Again today, a most serious heart -to -heart
talk. And I mean just exactly that. You and I
are a part of the fulfilling of Bible prophecy.
We are living in an hour when it's almost total
darkness. I could not sit here and give you one
ray of hope for the future if it were not for
our simple faith in God and the things of God.
It's getting dark. We're nearing that midnight
hour. And God knows that I am not a pessimist.
You know it. But my friend, why all this nervous
tension? Why are men's hearts failing them, literally
failing them? For fear. Tension. It's there.
This is a generation of people who are so frustrated,
so insecure. Volumes have been written. Millions
of words have been spoken. The propaganda that's
going out on our television every hour of every
day. The propaganda that's spewing forth from
leaders of our nation, trying to bolster up security.
And yet, in spite of these promises of security,
there never was a people as insecure. As the
man, the woman who walks the streets today. The
only person who has real security in this hour
is that one who is anchored in Christ Jesus.
Who has security in the one who will keep his
word, his promise, his covenant to the crossing
of every... tea, the dotting of every eye. No
wonder Jesus said, heaven and earth will pass
away, but my word, my promise, my covenant will
never pass away. Well, sir, all right. Again,
as we continue our heart -to -heart talk with
the signs of the times, the Jew in Bible prophecy.
That which I'm talking about is a living, vital
part of the front pages of your newspaper. It's
like that. And yet, I'm going to read to you
from the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy. And please,
follow me in the reading of your own Bible. That
Bible has been tucked away. The only times it's
ever brought out is when you have been doing
your spring house cleaning. When you dust the
books in your library, when you take the books
off of the bookshelves and you do a little dusting
and a little cleaning and then you put the Bible
right back where it was and it remains there
until you clean house again, take it out, start
reading it. It's the most up -to -date book there
is today. I promise you that. And it's absolutely
reliable. You can depend on it. You can stake
your life on it. It is the very word of God.
And he'll keep it. All right? Deuteronomy. Somebody
said, my goodness, a life... That's the Old Testament.
Don't you know that we're living in a scientific
age? Don't... Do you know, Ms. Kuhlman, that's
all outdated, outmoded? Where have you been when
we've been told that we're living in the most
scientific day, when we're striving for supremacy
in outer space, and you tell us to get out the
Bible and turn to the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy?
I'll tell you. Deuteronomy. is as up to date
as our space program. I read, beginning with
the 64th verse, And the Lord shall scatter thee
among all people, from the one end of the earth
even unto the other. And there thou shalt serve
other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers
have known, even wooden stone. And among these
nations, Shall to thy find no ease. Neither shall
the sole of thy feet have rest. The wondering
Jew. You can't take issue with it. That's exactly
what he's been for generations. The wondering
Jew. Even as God said he would be. Thou shalt
find no ease. Neither shall the sole of thy foot
have rest. But the Lord shall give thee there
a trembling heart and feeling of eyes and sorrow
of mind. And thy life shall hang in doubt before
thee. Oh, sure. Hitler tried to destroy the Jews.
Did he succeed? Not on your life. And thy life
shall hang in doubt before thee. And thou shalt
fear day and night. and shalt have none assurance
of thy life. In the morning thou shalt say, Would
God it were even, and at even thou shalt say,
Would God it were morning. For the fear of thine
heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the
sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. You
know something? That was written by the Holy
Spirit through Moses more than 1400 years before
Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Consider that now.
Consider something that is the most fantastic
thing conceivable. The words that I have just
given you were written by the Holy Spirit through
Moses more than 14... 1 ,300 years before Jesus
was born in Bethlehem. It's a picture of the
Jews, the wandering Jew. No country, no home,
no rest, no assurance of life. A trembling heart,
the fear of death. A picture of God's leading,
God's chastisement. But never did he lift his
hand. Never did he change his mind regarding
the I wills, the covenant, the promise that he
made to Abraham and Abraham's seed. Sure, he
sent chastisement upon Israel. He had to. For
Israel had failed God in their love for him,
had failed to serve him, had failed to accept
his only begotten son as the true Messiah. And
oh, let me pause just a minute. What a lesson
is here for you and for me and for those who
spurn the offer of God's mercy through Jesus
Christ. My friend, if you're listening to me
and you have spurned, Salvation. You have spurned
the love of Jesus. You've turned your back on
that new birth experience. You've laughed. You've
called it old -fashioned. Beloved. What a lesson
for those who spurn the offer of God's mercy
through... Jesus, how much sorer punishment will
be meted out to those who consistently reject
his salvation, who reject the pardons of his
only begotten son. No person can do it and get
by with it. Sooner or later there has got to
be a judgment and there will be a judgment. for
that individual who spurns the mercy of God,
who rejects the pardon through Jesus Christ the
Son. It may not be today, tomorrow, 10 years,
20 years, but God will deal with it sooner or
later, even as he dealt with the Jews as a nation.
Remember, God's wrath is as perfect as His love.
