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Extracted Verses and Quotes from the Sermon

Biblical Verses

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

Luke 21:25-28

There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth, distress among nations, confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and forboding of what is coming upon the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads because your redemption drawth nigh.

Luke 19:41-44

As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side. They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another; because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

Matthew 24:15-16

So when you see the desolating sacrilege standing in the holy place, as was spoken of by the prophet Daniel, let the reader understand, then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

Luke 21:20-21

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must leave it, and those out in the country must not enter it.

Matthew 6:19-21

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

1 Thessalonians 4:10-12

But we urge you, beloved, to do so more and more, to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you, so that you may behave properly towards outsiders and be dependent on no one.

Romans 12:1

I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

1 Thessalonians 2:19-20

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? Yes, you are our glory and joy!

Colossians 2:2-3

I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Matthew 13:52

Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.

Memorable Quotes

We need to take this very, very seriously because there will come a time in the not too distant future when those who disagree with the dominant narrative will just be shut off and become a digital non-person.

Despite the fact we’re living through profound change, Zechariah 9:12 says that we are to be prisoners not of doubt and not of fear, but we are to be prisoners of hope.

Jesus teaches us that every material possession is affected by depreciation, debasement, or decay.

The very act of giving of your time or giving of your money to something means that your heart starts to follow there.

If even secular people can see that social cohesion is breaking down, how much more should we as people of faith?

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Other Quotations

Sister White says, “It is no time now for God’s people to be laying up their treasures in this world.”

Sister White writes, “When the idolatrous standards of the Romans were set up in the holy ground, which extended some furlongs outside the city walls, then the followers of Christ would find safety in flight.”

From the Catholic Record September 1, 1923: “Sunday is our mark of authority. The church is above the Bible. And this transference of Sabbath observance that is to the Sunday is proof of that fact.”