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-: Hey friends, this is Rick Renner,
and here I am, amazingly still standing on the peak
or what was the bow of what is probably the ruins
of Noah's Ark right here in the mountains
of Ararat in Eastern Turkey.
Wow. And when I'm here, I think about the amazing feat
of Noah listening to the Lord's instructions, being willing
to obey and everything that was required for them
to collect the materials to build this boat.
And not only that, then for all of the animals to show up.
And I'm thinking about what the neighbors
and what other people had to say about Noah.
They had never seen rain.
There had never been a flood,
there had never been a ship this size.
Well, there had been ships.
And by the way, this particular object is built in the
traditional style of ancient ships.
It is identical what we would find to ancient ships.
And in fact, many ancient shipwrecks
and other parts of the world are formed just like this.
But what do you think Noah's friends and neighbors
and the people of the regions said about this man
who said rain was gonna fall out of the heavens,
there was gonna be a flood,
and he began to build a big boat in the middle of a landmass
where there was no sea.
What do you think they said about him?
I can just imagine they laughed at him, they mocked him
and they probably told a lot of really funny Noah jokes.
Noah was building forever.
I can hear somebody saying, ah,
that old man's been building that thing forever.
This is never gonna happen. It's just his imagination.
They probably told some
of the funniest Noah jokes we can imagine.
But a day finally came when God told Noah
and his family to enter the ark and God shut them in.
And eventually the rains begin to gently fall
and then they begin to fall torrentially.
And then the bowels of the earth were opened
and the water began to gush forth.
People were not telling jokes any longer,
but for Noah to fulfill his assignment, he had
to stand against a lot of negative opinions.
And likewise, today,
we're living in a world which is changing the
way that it thinks.
It's modifying the way
that it views the most basic things like sexuality,
what is right, what is wrong?
And when we just stick with what we've always believed,
people call us backward.
They call us primitive. They call us bigoted.
But my friends, for us to really obey God
and to float on a sea of destruction in the End-times,
we've gotta stick with what we've believed to be the truth
even if we have to stand against negative opinions
and if we'll stay true to our faith
and resist those negative opinions
and love the people that laugh at us, God will enable us
to stay in a place of safety.
And even if the world around us seems to be wrought
with destruction, we will float on a sea of destruction.
God will protect us.
And that is what I'm going to talk to you about today.
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-: Welcome to today's program.
My name is Rick Renner
and today we're going to continue the series,
which is called, How to Float on a Sea
of Destruction in the Last Days.
It's 10 parts and it comes in multiple formats.
The subtitle says -
10 Principles to help You Sail Victoriously
through turbulent End-Time Weather.
And we're dealing with a lot of turbulent End-Time weather.
And my friends, we can sail
through it victoriously if we know how.
And that's what this series is about.
And I want you to have it.
And it comes with a great study guide.
You can order these by going online
or you can just give us a call right now.
And we're also offering you my book
that I really want you to have
and you ought to order several
because this is definitely a book you're gonna wanna
share with somebody else.
And it's called, Last Day's Survival Guide.
The Forward is by Perry Stone.
And the subtitle says, A scriptural Handbook to prepare you
for these perilous times.
And you know we really are living in perilous times.
Well, how do we get through it?
Well, in the cover of this book,
there's a Bible and there are boots.
We gotta grab the Word of God, grab hold of the power
of the Holy Ghost, put on our boots
and stomp through this era in the power of the Holy Spirit
and we can do it. We are not living in this age by accident.
The very fact that we're alive right now means God
chose us for this time,
he is anointed us for this time
and he has equipped us for this time.
And this book will help you to know how to get
through this season.
So please order yours today
and please remember to reach out
to us if you have a prayer request.
We're waiting to pray for you right now.
We get so many testimonies we from people whose lives have
been changed after they have called for prayer.
And I'd like to share a few testimonies with you right now.
One person in our Partner Care Ministry team said,
I just received a call from a woman
who was not sure she was really saved
because she doesn't feel anything when she prays.
But I explained that if she received Jesus as her Lord
and asked him to forgive her of her sins, then she's saved.
And then she said, then I think I need
to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
I told today was the day to receive it.
