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THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
47 Pine Hill
Centreville, AL 35042
MINISTER: Leonard Chance
(205) 926-7706
(205) 717-1970
www.thegreatspeckledbird.org
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When You Face Eternity
Count the blessings that God has provided us to be able to Worship God in
the Spirit of Truth and Walk for Him Holy. One day we’re not going to be
here. One day it will all be done. One day we’ll have to go and meet Him!
Praise the name of the Lord. But right now we’re here to Worship God and
give praises unto Him. I want to Worship the Lord and declare His
Righteousness! I want to go a little deeper than from the bottom of my feet to
my toes: I want to go all the way up past my nose. I want to go all the way
with the Lord. I don’t want to go somewhere and stop: I want to go all the
way! Praise the name of the Lord. Remember now thou creator. In the days
of thy youth; that’s a good time to remember the Lord. When you get old you
may not be able to go to the House of God! You may not be able to Worship
the Lord and be in the Services! You may be flat on your back but God
remembers His own: He will Protect and Guide and keep your Soul forever!
As long as you obey God and keep the Salvation, He is able and just to deliver
you! Praise the name of the Lord. I’ve done a lot of studying. I spend a lot of
time trying to preach and teach the things God has given me. The
responsibility for the Souls of man is upon the House of the Lord. We must
come and Worship Him! It’s good to be able to declare the Righteousness of
our God! I realize that Jonah stayed in the whale’s belly for three days and
I’m sure he was happy to get out of there. But I tell you one thing, there
wasn’t a whole lot more said about Jonah; only that He stayed outside the city
to see what God was going to do. Well, I know what God is going to do! I
know what the Saviour is going to do! I know that we must do it with Him.
He is coming and we will one day be with Him! Praise the name of the Lord.
I want to read a verse of Scripture here in Isaiah 62:1. Listen to what the
Prophet had to say.
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Isaiah 62:1---For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s
sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and
the Salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
This is the time we need to come together. It is our time on the program that
we obey God, obey God, obey God! For Zion’s sake: for the sake of the
Church! I want you to know it’s for Zion’s sake! “For Zion’s sake I will not
hold my peace.” I will not hold my peace! I don’t believe today is the day for
you to hold your Peace: not when things aren’t going right in the House of
God, in The Church of God of Prophecy. You need to Tell! You need to
Speak! You need to Show, not just roll over and go with it. But for Zion’s
sake I will not hold my peace! “And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest!” I
will not rest until this happens: until the Righteousness thereof go forth as a
Lamp that Burns! We need the Brightness of the Lord’s Work! We need the
Last Day’s Message; right! We need to Walk Holy before God: not just
because it’s something to do but it’s for Eternal Life! I will not hold my
peace; you might as well get used to that until this Lamp goes forth as
burning.
Isaiah 62:2, 3---And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy
Glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord
shall name. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a
royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Now the Gentiles are going to come. They’re here: today is the day of the
Gentiles! The Gentiles shall do what? They’ll see thy Righteousness and all
the Kings are going to see thy Glory. They are going to be called by a new
name: not from the mouth of just anybody, but the mouth of the Lord shall
name! That’s where we got the name “The Church of God of the Bible.”
That’s where the name came from! A lot of people want it but only one has it,
which the mouth of the Lord shall name! Thou shalt also be a Crown of
Glory in the hand of the Lord and a Royal Diadem in the hand of our God!
That’s what we are today people; if you live up to this Truth! If you live up to
this Word, you are a Crown of Glory in the hand of the Lord; you are a Royal
Diadem in the hand of our God! But there are things to do. For Zion’s sake I
will not rest, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not! You have several (I will not’s)
here. I’m not going to betray the House of God for the Devil. That’s what
you need to say! I’m going to stay with the Holy Path and Plan of God!
That’s what you need to determine, be unshakeable, unmovable! Stand
steadfast: unshakeable!
