They That Are With Him
Rev. Tyler Ritchey Preached on 10/11/2026
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Summary
Rev. Tyler Ritchey explores Revelation 17:14, emphasizing that those who overcome with Christ are the called, chosen, and faithful who prioritize being in God's presence above all else.
Key points
- •In the end times, the world will make war against the Lamb, but those who are 'with Him' are defined as the called, the chosen, and the faithful.
- •There is a progression in our relationship with God: first, He comes to where we are (Emmanuel), then He calls us to come up higher to where He is.
- •Being 'chosen' involves more than just hearing the Word; it requires becoming a doer of the Word and setting oneself apart from the current generation.
- •God is actively looking across the earth for those who fear Him and hope in His mercy, intending to bless and protect them even in times of famine.
- •True fulfillment is only found in God's presence; the riches and pleasures of this world are temporary and ultimately unsatisfying.
Scripture
Faith
End Times
Spiritual Growth
Purpose
Holiness
Life application
This week, evaluate your 'boldness' and 'faithfulness' by spending intentional time in God's presence, asking Him to move you beyond just hearing the Word to actively obeying it in your daily interactions.
Reflection questions
- What does it mean to you that God meets you in your mess but refuses to leave you there?
- In what ways are you 'saving yourself from this untoward generation' in your daily habits and speech?
- How can you position yourself to be someone God 'chooses' as He looks across the inhabitants of the earth?
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0:00[music]
0:00>> Hallelujah.
0:01I don't know about you, but I want to
0:03step in. Hallelujah. to what God is
0:06doing. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you,
0:10Jesus. Thank you, choir. Amen. Doesn't
0:13this choir look good up here tonight?
0:15Amen.
0:21>> Amen. Amen. It feels good in the house
0:23of the Lord tonight,
0:26man. I want to turn your attention to
0:28Revelations chapter 17.
0:31Revelation chapter 17. Man, I give honor
0:35to our great pastor.
0:38Amen. [music] And so thankful for him.
0:40And I know brother Richie mentioned it
0:42this morning how he just, you know,
0:46looks to see revival all across the
0:48world. And uh they they have him on so
0:52many committees. Uh they have him on the
0:54children's committee, the North American
0:56missions committee, global missions, all
0:59of that because they know he has a heart
1:01and a vision just to see the work of God
1:04all around the world. And I echo what my
1:06dad said. We're blessed because of that.
1:08Amen. And so I'm thankful for that.
1:11Amen. I'm thankful for my dad delivered
1:13a powerful word this morning.
1:15>> Amen. I'm going to believe the report of
1:17the Lord. Hallelujah.
1:21Amen.
1:22Amen. Hallelujah.
1:24Revelation chapter 17 and just one verse
1:27to start. Verse number 14.
1:31This is talking about the woman and the
1:33beast. And this is this is the really in
1:38the middle towards the end of of
1:40everything that's going to happen in the
1:42end times. But the Bible says, "These
1:45shall make war with the Lamb,
1:49but the Lamb shall overcome them."
1:53The earth is going to gather together
1:55from the four corners of this earth to
1:58make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb
2:01shall overcome them, for he is Lord of
2:04Lords and King of Kings. Amen. And it
2:09doesn't matter what kind of king you
2:10think you are or what power you think
2:13you might have. It has nothing compared
2:15to our God.
2:17>> And then it says, "And they that are
2:19with him,"
2:22there's people that are with him. They
2:25are called
2:26and chosen
2:28and faithful.
2:31I want to talk a little bit tonight just
2:33on that simple phrase there. They that
2:36are with him.
2:38They that are with him. I don't know
2:41about you, but I want to be one of those
2:43ones
2:44>> that's with him. [music] I want to be on
2:47the winning side. Amen. I wonder if you
2:49would just lift up your hands right now
2:50and just ask God to speak to your heart.
2:52God, we thank you, Lord, for what we
2:55feel in your house. We thank you for
2:57your word, God. I pray, Lord, that you
2:59would anoint, God, what you have spoken
3:01to me, God. Help me to deliver it and
3:03help every one of us to receive the word
3:05that you have for us tonight. God, help
3:08us, oh God, to leave this place, oh God.
3:11God, with a renewed desire to be with
3:13you, oh God, like never before. We thank
3:16you, Lord, for what you're going to do.
3:18And we ask it all in Jesus name.
