The Mark Of The Beast Is Coming

I want to say that I'm glad to be here again under the tent. Always grateful to be here in the presence of God and to feel His wonderful goodness. I've never found anything more wonderful than serving Jesus. It's the greatest thrill of my life and I appreciate him so very much for all of His goodness and all of the things that I understand that He's doing. And we appreciate so very much each and everyone of you coming out to be with us. I see Brother George (?) back tonight with us. Appreciate him being here with us, Brother Cobb and the others. Appreciate you so very much. God has been good to us and He'll continue to be good to us if we will allow Him to be good to us. How many of understand you have to allow God to be good to you? You have to let God be good to you. A lot of people would say, Well, how do you let God be good to you? By believing in God. The Bible teaches that it is impossible to please Him if you don't believe in Him. You've got to believe in Him. That's the way you can let Him to good to you, is by believing in Him. You know, man is, as I refer to it sometimes, man is a thinking machine. All he ever does is think. Think. You know, he's like a computer, and all he ever does is think. He thinks all the day long. He lays down at night and a lot of times he goes no thinking through the night. It turns into dreams. And if he wakes up in the middle of the night he finds himself thinking, and thinking, and thinking. My! Looks like he'd get tired just thinking. All the time thinking. That's the busiest thing about man, is his thinking. He don't ever stop thinking. But, you know, we've got to think the right thoughts. God is concerned about our thoughts. Did you know that? A lot of people feel that God isn't concerned about their thoughts, but God is concerned about their thoughts. The Bible tells us that we should cast down imagination, every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, bring into captivity to the obedience of Christ every thought. That's a big job, isn't it? Every thought should be brought into obedience to Jesus Christ. All right. If you've got your Bibles I want you to read a little bit with me. Over in the book of Romans let's read just a little bit together. The first chapter of the book of Romans and the sixteenth verse. (16) "For I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (17) For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (18) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; (19) Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. (20) For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:" I'd like to read just a little bit more, which is also found in the book of Romans. The thirteenth chapter the first verse. "(1) Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. (2) Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. (3) For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. (4) For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. (5) Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. (6) For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing." You know, it's hard for us to adjust ourselves to leadership. Isn't that right? It's really hard. Can you tone that down just a little, Gary? It's hard for us to do that. The one thing that we do not like to do is to adjust ourself to leadership. We don't mind being a leader, but when it comes to others leading us; that part we don't like. Isn't that right? But did you know, no true leader can ever be a leader until he learns what it means to be led. There is no such thing as a leader until he can learn to be led. When he learns to submit to leadership it's a positive proof that he has respect for leadership, that he understands leadership and he is getting into position to be a leader. Now, it is my conviction that everybody should follow somebody. Now you might not agree with me because men all over the world they go through the land and they say, Don't follow man. Don't follow man. And that's true, don't follow man. That's very true, but the thing is, if we ever get anywhere with God we're going to have to learn to follow. God has ordained powers in this world. He refers to them as being the greater powers, and said, seeing that these are the ministers of God then be afraid for conscience sake for they bear not the sword in vain. They are God's ministers set there to execute judgment upon them that do evil. They are set there to be a blessing to them that will do righteousness. Did you know that some people have such little respect for God and for the ministry, and they are so ignorant of the things of God and the power and the authority of the minister that right in the middle of the sermon someone will get up and rudely walk out and leave the tent because you cross their doctrine, or what they think, or what they feel. And in their ignorance, Brother Ted, they will just walk right out of the service, not knowing that from that moment on the wrath of God is upon them. Not realizing that the power of that minister, if he is a true God man that he has power to either curse them, or to bless them. And before they hear anything through, or find out what it's all about they say, Well, they just don't agree with what I've been taught, or what I believe, and out the door they go. When they do that they insult God for the Bible says it is not the minister speaking but it is God that's speaking from within His holy temple. Let all the world keep silent, for God is within His temple. And they rudely walk out on God and they insult the living God. They wouldn't dare to do that in the high courts of today for anything. Do you understand what I'm saying? It proves that they are in a spiritual condition of ignorance and Paul said, I would not have you ignorant. But though many men accredit to themselves that they are great Bible scholars, great theologians, that they understand great things, they can quote great passages of Scripture. Though they do all of this they are very ignorant of the things of God. I have met men that could quote passages of Scripture. Many men have read the Bible all the way through. I've done it myself. I've read it all the way through. I'm sure you have. I've read the New Testament through on my knees. Been through numbers of times, through the Bible. But I meet great men that feel they are great Bible scholars. Even here in Charlotte since I've been here, I've had two, or three men that I picked up their spirit, and checked their spirit to see what kind of men that they were, and some of them were great men of integrity but they thought too highly of themselves. When I checked their spirit they thought they knew something when they didn't know something as they ought to know and they got up and walked out before they had time to learn. May God have mercy on us when we do things like that. Why don't we give ourselves a chance to learn? A