Exo 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,
Exo 20:2 I I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exo 20:3  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exo 20:4  Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Exo 20:5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

Mat 3:1  And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,
Mat 3:2  Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mat 3:3  For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

Father God, make way a clear path in the hearts of those here today. Open their hearts to Your Word and let it be accepted and lived by them in these last days. Bless us Lord, with your lovekindness, mercy, grace, patience and understanding. Give us the wisdom to live your will for today, in Jesus name I pray. Amen

Talking truthfully about how we really are just isn’t politically correct these days in most churches. But then again, either is letting a church group know they are sinners, or they’re worshipping false gods.  Nobody wants to hear the truth. They don’t want to hear anything that may be in the least bit offensive to them. They all think they are better than they really are. They all just want to hear how good they are. They want the praise of man. They want to be like God and have the praise. They are just like the Archangel Lucifer, and we know what happened to him. They all want to be worshipped and telling them the truth isn’t worshipping them. It just doesn’t fit into their plans.

Most church’s biggest problem today is the fact that they want heaven to come easy, and they don’t want to have to do any work for it. They have this, ”I’ll come as I am attitude about getting to heaven. They think they just deserve whatever they want, and they have decided they want heaven.  I have come here to tell you that you will not get there with a “I’ll come as I am attitude,” or just by thinking you deserve it. You have to repent and receive salvation from Jesus and give yourself to Him. If you don’t do this, you won’t be in heaven, you’ll be burning in hell. I do not want to see that, or even know you’re in hell. I want you in heaven, all of you.

Today's bankers are stealing legally with fees from those who hold accounts with them. Insiders at the stock market are buying and selling on classified information they are receiving. Wall street is making perks their legal way of stealing. Policemen are shaking down drug dealers. It seems like the whole world is corrupt.  But you can’t mention it. It offends and they will pay for you to be punished.

The common dishonest man of today will take whatever he thinks is his, or whatever he thinks he can get away with, whether it harms another or not. Today's thieves seem to have lost the honor among thieves that used to exist in their world, and we are now living in a dog eat dog world where only the biggest and meanest dogs can survive.

When you are offended, that tells me you are hearing a truth you don’t want to hear. If you are part of today’s society, you will be offended easily because today’s society does not like the truth. It cuts too deep for their soft world. All of today’s high society people are highly offended by the truth. You know, when the truth is told, it makes those who are not living the truth very angry at those who told it. So, if you are offended, you can blame it on the truth that you don’t like, not me. The words I will use today will not be based on whether or not they offend you. They will be based on what the Bible says. If that offends you, I didn’t write it. God wrote it. You can take it up with Him. I'm sure He’s waiting to hear from you. Maybe He’ll change it, just for you, if it offends you.  

If you are one of those who has taken the time out from your busy day of some type of stealing, hustling, cheating and conniving others to come here and hear the Word, don’t get angry if you don’t agree or don’t like it. It’s from God and He is in charge, and you’re not, whether you like the truth or not. And…If you think you’re some kind of god, and the truth should be told your way, and you’re not the real God, then you only think you are anyway, so it shouldn't matter. So, you are play acting a role you couldn’t possibly fill no matter how good you are.

The real God is in heaven, and you’re not. You don’t even know where heaven is. When you think you are some kind of god, you aren’t, you are not only falsely worshipping yourself as a god of your own making, you are also deceiving yourself.

God says that you should not worship any other gods before him, but you do. You have worshiped false gods every hour of the day all your life. You have made many other ‘things’ first, before everything, even before God, throughout your entire life. Do you claim you don't worship any other gods just because of the fact you believe in God. Satan also believes in God.

Let me ask you this, have you ever wanted 'something' so bad that you did all the mind and legwork to get it, and then just claimed it as yours? Even when it clearly belonged to someone else? Remember that burning desire, that desire that made you want that 'something' so bad, bad enough to do the mind and legwork and just take it from someone else? What do you call that combination of desire and mind and legwork? Some call it coveting. I don’t. I call it worship. You spent all your time gazing at it and figuring out how you could get it, and you just took it. You worshipped it until you got it.

Then, another 'thing' else caught your eye. You had that burning desire again until you got it again. Then another 'thing' then another, then another, and again, and so on. After a few times, whether or not you admit it,  you were in bondage to that desire mind and legwork to take those 'things' you so readily took. That desire is nothing other than worshipping that 'thing' until you took it as you own. You were, and may still be, in bondage to your desires of wanting 'things.'  They are certainly more important to you than God. You don’t go after God like that until you have Him. You only go after those 'things' like you do because they give you the praise of man when you show them off. They make you a 'somebody.'

So, if you go after God as hard as you go after those 'things'  that will give you status in your world, then you are right in what you seek. But I know it, and you know it, you don’t go after God like that. But when God is ready, He will make you come after Him with more vigor than you ever had when you went after your 'things.'  You’ll see what I’m saying in a minute.

Up to now, the only time you call on God is when you’re in a foxhole and the dirt is starting to get all over you. Even then, you aren’t calling on Him to seek Him, you calling on Him to use His power to fix the mess you got yourself into. That’s a foxhole prayer. First, they start out as little deals with God. God, I’ll do this if you get me out of this one. He does. But you don’t. Its back to business as usual as soon as you’re out of your foxhole. Then later, you get in another foxhole. This one’s a little deeper. You cry to God again. He takes care of you again. You do the same as you did the last time he got you out of the foxhole.

It isn't too long before the foxholes start appearing at closer time intervals. It seems like you really have God working for you. He’s getting you out of one foxhole after another. Those foxhole prayers are the best thing you know.  However, each foxhole gets deeper. In next to no time, you are in a foxhole that's so deep you can see the sky. You are buried in your foxhole this time.