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Now I realize that ole Noah lived in a world of people that didn’t know God
said build an Ark. And no doubt people came by laughing everyday. Every
time he turned around, there was somebody trying to do this or that against it,
but ole Noah kept working. The whole plan hinged upon Noah. Today the
whole plan hinges on the House of God! We must Obey God according to this
Holy Word of God! We took this King James Bible to be our Bible from the
beginning and we are not changing it! Get used to it, Devil! It doesn’t matter
who does, anybody can, but The Church of God of Prophecy will not change
from the Holy Word. We will Stand Steadfast in it! Choose whatever you
want to; do that if you will, but The Body of Christ will not change His Word!
Isaiah 62:4---Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land
any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy
land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Now thou shalt no more be termed Desolate! We’re not going to become
Desolate! There’s going to be enough People in The Church of God of
Prophecy that won’t change! Change is inevitable but the True Backbone of
The Church of God of the Bible will not change!! You may be washed out
earlier then you think! Thou shalt be called: this is a fact! We’re going to be
called Holy! We’re going to be called Righteous! We’re going to be called
Steadfast! Get used to it: from the sole of the foot to the top of the head! Get
used to it. This Holy House is going to be called the Land of Beulah! For the
Lord, He has delighteth in thee from the beginning in 1903. He is still
delighted in Her today! Now, He may not be happy with you but He has
something for that! You may have been in the way for many years but a day
is coming when you won’t be in the way!
Thy land shall be married: meaning that old Covenant is going to stay! We’re
going to take that Covenant! We’re going to marry the Saviour! There will
always be somebody to marry Him! He is the Bridegroom and He isn’t
changing. He’s not leaving and nobody here is running from Him! He is
going to have a Wife! He’s going to have Holy People! He’s going to have a
People that will come down to the Altar, give their Soul to Him, and get up
and make this same ole Holy Covenant and marry Him!!
Isaiah 62:5---For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry
thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice
over thee.
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Here is the way it’s going to be: “For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so
shall thy sons marry thee.” We’re going to always be here to marry the Lord!
The Church of God of Prophecy is married to the Saviour! Now, you may
have changed, you may want change, you may need a change but the Lord is
going to keep the Church Holy! Somebody’s going to make it to Heaven!
Somebody’s going to mount up like Eagles! Somebody’s going to run and
never be wearied! Somebody is going to be Holy! Sometimes it looks mighty
desolate! Sometimes you look for someone to stand up and say, I am still that
same Old Gospel! I’m still that same ole Church of God of Prophecy!
I’m not giving up my Banner for some logo! I’m going to stand for this Holy
Peace and Salvation. You’re going to find people. No matter what you do,
you’re going to find People who are going to live and die Holy the way it’s
always been! I believe today’s problem is when people come into the House of
God they want to get in a big Office! They want the big Tithes! They want
big money! They want to give: they want to do! They want to make it! They
want to shine their way but I’m going to tell you, the day will come when you
will shine no more!
Isaiah 62:6-7---I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall
never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep
not silence. And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem
a praise in the earth.
I have set watchmen: blame the Saviour! The Saviour said; “I have set
watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem.” They will never hold their peace
day or night. He promised you; “ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not
silent.” A praise in the earth: the Church is going to have a praise in the
earth! It’s going to come! It’s going to be! Now we have just about lost sight
of our Original Rising of The Church of God of Prophecy in the Last Days!
We’ve lost our Auxiliaries! We’ve lost this, we’ve lost that and we lost the
other! Somebody came in with the sayings and doings that don’t fit in this
Word of God. If you are one of them you need to remember, you have
eternity ahead!
2 Peter 2:1---But there were false prophets also among the people, even as
there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable
heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves
swift destruction.
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Do you mean there were false prophets in the Church all the time? O yeah,
from the very beginning. How many people haven’t left? How many people
have come in and then left? They’re still coming in and leaving! Go back and
read that again. We know there are false teachers, preachers and leaders in
The Church of God of Prophecy today. All you have to do is open your ears
and listen! But that day hasn’t come to die yet. They bring in damnable,
damnable things. They even denied the Lord that brought them. Yeah, I
know it says bought, I said brought. God brought people into the Church that
has now changed their ways and their doings! He brought them in: something
happened! He bought them: the Blood of the Saviour paid the price. At one
time they had Salvation; but where are they today? They now bring upon
themselves swift destruction! God bought them and set them in the body all
right. What happened?
