Hi,
I'm Kay Arthur, and I am
so honored to be with
you. And I'm so
appreciative of your
Juergen and Susan for th
s wonderful opportunity
o share and to be able
o do a seminar at yo
r envisions conferenc
, leadership and the tim
s of crisis. Last night,
I was standing at t
e centerpiece and
y kitchen, fixing so
e food. And all of a sudd
n I looked at the TV, a
d there the Capitol w
s being broken into a
d violated, I mea
, breaking windows a
d sitting in the chairs a
d the Congress and, a
d that and taking pictur
s and that and I though
, Lord, Lord, what is goi
g on? I've been followi
g what's happening in t
e United States of Americ
, with great interest
n this run for t
e presidency and t
e government and that, a
d I just really belie
e that possible. I real
y believe that possibly N
, I really believe th
t America is under t
e judgment of God. You s
y Why? Well, I belie
e America is under t
e judgment of God becau
e America has turned i
s back on God. And you c
n see that in our law
. What happened was,
e were a nation founded
n the fear of God, we we
e a nation that w
s Benjamin Franklin sai
, Stop, stop, stop, we mu
t get on our knees and c
y out to the Most High G
d for wisdom a
d discernment. That's n
t happening anymore. Wh
t has happened instead
s we have we have walk
d away from the precepts
f God that He is laid do
n in His Word. In 196
, prayer was removed fr
m school with the Supre
e Court ruling. In 196
, the Supreme Court rul
d eight to one th
t Devotional Bible readin
, or other governme
t sponsored religio
s activities and publ
c schools a
e unconstitutional.
n 1967, they had
a decriminalization
f homosexuality. And wh
n it before it was
a offense that you would
e the go to person for
o to jail for in 1973, t
e Supreme Court legaliz
d abortion nationally wi
h the Roe vs. Wa
e decision, that is t
e most significant of a
l of it. In Genesi
, chapter nine, God tel
s us that life is sacre
. And he tells us that
e is going to require t
e lifeblood of everyo
e that is murdered, and a
e put to death illegall
, or not, according to t
e Word of God. Next
o that, you might want
o write numbers 353
, because in that passag
, he talks about the law
f the blood of venger. A
d he tells how when a man
s or a person's blood
s not avenge by the blo
d of venger, then God
s going to have to de
l with them. And it sa
s his blood, their bloo
, Christ to me from t
e ground, we're in troubl
. We're in trouble. There
s a song we've got troub
e here in River Cit
. Trouble with a capital
. Because we are not m
n and women of the book.
r we know it, we say th
t we and we read it a
d that, but do we live
y every word that comes o
t of the mouth of God, th
s is what God has ordaine
. And if you're going to
e on solid ground with Go
, and if you're going to
e used of God mightily, y
u have to be a man or
a woman of the word. And
I want to tell you fr
m Hosea chapter four, wh
t God says about t
e importance of knowing h
m in knowing his word.
o if you will turn in yo
r Bibles to Hosea chapt
r four, or just at leas
, least get it down. A
d listen, as I read to re
d to you. in Hosea chapt
r four, it says, Liste
, I'm telling you
o listen, he's telling y
u to listen. Listen to t
e word of the Lord, o
, sons of Israel, for t
e Lord has a case again
t the inhabitants of t
e lan
Because there's no
faithfulness there or
kindness or knowledge of
God in the land. There's
no knowledge of God. He
has spoken the the
Pentateuch because has
been written and all of
that, but there's no
knowledge of God in the
land. They're not paying
attention to the Word of
God. And anytime we don't
pay attention to the Word
of God, we're going to be
in trouble. And we're
going to start living
according to our own
thoughts in our own
conditions and that and
we're going to sing
praise songs and think
it's alright because we
got goosebumps, but it's
not always bright. So
this is what he says.
There's no faith. Bonus
or kindness or knowledge
of God in the land, there
is sweat, swearing,
deception, murder,
stealing and adultery.
They employ violence. So
that bloodshed follows
bloodshed. Therefore the
land mourns, and everyone
who lives in it
languishes along with the
beasts of the field and
the birds of the sky and
the fish of the sea they
disappear. Yet Let no one
find fault, nor offer
reproof, for your people
are like those who
contend with the priests,
you shall stumble by day.
