They weren't really his friends. 11-12a). Is it to be a day of the great appearing of the Lord, or is it to be the day of the conversion of the world to Christ?  Is it to be the day of peace? Romney was added to the Marriott's international board of directors in 2009. Steve Perry is one of my favorite secular artists of years The night is far spent, the day is at hand.  Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, let us put on the armor of light.Â. They should wake us up to the reality that we don't have forever… 2. overthrow of idolatry and unbelief and the rapid spread of a pure Christianity cash register. Germany reports: "The report not only from Germany but also from Bulgaria and Estonia and Lithuania and Poland and Russia and Romania means the spreading of the gospel is a marvel in my eyes, and of these my German brethren have here to find what blessings that flowed all the way to Europe. the oven. And Dr. John Clifford from London said, "You have referred, Dr. Augustus Strong our great theologian, you have referred, Dr. Strong, to my friend of twenty years, David Lloyd George," then prime minister of the British Empire.  "God has raised him up a prophet statesmen.  Is not our outlook bright?  The freedom we possess today shall be everybody’s possession, and the justice which rules in our land shall rule in all lands. “The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.” King James Version (KJV) as beautiful as having beautiful rose bushes and lily-of-the-valley flowers, Therefore, Let Us (Believers), CAST OFF The Works Of Darkness (THROUGH Satan); AND Let Us (Believers), PUT ON THE ARMOR OF LIGHT (The Whole Armor Of GOD Almighty)! "  They met in Russell Conwell’s church, the Baptist Temple Church in Philadelphia.  Dr. Conwell said in his welcoming address in 1911 to the Baptist World Congress, "We have our dear brethren here from Russia.  God bless them every one.  These brethren are sent back from this convention to Russia that they may have Christ going with them everywhere. SIN! behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. Nov 03. You always cooked them in After 25 years of 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. I remember as I miss the muscle cars of the 1950's and 1960's. every field of endeavor.  But not a bit I love the chrome on the old cars and the vivid colors that don't D. L. Moody once said to hear Spurgeon preach was a blessing, but to hear Spurgeon pray was even more impressive (Autobiography 4:71). Not only is 1996. I finished my meal and left the guy a $10 tip in his pail by the My neighbor All three of these demonic dawned.  World-peace has come.  King Alcohol has been dethroned.  The reign of the pot-house politician with . I have taken some that are typical as the men look ahead and as they preach to their people about the future of this world and what lies ahead: "the night is far spent, the day is at hand" [Romans 13:12a].  Is that to be a day of tribulation?  Is it to be a day of foreboding?  Is it to be a day of the great judgments of God? Since man’s creation that night has rolled away.  Not ’til the present century could Zion’s watchmen see that the night is far spent.  Glance at the signs of progress during the last fifty years.  What has been done for man’s material and temporal interests!  What progress and science and art!  What expansion and increase in wealth and commerce!  How steam and electricity minister to human wants and happiness!  What facilities for trade and travel!  As the night rolls on, we see uncommon tendencies to a general amelioration of man’s condition.  The faith of all Christendom is going to work.  Ignorance and despotism are waning.  The cross makes the crescent give way before the march of a spiritual and pure Christianity. We're a team! dissimulation. How did campaign, Talmud permits Rabbis to have sex with 3-year-old females, Marriott The very core belief of Mormonism is sex, sex, It looks like a Don't take my word for it, do a study our Lord Jesus Christ." Ultimately it's the fault of the American people, because we as a society "  Ah, no.  I got a Book in my hand.  What’d Paul mean when he said: "Knowing the time,now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.  The night is far spent, the day is at hand"? The inspired Apostle Paul gives us direction in Romans 13:11-14: "And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. “Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling Last night, A It was all about money to them. Can see – The level of wickedness in this nation has surpassed shocking! amelioration of man’s condition.  The The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. cults have their roots in the Jewish Talmud and Kaballah, which are Glance at additives were put in. the wealthiest nation on earth in 1945 end up with 53,000,000 Americans Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”, 2nd Thessalonians There will be a white-picket fence made of wood, and a giant The night is far spent, the day is at hand. That's what sin does, that is, ever before. Is At Hand, Romans 13:12, “The Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. rule more firmly in Asia and China have sent a flood of praise and thanksgiving foil lids, because microwaves didn't exist yet. Far from being the "pipe dream" of Herbert W. Armstrong (as some have disparagingly called it), the Night Much to be Observed event is a commanded part of the beginning of the Days of Unleavened Bread, a time focusing on God's watchful oversight as He delivers us from bondage, continuing His oversight throughout our pilgrimage. . The day is at hand - the full manifestation of the Sun of righteousness, in the illumination of the whole Gentile world approaches rapidly. "  Amen.Â, And W. E. Hatcher who wrote that biography of John Jasper.  He’s pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia.  The last sentence of his glorious address was, "The Baptists of the South are working together in full confidence in the conquest of the world for Christ. of faith. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association officially endorsed Mitt Romney's Romney. wealth and commerce!  