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Are We Living In The Last Days? pt2 · Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation

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  Pastor Robert Young: Ever wonder how and if the Bible has relevance for today.
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  Pastor Robert Young: On this podcast, we provide biblical answers to today's tough questions.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Hi friends, I'm Pastor Robert Young.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We have 30 plus years of church planting and mentoring other pastors, 30 plus years of training leaders in evangelism and discipleship.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Our team of missionaries go into jails, rehabs, parks, street corners, coffee houses and any place unchurched people gather.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We present the true, untainted gospel.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We ask questions and give answers as we conduct surveys.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We do this so that you can make a true, informed decision about Jesus Christ.
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  Pastor Robert Young: And today our question is are we living in the last days?
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  Pastor Robert Young: Part two.
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  Pastor Robert Young: W e will attempt to answer this question next on the podcast.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Hi friends, and welcome to Not your Parents Religion podcast.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Thank you for joining me in this second part to the question are we living in the last days?
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  Pastor Robert Young: Today, let's dive into 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now, with these verses, the apostle Paul wrote to the early church in Thessalonica, offering them words of comfort, encouragement and prophetic warning.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Through his words, we too can glean timeless wisdoms, for they hold profound implications for our lives today.
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  Pastor Robert Young: First, it's important to understand how to interpret the Bible, as we discussed in episodes 1 and 2 of season 2 on this podcast.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We need to know who the speaker is talking to and the original intent of the speaker, among other things.
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  Pastor Robert Young: With that in mind, we know that Paul the apostle is speaking to the church in Thessalonica and therefore everything he is saying applies to the land in which they were in, not from an American viewpoint.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Although we can glean from Paul's teaching about the end times and the return of the Lord Jesus, looking at the signs from an American viewpoint would not be in the original intent of the speaker.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Granted, a lot of the signs mentioned will have exact similarities to what's going on in America as a whole and the world.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We still need to look at the original intent.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now let's move on to signs that Paul talks about.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Here's what Paul had to say about the return of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ from 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, starting at verse 1.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us, whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter, asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
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  Pastor Robert Young: He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple proclaiming himself to be God.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Don't you remember that?
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  Pastor Robert Young: When I was with you, I used to tell you these things?
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  Pastor Robert Young: And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time, for the secret power of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
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  Pastor Robert Young: And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroyed by the splendor of his coming.
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  Pastor Robert Young: The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works.
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  Pastor Robert Young: He will use all sorts of displays of power, through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceive those who are perishing.
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  Pastor Robert Young: They perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved.
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  Pastor Robert Young: For this reason, god sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth.
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  Pastor Robert Young: (And the truth here is talking about the truth that Jesus Christ is the Son of God) but have delighted in wickedness.
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  Pastor Robert Young: But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
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  Pastor Robert Young: He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Pastor Robert Young: So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
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  Pastor Robert Young: May our Lord, jesus Christ himself and God, our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and work.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now, friends, that was from the book of 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, starting at verse 1, all the way to the end, verse 17, and it's talking about sounds like things that are going on in our world today.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We know some of those things in the book have not happened here in America or over in the land in which the Bible or this portion of the Bible was originally written for and to.
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  Pastor Robert Young: So some of these things have not happened yet.
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  Pastor Robert Young: So what does that mean?
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  Pastor Robert Young: That means that, yes, we are in the last days, but at what stage of the last days are we in?
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  Pastor Robert Young: That is the question.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now, the Scripture lets us know that no man knows the exact hour that Jesus will come back, because he said he was going to come back like a thief in the night, in other words, when you're unaware, and his splendor and his glory will be so magnificent that the whole world is going to see him when he does come back.
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  Pastor Robert Young: In the book of Matthew, chapter 24, Jesus goes on to tell about all the things that would be happening before he came back to return for his people.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We were actually going to use that chapter today, but we realized that some of the things that Jesus spoke of had been fulfilled already through various evil kings and rulers that had come upon the scene over the years since the time that Christ quoted chapter 24 of Matthew.
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  Pastor Robert Young: So, we went to the book of 2 Thessalonians and we realized that Paul is speaking on some of those same issues and others, other authors of the Bible is also speaking on some of those same issues.
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  Pastor Robert Young: But I want to encourage you remember I used to give you assignments.
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  Pastor Robert Young: I want you to pray first and ask God to give you wisdom and understanding of the reading of his Word, because he wants to give it to you.
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  Pastor Robert Young: He wants you to know him and to seek him with all your heart.
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  Pastor Robert Young: And go and read 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, for yourself.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now, you may not understand everything that's going on in the book or the chapter, but read it and see if you can make any similarities to what's going on in the world as a whole today and over in the land in which the Bible was written to.
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  Pastor Robert Young: You'd be surprised, especially when it comes to the spirit of Delusion for those who don't believe in the truth and refuse to believe the truth and I'm not talking about is not the truth of if the election was rigged or any of that stuff, as important as it is to America.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We're not talking about that truth.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We're talking about the truth that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God and that he is coming back for his people one day and that the Antichrist, will be revealed into the world shortly.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now take comfort and hope to know that, whatever stage that we're living in in the last days, God is still in control.
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  Pastor Robert Young: God is still in the blessing business for his people, people that believe that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God.
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  Pastor Robert Young: I hope that this clarifies a little bit more.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We're gonna do one final episode on this and we're gonna be looking at it from a different Scripture and a different author that talks about some of the signs of the last days.
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  Pastor Robert Young: So, until then, if you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time and you've come to the realization that I've heard enough Pastor young, I want to know about this Jesus Christ.
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  Pastor Robert Young: I believe that he came and died on the cross for me and paid that price that I could not pay myself, because I believe the scripture that says all have sinned and fallen short of pleasing God.
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  Pastor Robert Young: I Also believe in the scripture that says there's none righteous no, not one.
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  Pastor Robert Young: So I repent of my sins today, of my wrongdoing.
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  Pastor Robert Young: I want a Relationship with God through his son, Jesus Christ.
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  Pastor Robert Young: I believe that Jesus died for me and I asked him to save me right now, and I believe that I am saved and I ask God to fill me with the precious gift of the Holy Ghost so that I can live that righteous life that he's calling for and I can be in right relationship With God the Father.
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  Pastor Robert Young: I received this now in Jesus name, amen.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Well, friends, the Bible lets us know that if you've said that with a sincere heart, then your name has been written in a book up in heaven called the lambs book of life, and if you need further information or clarification, please do not hesitate to give us a call in all of the ways to contact us in the description box below.
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  Pastor Robert Young: So, until next time, when we finish up, are we living in the last days?
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  Pastor Robert Young: I am your host, pastor Robert Young, and may God bless you.