Masterpiece 114
The Gathering
February 24, 2007
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
THE
MASTERPIECE 64-0705
208 Dear God, help each person now to take inventory, see if we're in Him. You loved us. You were smitten for us. And we
did esteem You smitten and afflicted of God. I pray,
God, that You'll call each one. Lord,
speak to my children, my loved ones, and my friends. Grant it, Lord,
just now, through Jesus Christ's Name. Don't let anybody wait too long, Lord.
Looks awful close. The harvest is truly ripe. The great combine of God will
sweep through the land one of these days; straws will fly every way; but the Wheat shall be gathered to the garner,
taken up, for in It is Life. Grant, Lord, each
request to be answered, each prayer to be made manifest before You. I pray for them, Lord. I pray that You
won't let any that's here be lost, Lord. They set under difficult... They drive
for hundreds of miles. And whatever that we have need of, give it to us, Lord, whatever's good for us, Lord, not what's
good in our sight, but what's good in Your sight. We want to stand as a chaste virgin that's been chastened, rebuked
of God, that we might be purged from our sins.
Matthew 3: 11 - 12, 10 And
now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto
repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am
not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matthew 13: 28 -
31, 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up
also the wheat with them. 30 Let
both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to
the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to
burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 31 Another
parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of
heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his
field:
Matthew 13: 41 The
Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
Mathew 24: 31 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For
there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch
that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I
have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say
unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers;
believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh
out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so
shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase
is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 Immediately after
the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not
give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and
then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and
they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of
heaven to the other. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet
tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer
is nigh: 33 So
likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This
generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass
away, but my words shall not pass away.
Mark 13: 27 26 And
then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and
glory. 27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together
his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the
uttermost part of heaven. 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet
tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer
is near: 29 So ye in
like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh,
even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto
you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth
shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth
no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the
Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is.
Luke 3: 17 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one
mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 17 Whose
fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into
his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Ephesians 1: 10 3 Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen
us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated
us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the
good pleasure of his will, 6 To
the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the
beloved. 7 In whom we have redemption through his
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8 Wherein he hath abounded
toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9 Having made known unto us
the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed
in himself: 10 That
in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might
gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and
which are on earth; even in
him: 11 In whom also we
have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of
him who worketh all things after the counsel of his
own will: 12 That
we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 15 Wherefore I
also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease
not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your
understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his
calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And
what is the exceeding greatness of his power to
us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ,
when he raised him from the dead, and set him at
his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far aboveall principality, and power, and might, and dominion,
and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is
to come:
2 Thessalonians
2: 1 Now
we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That
ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let
no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not
come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition;