Beware of the Midnight Cry

Beware of the midnight ride. Beware of the midnight ride. The midnight ride represents a sudden divine announcement God demands sweet response. Midnight Christ is something believers are awaiting now.

Midnight Christ is announcement is announcing the sudden arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ in the end to take away the demons. This is not to suggest God the rapture is going to take place in the night. It is to inform every believer God rapture is something God is going to be solid, something God is about to happen very, very soon because of so many signs God we are seeing today, here and there. Nobody will say God he has never seen almost all the signs Jesus Christ predicted concerning his rapture.

And therefore, if you don't see anew, to be reminded God rapture will happen in such a way and manner. Many people who profess to be believers and disappoint them, they'll be disappointed in God. Some as feeling so comfortable, so satisfied. There is a very spirit of complacency in the lives of so many feeling so satisfied, so fulfilled in the things of God.

Whereas there are yet in spiritual slumber. And God is why the message this morning come, telling every one of us God we should beware of the midnight. Matthew 6, Matthew 25, verse 6, Matthew. 35, Verse 6 Matthew chapter 25, verse 6, Matthew 25, verse 6.

And at midnight there was a cry, and behold the bridegroom comet going on to meet him. Yes, Jesus is the one who brought this parable to teach us a lesson on how we should prepare for the rapture. He conquered the kingdom of God with 10 virgins. Five virgins amongst them.

They are wives, whereas five were foolish. And the scripture says God five God were wise took oil in their lamb. They were all waiting for their bridegroom, and their bridegroom especially in the east, the wedding is expected to be done in the evening or in the night. So the wives took oil in their lamb, whereas the foolish carried their lamb without enough oil in it.

And as they delayed, the bridegroom came. A cry was heard in the midnight. Behold, the bridegroom comes. And as the bridegroom comes, all of them we expected to be with the alarm.

All of them we expected to be in the room. So God when the bridegroom comes in, you will close the door. And each one of them will be in the alarm. Yet they are fully were not in their lamps.

I mean we were not with oil their lamb. The fire in their lamb was ceased. What does it mean the Lamb hear the Holy Spirit. Mean there the oil.

There is the holy Spirit, the foolish were not so saturated with the Holy Spirit. You know the time God we are healed. But they were all believers. They were all believing in Jesus Christ.

But we have covered the spirit of complacency. I know the Bible, like some will say. What am I going to church to hear again? I know the Bible from Revelation, from Genesis to Revelation.

What am I going for church to hear? Even when they come to church, some expect God when they come into church it is only 30 minutes. The process is spend anything more than 30 minutes. They are leaving the church, they are not coming again.

But when they go to their their workshop from 7 o' clock they are from even 5 they have started to prepare. And they are going to be there till sometimes 6 o' clock before they go. And when it comes to church, if a passer exit 30 minutes. 30 Minutes to them is like password and use 3 hours.

Pastors have used 4 hours. Why must we use such an hour to worship God? I'm not going again another time. You will not see such a person coming.

Why? The reason is God such person is a speaker's number God he does not know. He loves things of the flesh more than things of God. A child will go to take exam 3 hours.

He will be there to take one examination, no complaint. But coming to church you will see complaints, murmuring, people murmuring, complain God shows God people are full of flesh, they are spiritual. And to such, when the midnight cry shall be heard, they'll be disappointed. Because as such they are feeling God maybe 50 years to come.

In hundred years to come, that's when Jesus Christ will come. Lo and behold, beloved in Christ, it will not be so very soon. There shall be such a sudden cry. There will be such a sudden sound.

Even though your ears are too open, if your name is not written in the book of life, you will not hear the sound. A death. Even the dead inside the ground we hear the sound. But somebody God is not even dead will not hear God sound.

The reason being God such a person was not prepared was not these 10 virgins. We are believers, take note of God. Just as we are here in the church. God knows those who are the five foolish.

God knows those who are five wise people, the five foolish will be. There are people God will complain all the time, everything, murmuring, complaining and this. And they will find fault. And another person.

But they themselves, they will see themselves as holier than thou. But those wise ones will always be very careful in their utterances, in their action. They are dealing one with another. Their wife, their Husband, their children, their neighbors and all.

They will always be careful. They will always make sure God they know God anything God comes to them negatively is of the devil end. And God they must be wise to handle it very well. These are the wise.

These are people who take oil into their lamb. The wise will always know a time to confess their sins when they're full. They say, cooking God person have built your confession. I'm confessing to God.

You know, you have committed a. A sin God you should not pray. Yeah, it's not a prison. You should be the pastor.

But there are things you. You will try by yourself. You try and pray. Are you telling us you go and.

And commit fornication, adultery, you go to hospital, you go to, you commit idolatry, then you kneel down and pray. And God will say, ah, my child, you have done well. Can you even do God in the days of Moses and feel God you are in order? Your conscience will beat you God you have not done anything.