And the Prophet also will
stumble with you by
night. And I will destroy
your mother. He's saying,
I'm going to destroy
Israel, Israel's your
mother, my people are
destroyed, for a lack of
knowledge. Because you
have rejected knowledge,
I will reject you from
being my priest, since
you have forgotten the
law of your God. Now
listen, I will forget
your children. They're in
trouble. I mean, they're
in great, great trouble.
And they're in trouble
because you see the key
word, there's no
knowledge of God. And
you've got to know what
God's word says, so that
you can live accordingly.
And so that you can obey
his commandments in the
statutes. His Word is, is
a lamp unto our feet, and
it's a light unto our
path. And if we don't
know what we're going to
stumble in the darkness.
And so when you look at
this, and this is what I
want to us to see today,
and in this seminar, I
want us to see the
importance of knowing the
Word of God and living by
every word that comes
from the mouth of God. So
from Hosea, this is what
I would like you to do.
And this is throwing it
together, or quickly
because of time, because
there's so much I want to
say, all right, first of
all, understand what the
fear of the Lord is,
there's no fear of God.
Right? And fear is
respect. It's all its
submission. It's, it's
bowing before it's
bringing yourself low and
saying, your God, you're
the all wise God, you're
omniscient, and I bow
before you. And so this
is the condition of
Israel at that time. And
in a sense, in a sense,
America is there. And
Israel is there also
because we both have our
roots in the Word of God,
we both our fears of God
or our nation started
that way. And now we're
in we're in a mass. So
Isaiah is a contemporary
of Hosea. And so I'd like
you to go to Isaiah,
chapter five. In Isaiah
chapter five. He's
talking about what the
people are like, and he's
talking about woes, woes,
woes. And he says, woe to
those who rise early in
the morning, excuse me is
first 11 that they may
pursue strong drink, who
stay up late in the
evening, that wine man
flame them, their
banquets are accompanied
by liar and harp. They
play the flute and buy
wine, but they do not pay
attention to the deeds of
the Lord. Nor do they
consider the work of his
hands. Now, listen very
carefully. Therefore, my
people go into exile for
their lack of knowledge.
In other words, they're
going to go into
captivity, because they
wouldn't believe God
because they have
desecrated the
the word of the Lord and
desecrated the honor of
God. There's no fear of
God before their eyes.
And then he goes on and
just listen and see. Does
this sound like our
culture today? It sounds
like America today. Does
it sound like Israel
today? Or you're from all
over? Does it sound like
Germany today? We work in
190 countries, and we're
in 99 languages, I
believe. And so we're in
touch with all these
people. We're teaching
them how to discover
truth for themselves.
We're teaching them how
to to deepen their
relationship with God
through knowing his word
through studying his
word. inductively. Not
reading the commentaries
there. All right, but
first finding out what
does the word of God have
to say, so that you
understand that this is
God speaking, and it's
breathe and you
understand everything
that he is saying? He
says, woe to those who
drank drag inequity with
corn. So with cords of
faulted and sin as if
with cart ropes, woe to
those verse 20, who call
evil good, and good evil.
That's what's happening
today, who substitute
darkness for light and
light for bitterness.
Verse 21, woe to those
who are wise in their own
Eyes first 22 woe to
those that are heroes in
drinking wine. I mean,
people brag about getting
getting drunk. And he
talks about what he's
going to do. And he says
in verse 24, therefore,
is a tongue of fire
consumes stubble, and dry
grass collapses into the
flame. He says, so their
root will we come like
rot and their blossom
will blow away as does
for they have rejected
the law of the Lord of
hosts, and they have
despise the word of the
Holy One. On this
account, the anger of the
Lord has burned out
burned against his
people. And he stretched
out his hand and struck
them down. From there. I
would like you to put
down Isaiah, chapter 59.
And go there and see if
this relates to the
culture today, we're
talking about leadership
in the time of crisis.
And in Isaiah chapter 59.
