 Amen, amen. I have been in, as I told you, I have been really enjoying the beautiful music, the feast of praise that we've been having here in Nairobi. And I enjoyed trying to read the language. And fascinated by the words in your language. And just love it, I hope. I'm really hoping that the Lord, you know on the day of Pentecost, the Lord worked a miracle, yes? And allowed these uneducated disciples to speak in other tongues. And I'm hoping that one of those miracles can be happened. To my wife and myself. So we can leave with a good grasp of your language. That would be interesting if I go back to the Cayman Island speaking. What's the name of the language? Swahili. If I go back to the Cayman Island speaking some Swahili, that would be good stuff. Really enjoyed. Okay, good morning everybody. And for those of you watching by the internet, wherever you are, I know maybe nights, some of you, in the western part of the world, folks up in Canada, folks up in UK, and folks in the Caribbean, and all over the world who are watching, we're delighted to have you back home in the Cayman Islands. And down in Jamaica, land we love, you want to welcome everybody who's watching online, Nairobi Central Camp Meeting 2023. Hope you had a good rest last night, did you? Amen. Yes. And the Lord has brought us back again here this morning to continue to do some work. So our presentation today will be in two parts. We'll take the first part this morning. And then this evening when you come back, we will be working on the second part of our presentation entitled Procrastination. You know that big one. And then tomorrow morning, you don't want to miss tomorrow morning, call me Peter. So I'm going to pick up tomorrow morning and then tomorrow evening call me Paul. You don't want to miss any of those presentations. But for the next few minutes that we have, as the clock on the wall tells me, I'm going to ask for your help as we unpack a challenge. It's a huge problem that I have noticed in the Bible concerning the second coming of Christ. So bow your heads with me as we unpack the subject, the coming. Father, I know, I know, I'm aware, I am conscious of this one fact that I dare not open your words without asking for help. So again, Lord, please for your sake and for the sake of the waiting hearts here today, send the Holy Spirit upon us as we open your words again. We pray in Jesus' name. The coming. There is a huge problem with the coming of Jesus that I don't think many in my church is aware of. Huge problem. Some of our brethren are excited about the coming of Christ, which we ought to. But I think for a large portion of us we have overlooked this major problem that is attached to the coming of Christ. And for the purpose of our camp meeting this morning, I'd like to identify it and bring it to the forefront of your mind so that we can deal with it so that it doesn't prevent us from being ready when the Lord comes. Is that all right? Problems. Big problems. Here's it. Here's it. Luke 12 verse 40, Jesus spit out this amazing statement, problematic statement, troubling statement. He says, therefore, come on, help me read, one, two, three. Therefore, you also be ready. For the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. That, my dear friend, is a problem. What's the problem? Watch me, watch me. If you read the book of Matthew chapter 24, there is a litany of signs that Jesus had as given us. Signs of the signs of the signs of the signs of the signs. And he said, these signs are to get you ready and to prepare you for the second coming. Is the church with me? Here's my problem. In spite of all these signs, Jesus says, I'm still going to come at a time when you do not expect. Which tells me, so hang on, hang on Jesus, which tells me that even though I gave you the signs, for most of you, if not all of you, the signs do not seem that they will be helpful to you because I'm still going to come at a time when you do not expect me to come. And the question then is, if we get the signs of your coming, if we keep track of them, what in the world could have caused us not to be ready when you come? What could cause you to come when we are not expecting you to come? Because if we are tracking the signs, then we should know when you're coming. But what could possibly cause it? What could cause us not to be ready? What could cause a Seventh Day Adventist members in the church not to be ready when we have the three angels' message, when we have the prophecies, when we have the signs, when we are raised up for one purpose and that is to get the world ready. What could cause us not to be ready? Ah, I'm happy you asked the question. The answer? Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep. Hey, please notice. Not disobedience. Sleep. Not returning your tithing offering. No, no, no. Sleep. Not breaking the Sabbath. Sleep. Not being ungodly. No. Sleep. Sleep. Sleep is going to be our biggest problem. Sleep. So let's end part that a little. Jesus gave us five lessons to help us to be prepared for His coming. Five lessons. I will deal with four of them today, this morning, and I reserve one of them for this evening. So let's jump into these lessons and to do it for sleep. Lesson number one. Five lessons. Five lessons. Lesson number one. The summer is coming. Lesson number two. The thief is coming. Lesson number three. The bridegroom is coming. Lesson number four. The master of the house is coming. Number five. The day of the Lord is coming. Five consecutive lessons. Jesus spit out to get us ready. So let's unpacked. Number one. The summer is coming. Summer is coming. So here's what Jesus is about that. I've been Master 24 or 32. He says, now learn... Come