chance to understand what God is trying to tell us. The Bible said the end of the matter is better than the beginning. Why not wait until the end of it and then condemn it if it isn't right? But we're so sure that we're right that we never bother to find out whether, or not we are wrong. Isn't that right? But, beloved friend, let me tell you something. The ministry is a great thing if it is the ministry of God. I say this very humbly as a minister of God, and I'm not only a minister; there are numbers of others. But I want you to know that all of them are not ministers of God. Some of these are ministers of Satan that you come in contact with, but I want you to know tonight if a man is truly a minister of God when he comes to your city he has the power to bless your entire city, or to curse your entire city. Somebody would say, Brother Pike, if I live in this city and I'm living a Christian life he doesn't have the power to do it. It doesn't matter if Abraham lives in the city, when God sends a man of God and he curses the city it is cursed. So then, if the ministers can bless you, if he can curse you then the Bible said be afraid. Somebody said, Well, I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid of any man. But that shows your spiritual ignorance. The Bible says if a man speaks something and it comes to pass, and he prophesies something and it comes to pass, the Bible said be afraid of that man. It didn't say be afraid of God. It didn't say be afraid of the church. It said be afraid of that man. Why did God say be afraid of that man? Because God knows that man has been touched from Heaven, and that man has the power to destroy you. That man has the power to bind your sins to you, or to remit your sins. That man has the power to bless you, or the power to curse you. Somebody said, Well, he's not going to do that; God won't do that. But the man is already in touch with God. He knows the mind of God. He knows what he's doing. God sent him to do that. And God will stand behind him. Many of you tonight in this congregation, you've suffered many sorrows, many heartaches because you failed, as Paul said, to discern the body of Christ, not recognizing the man of God when he was in your midst. A true child of God, a true man of God, you want to be careful when he comes in to your midst. If you just have a visitor from over here, your neighbor, if that neighbor is a true son, or daughter of God, a genuine son or daughter of God, when they come to visit with you, you be careful how you conduct yourself. The Bible tells us that many have entertained strangers unaware. Do you know when I go in to a place, if I go into a city, if I go into a home, if I'm a true son of God did you know that angels encamp round about me and if you entertain me that you entertain angels unaware. You are not aware that they are there but they're there watching over me, because wherever we're at there the angles are. So we should be very careful how we conduct ourselves. So then, the Bible said be afraid because of the power. When it comes to following a man, you must follow a man. It is absolutely imperative that you follow a man. You say, What man shall I follow? The Bible said, the man Christ Jesus. No man can get to the Father but by the man Christ Jesus. Not only that but the Bible tells us that we are that man, bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. We are the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul said, Follow me as I follow Christ. I do not encourage you to follow scholars out here in college. I do not tell you to go out here and follow the president. I don't tell you to follow the great leaders of the world. It's good to honor and obey those powers if they're following Christ. But I tell you that according to the Word of God, when the powers of God come into your midst, when the ministry of God comes into your midst, when the sons and daughters of God come into your midst you honor them. You reverence them. You respect them as the body of Jesus because it could be very sad for you. It could cost you the life of your darling loved one. Many of them have lost their little loved ones. Many people have lost precious things. Many people are in bad health because they would not listen, would not recognize, did not understand. Isn't that right? Last night here, and I haven't scolded anybody for walking out. Sometimes I'll open both barrels if you get up to walk out so your liable to get it any night. But I haven't bothered anybody. They've walked out. I've had two, or three of them to walk out, haven't said a thing. Just act like a little babe and let them go right on out and didn't say a thing, but I'm liable to open both barrels sometime when you start out. But I checked their spirit just to see what was wrong with them, and most of them that went out did not have a bad spirit. They did not have a fighting spirit; they were just in ignorance when they thought they were so learned and walked out from under the tent with a reservation of heart. I saw last night an apostolic leader walk out last night. Now I want you to get this. Supposed to be the cream of the crop, but I got into a little revelation last night and it went so far over his head until he went out. And I said, My God! If our chief leaders are in this kind of condition, what is wrong with the churches today. Come on, folks. I said that if our ministry is in such condition today that they don't understand spiritual revelation then what kind of condition is the church in. You say, Well, Brother Pike, the church is doing fine. It hasn't been too many months, or years back til they took a survey in the leading churches, the leading pentecostal churches. And don't get upset when I say it because I didn't have anything to do with it. They did it. But in the leading pentecostal churches, like the Church of God, and the greatest churches we've got, or assemblies, or whatever, they said they statistically proved, they did themselves, that their ministers averaged not more than fifteen minutes a day in prayer, and said their laity averages not more than three minutes a day in prayer. That was a number of years ago and it's probably far less at this time. Folks, when we do that you can't expect God to bring a revival. You can't expect ministers to understand the truth, or be spiritual men of revelation. Come on. Did you know that? And if our Pentecostal people are in that kind of condition think what the Baptist, the Methodist, the Presbyterian, the Catholics, and the others are doing. Do you understand what I'm saying? So it's a sad moment. It's a sad time. We need to be calling on the name of Jesus. You know, the Bible speaks of Jesus like this. Said He's my well beloved. And God spoke of Him how wonderful He was in His sight. Said, For he shall call upon me from the going up of the sun til the going down thereof. From the time the sun breaks over the Eastern