3:20Everybody say, in Jesus name.
3:23>> Amen. You may be seated.
3:32God looks for those that desire to be
3:36with him.
3:38He blesses those that desire to be with
3:42him. There is a blessing to those that
3:45will step in to where he is at that
3:48says, "I'm not just going to stay here,
3:50but I'm going to I want to know where
3:52God is, and I want to be where God is."
3:55Abraham was blessed beyond belief. Still
3:58his children are being blessed by God to
4:01this day because Abraham said, "I want
4:05to go find the city of God."
4:08He said, "I want to go be where God is."
4:11And so Abraham began to look for that
4:13city. God uses people that that want to
4:17be with him. I believe Peter, a defining
4:21moment in Peter's life was when Jesus
4:23was walking on the water. Peter said,
4:26'If that's really you, Lord, then I can
4:28go be with you. And he left all the
4:31other disciples. He left he left the
4:33natural barriers of gravity and and
4:35being able to sink out of his mind and
4:38said, "If he's there, I'm going to be
4:39with him." And he stepped out of the
4:42boat and began to walk on the water to
4:44Jesus.
4:46that woman with the issue of blood.
4:48There was a lot of people that were
4:50there that day. The Bible says the crowd
4:53was pressing against Jesus, thronging
4:56against Jesus. But there was a woman
4:58that pressed through the crowd and said,
5:00"I need to get to where Jesus is at. I
5:04need to be with him because if I can
5:06just touch the hem of his garment, I
5:08shall be made whole." And so while
5:11everybody else is just around Jesus and
5:14there's so many people that are touching
5:16him, Jesus recognizes this specific
5:20touch from this woman.
5:22He said, "Who touched me?" The disciples
5:26essentially said, "Everybody has touched
5:28you, Jesus. Everybody is touching you."
5:33The difference was this.
5:35Jesus was walking with those people, but
5:38she said, "I'm going to go be where
5:41Jesus is." There is a big difference in
5:45that. In fact, you can look into the
5:47book of Acts and you can see that they
5:49they looked at at Peter and John and
5:52they were amazed whenever they brought
5:54Peter and John before the council after
5:56they had healed that that lame man that
5:59was at the gate called Beautiful. They
6:01they they brought them before them. And
6:03the Bible says they took knowledge of
6:06them and they saw their boldness. They
6:08had boldness from being with Jesus.
6:13They said they're not necessarily smart.
6:16They're they're not as smart as we are.
6:18They don't know the word like we know,
6:20but there's something different about
6:22them. These people have been with Jesus.
6:25And they said, "We got to make note of
6:27this because there's something that
6:28happens when somebody is with him."
6:34>> When Jesus came to this earth, Matthew
6:37tells us in Matthew chapter 1 that he
6:40was to be Emmanuel,
6:43God
6:44with us.
6:46I'm so thankful that God came to be with
6:50us. that he wrapped himself in flesh and
6:54he came to this earth and he walked
6:56among us. God came to where we were at.
7:00And it is the same thing that God will
7:02do today. God will come to wherever you
7:05are at. He'll go to wherever somebody is
7:08and he will speak to them. Our God is a
7:11God that is with us.
7:14But there's something that that is
7:16different because as Jesus was beginning
7:19to uh to to leave he makes this this
7:23statement in John chapter 14 he says let
7:26not your heart be troubled in verse one
7:28he says in my father's house in John 14
7:31and2 my father's house are many mansions
7:34if it were not so he said I go to
7:38prepare a place for you
7:43See, Jesus had come to be with them,
7:46but he was wanting to take them from
7:48where they were to the place that he has
7:52prepared for them. Can I tell you, when
7:54God finds you, he'll come to where
7:56you're at, but he doesn't want you to
7:58stay where you're at. He wants you to
8:00come up with him. Uh he wants to take
8:03you a little higher. He wants to deliver
8:05you. He wants to free your mind. He
8:08wants to pull you out of the mess that
8:09you are in.
8:12He said, "And if I go to prepare a place
8:14for you," he said, "I will come again
8:17and receive you unto myself
8:20that where I am, there you may be also."
8:26God has prepared a place for us where we
8:31can be with him where we can go to a
8:35place that's not like this world where
8:38we can enter into the spirit the the
8:40spiritual things of God uh that's not
8:43the natural things of this world but we
8:46can step out of the boat and say if
8:47that's really you God I know I can come
8:50to where you're at and I know I can get
8:53to your eat.
