Passion City Church shares this sermon by Pastor Louie Giglio titled “Wide Awake At The Dawn Of The End Of Time.”
Pastor Giglio teaches us in this message about being wide awake at the dawn of the end of time. What we were focusing on was if the pandemic has left a mark on you, if there’s a big loss because of the pandemic in your story, God is going to bring you through the message that God restores, and yes, there’s been loss, but God repays for the years that the locusts have eaten, and so if that’s where you are,
Pastor Giglio said every statistic and every article I’m reading says that the church is shrinking. People are leaving the church. Lots of people are leaving the church. A lot of people left the church and didn’t come back to church. You can go to almost every church today and there are fewer people there than there were when the pandemic started. So how can you encourage us and assure us today that the church is going to make it because God is a God who restores and God’s committed to the church? So we’re not counting up how many people come through the door; what we’re really interested in is what kind of church we’re in, and I know that God doesn’t waste anything, and God certainly isn’t going to waste us going through a pandemic, so how is he going to use that to shape the church? Well, I think in a few simple ways. Number one, I believe that God intends for the church after the pandemic to be one that is awake, alert, and wise. in Ephesians chapter 5 this is what Paul is encouraging in the times in Ephesians apparently were challenging he calls them many times in this book evil days the days are evil in the book of Ephesians and so he says in verse 1 of chapter 5 be imitators of God therefore as dearly loved children and live a life of love just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God but among you he’s talking to these Believers now he’s saying let’s focus on us now but among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality or of any kind of impurity or of greed because these are improper for God’s holy people nor should there be any obscenity foolish talk or coarse joking which are out of place but rather Thanksgiving for of this you can be sure no immoral or impure or greedy person because such a man is an idolater has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God let no one deceive you with empty words for because of such things God’s Wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
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