And one thing He will not tolerate, and that's
sin. All right? Turning again to the Word of
God. And I want you, please, now, to open your
Bible to the 37th chapter of Ezekiel. We're going
to begin something that is most interesting.
I want you to read with me in your own Bible.
Sure, I enjoy reading my Bible, but remember,
your Bible. Mark it. Make it a very part of your
life. Because we're going to begin this study
regarding Israel's restoration as promised by
God. Hath God cast away his people? It's in the
form of a question. And the words which I have
just given you are from Ezekiel. Hath God cast
away his people? It is a very dark, a very dark
picture in our minds. He wants to stop right
there. And many people have stopped right there.
there when it has come to Israel. But we still
have God's promise when he said to Abraham, I
will establish my covenant between me and thee
and thy seed after thee, an everlasting covenant.
I will give unto thee, to thy seed after thee,
the land wherein thou art a stranger. all the
land of Canaan an everlasting covenant, and it
shall be an everlasting possession unto you.
Egypt will never have it. Russia will never have
it. Red China will never get it. Their allies
will never have it as their possession. Never.
This is an everlasting covenant. The land of
Canaan will be an everlasting possession unto
you. And I will be your God forever and ever
and ever. But here comes... Ezekiel, human, he
asks a question. Hath God cast away his people?
He saw them wondering from apostasy after apostasy.
Centuries, beloved, literally centuries after
Ezekiel lived, the apostle Paul raised the question.
And he asks the question. It's there. It's in
Romans, the 11th chapter, the first verse. He
asks the same question. Hath God cast away his
people? And then under the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, the Holy Spirit who has perfect knowledge,
the Holy Spirit who knows the mind of God, answered
saying, God hath not. Cast away his people, which
he foreknew. Oh, isn't that something? You know,
let's pause a minute. Sometimes, with God's dealing
in our own individual lives, sometimes you know
you're his child. You love him. You know you
love him. You know you've been born again. But
sometimes, have you looked up in the midnight
hour? Have you felt as though God has forsaken
you? Have you felt as though God had turned a
deafened ear unto you? Your prayers weren't being
answered? He seems so far away. Have you ever
asked the question, have... God forsaken me.
Be careful when you judge another and you see
trials and sufferings coming into the life of
one of God's children. Don't you dare judge that
one and make a definite statement and say, half
God forsaken that one. Has the blessing of God
been lifted from that one? Is that one no longer
in his care and his keeping? Generations through
the centuries could have turned to the Jew and
said, God will never keep his covenant with the
Jew, never. The Holy Spirit answered Paul's question,
answered the question of Ezekiel when they asked,
Hath God cast away his people? And the Holy Spirit
answered, God hath not cast away his people,
which he foreknew. Even though they're scattered
among all the nations of the world, Jehovah God
hath not. forsaken his chosen people, Israel.
He has a future for them. A glorious future.
He made a promise. He made a covenant. And he'll
keep it. And as an individual, remember something.
This should be the most encouraging thing in
the world, whether you're Jew or Gentile. Whoever
you are, this should be the most encouraging
thing to you and to me, knowing that God will
keep his promise. Open the word of God. A God
who cannot lie will keep it. He has promised.
Just this past week, I received a letter from
a man. who is the only nurse, registered nurse,
among the lepers in Liberia. He had written to
me, asking me to pray for his health. He's in
charge of over three... hundred lepers in this
colony of lepers. Think of it. And he wrote to
me and asked me to pray that God will heal him
of malaria. He said sometimes it gets so dark
and sometimes I feel so alone. Then he added,
we have his promise. I wept when I read those
words. Here's a man in Liberia, Africa, who's
ministering to the lepers over there. What chance
does he have? For encouragement. There isn't
a soul over there to encourage him. All on earth
that he has for encouragement. The only hope
that he has is God's promise. And he's standing
on it. He believes it. He holds to it. He grasps
it. He makes the promise of God a very part of
his life. For he has nothing else. Oh, beloved,
you and I dare, we can stand on the very promise
of God for a God who cannot lie. He has not the
ability to lie. It is not in his nature to lie.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words
will not pass away, Jesus said. He'll keep it,
whether it's to a Jew or a Gentile. Mm -hmm.
Yeah. All right. Now, we're going to give you
some of the promises that are found in the 36th
chapter of Ezekiel. We are beginning something
that's most interesting. Begin, if you will,
please, with the 22nd verse. That's the 36th
chapter of Ezekiel. Therefore say unto the house
of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, I will take
you from among the nations and gather you out
of all countries and will bring you into your
own land. They have been the wandering Jew for
centuries. But in our own present generation,
we saw the fulfillment of that which was given
centuries ago through Ezekiel. I will take you
from among the nations. You will no longer be
known as the wandering Jew. I will gather you
out of all countries and will bring you into
your own land. The very thing that God has in
our own present generation. Follow me in the
next Heart to Heart Talk. God bless you.