Today began a new series, "Signs of the Times"
Pastor Larry spoke; this is a summary in rhymes
The Bible has many references about warnings
False prophets, earthquakes, and dark mornings
One such list comes from Matthew twenty four
Other books such as Revelation have even more
Verse twelve was the focus of the sermon today
"The love of most will grow cold" it does say
This will result from an increase in wickedness
Those who stand firm to the end, God will bless
Pastor shared four stories of wickedness from days of old
Leading to four ways to keep our love from growing cold
To the time of Noah does Matthew 24:37-38 refer
The people's evil ways, God's warnings did not deter
He saw their great wickedness, per Genesis 6:5
And decided to eliminate almost all who were alive
Thoughts of evil pervaded almost every person's heart
By being righteous and blameless, Noah did his part
Philippians 4:8 tells us what we should think about
Truth, purity, excellence, and praise - have no doubt
Hebrews 11:7 calls Noah one of the heroes of faith
"Remember what God has done", Pastor did sayeth
About Sodom and Gomorrah Pastor did then talk
Their people were so sinful; at nothing did they balk
Their hearts were evil and their actions were base
Visiting angels said they were going to destroy the place
For so much wickedness God has long detected
But Lot was righteous and the angels he protected
Lot and his family were allowed to be saved
His wife died because to temptation she caved
We need to be aware of the environment we are in
Lest we gradually acclimatise and fall prey to the sin
Put another way, we must "realise where we are"
Making sure that from God we do not stray far
For destruction follows if compromise is our way
We need a spiritual love check, Pastor did say
It is important that we live and be seen to live right
Otherwise, our faith won't be evident in others' sight
In Romans 1:25 and 26 as well as 29 to 31
Paul talked about what God's creation had done
The church had exchanged the truth for a lie
They even worshipped other things, Paul did sigh
So God gave them over to shameful lust
In depravity, not God's knowledge, they did trust
"Recognise that God is with us", we must understand
Per Psalm 16:8, because He is at our right hand
Pastor then referred to three passages from Revelation
Three different churches were the subject of consternation
One lost its first love, another was spiritually dead
The third was rather lukewarm in its faith instead
All three needed to "repent and pray"
We need to do the same in this day
For per 2 Chronicles seven verse fourteen
To humble prayer, God's response will be seen
Remember Nineveh, where was reluctantly sent
The entire city was saved because all did repent
Later this month, on the confluence of eleven-eleven
Proverbs 11:11 will be the focus of prayer to heaven
Four Rs was the message that Pastor Larry sent
To Remember, Realize, Recognise, and Repent
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