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“I Will Shake All Things” – Part 2: The Church – Derek Prince (Transcript)

Full text of Derek Prince’s sermon: “I Will Shake All Things” – Part 2: The Church which was preached in 1992, Westminster Chapel UK.

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TRANSCRIPT:

Derek Prince – Bible Teacher

All right, now we’re going back to the theme that we began to deal with in the afternoon, the shaking of all things which God has predicted through His prophets. And I’m not going to go over the material we covered, just point out that God says: I will shake all things, I will shake the heaven, I will shake the earth, I will shake the dry land, I will shake the sea, I will shake all nations, I will shake everything that can be shaken.

The purpose being that those of us who have received the kingdom that cannot be shaken may be, as it were, filtered out from the rest of humanity.

Now this evening I want to deal with a practical response.

HOW SHALL WE RESPOND?

If we really believe that God is going to do what He so clearly says He is going to do, what are we going to do about it? Are we going to do nothing or are we going to seek from the Bible to know what the sensible and Scriptural course of action is.

First of all, from what I said this afternoon, it’s obvious that if we want to remain unshakable we have to build a foundation on the word of Jesus, hearing and doing His word.

So all that I’m going to say now follows out of that. In other words, in what ways shall we hear and apply the teaching of Scripture?

I want to start with two verses in 2 Peter chapter 3, a chapter which deals with this period, the period of shaking. I’ll read verses: 11 and 12:

2 Peter 3: 11-12: ‘Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God.’

We’ll stop there. Peter asks a very sensible question, and he asks the right question. The question is not first and foremost what shall we do, but what kind of persons ought we to be?

What we are is more important than what we do. And he gives a very simple outline answer which contains three elements. He says first of all, in all holy conduct and godliness. (2 Cor. 6:17–7:1)

Secondly he says, looking for, And thirdly, hastening the coming of the day of God.

So there are three things that he speaks about: holy conduct and godliness; looking for the coming of the day of God, and hastening the coming of the day of God.

That should be our basic response: holiness, looking for the coming of the day of God, and hastening the coming of the day of God.

I will deal briefly with those, first of all, with regard to holiness. I’ll just turn to one Scripture, which is 2 Corinthians chapter 6, beginning at verse 17 and continuing on into chapter 7 verse 1. You need to bear in mind the chapter divisions were not in the original text, they were put in many, many centuries later by translators. And sometimes they obscure the sense.

So we’re going to start now with 2 Corinthians 6:17. And most of it is a quotation from the Old Testament.

2 Corinthians 6:17-18: ‘Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean; and I will receive you. And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

2 Corinthians 7:1: ‘Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”

So God makes a promise to be a Father to all of us who fulfill His conditions. But bear in mind there are conditions stated.

And the first one is: Come out from among them, [That’s the unbelievers. Not the other Christians but the unbelievers.] and be separate. [Be set apart to God.] Do not touch what is unclean; and I will receive you.

There are many different ways we can touch what is unclean, but one very common way which is a problem for nearly all of us, is by our mental attitudes and the things we entertain in our minds. And also the things we look at. Particularly, I would have to say by my standards, a lot of television programs are unclean.

And if we deliberately expose ourselves to them we are touching what is unclean. If we can’t help it, that’s another matter. I don’t say by no means that we never go to movies but very seldom can Ruth and I go to movies because they’re unclean.

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There was a movie some years back which was really excellent, it was called Frisco Kid — I don’t suppose most of you will remember it. Some of you do? Well, it was really hilarious. I mean, it was so good and it was based on the life of a young Jewish man who was due to become a rabbi and had to go to Los Angeles from Poland. I mean, it was so exact to the thinking of Jewish people, the story was excellent. And the acting was outstanding. But in the middle of it, for no necessary reason at all, there was some absolutely filthy language. It had nothing to do with the plot.

And Ruth and I said I’d like to see that again. And incidentally, we saw it in Florida and I think 80% of the congregation—or the audience, not the congregation! Well, it was like a congregation in a way. At least 80% was Jewish because we live in a thickly populated area by Jewish people.

But eventually we said to one another, I don’t feel free to expose the Holy Spirit in me to the kind of language that comes from that movie.