on, let's read like kindergarten children. One, two, three. Now, learn this parable from the... From where? From the fig tree. Now, you guys have fig tree here? In Nairobi, is there fig tree? There is? Oh, you're not sure? Okay. I was preaching... I was preaching this in the Cayman Islands. Was it earlier this year? Last year. And I noted that there are no fig trees in the Cayman Islands. So... By the time I went home, there was a fig tree plant at my door. Somebody had a fig tree in a pot. And they decided to bring it to the preacher. Amen. I love preaching. So that the next time I preach about fig tree, I have something tangible. And by the way, my wife is very... She's a lover of flowers and stuff. So she was able to take care of that fig tree. And we got some figs off of it. The first time I was eating figs. And so I knew what Jesus meant by fig tree. But if you don't have fig tree, we can... In Luke's version, you will soon see Jesus says, not just fig tree, he says all the trees. But he says, learn a parable from the fig tree. Let the fig tree teach you. He says about the second coming. What's the parable? Well, when its branches... When its branch has already become tender and put forth leaves, Jesus says, you know that the summer is near. Now, I don't know if you guys have different seasons here, but when the trees start to put out branches, what season is that? Anybody know? What season? Come on, talk back to me. What season do the trees put out new branches? Well, the spring. That's correct. Spring, spring, spring, spring, spring. And I had to be very careful here. Let me just disclose something. The first time I came to Nairobi, pastor, I was shocked. I'm deviating a little from my sermon here. I was shocked. It was cold. It was cold. And where's pastor Ambuchi? Pastor Ambuchi didn't tell me that when it is summer in my country, it is winter here. So in the Cayman Islands and in Jamaica, August is the mid of summer. It is hot. That's the hottest month. And back in the West, we do not associate cold with Africa because on television screen, all we see is heat. Amen? Are you with me? So I think I'm coming to a hot country. I didn't even dress for it, didn't even pack for it. When I reach here, I understand that you guys are in winter. And I said, oh my goodness. I wasn't aware that when you're having winter, I am having summer. So I'm going to be careful with the seasons here. But what Jesus says is this, when the leaves, when the trees start to put out little young leaves, look at what the text says. All of you know that the summer is near. Put another way. All of you know that we are now in spring and what comes after spring? Summer. Come on, talk with the preacher. What comes after spring? Summer. So when the leaves start to come out, all of you know that you are in spring and then the next season is summer. So when the leaves are coming out, that tells you that summer is on its way. Summer is just around the corner. Summer is next door. It's a church with me. Now, for me on the text, the last piece is the most important. It says, you know. Which means, which means it is a common knowledge. Hey, you don't have to go to university to know that if the leaves are coming out on the tree, it is spring and then after spring comes summer. It's common knowledge, you know. Why is that important preacher? And so here's it, here's it. So also when you see all these things, now what things? The list of signs that Christ has given. When you see these things, know that it is near, how near? Even at the door. So what's the point? Oh, here's the point. If we didn't get the point. In the very same way that it is common knowledge that when the leaves are budding on the tree, summer is near. What Christ says, when you see the signs that I tell you about, it ought to be common knowledge that my coming is also near. Point one, point two, point two, point two. Don't miss this. There's something about spring and summer. And that is once spring comes, summer comes behind it and you can't stop it. Meaning it is in a motion. Watch me, watch the preacher. The four seasons are in a motion and that motion cannot be slowed down. It cannot be stopped. It cannot be diverted. Once spring comes, you know that summer is behind it. So Jesus says, once you see the signs fulfilling, we are in a motion. It cannot be slowed down. It cannot be stopped. You can rest assured that after these signs, the second coming of Christ is on its way. It's a church with me. And so what Christ says, it ought to be common knowledge. So the question for the Adventist church in Nairobi, is it common knowledge in Nairobi? When you see the signs being fulfilled, do the members of... Do the people in Kenya do all... How many people here are here in Kenya? What's the population? What silence? What's the population in Kenya? 50 million. About 50 million. 