8:56>> It's a powerful thing. There's a big
8:57difference between God coming to where
8:59we are at and us going to where he is.
9:03God first comes to where we're at, but
9:06then he calls us to where he is.
9:10He calls us to be with him. He comes to
9:13us in our mess, but then he says, "Come
9:17and follow me. I've got a new place for
9:20you to go. I've got a new life uh for
9:23you to live. And it it matters who you
9:26are with.
9:29It matters who you're with. You want to
9:32be with Jesus.
9:35You want to be with Jesus. You want to
9:38be in the presence of the Lord. That's
9:40why it's such a powerful thing. And
9:42that's why you've got to become
9:44faithful. And you got to remain faithful
9:45to the house of God. Because every time
9:48you get into the presence of the Lord,
9:50every time you make your way to a place
9:52where God is, uh, anything is possible,
9:56you can come and spend time with him,
9:58the cares of this world just begin to
10:00melt off for a second. The worries of
10:03life just seem to disappear for a few
10:05hours while we're in the presence of the
10:07Lord and talking about the things and
10:10the promises of Almighty God.
10:13It's a powerful thing when we go into
10:16his house. Why? Because it matters who
10:20you are with. It matters who you're
10:24with. We we used to go on uh missions
10:26trips when I was a teenager. I went on a
10:29missions trip every year. So thankful
10:31this this church supported many of us. I
10:33went with many of you that are about the
10:35same age as me. We went on missions
10:37trips every year with groups from
10:39Florida and even across the United
10:41States. But uh we we had uh the the
10:44guide of our of our missions trip. He
10:47you wanted to be with him because he
10:49would dress in the in the best suit. It
10:51didn't matter what airplane you were
10:53going on, he'd dress in the best suit
10:55and he would go down to FedEx and he
10:57would have a badge made up that looked
10:59like an official badge. And he could
11:02walk up to any counter and he could he
11:04could dress he had the dress part. He
11:06would walk up to any counter. He could
11:08walk into any place and you would think
11:10he owned the place just because uh you
11:13were with him and we would just follow
11:15him. We we got into places that we
11:17weren't supposed to be. We we got perks
11:20that we weren't supposed to get because
11:21we just followed him. We were just with
11:24him and he just said, "Hey, you just
11:25follow me. We're going to go right over
11:27here."
11:30That's not in my nature. My nature is
11:32like, "All right, I got to follow the
11:34rules and like I'm not supposed to go
11:36over there and I'm not an adventurous
11:38type of person most of the time." But
11:42but it made a difference when you were
11:43with him.
11:45Let me tell you, there's a difference
11:46when you're with God. In fact, one of
11:49the main differences whenever you say,
11:51"You know what, God, I'm going to be
11:53where you're at." One of the differences
11:55for they that are with him is I I've
11:58read the back of the book and I can tell
12:00you I read the back of the book and
12:02those that are with him are the ones
12:04that win in the end.
12:06>> I've read the back of the book and we
12:08win.
12:10>> Come on. This world is going to come to
12:12an end. I've come to remind somebody,
12:14don't hit yourself to the people,
12:16places, or things of this world. Uh come
12:19on. It's time for us to realize we're
12:22supposed to be with him. Our mind is
12:24supposed to be with him. Our heart is
12:27supposed to be with him. Come on. The
12:29pleasures of sin are going to come to an
12:32end. The riches of this world are going
12:34to come to an end. Uh there's no hope uh
12:37in the things of this world. There's no
12:39hope in that bottle. There's no hope in
12:41that relationship. There's no hope IN
12:44THE THINGS THAT THIS world tries to
12:46offer you. If you want something that
12:48has hope, it's being with him.
12:53It's being with him. They that are with
12:57him. You want to be with him. [sighs]
13:01I've come to remind somebody today
13:03that's maybe begin to look at the world
13:05around them in a favorable light and
13:08just remind you this world is not your
13:10home. There is a place that is prepared
13:13for you. You weren't made for this
13:15world. You weren't made for this sinful
13:18nature. But the only time you're going
13:21to be satisfied, the only time you're
13:23going to be fulfilled is when you are
13:26with him. Uh the only thing He's the
13:28only one that's going to satisfy you.
