Blood on Their Hands
About this sermon
In “Blood on Their Hands,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Bible prophecy, the authority of Scripture, faith. Drawing especially from Ezekiel 33, 1 Ezekiel 33, Revelation 6, Revelation 13, the teaching emphasizes that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience.
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Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Ezekiel 33, 1 Ezekiel 33. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that patience is formed through testing and governs how believers respond to people and delay. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church while working through Revelation 6, Revelation 13. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on stewardship and giving while working through Revelation 13, Zechariah 6. The message argues that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Revelation 14. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on Islamic origins and claims. The message argues that Islamic claims and biblical revelation present incompatible accounts of God and salvation. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on a biblical foundation. The message argues that a durable Christian life must be built on Christ, sound doctrine, and obedient response to Scripture. It connects this with the conviction that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Matthew 20. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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those of you listening by blog talk radio or shoutcast radio we welcome you to fire and grace church i'm pastor dean odle and we welcome you glad you're listening out there a lot of things going down in the world for those of you in our church you have to bear with me viewer discretion is advised but i'm going to have to share with you what's going on last night the lord really laid on my heart you know i was studying and preparing to continue on in genesis and the lord was just you're going to have to pause son for a minute because some things are coming to our attention out there in the world and this is the verse the lord gave me because see frankly there's going to be a lot of pastors a lot of preachers a lot of evangelists a lot of prophets even a lot of so-called apostles out there and a lot of christians right now they already have blood on their hands but very soon their hands are going to be drenched and dripping with the blood of millions because they have not warned them of the approaching sword the approaching famine the approaching judgment the approaching persecution there has not been warning and the people are not prepared they're not prepared spiritually they're not prepared emotionally they're not prepared physically or financially they haven't made preparations for their family to survive what profits true prophets and what the word of god and the prophecies of god and what now even the world around us is saying to us and it's really been saying it for years now but now we know and i'm going to show you in the word but this is the scripture and this is why i preach like i preach and what i was going to say for our church here you know you've been warned you know you've been taught over the last few years but we have a larger audience now that listens to us by radio by podcast by internet and they're growing every day and i just there's just a greater responsibility to make sure that i get these out these warnings out very clearly because my calling is first before being a pastor before being a teacher is to be a prophet and be a watchman all right so i want you to read this with me we're going to read ezekiel 33 here
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and it's very very clear we're going to start up at verse 1. this is why there's so many pastors and so many ministers that have blood on their hands and they're going to have more blood on their hands as we enter into these days ahead of us verse 1 ezekiel 33 verse 1 and again the word of the lord came unto me saying son of man speak to the children of thy people and say unto them when i bring the sword upon the land if the people of the land take a man of their coast and set him for their watchmen if when he see it the sword come upon the land he blow the trumpet and warn the people then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet and taketh not warning if the sword come and take him away his blood shall be on his own head he heard the sound of the trumpet and took not warning his blood shall be upon him but he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul see this is why our warnings are so important if you don't take heed to warnings you will not deliver your soul and your soul is your mind will and emotions your soul is what makes you you it's what makes you special it's what god created you a living soul that has a spirit and lives in a body amen but your soul is going to live forever your soul and your spirit and eventually when jesus returns the body will be resurrected and changed and will be unified but the bottom line is that warning taking heed to warnings is part of the scriptures it's part of who god is he warns his people he even warns the wicked before he brings his wrath his judgment or he pulls his hand back and he lets the devil do what the devil's going to do now god is able to deliver to protect or to give grace through a situation to those who will take heed to the warnings but those who will not listen those who will mock and scoff even among christians those who who make light of the warnings of god through the true prophets through the word of god those who make light of those warnings are in grave danger of losing their soul there's so many right now that just do not grasp the looming darkness that is ahead of us and what it's going to mean some people and i'm talking about christian people that go to churches every sunday are going to lose their minds they're going to go crazy mentally off the charts they're going to have nervous and mental breakdowns because they do not take heed to the warnings and to strengthen themselves in
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god and god alone if you don't know what it means to prepare and take heed to the warning boy i'm going to tell you what you better figure it out now about that it's time to pray it's time to fast it's time to meditate on the word it's time to bind and resist the devil it's time to cry out to god for mercy it's time to put away sin and compromise and lukewarmness it's time to quit being lazy and chasing everything else in the world you better take heed to the warnings the darkness is upon us there's so many christians right now listen i know this for a fact there are so many christians right now that go oh yeah whatever preacher oh yeah i know that i've heard that and they're still looking at pornography and they're still committing fornication and they're still committing adultery and they're still watching hours and hours of tv and they're still just distracted with everything that's in this world and they they they go yeah i've heard that i've heard that i've heard that whatever and and these preachers and these teachers have lulled them to sleep with with the teachings of eternal security giving them false security and a and a pre-tribulation rapture myth and so they don't take heed to the warnings these doctrines of devils once they've always saved in the pre-trib rapture these are doctrines of devils that have lulled the church to sleep and has caused them not to take heed to the warnings and just something very simple like having extra water and food when the economy collapses they don't even think they need to do that what are they going to do when they see their children starving and they don't even have water to drink and these preachers didn't even warn them oh we're going to be out of here that is such a stupid american idea not going to happen to us such a stupid we must take heed and especially god has given so many signs of the times pardon me for preaching a minute where was i verse five he heard the sound of the trumpet and took not warning his blood shall be upon him but he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul but if the watchmen see the sword come and blow not the trumpet and the people be not warned if the sword come and take any person from among them he is taken away in his iniquity but his blood will i require
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at the watchman's hand so thou son of man i have set thee a watchman into the house of israel therefore thou shalt hear the word of my mouth and warn them from me when i say unto the wicked o wicked man thou shalt surely die if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way that the wicked man shall die in his iniquity but his blood will i require at thine hand nevertheless if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it if he do not turn from his way he shall die in his iniquity but the watchman the prophet the preacher the minister the christian whoever is the watchman whoever is giving the warning has delivered their soul see this is why i believe most american preachers will be in hell when it's all over they have preached prosperity and endless blessings as the nation is going bankrupt as we are headed into economic armageddon they've sold millions of books about how to prosper and be rich as ezekiel the prophet warned he said these false prophets have said peace peace when there is no peace they said times are going to be good things are going to be okay you're going to be okay i'm gonna be okay everything's gonna be okay see here's the thing is there a season of god's blessing is there a time of prosperity is there a time of peace you know solomon said there was a time of peace and there was a time of war there was a time for everything under the sun what makes a false prophet a false prophet is not that he doesn't preach something that might be in god's word it's preaching the wrong message at the wrong time which shows he doesn't know god or he's lost his relationship with god he's lost his discernment he's lost his ability to hear when he does not understand when we're in a time when the sword is coming the famine is coming the judgment is coming see i'm going to tell you right now i have i hear the sounds of destruction and famine and the sword it's not pleasant to have to be a warning watchman it's not pleasant to have to say i know that i know that i know the american economy is collapsing
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