So she prayed a simple prayer with me
and immediately she received the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
What a divine appointment.
Ugh, if you need the baptism in the Holy Spirit, call us
and we'll pray for you
and today will be your divine appointment too,
but here's another testimony.
One man called to share just how great
of an impact the book, The Point
of No Return, has had in his life.
He said he believes The Point of No Return
is a timely message
as the Holy Spirit has given him direction
as a result of reading it.
He specifically wanted Pastor Rick to know
how much this book in our ministry means to him.
He relies on the teachings from this ministry
and wanted to say
that this ministry is a godly support system for his life.
That is such a blessing.
I'm so glad our ministry is a blessing to people.
But hey, here's one final testimony.
A few days ago I reached out for prayer.
I don't know if I've ever felt more oppressed
or hopeless than I was feeling then.
I felt cut off from God,
but God hadn't cut me off.
I watched Rick talk about not trusting feelings over God's
word and the need to spend more time in the word: things I
should have already known.
But I heeded those instructions.
Well, it didn't happen immediately,
but the oppression is gone now
and I'm experiencing peace and joy again.
God really brought me up out of a horrible pit.
Thank you so much for your prayers and thank you Rick Renner
and family and prayer team for such love
and such an amazing ministry.
I love you.
That is just precious,
and friend, if you need prayer, we're waiting to pray
with you as well right now, but reach for your Bible.
And today we're gonna return to the series called, How
to Float on a Sea of Destruction In the Last Days.
And today I'm going to ask you a question -
Do other people's opinions bother you?
If you are too influenced by other people's opinions,
you'll never be able to do what God is going
to ask you to do.
But as you know, I took my team to the eastern mountains
of Turkey where we found the ruins of Noah's Ark.
They really are there in the lower mountains
of Ararat on a lower mountain called Mount Judi.
The ruins of Noah's Ark are really there.
And when you're there looking at the ruins of Noah's Ark,
you can't help but think about
what Jesus said in Matthew 24:37.
He said, as the days of Noah were
so shall it also be in the days just
before the coming of the son of man.
So whatever was happening
before the flood is going to be replicated again just
before the rapture of the church.
And that's the age that we're living in.
And we need to know we was happening before the flood
because it's going to happen again in our time.
And that's why I taught a series called Fallen Angels,
Giants, Monsters, in the World Before the Flood.
If you didn't order that series when I taught it,
please go online and order it.
It will really enlighten you as to what we're going
to experience just before the coming of Jesus.
But when we come to Genesis 7:16,
the Bible tells us this about Noah and his family
and the ark - And they that went in, went in male
and female of all flesh as God commanded him
and the Lord shut him in.
And then verse 17 says -
And the flood was 40 days upon the earth
and the waters increased and bear up the ark
and it was lifted up above the earth - which means - Noah
and his family literally floated on the waters
of destruction.
That is amazing. But let me ask you a question.
When God spoke to Noah
and told Noah that he was to build the ark, something
that no one had ever heard of before, when God spoke to Noah
and told him that it was going to rain something
that no one had ever seen before,
because until that time, Genesis 2:6 says
that a mist came up out of the earth
to water the vegetation.
There had never been rain, there had never been an ark,
there had never been a flood.
No one had ever heard of these things.
And now Noah, who is called a preacher
of righteousness in Peter, begins preaching about
what God has told him.
That water's going to fall out of the heavens,
there's going to be a flood.
No one knew what that was.
I'm going to build the biggest ship that's ever been built.
What do you think people began to say about Noah?
Or what about Mrs. Noah?
It's interesting, the Bible never even gives us her name.
She's just called Noah's wife.
But she could have put up a fight.
She could have said - Hey honey, are you absolutely sure
that God has told you to do this?
Or how about Noah's sons or his daughter-in-laws?
They could have said, Hey dad, we love you
and we're willing to do anything you want to do,
but are you absolutely sure that this is
what God has instructed us to do?
And when Noah began to collect two animals
of every kind in his backyard: lions, tigers, bears,
leopards, alligators, all kinds of dangerous animals,
what do you think the neighbors had to say about that?