13:31He's the only one that's going to
13:32restore you. He's the only one that's
13:35going to fill the void. He's the one
13:38that's going to make it till the end.
13:41>> So the question is, how do I be with
13:43him?
13:44How do I make it with him?
13:47>> [sighs and gasps]
13:48>> Well, that scripture is very unique
13:49because he ju he takes a break, John
13:52does, and talking about about the the
13:55the harlot woman and the and the beast
13:57and and and the horns and everything
13:59that happens in in in the and the
14:01typography of everything that that is
14:04listed out in Revelations there. And he
14:06talks about this war that's going to
14:08take place with the lamb. And in that
14:10verse that we read, it says these
14:12they're all going to come together in
14:13one mind and and and one heart. the the
14:16world is going to come together and
14:18they're going to make war with the lamb.
14:22Revelation 17:14, "These shall make war
14:24with the Lamb and the Lamb shall
14:27overcome them, for he is Lord of lords
14:30and King of kings."
14:32But then it says, "They that are with
14:34him are called
14:37and chosen
14:39and faithful."
14:41called and chosen and faithful.
14:47There's a progression to the to to those
14:49that are with him. This it's something
14:52that has just stuck out to me whenever
14:55he talks about they that are with him.
14:57It says they're called
14:59>> and chosen
15:01>> and faithful.
15:04I want to talk a little bit about that
15:05tonight because I believe there's some
15:08key things for us to understand or maybe
15:10to be reminded of in this, but that we
15:14are called.
15:17Everybody under the sound of my voice
15:19tonight is called of God. I'm not
15:22talking about a calling to the ministry,
15:24but you're being there is the call of
15:26God that goes forth for you to come up
15:29higher. The second you step into an
15:31apostolic church and you feel the
15:33presence of God and you hear the word of
15:35God preached, there is a call that goes
15:38forth where God meets you where you are
15:40at and he says, "Hey, I want you to come
15:43up a little higher. I've got some things
15:46for you." The first thing is being
15:48called. Acts chapter 2 and verse 37 says
15:53this. We all know these scriptures, but
15:55it says, "When they heard this, they
15:56were pricked in their heart. They were
15:58convicted." Brother Richie quoted these
16:00verses. We quote them all the time. It's
16:03the beginning of the church. They said,
16:05"Men and brethren, what shall we do?"
16:07And Peter said unto them, "You've got to
16:09repent. You got to be baptized in Jesus'
16:13name, and you got to be filled with the
16:16gift of the Holy Ghost." But the next
16:19verse, it says, "For the promise is unto
16:21you and to your children, and to all
16:24that are a far off, even as many as the
16:28Lord our God shall call." Can I tell
16:31you, there's a call that's going out
16:33today. If you've never been baptized in
16:36Jesus' name, tonight is the night to be
16:38baptized in Jesus' name. If you've never
16:41repented of your sins, uh then tonight
16:44is the night. You are being called by
16:47God to repent of your sins. If you've
16:50never received the gift of the Holy
16:52Spirit and spoken in other tongues like
16:55they did in Acts chapter 2, there's a
16:58call going out to you today that God is
17:01calling you from where you're at. God is
17:04calling you a little higher.
17:07>> There is that call that is going forth.
17:09God is calling you. He He calls you out,
17:14but then he calls you to move. Acts 2
17:18and verse 40 goes on. The next verse
17:21says this, "And with many other words
17:23did he testify and exhort, saying, save
17:27yourselves from this unoured
17:30generation."
17:32Now, I know I'm talking to primarily a
17:34group tonight that that you you've been
17:37called and you've answered the call to
17:39be baptized in Jesus' name and to
17:42receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Uh
17:44again, if you have not done that,
17:46tonight is your night. We will baptize
17:49you in Jesus' name tonight. We will lay
17:52our hands on you and God will fill you
17:54with the gift of the Holy Ghost. Uh we
17:56believe it'll happen for you tonight if
17:58it's never happened. But upon but beyond
18:01that and we we move from being called,
18:03we've got to move to being chosen.
18:08We got to move from
18:11what God does to what we do. That's
18:14where he says with many other words, the
18:16rest of the message of Pentecost
18:19is save yourselves
18:21from this unour generation.
18:24God saves us from our sins, but then
18:27we've got to save ourself from this
18:29untored generation. What does that mean?