He's talking about the
state of affairs again,
and more. And you can see
this all the way through
through the book of
Isaiah. It's an
incredible book. It says
in Isaiah 59, verse 14,
Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands
far away, for truth, has
stumbled in the streets,
and uprightness cannot
enter. Yes, truth is
lacking. And he who turns
aside from evil makes
himself a pray, there is
no knowledge of God. And
because there's no
knowledge of God, there's
no fear of God. In this
marvelous passage right
here on this segment in
Isaiah and Isaiah chapter
eight and verse nine, you
have the promise of the
Savior who is coming. And
then Isaiah leading up to
that, he's saying, You
are not to fear what they
fear or being dread of
it. It is the Lord of
hosts whom you should
regard as holy, he shall
be your fear, next to
that, put proverbs 2925.
And look it up later, he
shall be your dread, then
he shall become a
sanctuary. In other
words, if you will cry
out to God, in any given
situation, no matter
what's going on. And if
you will run to God, His
arms will be open wide,
and he you will be right
where he wants you.
Because you are coming to
him, you're fearing him,
you're respecting him,
you're honoring him.
You're saying, I know
that your God,
and I know that
you can do according to
your will in the army of
heaven and among the
inhabitants of the earth.
I know none can stay your
hand, I know none can say
to you, what are you
doing? Because you are
God, you are sovereign.
And once you give this
inside of you, and once
you start to live and
look at every situation,
and the light of
who God is,
I mean, life changes.
Listen to what he says.
He says to the law into
the testimony I hear is
the the work of Satan.
Here's the work of the
liar, the deceiver, to
the law, and to the
testimony, if they do not
speak according to this
word. It is because they
have no dawn. And other
words the sun has not
come up, it's still in
darkness are still in
darkness. He says to the
law in the testimony that
they don't speak
according to well, how
are you going to know if
they're speaking cording
to it, if you don't know
the word of God, if you
don't study the Word of
God. In Isaiah, chapter
nine, he talks about the
prophecy of Jesus, the
people sitting in
darkness are going to see
a great light, the
darkness is going to be
gone. And he tells them,
that for a child, for a
child will be born to us
a son will be given. The
government shall rest on
his shoulders, his name
shall be called
Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Prince
Eternal Father, Prince of
Peace, there will be no
in no in to the increase
of his government or of
peace on the throne of
David in over his kingdom
to establish it, and
uphold it with justice
and righteousness. We're
going to see justice, not
right now. But when Jesus
comes and he takes over
and he begins to rain
upon this earth, we're
going to see justice and
we're going to understand
it and it's going to be
Hey, we were not fools.
He says, for them and
forevermore, the zeal of
the Lord will accomplish
this. I want you to go
from here with me to
Matthew chapter four. And
I want to show you here's
the prophecy about Jesus
coming. So when you come
to Matthew chapter four,
this is what he tells us.
And and I, oh, I wish I
had several hours with
you. I just would really
absolutely I absolutely
love that so that we
could talk and dialogue
here, I've got you in my
kitchen, I can't even
talk to you face to face,
or for your cup of
coffee. All right. In
Matthew, chapter four,
Jesus has been tempted by
the by Satan by the
tempter. And in Jesus,
the tempter says to him,
if you are the Son of
God, command that these
bones be bread show off,
do a miracle, just say
stones become bread, if
you're the Son of God
didn't do anything. I
mean, God created
everything. And so it
says, ends in Jesus
answered and said, Now
listen, it is written, it
is written, I've read it.
I know it. I know what it
says. And of course, he's
the author of it, too.
But it is written, do you
know what's written in
this book, if you're
going to withstand what
is ahead for us, and
these last days, you and
I know if we know the
word of God, that is
going to get worse and
worse, and many of us are
going to have that
joyful, awesome privilege
of possibly being
beheaded for Jesus
Christ, of laying down
our lives, giving him the
last thing that we can
can give him that shows
our love and our trust,
and our hunger to be in
his presence. Listen to
what he says. He says, It
is written, Man shall not
live by bread alone, but
on every word that
proceeds from the mouth
of God. Now, where is
every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God?
Right here, right here?
This
is the book,
how many books make up
this one book? 66 books?
