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Two weeks ago, we moved from the judgment of God to that which He will be judging. In Revelation 18, we saw much lamenting over the destruction of Babylon. The people will lose all hope as they watch the smoke from her destruction rise. Misguided hope is sad to watch. Unfortunately, much of our country today has a misguided hope. In Revelation 19, the loud laments of Revelation 18 will be drowned...

Last week, we backed away from the judgment of God to take a look at what He will be judging. In Revelation 17, we saw the spiritual nature of Anti-Christ’s kingdom. The false religion of Anti-Christ will be judged, and it will be judged quickly by our righteous God. Today, in Chapter 18, we will focus on the material aspects of Anti-Christ’s kingdom. False religion produces sinful behavior. Sinfu...

Last week, we looked at the seven bowl judgments. The Great Tribulation will be a time of destruction and outpouring of God’s wrath. Praise the Lord for the Rapture! Today, we will look at Revelation 17. In Chapters 17 and 18, we will back away from the actual judgment of God to see what He is judging. In Chapter 17, we will see the spiritual nature of Anti-Christ’s kingdom, and in Chapter 18, we...

Last week, we took time to look at a section of Scripture called: The Harvest of the Earth. The focus was God’s judgment. We don’t mind the idea of judgment as long as we aren’t the ones being judged. We ended the message with a statement that nothing could delay or stop God’s judgment along with the invitation to receive His mercy and grace. Today, we will begin with that same statement: Nothing...

Two weeks ago, we saw the contrast between Chapter 13 as we looked at the darkness with the Dragon (Satan), and the two beasts (Anti-Christ and the final False Prophet) and the beginning of Chapter 14 as we looked at the light with the 144,000 standing with Jesus on Mount Zion, along with the angels bringing messages. Today, we come to a much-debated section of Scripture yet again. There are three...

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Over the last three weeks, we have looked at some ugly powerful things. We have looked at the unholy trinity, and make no mistake, they will rule the world for a short period of time called the Tribulation. As Christ-followers, we don’t have to fear them or the things of the Tribulation like the judgments or the mark of the beast. Praise the Lord for the Rapture! Chapters 13 and 14 contrast sharpl...

Over the past two weeks, we have looked at the dragon (Satan) and the first beast (Anti-Christ). These are the first two parts of the unholy or satanic trinity. Satan will give power to the Anti-Christ, and he will be extremely influential. He will be the political arm during the Tribulation period. Satan is the Anti-God, the first beast is the Anti-Christ, and today, we will look at the second be...

Last week, we took a look at The Woman and the Dragon. We talked about how the woman represented Israel and the dragon represented Satan. The idea of a huge red dragon with many heads waiting in front of the woman to devour the Baby Jesus doesn’t sit well with us. That isn’t something befitting a place in our Nativity, but most of our Nativity scenes aren’t very Biblical, to begin with. We would d...

Last week, we read about the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet, but we won’t see the effects of this Trumpet until Chapters 15-18. Chapters 12-14 will give us another perspective of Chapters 6-11. The sounding of the Seventh Trumpet will show “The Stark Reality of God’s Plan.” Nothing can change what God has planned because God is an unchanging God, and we are guaranteed of His faithfulness. The wor...

In our last message in this sermon series, we looked at the first 14 verses of Revelation 11. The focus was on “The Two Witnesses.” In our first point of that message, as we looked at “The Measuring of the Temple,” I mentioned how dangerous reading yourself into Scripture can be. Some feel unimportant when they find out that this section of the Scripture doesn’t include the Church. My friend, the...

Join us as finish up our series on Anchors for the Storms of Life. Today we have our very own Chad Lawson, Pastor of Family Ministries,  speaking on The Anchor of Christian Fellowship. Chad grew up in Buffalo, SC, and went to Putman Baptist Church. He surrendered to the ministry at 15 yrs old and has been in ministry for 28 yrs, with 25 of those years being in Student Ministry. In addition to mini...

Join us for the third week of our series on Anchors for the Storms of Life. Today we have Jeremy Merck, Pastor at at First Baptist Church in Norris, SC, speaking on The Anchors of Faith & Hope. Jeremy is originally from Six Mile, where he attended Gap Hill Baptist Church and sat under the preaching of his grandfather. Jeremy surrendered to the ministry in June of 1999 and has served in various...