Huh? And don't you think that in the hundred years Noah
and his family were building and building and building
and building, spending a massive fortune
of money on resources,
the people in the area probably said - What is
that old man doing?
Can you imagine the jokes they told?
And you know, probably some
of the Noah jokes were really funny back in those days,
but Noah had to put it all aside
and had to stay focused on what God had told him to do.
And I wanna read for you Hebrews 11:6.
It says - Without faith it is impossible to please him.
That word - without - is the Greek word, choris.
The word choris, really would be better translated - to be
outside a place of faith - which means faith is a place,
faith is an assignment,
and as long as you stay in your assignment,
you're gonna please God.
But if you let negative voices
or other people's opinions to pull you out of that place
where God has called you,
if you allow other people's opinions
to pull you away from your assignment,
then you won't please God.
But my friends, it takes everything
you've got to stay in a place of faith.
And Noah knew he had
to put aside all those negative opinions, all those jokes,
other people's opinions about what he was doing,
and he had to come into alignment with God
about God's plan for his life.
Wow. But it makes me think
of a wonderful verse in Hebrews 10:32
which says - But call to remembrance
the former days in which
after you were illuminated,
you endured a great fight of affliction.
And according to this verse, a great fight
of affliction always follows illumination.
And the word illumination, is the Greek word, photizo,
which means to illuminate.
But it pictures the brilliant flash of light
that leaves a permanent and lasting impression.
Well, that's what Noah had when God spoke to him.
It was like a flash of light.
It left such an impression on his life. God spoke to him.
He was permanently changed.
He knew what God had called him to do.
Now he came running home to tell his wife, to tell his sons
to tell his daughter-in-laws
and people in the neighborhood begin to hear.
And according to Hebrews 10:32 - A great fight
of affliction followed his elimination.
And that's what will happen to you as well.
And I'm not telling you this as a bearer of bad news,
I'm trying to equip you so when it happens
to you, you won't be shocked.
Everybody doesn't rejoice when you receive a
heavenly assignment.
In fact, this verse says He endured a great fight
of afflictions. And the word endured, which is used here,
is a form of the Greek word, hupomeno -
listen to what it means:
to stay, to abide in one spot: to keep a position,
to resolve, to maintain victory gained.
And in a military sense, this word, endured, pictures,
soldiers ordered to maintain their positions even in the
face of opposition.
It means to defiantly stick it out regardless
of pressures mounted against it.
I would translate it - staying power or hang in their power.
And it is the attitude that holds out, holds on, outlast,
perseveres, hangs in there never giving up, refusing
to surrender to obstacles
and turning down every opportunity to quit.
And the Greek word, hupomeno, which here is translated,
endured, pictures one that's under a heavy load
but refuses to bend, break, or surrender
because he is convinced that the territory promised
or principle under assault rightly belongs to him.
So when the Bible talks about us enduring, it means we have
to make a decision to stick it out.
We've got to let the Holy Spirit release in us,
hang in their power, stay in power, even in the face
of great afflictions.
Wow! But hey, let's look at this.
The word affliction, in verse 32 is the Greek word, pathema.
It's where you get the word pathos or pathology.
It describes suffering.
But in the Greek language,
it particularly describes an emotional struggle
or mental agony.
And here we find that one
of the greatest fights you'll ever face is other
people's opinions.
You know, you can deal with yourself,
you can even deal with the devil.
But when your family is in disagreement
with you, that can be tough.
When your friends are in disagreement with you,
that can be tough and it creates a kind of pathos
or a mental agony.
And this verse says, sometimes it's a great fight
of afflictions or a great emotional struggle when you've
received a word from God
and other people have opinions that are negative.
Then in Hebrews 10:32, it goes on
to say - Partly while you were made a gazing stock, both
by reproaches and afflictions. The word, gazing stock,
the Greek word, theatrizo,
which describes a theater; you were made a theater. It means
to observe, to watch, to study or to scrutinize.
It means to bring upon the stage for all to see.
And pictures, spectators in the theater watching a scenario
being played before them.
They're on the edge of their seats waiting for the actors
to make a mistake or to forget a line so they can scorn,
ridicule him and make fun of him.