50 million. Whoa. That's a lot of people. Is it common knowledge among the 50 million? Is the signs of the time common knowledge to them that Jesus is near? Or it's, hey, hey, hey. Or it's only common knowledge in the church. Let me say that. Let me repeat that for you. Is it common... Does the average man on the role of Nairobi understand that when they see crime and violence, when they see all these natural disasters taking place, when they see the signs fulfilled, is it common knowledge in Kenya? And if it is not common knowledge in Kenya, how is it common knowledge in the church but not on the road? Why is it not common knowledge? Which means that, hey, hey, hey, the church cannot rest until it becomes common knowledge out there. Which would be? Because that's the reason why God raised us up. It got to be common knowledge. Number one. Here's Luke. Luke version on it says, He told them this parable. Look at the fig tree and what else? All the trees. And I say praise the Lord, because if you don't have fig trees, still happen to the trees that you have back home. We have mango trees. We love mangoes. So I'm happy that Luke put in all the trees because there's no excuse to say, well, I don't have fig tree. Well, it's all the trees. Amen. When you see the sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that the summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. And I'm about to tell you, all the prophecies that are listed here have already been fulfilled in Nairobi. And so one of my concerns is how close Christ is to the Second Coming. We are to the Second Coming of Christ and the majority of the people on the street are not aware of it. And if that is so, then the church has some work to do. Number two. Number two. Second lesson. The thief is coming. The thief is coming. Here's Jesus. Here's Jesus. In Matthew 24 again. Let me read. Jesus says what? Watch, therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. It's a warning that keeps coming over and over and over again. Watch, therefore, for you do not know what hour the Lord is coming. Verse, verse, verse, verse 43. Here is Jesus. He says, But, help me read. But what? But know this. I have underlined that for you. Know this. When Jesus tells you to know something, don't overlook it. Know this. Those of you are preparing for the Second Coming of Christ. Know what Jesus answer. Well, know that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allow his house to be broken. True? True? True. Hey, everybody, all eyes on me. All eyes on me. All eyes on me. All eyes on me. All eyes on me. All eyes on me. Even the children, all eyes on me. Let's look at the text. Let's look at it. Let the text talk to you. Let the text talk to you. Jesus says, Jesus says, Know this. Know this. Know what? If the master of the house, if you know that the thief is coming to break your house, by the way, do those things happen here? Okay. Okay. So, it's common knowledge. See, you know what Jesus does? He uses things that we are familiar with. Have you with me? Are you with me? Good. So, here's Jesus. If you know what hour the thief is coming to break your house, if you know that, what would you do? Come talk to me. Oh, you still don't get it. You still don't get it. If you are in church right now, and you know that the thief is coming to break your house in the next 15 minutes, what would you do? You would leave church. You would leave church. Am I right? And you'll go home to watch out for that thief. Am I right? If you are at work, yes, and you know what hour the thief is coming, you leave work. Am I right? And you go home to watch for that thief. If you are at a football match, if you're enjoying yourself and you know what time the thief is coming, no matter what you are doing, watch the preacher. You would make this sacrifice. Does that make sense? You would make the sacrifice to run home, and to prepare for the thief. In other words, watch the preacher. Watch the preacher. The problem is if you don't know what time the thief is coming, then it is likely that we are not going to put out that extra effort to go watch the house. That's where the problem is. That's where the problem is. If we know what time Jesus is coming, we would make the effort to watch. But because we don't know what time Jesus is coming, we will watch when we have time to watch. We are not watching the preacher. We are not motivated to watch because we don't know what time the thief is coming. In other words, we may go there and the thief don't come for the whole night. And then we call, oh man, I waste the church. I could have been a church. I could have been a work. Because we don't know what time the thief is coming, it caused us not to have the level of motivation and zeal that we needed to put in. And so this is where the problem lies. So watch me. So watching becomes difficult. Watching becomes boring. And it is that time when the thief is coming. And that's what Jesus is warning about. If we know what time the thief is coming, we would make the effort to watch. We are motivated to watch. But because we don't know. Ah, verse 44. Therefore, you also be ready for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you don't know. And that's where the problem is. Hey, church of God, listen to me. Where the problem is with the Second Coming of God is that we don't know what time is coming. And therefore, watching for him to come is a long, laborious, boring task. And it is that unknown factor that we raise us in the watching process. That unknown factor. That's the problem. That is the problem in the Adventist church. Ho, ho, ho. That's the problem with the 10 virgins. You remember them? We're going to talk about them tonight. That's the problem. Hey, hey, stay with the preacher. It's not that they weren't watching, you know. Did you get that? No, no, no, no. It's not that they weren't watching. Hey, those of us who lose our souls on the Lord come. It's not that they weren't watching. No, no, no. They were watching. But what happened? They fell asleep. Why? They didn't know the time when the bridegroom comes. That's where the danger lurks. Hey, members of God's church, that's where the danger is. Do you know how many people started to watch but Peter out, by the way, because there is no set time for the coming. That's where the danger lurks. And that's why Jesus kept saying the same thing over and over and over again. He says, therefore be ready for you don't know the hour that the son of man is coming. He's coming at a time when you don't