And when you relax after you are personally praying after committing such a sin, you know God you are not ready, you are not prepared. Doesn't matter whether you are in pastor, God it doesn't matter whether you are a superintendent, Sunday school teacher, a functionary, or whatever title. What matters is, are you doing the right thing? When Jesus Christ came into the world and wore the flesh and the blood was running in his veins, he was careful to keep to his Father's instruction.

And they went back again and continued in his position. If he had come and messed up like the fallen angels, will Jesus go back? He wouldn't go back. He wouldn't receive God position again.

And he was humble. That is why we should be very careful. Because a day is coming, many people will be disappointed, say. And at midnight there was a cry made.

Behold the bridegroom coming. Go ye out to meet him. Go ye out of meeting. Beloved in Christ.

Those who were in the. In the room were the people God went out and meeting. But it wasn't all God were there. We should not have their mind God in 50 years or 100 years, Jesus will not come.

We should not have such mindset in us. Because rapture is not the end of the world. That is why some people are deceived. Rapture is not the end of the world.

Rapture is taking away of the saints. The world will continue without Christ. The world will continue with the Antichrist. And the Antichrist are preparing their own.

All these terrorists you are hearing about, all these, whatever you call them, government call them this, call them God and so on. The devil is preparing them for use. He's preparing them for use. The devil is preparing you too.

You should prepare for a takeaway. If you read the news today, you'll be hearing. You'll be hearing what is happening. The world are trying to have one world government, one world church, one world religion.

I read the other day, just as it was last year, God Lagos, here in the center where West Africa, many leaders will be coming to have a meeting. All with the intention of having one world religion. And this is driving at what has been obtained in the scripture. The world too are also clamoring for one world currency.

Why are you waiting? What are you waiting for? What is your aim? Shouldn't God make me and you to know God the timetable of God is gradually fulfilling?

Beloved, in Christ there shall be a midnight cry. The midnight cry is a pointer to our spiritual condition. It's a pointer to our spiritual condition. The midnight cry is the darkest and unexpected time.

It shows God Jesus Christ, the rapture is going to take place in a time one will live as expected. God's call, God's action, God's thoughts has never been our thoughts. Our thought has always been different from the thought of God. Therefore, why don't you adjust your thoughts and accept God of God?

Today many people are still delaying in their repentance. The reason being God they are assuming God what is preached might not come so soon. Listen again from verse 7 to 9. Same place, verse 7 to 9.

7 To 9. Book of Matthew, chapter 25. Then all those virgins arose and turned and drink their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, give us your oil, for our lamps are gone out.

But the wise answer saying also, lest there be not enough for us and you,. Beloved in Christ. Here you will see God Holy Spirit is not transferable. The gift of God.

The preparedness is not transferable. Just as in physical life. Like when we were to come here in a good time, I told my family, we are leaving the house at 7:30 dots. If you are not ready by 7:30 means you are not joining us before 730.

Some of them had already taken their bag before 78. You see many guys they were prepared. But there are some. You will give such instruction and they will not be ready.

It is the same thing with our readiness, our preparedness for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The foolish were not prepared. He took a little oil and before you know it, the light went off. Their wives and stood up and dreamed the alarm.

When they dreamed the alarm and they Went out because the light was still burning. Lo and behold, the bridegroom was there. Whereas the foolish had gone out to buy oil. But where do I go?

Let me go and see how I can make confession of my sin. I believe God s God will remember I committed fornication for a very long time. I committed adultery. Oh, I took mercy.

I disobeyed God. I did this. I went to a native doctor. I went to this place or the other place, like some people will say, well, my own is just.

I need to take this thing these women used to sell and for some problem and so on the weather, roof or whatever. When you are taking those things, you are taking mercy. You are replacing your faith with God thing God is your God. That is your God.

You will not leave God as an excuse. Does it mean God God cannot take care of God situation you are having in hand? Beloved in Christ. We should be very careful here we could see God the wise couldn't help them.

Because Holy Spirit is not transferable. The gift of God is personal. Our preparedness is personal. Your husband have a race to run.

The wife has a race, a track to run. Your children have a track to run. If it was the general of Anoa were very free to make a choice. If they have chosen to remain with the world and refuse to go into the ark, there's no way the flood will not sweep them away as with others.

But the children of roam followed the footprint of their parents. They joined the act just as their parents joined the act. And then they were saved the same thing we lost children, lost children followed their father. The wife who was reluctant, who was lingering and seeing the house.

Their husband as he was following, he turned back and lo and behold, she became a pillar of sort up till today. And his future makes us to know. Are you prepared? Are we all prepared?

Let us hear what the word of God is saying. Because delay is dangerous. Delay. We, as you may say, well, I am prepared.

