The tone, heart, and burden of this message echo that of the Apostle Paul in his farewell address to the Ephesian elders in Acts 20.

Bro. Hampton with his “66 years” of insight, wisdom, and experience urge the saints to not go down with the ship or fall victim to the general conditions of our day.

Alternatively, he encourages the saints to strive to be apart of the remnant of her seed, build themselves up in their most holy faith, and rise above this apathetic, impotent, logically inconsistent 8th beast spiritual atmosphere.

Preached in: Columbus, Georgia (Tent Meeting)

Preached on: July 27, 2017 (Thursday PM)

War for the saints is inevitable; there is no way to go around it and stay saved. Therefore we must fashion our minds for the spiritual warfare! Our lifestyles ought to be so that we could engage a major crisis at any time. If you are in a war, fight it out until the end; if you are not, give yourself in preparation for it!

Date of Message: ?/?/1990

God has directed His promises to those whose heart is perfect toward Him; it is these who can expect and hold God to His promises. A perfect heart is characterized by perfect trust. God has not promised to come through because we are suffering or in distress, but because we trust Him and are empty of all doubt. Soul-searching is in order after listening to this Word from God! Is your heart perfect toward God?

It's one thing to not accept or delay acceptance of the truth. It's another thing to oppose it blatantly.

When an individual exchanges the tender working of the Holy Ghost for hardness, hatred, and hostility towards that working they adjudicate themselves as children of Satan, appropriately deserving hell.

May Almighty God enable us to prove ourselves worthy of everlasting life.

Preached on November 22, 1981.

An ultimatum is made in salvation: either you crucify the old man or the old man will crucify you; both cannot co-exist in salvation for long. The life of every living thing can only be perpetuated if it is fed; if you stop feeding something, it dies. So it is with the old man, or the old nature. You will never be able to mortify the old man unless you get brutal enough with it to stop feeding it, despite its cries to be satisfied. You must deny the passions that it stirs up in you! To mortify the old man is a commandment from God, so we see then that we will not get to heaven short of entire sanctification. If you are willing to go as far as you must, the experience of sanctification is as available to you as it was to anyone who has obtained it!

Interfacing the Divine requires a still mind.

The only way to "know", hear the "still small voice", receive revelation, and experience a spiritual deposit from God is through stillness and solitude.

"Don't get excited", be still and know.

There is a grace to which we have access; a grace that will enable us to stand under any circumstances. In the morning time of the gospel day, the church stood in the face of strong persecution. They felt the same way we feel about be physically persecuted, but it was the standing grace that allowed not to waiver in the face of death. We too must make it up in our minds that we are going to stand, and seek after the grace to stand until we obtain it. Either we put on the whole armor of God and stand, or we will fall. Though obtaining this grace will require strenuous effort at times, if we are willing to do all to stand, we will stand. And praise God that this grace is attainable! Despite what trial, at this moment, is on the table before you, when you have done everything that you can do to stand, just stand, and the Lord will give grace.

Immortality is that aspect of God that we have inherited; our conscious existence is an eternal one. But those who have obtained life and conquered fear of death will have an eternal existence of bliss! We are sure that heaven lies on the other side of the life of a saint because the joy and ecstasy that we have experienced on this side is something that earth cannot produce! Our experience as saints is a foretaste of heaven. But those who reject salvation have rejected eternal life, and many will not even realize it until they are aroused by the stark reality of an eternal sentence. But while we are still here on earth, we still have a choice. Will you choose life or death?

Date Preached: 4/22/1984