horizon He'll be calling on Me. When the sun sinks behind the Western horizon He'll be calling on Me. Or goes down in the Western Hemisphere He'll be calling on Me. Is that right? All right. So then, it is a sad day. Everybody is crying something, but what they're speaking, does it have to do with God's Word? That's the thing, friend. Does it actually have to do with God's Word? Is it some theology? Is it some idea? Is is something that somebody has got together, instigated as a doctrine? What is it? Do you realize that when Jesus came in the days of the Jews greatest stress that they did not even recognize Him? Though Moses, their leader, was the prophet that pointed to Jesus and said Jesus would be the prophet like unto Moses do you realize that when the fulfillment of Moses prophecy came that they did not even recognize the fulfillment of it? They had changed the law so much, had rearranged things so much, shifted things around so much that their great leaders had them to where they were blinded and Jesus charged them. Said, You blind guides, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. The blind lead the blind they all fall in to the ditch. He said, you've taken away the key to knowledge. Isn't that right? So it is today, but I want you to know today God is doing something. If you can be spiritual, God is doing something. I had a policeman to come out today, had a little problem. Somebody over here threw some ink on the tent, he came out to check it out. They threw some kerosene on it. They wanted to burn it up. He came out to check it out and he talked to me and I talked to him about God. He said, Preacher, I believe in what you are doing there. He said, We've got so many churches in Charlotte, said, we haven't even got the people to go to them. Said, if you took all the Christians and all of them that are not Christians and put them together you still couldn't fill up the churches. Said, I believe there ought to be somebody preaching, and the way he expressed it, a better way of life, or getting together and doing something. Hallelujah! Said, I believe they ought to be preaching against all this dope that our children are taking and trying to get our children away from this dope. Your own witness here in Charlotte. Folks, listen. I have received a good welcome in Charlotte. I can truthfully say, out of every night of service that I have been here in this tent that there has been a warm welcome from the people of Charlotte. There has been a very kind, courteous attitude, and I have no complaint. I'm very grateful because God sent me to Charlotte. I've been well received as far as the attitude of them that come. I know there are many people that should be here tonight and God will require it of them in the day of the judgment. But, nevertheless, those that have come have shown me a real welcome. Only the one, or two, because of being vainly puffed up by their fleshly minds they've walked out during the services. They insulted God, and of course, they'll have it to pay for. But, you know, we need to come together. I know ministers are saying this everywhere, but did you know the average minister don't want to get together with another minister. You know why they don't? It's like the policeman said today. He said the trouble with the church world is there is too many denominations in it. He said, that's the complaint I've got against it. Said, I believe that's where all the trouble is. Come on, now. What we need to do is get together. God's people need to get together. We need to forget about the titles we've hung on us and we need to get together and find out whether, or not, we're Christians. We don't need to find out whether we're Baptist, or Church of God, or Methodist, or Pentecostal Holiness, or Presbyterian, or whatever it might be. What we need to do is get together and find out if we are a child of God, or if we are a Christian. God isn't going to listen to anything in the day of judgment except whether, or not, you are a child of the living God. And if you are a child of God, God is going to receive you, and if you are not a child of God, God is not going to receive you. And that's what we need to do. Hallelujah! It's a serious hour. How many of you agree that it is a serious hour? They are setting up a world system right now. Most of you are aware of this but I just want to drop my word, or two, in concerning it. Not too long ago Betty and I were over in Brussels. There in Brussels, Belgian they've got this great three story building. We passed right by. Went right by where it is, three stories of it. They've got an operation in there they call the beast, a great computer. Most of you are familiar with it. There is something that they intend to use to control the world with. The building, the Common Market buildings, we went right by them. Great skyscrapers. What is it? There is something that is heading up. There is something that is coming up into a headship. You say, Brother Pike, what do you mean? I want to ask you a question tonight. Do you think that's it's unusual that in the very place where they put a three in one, a trinity, a three in one, there where they put this thing that they call the beast, this great computer, this great brain, it can talk to people and tell them when something is wrong with it, and what's wrong with it and which tool to use to fix it, this great brain__ I talked to one of the affiliates and he gave me the thoroughness of it, and it was amazing. Why is it that in this very place where this great head that's called the beast is coming in, why is it that in that same spot the common markets of Europe come together as ten nations, isn't that coincidental? Why is it that the ten horns had to find the head and put up their buildings and their operations in the same place where the head is? Why did they do that? Why didn't they confederate and go to another city? Why didn't they confederate and go to another country? Why did they come to the very place where the beast head is? I understand also that out in Saint Louis they're building about a thirty million dollar computer there that will control every bank throughout the nations. Control them. Can give you a credit report within about seven minutes. Or just about seven seconds, rather. Just a little time. Just like that. Not more than seven minutes they can have a full layout of all of your background, everything about you. And within a few seconds present it to those that have need of it at the bank. They have this already ready. I've been by the places of it. I made a statement not too long ago, I said, what they will do, I said, they will gradually take the people that are being pensioned and they will gradually work it to where they don't have to send them a check to where they can just work it through the bank to illuminate the paper work and finally just work it and keep on until they can get everybody that's willing to do