You know, it is only this one thing or the other love in Christ. Delay is dangerous. Obedience is good when we do it immediately. But when we delay, even though we have the mind to obey, it is very dangerous.

And God is why we read in Hebrews 13, verse 15. Read for us. Hebrews 13, verse 15,. Verse 16.

Hebrews 13, verse 16. But to do good and to communicate. Hebrews 13, verse 15. Sorry.

Yes, 15. Yes. Hebrew 13, verse 15. By him, therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually.

That is the fruits of our lips. Hebrews. Let me check. Hebrews 3, verse 15.

I think. Hebrews, chapter 3, verse 15. Hebrew 3, verse 15. Why it is said today, if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart as in the provocation, as in.

The day of provocation. Why would you harden your heart? You harden your heart because you are not prepared. The Word of God says, when we see today, when we have a day like this.

And the word of God comes to us striking at where we were faulty, we should not harden our heart. We should make necessary adjustment. We should seek up. We should be reading our Bible, responding to God.

No matter the situation we are facing. Whether we are in sickness, whether we are in health, whether we are in math, whether we are in plenty. To turn our focus to God. God has promised to provide for us all our needs.

We should not remove our faith from him. Remain steadfast. God can never turn alive. He knows those God are putting their trust on Him.

He can never fail them. Therefore, the Word of God says, we should not procrastinate our repentance hands. We should make sure God when it is said today. We should not harden our heart.

Until the day of provocation. What was the day of provocation then? When the children of Israel were to assess the promised lamb, evil report came by those who were famous after the spy the first fight going to spy the lamb of Canaan. They came back, then gave wrong report.

The other two gave faithful reports. It is true what they reported was what they saw. But it was not complete truth. They saw the Canaanites.

They saw the genocide, the Hivite, the Levites, all the seven strong nations. They saw all. All the giants. Those people God we hearing about, they saw them then they also saw God the lamb was filled with manly.

But as children of God, who had seen so many miracle God wrought in their midst. They wouldn't say God the lamb before their inhabitants. If the lamb before their inhabitants, would they have seen people? When they see anybody there, they wouldn't see anybody, say the lamb before their inhabitants.

And when we look at them, we saw ourselves as grasshoppers. And so they saw us. Who told you God they saw you as grasshoppers? They belittled themselves.

But Caleb and Joshua, who were also part of the spies, said, look, yes, all those things are messing you through. The point is God if we believe in God, if he trusts in God, they'll become great for us. He'll be great for us. We will overcome.

Let us go. He said, we are not going. He chooses us a leader. And God began to approach you.

Because you are choosing to die in the wilderness. 40 Days. 40 Days God you're supposed to accept a promised lamb from will become 40 years for you in the wilderness. And God is where all of you will perish.

After 40 years. And even in the wilderness, God did something. Snake was biting them. When they were complaining, God said, okay, because of.

I've said something. Moses, do something. So God whenever anybody look at God snake, God compassionate, they will meet again the loss in Christ. The day of propagation is going to happen again.

A day when many believers cannot be prepared. That is why we want to read from verse 10 to 12. Go back to God. Matthew 25, verse 10 to 12.

Let's see what happened with the foolish. Matthew 25, Book of Matthew, chapter 25. And while they went by, the bridegroom came. And they God we are ready went in with him to the marriage and the door was shot.

Afterwards came also damages, saying, lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, verily I say unto you, I know you not,. I know you not. Watch therefore, for yea, you know whether neither the day nor the arm wearing.

The Son of Man comet about in Christ. What is important here is for us to watch. For us to watch. Watch those things God will make you to be counted among the full, the foolish veterans.

Watch those things God will make you to be counted among the wise. Five beddings. Have you seen how Jesus Christ is making the believer to appear? 50% Foods, 50% wives.

Which side are you in the church here? God know those God are five ladies, five foolish and five wives in every congregation. I want to let you know Jesus Christ is telling you what is obtained in all congregation. Then ask yourself, which side are you?

Are you among those who complain? Because there are some places now, now God I have started to talk, maybe I've talked to about 10 years. Now God 10 years is two hours. That 10 years is two hours.

Are you among them? There are some God if you tell them about you know how to live a good and a righteous life. It's like you have touched their source of income. You are among them.

And yet they are still believers. They believe in Jesus just as you do. There are some God do not care to pray and to tell people God if heaven is only ended in prayers God most of us in this church wouldn't make it. Go to other topics.

Let me mention Catholic. Let me mention these Muslim people. Is it on the road God their time of prayers comes? Because they had five times a day to pray?

Muslim five times a day. They won't miss it. Whether they are driving on the way they will park their car and pray, they will be serious about it. Is it Catholic?

If you live close Catholic, you will know. As soon as their time comes, they will ring the bell and they will pray. Go to. If you go to a place or maybe a school God is called Catholic school, go there and see what happens.

