Sunday PM Service - A Spiritually Naked Nation, A Spiritually Naked Church
3/13/2022
Text: Exodus 32:35, Revelation 3:19-20
Revelation 3:18-19 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Exodus 32:25 - And when Moses saw that the people were Naked; (For Aaron had made them Naked unto their shame among their enemies
II. Israel As A Nation Was Naked Before God
Exodus 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies
Because of Idolatry the people were both naked physically and SPIRITUALLY! To the judgement of God
Aaron "Had made them naked" unto their shame
The Nation's nakedness mirrors the church's condition
Aaron's own idolatry led to Israel's idolatry!
3000 died at the hands of the sons of Levi
Spiritual nakedness over a nation will destroy that nation!
God repented of what he first sought to do but didn't wince at sin either
God Described A Naked Nation
Corrupted Themselves (Ex. 32:7).
Turned Aside Quickly (Ex. 32:8).
Made A Golden Image
Worshipped it
Sacrifice To It
Claimed It To Be The "God" That Led Them Out Of Egypt.
Exodus 32:7-8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for they people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, these by thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Lamentations 1:8 - Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away,
Ezekiel 16:36-38 - Thus says the Lord God, "Because your lewdness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered through your harlotries with your lovers and with all detestable idols, and because of the blood of your sons which you gave to idols, therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness. Thus I will judge you like women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
III. The Church Of Laodicea (Church Of Present Time) Stands Naked Before Christ - Rev. 3:14-21
The emphasis on Laodicea is Material Goods; Israel's emphasis was on the golden calf
The equated the increase in material goods with spiritual blessings, which they were not
The tragedy lay in that while they gloated over spiritual wealth, she was unconscious of her spiritual poverty and NAKEDNESS BEFORE GOD
In the Eyes of God, this church was "wretched, miserable, POOR, Blind, and NAKED"
This spirit is embedded in the WORD OF FAITH doctrine - laid out by the late Rev. Kenneth Hagin, Copeland and others
The bedrock of its doctrine is that every member, is supposed to be rich.
Under the guise of "faith" and "prophetic insight" people are told if you'll give so much money by a certain date "all their bills will be paid."
IT IS A SCAM by a NAKED CHURCH THAT IS OPEN TO THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD FOR SUCH THINGS
God DOES bless - He loves a Cheerful giver but we give, not motivated by greed but always "To Prove The Sincerity Of Our Love" For CHRIST, NOT THE CHURCH! (2 Cor. 8:8, 9:6)
The money gospel will only leave the one believing such disillusioned and BROKE; the pastors pushing it - RICH
2 Corinthians 9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
2 Corinthians 8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
They mistake greed for faith; ambition for consecration; walking after the FLESH, for walking after the SPIRIT
This is to a group of SAVED people on verge of losing their souls!
John in 1 John 4:3 warns the church of "another Christ!"
"Psudochristos" - which means "Antichrist" in other words it claims to be OF CHRIST, but in reality is NOT OF CHRIST
Christians are trying to change HOLLYWOOD by bringing HOLLYWOOD into the CHURCH (1 John 2:15)
Jesus counsels Laodicea the NAKED CHURCH buy of him RAIMENT to clothe their nakedness
THE WHITE RAIMENT
The same SHAME Israel had because of its spiritual leadership, Laodicia has tonight.
Garments of RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF CHRIST AND CHRIST ALONE
Self-Righteous Garments are what makes the church naked - ANOTHER COVERING other than the BLOOD! (Exodus 12:13)
WHITE - Refers TO PURITY
By saying "WE HAVE NEED OF NOTHING" They were establishing their OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS
They were SPIRITUAL NAKED
The ONLY COVERING IS THE BLOOD through the CROSS
Absent THIS MESSAGE the believer in such false doctrine is NAKED
The Judgement of God will fall on all those NOT IN CHRIST AND NOT COVERED BY THE BLOOD!
THE SHAME OF THE NAKEDNESS is many will stand before God without a proper wedding garment! (Rev. 19:1-10)
Revelation 19:7-9 - Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Revelation 20:11-15 And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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