Summer of Chaos
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In “Summer of Chaos,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Bible prophecy, the authority of Scripture, faith. Drawing especially from Genesis 41, Matthew 24, John 3, Ezekiel 33, 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 Genesis 41. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Genesis 41, Matthew 24. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through John 3. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that Islamic claims and biblical revelation present incompatible accounts of God and salvation. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on spiritual leadership while working through Matthew 24. The message argues that leaders are accountable to teach faithfully, serve the flock, and model the character they proclaim. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on the Nephilim and judgment. The message argues that the conquest narratives are interpreted in connection with the Nephilim and God’s judgment of entrenched evil. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Ezekiel 33. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on Israel in prophecy. The message argues that the sermon relates Israel’s place in Scripture to the unfolding prophetic picture. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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are the same yesterday today and forever no matter what's going on in our world you are still great and mighty you are the Creator the one true God You Are Holy and you are worthy you are the king of kings and the Lord of lords and we worship you today and your name that is above every name is the name Jesus Christ of Nazareth the Lord Of Glory the Creator Our God Who Came In the Flesh and died on the cross and rose from the dead you are the answer to the sinful hearts of mankind it doesn't matter what race we come to you this morning Father and we pray for your anointing we ask you to give us your understanding as we look at the scriptures give us the spirit of wisdom and revelation let us understand and discern the times that we live in and what we ought to do in Jesus name amen and amen you may be seated this morning we welcome everyone we're having a little problem here let's get that straightened out welcome those listening by Blog Talk radio mix LR Facebook live however you may be listening or watching this morning we welcome you um I've entitled today the summer of Chaos um there's reasons behind that but before we dig into this this morning because I am gonna get into what happened in Dallas Texas this past week um and what is transpiring over the summer the Lord over the last several years people have shared prophetic dreams and Visions words from the Lord with us from all over the country I mean from different places people from different Church backgrounds Pentecostals Baptists just all kind of different people God has been warning us about what would be going on and I believe now that through several of the prophetic dreams that have been shared with us over the years and some things the dreams that I've had and some things I believe God is uh beginning to show us that the warnings he's been giving over the last several years that we are now moving into that time that he has warned us about see part of Walking with God and part of being a a Christian that hears the voice of the Lord or and discerns what the spirit is saying to the church is part of that's Discerning the time and season
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that you live it's vitally important to understand not just what God's word says but to discern and perceive the time in the season um I want to lay a foundation because again we have new listeners and people all the time but I want you to go with me first and foremost to Acts chapter 2. I'm going to reread this because I'm going to be sharing a lot of prophetic dreams and Visions this morning from different people some came to us over the last few years some in the last week but uh Acts chapter 2 first and I talked about this last week that true Christians born-again Christians should be able to hear the voice of God and the Lord speaks through uh he can speak through dreams he can speak through Visions he can speak through his still small voice inside of us he can speak to us directly through the scriptures make it leap off the page he can speak through someone else in fact I've had the Lord speak to me through a child it doesn't have to be you know uh you know the Lord can even speak through somebody he's not even a Christian he can speak through anybody to you you just have to be in tune and discern when God is speaking that's probably that's that's probably one of the biggest problems within the church world is not that God is not speaking it's that most of his people aren't listening they're not hearing they're not perceiving they're not Discerning what he's saying um Acts chapter 2 we'll lay this out again again I say this because there's great segments of the church world that thinks that the gifts of the holy spirit ended in the first century or when the Bible was canonized or finished and again that's ridiculous there's not one passage of scripture to say that in fact this passage tells us that the gift of Prophecy and particularly prophetic dreams and Visions would continue all the way to the end all the way into the last days in which we're living so Acts chapter 2 I'm going to read it again even though I read it last week the Apostle Peter stands up on the day of Pentecost and he speaks this word from The Book of Joel from the prophet Joel in verse 16. but this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel and it shall come to pass in the last day saith God I will pour out my spirit upon All Flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams and on my servants and all my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my spirit and they shall prophesy and I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs in the earth beneath blood and fire and Vapor or pillars of
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smoke the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and notable or terrible day of the Lord come and it shall come to pass it whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved and then he declares Jesus to them now I want you to see that he says I will pour out my spirit upon All Flesh and your sons and your daughters will prophesy I'm going to keep repeating this the word prophesied does not just mean to edify and encourage and exhort there's a whole segment of the church world that teaches that prophesying is simply preaching the Bible but I have news for you that's not the the definition of the word in the Greek dictionary or in the Lexicon the word in the Greek means to speak by inspiration of God it means god moves upon you the holy spirit moves upon you and God himself speaks or reveals something in a vision in a dream in a prophetic utterance but it's supernatural it's an encounter with God it's a move of the Holy Ghost it's not just preaching it's not just teaching the scriptures anybody can get up and preach or teach it does not mean they're prophesying it's a completely different word okay the word preach in the Bible means to Proclaim right the word teach means to instruct in the in the scriptures but prophesying is a completely different thing and it means to speak by inspiration of God that God is moving upon you he's either speaking to you or speaking through you right now revealing something he wants you to know her he wants people around you to know so it's inspired but also the word in the Greek dictionary and in the Lexicon prophesying means to foretell something that's going to happen in the future it is part of the word I know there's even many in the charismatic church and the Pentecostal church that try to teach that prophesying has nothing to do with foretelling events well I'm sorry but you're wrong because it's a very definition of the word right and here we're told that in the last days your sons and your daughters are going to prophesy dream dreams have visions if people get laugh here because they say you're young it says you know your old man your old men will see Visions your old men will dream dreams well that doesn't necessarily mean you got to be old and gray-headed I mean some of your your young believers and maybe you're more mature Believers as well not just physical age but spiritual right but God gives dreams he gives visions and in fact it's very important that you pay attention to them okay and write them down I'm bad I had
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there's some that I've had I I haven't written down over the last few years I wish I had now I want to show you something else about dreams I mean we could talk about God warning Joseph and a dream to take Jesus and Mary down into Egypt the wise men were warned in a dream not to go back to Herod I mean over and over and over again I want you to go to Genesis 41 show you another principle about prophetic dreams everybody go into Genesis 41. and I'm not going to read this whole thing this is when God gave Pharaoh I mean think about it God gave an unsaved pagan you know false god worshiping king of Egypt pharaoh a dream about what was going to happen in the whole region in the whole area there God gave him this dream and said basically showed him there's going to be a famine now let me find my verse I'm trying to get to here because I just lost my spot here oh no wonder I gotta I'm jumping over to 42 and I'm supposed to be in 41. I'm trying to fight it I'm sorry this one wasn't planned here okay here we go we go over and this is Joseph interpreting the dream in verse 32. and this is what he says because Pharaoh had the dream two different ways twice saying basically the same dream two times and he says for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice it is because the thing is established by God and God will shortly bring it to pass do you see that anybody ever have dreams do you know her from the Lord and they just they seem to keep repeating themselves anybody ever had that happen I am I had one about nuclear war hitting America when I was 16 years old and I had that dream twice all right now you say 16 years old that's a long time ago Pastor Dean well in God's economy of time if it happens in my lifetime it's still not a long time is it right in fact when God called me I'll say this and I believe this is something that I just know personally when God called me to the ministry and called me to be a prophet and a pastor and a teacher when I was 19 years old he used Jeremiah chapter one in fact the way God spoke it to me I was reading Jeremiah chapter 1 1 9 I just opened to it I started reading it and the Holy Spirit came all over me in such power that I was overwhelmed and the Lord
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