The Ominous Storms of Rebellion Have Overtaken Us!

As I was driving this morning, a storm was rapidly approaching from the south. I could see the ominous storm clouds getting closer as I drove.

Immediately my heart began to sense the Spirit of God speaking to me. He was instructing me to watch those clouds. Those clouds were indicators of the ferocity of the coming storm. Then, He began to tell me that the storm clouds of rebellion are moving across America today in the same way. From the halls of the highest court, through the halls of the White House, through the houses of Congress, and much to my dismay, through the halls of many churches across this great land, the storm clouds of rebellion are moving.

The Spirit began to reveal to me that once a nation hands itself over to such heinous acts of rebellion, it has handed itself over to all the wiles of the enemy. I see the gay agenda moving forward at warp speed. I see their mockery of all that is good and righteous. I see the hand of Satan moving them to act more and more in defiance of anything that holds to righteousness.

The Spirit reminded of Jesus in His final days on earth standing over the city of Jerusalem and the words He spoke as recorded in Matthew 23:37-39:

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing! See, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”

As Jesus’ heart went out to the city that once shined with brilliance as the seat of God’s presence, He saw the destructive powers of the religious people, the politicians, those empowered with her protection and well-being bringing about her rapid demise and destruction. He saw what the awfulness of man’s attempts at doing life his own way had wrought. He saw how the people had become quiet lambs being led to their slaughter—and His heart broke!

How many out there truly have a broken heart for America’s present condition? How many pastors and church leaders are finding their hearts overcome with brokenness as we witness the rapid demise of our once God-fearing nation? We hear many jesting and carrying on as though nothing has changed; while in the corridors around about us, evil is being perpetuated that will bring our nation as flat as the city of Jerusalem found herself after the Roman invasion of 70 AD.

My heart is broken—not so much over the failure of our government—but over the failure of our churches. Our government is a failure because so many churches have become failures. Church people started looking to get what they felt they deserved, all the wealth and fortunes and prosperity. Preachers began getting richer and richer while fleecing their flocks for their own pleasures. The prosperity gospel flourished. Church people began running after after signs and wonders preachers rather than seeking their own right-standing before God. The church began chasing after the next big event and the next big happening while sinners were filing into hell in vast numbers. The church sold itself out to the pleasures of the world and now we are reaping what we have sown.

One thing that sickens my heart and I am pretty certain God’s as well is seeing churches and evangelists flashing their signs announcing their signs and wonders revival they are bringing to town. Not one time in God’s Word do I read of a man of God having a signs and wonders revival. I read of them preaching the gospel message of the saving power of Jesus Christ and oftentimes God’s Spirit did signs and wonders. Oh that we would return to God’s way. Quite looking for the power of man and begin seeking for the power of God. Gold particles and feathers falling from the ceiling—what a sham and a shame.

Is there any hope for America left? As long as there is a God, there is hope. However, the church needs to come back to a place where she focuses on her own need for true repentance; her own need for a Holy Ghost cleansing to move through her midst. My fear is that our nation has gone too far. My fear is that sin and pleasure has so infiltrated the church that she will never find her way out of it all and back to God. Pulpits are filled with individuals who have no passion for the lost, preferring to share a little watered-down sermonette that has no power, that has no effect, other than making individuals feel good about themselves. Sermons should impact the individual listener. Sermons should rock the hearts of every hearer. Sermons must wake up the listener to his own awfulness and wretchedness! It is time we quit feeling so good about ourselves and recognize, as Paul did, how wretched we truly are.

I encourage you to consider the words of Paul found in Romans 7:19-25 and apply them to your own heart and life:

“For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”

Church, God is trying to wake us up! Pastors, church leaders—God is trying to wake you up. The storms of rebellion have encompassed our land and Satan’s fury is now being loosed against the church and its leaders that are truly following after God’s righteousness. I truly believe we are about to be enveloped by waves of mass persecution against the church of the living God here in America.

Yesterday, I felt the Spirit speaking to my spirit all day to be prepared for the persecution that is coming. My only hope is that I am able to stand firm for my Lord Jesus Christ when the evil-doers come looking for me and commit their acts of evil against me.

I see people standing up and speaking out. I see them getting ridiculed and vocally persecuted for their stand—sadly, many of those ridiculing claim to be pastors and preachers. We are told don’t judge, only love.

“Herein is love. Not that we loved God but that He loved us and gave His Son as the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10).

Love judges sin in order to bring the sinner to righteousness. Preach righteousness and right living. For those of you taking a stand, may God bless you with a holy boldness to speak out even louder!

Danny Anderson (the preacher)
July 01, 2015

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