2 Peter 2:2- 3---And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of
whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness
shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now
of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Many shall follow their own pernicious Ways! Do you know what pernicious
is? They want to have it their way! They’re not in it for the sake of Salvation!
They’re in it for what they can get! Today there’s a big change in the House
of God! You don’t see that ole Flag flying on cars! You don’t see it on houses
or doors! You don’t see the Truth: where is it? Even ole Jonah, when he got
out of that whales belly, he went down to Nineveh. Upon warning them, he
saw the whole place turn around and serve the Lord: just one man! By way
that even the Truth, now is evil spoken of! We want a change! We don’t want
that ole path! Hallelujah, now I have me a Bible I like! You have something
else you don’t like!
Do you mean to tell me that people would rather have covetousness than
Salvation? Is that for real? Right now I get tithes in my collection plate! I get
money in my plate! You’re going to get something else and you won’t like it!
Now with feigned word, enticing, I want to see a change. With feigned words,
they make merchandise of you! Do you know what making merchandise of
you is? They sell you a plan you can buy into! Now we can, now we can…all
we have to do is: with feigned words they change you! There is a move of
change in the House of God all right but it isn’t for the better!
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Whose judgment now for a long time: why this change has been going on for
years and their Damnation doesn’t slumber, they’re not sleeping, people. If
they can win your Soul, if they can get what you have, if they can do this or
that or the other, they’re happy. It doesn’t matter where you are in the House
of God. Today you may have a Great Vision but one day you’re going to run
around and come up to somebody that has feigned words for you! Now this is
a new path that we are on now. I will never go back to that old one. Somebody
isn’t listening to God. The Church of God of Prophecy isn’t going to leave
that ole Path! People will, but the Body of Christ is going to stay Holy and
True!
2 Peter 2:4—For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down
to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto
judgment.
Now consider this, if God spared not the Angels that sinned, what makes you
think He’s going to spare you? If God didn’t spare the Angels that fell from
Heaven, what makes you think He is going to spare you? It wasn’t that the
Demons and the Devils didn’t like Heaven. They liked it, they meant to stay,
and they were enjoying it: that’s why the War was fought! It wasn’t that they
didn’t like Heaven; they loved it. They were highly shocked and surprised
when they lost it! And you know what; the devil didn’t have nowhere to rest
his foot. No, they were cast out but before God came and made the Earth. It
didn’t seem to bother God that the Devil didn’t have anywhere to rest his foot.
The Earth didn’t come till later. The Devil knew God was going to create it,
but when God came down here it was all black! The Devil was already down
here but God had to come and say; let there be Light! The Devil has never
created anything!
The Devil is already down here! Jesus said; I saw Satan fall like lightning; he
lit it up but he had no rest! Until the time came that God came down with the
God’s of Heaven and said; let us make man now! Satan was already down
here in Darkness! And how black is that darkness? And until God said; let
there be Light down here; Satan and all his whores were in darkness. He
delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved until the Day of
Judgment! They are in chains, people! They’re here and they can’t go, they
can’t do, they can be only what God has allowed them! They had a God over
them!
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Acts 11:5,7-9---I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a
vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from
heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: And I heard a voice saying
unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing
common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. But the voice
answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou
common.
Now hold on a minute, wait now! I want you to get a good look at this fellow.
His name is Peter; Peter is really devoted and dedicated! Now down there in
the bottom of the house where everybody is moving around, ole Peter is on
top. A lot of people love to be on top. Now Peter is on top of the house:
everybody else is in the broad house. And ole Peter is up there and He’s really
praying! Have you ever had a Vision? Has God ever shown you a Vision?
Now ole Peter was a praying on top of the house and God talked to him. The
Lord had to lower a sheet down to him with all kinds of looking creatures in
it. Now remember, Peter was obedient and humble! Listen to his words;
listen to ole Peter’s words. Here’s the sheet coming down to him: a funny
looking thing. Peter is listening to a Voice: he heard a Voice speaking to him;
saying; Arise Peter! Now he knows that this is God, that’s who he’s been
praying to!