18:32We got to turn our hearts away from this
18:35generation and say, "God, I want to be
18:37where you're at. God, I'm not going to
18:39put myself towards uh this generation
18:41that I'm living in. Uh I don't want to
18:44be like them. I don't want to talk like
18:45them. I don't want to walk like them.
18:48But God, I want to be who you're calling
18:50me to be. I want to be where you are
18:52calling me, God. Where you want me to
18:54be, that's where I want to go.
19:00That's when you go from just being a
19:01hearer of the word.
19:04It's easy to hear the call,
19:08but Jesus said there's a little bit more
19:10than than being called. You've got to be
19:13chosen. Why? Because you can't just be a
19:17hearer of the word. You've got to become
19:19a doer of the word of God. God is
19:24looking for some people that he can
19:25choose. God is looking for some people
19:28that want to be with him. Psalms chapter
19:3233 and verse 12, it says, "Blessed is
19:35the nation whose God is the Lord and the
19:40people whom he hath chosen for his
19:42inheritance." Oh, let me tell you
19:44something. When God chooses you, you are
19:47blessed. Whenever you make the decision
19:50uh to say, "God, I'm going to follow
19:52after you." God puts his blessing upon
19:55you. Uh God blesses your life. Uh God
19:58put you in the chosen people, that
20:00chosen generation.
20:04Because here's what David learned in
20:06Psalms 33. He says, "The Lord looks from
20:09heaven
20:11and he beholds all the sons of men."
20:14He's looking for somebody to choose. Can
20:18I tell you something, young people? God
20:21is looking for somebody that he can
20:24choose. He's looking for somebody that's
20:26that's going to hear the call. He's
20:29looking for a man or woman. He's looking
20:31for a family. He's looking for a couple
20:33that will say, "God, I I want you to
20:36choose me. I want to be where you're
20:38at."
20:40>> He looks down from heaven and he beholds
20:42all the sons of men. From the place of
20:45his habitation, he lookth upon all the
20:48inhabitants of the earth. He fashionneth
20:51their hearts alike. All of our hearts
20:52are alike. He said he considers all of
20:55our works.
20:57There's no king saved by the multitude
21:00of an host. A mighty man is not
21:03delivered by much strength. your your
21:05talent and your ability, your strength.
21:07Uh no matter it doesn't matter how much
21:10money you have in the bank account, none
21:12of that is gonna persuade God to choose
21:15you.
21:17>> He's not looking at how much host you
21:19have, how big your domain is, or how
21:22much strength and power you have. He
21:26says, "A horse is a vain thing for
21:28safety.
21:29Natural things aren't going to save you.
21:33Neither shall he deliver any by his
21:35great strength. Behold,
21:38the eye of the Lord is upon them.
21:42>> God is looking for somebody that wants
21:46to be with him. God's looking for
21:49somebody that's not just checking off a
21:51box. Oh, I went to church Sunday night.
21:54But God's looking for somebody who says,
21:57God, more and more I want to be with
21:59you. Because one of these days, God's
22:02going to call you home. Uh and one of
22:04these days, your time's going to be up.
22:06And and if you want to be with him, he's
22:09going to take you to be with him for all
22:11of eternity.
22:14He says, "Behold, the eye of the Lord is
22:16upon them that fear him, upon them that
22:19hope in his mercy, to deliver their soul
22:22from death, to keep them alive in the
22:25famine. Our soul waiteth for the Lord.
22:29He is our help and our shield for our
22:31hearts shall rejoice in him because we
22:35have trusted in his holy name. Let thy
22:38mercy, oh Lord, be upon us according as
22:41we hope in thee.
22:45God's looking for somebody. He's looking
22:48over the whole earth. He's looking for
22:51somebody that he can use. And let me
22:54just tell you the truth of it. Let me
22:56tell you what I feel tonight. God will
22:58jump over some of us uh if we're not
23:00careful. And he'll find somebody on the
23:03back side of the city somewhere that
23:06says, "God, I don't know where you are,
23:09but I want to be wherever you're at."
23:11And God will bring them in to his secret
23:14place. And if we're not careful, we'll
23:16just let it slip by us.
23:20>> The opportunity to be with the king,
23:23the opportunity to be a part of his
23:25chosen people.
23:27I want God to choose me.
23:30I want to be the part of they that are
23:34with him.
23:36See, it's not just enough to choose him.