Kay Arthur - Leading InTimes Of Crisis

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