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and cry, "Wake up, Lot. Don't you know this fun,
laughter, and prosperity are false? Don't you hear the
warnings? Don't you know judgment is just around the
corner? Are your spiritual eyes so dim, your ears so
heavy you can't see or hear the trumpet call of God?"
Will Americans listen to preachers like me, who warn
of judgment during good times? Well, hardly! Not any
more than Lot's children listened to him. When Lot fi-
nally did get the message, he ran with great alarm to
warn his family to prepare. Time was short; action and
preparation were necessary immediately. They laughed.
Just as people laugh at me for warning them of soon-
to-come judgment.
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in
law, which married his daughters, and said, Up,
get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy
this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto
his sons in law.
(Genesis 19:14 xjv)
The church pews today are packed with people just
like Lot. Good, sincere, God-fearing people who, like
Lot, have vexed their minds so much that God cannot
get His warnings through to them. "For that righteous
man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed
his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful
deeds" (2 Peter 2:8 KJV).
3. The Mardi Gras Mentality
Societies headed for judgment turn to sports, frolic,
drinking, and festivals. So it was just before the down-
fall of Rome, Nineveh, Tyre, Sodom, Jerusalem, and
Babylon—all danced and drank through their last hours
of judgment.
America is following the example of ancient Babylon.
The empire was about to fall. The Medo-Persian army
was only twenty-four hours away from a takeover of the
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laughter, and prosperity are false? Don't you hear the
warnings? Don't you know judgment is just around the
corner? Are your spiritual eyes so dim, your ears so
heavy you can't see or hear the trumpet call of God?"
Will Americans listen to preachers like me, who warn
of judgment during good times? Well, hardly! Not any
more than Lot's children listened to him. When Lot fi-
nally did get the message, he ran with great alarm to
warn his family to prepare. Time was short; action and
preparation were necessary immediately. They laughed.
Just as people laugh at me for warning them of soon-
to-come judgment.
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in
law, which married his daughters, and said, Up,
get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy
this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto
his sons in law.
(Genesis 19:14 xjv)
The church pews today are packed with people just
like Lot. Good, sincere, God-fearing people who, like
Lot, have vexed their minds so much that God cannot
get His warnings through to them. "For that righteous
man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed
his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful
deeds" (2 Peter 2:8 KJV).
3. The Mardi Gras Mentality
Societies headed for judgment turn to sports, frolic,
drinking, and festivals. So it was just before the down-
fall of Rome, Nineveh, Tyre, Sodom, Jerusalem, and
Babylon—all danced and drank through their last hours
of judgment.
America is following the example of ancient Babylon.
The empire was about to fall. The Medo-Persian army
was only twenty-four hours away from a takeover of the
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