Sermons

The Sin of Silence

Pastor: Rev. Carl Ballestero
Topic: Spiritual Warfare

THE SIN OF SILENCEREV. CARL BALLESTEROContributed by Rev. Mike Russell"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......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."--Isaiah 62:1, 6-7Isaiah was a prophet who could not keep his message to himself. It allowed him neither peace nor rest. In fact, he wouldn't let God rest nor man be at ease until he saw his burden fulfilled. Here was a compassionate intercessor that pained in travail for the deliverance of his people. In his day, in a dark hour and a most trying time, he stood in the gap to make up the hedge--God had found the man He was looking for.In every age there is the desperate call and the urgent need for the prophet to step forth and speak for God. He must usually render service that is long overdue and that which has been avoided and sometimes willfully neglected by his contemporaries. Moses, the lawgiver, made little mention of the office of the prophet. The priesthood was supposed to take care of all the problems that arose in camp and to keep in touch with Jehovah. When God's prophet

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Selected works by Rev. Carl Ballestero

The Sin Of Silence
Topic: Our Witness
Description: Isaiah was a prophet who could not keep his message to himself. It allowed him neither peace nor rest.

Woman, What Hast Thou Done?
Topic: Holiness
Description: It is no secret that much emphasis is placed today upon sex, and that dress designers put together their garments neither for beauty nor utility, but for sex appeal.

Selected works about Holiness

The Devil's Door - Handout
Pastor: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Description: WHAT IS THIS DOOR? IT IS REBELLION, OR DISOBEDIENCE AGAINST GOD’S AUTHORITY.

Why Sit We Here Until We Die?
Pastor: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Description: When they (the 4 lepers) were willing to move forward into hostile territory, they found out that God had been there before them to bring deliverance!