It can be interpreted to bring on the stage in order
to scorn, to scoff at, to shame, snare it
and to publicly humiliate
and often it is translated as the word, spectacle.
And here's what you find out. You live a pretty private life
until you get a word from God.
And the moment you have a word from God
that gives you direction and you announce it, people begin
to buy seats to the show.
They wanna watch to see are you really gonna do
what you say God has told you to do?
Let's use the example of Noah.
He announces there's going to be a flood.
Everybody begins talking,
is there really going to be a flood?
He announces there's going to be rain. What is rain?
What is the old man talking about?
He says he is going to build an ark. What is an ark?
No one's ever seen an ark.
And people began to buy seats to the theater
to watch this show to see if what Noah said was really going
to happen: could he follow through
or was he gonna give up along the way?
When you make a declaration of faith, you become theater
for people to watch.
Now there's nothing you can do about it except make a
decision that if people are gonna buy a seat to the show
to watch your life,
you give them the best performance they've ever seen
in their lives.
If they wanna see how faith works, you show them
how faith works.
You don't forget a line, you don't forget a thing.
You go all the way to the end If they wanna see if it really
works, you show them that when you receive a word from God
and follow through, it really turns out good.
You show them. That's really
what we find in this verse which says,
partly while you were made a gazing stock, the Greek
word, theatrizo, you were made a theater.
Everybody bought a ticket to the show
to watch if you're really gonna do
what you said you were going to do.
Now, if other people's opinions bother you,
probably you're not gonna stay on the stage very long.
In fact, you might even run off the stage,
but you've got to come into agreement with God,
just like we read in Hebrews 11:6 - Without faith,
it's impossible to please God.
If anything pulls you out of a place of faith,
you won't please God.
So you've gotta learn how to push all those negative
opinions aside.
Do everything you can
to jerk yourself into alignment with God.
Stay in alignment with him, let his power flow through you
as you do what he's told you to do.
And my friends, you'll give all those observers a pretty
good performance to watch.
And in the end of the day,
you'll see God's victory work in your life.
That is just amazing to me.
And by the way, I'm not speaking theory,
I'm speaking from personal experience
because God's given me a lot of assignments in life
and some people thought it was nonsense
that couldn't be done, but it was done.
It was done in victory.
And every time we carry something to fulfillment,
it shows other people that it can be done.
My successful story becomes an encouragement
to somebody else that just got a word from the Lord.
Do you see how important it is that you follow through
and you don't become overly influenced
by other people's opinions.
But - Noah
and his family literally floated on the waters
of destruction because they resisted a lot
of negative voices.
They took a stand against the opinion of the world.
And the Bible tells us in Genesis 7:17 -
And the flood was 40 days upon the earth
and the waters increased and bear up the ark
and lifted the ark up above the earth.
Wow! They floated on the waters of destruction.
And all those people with negative voices, they all drowned.
But Noah and his family floated higher
and higher and higher.
And just like Noah
and his family had to resist a lot of opinions,
you're gonna have to resist a lot of opinions in the end
of the age because there's all kinds
of opinions these days on social media and everywhere else.
And you've gotta make a decision to shut your eyes
and shut your ears to all that negativism
and to stay focused
and to get into alignment with God
so you can do what he's asked you to do.
And if you do, you can float through anything
and not just float, you'll rise higher and higher and higher
and you'll sail through in victory.
I'll be back in just a moment and I'm going to pray for you.
Hey friends, my name is Rick Renner
and somebody has asked, What is the judgment seat of Christ?
Well, it's referred to multiple times in the New Testament,
but we read about it very specifically in 2 Corinthians
5:10, which says - For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ.
And notice it doesn't say we must all grovel
before the judgment seat of Christ.
It's going to be a moment when we stand upright,
and the judgment seat of Christ is not a place
where we're going to be reminded of all of our past sins.
The word, judgment seat, is the Greek word, bema.
It really was a place where rewards were given
and a day is coming to my future
and your future when each of us are gonna stand before Jesus
and he will reward us according to
how we obeyed him in this life.
And this life is a prequalification period for
what we're gonna do in all of eternity.