it that way, and then when they get the ones that are willing they'll force the rest of them to come to it. I said, And then when they get rid of that paper work to save thousands of millions of dollars, in that the Bible said AntiChrist will make craft to prosper, I said the next thing they'll do, I said, that communication between the bank and between Washington, or the great city of the headquarters in whatever area of the nation it is, I said, they'll break down the paper work and do away with the paper work there. I said, That will illuminate numbers of workers and still make crafts to prosper because AntiChrist will save millions of dollars. I said, And they'll computerize the number and they'll work it down through a headship. I said, And down at the Common Market they'll have an infra ray down there, they'll put that number on your hand, or on your head, and when you stick your hand under that ray, I said, then that ray will reveal that number, or that mark in your hand, or on your head. I said, And you'll be a human walking credit card. And I said they'll do it through the social security number. Years ago. I said, they'll keep working it out until it comes to a society. They've done that very thing this far. They've already got it to where if you go in the army you don't have a serial number like you used to; you've got a social security number. You get your tag you don't have a number like you used to; you have a social security number. They're bringing it down to a social benefit. I said, And they'll sum everything up into a numerical order until it will get to where it is right now. When you buy a piece of meat they weigh it out to you on numbers. When you pay your light bill you pay it by numbers. Are you listening to me? When they account for your age they do it by numbers. Everything in this world is done by number today. Satan is working it to the numerical order to where to can work it on that giant brain. Do you understand what I'm saying? Doctor Hendrick Elderman one of the great leaders of the common market said that they could take three digital numbers already. The numbers have been proposed. Three digital numbers of 666. That is to say, like 7, 8, 10, 4, 3, 5. 6 over here, and 6 over here, and 6 over here. Put them together 666, and said that they have learned they can rule the entire world just through those three digital numbers. Think about that now. 18 numbers and they can rule the world through it. 6 digital numbers. 6 digital numbers. 6 digital numbers and they can rule the world through it. One of the great leaders, the general secretary of NATO, made the statement, said, We don't care whether it be the devil, or whether it be God, said, send us a man that can hold the allegiance of the people and they said that they would accept him. They said, It matters not to us whether or not he's of the devil, or whether he's of God, or whether he is the devil, or whether he is God. Now, folks, when people get in that kind of condition, when the world gets in that kind of condition then what is going to happen to you and I? When they get it to where you go down to your local market, when you get down there to buy something, I made the statement that when they put that number on with a laser beam. And at that time there was nothing said about a laser beam doing it, but they decided the way to do it was with a laser beam. And I said, when you go down to that market, I said, that number right there can be picked up right at the market, check your bank account by number, and when they check your bank account they can tell whether you're good or bad, poor or right. I said, And from that bank it will go down to your state headquarters, and I said, when it gets down to your state headquarters, I said, from there it will be sent on in to Washington and it will be sent on it to a national headquarters, Washington, and it will be sent on in to the United Nations headquarters. I said, And there the great head, which they'll have to work through the great computer, will have control of you. You can't buy, you can't sell. You can't do anything without the number, or without the mark. Do you understand what I'm saying? They also made the statement, they said, Just supposing that somebody refuses to take the number. They very politely said, We will have to force them to take the number that we might have the world government that we need. Do you understand what I'm saying? The great beast come up out of the waters. John saw it come up out of the waters. Folks, you're living in the very last moments of time. You're living in the very moment when AntiChrist is about to break forth. A great supernatural being. You say, Supernatural? I'm talking about evil ones, Satan incarnated in a human body, about to break forth to bring to you sorrow, and heartaches. It's not going to be poverty heartaches. The world is going to do better than it's ever done. I remember many long years ago, they stopped me on the sidewalks of Atlanta, Georgia and they interviewed me and they said, We would like for you to tells us what you think about the world situation. They interviewed me here and another one over here. The other man said to them, We're fixing to go into a great depression. I said, According to the Holy Scriptures times will get better and better and better and better and better and better until Jesus comes. (Begin side two.) Since that time times have gotten better and better and better. Here not too long ago when the recession hit I made the statement, I said, this recession will not last. I said, It will go down like this, and in just a little while it'll come right back up and times will be better than ever. Even my own banker sat and looked at me and said, Brother Pike, I sure hope you know what you're talking about. I said, It will happen exactly that way. Hallelujah! We had a meeting coming up in a little church over there where God run them over and just run them slap out into the street. Amen! And I said at that meeting, I said, At this very meeting here, I said, at this meeting, I said, the recession will end and it will come back up, and times will start getting better. Brothers and Sisters, she's come back up. They're better than they were before they went down. The papers stated they were. Do you understand what I'm saying? The Bible said there'll be eating and drinking in the days when Jesus comes. There will be marrying and giving in marriage. That's not just regular eating, but excessive eating. Like picnicing. Everybody can't stay at home; they've got to go to the restaurant on the weekend. Excessive eating. Over weight. Everything. Excessive marriage. Not just marriage but one marriage, and two marriages, and three marriages. Do you understand what I'm saying? The Bible said that they will be a sinful generation. That they will be an adulterous generation. Somebody would say, Brother Pike, do you mean just because they