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Christians Will Be Tested During These Last Days by James Coates

The following sermon excerpt came from the YouTube site, Reformed Channel, click the link below to see his video page:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_kZln9jvivLKvwdoJrBEA/videos

Pastor Coates, whose sermon excerpt is below, is that pastor who was arrested in Canada. A brief description of that is below the video and a link to one article about the circumstances of his arrest.

Biblical text used in video:

Joshua 1:6  Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. 7  Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. 8  This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.  Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

SERMON HIGHLIGHT POINTS [emboldening and bracketed statements are mine]:

 

 

Link to Pastor Coates entire 44-minute sermon from which the above video was excerpted: https://gracelife.ca/sermons/be-strong-and-very-courageous/

AN EXCERPT OF AN ARTICLE ON PASTOR COATES ARREST AND A LINK TO THE ARTICLE FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ IT ALL:

Why was Pastor Coates arrested? 

Pastor Coates, along with GraceLife Church Edmonton, holds the religious conviction that the whole congregation must meet together during one service. For that reason, he could not in good conscience follow the Emergency Health Orders authorized by the Alberta Health Act, which restricted building occupancy to 15% of a building’s fire-code capacity.

In light of this stance, Alberta Health Services asked the courts to enforce their health orders against GraceLife Church Edmonton. The courts agreed to do so. The police then charged James Coates with infractions on February 7 and 14. As noted here, GraceLife Edmonton gathered more than “15% of the total operational occupant load” according to the current fire code regulations in Alberta.

Link to article:  https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/columns/detrinitate/what-you-should-know-about-the-release-of-pastor-james-coates/

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