In Spirit & Truth

In the middle of your trials, it is challenging to see any good coming of them. As Pastor JD begins to wrap up our study of Job in today’s message, we witness the culmination of Job’s hardship. As horrible as his life had become at the hands of Satan, Job came through with faith and ultimately got to experience the reassuring voice of God.

All the signs are pointing to a peace treaty being presented to the nation of Israel, THIS YEAR. 2019 just might be the year that the antichrist is revealed and the peace treaty is broken after three and half years. But, friends...what must come before that? ...the rapture of the church of Jesus Christ! Even so, come quickly LORD Jesus!

It's hard to imagine the clock going backwards at this point. The nation of Israel is surrounded by her enemies and our government is touting a peace treaty coming soon. Friends, the time is short. We know that the Bible is clear about the peace treaty that WILL be made with Israel in the very last days. Could it be that this is the VERY peace treaty we've been waiting for?

When your perspective of God is one of fear, it’s easy to misinterpret His displays of power. As Pastor JD explains in today’s message, God does not want His followers to fear Him. When He rises up and displays His omnipotence, it is to remind you that He is on your side, and no enemy or trial you face is a match for Him.

When you start to feel like your sins and weaknesses are just too much for God – that He is punishing you and could never love you or forgive you – that is a lie of the enemy. In today’s message, Pastor JD will remind you that our God is a loving God. He may allow trials for your growth, but He only desires to draw you nearer – not push you away.

Job was going through enough. Yet, on top of his suffering, his supposed friends felt it their duty to poke his wounds with discouraging and judgmental words. As Pastor JD continues to examine this book in today’s message, you can take encouragement from the resilient faith Job exhibited in his circumstances.

A critical spirit has no place in the Church. It is yours and every other believers job to build each other up. There will be times God will bring up issues that need to be confronted, but as Pastor JD explains in today’s message, your focus should not be on the negative or on looking for weaknesses to exploit in others.

There are some in the Body of Christ who teach that God is done with the nation of Israel and that the modern church has replaced Israel. This is known as replacement theology. Today Pastor JD will share with you just how FALSE this teaching is. In fact, if replacement theology WERE true, we would have zero hope in these last days.

Today Pastor JD dives into the conflicting reports surrounding President Donald Trump's proposed peace plan for the middle east. As Christians, we should definitely be paying attention to this. The Bible is clear, in the last days, a peace treaty will be made with the nation of Israel. Could it be that we are on the cusp of seeing that very peace treaty being made?

When you decide to follow Jesus, you are embracing a life of refinement by trial. It will not be easy or comfortable. God will allow hardship and temptation because He loves you. As Pastor JD will explain in today’s message, in those times, you can grow in your faith as you come to the end of your capabilities and are forced to depend fully on God.

Everything you experience in life is an opportunity to bring glory to God. As Job trudged through trial after trial, he never stopped believing that. As Pastor JD explains in today’s message, when you are confronted with hardships, you have reason for hope. You may not have the strength to go on, but God will provide all the strength you need.

God is not mad at you. When you experience hardship, Satan often will come in and take that opportunity to feed you lies about God. He will do his best to convince you that you did something wrong and now you’re being punished, but as Pastor JD reminds us in today’s message, God allows hardships as opportunities for you to more fully rely on Him.

You might hear the account of Job and be overwhelmed. You may question how anyone could possibly maintain their faith in God in such horrible circumstances. But, as Pastor JD reminds us in today’s message, God will never allow you to go through anything that is beyond what you can handle - with His help.

Why do we have to go through so much suffering? Pastor JD will be teaching the “why” behind these prophecy updates. You'll learn the most powerful effect that Bible prophecies have: the blessed hope – our only hope. Going through hardships helps us fall out of love with this world and enter the Kingdom of God. God is preparing a place for you, and He's coming soon – that's our hope!

Job was in pretty dire straits. If you imagine yourself in the worst scenario possible, that’s where he’s at. He’s experienced loss that very few of us can fathom. Yet, as Pastor JD continues to study this extremely unfortunate man, let yourself be encouraged and inspired by his loyalty and reverence for God in the face of his hardship.

Pastor JD reminds us that God is always good. This is the one thing we can rest assured in for it is absolute truth. Throughout our lives we will see evils. Some of them may be bad enough that they cause us to question “where was God”? When these times arise be sure to know Jesus well enough to know that He is good and He will redeem all things.

Job's friends believed that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. Pastor JD explains to us that when they saw Job suffering they could not believe he was being put through such pain for no reason. Surely he had deserved it all somehow. Today we are taught why they were wrong to think this way .

This may be a hard thing for us to grasp, but the reality is we will see bad people succeed. Pastor JD tells us that when we see this it's important that we not question God's integrity. We must remember that God is always good. Though the evil may prosper here they will someday have to answer to God for the things they have done.

The ABC's of the Gospel have become a REAL staple of the Mid-East Prophecy Updates. Why? Because Pastor JD truly BELIEVES what he's teaching...he believes that the return of Christ is right around the corner. We need to follow his lead and begin sharing the Gospel even more than we are now. We want to see as many people as possible join us in the rapture.

So much of our world is in turmoil. And yet, things here in the United States seem to be going very well. The economy has picked up, the overall picture of the future looks good, there is a lot to be thankful for. Perhaps things are eerily TOO good? Pastor JD will remind us that just before the return of Christ, things will be...well, just as they are right now.

Despite all the hardships God allowed him to go through, Job still wanted nothing more than to restore his relationship with Him. Pastor JD tells us that this should be our goal. To long for God, even if we are in the worst of situations. When we consider Jesus to be the center of our lives we will be able to make it through the most difficult of times.

Jobs friends refused to consider the error in their theology. As a result they became prideful and harsh towards Job. Pastor JD challenges us to consider how we treat others in the church. Are we looking for others to fail so that we might prove how good we are, or are we humbly placing ourselves in others shoes so that we might know their pain?

When adversity strikes, you HAVE to depend on the Lord. But when life in this world seems too good, you don't look forward to life in Heaven as much. Pastor JD will teach that some spiritual places are only reached when you go through a trial. The challenges of this world plants inside of you compassion for others who are suffering and it gives you the urgency to share the hope that is only found in Christ.

Even after logical discussion, Jobs friends were unwilling to consider that their religious rational could be wrong. They continued to claim that Job was being punished because of something he had done. Pastor JD teaches us how dangerous it is for us to become locked on religious doctrine. We must remember to seek Jesus and not legalism.

We must be certain that the things which we do and say are done so with a heart of love. Pastor JD reminds us today that it's possible to speak a truth with the wrong heart. It's when this happens that people often get hurt. To be more like Christ, we must learn to differentiate between speaking prideful and loving truths.