marry two, or three times God is calling them an adulterous generation? Beloved friend, it's more than that. The way women dress today men lust after them walking down the streets. The way men dress today women lust after them walking down the street. The Bible said they will be a sinful and adulterous generation. Not just a few people but an entire generation. The Bible said, As it was in the days on Noah so shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man. You say, Brother Pike, how is it at the coming of the Son of Man, or how was it in the days of Noah? The Bible said in the days of Noah, all flesh has corrupted its way before God. Come on, folks. It said in the days of Noah that all flesh had corrupted its way before God. Isn't that right. See? We're living in a day when all flesh has corrupted its way before God. Used to you had the church people that you could look at with reservation of heart, but you go into the churches now, see if your women don't dress out in pants and low cut dress at the neck, the arms and everywhere else. And they're getting them shorter and shorter, and they don't think anything about getting into a basketball suit, or a bathing suit and strolling up and down the beaches. Somebody say, I love Jesus. Hallelujah! What is it? It's a sinful, adulterous generation. The Bible said they hate mother, they hate daddy. They get in such a condition, the whole church world has gotten that way. Brothers and Sisters, we're going to have to come back to God. Do you know that? We're going to have to get back to the Bible. God can't bless us in that kind of condition. How is it that we feel that God can save us, and God can heal us in that kind of condition. We've got more disease than we've ever had. More sorrow than we've ever had. But, my God, why have we got it. It's because the church has turned as black as night. Her light is going out. Her light is going out! Somebody says, Now, you just wait a minute preacher. My church has a light in it. My church isn't going out. Then what does the Scripture mean when the Bible says at the midnight cry all of them were asleep? Why did it say the Baptist was asleep at the midnight cry? Why did it say that the Church of God was asleep at the midnight cry? Why did it say the Presbyterians were asleep at the midnight cry? Why did it say the Holiness Church, or the Catholic Church was asleep at the midnight cry? Why did it say that the UPC was asleep at the midnight cry? Why is it God said that? Because He said gross darkness has covered the people. Their light, my Brother, they're lights went out. Hallelujah! They went out. They were closed out with darkness. You see, the church has compromised. She's let the devil in and the devil has smothered the light out. Somebody would say, Brother Pike, you don't expect me to believe that. Every believer will believe it. They know the voice of God and they'll hear it and they'll accept it. You'll say, You mean to tell me that the church light is going to go out? Don't you know how long I've been in the church? Don't you know what I've been doing? Don't you know who I am? It doesn't matter if you're the pastor, or the pastor's wife, if you're the pastors daughter, or the pastor's son. Brother, what the Bible said that's the way it is whether you like it, or I like it, or we like it, or they like it, or anybody likes it. Amen. God said, I'll work and who'll let it. He doesn't have to ask anybody; He just said I'll work. All right, now then, let's just look at it for a minute. Could I have a light and it still be out? I certainly could. I could be part of the church and have a light and it could be out. You know, when I was brought up, back when I was just a boy, they used to have the lamps, and in the lamp is that little light. It had a little light, but that light could get just off this way with the wick and then the black stuff would begin to form. And it wasn't long, as I sat there and looked at it, that that entire globe was as black as night and not one speck of light was showing. Do you understand what I'm saying? Some of you have got so smutty and black and filthy until you've got your light smothered. And the Bible said don't put it under a bushel, but lift it up that the world may see it and that they may glorify thy Father which is in Heaven as they see your works in God. This is the trouble, preacher friend. We've come to the place where we don't believe in works anymore. People have preached faith to us until we've got to where we don't believe there is any works to it. I want you to know that there is no works to receiving salvation. Salvation is strictly by faith in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. Without the shedding of the blood there is no remission of sin. And it is personified to you in the name of Jesus Christ from the shed blood because it is his blood. But let me tell you something. The blood has been shed. The name of salvation has been given, but God expects you to manifest the Spirit of God that is on the inside of you in this outer man in every day works by sanctifying your body, giving your body a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. They that have suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin. In the day that we're living in not very many people suffer through the flesh. I preached last night if you try to save your life you loose it. You loose your life for my sake you save it. Is that right? So many people are seeking to get education. Seeking to get money. Seeking to get homes. Seeking to get land. Seeking to get convenience. Seeking to save their life, but there is a few of them that's willing to sell out, leave, turn away from everything to be like Jesus. Do you love the Lord? The Bible said be holy in body and in spirit. Be holy in body. God requires us to be holy in body. Isn't that right? Be holy in body and in spirit by salvation. Free without charge. No bodily works. Just believe on Him and He justifies us by the Son of God. But, my Brother, when it comes to the redemption of the body He said, You save yourselves from this untoward generation. You perfect holiness in the body in the fear of God. Is that right? So then, that's why the sickness is eating up your body. Like a letter we received the other day. We receive letters from India. From Asia. From everywhere around the world. And this person said, Brother Pike, my companion is a Christian and we do not understand, in that she is a Christian, why is it that she is dying with a dreadful disease. Brother, listen. Being a Christian has nothing to do with saving you from a dreadful disease. Did you know that? You can be the best kind of person on the inside and die of the rotteness in your body. Still be a devout Christian person, as far as a believer. Did you know that? You say, Well, what can we do? Believe. Believe. That's why you've got to bring that body under subjection. That's why