expect it. Number three, the master of the house is coming. Third parable, Jesus, keep about the coming. There's so much stuff about this coming of Christ. Here's it, here's it. I want to take note of this one. This one is in Mark 13 verse 32 to 37. Let's read together. But of that day and that hour no one knows not even the angels in heaven nor the son but only the Father. Hey! This is a whole sermon on this verse. So let's unpack this verse. Number one, the first thing we know about this verse is that the day of Christ coming is set. Yes? And the hour is set, that point one. The second thing we know is that even though it is set nobody knows that day nobody knows that hour. Number three, out of that this is the shaka not even the angels in heaven. If they don't know it, I'm okay with that. Is that okay with you? Huh? Yes. Where I have a little problem is the next couple of words. This is where I have a little problem. It says only the angels who don't know but somebody else don't know. Who is that? No, who is the son? Huh? Talk back to me now, man. Talk back to me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. By the way, by the way, this is Jesus talking. Jesus says the angels don't know that day neither the son. The son is Jesus. So what Jesus is saying I don't even know the day myself. Hang on, hang on, hang on. He's coming back. But he says I don't even know the day I am coming back. Why? Because I don't set the day. Ah. So who knows? The father. Notice what he says. Only the father. Hang on, hang on. Here's a piece of theology. Hey, I'm going to deviate from my sermon. Here's a piece of theology. So some people tell us that there's no difference between the father and the son. Oh. But the text tells me that the father the text tells me that the father has some knowledge that the son doesn't have. Are we together? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's Jesus. That the father has some knowledge that in other words Jesus says the father is the one who sets the date and when he tells me go I go. Is the church with me? So on the subject on the second coming of Christ on the second coming of Christ what the text says Jesus says I don't even know the day. This is top secret that only the father keeps it to his chest. And so Jesus wants us to understand that not even the angel in heaven nor the son but only the father. Well, the next thing we the next point we want to bring to your attention is verse 33. Verse 33 says I mean verse 33 it says take heed. If you look in your Bible it says take heed. Watch and pray for you do not know when the time is take heed. Watch watch and pray those are two different action words. Take heed be careful amen. Be careful watch which means that if you're sleeping you can't watch so the caution that Jesus gave be careful as you wait for the second coming of Christ make sure that you're not just praying but that you are watching means that you are awake you are conscious you are aware hear the theme coming again for you do not know when that time is over and over and over the same thing Jesus has been saying keep watching praying, keep alert keep fast, keep anchored, have a relationship with Christ because if you don't know what time it's coming you can find yourself falling asleep even in the church even in the church and that's a challenge for us so take heed, watch and pray for you don't know the day and then in verse 34 you'll soon see it on the screen as soon as we get it back on the screen for you it's like a man verse 34 it's like a man going into a far country and when he goes in it, if you take your bibles out, come on, take your bibles out go ahead, take your bibles out I mean I know I know you're relying on the screen the screen will failure but that Bible will failure yeah verse 34, thank you guys you're back up on the screen it says it's like a man going to a far country look at the text, look at the text who left his house gave authority to his to his servants and to each his work so the servants had their work and commanded the doorkeeper to watch now stay with me, let's unpack this so there's a difference between the servants and the doorkeeper come on, stay with me, there's a difference between the servants and the doorkeeper the servants were to do their work while the doorkeeper was supposed to watch so I'm going to help you with this now so the man going into a far country let's call him Jesus he's the owner of the house he left his house meaning the church and gave authority to the servants of the church to do their work now I'm suggesting to you that the servants of the church represents the members of the church and then who do you think the doorkeeper represents look at the text, look at the text the coming of Christ is like I love this stuff go into a far country left his house right to the servants to do their work and to the doorkeeper to watch I'm suggesting to you that the man going in a far country is Jesus himself he has to leave and go back home but he left his church and asked the servants and I'm suggesting to you that the servants are the members and they are supposed to do what again their work and then he says and I command the doorkeeper to watch now if the members are the servants in the church who are the doorkeepers okay let me suggest to you I'm suggesting to you that the doorkeepers are the pastors oh let me put you where you get it that the servants is the lady and the doorkeeper is the clergy is the church with me so when the lady and the clergy begin to work together then there is some safety in the house does that make sense hang on so watch me so the servants watch me the servants had their work to do stay with me stay with me everybody