REPENT, RESET, REALIGN

“REPENT, RESET, REALIGN”

BISHOP DR. C. EVERTON THOMAS, OD

EAC PORTMORE

SUNDAY APRIL 05, 2020

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A WORD FOR THE NATION

My Question: "GOD what are YOU saying to the church through this coronavirus pandemic?"

GOD’s RESPONSE: “RESET”

GOD’s further revelation of what we need to do, both as a church and as a nation:

“Because of who you are, MY people, because I have called you and sanctified you … to whom much is given much is required.”

HE said, “Yes, the world has its own responsibility, the world will have to do what it needs to do; governments will have to do what they need to do. But, as the church goes, so go the world. That’s why I made you the salt of the earth and the light of the world. MY people, you have turned away to your own ways, you are walking after your own lusts.”

And, HE brought the seven deadly sins to my memory. The sins of:

Lust – We wallow in the lust of the flesh. HE said, “MY church, you are wallowing in the lust of the eyes. You are wallowing in the pride of life and the stench has reached MY nostrils.”

HE said, “Gluttony, has become such a normal thing for you, MY people. The amount of food you waste and throw away could feed the hungry ten times over; but gluttony has become a way of life.”

Greed, HE said, is something the church has become absorbed with. And, greed will cause you to do things you shouldn’t do, to acquire things you want.

GOD said to remind this church that slothfulness is not to be named among HIS people. As a church, we have become slothful and our true purpose and our true call, our true mission in this world…goes away and other things take priority and precedence.

GOD says, “MY people, come back to me.”

He says, “Wrath,” as one of the seven deadly sins, “is even perpetuated in the church. And, men and women of GOD who should know better are not doing better, but are perpetrating wrath and wrathful thinking and ideas.”

GOD says, “Envy should never be named among you.” And as people of GOD, we are so envious…envious of one another…envious of those who have been blessed, not recognising that your time is coming…and these are sins that block the move of GOD…and these are sins that stop the move of GOD.

And, GOD said, “I am going to get your attention with this plague.”

The final of the seven deadly sins – Pride. Oh my GOD… As a people of GOD we have become so proud, we walk in pride. GOD says, “Enough is enough. It’s time to fall on your face repent, reset, realign.”

Thus saith the LORD.

GOD has spoken, let the church say, “Amen!”

THE SERMON – Part I

And so, as I continued hearing what GOD was saying to the church, Psalm 33 was brought to my mind and especially verses 14 & 15…let’s go from verse 13…