you've got to submit that body to die; so that you can be a believer. The devil just as soon kill a Christian as anybody else, and had much rather do it. Is that right? It has nothing to do with your spiritual life. Is that right? You say, Brother Pike, do you mean to tell me you don't believe that if I live better that I'll be better. I do believe that because if you live better you're going to believe better. But I'm speaking of the works of salvation. I'm speaking of the spilt blood. I'm speaking of God's salvation by faith in the works of Jesus. They said, What must we do to work the works of God, and said, this is the works of God. I'm the works of God. He that believeth on me. You understand what I'm saying? Christian friend, you need to do something for God. You know, we've waited too long for the preacher to do it. Isn't that right? There is gifts in the church. There are gifts of healing. Gifts of discernment. Gifts of interpretation. Gifts of tongues. There are gifts of knowledge. Gifts of wisdom in the body of Jesus Christ. Where is your function? And where is your office? What are you doing? There are gifts of helps and governments in the church where God has prospered the people with money. Prospered the people with different things to where they can help in the church. There are talents that God has given. Like the piano playing, and whatever, that are helps in the church. There are deacons in the church. There are elders in the church. Governments in the church. Isn't that right? Where is your office at. All of us have something that we need to do. Do you follow me? You need to do something for God. The mark of the beast is closing in. I'm going to say just a few more things and close. The mark of the beast is closing in. I understand in a few days that Madaline O'Hara is coming here to Charlotte. Do you understand? She made her boast that since this is the Bible Belt she's come here and set up her headquarters here in Charlotte. She'll show you religious people what she could do. One frail little woman that God could just, like that, and spit on and she'd dry up like a prune. But she's going around roaring, hollering, and going on and after awhile God's going to kill her. Just move her off of the scene just like He'd blown a leaf away. And everybody will know that He's God. And God will put a hook in her nose and take her back to where she came from. But I understand she's coming to Charlotte. Boasting and roaring. A big bag of wind coming to Charlotte. But like we said today, the other day we said take the C off of Charlotte and it says harlot. Sometimes you're mighty close to being a harlot when you're a Charlotte. Isn't that right? And if the great spiritual whore comes to this crown, the queen city, they could very easily move the C and become a harlot. But I know that God sent me here to Charlotte and God is wanting to dig around this tree just a little bit more, and if you'll band together, and you'll pray and seek God, and get down to business God will send that woman back the way she came. Hallelujah! A man sat outside of the walls of Jerusalem beside Hezekiah and told Hezekiah what he was going to do. Hezekiah went to moaning and groaning and ran to God, fell down and ran to God like a coward and God told him to get up and act like a man. Said, You go back and tell that boasting bag of wind that I'll put a hook in his nose and take him back to where he came from. I got a galling letter not to long ago. Hallelujah! From an executive, an outstanding man in the Ford Cooperation, over this great big office. A great big__ A great big thing, workers, secretaries, everything under him. He wrote me a smart letter. I sat down and wrote him a letter in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah! And I told him, I said, Sir, don't boast. I said, One time a man got to doing like your doing and God said He'd put a hook in his nose and take him back to where he came from. I went over there to personally see him and sat down in his office. I said, Let me tell you something sir. I said, Just because you're an executive sitting behind the desk that doesn't excuse you from carrying the gospel. I said, You're a human being just like I am. God created you and put you in this world, and it's your responsibility to carry the gospel just like it is mine. And it tore him up so bad that after I left they had to send him to see a psychiatrist. Had to give him about two, or three weeks leave, and the man looked me up in another town and came and sat down and said, Man, you got me tore all to pieces; I've got to have some help. I said, God will do it if you'll stand up for God. Some of you ladies need to be bold enough to go up and put your finger on the end of Madaline Ohara's nose and say, You big bag of wind, God said He'd put a hook in your nose if you keep on. Somebody say I love Jesus! Hallelujah! When they went over there the Bible said they said, these men that come to town have turned the world upside down. Wouldn't it be nice if we could turn Charlotte upside down and shake all the devils out of it and then turn it back right side up for God? Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord. So then, the mark of the beast has come in. I wish tonight, children of God, and I'm going to stop here. I wish tonight that I could express to you the spiritual revelation of the great eternal knowledge of the Almighty God that He has hid within my heart. I wish I could. But under the tent you do good to even to preach a sermon, let alone preach revelation. I started just a little bit last night and I lost about three customers before I could get very far along. Do you understand what I'm saying? I want you to stand with me. I love you and appreciate you but it's a sad time; you need to wake up. Just remember all of them were asleep at the midnight cry. We love to say the foolish virgins were asleep, but the Bible said that at midnight they all slept and slumbered. Jesus said to the disciples, Are you going to go to sleep on me? Can't you watch with me just a little bit? But it said they all slept and slumbered. See? Being awake at the midnight cry did not save the church. You say, Brother Pike, what saved the church? The watchmen on the wall. The true ministers of Christ, not all of the people that say they are Christians. But the Bible said, I've set watchmen upon thy wall that shall never hold their peace. And at the midnight cry when the enemy comes they are give the cry. The watchmen on the wall. Being awake didn't save the church. What saved the church was the fact that they still had some oil. They did still have the Spirit of God. They compromised in every way, so to speak. Though darkness had come and just smothered their light slap out, they had to get up and trim the wicks, get all lit up and ready to go. Isn't that right? But they did have the oil. It's like those that died. They do die. Some of us