Join us for the second week of our series on Anchors for the Storms of Life. Today we have Brian Childers, Pastor at Apalache Baptist in Greer, SC, speaking on The Anchor of Prayer. Brian is originally from Lockhart, SC, and lives in Lyman, SC. He was saved in 1994 and surrendered to the ministry in 2005. A couple years later, he went to serve at Hebron Baptist in Union, SC, as Student Pastor (200...

Join us for the first week of our series on Anchors for the Storms of Life. Today we have Johnny Touchet, Missionary, Church-Planter, and Pastor in Uganda, speaking on The Anchor of God's Word. Johnny is originally from Louisiana and eventually moved to South Carolina. He has been doing ministry for over 25 years. He and his family currently serve as missionaries in Uganda, training pastors, h...

We're kicking off a new series, "Anchors for the Storms of Life" with a song, "Cornerstone," and a short introduction. This series will cover: The Anchor of God's Word, The Anchor of Prayer, The Anchor of Faith & Hope, and The Anchor of Christian Fellowship. Today's scripture focus: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 and 1 Thessalonians 2:8

Last Week, we looked at the first of two sections of Scripture between the sounding of the sixth and seventh trumpets: The Little Scroll. We saw John being called to take and eat the scroll that lay open in the angel’s hand. He was told that it would taste as sweet as honey in his mouth but turn his stomach sour. Greene says in his commentary on the Book of Revelation: “There is nothing sweeter th...

Last Sunday, we took a look at the first six trumpet judgments. These were set in motion by the opening of the seventh seal on the scroll that Jesus took from the Father in Revelation 5. Those trumpet judgments were: 1st Trumpet: Hail and Fire Mixed with Blood 2nd Trumpet: Huge Mountain Ablaze Thrown into the Sea 3rd Trumpet: Wormwood 4th Trumpet: A Third of the Sun, Moon, and Stars Struck 5th Tru...

Last week, we took a look at Jesus opening the Seventh Seal. When He did so, it caused silence at the throne. Between the anxiousness to see what was in the scroll and the sock of the destruction, there were about 30 minutes of silence as those around the throne took it in.    Before the silence was broken, we saw that the worship around the throne continued. God created everything so that He woul...

Over the last few weeks, we looked at two different groups of people that will gather at the throne of God. The first of these was the 144,000 Jewish male virgins that will be sealed on their foreheads. They will represent every tribe. We learned that the church does not replace the Jewish people. The second group of people we looked at was The Great Multitude. This uncountable number of people wi...

Last week, we looked at the first of two groups identified in Revelation 7: The144,000. These Jewish male virgins were sealed with the Father’s Name and the Lamb’s Name on their foreheads. We learned that they are Jews from the tribes of Israel. We also learned that Israel doesn’t need to be replaced by the church. God will fulfill every promise that He has made to His chosen people. May we, the C...

This past week, we took a look at the opening of the first six seals in Revelation 6. We saw death and destruction, and our study finished with: Revelation 6:17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” Our answer was: “No one!” But John continues in Revelation 7 with a description of those that God will save during this extremely troubling time. They may experience what some...

Last week, we finished up a two-chapter section between “The Church Age” and what most call “The Tribulation Period.” We looked at “The One Who is Able” to: 1) take the scroll from the Father’s hand; and, 2) open the seals. A key feature over the last two weeks that we shouldn’t miss is that the Father and the Son are God, and everyone and everything will worship Them! Today, we begin the largest...

Last week, we began a two-chapter section between “The Church Age” and what most call “The Tribulation Period.” Our attention is drawn to heaven as John tries to describe the things that he saw in the Throne Room of God. Our points were: Who is on the Throne? Who is Around the Throne? What is Happening at the Throne? Today, our attention will be transferred from the One Who sits on the throne (God...

Last week, we finished looking at what some call “The Church Age” as we looked at the Church of Laodicea. This is a reminder of what we saw in each of the seven churches: In Ephesus, we saw that their love for Christ had grown cold. In Smyrna, we saw an obedient but suffering church. In Pergamum, we saw a worldly church. In Thyatira, we saw a church that tolerated sin. In Sardis, we saw a dead chu...