All right, if you're to
live on every word that
comes out of the mouth of
God, how many books do
you know? You may know
all this wonderful
worship of the songs and
everything and, and I
checked some of them out,
because some of them are
not biblical term, not
according to the Word of
God. But listen, that is
that is an exuberance You
and I have to be rooted
and grounded in
established in the Word
of God, you and I have to
know this word. We have
to realize that
everything and he says
this and Peter,
everything. The Second
Peter, everything that
pertains to life and
godliness is in this
book. And if you and I
know it, then we know how
to live. We're working in
refugee camps, all in all
these major refugee
camps. We're doing we
have these studies, and
and this one's building a
marriage that really
works. This is the power
of knowing God. And so
they're doing these
studies. And it's all
Scripture. It's nothing
else, but scripture. And
it's put together in a
way that you discern for
yourself, what God is
saying it's inductive.
And we had a Muslim woman
that came up to the ones
that was leading it. And
she said to him, I need
to talk to you May I talk
to you, my problems are
very great. And he says,
You're on the break. And
she says, No, they're too
great. And then he found
out that her wife, he,
she was told by her
mother, mother in law,
her husband was told by
her mother in law, to
beat her every night
before she went to bed.
So on the wedding night,
he beats her. Well, this
has gone on, he beat her
once so severely that the
baby died in the womb,
and she thought she was
going to lose her life.
And she said, If I
believe in Jesus, will my
husband stop beating me?
And he says, No, I can't
promise you that. And she
said, Well, if I if I
believe in Jesus, Will
God keep the Muslims from
killing me? And he says,
No. He says, Jesus said,
If any man is going to
come after Me, let him
deny himself, and take up
his cross and follow me.
let him deny himself,
take up his cross, and
follow me. In times of
crisis, no matter what's
happening. Jesus calls us
she said, Oh, you mean
you're telling me that if
I follow Jesus, I have to
be willing to die? And he
said, Yes. And she
believed her husband was
in another part of the
camp because they'd moved
him over there because
they were beating their
why he was beating her
and she was so it was so
noisy. And so her
husband, separated from
her, went to the same
study building a marriage
that really works.
They're listening to
Ephesians chapter five.
Husbands, love your wives
as Christ loved the
church and gave Himself
for it. And he begins to
wail and wail because he
sees the darkness has
passed, the light is come
and he sees and knows and
hears the word of God,
and he got saved and
eventually they were back
together. Oh, precious
ones. For us this word in
the midst of this crooked
and perverse generation,
study to show yourself to
be approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not
be ashamed, don't be
ashamed of him. The His
Word is light, and his
word, his life, his word
is the very bread by
which we live, live by
it. And if you want some
help, I'll tell you how
to get it. And I'm going
to tell you one brief
story really quick,
because I want you to see
this. We have beginner
inductive Bible studies
in different languages.
And this one is called
who created it, and it's
to teach them how to read
and write. So this is the
first time they're
reading and writing and
it's Genesis chapter one
Barish. sheet, chapter
one. And so as they're
doing it, this little boy
is writing the word, God.
And all of a sudden, he
looks up, he's just
completing the last
letter and God and he
looks up, and he starts
to cry. And this is what
he says, This is the
first word. I've read.
And it's gone, that I've
read about. He saw the
Word of God, he heard the
word of God, he embraced
the Word of God. And he's
going to live for God.
What about you? And what
about me? Our times are
very interesting, aren't
they? The people that
know their god, no matter
the times, read it, and
Daniel, the people that
know their God will be
able to stand firm, and
not just stand firm,
they'll be able to take
action. The people who
know their God, made this
become the most important
book in your life, not
books about it, that made
this become the most
important book in your in
your life, and may it
become your life. And may
you hold it fourth in the
midst of this crooked and
perverse generation. And
may you hear well done my
good and faithful
servant. I wish we could
pray together. I wish I
could fix a cup of tea or
a cup of coffee, the Lord
bush we have eternity
together eternity. Just
think eternal life,
because God sent His Son
who knew no sin, to be
made sin for us, that you
and I might be made the
righteousness of God in
him. Oh, beloved, be like
the Apostle Paul. count
all things as loss for
the excellence of the
knowledge of Jesus
Christ. He says, For whom
I've suffered the loss of
all things, and do count
them but dung, that I
might win Christ when run
and win