Sound The Alarm!

Ezekiel 3:18-19; Ecclesiastes 3:1; 2 Peter 1:12; Isaiah 50:4; Mark 10:29-30; Proverbs 28:13; Jeremiah 5:25; Proverbs 3:5-6; Matthew 11:15; Romans 8:31; Luke 23:34; Isaiah 40:29, 31; Ezekiel 12:2; Hosea 4:6; Matthew 6:33; Romans 12:2; Psalm 121:4-6

We are walking in today:  Sound The Alarm!

Ezekiel 3:18-19 18) When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 19) Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.  The saddest feature to us which is now presented by the worldwide 'depression', is not the the material destitution which has over taken millions of our fellow Christians, but the spiritual poverty of so many of our dear Brethren and Sisters in Christ.  They seem to be as helpless as the poor worldlings, and while no doubt they all have faith that God will not let them starve to death, yet they apparently know of nothing better than simply to ask Him to be merciful and give them patience to wait until times get better again.  While they cannot be entirely innocent with the word of God to their own hand, yet we are convinced that they are more to be pitied than blamed.  By far the greater part of the guilt rests upon the preachers and the Bible teachers whom they have set under the past twenty years.  If those who were zealous in denouncing 'Modernism, Higher Criticism, Evolution', the list goes on ad nauseam, had devoted their energies unto teaching their hearers what it means to walk with God, He would have more honored, and they had been more helped!  If those who so loudly and so constantly warned against 'Russellism, Pentecostelism, Eddyism, ect. had been faithful in warning the professing people of God against the sins of covetousness, luxury, and extravagance, and had emphasized the teachings of Scripture upon mortification and the denying of self, through they had not been so popular, far more real good had been accomplished.  If those who were so diligent in bidding people, 'rightly divide the word of Truth' and adopt their arbitrary methods of sectioning the Scriptures--allocating this part to a company in the remote past and another part to some company in the distance future--had shown their congregations how to apply the Scriptures practically unto all the varied details of their lives--we would not now witness the pathetic signs which we do now. Were we to follow our own inclinations, we had much prefer writing along different lines from what we are now doing.  But we dare not remain silent any longer!  While so many of God's people are still in danger of being deceived by blind leaders, it is high time to warn those who we can reach through this fiveamprayer call.  So many seem to think that because a preacher is sound on all the fundamentals, that his messages must be helpful!  That is because they hear, faithful sermons on the Divine Inspiration of the Scriptures, the Virgin birth of Christ, and so on, that their souls are getting just the food that they need.  This by no means follows--there is a time to every purpose under heaven, Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.   There is the present truth.  2 Peter 1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.  There is such a thing as 'a word in season'.  Isaiah 50:4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.  The tragic thing is that scarcely any of the present day preachers, recognize or are experimentally equipped to give out such.  When we hear of those that are without work and reduced to almost the lowest point of existence, being entertained with lectures on Daniel's seventy weeks and interpretations of the symbols of the Apocalypse, it makes us think of Nero fiddling, while Rome was burning!  When we hear of the homes of Christians being seized and sold, and of other saints being dependent upon unsaved relatives, it seems high time that some voice was raised asking, the question:  It that a testimony which honors Christ?  Is that an experience which witnesses unto the faithfulness of God to undertake for His own?  Instead of the poor, suffering, bewildered children of God having to explain themselves unto them what is signified by the 'four horses' of the Revelation 6, or who is represented by the two beasts of Revelation 13, they need to be shown how to pray down temporal blessings, how to have God working miracles for them, how to bring fulfillment of some of His wondrous promises.  But who is there that is engaged in such a ministry today?  Are there none who are now proving for themselves the sufficiency of God, and can point the way for others to do likewise?  Mark 10:29-30 29) And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30) But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.  Here is a New Testament promise which relates to material blessings, but mark, it is also a conditional one--it is only for those who genuinely put Christ first!  In there lives, who at His call are willing to forsake all things for Him!!  Now three things are indispensable if we are to enjoy God's blessings, rather than to suffer, His chastisements.  First, all known sin, past as well as present must be repented of, confessed and forsaken.  Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.  It is un-pardoned sins which withhold good things from us.  Jeremiah 5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.  Second, real trust in the Lord. Proverbs 3:5-6 5) Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  Third, an honest effort to serve   Him.  God will not place a premium upon disobedience.  The whole history of Israel supplies us an illustration of what I have been saying.  God prospered or chastened them in accord with their conduct towards Him and the principles of His governmental dealings have not changed!   When Israel fasted, repented, reformed and served the Lord wholeheartedly, His rod was removed and His smile again bestowed.  There is much in the books of first and second Kings, first and second Chronicles, Jeremiah--that is most pertinent for us today.  Matthew 11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.  Looking in the scriptures it shows that Jesus says 'let he who has ears to hear, let him hear', eight times.  This is important to note because, it shows that there is something to be heard, so important that it spoken by Christ, Himself eight times with such passion and force that He really wants us to know that we are to listen to what He has to say--what has been sent out for years and years before His arrival.  His cry is just as or even more so crucial today than ever before!  These are the last days, many of us have modern day Israelite mindsets--sacrificing children, due to neglect.  Not honoring the covenant of marriage: one man and one woman--put together by God; seeking our own pleasures over helping those in need; worshiping and honoring things that are not of God and are actually in defiance of Him!  Fiveamprayer, sound the alarm!  It is time to wake up, repent and fall on your face before the Father!!   2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