can't be working and nobody watching does that make sense yeah yeah because and the church will be doing its work and still not ready for the Lord to come and by the way and everybody can't be watching and nobody working amen then the church will lose its mission so the Lord appropriately assign the two of them together to work together for the preparation of his second coming yeah and that's why that's why the clergy have that responsibility to study the word of God and keep watching while the church member does the work hello somebody watch therefore for you do not know when the master of the house is is coming he can come in the evening he can come at midnight he can come the crowing of the rooster or in the morning there are four watches of the night and he can put in his appearance at any one of those so here's where you're going to talk back to me of those four watches in the night evening midnight the crowing of the rooster or the morning if somebody is likely to sleep which of those times do you think they are more likely to sleep come on talk to me talk to me talk to me let's let's let's do it by the way I have not heard a rooster since you guys have roosters here yes okay we have we have hundreds of roosters I mean literally hundreds of roosters so they wake us up in the morning let me ask you again look at the text there are four watches in the night evening midnight crowing of the roosters that's like about I don't know two three o'clock in the morning and then in the morning if a watcher is about to sleep is likely to sleep which of those times is he most likely to fall asleep somebody says midnight anybody else crowing of the rooster crowing of the rooster well here's the text here's the text the text says if that if we are likely to sleep at midnight then what Jesus is trying to tell you it is at that time it is at that exact time when we are most likely to sleep that when the sky will split open and the Son of God put in his appearance does that make sense to you yes yes yes hang on people here's the message I don't miss the message God will not come at the time when we are expecting him to come is that clear let me say that over here God will not come at the time when we expect him to come over and over and over and over it is repeated he will come at the time when we least expecting put it in context for you let me put it in context for you if all hell is breaking loose in Nairobi if we have problems here and problems here and all kind of crime and violence and starvation and disease and all the other stuff and going on in top and people say oh well this is the time God is not coming during that time does that make sense to you let me put it again he is coming at a time when the people in Nairobi is quite comfortable well fed have good jobs low taxes amen is coming at a time when there is no crime and no violence in other words peace and safety if you think the preacher is joking I can give you evidence for it I can give you evidence for it what did Jesus say what did Jesus say in the days of Sodom as it was in the days of Sodom they were eating and drinking and look at the text they were eating they were drinking they were planting they were doing all kind of stuff the economy was good life was prosperous nobody wanted God to come right now and nobody expected God to come right now why life is sweet nobody prays when life is happy nobody come to church nobody nobody think about God he is coming at a time when the society is prosperous you get it don't miss it as it was in the days of Noah same thing they were eating and drinking marrying and giving into marriage and life was good did you hear the preacher life was good life was good again he is coming at a time when life is good that's the danger because it is at that time that we sleep is at that time that we are comfortable is at that time when the pulpits don't preach they don't know the second coming up price anymore less coming suddenly he find you he find you what sleeping over and over that word came coming up and it blows my mind he keep coming up find you sleeping find you at ease find you resting find you dozing off because life is comfortable and what I say to you I say to all watch watch I turn to the last of the lessons for today for this morning the day of the Lord is coming this one I am fascinated by this one fascinated by this this one I found in the book of Thessalonians about the Paul so Paul I want all eyes on me so so if you understand when you read the New Testament when you read the letters written by Paul Corinthians Galatians Ephesians I want you to understand the context of those letters what happens is that the church that Paul pasted while he was in prison most of those letters are prison letters is the church still with me problems in the church and so they would send messages to Paul their pastor who was in prison to ask him questions about the problems that they were having Paul got their questions and then wrote back to them the answer it is the answer that we get in Bible we don't get the question we only get the answers so it is the answers we get in 1 Thessalonians 4 there were a litany of things that they asked Paul about a number of things and Paul responded to them but one of the things they asked about is when the Lord comes back whether or not the dead will come before the living will rise before the living and Paul addressed that in 1 Thessalonians 4 that Paul says Brethren I want you I do not want you to be ignorant concerning those who fall asleep in and he addressed that for the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel with the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up and he addressed the