You cry out your loudest foxhole prayer, but God does not answer this time. He waits. Your foxhole is getting deeper while you wait for God. It seems like He is not going to help this time. You begin to worry. You think God has turned on you. Your hope is sinking into the dirt you are standing in. It seems like there is no way out. You are almost in a panic, and then an opening to get out appears, but,  you just can’t climb out. You fall back to the bottom of the foxhole. It's deeper than it was before you fell. You wait more, becoming very angry, because God is not jumping when you say jump. You begin to dislike Him more than before you introduced yourself to foxholes. Soon you loose what little 'like' you had in God because He was not at your beckon and call.

After all He’s not the one who put you in your foxhole. You put yourself there. You made a decision based on self, or greed, or something ungodly and its result put you in the foxhole as a consequence of your own decision, and your own action that followed your decision. But you believe its God's responsibility to get you out. After all, He's your God. Or Let me rephrase that. He's your God when your in your foxhole. When you're not, you don't know Him.

You now think you have decided that you've had enough time in your foxhole, so you call on God again. This time you came up with a better deal to offer Him if He gets you out, even though you have no intention of keeping your end. He helps you out of your foxhole again.  You like Him again are are thankful He helped you, even though He is your God and should help when you need it.

You do not want to re-visit that foxhole again. So you try to do what you think He wants you to do for a while. Then one of those 'things' you cannot be without comes along and catches your eye and heart again.

You grab for that 'thing' that will bring the praise of man again, and you grab the serpent by the tail. The serpent bites you and you are calling God again. This time He lets you sit longer. No foxhole, just the poison from the serpent strangling the life out of you. After a while, God fixes your serpent bite and you are on your way again with some belief again. But, only until the next time you are tempted by another of your lusts. Then you grab again and fall back into your deepest foxhole.

This time you are left to sit in your foxhole and enjoy the fruits of your labor. God does not answer. You think it will be like this forever. You become desperate and scream out His name in desperation. You beg and call Him and ask Him to help you again. He lets you sit helplessly in your foxhole. You become more desperate and call again. Same result, no answer. You call again, and again, each time becoming more desperate until you realize you are hopeless. You can do nothing about your situation. It is all up to God. You now know for sure that your fate is in God’s hands. But God is not answering. He is ignoring you. You think over your past broken promises to Him and how you did not fulfill any of them. You realize God is not mocked and you are deceived if you think you can mock Him like you thought you did.

Now you are in fear. You are in panic. Where is God now that you really need Him? You desperately call Him. He hears you but He makes sure, only as God can, that you know He is not ready to help you. Could it be because you are not ready to be honest with Him? So, you sit in your foxhole for some more time and think about what you need to do to get God to help you.

Even in your dilemma, it’s still all about you, but there is a little part for God in there.  It’s all about you getting out of the mess you got yourself in and God’s part in this is getting you out of it. This is still not good enough. God does not answer and you stay in your foxhole.

The bugs and worms smell you now, and are coming your way. There is a bug and worm for each act of selfishness you have committed. A bug and worm for each act of evil you committed. A bug and worm for every ungodly thought you've had. Those bugs and worms are quickly coming your way. They have travelled a great distance to visit you and they will be awful hungry when they get there. The closer they get to you the better you smell to them.

Now, the bugs and worms that represent each of those acts and thoughts that you believed you had gotten away with are looking you right in the eye. They have big sharp teeth. You are in your most desperate condition now. You are helpless. You are almost ready to do anything for God if He will get you out of your bug and worm infested foxhole. But the fact is, you have to pay for your actions and evil thoughts of the past, and time for payment in full is very close to being collected.

God can get you out whenever He wants, if He wants. But, right now, He doesn’t want. He will let you sit in your foxhole until you do something to make Him have a desire to get you out. Your time clock is running out. You are going to be the best supper the bugs and worms have had in a while. There is only one thing you can do to make Him have a desire facing the direction of getting you out of your foxhole.

John the Baptist told you what you need to do. It was the purpose of his ministry. He called it repentance. Now, that’s another subject that isn’t politically correct these days. I guess there has to be sinners to have repentance. Where have all the sinners gone? You just can’t find them when repentance is mentioned. But anyway, If you want out of your foxhole, you have to ask God to forgive you for all your sins and you have to turn away from the wicked thought patterns that cause the sins that keep putting you in your foxholes. Another words, a one-hundred and eighty-degree turn with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.

Only after you humbly ask for His forgiveness, and only after you honestly repent for your sins, will God take you out of your foxhole. And…after you’re out, if you turn back to your old sinful ways, and return to the path you were on, there will be a deeper foxhole more filled with much bigger bugs and worms with bigger and sharper teeth just waiting for you. So, your best option is to repent and become a new creature and stay that way. You better do it now, because the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Your time for being what you were is up. Hell will be calling its people home, soon.

Narrow is the path to heaven. Walk the narrow path and do not stray left or right or you will be off path,  Repent NOW!!! It may be your last chance before hell's hearse comes and gets you. Heaven is at hand and hell is right outside your doors. If you walk through the doors without repenting you will be walking right into hell.

So, mister Big Shot, what are you going to do? You have to make a choice. You can go to hell, or you can repent? If you're not too cool, its time for you to repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, Make yourself ready for the way of the Lord, Make your paths straight.  Stop worshiping your idols and start worshipping the Almighty God who created you…or you are surely going to destroy yourself.

If you want to get holy, you have to go where it’s holy. The Alter of God is as holy as it gets. Bring yourself to His alter and repent. Repent and be on your way to heaven. You don’t want the alternative. The alternative is the never ending fire and the gnashing of teeth, and screams. The fire is never extinguished. It’s forever. You don’t have to feel it. Come to Jesus and let Him save you from the fire. If you don't let Jesus save you now , He will judge you on the last day.