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Advent HOPE Sabbath School

Phodidas Ndamyumugabe

Preparation for the Final Crisis

It is my pleasure to stand before you this morning as I share the word of God with you.

And today It is going to be a special ceremony because I'll be talking about not just verses from about 2000 years ago, but also verses that I learned and I probably got the first time in my life about 20 something years ago.

I will share my testimony, but it is not mine.

And I'm talking about preparation for a final crisis.

Now, due to time factor, I know I have a number, I mean, 50 minutes and then I will have probably 50 minutes in the afternoon as well.

I will not be able to cover everything I'm supposed to cover.

It would take like 4 hours probably or 5 or 6 to be able to do so.

But for those of you who are interested or who may be interested afterwards, you may read the book Preaching from the Grave.

We don't sell on Sabbath, even though I don't do business with the book.

I've consecrated everything to the work of God.

I've said whatever comes out will just serve the Lord.

We're not going to sell, but we can tell you how to get the books if you are interested.

And I will read this passage and I will say a prayer.

Even the youth shall faint and be weary, and young men shall utterly fall, but they that wait upon the Lord, they shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.

Let me humble myself before the Lord as I implore for his presence.

What you've done for my life and what you can do and you are doing for your children.

So I pray that you will please come and stand with me and speak just as you want me to speak so that your children will be uplifted and Be able to see you face to face So that as we leave this place every 1 of us will say that indeed the Lord has been with us In Jesus name.

Amen Well the passage we've just read it is a very interesting 1 I love this passage amen Says even the youth shall faint and be weary.

When it says even the youth, What does that mean?

It actually implies that who then is not going to faint?

If youth, and I'm speaking to young people, amen, and all some of us are energetic, strong, and vigorous, and there's nothing, well, we can't do, we think we can do everything, amen?

But the reality is, the Bible says, even the youth shall faint and they shall be weary.

This chapter actually talks about the greatness of God and the greatness of those who know Jesus as opposed to those who don't know him.

I will talk more about this in the afternoon and you don't wanna miss this presentation in the afternoon, okay, as I share the rest of my story because that's the most important part, right?

When I saw the difference for those who love Jesus and those who don't know Him.

Now, the whole chapter will talk about the greatness of God.

God is great, that's verse 18 says, no 1 can compare Him, right?

Without Him, human beings are nothing, just like grasshoppers.

And verse 26, but the Lord alone is great, and we are invited to lift up our eyes and see, amen?

And of course, then as you keep going, you realize that there is something that makes a difference in people's lives.

Even the youth shall faint and be weary, but they that wait upon the Lord, even the youth, leaves no exception.

And the title was, Things I Wish I Would Have Known at the Age of 18.

You know, at that age, you know, that's when life is glorious, I can achieve.

I can go there, I can reach the heights, I can, you know, and he said, but I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

He said when he was 18 years old, he achieved a lot, he wrote a novel and became the best seller in UK, in England.

And so he made a lot of money, but he says, but I wish I would have known at that age.

And then he keeps telling his story at the age of 26, he achieves even more, he becomes even a millionaire, and then he said, but I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

The story goes on and on and on until, and I was like, what would that, this man, we, I mean, would have known that he was going to be successful?

Then he reaches at 51 years old, he says, when now I'm 51 years old, I'm being invited by Queen Elizabeth and I share dinner with her.

And he says, but I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

And he says I was advised that if I go and play tennis, things will go well.

Now I started discovering something was wrong in his life, right?

He says, but even when I played tennis, I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

Guess what he said in his conclusion, in the article, he said, I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

Guess what he said in his conclusion, in the article, he said, I wish I would have known at the age of 18 that life remains life despite success.

Some of us are studying to become physicians, yeah man?

By the way, we have dreams and that's so great.

Some of you are going to become dentists and PhD holders, maybe there are even PhD, there are so many indeed I believe, and that was my dream too as I grew up, but I can probably just relate to this man I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

Interestingly, I'm actually 52 years old, right?

And so, you know, those who trust in the Lord, it makes a difference.

Now, remember, the title of my message is Preparation for the Final Crisis.

Every 1 of us, every human beings, we reach a point where we look back, we are like, oh, what?

It looks like, by the way, just like the Ecclesiastes, King Solomon, right?

He's looking back, he's saying, vanity of what?

And of course, when we talk about crisis, we know that the church of God is the object of the attacks of the devil.

We love Jesus, but as much as we love him, we should also know that we have an enemy out there, and that is the devil.

Of course, even before we age and die, he is there fighting at all times, no matter what we have achieved.

You move from high school, you come to college, you think things are going to be okay.

Now, and then just to face all kinds of troubles and difficulties and sleepless nights, okay?

But Beside that, we know that of course the devil will fight us sometime in this, probably during our generation.

As a church, there's going to be persecution.

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