But one day we really will stand
before the judgment seat of Christ.
We won't grovel there, we're gonna stand upright
and Jesus will reward us
for our obedience.
It seems we are surrounded by the swirling currents
of destruction in a world that has gone astray.
Many feel besieged by these tempestuous times
and worry about their loved ones, praying
that they will somehow survive the fluctuating tides.
Noah and his family faced insurmountable challenges,
but God showed Noah concrete steps to ensure he
and his family could rise above the confusion
and float on a raging sea of destruction.
In this series, How to Float on a Sea
of Destruction In the Last Days,
Rick Renner takes you deep into the specific instruction God
gave Noah and shows
how those same instructions are needed again now to survive
and thrive in a world gone mad.
In this 10 part series, Rick covers - How
to be sure You are sealed tight
and safe: How to stay steady in turbulent times: How
to get God's personal instructions for you: How to act
with fearlessness when God speaks.
This powerful series will help you fill your heart
and mind with victory
and will show you how to rise above the destructive tides
and it is available in digital
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-: This is Rick Renner, and today I'm in the Tulsa office
and this is another part of our new TV studio.
This is where Denise is filming TV programs
and how wonderful that now we have two little studios, one
for her and one for me.
Where can interview guests who can't come all the way
to Russia to be interviewed in our studio there.
So when we're in the United States,
we can interview them here.
And that's what we've been doing all week
in this wonderful facility which God gave us
in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
We're so grateful for this building,
it was really a gift from the Lord and it's almost paid for.
We've already retired 86% of the debt.
We just need to go a little ways to finish this.
We call it the Ministry Expansion Project
because when this is finished, it's going
to allow the ministry to really expand financially,
to wrap our arms around the whole world
where people need the trusted teaching of the Bible.
And we know that's our calling.
And if you're a part of the Giving Team, I want
to say thank you for helping us
to retire the dead on this facility
and to release those finances.
And if you're not a part of the Giving Team yet,
I'm inviting you today to join us
to help us finish this project.
Wow! What a shout of victory we're gonna give to God on
that day when it's done.
And just think of the people that are going to be reached.
So thank you for being a part
of the Ministry Expansion Project.
Well, today we've been talking about resisting other
people's opinions so you can follow through on
what the Holy Spirit has told you to do.
And I promise you
that if you declare the Holy Spirit's telling you
to do something, somebody's gonna have an opinion about it.
And you have to decide that God's opinion is more important
to you than anybody else's.
But hey, I want you to order the entire series
which is called, How to Float on a Sea
of Destruction in the Last Days.
And what I've taught you today is really important if you
want float on the Sea of Destruction in the Last Days.
The subtitle says -
10 principles to help you sail victoriouly
through turbulent, End-Time weather.
And this series comes with a study guide.
And we're also offering you my book,
which is called, Last Days Survival Guide:
A scriptural handbook to prepare you
for these Perilous Times.
My friends, God's given you everything you need to make it
through this season and you can do it.
Hey, if Noah could do it - with all the odds
that were against him, you can do it.
What God has asked you to do is not nearly as tough as
what he asked Noah to do.
And Noah did the hardest thing of all.
And because Noah obeyed and got into alignment with God
and resisted all those opinions, we are here today.
We are here because Noah refused to listen
to other people's opinions.
My friends, you need to get into alignment with the Lord
and I want to pray for you right now.
Put your hand on your heart.
Father, I pray in Jesus' name that you help every one
of us care more about your opinion than anybody else's.
And if you've given us an assignment to do
that is the most important thing for us
to come into alignment with.
Help us to put every negative opinion aside
to get into agreement with you,
and we ask that your power would flow through us
and enable us to carry out the assignment In Jesus' name
-: Amen. I'll be back tomorrow.
But please remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 which says,
"Where the word of a king is, there's power."
If you've never received Jesus as your Savior
and Lord, now is the time for you to experience a new life
Jesus has to give you.
Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
and Lord. Wash away my sin
and make me completely new.
I thank you that my sin is removed
and Satan no longer has any right to lay claim on me.
I faithfully promise that I will serve you as my Lord
for the rest of my life
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