We Could Be That People
Scripture: Isaiah 30:8-9Devotional Series: Conflict with the Whore
Teaching: Conflict With The Whore pt. 3 (SUN_AM 2021-02-07) by Pastor Star R Scott
The people in Isaiah 30 were not deceived. They had no interest in those deities. What drew them were the parties. They were not drawn to a particular deity, whether it be one of fertility for the fields or for the flocks, whether it be the gods of war that would defend them against their enemies. Every one of these false religions was based upon gluttony, sexual orgies, and this spirit of absolute independence. There was no limitation to one god. They were polytheistic. We see it today. The world says there are many paths to God. Not so with the covenant people. “The Lord our God is one.” Amen? You see, everything that draws men away from the true doctrine, the true gospel, the true covenant with God, is to allow them to inject themselves into this plethora of deities. That’s what’s behind it all! That spirit, then, in this last age takes it one step further back to Satan’s heart: it’s not enough to separate and become a god; it’s necessary to destroy God. Anti‑Christ is not just opposite of Christ; it is opposition to Christ. It’s offensive. It hates good. It hates light. It hates truth. This mind in fallen man; it’s very clear in Romans 1—takes pleasure in those who spend their time doing nothing but trying to invent new ways of sinning and opposing God’s Word. Are we or are we not living in that type of an age today?
I was speaking to an unsaved man a couple days ago. He said, “What’s going on?” I said, “What do you mean?” He said, “I’m watching these people out here”—he lives in California. Now, this is an unregenerate mind. He said, “All of this stuff is turning against Christians. They’re using all this stuff to turn against Christians.” This is an unregenerate guy, watching this stuff, and he can see it happening. I told him—Jesus said, ‘They hated Me; they’re going to hate you.’ One thing that’s coming along with this age that we’ve got to prepare ourselves for is that hatred that will manifest itself because of our association with Jesus—those that would name the name of Jesus and do the Word of God; all that live godly in Christ Jesus—all! If we go very long into this hour and you’re not being opposed and persecuted, you need to worry about yourself, because it says “all.”
In Isaiah 30:8-9, the prophet says, God, in His love, is trying to draw the people back. The prophet is bringing warning to the church, the state of the flock, “Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord: Which say to the seers, See not.” The false prophets of our day are rising up and promoting their doctrine that God is going to bring a great revival. There are a lot of people today who see the solution being a great revival and Christians taking over the world. Well, it’s contrary to all Scripture. A casual reading in the book of Revelation shows you how this transpiring of the rule of Jesus takes place on the earth, and it’s not a victorious church handing over to Jesus this gift of what they accomplished. Amen? It’s Jesus coming, binding Satan, ruling the nations with a rod of iron. That’s what the Bible says. Not this made‑up, ambiguous, latter‑day rain that you’ll be hearing of here in these days to come. Let me remind you that the latter‑day rain already came on the day of Pentecost. “This is that which was prophesied by Joel, saying”—amen? That’s the fulfillment of Joel, the latter‑day rain—the outpouring of the Spirit was the birth of the church. For 2,000 years it’s been the last days, and for 2,000 years there’s been a revival going on. And it’s all getting ready to wind down. We could be that people. Hallelujah! We could be that people.
I was speaking to an unsaved man a couple days ago. He said, “What’s going on?” I said, “What do you mean?” He said, “I’m watching these people out here”—he lives in California. Now, this is an unregenerate mind. He said, “All of this stuff is turning against Christians. They’re using all this stuff to turn against Christians.” This is an unregenerate guy, watching this stuff, and he can see it happening. I told him—Jesus said, ‘They hated Me; they’re going to hate you.’ One thing that’s coming along with this age that we’ve got to prepare ourselves for is that hatred that will manifest itself because of our association with Jesus—those that would name the name of Jesus and do the Word of God; all that live godly in Christ Jesus—all! If we go very long into this hour and you’re not being opposed and persecuted, you need to worry about yourself, because it says “all.”
In Isaiah 30:8-9, the prophet says, God, in His love, is trying to draw the people back. The prophet is bringing warning to the church, the state of the flock, “Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord: Which say to the seers, See not.” The false prophets of our day are rising up and promoting their doctrine that God is going to bring a great revival. There are a lot of people today who see the solution being a great revival and Christians taking over the world. Well, it’s contrary to all Scripture. A casual reading in the book of Revelation shows you how this transpiring of the rule of Jesus takes place on the earth, and it’s not a victorious church handing over to Jesus this gift of what they accomplished. Amen? It’s Jesus coming, binding Satan, ruling the nations with a rod of iron. That’s what the Bible says. Not this made‑up, ambiguous, latter‑day rain that you’ll be hearing of here in these days to come. Let me remind you that the latter‑day rain already came on the day of Pentecost. “This is that which was prophesied by Joel, saying”—amen? That’s the fulfillment of Joel, the latter‑day rain—the outpouring of the Spirit was the birth of the church. For 2,000 years it’s been the last days, and for 2,000 years there’s been a revival going on. And it’s all getting ready to wind down. We could be that people. Hallelujah! We could be that people.