GYC SE 2008: ReGeneration

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GYC Southeast

GYC SE 2008: ReGeneration Plenary Sessions

Ivor Myers

The Coming Oil Crisis

The Oil Crisis Part 2: Striking Oil

The Oil Crisis Part 3: God’s Fire Drill

Michael Hasel

Adventism For the Last Generation

Heavenly Father, we are in need of your grace tonight.

Lord, I ask in a special way that you would come down and speak to us now.

Father, as angels take their places in this room, both good and evil, May your angels that excel in strength be victorious tonight.

Lord, may some soul who came into this room nonchalantly, not expecting anything serious to happen in his or her life.

May that person come face to face with you tonight.

Prepare their hearts, Prepare our hearts.

Well, I would like to thank S-E-Y-C for the invitation to speak to you.

I pray that this will be a blessing to you.

My little five-year-old girl certainly prays that this will be a blessing to you.

I got here today and she said, okay daddy, can you come home now?

And I said, just count to 4, days, and then I'll be back before you know it.

And so, I wanna pray that God will really speak to us over these next few days through his word.

How many of you are looking forward to being regenerated?

You know, we are living in incredible times.

Incredible things are happening all around us.

Over the last couple of weeks and months, things have been unfolding that are sending Seventh-day Adventists back to the Bible and the spirit of prophecy.

This evening, I'd like to talk to you about what I've entitled the coming oil crisis.

And I believe, beloved, that the oil crisis, and I don't know if you realize we're in an oil crisis right now, okay?

The coming oil crisis will, I believe, ultimately affect every 1 of us, and will lead some, will lead many on planet Earth to end up receiving the mark of the beast.

So tonight we're gonna pick apart this oil crisis and I wanna share with you a couple of facts that I found interesting.

I didn't know it either until I looked it up.

Of those 98, 60 of them have reached their geological peak.

In other words, they are now, scientists believe, that 60 of the 98 countries are running out of oil.

The fact is that when demand exceeds supply, chaos is going to hit.

When this takes place, when oil gets more and more scarce, it drives the prices of everything else up higher, and 1 thing that increases is crime.

I had 1 of my members parked in the parking lot of our church on Sabbath, had a full tank of gas, And after the service went outside, car wouldn't start, someone had siphoned or stolen his gas.

People are getting desperate and as oil goes up, everything else is going up, and when prices go up, crime, lawlessness, increases.

Travel is also becoming more difficult because of the oil crisis.

They were going to charge me $140 for the 3 bags.

It's like, Oh, they do this to us all the time.

The airlines are now charging for everything.

I don't really know that, I'm just saying that.

But the oil prices are driving, it's causing travel to be more difficult.

Our prices for tickets are themselves going up.

People are reverting to driving, and even that is becoming more and more strenuous because of the costs.

And we know that because of this, there are many people that are looking for what?

Alternative forms of energy, alternative sources of energy.

Beloved, I believe that this oil crisis that is causing crime to increase, that is causing travel to become more difficult, that is leading people to look for different alternative sources, all these things are gonna play a major role in bringing about the final events we've often spoken about.

The Bible actually tells us and has spoken long ago about an oil crisis.

And in case you thought tonight I was going to bore you with the oil crisis that is taking place in the Middle East and here in this country, I'd like for you to open your Bibles, if you have them, to the book of Matthew, chapter 25.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto 10 virgins which took their lamps...

And 5 of them were wise, and 5 were foolish.

They that were foolish took their lamps and took no...

Just getting a little excited, that's all.

Took oil in their vessels with their lamps while the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept and at midnight there was a cry made behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps, and the fool is said unto the wise, give us of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.

Beloved, I believe that the oil crisis that is going on in the physical world today is simply distracting or diverting God's people, the minds of God's people from the real oil crisis that we are facing, and that is an oil crisis that is happening in the very midst of God's church today.

The Bible says, continuing on, in verse 9, but the wise answered and said, not so, lest there not be enough for us in you, but go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves.

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut.

Afterward came also the other virgins saying, Lord, Lord, open up to us.

But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour that the Son of Man cometh.

Beloved, we are looking at a verse that is describing the church in the last days, and that verse tells us the time is coming where we will find ourselves in an oil crisis.

I'd like for you to turn with me to the book of Exodus chapter 27, very quickly, Exodus 27.

Exodus chapter 27, and I want you to notice with me, verse 20.

Exodus 27, verse 20, the Bible says there, and thou shalt command the children of Israel that they bring thee pure what?

Oil, olive, beaten for the light to cause the lamp to burn out.

We see here from this verse, beloved, that the purpose of oil in God's mind was to cause the lamps to burn out.

Always, continually, that our lights would never go out.

The 5 foolish virgins did not carry enough oil and therefore their lamps went out.

But notice again with me the book of Zechariah chapter 4.

Zechariah chapter 4, notice with me, verse 4.

It says, And he said unto me, What seest thou?

And I said, I looked, and behold, a candlestick of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and his 7 lamps thereon, 7 pipes to the 7 lamps, which were upon the top thereof, and 2 olive trees by it, 1 upon the right side of the bowl, the other upon the left side.

So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, what are these, my lord?

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be?

Series

GYC SE 2008: ReGeneration Plenary Sessions

The Coming Oil Crisis

Transcript

Parent Series

Parent Conference

Sponsor

Recorded

Plenaries with Norman McNulty

Sleeping At Midnight

56m

Transformed to Stand

1h

My Redeemer is Faithful and True

1h

What Jesus Said

14. The Rapture of the Saints

1h

The Living One

47m

Faithful Talks

2. The Bridegroom is Coming

1h 10m

Last Day Events

The Loud Cry and the Latter Rain

1h 5m

Home Stretch

44m

Back to the Mission

Tears of the Remnant

59m

Back to the Mission

The Battle Cry of the Remnant

1h 1m

Plenary

The Love of the Truth in the Age of Deceit

51m

Restoration 2005: To The Point

All or Nothing

1h

Sound Doctrine