whole thing that's in the last part of chapter 4 watch the preacher his answer to them continues over into chapter 5 that's why chapter 5 starts with the word but have you seen that then he says but concerning what the times and the seasons which mean that they ask him about that also and he's giving them the answer but concerning the times and seasons Brethren you have no need that I should write to you ha in other words I don't need to tell you anything about the time and the seasons mmm he shied away from that by the way he's a good practice Jesus shied away from it also because the disciple says Lord are you going to establish your kingdom now and Jesus says hey hey hey when it comes to the times and the seasons that the Father has set for himself is not for me to say it to you so Paul shied away from the time of the season and he says Brethren you don't have any help me preach this stuff you don't have any what need there is no need in the church to talk about the times and seasons why because the church already have the information does that make sense Paul says you already know the stuff I'm going on for your for you yourself help me read this stuff you yourself you know how what you perfectly know that the day of the Lord so come as what thief in the night when your lease expected I don't need to tell you about it because you have the stuff he says okay here's the dangerous part watch this watch this although you know although you know I'm just going to remind you that when you hear people in Nairobi saying peace and safety when the economy is good the taxes are low when there is food on the table when everybody is doing well Paul says then sudden destruction comes upon them as what labor pains on a pregnant woman and they shall not escape pause pause pause my wife has two children she gave birth to two children and I learned a few things about labor pain yes there's a sermon coming up in this week about labor pain I'm going to leave half of it down there because I learned a lot about labor pain I learned a lot about pregnancy Ola I was pregnant with her I mean I'm serious I was there from day one straight to the very birth are we together? I was there I was there I'm part of the fund so I need to be part of the travail labor pain is an interesting pain watch me watch me watch me labor labor pain is an interesting pain how many of you have experienced labor pain? ok just a few the men don't understand what we're talking about so let me help you with this labor pain is an interesting pain even though she is pregnant one and two their sign of it because her tummy is projected are you with me? even though she knows the she has an idea of when this will actually take place yes watch a preacher even though she has an idea of the time when the baby is supposed to come she does not know exactly when is that so? stay with me she will expect the baby to come maybe in another two weeks they will tell you but 9 o'clock on Monday morning nobody can tell you that am I right? hey watch a preacher she does not know when the first labor pain will start no doctor can tell you exactly when that labor pain will start they can give you an idea is the church with me? a little time when it is likely to start so even though you are expecting it to come you don't know exactly when same thing Paul says even though we are expecting God to come and we see all the signs are all we do not know exactly when and that is what he says the only thing you need to be prepared for the time period in which he will come is when the world is at ease and the mistake that a lot of people make is that when the world in turmoil they said yes Jesus must be coming no pass is the church with me? when all hell breaking loose see Jesus is coming no no that's not what Jesus says because if he comes now he comes when you are expecting him to come and the Bible says he come when you least expect him is the church with me is when all is well so when I leave Nairobi when I leave Nairobi I want you to remember this preacher telling you it is when all is well it is when money in your pocket and your family members are happy and everything is doing well that's when Jesus is going to put in his appearance is the church with me let me wrap this up then here's what troubles the preacher here's what troubles the preacher if you are a member of this church this should trouble you after saying that Paul then went on to verse 4 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 4 says but you brethren comma you are not in darkness comma meaning you have information am I right? you have knowledge, you have information you have the intel you have everything you need to be saved so that this day should not overtake you as what Steve so if it catches others unprepared it should not catch the member of the 7 day Adventist church that's what Paul says why? because you have the stuff Paul says because you have studied the prophecies because you know the stuff because you have a relationship with Christ Henry you are all sons of you are all sons of light and sons of day we are not of the night we are not in darkness we are not in error no no you have the truth, you have the oracles you have everything and then Paul says therefore let us not oh Jesus hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on this is where I wrap up this sermon look at the text you are not in darkness you have light meaning you have the truth you have the prophecy you have everything you have everything you have everything to be saved and then Paul said something that does not make sense therefore let us not which means which means which means even though we have the truth hey even though we have the stuff even