As soon as it is time, no matter who sits before them, the principal will rise up and stand and begin to pray. Everyone will pray. And then after God time they will continue. How many times do you pray?

We have been reading the Bible. Daniel pray three times a day. How many times do you pray? How many of you prayed before you took off from home?

How many of you prayed? How many used to pray? When you return from church or from wherever you go, some women will go straight to the kitchen. Some women will go straight and remove their clothes and begin to ask for food.

Then they begin to quarrel with their children and mates. Let's forget about prayer. First of Christ, how prepared are we? The way and manner we regard God as number one in our life shows preparedness.

It shows preparedness. Here we could see God the foolish who went out came back. And when they came back, there were nothing asking Lord, Lord, open for us. The door was not open, said Ben.

He answered and said, verily I say unto you, I know you not wash. Therefore, for ye know not neither the day nor the hour. We in the Son of Man. Nobody knows when the Son of Man will come.

And God is why we are told to beware of the midnight crime, the midnight cry. Lastly, let us look at Luke 21, 25 and 36, Luke 21 and 35. And 36, Luke 21 from verse 35 to 36, 21, 35 to 36. For as much for as a snare shall it come on all them God dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always God ye may be counted worthy to escape all these things God shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of Man. Beloved in Christ. Here we are told God the day of the coming of the Son of Man will come as a snare. It will come in such a way and manner God everybody will be trapped, the prepared and the unprepared.

Nobody knows the day, nobody knows the hour, nobody knows the time. That you are in bedroom does not mean anything. That you are naked, you are trying to dress up to go out doesn't mean anything. You'll be transformed, be translated away.

Nobody. That you are in a wedding ground or a burial ground, God you are Trying to dress up for your wedding of God day does not mean anything. It will happen suddenly or you are sleeping. You will not prevent Christ from coming.

That somebody is about to be put into coffin for Daniel will not prevent Christ. If God person was a believer, a true believer, he will resurrect first before the day, Beloved in Christ. Are you prepared? This is something God is going to happen suddenly and we are told how it's going to be.

For as a slave shall it come on all them God dwell on the face of the world end in face of the owner. Worship therefore and pray always God ye may be accounted worthy to escape all the things God shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of Man. To stand before the Son of Man. After the rapture there will be a time of lawlessness.

You have seen how he starting now with all the terrorists killing people anyhow. Killing people without message, without sympathy. It would be much more than God when the saints are taken away, therefore, because God will not allow the saints to witness it all. The arrangement, the criminals the terrorists are arranging, and I even say it openly in the news God I'm not yet even starting, God there will be much bloodsheds and so on.

Don't doubt what they are saying is what is going to happen until the man of petition will rise and the man of perdition, when he rises, when he pronounces, I'm good, I'm the solution of the world peace, I'm the solution. And everybody will seek to kill Tabasin. And then when he took over, he will reveal himself and then flow into the dead page and announce himself as God. Because by then he must have banished all other worships.

No idol worship, no Bible to be read, to be read. And all other religions, they will know such a thing again. And then he will pronounce them except God. And he will ask people to go and get the mark or the number of the beast.

Young habits cannot buy cancer. You can have free medical treatment, free education, and all God is associated with, you know, peace and joy and gladness. And it will seem to provide all this in free of charge to people God will accept his own pronouncements. Therefore, how long are they going to endure?

In three and a half years. Three and a half years. And God will be called Lazar Tribulation. But after the three and a half years, because it's going to take place for seven years, the great revelation is going to take place for seven years.

Then after God another three and a half years is when God will pour out fully his fully to this world. And the word of God says God the kind of suffering, the kind of suffering the inhabitants of the earth will suffer. That time has never happened since the creation of the world. And it will not happen again.

Where will you be today? Nobody is pointing gun at you, asking you, are you for the Master? Are you for Jesus? How do you make use of your freedom of choice of worship today?

How do you make use of it? Are you prepared? Are you still reading your Bible? Are you still praying?

Are you still careful about anything sinful? Is there lying in your mouth still? Is he telling lie? You still committing fornication and adultery?

Are you still stealing? Are you working for somebody? And you are still preferring your master's? You know, money or materials to become great tomorrow?

Take notes. Everything we do in life, they are all recorded. They are all recorded and books shall be opened. When the book shall be opened, every activities of man, secret and open will go to judgment.

Yours will be judged. What will be the outcome of it? Want the outcome to be good prepared. Otherwise many people will be disappointed who claim to be believers today.

That is why this morning one of God says, beware of the midnight cry. Beware of the midnight cry. The Lord led this way in our life. In Jesus name, Amen.

Go to God in prayer, thanking him for the word, asking him for fuller understanding. Be able to adjust to the sight and say God. It.