Up next, Dr. Youssef brings you a very personal episode of leading the way, encouraging you to be a part of God's final call.

Behold, he is coming with clouds, and every eye will see him, even they who pierced him.

The churches of Revelation departed from God's truth and they serve as a warning

for us today. Join us now as Dr. Michael Yousif, cultural anthropologist, pastor and author as he

unpacks God's final call to the church of our time. Hello, my friends. What a special privilege and honor for me to

come to you instead of standing in the pulpit and proclaiming the word of God as I do and I will as long as God

gives me a breath. I love those opportunities when I can come to you and talk to you one on one.

And from the bottom of my heart, only God in heaven knows how grateful I am for you who constantly

being partner in the ministry. You have encouraged me through the years in our partnership

together for the gospel. And you know, some of you know this, that prior to birthing the Church

of the Apostles, when God burdened me 40 years ago to do that, I was heading up a parish church

ministry that literally got me traveling around the world four times a year for over 10 years.

And so I saw the Church of Jesus Christ in all of its shapes and forms.

The Bible talks about the church, that is the bride of Christ,

the redeemed from every language tribe nation, that we will be together in heaven,

the church from around the world, but also the Bible talks about churches, like this local church.

And I want to make that distinction early on as we talk about

God's final call. It's very, very important to understand that. And so I want to speak to you

from my heart about the condition of the church. And we were doing this throughout this program,

throughout this particular time that we are taking

away from regular teaching and preaching to speak to you in person.

I don't want you ever forget, don't ever forget that Satan always, always working over time to destroy the church of Jesus Christ and the faithful believers, those who have put their faith in him alone.

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