though we have the knowledge even though we have the prophecy even though the 7th day Adventist church has a truth of God it is still possible that we may fall asleep that is the danger and I am going to talk about that later this evening having the truth is not enough to say hey having the truth is not enough to save us that is the danger that is the danger why let us not sleep what others do the truth because it is highly possible that we will go to sleep with the truth in fact many of us may get so comfortable having the truth that we fall asleep this is what troubles the preacher this is what troubles the preacher you can't become a member of the Adventist church I think that is okay I am on my way to heaven so Paul warns the church don't get careless with the truth let me say that one more time don't get careless with the truth let us because we are children of light let us not sleep let us keep awake let us watch there is a part 2 to this that I have to crack open tonight because I will give you evidence when you come tonight of people sleeping with the truth I am tempted to give a little peace I am going to fall to temptation is that alright I am going to succumb to temptation of people sleeping with the truth all the things that disturb this preacher more than anything else and I wrote it in my book is God still coming up to now it blows my mind that the first coming of Christ the first coming of Christ is the church with me on the balcony the first coming of Christ the church back then had the prophecy amen they had the oracles they had the prophecy every single piece of Christ coming was prophesied Isaiah said a virgin shall conceive and be a son the place where he was to be born Micah prophesied that how he should be born Isaiah prophesied that hey hey even how he should die the whole thing the church had it every morning they preach and they had the scripture and yet God came and the church did not know and the church did not know Ellen White says there is some uncircumcised Gentiles from far land rode into Jerusalem wise men and asked where is he that is born king the church did not know and you ask the question how is it ever so morning you gone to church how is it ever so morning you are preaching how is it ever so morning you are studying from the word of God and God come and the church do not know that God is here and they had the truth they had the truth the clergy did not know re-deserve ages Ellen White says when Christ was born those those those shepherds oh man I'm in trouble here my time is gone but have you noticed did you notice did you take note that when Christ was born angels came down and sang amen do you know who they appeared to say me there was a chief priest there were elders there were scribes there was a huge entourage of clergy that run the church at the time angels bypassed all of them and go to some shepherds on the outskirts and it is to them angels sang to not to the church leadership it is to them Ellen White says when they came into town and told church leadership hey that the saver is born they run them deserve ages she says the chief priest says why would God bypass us were ordained ministers to tell you uneducated shepherd that Christ was born they had the truth and slept with it they had the truth and fell asleep with it that must not happen to the church of God again amen that must not happen again study the word diligently look at it carefully it says when there is peace and safety it says when they are buying and selling when the economy is good it says when all the wars are over and people are enjoying themselves it says when we are in prosperity it says when life is good when we least expect it that's when the Lord is coming my time is up so the question is are you ready for Jesus to come don't be deceived by the process don't be lost stay focused stay focused watch Jesus keep that relationship with him keep that connection with him hey keep active with him watch and pray for he's coming at a time when you expect it not so I'm going to invite this congregation to stand with me can I ask you to stand with me so Israel blended on the borders the whole generation lost their soul and lost their life Israel we are again at the borders and there's a high possibility that the same thing may happen to us again and my burden as a preacher is to try to prevent that from happening by saying to my brethren let us not be deceived on the borders again study the word diligently know God for yourself have a relationship with him have a testimony of his goodness let him carry you walk by the light that God has given to you because in a little while he that shall come will come and when he comes and call the roll of yonder it is my prayer that there'll be thousands and millions of people from Nairobi who will be in the number how many of you plan by God's grace to be there in the number God bless you keep your hands up Lord our hearts know our thoughts and you will see that for every hand raised here this morning is a solemn determination to make it home to glory we do not want to be lost on the borders we sense the time has come to an end God we know that you're at the door to step out anytime we recognize that the labor pains are about to start and the hands raised here lifted up towards heaven is a hand is an indication stating we need your help God to keep us awake in these very difficult times because we want to be in the number when this world is on fire we want your bosom to be our shelter and so God we're asking you help us that we will be ready help us to stay watching and praying so that all will be well with our souls and we can go home and be with you this is our prayer we ask in Jesus name