Arise Peter, kill, slay and eat! Now, Peter is telling God what he is going to
do! No, I’m not going to do that, Lord! Not me; I’m humble Lord! Lord, I
pray because I want to be obedient but I’m not going to do that. Nothing like
that has ever passed by my mouth! I’ve never eaten that. It isn’t right: it’s
unclean! I’ve never had anything like that, ever! I’ve never preached that
kind of prayer! I’ve never seen that kind of a Vision! I’ve never had a Vision
like that; I don’t want that, not me! I don’t want any Church of God! What’s
he on top of the house praying for? If he wasn’t going to be obedient, what’s
he doing up there? If you can’t go back to the Old Landmark, what are you
doing? If you can’t listen to the man you are praying to, what are you going
to do? Not me, I’ve never let any thing common or unclean: my mouth has
never!
Well, you know Peter had a problem with his mouth before the Saviour left
him: seems he always knew more. We have a lot of people in The Church of
God of Prophecy like that. Peter hasn’t broken his habits! I’m not eating
that! So the sheet goes up into Heaven, then it comes down again. Arise
Peter; kill, slay, and eat. Do what! Lord, now I’ve never!
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Do you know why some people never get any further than the Altar with a
silent prayer or two? I’ve never! Arise Peter: kill, slay, and eat. Not me
Lord! Again the sheet goes up and the sheet comes down. After a while if you
don’t submit to the call of God, the warning of God or the Salvation of God,
He’ll let you die lost and go to Hell!
Acts 11:10-15---And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again
into heaven. And, behold, immediately there were three men already come
unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. And the Spirit bade
me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren
accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house: And he showed us
how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send
men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; Who shall tell thee
words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved. And as I began to
speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
Three times now, but that isn’t the end of Peter: O no, that’s just the
beginning! Now three men came to get him: still he was praying. Three men
came to get him. The Holy Ghost had to tell him: go with them, doubting
nothing. Go with them! Three men had to come and get him but that wasn’t
enough! Have you ever felt you were as Simon Peter? That isn’t the end of
the story. That sheet came down three times. Three men came for him but
now three more came to get him. Let’s see that’s about six: ole Peter makes
seven. I’m not going by myself, Lord! Now don’t call on me! If it get to
where I can’t call on you, I don’t call on you! Peter says that’s not common,
that’s not clean; I’m not eating that! Now there are three men that had to
come, three more men that had to go with him.
Seven heads came to get ole Peter over there to ole Cornelius. To get service
out of Simon Peter it took six more to get the job done! Nevertheless the Lord
is going to get this job done! There is going to be enough people. God is going
to get the Job Done! It’s this Gospel that is going around the world! It’s
going to go around the world and God is going to be in the Front! He’s going
to guide it! He’s going to carry it! He’s going to show it and He’s going to
prove it! Now you don’t have to be like ole Peter. You need to straighten up
your act!
Acts 11:13---And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which
stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose
surname is Peter.
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What does it take to convince people that God needs The Church of God of
Prophecy to Rule and Reign over sin in this world until the Redeemer comes!
Now the Spirit said, Peter go with them and don’t doubt; don’t doubt, Peter!
You have to take this Word of God with no doubts! You have to take this
Word of God and the Spirit of God with no doubts! We have to be believers!
I’ll believe it as long as God can prove it. I want to believe it even when God
doesn’t prove it! You know, He didn’t prove anything to ole Noah; didn’t
prove a thing! And Noah; men’s sins have come before me. I want you to
build an Ark; that’s all the Lord had to say! He didn’t come down every day
and say; Noah, how are you doing? O, I can’t get anybody: Shem won’t work,
Ham won’t help him and my wife doesn’t want anything to do with me.
But the Lord believed that these eight little people were enough to save
mankind. He meant He was going to blot them out of this earth and the whole
plan hinged on these eight people! Peter showed us how he had seen an Angel
in the house. This Angel stood and said unto Him; send men to Joppa and call
for Simon Peter! Don’t go down there and ask for the Mayor, don’t go down
there and ask for the Chief of Police, go down there and bring Peter! I’m
sending you down there for Peter! The Lord had sent the Church to the
World!