It is time to sound the alarm, warn the church because you are the church!  Repent and turn from your wicked ways, be humble.  So many of us are walking in spiritual poverty.  No more sugared down Word from the pulpit!  Sound the alarm, in marriages, they are under attack.  A praying wife can save her husband!  Sound the alarm for the children, the devil is trying to take them out.  They are our future!  We must seek out God to cover our children!  The world has gone crazy.  Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?  It is time to sound the alarm!  Time to repent starting from the top.  The numbers in the church should not be the focus, this is about souls!  He will bless us if we repent and turn from our wicked ways.  If we don't warn the wicked then their blood is on our hands.  We can no longer have church as usual!  No weapon that is formed against us shall prosper!  Sound the alarm!  It is going off in the spiritual.  We must hear what is going on in the spirit, God is telling us that there is still time!  That is why there is a book study going on about a praying wife saving her husband!  Sound the alarm!  Marriages are under attack!  We must scream and cry out, as Christ did--Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.  We are to pray and not faint!  Isaiah 40:29, 31 29) He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 31)  But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.  We are living in a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah.  We need preaching from the book or Revelation, that is the time that we are living in!  Ezekiel 12:2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.  We must repent and turn from our wicked ways, humble ourselves and seek His face, then He will hear from heaven and heal the land.  Fiveamprayer, we must pray without ceasing!  This is not about an increase in numbers, this is about seeking His face and the things that touch His heart, the lost, found.  We are sounding the alarm!   We get up early seeking a word from God--we come seeking, asking and knocking!  Sound the alarm!  Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.  We must repent and turn from our wicked ways!  Sound the alarm!  Hallelujah God!   The enemy is like a roaming lion, seeking whom he may devour.  Take time out to read Ezekiel chapter 3 for yourself, today. We must warn the wicked, or their blood is on our hands!  We must say, that thus says the Lord!  We need the truth in this season!!  This is not the season to preach prosperity messages while there are those that are spiritually starving!  We must pray for repentance and that the Spirit of the Lord to rise up!  Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.  God is the same yesterday, today and forever more! When Israel fasted, prayed, the rod was lifted and they received God's smile on their lives. We are either blessed for obedience or chastised for disobedience. If My people who are called by My name would , humble themselves and pray, and seek My face, turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven forgive their sins and heal their land.  Sound the alarm, fiveamprayer!  Sound the alarm for the church, you are the church!  No more playing church!  We are to pray without ceasing!  We must recognize the attacks of the enemy, suit up every morning, putting on the whole armor of God!  The breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation--you know the devil comes to attack us in our minds.  We are to cast down very vain imagination or thought that does not line up with His word!  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.  Sound the alarm, we must renew our minds daily!!  Many of us are not walking in what is acceptable and perfect will of God!  Sound the alarm!  There are so many that are starving to death, sitting in the pews!  It is warning time!  This is not a test, this is the real deal--make ready and get prepared to be used for the up-buliding of the kingdom!  There is a major shift going on!  So many are in spiritual poverty in the churches.  Fiveamprayer, comes to sound the alarm!  Time to repent and turn from our wicked ways and seek after the things that please God.  Time out for only seeking after the things that we like and gives us pleasure.  How about us only doing the things that please God?   Sound the alarm in marriages and with our children!  Look to God He is a keeper of our hearts and minds--a keeper when we can not keep ourselves! 
Psalm 121:4-6 4) Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5) The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6) The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.  Sound the alarm--we are on our faces in repentance and prayer!  Forgive us Lord!  Thank You for forgiving us with no condemnation.  Thank You Lord for teaching us how to forgive others, that we too are forgiven! 

We seal this prayer in His precious blood, by His Spirit:  I will sound the alarm!

Welcome to the overflow...
Tell them what, thus says the Lord!  Tell them what the word says from Genesis to Revelation.  A word in and out of season.  Give them the truth, that they may not perish!  God's word is always true in every and all seasons!  We love you Father!  Thank You for sending Your word and and sounding the alarm!  All honor, glory and praise to Your name!  Hallelujah Lord!  Sound the alarm, fiveamprayer!  Take some time out to read the Scriptures for yourself today!  Visit us on facebook, it will encourage you!  Warn somebody today, that they must turn from their wicked ways and turn to God!  Sound the alarm!  Have a blessed day!

Musical Selection
Fred Hammond, Show Me Your Face:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3TqOMLlk9M