will not die; we'll be translated. Caught in the rapture, as we say. But remember, they died in the faith. See? These went to sleep with the oil. Others went to sleep without the oil. Now, I know you'll probably jump on my back for this but I'm going to say it anyway. What is all this great Charismatic move in the world today that wouldn't give fifteen cents for holiness? Come on, now. Amen. What is it? It's the foolish virgins of every denomination that there is running around trying to get the oil. They've heard about this pentecostal light. They've heard about this Holy Ghost that God spoke of and they're running around trying to get it but I've got some news for you. They waited too late to get it. God sealed the church in. Hallelujah! She may be asleep but she's got her light down inside of her. Amen! They're having problems. You say, Brother Pike, what do you mean? I made a lot of predictions. Made a lot of statements; people didn't believe me. I'm going to say something here under the tent; I know I'll get a blast from it. The Bible said you reprove a fool, he'll blot your name all over town. He'll give you a reputation. But if you reprove a wise man he'll grow wiser, listen to what you had to say and add knowledge to knowledge. I know I'll get blasted, but not too long ago God moved on me and I wrote Jim Baker a letter at the PTL. I hope you can take it. I wrote him a letter and I said, Jim, the Lord spoke to me and the Lord revealed to me, I said, your wife Tammy thinks she's got a little problem with her nerves. I said, She hasn't got a problem with her nerves. I said, She's got a problem with compromising. Somebody say I love Jesus. I said, Her conscience is tearing her up because she's compromising. I said, That's what it is, and I said, Jim, the Lord has departed from you, because you're missing God when God gave you a chance. And I said, You're going to have trouble from it. Amen. Praise God! Somebody said I love Jesus. Somebody believes it. Hallelujah! Somebody would say, But, Brother Pike, did you say that? I certainly did. Somebody would say, Well, what happened? I wish I had the letter. I wish I had the letter here to read that Jim Baker just published. Have any of you read it? Have you read the letter? Would you kindly step out there and get the letter just for a minute and let me read it. Not to degrade Jim because I was praying for Jim last night. God spoke to me in the middle of the morning and when I pray at night. He speaks to me. He spoke to me to pray for Tammy and Jim, and I'm praying for them and praying for the others. But I'm not praying for that evil thing that they continue to do by compromising with the world. I believe Jim Baker is a great man, but he needs to level off. You can't mix darkness with light. This is the way that's called holiness, Brother. God is the Spirit of Holiness. We're the light of the world. Let your light so shine that men may see your goods works and glorify His Father in heaven. Hallelujah! Praise God! It makes you feel like shouting a little bit. It's all right if you do. Praise God! We've got something to shout about. Amen! Hallelujah! Praise God! If I'll keep my life straight and Jim will keep his life straight, and you'll keep your life straight God will put a hook in people's nose, like Madeline O'Hara, and they won't be able to do nothing. Every time the devil ever arose against Israel it was because Israel was compromising. Every time Israel got down on their face and called on God, God moved the devil out of their way. There ain't nothing that can stand before God's people. Hallelujah! Now, I'm going to have them to read this letter. It's nothing secret; he published it publicly. You say, But did you tell them that? You can check with Brother Taylor. They keep a letter on file if it's months ago, or years ago. They always keep a duplicate letter just in case. But I'm going to ask somebody to read this letter. I want you to judge it. Not judge it critically, not judge it to put the man down. He needs help. Tell a man straight just like it is and then show him so much love you swallow him up. That's the way Jesus did it. Hallelujah! Be irresistible for God. Love your enemies, do good to them that despitefully use you. Pray for them that persecute you. Be ye therefore perfect even as thy father is heaven is perfect. I only want to read this letter. He published it; I didn't. I only want to read it as a confirmation. I told them, I said, The Lord is going to leave you. You know what they did? They had PTL, praise the Lord. When I wrote concerning them and said God is going to leave you they changed it from the Lord to people who love. They took the Lord out of it. The Lord got out of it. It's people who love, not praise the Lord anymore, because the praise of the Lord is changed around. What they're doing is not praising the Lord. Isn't that right? So then the Lord departed out of it. And I told them that they're trouble had begun and they'd really have trouble from there on out. Sure enough they have. Nothing but trouble since that time and it's even worse now than it was when it started just awhile ago when we spoke of it. All right. Would you sit down just for a moment. Forgive me for being so inconsiderate. They'll be here in just a few minutes with the letter. It's like I told them here awhile back. I said, The Pope of Rome is going to die. And God revealed it to me he was going to take him off of the scene. We were down baptizing just a few days ago and I said, Now, this is the time. He's got to go. And while I was standing in the water apparently he must have been at the very time that I was saying it, while I was baptizing it, it must have been at that very time that he died. Because I got out of the water, went home, just took a few minutes after I got home when I sponged off and went into my living room, or dining room, a robe on, and right in just a few minutes in come one of the Brethren and said, Have heard the report on the radio? I said, What is it? They said, The Pope of Rome just died. See? Why was that? There was a reason. There was a reason. That's why I said tonight I'd love to be able to share with you the revelation of Christ that's within my heart that made me to know these things and why they were to come to pass and what was going to be the follow up of it. But beloved friend something is taking place. The Bible said God will shake heaven and earth. Said, In the days of Moses, I shook the earth. Didn't he? But He said, there'll come a time when I'm going to shake the stars out of heaven. Hallelujah! And the stars shall fall from heaven. Said, I'll not just shake the earth, but I'm going to shake the heavens. You know what the heavens is? When you come to spiritual perspective of it, that means He's going to shake the church and a lot of wondering stars are going to fall out. A lot of reflectors are going to fall out. Amen! They're not