Acts 11:14, 15---Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house
shall be saved. And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us
at the beginning.
Who will tell you what you need to know? That’s what the Church is
supposed to do: tell the world what you need to know! God will Save the
world if they would listen. God will Save your household if they would listen!
And I began to speak: the Holy Ghost; that’s what will bring the Holy Ghost
down. That is the Key to Salvation! And as I began to speak the Holy Ghost
came down. We need Him back in our Services? I wonder who changed
Him!
Acts 11:16, 17---Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said,
John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost. Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as He did unto us who
believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
Then I remembered the Word of the Lord. You’re going to remember the
Word of the Lord! I don’t care who you are or how much you forget, one day
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you’re going to remember this old Word! You’re going to come back to this
old Word. Before you leave this old world you’re going to see what you lost!
You’re going to see what you gave up! You’re going to remember how that
John said; I indeed Baptize you with water but you’re going to be Baptized
with the Holy Ghost and Fire! You’re going to be Baptized with the Holy
Ghost and Fire! Now God gave them the Gift just as he has given us. He’s
referring to the Gentiles! Ole Peter found that Ole Cornelius was a Gentile.
God let that sheet come down. He wanted the world to hear this message!
God brought that sheet down three times so He could convince Peter to listen
to what He had to say. Stop telling me what’s common or uncommon!
Acts 11:18---When they heard these things, they held their peace, and
glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance
unto life.
When they had heard these things, they did what? When they heard these
things, things got quiet. Things are going to get quiet before you see Heaven.
You’re going to see a lot of strange things happening! They Glorified God.
Isn’t that’s what this whole plan is about? Glorify God, people! Isn’t that
what the Holy Ghost is here for? To Glorify God! Nobody believed the
Gentiles could have Salvation! That was something new but this old plan that
came up in 1903 wasn’t new! Don’t be alarmed, the Lord knoweth how to
deliver out of temptation! The Lord knows how to keep your Heart Right!
He knows where to lead! He knows how to lead! He knows what you need!
The Lord knows how to deliver the Righteous out of temptation! He knows
how to help you win a Home in Glory! He will reserve the ungodly till the Day
of Judgment to be punished! Now there are eight things: eight and the fearful
and the abominable, there are eight of them. You need to ask yourself, how
many of these fit you? Ecclesiastes 11:1 said, cast your bread upon the water
and it will return to you after many days.
Ecclesiastes 12:1—Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while
the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have
no pleasure in them.
Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth, when thou hast youth!
You can hear! You can go! You can do! You can be something for God!
This is to encourage the Saints of God that they aren’t working for nothing!
Noah didn’t work for nothing! David didn’t work for nothing! None of these
people worked for nothing! They Worked for a Home in Heaven!
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They Worked for the Lord! They Worked for the Master! They were people
doing something for God! Remember now thy Creator; now’s the time to
remember while the evil days come not, nor thy years draw nigh unto thee,
when ye shall say, I have no pleasure in them. You will come to that when you
get old and weak!
Revelation 21:8---But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and
murderers and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars,
shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which
is the second death.
But the fearful, some people are afraid to Fear God: to worship God! Now go
down through this list: there are eight. See which ones belong to you. If any
but the fearful and the unbelieving, the abominable, murderers: Spiritual
Murderers! Who and whoremongers: where do they have a place in the
House of God? If not the altar, where is it? And sorcerers: isn’t that a little
witchcraft? How did the Devil get in here? These are eight things, count
them and see how many are yours! Idolaters and who: all liars. It doesn’t
matter what you are lying about, just be a liar! For they will have a part in
the Lake of Fire and it will burn with Fire and Brimstone! I tell you now;
you’ll find the second death! If any of these things belong to you, if you don’t
believe Hell is waiting when Life is over, if you don’t believe Hell is waiting
when Life is over: see how dark it is! See how dark Eternity and Hell are! Do
you know you can’t see anything! There is day and night in Hell and when it
is night, it is DARK!
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