When a ship goes down, not only those who are on it, but also those who are too close go down with it. We are living in an age of apostasy, and having seen much, Pastor Hampton, burdened by God, gives us a solemn warning: don't go down with the ship. To truly be Zion is not just having the name "church of God," it is producing everything that God's church has ever produced! May the Lord help us to search ourselves thoroughly in light of the message.

Date: 7/27/2017

The high priests of the Old Testament went into the back room of the Tabernacle trembling, but through the blood of Jesus we have access to the holiest place with boldness. What privilege we have! But as our access has increased, so has the punishment for entering unworthily. Let us therefore fear, and only embolden ourselves to enter into the presence of God if we are sure we are spotless before Him.

Date: 9/29/1982

A person is a conglomeration of their thoughts; the state of one's mind ultimately determines their destiny. Your mind can be changed no matter how resolved it may be: if you give the enemy access to your mind, he will shift it. If your mind is shifted, it is a dangerous state because you will be convinced that you are right while you are not right. Let us take special care to guard our minds!

What was the sin of Ephesus? Why was Christ's warning to them so fierce? It is because they had settled for less than they were. They had apostatized, which is simply contenting yourself with a lesser standard than you once held. What matters is not that you are operating, but the level on which you are operating.

Date: 4/21/2000 (Jackson, MI Fellowship Meeting)

We can deal with every enemy in finality but the devil; we will have to face him until our dying breath. However, the world and the flesh can be mortified completely, and in fact must be. We cannot consistently overcome the devil while also wrestling with those things which ought to be crucified. We must crucify the world and the flesh, and through ceaseless watchfulness and prayer, and by the grace of God, we never once have fall to the devil.

Date: 5/22/1991

Your spiritual survival is dependent on whether or not you are being fed. It is the job equipped ministers not just to preach, but to definitely feed God's people. The result of feeding is growth; if you are spiritually growing, it is because you are being spiritually fed. The opposite is also true. Unless you are being sufficiently fed, you will not have the strength to face the foes in this age. Go to any lengths to be sufficiently fed! Your soul depends on it.

God seemed to have already tried Job. Why then would Job say concerning God in the middle of his trial, "when He hath tried me"? It is because God must try us until He that which He is seeking is produced in us. God must refine us until there is nothing inside of us that would even tend in the wrong direction, even under immense and indefinite pressure.

Date: 6/26/1988

Blinding, binding, and grinding: these three are common to every soul in sin. The devil first must take away a soul's perception, then he binds them so that they cannot free themselves, then he forces that soul grind in the prison-house of sin. But, praise God, there is a way out! The way out is an earnest and desperate cry to God for help; then God will restore your vision, break the chains, and give rest to your soul! Isn't that a much better prospect, friend?

Date: 5/2/1999