The spiritual condition of this world is only growing colder. The religious world is also following the same trajectory. If then the world is getting colder, in order for the people of God to remain hot, we must continually increase the fire in our souls. There is no way we can stay the same and not be affected by this atmosphere. Everyone that falls spiritually only adds to the cold, and we who are determined to stand must work more abundantly to pick up their slack. So examine yourself: are you daily drawing closer to God? Daily increasing your heat? Take heed that you align your life with this message; only those who do will survive!

Date Preached: 12/1/1981

Holistic life satisfaction is only achieved in one kind of lifestyle; that which is built on and centered around the foundation of Christ.

Since the beginning, mankind has always attempted to design a meaningful, substantive, and fulfilling existence disconnected from God’s course.

Humanity has made status, financial affluence, and counterfeit fleshly religion their chief pursuit.

Meanwhile Satan has so consumed humanity in their relentless striving towards “enough”, constantly redefining what “enough” means.

As a result humanity operates exhausted and stuck on a never-ending treadmill of arrival, only to soon realize that they have been building on the bottomless pit, functioning with a flawed value structure, and now have eternity to think about how they were tricked.

Date preached: November 1,1987

(Altar call begins at 37:57)

Noah condemned the entire world because he was perfect in the wicked environment before the flood. He condemned the world because he went far enough to meet God's standard despite the prevailing conditions around him. We too have the very grave responsibility, as saints of God, to judge the world by our lives; we must be perfect. God ought to be able to use our lives as a perfect example of what he requires from man, and judge others by it.

But what is God's standard for man? It is that we be the best that He offered His grace and inspiration for us to be; no less! God now may not cut you off for lacks in your salvation, for there is time and space to fulfill that lack. But when you meet Him in final judgment, no lacks will be tolerated since all was provided to you to measure up. This message sent forth is strong, but it will prepare us to meet Christ! May God grant the grace to receive it.

There is no pursuit more noble in this life and rewarding in the life to come than to do always those things that please God. Christian, don't be relaxed by casual "churchianity"; work out your own salvation, with fear, trembling, and reverence. Stand bold in face of pressure, allow Christ to be Lord of your life and His spirit to guide you safely all the way Home.

As sure as the sun is to rise each morning, payday is coming! Depending on whose wages you are receiving, this is either your greatest blessing or your greatest curse. If you spend your time, energy, tears, and life altogether working for the devil until your cup fills us, you will receive a full payment for your life-work. But, glory to God, if you spend your life building up the kingdom of God at the expense of your own health, comfort, and anything else you sacrifice for God, your sufferings won’t be worthy to even compare to your reward! And your work will be rewarded both here and more abundantly in eternity.

So listener, if your payment is death, you have the glorious opportunity to get saved and change your payment! But listener, if your glorious reward is already compounding through your holy and consecrated life, be encouraged and remain steadfast, your payday is coming!

God's ways are unfathomable, beyond comprehension, and can often appear inequitable.

Our Christian journey will be riddled with countless disappointments, unexpected misfortunes, and allowed accidents or irreversible happenings that God could've prevented.

Knowing this, the basis of commitment to God must not be fixed in our understanding why He deals as He does, but rather in the simple fact that He is God.

In the "Christian" world today, grace is often misapplied and seen as tool that causes one's sins to go without effect. However, this is not at all the purpose of grace. Grace gives power to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and enables one to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world.

The Spirit of grace has taken it upon Himself to reveal this truth to everyone who comes into this world, and therefore all have the opportunity to accept this grace. And once you are saved, the Spirit of grace is with you, doing everything in His power to keep you!

Even in this dark and wicked world, we are able to live righteously through the help of the Spirit of grace. And praise God grace is ever available to us! No matter the situation, if we willing to seek grace, we will find it!

Date Preached: 2/9/1992

Temptation is inevitable, but it’s your choice to entertain it. For many Christians, the real struggle isn’t falling to it — it’s flirting with it. To live a conquering, consistent, and exemplary Christian life you must foresee evil afar off, entirely avoid all grey areas, and maintain a violent disposition towards sin.

Date preached: April 9, 2000