Christians; they're reflectors. They look real pretty. They reflect the light but when it comes to holding a post of duty and serving God and living holy and sharing the gospel they don't do anything; they just wonder from church to church, and from gossip to gossip and thought to thought and bewilderment to bewilderment. Is that right? Have you got the__ Brother Taylor would you be kind enough to read that and take your time? How many of you all would take time to listen at him very carefully. As I say, Not to be critical but to let you know just how powerful the words of God are when they're spoken and what kind of condition it comes. This man having maybe a million and a half, or two million dollars a month just for television time. But that doesn't make any difference, when God says, Thus saith the Lord, something has got to happen. (Brother Taylor reading) From the desk of Jim Baker, Charlotte, North Carolina. Dear Faith Partners, special message. As I write to you today we are still waiting for government approval to officially open Heritage USA. As you perhaps know, just hours after our ribbon cutting ceremony the government officials closed Fort Heritage down for having insufficient permits to operate. It has been one of the greatest disappointments of my life. I have done all I know to do and yet I must go another mile. It broke my heart to see campsites once filled with excited partners now empty. The laughter of children gone, and the beautiful swimming pool empty of people. Then to top it off a series of freezing rains flood the amphitheater, burying cables under two feet of red mud. The piano was setting in several feet of water and the services had to be cancelled. Because of these set backs PTL is losing one hundred thousand dollars to two hundred thousand dollars a week. We cannot afford to go on much longer like this. Unless we see a miracle this week the executive committee has ordered the radio network closed down. To save the ministry we are faced with closing up to ninety-five per cent of our foreign offices at a time when new doors of gospel outreach are open to us on five continents. I have not given up. I know that the end of Job's life was greater than the beginning. God is going to bring us through and in to the greatest victory we have ever known. We are going to have revival. Tammy and I have given our life savings already, but we are going to give an extra one hundred dollars this month as a second mile gift. If you and others do the same we will make it. If everyone who loves PTL will be faithful in this tragic time we can see a miracle happen together. The summer months are usually difficult, and with the added financial burden of the completion of Heritage USA it seems impossible to make it, but as the song writer has said, God specializes in things thought impossible. And today I'm asking you to believe God with me for that seemingly impossible miracle to take place. Please write me today. Thank you for your love and concern. With warmest Christian love, Jim Baker, President. Thank you for all your help. Love. (Back to Brother George) Praise God. I admire his perseverance, and if he'll still do right the Lord will help him. But he's got to make a change, or God ain't going to pull him out of it. I want you to stand with me. We've made a lot of predictions about great men and they've all gone down, one after another. All ran into trouble, including Billy Graham. We made a prediction concerning Armstrong not too long ago. I said, His ministry is over. He was going strong; not even a blemish, all of a sudden, it got so bad, went from bad to worse until his own dad kicked him out and wouldn't have nothing to do with him. Made him a public expose. The Lord is moving. The Lord is doing something. Things are taking place, beloved friend. I want you to bow your heads with us for just a moment, will you? I love you tonight. If I can help you I will. I want to try my best to help you. Praise God. You'll have to forgive us. These out houses out here are offensive and they assured us they'd put something under them tomorrow, or the next day. I hope they do. Create a little better atmosphere. You know, that's the way some people are. They create the wrong atmosphere. Hallelujah! Praise God. While you've got your heads bowed and they're playing on the instruments, I want you to think a minute, beloved friend. You're so wonderful in the sight of God. You don't realize how precious you are. The devil has beat you down and kicked you around, and done you every way that he knows to do, robbed you, stole from you. The Bible said he's a thief. He's a robber. God gives you little children and he robs you; takes them out of your arms. God gives you a nice wife; Satan turns her into a harlot, or prostitute. God give you a good husband; the devil turns him into a drunkard. That's right. God will give you a good business; the devil will tell you you can make a little more money is you'll slip a little booze and dope in, or cut a few corners and cheat on the side and sell a few weeds to suck on. And the first news you know, he's warped you up. God will make a beautiful young lady out of you but Satan will tell you you'll look better if you'll put on form fitting clothes and rip the sleeves out by the roots. Put your dresses up above your knees, or get in shorts, or a bathing suit. It ain't long before the virtues are gone from the man. The preachers have got to quit preaching and start playing golf. Got to start partaking in the societies of the world. Not preaching the gospel. Not fasting and praying. Not seeking God. Not concerned about the darling people of God anymore. Not concerned about the sheep of his pasture. All they want is to get them together and see how much money they can get out of them. How many they can grasp into their organized click to rob them monthly. Oh, what a sad hour. But in the midst of all of it there is glad tidings of great joy. Behold, unto you a Savior is born. The government is coming one day and they're going to set up the millenium and it's going to be on His shoulders. And He's going to love you more than any mother ever loved you. I said the other night the Holy Scriptures said, I have engraven you in the palms of my hands that I might not forget you. It took the nails to engrave you in the way of remembrance of the palms of His hands, but He engraved you by nail prints in the palms of His hands that He might never forget you. He is going to remember you, beloved friend. He means to never forget you. If He ever went to forget you all He'd do is just look at the nail prints and remember you. That's how much He loves you. He loves you. Do you love Him tonight? Do you love Him enough to do a little something for Him by surrendering your life and heart to Him?

By Rev. George Leon Pike Sr.

Founder and first President of Jesus Christ’s Eternal Kingdom of Abundant Life, Inc.

Holiness Unto The Lord