Weekly Messages
February 15-21, 2004
Building Your Ark in the Days of Grace by Dr.
'Tayo Brown
But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be. For as the days that were before the
flood they were eating and drinking, marrying ...until the
day that Noe entered the ark, And knew not until the flood
came, and took them away; so shall also the coming of the
Son of man be” Matt. 24: 37-39
“Son of man, when the land sinneth against me...will
cut off man and beast from it though these three men, Noah,
Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their
own souls by their righteousness...they shall deliver
neither son nor daughter…” Ezek 14: 13, 14, 20
Friends, these are the replica of the days of Noah but there
is a day that Noah entered the ark (rapture) Noah a preacher
of righteousness was telling the people about the
destruction that is coming through the flood. He was
building the ark with all the specifics, gopher wood, 300
cubit length, 50 cubit breadth and 30 cubits height. But the
Lord said something about Noah “But Noah found grace in the
sight of God” Gen 6: 8 All that Noah did was by the grace of
God. Since the Lord gives grace to the humble he was humble
enough to obey the Lord he came to the throne of grace and
grace was poured upon him.
I speak by the spirit of God, the days we are living are the
days of grace, abundant grace that man has never seen, grace
upon grace and grace for grace, for where and when sin
abounds grace will abound much more but many will receive
God’s grace in vain (2 Cor 6: 1) while others will frustrate
my grace (Gal. 2: 21). Some will utilize my grace timely and
my grace will be more than enough for all they need to
survive and shine in this gross darkness. As I was saying,
this is the time for you to build your own specific ark as
shown you by the Lord because you have found grace in the
eyes of God, this grace has appeared unto all men. You can’t
build for your wife or your children or your members, each
man will have to build their ark of safety.
The same flood that drowned the sinner was the flood that
make the ark to float. While others are cast down we shall
say there is lifting. Let’s build the ark of repentance from
sin, prayer, fasting, watching, and doing the word. It won’t
be long when we shall be leaving here. Let’s humble
ourselves to receive grace to build our individual ark. Even
if Noah , Daniel and Job are here today they can only save
themselves, each soul will save himself, no one can stand
for another. It’s time to build in these days of grace upon
grace.
GRA
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Have You
Substituted Brass for Gold?
“And it came to
pass...that Shishak king of Egypt came… And he took away the
treasures of the king’s house...and he took away all the
shields of gold which Solomon has made. And king Rehoboam
made in their stead brasen shields"
1 Kg 14: 25-28.
Rehoboam the
son of Solomon cannot trust the Lord like David his granddad
against an attack from the enemy. During his reign Judah did
evil in the eyes of God, there were sodomy and all kinds of
abomination hence the Lord abhor them. Like Rehoboam, have
we substituted the original principle of God’s word with the
fake (deceit) because of sin, it takes some one who is wise
and expert to know the difference between brass and gold
from the distance, Satan does even appear as an angel of
light in order to deceive.
Do we have only
a form of Godliness but deny the real power of Godliness
which is Agape?
GRA
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Parting Thoughts...
To the Church, a revival means
humiliation, a bitter knowledge of unworthiness and an open
humiliating confession of sin on the part of her ministers
and people. It is not the easy and glorious thing that many
think it to be, though we have substituted this gold for
brass, just as we substituted rural missions to London
missions, who imagine revival will fill the pews and
reinstates the church in power and authority. It comes to
scorch before it heals; it comes to condemn ministers and
people for their unfaithful witness, for their selfish
living, for their neglect of the cross, and call them to
daily renunciation, to an evangelical poverty and to a deep
and daily consecration.
That is why a revival has ever been
unpopular with large numbers within the Church. Because it
says nothing to them of power such as they have learned to
love or of ease, or of success; it accuses them of sin, it
tells them they are dead, it calls them to awake, to
renounce the world and follow Christ.
GRA
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