A Name or a Number
by Kenneth Carpenter
First Apostolic Church of Maryville (Maryville, TN)
Kind: teaching

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Is it a wonderful message we heard tonight on the name of Jesus? Two souls baptized in his name tonight. I couldn't help as brother Hammond got into some what we would call end time prophecy tonight in the book of Revelation. I couldn't help but want to share with you. There's two figures in the book of Revelation. Jesus Christ. Only two. There's only two. The Revelation can be divided up in twos. There's only two main characters. Jesus Christ and the Antichrist. There's only two there's only two select group of people there. There is people that have a name. They have a name because the Bible said that Jesus Christ gave them a name and there is a group of people that all they have is a number. All right. So it's broke up in twos. Jesus Christ, the antichrist. Jesus gives a name. The Antichrist gives a number. >> 666. It's a number. That's all. That's all it is. You have no name. You have no identity. Some believe it's a parable, but it's not. In parables, in parables, Jesus never mentioned Jesus never used a name in a parable with the exception of what one people believe that Lazarus and the rich man in hell is a parable. It is not a parable because Jesus calls the beggar Lazarus. He gives him a name. You notice most parables it just says, "And a certain man had a vineyard." >> No name. It's a parable. But this wasn't a parable. This man had a name. His name was Lazarus. The rich man has nothing but a title. He has nothing but a but a title. That's because in hell, no one has a name. They just have a number. That's all they have. And I'm telling you, we are coming down. You hear what he said tonight about world religions coming together. And the main item on top is the Jesus issue. >> What do we do with Jesus? What do we do with Jesus? Cuz I'm going to tell you, he polarizes you. You either love him or you hate him. There's no middle ground with Jesus Christ. He's either the Lord or he's a lunatic. There is no middle ground with Jesus Christ. And I beg you tonight, I beg you, good saints of God, as your pastor, I beg you, I plead with you tonight. Set your affections on the house of God. Set your affections on the house. said, "Well, brother Carpenter, I promise you, it's like when the doctor tells you to eat a certain vegetable that you don't like, but you know, it's good for you to eat it." After time, after time, >> Brother Hinter, after time, you begin to say, "You know, this ain't so bad after all. >> This tastes pretty good. This tastes pretty good because you you have acquired a taste for it." Please, saints of God, acquire a passion for the house of God. >> Acquire a love for the house of God. When the doors to the house of God are open, you got to you need to be here. It ought to be your passion. It ought to be your drive. If you can miss the house of God for service after service after service and it not bother you, you really need to pray to get the passion back. And I promise you, and I I I I know this might get some of you grinning or whatever, but um you know, I think the older that you get, you start realizing that maybe the last season of your life, the last 25 years of your life, you realize if you don't get to exercising, you don't get to moving. You see people your age going down quick, you know, and you begin to look around and say, you know, I don't really want to I don't really want to go that route. So, uh, pastor has taken up I've taken up um walking and I try