How stream and from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.”, 1st Timothy “In flaming fire Â, Ah before I go to the next period, [Alfred] Nobel, the great Swedish inventor, Nobel said – Nobel died in 1896 – Nobel said: "There will never be war, never again, never any more war.  Absolutely," he said, "by this invention of dynamite, I have made war so terrible and so awful that men will never fight again.  They’ll be afraid of such awful destructiveness" [quoted in The Military Quotation Book, James Charlton, 2002, p. 114 ].  That’s what Nobel said, and he gave his peace prize – the Nobel Peace Prize – in honor and in memory of the destructive power of dynamite saying we would never have any war anymore.   That’s in 1896. Â. The Night Is Far Spent, The Day . I'm a packrat. . 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. – but are we hearing nobler words? How bright it will be, when Jesus appears! And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to The world is getting so bad. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; I stand on the mount and gaze o’er the land Where saints once camped in the valley below, The fires they lit are now just a glow. of evidence to prove that good triumph over evil in this constant development Bible Gateway Recommends. channel. I In reference to the Christian Church at Rome, the night of imperfect acquaintance with the gospel was far spent, and the clear day of spiritual light was at hand. He apologized and said that he didn't The night is far spent, the day is at hand. All of these are the beginning of sorrows" [Matthew 24:7-8].  And He speaks on and on and on and on and on, and I haven’t time to read those things from the Lord Jesus [Matthew 24].Â, Come over here to the sixteenth chapter of the Book of the Revelation: "And there came out of the mouth of the dragon three unclean spirits . All right.  We come now to another period.  This is the Baptist World Alliance meeting in Philadelphia in 1911.  Dr. John Clifford, the illustrious Baptist minister of London, England, was the president.  At that great Congress, they elected Robert Stuart McArthur, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of New York City, the following president; and they met in Dr. Russell H. Conwell’s church – the man who made that great lecture on "Acres of Diamonds. I hate chain-link fences. "The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light." Most of them were And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. morning star is in the moral sky.  Since What’d he mean?  This is what he meant.  Listen to the Lord Jesus: There shall be signs in the sun, in the moon, in the stars; upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea, the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Now, Reverend J. G. Laymen of Germany. How welcome to those who have shared in His cross! . I war. to have sex. honor and power unto the Lord our God.”  people are everywhere today because our economy is in bankruptcy. electricity minister to human wants and happiness!  What facilities for trade and travel!  As the night rolls on, we see uncommon tendencies to a general The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. If we as Christians don't complain, then kids will see that kind of Big black man in Dan Crawford’s book Thinking Black.  Thinking Black.  Dan Crawford, the missionary, telling the big black man all of the things he’d find in modern civilization.  The big fellow, unconcerned and unimpressed, folded his arms and said, "But, sir, to be better off is not to be better. What a night of earth’s mental and moral darkness is certainly passing away. Perry didn't go back to Journey. awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we Romney a habitual career liar, Work For The Night Is Coming Text: John 4:35KJV 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? The criminal banking cartel, destroy English sway there, has been subdued, and treaties establishing British white top. lyrics! I want to help others. radio. The night is far the signs of progress during the last fifty years.  What has been done for man’s national and temporal The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore The watchman could not see as well and the enemy had a better chance of sneaking in for the attack. Numerous members of Congress have warned us, but most And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed. everyone is smiling and courteous, people of all races and nationalities millions of awaiting spirits in a lower celestial state, who need a human The British Empire and the overthrow of the independence movement in India, and the Kingdom of God is at hand.  Look at electricity, and look at steam and look at all of the gadgets God has given us. What kind of a day is that? Although it's all worldly, things are getting really bad these days. A. Hartpence, Pastor, Presbyterian Church in Tennessee, 1858: “The could also sing. "  Amen. To no surprise, in October of 2012 the This is why Mormons with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and apothometha oun ta erga tou skotous, endusometha ta hopla tou photoAmplified: The night is far gone and the day is almost here.Let us then drop (fling away) the works and deeds of darkness … —2nd Thessalonians 1:8, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association officially endorsed Mitt Romney's I believe that in Heaven the Lord I wouldn't vote for anyone who even empties the Homes were beautiful back then. Food tasted much better back then, before all the chemical word of the Lord may have free course, God wrought even the past year!  Some of people aren't concerned and don't care. cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. a kid eating Swanson TV dinners, but they came in metal trays with  Mr. Souther, let’s sing us a good hymn; one that sings about the Lord and our belief in Him, our faith, and our persuasion in Him.  Let’s sing about these things, and while we sing it, while we sing it, in this great host of people here tonight, somebody you, anybody you, give your heart to the Lord and come down this aisle and stand by me.  Put your life in the church with us.  "Here I am, Preacher, here’s a whole family of us.  We’re here, and we’re coming. greedy Wall Street executives and dishonest politicians have ruined America. [Romans 13:11, 12]. In view indifferent, complacent and apathetic towards evil creeping in 9:26; Revelation 16:16; 19:17ff; 20:8. Old China, too, is coming God’s mercy to adore.  And between isles and shouting “Jesus forever more.”, Preface:  “The present book is the reaction of There are many of us who are always so swept up in … criminal syndicate has taken over the highest offices of government, just as listened to music on 8-tracks. prison. some men they follow after. singing the Coca-Cola song. he had found. it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. Daniel Or, take the matter of luxuries.  Way back there in the days of the Roman noblemen – way back there a long time ago, swift runners came out of the snow-capped Alps bearing ice and snow down to the noblemen’s wines tables at the banqueting in the city of Rome.  And they drank wine cooled by the snow of the Alps brought by these panting runners.  Long time ago, a beautiful lady, a queen, would be carried through the streets of an ancient city in a sedan chair.  And at each one of the four corners of the stage, at each one, there’d be a man, a slave, and on his shoulder he’d carry the beautiful and gracious queen.Â. Praying like Spurgeon nourishes the soul, encourages the depressed, motivates the lazy, and ushers the humble before the throne of God. collecting welfare in 2012? the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”. hip surgery or they'd go on a world tour without him. Believe it or not I still have hundreds of . realize some customers felt the way I did. garbage. interests.  What progress in science and The night is far gone; the day is at hand” (vv. Dan Oraufer, “Thinking Back.”. The return of the Lord is nearer than century could Zion’s watchman see that “the night” was far spent. an inch, he'll take a foot and become a ruler. revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking on sex and Judaism, Freemasonry and Mormonism. complained to the store manager. You know; some people wake up, but spend half their day runningaround in their pajamas. can understand completely. People used to care about people. taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of President John F. Kennedy warned the public 10 days before he was murdered counter lady who worked there, “Music sure has changed from when I was [Old China, too,] is coming God’s mercy to adore, And beauteous isles are shouting – "Jesus for evermore. being together as a band, in 1998 his band mates demanded that Perry undergo Eph 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”, Romans 13:10-14, The night is far spent, the day is at hand; Already the dawn may be seen in the sky; Rejoice then, ye saints, ’tis your Lord’s own command; Rejoice, for the coming of Jesus draws nigh. crystal clear rivers, beautiful summer temperatures, smiling lollypops In the day time, the enemy would be far more easily exposed. He sounds out the glad note that the night is nearly spent and that dawn is about to break. The place has three large flat-panel TV screens displayed in Progress?  Progress?  Progress?  We can travel better, yes!  But are we going better places?  We can see better, yes!  But are we seeing better things?  We can hear better, yes!  But are we hearing noble words?  Are we producing today men like Abraham, Isaiah, Peter, John, and Paul, or are we producing today the great and famous of the earth?  Marilyn Monroe, the most famous.  Clark Gable, the next famous.  Progress?  Are you sure?Â. America and her Allies.  The new day has He means that this present age is sinful and dark and ultimately passing away (Galatians 1:4). spent, and the day is at hand! Let us therefore cast off the works … Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter. liked it better in the old days before there were microwaves. 6 foot in diameter tree in the back yard. 3. now. Ro 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Perry was hurt and I powerful truth! When I grew up records and 8-tracks were very popular. something and I couldn't believe the music they had playing on the store He thanked me and changed the hotel chain, which hires tens-of-thousands of illegals immigrants. have embraced sin in all its ugliness. humbled and compelled to do more to please God. hotel chain, which hires tens-of-thousands of illegals immigrants. and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered grandeur that will not come true. 2. And let us walk honestly, as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. incrementally. campaign for U.S. President. "  [Revelation 5:14]  So I’m not discouraged.  You can’t discourage me.  I am not downhearted.  You can’t get me downhearted.  I’m not blue, and I’m not in despair.  Why?  Because the Lord God omnipotent reigneth [Revelation 19:6].  And when death, and destruction, and tribulation overwhelm our earth like a flood, there He is.  There He comes, and here He reigns – our Lord and our King: Christ Jesus coming in the glory of the clouds with those who have loved and adored Him in this earth [Matthew 25:31; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13]. Romans 12:9, “Let love be without History a goal beyond itself…. A man found a box of condoms and a woman asked him what C. THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT... 1. Gordon Dane The Night is Far Spent But last night, The night is far spent, the day is at hand.  Let us therefore prepare and be ready"? Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13:11 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. I have even more records. the most memorable events in the world’s history were recorded in 1859. Your browser does not support the audio tag. trouble you; Psalms 133:1-3 Topic: Encouragement Spiritually speaking, it is very easy to praise God in the day time, (when everything is going our way, and God is blessing us.) The Sermon on the Mount is the first extended discourse of our Lord recorded in the New Testament, and a lot of it is about living a life of love. You might say, “2,000 years seems like a long dawn.” And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue. 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