Will sound his trumpet. No more delay as commanded by

the voice in heaven and sins. Dominion will be broken, the

freedom of Satan and his demons will come to an end, and godless

men will be judged and believers will be glorified so.

Where does that leave you? And I 2025 August.

You and I must. Remain faithful.

To the proclamation. Of the good news on the

surfboard, there is the Great Commission.

Each and every one of us have been commanded by our Lord Jesus

Christ to go into the world. That's the command to each and

every one of us. Every one of us.

And proclaim the gospel. To every creature.

But you know, proclaiming the good news is also proclaiming

the bad news of the gospel that if you reject Christ, do you

know what will happen to you? It's a 2 edged sword, the word

of God. We must.

Include the bitter truths. Too many people come to church

and they've never heard the word repentance or the need to

repent. It's fascinating as you read the

gospels as Jesus started his ministry.

You know what his message was? Repent and believe.

You know what he told his disciples to preach?

Repent and believe. You know, it hasn't changed.

You know, that's still the Great Commission.

But to go into the world and tell people to repent and

believe. It says, as written by John,

that these words are for all people.

Nations tongues. And kings all positions.

That means every person, saved and unsaved, the gospel of Jesus

Christ. Is very great.

And it is good news. That's what the word gospel

means. It's good news indeed to the

person who receives it, repents and believes and surrenders

their life to Jesus Christ. But it is also.

The Book of Revelation. It's terrifying bad news.

For the person. Who refuses to receive God's

forgiveness and the sacrifice of his Son Jesus Christ.

It's terrifying. Those who reject.

The conviction of the Holy Spirit, and in doing so you

commit the unforgivable sin. But Revelation?

10. Tells us we have a.

Responsibility you must prophecy.

To tell people that God. Does love them and that this is

the truth of the matter. John 316 For God so loved the

world, He doesn't want anyone to go into the Tribulation period.

He would have all people. Come to knowledge of the of of

the gospel of Christ. He finds.

No death and no joy in the death of the wicked.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have

everlasting life. Today there are far.

Too many pulpits in our land and churches that are telling people

that God loves them and that that's great, that's good, we

know that's true. But they are not telling people

they are sinners in need of a Saviour.

As I reflect upon. This and I close this think

about this. It is.

Cruel and unloving, to allow sinners we know and careful.

Not to know that each. One of us must repent and fall

on our knees before God and seek His forgiveness.

How could I do that? To remain quiet, To keep silent,

to ignore, to share the gift of the good news of the Gospel to

someone, when you think about it, is unthinkable.

When we put it into. Perspective.

Why? Would we not tell them because

we know we've been there? Those of you have received

Christ each Sinner, What do they do?

They sit alone, broken, lost. And I don't know that.

Jesus Christ died for them. It's the Great Commission.

Just like the Apostle. John, as you and I consume the

Word of God, we must speak the complete word, a truth that is

bittersweet. Maybe you say, well, Keith, if I

ever said that to my dad, to my mom, to my brother, to my

sister, do this. Pray.

Pray with all your heart. God give me an opportunity and

then work out. To say it in love, I wrote my

dad a. Letter in love I've spoken to my

my brothers are older than I. They're in their 80s.

And I've spoken to both of them in love.

It's it's how you say it. It's how you wrap.

It. And you share.

Your heart, the heart of God. With them I cannot, cannot not

say anything. How could?

We and you know, it's interesting, you can't say them.

And here's the deal. God wants them saved.

Your vest, you're the vessel. It's the holy.

Spirit that works upon their heart.

It's not up to. Us in that sense, oh, you know,

I've got to do this. It's you being open and being

used by God. That's the Great Commission.

Say it and love. Say it.

Say it. We.

Live in a. Time you can build memories.

Don't build regrets. How often have you had God open

the door for you with someone? You've gone.

I didn't. God give me the courage.

Let's exchange that. God increase my love for them to

share the gospel. That is good news.